Summary: Luffy and Nami are separated from the ship in the middle of an ice storm. Can Luffy and Nami survive on a supposed uninhabited island before it's too late? Read to find out!

o.o~0.0~O.O Ch. 12 - Food? Torture? O.O~0.0~o.o

They had totally slept in a tree all night. Her neck felt achy and her butt felt like it was numb from sitting on the branch all night. Nami opened her eyes slightly and saw snowflakes falling around her. She snuggled closer to Luffy-

Her eyes popped open. Luffy made her sleep in a tree all night! She nearly jerked herself away from him had it not been for his soft snores that kept her in place. She gently pulled away from him and looked around her to see that Luffy had each of his legs dangling off the side of the thick tree branch. Hers were pretty much in the same state. Her hands were resting on Luffy's chest as she continued to observe further. She looked down and noticed that he had both of his arm securely locked around her waist. Nami brought her eyes back up to Luffy's face. A small smile played at her lips as watched him sleep. His face was contorted into a soft frown but his features were relaxed. His hair was in his face and she gently moved a few strands away from his eyes.

How could she wake him up after seeing how peacefully he was sleeping right now?

Then she grinned. They kissed last night. She could think of a few ways to wake him up. Nami scooted closer to and lifted his face close to his. She could feel his soft breaths tickled her cheek as she came in close. Nami closed her eyes and softly placed her lips on his. Believe it or not, he tasted like oranges. Since when had this boy been eating fruit? Was he holding out on her? So selfish...

Then, she lost herself in the sweet kiss.

Luffy's could feel pressure on his chest and face. His eyes squinted open and he nearly jumped in surprise when he realize that...Nami was kissing him! His head was reeling at the simple fact. How did this happen? Oh right...last night...

Truthfully, he didn't know what came over him last night. He just...he got upset. That was all. He wanted her to stay at his side, but it was her choice, not his. He wasn't going to force his wants on her. She would make the decision herself.

Mmm...now that he thought about it...Nami tasted sweet. Like...fruit. Had she been eating fruit lately? He didn't know...all he knew was that she tasted good. He closed his eyes and pushed back on her lips, his tongue gently slipping inside her sweet hot cavern she called a mouth. Nami gasped slightly at the intrusion, but happily melted into the hot kiss. She brought each of her arms up slowly, wrapping them around his neck and bring him closer. He unconsciously brought her hips closer to his in an effort to keep her close.

When they broke, they were both gasping for air. Panting, they stared each other in the eyes. He reached up and moved some of her bright orange hair from her face. Her appearance looked...disheveled. Then again, who wouldn't after spending a week on a practically uninhabited island? His hand cupped her cheek and his thumb traced the outline of her lips. Nami smiled softly as she stared at him. Truthfully, her heart felt like it was beating too fast. She didn't want this moment to end, but like all things, it had to.

Nami put a hand on his as he softly caressed her cheek. "Ne, Nami," Luffy asked, "what happens now?"

Nami blinked. "I don't know," Nami said, "I suppose we'll find out."

Luffy grinned from ear to ear. He was happy she wasn't leaving him. He was happy they were closer. He was even happier about his second kiss that he shared with her. God, if he could wake up every morning just like that, he'd be the happiest man alive! "You think...when we get back to the ship...we can...stay like this?" He wasn't sure what he was saying, or if he was even saying it right. All he knew was that he didn't want this to end, not even when they went back to their crew.

"Luffy," Nami said, "we can continue, but I suggest we take it slow when we get back to the ship. Everyone would be weirded out if they figured out we were a couple the second we got back. Not to mention, they'd be hounding us with questions."

"So?" Luffy said with a scratch of his head. Obviously, he didn't understand.

"So," Nami continued, "let's break it to them slowly. I don't want to alarm them when they had JUST found us. Instead, we can tell them all about our adventures here on the island and after that, we can...do whatever."

Luffy seemed like he got it. It wasn't too clear. In the end, he just nodded and went with what she said. It was probably best anyway.

Luffy finally picked her up and jumped down from their perch on the tree. Nami groaned as the feeling came back to her butt. Luffy looked at her and saw her rubbing her backside before he laughed and stretched himself out. Nami did much the same thing. "Okay," Nami said, "let's agree to NEVER sleep in a tree again."

"Aw," Luffy groaned, "it was fun!"

"That's only because you got two kisses out of it," Nami said with a grin.

Luffy's grin widened but a blush spread across his cheeks at the mere thought of it all. Him and Nami. Nami and him. The sound of it was exhilarating! Nami looked around. "It's still early morning," Nami said, "you have a choice, we can either find food now and eat, or we can explore some more and eat later."

Luffy bit his lip. He didn't know which was better! Meat or exploring! It was too much of a close call! He didn't know..."Can we do both?" Luffy asked.

Nami laughed. "Alright, I'll catch us something and we can cook it and then get a move on while eating."

