Once again, I didn't write this story, so everything bad that happens isn't my fault. It's all her. (hides behind computer and points fingers at snickering friend) I know I have my own sadistic side and I love taking it out on Nami but it's only so she can rise above the obstacles I manage to put in her way. I usually do make it up at the end of my stories though, don't I? Usually…
I should probably explain now before I forget, the layout of Sunny is from Movie 10, what I could tell from it anyway. This means that there are two trees near the back wall of the lawn deck where the slide and stairs lead to the upper decks. A tree on one side near the slide and another one on the other side near the stairs. The tree with the swing is the one near the stairs. Both trees are pretty close to the slide/stairs respectively so that looking from one side of the ship or the other you wouldn't be able to see anything near the trunks until you moved away from the rails.
I think that should cover the important stuff anyway. If you still don't know what the heck I'm talking about, feel free to ask.
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The Attack
Ch 2
By the next morning the incident with the strange pirate crew from the day before was all but forgotten as the Strawhats looked forward to another great day of exploring the island and having some fun. Breakfast was the usual battlefield with Luffy trying to steal everyone but Nami and Robin's food. The other guys ate as fast as they could while fending off Luffy's wandering hands.
"Luffy give that back!" Ussop screamed as Luffy just snatched the last pieces of bacon from the sniper's plate.
The rubber captain grinned and swallowed up the food. "Well I could but it might be a little squishy. Shishi-"
CRASH! Sanji placed his foot back on the ground and preceded to straighten his suit after kicking Luffy into the far wall of the dining room. The chef smiled as he saw that the captain had left a life sized dent in the wood. Franky wasn't too happy about it though. Nami just rolled her eyes at her crewmate's antics and Robin chuckled. It seemed Luffy's weird mood from after the fight was also forgotten as things continued on as normal.
"You shitty captain, watch your mouth when you're around the ladies." Sanji growled as he lit up a cigarette and sat back down at the table.
"Alright you guys, listen up." Nami said as the others finished eating. "I've already handed out your allowances, so just try and stay out of trouble. Remember the log takes four days to set here and we can't have the villagers running us out of town before then." The navigator looked specifically at three of her crewmates when she said this. Namely Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy. All the guys nodded, not daring to argue against Nami, who could put them in debt faster than they could blink. "And, try not to destroy anything either. Got it?" After a general mumbled agreement was heard from the usual troublemakers, Nami stood up and got ready to head out of the kitchen. Franky, Ussop, and Chopper left also to get ready to go into town.
Before leaving though Nami turned to look at Luffy who was still innocently stuffing his face with sausage and eggs. "Luffy," she grabbed the boy by the shoulder and turned him so that he was facing her, "I know you weren't paying attention before so listen now. If you destroy anything on this island that I have to pay for I'll take every belli of it out of your meat supply. Got that?"
The smile that had been plastered on the young pirate's face melted and he frowned in an almost pout. "Aw, Nami, that's not fair." At the navigator's stern look the boy drooped and nodded sullenly in agreement.
After breakfast was cleaned up and Ussop and Luffy finished their usual begging Nami for more spending money, which failed, the crew went their own ways into town. Sanji had to go to the market since they really needed the supplies. Brook decided to accompany Chopper and Robin to the village bookshop. It wasn't a very big selection but according to Robin, 'you could never tell what little shop held a hidden treasure.' Franky had to find a spare parts store for some things he needed to get for a new invention and Zoro disappeared somewhere to train. Luffy was the last one off the ship, Ussop was waiting for him on the dock to go explore the town. Nami had volunteered earlier to guard the ship today in spite of Sanji offering to take the watch for her.
Before jumping over the side and joining the waiting sharpshooter Luffy wrapped his rubbery arms around the orange haired girl and brought her close to give her a quick but heated kiss. He pulled away leaving the navigator slightly dazed. "Tomorrow is ours, right Nami?"
"Absolutely, Luffy, just for us." Nami wrapped her arms around Luffy's neck intending to bring the boy back down for another kiss.
"Oi, Luffy, come on. What're you waiting for?" Ussop called up, unintentionally ruining the moment.
