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Nami’s Dark Little Secret

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece

Warning: This fic is rated M, for Mature.

Chapter 17: In the Closed Hand of Darkness...

30 seconds until Shank’s scheduled execution...

Suddenly out of the corner of her eye she noticed something. Someone else had arrived
on the scene...

The first thought that ran through Nami’s mind was ‘it’s him!’ for surely it had to be
none other than CaptainWrath, leader of the Seven Deadly Pirate Kings, coming to
execute Shanks.

But then -

“Ace?!” Luffy’s voice cried out from within the confines of his Sea Stone cage.

Nami’s eyes focused on Ace as he waltzed into the room. Luffy was right, it was his
older brother, Portagus D. Ace. That same hat upon his head, his bare chest and back that
bore the mark of...wait a minute...the mark on Ace’s back had changed. It was no longer
the mark of White Beard, one of the most feared pirate’s in all of the grand line, but
instead was the image of a white mask that had dark hollow eyes and mouth as well as
strange mark under its left eye.

‘Ace?’ Nami wondered bewildered. ‘What could this mean? Is Ace...Wrath?!’

“Hello, bro,” Ace said as he casually sauntered up to stand right outside of Luffy’s
prison. “Long time no see.”

“Ace what are you doing here?” Luffy questioned, there was a tinge of worry in his
voice.

“Well...” Ace said looking over to where Shank’s was strung up. He then looked down at
his watch. “It’s almost time, you see, for Shank’s execution.”

“What are you...saying? You’re not...” Luffy trailed off looking back at Ace with wide
eyes.

Ace looked at him seriously for a moment before bursting out laughing. He laughed so
hard and so long tears trickled out of his eyes. He calmed himself and wiped the tears
away with his calloused thumbs. “Oh, that’s rich, Luffy. But no, I can assure you I am
not Captain Wrath.”

“But then why are you here?” Luffy pressed on.

“Well, it seems the star of this little play is late for the grand finale. A fact which must be
amended.” Ace said with a smirk as he summoned his devil’s fruit power of the Fire Fire
Fruit and set his right hand on fire. Nami gasped in surprise as Ace brought his hand
down upon the Sea Stone cage shattering it to bits within seconds. Ace then held out his
hand to help Luffy up from the rubble.

Luffy looked back at the offered hand in surprise before accepting it and allowing his
brother to help him up.

“Younger brothers...always making us older brother’s worry.” Ace said shaking his head.

“Gee, thanks Ace, I don’t know how I would have gotten out of there.” Luffy said
scratching the back of his neck bashfully.

Vivi was equally thankful as she wrung her own bloodied hands that had been hurt from
her futile efforts of trying to free Luffy. She offered Ace a warm smile before she bowed,
“I must thank you for-”

Vivi’s words caught in her throat as Ace unexpectedly knocked Luffy out using a swift
karate chop to the back of his head.

Nami gasped in shock.

Luffy briefly felt the pain in the back of his neck before his vision started to fade and
then all he saw was darkness...

Darkness...

Luffy groaned as he began to come to. His head felt like it was going to split open. He
raised a hand to his forehead, and slowly began to open his eyes. He quickly took in the
surrounding around him, “Where?...” Luffy trailed off. And then he remembered.
“Ace?!” Luffy was quickly on his feet. “Ace you bastard what the hell did you do that
for?!” His eyes quickly scanned the area for his brother. Zoro had resumed his fight with
Mihawk, Chopper and Ussop still had their hands full with Melody, Sanji seemed to be
running from...ah, Talika. And where was Nami?!

Luffy saw a blur of orange and turned to see her.

There she was running from Bloodlust who was hot on her heels, and there nearby
watching the scene was his brother Ace. “Ace!” Luffy started but then stopped noticing
that someone was standing next to him. ‘Could it be...?’ Luffy wondered as he took in the
appearance of this new arrival. It was a tall man all dressed in black from head to toe -
black shirt, black pants, black leather boots that went to his knees, and black hair. Luffy
looked up to see the man’s face but then realized the man was wearing a mask. Where
had he seen that image before? Luffy shook her head. The mask was much like a drama
mask but the expression on it was one of pure malice. Luffy couldn’t see past the eye
holes...