"Yosh!" Luffy said and Nami shook her head. Quickly, they fell into their usual routine, with her finding some poor lost animal and him finding the wood for a fire. Eventually, after Nami had come back and cooked the rabbits she had caught, the two had quickly put out the fire and got a move on, eating their "rabbit on a stick" as they went along. "Look, Nami!" Luffy exclaimed.

Nami looked at him and saw that he had shoved his sticks up his nose and the bottoms were stuck on his bottom lip. Nami giggled and shook her head. She looked around and grabbed a rather bent looking stick and pulled it out. She set it on her lips and pretended it was a mustache. "Hello, good sir! Jolly morning we're having, isn't it?"

Luffy busted out laughing, effectively breaking his sticks and causing them to fall to the ground. Nami couldn't help it, his laughter was contagious. After a while, they continued walking in silence as the sun slowly reached up over the treetops.

"I told you to run, not play with it!" Nami exclaimed as she looked at his pathetic form.

"I thought he would be good to eat!" Luffy said with a pout.

Luffy was currently on the ground with his butt in the air, several quills sticking out from his backside. Nami shook her head. It was sad. She had specifically told him to leave that animal alone, but nooooo, he wouldn't listen. He ended up chasing it all over the place and disappeared from sight. Nami had been following his footsteps when his very loud, and very pained, yell echoed throughout the entire forest they were in. Nami, with her heart racing, had quickly chased him down to see him in his current state.

Nami reached for his backside and hadn't even so much as touched a quill yet when he began whimpering and screaming. "Don't touch it, it hurts!"

"Would you stop squirming!" Nami said. Every time she reached out for his bottom, he would scoot away, much like a worm or caterpillar, and she would have to chase him a good few inches. "I. Said. Stop...moving!" Nami exclaimed, pouncing at him and managing to get her fingers around several quills. She yanked and he screamed.

"Oi, did you here that?" Ussop asked with shaking legs.

"It sounded like an animal was in trouble!" Chopper exclaimed.

"Actually," Zoro said with a scratch of his head, "it sounded more like something getting tortured."

"Ee," Robin agreed, staring at the trees around them.

"Let's go find it!" Chopper said, worried. "Nami and Luffy could be there!"

Little did they know, they were headed in the correct direction. That's when they heard two, terrified, bone chilling screams.

"LUFFY YOU IDIOT!" Nami exclaimed, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MAKE IT SO MAD?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" Luffy exclaimed, he looked behind him - big mistake. The damned porcupine was right on their tail. He swore that porcupine had ninja speed or something! Suddenly, the quills shot out and he was too late to stop it. He went flying face first with the needles stuck all along his arm. Nami kept running, but she, too, was impaled with needles. They ran all the way up her leg and to her rear. Both her and Luffy screamed in pain and the porcupine left them to wallow in peace.

Nami whimpered. Luffy looked over at her. "L-Luffy," Nami asked.

"Yeah?" Luffy grimaced as he saw the needles poking out from her pants from her butt to her mid-thigh.

"Is it bad?" Nami stuck out her bottom lip, ready to cry. It HURT! She was afraid to look...

"A-Ah..." Luffy said. Nami took a deep breath and stood up from her spot on the ground.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" Nami said as she attempted to move. She whimpered and sniffled. "Luffy."

"Yeah?" He asked.

"I feel your pain."

They were silent for a good three minutes before Nami started crawling over to where Luffy was. Nami practically had Luffy's butt in her face as she reached up to grab a needle. He screamed when she pulled a couple out. She grimaced. Luffy finally thought it was payback and he reached for Nami's backside and yanked a few quills out himself. She screamed and whimpered at the torture.

"Now we know, Luffy," Nami said, "do NOT play with porcupines."

"A-Ah," Luffy agreed.

They had both reached for each other's backside when something came crashing through the trees. The two of them looked up to see Zoro, Chopper, Ussop, and Robin standing in their midsts, staring at them with wide eyes.

Lol! To tell you the truth, I've been looking at too much fan-art and doujinshi and now I'm kinda getting hooked on a foursome idea. I'm not saying that I'm changing my story into foursome (that can be done in a separate story. ^_^) I see, so Makino was the bar lady, but in most fics she's portrayed a surrogate mother. Gotcha. Yep, I am a hooked LuNa fan. Though...I do like the occasional ZoNa fics...^_~

Actually, now that I think about it...that was very uncharacteristic of Luffy...crying. But, then again...think about it this way: doesn't Luffy cry over ridiculous things? Try to think of it as like Luffy crying over nothing and making that (giggles) stupid idiotic face of his with tears in the shapes of waterfalls. Lol! (Sry, Luffy...hahaha!)

Hope you guys liked this chapter! I spent a lot of time trying to come up with something funny that happens on the island. I went through tons of ideas and I couldn't think of anything, so then I started thinking about porcupines and...ta-da...kinda got a porcupine sitch in her. Lol!

Anyway...review, please!