Luffy growled low under his breath and Nami giggled as she gave him a slight peck on the lips before letting him go. That was the trouble with having a secret relationship with your captain. Nami leaned over the side of the ship as Luffy followed Ussop down the rope ladder. "Remember guys, be back by supper. I'm not gonna go searching for you in the dark." The navigator watched as Luffy turned back to her and give a little wave before he and Ussop ran down the street and disappeared around a corner. "Well, that's that," Nami grinned and turned to survey the empty deck, "it's been awhile since I've had the ship to myself."
Make no mistake, Nami loved her crewmates, even the love-sick cook and empty headed swordsman. But, there was a limit to what any woman could take of a bunch of rowdy young males stuck together in close quarters. Not to mention that the last time she had been able to work on her maps without any interruption was almost three islands ago. With the thought of undisturbed work time Nami headed for the observation room with a grin. It was almost too beautiful a day to spend it over her mapping desk but Nami could feel rain in the air. There was a storm on the way.
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The little port village was quiet, as most small towns usually are, but the streets here were very nearly devoid of people. The town's citizens who were out and about didn't stay on the streets for long. Honestly, it gave Chopper the creeps. "I wonder where everyone is?" The young doctor asked quietly.
"I'm not sure, Chopper-kun. Maybe this town is haunted and the ghosts suck up your blood if you remain outside for too long." Brook suggested lightly as he turned to regard the nearly empty streets with a morbid curiosity.
Chopper looked over at his companions with a shocked expression. "Do you really think so Robin? Could it really be a blood sucking ghost?" The reindeer form of Chopper started to tremble in fear though he had no reason to be afraid as of yet.
Robin looked down at her younger crewmate with a smile. "There is always the possibility Chopper-kun but in this case I sincerely doubt it."
"Oi, Luffy wait up." Ussop yelled as he chased after the rubber boy. The captain was a few paces ahead of the sniper and he laughed as the two friends raced each other down the street towards a food stand Ussop had found out about from a passing villager. The two of them had only explored half the village so far and were now stopping for lunch. Although, Luffy was disappointed by the lack of adventure to be had around the quiet little town. As Ussop pointed out, the log pose set in three more days, so that left some more time to explore the woods around the village.
Of course Luffy won the race to the meat stand but he waited for Ussop before turning to order from the meat seller. As the cook was preparing the ten chunks of meat Luffy ordered and the two for Ussop the Strawhat captain watched the villagers pass him by on the street. Like Chopper, he noticed their hurried and anxious movements, but dismissed it on account of the changing weather. The day that had started out warm and sunny had suddenly turned cool with heavy gray clouds rolling in from the ocean. Luffy didn't dwell on it too much though because the weather reminded him of Nami and the few 'almost' moments they had been having the last few days.
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"Ahh… dammit. What the hell?" Nami cursed in pain and with another hard jerk she felt her right arm being wrenched as far around the tree trunk as the blonde man, Kuza, could make it go. Then the rope was being tied around her right wrist as well. 'This is bad! This is really, really, bad! Luffy, where are you?'
Kuza, the first mate to the Whiplash pirate crew, finally stepped away from the tree and the restrained girl that was tied to it. He admired his work, it certainly was lucky that these pirates had such a conveniently placed tree waiting for them, and plenty of rope to use also. The orange haired woman wasn't going to be moving around much, bound like that. "We're ready captain." He said, moving back next to the two Lisha brothers, who had also backed off the girl. The twins were grinning and snickering amongst themselves, like there was some great joke in what was about to happen.
Tison came forward at last, the final few minutes had been spent sizing the girl up, and deciding what the best way to begin would be. He walked right up to Nami's side and picked up a spare piece of rope from the ground. "No offense to ya Kuza but I have one final adjustment." The first mate nodded and Tison brought the rough binding up around Nami's face. Forcing it in-between her teeth the Whiplash captain made an impromptu gag of the rope as he tied it off at the back of the navigator's head.
