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Author�s Note: Well,
here is chapter 5 for now! I have a yummy surprise in the beginning of this one
too for you Luffy fan girls! I really hope you all enjoy it!� Please review to let me know what you thought
about it and enjoy! XD

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Chapter 5: Trouble Appears and Loss of Cool

Luffy panted as the water dripped off his nose and hair. His
eyes were focused ahead. He was soaked and rather cold, but it was only a
slight discomfort. He rubbed his bare chest, easing the slight pain there. All
he managed to do was spread the mud across it, which caked his entire body. He
reached up, running the back of his hand across his cheek. Again, he only
spread the mud across it. The feeling of pain seemed to be a constant as was
the exhaustion and aching of his muscles. His breathing was ragged, his heart
pounding.

�Are you�done already?�

�Not even�close to it��

Grinning into his reply, he leapt forward, tackling L to the
ground. Both rolled around in the pool of fresh mud as the rain came down hard
around them. Both could feel the rocks and other debris jabbing at their bare
backs and scratching their skin, only a slight discomfort still. It was the
price of strength. The pain would only help to increase that strength. L tossed
Luffy off of him, rolling to a stand. Skidding across the slippery ground,
Luffy attempted to leap towards him again, almost losing his footing in the
slippery mud.

It had been a week already since Nami had been taken. The
rest of the crew was back on the ship resting. Their captains� strength had
increased a great deal and had far surpassed theirs. They could barely catch up
with them now and because of this had suffered the consequence. Chopper had
insisted they let their bodies rest and were to do no fighting for the next two
days. He had also tried to convince L and Luffy to rest, but neither would
allow themselves to rest. They had to become stronger and save Nami as soon as
possible.

So now they trained alone, with just the two of them. While
they had been training with the crew, they had managed to create moves with
their abilities together, which was the main reason the crew was out of
commission. Punches were thrown, legs kicked, bodies thrown and slammed into
trees, blood spilled. Luffy grabbed a hold of L, slamming him across a tree. L
cried out from the pain, coughed up blood, and then fell to the ground. Luffy
waited for him to get back up.

Attempting to lean up on his elbows, L only fell back down
with his face in the mud. Dropping to his knees, Luffy sagged with exhaustion.
He dropped to his hands, crawling the distance to L. Sitting down,
he attempted to catch his breath. L had pulled his arm over and rested his head
on it, facing Luffy.

�Okay�now I�m done�� said Luffy as he panted tiredly.

�I thought�you said �Not even�close to it�� said L with a
grin.

Swiping his arm tiredly, he splashed mud into L�s face with
narrowed eyes. �That was before�you fell down and couldn�t get up�� he said in
annoyance.

L only laughed softly as he attempted to wipe the mud from
his face. He only managed to spread it more. Smiling, Luffy attempted to stand
and then knelt down next to L. Grabbing his arm, he
wrapped it around his neck and lifted him up. Both stumbled back to the ship.

Luffy had to help L up on deck. However, both only fell onto
the deck as they climbed aboard. As soon as N saw them, she gasped. They were
caked with mud and blood. �Ugh! Now what happened?!� she said as she approached
them. Both grinned at her in the exact same manner.

�I had a run in with a very stubborn tree�� replied L.

N could only blink at him. �Run in�with a tree�?� she asked
confused by his apparent humor.

Both laughed, highly amused for some reason. N frowned and
turned her nose into the air. �Fine! Just�go clean up
so Chopper can have at look at the both of you�� she said with her disapproving
frown at how badly they were injured again. She knew she should be used to it.
She just only wished they wouldn�t go so far. Then she blinked. �And�where are
your shirts?� she asked.

Both stared at her blankly for awhile before looking at each
other. Luffy looked down at L�s bare chest and L at Luffy�s before looking to
the jungle behind them and then back at N with grins and shrugs. Sighing, she
sagged a bit in slight defeat. �Ugh�whatever�Just go get cleaned up.� she said
shaking her head at them. Both chuckled as Luffy helped L to the bathhouse.

