Sweet Dreams

Ch.1 Through Thick and Thin

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Luffy walked around aimlessly enjoying the warm sea breeze. He continued to walk haphazardly trying to remember what he had just done. When he couldn't figure it out he just shrugged his shoulders, walking down the dirt paths that lined the outside streets of the island. He put his hands behind his head, enjoying the grandeur that is being a man of the sea. He took a deep breath while looking over the calm ocean waves. Though he jerked slightly when he heard a deafening cry.

Curious, Luffy started to walk his way towards the source of the sound. Though as he got closer and closer the crying became more and more familiar. Panic quickly took over as he took off into a mad sprint towards the heartfelt cries.

He stopped in the middle of the street only to find his navigator facing away from him. She continued to cry while dropping to her knees. "Nami" he tried to whisper, but his voice was completely inaudible. Luffy took a step towards her, "Nami" he tried again but his voice was once again absent. Trying to comfort her Luffy put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Though as soon as he did, she swatted his hand away. 'Nami' he thought, completely taken aback. Drawing his arm away he observed her.

Although Luffy is often perceived as an idiot, his instinctual intelligence is unmatched. "Nami" he attempted to speak, this time coming out as a small whisper.

His navigator tensed at his voice immediately bolting to her feet, running away from him. "NAMI!" he wailed as he gave chase. As he ran after her, he felt himself getting slower and slower, unfortunately his navigator only got farther away from him. Coming to a standstill he did the only thing he could do. He stretched his arms out, wrapping them around her. As he stretched her back he heard words that tore him apart.

"Let go of me! I hate you!" Nami screamed as she thrashed around in his grip, leaning forward in an desperate attempt to escape. Luffy gasped as he felt his heart split in two, not wanting to hurt her anymore he released her.

Though as soon as she touched the ground, he placed his strawhat on her head. He tried looking at her face, but he never got the opportunity. Luffy then picked her up and turned her around, forcing her to face him.

Seeing the deep disgust and anger on her face, he realized this was his last chance.

Luffy attempted to put on a bright smile, trying to hide the deep sadness he felt. "You will always be my nakama!" he proclaimed, as he gave the biggest grin he had ever given before. Without realizing it he released his grip of her. Just as he gave her his smile, he felt his vision go black as the world around him ceased to exist.

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Luffy woke up slightly saddened by what had just happened. 'It was just a dream' he reasoned to himself. A wide smile came to his face knowing that his navigator was still with him. He got out of bed as he usually did and made his way towards the kitchen.

When he got there he was utterly stunned. "You guys ate without me!" he yelled completely shocked by his crew's actions.

"What are you talking about? This is the first time in a long time we have been able to have a full meal!" Usopp exclaimed while licking his fingers.

"Yeah! And we were even able to have whole pieces of meat for once! It was super!" Franky cheered while giving his signature pose.

"Thank you Franky" Sanji replied. The cook then turned towards Luffy while washing a plate, "your food is over there", pointing towards a single plate full of meat.

Luffy looked over at the portion and then looked back at Sanji, "that's it?"

"Yes you shitty bastard! Maybe next time you should wake up earlier," Sanji huffed while taking a puff from his cigarette.

"Oi ero-cook I want more" the swordsman complained, holding up his empty bowl to the now furious cook.

"What did you say shitty Marimo? And besides you already had four helpings!" Sanji yelled.

As the two argued the remaining crew members left the room, except for the starving captain who complained about his now empty plate.

"Ahh maybe you are right. Considering that your food is terrible I don't know if I could stomach your food anymore," Zoro nonchalantly responded. Getting out of his chair he started heading towards the kitchen door. An angry voice erupted, challenging him.

"Oi shitty Marimo! I will show you the best food you will ever have!" the cook vowed. Without turning around the swordsman smirked. Strolling back toward the table, Zoro lazily took a seat next his captain.

"The food is for you but we have to talk afterwards" the swordsman huffed while closing his good eye.

"What for?" Luffy questioned, though the thought of getting meat galvanized him.

"If you want the meat you have to" Zoro ordered. Just as Sanji came back with plates full of food, Zoro got up and started walking towards the door.

"Shitty swordsman! Where the hell do you think you are going?" the blond exploded glaring at the green haired man.

"I'm going to take a nap" he retorted, "though I know somebody who will eat your crappy food." Pointing towards the eager young man at the end of the table.

Sanji stood there motionless, dropping the cigarette in his mouth at the heavy blow dealt to his cooking. He looked over the drooling young captain sighing, "at least I know somebody who will eat my food."

When the captain was full and Sanji yelled at him to get out, Luffy made his way towards the deck of The Thousand Sunny. He found his first mate sleeping against the railing wondering why he wanted to talk.

"Zoro you wanted to talk?" the young man asked while scratching the back of his head.

The swordsman opened up his visible eye looking up at the young man, "take a seat" he began, sitting up slightly. Zoro took a liquor bottle next to him and opened it. "Luffy" he started examining the younger man, "why did you wake up late?"

