Author's note: Con: So, Dart jipped out on editing this chapter. So if yuo find any mistakes, it's his fault. ;-)
Dart: Ich habe vergassen wie man Englisch spricht. Also koennte ich dieses Kapitel nicht korigieren.
Con: What was that? *Cups hand to ear* You were too busy reading Negima? Yeah, so you told me! XP
Dart: Me no speak english anymore.
Con: Oooh, you're a dork. I completely understand. XP Well, with no further ado, you guys are welcome to read the next chapter, unless Dart wants to speak more German to us! XD
Dart: Bliztkrieg! Sieg Heil!
Con: On with the chapter! XD
Charmed
Chapter 2: She Works
Luffy set the girl, Isabella, Nami? … whatever, against a log, trying to make sure to do it gently. Once he'd done that, he set about to getting the fire started and a new animal ready for dinner. Groaning some time later, Nami's face scrunched up a bit before her eyes slowly opened. She had a bit of a headache, and she was a bit confused as to why she was asleep. She didn't remember falling asleep. "Wakey, wakey," Luffy said from where he was cooking dinner. "Time to wake up, sleeping beauty."
Gasping, she immediate sat up and turned to the hooded man, cooking some meat over the fire. However, she would recognize that voice anywhere. Beginning to scowl, she grabbed a nearby rock and threw it at him, "You sick jerk!"
He caught the rock and tossed it behind him. "The insults are getting old ... stuck up brat," he muttered the last bit.
"Stuck up brat!?" She screeched, standing up then, though she swayed, "How dare you!? Y-You have no right at all!"
"You keep saying that," he raised an eyebrow at her unsteady legs. "It's getting annoying."
"I don't really care what you think! You really expect me to not be annoying!? You expect me to me nice to someone like you!? You're a lot dumber than I thought!" She yelled, grabbing another rock and throwing it. However, her head spun, and she collapsed to the ground, "Mm ..."
Luffy dodged the rock, and walked over to where she had collapse. "You shouldn't move too much," he said, helping her up. "The spell will leave you disoriented. You'll need to sleep off the effects."
"L-Leave me alone! D-Don't ... touch me!" She said, trying to shove him away, but she collapsed back to the ground, her breathing becoming a little deeper, and her face slightly flushed. A cold sweat had also begun to develop over her.
He frowned, and reached to touch her forehead. "Strange, that's not supposed to happen ..."
"D-Don't ... touch me ...!" She said, shoving his hand away.
"Hold still," he muttered, checking her pulse.
"Don't touch ..." She whispered weakly, slumping against him with a groan. She really didn't feel good, "What did ... you do to ... me ...?"
"I cast a sleep spell on you," he supported her weight, laying her down nearer the fire. "I'm not sure what gave you this fever."
"It's your ... fault ... somehow ..." She said before closing her eyes, her chest heaving with her heavy pants.
"Impossible," he muttered. "The spell doesn't have any side effects. Though, it's possibly a result of stress."
Moaning softly, she muttered something incoherent that might have been, 'stupid', but she was slipping in and out of consciousness. With a sigh Luffy laid out his cloak and wrapped her up in it. Rummaging through his bag, he pulled out a pouch of herbs and looked inside them. Fortunately, he had all the ones he needed, crushing them and mixing them with some water he'd boiled. "Here," he said, holding Nami's head up. "Drink this."
Her brows softly dipped as she opened her eyes, though both looked groggy, "What is this ...?"
"It's a potion, it will make you feel better," he held the liquid up against her lips.
Still looking suspicious of him, she then brought her lips up to it before drinking. However, she coughed at the foul taste and made a face, "Taste ... horrible ...!"
"Really?" Luffy dipped a finger into the residue at the bottom of the cup. He liked his finger and gagged. "Gack!" He stuck out his tongue, trying to spit the taste out of his mouth. "Horrible!"
Her brows dipped further, "If I die ... I swear I will haunt you until you do ..."
"You won't die," he tossed the cup onto his pack. "The potion should start working soon." He checked the meat. "Besides, I know a good exorcist, so I'm not too worried about ghosts haunting me."