It was nice seeing L like that. It was rather attractive for
someone who was usually so neat, to be�well...dirty. It also helped that he had
a nice build. Then there was Luffy who looked the exact same. Shaking her head,
she had to clear that thought. It made her blush a little. It probably wasn�t
healthy to think like that. Even if they were the same person, they were a
still two different people. �Does that even make sense?� she thought to herself
with a slight frown.

L turned and noticed her blush as she watched them walk
away. Smiling, he winked at her. She blushed further before turning her nose in
the air and walking back to her chair under the large umbrella. Robin smiled
fondly at the two and watched N come back to her chair. Plopping down, she
crossed her arms, puffed out her cheeks, but then smiled fondly.

�Luffy is rubbing off on him.� stated Robin with a gentle
laugh.

Nami chuckled softly. �Un�I think
he is�I think it�s adorable�� she said and then sighed. �But they really should
go easy on the fighting�� she continued.

�Just like Luffy said�It�s the only way.� reminded Robin.

N sighed again. �I know�I just
wish it didn�t have to be that way�I get worried when they come back so hurt��
she said as she touched her temples and rubbed them. She watched as the rain
continued to gradually stop pouring down.

�Ee�I know what you mean.�
replied Robin.

�You know�You are very pleasant
to talk to�I wish I had someone like you on our ship. I�m the only female��
said N as she sagged forward.

Robin giggled pleasantly. �Nami
once told me she was glad I was here. She said she might have gone insane eventually
if I had not.� she said as she laughed.

N smiled fondly. �Sometimes I
think I might do just that�However, L has really helped out a lot with that. He
is very pleasant to be with�That�s why I love him so much. We enjoy our time
together when we play chess. We talk about everything, anything and nothing.�
she said with a far away fond smile and then she frowned. �We haven�t had any
alone time since we got here though�� she said quietly.

Robin regarded her seriously
before smiling. �Then perhaps you should tell him so.� she said.

Shaking her head, she gave a sad
smile. �Mmm�they need the time to get stronger and to rest. What�s important is
getting Nami back.� she said.

Robin frowned at the girl,
knowing she still would have liked some alone time with L.

xxxx

It had been a week since she had
been taken. Learning to deal with him had been difficult, but she had managed
to keep herself out of difficult situations. However, he still made her sleep
with him at night. That night he had gone crazy, she had tried to sleep
elsewhere. However, he had only lifted her up and carried her kicking and
screaming back to the bed. She had learned to just deal with that too. As long
as she didn�t respond to his advances or ask him to stop, he would. She was
still a little confused by that.

So far he hadn�t flipped out like
he had a few days before. At least, she didn�t give him a reason to. She hardly
talked to him or even acknowledged him much in the past few days. Odd enough,
he didn�t seem to bother her either. Most of her time was spent in the cabin.
Most of his was spent outside. Even when it had rained a few days ago, he had
stayed outside. Not only that, she hardly even saw Dabara either. He mostly
stayed in the crow�s nest, out of both of their way.

When she had gone out,
reluctantly of course, to check on D, he had been soaking wet and sitting on
the roof of the cabin. She had asked him if he had wanted to come inside. He
had only stared down at her coldly before turning his back on her. She had been
extremely confused by his expression and reaction, but hadn�t persisted and had
gone back inside the cabin. If he wanted to stay out in the rain, then that was
fine with her.

Not feeling much like drawing
maps, she was now sitting at the window seat just staring out to the vast sea.
Just some distance away, she could see some sea kings jumping in and out of the
water. They were still quite some distance, so she wasn�t worried. Although,
she wasn�t really worried to begin with, she was sure D could handle it. D�The
entire time she has been here, she still had yet to call him by any name. She
highly doubted he would appreciate being called D. However, he just wasn�t
Luffy to her�

He was unlike anything she would
have ever imagined Luffy to be. The longer hair, the earring, and most
definitely the tattoo, but not only that, was also his attitude and demeanor.
Also, he seemed to be very negative and pessimistic. He was not silly in anyway
and never grinned like Luffy, but he did love to tease, mock and smirk in a horrible
way. Then there was his lack of sanity. Regardless of all of that, she had to
admit to herself that he was quite attractive in appearance. It was different
and something she never thought she would see on Luffy.

