A/N: I'm back with a new chapter. The closest thing I saw to the right answer was that it was connected with Foosha Village. Close but not close enough to be correct. As to what he is going to buy, no one knows, although after this chapter I'm sure that it will be clear what it is. Hopefully. Thank you for all the reviews and follows. This chapter changes things A LOT from canon. Also this fic may start to seem like a LuffyxNami for a while, I can assure you this isn't the case. Oh yeah, Luffy gets kinda OP in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. Duh.
It was a bright morning in the East Blue. Birds were singing intricate songs, the waves were anything but violent, and all was good under the sun. It wouldn't stay that way for long.
"Hey Nami, you almost done fixing my hat?"
The crew of three was lazily headed in the directions of a small town to stock up on supplies and hopefully get a decent ship.
"Yeah, here you go Luffy." Nami held out the hat in the direction of Luffy, he stretched a arm over and plucked it from her hand.
"Ahh, feels good to have this baby back on my head where it belongs." There was a peaceful pause before the rubber man realized something that could be considered important. "Hey guys, who's going to pay for a ship."
"You of course!" Nami all but screamed. If Mister Money Bags thought she was paying for one thing he was sourly mistaken.
"C'mon Nami, the thing I have to buy is going to set me back 150,000,000 berries. Twenty million isn't enough to buy a decent ship."
"What the heck are you buying?! Also, how long did it take you to get all that loot?! I've been stealing for years and haven't even gotten near your amount!"
Luffy could have lied about that last part but he decided not to. This was his crew after all.
"As for what I'm getting, it's a surprise. All I'll tell you is that Zoro will probably like it." This peaked the swordsman interest. Nami looked at Zoro with a raised eyebrow, but got a shrug in response.
"As for the second thing, I can see why your surprised at the amount. You steal from broke East Blue pirates with little to no gold. Heck, if you captured the top five bounties in this sea you still wouldn't even have one hundred million in total. But that still doesn't answer your question. It took me one day to collect all the money I have."
Zoro looked at Luffy like he had two heads. Nami fainted at the thought.
Who the heck is this guy, thought Zoro
"Shishishi! Hey Zoro are you bored?"
"I could use a workout, why do you ask?"
"Because I sense a ship about 3 miles out, coming in from the east. If your feeling it, we can do some pillaging."
"I'm game. Let's do this."
Luffy adjusted the course of the boat and waited. After a few minutes a ship came into view. The pirate vessel was medium sized ship with a giant cat as the figure head. Luffy took out a bullet and tossed it at Nami's head.
"Ow! Hey what gives?"
"Zoro and I are about to pillage a pirate ship. If you want to come along you can but it might be dangerous. Although no one on this ship is of threat to me or Zoro you could get caught in the crossfire."
Nami weighed her options. If she stayed on the boat while these lunatics went at it, she would most likely avoid harm. But if some of the pirates fell in the sea and decided to climb into the boat it would be hard to not be over powered.
"We're here." The crew of three had pulled up beside the ship and tied the two together. Because there was no alarms being rang they guessed that the pirates inside were still asleep. It was still early morning, the only people up would be the look out and the cook. Lucky for them the lookout was sleeping on the job.
"Well Nami it looks like you'll be guarding the money. C'mon Zoro, let's go." Luffy stretched a arm to the deck and wrapped another around Zoro's torso.
"Gum Gum Rocket!" Luffy slingshotted him and Zoro 10 feet above the ship. Of course he could have slowly pulled them up, but were was the fun in that?
The two crashed into the deck with a loud thud that pulsated throughout the ships frame. Within seconds men were rushing out the sleeping quarters in various states of dress. Some were even naked.
"Hello everyone! You are currently being raided! Please bring all the valuables to the deck immediately! I thank you for your cooperation!"
No one moved, mostly because no one knew how to proceed. Everyone except Luffy and Zoro was in a state of complete confusion. Some where in such a haze that they actually went to get the valuables. This fog of uncertainty was cleared when the boss of the ship (a weird guy with heart shaped sunglasses) started yelling at them to attack.
Because most of the guys left their weapons below deck, they attacked with there fist. Others who were smarter went to go get weapons.