"I would ... give your ... exorcist a run ... for his money ..." She scoffed, putting a bit more attitude into her comment.
"Probably..." Luffy snickered. "He's a bit of a wuss sometimes."
Still breathing heavily, she brought his robes more over her to get warmer, 'Smells ... kinda good ...' She thought to herself before shuddering with a disgusted groan, "Guh ..."
Once the meat was ready, Luffy placed several chunks in a bowl and cut them into smaller pieces. "Here," he handed the bowl to Nami. Peeking out from his robes, she looked at the bowl, but then groaned, pulling the robes back over her face. She was too tired to chew or eat. Luffy frowned, "You need to eat," he said.
"Too tired ..." She groaned beneath his robes.
Luffy didn't know how to take care of a sick person, besides giving them medicine. He knew meat always made him feel better, so it should work for her, but if she wasn't eating it ... He felt her forehead again, the temperature was still the same. How long was that potion supposed to take to work again? "I'll keep this here for you, when you feel you can eat again."
"What'a you care anyways ...?" She grumbled beneath the robes, feeling herself falling asleep.
"Hmph," he decided not to answer that one. He'd be in a bad mood later anyway. Instead, he took some of his food and started eating it. She snoozed for maybe an hour before groaning and opening her eyes to darkness. Blinking, she pulled down the robes and looked around, spying the bowl of meat in front of her.
Luffy sat up when he heard movement, "How are you feeling?" He asked her when he saw her eyes were opened. The fire was still well stoked, an aftermath of his remaining awake.
"Is that a trick question ...?" She grumbled before reaching out and taking a piece of the meat, sticking it into her mouth and pulling the covers back over her head as she chewed.
"Here," he handed her a cup with water in it. He decided to ignore the question. He wasn't grumpy enough yet, as he hadn't really been trying to sleep. Grumbling slightly, she pulled the robes down, still chewing with narrowed eyes before shifting her eyes to the water. After a moment, she reached out for it, though she didn't raise her head, "You're welcome," he said, rolling his eyes.
"Mmm ..." She hummed, trying to sit up, but having some trouble to drink the water. However, she only managed to spill some of it, causing her to frown deeply.
He sighed, and placed his hand behind her back, supporting her in a more upright position. "Here, try again."
Frowning a bit, she brought her lips to the cup to drink deeply of before leaning back to indicate she was finished. Luffy set the cup aside, and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the spilled water off the side of her face. He noticed some had spilled on her chest. He wiped it off, pausing just for a moment. "Soft," he whispered, and then he collapsed on top of her.
Crying out a bit, she jolted completely and gaped down at him, "Wha-What the ... What the hell are you doing!?" She screeched, though her head was spinning. However, her only reply was Luffy's snore.
"Wha-Wha ...?" She questioned, still gaping down at him, "What the hell ...?" Again, he continued to snore.
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The next day Luffy woke up for the first time in weeks. As exhausted as he was, he burrowed his face deeper into his soft pillow.
"Would you get off of me!?"
"Huh?" Luffy blinked groggily. He looked up at Nami's irate face. Then down at her bosom. He'd never fully appreciated how much skin women's dresses showed, but now he was glad for it.
"Get off!" She yelled, shoving him away harshly with all the strength she had.
Luffy rolled off her chest and stood up, yawning. "That was weird," he muttered.
"Weird!? You're telling me! What the hell was that, asshole!?" She exclaimed, feeling a bit better, though she had him sleep over her while she'd slept.
"Ya know, I haven't the slightest idea," he frowned and scratched his chin. "I shouldn't be able to sleep."
"Shouldn't be able to sleep? Why not?" She asked, frowning at him deeply.
"Well ..." he hesitated, wondering if he should even tell her. Mah, it wasn't like he cared all that much. "It's a spell that's keeping me from falling asleep."
She blinked at him, "Like ... at all?" She asked, quirking her brow.
"Yeah," he yawned. "At all." He looked around for something to eat for breakfast.
She frowned then, "How does that work ...? How the hell did you go to sleep just now then?"
"That's why I'm confused," he sighed. "It's the first time I've slept in weeks."
