As the Straw Hats sailed ever closer to the Island of Alabasta and the city of Nanohana they all began to think about what they did on the island last time. They had a general idea of the powers of the foes they fought here. But so much had happened since then there was no way they would remember every little detail. It's just not possible. But being able to recall things from their memories would give them an advantage in Paradise. Thanks to Luffy's training they would become stronger than they were. It will help them get stronger faster but having memories of your techniques from the future won't hurt either. But they aren't strong enough to use them yet.
While everyone was going about their business Luffy spoke up. It was a moment of sheer genius that was rare for the Luffy of the past. But not the Luffy they were following this time. He seemed more focused, still a pain in the ass and crazy but still more focused. It was weird. "Is there anything we should know about this island in advance Vivi? Like about the plants and wildlife?" Luffy asked.
'Thinking about stuff in advance and not running in blind. This is gonna take some time to get used to. What the hell did he do to change?' Nami asked herself
"Well, yes. There are quite a few dangerous plants and poisonous creatures that live out in the desert." Vivi said matter of factly. "We are going to have to traverse an expansive desert. We won't be able to do that in these clothes. We are going to have to buy clothes more suitable for the extreme temperature swings that we will experience in the desert. From blistering hot during the day to below freezing at night."
"Well this is going to be fun." Usopp said
"Oh and you can't forget the possibility that we walk right into a sandstorm."
"This country is pretty dangerous isn't it?" Chopper asked
"It can be if you aren't prepared." Vivi said
"So that's why we are going to Nanohana first?" Nami asked
"Yes, without supplies the journey will be impossible."
Some time later the Straw Hats dropped the anchor on the coast far enough outside of the city limits. The crew was looking around that's when a certain ship was spotted.
"Oh great look at that." Nami said
Everyone turned to look at what Nami was pointing at. "Oh great, that idiot Mr. 3 is here." Zoro said
"Well we still have to get supplies. If we walk around he will recognize us if we run into him. But he never saw you Sanji-kun and Chopper hadn't joined us yet." Nami said
"Speaking of being recognized I can't just walk around as I am. I will need some sort of disguise. The moment Carue & I start walking around the citizens will recognize us."
"That's no problem leave it to me." Usopp said
In under 15 minutes Usopp had a crude green cloak for Vivi and one for Carue.
"Thank you Usopp-san. That is going to be perfect. The less conspicuous we are the faster we can get this done and move on to our next destination, the Yuba Oasis northwest of here."
Hearing the name Yuba the Straw Hats began thinking. They didn't remember all the details of their trip here years ago. But they did remember a few important things. The rebel army troops moved some time ago from their base in Yuba to somewhere else. Also the Yuba Oasis had been barraged with sandstorms. Now their was only one person still living in Yuba. He was a stubborn old man who was trying to do right by the king and restore the city to its former glory.
They knew Vivi was against the loss of life but their was only so much they could do. This was supposed to be their first time on the island. Their was no way could just tell her all of this. They would have a tough time coming up with plausible lies. But they were certain of one thing. Crocodile had to be defeated and it would have to somewhere a lot of people had gathered. There unfortunately was only one place that fit that description. It would have to be in the plaza, which was conveniently where the rebels and the army would gather. It also happens to be above the Nefertari crypt.
With that the Straw Hats, Vivi and Carue got off of the boat and went about their business. At this point in their adventure Luffy wasn't really well known yet. He had a bounty on his head but it wasn't impressive nor was it worth remembering. He walked around town without a care in the world. All the while Vivi and Carue were wearing crude cloaks to avoid drawing any attention to themselves. No one really gave them a second look as the crew of eight walked around. After some walking they found a place on the edge of the city to rest. It was a partially destroyed building. Conveniently enough it was the same place they stopped the first time they were there. The side facing the city was more or less intact so they were out of sight. If anyone was to leave to walk around the town they would regroup here before they all went back to the ship.
"It looks like no one recognized you Vivi." Nami said as Vivi took off her cloak.
Vivi didn't say anything. But everyone had a good idea what she was thinking about.
"Something the matter Vivi-chan? You'll be safe here for the time being." Sanji said. But there was no response from her. "Vivi-chan" Sanji said one more time snapping Vivi out of whatever was on her mind.
"Yes, yes, what is it?"