Luffy was suddenly filled with the utmost respect for this man. The way he carried
himself, the way he dressed, his mere presence, the way he felt...it was so...Luffy shook
his head this was no time for him to be impressed!

Luffy turned back to see what the two men had been watching so intently. It seemed that
Nami had stopped her flight and was prepared to face Bloodlust head on.

Nami’s senses tingled. There was something about this particular spot in the room where
she felt safe, more confident, like she almost had a chance of winning. Nami’s hair
stirred and she had to tuck an errant stray hair behind her ear. What had caused it? A
breeze. But from where? Nami looked up and realized she had come to stand under the
shattered dome which was now open to the sky outside. It was sunset and the clouds were
streaked with deep orange and red hues.

The open sky...the sight of it above her filled Nami with something...familiar. She
remembered this feeling of be in tune with nature. She remembered instances when she
was little where she could just -feel- that it would rain. She was a natural weather
forecaster and because of that she had started to dream about using this strange talent of
hers to navigate the seas. The sea - a place that was supposed to be the most
unpredictable place when it came to weather. A place that was supposedly impossible to
predict, to call, to understand.

But Nami was up to the challenge. She would beat the sea at its game. She would use her
skill to predict storms and cyclones and any other strange and unknown things the open
sea could produce. She would become the greatest navigator in the world. But to pursue
this dream she would have to know about maps and so from early on she studied them
until they fascinated her so much that she began to create them herself. Soon her dream
melded into drawing a map of the entire world while being a navigator aboard a ship.

Nothing would get in her way, especially not the weather, this she was sure of. The
weather...

Weren’t there instances where when she cried...it had rained?

Weather had an influence upon her but did she perhaps have an influence on it?

Impossible? Nami shook her head as she looked back down at Bloodlust who was
standing before her. She couldn’t possibly hope to have aid in the weather could she? It
was ludicrous. She was just trying to fill herself with false hopes. She was really a goner
right? All her friends were fighting and she was on her own. She wasn’t worthy of
anyone’s help anyways, or at least that’s how she felt at that moment...her past running
up and finally catching a hold of her at last.

Nami stared back at Bloodlust and this confident smirk he wore. He had his arms
nonchalantly crossed in front of him and he stared back at her condescendingly. He was
just like all those other men...and she hadn’t forgotten what she had to endure while she
was his prisoner aboard the Black Death, Bloodlust’s vessel. How she hated him...but as
Shanks had told her once she would always have something in her heart for these men
that came into her life, that were one with her, even if her mind was against this, her heart
could not be swayed.

But right then as she stared back at Bloodlust she was filled with a hatred so black and so
dark it began to consume her. Her fear was replaced with this dark feeling until it
overwhelmed her. She no longer felt scared and helpless...she felt vengeful. ‘This stupid
insubordinate male shall pay for what he has done to me in the past!’ Nami was thinking
to herself as she gritted her teeth. Her body tingled, it was a similar feeling Nami got
right before she sensed an approaching thunder storm. There was this static electricity in
the air around her and instead of being afraid she embraced it.

Bloodlust watched Nami surprised when her look of fear turned into one of hatred. He
then was even more surprised when an cackling energy seemed to be surrounding Nami,
enveloping her, making a chill go down his spine. Just what was this woman up to. He
didn’t want to have to kill her. After all, he had been promised the wench by Captain
Wrath himself. So what then? Bloodlust waited...

Nami let the power surround her, fill her...

Suddenly the crash of thunder was heard.

Everyone looked up startled to see that a turbulent storm was suddenly brewing outside
mimicking Nami’s emotions at the moment.

Nami suddenly smiled back at Bloodlust who now wore an unreadable expression on his
face. ‘Could this girl possess...’ Bloodlust’s thoughts were suddenly cut off as a giant
thunderbolt came down through the broken dome and crashed down on top of him.

It was so sudden and so unexpected that Bloodlust didn’t even have a chance to leap out
of the way...

Captain Wrath, who had been watching calmly from nearby, raised an eyebrow. ‘So the
wench can control the weather...but then...could she be? The key! I have found the key!’

