I'M BACK! Chapter 4~! Huzzah~! Sorry….. ; A ; Lateness explained at the end.
The last chapter really did feel like filler, eh? Well it wasn't my intention but trust me, those two "positions" play a role in upcoming chapters! *grins*
Oh, this one might be a tad confusing! I apologize if I made any mistakes in the layout of Sunny in the previous chapters. I decided to look up a tour someone did of it on YouTube using one of the One Piece video games (so cool!), along with the help of Oda sensei's map, I now fully understand where each room is. Also, I finally understand how huge Sunny would be in real life. O_O In the end it was a great help! ^_^
OOC-ness on Luffy's part. We all know he can't draw for his life. XD
Pairings: LuffyxNami UsoppxKaya
Inspiration: An EdxWinry deviation I saw on , along with personal feelings.
Disclaimer: I don't have enough creativity to create One Piece, unlike the legendary Eiichiro Oda-sensei!
RECAP:
"…..Go to hell, witch." the green bastard said, giving up.
"Thanks! I'll see ya there!" she responded, sticking her tongue out and leaving with Usopp.
Seconds later, moss-head sighed and got up, viciously yanking my hair so that I would too.
"OWAH! WAD DA HELB, SHIDDY ZOLO!"
"Come on, let's go find Chopper." He said in a pissed off 'I'm-not-taking-anymore-of-this-shit' tone, dragging me along since I unfortunately could barely walk.
Damned shitty freezing weather.
..:: Luffy's POV ::..
"Nwuwahuwwahn~!" I whined for about the hundredth time in the last hour.
I'm really bored. There's nothing fun left to do. Before Nami told us to go inside because the snow was piling up, me, Usopp, and Chopper were having a snowball fight. Usopp slipped on some ice and is now in the sick bay along with Sanji, though I have no idea why Sanji's there. Chopper's busy treating them. Zoro's wrestling with the arctic shark in the aquarium we caught a few days ago, said he needed some training. Franky and Brook are filling up the Sunny with cola in case the people on the next island aren't so "friendly", even though I told them I'd kick their asses. Robin's probably reading one of those thick books she has filled with mystery words. And Nami, hmm, I actually don't know what she's doing.
I got down from my hammock and walked over to the circle window thingy, I think their called portholes or something like that. Anyways, I looked outside and saw that Franky was shoveling the snow; well more like he was melting the snow with his awesome Fresh Fire move. It looks like a flamethrower! So cool!
'I wonder if he'll make me one!' I thought as I quickly ran out the door to go ask.
"UWAH!" I screamed as I slid on the wet grass; my body slamming into Franky's.
"OW~! What the hell!" Franky said, rubbing his butt 'cause he landed on it.
"Oh, it's you Strawhat! You all right?"
"Yeah." I replied while getting up.
The only problem was that it was hard to keep standing.
"Whoa, whoa, ah….eh…" I said, trying to keep my balance.
"AH!" Damn, I fell.
"It's so slippery! It feels like I'm on that stupid Noro-Noro beam guy's roller skates again!"
"It's probably your sandals, Strawhat." Franky said, pointing down at them.
"Should I take them off?-ACHOO!"
"If you do you'll catch a SUPER~ cold because of this weather."
"I'll crawl then."
Franky smirked a little and said, "Okay Strawhat, just get inside before ya get sick. Catch up with ya later!"
"Yeah, see ya-AH!" I slipped again but then remembered to crawl.
"That's right. Crawl, crawl, crawl, and crawl. Shishishi, I feel like a crab!"
I crawled to the stairs and used the railing, for the first time, so I wouldn't lose my balance. I was about to sneakily crawl into the kitchen, hopefully being able to get into the fridge since Sanji wasn't around, when I recalled why I was trying not to slip.
' Wait! I can't believe I almost forgot why I came out in the first place!'
"Franky, could you make me a flamethrower?"
"Sure, but I don't think Navigating Nee-chan would like that!"
"Well I'm her captain! Nami has to give her captain permission!"
Franky let out a laugh.
I decided to steal a piece of steak off the counter and made my way down the slide. I crawled across the deck until I reached the staircase and then I started to climb. One damned step at a time.
"Ah! This is taking too long!" I yelled, feeling annoyed at the fact that I had only climbed 3 steps in about two minutes.
"Oh wait!"
I stretched up to the railing and pulled myself to where the girl's room was. Now that was way faster.
I quickly turned the knob after sneezing again.
'Gotta ask Nami for permission, I hope she says okay.'
I entered the Women's Quarters looking for Nami, but instead I saw Robin silently reading a book.
"Oh, hey Robin!" I greeted while looking around the room. I didn't see Nami anywhere.
Robin looked up from her book with a small smile.
