I do not own One Piece
A strange new feeling
Something's Wrong
They were all doing their own thing as the ship sailed leisurely to their next destination. The island they were headed to was almost exactly a week away, and they had just set sail. Everyone was happy that they could get a little time off, even the captain was glad he could get some time to relax and think about things. Everyone had noticed him sitting on Sunny's head more and more often and he stayed there for a little longer each time it seemed. This had been going on for about two weeks now, but no one felt they should disrupt him, well, almost.
"Oi, Luffy….what the hell do you do up there every day??" asked a sleepy Zoro as his curiosity that had built up over the past weeks got the better of him. Everyone turned to him a little surprised at his sudden outburst. "Nani??" he questioned, noticing everyone's looks.
"…….."
"Oi, Luffy…" he said again seeing as his captain didn't respond.
"Zoro!! What are you doing?" asked Ussop.
"Um…asking why he sits up there for so long…" he replied with a lazy tone.
"……..you shouldn't have bothered him…"
"Why not?"
"Because he was thinking to himself, you shouldn't have interrupted…."
"What ever..." Zoro replied in a bored voice.
"Ghaa…" exclaimed Ussop.
"Oi, you two, give it a rest…" butted in Nami. The two guys just huffed and looked towards Luffy again, but noticed that he was now standing right over them.
"Oh, Luffy….w...what are you doing?" Ussop asked in a nervous tone.
"Someone called my name didn't they?" he replied with a large grin on his face, everyone turned their heads to Zoro with a frown.
"Um….yea...I called you …" Zoro said.
"Okay then….what did you want?" grin still present on his face.
"Ugh….nothing." he turned away and closed his eyes.
"Ummm….well… okay then." He said as his face turned confused at Zoro, then he turned to Sanji, "Oi Sanji, make food, I'm hungry…."
The crew looked at Luffy, having expected that, but he seemed off, and it was affecting everyone. Sanji obliged and made his way to the kitchen, followed by the rest of the crew.
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After Sanji had finished cooking and brought the food to the table, Luffy immediately began to stuff his face with everything he could get his rubbery hands on. Everyone attempted to stop him from taking their food but he was just too fast. He stretched his arm across the table to grab a piece of meat form Nami's plate and she looked up at him, not being able to take her eyes off him. She noticed that he had stopped taking food and swallowed everything in his mouth. He had his hands on the table and was just blankly staring at her; she began to feel a blush stain her cheeks.
"Luffy…why are you staring at me?" she asked with a little nervousness in her voice. Everyone looked at her in confusion then looked to Luffy. He was just staring at her, expressionless face and all.
"Oi, Luffy you bastard, how dare you stare at Nami-swan like that." Yelled Sanji as he got up and stomped over to his captain.
"Luffy?" questioned Chopper.
"Oi, Luffy, you okay?" asked Zoro, not really caring.
"LUFFY, IM GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!" Sanji came over to him, just about to kick his face in. Nami was just staring back at Luffy wide eyed and lips slightly parted, then the unexpected happened, Luffy let out a quiet snore and everyone stopped what they were doing. Luffy then began to snore a bit louder, everyone just fell to the floor.
"He was sleeping?" asked Ussop in astonishment.
"How the hell did he fall asleep like that?" asked Franky as he continued to look at their sleeping captain.
Nami was just staring back at him as she got up to sit back down. 'How did he fall asleep, and why was he staring at me in the first place?' she thought. Then she blushed again, 'Well, it is Luffy, I never know what he's gonna do next.' Robin had noticed Nami blush and grinned at her, then she simply went back to eating her meal. Everyone had recovered from that unexpected turn of events.
"Oi, Luffy, wake up." yelled Sanji as he wacked him on the head.
"Oi, what was that for." Luffy cried out as he began to rub his head.
"You fell asleep with your eyes open, sitting up, and staring at Nami-san." Sanji proceeded to explain in an angry tone of voice.