The harsh feel of the rope as it rubbed against the sides of Nami's mouth made this all the more real for the navigator. With this in place she couldn't call for help or even tell the man what he wanted to know. It was a clear signal that Nami had lost her chance, he was going through with this even if she would give him the answer he wanted. Nami could just see the captain out of the corner of her eye as he backed away from her again. He had removed his long coat and his white shirt had no sleeves to it. Her worried brown eyes widened considerably when she noticed something was off with the man's arm. It had lengthened and thinned until it was dragging the grassy surface of Sunny's deck. Breath quickening rapidly the orange haired girl suddenly realized the pirate captain's arm looked a lot like a whip.
"I should tell ya young lady, that I possess the abilities of the kei-kei fruit. As you'll soon see it can turn any part of my body into any type of whip I need use of." Tison twirled what used to be his arm around his head and let it go with a sharp crack above where Nami was standing. "I gotta admit, it's not so useful in a real fight, but it does come in handy when I need to punish somebody."
Nami trembled uncontrollably, if she wasn't tied to the tree she was sure her legs wouldn't even support her. She mentally begged anybody to intervene, Luffy, Zoro, Chopper, she would even welcome a Marine attack at this point. But, her silent pleas went unheard and unanswered. In her peripheral vision Nami saw the man wind back his arm again and she tensed for the impact. With a resounding crack the navigator felt the first bite of the whip as it tore through the fabric of her t-shirt and into her skin. Nami clenched her teeth around the rope in her mouth and automatically tried to flinch away from the pain. However, her being so tightly bound around the tree trunk made it impossible to move in any direction.
Tison frowned after his first hit was unsuccessful in getting any sounds from the girl. She was tougher than he gave her credit for. It didn't bother him that much, they always wound up screaming for mercy in the end. The Whiplash captain heard the two Lisha brothers laughing again and Kuza smirking nastily, his crew usually did enjoy a show.
The man grinned dangerously and brought back his arm for the second strike. He felt as his whip-arm cut into the young woman's back once again, deeper this time than the first, but once more she didn't offer up those pain filled noises he was aiming for.
Again and again the lash was applied to her back but Nami still didn't cry out. It was what that captain wanted, she knew it, and defiantly refused to give it to him. Minutes or hours could have passed but all there was for Nami was pain. The deep marks criss-crossed her back and she was in more pain than she ever remembered being in, but she'd be damned before showing it to these bastards. Her shirt was in tatters and soaked with blood until the majority wasn't even the original yellow color anymore. Nami bit down and gnawed at the rough gag in her mouth until she tasted blood, tears streamed from her eyes blurring her already wavering vision, and her nails dug into the bark of the sides of the tree for lack of anything else to grab onto. Everything was pushed from her mind except for the unquestionable existence of pain and the one fact she kept repeating with every strike of the whip.
'I will NOT scream!'
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It had finally started to rain, lightly pattering against the shop windows, as Franky walked out of the supplies store. Picking up the parts needed for the ship and some extra inventions he was working on was a fairly simple accomplishment for the shipwright and luckily the supply shop he found had all the things he needed. Afterwards Franky decided to poke around some of the smaller stores off the main road. The rain was only a light drizzle at this point and he wanted to see if there were any good clothing shops around, he needed to find some new speedos anyway. It was on these side streets he ran into three other members of the Strawhat crew. Robin, Chopper, and Brook were just coming out of a small hole-in-the-wall type bookshop.
"Ohh, Franky, those look so cool." Chopper gaped at the bits and pieces of shiny metal poking through the shipwright's bags. "Are you gonna build something even more awesome for Sunny?"
Franky, always eager to show off his designs and skills, began explaining the plans he had for these particular pieces of equipment. Unfortunately he got a little too in-detail and lost Chopper two minutes in. The rain started to become a bit heavier causing the four Strawhats to decide to cut their shopping trip short for the day. They started to head back towards the harbor again, making their way through the main street market, and saving some young women from Sanji's persistent advances. The grumbling cook followed after Franky but he had persuaded Chopper to carry the groceries in his animal form.
The clouds were a really dark gray and the rainfall suddenly started to come down harder as the group walked out onto the docks. There they were greeted by a familiar face. "Zoro, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to be gone all day training?" Chopper asked as he walked up to the swordsman.
"I would have, if this weird place didn't keep moving the way out of town." Zoro scowled with his arms crossed over his chest. His green hair was matted to his head by the rain. "So I decided to come back to the ship and train instead."