Luffy tensed slightly trying to bat the question away, "I didn't wake up late you gu-"

"You never do" the swordsman broke in taking a swig of his liquor. "Look fess up now before everyone finds out," Zoro suggested while taking another swig. "Robin knows" he announced looking over at the young man, "either you tell me now or everyone else will know."

He handed the liquor bottle over to the captain, which Luffy hesitantly accepted. "Well I had a dream….well a nightmare" he admitted while taking a careful sip of the alcohol. "Blah!" he exclaimed while sticking out his tongue. "This stuff taste terrible!" the young man scowled, as he tried to get the taste out of his mouth.

"Easy now!" Zoro exclaimed noticing how Luffy was throwing the bottle about. "You have to drink more of it...that's how it will taste better," he smirked while opening up another bottle this time whiskey. "So tell me about this dream" Zoro asked before taking a chug of his drink.

Some time passed, yet not a single word passed through Luffy's lips. Curious, Zoro turned towards his captain, wondering what had taken the young man so long. As soon as he caught sight of him and the bottle he was holding his jaw dropped, "what the fuck" he mouthed.

Getting control of his senses he wrestled control for the alcohol. "Idiot! You are supposed to drink it slowly not chug down the whole thing!" Zoro argued while fending off the younger man.

"Come on Zoro give it back, I will tell you what happened" Luffy tried to bargain.

"Fine" he scuffed as the rubber boy snatched the drink away from his grip.

Though the rubber man delayed it even further.

After an hour of arguing and drinking, Luffy finally caved in and told him his dream. Luffy took another swig as he began to relay what had happened. He seemed fine at first, but he tensed up slightly when he was talking about how she wanted to run and how she hated him. Zoro kept quiet the whole time, closing his eye to concentrate. When Luffy had finished Zoro had a smirk across his face.

"Go talk to Nami about it," Zoro insisted slightly buzzed.

"You think I should?" the young man replied while unconsciously moving his head back and forth.

"We are nakama right? You should be able to tell anyone of us anything," Zoro reasoned as he grabbed another bottle adjacent to him.

"Thanks Zoro!" Luffy exclaimed as he shot to his feet. Though as he did, he felt his head hurt and his feet wobble. He took a step towards the stairs, but Zoro stopped him.

"Luffy one last thing," Zoro announced reaching out his arm while repeatedly squeezing his hands, "give me the damn drink."

Luffy slowly brought the drink towards Zoro's stretched arm all the while the bottle shaking. Though as soon as it was in Zoro's grasp Luffy retracted it. He then took off in a mad sprint towards the stairs. "I am a pirate! I can do what I want!" he cheered, as he stumbled slightly going up the stairs.

"Where is Nami?" he asked unknowingly aloud. Robin was lounging in her chair watching and hearing what had happened the whole time. She looked over at the young man knowing all too well what had happened. Covering the smile on her face she pointed towards the navigation room. Though just before he entered he felt a tug at the bottle. He looked down to see that Robin had sprouted hands. Luffy then looked back, noticing that the raven haired girl was standing near by. She was shaking her head back and forth, but the young man only pouted, ripping the drink out of Robin's cloned hands.

Turning his back on her, Luffy slowly opened the door to his navigator's room. "Nami" he whispered as he stepped into the room.

"Yes Luffy" Nami responded somewhat irritated at his sudden intrusion.

"Nami can we talk?" he questioned as he slightly swayed back and forth. She put her pen down looking over at Luffy, failing to notice the drink he hid behind his back. "I just want to talk to you. As your captain," he asserted trying to stop his movements.

She jolted slightly at his comment. 'Luffy rarely pulls the captain card...this must be serious,' she thought as she looked over at him. Finally she replied "sure Luffy. What do you want to talk about?"

He took a deep gulp, the temptation to take another swig of his bottle was great, but he held still. "Are you mad at me?" he questioned, looking down at the ground.

Still shocked by his behavior, she tried to reassure him, "of course not Luffy! Why are you asking that?" she said with a frown starting to get worried about him.

"Well I had a dream...and it was about you" he admitted looking to see her reaction. Her eyes widened as she got out of her chair walking towards the young man.

"Oh yeah? What did you dream about?" she asked curiously, waiting patiently for what he had to say.

"Well I had a dream about you" he started. He tried to continue, but he recalled the part that haunted him. "I...you…" he tried to put his thoughts into words, but he couldn't through clenched eyes. "In the dream...you hated me...you wanted to run away from me..." he confessed while tears started to run down his face.

Seeing the state he was in, she knew words were not going to help. She walked up to him, wrapping her arms around the young man. Nami squeezed hard trying to reassure him. Luffy tensed slightly as he immediately hugged her back. He sighed in relief, glad that she didn't discover the alcohol.

"I would never do that Luffy!" she again tried to cheer up the young man. Though when she got a silent response, she could tell that what had happened in the dream really hurt him. "I don't hate you Luffy. Sure you act like an idiot sometimes, but I trust you a lot. I trust you the most Luffy. When ever I am in trouble, I think of you…" she admitted.