"Hello, Captain-san. What brings you here?"
"Where's Nami? I need to ask her something!" I said hurriedly, I wanted a freakin' flame thrower as soon as possible!
"Navigator-san is in the library. I suggest that you do not disturb her greatly. She is making a map."
"Ah, thanks! Bye!"
I closed the door and stretched my arm across the deck and to the other side's railing and flew right to where the kitchen's door was.
"Man, stretching from one place to another is one hell of a time saver, ain't it?" Franky pointed out from below me.
"Shishishi! Sure is!"
I went inside the kitchen, this time taking a drumstick off the table and made my way up the ladder and hatch.
"Phew, I'm finally here!" I said walking towards the library door.
I grabbed the doorknob and-
..:: Nami's POV::..
I'm trying to make a map of the last island, but only if it were possible to do that. My key object to making a satisfactory map is in horrible shape. The precious drafting pen I used was made out of metal and the humid island we had visited made it rusty, so I can barely make it write anymore which sucks because it was my most efficient and expensiveone.
"Tch! Seriously? Maybe karma really does exist. Well, I'm not blowing off a chance to blackmail those two idiots and I certainly don't regret tricking all those pirates into giving me their treasure!" I said, profusely trying to make the pen write.
I threw the useless pen against the wall and tossed away a paper scribbled with messy lines. An hour of trying and all I end up with is a crappy map and nothing to do. Figuring that huffing and getting angry at obsolete and inanimate objects wasn't going to get me anywhere; I stood up and walked towards the door.
Sighing once more before opening the door I said "Might as well see what the others are doing."
BAM!
"OW!" I screamed as my forehead bounced off of the thing in front of me.
'Bounced….?'
I looked up and yelled, "Dammit Luffy!"
He responded in a nasally voice, "Hey Nami."
Apparently I had walked right into his nose.
"Do ya mind not bothering me right now? I'm trying to work on a map!"
Luffy entered the room (without permission, might I add) and held up the crumpled piece of paper and said, "Are you talking about this thing?"
"Yeah, it's horrible, I know. My pen isn't working so I can't do much." I replied closing the door.
"Hmm, but you have all these other pens, why not use those?"
"Luffy, those are normal pens. They're not the ones I use for a final drawing of a map."
"Oh, can I use them?" Luffy said, looking interestedly at the writing implements.
"I guess but, what are you doing here anyways?" I asked.
"Well it's too boring to sit alone in a room and everyone else is busy…" he said with a frown.
"Even Zoro's busy? That guy's always sleeping!"
"Actually he's wrestling!" Luffy grinned.
"Are he and Sanji fighting again?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"No, he's wrestling the shark."
"WHAT?" I screamed.
"Said he needed some training."
"To hell with training! What am I gonna do if he gets himself killed?"
Luffy stared at me for a second looking a bit….disappointed?
"Zoro is too strong to die, Nami." Luffy said in disagreeing tone with his arms crossed.
"Well, he could drown!"
"Don't worry, Nami." He said with a small smile that looked like he was trying to comfort me.
"How am I suppose to get my blackmail beli from a dead person?"
"Oh~! Shishishi, so you're just worried because he didn't pay you the money he owes!"
'Why the heck does he sound a bit relieved?'
Feeling a bit embarrassed I said, "W-well also because he's our nakama!"
"Of course! But Zoro's probably winning anyways!"
"Ya, Zoro is probabl- and if he's not?"
'I can't believe I almost got caught in that!'
"Uh, shouldn't we go stop him since you're panicking so much?"
"Ah!" I said slapping my forehead, "Ya, come on, let's go."
I rushed to the door and opened it in a hurry.
Bad idea.
"Kyaaa! It's freezing!" I screamed and ran to go get my coat.
"Can I borrow a coat, Nami?"
"Well, you destroyed my other one."
"Please? You have so many! And that was such a long time ago!"
"Fine. Just don't rip it okay?" I replied while throwing him one.
He caught it and said, "Wha- this is pink!"
"Ya, so?"
"It's not manly enough for the man who will become the Pirate King!"
"Well the man whose gonna be Pirate King can just freeze his butt out there then! Now come on!"
I exited out the door while hearing Luffy stop his protests and put the pink fabric on, following right behind me.
**At the Aquarium Bar**
Me and Luffy finally got to the aquarium and guess what we see?
Zoro literally wrestling a shark while Robin, Franky, Brook and Usopp sit there watching.
"ZORO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!" I yelled.
Zoro shook his head and Robin answered, "They are in the final match."
"I'm betting on Zoro!" Usopp proclaimed.
My ears perked up and beli was the only thing I saw in my eyes.
"How much?" I grinned.
While I was busy dealing bets with Usopp, Franky and Luffy had started their own conversation.
