I know the title sucks. My mind went totally blank on this part. I'll probably think of a really cool title after I post this though, that's the way life works. =P

Guess the first thing I should say it that I didn't write this story. A friend of mine wrote this with my help, and I also did the editing. As you will see with this fic, she has a real sadistic side to her, kinda like me (probably why I helped with this story anyway) The reason it's on my name is that in her own words- She doesn't want to create an account for one measly little story.- (end quote) She doesn't have the time to write all that much, or the will to put anything on the internet, so since I helped out she allowed me to post it under my name. Probably just to see what people would say about it.

Really I'm rather curious myself to see what you reviewers think about her work. So without further ado, let's begin.

Disclaimer: I own nothing…nothing…

The Attack
Ch 1

Nami sat up and stretched, she had finally completed a map she had been trying to finish for days. It had only been three hours since the crew had left the ship and Nami was thoroughly enjoying herself without everyone there to bother and disturb her work. There was still the whole day left to peacefully do what she wanted aboard Sunny.

"Only three hours to finish up what would have taken me another couple of days with those idiots around." Nami smiled happily at her map as she hung it up to dry. "I think I deserve a nice break after that. Maybe some mikan juice, I think Sanji still has some in the fridge."

Before she could reach the door, however, there was a thudding noise from outside. 'Hmm, weird thudding noises don't sound suspicious at all. It's too early for anyone to be back yet. Even Sanji, if I know him, won't be done at the market for another hour at least. Then he'll spend another two trying to pick up girls.' Though there was always the chance something had gone wrong in the crew's wanderings. A fight with the Marines, a run in with the locals, or any number of other things that could have happened. Nami wouldn't be surprised with anything this crew could dig up.

Quickly making sure she had easy access to her Perfect Clima Tact, Nami eased the observation room door open as silently as she could. At first glance there wasn't anything out of the ordinary to be seen on the back part of the ship and Nami stepped further out of the relative safety of the doorway. She regretted it almost instantly as two large men dropped from the roof to surround her. The two of them grabbed her arms before she could reach for her weapon and held her tightly in a vice like grip. The navigator was sure there were going to be bruises there later from their fingers. Then one guy who had noticed where her hands were headed before she was stopped quickly found the three metal rods that formed her Perfect Clima Tact.

"What the hell? Who are you guys?" Nami struggled and fought as best she could but it did nothing against the brute strength of her two captors. And, as long as her Clima Tact was in the hands of these guys she doubted she'd be getting it back very easily.

With a motion of his head the guy who had relieved Nami of her weapon led the way back toward the lawn deck. "You sure are a real livewire, huh?" He smirked nastily as her elbow nearly grazed his abdomen. "And, you really don't need to be worrying about who we are at the moment, missy. Your real concern should be what our captain is gonna do with you."

Nami twisted and writhed in the hands of the two big goons that forced her across the back part of the ship heading to the front. Nothing she did seemed to work in getting away from them. Even when she planted her feet and tried to stop herself from being pushed forward all they did was drag her ahead anyway, none to gently, I might add. Nami growled in frustration and glared up at the two men and then looked again, they were twins. Now where had she recently seen a pair of twins that looked as ugly as these guys? There was something familiar about them she just couldn't place. Shaking off the oddity in this Nami found that despite her fighting it they had easily managed to drag her all the way to the lawn deck. There waiting for her were two more men, both older than her, and both pirates. The one with fading reddish-brown hair stepped forward first, he looked pretty bruised up, and had bandages wrapped around one arm too. He definitely had the air of one in charge.

The captain, a man named Tison, stepped forward as the two twins came back from their search of the ship. 'Looks like they've found something after all. Well, well, if it doesn't happen to be the little cat thief. It's almost shameful that she has to be part of the straw hat boy's crew.' "Is this it then, boys? No more crew members on the ship?" He turned his attention to the brothers who both nodded in response. Tison didn't know this crew's captain personally, of course, but he really expected a man with as high a bounty as Strawhat Luffy's was rumored to be would be smarter than to leave one lone crewmate as guard and a woman no less.

"Who the hell are you and what do you want here?" Nami ground out through gritted teeth. The grip of the two brothers was really starting to hurt but there was no way she'd let them know that. Her eyes locked onto the first man, she pegged him to be the captain, almost before he spoke. He seemed sorta familiar to Nami also but she couldn't think of where she had seen him either.

