Authors' Note:
Con: I'm busy! Go away! DX
Darth: Oi, oi, I've got homework I'm working on!
Con: Yeah, but I did it all myself! DX Go away! *Is making no sense*
Darth: No, you are not making sense. And why are you changing your avatar!? I liked looking at Hancock's boobs every time you said something.
Con: Because Shanks is pure epic manliness ... and he's hot. Why do I care about some woman's boobs? I am a woman ... and I would rather stare at Shanks all day long. Admit it. You would lose your virginity to Shanks ...
Darth: I'm sorry, but that's reserved for Batman.
Con: Admit it ...
Darth: Get Hancock in there and make it a threesome and I'll consider it.
Con: ... Shanks is way worth it without the added incentive ... Just look at him ... He's Shanks ... You would do it ... Admit it NAO! XO Batman doesn't make you squeal in an epic fangasm! Shanks made you squeal like a girl on the cusp of her climax! ADMIT IT!!! DX
Darth: NEVER! All Batman has to do is show up on a page! He doesn't even have to be doing anything!
Con: LIES! ADMIT IT! AND SHANKS DID JUST SHOW UP ON A PAGE! AND THE MOMENT YOU CLICKED NEXT, AND YOU SAW HIS IMAGE, YOU SQUEALED LIKE A BITCH IN HEAT!! ADMIT IT!!
Darth: I NEED AN ADULT! I NEED AN ADULT!
Con: Bahahahahahahahaha! You lose~! I love Batman and all, but if I had my virginity still, I would lose it to the hotness and epicness that is Shanks before I lose it to Batman. So, now ... where were we? Oh right ... The next chapter to Charmed ... Hmm ... Well, we will let you all just read them. 0.o
Darth: Indeed. Now if you'll excuse me, I have Hancock/Nami/Robin doujinshis to look for.
Con: -_-
Charmed
Chapter 8: She Rejects
Sighing a bit in her sleep, Nami released a soft groan before blinking her eyes open to the bright sunlight in the room. Groaning a bit, she buried further into the nice warmth before stiffening when her senses finally came back to her. Shifting her eyes downward, she could see and feel that they were completely intertwined this time. Her arms were completely wrapped around him and his around her tightly. She could also feel that his leg was between hers, riding up her nightdress and one of her legs was curled around his waist, "What the ...?"
Luffy murmured in his sleep, tightening his arms around Nami.
"Oye, oye! Idiot, wake up!" she yelled, trying to get loose, but his hold on her was very tight. "Luffy!"
"Muu ..." His eyes started to flutter.
"Luffy, wake up!" she said, still trying to get free.
"Wha ...?" He opened his eyes, and stared directly into Nami's eyes. "Huh...?"
"I said wake up! Let go of me!"
"Huh?" He quickly let go of her, and jumped away from her, but there wasn't much space left, and he fell out of bed. "Oww!"
Grumbling, she threw the blankets off before standing up and storming over to him. "What the hell, Luffy!?"
"Oww," he muttered, sitting up and rubbing the back of his head.
She stood with her legs apart and fists on her hips. "Why the hell am I always waking up like that, huh!?"
"I don't know," he groaned. "I was asleep! You woke me up this time."
"Ugh!" she exclaimed, frowning deeply. "You disgust me!"
Luffy looked up at her, his face flushed, and his morning wood reawakening. With the morning light, he could see her naked body through the thin nightdress. He looked down and stood up. "I'm not the only person who moves in his sleep."
She crossed her arms under her bust, pushing them up more, causing her already perky nipples to perk up even more through the material, and her frown deepened. "What're you trying to say? That it's my fault!?"
"No!" He coughed, trying to focus on her face, instead of her chest. She was always so irrational in the morning. "But it's not just my fault!"
"Ooh, I see," she said, leaning forward a bit, causing her breasts to do the same. "You're saying it's my fault too then? Sorry! But I'm not the perverted idiot like you are! Now get out so I can change!"
