A/N: I would like to thank Kinkatia for constanly reviewing and giving me advice. I would also like to thank mangalover16 for always asking for more. And now, on with chapter five.
Chapter Five
The following day, Yumi escorted Usopp and Franky around, which was a huge relief from watching over Luffy. So, everyone else stayed on the ship.
Half way through the day, Chopper and Zoro wandered off into town, leaving Luffy, Sanji, Nami and Robin.
But by evening, they were all reunited back on the Thousand Sunny for dinner.
"Robin-chan, do you want anything to eat?" asked Sanji, eager to serve her anything she asked for.
"After I finish this book," she said, not lifting her glance from her page. Time past but finally, she got to the point where she said, "I'm done."
"What do you mean, you're done?" asked Nami.
Robin looked surprised at her questioning. "There's no more to read in this book. The last couple of pages are ripped out" she explained. As she said this, everyone gathered around her, to take a look at the book; and they all saw the edge of ripped pages. Everyone, but Nami.
"What are you talking about? All the pages are there. Look, they're right there." She tried to convince them that all the pages were intact, because that is what she saw, and no one could convince her otherwise.
"What are you talking about Nami? Are you crazy or something? Look, there are no pages there, all there is ripped paper. Nothing else," said Usopp, trying to get her to her senses.
"I"m not crazy! There right there."
"Nami-san, Usopp is right, they are ripped out," said Sanji.
Nami looked around the room, and everyone was nodding in agreement. No one else saw them. "Why? Why don't you see them? They're right there."
"Are you sure you aren't sick or something?"asked Chopper, concerned for her strange behavior.
"No, I fine. But I think everyone here is going nuts. The pages are there."
"If you're so confident about it, then prove it," said Zoro, annoyed with all of this.
"Fine, I will." She took the book and started reading the pages. As she read it, it was as if she was reading in a whole different language, because no one look like they understood what she read. She stopped reading after finishing the first of the pages and looked around. All around her were blank looks, from everyone.
"Um...Nami, you do know that no word left your mouth, right?" said Usopp.
"What are you saying? I read it to you just now. How can you not hear me? I just proved to you that the pages are there!"
"I think you just proved that you are going crazy," said Franky.
"...fine. If you don't want to believe me, then don't. But I'm taking this with me."
Nami picked up the book from where it was put down on the table, and walked out of the kitchen, bringing her tensity with her.
Everything was silent after she left. Glances were shot around reading. 'I think she's lost it', but nothing more. By now, everyone was sure that Chopper's earlier comment was a large possibility, because it wasn't like her to just randomly make something up then get worked up about it. Definitely not.
A/N: It's finally getting somwhere. Wow... that took a long time to get to. But, as always R&R!