"What's wrong?" Sanji asked
"I'm sorry, I was just thinking. While I was walking around the city, everyone and everything still seemed fine. I can't truly be at ease while Crocodile is in power, but as long as the people are safe that makes this a little easier."
"They didn't look like too worried to me." Nami said
"Vivi, you said you had a plan to stop the rebellion, right?"
Vivi nodded and Zoro continued.
"What's the next step? What do we have to do? If we can still save them, we have to take action soon. Right?"
"Yes, that's true. But you only promised to take me as far as Alabasta and…"
"Enough." Nami said hitting Vivi on the forehead. "I can't believe you're still talking like that."
"Nami-san."
"We've sailed together all the way here. You think we're just gonna abandon you now?"
"She's right Vivi. Don't get all distant on us now." Usopp said
"That's right Vivi." Luffy said "We're not going anywhere."
"Thank you everyone."
"Now who is going to go shopping to get our supplies?" Nami asked "Sanji-kun since Mr. 3 won't recognize you, can you go get what we will need for our trip across the desert?"
"Hai, Nami-swan" Sanji said
"I was going to have you take Chopper with you but, he might not be much help."
Chopper was already laying down in the shade relaxing. The heat was pretty unbearable he was going to need his strength for later. "I will be back here in an hour." Sanji said before he walked off to take care of their business.
"I will be back I am going to find something to eat." Luffy said 'I need to find Ace. He should be around here somewhere. Smokey should be around here as well.' Luffy thought as he walked off and disappeared into the crowded streets.
As Sanji was walking around he got distracted by the dancer girls. Once he got his head on straight he got to work. In no time he had a majority of the shopping done for their trek across the desert. But of course Sanji being Sanji he couldn't not get distracted just walk around. Also he couldn't resist ogling several of the pretty girls walking around. Eventually he made his way back to the rest of the crew.
"Any problems Sanji-kun." Nami asked
"None, well I saw some marines walking around but no one we need to worry about."
"Good, now we just have to wait for that idiot to come back." Nami said. "So what did you get us to wear?" Nami asked
Sanji pulled out two bags and handed them to the girls. "Here you go Nami-san, Vivi-chan." Nami and Vivi went to change into their outfits. While they were gone Sanji tossed bags to the other guys. The girls came back wearing similar dancing girl outfits to last time. In the same time the guys had put on their clothes to protect them from the sun.
"Sanji-san." Vivi said
"Hai… Vivi-chawn."
"I asked you to get clothes like the citizens wear."
"Dancer girls are citizens, too!" Sanji said "They look lovely on you." Sanji said with hearts in his eyes.
"But these clothes aren't going to protect us from the sun."
Sanji was letting his perverted side run wild while Vivi was talking to him.
"Don't bother talking to him when he gets like this." Nami said "I will get us something to protect us from the sun."
"Alright, so we've got pretty much all the stuff we need so now we can get on with our original goal, right?" Usopp asked "You said we were heading to Yuba next."
"Yes. That's right. But to get there we have to cross the desert. It may prove a more formidable journey than any of you can imagine. Potential danger over every sand dune. There is no way to guarantee you survive out on that land of scorching sand. I still have worries about taking everyone through such a place, but I want to restore peace to this country. So… So, I would like to make another request. Everyone! Please lend me your strength!"
"You finally said it. We've been waiting for it." Nami said
"Not knowing what's gonna happen next is just like sailing on the sea Vivi-chan."
"Yeah, nothing we haven't dealt with before." Zoro said
"Now, we just have to wait for Luffy." Nami said "We have some time to kill before that idiot comes back. If you go walk around, or stay here I don't care just don't go to far. With the marines walking around it's only a matter of time before Luffy gets spotted and we have to make a break for it."
Nami walked off to get a little shopping done for Vivi and herself.
Meanwhile in another part of town a man wearing black shorts, an orange cowboy hat with goggles resting on the brim. One had a smiling face the other a frowning face. A tattoo on his left arm ACE written out vertically. But most notably was the large tattoo on his back. It was a symbol even the people near the beginning of the Grand Line knew. Between his shoulder blades is a large purple skull and crossbones with a big white mustache and a big grin below it. The symbol of Edward Newgate better known as Whitebeard and one of the Yonko.