"Couldn't not sleeping have serious repercussions...?" She said, narrowing her eyes onto him.
His eyebrow twitched. "You have no idea ..." He shuddered. "It's been taking most of my magical power just to keep my body from collapsing."
"I'm sure you deserved it ... If I had any kind of magical power ... I would have probably done worse..." She said, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Don't think there's much worse than not sleeping," he grabbed a pair of rabbits that had wandered into their campsite. He set to cleaning and preparing them for eating.
She smirked, "How about a never ending itch ...?"
He twitched, and turned around to glare at her. "You're evil ..."
Her smirk widened into a horrible grin, "Or maybe a never ending sting to your eyes ..."
His eyebrow twitched. "If you had magic power, I'd seal it away, for the good of the rest of the world."
"Ha!" She exclaimed, "For the good of the rest of the world? You make me laugh! You're the no good bastard, kidnapping innocent women! I don't blame that person at all for putting a curse on you!"
He frowned, and turned away, back to preparing their breakfast. "He was stealing shadows from villagers."
"Oh, I see ..." She replied, narrowing her eyes, "How can you call yourself some kind of savior or even despise these people who do these things ... with the things that you've done ...?" She said, her voice quivering before rolling onto her other side and turning her back to him.
"What things I've done?" He fixed the rabbits over the fire. "A village got destroyed while I was fighting ... with less power than I'm used to I might add ... and I took you when you refused to pay me. It's not like I'm contending for Evil Overlord of the Year here."
"Well, you're pretty far in the running ... It wasn't our fault either that you're running low on power ... and now some of us have no homes and no money with which to rebuild ..." She said, keeping her back to him.
"And yet you had money to hire me?" He raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"It was worth every penny we scraped and starved for ... to be free..." She said softly, tears coming to her eyes. And yet ... she still wasn't free.
"And you couldn't pool that money together to rebuild? It wasn't like you were paying me anyway." He sighed. He was going to be in so much hell when he made his way back.
She sniffled softly, "How the hell am I supposed to do that ... when I'm here...?"
He thought for a moment. " Well, then help me find a way to get some money, so I don't have to go back empty handed."
"And then?" She asked, shifting her eyes up and to the side.
He shrugged. "Maybe I'll let you go, if I have enough money."
Turning back over, she regarded Luffy seriously for a bit before speaking, "You mean that?"
He glanced back at her. "Yeah," he said finally. "I'll take you back as soon as I can get enough money to take back."
She huffed and turned away, "And why the hell should I help you make money though!? What do I get out of it other than the fact that you'd let me go home!? I better get compensated for this! We do have to rebuild after all!"
He blinked. "What do you get out of it? What going home isn't enough for you?"
"It's not my fault you're empty handed in the first place, you jerk!" She yelled, turning to glare at him.
He sighed. "You're very difficult, aren't you?"
"I have a right to be!"
"Fine, fine," he groaned. "You'll get a cut of the profits." He handed her breakfast. "But it'll take longer this way."
She huffed, but turned to take the food from him and sit up to eat it, though her head spun a bit, "Mmm ..." She groaned softly, a hand going to her head.
"Are you alright?" He put his head to her forehead, placing a hand behind her back to support her.
Gasping loudly and turning a bright red, she pressed a hand to his chest and tried to push him away, "What the hell are you doing!?"
"Geez," he snorted. "Just making sure you're alright."
"By putting your face in mine!?" She said, frowning up at him deeply, "I'm fine!"
"Hmph," he snorted. "You're weird."
"I'm weird! You're weird! No, you're an idiot!" She said, bringing the meat to her face to eat with a deep purse to her lips, "Stupid ... mage..." She grumbled to herself.
He picked up his own food and started eating it. "Annoying girl," he muttered.
Nami stuck her tongue at him.
He stuck his tongue back at her.
"Hmph!" She huffed, turning her chin up at him and to the side before whirling about to turn her back on him and continued eating.
Once he'd finished eating, Luffy threw the bones into the fire pit and glanced over at Nami. "Do you feel good enough to travel?"
"I said I was fine!" She exclaimed rudely over her shoulder.
