A/N: Finally, my exams have ALL FINISHED...And yes... it feels great to say that. I now must thank all of you extremely nice people who have reviewed this fic, fills me with lots of inspiration, it really does! -- See! To the point I can't even construct a proper English sentence! ANYWAY... Since exams are over, I should be able to update this Fanfiction more, and oh NO! I've lost my plot book! ARGH! That means… (looks at the tiny Zoro in the jar…)

Zoro: (Holding a small notebook in his hands) What?

Hisoka B: WHAT DO you THINK you're READING?

Zoro: Uh... (reads cover) 'Hisoka's Story Plots…'

Hisoka B: ARGH! YOU'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT! (snatches notebook away at lightning speed normally incapable of humans.)

Zoro: I have the right to know. Remember, YOU don't own me OR the other One Piece characters.

Hisoka B: ………………… stupid idiot…restating the obvious………

Zoro: And oh yeah, I don't like the plot. Why is it that Nami and I are going to find each other in the rations cabinet?

Hisoka B: ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH! Looks like I have to change it now. Shut up Zoro! Just sit there and be a good lil swordsman.

Remember: "speaking" and thinking

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Blood Money

Chapter 3: Out of the Blue

By Hisoka B

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Nami watched her two guards silently. She had waited for what seemed like hours for the two to finally fall asleep. Grinning at the sound of their laborious snoring, Nami began to work on getting herself out of the ropes. Shouldn't be that difficult, she thought as she shifted her bodyweight against the chair which confined her. Knowing the sharpest thing she had on her was her teeth, she rocked herself carefully forward and her knees came into contact with the floorboards. Good, She had counted on a restrained and silent landing. Now to get rid of this nasty thing in my mouth. She frowned as she remembered the predicament which had led to the cloth being where it was.

Stop thinking about him you fool. She ordered herself as she began to rub the sides of her head against the floor, loosening the piece of cloth tied around her mouth.Then, raising her head, Nami shook the cloth away that made her temporarily mute.

Now to escape… Nami turned her head to face the tied ropes on her hands. Her teeth began to fervently work on them and slowly by slowly, the ropes began to loosen. When she was finally able to free her hands, she immediately went to work on the ropes that bound her ankles. She had to hurry, if any other crewmember passed the vicinity she could obviously be caught. Watching the ropes being untangled was a relief. Standing up, Nami could now fully observe her surroundings and calculate her escape.

The two guards who were 'stand sleeping' were guarding the main escape route. Yet Nami knew from the guard's composure that if she attempted to getaway through the door they were guarding, she would be picked up and all her attempt would have been in vain. Nami sighed, crossed her fingers and spun around to face the back of the room. Sure enough, there was another door. Lucky! She grinned as she tiptoed over to it. Keeping her fingers crossed she flung open the door only to be greeted by two more doors.

"Oh god…" she whispered uneasily as her intuition quickly chose the left door. Just this once… I'm going to trust my instinct. Nami opened the left door and stepped in. She was greeted by a dark blue cabin which had things similar to pipes all over the walls. There was a small square generator in the middle of the room, but Nami paid no interest to it. Her eyes narrowed on the door at the end of the room. She raced over to it, jumping across the generator and grabbed the doorknob. Please… please let it open up to freedom… She turned it, but to her dismay the door didn't open. It was locked.

The girl's temper took a bad turn. "Stupid door!" She drew out her staff from the secret place she hides it and launched it on the door. It didn't budge, and in her anger Nami cursed and started swinging her staff at the pipes. "Dumb door! Why the hell hasn't anyone come and rescued me yet!" She glared at the square generator and kicked it violently. The flimsy 'generator' shattered easily but Nami was too irritated to care about her own strength. She stormed back towards the back door, only to hear the key click in from the door behind her.

She was caught.

Llydian walked into the dark room, his face shadowed by his hat. "Woman," he growled as Nami shook herself into reality, "Lower that staff, it won't work against me. You have just committed a crime so great aboard this ship…" Llydian's voice then changed tones. "Guards, just seize her." His voice was bitter as he ordered the command. Nami's eyes nearly widened with shock as two guards came and grabbed her wrists. Was Captain Llydian sobbing? What crime had she committed? She had only tried to escape…

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Zoro tilted his head as his eyes spanned the now morning ocean before him. The voices had drifted away a long time ago, but now a random pink ship had popped out of nowhere.

"Odd." He grunted. Where had that ship come from? More yet, Zoro remembered that on night Nami got captured he had not seen a visible ship in sight as well. "Could it be possible…" Even if it wasn't, Zoro was famished. He wanted food, and the closest chance of find it would be on the ship in front of him. Sighing, Zoro reached for the paddle and began to work his way towards the pink and rosy ship.

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Captain Llydian stood towering over Nami as the girl shivered. They had dragged her back on the main deck, and although untied and unmanned… it felt like a condemnation.

"Not ONLY did you try to escape, you… you… you…" the Captain's composure faulted as his nakama ran to help him. "You murdered Trevor…" Llydian spoke whimsically.

"I DID NOT!" Nami spat, annoyed the transvestite was accusing her of something she had not done.

"Oh yes you did." One of Llydian's nakama walked out of the cabins, holding the pieces of the shattered generator on a red piece of cloth.

"That's Trevor?" Nami answered in disbelief.

