This one goes to one of my avid fans, Phil-0! Don't underestimate your ideas :)

Mystery Feeling

The mikan grove?

Nope.

The library?

Nada.

Maybe lying on the deck then.

No Nami there either.

'Where the heck is she?' I wondered.

Whenever she was out of my sight for too long it made me nervous. I would never tell her that though. She'd probably hit me over the head and tell me I was being stupid.

Just then my stomach rumbled, and I realized I was hungry.

"Time for a snack!" I said and launched myself towards the kitchen.

When I reached the door I slammed it open. But instead of finding Sanji behind the counter chopping something I saw him and Nami sitting together at the kitchen table. They were leaning very close to each other and whispering in hushed voices.

For some reason my stomach twisted into a painful knot and something stirred inside me, something old and beastly coming to life. For some reason it wanted me to punch Sanji in the face, but I didn't. If I did, who would cook dinner?

"Oh, Luffy!" Nami exclaimed in surprise, jumping up from her chair and away from Sanji. "What are you doing here?"

I cocked my head in confusion.

"I'm hungry."

"Oh. Of course," she said shaking her head. "Well I have some stuff to do, so I'll be going now."

She then hurriedly ran out the door.

I watched as she left, wondering why she was acting so weird, and why the way she was acting was making me nervous.

"So what would you have me make you, Captain?" asked Sanji, standing and lighting a cigarette. I just looked at him and blinked.

Sanji? Offering to make me something to eat? Why was everyone acting so weird today?

After eating a leg of sea king, (who was I to deny food, even when it was suspicious?), I decided to go out on Sunny's deck to sleep off my gut. What I saw out there confused me even more than what I saw in the kitchen.

By the looks Zoro had been doing his normal routine. Weights were scattered around the deck, but they weren't being used right now. Instead, Zoro was standing there with Nami, her hand placed on his shoulder. She looked like she was… begging? Zoro looked just as surprised as I was.

Finally he sighed, rubbing a hand over his face and mumbling something I couldn't hear. Nami squealed and I watched as she gave Zoro a big hug.

Again that mystery thing inside me growled. Now it wanted me to hurt Zoro too! What was up with me today?

When Nami turned around she saw me watching. She blushed cherry red, then started speed-walking away, headed towards the sleeping quarters.

I frowned watching her go. I decided to confront her after my nap and ask her why she kept ignoring me, and why she was so close to Zoro and Sanji all of a sudden.

The sun felt awesome, and I didn't really feel like getting up. I felt so content that I wanted to share the feeling with someone. I decided I'd like Nami to be the one, so then maybe we could snuggle.

Then the day's events came rushing back to me, and the peaceful feeling went away. Nami wouldn't lay down with me. She was too busy with the other guys. Great, now I was in that "mystery mood" again. I jumped up with renewed vigor, prepared to find Nami and give her a kiss she'd never forget, (although why I wanted to do that I had no idea).

I was just passing by Franky's workshop when I heard giggling coming from inside.

That was weird. Franky never let anyone into his workshop while he was working. Well, besides Usopp.

'Only girls giggle.' I thought to myself. 'Robin?' No, her's was deeper than that…

Just then it happened again, and I realized the giggles belonged to Nami. I pressed my ear against the door to hear better.

"Hahaha Franky it's perfect! A little bigger than I initially thought, but knowing you it's really no surprise."

I blushed and wheeled away from the door, not wanting to hear anymore.

Nami wasn't like that! Nami couldn't… No! She wouldn't ever!

All of a sudden I was a whirlwind of emotion. I was having difficulty controlling my Haki, so I launched myself to the figurehead to calm down.

Sitting indian style I took deep breaths, trying to clear my mind and calm my emotions. An hour flew by as I sat there, not moving. The guys must have been worried about me, cause right then I felt Usopp cautiously approach from behind me.

"Hey, uhhh Luffy. Wanna go fish for a little while at the back of the ship?"

I smiled. Great; a distraction.

"Yosh! Let's go!" I yelled, abruptly jumping off the figurehead. I ignored Usopp's squeal of fright and went to get the fishing gear.

Two hours later I had gotten four normal sized fish and a sea king, which was tied to the ship and trailing behind us in the water, (it was about a third of the size of the ship).

Putting my hands on my hips I smiled proudly at my work.

"Oi! Luffy!"

I turned around to see Nami waving at me as she came over. My smile faded a little.

"Sure, now you want to see me." I pouted.

"What?" She asked confused as she reached me.

"First you were with Sanji, then with Zoro, then with Franky!" I counted them on my fingers. "And you totally ignored me!"

"Wow. Didn't think you'd notice to be honest…" she said, sweatdropping. "I wasn't ignoring you. Wanna know why?"

"Why?"

"I'll show you." She said smiling. She took my hand and started leading me to the front of the ship.

What I noticed first was Brooke's violin. He was playing a funny jig or something. It sounded really happy. Then delicious smells of frying meat reached me, and I couldn't stop the drool and the lazy smile that came over my face. Nami laughed. We rounded the corner…

"WHHOOOAAAAHHHHH!" I yelled, starry eyed.

The entire deck was decked out with lanterns and streamers, hanging from improvised lines and trailing from rail to rail. Sanji was manning five different grills, each loaded to its limit with succulent meat grilling to perfection. Everyone from the crew was there, holding gift wrapped presents. But what caught my attention was what was standing in the very center of the deck: a bronze statue.

The statue was me, standing there grinning with my hands on my hips. I was wearing a big cloak of some kind, but what really drew my attention was the large crown on my head.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH YYYEEEESSSSSS!" And I was flying through the air, hugging the statue and drooling on it.

"Happy Birthday Luffy!" The crew said in unison, laughing at my reaction at the sight of the statue.

"Oh. I forgot!" I said, jumping down. Everyone sweatdropped.

"When you saw me talking with Nami~swan she was asking me to cook all this meat for tonight." Said Sanji from one of the grills.

"And when you saw us together she was asking me to move that damn statue out here on deck," growled Zoro from his resting place against the mast.

"And the statue is from me, by the way." Nami winked. "I had Franky build a custom mold and melt the bronze to make it!"

Wow. Nami did all that for me? I had no idea what to say, so instead of saying anything I did what I always do: use actions instead.

Without warning I marched over to Nami and gave her a long delayed kiss, putting as much gratitude into it as I could muster. When I pulled away she had a dreamy look on her face.

"Oi, Nami. Are you okay?"

"Mmmhmm."

I shrugged.

"Yosh: let's get this party started!" I yelled, pumping my fist.

"Wooohoooo!" Everyone shouted.

The party was in full swing when me and Nami snuck away, so no one noticed. Or they just didn't want to bother us. After all, it was my birthday.

Hope you liked it Phil-O! Hope at least someone got the statue reference lol

Peace out!