I'm going to pause on Darkness right now. I have another idea after this that I really want to do. If anyone likes Steven Universe, you're in luck! I don't really watch it that much, but I enjoy the canon stuff with the other gems, like Lapis, Peridot, and Jasper. I'm going to do a short story with them in it. I'll work on it as soon as I'm done with this. Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Luffy was trapped in a cage made of purple smoke.

"Hello Luffy." Asami materialized in front of him. Luffy looked up, unsurprised, and didn't say anything.

"THAT'S the hello I get?"

"You don't deserve a hello."

"Shots fired. Do you know why I'm here?"

"I don't really care." She grinned.

"Perhaps you should. Right now, your friends are about to see your nightmare about Nami." Luffy flinched.

"They'll come back here, dying to see you, happy that it's over, never lose you again, the whole lovey-dovey speech, etc. And what will they find? A man who's lost his purpose, attacking his own friends because his body is being possessed and he can't control himself."

Luffy shot powerful haki through the room, shattering the cage, and he flew up to her, picking her up by the throat.

"So this was your plan?! To eliminate me by having me lose my sanity, then get taken over, kill my friends, and be lost forever in my mind?! You never meant to make a deal with us, did you?" Asami turned herself back into purple smoke, making her fall out of Luffy's grasp.

"I'm still a woman of my word, Pirate King. Of course I meant that deal, and it still stands: if you can survive this and defeat me, then by all means, we'll call a permanent truce. But until then...Smoke Vortex!" A purple pit appeared beneath Luffy's feet, making him fall and have to grab onto the edge. Asami walked up to him and looked down nonchalantly.

"So long, Straw Hat Luffy." She disappeared into smoke and entered Luffy's head through his ear. Luffy closed his eyes before pulling himself out and sitting on the ground. His skin was a slightly darker tone, and he had an evil aura surrounding him.

"And now I wait. Hehehe."

X

"This is...Arlong Park..." said Nami quietly.

Luffy emerged from the crumbled tower and shouted to Nami.

"Nami! You are and always will be a part of my crew!" But she didn't cry or respond to him. She hid her face from him under the Straw Hat. Luffy jumped down from the tower and walked up to her.

"Nami? Are you alright?" He grinned at her. She slowly reached up and put his hat back on his head, revealing a rather angry face from Nami.

"N-N-Nami?" He asked, scared. She punched him hard in his stomach, making him keel over. She then kicked his chin, knocking him onto his back.

"You stupid IDIOT!" she screamed. "Do you know what you just did? All of my maps, destroyed! And my captain, defeated!" She kicked him in the ribs over and over again.

"W-WHAT AM I DOING?!" Nami shrieked.

Luffy coughed up blood. "Hah...hah...I-I thought you hated him! Why were you collecting all the money, then?!" She kicked him again in his face. He was too battle-worn for his rubber to protect him.

"No, you dumbass! I didn't like the thought of him owning my village, so I collected the money to buy it back. But that doesn't mean I hated him! He was my captain!"

"Nami! He killed Bellemere, our mother!" Nojiko shouted out. Nami glanced at her, expressionless.

"And I learned to move on. It's time that you do, too." She stopped kicking Luffy, walked over to a stray sword, and picked it up. She walked back to Luffy.

"NO! NOOOOOOO!" Nami ran towards the scene, while Robin and Zoro tried to restrain her.

"Nami, it won't do any good! They're not physical, they're ethereal!" Zoro tried to persuade her.

"Who ever asked you to save me? I never wanted to be saved. This is payback for beating up my crew." Nami grinned wickedly, then lifted up the sword, and just as quickly cut open his chest. She found his heart, and was just about to stab through it.

"I WON'T LET THIS HAPPEN! I WON'T!" Nami released her conqueror's haki at a level equal to Luffy's. Lightning sparked everywhere, and the scene froze in time. She slowly opened her eyes.

"H-Huh? Everything stopped." The scene started going in reverse.

"Nami! You are and always will be a part of my crew!"

"Y-Yeah!" She sobbed and grinned at Luffy.

"What?! I made it go back to normal?!" How?!"

"Your conqueror's haki probably overpowered the level of the ability and made it bend to how you remembered it."

