Chapter 15 – Epic Battle: Luffy vs. Sanji!

Review time!

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A whole lot of thoughts and ideas rushed into Nami's head at once as she entered the room. Many of them involved the bloody, gory murder of Luffy and Vivi right there in Vivi's bedroom. However, she couldn't... do anything. She just froze at the sight of Luffy and Vivi together in bed. Why...? Why did she have to walk in while they were in the middle of it? Why couldn't she just have waited until those... noises subsided? All rational thought had left her mind as she had been approaching the door. And now, staring at the site before her, her mind was completely numb.

Neither Luffy nor Vivi noticed their audience. Luffy was not facing the door, and Vivi's eyes were closed. However, after a few agonizingly long moments, Vivi slightly opened one of her eyes as she arched her back in pleasure. Her eyes shot open in wild fear as she caught site of the speechless Nami in her doorway. She quickly shoved Luffy off of her.

"Whoa!" Luffy exclaimed as he nearly fell off the bed. "What's the matter?"

Nami noted how out of breath he sounded, and how flushed and sweaty they both were. Her brain was still numb, but the tiniest traces of anger started to creep in...

Vivi quickly threw the bedcover over Luffy and wrapped the sheet around herself. "N-Nami..." she stuttered.

"Nami?" said Luffy, confused, as he pulled the cover off his head. He looked towards the doorway, too. Instead of being surprised or scared, his eyes merely darkened as he calmly said, "Ah. Nami."

"Luffy…" Nami croaked. "How... how could you…?"

"How could I what?" he replied coolly. He seemed to be completely unperturbed by the sudden intrusion.

Vivi was looking wide-eyed at Nami, then at Luffy, then at Nami again. She felt so terrible all of a sudden. (Luffy and Nami... belong together.)

"Ah, Nami-san, you came up here, too?"

Vivi gasped in horror as she heard Sanji's footsteps come closer to her doorway.

"What's the matter, Nami-san? Why are you so still? What's going on in-? ...Ah."

Sanji's face became visible as he looked over Nami's shoulder. He, too, seemed unaffected by the scene. He calmly took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and chuckled darkly. "Man, Luffy, you sure fucked things up this time..."

"Hm? I did?" asked Luffy, tilting his head and frowning. "How so?"

"Wait," Vivi suddenly interrupted. She was staring at Sanji in disbelief. "You... knew...?" She scowled as a wave of sudden anger washed over her. "How many other people know, huh, Nami? The whole crew? Why couldn't I know? You... you... goddamn liar!"

Nami's mind was no longer numb as she looked at Vivi in disbelief. "You... you're angry?" She gave a cold, chilling laugh. "Vivi, you have no right to be angry right now. You knew about me and Luffy... and you fucked him anyway?"

Vivi hissed in anger. "Watch your mouth," she snarled.

"NO!" Nami suddenly screamed, causing everyone to jump. "I came here to apologize to you, Princess!" She started advancing the bed as she reached down the front of her shirt and took out her folded Clima Tact. "No, Nami-san!" exclaimed Sanji. He grabbed the back of her shirt to keep her from getting any further. "Please... fighting isn't going to solve anything!"

"Let GO, Sanji-kun!" Nami yelled. His grip on the back of her shirt was too strong. She stopped struggling and glared at Vivi. "I came here to say sorry! I didn't want to tell you the truth when you asked me because I thought you had a bit too much on your plate already! Maybe it was wrong for me to lie, but for you to... do this with Luffy, even though you knew...!"

Before Vivi could respond, Luffy calmly said, "Nami, I am the one you should be mad at, not Vivi."

Nami suddenly lost all anger as she stared in disbelief at the man she thought she loved. "Wha...?"

"I am the one who started it," Luffy finished.

Nami simply dropped down on her knees. Her Clima Tact made a muffled clanging noise as it hit the carpeted floor beside her. She sat on the floor and continued to stare at Luffy. "Luffy... why? I... I wanted to say sorry to you, too..." (I never even dreamed he would do this...! I just assumed that Vivi took advantage of his depression and seduced him...)