"Oh…." He turned his gaze to Nami as he stood up, "that's strange…" he looked away and left the room quietly. Everyone looked at the door as it swung shut, then they turned to each other.
"What the hell was that all about?" asked a confused Zoro.
"Who knows." said Franky as he continued to eat.
"Oh, well…" explained Ussop, he then started to chuckle, "More food for us."
'Why did he look at me like that before he left??' Nami asked herself in complete confusion.
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'That was close, good thing I thought of that…' Luffy thought as he walked to the back of the ship. He got to the rail and leaned against it looking at the splashing water below him. He had been thinking a lot lately, just staring out at the ocean, thinking. He leaned his back against the rail and slid down to the floor. 'Why can't I just forget about….' His thoughts trailed off as he began to fall into a sleepy daze.
Nami had finished eating a little later than everyone else because she was also thinking about what happened and how it confused her so much. She was also thinking about how Luffy had been acting lately. 'He isn't himself, well for the most part he is his usual silly, care free, happy self, but he seems to be keeping a lot to himself lately, holding something in…'
She walked out of the dining room and walked to the back of the ship, as she walked up the stairs she sighed. She wanted a little time to herself to think some things through. When she got to the back she noticed a certain someone sitting at the rail with his head down. She smiled and watched him for a while. 'He always looks so peaceful when he's asleep, like there wasn't a care in his life.' She sighed again, turning to walk to the woman's quarters to get her stuff so that she could sunbathe.
After she had gotten her swimsuit on she walked out to the deck and sat on her sun chair next to Robin to relax in the sun of the day. Even though she didn't tan very much at all, she just liked to sit in the warmth and brightness of the sun, to make her feel better. She had closed her eyes and fallen asleep after a few minutes.
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She had finally woken up, wiping drool from her chin; she looked around to see if anyone noticed. Robin chuckled, but didn't say anything; Nami only furrowed her brows and lay back in her chair. It had only been about an hour or two based on the suns position on the horizon, she reached over to the small table beside her chair and grabbed her sunglasses, putting them on. Then she noticed that Luffy was walking by, she looked at him and noticed his expression, it almost seemed sad, pained, or distraught you could say. She had never seen him this way, she just watched as he walked by. Turning to her, he grinned quickly before turning away, grin still in place. She was now staring at him, Robin looked over to her as she noticed she was blushing. Robin couldn't tell where she was looking because of the sun glasses, but she knew what she was up to and giggled.
Robin asked, "Enjoying the sights navigator-san?" Nami just blushed and turned her head away.
"W…what are you talking about?" she questioned in a nervous tone.
"Nothing." Robin giggled again and closed her eyes lying back down. Nami only frowned as she turned to see Luffy on Sunny's head. She watched him for a while, he seemed so depressed about something. She was watching him for about fifteen minutes until he finally got back up with that same distraught face and she felt herself sadden. 'Why does he look so…depressed? I've never seen him like that before.' He turned to her and grinned again, this time she didn't blush but she felt her stomach twirl, Luffy looked away quickly and his face became distraught again. She just watched as he stumbled his way into the men's quarters. 'Why does he keep grinning at me??'
"Something seems to be upsetting captain-kun." Robin said as she smiled, Nami turned to her quickly and blushed.
"Un….I wonder what he has going on in his head…"
"As do I navigator-san."
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"Dinner." yelled Sanji from the kitchen.
Everyone on deck started for the dining room to eat, everyone except for Luffy who was still in the men's quarters. Once everyone was seated, Sanji had served the food and everyone began to eat. However, everyone stopped when they realized that something wasn't right.
"Oi, where's Luffy?" almost everyone yelled out simultaneously.
"Not sure." said Zoro, not very interested, however he was surprised that Luffy hadn't come.
"Maybe he's sleeping." suggested Ussop.
"Maybe…." replied Chopper.