Shaking her head, she brought up
her arms, grabbing a hold of it. �What am I thinking?!� she thought to herself.
Putting the insanity aside and the fact that he was a horrible person, he was
also Luffy. Considering the type of person Luffy was and how he constantly
acted, she had never really looked at
him before. He was just Luffy. Although, that didn�t mean that she didn�t care
about him, because she did. She didn�t even want to imagine if anything ever
happened to him.

She was also aware of just how
much she cared about him, because those feelings came through with D as well.
Even though he was bad and from another universe, he was still Luffy and she
cared. It saddened her to think that something horrible happened to him to make
him the way he was. It worried her when she had seen that he was hurt.

It hadn�t just been fear that had
made her cry that one night. It hurt�actually hurt her to think of him in that
way. It saddened her to the point of tears. She really didn�t want to imagine
what could have possibly happened to him, but she did want to know and she also
wanted to make it better. She didn�t think it was possible, but it didn�t
change the fact that that�s what she wanted to do. Perhaps�she could even say
she loved Luffy. She loved all of her nakama. She would have wanted to make it
better for any one of them.

However, knowing that Luffy was
happy all the time and just full of joy, but then to see this Luffy�was far
sadder than if it had been another of her nakama. She had been frightened and
more startled of his reaction that day, but she realized, for some reason, she
knew she didn�t have to fear him. Or rather she refused to fear him. What was
the point of being afraid all of the time? If he had wanted to hurt her, he
would have done it by now. Another thing she had to remember was, he needed her. Sighing to herself, she put her head on her
knees. Thinking about him only seemed to depress her more. �I should think
about other things.� she thought to herself as she stared out of the window.

Lying on the roof of the cabin, D
stared up at the sky. That woman had actually surprised him. She had showed no
fear that night when it had been time to sleep. He still found it humorous how
she had tried to sleep elsewhere. She had been a spitfire to try and get back
to the bed. Of course, he had managed. There was one thing that bothered him
though, he could sense and see a change in her attitude towards him, and it
wasn�t caused by fear. Sitting up, he looked down.

That woman spent most of her time
holed up in that cabin. There were only a few times she would come out and it
was to check the course and weather patterns. He smirked to himself. He was
beginning to think she didn�t like him and didn�t want to be near him. Sliding
off of the roof, he landed with a thump in front of the door.

Turning towards the door, Nami
furrowed her brows at the noise. She wondered why he was getting down. Just as
she wondered that, the door opened. Narrowing her eyes, she turned back to the
window and the sea kings in the distance. If she ignored him, maybe he would go
away. Smirking, he slowly made his way to her. Hugging her knees tighter, she
refused to turn to him, knowing he was approaching her. He stopped right next
to her.

�You look bored.� he said in a
mocking tone.

�I�m not bored�I�m just fine��
she replied coldly.

Smirking wider, he leaned down
cupping her chin with his hand and turning her to face him. She inhaled
sharply, but quietly, her eyes widening as she looked up at him. He leaned
further down, his lips only about an inch away from hers. Her eyes widened as
she glanced down.

�Why don�t we do something to
pass the time.� he said quietly.

Quickly looking up, she frowned
at him and tried to pull away. His grip only tightened, but not too tight to
where it hurt her. �I don�t want to do anything with you�� she said.

�Are you sure�? It could be fun.�
he whispered as he leaned closer to her. He then used his other hand to tuck
her hair behind her ear gently. Then he slid his hand back to her face,
caressing her cheek softly.

His smirk had disappeared and was
replaced with a soft expression. She was completely caught off guard by his
soft expression, her eyes widening once again. �A-Anything that has to do with
you�couldn�t possibly be fun�� she said as her breath quickened. She was
becoming nervous, but for what reason? She was also becoming alarmed.

�Oh, it�s fun. Let�s play a
game�� he said still quietly.

�I don�t want to play any of your
games!� she said as she tried to pull away.

Her heart had begun pounding, and
she didn�t like the feeling he was giving her. However, his grip was firm yet
gentle. He brought his hand up slowly, curling his
fingers in a bit, and then softly ran the back of his fingers down her cheek.
Then he ran his knuckle down her jaw line, while his other fingers ran feather
light across her throat. An involuntary shiver ran down her body as his fingers
caused a tingling sensation down her body as well. As he continued to caress
her, he slowly leaned closer to her, and was only a hair�s width away from her
lips.