The scenes started reversing and they saw everything return to normal. Nami was happy she was going to have a child. Rose was saved by her father just in time. Robin survived Alabasta and Enies Lobby. Usopp was hurriedly moved to safety and out of Trebol's reach. Zoro was not killed by Hawkeye. Sanji was saved from Kizaru, not killed by Doflamingo, and Chopper was protected by Zoro, who ultimately defeated Kaku. Franky got away from the marines, and Brook's shadow was returned to him. But most importantly, Luffy defeated Akainu, became re-motivated by Jinbe, and didn't question his decisions. A big door opened back up to the white room.

"We're done!" shouted Franky.

"But what about Sabo and Ace? There's didn't reverse..." inquired Usopp.

"Sorry to break it to you Usopp..." began Robin, "But those were memories, not altered realities."

"What are you saying?"

"That that's the way they really happened. We can't change them." Nami looked down solemnly, but then remembered that Luffy was waiting for them.

"Let's go see Luffy!" said Nami, trying to cheer everyone up. They all walked through the door to see him sitting down on the ground quietly.

"Luffy, we're done! We can go home!" she shouted.

"Not quite yet. We have one more thing to do."

"Hm? What is it?" He slowly walked up to Nami, still keeping his head down, and laid his head on her shoulder. He whispered in her ear in a tone that sent shivers down her spine.

"You still have to deal with me."

"W-What do you mean?" she whispered back. He backed away a few feet, then lifted his head just enough to reveal a psychotic grin and red eyes. Nami quickly backed away in shock.

"Who are you?!"

"You figured it out already? My, you know your husband well. Guess who?!"

"Asami..." Nami growled. She took out her clima-tact and released a portion of her haki.

"Hm! Not bad, Pirate Queen. Your conqueror's haki is decently strong, but not quite as strong as Luffy's. Fourth Gear: Phase 1." Haki covered her arm and she bit into it, buffing Luffy's body up and covering his limbs in armament haki. Some of his own conqueror's was released, but Nami withstood it.

"Is that it?" she asked. More of her white aura danced around her, and even made Asami step back a few feet.

"Okay. No more playing around. Fourth Gear: Phase 2." The bulk disappeared, and Luffy's body turned red as black steam poured off him. More haki was released, and by now, some of the weaker Straw Hats were struggling to stay conscious. Nami closed her eyes as a fierce wind whipped around the room. But she still stood.

"Why you...why aren't you affected?! Gum Gum Extreme Speed Jet Pistol!" She fired an extremely fast punch at Nami's head, but thanks to her observation haki, she dodged it by simply shifting her body to the side.

"I don't get it! How?!"

"You forget that I know Luffy's techniques better than anyone else. You don't know how to use that body properly. You're doing poorly for a marine admiral." she said, slightly smirking.

"Hrghh! FIFTH GEAR!" Golden aura replaced the black steam.

"Chopper!" called Nami. "The pills!" Chopper tossed her a small case. She opened it up, revealing 3 pills. One was red, and had a 2 engraved on it. Another was black and had a 4 engraved on it. The last was gold and had a 5 engraved on it.

"What are those?" Asami asked, lowering the level of her haki.

"Oh yeah. You're probably not aware of this, but during New Marineford, when Luffy and I defeated Akainu together, I achieved a state similar to his fifth gear. Afterwards, Luffy, Chopper, and I worked on having me achieve 2nd, 4th, and 5th gear on my own to be able to protect myself better, if need be. Since I don't possess Luffy's devil fruit, I can't pump more blood into my body. So instead, we worked on creating a supplement that can replicate the effects so I have a way to activate these transformations." She picked up the golden pill and closed the case, putting it in her pocket. She showed the pill to Asami.

"Look familiar?" she smiled.

"No way... Don't tell me...?!" Nami swallowed the pill, and her body gave off a red glow.

"Fifth...Gear!" she shouted. Golden aura began to fly around Nami's body. Her haki was beyond Asami's at this point. Nami teleported to her, activated her armament haki, and punched the possessed Luffy in the stomach, making him cough up blood.

'Sorry Luffy.' she thought to herself.

"You bitch!" Asami and Nami were exchanging blows. Nami once again punched her in the face, creating a fair amount of distance between them.

"Okay, I'll admit that you're pretty good. You're much stronger now as the Pirate Queen than you were as just the Navigator of the Straw Hats. But you forget that haki isn't my only power. Gum Gum Whip!" One of her legs stretched to form a whip that went at Nami. She blocked it with one of her armament arms.