"Have you seen him?" Ace unrolled the wanted poster in his hand and asked a man walking by if he had seen Monkey D. Luffy. The man shrugged and walked off. Ace continued to walk around asking people. But no one had seen the young man wearing a straw hat. He eventually made his way to a restaurant to get something to eat. Sometime later during a conversation he fell asleep eating. The people inside the restaurant thought he died. People started gathering outside the restaurant. They were trying to figure out what was going on inside. The people inside Spice Bean assumed the young man died while eating because days prior he must have eaten a poisonous desert strawberry. But then he picked his head up out if his meal.
"Damn…I fell asleep."
"YOU FELL ASLEEP?!" The towns people yelled with shark teeth surprised and irritated.
"That's not possible. How could you fall asleep in the middle of a conversation? One person said
"And he just starts chewing again." Another said
"What are you guys all worked up over?" Ace asked
"WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU!" Some people said
"What are you guys comedians or something?"
"Well, no… But I'm glad you're okay." The owner of the restaurant said
Ace was about to take another bite but once again fell face first into his meal.
"OI, DON'T FALL BACK TO SLEEP!" some people yelled with shark teeth
The crowd outside walked away once they found out that a patron didn't die while eating. As Smoker was walking by he saw the crowd of people disperse from in front door of the restaurant. When he walked in he was surprised to see who was sitting at the counter eating with out a care.
"I guess you don't have a problem with eating in public. Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates Portgas D. Ace."
"W…Whitebeard!? The Whitebeard Pirates!?" The owner of the restaurant said terrified
"That dumbass is part of the Whitebeard Pirates?"
"I knew I'd seen that mark on his back before."
"It's definitely the mark of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
"Why is he here?" One customer said
"What business does an infamous pirate like you have in this country?" Smoker asked
"I'm searching for my little brother." Ace said as he turned around to look at Smoker.
Meanwhile outside Luffy was walking around town. When he sensed Ace and Smoker in the same restaurant he started running.
Back inside the restaurant Ace started talking.
"So then… What should I do?"
"Sit there and let me arrest you."
"Denied. I'd rather not."
"Well that's what I expected. Right now, I'm looking for a different pirate. I'm not really interested in taking you in."
"Then let me go."
"I can't do that." Smoker said as part of his right arm turned to smoke. "As long as I'm a marine and you're a pirate."
"What a dumb reason. Shall we have some fun then?" Ace said as he turned his fist into fire.
"Gomu Gomu no Rocket." Luffy said as he went flying into the building. He bumped into Smoker who bumped into Ace and the two of them went flying through the wall of the restaurant and through at least five more buildings both front and back until they stopped. The people inside the restaurant looked at the giant people sized holes in the buildings. They then turned to look at the idiot who was sitting at the counter without a care in the world. The people had their mouths open wide. They didn't want to know what would happen to the idiot who hurt a Whitebeard pirate a division commander no less and a Marine.
"I finally found a restaurant." Luffy said excited. "Now I can eat all I want. Ossan! Food, food, food!" Luffy said sitting at an open stool. Not long after Ace and Smoker went through the wall of the restaurant the owner put out a lot of food for Luffy.
"You should probably get the hell out of here." The owner said
"Now why would I do that?"
"Do you know exactly who you just sent flying?"
"Sent flying? Who did that?"
"You did" The owner said pointing to the holes in the wall
"What's with those holes?"
While Luffy and the restaurant owner were talking Ace and Smoker were getting up.
"Who the hell did that?" Ace said
"What the hell?" Smoker said
"What's the big idea?" Ace said walking through the holes in the walls. But then he stopped to apologize to the people whom he had disturbed during their meal. He continued on to the restaurant. A short walk through another building and he was almost back to where he started. "Who was the freaking idiot that did that? Jeez." Ace said. Then he noticed who was sitting there stuffing his face. "Lu…! Hey Luf!" was all Ace was able to say before Smoker shoved his head into the ground.
"MUGIWARA"
Luffy took a break from eating to talk. "Hey, Smokey what are you doing here?"
"I've been looking for you, Mugiwara."
Luffy went back to eating. But Smoker yelled at him "STOP EATING!"
Luffy stuffed his face with as much food as he could before he got up and ran out the door. "WAIT" Smoker yelled as he chased him out of the restaurant.
"Wait, Luffy! It's me!" Ace said running out the door. "Hey, wait. Oi! Luffy!"