Luffy ducked a strike to his face and hit the severely underdressed man in the stomach, knocking him unconscious. Then weaving around a kick to the chest, Luffy grabbed the the head of the new attacker and slammed it through the floor of the deck.
Zoro was also fairing well. Because most if not all of the pirates were either unarmed, unskilled, or both, he didn't even need all three swords. Currently Zoro was practicing his one sword style on anyone who dared to approach. The number of challengers began to dwindle as people begin to recognize him.
"Oh no! It's Pirate Hunter Zoro here to kill us all! It looks like he got a lackey too!"
Did I just get called a lackey?
One second Zoro was sparing with someone who actually brought a sword. The next second that guy was pummeled into the planks, then another, and another after that. Luffy had basically become a blur of punches and kicks.
"This is bad! Sham! Buchi! Come out and help us!"
Two odd ball guys came up from below deck. Both of them had cat claws and the same wimpy demeanor.
"But boss can't you see they are to strong for us! We have no hope to win!"
The two cat men soon showed their true colors as they leaped at Zoro claws first. Because the swordsman had not been tricked by the obvious acting he was able to fend off the first attack. Zoro kept a defensive stance trying to find a opening in the attack.
"First we will take out the strongest of the two first, then finish up the other guy!" Shouted Sham over the clash of metal. That plan didn't go over well with Luffy.
The supposed "other guy" had just finished pounding the captain's head in and turned his sights on pair sparring with Zoro.
"So you think I'm the weaker of the two eh?" Asked Luffy who was now had a scary aura around his body. "Is this weak?!" Luffy stretched his arm out, connecting his fist with Buchi.
The Meowban brother's face visibly caved in from the impact creating mini shockwaves. Before the other brother could react, Luffy was upon him with a heavy flying kick to the throat. Sham fell on the deck and spasmed before lying still.
Luffy looked at Zoro, smiled and did the thumbs up. Zoro, who was still kinda shaken from Luffy's display, smiled back and nodded. Their first real fight as a team had been a success.
"Yo Nami! Get up here and do what you do best! Zoro and I might miss something!" Nami crawled up the ship and inspected their work. Satisfied, she walked down lower levels to get to work.
Zoro turned back to Luffy. "Hey Luffy, about how strong are you?"
Luffy put a hand to his chin and pondered that question for a while. Finally he seemed sure of his answer.
"I'm pretty strong."
Zoro face palmed and looked away. He decided it wasn't that important anyway.
"You know Zoro, I didn't really get to stretch my legs, these guys were pretty weak. You up to spar?"
"Yeah, your on hot shot."
Just before the battle between nakama could start, Nami came up from the lower level with a small bag of treasure.
"These guys were basically broke! Ugh, let's get out here."
Postponing the match, Luffy and Zoro jumped from the galleon into their boat. Luffy then stretched a arm and out and helped Nami off the ship. They then detached the boat and began sailing toward their original destination, a small island with a little town.
It would take a few more hours to reach the island than scheduled because of the raid. Becoming bored, Luffy decided to brush up on a old skill.
"Hey Zoro, can I see your Wado for a sec?"
Zoro looked confused but complied non the less. Luffy gently held the white sheath in his hands, weighing it in his palms, and admiring the craftsmanship of the sword. Then he actually pulled the sword from the covering completely, letting it breath in the air.
Luffy, who was now completely in the zone, stood up and drew the Wado over his head with both hands on the hilt.
"Six pages turning." A blue aura had began to form around Luffy as he brought the Wado horizontal with his eyes. It appeared as if Luffy's whole body was vibrating with anticipation, so much so that his very image became hard to track to those watching him.
"Blue rings of fire!"
The untrained eye would not have seen Luffy spin six times in less than a second while staying in the exact same position. To the untrained eye it looked like Luffy stayed completely still. Then to finish the move, he preformed a strong, right handed, horizontal slash.
In that instant blues flames began to come off the katana as if set alight. But more impressive was the a 4 foot tall blue ring of fire around the two boats. The performance of power ended when 6 giant columns of water emerged explosively from all sides, shooting 30 feet into the sky, then falling back down in a rain like down pour.
After dismissing the fire around the Wado and sheathing the sword, Luffy sat back down and sat the katana in front of Zoro.