"Fiery little thing aren't ya? Just as I figured." Tison asked with an amused smile on his lips as he turned his attention back to the captured woman. He stepped closer and was rewarded with a vicious kick toward his mid-section, it missed by more than a little, but it made the man laugh at the young woman's tenacity. "Well then, if ya want to know so badly, might as well tell ya. The name's Tison, captain of the Whiplash pirates. I believe my crew and yours had a little run-in yesterday."

Nami could feel her eyes widen as she remembered the skirmish with the pirate group before they had docked here yesterday. The two twins and the other blonde guy suddenly all clicked into her memory. The alarm bells in her head started going off and loudly. Knowing Luffy he had probably pummeled this guy's crew into a bloody pulp, with or without help from her and the others. Not to mention she had stolen from them. No captain was going to stand by and let something like that go by without dealing with it. With that sudden revelation any chance that this could be resolved by talking it out just about shrunk to zero.

"I can see ya still remember the incident." Tison smirked and Nami grimaced as she could only imagine what he wanted her for. "Then you'll understand why I'm searching for your captain, if ya tell me where he is, I can make this nice and quick." Tison's small grin melted from his face to be replaced by a hard frown that, despite it being quite warm out, made Nami shiver.

'Luffy, what did you do to this guy?' Nami suddenly felt incredibly alone at this moment. Everyone was gone, no one knew she was in trouble, and none of her nakama were due back anytime soon. She would have to rely on herself now. "Well… I…it's just that…" Nami stuttered as she searched for a reason for this man to let her go. "I mean… isn't this a bit much? I'm sure it's not as bad as you think. Sure I'd be mad too if my crew was beaten up and all but-"

"Little miss, I want the location of your captain." Tison no longer had any humor in his voice and his eyes had hardened into steel.

The navigator felt the bottom drop out of her chest, there really was no talking her way out of this. "I can't… I won't tell you where he is." Nami lowered her head ready for whatever she thought the consequences would be for a negative answer.

"Well, if the captain refuses to face me again, his crew will suffer for him. You'll have to pass this message on to him for me." Tison said in a resigned way. Noticing a tree with a swing attached to one of the branches next to the staircase leading to the upper deck. He motioned his men to follow him. "We're going to need the ropes, Kuza." He told his first mate. The wispy haired blonde man nodded and with a swift flick of his sword the swing fell from the branch and the ropes were cut loose from the wooden seat.

Nami didn't have much choice but to follow the Whiplash captain as the two brothers dragged her after them. 'What does he mean, message? What's he planning to do?' Nami's silent questions were answered by the tall blonde man that had cut the ropes free from the swing. As soon as the twins pulled her close enough to the tree he started to tie one end of the rope around her left wrist. The navigator tried yanking her hand free but it was useless. As soon as he was done with that arm her two captors shoved her hard against the side of the tree.

"Make sure she's on there nice and close. Wouldn't want these ropes to be too loose, now would we?" Kuza sneered and the twins chuckled but Tison didn't join in, he was standing a little apart from his crew mates, just waiting for them to set it up.

There was a hard tug on Nami's left arm as the blonde first mate pulled her even closer into the side of the tree. The bark scraped across her cheek where her face was turned to the side in order to try and see what was going on around her. There was a deep fear clawing at Nami's heart by this time. Her head was screaming at her, trying to come up with an escape plan without giving her captain up to these pirates. She couldn't lie to them. This man, Tison, didn't seem the type to fall for something so simple.

All the while the grip of the two brothers didn't loosen on her shoulders even a little. "Ahh…dammit. What the hell?" Nami cursed in pain as with another hard jerk she felt her right arm being wrenched as far around the tree trunk as the blonde man, Kuza, could make it go. Then the rope was being tied around her right wrist as well. 'This is bad! This is really, really, bad! Luffy, where are you?'

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The Previous Day

It was a warm and bright morning as the pirate ship, Thousand Sunny, cut through the calm waves of the Grand Line. The Strawhat crew on board said ship were all doing their own thing after breakfast. Zoro was in the middle of his after breakfast nap, he was snoozing near the back of the ship this time so he wouldn't get trampled on by Luffy, Chopper, or Ussop. Those three were dancing around on the lawn deck to Brook's fiddle. The boney musician was laughing right along with the captain, doctor, and sniper. Sanji had gone back in the kitchen to make his two favorite ladies a refreshing mid-morning snack. Franky had also moved inside, his latest little trinket was constantly in danger of being squashed outside. Nami was tending her tangerine trees and looked up every now and then to enjoy the music and smile at the other's laughter that floated across the ship. Robin was likewise tending to her flower garden and enjoying the lively music provided by Brook.

