A/N: I'm back! Yeah! Sorry, I had this chapter written up already but my little sister accidentally erased it along with a few others for my other stories. Opps, right? Huh…Oh well, on I go with chapter 13!
Chapter 13
He cautiously peeked his head out into the hallway before heading. The coast was clear!
He tip-toed down the hall and turned right into the next. The door on the very end of the hall was brightly lit from inside, you could see the light shining through the cracks of the door.
He grinned a little before approaching the door and turning the knob. Good… It was unlocked.
Taking a deep breath of air, he slowly opened the door and glanced inside.
"Nami!" he exclaimed happily.
Nami sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes to come face to face with Luffy as he rushed up to her bedside.
"Wha…?" She stretched her arms and yawned, "Where am I?"
"I don't know," Luffy looked around suspiciously, "But we're leaving!"
"Wh-why?" Nami asked still rubbing her eyes, "We're safe here, aren't we?"
"I don't trust that old man." Luffy scowled at the thought of him.
"Well I trust him, I say we stay."
"I say we leave."
"Luffy!"
"Nami, listen to me!" Luffy started, "This old man's insane!"
"Listen to me!" Nami huffed, "This old man could help us get back into town!"
"What town?" the old man suddenly walked in, also taking time to realize Luffy had escaped.
"The one we were just in, on the other side of the island." Nami informed, also raising her eye brow at Luffy and the old man as the glared at each other.
"There ain't no town on this island, girly." The old man told, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall next to her bed.
"I told you he was insane." Luffy grunted.
The old man grunted and Nami rolled her eyes.
"Enough joking around," Nami gave Luffy a face and looked up at the old man, "Please give us directions to town?"
"I told ya already, there ain't no town here!" The old man repeated.
Nami slapped her forehead and sighed deeply, maybe Luffy was right, he was insane.
"Then where the hell are we?" Luffy yelled.
"You watch yer mouth, sonny!" The old man yelled back.
"Where are we really?" Nami asked.
"Why, my cozy little home under ground." The old man smirked.
"Under ground?" Luffy raised an eyebrow.
"Yep, you heard me."
"Under ground, as in… Under the ground?" Luffy repeated.
The man looked at Nami, "Is he mental?"
Nami sighed again and got out of her bed, "Let's just leave, Luffy."
"Yer not goin' anywhere with him," The old man pushed Nami back down.
"Why not!" Nami protested.
"Cuz I said so, that's why!"
"I'm leaving!"
"Not with him yer not!"
Luffy sat down on the floor next to Nami's bed and sighed deeply… This might take a while.
"What's so wrong with him?"
"He caused all of this!"
"No…" Nami turned to face Luffy, "No he didn't."
The old man pointed to the bruises and scars all over her arms and legs.
"But that wasn't Luffy, the-"
"Shhhh!" Luffy put his finger to his mouth and shushed her.
"The what?" The old man questioned.
"Nothing." Nami started, "Luffy wouldn't ever hurt me, and we all know it!" Nami smirked, grabbed Luffy's hand and tried to walk out of the door again, but was once again stopped by the old man.
"Wait." The old man stopped them and stared at the necklace on Nami's neck.
"Where'd you get that?" The old man asked, examining it's icky green color.
Nami looked down at it and made a face, "It changed colors!" She just noticed.
"Oh god, just let us leave!" Luffy threw his hands up in the air.
"That orb… I've seen it somewhere before." The old man observed.
"What are you talking about?" Nami crossed her arms.
"Oh! I remember where I saw that orb!" The old man rushed to his old bookshelf filled with massive sized books. Dust flew everywhere as the old man grabbed the biggest book he could find and blew the dust of it, and set it on the desk as he began to skim through the pages. Luffy and Nami both walked up and stood at the side of the desk as the man sat down and turned to page 11188.
"Do read all of these?" Luffy looked at the page number wide eyed.
"There!" The old man pointed to the upper right hand corner of the book and ignoring Luffys question.
Nami and Luffy leaned in and examined the small picture as the old man whipped away more just and coughed.
Nami took of the orb around her neck and held it next to the picture, amazed at the resemblance.
"It's worth money, right?" Nami snickered evilly.
"Nami! You can't sell my gift!" Luffy pouted.
"Nobody would buy that orb from you." The old man sighed as he read the description of the orb in the book.
"And why not?" Nami questioned as Luffy continued to sulk.
"It's cursed." The old man admitted, "The affects are deadly."
"What!" Nami and Luffy both said in unison, exchanging looks.
TO BE CONTINUED!
A/N: Yeah, I ended it short, but the next chapter will be longer, I promise! Leave reviews please and I'll try my hardest to get back to you!