I had a lot of fun writing this one! I don't know how I got the idea, but maybe it was from thinking back on what I did during vacation! But I had so much fun writing this request! A SaboXNami one? I was worried I wouldn't know what to write but BAM! there it was!
Ok, haha, enough of that! This is for Sempai-sama! I hope you like it and thank you for the awesome reviews! Hopefully I will be able to message you some time! I'm glad you like my stories and its always good to read awesome reviews like the ones you leave that just make me smile and laugh and feel like I want to write! Because I read your reviews I wrote so much today! THank you again!
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"Oi!"
"Catch her!"
"Thief!"
"Give me back my treasure!"
The shouts rang through the streets as a group of pirates chased after an orange haired who was carrying a bag of treasure.
An arm shot out of the darkness and grabbed her, pulling her into an alley just as she rounded the corner. She struggled against him, but the arm was tight around her and the other hand was covering her mouth, keeping her from saying anything.
"MHM!" She mumbled into his hand, struggling against him and his hold on her.
The pirates ran by the alleyway, making Nami freeze and stay quiet. They stopped and looked around, and then continued on running when they couldn't spot her anywhere. She jerked her elbow back into the man that had a hold of her and broke free as he grunted.
"Let go of me!" She shouted at him, eyes blazing in hate.
A man with shaggy, curly blonde hair stood there with a blue top hat with goggles on it. He held his hands up and smiled at her calmly, reassuring her he wasn't going to do anything to her and he had no weapons on him.
"I was only helping," He said, turning on his heel and walking away. He stopped and looked back at her. "If you don't want to get caught, then follow me,"
Nami looked back to the exit of the alleyway and heard the pirates shouting around for her, making her clench her teeth and decided against her better thought to follow the blonde man. He walked down the alleyway, cutting through doors and small passages until they were in a large empty warehouse.
"They won't find you here," He told her, walking through it and picking up a drink before tossing it to her. "You can hide out here until they give up looking."
"Who are you?" She asked warily, gripping her bag of treasure in her hand so he didn't steal it from her in a sneak attack.
"Sabo," He told her, giving a smile to her that made her heart beat fast.
She didn't feel like he was a threat, and he obviously wasn't interested in the treasure she was holding onto so tightly. She relaxed slightly and walked over to a chair that was sitting in there, setting her treasure down and placing herself in the chair.
"Oh!" She groaned, stretching her arms above her head, feeling the exhaustion of them from getting the treasure and running with it around the town.
"Arlong Pirates huh?" Sabo asked, seeing the tattoo on her arm.
Nami glared and covered the tattoo up, muscles tensing and waiting for any attack he would come at her with. He held up his hands again and the smile covered his face calmly, keeping her calm.
"Just an observation," He told her, eyes sparkling at her in interest. "So what's a pirate doing stealing from pirates?"
"Because I hate them," She growled at him, digging her fingernails into the retched tattoo on her arm.
"Yet you became one?" Sabo asked, pushing her for more information.
"I didn't have a choice," She sighed, not caring if he knew because she wouldn't ever see him again. She turned her attention on him then, wanting more information out of him and how he knew where all of this would be. "What are you exactly?"
"Everything?" He laughed, holding his hands up before leaning on his elbow and propping his chin in his hand. "I'm a revolutionary." He told her.
"So you're against pirates too!" She said, standing up with a smile, eyes shining at him.
"The ones who do bad." He said with a chuckle.
"All of them do bad." She groaned, finding him an idiot if he couldn't see that.
"My brothers a pirate." Sabo told her with a smile. "He hasn't done anything bad yet, so I won't judge until a pirate does something bad."
"That's stupid," She commented, huffing as she sat back down in her chair. "What are you doing hiding out here?"
"I can watch over the town from here," He said, standing up and walking over to the stairs.
Nami looked up and noticed there was a balcony going along every wall so they could look out windows from on it. She stood up and followed after him, wanting to see for herself if he could see everything. Her jaw dropped as she looked out the windows, the town shining in the sunlight, the birds flying over head, and the beautiful colors that covered the town.
"Beautiful!" She said, eyes trying to take in everything at once.
Sabo smiled and reached down, taking her hand carefully. She looked down at his hand in confusion before he tugged her along to go to the other side of the building.
"Look over here," He said with a smile.
Nami stopped and looked out the windows, the air rushing at her as Sabo opened the windows. The sea air blew around her and enveloped her with the sunlight crashing down. The sea was endless and blue as it reached towards the horizon, seeming to drop off the side of the earth from where she was at. They were only a few blocks from the ocean and she could even see her small boat from here.