While Luffy was running he was thinking. 'I know this is the Grand Line. But I still need to be careful with who I use Haki on. I don't really need to use Haki on most of the people on the Grand Line. Smokey and Crocodile are really the only two logia I have to worry about for now.'
As they were running smoker yelled "TASHIGI"
"Yes, what is it, Captain Smoker?"
"Catch him! It's Mugiwara." Smoker said. Tashigi ran at him and tried to attack him. But he jumped over her, stretched his arm and pulled himself up and onto the roof of a building. Smoker's legs turned to smoke as he attempted to follow Luffy.
"Tashigi, call an emergency gathering of all Marines! Search every inch of this town for the other Straw Hat Pirates!" Smoker yelled as he chased Luffy across rooftops.
"How are you doing back there Smokey?"
"White Snake." Smoker said extending his arm, trying to catch Luffy. "Mugiwara, why did you come to this country? What are you after?"
"What? I came here to beat the crap outta Crocodile!"
"What? Crocodile?" Smoker asked still chasing him. "What kind of connection do you have to Crocodile?" Smoker asked
"None" Luffy said before he disappeared.
Smoker noticed Luffy running the other way. Smoker stopped and turned to chase after him. Luffy ran around the town randomly just to confuse the Marines and have a little fun while doing so. But without using Gear Second he wasn't going to lose them. He ran back towards the crew while the Marines were chasing him. They had all of their stuff packed up on the off chance Luffy would do something stupid again. In no time flat they were all set and started to run for it. Smoker almost caught up to Luffy and crew before they could get too far. But like clockwork Ace showed and got in between the Straw Hats and the Marines.
"White Blow"
"Kagerou"
Ace and Smoker's attacks cancelled each other out.
"You may be smoke, but I am fire. With our abilities a fight would be pointless."
"Ace" Luffy said.
"How do you always end up in trouble?" Ace asked "Luffy why don't you guys take off, I will catch up to you later."
With that the Straw hats started running away. Strangely enough everyone looked happy. No one said anything as they were running away so Vivi did.
"Luffy-san do you know him?" Vivi asked
"Yeah, he's my big brother."
They all put on a shocked expression but they all knew. He was the reason they went back in time. If Luffy doesn't do something between now and the end of Marineford all of this would be for naught. After the incident in Dressrosa while they were resting in Kyros's house Sabo told Franky, Zoro and Robin what happened to him. Luffy and Sabo met up a few times after their encounter in Dressrosa. He finally got the chance to tell him why he never came back. He told Luffy that he had lost his memories. He couldn't even remember his own name. Unfortunately what brought it all back was Ace's death, the mention of Luffy's name and the word sakazuki. So Luffy passed the information on to Ace. Well the part about Sabo having a head injury and not remembering a majority of his past. He figured that Ace might be able to look for Sabo since he was going to the Grand Line first.
While the Straw Hats were running Luffy was running backward watching the show Ace and Smoker were putting on in the sky. Luffy being Luffy he was separated from the group but this time on purpose. While the display in the sky and below cleared Ace made his escape. A little while later the Straw Hats made it back to the Merry sans Luffy. Vivi made her way back onto the ship and down to the room she shared with Nami. She grabbed a piece paper and brought it outside. She got off the boat and went over to Carue.
"Carue, I have a job for you, a job that only you can do."
"Quack?"
"Head north to Alubarna and deliver this letter to my father. This has all the information Igaram and I dug up while we were undercover. It has all the information about Baroque Works and Crocodile. I've written down how I'm still alive and how I will return with reliable friends. Can you do it? You'll have to cross the desert all alone."
"Quack!"
"Just remember to conserve your water in the desert."
"Quack."
"Then hurry and send word to my father that we can still save this country."
"Quaaack!"
Carue took of for Alubarna but abruptly stopped to take a big gulp of water. He then took off and was soon out of sight.
Meanwhile Luffy set down the barrel of water he was carrying and sat on it to wait for Ace. Not long after Ace dropped down out of the sky a few feet in front of Luffy.
"How did you manage to get lost?" Ace asked
"What are you talking about? I was waiting for you here. You never did get the hang of Kenbunshoku." Luffy said teasingly. "I figured this would be easier."
"Hey, I finally got the hang of it." Ace said
"Of course you did."
"I did, how do you think I found you."
"Well it took you long enough."