Her breathing quickened more as
her eyes slightly hooded. His touch was making her feel good. He slid his hand
softly to behind her neck and began to slowly and gently massage it. He looked
so much like Luffy. His expression�looked so much like him. It was so soft. It
was almost�mesmerizing. Her first impulse was to reach up and touch his face.
However, her mind began to work again and made her remember, he was not Luffy, at least, not her Luffy.

Gasping when she finally seemed to
realize just how close he was, she quickly pulled back, slapping his hands
away. His expression immediately changed into a scowl and then the unexpected
happened. He back handed her across the face. Crying out in complete shock, she
landed belly down on the window seat. She began breathing loudly, still in
absolute shock with her eyes as wide as saucers. After she finally began to
calm down, she slowly looked up at him with furrowed brows as she put a hand to
her stinging cheek.

He continued to scowl at her for
awhile, before he began to chuckle. Slowly, she began to sit up again. She
didn�t want to aggravate him more than he already might be. Removing her hand,
she continued to stare up at him without fear.

�So�you�re attracted to him.� he
stated matter of factly.

�What are you talking about?� she
asked in as calm a voice she could muster under the circumstances.

�I�m no idiot�I know attraction
when I see it. I also know repulsion and what I saw was not repulsion.� he said with his smirk.

�What did you mean�? Why did you
say�him?� she asked.

He chuckled again. �Like I
said�I�m not an idiot.� he said as he leaned forward again. �I know that wasn�t
for me�� he whispered as he came close to her lips once again with that same
soft expression. �Otherwise�� he started before his face turned into that nasty
scowl. ��you wouldn�t have rejected me!!� he yelled. Nami gasped, closing her
eyes and cried out in surprise as she turned away from him. She was expecting
some kind of pain, but all she heard were his chuckles.

Opening her eyes slightly, she
furrowed her brows in slight anger. �I don�t know what you�re talking about.�
she said in annoyance as she faced him again with her frown.

He made clicking noises with his
tongue as he shook his head. �Pretty women should never lie. Denial is a lonely
companion�� he said as he placed a hand gently on her cheek and leaned forward
once again. �I should know�� he continued. Her eyes twitched a bit in confusion
about what he just said. However, she slowly looked away from him again. He
pulled back, dropping his hand as he did. �I will make you see past him�� he
said quietly, but from what she could detect, slight anger. He was probably
scowling at her again.

She refused to look at him again.
After awhile, he removed himself from the room.

xxxx

�I�m telling you! There was
something weird about them!�

The marine captain regarded the
hysterical man with a bored expression. �Alright, look�how could
you possibly know there was something weird about them, if you�ve never
actually seen them before this?� he asked again.

�Gah!
Why aren�t you listening to me?! I know what I saw! It was definitely Monkey D.
Luffy and Burglar Cat Nami! I�ve seen the posters! However, there was something
not right about him! He seems really happy in the poster, but the one I saw was
anything but happy! He was cruel and even threatened to kill me!� exclaimed the
man.

�Kill you�?� asked the marine
captain with a raised brow.

�That�s right! But the woman, she
made him stop. She said some weird things too�� he explained.

�What did she say?� asked the
captain curiously.

�She said��Don�t do this to him.�
At first, I thought she was talking about me�but then I realized, they were talking about someone else. She also tried to
convince me he wasn�t Monkey D. Luffy�.He looked angry about that. She said I
had it wrong, as if it weren�t�but it sure as hell looked like him. Like I
said, there was something weird about them! Like as if�it weren�t really him�or
something. Also�he looked really different.� said the man.

�People change over the course of
time�� he said.

�Well, I heard rumors he showed
up in Water 7�People said�he looked exactly like his posters�He looked nothing
like his poster�He didn�t even have the hat�� explained the man.

The marine captain furrowed his
brows. �That hat was trade mark�� he thought to himself.

�Captain!�

The marine captain turned to one
of his subordinates. �What is it?� he asked.

�I�ve got a bartender who could
have sworn he saw Monkey D. Luffy.� said his lieutenant. However, he looked
like he had more to say.