Zoro was covered it cuts and bruises from his intense fight against Hawkeyes. How he
hated the bastard and...well, just everything about him. His hold over Nami...his betrayal
of his friends...this sort of guy just plain deserved to die. He looked back at Nami who
was suddenly facing Bloodlust. He had respect for the woman now. Before he had really
just seen her as an untrustworthy woman but now...she was definitely a part of the crew
and his friend. He noticed how throughout everything she had been worried about Luffy
this entire time. Stealing glances in his direction as Vivi had been trying to free him, then
going and trying to free him herself only to be thwarted by Bloodlust.

She cared for him, he couldn’t be blind to the fact any longer. And deep down Zoro had
known all along. Those two...there was a special bond those two shared and for that
reason when Hawkeyes was about to reveal to everyone Nami’s past Zoro had
remembered Nami’s fear of what Luffy would think of her when he found out the truth.
Zoro had thought that Luffy wouldn’t be able to figure out what it even meant but as he
looked back at his Captain he wasn’t so sure, Luffy had changed, he was aware now, he
would know.

And for that reason, he couldn’t let Hawkeyes survive. He would fight...to protect Nami’s
honor. This was the first time he had ever really fought for someone other than himself.
He usually was trying to prove a point, that he was the Greatest Swordsman in the World,
but somewhere along the way his priorities had changed. He had never wanted friends
but he had them now, friends that he wouldn’t trade for anything in the world. Now he
understood why Sanji got so mad anytime some accused him of not being able to protect
someone. Zoro would prove it now, to himself, that he could set his own needs aside for
others, that he could...

Hawkeyes’ sword came down on a hard downward slash Zoro just barely managing to
block the blow. This was no time for daydreaming. He had a fight to finish.

Zoro leapt backwards and took a deep breath. ‘For Nami...’ Zoro thought as he sheathed
his other two swords and placed both of his hands onto Kuina’s sword and held the sword
out before him. He then blocked everything else from his mind and concentrated on
feeling. Feeling the force...the force that was in all living things...a call...and message.
Once again he prepared himself to find the breath. There! Zoro opened his eyes and
looked back at Hawkeyes as he lunged forward in attack.

Hawkeyes lunged forward at the same time his massive sword coming forward.

The two combatant’s swords clashed as they passed each other, each dealing their own,
final and deadly attacks.

Zoro coughed blood, and sank to one knee. ‘I’m sorry Minna...’ He had failed.

Hawkeyes turned and smirked at Zoro. “Did you really think you could beat me? The
Greatest Swordsman in the world!?” Hawkeyes began to laugh, a merciless, cold,
bonechilling laugh.

Before suddenly...

Hawkeyes’s widened. “Impossible...” He said before suddenly his sword shattered into
the air, silvery pieces of his sword catching in the glow of the candle light before falling
to the floor like falling stars. Hawkeyes sunk to both of his knees as a large gash on his
chest began to bleed. “Touche...you may have one the battle boy, but have you won the
war I wonder? THAT WOMAN NAMI WAS NOTHING BUT A WHORE WHEN I
KNEW HER! YOUR SO-CALLED FRIEND IS NOTHING BUT A LOWCLASS
WENCH THAT WILL HAVE SEX WITH ANYONE WITH ENOUGH BELIS TO
CATCH HER INTEREST! Always save your trump card for last, Roronoa Zoro. ‘Till we
meet again in hell!” Hawkeyes said before his eyes began glassy and he fell forward, a
pool of his own blood forming around him. And in a small voice no one heard
Hawkeyes’ last words here. “If I can’t have her noone will.”

Nami’s triumphant smirk was wiped from her mouth as soon as those words rang
throughout the grand chamber. They knew...her friends knew...what she really was. And
more importantly -he- knew. Nami briefly dared a glance in Luffy’s direction to see his
shocked expression. Nami looked back at the pile of charred flesh that was Bloodlust. His
body was twitching uncontrollably from the aftereffects of being struck by lightning head
on. Nami almost didn’t notice when he began to force himself up off the floor. So
preoccupied that her secret was out she didn’t notice the pale fist coming towards her
before it was too late.

