UNSEEING UNSEEN

by: Girl With Hair

CHAPTER 2

FIRST ATTEMPT AND NEW CONSPIRATORS

Glaring at the very confused chef, Nami sat on the deck of the Sunny contemplating her new obsession. Ever since her conversation with Emily and Allie, she hadn't been able to get the possibilities out of her mind and she had obsessed over possible plans.

"Robin?" Nami asked, leaning in the chair towards her friend.

"Yes, navigator-san?" Robin replied, looking up from her book.

"What do you think about this whole thing with the left side of Sanji's face?"

"I am curious, but I question the quality of the advice those girls gave you."

"Hm..." Nami smirked, "I trust them and I have a plan that should expose Sanji's secret."

Robin smiled and glanced over at the redhead. "I hope your plan succeeds. I'm willing to help with anything you need."

"Thank you, Robin."

The rest of the day passed with little disturbance. Nami stared at Sanji all throughout dinner and every time he came on deck to swoon over the ladies. Sanji was confused and slightly worried about being stared at, but remained oblivious like the rest of the crew. Robin observed while hiding smiles and laughter behind her hand in amusement as the chef stumbled around, troubled.

Before too long, evening arrived and Nami stood, pressed against the wall, looking through the window. She ducked every time the unsuspecting cook turned around. She waited and watched as Sanji washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen after their meal until finally—much to Nami's relief—Sanji headed towards the door. Nami ran around the corner and into the infirmary to look through a window so she could watch Sanji leave the dining room. She then quietly exited and listened as he crossed the deck. Upon hearing the door to the men's quarter's close, she left her hiding place.

Nami sped across the deck and up the stairs to her room. She burst into the women's quarters and put her ear to the floor. Robin looked over her book. She smiled and went back to reading, knowing better than to comment on Nami's absurd position and abrupt entrance. Nami listened intently for sounds of movement in the room below her. She heard faint thumps and creaking, followed by quiet. She silently cursed Franky's abilities as a carpenter and the muffling layers of carpet and Adam Wood separating the two rooms. She sat up and turned to Robin, realization dawning on her.

"Robin!" She exclaimed.

Again the historian looked up from her book to meet gazes with an excited Nami.

"Could you take a look in the men's quarters and see if they're all asleep?" She asked.

Robin nodded and closed her eyes. "Ojos Fleur."

Nami stood and walked over to the other sofa, sitting down as Robin opened her eyes.

Nami smiled at her expectantly and Robin began. "Everyone was asleep except Sanji, but he is just barely awake. Swordsman-san isn't in the room but I believe he's in the crows nest. I'd wait another ten or fifteen minutes before doing anything."

"Thank you so much, Robin." Nami said before standing up again. She hurried out the door and ran down the stairs and started pacing the lawn. After the longest seven minutes of her life, Nami walked over to the door of the men's quarters. She peeked through the window before slowly easing the door open. She quickly and quietly entered the room, closing the door smoothly behind her. As she made her way to the bunks, she was met with snores and, thankfully, no creaks in the floor. She silently thanked Franky's abilities as a carpenter and the muffling layers of carpet and Adam Wood that masked her admittedly-loud high heels.

She reached the first row of bunks and sighed, wishing she had asked Robin which bunk he was in. From where she stood, she had a good view of the three bottom bunks. They were taken up by the captain on the far end, Usopp in the middle, and Franky closest. She passed the first bunk, having seen Brook's legs hanging over the end. She moved to the middle and, as carefully as she could manage, climbed onto the ladder and looked over the side to see Chopper. The reindeer was adorable while asleep, but Nami still found herself annoyed that, of course, Sanji would be in the last possible bunk.

She stepped down the ladder and tiptoed to the last bunks. She moved to step up the ladder when the floor suddenly creaked—loudly. She froze in horror and nearly had a heart attack when Luffy moved.

"Meeeeat!" His sleep-filled voice whined. Nami held her breath nervously, begging him to stay asleep. He made a few unhappy faces before rolling away from Nami. She exhaled in relief very quietly and maneuvered away from the creaking board. Again, she approached the ladder. She stepped up to the first rung, heart pounding, and leaned over the side. She stared down at the sleeping Sanji.

She sighed when she saw that his legs were close to the ladder. She'd have to lean to get a good look at his face. She climbed further up the ladder and leaned toward Sanji's face. She was extremely nervous. She didn't want to fall off the ladder or onto Sanji, and she still had to move his hair out of his face without waking him up. She could hear her heart beating. It was so loud that she was afraid it might wake him up. She took a deep breath to calm herself down and moved to look. She gripped the side of the bunk tightly and slid. She raised her hand and slowly moved to push back his hair when his visible eye opened.

Nami froze, staring in horror.

"Nami…swan?" Sanji mumbled sleepily.

"…S-Sanji-kun." She replied lamely.

"What… are you doing?"

Nami pulled her hand away as if she had been burned. Panic filled her mind, and for a few long seconds, she couldn't think. Suddenly, her brain started up again and began spewing possible excuses at light-speed.

"Uh… I, uh… I was hungry! Yeah—so hungry that I wanted a snack, but I didn't want to mess anything up in the kitchen or-or bother anyone else so I was trying to quietly wake you up."

Nami gave the chef a huge smile and prayed that he was too tired to see through her lie. Sanji sat up and rubbed his face. Nami was too nervous to try to get a look and quietly moved for Sanji to climb down the ladder.

He yawned and turned to Nami with a sleepy yet doting smile on his face. "What would you like me to make for you, Nami-swan?"

"What? Oh, anything is fine, just something quick."

"Haaaai, Nami-swan," Sanji yawned happily.

