Hehehe…. It's a bit late sorry when I came to the computer I was in the middle of a Doctor Who inspired crisis, meaning crying my heart out… So I never finished typing
Well this is the 2nd to last chapter… I could end it here but I don't want to, it seems like they need to get back somehow… and wash off because currently their both covered in mud.
So time to start here is the next chapter
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"Cook-san could you please stop for a moment?"
"Yes Robin-swan, anything for you" Sanji began spinning around Robin after assisting her out of the carriage. I will prepare a wonderful meal to complement your beauty while we wait!" Sanji quickly began running around collecting materials. He had had Usopp pack pretty much the entire kitchen when they had left, leaving the remaining crew only a couple, near empty, cupboard of food.
"There is no need-" Robin began but after seeing Sanji simply stopped to save her breath, he was too far gone.
"Id like a sandwich please!" Chopper happily chimed leaving his game to see what Robin was looking at, quickly his grin faded "Robin… you don't look so good, ARE YOU SICK!? WE NEED A DOCTOR, QUICK DOCTOR! DOCTOR!!"
"Robin-swan is sick!?" Sanji spun around worried and began to run over until Robin spoke up.
"Im fine, truly." Robin replied though a little weak, "Tell me doctor-san, what do you make of these?" Robin pointed to a small cluster of blue rocks.
"Um, they look like sea stone…they smell like it too." Chopper replied a little of spark leaving his voice, Sanji noted this and began watching the two more closely, he didn't want anything to happen to Robin and he could get chopper away from the rocks while "saving" Robin as well. "…but its different, normal sea stone shouldn't affect you unless you're in contact with it. There's only one way that the sea stone could affect us without contact, and that would be if it was somehow refined. Right?"
"Yes, that's all I can think of, it would have to have all of the other impurities removed, or was simple some sort of pure seastone… but." Robin began shaking her head, "there is a way to naturally purify sea stone, if that's the case there will be more at higher altitudes."
"That's where Nami and Luffy are right?" Sanji muttered, "Up on some mountain somewhere."
"Thats what Luffy said, he said he wanted to look at all the mountains, the whole island!" Chopper squeaked, "He's probably being affected right now!"
"Alright, so Luffy could be in a little trouble and hes causing Nami-san to be in danger" Sanji summarized glaring at the stone, if Nami was hurt…, it would be that stupid rocks fault he'd pummel it! Everything was its fault, and marrimo had something to do with it, he had to. Soon Sanjis mind was filled with images of Zoro cackling wildly aver a large pile of sea stone, or forcing Nami to go on the trip with Luffy. Sanji vowed to beat marimo senseless.
"Ill just make those sandwiches." Sanji muttered more rage in his voice than could possibly been necessary while handing them out to his passengers.
Quickly they were on their way, eating on the road. Robin having blossomed a hand of Sanjis shoulder to hold his own sandwich so he could continue running.
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Luffy was getting a bit worried now; Nami had been gone for… 'Why did she do like come on you have to have noticed by now.' Luffy began thinking to himself. It was weird
Seastone didn't normally affect him like this, it would make him weak ya, and it would make him tired too, but… 'But this time it's different, this seastone is different.'
Luffy being happy with his assessment of absolutely no help looked around for any sign of Nami coming back, first she had to get back then hed worry about telling her about everything going on. He just hoped she got back soon he was getting weaker by the minute.
Finally Luffy heard a scream, it didn't sound too far off, but it did sound familiar.
"Luffy run!" Nami yelled ahead soon after she entered Luffys vision so did the bear- 'Bear? Turtle? Burtle?' Luffy was thoroughly confused finally settling on calling it a thing Luffy smiled causing Nami to go into total shock.
"Wait Luffy run! Are you smiling!? Thos isn't funny!" Nami was cut off from a roar behind her and instantly stopped shaking Luffy and instead began dragging him behind her as she ran.
"Luffy why are you out of commission at a time like this!?"
"Sea stone", Luffy moaned his voice barely audible in the chaos, that and the wind which was rushing past him, if it wasn't for the situation, being dragged behind Nami might have been fun, it was like flying.