Luffy's eyebrow twitched. He stood up straight, just barely taller than her. His eyes were hard, the eyes of a man, who'd faced down some of the deadliest sorcerers in the country. "That's enough! You're the one who offered to help me sleep, knowing exactly how we've woken up the past few nights! Don't blame me, because we move in our sleep!"
"I can blame you all I want to! It's my right since I am helping you sleep! If you want to sleep, then you just have to put up with it, now don't you!? Now get out so I can change!" she yelled back, her frown becoming angry.
Luffy tightened his right hand into a fist. His aura starting to leak out, the furniture in the room started to shake as the air in the room started to get heavier, and vibrate.
Her brow quirked then as her lips curved up into a smirk, and she said, "Ooh, the big, tough mage is getting angry. What're you going to do, Luffy?"
Luffy's eyes started glowing again, giving his face an inhuman appearance. "You really want to know what I'll do?" He chuckled ominously.
She huffed, looking away and down at her nails. "No, not really ..."
"Too bad," he chuckled, a wind started to build up in the room, blowing the sheets around, before focusing directly under Nami and pushing her nightgown up.
Shrieking, she grabbed onto it and shoved it down before yelling angrily over the loudness of the blowing winds with a very angry frown, "Luffy, you asshole! I'm going to kick your sorry ass, you son of a bitch!"
Luffy laughed and ran out of the room, the winds dissipating. "Hey, you keep calling me a pervert, so I might as well act like it!" He snickered.
"You jerk!" she screeched, running out after him, grabbing an umbrella she spotted to chase after him with and yelled, "I'm going to make you hurt!"
When Robin came out after waking up to all the noise, she found Nami chasing Luffy with an Umbrella. For a while, she watched Nami swinging at Luffy, who kept dodging out of the way. Finally, she asked, "What is going on here?"
"Grrr!" Nami growled in her fury as she swung at him again. "You ass! You're going to pay for that!"
"Ha!" He ducked out of the way again. "You asked for it!" He stuck his tongue out at her.
Robin sighed and and crossed her arms in front of her. "Venti Fleur." Arms grew out of the floor and the two younger people, holding them down.
"Aah!" Nami exclaimed, blinking down at the limbs holding her in place before looking up at Robin. "Ooh ... Robin ... sorry ..."
"Now," Robin started, "that everyone is calm. Perhaps you might explain what happened here?" Luffy just laughed.
Nami pursed her lips out deeply as she turned her anger on him and yelled, "This perverted asshole used a gust of wind to blow up my nightdress!"
"Oh?" Robin frowned.
"She deserved it!" Luffy frowned. "She just got mad at me, and I hadn't even done anything. I hadn't even woken up yet!"
"I woke up to you having a deathgrip on me! And your leg was in between mine!" she yelled at him. "That wasn't nothing!"
"And you had your arms around me too!" Luffy shot back. "And your leg was all the way around my back!"
"Probably because I was uncomfortable with how you had me!" she retorted, though it was a pretty weak argument.
"Bullshit, you were gripping onto me like you were afraid to let go!"
"You're the one full of shit!" she yelled back. "All I want to do is get away from you!"
"That's not what you were doing in your sleep!" he yelled. Seeing that they were just arguing now, Robin finally released them.
"Shut up, you idiot!" Nami yelled, grabbing a nearby book and throwing it at him. "I can't stand you!" she yelled quite loudly in her frustration before going to her bag to get a new change of clothes. One of her new bodices and a skirt, and then she stormed off back towards the room, slamming the door lightly, seeing as it wasn't her house. Then she changed her clothes roughyly in her anger. "Asshole!" she yelled at the closed door just for good measure.
Robin sighed, but then chuckled. Well, there went that, but at least they were done arguing.
Luffy crossed his arms, standing where he was. Robin laughed and said, "You're both very lively."