�Alright�so what�s the problem�?�
he asked.

The lieutenant sighed and looked slightly
confused. �He said�he could have sworn he say him�three times...� he said.

The marine captain looked
confused. �Three times? Why is that significant? What
matters is he saw him�not how many times
he saw him.� he said.

�No sir�I meant�three different
ones�� said the lieutenant.

The captain blinked a few times.
�What are you talking about?� he asked.

�That�s�not all�He says�he saw
two of the same woman�Burglar Cat Nami�� explained the lieutenant.

�Take me to this bartender�now!�
demanded the captain.

�Yes sir!� exclaimed the
lieutenant with a salute as he took off in the direction of the bar, the
captain just behind him.

xxxx

�O-i! Luffy!!�

Both L and Luffy looked over the
rail to Zoro and Usopp, who were coming back aboard Mini Merry from town. �Oi,
Zoro!� said Luffy as he waved at them and grinned.

�We�ve got trouble! We need to
go!� yelled Zoro back.

�Eh?� questioned Luffy with a
blank expression.

�What do you mean?!� asked L.

�Got some marines in town lookin� for you!� yelled Zoro as they finally docked.

Everyone ran down to the docking
port, wanting to hear more. �What are you talking about?� asked L as soon as
everyone made it down.

�Apparently�Luffy caused some
trouble with a bartender and a man with a set pose�� said Usopp with a deep
frown.

Luffy and L�s eyes widened.
�What�?� asked N.

Then both of their expressions
turned into a scowl. �It was him�� said Luffy in a very quiet but threatening
voice.

�Aa�� agreed Zoro.

�How did you find out about this,
Marimo?� asked Sanji.

�I heard some guys talking about.
Apparently, some guys from the bar L went into made a big fuss about seeing
Monkey D. Luffy too�Although, not like how they had expected him to be.� said
Zoro as he glanced to L.

L made a small noise as he
frowned. �In any case, he�s right. We need to get out of here before they come snooping.� he said as he began to go back on deck,
everyone following.

Just as they did, a marine ship
was already headed in their direction. �Oh crap!!� exclaimed U as he began to
panic along with Usopp.

�We have to get out of here!!
Let�s go guys!! Get to work! You know what to do!!� ordered N as she began
barking orders to everyone.

The marine captain peered through
his binoculars, but almost couldn�t believe what he was seeing. The bartender
had been right. He really did see�two separate Luffy�s.
However, he hadn�t expected to see doubles of his other crew mates as well.
�What the hell is going on?� he whispered out loud as he lowered the
binoculars. �Let�s go men!! We need to catch our prey!!� he said as he
continued to stare at the Thousand Sunny with unbelieving eyes.

�You think they saw us?!� asked
N.

�More than likely�� replied L as
he stared at the marine ship.

�Ready Franky?!� yelled Sanji
into the com from the wheel.

�Ready!� Franky yelled back. They
were about to make their hasty retreat.

�Everyone grab
a hold of something!!� yelled Sanji.

As soon as he did, the ship
jerked forward, the speed extraordinary. N cried out in surprise as L grabbed a
hold of her tightly. Everyone else grabbed a hold of something and each other
to make sure no one flew off the ship. The ship sailed across the ocean at an incredible
speed for a long awhile before finally winding down. Franky came back up on
deck with a grin on his face.

�That was incredible!� exclaimed
Coby excitedly.

�Indeed�� agreed L as he checked
to make sure everyone was called for.

�Shishishi!!
Franky did a great job on this ship!!� exclaimed Luffy with a proud and massive
grin.

�Aa�he sure did�� agreed L with a
smile.

�Ah, they got away!!� exclaimed a
marine next to his captain. They had indeed gotten away. �What an incredible
ship�� thought the captain to himself.

�What do we do, Captain?�

�What were two of
a kinds�doing on that ship�?� he thought to himself, not having heard
his lieutenant.

�Captain?�

Something strange was going on�He
had thought the bartender insane when he had said that he had seen three of a kind�However, he had only
seen two on that ship. The bartender had said the second one he had seen had
given him a really bad vibe. Not to mention, he had longer hair then the first
one he had seen. Also, the first one he had seen was an amiable, quite happy
man who loved to eat. The second was�.dark�dangerous and seemed to be
unapproachable. Then there had been the third one. He had said�the third one
had been wearing marine attire. Not only that, but he was neat�hair combed
and�no scar under his left eye.

