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Chapter List
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Nami’s Dark Little Secret

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.

Chapter 9: The Tree of Ancients

AN: Spoiler content for the Arlong Arc, and Drum Arc. Whew you guys reviewed
soooo fast!!!! I had to revise this right away! Lol!

Nami’s surroundings swirled around her and she felt her head swoon. Suddenly it
stopped spinning and she could see where she was...of course that didn’t really help her
much when she didn’t know where the hell ‘here’ was anyways.

She was amidst a crowd of strange phantasmagoric figures that were all walking
purposefully in one direction - pulled by an unseen force.

That’s when she started to run.

She had a gut feeling that Luffy was headed in that direction as well and that she had to
stop him before it was too late and she lost him forever.

So she ran...

Passing the strange emotionless shells that had once been human...or otherwise.

Wings...there was Captain Blood’s Vampyre crew that had been killed by the hands of
the darkness possessed Luffy.

That’s when she realized she was walking among the dead.

But where was Luffy?

She continued to run and run but it didn’t seem she was getting anywhere fast enough.

There!

She caught a glimpse of Luffy’s straw hat.

“LUFFY!!!” She cried with all her might. “Don’t go!”

But he continued on his way as if he hadn’t heard her.

Run...

Run...

Run...

Soon she broke free from the crowd and looked at her new surroundings. She found that
she was now on an island. It was breathtaking. She had never seen an island that was
so...perfect. It had beaches with golden sands, lush green palms, and there were other
plants more exotic and fascinating than Nami had ever seen before. Many of these plants
were supposed to be long extinct but here they were preserved since the beginning of
time itself. Some of the flowers resembled roses but were oversized and of a red deeper
than blood.

But where was Luffy?

And what was it about this island that had brought Luffy here?

Run...

Wait for me Luffy...

Run...Nami Run...

Don’t leave me...

Suddenly she saw something...a glimpse of magenta? She followed it...maybe it was
trying to lead her towards Luffy.

As she broke through a clearing of trees she raised a hand to her mouth as she gasped.
Her eyes began to water at the sight before her...

“Bellemere-san...” Nami croaked.

Bellemere gave Nami a warm smile before she opened her arms for Nami to run into
them. And Nami did so. She ran to Bellemere’s embrace and cried into her mother’s
chest. “Bellemere-san!”

“Shhhh...Nami-chan. What are you doing in a place like this? It is not your time.”

Nami looked up and blinked back at Bellemere. “My Captain...he’s here and I’m trying
to find him. But Bellemere-san where is here exactly?”

“This place...is the Astral Plane. It is a place of transition where souls go before they go
to either heaven or hell, a limbo. But also a place of dreams and nightmares. That’s why
your Captain’s dream has manifested itself in this place...”

“Could this place be?” Nami gasped.

“Yes, this is One Piece.”

Nami looked around her surroundings in shock so this island was what One Piece looked
like...she tried to burn the images into her mind and memory for future usage.

“But where is Luffy?”

“He has gone to seek answers...from the Tree of Ancients.” Bellemere responded.

“Tree of Ancients? Does that tree have any sort of connection to the Devil’s Fruit Tree?”

Bellemere nodded. “You see, the true origin of the cursed fruits is at the end of the Grand
Line...there lies a single ancient tree...the Devil’s fruit tree...it produces many fruits
which can grant many different abilities for good or for evil. They fall off the tree
continuously and travel down the straights of the Grand Line where they fall into the
hands of anyone how happens to come across them. However, I can tell you no more than
this. Any more knowledge is not supposed to be known by those of the living world.”

“So Luffy...can find answers there? Maybe it could tell Luffy why he’s developed a sort
of split personality. And if this island is One Piece then where’s the treasure!?”

“Some things are more valuable than gold and jewels...”

“What’s that supposed to mean?! Bellemere-san please I must know for Luffy’s sake.”

Bellemere sighed. “I will only say this - what is it do you think gave Gol D. Roger the
power and strength to become the Pirate King? What would Gold Roger consider to be
his greatest treasure...this is One Piece.” Bellemere placed a hand on Nami’s shoulder.
“You can linger here no longer or else the gateway to the Living World will be close to
you forever. You must go and get your Captain and bring him back now.” Bellemere
pointed off into the distance. “The tree and your Captain lie that way, may God be with
you.”

“Bellemere-san...I don’t want to leave you.” Nami turned her tear-faced gaze upon her
mother. “There’s still so much I want to tell you...that I need to know.”

“Nami...don’t worry. Now go! Your Captain is waiting for you.”

Nami turned around in the direction that Bellemere had directed her.

“And Nami...I’m so very proud of you.”

Nami bit her lip before she broke off into a run. She didn’t look back.

Nami ran until she came to another clearing where she could see a gigantic tree with
gnarled roots and branches. From its branches hung many different fruits of all shapes,
sizes, and colors. Some looked like warped pineapples and others like disfigured
bananas. It was situated at the edge of a cliff, and below this cliff was a river that lead to
the Grand Line. There it was the Tree of Ancients also known as the Devil’s Fruit tree.

And there seated under the tree with his knees brought to his chest and his head buried
between his legs was Luffy...

Although it wasn’t the Luffy she had come to know and love...this was a younger Luffy
around the age of seven or eight.

Nami cautiously approached. “Luffy...”

Luffy didn’t stir and Nami came closer until she was kneeling next to him and peered
into his face. She took a quick intake of breath at the expression she saw there. His eyes
were open and terrified yet no tears were falling while his small body was trembling like
a frightened little mouse.

Nami wrapped her arms around him. “Oh Luffy...what happened to you? Luffy...it’s ok.
I’m here with you now. It’s ok shhhhhh. Luffy...come away with me back to your
Nakama.”