His eyes widened, as her words finally resonated. "You mean that Nami?" he questioned as his tears stopped trickling down his face.

"Of course Luffy!" she responded slightly offended. She was tempted to hit him on the top of the head but she refrained herself. "Luffy you saved me so many times...and you gave me a chance to live my dream," she whispered as she released her grip of him to look him in the eyes. "You don't give me a reason to hate you" she concluded as a sweet smile crossed her face.

Seeing her smile and taking in her words, he felt a lot better. Taking a deep breath and realizing that the dream would never come true, he whispered "I didn't tell you the whole thing." She took a step back her eyes never leaving his.

"What do you mean?" she questioned as a frown crossed her face.

"Well when you were about to run away from me, I put my strawhat on your head. I didn't want you to leave, but I didn't want to hurt you" the young man admitted, trying to avoid her gaze.

A small blush crossed her face from the gravity of his words. Though she shook her head trying to play it off. "Luffy you were just trying to be protective…" she reasoned, as she sighed silently to herself. Though as she was speaking, Luffy could feel the alcohol from before trying to come back up.

"Really? Thanks Nami!" he hurriedly told her, as he started to walk backwards towards the door. Finding his behavior Luffy like, she just sighed and went back to her desk, picking up where she left off. Though she found it hard to write as she kept eyeing the door he had left only a minute ago.

When he got outside, he immediately ran towards the rallying puking out the alcohol he had consumed before. "Lunch is ready!" Sanji announced as he walked back into the kitchen. Confident that he could remain sober, Luffy made his way towards the stairs, though as soon as he took a step, he found himself tumbling onto the grass below. His vision was blurring as he discerned two figures rushing towards him.

"Luffy?" one voice asked concernedly.

"I am alright guys. Sanji meat…" he whispered as he stumbled onto his feet.

"Luffy is that alcohol? Luffy you never drink!" somebody with a long noise tried to tell him. By the time he registered that was Usopp, he was right in front of the kitchen door.

"No!" Luffy denied as he waved his hands in the front of his face.

"Luffy there is alcohol in your hand!" Usopp pointed out. As the two argued he felt a tug at the bottle.

"Stop Luffy! I saw you vomit! You have to stop before you can get hurt!" the small doctor reasoned. Though reasoning for Luffy was thrown off the ship, for a long time now.

As the two struggled for control against their captain, Chopper begged the question "how much did you drink?"

Luffy merely growled as he attempted to rip the bottle away, "maybe four or five of these."

"Luffy that is dangerous! You can get alcohol poisoning and die!" the little reindeer cried out. Seeing how his friend was not going to comply he turned into heavy point grabbing onto the bottle again.

"I only drank as much as Zoro. Zoro is weaker than me, that means that I can drink more," he drunkenly reasoned. Just then the person he had been talking to only a moment before stood a few feet away, fist clenched completely furious.

"What the hell is going on!" she angrily questioned the trio, a dark aura forming around her. Hearing Nami's voice Usopp and Chopper hid behind their captain. "Luffy what the hell is that in your hand?" a demon like voice asking him.

Luffy seemingly tried to play it off, "what bottle are you talking about?" Once again hiding it behind his back. A fist immediately met his noggin, though he seemed unaltered by her attack.

"Luffy are you drunk?" she asked, her voice lost all of it's venom.

"I...am not drunk...N-" he attempted to say, but he couldn't finish his sentence, when he saw his navigator run away from his blurred vision. "Nami!" he drunkenly cried out. He watched as she ran back into her room, slamming the door shut. Without even realizing it, he started walking towards her room.

"Luffy leave her alone!" Chopper yelled as he grabbed a hold of him. With great strength Luffy easily shock off the giant reindeer, he then aimed his arms towards the railings, barely finding them. When he got a hold of them, he zoomed over. When he landed, he stumbled forward immediately trying to open the door.

"Nami" he called out for her. He couldn't hear anything except for soulful tears, the same tears he heard in the dream. "Open the door Nami," he babbled as he shook the door handle more.

"Just go away" she whispered as more tears hit the floor.

"Nami…" he breathed. What she was saying now, was unimaginably more painful than in the dream.

"That wasn't a dream! You just said that so you could hurt me!" she wailed even louder, the tears were becoming too much for the young man.

"Nami…" he started, but quickly found himself being restrained by the rest of the crew. "I am sorry" he cried out, as he was taken away to the other side of the ship.

When everything had settled down, Luffy opted to stay on the figurehead of The Thousand Sunny. 'Never again...I hurt Nami really bad' he concluded, as he continued to puke out what he had drunk. As night approached he felt himself enter a deep sleep.

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AN: The story is based off a series of lucid dreams I had earlier in the year. The author notes for this story will be kept to a minimum. I plan to update this story every other day if you guys want. Thank you for reading and have a nice day!