�Captain Jin!�

Jin slowly turned to his
lieutenant. �Abel�� he said with a serious expression.

�Yes sir�� replied Abel.

�When a man is deep in thought�he
usually likes to stay that way�� he
said.

Abel stared at him for awhile
with a blank expression. �Alright�that�s fine�but meanwhile�they are getting
away�� he said.

�I see�so�if they are getting
away�what should you have done if I were so deep in
thought?� asked Jin.

�Aa�I
know I�ve already taken that step�I just wanted to interrupt your deep
thoughts.� said Abel with a straight face.

�I see�� replied Jin with just as
straight a face.

�Did it work?�

�Nope��

�Damn��

Grinning, Jin turned back to
where the Straw-hats had sped off at. �Did you see what I saw?� he asked.

�Aa�Something weird is going on.�
he replied.

�We need to make sure we find
out�� said Jin.

�Yes, sir!� replied Abel as he
smiled.

�We�re not quite in the clear yet�They
are bound to follow us.� said L as he looked behind them.

�It will take us less time to get
to the next destination than any other average ship. It normally takes a week
to get to the next island. It will only take us four days.� said Franky with a proud grin.

�That�s incredible Franky-san!�
exclaimed Coby with a bright smile.

�That�s unbelievable!� exclaimed
U.

�You are a very talented shipwright.�
said L with a smile as he looked around at the ship.

Franky bellowed out with laughter
at the praise. �I�m glad we were able to stock up on supplies yesterday.� said
N with a slight frown.

�Aa, I�m glad you guys decided to
do that.� replied L.

�I�m also glad we were able to
get new sets of clothes in time. You about wore out the ones we bought the
first day with all the training you did�and lost your shirt�� she said with a
disappointed frown.

Giving her in impish smile, he
chuckled nervously as he touched the back of his head. �Aa�I guess so.� he
said.

Then she glanced towards Luffy. �Both of you losing them�� she said.

�Shishishi!
I have plenty of clothes though! Nami always makes sure we have what we all
need!� he said with a grin.

N smiled at him. He no longer got
depressed when her name was mentioned or when he himself said it. �I see�That�s
good.� she said. Then she nodded. �I guess I will make sure I keep up with her
standards.� she said as her smile widened.

�Yosh!
We�re counting on you!� exclaimed Luffy with his grin and a
thumbs up.

N laughed softly and nodded.
�N-swan has done a marvelous job so far!� exclaimed Sanji.

�Aa, N-san always looks out for
us. Don�t know what we would do without her!� said S with a smile.

�We would probably all be dead��
said U.

�Haha!
Or a complete utter mess!� laughed Coby.

L smiled fondly at his men. �Who
says I would let you be messy?� he
said.

U and Coby laughed. Nami smiled
fondly at all of them. Then she glanced over at Luffy he was laughing as well. She
was glad that he no longer seemed depressed every time either Nami was
mentioned, or they talked about her herself. He himself was also able to talk
about Nami. She had a feeling he and L may have talked since that day she had
forced them to be honest with one another. After that, they seemed more
comfortable talking to one another. Not only that, but L had even attempted to
teach Luffy how to play chess.

That didn�t go over so well. One
thing that L had that Luffy didn�t was patience. He had found the game to be
boring and unexciting. L had tried explaining that it took brain power and
intelligence to play the game. It was a tactical game. However, Luffy only
frowned and repeated it�s lack of excitement. L had
not gotten upset but rather smiled and agreed perhaps it wasn�t for him, and
then they all went fishing. Smiling a bit warmer, she was glad that he was
feeling better. It had hurt her to see him so down.

xxxx

The orange haired cartographer
stared out to the approaching island. They would be landing soon and she would
be off this hell of a ship. She knew she would be getting a few looks, but she
would just have to ignore them. His having struck her did not go without
consequence. A rather large and nasty bruise was left on her cheek. She was
pretty sure it would take days for it to disappear. When he had seen it, he had
only looked at it a few seconds before turning away. She was sure he didn�t
care.