"Well, then, rude girl," he held out his hand. "Let's go. We need to get to the next village and find a job."
Turning to look at his hand, she huffed and turned her chin up and away again before trying to stand on her own. However, her head spun again, causing her to lose balance ... right onto him... His arms reflexively wrapped around her to hold her up. "Whoa," he staggered slightly, but kept her upright. He glanced down at the twin soft sensations on his chest. He blushed and looked away.
Blinking, she flushed darkly before stepping away from him quickly, "Let's just go ..."
"'Kay," he picked her up by her waist and set her on the horse. Her skirts hitched up, revealing a generous amount of leg. "Hmm ..." he hummed, "Maybe we should find some different clothes for you?"
"Wha-What for?" She said, still flushed as she looked down at him.
"Well," he cleared his throat, "for one ... those skirts aren't really great for riding. And your top isn't that good for adventuring ... or moving ... or breathing."
Her lips pursed, "And will you pay for them?"
He blinked. "Uh ... well … maybe we should find an easy job first ..."
"Mmm hmmm ..." She said, looking away from him. He climbed onto the horse behind her, and reached around her to grip the reins, making sure everything had been packed away they took off for the next village.
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Once they arrived at the next village, Nami looked around the place, spotting a few good places that might be good for gathering information. She was pretty good at it and quite persuasive. Luffy stopped their horse in front of an inn, and jumped down. He turned around, offering Nami to help her down.
Ignoring him, she slid down off from the horse, her bosom bouncing nicely within the bodice, "I'm fine, thanks ..." She said before walking passed him and into the inn.
"Fine ... right," he stared at her chest. How did those things have so much bounce? Once inside, she looked about, waiting for him to follow her inside. Luffy followed inside the inn. He didn't have much money left, perhaps enough for one night. He approached the inn keeper, "Hey, I'm a traveling mage, looking for a job. Has anything been posted recently?"
"Recently?" The man looked up from the glass he was polishing. Why were inn keepers always polishing something? "No, but there's a job that's been around for some time." He reached under the counter and pulled out a piece of paper. "There's a rat infestation at the old mill. Pay is ten gold pieces."
Luffy frowned. "Only ten gold pieces? That's not very much ..."
"It's something at least ..." Nami said, crossing her arms, "But you can do this one alone ... I don't do rats ..."
"What?" Luffy snickered. "Afraid they'll get inside your skirt?"
"They might!" She said, frowning at him deeply and tightening her arms, which caused her breasts to push up a bit.
"Shishishi," Luffy glanced down at her breasts. "Well, this'll be my share then." He walked out of the inn, following the directions on the paper. Nami kept her frown on him before the man approached her to lead her to their room.
Once the man showed her to the room, he left her there with a bow, and she looked around before going to the bathhouse to take a nice hot bath. Moaning softly in the comfort of the bath, Nami closed her eyes and sunk deeper into the glorious bath.
The mill was larger than Luffy had expected. On the inside it was worn down, machinery lay strewn across the floor in pieces. "Huh," he muttered. "Must've been big rats if they broke all this." He took a step inside and the floor gave out underneath him. He groaned and sat up, rubbing his head. Ahead of him was a long, dark tunnel. With a sigh, he took off down it to see what the big deal was. He finally reached the end of the tunnel. What he saw made him pause. "Oh," he said. "Really, really big rats."
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When he made it back, Luffy was exhausted and injured. He'd collected the reward, and made his way back to the inn and their room. Nami had changed into a complimentary robe and was relaxing in a chair with a book, also complimentary. When he entered, she looked up at him, but then gasped and jumped to her feet, "What the ... I thought they were just rats!"
"Very, very big rats ..." he muttered. "Some of them had swords ..." He collapsed onto the bed, starring up at the ceiling.
Frowning deeply, she walked over to him, reaching down to look over at some of his wounds, "These are going to need to be treated ..."
"There's ... stuff ... herbs ... in my bag," he groaned, not moving.
Blinking down at him a bit, she turned to look down at his bag before going to it and rummaging around in it. Bringing it back, she showed him all the different herbs, "All of these?"