"Eh?" Luffy looked at her. "You think so?"
Huffing a bit, Nami walked over to the bed and sat down gently, staring at the opposite wall. "The stupid moron," she muttered before falling back onto it, which it still felt warm, since they had been lying there only moments before. Turning her head, she ran her hand over the warmth and frowned. "Hmm ..." She felt something weird about the warmth.
"Do you want to use the bathroom?" Robin asked Luffy.
Luffy shrugged and replied, "Eh, that's all right."
"Very well," Robin said and went into the kitchen to start making breakfast.
Sitting up, Nami placed both hands over the warmth and focused a bit. There was a faint glow that emitted from her hands, causing her to gasp and pull them away. "What was that?" she whispered before frowning softly. Getting up, she sighed deeply before making up the bed and leaving with her clothes. Ignoring Luffy completely, she then carefully placed her dress and night dress back into her bag.
Luffy sat down at the table. He was really thinking that Nami wasn't worth it to have around. Though she did help him sleep, and for some reason he enjoyed being around her. It was very confusing.
Once she packed it all away, she went into the kitchen where Robin was. "Um ... sorry about this morning," she said, smiling sheepishly. "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"No, that's all right," Robin smiled at the younger woman. "I'm almost done here." A few moments later though, she said, "Perhaps you could go make amends with Luffy-kun, both of you were acting quite silly."
"Like hell!" Nami replied instantly. "I don't ever plan to make amends with that moron! I can never forgive him for all that he's done!"
"Then how about just for breakfast?" She flipped the eggs. "You must understand, things could be much worse than they are right now."
"What're you talking about?" Nami asked, frowning a little deeper.
"You haven't heard much about mage guilds, have you?" Robin placed the eggs and bacon on a plate, several hands grew out of her arms to pick up the coffee and porridge, fruit and toast.
Nami sighed deeply and replied back quietly, "No ... I guess not ..."
"Well, just keep in mind," Robin started, carrying the plates out of the kitchen, "you could have gotten worse than him."
Her frown deepened more as she watched her walk passed, but then sighed again as she helped to carry some of the plates and left to follow her to the table. Taking a seat opposite Luffy, better that than beside him, she continued on as if he wasn't there at all.
Robin set the plates down on the table, and sat down herself at the head. "Please, enjoy," she said to the two younger people.
"Shishi, thanks," Luffy said and started eating, already in a better mood.
"Thank you, Robin," Nami said, also starting to eat.
"You're welcome," Robin said as she took a piece of toast and started nibbling on it. "So, back to the library later?"
"I guess'o ... Pervy mage over here wants to figure out why my breasts put him to sleep still," Nami muttered as she played with her food a bit before taking in a forkful.
"If I were pervy mage I'd tell you your breasts put me to sleep, and then fake it," Luffy said with a bit of bacon hanging out his mouth. "But I'm not, so there."
"That's because you can't fake it, but if you could, I bet you would, jackass," Nami retorted, eating some of the fruit and toast.
"Yeah? We'll you're the one who keeps letting me touch," Luffy swallowed an egg on toast. "Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black to me."
"Then I guess you don't like your sleep, creep. If I recall ... a certain someone crying since he couldn't sleep," she said instantly, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Talk to me again when you've gone several weeks without sleep, and we'll see how dry-eyed you are ... or alive ..."
"Says the big bad mage," Nami said, frowning at him now
Robin paused with her coffee mug halfway to her lips. "Several weeks?"
Looking to Robin now, Nami just scoffed before shifting her gaze back to Luffy as she nodded and said, "So he says ..."
"If you really want to find out what it's like," Luffy started, "I know the spell. You're welcome to try it out anytime you want. Just a warning, I don't know the counter spell, so you'd be stuck like that ..."
"You try it, and I off you in your sleep!" she said, surging out of her chair and pushing it away loudly as she pointed a finger at him, "You just remember how vulnerable you are when you first pass out, you fucked up asshole!"
