Author's Note:
Dart: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is effing confusing

Con: *Comes out of a stupor* Wha ...? ~.o

Dart: It's like, clones are the parent's of the people they were cloned from originally, main characters marrying their mother's alternate universe/time line self... Yeah...

Con: That sounds like spoilers ....... I've only watched the series, yo ... T_T Not read it ...

Dart: I can spoil it all you want, and it'll still be confusing...course it might help if I'd actually read it from the beginning...and all the other Clamp series that are attached to the franchise.

Con: T_T

Dart: Quite.

Con: O-kay ... onto the chapter ... T_T

Dart: Chapter? I thought we were just discussing manga here?

Con: You were discussing manga ... and interrupted me ... doing whatever it was I was doing ... And now I am playing with my facebook monkey, Monkey D. Luffy ... Go away and let them read ...

Dart: Playing with your monkey? Good thing you're a chick...

Con: Fufufu~! X3

Dart: "Now, tremble in fear as I reveal my giant monkey...form." "Whew, I thought he meant penis."

Con: So did I! T_T *Was scared* Now on with the chapter before more people freak out and don't read it! X_x

Dart: Wait, we want them to read it? Despite the clear lack of giant monkeys?

Con: *Nods*

Charmed

Chapter 3: He Gets Pissed

A few hours later, Luffy spied the town and yawned. The sun was starting to go down, and he could only hope that he'd get sleep again tonight. "We're almost there," he turned to look at Nami. "Let's find a place to stay, and then we'll look for jobs in the morning."

"Right ..." She said, looking over his shoulder to the much larger town. She actually couldn't wait to explore it. She'd never had the chance to get out of her village to see the world around her. She was quite excited.

Luffy found a good looking inn. "How about here?" He asked Nami.

"Looks nice ..." She replied honestly, looking over the place herself. She'd never really stayed anywhere nice before either. She couldn't wait to sleep in what seemed to be promisingly comfortable beds.

Luffy walked into the inn. The front wasn't a bar like he was used to. Instead it had a counter, behind which was standing a woman, also in a low cut dress, behind her were a bunch of keys. A set of stairs led to the next level, and the hall directly in front of them led to what he thought was the bar. He approached the woman behind the counter. "Hello, we'd like a room please?"

"Of course," the woman pushed a list of prices forward. "We have a honeymoon suite available at a discount price."

"A what now?" Luffy blinked at the woman, glancing down at her cleavage, a generous amount of which was showing with the way she was bending over the counter.

Nami glared at his back heatedly. Again with him staring at women's breasts-the pervert. Then she looked at the woman, walking up and taking the list from her, "This room is fine ..." She said, handing it back to her to show her.

The woman looked at the list and blinked. "Oh, but that's … Are you sure?" She looked up at Nami. "We have much nicer rooms available for a young couple ..."

"Two beds." Nami said, frowning at the woman deeper.

She blinked. "Oh ..." She took down the key for the room and handed it to Nami.

Snatching the keys from her, Nami then headed up to the room, leaving Luffy behind. "I hope you can patch things up between the two of you," the woman whispered to Luffy.

"Huh?" Luffy blinked, and followed after Nami, not really understanding or bothering to reply to her more.

"Idiot ..." Nami muttered to herself as she found the room and unlocked it and stepped inside to inspect it.

"Hey, Nami?" Luffy followed her into the room.

"What!?" She snapped with her back turned to him as she sat down on the bed she'd chosen for herself.

"What do you think she meant by, patching things up between us?" He dropped his stuff at the foot of the other bed in the room.

"It meant she had no idea what the hell she was talking about ..."

"Really?" He lay down on the bed. "Sounds like she knew we weren't getting along."

"Well, isn't that nice for her."

Luffy didn't say anything for a while. "Nami?"

"What ...?" She asked with her back still to him, still irritated.

"What's a honeymoon?"

"Something I don't need to be telling a grown man about ..." She said, frowning deeply.

"Bet you don't know either," he scoffed.

"Of course I do! But I guess your idiocy knows no bounds!" She yelled, turning to glare at him over her shoulder.

"Geez, you're rude," he glared back at her. "I was just asking you a question!"

