Can you trust me

Rating: PG

Pairing: ZoroxRobin, LuffyxNami

WARNING: May contain spoiler!

Robin was looking at the gun she was holding. It was the first time from her many assassinate job she was feeling guilty with.

It was true that she know nothing about this Iceburg guy, and she was ordered to shoot him not killed him. So she did, and he was still alive.

The CP9 seem to be pleased of her work. Strange, yet reasonable. Robin understands their plan very well. She knew that their plan were involving with psychological trick towards the people on this island.

If she shoot Iceburg and left him dying in his office. People on this island will create absolute panic since he was their leader of their whole island and its economical and industrial work. When he wake up, he will tell them that it was her who shoot him and everyone on the island will automatically blame all her guilt towards her captain, Luffy and her friends.

She chuckled in depression, who would had thought that at the end she would betray the straw-hat pirate. Twenty years of her miserable life, the straw-hat pirates were in-fact the only people who she could call as true-friends and the person she could trust the most. And because of her action, she will lose the friends she looked as her long-lost-family, the ship that makes her feels like if she was home will be destroyed, and the life she had been trying to protect in order to achieve her goal would be taken away from her.

Why her life had to be this miserable?

Why did she have to spend her entire life a criminal?

What have she done to deserve this on the beginning anyway?

Is she just fated to be that way?

Maybe it was wise decision for her to die. All she did was nothing but murder and betrayal to the people she loved and care.

What Lucci had say was nothing but the truth,

"Robin, your existence is nothing but sin"

Yes, it was true, and in just a few moments her friends will think the same thing too. So what with this curse life? Why don't end it? Isn't it better that way?

"Nico Robin," said Bulleno which caught her attention

Robin looked at him coldly

"Don't give me that look," said Bulleno, "Anyway, I just wanted to inform you that since you had done your crime, you're allowed to go around this island. Use this as a remaining time for you to say your goodbyes to your friends. I have to go, I have work in a pub to take care of."

"I understand," replied Robin coldly as he left her to do his work.

Robin looked at the sky while smiling sadly towards the birds that fly, "I wish I could fly freely like you do, I'm jealous of you."

Once again Zoro was right, at the end the situation turned from worse to terrible. It was so obvious that Ussop will not stand a chance when fighting with Luffy, so the result was already obvious even before they started the fight.

Nami and Chopper kept on crying, Sanji was walking around the island in order to cool down his stressful mind and to find Robin, Luffy was sitting somewhere far away from his other crew while being in a very deep thought, and Zoro was closing his eyes and acting all tough and calm in order to maintain the stressful and depressed situation of the crew.

Zoro knew that it was not Sanji, Nami, Chopper, himself or Ussop who were hurt the most. It was Luffy…he just lost his greatest friend and he had to fight and hurt him just like the way he treats his own enemy. After the fight with Ussop, everyone could see him crying while choking himself in order to hold his crying voice and hiccups.

It was a terrible sight, even when Luffy was covering his own face with his straw hat. All of his crews could still hear his choking voice. Zoro decided to leave him alone, so as the other crews. Giving him pity and comfort will only hurt his pride as a man. So leaving him alone in his deep thought was the best thing to do.

The awkward situation was then broken apart when another bad news appear.

The news was the fact that Sanji was still unable to find Robin no matter how hard he search. And also the fact that the mayor of this Water 7 Island, was shot two times inside his office, leaving him dying on the floor and showered with his own blood.

Everyone decided to create a searching group, Zoro, Sanji and Chopper had duties to search the whole island once more to find Robin, Nami had to find out what exactly had happen to Iceburg since she too was worried about his condition. While Luffy was left alone by his crews, since they still wanted him to get all of his guilt and regret out of his mind.

Nami whistled loudly to call her 'bull' transportation, then she rides it through the water tunnel towards the first deck shipwright to meet Iceberg.

As she was riding her bull, she begun to lose on her own thought. She still wanted to cry and she needs comfort from one of her friends. Not Zoro who would not be able to do anything to comfort a crying girl. Not Sanji who would take advantages from her crying state. Not Chopper since both of them need comfort from someone who is mentally strong. Not Robin or Ussop since they were not there. Not Luffy…because he caused her to lose her best friend and it was him who made her cry.

She looked at the walking floor beside the water tunnel, dry blood were on that floor. She realized that it was the place where she found Ussop lying, looking all beat up and wounded. Just by thinking about him, she felt that she wanted to cry her heart out once more.

Suddenly she heard a familiar voice for calling her. She looked up to the bridge above her to found Luffy looking at her. Without warning, he jumped onto Nami's bull which caused water around her to splashed towards both of them and made them wet.

"Ops sorry about that," said Luffy smiling in apology

Nami knocked Luffy's head, "Stupid!"

Luffy chuckled while rubbing his head, Nami turned her head away in order to avoid any eye contact with Luffy.

Luffy too tried his best to avoid her eyes, he placed the front part of his hat in-front of his eyes. Yet he spoke, "Nami…"

Nami nodded to show that she was listening, no matter how angry she was towards her captain, he was still her captain and she had to respect him.

"I'm sorry…" he said softly

Trying her best not to shed anymore tears, she harshly spoke back, "Forget it!"

Luffy was taken back by her harsh tone, in order not to risen up her angry mood anymore he decided to keep his mouth shut on the rest of the journey.