Nami quietly watched Sanji exit the cabin, sighing nervously once the door had closed behind him.

"That was a close one," she said to herself.

"What was?" Asked a loud and excited voice from behind her behind her. Nami jumped and spun around to face its owner. To her dismay, she saw a fully awake Luffy, his head tilted to the side in confusion.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about," Nami whispered anxiously.

"You w—,"

"Not so loud," Nami complained. She clapped a hand over Luffy's mouth and pulled him out of the room. Luffy laughed when Nami let go of him.

"Are you okay, Nami?" He asked, smiling.

"Of course, I just didn't want to wake anyone else up."

"Why were you being so quiet and sneaky just to ask Sanji for a snack?"

"I told you, I didn't want to wake anyone up."

"But you sounded really nervous when he woke up."

"Okay, okay—fine. I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to tell Sanji."

"I won't," Luffy promised.

"Okay, I'm trying to figure out what the left side of Sanji's face looks like," Nami admitted.

"What do you mean?"

"His face is always hidden and Robin and I are trying to figure out what he's hiding."

"Isn't his face just normal?"

"You've seen it!" Nami exclaimed.

Nami watched Luffy's face scrunch up in concentration as he thought. "Not that I remember," Luffy said, finally.

"Then how do you know that he doesn't have some strange power that lets him control people's minds given to him by an immortal?"

"So, Sanji has a mystery power?" Luffy asked, confused.

"Maybe. You can't be sure, though." Nami sighed and rubbed her temples. "Tonight has been the worst. I'm going to bed." She turned to head up the stairs, but spun around to face Luffy again, a scowl on her face. "Don't tell."

"I won't, Nami."

"Won't what?" Sanji asked as the galley door closed behind him.

Nami's head snapped to the side to see Sanji coming their way with a plate full of delicious smelling seafood.

"Nothing, he… uh… was just telling me about becoming the pirate king. Of course you won't fail, Luffy." Nami said, patting his head.

"Well I'd better be off, I'm really tired." Nami added, retreating up the stairs.

"Wait! Nami-swan, what about your—?"

"Goodnight, Sanji-kun," Nami interrupted, "Don't forget Luffy." The door to the girls cabin closed.

"snack," Sanji finished quietly he looked away from the door to find the plate empty and Luffy with his cheeks bulging.

"Vis is weary good Sunji," He said before swallowing loudly.

A vein throbbed in Sanji's forehead and he kicked Luffy into the wall. "Shitty kid, why'd you eat that? I made it especially for the beautiful Nami-swan."

"But Sanji," Luffy whined, dragging out the chef's name.

Sanji kicked Luffy a few more times before he went to clean the kitchen again. As he lay down to sleep, he found himself even more confused than before.

The next day, the Strawhats were all going about their business as usual. Nami and Robin were again seated on the deck sunbathing and, in Nami's case, plotting new ways to expose Sanji. She had told Robin what had happened after she got back to their room, but the by the overabundant smell of flowers, she suspected that the older woman already knew.

At around noon, Nami found herself surrounded by Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper. Nami glared at the three youngest crewmates suspiciously.

"Hey, Nami. Usopp, Chopper, and I want to help you to try to see Sanji's face."

Nami paled. She grabbed Luffy and, again, dragged him away.

"I thought I told you not to tell anyone," Nami hissed angrily.

"What?" Luffy said surprised, "You only said I couldn't tell Sanji."

"You… I…" Nami sighed, "Okay, just make sure you don't tell anyone else. Just try not to get in the way if you see me near Sanji."

"That's not fair. Nami, we want to help, too." Usopp said from behind her. She whipped around to glare at him.

"I pulled Luffy aside for a reason Usopp!" Nami shouted, flames burning in her eyes.

"B-but, why can't we help, too?" Piped up Chopper, who was "hiding" behind Luffy's leg.

"You three will just make a mess of my plans."

"Because your attempt yesterday was so successful," Usopp said under his breath.

"What did you just say?" Nami asked coldly.

Usopp quickly followed Chopper's lead in hiding behind Luffy. "I think I'm coming down with a bad case of I-can't-talk-to-scary-Nami disease again."

"Nami, please. We really want to see Sanji's face, too, and we promise not to get in the way."

Nami shook her head and was about to speak when Robin joined the conversation. "Nami, they might be helpful."

"Y-yeah! The worst that could happen would be that our plan doesn't work but we can always try again or make a new plan." Usopp added shakily.

"Five heads are better than one." Robin stated.

Nami looked at the pleading faces of her younger crewmates, and she also saw Robin's calm smile. She sighed for what felt like the millionth time in the past few days.

"Fine, but keep quiet about it. The more people that know about it, the more likely Sanji will figure it out, too."

Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper cheered and ran off. Nami slapped her palm to her face and returned to her chair, sighing again.

A/N: Thar ya go : ) sorry it's been a while but I'll try to update sooner. I almost put in a moment of SaNa fluff or whatever but I decided I didn't wanna, it seemed too much for this story and I'm not good at writing all the lovey dovey stuff anyway I have most of this story worked out but if anyone has any ideas please review especially any strategies to expose Sanji. impossible, crazy, and elaborate plans wanted. I'm non-sleep drunk right now (shishishi). also the whole "some strange power that lets him control people's minds given to him by an immortal" thing is a shout out to Code Geass. the explanation was not as good as the others but if you caought it you rock socks.

Beta's Note (aka B/N): Hey guys. I'm RandomJellyBeans, and I'm girl with hair's friend. She's right next to me right now, cackling maniacally at On Demand television while I struggle to keep my grasp on consciousness. I'm tired. Help me-she's working me to the bone! D: ...See you next time.

A/N: Spaz