"I'm only rude to idiots who kidnap me!"

"You get a lot of those?" He picked at his nose. "Cuz you're pretty good at it."

"All right, to anyone else who deserves it, and you definitely fall under that category!" She said, turning her back on him again.

"Hmph, I can't wait till I get the money I need. Then I can get rid of you!" He pulled the pillow down and placed it under his head.

"You could get rid of me much faster if you just admit you're wrong, and let me go home!" She yelled over her shoulder.

"No can do," he refused stubbornly. "This way you'll know not to cheat someone from my guild. We've got some guys that really aren't nice and wouldn't just kidnap you."

"I didn't cheat you! You destroyed my village-God you're annoying! I really don't like you! Let's hurry up and find some jobs!" She said, standing up quickly, even though it was late already.

"Huh?" He blinked. "But it's already late, and I'm exhausted ..."

"The faster I get away from you ... the better ... Besides ... the worst of the worst are usually out right now, and we might be able to get information you wouldn't otherwise get from them ..." She said, heading to the door.

"Fine, fine," he followed after her, content to let her take the lead. He snickered to himself, highly doubting she'd get very far, it wasn't like she had any experience.

The first bar they'd gone to ... she was able to get some very juicy information out of a guy by using her wiles and a bit of flirting. Luffy frowned as he watched her gathering information. He didn't like the way she was showing off her cleavage and acting like she was sweet. He especially didn't like the way the men were looking at her. He almost decked one when he thought he'd gone too far.

After getting a bit more information out of them, she smiled sweetly before heading back towards Luffy, her smile dissipating and forming into a frown, "You see? I got quite a bit of information out of these scum."

"Hmph," he muttered. "Should have just beat them up. That's how I do it." He narrowed his eyes as an obviously drunken man approached them.

"'Ey," he slurred. "I've gots information for you'z." Luffy wrinkled his nose at the obviously alcoholic breath of the man.

Turning around with a sweet smile, Nami laced her fingers together and held them under her chin, "And what's that?"

"You'z gotta convince me first," he swayed, sidling closer to Nami.

"Oh, I see ..." Nami purred to him, "And how could I do that?" She asked, leaning forward a bit.

"I've got'ssa room," he stared at her chest. "You can come tell me there."

"Ah ah ah~!" She said, shaking her finger at him, "That's not the way it works~! You have to tell me first."

"I've gottsa information, I set turns," he swayed, and reached to grab her breast. "Mmmh," he hummed, "Nice..."

Nami gasped, and jumped back from the hand in shock. Before he could do anything else Luffy had grabbed his arm, and sent him flying with a punch. At Luffy's sudden actions, Nami cried out and turned to him with her jaw dropped in a gape, and then she blinked. Hadn't he done the same thing ...?

"We're leaving," Luffy grabbed Nami's arm and pulled her out of the tavern.

Blinking at him in even more confusion, she then looked down at his tight grip and winced, "Y-You're ... hurting me ..."

He slowed down, and loosened his grip. "Sorry," he muttered.

"W-Well ... in any case ... I still got quite a bit out of them ... We can start tomorrow ..." She said, frowning at his back and the grip he still had on her arm, even if he'd loosened it.

"And what would you have done if I hadn't been there?" He kept walking towards their inn, taking a roundabout way to make sure they weren't followed.

"I would have thought of something!" She said, becoming angry, "You're not my savior!"

"And what if he was stronger than you?" He really didn't know why it bothered him so much. But he knew that anything could happen in that kind of situation, and it wasn't right for her to just go to a place like that without any idea of what it was like.

"I-I would have managed!"

"Hmph," he snorted. "You'd be surprised how little pain a drunk can feel. And once he got a hold of you, getting him off would have been almost impossible."

Huffing herself, she looked away from him with a deep frown, though her cheeks were flushed at how quickly he'd come to her defense, but still ... he had been the first to grab her breast. He was still leading her by the arm when they made it to the inn they were staying at. He could hear several people in the bar and then sighed. "We should get something to eat ..."

"We can have something brought up to your room," the same woman behind the counter offered.

Nami looked over to the woman and beamed, "That would be nice."