"But it's unlike him to miss out on food." stated Franky. Everyone agreed and sighed, knowing it probably had something to do with his strange mood.
"Someone should go check on him." suggested Nami. After she said that everyone turned to her with grins on their faces, except for Robin who still had a grin, but wasn't looking at Nami.
"Nani….I can't believe this…." she said as she stood up in a huff and stomped out the door. 'Why do I have to go get him anyways, I was the farthest from the door… why couldn't Ussop or Chopper??'
She arrived at the door of the men's quarters and stopped just before it. 'Why am I feeling so nervous?' she asked herself. After a few seconds she took in a deep breath and knocked on the door a few times, softly calling his name. When she heard no response she assumed he was sleeping and slowly opened the door. She looked in and noticed him lying on his bed with his arms behind his head, only thing was, he had his eyes wide open looking at the ceiling. She walked over to him a little frustrated that he had ignored her.
"Oi, Luffy!!" she said in an angry tone. She was surprised when again he didn't respond, she was standing almost directly over him looking at his wide eyes, they seemed to swallow her and she couldn't turn. It was like she was being sucked in because she found herself on her knees beside him, getting closer still. But she eventually snapped out of it, not sure what just happened. She got frustrated again when she remembered that he was ignoring her.
"OI, LUFFY." She said, this time almost in a yell. He jumped up in his bed, just missing her head, then he turned to Nami who was shocked at his reaction.
"Oh, hi Nami." He said with a grin and closed his eyes as he lay back down, his grin beginning to disappear.
"Luffy?" she questioned.
"Hmmm?"
"Why didn't you come to dinner?"
He jumped up again and stared at her. "What…are you saying I missed dinner??" he asked franticly.
"Well, no, I just came to get you..." she sighed, "so you really didn't hear Sanji call us in, and you didn't hear me knock or call your name?"
"Ugh…nope, can't say that I did." He said as he was walking out the door, a bit confused.
'That's weird...he must have been really deep in thought not to have heard anything or even notice me standing right above him…'
He poked his head back into the room. "You coming, Nami?"
She looked over at him, forgetting what she was thinking about, "U...un…" She got up and followed him to the dining room, still a bit confused.
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Luffy walked into the dining room and went over to his seat, sitting down quietly. He then began to slowly eat, obviously stealing food; however, he didn't seem as excited as he usually was. The crew noticed his lack of enthusiasm and looked around to each other.
"Nami…what's up with him?" whispered Ussop
"Um…I have no idea…" she stated.
"Ugh..." Ussop exclaimed in annoyance of Luffy's weird mood.
"Oi, Luffy?" questioned Zoro.
"Hmmm?
"Why didn't you come to eat when Sanji called?"
"Oh…I didn't even realize he called." He stated with a blank expression and went back to eating.
"Huh…that's weird, he yelled it." butted in Chopper.
"Are you alright Captain-kun?" asked Robin with a grin.
"Aa, I was just thinking, that's all."
"Oh? About what." She continued.
"Um…nothing important, well at least not to any of you….nothing anyone would want to hear." He said as he lowered his head so no one could see his eyes.
"Oh, come on Luffy, I want to know." said Chopper.
"Don't worry about it." He said as he stood up.
"Luffy?" questioned Ussop.
"It's nothing that anyone should be concerned with; it's just something I would rather keep to myself..." He stated sternly as he walked to the door, opened it, and silently walked out.
Everyone was staring at the door again; when they were sure he was gone they started to talk.
"What the hell was that?" questioned Zoro.
"He's been acting stranger than normal lately." said Franky.
"I'm sure he's fine, that thought must be very important to him." added Robin who was now giggling.
"I hope he's fine…and what's with that giggle?" asked Nami as she looked at Robin in confusion.
"Oh nothing." Robin replied as she smiled and turned back to her food so as to she could finish dinner.