As soon as they docked, she
stepped off of the ship. The first thing she needed to do was some how figure
out how to get her hands on some money. She was in serious need of new clothes
and a number of other important essentials. D stepped off just behind her.
Turning to him with a less than happy expression, she wondered just how to
convince him not to just take things.
He gave a small side ways smirk at her as she stared at him for awhile. Just
then Dabara approached them.

�So what do we do now?� he asked.

Sighing, she figured now was a
good a time as any. �We need to make some money�� she said.

This only caused D to scoff.
�Money?� he asked.

�That�s right, money!� she said
with a stern frown. �I will not allow you to continue to take from people.� she
said with defiance.

He only smirked mockingly at her.
�And how are we supposed to get our hands on this money?� he asked.

She gave an exasperated frown
before looking around them. She smiled big when she saw just how. Running over
to the nearest building, she ripped off the poster that was posted there. D and
Dabara both slowly walked up to her to see what she had grabbed.

�This is how!� she said with a
smile as she held up the wanted poster.

D glanced down at it with a
serious, slight frown before glancing back up at her again. �What is this?� he
asked.

Pulling it back, she looked at it
with a confused frown. Then she looked at him again. �It�s a bounty�Don�t you
know what a bounty is?� she asked.

His eyes slightly narrowed. �Aa�I
know what a bounty is�� he said sarcastically. �What I want to know is�why the
hell are we hunting a bounty?� he asked in some
irritation.

Taking a deep breath, she tried
her best to calm herself. �To make some money. I�ve
never seen a poster with Dabara�s picture on it. We can collect the bounty and
he can turn it in and get the money for us.� she explained. Dabara shrugged as
if saying he really didn�t care either way.

D however, did not look pleased.
After awhile, he smirked and then scoffed. �I�m not hunting dogs�� he said as
he started to turn away.

�If you do this�� she started
quickly. He turned to see what she was going to say and then she quickly
continued, ��I might like you better�� she said with an uncertain smile.

He stared at her awhile with
disbelief on his face and then he slowly broke into a half smirk before
scoffing again. �You really expect me to go for that, woman?� he asked with
humor in his voice.

Frowning in disappointment, she
crossed her arms and had to think of something quickly to convince him. Then
she brightened. Looking back down at the bounty, she smiled. �It�s a fairly
high bounty.� she said.

�So? What do I care about
money�?� he said as he frowned again at her persistence.

�I wasn�t referring to the
money�I meant high as in, he must be fairly strong.� she said as she looked
towards him with a sly smile. He lost some of his frown and was now regarding
her curiously. �You�ve been looking for strong people to fight, right? If we
can find really high bounties, then the stronger they might be.� she explained.
He seemed to be thinking about what she was saying. �This way�we are both happy.
We get money and stop stealing�and you get to fight strong opponents.� she
continued to explain.

Walking up, he snatched the
bounty poster out of her hand and then smirked big. �Alright�we�ll do this your
way�� he said as he looked down at it.

�Alright�so how do we find these
people?� asked Dabara.

�Well, some of the bounties may
be here on this island. This one is out in the open, so the chances of him
actually being here are high. We may have to ask around and see if anyone has
any news on bounties on the island.� explained Nami.

�I can sniff some out�� said D.

Blinking a few times, she stared
at him for awhile. �Sniff?� she asked with a raised brow.

�Aa�I
can tell a lot about a person by how they smell.� he explained with a bit of a
chuckle at her expression.

�Can you�really smell that well?�
she asked in slight disbelief.

�Aa�I trained my nose to be able
to find strong opponents. I can use it to try and find strong people here. How
do we find more bounty posters�?� he asked.

�Well, first we need to ask
around. We get some names and then find a place with posted bounties. Dabara
can go in and get them for us.� she explained.

�Well, then let�s get started.�
said D as he motioned for her to lead on. Smiling in satisfaction, she did just
that.

Soon, she would have a lot of
money and he was going to help her get it. Her eyes turned to beli. �Maybe
there is a bright side to being kidnapped after all.� she thought as she
grinned greedily. She would be able to buy a wardrobe and then some. Map papers,
pens, inks, and all of her cartography tools. Four months was a long time. She
might as well get all her things so she could draw maps to pass time and so her
time wouldn�t be wasted.