"Yellow ones ..." He sighed, he knew that right now he should be falling asleep, and it felt like he was, only he knew that he'd wake up the moment before losing consciousness.
"Right ..." Nami said, taking his grinding rock and bowl from his pack before grinding it all down. Then she looked back at him, "Take off your robes and whatever undershirt you got on ..."
He pushed himself up, breathing heavily, and tried to take off his clothing. The sleep last night had helped him regain a large portion of his strength, but the fight with the giant rats had robbed him of most of it. Keeping himself upright was a battle of will. Once he'd removed it all, she crawled into the bed and sat behind him with her knees on either side of him as she began to spread the ointment onto his wounds, and then she patched him up, "There ..."
"Thank you..." he muttered, collapsing backwards on top of her, his head resting on her bosom.
Gasping, her face erupted with color as she looked down at him in shock, "O-Oye!" She exclaimed, but she was only met with his snore.
"Mmmoh!" She exclaimed in annoyance as she pursed her lips down at him. Hooking her arms under his, she then dragged him more onto the bed before collapsing into the bed, "I thought you weren't supposed to sleep ...!" She huffed, but then sighed as she tried to slip out from under him a bit. She'd only managed to get half her body out, seeing as the robe wanted to remain under him. With one of her legs completely exposed, she turned to the side with a grumble and just closed her eyes for sleep. However, some time during the night, that bared leg, all the way to the thigh, ended up thrown over his torso.
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Luffy rolled onto his side, burrowing his face into the warm softness that was next to him. His hand pulled the very smooth cover closer to him. Groaning in her sleep, Nami's brows twitched to the warmth burrowing into her bosoms. Vaguely, he wondered what was so soft, but his mind dismissed it. He was sleeping, and that was all that mattered to him. Sighing in her sleep and brushing it off, she just curled deeper into the warmth, her leg tightening around him a bit more.
Luffy woke up blinking. He found his face pressed against Nami's breasts. In a daze, he started to reach for it, wanting to see if something that soft could really exist. Groaning softly to the draft over her chest, her brows twitched again as her leg lifted up a bit over him. He gulped, glancing down at her leg, that was trapping him against her. His hand touched her breast, curiosity overcoming him and started to open the front of her bathrobe.
Shivering a bit, Nami's eyes blinked open when it got too drafty, but then stiffened when she came face to face with Luffy, and went rigid even further when she looked down. Fury beginning to boil within her, she looked up at him with a scowl before slapping her hand down into his face.
"Ow!" He rubbed his face, not moving off her. "What was that for?
"You asshole! What do you mean what was that for!? You had your hand on me!" She growled, lifting her leg to shove him right off the bed.
"Oof," he grunted as he hit the floor, "So? You had a leg around me!"
"Not like I did it on purpose, and it definitely didn't mean you could touch me!" She screeched, closing the robe around her tightly.
"Hmph," he snorted and turned away from her. "Not like you've got anything worth touching."
"Oooh, is that so!? Is that why you were touching me!?" Aaaugh!" She screamed in disgust before climbing off the bed and going behind the screen to change. Then she stormed towards the door.
He pulled his robes back on, and followed after her. Crazy girl. "If you don't want anyone touching, then why do you keep flaunting them?"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" She yelled over her shoulder, "And even if I did flaunt them, it doesn't mean I wan' 'em touched!"
He blinked. "You make no sense. You wear a dress that has them practically falling out, and you don't call that flaunting?"
She whirled around on him with a deep frown, "Well ... it was all I could afford, okay!?" She said with a deep flush before turning back around again to keep going.
"Really? Weird, back home it seems like it's always the women with more money that always wear dresses with deep necklines."
She blinked and turned to look at him, "Really?"
He nodded. "Yeah, and they always have these waist thingies ...?" He shrugged. "They make their waists look freakishly skinny." He thought for a moment. "Except for that one woman, I think she was using magic. I could tell because the neckline was all the way down to her belly ... not sure how the rest managed to stay up, must have also been magic."
She continued to blink at him, slowing up a bit, "Wow ..." She said before turning back around with a slight flush. She would like to wear beautiful clothes like that. Wouldn't it be great to turn heads with one's beauty? Could she be beautiful like that?