"What the hell is going on in here?"

Everyone except Nami looked at the doorway. Zoro was standing there. He raised an eyebrow and smirked. "My, my. What happened here?" He turned his head, cupped his hands around his mouth, and called, "Usopp! Chopper! I found them!"

"No...!" Vivi whispered in horror.

As Usopp and Chopper rushed to the scene, Sanji calmly gazed at Luffy. "Get up and get dressed." His voice was as calm as his gaze.

Luffy raised an eyebrow, shrugged, and got up. Everyone except Nami turned away. She was still lost in thought and was oblivious to what was going on. He got his jean shorts on. He was about to pick up his vest beside the bed when...

WHAM.

Blood flew out of Luffy's mouth and he went flying through the wall. Vivi screamed. Sanji lowered his foot back to the ground and gave Luffy a cold stare as he waited for his captain to get back up.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Zoro bellowed as he drew a sword.

"Stop," Sanji said quietly. "Not now, Zoro. This is a fight between me and Luffy... Don't you dare interrupt it."

At this point, Luffy had gotten back up. He was covered with dust and rubble from the broken wall. Zoro looked from Sanji to Luffy, then shrugged and sheathed his sword. "Fine."

"Wait!" cried Usopp. "Why?" "Yeah, what the hell is going on?" cried Chopper who was now cowering behind Usopp.

Vivi got up out of bed and, clutching her sheet tight around her body, scampered over to the other side of the room with the others. She looked on in fright. Nami was still not responding to anything.

"I will never forgive you," Sanji said in a deadly quiet voice. "Luffy... I told you about breaking hearts. I told you it was the worst kind of pain there is. How dare you break Nami-san's heart? And you said you love her... YOU DISGUST ME!"

Luffy's face remained impassive as Sanji aimed a kick at his chest. He sidestepped it. They both stood still as they stared each other down.

"Sanji..." said Luffy. "I don't want to fight you. You don't know the whole story..."

"Yes, I do!" Sanji yelled. "Nami-san told me to find you so she could apologize to you for the things she said! I told you that night... having faith in your lover and staying strong during rough times are extremely important! And you give up after one argument? Why did I even bother to try and help you? God... I can't BELIEVE YOU!" He charged Luffy again.

This time, Luffy caught his foot. Sanji gasped. "How...?"

Luffy glared at him. "Don't talk like you know my feelings! And NEVER say that I don't have faith in my nakama! Especially the one nakama I love!"

"Well, I don't have faith in my captain anymore!" retorted Sanji.

Luffy's eyes went wide in rage. "THEN LEAVE MY CREW! YOU DON'T BELONG WITH US ANYMORE IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH IN YOUR NAKAMA!" He tightened his grip on Sanji's foot, swung him around, and threw him out Vivi's window. Glass flew everywhere as the large window overlooking Alubarna shattered. Sanji plummeted down and Luffy jumped through the window after him.

"LUFFY-SAN!" Vivi screamed. "SANJI-SAN!"

Nami finally snapped out of her reverie. The last thing she wanted was a full-blown fight between Luffy and Sanji. Just like Sanji had said, it would only make things worse. Vivi quickly ran out of the room and tore down the stairs. Everyone else ran to keep up with her. No one could believe what they had just witnessed...

Sanji got up. He and Luffy had landed on one of the many lower roofs of the palace. They glared at each other. Luffy attacked first. He started running toward Sanji and his arms stretched out far behind him.

"GOMU GOMU NO BAZOOKA!"

Sanji jumped up and landed on Luffy's outstretched arms. He ran up the length of his arms, pulled his foot back, and gave a straight upwards kick to the bottom of Luffy's chin. His head snapped back inhumanly far. Anyone else would have instantly died from that kick. As Luffy started flying back, he grabbed onto Sanji's leg. Sanji's eyes went wide with fear as Luffy took him along for the ride. They both went flying over the edge of the roof. In midair, Luffy's arm stretched out and bound Sanji's legs together like rope. He then stretched his arm upwards as far as he could. Sanji went flying up. He almost reached all the way up to the top of the huge palace when...