Suddenly the peaceful morning atmosphere was shattered by a barrage of cannon fire. Sunny rocked as a cannonball barely missed the side of the ship. Nami was thrown off her feet but managed to catch herself on one of her trees. There was a crash from the kitchen as whatever Sanji was making slid to the floor. The previous laughter from the lawn deck turned into surprised shouts. They were under attack and had been taken by surprise.

"You idiots, why weren't you watching for this?" Nami yelled after hitting Ussop, Chopper, Brook, and Luffy over the head. At the same time forgetting to bring up the fact that she hadn't been keeping a look out either.

Ussop didn't forget though. "Why are you hitting us for? You weren't keeping watch along with us."

Another round of cannon fire broke up the argument as everyone scrambled to prepare for battle. "Never mind that now, just get to the cannons and sink that ship." Nami ordered and the sharpshooter hurried to do as told. Luffy had already run off to help Franky, Zoro and Sanji protect Sunny from the attacking cannonballs. Meanwhile the others, with nothing to do, stood back and watched as the enemy ship sailed closer. The stranger's ship was bigger than Sunny but just as agile in the water, plus they had the advantage of the wind on their side. So despite Ussop's excellent marksmanship the other pirate ship was able to avoid most of his shots.

All too soon the enemy ship was close enough where cannons would only do more harm than good. Thankfully this freed up the monster trio and Franky to help defend against the pirates set to invade Sunny. "It looks like these guys want to know how they'll fare in a close range fight." Sanji remarked as he stepped back beside Ussop waiting for the other pirates to board.

Zoro grinned around the handle of his prized sword. "Your job is done now cook. You can relax and let me take care of this."

"What? Like I'm going to leave this to you? You worthless do nothing swordsman." Sanji growled out indignantly and glared at the green haired man next to him.

The first mate's grin widened. "What do you say we see who is really the more worthless, heh, love cook?"

Sanji smirked matching Zoro's own. "A contest with you Marimo, sounds good." And without further plans or waiting the two pirates jumped the distance between Sunny and the other ship. It wasn't too far a reach, only a couple of yards, and the contest was on.

The sounds of surprised yells and the noise of battle started almost immediately. Luffy grinned and was about to join in the fun when the fun came to him. Whether it was to get away from Sanji and Zoro or if this was planned already, a large group of pirates swarmed over the side of their ship and onto Sunny's deck, though the situation wasn't any better for them. On the grassy lawn the invading pirates were met by the backup force of the Strawhat crew. This being Ussop, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, and Nami. Joining in with Zoro and Sanji on the other ship Luffy was laughing loudly while taking out most of the main enemy force.

Nami grinned as she jumped the railing of the other ship. "It sure is lucky these guys happened to drop in, our money was running low again." With that the pirate thief disappeared in search of treasure or any other valuable artifacts. The majority of the fighting had been drawn to the deck so Nami had free reign of most of the ship. After only a few minutes of searching the orange haired navigator found what she was looking for- the treasure hold- unfortunately for her these pirates seemed to be flat broke. There were still a few bags of treasure left, though they were kinda small, Nami never passed up a chance for a few extra belli. Grabbing the bags she headed back to Sunny, the only resistance she met with was an older man with light mahogany hair, he looked surprised she was making off with the last bit of their money. He tried to stop her, the key word here is tried. Nami pulled out her Clima Tact and gave the guy a good electric shock before stepping over his body and continuing on her way.

The fight was over quickly, even with the Strawhat's being fairly outnumbered. The pirates of the Whiplash crew, as their captain named them, only had a few strong fighters. The first mate was a fair swordsman and gave Zoro quite a good fight, as evidenced by the green haired man's satisfied smirk. And, two dark haired twins gave Franky a bit of trouble before Chopper arrived to help the shipwright out. The opposing captain was a goner as soon as he got Luffy angry, though what he actually said to get the easy going straw hat wearing boy upset was lost to the noisiness of the fight.

Zoro and Sanji were the only ones within earshot and they weren't talking.

Afterwards Sanji was silently fuming and pouting at the outcome of the contest- Zoro had won by two. Nami had ordered Ussop to clean up the deck of any useful weapons the Whiplash pirates had left behind and Chopper was busy patching up the small wounds his crewmates had accumulated in the skirmish. Luffy had gone to sit on Sunny's head as soon as the excitement of the fight died down and things resumed a sense of normalcy.