This was a really big city,
unlike the last small town. They should be able to find a few bounties here.
Her only hope was that one was strong enough to appease D. Some of her best
bets to find any information at all were bars. So that�s where she headed for.
As soon as she came up to one and was about to open the door, D grabbed her
arm. She quickly turned and looked at him in confusion. His face was in the air
and he had a focused expression.

Looking back down at her, he
shook his head. �Not here�� he said.

Blinking, still in confusion, she
then furrowed her brows. �Not here?� she asked.

�Aa�no one has the right smell.�
he said as he continued on.

She watched him curiously as he
would slightly lift his nose into the air and take deep breaths. �Can he really
sniff people out? That�s kind of weird�Luffy can�t even do that�� she thought
to herself.

Stopping at one place, he stared
at it for awhile before lifting his nose slightly and taking one more deep
breath. �Here�� he said as he smirked. �Someone here has the right smell.
Someone here will know something.� he continued.

Blinking in disbelief, she looked
away from him and ahead at a shady bar. �No way�� she thought as she walked
passed him to go inside. As soon as she walked in, heads turned in her
direction and the men inside began to leer at her. She felt herself shudder.
Then D and Dabara followed her in. The heads immediately turned away. Nami
smirked. �Yeah you better think twice�� she thought as she turned to D. �Which
one is he?� she asked.

Looking around the room, his eyes
finally stopped on a particular man. Lifting his finger, he pointed right at
him and smirked. �Him right there.� he said.

Nodding with a smile, she made
her way to the man. �Excuse me sir�� she said politely.

The man turned to look at her.
�Aah?� he mumbled incoherently.

Covering her noise from the
stench of his breath, she smiled. �Might we have a word with you�?� she asked.

The man only blinked at her
confusedly. D pushed passed her, lifting the man off of his char. Then he
turned to her after she gasped in surprised. �What are you�?� she started to
ask.

�Why bother asking�?� he said
more than asked as he dragged the man out of the bar. Frowning, she ran after
him, Dabara behind her.

Running out, she turned the
corner she saw him take. He walked into an alleyway with the sputtering and
confused man at arms length. Turning, he slammed the man against the wall.
�Stop that! Is this really necessary?!� she half yelled as she approached both.

Turning to her, he only wore a
smirk. �Yes, yes it is�� he replied.

�Ugh�forget I asked�� she said as
she turned to the frightened man. �We want to ask you a few questions, and my
friend here believes you might know something�� she said.

�I don�t know anything! I
promise!!� he yelled looking at all of them with fear.

D�s expression turned into a scowl
as he punched the man in the gut. �I said stop that!! Let me do the
asking�okay�? Hitting him may not even be necessary�� she said.

�I hit him because he�s a
coward�� said D with narrowed eyes in irritation.

�Because�he�s a coward?!� she
asked in disbelief.

�That�s right�if it�s one thing I
can�t stand�it�s a coward�� he said with a scowl on his face.

Sighing, Nami gently grabbed his
arm. �Let me do the asking, okay?� she asked in a calm and soothing voice.
Narrowing his eyes a bit more, he roughly pushed the man into the wall before
releasing his hold and moving away. �Thank you�� she said which caused him to
quickly turn his head to her with a deep frown.

Ignoring his look, she turned to
the man. �Now�my first question is�do you know any bounties that are here on
the island?� she asked.

�Bounties?!
Sure�I�ll tell you anything you need to know! I know of a few bounties here!
I�ll tell you everything! Just�don�t let him kill me!!� exclaimed the man,
almost hysterically as he glanced pointedly to D, who only glared at the man
with hatred.

�Alright�tell me what I want to
know�and I promise he won�t hurt you.� she said with a smile.

The man nodded and began to tell
them everything he knew about the bounties on the island.

To Be Continued�

Author�s Note: There ya go folks! XD I really hope you enjoyed this
chapter! D lost his cool�DX Let�s just hope it doesn�t
happen again, eh�? XP Let me know what you guys thought of this chapter! Please
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