"Hey who is the older brother here? I am supposed to be teasing you, you bastard."
"I know. I just couldn't resist. But it's awesome to see you again Ace? I see the symbol on your back. That's Whitebeard's mark isn't it?"
"Yeah, it's the old man's mark. He took me in even after I tried to kill him."
"Did you have any luck finding Sabo?"
"Not really. I heard rumors about kingdoms occasionally falling. There was very little about their movements and really nothing solid enough to go on. Where ever their base is it might not even have a magnetic signature to lock onto making following the log pointless."
Luffy sat there with his arms crossed and his head tilted to the side thinking.
"Sorry, too much for you?"
"No, I get it. It just sucks that it's going to be harder than I thought to find him." Luffy got up and put the barrel under his arm before the duo started to head for the water. Ace and Luffy were walking and making good progress. Then some members of Baroque Works billions showed up and surrounded the duo. They thought they got the drop on them but they had no idea how wrong they were and how outmatched they were.
"Fire Fist Ace, Your devils luck ends here." The big guy in charge said. Luffy and Ace were hardly paying any attention to the big guy.
"Did you learn anything from the old man about your Haoshoku?"
"He taught me what he could but he told me the rest I had to figure out on my own."
"So then, would you like to do the honors?" Luffy asked
Ace used his Haoshoku and knocked out all of the members but the big one and Luffy of course.
"What did you do to my men?" He asked
"Doesn't matter." Ace said "Your turn Luffy."
Luffy put down the barrel of water. "Gomu Gomu no Bazooka." Luffy said as his arms stretched behind him then suddenly retracted and sent the big idiot flying. With that Luffy and Ace continued to walk to the ship. But that didn't last long.
"They are getting ready to set sail."
"Lead the way?" Ace said. Luffy took off for the water and Ace followed.
Meanwhile as the duo were running. The Straw Hats were preparing the ship to start sailing.
"Will Luffy-san have any trouble finding us?" Vivi asked
"He shouldn't." Nami said as she looked out into the distance.
"Nami-san, do you have feelings for Luffy-san?" Vivi asked
"Huh, what would make you think that?"
"Well the fact that you're blushing doesn't help." Vivi said. Nami didn't say anything. "I will take your silence as a yes."
As the girls were talking Luffy made his way back to the ship relatively easily. Luffy stretched his arm and launched himself over to the ship. Not long before Luffy made it to the Merry Ace had gone in a different direction to get his small boat. He sailed it over tossed a line up and attached it to the Merry's railing so it wouldn't drift away.
"Well you managed to catch up." Nami said
"Of course I did. It was no trouble" he said putting down the barrel of water.
With his little boat secure Ace jumped up onto the railing of the ship next to Luffy.
"Everybody, this is my big brother Ace."
"Hello" They all said.
Luffy went around and introduced everyone.
"Thank you for looking after my little brother, I know he can be a handful sometimes." Ace said bowing to the crew while he was still squatting on the railing. "So Luffy is she the one you…" Before Ace could spill any more words out of his big mouth Luffy punched him on the head and sent him down onto the deck.
"What the hell was that for?" Ace asked irritated standing up.
"Oh, no reason." Luffy said
"You trying to pick a fight?"
"Maybe. But don't think for a second that just because I am younger than you I couldn't kick your ass."
"I would like to see you try."
"Really you are both acting like children." Nami said as she walked over to the two brothers. The look in her eyes spelled trouble. Luffy knew this and Ace could see it in his eyes. But before they could react the two monsters were down on the ground with large bumps on their heads. It took them a while before they got up.
"Nami's scary." Chopper said
"Those two idiots got what they deserve." Sanji said
"How does she do that? I'm a logia and she still hit me."
"I don't know, but I do know that I always get hit after doing something she thinks is stupid."
"And for a second I thought that there was actually a mature brother. But no, the elder puts on a good show but is just as much of a dumb ass as the younger."
"Make sure you take care of them Luffy, you found a great group of friends."
"I know."
While they were talking five ships carrying Baroque Works Billions sailed ever closer to the Merry.
"I won't say we are in trouble but there are five ships coming right for us." Ace said
"You're more notorious, would you like to do the honors?" Luffy asked
"Really, like you had to ask?"