The woman bowed, and scurried off to the kitchen. Luffy sighed, and looked down at his hand. He let go of Nami's arm and started walking up to the room. It annoyed him that he'd gotten so angry, and all over a girl who was always mad at him. Frowning at his back, she then just followed him back up to their room.

After flopping down fast first into the bed, he then sighed again deeply. He really hoped that he'd find a cure for this curse soon. His temper was taking a beating, and soon he would end up using too much magical power. Not only that, but the stress and weariness would end up catching up to him. With any luck he'd be able to sleep again tonight. Coming in after him, Nami shut the door before going over to her own bed. Bringing her braid to the front, she then worked to undo it and let it loose.

He looked up and glanced over at Nami. He hadn't realized how long her hair was. It looked nice. A knock at the door attracted his attention. "Yes?" He called.

"I've brought your dinner," a voice on the other side said. Luffy got up and opened the door. A young maid walked in carrying a tray with potatoes and a slab of meat. She set it on the table, bowed and left the room. Nami turned towards the table, her long hair still draped over her shoulder. Luffy sat down and dished up some food for himself.

Moving her hair to her back, Nami went to the table and began to do the same. Taking it back to the bed, she sat down and began to eat. After he finished eating, Luffy set the plate aside and laid down on his bed. He closed his eyes, hoping to fall asleep. Going back to her bed, Nami combed her fingers through her hair, and quietly hummed to herself, a melody Bellemere used to sing to them.

After a while, he opened his eyes and listened to Nami humming. After she'd finished he turned to look at her. "That's a nice tune," he said.

Blinking a bit, she turned to stare at him with owlish eyes, "What?"

"The song you were humming," he said. "It's nice."

She blinked once, "I was humming ...?" She asked in a voice that reeked of disbelief, "I was not ..." She answered her own question ...

"Yeah, you were," he insisted. "And it sounded nice."

Blinking a bit more, she then turned back around. Had she really been? Sighing, she then just lay down in her bed and pulled up the covers over herself, blowing out the candle at the same time, "Go to sleep ..."

"Yeah," Luffy climbed into bed and closed his eyes.

Bringing her hair around, she continued to comb her fingers through it before sighing deeply. Several hours later, Luffy was still awake. It was no use, he couldn't sleep. The curse was still active. "Nami?" He whispered. "Are you awake?"

Groaning a bit and curling into herself, she then blinked her eyes open before frowning, "I am now ... What ...?"

"I can't sleep," he sighed.

Rubbing her eyes and turning to face him, her frown then deepened as she looked over at him, "What am I supposed to do about that?"

"I don't know," he sighed. He could feel tears starting to well up in his eyes. He just couldn't take it anymore. "I just wanted to see if you were awake. I ... get tired of being alone all night."

She blinked a bit at the quiver in his voice a bit confused, but then she frowned again, "Didn't you sleep ... last night ...?"

"Yeah ..." he hiccupped and took a deep breath. "I don't know why, but I can't get to sleep tonight."

She blinked multiple times, "A-Are you ....... Are you crying ...?"

"No," he sniffed stubbornly, wiping the tears from his eyes.

She pursed her lips before sighing deeply. If she couldn't sleep for a few weeks, she might just be crying too ... "All right ... fine ... y-you can ... sleep over here ... but if you touch me, I kill you!"

He blinked, turning to look at her. "Really?"

"Yes, I will really kill you! Now hurry up! I'm tired!" She said, opening up the covers for him. "Besides ... you're no good to me without any power ..."

"'Kay," he climbed into the bed, and laid down, awkwardly trying not to touch her.

Wrapping her arm around him a bit to lower the cover, she then retracted her arm back, feeling awkward herself before trying to close her eyes to sleep. Still, Luffy couldn't get to sleep. He lay there, awkwardly, waiting for sleep to finally come. Nami appeared to be asleep, and she started shifting, leaning more into him. He felt her breasts contact his chest, within seconds he could feel himself drifting off to sleep. Sighing softly in her sleep, feeling warmth from beside her, she then moved more towards it, curling up deeply within it.

xxxx

Luffy opened his eyes, only to find himself facing Nami, whose face was very close to his. He stared at the peaceful expression her face held as she slept and then smiled gently at her. He'd been able to sleep again. Perhaps ... there was a connection between her and that? Either way, after such a good rest, he could feel the strain on his health slowly fading away. His magical power was slowly returning to its proper strength. Considering that Nami appeared to be the key, he couldn't believe how amazingly beautiful she looked to him.