"Soo ..." he said. "We getting breakfast?" He picked at his nose. There were always so many boogers in it in the morning.
"You're the one with the money ..." She said, turning to purse her lips at him, but then stopped to smack his hand, "That's disgusting!"
"Oi!" He frowned at her. "There's boogers in there."
"That's even worse! I didn't need to know that!" She yelled at him, popping the side of his head.
"Oww..." he muttered. "Stop that."
"Why should I!? Let's just go eat already!" She said, turning back around and storming down the stairs.
He sighed, "Yeah, yeah," he said, following after her to the inn's dining room. He asked the innkeeper for breakfast, which was soon brought to them by the barmaid, who was also wearing a low cut dress. He blinked as he looked at the front of her dress. He'd never noticed how many women wore such low cut dresses.
Nami snorted when she saw Luffy eye the barmaid's bust with her cheek propped onto her palm before rolling her eyes and looked down at the food on the table. Turning away, Luffy started to eat his food. Reaching for the food, she then began to eat, but muttered, "Pervert ..."
He looked up at her. "Huh?"
"I said ... pervert ... You deaf too ...?" She muttered with a deep frown as she pushed the fork into her mouth.
"Why am I a pervert?" He frowned at her.
"You were looking at her breasts ... and you touched me this morning ... How can you even ask me that question seriously...? You idiot..." She said, managing to frown deeper as she ate.
"What? I was just noticing that she was wearing the same cut dress as yours." He took a bite from his food. "I never noticed how many women dressed like that."
Her brow quirked as she looked up at him, and then looked over at the barmaid, who was checking Luffy out with a smile. She must have noticed him checking her out. Snorting then, she looked away quickly with her chin raised before eating again, "How rude ..."
"What? She didn't mind," he looked over at the girl, who was smiling. He waved at her. She pursed her lips at him with a huff, deciding to ignore him instead, Luffy looked up at Nami after he'd finished his food. "Now what are you angry about?"
"Who said I was angry!?" She exclaimed angrily.
"Well ... you're yelling at me again ..." He blinked. She really, really didn't make any sense.
"That's because I don't like you!" She said, standing up, "Are we done eating so we can go?"
"Fine, fine," he muttered, standing up, leaving payment for the meal on the table. "Crazy girl," he sighed.
Nami stormed out of the inn, highly irritated, though she had no idea why. All she knew was that it had something to do with the idiot. He just made her angry, and she really didn't like him. Once he'd gathered together his belongings, he met her outside. "There's no jobs left here. We'll have to head to a larger town to find more."
"Right ... whatever ... let's just go..." She said, heading for his horse.
He lifted her onto the horse and jumped on behind her. "Well, let's go."
She puffed her cheeks out a bit when he lifted her and then turned away once atop the animal. As they traveled down the road, headed towards a new town, Luffy noticed how the jostling gait of his horse had pressed Nami's behind closer to his body. He flushed as he glanced down and could see down the front of her dress. He tried to calm down, but physiological reactions took place nonetheless
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Blinking a bit when something pressed against her rear, she frowned then and turned to look down before scowling and looking up at him, "You're so disgusting!"
"Not my fault," he tried focusing on the road ahead of them.
"Not your fault!?" She exclaimed, frowning at him deeply, "I want my own horse ..." She said, turning to face the other way as she tried to move away from him.
"Well, if you have the money to pay for it," he tried backing away against the saddle, but that only served to free it more, and a jolt pushed him forward again. Now, he found himself stuck under where she was sitting.
Her cheeks flushed as her scowl deepened, but she closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead hard, "You ... are ... despicable..."
"I ... think we should stop the horse ..." He slowed the horse to a stop.
Sliding off from the horse immediately, she walked away a bit, not wanting to be near him at all. Luffy turned his back on Nami and reached into his pants to adjust himself. 'O-kay', he thought, 'that was weird.' He looked up at the sun - it was noon, so perhaps lunch was in order. He sat down against a rock and pulled out some of the provisions they'd bought at the last village. "You hungry?" He called to Nami.