Luffy couldn't shake the feeling that had come over him when that guy started to speak about Nami the way he did. It made him really mad. There were plenty of other times when he had been angry and acted because of that anger but what that guy said made his blood boil.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Luffy shouted bowling over five guys at once and sending them rolling to the ground. He laughed and looked around for someone else to take out but it seemed Zoro and Sanji had it all taken care of. He could even see some of the fight going on over the rails of Sunny, it looked like Brook was holding his own easily, and he could see Nami and Ussop close together. Suddenly there was a long low whistle to his left. Luffy turned to see an older man with fading mahogany colored hair and a cunning smile. He was somewhat charred and Luffy smirked when he recognized the outcome of messing with Nami.

The man looked over to where he could see Nami and Ussop, also Robin on the other side of his ship, then back to Luffy. "Damn, those are some fine looking ladies. You fellas sure are lucky bastards." His smile turned even more sly.

Luffy just grinned back pretending not to get the insinuation. "Yep. We're lucky to have them as nakama." A hard edge came into his dark eyes as if warning the older man he was already on dangerous ground. The other pirate didn't take his eyes off Nami for a few seconds longer than Luffy liked but he didn't turn away to check on his navigator.

"I should introduce myself here." The man smiled and motioned to himself. "The name's Tison, I'm captain of the Whiplash pirates, and I have a deal for you Strawhat." Luffy looked up in mild curiosity but immediately didn't like the look in the captain's gray eyes. "What say you boys loan 'em to us for the night, and we'll call off this little scuffle. I guarantee your little girls will know a few new tricks when they come back."

The older captain didn't seem to catch the heated glare Luffy sent his way or the dangerous aura he was now sending out. "Or, if ya want to split, I'll be glad to take that little orange haired firecracker off your hands." Luffy heard the lightning crackle and the resulting cry of a number of enemy pirates that had gotten too close to the navigator and her Clima Tact. "If she's any good maybe I could even buy her off ya, whatcha say?"

Contrary to popular belief, Monkey D. Luffy is not dumb. He is largely innocent and naïve and he'll act like an idiot most times but the young pirate captain knew an insult when he heard one. And, he could tell when his crew was being disrespected. He also knew from past experience that Nami would not take kindly to some guy talking about her like that. A flash of memory from when he, Zoro, and Nami were on Jaya played through his mind and what that pirate from Bellamy's crew said to her. Even though she never came out and told him, Luffy knew that comment had bothered Nami a great deal. With the straw hat shadowing his eyes, the rubber boy gave off a whole different air, and he stepped forward to give his answer.

Luffy frowned, he was so lost in his thoughts that he almost missed the call to lunch. "Huh?" The rubber captain turned at hearing his name being called again and looked down to see Nami standing behind him with a concerned look on her face.

"Aren't you coming to lunch, Luffy?" The navigator asked him and Luffy's eyes widened.

"Lunch? You guys are eating without me?" Luffy yelled and jumped off Sunny's head to land right next to Nami. He stumbled a bit which caught Nami's attention right off.

The navigator grabbed onto the collar of Luffy's top with one hand while the other ran over a thin but long rip in the back of his red vest. "Luffy, what happened to your shirt?" When Nami's hand touched the back of his vest, it pulled away wet. She looked down at her hand to see that it was pink with faded blood. Because of the red material of his shirt the blood had blended right in. Then before Luffy could try to get out of her grip she pulled the bottom of his shirt up to see his back. There was a long deep cut going diagonal across Luffy's skin. "Or the more correct question would be what happened to you? Why didn't you let Chopper treat this?"

Luffy craned his neck around to get a look at the wound on his back, it was only manageable because of his rubber ability, but it was still creepy to Nami seeing her captain with his head on backwards. "Oh, this, that pirate captain gave it to me when we were fighting. It doesn't really hurt that much." He winced as Nami again grazed her hand over the wound. "Or it didn't until you started touching it." His head snapped around to face forward again and this time he turned his body to face Nami, consequently keeping his back away from her hands. "Come on Nami lets go eat, it'll be okay by itself." Luffy started edging away from the navigator but didn't get far as Nami grabbed the collar of his vest again.

"No way Luffy. You're going to get this treated right now. What if it got infected or something." She then began to pull Luffy by his collar so he couldn't just stretch himself and led him towards the infirmary room.

The captain looked questioningly at the orange haired girl. "Where are we going Nami? I thought you wanted Chopper to treat this?"