Nami was sent flying backwards as Bloodlust had dealt her a hard backhanded slap.

Nami crumpled to the ground and stayed there having lost her will to fight.

Bloodlust calmly walked over to her and placed a pale hand around her neck before
bringing her up off the ground to glare into her chocolate-brown orbs. “You will learn
your place wench...you will become my third bride. You should consider it quite an
honor for the likes of you, whore. Now...come into the darkness with me, my pet. I will
finally have what is rightfully mine.” Bloodlust lowered his head down and prepared to
bite into Nami’s neck.

“Ahhhhh!!!!” Ussop cried as he just managed to dive out of the way from another of
Melody’s powerful attacks. Damn that girl’s good. Ussop thought. No, correction scary.
“Chopper why aren’t you fighting back?!” Ussop whined.

“But I don’t even know who she is...I don’t have anything against her.” Chopper
countered in a distressed tone.

“Does that matter when someone is trying to kill you?!” Ussop asked in disbelief.

“Will you guys just hold still!” Melody growled. She was beginning to get frustrated with
these two. Time and time again they skillfully managed to dodge all of her deadly
attacks. They may be complete idiots but perhaps there was a little more that met the eye
with those two. ‘I will not underestimate them. Time to finish this! No one can escape
from my illusion spell!’ “Song Song Illusion!” Melody exclaimed before playing a
mysterious and lilting tune on her flute.

“Talika! Can’t we discuss this?” Sanji cried as he jumped over the broken statue in his
flight from Talika.

“Why don’t you stop and face me like a man you coward!” Talika spat as she lunged at
him with her claws outstretched. Sanji was unable to get away in time and Talika’s sharp
claws cut deeply into his back.

Sanji grunted from the pain as he bit back a scream. That sure as hell hurt! Sanji
stumbled and fell. Talika was on top of him in seconds. Talika had already raised her
hands again to strike Sanji with her claws when Sanji caught both of her wrists. They
struggled on the ground rolling over for the upper hand before Sanji was on top of Talika,
with her pinned underneath him. “You bastard get the hell off of me!” Talika growled she
tried to buck Sanji off of her and was surprised when Sanji emitted a low groan. “You
sick pervert.”

“You’re the one who was grinding your hips into mine.” Sanji looked down at her with a
twinkle in his eye.

“Can’t you be serious for one second! I’m trying to kill you!” Talika spluttered back in
shock.

“I know but...” Sanji sighed. “I still can’t fight you Talika. I really really don’t want
to...and I know that deep down...you don’t want to fight me either.”

Talika blinked her eyes back at him. “What the hell are you talking about? I don’t-I
couldn’t-how dare you!”

“Talika you didn’t kill me before and I don’t believe you’ll kill me now either. There’s
good in you Talika...I saw it once and I can feel it.” Sanji said as he released Talika’s
wrists and she quickly used this to her advantage to change positions with Sanji so that
she was now on top of him placing him at her mercy. She raised her right hand preparing
to deal the fatal blow and slit Sanji’s throat. “You’re crazy.” Talika breathed.

“No...I’m a gentleman till death. It’s an honor to die at the hands of such a beautiful
woman like yourself Talika...I wonder if we had met under differant circumstances if we
could have been lovers...well I guess you have to kill me now.” Sanji shut his eyes and
waited.

Sanji flinched when he felt something hit his cheek...and then again...a wetness. Sanji
opened his eyes to peer back up at Talika and was surprised to see that she was crying,
her tears falling down onto his face. “Why? Why do you have such faith in me? Why do
you even care?”

“Because...” Sanji smiled. “I’ve fallen in love with you.”

Talika bit her lip. “Oh Sanji...don’t you understand it’s too late for us now. I’m
already...”

Sanji took Talika’s hands in his. “It’s never too late.” He told her seriously looking
deeply into her eyes.

Talika smiled despite the tears that were still falling and was leaning in to kiss Sanji
when all of a suddenly a strange feeling washed over her and then she let out a piercing
scream.

Over to his left Sanji heard Melody’s scream as well.