"What's with the pink coat?"
"It's Nami's." Luffy said embarrassed, "It's totally not manly."
" Ahaha! Ya, but at least its warm! So Luffy, did ya ask her yet?"
" Huh, ask what?" Luffy asked, confused.
"You know…the question?" Franky went on.
"Who was I supposed to ask, again?"
Franky starting to get frustrated and replied, "Err, you know, Nami? You were gonna ask her something important, right?"
Usopp and I turned around to see what they were talking about.
"I don't think it's the right time to ask Nami that question, Franky. She's a little upset about something."
"What do you think he was gonna ask you?" Usopp whispered to me.
"I have no idea." I whispered back, wondering why the hell we were whispering in the first place.
"But it's important right? She won't know what you feel if you don't say it!"
"I'm right here you know!" I said.
"Hold up!" Usopp interjected loudly.
Everyone turned to him as he continued, even Zoro, who then got socked in the face.
"Is Luffy proposing to Nami or something?"
"WHAT?" Franky and Brook shrieked in unison.
I was baffled and for some reason felt a blush form while Robin only had her eyes widen for a second. Zoro inhaled some water though.
" I know it sounds strange but think about it. The 'question' that's 'important' and it's 'not the right time' and if he doesn't ask she won't know his 'feelings'?" Usopp explained while making invisible quotation marks with his fingers.
"Or maybe he wants to date her?" Usopp added, his voice being drowned out by Luffy's words.
"I can't marry Nami yet!"
"YET?" The two shrieked again, misunderstand Luffy's words; Zoro was now drowning and had to be helped by Robin.
"W-well I gotta wait till I'm Pirate King!" Luffy tried to clarify.
"So you are marrying Nami-san." Brook assumingly confirmed.
The door slammed open and Sanji cried, "HOWD COULTH SHU NAHMI-SWBAWM~? (HOW COULD YOU NAMI-SWAN~?)"
"Oh, hey Sanji." Luffy calmly greeted.
'Great, another idiot shows up.' I thought.
"AWND SHU! (AND YOU!)" Sanji yelled as he grabbed Luffy by the collar, "HOWF DUSH NAHMI-SWBAWM LIESH SHU? WHEMB ARH SHU GHETTINGHU MAWWIED? (HOW DOES NAMI-SWAN LIKE YOU? WHEN ARE YOU GETTING MARRIED?)"
Chopper came in screaming behind him, "WAIT SANJI! YOU'RE NOT HEALED YET!"
"I didn't understand a thing you said, Sanji." Luffy said, pushing the deranged cook with a swollen tongue away.
"What's all this marriage stuff about anyways, you guys?" Luffy asked; his voice being dubbed out by Sanji's incomprehensible shouting.
"How about asking Navigator-san's thought on this?" Robin suggested, now having assisted Zoro.
Everybody looked at me and I stated, "I'm pretty sure Luffy doesn't even like me that way."
"Well, you never know when it comes to Luffy." Usopp said.
"What's going on here guys?" Chopper asked in puzzlement.
"Luffy-san is going to marry Nami-san." Brook stated.
"Oh! Will they be having offspring then?" the reindeer asked innocently, "Doctrine didn't let me learn much about the subject of reproduction."
My cheeks were now burning up, Sanji's jaw hit the floor, Zoro inhaled some more water, Franky stared with his mouth open, Robin lightly did a face-palm and giggled, Brook stood there with a blank face, Luffy's cheeks also looked pink and Chopper just looked thoroughly confused.
"O-o-o- okay! THAT'S ENOUGH! Just stop this stupid conversation right now!" I had finally managed to say something.
"Do you guys have any idea what you're talking about? Me and that moron going out? Luffy proposing to me? No- me and Luffy being married? With children too? Have you all gone crazy? No way in hell would me and that idiot would ever be together!"
"Ouch." Usopp stated, looking over to Luffy with a look of sympathy.
"Nee-chan, how could you say something so h-heartless? W-what if Strawhat actually likes you?" Franky bawled in between tears, forgetting what Luffy's actual question was.
"Yeah right! Now someone go help Zoro." I said looking over at the idiot drowning, again.
Then I looked at Luffy and stared for a few seconds. He was standing there with a pained expression.
I suddenly felt really guilty.
"U-umm, let's all just go back to what we were doing." I said as I quickly broke eye contact with him.
I collected my belli from Usopp because Zoro lost and since Usopp was too scared of the shark, I asked Sanji to go rescue Zoro as the rest of the crew made their way out the door. I also followed them but looked back to see that Luffy was still standing there.
'What if he actually does….!'
"….Hey Luffy, umm, you can come with me and draw with those pens if you want to."I said after some hesitation.
At first he didn't respond so I got a bit worried.
