A/N: It took me a 5 days to finish this chapter, I did my best to write it so I hope you'll like it ^^
Credit: AllHeroesWearHats proofread this chapter, thank you very much :D
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.
This chapter is dedicated to my first reviewers; DicoxCade, JC and Lina
Your words of encouragement are deeply appreciated.
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Chapter 01
From the Sky to Blue Sea
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"Kyaaaa!!!" A scream of terror escaped from Nami's lips.
'I can't believe this is happening!' These were her panicked thoughts as she tried to escape the White Berets who where currently pursuing her.
The young navigator was wearing a dark green camo cargo pants (two circular rings on the right side) partnered with a white v-neck t-shirt as her top, her trademark high heeled sandals and styled her hair in a pigtails; was currently riding a Waver and maneuvering it on the surface of the Sea Clouds as she dodged the gun shots which were raining down on her, courtesy of the White Berets.
Nami, rather than buying her own ticket for the ship which would lead her to the Blue Sea, thought that it would be a better idea to steal all, she is a pirate.
'I'm saving Beli, who knows how far I'm going to have to go to get to Saboady Archipelago.'
Unfortunately for her, the passenger whom she had robbed was an important guest on the ship and the ticket was easily identified. When hell broke loose, as she was now labeled as a thief and a stowaway, add in the ridiculous penalty being charged to her for her crimes, she grabbed the waver that was park on the side of the ship then jumped and drove off ahead on the White Sea.
After the rush of adrenaline she had felt due to being chased by the law enforcers of the Sky, she finally felt herself calming down.
She smiled to herself. 'Good thing there's only one way ahead, if I keep following these Sea Clouds I'm sure I'll be able to get to Blue Sea in no time.'
She glanced behind her and saw that she was getting far ahead from her pursuers who were riding a Dial Boat.
"Sorry officers, but I'm going on ahead! Bye bye!" She shouted and winked at them just before she increased the speed of her waver and rode onwards.
Nami was sailing for quite some time when she finally saw the cutoff point between the Sea Clouds and the Blue Sea. She felt joy rush within her at the thought of getting back to her own land.
Grinning, she continued riding the Waver until she saw people near the cutoff point waving or trying to blocked her path.
'Oh no! Have the White Berets contacted those people, telling them to arrest me?' She worriedly stared ahead of her.
'There's no way I'll get myself caught, I'm so close to going home!' Gritting her teeth, she maximized the speed of her Waver and tried to maneuver around the Dial Boats blocking her path.
She successfully passed them but she heard one particular shout coming from one of the men that send a chill down her spine.
"YOUNG LADY! PLEASE STOP! YOU'LL FALL!" She felt time slow down as the man shouted the warning, waving his hand frantically and nodding his head from right to left.
"EHHH!!!??" Time has gone back to normal but it seemed everything was happening too fast.
Her eyes widened as she felt the Waver being sucked by an unidentifiable force (gravity), dragging it to the cutoff point.
The next thing she knew she was thrown off the Sea Clouds and was falling down all the way to The Blue Sea.
'OH MY GOOOD!!!' Nami gripped her hair as her whole body turned white, tears similar to a waterfall freely flowing from her eyes.
'Why! Why am I falling!? I could have sworn that Sea Clouds was connected to Blue Sea!' Her eyes began to swirl as thoughts of her impending doomed flashed in front of her eyes.
"NOOOO!!!" The desperate and helpless scream of the young girl was lost in the sound of the waves.
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===Some Time Later===
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"Hmmm" Nami woke up feeling sore. She lifted her heavy eyelids and blinked thrice to clear her blurred vision.
She glanced around at the unfamiliar surroundings before gathering her strength to sit up on the bed.
"Where am I? What happened?" Massaging her temples using her right hand she tried to ease the pain from the headache she was currently experiencing.
The door in the room creaked as someone opened it.
"Ugh!" The sound came from a person who had just entered the room, surprised to see that the injured girl he was caring for days was finally awake.
Nami glanced at the person who had just entered the room and although her vision was still blurry her eyes widened in recognition as to who the stranger was.
"Cho-Chopper!" Feeling the pain fade away from her body as excitement took its placed, she jumped off her bed and run to hug her nakama.
