After Nami went up the stairs leaving Popuri and I alone yesterday, I next waited and waited in front of Nami's door for her to come out of her room, but she never came out.

Nami literally ignored me.

I tried telling myself that maybe she felt sick and didn't feel like coming out of her room anymore, but that felt like lying to myself. My gut was telling me that something was wrong. When I went back down the stairs after giving up, the bubbly pinkette informed me that Nami does that to her all the time, and to not worry about it. Well, Nami usually never shuts me out... like this.

This ain't a normal experience for me when it comes to Nami.

Was it really because of what I said? Because... I said Nami and I weren't friends?

I didn't even mean that in a bad way, ooh if only Nami would let me explain myself. I hate misunderstandings, but oh... I hate that I accidentally blurt things out more without really thinking about it. I shouldn't have said that. I was so preoccupied with wanting Popuri to know that Nami and I felt like more than friends, than really considering Nami's feelings at the time. I just said that so fast without really thinking about it, I need to...

I need to say sorry to her.

And that's what I'm currently trying to do right now. There, I saw Nami - looking downwards at Turtle Pond.

I took a step toward her while putting a hand onto my heart. "Nami-"

Nami looked my way unsmiling carrying a solemn expression on her face and I paused, feeling a bit dumbstruck while intimidated looking back at her. Without a word, she turned away from me and began to walk away.

I felt my heart sink into my stomach and shock was written all over my face as the wind rushed through me.

Is she... really giving me the silent treatment?

She's really going to ignore me like this?

...

A few days went by, and every attempt I had at trying to talk with Nami, she'd always immediately walk away from me without saying a word. With every failed attempt at trying to talk with her, I felt my heart being crushed more and more. I couldn't focus on my farm work, I couldn't focus much on anything... I've had to constantly hold back tears everyday if I was out in public. I don't deserve this.

I'm putting an end to this misunderstanding now.

Tonight.

As the full-moon now radiantly illuminated the night sky, I saw Nami standing on the beach, her looking at the ocean with an expression full of indifference.

"NAMI!" I shouted, my voice full of determination as I ran up to her. "Please don't run away!"

The red-head tried to walk away from me but I swiftly grabbed onto her arm; however, I did it in a gentle way to not hurt her.

"What do you want?" Nami coldly questioned me, glaring at me. She then swiped away at my hand. "Let go of me." But my grip on her remained.

With tears in my eyes, I angrily answered with my voice shaking, "Are you really this angry at me? You really can't talk to me like an adult? Are you really going to to be this emotionally immature and not tell me what's upsetting you? Don't you care about about our relationship-"

"What relationship? You don't even consider me as a friend," Nami hissed as she slapped my hand away and she slowly turned around.

I gasped, realizing that Nami was secretly more so hurt than angry. I felt my heart breaking at realizing what I had done. She probably feels like me saying that we weren't friends was like a slap in the face, like a betrayal to her... I...

Putting a hand onto my heart, tears streamed down my face, and I passionately yelled, "Of course you're my friend! I'm so sorry I blurted that out to Popuri back there without thinking, I didn't mean anything bad by it! I... I just... It feels weird to call you my friend, because... Sometimes it feels like you're more than a-"

"Hello ladies."

Gasping, Nami and I both turned around to see... Phantom Skye.

He was smirking at us as he had one hand in his pocket and the other was holding onto a red rose.

His emerald eyes locked with mine. "Hello Beautiful." He gently tossed the rose at me and I caught it.

Nami immediately smacked the rose out of my hand. "Watch out, it could be a trap!" Nami warned fiercely.

As the rose hit the sand, a tiny mechanical arm suddenly lurched out from the center of it, and injected itself into my skirt pocket; taking my tiny pink clothed-bag that contained ALL the gold I had on me in a flash!

"M-My money!" I shouted stunned, my brain still processing at what had just happened.

Skye agilely crouched down the grab the rose that was now holding onto my tiny bag of gold and he smoothly jumped backwards away from us.

Nami attempted to ruthlessly tackle him with all her might; however, he dodged her just in time.

He chuckled. "Sorry ladies... I'm a bit pressed for time. CHICK-BEAM... FIRE!"

I closed my eyes, trying to shield myself from any flash of white light; however, it never came.

Puzzled, I opened back up my eyes and realized that I could still move my arms. Nami realized she could still move her body too.

Skye was shocked. "Why didn't it work...?" he said under his breath.

Wasting no time, Nami fiercely shouted, "Get him!"

Nami immediately sprinted after him as I followed behind her. Skye was dashing ahead of us at such an alarming speed, I have no idea how we're possibly going to catch up to him. How does he still look so graceful even when he runs so fast like that?! I panted like crazy, but kept running. He sprinted out of the path that lead out of the valley, and Nami and I followed after him. Worry could be seen on my face as we were now running in a forest and I had no idea where we were, and I felt even more scared since it was dark out.

"Don't worry, I know my way around here!" Nami yelled assuring me as she slightly looked back towards my direction as we ran. It's as if she could read my mind or feel my energy that I was scared, or something!

Skye ran into some bushes and he abruptly was out of sight.

"Oh, no you don't! That bastard!" Nami hissed as she then charged even faster into those bushes; however, the ground began to crumble from beneath Nami and she started to fall off a cliff.

"NAMI!" I screamed running after her and without even thinking about it, I jumped after her, the two of us both were screaming as we fell.

As we were falling, I noticed there was a rather thick tree-branch sticking outwards on the cliff. I grabbed it and extended my arm for Nami to reach out as I desperately shouted out her name. "NAMI! GRAB MY HAND!" I cried.

Luckily, Nami saw in time, and she grabbed onto my hand; there being some sort of magical-electricity as we touched. We both stopped falling, as we were both now dangling as I struggled to hold onto this thick tree branch with my right hand. My whole body was shaking as I was using all my strength to hold us up.

"I... I can't hold on..." I whispered shakily and I slowly looked down to see that there was a rushing river below us. My heartbeat accelerated like mad in fear and without warning the tree branch broke off.

Nami and I both screamed, still holding hands, as our bodies then crashed into the river.

Author Note: Cliff hanger DUN DUN DUN. Haha. Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter! I can't wait to write the next one! Hahaha. Please tell me what you guys think, thank you so much for reading and for those that review.