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Chapter 6~

1 MONTH ON PAULINA –Somewhere on the Grand Line-

By now Nami and Nojiko had figured out that this crew was quite relaxed. They didn't seem to get into many fights with other passing pirate crews and even proposed a party, which they only figured out from the excited chatter of the cooks. Which also made them find out that cooks like to gossip.

They found out that the captain was called Mike and he ate the Tsūru Tsūru fruit (tool tool fruit) and had a wife and two children at home. (Which they really didn't have to know)

They had passed about 7 islands and were heading to a winter island right now –figured out by Nami- and the cooks were blabbering on about snow and how fun it was to make snowmen, just like little kids.

The siblings had never had time for such things. Winter was the hardest time for them. They had to finds food, shelter and warm clothes which they mostly didn't get.

Though sitting in the storeroom had its perks. They were never out of food and the cooks talked so loud they always had bountiful information on what was going on around them. The only downside was that they had to walk far to get to the toilet and that it was nearly always cold and damp.

Nami was on watch that night when the unexpected happened.

"Fire! Fire! Everyone wake up! Fire!" a sailor shouted.

Nami stiffened. Nojiko who had slept up until now sat bolt upright. Then all hell broke loose. Shouts, screams of pain, wails of mourning, more shouts, splashing and thundering footsteps.

"We have to go out!" Nojiko screamed not caring if we got found out.

"You think I haven't thought of that!" Nami panicked.

Tripping and falling on top of each other they ran to the storeroom door. When they opened the door they were met with a wall of fire. It crackled, the heat was unbearable and smoke filled the area.

"Hold your hand in front of your mouth and crawl along the floor," Nojiko instructed.

Compiling Nami only coughed and grunted. As they crawled long the floor they found an opening in the fire and did a quick dash past the flickering flames. Once they reached the hallway the smoke and fire was thick and they had to feel their way to the top deck.

Coughing and spluttering they made it to the top deck. The wood was already burning like wild fire and they did the best thing they could think of. Jump into the water.

It felt like they had jumped onto ice. The water enveloped them and they pushed their way up to the surface again. When they had regained their vision they were shocked to see that the Paulina was only floating pieces of wood. But the most horrific scene was the burnt bodies that littered the water. It seemed that the whole crew had gone down in that fire.

"O-oi Nokjiko?" Nami whispered.

"… Yeah?"

Nami was hushed and pale, "We should try and get out of the water."

Nojiko looked at Nami worriedly. She was pale and shaking. Her eyes looked distraught and she looked absolutely numb and doll like, moving sluggishly but she didn't cry. She never had. After they had left their hometown she had never seen her cry and she barely complained. She kept all her feelings bottled up. Trying not to burden her.

They had swum to a rather undamaged and large piece of wreckage. Just enough for them to sit on. Once they hoisted themselves up and using to planks of wood as paddles they started to row in a random direction, shivering from the cold.

MOBY DICK- Somewhere in the New World-

"ACE!" A very cross voice yelled, "Where the fuck did you put my make-up!"

Izo stormed out from below deck, "I know you took it!"

Ace turned around smirking, "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Don't give me that crap!"

"Fine, fine it's…" Ace fell over.

Apparently his narcolepsy kicking in. Pissing Izo even more off, "Don't you fucking fall asleep on me you asshole! Tell me were my god damn make-up is!"

A few seconds passed before Izo stomped his foot and sighed turning to the rest of the watching crew, "Does anyone know were Ace put my make-up?"

The crew shook their heads.

"Ahh! I am so going to fucking kill Ace!" Izo cursed before stomping off in look for his cosmetics.

Slowly Ace 'woke' back up, "Is he gone?"

"Yeah, but really you don't have to steal Izo's make-up once a week." Marco came from behind some crewmembers.

"Ahhh… But Izo's face is always priceless. He doesn't even have to wear his powdery stuff anymore that make his cheeks red."

"… True but really Ace this is getting o-."

Ace's narcolepsy kicked in for real

"Don't fall asleep when someone is talking to you!"

Just a bit of fun at the end there. Sorry for the late update. I don't really have an excuse except that I was lazy. I didn't want to bore you by making Nami and Nojiko stay on the same ship the whole way through.