However, Luffy kept eating, ignoring Nami's outburst.
Clenching her fists at her sides and growing angrier by the second, she grabbed a handful of eggs and rammed it into his face. "Jerk!" she yelled before storming out of the house. "Fuck you!"
Luffy ignored the eggs. Instead, a ripe pear levitated into the air, and flew straight at the back of Nami's head, bursting on impact. Robin just watched the two of them, feeling both awkward and amused at the same time.
Screaming when the mess flew on her, Nami turned a scowl on him before pointing a finger at him. "Just you wait!" she yelled before walking out and slamming the door behind her. She tried her best to get the mess off, but there was no hope. Tears came to her eyes now that she was alone, the frustration overwhelming her. "Stupid asshole ..."
Luffy sighed, and stood up to follow her. Once outside the door he saw her, and without a word, snapped his fingers, and the pear mess disappeared off of her. He turned around and went back inside, not saying a word. Blinking when she didn't feel the wetness anymore, she grabbed her hair, feeling that it was dry. Turning around, she saw the door closing, but not who went back inside. Blinking a bit, which caused more of her tears to fall, she frowned softly before just continuing on.
Luffy sat down at the table again, but then he looked up at Robin and muttered, "Sorry."
"Are you all right with letting her leave?" Robin asked. "You could get in a lot of trouble with your guild?"
"They won't care. I have the money she owed me. And if she wants, she'll come to the library ..."
Sniffling softly, she wiped at her eyes, but then jumped at an unexpected voice so close to her, "Are you all right, miss?"
"Oh!" she said, but then laughed nervously, and then said as she continued on, "I-I'm fine, thank you."
"Are you sure there's nothing I can do?"
"N-No, I'm fine, thanks," she replied, smiling over her shoulder and kept going, and the man didn't persist. However, more men started asking her the same thing, which started to really bother her. "I'm fine! Just leave me alone!" she said to them, becoming frustrated when they started to surround her.
"Here, have a handkerchief!"
"I could take you to eat somewhere. It would make you feel better!"
"How about a walk with company!?"
"I said I was fine! Please leave me alone!" she yelled, trying to push passed them, but more kept gathering around her. "Stop it! I said go away!" However, she became a little more fearful when some started to grab at her.
"I was here first!"
"No way! I want to take the beautiful lady!"
"Back off! She's mine!"
"No! Stop it!" she yelled, yanking away from their grasp, but this only pulled at her clothes, which revealed bared skin, which set them off. "No! Stop it!"
After finishing breakfast, Luffy and Robin started heading towards the library. They weren't far from Robin's apartment, when they noticed a commotion ahead of them, a woman's voice coming from the middle of it. Something in him told Luffy what was happening, and he ran towards the crowd immediately. "Nami!"
Shoving men out of the way with his increased strength, he made his way to the center of the throng, where he found a sight that cleared his mind of thought and filled it with white hot rage. Nami's clothes had been almost completely ripped from her body, and their hands just kept grabbing for her, and she looked terrified. His eyes started to glow as his aura ignited. A shock-wave knocked the crowd away, the force creating a barrier between the him and Nami, and the crowd.
"Aren't you glad I got my sleep last night?" Luffy asked, his back turned to her with his head turning around to look around at the crowd as he glared at them. "The only reason any of you will continue walking, is because you are not entirely in control of your actions. Otherwise you would all be in a lot of pain right now. Now piss off!"
Shaking hard, Nami didn't really hear his words as she hugged herself tightly and cried softly. Even though she was almost without clothing, she didn't move from where she was with her head lowered to her lap to cover herself. All the men had flown every which way and women screamed from the sudden shockwave that tossed up their skirts a bit. At the sound of Luffy's voice and the danger laced within it, the men all got up and ran away quickly.