Speaking of Luffy's crew mates, there was no words to describe the levels of awe and horror. Nami would have tapped out if she wasn't completely frozen in shock. Zoro was over come with so many thoughts and emotion that things like moving and talking had been forgotten. Luffy was tired so he did a light rest.
After 30 minutes of astonishment, Zoro could finally do basic functions again. After the minor brain aneurism he decided that more then anything, he was glad. Glad that he was following a strong captain, glad that he now had someone to train with, and glad this guy was on his side.
"Nami!"
"Nami!"
The thief in question was still rigid with fear and unable to speak, her brain was still a jumbled mess of thoughts and equations.
This guy is absolutely insane! Where did he even come from? It's not like anyone born in the East Blue could do that, I mean he set the freaking sea on fire! Is he some sort of god? Wait, Luffy said he got all his money in one day. Maybe he took over a whole kingdom, took its money, and sunk it into the ocean. Wait, wait, wait! Does this mean he is stronger than Arlong? When Arlong swings his sword, all it does is cut stuff, not freaking ignite heaven and the sea. This is crazy! Some maniac, probably a Grand Line veteran, has descended on the East Blue and made me part of his crew! Now I can't return to Cocoyashi Village with god over there chasing me down. Now that I think about it, how did he know where that ship was? It wasn't in view. Oh god, oh god...
"Nami, *sigh* whatever I guess. Oi, Luffy."
Luffy came out of his "sleep" and looked at with a smile. Zoro noticed that his eyes were starting to become bloodshot.
"What is it buddy?"
"I think you broke Nami."
"Hmm, you could be right. Hold on, I think I know how to snap her out of it."
Luffy pulled the two boats closer together and leaned in next to Nami's ear.
"Nami..." he whispered in her ear, "...we found treasure on the island."
The reaction was instant. Nami's head snapped up at attention.
"What! How much? Where? Is it gold or sliver..."
Nami looked at her surroundings, slowly realizing that she was still in the boat and that there was no treasure. At least she wasn't in a trance anymore. When she saw that Luffy was only a few inches away from her face, Nami jumped back and scooted to the end of the boat.
"Get away from me!" The girl was on the verge of tears, she began hugging her legs close to her chest and rocking to calm down. Nami lifted gaze on Luffy, tears finally starting to fall. "Who are you and where did you really come from?"
Luffy frowned and looked the now very terrified girl. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy, born and raised in the East Blue." Nami shook her head in disbelief.
"No, No, No! I've heard this story before and don't believe it. You are officially to strong to have come from the East Blue or be human. I just saw you command fire and water with only a sword! This is insane!"
"Shishishi, if you think I can command fire you should see my brother."
"What?!"
"Listen Nami," Luffy stretched hands out and grabbed her shoulders and started to shake.
"Nami! Why are you scared of me? Did I do something to you? You must believe me when I say that when someone joins my crew, they become nakama. I would never let anyone hurt my nakama and sure as hell never personally hurt them."
Nami looked into Luffy's eyes and saw a fire was deep within them. This man was telling the truth. If she asked him to kill someone he would probably do it, probably could do it. This was completely new for her.
Luffy sighed, "We'll talk more later." He turned around and lowered his hat over his eyes.
Zoro, who had taken a back seat in this conversation, spoke up. "Uh, I hate to interrupt this captain-crew moment, but the next island is in sight."
Luffy looked up and noticed a hazy shadow in the distance. It was still about one hour out. The setting sun was distorting to image a bit.
"Sweet, get the stuff ready to board." Luffy looked at Nami with concern written on his face.
"Are you going to be okay?"
Nami looked as if another mental break down was eminent, but pulled it together and forced a smile.
"Yes, I'm good. Let's do it," She gave a thumbs up to finish the act.
Luffy didn't know what to say, so he said nothing. There was no way to gain trust in a instant. Plus they had only know each other like three days, give it some time and she would become more comfortable. Maybe Nami might even tell him why there was a Arlong symbol tattooed on her arm.
A/N: So Luffy knows about Nami's affiliation with Arlong. How will this change things? Comment or PM me if you have a question.
To Devlin Dracul: You really need to make an account so that we can PM.