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~ On Deck Before Leaving ~

"Well, I'm off you guys," Nami said as she walked out of her room. Somehow, she found herself hoping that a specific three would comment and notice how hard she had tried to make herself look perfect - and how hard she tried to hide the fact that she had part of the clima-tact hidden beneath her dress. Her dress, by all means, was absolutely gorgeous on her. The top part of the dress was certainly one for cleavage. The straps of her dress looped around her neck and crossed over her collar bone before delving downward to cover her breasts, leaving an alarming amount of skin from the collar bone, the valley between her breasts, to right above her naval. The dress the flowed downward to cover her curvaceous hips like a second skin. A slit went from a bit above her hip to show off her long, shapely legs. Her hair was only half up. The right side was braided into a cute, but ornate bun whereas the rest of her hair was left down in beautiful, curly waves of orange. Diamond earrings adorned her ears and a simple, matching necklace hung around her neck. A simple silver bracelet adorned her left wrist and to top it all off, she was wearing high heels that matched the blue and white color of the dress. All in all, she was absolutely stunning. She even wore a little bit of makeup to give off the overall feel of sexiness.

She walked down the steps and she could have sworn she saw half the crew's jaws drop. "Nami," Robin said, "here, just in case." She smiled at Nami as she handed her a transponder snail, a little one. Nami smiled and placed it into a little handheld purse she was carrying.

"I will see you guys at the ball," Nami said as she began to walked by them all. Luffy seemed to have something stuck in his throat as she walked by. His eyes were as wide as dinner plates as she walked by him. Sanji and Zoro weren't any better. Sanji's mouth was wide open. He had a cigarette in his hand - obviously forgotten as she walked by. He was speechless for once. Zoro was openly staring and never once took his eyes off her form. When she had turned, it showed that the dress was completely backless. It dipped into a V-shape right above her butt directly in the center before flowing down to create the skirt of the dress.

Nami giggled and blew a kiss in their direction just to throw them off a bit. Sanji promptly fainted, Zoro gulped and Luffy's jaw dropped. She giggled again and shook her head before getting off the ship and heading towards the pier. That's where Ezekiel was meeting with her. From there, she would be escorted to the ball.

~ Ball ~

They had been admitted and were seated at a table that had been specifically reserved for them two. Nami had a full view of the dance floor to the right, but to the left...she had the most gorgeous view of the gardens. They were on the second floor of the building and there was a balcony right in front of her that overlooked the scenery. The mix of red and orange in the sky swirled together, signaling evening was approaching. Her eyes were constantly shifting to look over and see if her crew had arrived yet, but she held a steady conversation with Ezekiel as well.

"Would you care to dance?" He finally asked.

Nami smiled and nodded. She accepted his hand and he lead them right out onto the floor. There were more tables around them everywhere, but she assumed they had the best spot. Unfortunately, she couldn't help but wish her crew mates were enjoying it all with her. "What is on your mind?" Ezekiel asked as he placed a hand on her hips. She could feel the warmth of his fingers caressing her bare skin on her back and had to wonder what possessed her to wear such a garment. Maybe because at the time, she had been looking for something that would absolutely stun the boys into silence. No. Ezekiel. Yes. That's who she was aiming for...right? She wanted EZEKIEL'S attention...not her crew mates. Right?

She smiled back at him, "Nothing much. I've just been thinking a little."

"A little," he rose his eyebrow in a teasing manner, "it doesn't matter. Tonight is a night to take away all your troubles. You should enjoy tonight and just relax."

"I am relaxed," Nami said.

"Oh really?" He asked as he dipped her low, "your back feels incredibly tense for some reason."

"Sorry," Nami said as he pulled her back up slowly. They spun in slow circles, moving to the rhythm of the music as they talked absentmindedly. "I guess I have too much on my mind. You'll have to work hard to make me forget."

Ezekiel grinned at that, "I'm sure I can come up with a little something."

Nami laughed at that. It was so easy to laugh when it involved Ezekiel. For some reason, he was able to bring the laugh right out of her. And soon, without her realizing, she relaxed into the usual flow of things. She failed to notice when her crew arrived, however, and continued to twirl around in circles with her friend.

~ The Crew ~

Sanji, Luffy, and Zoro took their seats and the first person they sought was currently laughing and dancing on the dance floor with who they refer to as that guy. "If you don't like it so much why don't you just go over and ask her to dance?" Franky suddenly said, noticing the intense glares the three were casting over at the couple.

"Because Nami-san can date whoever she wants to date," Sanji replied as he watched Nami swat Ezekiel's hand away from her backside. She giggled nervously, but she seemed to rather hate it. Somehow, they were able to read her emotions like no problem. "She is not our property."

"No," Franky said, "she's not, but Luffy is her captain."

"Doesn't matter," Luffy said as some meat came his way. He felt completely energized after Chopper's amazing concoction that he threw together. He had one hell of a hard on, unfortunately later on in the day when he forgot to take the medicine and accidentally fell asleep on Sunny's head. He was frustrated after that, but managed to get over it. He wondered how Sanji and Zoro could manage it. "Nami can handle herself. She's strong."