"You can talk!" Nami exclaimed quickly stopping to stare at Luffy, thereby causing him to hit the ground and cover himself and Namis skirt in mud.
The bear finally entered Nami and Luffys vision. "Bear?" Luffy sighed out of confusion.
"I don't think so it has a turtle shell on it!"
"But it looks little a bear in a turtle shell… maybe it was cold."
"Who cares Luffy run!" Nami continued up the hill full speed forgetting to pick up Luffy in the rush, 'Where is he- he can talk but he can't run can he?', Nami turned around to notice Luffy was not running but instead continuing to stare at the approaching thing. "Luffy come on, that things about to-"
"Oh no you are so not about to hit him." Nami screamed while sending the bear off to kingdom come. After watching the thing fly off she turned on Luffy, "How could you not run when I told you, where you trying to get hurt!? I can't believe you would just sit there like that and let it claw at you!"
"Uh Nami…" Luffy began fearing for his life s his navigator turned to face him, but surprisingly enough she didn't seem mad 'No she's not mad she's…just worried' he cringed as she continued on determined to state everything he had done wrong that day, 'Really worried… I think.' "Nami I-Im ok… your ok, but… why didn't you do that to start with, like send the…burlte… flying?"
Nami glared at Luffy, finally seeing his point and having blown off some steam she sighed and plumped down next to. After a few particularly quiet moments he began unconsciously running her fingers through his hair, as if trying to prove to herself that he was there, she knew he was a bit on end, and getting used to… well acting alive again, but couldn't he have run, he could have at least tried to fight back, sometimes her captain was just too much of a hassle.
Both of the crew looked off to where they had last seen the bear flying off "Sorry Mr. Burtle…" Luffy muttered feeling slightly guilty for its early demise, it was probably of swimming somewhere by now… far away from them.
While Luffy was thinking about his unique discovery Nami was worried about Luffy, shed probably freaked him out by turning on the bear so suddenly and then shed gone and messed things up again by yelling at him. He could be s strong but, he was still fragile, he could
be hurt so easily by his crew, by people he opens up to… by her. Hed opened up his heart to her 'Loved me… I never even realized that that must have been hard for him, he holds us so dear, if I had said that I didn't love him, that rejection, and from someone he trusted…' Nami whipped the tears from her eyes, surly she was just looking to far into this, that had to be it.
"Nami... thanks, for what you did, I just, it was so cool, and it was in a shell!" Luffy was broken out of his thoughts by what he discovered stuck beside the shell and the bear's body, the reason he hadn't run. "And… I got something for you" He opened up his hand revealing a diamond necklace, "It was caught between the bear and the shell, kind of stuck on a sharp bit of the shell and.."
"Diamonds!?" Nami picked up the jewel examining it from almost every angle, "So you weren't just sitting there where you?" Nami said dancing around at the thought of how much it could be worth, should she sell it or, maybe keep it to wear in the next town.
"Luffy smiled as he watched Nami prance around seeing the necklace in every light there was around enjoying the gif, 'So she does like it, I thought so' Luffy thought smugly, yep he knew how to make his crew happy, that was for sure.
"Thank you!" Nami knelt down and hugged Luffy pulling him close and planting a kiss on his cheek, he could be so childish at times, that's how they all tended to look at him as a kid, who was just playing around in the world, for that's how they saw him, they knew he was strong but his logic was so innocent, so naïve at times. He was cute, strong, and dependable, and he had saved them all, he was who they relied on and who they trusted with their dreams, sure he was a bit of a kid, but he was theirs, their captain and their savior.
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You know, going back to the beginning of this chapter for a second I just realized that leaving seen would have been weird to see, first off some guy pulling a carriage at like warp speed carrying a reindeer, which would normally be pulling the carriage and a lady whos hand matched the only holding a sandwich for the guy pulling the carriage, ok weird way of saying it but… a little weird once you picture it. Ah well back to the actual author note I guess…
Review… Please? Im almost done so you won't have to worry about me saying this every chapter soon but still