Everyone, besides Robin, face-palmed. The archeologist just offered a small smile.
By this time they all had reached the Sunny again but was surprised to see the rope ladder that usually hung from the side of the ship, while someone was on guard, had been pulled up. "Oi, Nami, what are you doin' up there?" Zoro called out slightly agitated that the navigator would pull the ladder up and make him wait out in the rain. "Do you mind or can you lower the ladder sometime today?"
"Gomu Gomu no~" Suddenly Luffy's voice sounded from behind the group and they all turned to see their captain with his arms stretched forward and holding onto two dock posts. "~Rocket!"
"Oh here we go again." Zoro grumbled, already knowing what was gonna happen. Without further warning Luffy blasted off from his spot down the docks and flew straight into the swordsman. Thanks to Luffy's momentum and rubber ability both pirates ricocheted off a large post attached to the docks and bounced over the rails of Sunny to crash loudly onto the lawn deck in a tangle of limbs and cursing. "You couldn't wait to climb on board like everyone else?" Zoro groaned from underneath Luffy's tangled body.
As always it didn't harm Luffy one bit. "Nope, couldn't wait." He grinned widely, all the while trying to untangle his limbs from Zoro's. While doing that, something shiny caught Luffy's eyes. He turned his head to look over at it and was surprised to see Nami's Clima Tact lying in the grass some distance away. The raindrops were pitter-pattering on the smooth metal surface of the weather weapon. The three pieces were carelessly thrown near the stairs leading up to the front of the ship where the helm was. Luffy and Zoro finally managed to untangle themselves and Luffy at once ran to grab the unassembled pieces of the Clima Tact, a look of worry crossing over his face.
The swordsman had known something was wrong the minute they landed. A noise like that would have definitely brought their navigator out to see what was going on. The fact that she wasn't out here busting heads as usual immediately caught his attention. Untangling from Luffy he saw the younger boy run off to another part of the deck before turning to lower the ladder for the others. "Oh shit!" Zoro wasn't prepared for the sight that met his eyes as he turned around. 'That explains the smell of blood.' Zoro thought as he stared, slightly sick, at the sight in front of him. It wasn't meant to be unfeeling, or not that he didn't care, it was just how the swordsman's mind worked.
It all happened in slow motion, at Zoro's exclamation Luffy turned around to see what was going on with his first mate. He was still holding the three metal pieces. He suddenly stopped dead and all color seemed to drain from the Strawhat captain's face. A strangled noise was the only sound he could make. His very breath hung in his throat making it near impossible to breathe.
With the rest of the crew seemingly forgotten, a pair of slender arms suddenly appeared on Sunny's railing and tossed the rope ladder over the side so everyone else could climb up also. "Have you seen Nami-chan yet?" Robin asked as she stepped over the side of the ship. She looked over at Luffy who was still as a stone statue and then to Zoro who had a hard, dangerous, look on his face. The historian noticed that they were both looking in the same direction. "What is it? Did you find something?"
Neither answered which caused Robin's curiosity to peak. Whatever had the boys attention was on the other side of the stairs and out of her immediate sight. Looking rather confused the blue eyed archeologist stepped back from the side of the ship a few paces and followed Zoro's line of sight. The scene that greeted her was something she wouldn't even imagine putting her worst enemy through.
The strong smell of blood hit Chopper before he even poked his head over the railing, something in his gut told him whatever he was going to see was gonna be bad. The young doctor had followed Robin up the ladder and was just climbing over the side at about the time the older woman finally found her voice again. "Chopper quickly." The tone of command wasn't one usually associated with the normally calm Robin but the doctor instincts in Chopper recognized the urgent tone and ran to Robin's side immediately. He saw at once that neither Robin, Zoro, or Luffy had been hurt so he followed his nose and nearly screamed at where it led him.
They had found their navigator.
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*Kei is Whip in japanese*
Well that's chapter 2. Dont know when chapter 3 is gonna be posted probably sometime next week or so.
Are my friend and I cruel enough for you yet? :P You guys are really making me feel bad for torturing Nami like this though.