-1-1Summary- Nami is having problems understanding her feelings for a certain captain but then Luffy is taken captive by an unknown woman with special powers of her own. The crew must hurry on a time limit while Luffy endures torture and desperately tries to withhold the secret that his captor wants. LuNa [Rated T for violence, blood, & torture + language -implied "humor" rating may change

Background- Basically this story reflects on a certain event on life that we all go through when we must figure out if the one we're after is worth it. Of coarse you're not the only one in their life and you must chase after them before they fall into the other person's arms forever. This, if not, is an extreme version. Don't own One Piece and never will

CH1 [EDITED]

Whether he was extremely brave or just plain stupid, he had never denied the opportunity to save or help someone before. From the beginning he would always show up unexpectantly in the lives of people in need, selflessly put his life on the line to help them find the happiness that they had been searching for so long. He never ask for anything in return except for the simple gift of friendship. It was strange that someone could be so giving and affectionate in this cruel world of greed and hate, but there was no better way to describe him than an oddity impervious to the twisted sin of humanity… a beacon of hope in the dark ocean abyss.

Yet, there were times when the light would suddenly dim to a point just barely on the edge of darkness. Time after time, Luffy would always push himself to the limit and end up just on the brink of death fighting for what he believed in. When he lost consciousness in the end it was his friends who had to fight to save his life. In those moments it was almost as if his life was in their hands but in truth, it was his will to go on that kept him alive…

-X-

Nami stared blankly into the room in front of her through the open doorway. The crew members were rushing through the infirmary quickly swiping various medical supplies from the shelves as they tended to their unconscious captain. His blood was quickly seeping through the sheets as deep crimson engulfed the white cloth and steadily dripped down to the floor below. It was times like these that she was thankful for his rubber powers that protected him from blunt attacks and heavy bruising but against the blade he was not so lucky. All across Luffy's body there were numerous slashes in a wide array of sizes decorating his skin in a repulsive series of crosses and indentions, some dangerously deeper than others. She could hardly believe how critical of a condition he was in now. She slowly got the nerve to come closer to the boy's body stopping next to Chopper who was busily trying to work on various injuries at once. " Why is he shivering so badly?" she asked.

"Must be the massive amount of blood loss" explained the reindeer stitching up the gash on the side of the captain's head.

Looking at his face Nami observed the locks of raven black hair covering his eyes streaked with dried blood. Streams of bright red fell down his forehead gathering at on the eyelids before running down his cheeks. Nami suddenly shivered at the sight but before she could question anything Chopper ordered her to wipe the blood away.

Zoro barged in holding the plain white shirt cueing Robin to look up from working on the boy's injuries on his left arm and use her devil fruit powers to sit his body up to slide on the shirt. Unsurprisingly the shirt was too big for the 17 year old as it came down mid thigh and slightly hung off one shoulder yet fit somewhat comfortably around the torso and arms. Sanji and Robin rolled up the sleeves to his elbow and proceeded with their work on his arms.

"Damn, guys! Luffy's got this gigantic gash on his thigh!" yelled Usopp from the other end of the patient table. Chopper made his way to the other side of the table after he had finished dressing the head wounds to see the seriousness of the injury.

Surveying the wound for a bit the reindeer let out a sigh before stepping away from the body. "We're gonna have to take his shorts off for this" said Chopper. Nami's breath hitched abruptly catching Zoro's attention who simply raised a brow at her.

Usopp and Chopper slipped off the garment revealing his black boxers beneath while Chopper pushed his legs apart to get access to the injury on the inside of his thigh. Nami's eyes shifted away from the treatment blushing slightly from the sight. From the side Robin softly giggled while Nami quickly turned her head away trying to hide her red face.

" I think reindeer-san can handle this last part. We should all leave the captain to sleep in peace." Robin announced.

Everyone nodded as they left the room to retreat to their own beds after the long day they all had. Nami decided to stay up for a bit longer and walked up to the deck to stare off into the sky. It was already dark as the had set sail hours ago to escape from their new found enemies. The stars shined brightly in contrast to the dark blue background of the sky. In the silent solitude of the night she tried to relax her mind from the rush of battle and the recent close call.

'I can't believe we were so close to not making it out of there alive' she thought, 'He looked so helpless and vulnerable back there...I shouldn't have...'

"…Wait! what am I saying this is Luffy! He'll be fine, that knuckle head! Getting all beat up like that but he'll bounce back he always does.. I have nothing to worry about…"she said out loud to no one. Despite her words she couldn't help but have a slight feeling of doubt overcome her thoughts. Her distressed mind betrayed her exhaustion leaving her to pace the ship to wait for the doctor the finish as she passed the infirmary door every so often trying to catch any noise coming from within. To her delight, Chopper came out from the door trotting to Nami lightly as she turned to greet him.

"So how is he?"

"I dunno for sure. He was cleaned up but he has a high fever and keeps shivering. He is going to have to sleep it off and tomorrow we will see how he is doing"

"Can I see him for a bit?" she asked hopefully.

Chopper looked up curiously but shook his head in disapproval " No, not tonight he needs to rest and be alone."

Nami sighed in disappointment as she watched the reindeer run off to bed.

"Please, let him be Ok" she whispered to the stars.

Ha so short. I'm sorry if I disappoint some people but to make up for it, the next chapter will be a little sweeter iff I need 2.