"You can escape to the ocean from here if you want. Unless you have something else to do here." He said with a smile, giving a small squeeze on her hand.
Nami looked at him, her heart and body telling her to stay with him for a while more, but her mind was pushing towards the sea. She knew Arlong was waiting for her to return for the new map, and she needed to gather all the money that she could up quickly.
"I could take you around town." He said, flashing a bigger smile at her.
Nami smiled, giving into her body and heart and nodding her head. Sabo chuckled and pulled her back over to the other side where the town was visible. He opened up a window on that side and stepped out, holding his hand out for her.
"Come on," He urged with a laugh, seeing the disbelief cover her face with worry.
She reached out a little, and he grabbed her hand, yanking her out of the window with him. She sucked in a breath as she looked down, the houses below looked like they were getting small and smaller as the hill they were on reached up high. The houses at the bottom looked like ants they were so small.
"Hang on," He told her, as he latched a belt looking object around her.
He synched it up tightly so she was pulled against him. He grabbed the metal holder and hooked it up to the one that was on a rope above. She knew exactly what he was going to do and her heart raced in fear.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" She said quickly, pushing away from him and trying to undo the belt he put on her.
"Just hang on!" He laughed, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her to his body. He lifted her up slightly so her feet were no longer touching the roof and ran to the edge.
"NO!" Nami screamed as he jumped from the roof.
Sabo leaned back as Nami grabbed onto him desperately, the ground far down as they flew through the town on the rope. They were so close to the buildings that were flying by, all she had to was reach out and her fingers would graze them. The wind blew past her face roughly, but it was exciting at the same time. She felt like she was flying through the air!
Sabo held his hat in lap, using Nami who was slightly over him to hold it down. He glanced over at her and smiled, seeing the sparkle in her eyes as she looked around the town and took in the views. The end was coming soon so he pulled the lever next to him, making the parachute blast out behind them and slow them down.
"That was awesome!" She squealed, looking up at the house they had just flew down from.
Sabo chuckled and fixed the parachute back into the bag it was in. "Well, you'll have to do it when you escape to the sea." He told her, making her smile brighten in excitement.
He reached out and grabbed her hand again, tugging her along towards the middle of town. They passed vendors and entertainment, people who were trying to get Nami and Sabo to buy their things. Nami laughed as one of the vendors did a weird dance before tripping over himself and crashing down.
"It's not so bad to just relax once in a while." He told Nami as they sat down at a table and munched at some food.
"Its been so long since I've relaxed." She sighed, taking a sip from her drink.
Sabo stared at her, lacing his fingers under his chin and watching her closely. He was memorizing every part of her face; from every dip, to every curl, to every angle. He wanted to remember her, even after today.
"What?" Nami asked, rubbing at her face thinking she had something on it.
"You interesting," He told her, sitting back and eating some more. "I've never met a pirate who hates pirates. Or one who is so determined like you."
Nami blushed and tucked some hair behind her ear, never getting a genuine complement like that before from a guy who was as nice as Sabo. "Well, when you have people to fight for, anything is possible." She said with a smile, knowing that was the sole reason she did anything now.
"That sounds like my brother," Sabo laughed, "He wants to be the Pirate King. He's so goofy that it makes us all believe he can do it."
"What's your brother like?" Nami asked, interested in his past life.
"He's stupid, clumsy, big mouthed, goofy, funny, childish,…" Sabo stopped seeing her drop her head in disbelief as he began listing off his personality. He laughed, "Sorry, I haven't seen him since we were kids. We're not blood related at all, but we're family." He sighed, shaking his head knowing most people don't understand what he means when he says that. "Sorry, that probably makes no sense."
Nami smiled, reminding her of Nojiko back on her home island. She shook her head, stopping him. "I understand. Me and my sister are like that." She told him.
"It's good to see you smile." He said, making her jump in surprise and realize she had been smiling and laughing a lot since she'd been with him. "You look better with a smile."
"There she is!"
Nami turned her head and jumped up, seeing the same pirates from before running at her from down the street. "Shit!"
"Come!" Sabo said, thinking quickly and grabbing her wrist.
He ran down the street quickly with her in tow as the pirates chased after them, determined to get Nami this time and make her give the treasure back.
"What do we do?" She asked worriedly, looking back at the pirates who were gaining on them.
"Jump!" He laughed, making her look back at him just in time to see him jump off a brick wall.