"Hey Lu-"
"Sure!" he replied excitedly as he turned around.
'Phew…he's okay.' I thought with relief.
'But what was with that face before?'
**Back in the Library**
"Can I have some paper?" Luffy asked seating himself on the bench near one of the windows.
"Ya, here you go." I said ripping out a piece of paper from my sketchbook.
"Huh, what's that book? Can I see it?" he questioned, reaching for it.
"It's just an old sketchbook, not much to see in it." I replied, handing it to him.
He flipped through the pages, practically gaping at every pencil stroke.
"W-wow Nami! These are awesome!"
"You really think so?" I said, flattered.
But then again, Luffy thinks everything is awesome.
"Ya! How did you learn to draw so well?"
"I, uh, didn't learn."
"But these are so good!"
"Well, it's not like their people."
"Huh? But there's this lady here." He said pointing to Bellemere-san.
"Ya, she's my mom." I almost whispered.
Luffy stopped talking and just stood there, listening to what I had to say.
"You see when I was kept in that room by Arlong there wasn't much to do and I wanted to go home so I drew what I remembered of it." I blabbered out really quickly.
Luffy looked at me with his eyebrows furrowed.
"You know, the tangerine orchard, me and Nojiko's room, a-and Bellemere-san." I explained as a lump started to form in my throat.
I looked back at my desk, not expecting what happened next.
Luffy took off his hat and while placing it on my head he pulled me into a hug.
"When your sister was gonna tell us about your past, I didn't listen. I went to take a walk."
'So he saved me without even knowing why?'
I hugged him back really tightly.
"I didn't care if you took our treasure or boat. I thought there had to be an important reason that you had done that, you know since you started looking sad and all. I just wanted to find you really quickly so we could go on adventures together again."
"Thanks Luffy, for saving me back then."
"Well, it's not like I wouldn't save you. You are my important friend and that Arlong bastard deserved a lot more of a beating than I gave him!" He said with a grin.
"But still," I said pulling away from the hug, "you got me worried, idiot." playfully punching his shoulder.
"Heh, you worry too much."
"C'mon, let's get back to drawing." I said getting out my colored pencils.
I put them down and grabbed two clipboards and sat down next to him on the bench.
"Here, lean on this." I said handing him a clipboard.
"Thanks! But what should I draw?"
"I don't know! You're the one who kept asking to use my pens!" I said, slightly annoyed.
"Oh! Can I draw you?"
"Umm, okay. But you better not make me ugly!"
"Shishishi, I won't 'cause you'll beat me up if I do! What are you drawing?" Luffy asked looking over at me already sketching.
"Ah, just some nice memories." I said with a smile.
"Alright, umm wait."
"Huh? What are you doing?"
"I need to fix something."
Luffy leaned over and lightly held my chin, surprising me.
"Umm, Luffy..?"
He coaxed me to turn my face to him; both of his hands on my cheeks.
'What the hell?'
I had started to blush a little. This was just too awkward considering the conversation that happened in the Aquarium Bar!
"Could you smile for me?"
"O-okay." This was just getting weirder and weirder.
A second after I had smiled Luffy exclaimed, "Perfect! Stay like that!"
"EH? My necks gonna die if it stays like this!"
Ignoring me he started drawing.
'Idiot. How am I supposed to draw now?'
It felt really weird to have Luffy glancing up at me every 3 seconds. Sometimes he would stare at me for awhile before going back to sketching. And a few times he looked outside the window, not sure why though. But it did seem like he was striving really hard to illustrate me well.
'Hehe, he must be. His tongue is sticking out and he has his eyebrows furrowed, too.'
I giggled slightly.
"Ah! Don't move Nami!"
"Well you look funny when you attempt to concentrate!" I said laughing.
"I'll have to start over if you keep moving!" He said in an annoyed tone.
"Hehe, sorry."
After that Luffy went on drawing for another two hours. I on the other hand was trying with every fiber of my being not to yell at him for taking so long.
'Geez, how long have I been sitting here! It feels like it's been hours!'
"Luffy, my neck's about to break! Are you done yet?" I finally complained.
"Almost!" He said moving his hand more quickly, now grabbing a red colored pencil.
"It better be good!"
"Well, I think it's good!" He said finally showing me the finished drawing.
"WOAH! This is amazing, Luffy!" I said completely astonished.
Sure I had thought it might be better than his usual, ahem, crappy drawings but this was great! It was a headshot of me standing next to my mini orchard, holding an orange up next to my face with a smile.
"Glad ya like it!"
"Huh, why am I wearing your strawhat here?"
"You're wearing it right now too."
"What? How'd that-"
'Oh yeah, It was during that hug that he put it on me!'
"Wow, I can't believe I didn't notice! Here, you probably want itback." I said reaching for it.