The awkward silence was turning Nami on. Luffy NEVER stay quite and staying with him NEVER made any of their situation awkward. The truth, no matter how much she was annoyed with Luffy, she wanted his comfort the most. No matter how much she was angry with him, she wanted to be crying her heart out with his arms around her. No matter how much she was pissed at him or hate the things he had done towards Ussop, she still loved him.

She begun to bite her lower lips in depression, her mind and feelings were so complicated that it hurt.

Luffy gasped in surprised when Nami suddenly parked her transportation on the nearby edge. She stopped her transportation and slowly looked at Luffy, forcing to make eye contact towards each other.

"Nami…" started Luffy but then stop himself when he saw her eyes. Pain, sadness and loneliness were shown in her eyes, and it hurt him so much just by seeing her in that state.

"STUPID!" roared Nami which made him flinched, "You stupid buffoon! Why did you have to fight? Why? I warned you not to! I warned you! But why won't you listen? Ussop is your friend? I keep telling you that right? Right? FRIENDS DON'T FIGHT! FRI…"

"NAMI!" cried Luffy angrily which shocked Nami, especially when he begun to glared at her, "Stop telling me like if you understand how I feel."

Nami was trembling while gritted her teeth in both frustration and sadness, she could feel that her heart will blow up in anger any time soon. She glared back at him, which made him to stop his glare. His glare slowly turned into guilt. She too realized that her glared were accompanied by her many tears she had been hiding for a long time.

"I know how you feel!" cried Nami angrily while sobbing continuously, "That's why I'm so mad at you! Why are you doing this to yourself? Why choose pride over the importance of your friend? Why Luffy? WHY? You know how much this hurt you? Not only you, it hurt us too!"

Luffy was looking at her sadly, and slowly he smiled at her, "Nami…we are pirates…and I'm the captain."

"SO?" asked Nami while wiping her tears with her hand

Patiently he put his hand on top of her shoulder, "Try to understand Nami, you heard Zoro right? If Ussop wanted to choose to quit the crew, then I will not force him to stay. If I do that, then I'm being selfish and even thou sometime I use my selfishness for the sake of the crews, but I will never bring my selfishness to hurt the pride of my friend. And when that happen, I will not be a good captain for my crew."

Nami blinked in confusion, "Pride of your friend? What friend?"

"Ussop," smiled Luffy, "Forcing him to choose the things he didn't like and giving him pity by not fighting with him, will only hurt his pride forever. And you know how stubborn and high his pride can be right?"

Nami eyes were wide in surprised, and slowly she turned her head down to looked at the seat of her bull transportation. Luffy was unable to see her face clearly since the bangs of her hair were covering her eyes, yet he understand her state which was full of confusion and sadness from the tears which kept on pouring on her face.

So he slowly wrapped his arm around her shaking body. He could feel the tension on her body, but later on relaxed as she begun to deepen her face on top of his shoulder.

Slowly she whispered, "Thank you Luffy…love you…"

He chuckled in relieve, "And I too…"

Luffy slowly raised her chin so that her face will face him. As he moved down towards her face, their lips begun to meet. Nami smiled between their kiss as she begun to kiss him back.

As they broke apart, Luffy wiped her tears which caused her to give him a warm smile.

"Keep on smiling," smiled Luffy happily, "You and tears don't match at all."

Nami giggled, "Whatever you say captain."

A great turn of event had created the two of them to come together once again. But then again, how long will it last?

Will there be another news or events which will change the whole crews fate once and for all?

Robin knew that her friends were looking for her, that was why she kept on hiding and avoid having Chopper to catch her scent.

She was not mentally ready to say goodbye. She was afraid that she will lose herself when facing her friends. It was not like in the past where she was able to masked herself in front of her ex-crewmates. This was different, her present crew mates were her real friends, not just any real friends but those people she believes and those who showed her the meaning of being together as a family.

Then again, that was not entirely her real reason. In just a few moments she knew that the Iceburg guy will be awake. By that time, he would tell the whole island that it was her who shot him, and the blame would automatically send towards the straw-hat crews.

Once again she felt guilt stabbing her heart in a very painful manner. Yet, she was unable to back away anymore, what done is done. She didn't care if her friends will hate or curse her for her betrayal, as long as they're save from the danger given by those government, she will have no regret. Even if it means that she was unable to achieve her goal, sacrificing her life for the sake of her friends' life was worth it.

She smiled happily knowing that her sacrifice will save her friends. Closing her eyes while feeling the beautiful breeze of the beach, her thought were filled with beautiful memories of her times with the straw-hat crews.

Robin realized as she begun to remember about her most precious memory just by touching her own lips. She smiled as her lips gave a small whisper about the most important person in her life, "Zoro…thank you…sorry…goodbye. And…love you…forever…"

With a soft smile formed on her lips, tears of regrets and loneliness started to pour once more.

TBC

Note: Okaaaaay…I have to admit that this chapter is more into LuffyxNami fluff. And I know it's not really as good as the other chapters. The words and sentences, especially grammars are a MESS! And I have no idea how to change it. Anyway, I have to apologize to you readers because I have to update the next chapter in another 2 weeks. I really REALLY apologize, I have this huge project for my mid-semester project. So I will not be able to write this fic for a week. I'm really sorry! But please review, complains and flames are excepted!