"Ah!" The reindeer stepped backward and was about to turn around and run but was stopped as Nami bended down and enveloped him into a hug.
"Chopper! I'm so glad you're okay!" Came Nami's chocked voiced as she hold back the tears that were threatening to fall.
'I missed you! I'm relieved to know that you're alive.' were her silent thoughts as events from Saboady came flashing through her mind.
"Ugh! What do you think you're doing bastard! Let go!" Chopper pushed Nami off of him.
"Do-don't act like were closed! Be-because we're not anymore!" The blue nosed reindeer glared at her.
Nami stared at Chopper shocked by his attitude towards her but she noticed that his body was trembling and that tears were starting to form at the corner of his eyes.
She was still kneeling on the floor as she inched closer to her crew mate.
Gently she asked, "Chopper? What's wrong-".
"Stay back Nami!" Chopper cut her off, stepping back to get away from her.
She stared at her nakama with a stunned expression, confused as to what's going on.
'Di-did something happen? Why is Chopper acting like this?'
Abruptly turning around, the small reindeer ran out of the room and out of the small house.
Nami stared at the empty doorway for a few moments before snapping out of her dazed, getting up, she run after the ship's doctor.
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OUTSIDE
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Nami run out of the house, desperately looking around for any signs where the little reindeer had run off to, but sadly she couldn't find any.
"Oh good! You're awake!"
She turned around to see a middle aged chubby woman with dark brown hair, black eyes with a kind face and a fair complexion walking up to her.
"The traveling doctor has been tending you for days"
"It seems you got injured when you crashed down the balloon octopus and fell to the side of the ship it was carrying." The woman gently explained.
Smiling at the navigator the woman continued "My husband is the captain of the ship which brought you to town; luckily there was this kind doctor around treating patients for free."
"Although when Doctor Chopper saw you he looked surprised or more like stunned, which puzzled me a little" The woman frowned in confusion.
"Anyway a day had passed, yet you still wouldn't wake up so we decided to put you in the vacant house and the doctor volunteered to take care of you."
By the time she was done explaining the woman was beaming at Nami.
"I see. Thank you very much for your kindness and hospitality ma'am." Nami said smiling then bowing down to the woman.
The woman laughed and said "Drop the formalities just call me Yuja."
The young navigator grinned at her and nodded her head.
"Then I'm Nami" she introduced herself as Yuja smiled back at her.
'So that's what happened.' Nami thought finally understanding the situation.
'I was really lucky to have a ship sail to Blue Sea from Weatheria before me or I could have died just because of a 1,500 Beli ticket... aha…ha…ha…'
Dark auras surrounded her as she lamented in the cause of her would-be death.
'Oh well! I'm alive, I found Chopper but most of all I managed saved 1,500 Beli' Standing up straight as she pump up her fist in level with her shoulders, quickly getting over her depression at the thought of having 1,500 Beli more in her wallet.
'Right! I forgot! I need to find Chopper!' suddenly remembering the tasked she was supposed to do before being interrupted by the kind lady.
"Erm… Did you happen to see where Chopper went?" Nami asked.
"Hm? I thought he was inside the house, I saw him going inside a while ago. Maybe he went off to buy medicine supplies?"
"I guess... probably... Then I'll go find him" The orange haired girl started walking into one of the roads.
"Young lady wait! I don't think it's a good idea for you to be walking around just yet" Yuja worriedly ran to her side and put a hand on Nami's shoulder.
"Please don't worry, I won't go far I just need to stretch my legs a bit" Nami beamed at the woman as she waved her hands in front of her.
"And Yuja? Can you tell where this placed is? Or what's the name of this island?" It had struck her only just then that she had absolutely no idea where she was at the moment.
Yuja's features brightened at her question "This Island is called Akinai Toshi (City of Trade), we have a huge port here in the harbor because this place is what you'll call a trade town."
"A trade town?"
"Of course! Different ships coming from different places docked here, some specifically coming here to trade rare items they found. It doesn't matter what your status is, all are welcome as long as you don't intend to cause trouble."
"Wow..." Nami felt overwhelmed upon hearing the information.
"As you wonder into town you might encounter a variety of people, which is why there are some vacant houses here, it's available to rent for tourist planning to stay here for weeks or months."