Robin approached the two after the crowd had cleared. The barrier was still up, but she passed right through it. She placed her hand on Luffy's shoulder and said, "It's all right, you can calm down now." Without waiting for his reaction she knelt down in front of Nami, and placed her hands on her, gently guiding her into a hug.
Luffy exhaled, the barrier dissipated, and his robes settled down, the winds no longer buffeting them. He closed his eyes and took several deep breaths, the faint glow fading from under his eyelids. More sobs ripped through her as relief finally found her, and she let herself lean into Robin's comfort, but she didn't stop hugging herself tightly. She was still shaking badly from the scare and shock, and didn't look to be calming down any time soon.
Luffy glanced at Nami over his shoulder, and looked away, knowing full well there was nothing he could do for her in this situation. It hurt him, feeling helpless, and seeing her in so much pain...
"It's all right, you're safe now," Robin whispered, gently rocking the sobbing woman.
After awhile, Nami did finally calm down, clutching at her shredded clothes. Sniffling quite loudly, she then pulled away from Robin, still shivering ever so slightly and said, "I-I ... need to ... change ..."
"Of course," Robin said and stood up, holding her hands out to help her stand up.
Nami took only one, seeing as she used the other to attempt to keep her clothes on. Her legs were a bit unsteady and still shaky as she tried to remain on them and hoping they would keep her weight. Luffy pulled off his robes, revealing the pants and shirt he wore underneath them, and draped the garment over Nami's shoulder. It wasn't much, but it was all he could do in this situation.
Gasping softly, Nami turned to look up at him, tears still in her eyes and just realizing what had happened. She vaguely remembered seeing his face appear through the crowd, and then suddenly all the men were gone. At that moment, she had felt safe, though still in shock. After looking up at him for awhile, she averted her eyes, not being able to meet his gaze. "Thanks," she whispered softly, before unsteadily walking passed him.
"You're ... welcome ..." he said, barely audible as he turned to follow her and Robin back to Robin's apartment.
Robin walked besides Nami, stepping ahead of her to open the door once they reached the apartment, allowing the other two inside. Stepping up, Nami's faulty legs gave, and she fell back with a gasp. Luffy reached out, catching her before she could fall any further. He froze, unsure of how to react, from the close contact with her.
Gasping a little softer this time, she looked up at him over her shoulder before righting herself. However, she was still shaking a bit. She muttered her thanks again before attempting the climb up again, feeling rather pathetic. More tears came to her eyes in her frustration as she made it to the top of the stairs, hiding within his robes while walking through the door. She knelt in front of her bag to grab the other bodice and skirt she had inside before quickly going into the room to change.
Going into the kitchen, Robin set a kettle of water on the stove. While it was boiling, she went about preparing to make a soothing tea for Nami. Standing at the doorway, Luffy's whole body was still shaking from the adrenaline. When he'd seen her, lying there like that, with all those men grabbing her, he'd lost all sense of reason. It scared him that he had almost wanted to just kill them all. What did this girl mean to him, that she could enrage him so, and be the cause of so much fury when in danger? Why did he put so much trouble into her? When she caused so much trouble for him? He continued to think about it, trying to make sense of his situation.
Bursting into quiet tears once she was in the room, she slunked down into the door, bringing his robe around her more to bury herself within its warmth. Warmth ... She could feel it ... his warmth within the robe. It felt warm and safe. Why was it that she felt safe with the one person she most disliked, and the one person who had kidnapped her, taking away her freedon again?
After awhile, she dried her tears and stood up on still shaky legs to change her clothes. However, she still wasn't quite ready to leave the room. So instead, she went to the bed and climbed into it, taking the robe with her to wrap back around herself, but covering even her head with it. She felt safest completely within its contours.
After not hearing from her for a while, Luffy debated whether to knock on the door. He hesitated, because he didn't want to make things worse...
Sniffling softly from under the robe, she stared down at her toes within the darkness, barely able to make them out. She really wanted to go home. However, she wasn't sure now if she would be safe even there. She had no choice really but to figure this thing out. She needed to find out how to control it. Even when she'd told them to stop and to go away, they hadn't obeyed. Why hadn't they obeyed?