"Whatever…I'm going to take a bath." Nami walked out the door and gently closed it behind her, she stood behind it for a moment. 'What's wrong with Luffy, he's not himself, at first we thought him taking more time on Sunny's head was strange, but now this…' she thought as she walked to the bathhouse.
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Walking up the stairs to get to the observation room she saw someone at the railing looking out at sea. She walked up to him and was standing only a couple feet away when she began to see his eyes. They were teary, but he didn't have a sad expression at all, it was blank. 'Why are his eyes all teary, I've never seen him like this, something is definitely wrong.' She looked at his scar under his eye then she looked at the rest of his face and blushed.
Sighing, she took a deep breath to settle her mind, "Luffy?" she whispered in a concerned tone.
She didn't get a response, "Oi, Luffy." she whispered again, and tapped his shoulder.
Luffy jumped, a bit startled when he saw who it was, "Oh, Nami." grin appearing on his face. "What are you doi……Ahhh!! My eyes burn!!" he exclaimed as he began to furiously rub his eyes.
With a sweat drop falling from the side of her head, she sighed, "Luffy…how long have you been here, staring out?" she asked.
Still rubbing his eyes he explained, "Um…right when I left the dining room I was going to take a shower but found myself staring out at sea, then before I knew it you were here." He answered her. 'Huh…that was almost fifteen minutes ago.' She thought. 'So he wasn't crying, he was just staring so long that his eyes dried up and began to tear without him knowing, he must have been very deep in thought…" she started to giggle, thus gaining the curiosity of her captain.
"Luffy….what do you keep thinking about that makes you zone out like that, it's starting to worry the crew…and me…" she looked away after saying that last part.
He looked back out to the ocean, "Don't worry about it Nami…I really can't tell you, it's not that it's bad or anything, I would really rather just keep the thought to myself…" he said plainly.
Nami frowned at his response, she didn't like his mood, it made her feel sad, "Okay, but if you want to talk, you can come to Me." she said as she turned and walked to the observatory room.
'…he never keeps things from anyone, this must really be bothering him …' she thought as she closed the observatory door and headed for the bathhouse.
Not knowing that Nami was taking a bath, Luffy entered the bathhouse, ready for his shower. Nami had heard someone open and close the door. She began to get a bit nervous, assuming it was him.
"Wh...who is it?" she asked
"Oh, gomen Nami, I didn't know you were here." replied Luffy.
She gulped, "Oh, Luffy…that's okay." She replied very nervously, but she heard the door open and close again which made her feel relieved, but at the same time, kind of empty. She didn't know why she was nervous about him seeing her naked, he had before, and she knew she had a great body, but she felt embarrassed around Luffy lately when she was in a swimsuit or otherwise exposing more skin than normal.
As Luffy had closed the door he put he's back to it and blushed. He decided that he would wait for her to finish up, he really needed a shower, even though he wasn't fond of them and he wasn't dirty, but he was in the mood, it calmed him down sometimes.
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Nami thought about everything that had happened that day, she wasn't sure what to make of it. She was worried for Luffy and didn't know if she could do anything to help. Sighing, she got up and grabbed her towel and began to dry herself. She then realized that she hadn't brought a change of clothes, and her dirty clothes had been sent down the laundry chute. 'Oh crap…' she thought, then she began to wrap the towel around herself when she realized that it was a very small towel. 'Oh that's right, we don't have any big towels since they got all bloody ….' She sighed and walked over to the door.
She knew that all the guys had seen her before, but for some reason she couldn't show herself to him, she didn't know why but she just couldn't bring herself to do it. Slowly opening the door, she peaked out to make sure no one was there, however, she saw Luffy sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall.
"Lu…Luffy." she said with a blush.
"Hmmm?" he replied without looking at her.
"Um...could you go get me some clothes from my room, I put my dirty ones down the chute and forgot to get any before I came, and all of the towels are too small." she asked in a nervous tone.