"Gum Gum Whip Pistol!" One of her hands formed a whip and went for Nami's other side. It was blocked once again by Nami's other armament arm.

"Smoke Cloud!" Asami's remaining leg turned into purple smoke, allowing her to levitate. The smoke went into Nami's face, blinding her and making her cough.

'Now!' "Gum Gum Pistol!" Her final hand hardened and shot towards Nami's face. Before she knew what was happening, she was hit and got knocked back onto the ground.

"Nami-Swan!" Sanji ran to her side to make sure she was okay.

"Now for the rest-Huh?! Ggh! What the hell?!" Her hands were on her head, looking like she was trying not to lose her sanity.

"Get out! You hit Nami! Get out of my body, Asami! GET OUT! ASAMI!" Purple smoke was released from Luffy's ears, and Asami's real body materialized, gasping. For the first time, the Straw Hats could see her appearance clearly. She was actually quite attractive. She wore a long orange dress with a few necklaces hung around her neck. A white Admiral cloak was draped over her shoulders. The cuffs of the sleeves were orange. She had thick, long, brown hair, and a pair of sunglasses over her head. Luffy walked up to her, looking furious.

"You hurt Nami! I'll obliterate you!" Luffy sounded harsher than usual. He charged up his armament haki and punched Asami in her face, knocking her to the ground. Luffy jumped onto her and punched her in the face again. Asami kicked him off of her and released all of her conqueror's haki.

"Transformation: Blazing Eagle of Freedom!" Asami transformed into a large, orange eagle made of flames. She looked down at all of them, a look of rage in her eyes.

"Fifth Gear!" Golden aura surrounded Luffy, and he flew up to Asami at blinding speed.

"Full Speed Jet Pistol!" Luffy knocked her back. Asami dove towards him, and the flames on her eagle form became more fierce, making her change appearance slightly.

"PHOENIX'S WRATH!"

"GUM GUM GOLDEN HAWK!" A huge explosion enveloped the room, and when it cleared, Luffy was left standing. He walked over to the now standing Nami, and kissed her.

"Now it's over." he smiled. The white void room disappeared, and they found themselves back in the room at New Marineford. Ryota looked up and found all the Straw Hats intact, Luffy and Nami slightly injured.

"Hmph. Congratulations are in order. You passed, so we won't pursue you again. You are a true Pirate King, Luffy."

"I don't even care anymore." he said, making the Fleet Admiral raise his eyebrows. "This was more of a survival game than a simple test, wasn't it? That's why Asami purposely left out the details to possess me and fight us."

"Well, you didn't think we'd make it easy for you, did you? I thought you've been fighting the unexpected all of your life."

"Hmph. Thanks for the offer, I guess. Here." He took Asami off of his shoulder and put her on the ground. He sighed. "Right now, we could use a break." The room disappeared, and they found themselves back on the deck of the Sunny, as if nothing ever happened in the first place.

A Few Days Later

Luffy was writing in a journal in his and Nami's room. He put down his pen, and closed the book, as it was finished. He glanced at the wanted posters pinned up in their room: Monkey D Dragon for 1,500,000,000 berries. Sabo for 600,000,000 berries. Portgas D Ace for 500,000,000 berries. Monkey D Luffy for 1,200,000,000 berries. Monkey D Nami for 700,000,000 berries. Monkey D Rose for 190,000,000 berries. He smiled, then walked over to the bookshelf, carrying his finished work with him. Nami walked in at that moment.

"Oh, Luffy. What are you doing?"

"Recounting our adventures." He put the book next to four others with the same binding.

"Oh, that project of yours? Is it finished?"

"Not until the day I retire!" He said happily.

"Which is never." They both laughed. "Let's read through them. We have nothing better to do."

"Well, alright." They sat on the bed, and Luffy laid out 5 volumes in front of him: Part 1: East Blue. Part 2: Grand Line. Part 3: New World. Part 4: A New Era. Part 5: The Dark World. Nami picked up Part 4: A New Era and began flipping through it. She stopped at Chapter 6.

"Here. Read this to me." He glanced at it and smiled.

"Alright. Chapter 6: Confession."

The End.

Sorry if it got a little confusing in the middle. What happened if it was difficult to follow was that Asami possessed Luffy's body, so she was controlling it. I referred to them as both him/her, and even though Nami was physically fighting Luffy, she was actually fighting Asami. I hope you liked it. :)