They knew that's not what Franky had meant, but neither Sanji nor Zoro wanted to correct their captain. After all...they didn't like what they were seeing either.

"Look!" Luffy suddenly exclaimed, "It's the girl who gave me the candy!"

They watched as a long, blonde haired girl in a frilly black and purple gothic-like dress practically sashayed her way over to Nami and Ezekiel. They paid close attention to what happened next.

~ With Nami ~

The girl seemingly came out of her nowhere and was now, she could see, bugging the hell out of Ezekiel. "Nami," Ezekiel said, "this is my sister, Kiala. Kiala, this is Nami."

Kiala curtseyed cutely before standing straight and shaking hands with her. "It's nice to finally meet you," she said with a giggle, as if she knew some secret that Nami didn't. "My brother's told me so much about you."

"Oh?" Nami asked, "I wasn't aware." She cast a look at Ezekiel and he shrugged.

"What can I say?" He said, "If a gorgeous woman suddenly catches my attention, my little sister will notice, and she will demand answers about said gorgeous woman."

"He wasn't kidding when he said you were gorgeous," Kiala giggled, "you're absolutely stunning in that dress! Where did you get it? Oh, I want to get one close to that style!"

They decided to retreat to the table from there and got caught up on all of the girly things. Eventually, however, Ezekiel excused himself to go to the bathroom and promised to bring back a few drinks for them. Nami's mood suddenly became serious, even Kiala's mood became serious. "Goodness," Kiala said, "it's always so hard to keep up the cute younger sister act when Ezie-peezy is involved." She paused and turned her attention to Nami, "So tell me, Nami, how are things back at your... ah, ship was it?"

"Things are fine," Nami said, "say, you wouldn't happen to know anything about hormone-inducing candies, would you?" Might as well get straight to the point in her opinion.

Kiala giggled, her gloved hand going up to her cover her mouth in a cute way, "Why, what a silly topic."

"Cut the cute act, Kiala," Nami said, picking up her wine, "we both know you're behind those dreams my friends have been having." She rose an eyebrow at Kiala when her giggling fit stopped, "I simply want to know...why me? Why induce the dreams about me?"

"Isn't it obvious?" She asked, "The chaos it would create. My last experiment so well - both sides ended up committing suicide because of the dreams, so I decided to alter it just a little. What perfect way to experiment on someone than a pirate? You four will be gone before we know it and although I will not be able to see how it progresses, I can guarantee that this is only the beginning."

"Alright," Nami said, "so I get why you did it. Ezie wasn't kidding when he said you have an odd sense of humor, though, I think that was a bit of an understatement." Kiala giggled again, "Alright, one more question - how do I get rid of the images and the hormone inducer?"

Kiala laughed again, "Why on earth would you want to do that?" She shook her, she seemed to be having trouble talking straight with her, but she was able to read Nami's lips easily. "You can't very easily get rid of them both. There's only one way I know of that can cure them, but I doubt you are willing to go through with it all."

"Try me," Nami said, sending a stern glare in her direction.

"It's really very simple," she said in a taunting voice. "You're smart, I can tell. I assume you have already talked to your doctor about this? If you have, than like many times before with my previous experiments, the doctor will say 'it is irreversible', 'it is incurable', or something like that. The doctor would then try and give the patient something that will induce a dreamless sleep. But you know what? That's going to make it worse."

Nami furrowed her eyebrows. "How so?" She asked.

"Why, indeed," Kiala giggled out as she spotted Ezekiel over by the refreshments. "Take something or force something away and it will come back tenfold if taken away long enough. At least, that's the theory. We shall see how well your three crew mates last."

"Okay, but you still haven't told me how to get rid of it," Nami said with a glare.

Kiala giggled. Ezekiel was headed their way already. "The answer is simple: act it out and everything goes away."

"And how are my two gorgeous ladies doing?" Ezekiel asked with a charming smile. Nami had frozen in her seat and was staring openly at Kiala.

"Oh, we're doing great," Kiala said, taking the water from her brother, "me and Nami were getting to know each other a little bit!"

"Please," Nami said, "excuse me, I have... something important to take care of."

"Nami?" Ezekiel asked curiously.

"I'm sorry, Ezie, but I must go," Nami said as she left the table.

"What did you do?" Ezekiel demanded from his sister. Kiala giggled at his troubled state. She told her brother she was going to become a player in the game. Her part was done now, so all that was left was to collect her berries from her brother and everything will go right back to the way it was before the pirates showed up for the festival. Things could only get interesting from here on out.


Bet you didn't see this coming. Hahahahaha! Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Wow...two chapters in one day. My brain is going to melt. I still have the urge to type unfortunately. I figured I should stop before I get too ahead of myself and start rushing the story. I could already feel myself going further than what I intended to begin with! But...I think I enjoyed writing this chapter even if it was kinda just out there. And to think - it's only the beginning of the night!

Anyway...Review please!