After awhile, she groaned before her brows furrowed for a second, and then she blinked her eyes open, both staring at his chest. Then she looked up at him, her face flushing a bit before she turned over and sat up. "Good morning," he said, feeling truly happy for the first time in weeks. He leaned up, propping his head up with his hand.

"It is morning ..." She said, as if implying that that was all it was as she grabbed the ribbon from the nightstand, beginning to braid her hair back up. He laid there and watched her, fascinated by the simple act of her braiding her hair.

Once she was done, she stood up and looked down at him, slowly frowning, "What?" She asked, her cheeks flushing slightly at the fact that he'd been watching her that whole time. Though, she also felt a little unnerved.

"Nothing," he said, climbing out of bed and pulling his robe back on. "I've just never seen a girl braid her hair before. It was interesting to watch."

She pursed her lips, though her flush deepened, "Well ... don't do that ... It's ... disconcerting!" She said before turning towards the door.

"Discon- … What now?" He straightened his robe and followed after her.

"Oh, I forgot you're not very bright ... Disturbing! Okay!?" She threw over her shoulder as she stormed down the stairs, "It's very disturbing!"

"Oh," he said, following her.

The hostess had just come to stand behind the front desk when the couple from last night came down. The woman was angry at the man, for some reason. She sighed, and the two had looked like such a good couple. It hurt to see them having trouble. Sighing deeply in her aggravation, she then approached the woman, "We'd like to have breakfast now, please ... We can take it down here this time ..."

"Oh, of course," she looked at them for a moment with sad eyes, before turning to the kitchen to get breakfast started.

Blinking at the woman, Nami then reached out a hand towards her, seeing that she was misunderstanding, "O-Oye ...!" But the woman was gone already. Sighing, Nami just drooped down over the counter.

Luffy leaned around to look at Nami. "What's wrong?" He glanced down towards the kitchen. Women really were strange. He looked back at Nami, strange, and strangely beautiful.

"I-It's nothing ..." She said with a frown and looking away from him, "She's just got the wrong idea, is all ..."

"Oh," he scratched over his hair. With any luck, he didn't have to worry about getting sleep anymore. Perhaps he could use the time to figure out this girl. Perhaps even figure out why he could only sleep with her, if that was in fact the case.

Nami began to tap her foot in impatience before sighing again. Wasn't breakfast ready yet? The hostess came back from the kitchen. "This way please," she gestured for them to follow her. Moving immediately towards the woman and passing Luffy, Nami followed her into the dining area to be seated. Luffy followed the two women, still trying to figure out why Nami was so upset.

The hostess motioned for them to be seated at a table. "Breakfast will be ready shortly," she bowed and left the table.

"Thank you ..." Nami said to the woman as she took her seat, all the while, pretending Luffy wasn't there.

Luffy stared at Nami, who wasn't looking at him. Why was she still mad at him? "Are you alright?" He asked her.

"Ooh, I'm just fine and dandy, thanks for asking ..." She said rudely, keeping her frown to the side with her cheek in her palm.

"Don't you get tired of being angry all the time?" He tilted his head to get a better look at her face.

"As a matter of fact, I do ..." She said, turning to glare at him.

"Then why are you still?" He asked innocently.

"Because you're an idiot ..." She said, her eyes narrowing further.

"That's a dumb reason to be angry," he countered, staring openly back at her.

"You're a dumb reason ..." She retorted back in a mutter before huffing and looking away from him again.

He blinked, confused. "That ... doesn't make any sense."

"That's because you're an idiot ... Now stop talking to me. You're making me feel dumber by the second ..."

"Well this isn't helping our working relationship," he muttered looking down at the table to play with his fork.

"Who said we needed one?" She muttered back before looking around for that woman and her food.