"You can keep it on longer if ya want."
"Are you sure?" I said, pretty confused. He'd usually want it back immediately.
"It looks nice on you."
"Really?"
I looked down at the paper in my lap; it was almost like a mirror.
'It does look nice!' I thought happily.
"Okay then. I'll keep it on!" I said grinning.
"Aren't you gonna show me your drawing, Nami?"
"What drawing? You don't seriously think I could draw anything while posing for you!"
"Hmph! No fair! I tried so hard and you didn't do anything!"
"Hehe, maybe another time?" I said feeling a bit bad; I mean he did draw that really amazing portrait of me.
"What are you gonna do now?"
"I'm going to sketch the island again and hopefully I will be able to find a new drafting pen on the next island." I said as I sat down on the chair and scooted closer to my desk.
"Can I watch?" Luffy asked.
"Sure. But don't annoy me or I'll mess up."
"M'kay." He replied, taking a seat next to me on the floor.
I got out a new piece of paper, a pencil, and my ruler. There was a problem though.
"Shit! The ruler too?" I exclaimed looking down at the rusted metal.
"What's wrong, Nami?" Luffy said staring at my distressed face.
"The damn humidity of the last island got the best of my ruler!" I shouted pointed at the useless object.
"Oh. Let's take it to Franky."
"How the hell do you fix rusted metal?"
"I'm sure he could fix it."
Trying to calm down, I replied, "Well, maybe. But I think you're being too optimistic; though you always are."
"He could fix your pen too."
"I really doubt it, what could possibly fix rust?"
"You should trust people more." He said with a frown
"I guess it's worth a shot." I said, sighing.
"Alright!" Luffy said, jumping up and putting on my pink jacket, "Tch, I still don't' like this thing."
"Yeah, yeah. Just be glad I'm not charging you." I said smirking putting on my coat after grabbing the pen and ruler.
Luffy whined but followed right behind me.
*At Franky's Workshop*
We walked in and Franky exclaimed, "Hey! What are you guys doing here?" while quickly covering whatever he was working on with a big bed sheet.
Both I and Luffy looked at him weirdly.
"What underneath that?" Luffy questioned, pointing to the big hidden lump.
"T-this is just some junk. A-anyways, why are you two here?" He inquired back, obviously changing the topic.
"Uhuh, sure." I said sarcastically, "Well, we're here to see if you do something about these."
After I said that I showed him the ruler and the pen.
"Yup, cola'll fix this right up." Franky said nonchalantly as he took the pen from my hand.
"Are you serious, Franky?"
"Shishishi, told ya, Nami!"
"Of course! Cola is a SUPER~ rust remover. You're really lucky that the pen nib is chrome though. Cola can only remove rust from chrome." Franky said.
Then he went on to showing us as he got some cola on a rag and completely removed the rust from the nib.
"AWESOME~!" My idiot of a captain yelled.
"W-wow, that's great!" I exclaimed, in awe. Who knew cola could do that?
"What about the ruler, Franky?" Luffy asked.
"Oh, I'm not sure about that, Strawhat."
"Is it because it's made of metal?" I asked.
"Actually," Franky said bringing the ruler closer to his eye, "it's made out a mixture of chrome and other metals, so the rust will only come off of some areas."
I groaned and replied, "Okay, just get it off the areas you can."
"Well, at least your pen's fixed, Nami."
"Hm, yeah, it is." I said with a smile
All the while, Franky had grabbed the cola bottle again and poured some on a cleaner rag and started scrubbing the ruler.
"Here you go, Nee-chan." He said, handing me the ruler and wiping his brow.
"I guess I could work with this, maybe." I said, skeptically looking down at it; the rust was removed in patches from all over the ruler.
"Your just sketching now, right Nami? You can buy a new ruler on the next island."
"That's right! Oh, thanks Franky!" I said heading towards the exit.
"It was nothing!"
"Bye, Franky!"
With that, both of us went back to the Library.
*At the Library*
"Next time I buy a ruler, it won't be cheap." I said, hanging up my coat.
"Nami, can I have some money for a new jacket?" Luffy said, trying to squeeze out of mine since his frame is a bit bigger.
"You better not rip that! And of course I'll give you the money." I replied, waiting for his reaction.
"Oh come on Nami, just a litt- what? Really?" Luffy asked with a huge grin.
"Mhmm~ with 300% interest, of course!" I said, laughing.
" Hmph! I almost thought you'd be nice!"
"Yeah, yeah." I spoke, smiling and waving him off.
We were now sitting like we were before.
"So is the pen working?"
"Ah, yeah it is!" I said happily, glad I didn't need to waste more money as I successfully made it work on scrap paper.
"And how's the ruler?"