"Not anymore ..." She grumbled to herself with clenched teeth.
He sighed. "I'm sorry, all right? There was nothing I could do to control it. It's just the way the horse was moving kept bumping you into me, and then that happened ..."
Her arms were crossed tightly under her bust as she turned her frown on him. Well, at least she knew she was attractive enough for him. She guessed that was a bit flattering, though she still didn't like him, "Whatever ..." She muttered before uncrossing her arms and going to sit across from him, though she didn't look at him.
"When we get back on the horse," He handed her some bread and cheese, "you get on behind me."
"Fine ..." She said, taking the offered food and eating it.
"Soo," he said, trying to break the silence. "What do you do?"
"What do I do ...?" She asked, looking up to frown at him.
"Yeah," he said. "What do you do for a living? What skills do you have?"
"Oh ..." She replied softly, looking down as she picked at the bread, "Well ... my ... my sister and I ... we ... have an orchard ..."
"Eh? What kind of orchard?" If it was food then he was doubly interested.
"O-Oranges ..." She said, frowning softly down at her bread and cheese.
"I like oranges," he swallowed what was left of his bread.
"That's nice ..." She said, frowning a little deeper, "You can't have any."
"Stingy," he muttered
"Like I'd give someone like you any of my mother's oranges!" She said, frowning at him deeper.
"Hmph," he looked away from her. "Bet I could find better oranges anywhere else anyway."
"Of course not! We have the best oranges all around!" She said, pulling her eye lid down and sticking her tongue out at him.
He stuck his tongue out at her in retaliation. "Yeah? Wanna try and prove it?"
"No! Because that would mean having to waste a precious orange on you!"
"I guess what Ace said is true," he frowned at her. "The cute ones always have bad personalities."
"Yeah? Well, your brother's an ass too! Maybe it's because you're both asses, that cute girls have bad attitudes towards you!" However, her cheeks then flushed when she realized he'd called her cute. Huffing, she turned away from him.
"Actually, you're the first girl that's ever been this mad at me this often," he packed away the rest of the provisions and climbed onto his horse. He held his hand out to Nami.
"Well, I wonder why!?" She asked sarcastically.
He shrugged. "Dunno, I'm confused too."
"Augh! You really are stupid!" She exclaimed, standing up quickly. However, she ignored his hand and said, "You first, remember!?"
"Fine, fine," He climbed onto the horse, and held out his hand again. "Now?"
Ignoring his hand again, she grabbed onto the saddle and swung herself into the saddle, though her breasts pressed into his back briefly. He stiffened for a moment when her chest made contact with his back, but shook his head and started off down the road again. Nami didn't wrap her arms around him. Instead, she held onto the saddled tightly.
He glanced back at her. "You're not going to fall off are you?"
"I'm fine!" She said, huffing and looking away from him.
"Okay," he turned back to the road. "Just hold on tight." He sped the horse up a little to make up for lost time. He wanted to make it to the town before nightfall. Holding on tighter, she frowned a bit, but was fine otherwise.
To Be Continued …
Author's Note: Con: So ... giant rats ... Nice ...
Dart: Indeed. At the time I really didn't care to write the whole scene by myself, and I feel it turned out more humorous the way I did it in the end.
Con: I think so too. Don't always have to write out everything. *Is lazy herself* And what's up with him falling asleep ...? I thought he was cursed ... And it seems to have happened while he touched her bosom. I think we're dealing with magic boobies here, Dart. What do you think?
Dart: Booooooooooooobiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeessssssssss!!!!!!!! Which are quite likely of the magic variety.
Con: Indeed. ;) Well, let's just see what happens next chapter, shall we? :D And that's if you can get me the cleaned version of chapter 3 any time soon. ^,~
Dart: o_O Perhaps...If I can drag myself away from Negima. Heh. Shoutacon implications.
Con: So do it ... -_- Until next time! XD
Dart: Booobies...of the underage variety...I swear, manga and anime is trying to brain wash me into becoming a lolicon.
Con: 0.o
Dart: T_T
Con: Anyways, see ya later everyone! XD