Finally, Luffy decided to knock on the door, but before he was about to do so, Robin came to him with a cup of tea. "Give this to her," she said, "It will help calm her nerves."
Taking the mug, Luffy nodded with his thanks and knocked on the door. A muffled, "What," sounded through the door.
"It's me," Luffy said through the door. "Can I come in? I have some tea for you."
There was silence for a long while, but then she finally replied, again muffled, "Sure ..."
He opened the door, and looked inside the room. She was lying huddled on the bed. He walked over to her and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Here," he said and handed her the mug.
After awhile, she peeked out from underneath the robe, her eyes and nose red and her eyes still a bit water. Her hair had come undone, and was now draped over her shoulder. She glanced up into his eyes for a second before lowering them again and taking the tea. However, she then went back underneath his robes, taking a sip of the tea. "So ... let's hear it," she mumbled from underneath them.
"Hear what?" He blinked, a worried expression on his face.
"I don't know ... The lines of lectures or ... how you were right ... What was it you said earlier? "Aren't you glad I got my sleep?" or something," She mumbled, sounding a little nazzled as she took another sip.
Luffy said nothing. Instead, he looked down at his lap for a little while. His confusion was coming to a climax, he didn't know what to think, or say.
"What? You don't got anything for me?" she asked, snorting softly from under the robe, "I would have figured you'd have lots to say to me."
"Sorry," he said.
She bubbled over a bit with soft and nasally laughter and said, "Sorry? You're sorry that you have nothing witty to say to me?"
He took a deep breath and sighed, and then he said, "No, I'm sorry for-That you ended up in that situation."
She snorted a little louder then and said, "I ended up in that situation, because you pissed me off ..."
"I know ..."
She felt worse, not better. He admitted that it was his fault. Shouldn't that make her feel better? Sniffling softly, she finally then said, "I want to figure out why this is happening. I want to be able to stop it; to control it. I don't want to be relying on you ..."
He looked up at her, his eyes with a determined light in them. "I promise you, I'll do whatever I can to help figure out what's happening. I'll do whatever I can ... as long as you want me to."
Blinking within the robes, her breath caught in her chest and her skin tightened as her heart jolted into a fast rhythm. After only a moment, she peered out with only one eye to look up at him, that single eye owlishly wide. Luffy almost gasped. In that singular moment, he'd never seen anything as beautiful as she was then. He kept his gaze firm, but soaked up the image, locking it away in his heart.
After a moment, her cheeks flushed, and she retreated back under the robes. "Y-You don't have to do that! I-I don't ... I don't need you to! I can ... do it myself!" she said in a nervous ramble, not exactly sure why she should feel nervous.
Luffy leaned forward, entranced by her beauty, even if she had disappeared under his robes. The image was still there in his mind. "I want to," he said, "Even if you don't want it, I will never let anyone hurt you again, until we can figure out a way to control what is happening."
She clenched her eyes shut, not sure at all how to handle how he was acting at that moment, and she said, "But-But I don't need it!"
He carefully reached out with his hand, gently peeling the robe back to reveal her underneath, and then cupped her cheek. His heart was racing, and he was afraid that he was making a mistake. "I want to do it anyway."
Sucking in her breath, her cheeks enflamed with color as her eyes widened, but then she slapped his hand away. "Stop!" she whispered with force, staring down at the bed. She was confused and her heart wouldn't stop beating so quickly. She was scared.
He leaned back, away from her, and pulled his hand back. He sat there, watching her, waiting for her decision.
She shook her head then, not understanding anything in that moment. So, she went with the one thing she did understand and muttered, "I don't need anything from you ..."
He nodded slowly, and then stood up. "Well, when you're ready ... we're going to the library ..."