"It's actually a bit sharp, how hard did Franky rub the cloth on this thing?"
"Oh, well maybe he can make you a new one later!"
"Hmm, yeah! Well, I'll just use this for now; I think he's working on something important."
"No, it was junk." Luffy said with a blank stare.
"Right~." I replied awkwardly.
'Complete trust, huh?' I inwardly smiled.
"Well, I should get started on the sketch, lunch should be ready soon."
"Mmhmm." Luffy hummed, slightly drooling at the thought of food.
"So, do you still want to stay here?" I asked getting some materials ready.
"Yup."
"You'll have to stay quiet then and don't distract me, or I'll mess up!" I said, now having everything I needed.
"Hehe, I won't try to!"
I laughed a little and with that I started to sketch out the perimeter of the island. While working I started to wonder why Luffy wasn't getting bored of just kneeling there and watching me draw. Right now I was trying to use the ruler Franky fixed. Man, it felt like I was using a knife, too damn sharp.
A few minutes passed and Luffy was now peering over my shoulder, practically breathing down my neck. It was definitely distracting me.
"Hey Luffy!" I exclaimed as I turned around, "Could yo- OUCH!"
The stupid ruler cut the palm of my hand.
"AH! What's wrong?" Luffy shouted as he sprang up from his kneeling position.
"I-it's nothing." I said turning away, trying to clench in a scream of pain.
But apparently Luffy caught a glance of my hand.
"Blood." He almost whispered.
Slowly his eyes widened in fear.
"BLOOD! CHOPPER HURRY! NAMI, SHE'S BLEEDING!" Luffy shouted in direction of the door.
"No, Luffy it's fine!" I said with a fake smile that others would usually believe.
"You're lying! How can you be okay with this?" He yelled angrily and held my hand to show me that blood was already starting to drip. "And you call me an idiot…" He mumbled at the end.
Seconds later, a panicked reindeer barged into the room with his tiny arms overflowing with medical supplies.
"I'M HERE!" Chopper cried out, huffing from lack of oxygen; most likely because he ran here.
Quickly, he waddled over to me with the pile of medical provisions.
"How did this happen?" He said analyzing the wound.
"W-well, this ruler-" Chopper cut me off as soon as I held it up.
"Is that rust? Oh no!" He started to rummage through the massive mound of therapeutic items.
Soon Chopper had found a few cotton balls and a bottle full of liquid and Sanji came barging in as well.
"NAMI-SWUN! WHAD HAPPEMED?"
He was about to run over to me but Chopper said to stay back, knowing he would do something that might cause more damage.
From a distance he apologized sang, "I'm sowwy my deab Nabi-swun, Chopper had be tied up sho I awwived a bit labe."
The reindeer explained, "I didn't want him to run off again and so I tied him up and ducked taped his mouth and said he could serve you and Robin more quickly if he restrained from talking."
"Wad causeb this? Wad it you Luffy? Did you do this to my lobley Nami-swum's hand?" Sanji asked.
"Calm down Sanji, I got distracte-"
"It's your fawlt light? I know it is!" He continued, unchanged by my words.
"Seriously Sanji! It's not hi-"
"Ya, it's my fault."
I looked up at Luffy, he was looking downwards, avoiding eye contact.
"You shibhead! I'll kick you into mincemeat, bastard!"
"Sanji! Wait you might hurt Nami more in the process!"
Right then Sanji halted and puffed on his cigarette to calm down.
"Okay I'm ready." Chopper said as he had now gathered ointment and some bandages. "I'm sorry Nami, this will sting a lot but I have to clean the gash so it doesn't get infected."
Chopper soaked a cotton ball with the liquid as I braced myself, but it was too much and I cringed as soon as the disinfectant made contact with my skin. Reflexively, I squeezed Luffy's hand in order to help me stand the pain.
"Sorry Nami!" Chopper exclaimed as he jumped back.
"Nami-swun, are youb okad?" Sanji asked.
"I'm fine. Go on, Chopper."
"I just need to dress the wound now." The overly panicked Chopper said, picking up the ointment and applying it to the gash.
"This helps stop the bleeding and will help it heal faster." He clarified as he unrolled the bandages.
Slowly he wrapped the cloth around my hand as I started to wonder how he did things that were seemingly impossible with hooves.
"Okay, all done. But I am still concerned about the corrosion that was on that ruler; I'll have to get vaccines ready for the whole crew so everybody will be out of danger from infections that can happen from future cuts."
"Thank you, Chopper. You're a great doctor!" I said cheerfully.
"I am not~ be quiet~!" He said with his little happy dance.
"So Sanji-kun, will lunch be ready soon?"
"Yes, my goddess. I will have it prepared in a half hour. Would you like a snack for the time being?"