Ace jumped over the railing of the ship, not even going for his boat. His forearms, legs and feet became fire before he flew off propelling himself towards the ships. As he flew over the five ships he dropped flaming care packages igniting parts of the ship. Once he was on the opposite side from where he started he hovered just above the waves of the ocean. He pulled one arm back and yelled "Hiken" before sending a massive fist shaped fireball at the boats destroying them. He flew back to the Merry and turned back to normal before landing on the deck.
"That was amazing." Usopp said
"That was impressive Ace. How did you know you could fly?" Luffy asked
"Didn't know I could either one day it just kind of happened. Couldn't do it again for a while. I had lots of failed attempts and it took a lot of practice to figure out." Ace said rubbing the back of his neck.
"Still that was pretty amazing."
"Yeah. There are only a handful of Zoan devil fruits that make actual flight possible. But there may be more like what I just did and what Smoker can do. Though I'm not sure if that is considered flying."
"How would you like to come in and have some tea?" Sanji asked
"That sounds good. I can get to know you all a little better before I take off."
Back to the future Straw Hats watching through the portal
The ghost snapped his fingers and a portal opened up. A moment later Luffy stepped through the portal and walked a few steps forward, as he did the portal closed behind him.
"Well, that was interesting." he said "I thought I was sent back in time. The second I walked into the portal time froze and another me walked through the portal to the past. I saw everything that happened on both sides. It looks like I have…"
At same time Luffy was walking out of the portal Nami's whole world went silent around her and came to a grinding freaking halt. Not a single word from Luffy was getting through to her. She stood there looking at Luffy. As she did her vision was getting blurry from the build up of tears in her eyes. She had to pinch herself just to make sure this was real. When she felt the pain from the pull of her skin she knew she wasn't hallucinating. Then she realized her body was moving independently from her thoughts. She was still looking at Luffy but she was getting closer to him. She by no means had been far from the young man in the straw hat. She wasn't even sure what made her do it but fuck it. At this point she didn't care.
Luffy was sort of aware of his surroundings. He figured he must have been back in the cave. But at the same time a certain busty red head didn't give him enough time to re-acclimate to his surroundings before she jumped into his arms. He wasn't expecting any of this. He expected his friends to be furious with him but he didn't expect anyone to come running at him. Well that's not exactly true either. He did kind of expect that he was going to have to run for his life. But he never expected a reaction like this. As Nami ran at him she didn't look angry she looked upset. As Luffy noticed this his grin turned upside down. He never wanted to see any of his friends upset. But he saw the look on Nami's face. Even if he wasn't aware of it there was a special place in his heart for Nami.
He promised Genzo before they left Cocoyashi that he would never take her smile away. For a spilt second it looked he had broken his promise. He thought she was going to pummel him into the ground for what he did but that didn't turn out to be the case. She ran to him and jumped into his arms. She wrapped her arms around the back of his neck, her legs around his waist and she kissed him. Luffy didn't reciprocate for a moment but something clicked inside him. It was something primal that not even Luffy knew he had in him.
His arms had just been hanging there at his side. But after the click his arms moved, he placed his hands on her ass cheeks and pushed her up to deepen the kiss. As he pushed her up he groped her ass. She didn't really care about her reaction at this point. She had little shame to begin with. But I guess most of the guys already knew that considering she flashed them in the bath in Alubarna. She had grown even more comfortable in her body. But then again the clothes she wore sometimes just left so little the imagination. She would have to be comfortable with herself to show that much skin. Had she always been tempting Luffy? Trying to get a rise out of him. She knew what Sanji's reaction would be. But no matter what she wore she couldn't get Luffy to react in any sort of perverted way. Maybe he had been uninterested in ladies at one point but something had changed and Nami could feel it. She knew he was hers.
The Straw Hats had a lot of questions for the idiot captain but he was preoccupied at the moment. None of them were very shocked when they saw Nami run towards Luffy. They had not expected her to jump into his arms like she did. All of their mouths fell open at the sight all except for the cook that was. He was pouting over off to the side. Deep down he knew he could never win Nami's heart. And that reaction to Luffy walking out through the portal sealed it.
Zoro walked over to the chef "Looks like she has made her decision." Zoro said
"I know, but why did it have to be the shitty captain. Why couldn't it have been me?"
"I couldn't tell you. But you just have to be happy for them."