"Hmph, you're only going to get eaten by a dragon or something if we can't work together," he said as the woman brought their food, bowed, and left them to themselves. He thought about it. He'd never taken a dragon down before, and since he was managing to get sleep his strength was coming back. Perhaps it was worth a shot? Not to mention, dragons liked virgin sacrifices, right? Nami could act as a decoy while he took down the dragon. Hmm ...

"You're stupid ... I'm not going to get eaten by a dragon just because I'm not working well with you!" She said, turning to frown at him deeply.

"Say ..." He thought over his plan a bit more. "Are you a virgin?"

Sucking in her breath and almost choking, seeing as she'd just put a forkful in her mouth, she grabbed the water and downed it before scowling at him, "What the hell kind of question is that!?"

"What?" He looked confused. "I need to know for a plan I had in mind."

"What plan!?" She said, quirking a brow and looking at him as if he'd lost his marbles.

"Well, I was thinking," he started. "I've never taken a dragon down before, and since I've been getting sleep my strength has been returning. So, maybe we could take one down, with you acting as a decoy while I sneak behind it. If we manage to kill one, that'll be all the money I needed for taking the job in your village, and there'd be plenty left over to rebuild your village five times over ... I think ..."

She blinked at him once with wide eyes, "You're out of your mind." She said before going back to eating and pushing his idea out of her head.

"What?" He pouted. "It's a good plan. And you'd get to go home sooner."

"I'd rather spend a little more time with an idiot like you, than risk my chances with a dragon ... with an idiot like you ..." She said, closing her eyes and taking another sip.

Luffy took a bite out of his food. "Really?" He smirked. "Does that mean you're starting to like me?"

"I didn't mean that in a good way." She shot back with a snort.

"Well," he drank half his cup empty. "I'd still beat the dragon."

"I highly doubt someone like you could beat a dragon ..."

"Oh yeah?" He flexed his arm. "I'll have you know I took down a giant ... demon ... zombie ... thing ..." He tapped his lips with his finger. "Not quite sure what it was ... but it was big ... and demony ... and undead ..." He shook his head. "But yeah, before I had this curse placed on me, I took down all kinds of giant monsters. I just hadn't gotten around to killing a dragon. And since my power is coming back, now that I've been getting sleep, I wanna try it!"

"I'm not being any kind of decoy for anything. I'm not risking my life ..." She said, finishing up her food.

"Well, what else can you do then?" He pouted. And it had been such a good plan too.

"I got all that information last night, didn't I? Let's put it to good use. There are a couple of rumors going around about a man taking women to be sold as slaves elsewhere. They also said a few women just went missing recently, but the authorities have no idea why nor do they have any leads." She said, looking up at him, still frowning.

He thought about it for a moment. "I guess we could do that. It'll take a while to find a dragon, and we do need more money to live off of. We've used most of it up already."

"Some of them said that he could possibly be located in the warehouse districted. So, we can start our search there." She said, rising to leave, but then added, "We're not taking down a dragon …"

"Awww …" he pouted, but stood up to follow her.

Going outside, she frowned at his single horse before turning her frown on him, "I still want my own horse ..."

"As soon as we can afford one," he shrugged. "I really don't have any money left. We only have a little from the rat," he shuddered, "job." He climbed onto the horse, and held his hand out again. "Coming?"

Pursing her lips up at him, she then grabbed the saddle and mounted without his help, "Let's just go ..."

"Right." They headed for the warehouse district. It was located on the west end of the town, right next to the river that ran by. The river, one of the tributaries to the largest shipping line, the Grand Line River, was the town's main water supply, and it's lifeline for commerce. Several tough looking workers were around the warehouses, and the place was generally pretty busy. Luffy turned around to look at Nami. "So where should we start to look first?"

"How the hell should I know? Maybe we can ask some of these workers if they've seen or heard anything suspicious." She said, nodding to the men working. She might be able to get information out of them.

Luffy led the horse towards the men Nami had indicated. "Hey, you seen anything suspicious?" He asked them. They looked up at him, but generally ignored him as they went back to work. "Well," he turned back to Nami. "Got any better ideas?"

"Of course I do~!" She said, getting off from the horse and approaching them with a sway to her hips, "Ooh~! Come, come~! Tell me everything you know~!" She purred as she approached them, all of them giving her their undivided attention and smiles. A few said a few things, mostly useless things, but she did get some rather interesting information out of one them.