"Ah! You healed Sanji! So my new medicine works!" Chopper said delightedly as he wrote something down in a notebook.
"Sure, something sweet please."
"Your wish is my command, for I am your slave bound with the powers of love."
With a few more love filled sentences Sanji left the room, but not before glaring at Luffy. Chopper followed him out with his giant mound of medical supplies (which I must say were really unnecessary).
"Hey Lu-"
"I'm going take a nap; you can finish the rest of your map, Nami." He quickly said and turned around.
Before I could protest he was already laying down on the cushioned chairs with his back towards me.
'Guess it's no use talking to him right now. Maybe after lunch?' With that, I went back to sketching.
About ten minutes later I started hearing murmurs in his sleep. I quietly walked over to him to see what was wrong. I looked at him and it seemed like he was sleep talking while have a nightmare.
"Blood…Ace….m-my fault…Ace" Luffy kept tossing and turning in his sleep.
My eyes widened, 'So he still has nightmares about Ace?'
"…..blood….no …no….it's my fault…mine…Nami…..hurt …blood….Ace….my fault…."
'He's connecting what happened to me with Ace's death. Shit! I gotta wake him up!'
"Luffy! Hey Luffy!" I shook him a bit with my good hand. "Wake up! It's a nightmare!"
"AH!" He woke up with a jump and breathed heavily while he looked around, a few drops of sweat visible on his face.
"It's alright Luffy, just a nightmare."
"Oh." He said fixing himself so he was now sitting up, still breathing a bit heavily.
Right then there was a knock on the door as Sanji entered with a drink.
"Nami-swan~ please taste this drink with your divine lips, my- Luffy! Get the hell away from Nami-san!"
"Hey Sanji! Sto-"
Just then Luffy got up and sat at the opposite end of the room.
"Stop doing that Sanji!" I said, punching him in the head.
"B-but Nami-swan, he-"
"Thank you for the drink, please call me when lunch is ready."
I turned away from him and proceeded to sit at my desk."
"As you wish, my beautiful goddess." Sanji proclaimed as left the library.
I sat down and took a sip from the glass, and as expected it was scrumptious!
"Wow, this is so delicious! Luffy you wanna sip?" I looked over at him and he was looking at his feet, his hat covering his face.
I walked over and sat next to him and said, "It wasn't your fault."
"Ya, it was. If I hadn't annoyed you, you wouldn't have that cut on your hand!"
"Who said you were annoying me? I like company just as much as the next person in this insane crew! And anyways, the ruler was too sharp in the first place and I was bound to get cut by it at some point!"
"I'll ask Franky to make you a new one, alright? So you better not go on and try to use that one again!"
"Hehe, alright, only if you cheer up and taste this!" I said, handing him the glass.
As soon as it met his taste buds he shouted, "Whoa! This is great! Does Sanji always give you and Robin these kinds of things?"
"Yup!" I said gloatingly.
"Hmph! No fair! Could you share again next time?"
"Maybe, if you give me some belli." I said taking back the glass.
"Stingy~." He whined as he stuck his tongue out.
'It felt weird to share the glass but at least he looks happier!'
"So Luffy, what was Franky asking you about in the Aquarium?"
"Hmm, I'm not sure but I feel like I know it…."
A minute passed as Luffy though about the question.
"Oh! Nami, can I ask Franky to build me a flame thrower?"
I tried to absorb the level of stupidity of his question between two blinks.
"HELL NO!" I yelled.
"Aw~." He complained.
After that we both just relaxed looking at the snow falling down when we heard Sanji call from the deck that lunch would be ready shortly.
"Guess we should go soon."
"Hey Nami?"
"Hm." I hummed as I got up.
"Thanks for cheering me up."
"Anytime! Now, let's go." I said with a smirk as a put on my jacket and headed to the door.
I laughed when I heard Luffy grumble about how unmanly the pink jacket was as he squeezed it on and followed behind me whilst walking out the door.
"Holy crap!" I exclaimed as I fell butt first on ice.
Luffy hadn't fallen too because he held onto the door. Thankfully, he guided me to an upright position with his arm around my waist.
"Now which idiot's responsible for this mess?" I shouted, my hand violently gesturing to the layer of ice that covered the whole deck.
"Umm, probably Franky. He melted all the snow away with his Fresh Fire move." Luffy said, trying his best not to run away from my flaming aura of fury.
I tried controlling my anger by exhaling, "Franky is meeting Chopper today, in critical care."
Luffy shivered behind me and said, "Calm d-down. L-let's just go to the kitchen, N-Nami…"
"Yah, I would love to but how are we getting their?" I said with slight sarcasm, hinting that if we even moved an inch we'd slip and end up on our asses.
"No problem!" Luffy responded, already stretching his arm to the balcony two floors below us.