"Yea sure..." he said without looking but he blushed, she noticed it and felt a strange tingling sensation go up her spine.
Luffy had entered the woman's quarters and noticed Robin inside, sitting on her bed reading one of her many books. She looked up at him and smiled as she set down her book.
"Is there anything I can do for you captain-kun?"
"Oh…ah, yes, where does Nami keep her cloths?" He asked, noticing how foolish it had sounded. Robin looked at him in confusion, but with a smile none the less.
"Oh...no,no,no…" he said quickly. He then proceeded to explained Nami's situation to her which only made her giggle.
"Ah...there right over there in the second dresser." she told him with a grin on her face.
"Arigato Robin."
Luffy made his way over to Nami's dresser and opened one of the drawers. He looked in to see some shirts, so he picked one out and closed it, then he got some comfy looking pants. As he opened the next drawer he blushed at what he saw. It was her bras and panties; he quickly took one of each and closed the drawer, turning around to hurry back to the bathhouse. Robin had looked over and giggled to herself again, returning to her book as he closed the door.
He took a deep breath and made his way back up the stairs to the door of the observatory room. He continued over to the door of the bathhouse and knocked softly.
"Nami?"
She opened it slightly and peaked out; Luffy stuck the clothes through the opening in the doorway and looked away. "Arigato Luffy." She said as she blushed at the same time Luffy had.
"No problem Nami." he turned and walked over to her desk, sitting on it to wait for her to exit. After about a minute she opened the door and walked into the observatory room looking at Luffy in surprise.
"Luffy, why are you here." she asked.
"I was just waiting for you to finish up, I need a shower..."
She furrowed her brows in thorough confusion, "You don't look dirty at all, you usually never take showers..." she said as her confusion only grew.
"Yea…I know." He said in a displeased tone as he walked past her and closed the door to the bathhouse.
'What was that…he sounded like he was sad, and he never takes showers just to take them...he sounded like he didn't want to at all.' She thought as she pondered for a while and sat down to start the map of the previous island they had docked at. By this time, everyone except for herself and Luffy had gone to bed.
Nami had been sitting there, sketching her map for quite some time now. She was quietly singing to herself as the door opened and she stopped to look.
"Oh, Luffy, it's just you…you scared me for a second."
"Sorry Nami… and by the way, you have a nice singing voice." He told her with a big grin on his face.
She looked up to his eyes, blush ever present on her cheeks, "Um…you were in there for a while...is everything alright?" she asked nervously.
"No...not really." he replied, noticeably sad.
Nami's eyes widened, 'Luffy's actually admitting that something's wrong!!'
"What is it?" she asked as she turned her whole body to him, her captain seemed so out of it.
"What?" Luffy asked in confusion.
Nami was also confused, it's as if he isn't paying attention to anything, "You just said that there was something wrong..."
Luffy's eyes widened, "Oh…ahhh...I was just joking around…ha-ha...ha." he was almost trembling from nervousness. He then quickly proceeded to make his way to the door and out onto the deck.
"Lu…" she couldn't finish before he was gone. 'What was that….something is seriously wrong...it's making me worry.'
Luffy made his way over to the grassy area of the deck and laid himself down, closing his eyes.
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"Finally…" Nami said in relief. She had finished her map, so now she was off to bed to get some rest.
As she walked to the woman's quarters, she noticed someone on the deck, and she was sure she knew who it was. She smiled and kept walking to her room, entered it quietly as to not wake Robin, and grabbed a blanked. She then made her way over to Luffy quietly and placed the blanked over him. She just looked at him for a few minutes, he was so peaceful, just like always, it seemed to hurt, knowing that he wasn't going to be that way when he wakes up, then she noticed his brows start to furrow. 'He must be having a bad dream...' she thought to herself.
She leaned over him to get a good look at his face, "Luffy….what's going on." She whispered before she slowly got up and began to make her way to her room as she sighed and felt herself become sad again. What was happening to her captain?
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