Nami looked over her shoulder and glared half-heartedly at the younger boy. "I would but then he'd miss lunch. Chopper doesn't need to miss a meal because you were being a moron." Nami threw open the infirmary door and let Luffy go. She motioned him to sit down on the medical bed while she started to search the cabinets for antiseptic and bandages. "Honestly, can't you go one week without getting recklessly hurt over some stupid reason?"

Luffy looked on the verge of saying something but ended up shaking his head and grinning stupidly at her. "You're right Nami. I'm sorry." He rubbed his head in nervousness. "It was just something stupid."

Nami looked over at the captain and her harsh expression softened. She huffed and came over to sit in front of him on Chopper's doctor chair. Nami could feel Luffy's gaze on her and so she focused on his injuries and what her hands were doing so that their eyes wouldn't meet. His look was so unnerving when he stared at her like that.

The younger pirate's dark eyes watched as his navigator moved around the infirmary, he couldn't help it, his eyes were automatically drawn to her. Luffy's gaze followed her as she walked over and sat in front of him. Neither one said anything as Nami started to work and a comfortable silence settled over the pair. 'Her hands are really soft. That's why I love it when we touch.' Luffy couldn't help but think as the girl's hands moved over the skin on his back after he took his top off. The antiseptic stung a bit as Nami applied it but Luffy didn't even wince.

"Well, at least you won." Nami didn't look up from her work as she finally broke the silence.

The blank look Luffy had earlier changed into a soft smile as he looked down at his navigator. She refused to meet his gaze for some reason but he could see she wasn't mad at him anymore. There was a familiar warm feeling fluttering around in his chest as he watched Nami concentrate on cleaning up the other smaller scratches and cuts from the fight. "Yeah, course I did." It wasn't boastful or confident, it was simple and quiet, as if Nami should have known better.

The quiet, very un-Luffy like tone was what made Nami finally look up from tending to the cuts on Luffy's body. To the navigator's surprise she found herself a lot closer to her captain than she remembered being. Her eyes met Luffy's own onyx gaze and her hands slowed to a stop along his skin. His warm breath swept over her face and Nami felt her heart nearly jump out of her chest at his nearness, their noses were almost touching, and she suddenly found it very hard to breathe. 'How does he always do this?' Slowly Luffy leaned down to press his lips over hers in a soft kiss.

"You worry too much Nami. It'll take more than this to get rid of me." Luffy spoke quietly as he pulled away slowly. "But, thanks for being the best girlfriend." He grinned widely.

Suddenly the infirmary door squeaked open, the slight noise breaking the spell Nami and Luffy seemed to be under. Pulling away at the same time the pair of pirates looked over to see the young doctor poke his head in through the door. "Oh, Luffy, Nami there you are. You guys didn't come to lunch. Is everything alright?" Chopper said in a rush as he spied the bandages and Luffy's, now cared for, injuries.

Cursing silently at the reindeer's timing Nami quickly stood up but didn't dare look back at her captain. She was sure if she did her blush would give them away. "Sorry about doing your job for you Chopper but I took the liberty of patching Luffy up while you were eating." She said with an apologetic smile.

Chopper gave the bandages on Luffy a once over before smiling up at Nami. "That's okay Nami. It's a good thing someone did." Chopper grinned and started to put the supplies the navigator had used back in their places. He didn't seem to notice the flustered look on Nami's face. "Oh, right, Sanji said that he saved some food for you guys if your hungry."

Jumping up, the rubber captain dashed for the door yelling something neither Chopper nor Nami could make out about his food. 'Well, there's always tomorrow.' Nami shrugged and much more slowly followed Luffy to the galley knowing Sanji would protect her share of lunch from the ravenous captain.

As planned the Thousand Sunny finally sailed up to a new island as the sun was setting in the sky, just in time to settle in for the night. Neither Robin or Nami knew much about this island as the last one they came from was uninhabited. From the evening weather they could tell it was a summer island though, which was exciting for the younger boys. That meant they could go swimming and hang out on the beach. Ussop and Luffy raced each other to the side of the ship as it was docking to get a better look at the darkening town. Chopper was right behind them and he jumped up onto Ussop's shoulders to get a better look over the side.

"There's no point in getting excited now, ya know." Franky said coming down from the crow's nest. "It's too late to go exploring today. You bros are gonna have to wait." The three youngest members pouted and grumbled but turned away to finish helping with the docking of the ship. After that work was done Nami and Robin met with the dock master to negotiate docking fare, which Nami came away looking fairly pleased. The archeologist had night watch so after the sun had officially set the other Strawhats retreated to their beds for the night.

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