Nami was pulled down after him and screamed as she fell towards the ground, her stomach climbing into her throat as gravity took over.
Sabo landed on a train car that was climbing up the hill and caught Nami in his arms, holding her close to his body and holding her princess style as the Pirates looked down at them. Sabo smiled and waved slightly at them as they shouted curses at them and took off another way.
"Don't worry, they won't catch up with us in time before we're out of sight again." Sabo said, leaning down to set her on the train car.
"You're crazy," She huffed, putting a hand over her heart to try and slow it down before she gets a heart attack.
Sabo laughed as if it were a compliment, making her stand up and hit his arm harshly, making him wince finally. "I know this town too well to get us killed." He told her finally.
"You should really tell me that before jumping off of every high place around here!" She yelled at him, giving a groan before sitting down and leaning back. "I think I died just then!"
Sabo sat down next to her and grabbed her hand, putting it up to his so his hand engulfed her with its size. "Well you're still warm, your heart is till bleeding, and your skin is still pink. I don't think you're died yet." He teased her. He brought her hand over to his chest, making her feel his heart that was beating just as fast. "I feel this way every time I do something like that."
"Then why do you do it?" She asked confused, leaving her hand there.
"It tells me I'm alive." He told her with a smile.
Somehow she understood what he meant as she felt her heart beating with him. She pulled her hand back and placed her other hand over her heart, feeling it thrum against her chest. She knew the feeling of being so numb she didn't know if she were alive or not. She wondered if he's had a similar feeling before, or maybe something worse.
"Come on," He said, making her slide to the side of the train car before they jumped off lightly.
The moment their feet hit the concrete they took off again, but this time it was more of a playful run for the two of them then a run for your life. They passed all kinds of people who snickered and smiled at them, thinking they were a couple who were just having fun in the town.
He tugged her along the streets and finally to an alleyway which had a much easier path to get through to reach the warehouse. Nami sighed and sat back down, but this time on the couch that was in there. Sabo plopped down next to her, both of them breathing heavily.
"I've never had so much fun," Nami told him, looking over at him as his hat was taken off and set down. "Thanks,"
"Anytime," He smiled at her, flashing his teeth at her playfully.
"Why me?" She asked confused, the question boring into her since she first got here.
"I told you, you interested me," He said with a smile, looking at her with shining eyes. "I wanted to meet the orange haired girl that instantly caught my eye." He said, grabbing a piece of her hair and tugging on it slightly.
"I could have been a murderer or something," She huffed, slapping his hand playfully.
"Well then, I'd let you take my heart." He chuckled, playing around with her and leaning his head back.
Nami laughed and leaned against him, placing her head in the crook of his neck and shoulder, her eyes momentarily fluttering close as she let herself relax.
"Nami, Nami," Sabo called out to her.
Nami opened her eyes lightly, feeling his hand shake her shoulder gently. The orange sunlight peeked through the windows, making her sit up and look around quickly.
"You fell asleep." Sabo laughed, standing up with her and rolling his arm around. "You must have been more tired than you thought."
"I need to get going," She said quickly, looking around for her treasure and remembering the hidden spot they stashed it by.
"This way," He said, tugging her hand again so she followed him up the stairs and to the other side where the ocean faced. "I'll hook you up, and then your bag so it can go down after you." He told her, already hooking the belt around her. "You won't need a parachute for this one since it's a short distance."
"You're not going to steal my treasure are you?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
He chuckled and looked at her. "And risking having you come after me? Maybe." He said, making her shake her head and punch him in the arm again.
She stopped his hands from doing the belt and looked at him with reluctance. "Will I see you again?"
Sabo looked into her soft brown eyes that seemed to be pleading him to tell her they would. He cupped her face in his hands and pulled her too him, placing his lips over hers and sweetly kissing her. His tongue ran over her upper lip, pushing on the line between her lips to let her in.
She opened her mouth, wanting more of the kiss from him. He wrestled with her tongue as they pushed, rubbed, and twisted around one another until finally they needed air. They broke apart and Sabo placed his forehead on hers, rubbing his thumb over her bottom lip.
"I'm sure we'll cross paths again some time." He told her with a smile.
Nami smiled and gave a quick kiss to his lips before she hooked the metal together and jumped backwards, surprising him by her daring behavior now with jumping off things. He laughed and hooked up her treasure, sending it down after her.
He reluctantly waved to her as she boarded on her boat and sailed off. He would see her again, he felt it in his heart.
