Strawberry Black Cat: Thanks for all of you who are reading this, I really tried my best on the last chapter. So dislcaimer Firehart!
Firehart: Strawberry Black Cat DOES NOT OWN One Piece!
Recap! (Just read it...it's the last one so just read it…..)
Chopper finally got them to quiet down by yelling "If you all keep yelling I won't tell you!" and after he said that everyone instantly quieted down.
"Nami is…" He started
Chopper paused for a moment and everyone stayed silent. Then finally Ichigo spoke up "Well are you going to tell us how she is or not!?" She yelled.
"Nami is…." Chopper started again.
"%#$ Chopper, just tell us!" Everyone backed a few steps away from Ichigo, she NEVER cursed unless she was truly pissed off about something and there were only a few things in this world that could truly piss her off. 1. Constant insults 2. Hurting her friends physically 3. Hurting her friends mentally and 4. Hiding something something that was extremely important from her and the others.
"Nami is…." He started one more time "...Her fever had come back and she'd lost a lot of blood." He said "She also had a mild concussion and 4 broken ribs…" He finished.
"Um…sorry for asking but exactly how high is her fever?" Rara asked timdly
"105.3…" Chopper answered "I managed to bring it down a bit but it's still really high…"
"I've done all that I can do, but there's no guarantee, all we can do now is wait" Chopper finished
"Can we got see her?" Asked Sanji
"Yes, but only 2 at a time and you have to be quiet" Chopper replied back
After much discussion they decided that the first 2 that would go would be Ichigo and Luffy, followed by Zoro and Robin, and then Sanji and Ussop, Rara had decided not to go because she said that she didn't like seeing people in that condition.
Ichigo made it quick, after visiting for a minute or 2 she said a quick "Get well soon Nami" and left, Luffy had decided to stay. Zoro didn't really say anything and Robin told get to get well soon. Sanji and Ussop did the same. But even by the time that all of the others were gone Luffy was still there. He had told the others that he was going to stay by Nami's side until she woke up, whenever that might be.
About 5 hours later
Luffy still hadn't left Nami's side, even after the others had gone to bed a few hours ago. Luffy was beginning to nod off himself when he saw Nami beginning to stir a bit. She opened her eyes a little and said "…Luffy…? How did I get here? And why does my chest and my head hurt so much?" Nami was quite confused, the last thing she remembered was Luffy saving her from Hohojiro killing her.
"After I kicked that fish-guy's ass we brought you back to the sick room and your chest and head hurt so much 'cause the bastard hurt you really bad" Luffy said.
'Sick room…' Nami thought. Luffy never did learn the word Infirmary so always ended up calling the Infirmary the "Sick Room".
"Luffy…" She said softly "You didn't have to stay here with me the whole time"
"But I wanted to" Luffy said with child-like innocence
"You wanted to? I thought that you would want to eat all the meat on the ship" Nami said back
Luffy shook his head "Uh-uh" he said "You're more important than meat"
Nami felt a blush creep to her checks after Luffy said that. Luffy noticed this and said "Nami? Your checks are pink. Do I need to get Chopper?" He asked concerned that her fever had gotten worse.
"N-No" Nami said back "I'm fine"
Nami then looked at Luffy again and saw that he was in what appeared deep thought. After a few minutes Luffy finally said "Hey Nami…"
"Yeah?" She said back
"How come when I was fighting that shark bastard I felt really wired?" Luffy asked
"Weird? What do you mean?" Nami asked back
"I dunno…it was kinda like I felt like something really, really bad was going to happen to you and it made me feel really bad. I couldn't eat any meat or anything because my stomach felt all weird." He said back
"…" Nami didn't say anything back
"And the really weird thing is that I have that feeling when you're in trouble" Luffy finished
Nami's checks turned cherry red. She knew what Luffy was talking about and managed to say it. "D-Do you think that y-you're maybe in l-love with someone?" Nami said. Honestly she had liked Luffy since her saved her from Arlong but she didn't ever think that he liked her back.
"Love huh?" Luffy said still looking like he was in deep thought and after awhile he said "Then I'm in love with you?" he asked Nami
"M-Maybe" Nami said back. She didn't quite know to respond to this particular question.
"Do you love me?" Luffy asked after she said that.
Nami stayed quiet for a minute and then said while blushing insanely "Uh-huh" was all she could get out
She then noticed that Luffy's face was centimeters away from her's and turned and her checks turned an even brighter shade of pink. "L-Luffy" She said "You might catch the flu"
"But then we'd have it together right?" Luffy said back
After hearing that Luffy didn't care if he caught her flu bug or not Nami willingly kissed Luffy. She hadn't been this happy in a long time. She was even happier than when Luffy freed her from Arlong. They kissed for over a minute after which they both had to stop so they could breathe. "You should get some rest Nami" Luffy said
"Sure captain" Nami said playfully as she did what Luffy told her to do. And for the first time in 8 years she finally managed to sleep peacefully without Nightmares.
Meanwhile in the Guardian division of dreams
"You did you job well Gardevoir" Said a male Pokemon "You even managed to bring and Luffy together"
"All I did was give then a little push" She said back giggling
"Regardless" He said "You did your job and you did it well"
"But a question" He said again "What freed her heart exactly? Just saving her doesn't free her heart"
"The moment he kissed her Nami's heart was freed" Gardevoir said "He knew all of her pain and suffering and after her kissed her all of those ties to horrible memories were broken and thus her heart was freed"
"Then why couldn't any of the other's do it? Gallade asked
"None of the other's understood or cared about her more than Luffy did, so he was the only person who could truly free her once and for all" Gardevoir said again.
"Anyway" Gallade said "Good work" as he pulled Gardevoir into a hug
Gardevoir blushed bright red and said "T-Thank you"
The End
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