"You've DOOMED us, you moronic girl!" Llydian stated.

"WHAT?" This was unfair.

"NOW we have NO chance of survival without Trevor!"

Nami raised an eyebrow, "Is Trevor your Invisibility Generator?"

"DON'T CALL HIM THAT. Trevor is ONE OF US." Another man called out from the side.

For once, Nami realised just how sick the people were on board the Simply Clear. "Look, I'm really sorry. So why don't you just chuck me into the Grand Line and that'll be the end of me." Please please PLEASE agree with me, you feminine idiot… If you do this, I might be able to find my way back to the Going Merry…

"That's not good enough." Llydian drew out his Spanish sword. "It won't give us the satisfaction of being assured you are dead."

Nami eyed the sharp tip of the sword nervously, "What's this? An eye for an eye?"

Llydian narrowed his eyebrows nastily, "Your insignificant death is nowhere near a compensation for Trevor's passing."

"Couldn't you just buy another-"

"THERE IS ONLY ONE TREVOR!" The crew chanted as Nami winced. Am I to die now? I knew that stupid fortune teller was a waste of money… She hung her head as she heard a heavy thump on the ship. (Zoro has arrived!)

"Looks like I arrived just a little too early." A familiar deep and maddening voice pierced Nami's grateful ears. She turned to face the smirk which once aggravated her, but now thankful to see. He had climbed onto the Simply Clear from the side by unbearably using his prized katanas.

"You came." She almost whimpered.

Zoro grinned at the current spectacle. "I wasn't hoping to find you here, but it looks like you really found yourself into hell this time."

"Yeah, but the irony is, that you've come to rescue me, not here to force me down into-" Nami was interrupted as her glare returned to Llydian. His sword point was now ridiculously close to her neck.

"He fits the description of your Navigator." Llydian smirked at Zoro, ignoring half of his cowering nakama.

"Yeah, he's the one." Nami answered sheepishly as Zoro stepped forward, one arm resting on the hilts of his katanas. He didn't like the way the transvestite had looked at him.

"So girl, you were telling the truth. Men, looks like we're going to have a navigator after all!" Llydian turned to his nakama... which had suddenly decreased in number. "Although, it does make me wonder what really was your job on board that ship..." Llydian's sword inched further and grazed Nami's neck. The girl turned pleadingly towards Zoro, who simply stood there, amused with what he was observing.

It really was too good to be true… Nami sighed. "Can you stop pausing with your actions, you transvestite? Obviously my 'navigator' has changed his mind about saving me, so hurry up and just do it."

Captain Llydian looked horrified. "What did you JUST call me!"

Zoro grinned as he answered for Nami, "She called you Transvestite. Are you a man or a woman, because I'm here wondering the same thing."

"Of course I'm a man!" Llydian grunted.

"Yeah, and Trevor was a human." Nami snickered but immediately regretted it as Llydian swung the sword at her with the intention of killing the girl.

Inevitably, Zoro was there in the last second to block the sword. Nami froze as she realised he had just protected her.

"So," Llydian was not the least fazed, "you do care about the whore after all."

Zoro smirked, "yeah, she has her uses."

Nami's eyes widened. That line could have been taken the wrong way. It was. Llydian looked at Nami in further disgust.

"Will you be our navigator green-haired man?" Llydian asked slyly.

"Will you just die?" Zoro answered and flung the man back.

Llydian fell painfully to the floor, eyes widened in amazement. "A navigator who is also adapt at a sword. Could use one of those…"

"Zoro," Nami stammered, "we should leave…"

"Really?" Zoro spoke from in front of her, "I thought you would rather me dispose of everyone here and then take this ship and sail to Arabasta."

"I…" She paused. That would be in Nami's character to suggest what Zoro said. However… she raised an arm and clutched her neck. "I HATE PINK!" She shouted. "This ship is bad for my image!"

"You IDIOT!" Zoro's attention was distracted as Llydian took his only chance. The womanly man lunged towards Zoro, managing a deep gash across his arm.

"Cheating bastard." Zoro retorted as he watched his arm begin to bleed. He unsheathed his remaining two katanas. "You're going to pay for spilling my blood." Nami watched as Zoro attacked back… and poor Llydian couldn't stand a chance.

"Just take my ship and leave me and my nakama alone!" Llydian pleaded, his chest now bruised and slowly bleeding. Not one of his nakama was in sight. They had all fled into the cabins.

"The woman here doesn't want your flashy ship." Zoro answered stoically.

"Then take what you want!" Llydian bargained. Zoro smirked dangerously. He walked over to Nami and grabbed her wrist with his still blood flowing arm. "I will then." He pulled her with him to the side of the ship. "I'm taking your prisoner."

Staggering, Nami allowed Zoro to lead her as they jumped over the side of the Simply Clear and into the volatile waters of the Grand Line. Is this really happening? Zoro is actually rescuing me…

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A/N: I hope everything didn't happen too quick… I think I might have done a bit too much exaggerating. Anyway, prepare yourself for the next chapter… because the plot thickens. Ahaha, yeah, this wasn't the main plot… the main plot is yet to come… it is all in the mind of this twisted author! Muahahaha… I know I am evil!

Please review too, I know this is a cliché and not everyone does, but all ideas, flames and compliments are greatly appreciated.