“What the hell just happened?” Sanji exclaimed standing up and looking around. Talika
and Melody were now both convulsing on the floor the only thing that could have
possibly affected the two of them would be...Sanji’s eyes scanned the room for Bloodlust
and was shocked at the site before him.

Nami was cowered on the floor in front of Bloodlust who had something sticking out of
his back. Behind Bloodlust was none other than Captain Wrath. It seemed that Wrath had
flung a blade...or was it a stake from a distance, impaling Bloodlust and by the looks of
things finally putting an end to the Vampyre Pirate Captain.

Bloodlust’s body wasted away as it turned to ashes almost instantly, the silver stake
having pierced his heart.

“I won’t let you harm the key in any way,” Wrath was saying as he came over slowly to
pick up the stake from the top of a pile of ashes. He quickly stashed the stake away.

Luffy had watched the entire thing. Just as he was about to try and stop Bloodlust from
biting Nami he had seen Wrath moving out of the corner of his eye. He had reached into
his black shirt removed the silver stake and from nearly across the room had flung the
stake at Bloodlust’s back. Dirty, that was, hitting your enemy from behind like that. But
somehow that didn’t really bother Luffy. The aim had been precise, it had pierced
Bloodlust’s heart immediately. Wrath was a pro. Luffy couldn’t help himself from
feeling impressed and awed. This man...this Captain Wrath was just like he sometimes
envisioned how he would be when he was King of the Pirates.

But his feeling of elation soon turned to horror as he saw Wrath set his sites on the strung
up form of Shanks.

Five seconds remaining...

“Now it’s your turn.” Captain Wrath smiled as he calmly made his way over to Shanks.
“Your time is up.”

Four...

“Noooo!!!!” Luffy thought. He wanted to stop Captain Wrath, fight him, kill him, do
something, but found that he was paralyzed. Something was holding him back. What was
this feeling that Luffy rarely felt? Could it possibly be...fear?

Three...

Captain Wrath was cracking his knuckles as he came to stand right in front of Shanks,
“This should take one good hit.”

Two...

Suddenly, there was a rush of air and Wrath was sent backwards, not skidding, nor
flying, but Wrath was hard put to stay standing nevertheless.

One...

“Hawk wave!” Came Zoro’s voice. He now stood between Wrath and Shanks.

‘Zoro.’ Luffy thought as a rush of relief filled him.

Just as Wrath would have moved forward he had to dodge a sudden blow to his head.
“Collier!” It was Sanji. He came to stand next to Zoro. He then patted Zoro on the back a
little harder than was necessary causing the swordsman to stumble forward. “You can let
me handle it from here, Marimo.”

Zoro glared back, “Who do you think you’re calling a Marimo, Magic Brows. This is my
fight.”

“You can barely stand.” Sanji shot back.

“Like I care.” Zoro growled.

“Now boys...” It was Talika. She was standing next to Sanji...and appeared to be differant
than before.

Zoro raised an eyebrow at her. “Is she...?”

“Yep, both Talika and Melody became human again after Bloodlust was killed.” Sanji
smiled back at her.

“But then where’s?-” Zoro was thinking as he looked around for Melody. He saw her
seated on the floor looking at her pink fleshy hands in disbelief...they had been so cold,
and deathly pale before and now she had new life again. Ussop and Chopper weren’t too
far away from her and by the looks of things were still trapped within an illusion.

“Oh Chopper...” Ussop was saying as he stared deeply into Chopper’s eyes.

“Ussoppe...I never knew that I...” Chopper was trailing off.

“Wow wow wow...wait just one second! Hey broad! Yea you! Melody or whatever your
name is. Get them out of that freakish illusion already!” Zoro stumbled over his words in
the shock of seeing his two nakama acting so strangely, it was unnerving to say the least.

“Wha?” Melody questioned slowly and then glared back at Zoro. “You want me to -help-
the likes of you?! I think not.”