Luffy crossed his arms as he watched them. Well, it looked like she was getting the information, and yet it was pissing him off too. Maybe because she could do it, but he couldn't?

"Thanks boys~!" Nami said, giving them a wink over her shoulder as she walked back to Luffy with a sway to her hips again, causing them to cheer after her. Once she got to him, she placed her fists on her hips with a smirk on her face, "See? Easy."

"Humph," he looked away from her, after staring at her hips as she approached him. "You cheated."

She pursed her lips, leaning forward a bit, reproachfully, "I did not!"

He glanced down at the cleavage that was showing. He looked back up at her face. "That's not the way I see it."

Glancing down as well, she straightened out with a flush and pursed her lips more, "Stop that!"

"You're the one who keeps leaning forward," he looked away, a blush on his face.

"Well ... you don't have to look!" She yelled back, her own flush deepening in color.

"Is there a problem here?" One of the workers asked as they all surrounded Nami protectively. Blinking a bit, Nami turned as a sweat bead dropped down the side of her face. They were all glaring at Luffy.

"Ahaha ..." Nami laughed nervously as her lips twitched.

"There will be," Luffy cracked his knuckles, glaring at the workers. "if you don't piss off." His eyes started to glow a bright blue color, a sign that his power was closer to reaching its normal level.

Turning back to Luffy, Nami's eyes widened before she whirled around, pulled him down by the front of his robe, and then slammed the palm of her hand down onto his his head as she smiled nervously to the works, "Aah, no! Everything's fine! Nothing I can't handle, really!"

"Oye," he growled. "Stop that." He flailed with his arms, trying to whack her hand away.

The men quirked their brows down at her as she laughed nervously up at them, but then nodded and turned away. Releasing her breath, she then released his head and turned to frown at him, "You idiot! There's no need for that!"

He shook his head, and glared down at her. "What? I was going to get rid of them. They were being annoying."

"You're annoying! Can I get rid of you!?" She said, scowling at him.

"I dunno," He shrugged. "Wanna give it a try?"

"Augh! Let's just go, you crazy ass idiot!" She said, moving back towards the horse.

He decided to give it another shot, and held his hand out. Well he was stubborn if nothing else. Pursing her lips up at him, she then rolled her eyes before taking his hand and hopping up onto the horse. "So," he said. "What did they tell you?"

"Well, one of them said there was this creepy looking guy who walks through here, heading in that direction." She said, pointing ahead of him, though her breasts pressed a bit into his back, "He said he followed him once, just to follow him, but ended up losing him a little ways in. But he gave me the directions."

"Okay," he muttered, blinking his eyes a bit when they wanted to close and followed the directions that Nami gave him. They started to enter an area that looked older, and was less frequented than the other areas.

"One of them even said he once saw that same creepy man walking through here with a woman. However, the woman didn't look very lively, like she was moving mechanically ... It has to be the guy." She said, though a little quieter as she looked around.

"Gotcha," Luffy cracked his knuckles. "And then I'm gonna send him flying." He punched the air in front of him.

"Right, right ... Let's not get too excited ..." She said with a sigh, her chest rising and falling and brushing up against Luffy again.

Luffy blushed at the mammary contact against his back, feeling a bit drowsy, "Well," he cleared his throat, shaking it off, "It depends on what he's been doing with them. I might end up having to hurt him, bad."

Her eyes narrowed, "Oh, you mean like touching them?"

"Is that the worst you can think of?" He blushed. "Besides I was still mostly asleep."

"Uh huh ... So, does that mean you will beat yourself up?" She asked, her eyes narrowing further.

He chuckled slightly. "Maybe, but you seem to do a good enough job of it yourself."

"Maybe I should try a little harder ..." She muttered, frowning deeply at his back, but her cheeks flared with color.

"Please don't," he laughed.

"Why's that funny!?" She exclaimed, getting annoyed with him further.

"Because you're being funny," He chuckled. "Are we almost there?"

"How the hell should I kno-Aah ..." She suddenly said, her eyes glazing over and slumping a bit onto Luffy.