'An island who doesn't discriminate on who you are.' A piece of happiness settled within the young navigator.
"It can be a crowded city at times since it's in the perimeters of The Grand Line or to be more precise it's in the outskirts of the New World, so most people coming from the other half often come here."
Nami's eyes widened, her face forming a shocked expression at the woman's proclamation.
"The New World!?" She exclaimed.
'I'm currently within the New World?' No matter how many times she repeats this shocking revelation, her brain still failed to register it.
Yuja slaps the navigator on the back "Ahahaha! What are you so surprised about, since you came from Weatheria you should at least have known where you were headed."
Nami dumbly nodded her head and started walking off the road, wearing a dazed expression.
"Tha... thanks... Yuja..."
"Don't go too far and be careful, if you start to feel tired then come back immediately." The middle aged lady; who gave off the aura of a mother, called after her.
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Somewhere in Town
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Nami had walked for quite some time before she finally snapped back to reality.
'This is terrible!!!'
'Me and Chopper are currently in the New World, what about the others? Were they sent here too? Or are they still in the other half of Grand Line?' She placed her fist under her chin brooding over the matter.
'Kyaaa!' She slapped both her hands on the side of her head due to panic.
'How will we get back to Saboady now? We were all supposed to go to the New World together!' she thought as a panicked feeling swept over her.
'Stop! Calm down!' She commanded herself and took a deep breath.
'First I need to find Chopper then gather information on how to get off this island and travel back to Saboady. Whether the others are there or not we'll think of our next step once we get back to Sunny'
Now composed and knowing what to do she set off to find Chopper once again.
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In a certain part of the Town
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The tasked in her mind was yet interrupted again as she saw two or should she say three familiar figures walking on the other side of the street.
"Hahaha! Did you see the news article from some time ago? Captain made it to the front page! If our escapade continues I might get a snap shot of my own hahaha!" Mohji boasted.
"Hmph! Babbling nonsense again, please stay a few feet away from me or people might think that I know you." Cabaji stated with his eyes closed walking off ahead.
"What did you say!? You body bending maniac-" Mohji's words were interrupted by Richie who was tugging his arm and pointing at a meat store.
Cabaji tsked at his two crew mates 'Why did Captain Buggy partner me up with this kitten training moron, I can looked for Mugiwara myself.'
Nami pressed herself against a wall of a house.
'What are they doing here? I can't believe that the Buggy pirates were able to reach the New World as well.' She sighed.
'Don't tell me that these clowns are here to cause some trouble; I need to find Chopper immediately!' Nami thought as she sneaked off running in another direction.
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Inside a Restaurant
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"Old man keep it coming! These are delicious!" A young man said with a large grin on his faced as he continued to chew his food.
"Hahaha! You have a large appetite there for a child but you may want to slow down a bit or we might run out of food to serve to other customers" The restaurant owner said lightly.
The young man stops eating to faced the old guy.
"Child?" he snickered.
"Don't call me that or I'll beat you to a pulp!" Even with a huge smile on his faced his voiced was serious, he gazed back at his plate on the table and continued stuffing his mouth with more food.
The owner blinked at the dark haired young man, as the old guy looked at his customer he could feel the joyous aura coming from the teenager, and yet why could he feel a tinged of dread at the same time.
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Another placed in Town
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Nami run through the buildings looking both ways for any sign of the missing doctor. As she kept running she took noticed of two women gossiping.
"Did you see the way that guy was eating!?" One of the girls said.
"Shocking isn't! His stomach is like a bottomless pit, he was on his 10th serving but he ate like it was only his first!" The second girl answered.
"I know what you mean! And the way he stretched his arms to gather food and widen his mouth to eat them isn't very humane." The first girl spoke again.
The young navigator's instinct suddenly clicked, she turned to the two females gossiping and walked up to them.
"Um… excuse me? Can you point the direction of the restaurant as to where you've seen this guy with erm… ah.. a very healthy appetite?" Nami smiled at the two girls.
The first girl stared at her in confusion but relented as she pointed in one of the streets.
Nami thanked the women and ran off in that direction.
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TBC
Thank you for reading!
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A/N: So did you like how I progressed with the story? I know it's confusing for now (just for now) but that's all part of the plot.