"Guess it's the only- WAAAAAAY~!" I partially yelled as we both were speedily whiplashed to the first floor.
"Shishishi, see? We're here!" He laughed out while I was still in shock.
"Tell me before you do something like that!" I screamed.
"It's all good now, Nami."
"Well, what about the others? How will they get here?" I questioned.
"They'll make it somehow." He said, shrugging it off.
"I think you should go get them, no one else can stretch like you, Luffy."
"Eh~ I'll miss lunch!"He complained.
"It's alright. I'll ask Sanji to feed you first, okay? Now go!" I said with a smile.
"Really?YAHOO~!" Luffy yelled, stretching from there to the other rooms in search of the rest of the crew.
"Pfft! Idiot." I said, grinning as I walked into the kitchen, hiding my bad hand behind my back.
I was greeted with a dining table lavished with decadent food and a certain blond cook who was grinning from ear to ear.
"Ah! There you are my lovely Nami-san; I will have your plate ready before your exquisite eyelids can blink."
"Thanks, but could you give me two plates, one a lot fuller than the other." I asked while sitting down, keeping my left hand below the table.
Sanji looked at me strangely for a second and then replied, "Of course, Nami-san."
"I feel really hungry after working on my map."I said, trying to make sense of my earlier request.
"Then I shall have your plates ready even quicker than before!" Sanji yelled in his love-love state, darting at lightning fast speed.
A minute later the door burst open and most of the crew, except for Robin and Luffy, fell to the floor. Angry and annoyed, the pirates yelled at Luffy for forcing them into the small doorway all at once. As always, the mature Robin just giggled as she was overly amused by their behavior.
"Alright guys! Let's just have some lunch!" Luffy said, jumping over them and quickly sitting at his seat.
I swiftly began my play as soon as Sanji rested the two plates in front of me.
"Wow, now that I think about it, I'm not that hungry anymore." I said as I feigned surprise.
"Here Luffy, you can have this." I said before he started to grab food from everywhere else.
"Thanks, Nami!"
Some of the crew looked at me weirdly while others whispered, "Perhaps it's an apology?"
"Nami-san, is my food not pleasurable to your taste buds?" Sanji grieved with a flood of tears pouring out of his eyes.
"I-it's not that!" I nervously comforted him, "I'm just not that hungry!"
"Alright…whatever your heart wishes, Nami-san."
"What an idiot!" Zoro remarked with a chuckle, and the two morons continued their daily brawls of insults, kicks, and swords.
And thus, "peace" and "normality" was returned to the dining room.
Once we had all eaten, we preceded back to our normal activities. Thankfully, more snow had piled up so the ice was no longer a problem. I was now inside the crow's nest, looking through a spyglass at the horizon for any island.
A few minutes passed of searching until I finally saw a mound above the sea.
I speedily rushed over to the loud speaker microphone and announced, "Hey guys, there an island coming up so get ready! Sanji make an inventory of all the items we need. Franky and Usopp, see if there are any repair items we need to buy. And as for the rest of you guys, be prepared in case we aren't wanted there, alright?"
I got down from the crow's nest and went to me and Robin's room to get some belli to buy things for myself, for food and to "share" with the rest of the crew.
..:: Luffy's POV ::..
I think it's about time I ask what's wrong with me so I've decided to go find Chopper. After looking around I spotted him in the sick bay, looking at his shelves of medicine.
"Hey Chopper."
"Hi Luffy, what's up?"
"I think I'm sick with something…"
"Oh no! Sit down and tell me what your symptoms are!"
'Symptoms? What's that? Hmm, whatever, I probably shouldn't use Nami's name.'
"Well whenever I'm around this thing my heart beats real fast and I have these weird nauseous feelings, like my stomach starts twisting and stuff. And if I'm away from that thing I feel like I need to go see if it's alright. What should I do?"
"This might be serious but if something's bad for you, you need to avoid it! Or you might get sicker!"
'Avoid Nami? Is that possible?'
I walked out of the sick bay feeling a bit down.
..:: Normal POV ::..
Unbeknownst to both reindeer and captain, an ear of a certain female crewmember had intentionally heard their conversation and said ear disappeared while leaving flower petals behind as the teenaged boy left the room.
So how was it? Anyways, I know this hiatus has pretty much destroyed my reputation here on but I'm sorry. I whole bunch of matters decided to blow up in my face and they're still not gone. I won't say what exactly because it'll draw unnecessary pity and stuff but if you would really like to know you can send me a message. I now go to high school! How awesome, right? I can also squeeze in time during my HW (if possible, I have all advanced or AP-prep classes) to write the next chapters. Because of this and to make updates quicker, the chapters will be way shorter and not 22 pages like this one! (It seriously is 22 pages long! O_O)