Chapter 2: No other Choice.

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Luffy and his friends just stayed there for the longest time. None of them knew what to say or do. Nothing was clear but one thing. Luffy was pissed. He was still sitting on Nami's bed with her on his shoulder. The crew was getting worried. There was no sound from their Captain for a long time. Finally, Luffy spoke.

"L-Lets G-Go" He said trying to hold his rage in.

He gently, despite all of his anger, grabbed the soulless Nami by her shoulders and got off the bed. By then he had picked her up and placed her peacefully on the bed. Chopper approached them. He looked up to see that Luffy had a great deal of sadness in his eyes. Chopper then looked at Nami. Pale as though she was a ghost, but peaceful as if to be in a deep sleep. He moved just in time, as Luffy knelt down beside the bed. To the gang's surprise, Luffy knelt really, really close to Nami. It looked as if he was about to kiss her pale-blue lips, to restore the original pink they always had. Instead, he whispered a promise.

"I promise Nami, I will give you your soul back. I won't let you die."

Luffy mumbled something else that was barely audible. The rest knew better than to ask what he said, seeing as how they'll get their asses kicked. Finally Zoro spoke.

"So what are we doing, Captain?" He asked as casually as he could.

"What do you think, idiot?" Luffy replied angrily, "We're going to Stratsbourgh Island to find and kill that fucker."

Zoro, as well as everyone else was taken aback by this answer. Zoro displayed his shock with a dropped jaw. Luffy noticed this and turned away.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so rude." He said quietly as he walked away.

Zoro turned to every one else. He opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Luffy.

"Please close Nami's door." And with that walked away to the lamb head.

"Don't you think this is odd?" Zoro asked suddenly

"Well, of course. Someone just doesn't loose their soul like that." Sanji replied.

"I wasn't talking about that" Zoro snapped, "I meant Luffy's reaction"

"Yeah. It was strange. What do you think it is?" Usopp asked.

"Clearly something bigger is going on inside our Captain's heart, and he hasn't told anyone" Zoro said thoughtfully.

Meanwhile, Luffy was sitting on the lamb head thinking. I promise Nami, I won't let you die. You mean to much to us… to me He thought. Suddenly a thought struck him.

"Oi! Guys!" He yelled.

Everyone came running up.

"What's the matter?" Usopp asked

"Anyone know about navigation and just where this island is?" He asked.

"I do a little" Chopper said.

Zoro turned away.

"I know where it is… and I know precisely how to get there too." He said

Everyone stopped to look at him.

"How?" Sanji asked actually being polite towards the swordsman.

"I was hunting a pirate, back in my bounty days, and he led me there." Zoro said, "From here I'd say it takes about… 9 days to get there"

"NINE DAYS?" Luffy squealed "If we don't get there in at least 5 days, Nami will die!"

"I know… I'm sorry Luffy" He spoke quietly.

Luffy realized he had snapped at Zoro again and looked at him apologetically. Zoro eyed an "I-Understand" message back to Luffy.

"C-Can't this ship go any faster?" Luffy asked weakly.

"No." Replied Usopp.

6 DAYS LATER

Luffy had stayed by Nami's bed day and night. At last he was so tired he fell asleep. Usopp walked in.

"Luffy" He said shaking him gently, "According to Chopper, I have to give this herb potion to Nami to keep her hydrated."

Luffy looked at Usopp. "There's only 1 day left"

"I know, I know." Said Usopp noticing Luffy's sadness. "The ship can't go any faster though"

"I know" Luffy said very quietly.

He stepped out of Usopp's way to give him room. As Usopp was giving the medicine to Nami, Luffy felt a sharp stab at his heart. He looked down.

"I-I failed you" He said.

Usopp looked up "Huh?"

"Nami. I failed her." He mumbled, "I promised that I wouldn't let her die… and I did"

Usopp looked from Luffy to Nami then back to Luffy. He tried to cheer the mood up, but nothing was working.

"Hey, you didn't break your promise. Nami's not dead yet." He said with a sad smile.

Luffy looked at him then at Nami. "No, but she will be. According to Zoro, it takes at least 3 days to get up that mountain from here. Forget it, Usopp, let's change course. There's nothing we can do"

Usopp's jaw dropped. He had never seen Luffy this depressed let alone GIVE UP? But, he listened to his captain and went upstairs.

"Listen everyone, this is very, very important!" He bellowed to the crew, "Luffy has instructed me to change paths. We are not going to the island."

"WHAT!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"That's what I was told" He said.

"That's absurd!" Yelled the cook from the kitchen. He burst through the door. "There's no way I'm going to let my Nami-san die!"

Usopp shot around. "She's not YOUR Nami-san and you're the cook not the captain so back off!" he shouted giving Sanji a death glare

Sanji backed up a few steps.

"So what are we going to do?" asked Chopper.

"We're going to bury her" Said a voice from below the deck.

Everyone turned to see Luffy coming up the stairs. For the first time, in all of the time they've been together, they saw Luffy come up the stairs sniffling with a tear-stained face.

"Where are we going to do that?" Zoro asked

"Kokoyashii" Luffy replied.

"Nami's hometown?" Usopp answered.

"Yes. Now let's get going. She'll be dead by morning." Luffy said moving towards his seat.

I'll have to find another Navigator, but it just won't be the same without you Nami. I'll miss you. And with that, Luffy began to cry silently.

A/N: There you go! What will happen next? Please R&R :)