"Right," she muttered, her voice shaky, but then looked over her shoulder. Grabbing the robe, she then thrust it out to him and said, "Take it ... I don't need this either ..."
"Thank you," he said, taking the robe and leaving the room, closing the door behind him all without looking at her. After he had left, he leaned against the door, clutching his chest and breathing heavily. It hurt …
Swallowing the lump in her throat, she felt her stomach churn and her chest clench tightly. Taking a deep and shaky breath, she laid down into the bed and curled into a ball. She must have remained that way for at least an hour and a half with her thoughts running through her head at high speed. After a moment, she finally climbed out of the bed, taking the cup with her and left the room.
Luffy was sitting in the corner that he'd been sitting in before, reading the same book and Robin was in the kitchen, preparing lunch.
Glancing at Luffy only briefly, Nami then headed into the kitchen, setting the cup down onto the counter and said softly, "Thank you ..."
"You're welcome," Robin said, finishing preparations for lunch. "Are you hungry?"
"Mm, a-a little bit," Nami replied, attempting to smile at the older woman.
Robin returned her smile with her own gentle, mysterious smile and asked, "Could you help me set the table?"
"Y-Yes, of course," Nami said, going forward the grab the plates and silverware before heading out to the table to do so.
Once the table had been set, Luffy sat down where he'd sat during breakfast. Robin placed the food on the table, and sat down herself. "Please, help yourselves."
Nami stared down at the table and food, but she didn't move right away to partake of it. Luffy, without his usual gusto, filled his plate and started eating. After just staring down at the food on the table and watching as their hands grabbed for things, Nami finally and slowly do so as well.
The meal passed in silence, and once they had finished eating, Luffy leaned back in his chair and sat there silently. Wiping her mouth clean, Nami finally said, "Thank you, Robin ... for the food. We should ... probably buy more later, since we're eating yours. I - I would ... like to go to the library now."
"Don't worry. That won't be necessary." Robin said as she started to clear off the table, "And of course, we'll go immediately."
Nami looked up at Robin in some confusion, but she wasn't going to ask. Nodding, she turned to the door and walked to it, but refused to walk out until they joined her. Luffy stood up, carrying his dishes and some of the others to the kitchen. Then he went to stand by the door, and Robin following behind him.
Opening the door slowly, Nami peered out as if she might be afraid still, but then stepped out, but didn't go down the steps until they did first, or at least one of them.
Robin walked out of the door, closing it behind her, once Luffy had left. She then took the lead, walking towards the library. Nami followed closely behind her, glancing only a few times behind her to make sure Luffy was still there, and looking around a bit nervously. Following closely behind Nami, Luffy glared at anyone, man or woman, who dared come to close to them.
After several minutes of walking Robin led them up the steps to the library doors, and walked through them. The morning shift assistant was there, standing behind the counter. Robin nodded to her, and led Luffy and Nami to the restricted section.
Once they were inside, Nami released a shaky breath in relief, shaking a bit in her nervousness as she followed after Robin quickly, who unlocked the door of the restricted section and held it open for them. Nami rushed in, feeling even safer within that room before looking around at the books again. Going through each spine, she found some that might explain what was going on with her and sat down to read them without saying a word.
Luffy followed them inside, reaching for the last book he'd looked at yesterday and then the next several. Robin closed the door behind them and started perusing book titles as well. Nami skimmed through a few books, what seemed like a few hours had to have passed, and she sighed deeply, closing the latest book. She couldn't find a thing. "I don't understand," she whispered to herself softly.
"What is it?" Robin turned away from the shelves, carrying a few books with her to the table.
"I've gone through so many books already ... and nothing," Nami said, sighing again as she grabbed a thicker book.
"Well," Robin started, sitting down at the table. "It's certainly no kind of magic I've ever heard of."
"That's what stretchy over there said too," Nami said, frowning down at the book. "Have you read any of these? We might be able to rule out the ones you've read to make this go faster ..."
