Nami ventured off into the jungle by herself, she prayed that her crew would return. She couldn't stand another minute of being stuck with Zoro. The past three months had been nothing but pure hell for her, and probably everyone else on the ship with her and Zoro's constant bickering. Even Luffy had gotten irritated the point of lashing out on them right before the battle with Sqwak.
Nami plopped down into a dry area of dirt under a giant tree with large leaves using them as her cover from the chilly island air. She recalled the constant aggravations Zoro had been causing her, like the last time at the market when she specifically told him not to lose Luffy, and what did he do? Lose Luffy! It took the efforts of Sanji, Ussopp, and her nearly 3 hours to find Luffy. A light drizzle began to fall and she suddenly felt lonelier than ever. She wished she was in the warm comfort of her bed on the ship. She sighed. She stood up from the dirt and swallowed her pride, she would return to the waterfall. The cave and fire would be worth it.
Nami shivered in her skimpy outfit consisting of only a bikini top and shorts, Next battle she would dress more appropriately in case something like this happened.
Zoro was sitting right where she left him, in the shelter of the cave around the fire. Nami looked around for her two uneaten fish to surprisingly find them still intact right where she left them.
"Thanks." She muttered as she grabbed the fish carefully taking a bit.
"Mm." Zoro half way ignore the witch as she entered the cave. After all, it was her fault they were in this mess. If she hadn't been thrown off the ship he wouldn't have come after her. The stormy sea would have never carried him to the island and he would be Nami free, but.
Zoro grunted.
"We'll wait it out until morning. Luffy will be back by then. He would never leave us behind." Nami mused to herself more than to the green headed man.
"Yeah." Zoro grunted. He stripped of his blooded and soaked shirt and tossed it over the fire. He did a once over of Nami. A light chuckle escaped him. "You should take of the shorts. They're soaked with blood and water." He began to dig around in his pack for a cover for Nami, He half way changes his mind.
Nami's face lit in anger. "Pervert!"
"Not like any man would want to see an evil witch like you naked."
"Fine!" Nami declared turning over on her side readying herself for sleep.
Zoro groaned and turned the opposite way of the greedy red headed witch and closed his eyes. Easily slipping into his normal heavy sleep. Nami struggled with her thoughts of the crew, hoping their okay. No way they could have lost to such an amateur like Sqwak. She replayed the image of her defeat, wondering how Zoro was mixed in and how they were stranded on the island. Black Hand had thrown Nami into the stormy sea that was the last she remembered.
The next day
The sun rose on the island beckoning the sounds of crashing waves and birds. Nami woke with a smile forgetting where she was, the uncomfortable dirt jogged her memories and she sighed.
"Luffy…" She whispered to herself. Zoro, snoring himself to death in the corner of the cave, slept on. Nami saw this as her chance to explore the island a little. She stood up, stretching to relieve the stiffness in her body. She shuffled to the beach, by the time she reached her destination the sun was up and a warm glow overtook the island. She let the heat warm her body. Her mind blinking back to the shirtless Zoro lying in the cave. She shook the thought from her head scolding herself for even letting that creep into her mind. She thought back to Robin's words a few weeks prior
"Maybe you and swordsman-san fight because of sexual tension." It took Nami all of her power not to die.
"That's ridiculous Robin!" Nami cried. "That doesn't happen."
"Oh but it does." Robin mused doing a once over of Nami.
"Even to you…?"
"Hmmm."
Nami scowling, began searching the horizon for any sign of rescue.
"Huh?" Zoro scratched his head from beside Nami.
"Are you lost again idiot?" She stared at the confused and still shirtless Zoro.
"I thought the waterfall was this way."
"IT WAS BUILT INTO THE CAVE! HOOOOWWWWW?" Nami beat her head into her hand and sighed in frustration. How could someone have such a poor since of direction!