"GOMU GOMU NO SLEDGE HAMMER!"

Luffy swung his outstretched arm as hard as he could in a huge downwards arc. It felt like Sanji's stomach just flew out of his body as he suddenly started to fly down to the ground. Just a few moments ago, the ground was very far away; now the ground was growing very large VERY quickly as Sanji prepared himself to be slammed into it.

(This is bad.)

WHAM!

Sanji hit the ground facedown. He felt several ribs break as the ground beneath him crumbled from the impact. It made a small crater. A few seconds after he hit the ground, Luffy landed on the ground beside him. He stared down at Sanji, his eyes hidden in shadows of anger. Sanji slowly got up as the rest of the crew ran out of the palace.

"STOP!" Nami yelled.

Chopper gasped as he looked at Sanji's face. Blood was flowing freely from his forehead, nose, and mouth. He coughed and a little more blood came out of his mouth. He winced in pain and clutched his ribs. "Damn these ribs..." he growled.

"Not again!" Chopper cried in anguish. "Those ribs are going to sustain permanent damage if you keep getting injured like this! They might not ever fully heal!"

"I don't care..." Sanji breathed. "I... have to kill Luffy... for what he did to Nami-san..."

"Please, stop!" Nami yelled again. She grabbed Sanji's arm and looked at him imploringly.

Sanji couldn't defy Nami. He slumped down onto the ground and coughed a little more as he allowed Chopper to start treating him.

"What the hell is going on?"

Two royal guards came out. Vivi rushed over to them. "Please, don't worry," she said reassuringly with a smile. "Go back in, please."

"Princess-sama!" the other guard gasped. "What are you doing dressed only in a sheet...?"

"Please," she said more firmly. "Go inside. Don't let anyone else come out right now."

They reluctantly did as they were told. She rushed back over to the Straw Hats. Everyone except Luffy was standing around Chopper and Sanji. They were watching Sanji get treated.

Nami turned on Luffy, whose eyes were still veiled in shadow. Nami glared at him. "How could you do this to Sanji-kun?" she demanded angrily.

"It was a fight," he answered simply. "I always fight to win, no matter who my opponent is."

"But he's your nakama!" she yelled, tears flowing down her face now. "How could you? You know he still has faith in you and all his nakama! He was just really angry when he said that!"

Luffy finally raised his head. Nami was very surprised that there were tears in his eyes. "I know," he said. "I always screw everything up..."

And with that, he quickly strode back into the palace. Vivi started to go after him. "Wait, Luffy-san...!"

"Let him go," said Zoro.

She stopped and looked at the swordsman. "But... Mr. Bushido..."

"He needs to be alone right now," Zoro continued. "If anyone were to go in there and try to comfort him, things would only get worse."

Vivi silently nodded. She turned to look at Nami. The navigator's face was turned towards the ground. She had a heavy frown and silent tears continued to fall from her half-closed eyes. Vivi opened her mouth to say something comforting, but she thought better against it.

Chopper was finished cleaning the wounds and was preparing to wrap bandages around his patient. Usopp tore his eyes away from Sanji to look at Nami. He frowned. (How did everything fall apart so quickly like this?) the sharpshooter thought miserably. He walked over to Nami and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Hey, you okay?" he asked gently.

Nami shrugged his hand off her shoulder and walked past him, still staring resolutely at the ground. Everyone watched as she walked back toward the palace. "Wait, Nami!" called Usopp. "Luffy has to be left alone...!"

"I'm not going in to see Luffy," she said coldly without slowing down or turning her head to look at them.

"Then what are you doing?" Vivi asked before she could stop herself.

Nami's response was just as cold as her previous statement. "I want to be alone, too."

So, what do you think so far? Good? Bad? Well, anyway, the next chapter is more than likely going to be the last chapter, so, yeah... Until next time!