"Nami?" He tried to look at her, trying to ignore the drowsiness again, "Nami? Are you alright?" She suddenly slid off from the horse and began walking passed him, though her eyes were still completely glazed over. "Oye, Nami!" Luffy jumped off the horse, and grabbed her arm. "Where are you going?"

Nami turned to look up at him, but her eyes were unfocused and lifeless. Taking his sword from its sheath, she then swung at him to get him away from her before she kept going, the sword dragging behind her. Luffy jumped back to dodge the swing, frowning deeply at her, "Nami!"

Soon, a figure came out of the shadows, chuckling nastily as he approached her. Reaching out, he caressed her face down to her chin, tilting her head back a bit as he looked over to Luffy, "This yours?" He asked before leaning down and running his tongue over her jawline. However, she didn't do anything at all.

Luffy's aura flared, his jaw tightened and gall rose up in the back of his throat. "Let go of her," he yelled, punching at the man from a distance.

Wrapping his arm around Nami, he jumped back, and then straight up onto the roof of a building, "You should take better care of your things, little boy." He said, taking her chin and pressing his face against hers, "You just might lose them ..." He chuckled as he jumped back again, disappearing completely.

Luffy shot his hands where the man had disappeared, and flew after him. They were nowhere in sight.

"Dammit!" He yelled, his fist tightening and his arms shaking. Trying to calm down, he pulled out a piece of star metal. He held it tightly in his hand for a bit, before holding it flat on his palm. He cast the finding spell, focusing on Nami. The metal pointed in a direction, and then he followed it.

xxxx

Nami blinked her eyes open, confused a bit as to why she'd been asleep in the first place. Sitting up, she looked around and gasped when she saw more women where she was, all crying and terrified, "Eh ...?" She questioned before looking around. Getting up, she placed her hands on her hips with a frown, "Well, this is just great! What the hell was that idiot doing!?" All the women blinked at this brazen woman.

Looking around at the other woman, Nami then pursed her lips, "What're you all lookin' at!?" They jumped, gaping at this woman in shock. Wasn't she scared?

"Such a spicy little flower, aren't you?"

Blinking her eyes, Nami turned to the male voice before frowning, "Ah, so you must be the creepy guy they were talking about ..." All the women's jaws dropped in complete shock.

The man burst into laughter, "I like you ... A lot ... I think you are going to be my prized sell ... You would go for quite a sum ... Beautiful and bold ..."

Nami blinked a bit before beaming, "Really? You think I'm beautiful?" The women facepalmed or fell over in their shock. This woman was out of her mind.

"High price too, huh? Not bad!" She said, smirking at him with a snicker.

"She's crazy ..."

"Out of her mind ..."

He burst into more laughter before saying, "You are something else! I like you. Why don't you dine with me tonight?"

"Nah ..." She said, glancing to the side boredly with a huff, her hands still on her hips, "I have plans ..." 'That idiot better hurry up and find me ...'

Walking up to the bars, the man slid them through to lean against them, "Come, come now ... It's only dinner ... and I don't have to ask ..."

Seeing no other option really, she then crossed her arms under her chest and frowned back at him, "All right ... but the food had better be good ..."

"Some of the best ... I promise ..." The man said, smirking widely at her and causing a shiver to run down her spine. She didn't like him.

xxxx

Meanwhile, Luffy was still following the direction the star metal had shown him. Luffy stopped when the metal suddenly pointed at a warehouse he'd just passed. Luffy looked at the building, the metal was pointing at it. 'Must be the spot.' Luffy smashed his foot through the building's door. It was empty. He looked around trying to find Nami. Nothing. Luffy stared at the metal. What was wrong with this thing?

To Be Continued …

Author's Note:

Luffy: My boobies!

Dart: Mine, dammit!

Luffy: *Punches Dart and roars* No! Mine!

Dart: Oh, wait, we weren't talking about Robin were we?

Con: Nope ...

Dart: Damn. I'm going to have to change quite a bit of what I wrote for her later on.

Con: There's a lot we have to change ... V.V

Dart: Particularly, I need to describe Robin's boobies more often, and in greater detail.

Con: No you don't ... ~.~ Anyways, until next time! XD *Cuts Dart off*

Dart: Oi!

Luffy: MY BOOBIES!