Hokay. So this one goes out to Lord Dico, who suggested the idea. If you're familiar with his stories, you might know what this story entails ;)

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The Boots

"Aaaahhhhh. What a perfect way to spend the day!" Nami exclaimed as they walked down the dusty street. Her arms and the arms of Luffy were already filled to the brim with the days purchases. Some of it was provisions but admittedly, most of it was just for her. What else was a girl to do when there were stolen credit cards burning a hole in her pocket?

"Alright, I think we're good. Time to head back to the ship!" She said. Nami went a whole twenty feet before realizing she wasn't being followed anymore. She turned around annoyed, ready to yell at Luffy to pick up the pace when she noticed him staring transfixed into a grimy shop window. She walked back towards him and turned to see what he was looking at.

From what was on display she could only guess it was a shoe store. There was a horrible pair of zebra striped stiletto's, a brown pair of clogs, and front and center raised upon a pedestal were a pair of shiny black rubber boots.

"What has happened to fashion these days?" She lamented, shaking her head. Luffy didn't respond, and when she glanced at him again there were stars in his eyes.

"Oh no. Don't… don't tell me you like those boots?" She asked incredulously. He only kept staring, and she sighed.

Of course he would like those ridiculous boots. They were classic Luffy. So masculine and simple he couldn't resist. Nami fingered the stolen credit card in her pocket.

"Alright, come on then. You've helped me carry my bags, I suppose you deserve a reward."

"WOOOOHOOOOOO!" Was the only response she got as they entered the shop together.

2 days later~

Nami and Robin were relaxing in their lawn chairs drinking piña colada's when their captain marched by, proudly displaying his boots for all to see.

"Captain-san sure loves the boots you got for him the other day," observed Robin, taking another sip of her beverage.

"I like his sandals better, but if he's happy I guess I can't object. He's too easy to please." Nami answered. And with that they went back to tanning and forgot the subject.

5 days later~

The three most childish crew members ran about the deck, busy with a game of tag. All were laughing until the youngest paused momentarily in his frolicking with a puzzled look on his face.

'What is that smell?' Thought Chopper, wrinkling his little nose.

He eventually concluded that the smell was emanating from Luffy's boots. Being a doctor though, he knew that when humans wore shoes that the sweating from feet could emit an odor or they could contract athlete's foot. He decided to have a talk with Luffy later about the health concerns of wearing shoes, and went back to playing tag and forgot all about it.

2 weeks later~

As the sun made the ocean a fiery orange, the straw hats were slowly making their way to the kitchen to have a delicious evening meal, prepared by none other than the love-cook himself.

Said cook was busy putting the final preparations on his lovely ladies plates when the captain burst through the door, yelling for food. As soon as he had marched in Sanji's cigarette had fallen out of his mouth in disgust when he'd gotten a whiff of something rank.

'What the hell?' he thought.

As everyone else took their seats Sanji realized what it was, and with a prompt:

"Get the hell out of here! You're stinking up my kitchen!" he sent Luffy flying out the door with a powerful kick.

"Now that you mention it bro, Luffy hasn't taken those boots off once, has he?" Franky piped up.

"Really?" asked Nami, surprised she hadn't noticed until now.

"Yeah, I think I even saw him come out of the shower with them on." Usopp put in.

"Yohohoho! If he keeps them on that often he's going to end up with feet like mine!" Brooke joked, wiggling exposed philanges for everyone to see.

"Don't defile my kitchen with your freakiness!" Sanji yelled.

"It seems that this has become a problem." Robin said. "Who would like to volunteer to be the one who confronts senchou about this?"

Her question was met with absolute silence. Sanji busied himself with more cooking, Usopp started whistling, Zoro continued sleeping, and Brooke twirled a fork in his eye socket. They all knew that when Luffy liked something it was very hard to convince him otherwise.

Nami let out a huge sigh.

"Alright, I'll do it. I'm the one who bought him the stupid boots in the first place. I guess it's only right that I get rid of them."

"Thank you, Navigator-san." Robin said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

When Nami exited the kitchen the door hit Luffy in the head, who was lying pathetically on the ground and whining about how cruel Sanji was.

"I'm sure you'll survive." Nami said, rolling her eyes. "Come on; I have to talk to you."

He groaned as she led him to the women's quarters, shutting and locking the door behind them.

"Alright. Those," she said, pointing at the boots, "need to go."

"WHAT? WHY!" He whined, escaping to the opposite side of the room, cuddling his feet to his chest protectively.

"You haven't taken them off once since I bought them! Do you even know how unsanitary that is!"

"I keep my sandals on all the time and no one yells at me!" He argued.

"But those are open toed! Exposed to the air! Feet get nasty and smelly when they're closed off from fresh air!"

"But I like them~"

"Take 'em off."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Do you really want to do this?"

"Yes."

"WELL WE'RE NOT!" she yelled.

'Looks like I'm gonna have to take them off him. But how?' she wondered, staring him down and considering her options. He looked at her with a tinge of fear in his eyes.

She couldn't use force. Her strength was nothing in comparison to his. Trickery wouldn't work at this point. Luffy was stupid, but not that stupid. If only he were weaker…

That was it! She slowly started to smile and Luffy's face became even more uneasy. Slowly she sashayed over to him.

"Eh, Nami… what are you doing?" He asked nervously.

Instead of answering she bent over, getting really close to his face. He seemed to relax, probably thinking that she was done being angry, and his eyes drifted half closed as he went to kiss her.

As soon as she saw this she threw him onto the floor and straddled his chest. He was in a panicked state of shock, but it didn't last for long before she started a wild tickling assault on his chest.

"AHHHHHH HAHAAHAHAHA! NOOOOOOOOO-!" He screamed in hysterics, but she wouldn't be stopped. Her fingers danced along his ribs, wiggled over his belly, wormed their way into his neck. Soon he was gasping for breath, his chest heaving up and down.

When she was sure he was weakened enough she did a one eighty, still straddling his chest and tickling him with one hand. With her free hand she finally removed the boots, accurately throwing each one out the open window. (A/N: She's had plenty of experience throwing her sandals at the guy's heads XD).

Finally she stopped torturing Luffy and stood up, brushing her hands in finality. Her victim was now a panting mass of feebleness on the floor. After awhile his strength returned and he stood too, pouting for all he was worth.

"I loved those boots," he mumbled.

"Well there's such a thing as loving something too much." She argued.

"Really?" He cocked his head. "So there's a limit to how much I can love you?"

"W- Well, I never said that. I mean it… it's different with people." She stumbled, caught off guard by his question.

"Good." He nodded and walked over to her, giving her a quick peck on the cheek. "Because I love you more every day."

She blushed mightily at this.

"Thank you Luffy; that was really sweet." She slowly approached him… and then sent him flying out the door with a kick that would make Sanji proud.

"NOW GO WASH YOUR DISGUSTING FEET! YOU'RE POLLUTING MY ROOM WITH YOUR STENCH!"

The End

Sorry the tickling scene wasn't longer, but it sufficed. The boots are gone forever! MWAHAHAHA!

Hope you enjoyed it Lord Dico :)

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