"I've read most of the books," Robin drummed her fingers against the stack of books she had collected. "These here are the only ones I haven't read through yet."
Nami blinked. "Oh," she said, setting the book she had done before going to the pile and taking a book. "Well, that makes it much easier," she said, opening it and sitting back down.
Both Luffy and Robin also grabbed another book to continue searching. Still, Nami still found nothing, and so she grabbed another book. She was getting a bit worried they may never find an explanation.
After awhile longer, Luffy groaned and put the book down. "We're not finding anything here," he muttered.
Setting her book down as well, Nami grabbed another, rubbing at her eyes a bit from using them so much, and she asked, "What if we don't find anything?"
"Then we'll check another library," Luffy yawned. "These books aren't mass produced, so each library will have different books." He remembered the one passage he'd found, and wondered whether it was worth mentioning.
Nami slammed the book closed, getting more frustrated. She wasn't going to be able to just walk down the street anymore if she didn't learn to control whatever it was that was happening to her.
Luffy sighed and said, "There's only one thing I found, and it was just some old weird romance story, didn't really tell me anything."
Nami stiffened, but didn't turn to look at him and asked, "Romance story?"
"Yeah, it was about this woman who could control men, and the one man she couldn't control." Luffy shrugged.
Nami blinked, turning slightly as she asked in encouragement, "Oh? And ...?"
"Well, the story went that she did everything she could to get his attention, but no luck." He shrugged again. "It ended with both of them dying."
A shiver ran down her spine, and she said, "Oh ... I see ... That doesn't really help much ... now does it?" That made her a little nervous. He wasn't affected at all by her, and yet all these other men were.
"Nope," Luffy shook his head, "which is why I didn't mention it before. On the other hand, it shows that something similar to what you have existed before, or there was something that gave the idea for the story."
"Oh ... well ... I guess that means ... whatever I have ... is rare," she paused for a moment, "That's kinda cool ..."
"Shishi," Luffy laughed and scratched his cheek. "Well, who knows, we might just find out about this."
"Mm, maybe," she said, closing the book with another deep sigh before picking up another one.
Robin placed down her book and picked up the last book. "Last one," she said. "Last chance here."
Looking up at Robin, Nami frowned deeply before looking back down at her book. She really hoped they wouldn't have to visit every library to find out what was wrong with her. What was wrong with her? She really hoped she could find out before something really bad happens …
To Be Continued …
Authors' Note:
Darth: *Quickly hides his batman comic*
Con: I know you're in there! DX Admit to me, damn it! DX
Darth: I swear it's totally girl on girl on girl, and not the epitome of all slightly neurotic manliness!
Con: 0.o It's all right though. If it's Shanks, I would forgive you.
Darth: Aheheheh. Hmm... This conversation has far too much gay in it. I found some really neat OP mousepads. Robin, Nami and Hancock. With silicon implants where the wrist rests. DAMN THINGS ARE SOLD OUT!!!
Con: *Ignores* Hell, if it were Luffy or Ace or even Garp, I would forgive you.
Darth: NEVER!
Con: AAADDMMIITT IITT!! DX
Darth: If it involves a threesome with either Nami, Nojiko, and whoever the hell you fangirls pair with Garp (wait...she's probably old, never mind. Uhoh...mind is providing a suggestion. Gaaah!!! Resist! NO! GET OUT OF MY HEAD DOCTORINE!!!).
Con: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! WIN! Anyways, we hope you guys enjoyed this chapter~! ;) h Though, you are probably all sad! D: Ah well, you can't please them all. X3 See you all next chapter~!
Darth: There's no boobs like Hancock's, there's no boobs like Nami's, there's no boobs like Robin's, there's no boobs like Vivi's, there's no boobs like....
Con: Hey, Doctorine has a nice figure, thank you very much, and she has a rack on her. It's the face that's scary. X3 See you all later! XD
Darth: NOOOOOOOOO!