Zoro let out an exasperated sigh. “Hey, we’re not your enemies. Melody...Captain Wrath
was just using you. You deserve better than that. You’re a powerful and beautiful
woman. Don’t sell yourself short just because you’re a woman...a girl I knew...she taught
me that there’s really no difference in strengths at all when it comes to men and women.
What it all boils down to is the strength one has inside. So what’s it going to be Melody.
Are you going to continue to allow yourself to be controlled by this evil bastard or at
least make your own decisions. Fight us if you chose too, but not because you’re made
to.”

“How did you...?” Melody looked back at Zoro with wide eyes.

“Your hesitation in battle...what is it that Wrath promised you Melody? How is he
manipulating you like this?” Zoro questioned.

“He...promised to bring them back...my love and my sister.” Melody revealed hanging
her head in shame.

“No one can bring back the dead, Melody.” Zoro revealed to her in a soft voice. “Not
even someone as powerful as Captain Wrath. He was lying to you.”

“No! He couldn’t! He wouldn’t!” Melody looked over at Wrath her eyes questioning,
begging for an explanation.

Captain Wrath simply smiled at her, “Good underlings are so hard to find these days.”
Was all he said.

“You bastard!” Melody cried standing up. “You used me! How dare you! You used my
pain and my past against me. But no more. Song Song break!” Melody bellowed as she
raised her flute to her lips and a high pitched sound was emitted from her flute. It was so
high-pitched everyone was forced to cover their ears.

“Huh?” Ussop and Chopper were staring around them in confusion as the illusion they
had been trapped in was broken. They both looked at each other before they burst out
laughing.

“I don’t even want to know.” Zoro sighed before offering a small smile at Melody which
caused her to blush.

Luffy was smiling too he should have known he could count on his nakama. Then he
heard Vivi’s voice...

“Nami...snap out of it...” Vivi was trying to get Nami to respond to her but she seemed
lost to the world. “Nami it’s alright now...Bloodlust is dead.” Vivi said before throwing
her arms around Nami’s unresponsive body and sobbing into the girl’s orange-hair.
Everything was just too much for Vivi to handle, and she could tell her friend felt so too.

Now, the entirety of the Straw Hat Pirates were standing between Shanks and Captain
Wrath as Ussop and Chopper joined Sanji and Zoro. Wrath seemed undaunted however
almost uninterested. He looked over to Vivi and Nami, his eyes resting on Nami and
staying there. ‘The key...she is my priority now.’ “Captain Sloth!” Came Wrath’s order.

“Yes Master.” All eyes turned to Ace in shock. Ace, was one of the Seven Deadly Pirate
Kings. Which also meant that he was their enemy. Ace slowly went to Wrath’s side.

“I want you to take care of these meddlesome fools. I have more important business to
attend too.” Captain Wrath revealed as he left Ace and began to walk towards Vivi and
Nami.

Vivi cowered in fear as Wrath approached them, her grip tightening around Nami.

Luffy clenched his fists as he saw Wrath approaching the girls. He had to do something.
But yet again he found himself powerless. ‘Damn it! What’s wrong with me?!’ Luffy
shouted within his mind as he tried to fight the invisible bonds that were holding him
back.

“Release the girl.” Wrath ordered Vivi.

Vivi was too afraid to respond so only shook her head from side to side adamantly.

“Fair enough.” Captain Wrath said as he simply lifted both of the girls into his arms.
They offered him no resistance as he began to walk to the center of the room. Luffy had
never noticed before but there was a circular pattern carved into the stone floor there.
Wrath approached it and placed his hand on a raised stone next to the circle that glowed
as it read his hand print. Suddenly the design that was etched on the floor began to glow
as blue-tinged energy filled the indents in the floor. All of a sudden a blue light filled the
circle and then filled the circular space entirely until the light reached from the floor
towards the ceiling.

Wrath was already stepping into the light.

“No!” Luffy cried out as he willed his legs to move forward.

The other Straw Hat Pirates were moving also. Ace quickly rushed to block their path. “I
cannot allow you to pass.”

Zoro looked back at Ace in disbelief. “He’s going to take Nami and Vivi! Don’t you
care!?”

But it was already too late. As Captain Wrath stepped into the light he began to
disappear. Luffy barely made it in time as he too lunged into the blue light and vanished
along with them.

ooo

to be continued...
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