"If this is what Nami-san wants I wouldn't dare ruin it for her. I want her to be happy. If Luffy can do that for her then that's fine." Sanji said all of that but at the same time he was sulking and doodling in the dirt.
"That is very mature of you. I half expected you to run and attack Luffy. I mean look at them. The way he is gripping her ass. The way she is rubbing up against him. She wants it."
"Don't ruin it marimo. And since when did you notice things like that?"
"Just look at them. They aren't even trying to hide anything. If no one else was around here right now they would both be naked. I wouldn't put it past them having sex in all of this gold. That just seems like it would be Nami's fantasy."
"You just had to say those words together in a sentence didn't you?"
"What words are you talking about? Nami, naked, sex or fantasy?"
"Don't say those words together. You really are a pervert aren't you?"
"I guess. Robin seems to enjoy our time together."
"Don't remind me. It's bad enough Robin-chan is doing that with you but now Nami-san is going to be doing that with Luffy."
"Well you're going to have to get over it. I don't know where we're going next but I imagine those two are going to be spending some much over-do time together doing sexual yoga."
"Don't you dare make me think about stuff like that! I don't need to imagine that!" Sanji didn't need to say it but he had already thought about what he would do with Nami, Robin, Vivi, Viola or hell any other beautiful woman given the opportunity.
"I think Luffy's powers will aide him in his new endeavor."
"Oh, poor Nami-san"
While Nami and Luffy were making out she felt a chill run down her spine. She knew someone was talking about her and she had a pretty good idea who it was. So reluctantly Nami stopped her furious assault on Luffy's mouth.
"Luffy" She said "Could you put me down for a minute"
"Yeah, I guess I can." Luffy said he was kind of sad as he had been enjoying the kissing. Luffy put Nami down so her feet could touch the ground. Once she was down she straightened out her clothes before she walked over to Zoro and Sanji.
"Don't you poor Nami-san me Sanji-kun." Nami said "I don't really care what it was exactly that you two were talking about over here. But I know you were talking about me."
"But Nami-san I do…" That was the last thing Sanji said before Nami knocked him out cold.
Zoro somehow managed to get away unscathed from the same punishment as Sanji.
"I'm not going to hit you but you have to carry Sanji back to the ship."
Zoro didn't say a word. He picked up the unconscious chef and put him over his shoulder and walked away. He knew better than to get a horny lady angry.
"NOW" Nami said with an agitated tone. "As for the rest of you. GET THE HELL OUT."
The crew for the first time and last time ever stood at attention, turned and began to walk out of the cave, but soon began running. Usopp didn't even bother to go and grab the lamp before he too booked it out of the cave and headed back for the Sunny. "We are done for now." Usopp yelled to the ghost who retreated back into the lamp. As they were running out Robin had been giggling to herself the whole way. "Best of luck to you Nami." Robin said under her breath before she made it out of the cave. Usopp was the last one out of the cave. The path out of the cave wasn't that long or complicated. But it felt very long and complicated as they were running from Nami's wrath.
"I didn't expect Nami-san to yell at us." Brook said surprised.
"Nor did I. But I guess she has two things in there that she loves and in such close proximity. She didn't want to waste this opportunity." Robin said
"I really think I should get some plans together." Franky said
"What for Franky?" Usopp asked
"Well, if we have two couples on the Sunny I think we should give you guys your own space. What do you think Robin?"
"I like the idea."
"What about you Zoro?" Franky asked
"Sounds good to me."
"Well I think that…" Franky stopped talking. They heard a sound that must have come from Nami. They were shocked to her Nami moaning Luffy's name.
That sound would stick with them for who knows how long. There were only two who didn't react. The first is Chopper because well he is an animal and just didn't understand. The second is Sanji because he is still out cold. The sound traveled and made it out of the cave. The sound made them want to wash their ears out with soap. She and Luffy were all alone in the cave so she didn't bother covering her mouth.
"That…I don't think any of us want to hear that ever again." Franky said
"No, no I don't." Usopp said
"There is one good thing." Franky said
"What is that?"
"We can take as much gold as we want. We will have not have worry about not being able to pay for the materials for the renovations or to keep the rooms quiet."
"Franky, where do you think you are going to put another room on the Sunny?" Robin asked
"As of right now. Best idea I have is just dividing the girls room in half."
"There isn't that much room on the ship. That seems like a reasonable idea. I guess you and Usopp are going to have to get creative."