“Nakama?” Questioned a strained voice. Luffy shook his head violently. “They’ll hate
me! They must hate me! I’m evil!”

“Luffy?! What are you talking about? We have to go back to them now. Before it’s too
late. Please...Luffy.”

All of a sudden, the ground beneath them began to tremble...

“Oh my god, it can’t be...an earth quake.” Nami started to shake Luffy by the shoulders.
“Luffy pull yourself together or else this world with crumble right along with you!”

But Luffy had already lapsed back into silence and wouldn’t respond.

Soon the ground began to crack under the force of the quake until the ground beneath
them and around the tree began to become unstable as well.

“Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!” Nami cried as she threw her arms around Luffy’s small
form.

Soon the cracked earth gave way beneath them and Nami could feel that they were
falling down towards the river below.

As they fell face first with Nami’s arms tightly wrapped around Luffy’s body Luffy
suddenly became conscious. He looked back at the girl who was trying to protect him and
his eyes widened with recognition. He knew this person, cared for this person. “Nami?”
He suddenly had the urge to protect her. Luffy’s body changed in Nami’s arms as he
reverted back to his seventeen year old form. “Gomu Gomu no Pistol!” Luffy cried as he
stretched his arm upward and wrapped it around the Tree of Ancients.

“Luffy!” Nami looked back at him her eyes wide with shock...when had he...turned back
to normal?!

“It’s alright Nami.” Luffy gritted out through clenched teeth. He was about to pull them
up when the ground beneath the Tree of Ancients gave way.

They fell into the river with a splash.

Nami could feel her body transforming as it morphed into her mermaid form. Soon
instead of feeling powerless she felt hope fill her. She had the power to save him. She
dove down under the water and searched with her keen eyes for any sight of Luffy.
There! He was sinking fast as the curse of the Devil’s Fruit began to take effect.
However, this time Nami saw something else...hands.

Translucent hands that seemed to be made out of the surrounding water seemed to be
grasping Luffy’s arms and legs as they pulled him down deeper and deeper into the river.
Just what were those hands? Nami shook her head to clear her mind of such thoughts.
Now was not the time. Right now all that mattered was him.

She quickly propelled herself through the icy water with her shimmering, pink tail and
quickly had her arms wrapped around him.

She then made her way back to the surface and was glad when she broke through.
“Luffy?!” Nami questioned. No response. Shit! He must have swallowed a lot of water.
The rapids were swift and Nami fought hard against them just to make their way close to
shore.

She saw a branch jutting out from the edge and as she passed she grabbed onto it for dear
life. She then began to struggle against the current as she tried to drag Luffy ashore.
Finally, she had managed to get Luffy onto the sandy bank and now dragged herself
beside him.

He wasn’t showing any signs of life and Nami was beginning to panic.

She had to resuscitate him before it was too late.

She placed two hands on his chest and pressed in time with her heart beat. No response.
He needed air to be forced into his lungs. Nami quickly bent over him and opening his
mouth placed her mouth over his and breathed air into his lungs. She then continued to
press on his chest.

Please Luffy...don’t leave me.

As she continued to perform CPR on her Captain she began to wonder just when it was
that Luffy had suddenly become to mean something so special to her. Something that she
couldn’t picture her life without.

She remembered back to how he had defeated Arlong for her.

Even though she had betrayed them...he had continued to trust her. Even though she had
been rude and spiteful and had yelled at him to go away and leave her alone - he had
stayed by her side. He had been concerned for her and had wanted to help her.. And when
she finally gave in and asked for his help he gave it to her unhesitatingly. As if he had
been waiting for her to say those words all along “Luffy...help me.”

And then he had placed his hat on her head, his precious treasure. He got mad when
anyone else even touched it and here Luffy had purposefully placed it upon her head to
make her feel better. To fill her with courage. Which it had.

He may be simpleminded but when it came to things of the heart he had it where it
counted. He may not know book facts but he knew important things like friendship and
Nakama.

And even though he hadn’t known the story behind it all Luffy had known instinctively
what to do to help Nami. To defeat Arlong. To put his life on the line for her...

And then he had destroyed the room she had been forced to work in day in and day out.
Destroying the ties she had to that place once and for all.

Finally she remembered his words at the end, “Nami...you are my Nakama!”

She smiled to remember it.

So in the end he had given her back her freedom, her happiness, and her smile. He had
saved her life. She owed him much.

But she knew he didn’t look at it that way. Although she couldn’t help but think she had
to do her best not to be a burden to him and to be as useful as possible to this man that
was still a boy, who had saved her from the evil clutches of the mer-pirate Arlong. If it
hadn’t been for him maybe just maybe she’d still be headed down that dark path again
which she had struggled long ago to find her way back from.

Just where would she be and what would she be if Luffy hadn’t come into her life. He
was her savior.

This was when she had come to respect and admire him.

To care for him.

But it wasn’t until later that she came to love him.

It was when she got sick.

Most of the event she couldn’t remember clearly but she could remember bits and pieces
that stuck in her mind as something that meant something important to her. She
remembered how Luffy put his hand to her forehead...had exclaimed she needed to see a
doctor right away. She remembered his voice... “come on Nami smile for me! Nami!
She’s not smiling!” the concern in his tone of voice for failing to make her smile. The
guilt. How she had tried to smile for him but couldn’t find the strength to do so.

She remembered his voice again telling her they had reached an island...wasn’t he always
the first on deck to see it. Why was he still by her side?

She then remembered how Luffy had told her to get to a doctor they had to climb a
mountain to do so. She felt so tired...so worn out. But she wouldn’t be a burden to her
Captain. If he felt confident that he could bring her there then so be it! She used the last
of her strength to give Luffy a high five and entrust her very life in his hands. “Take care
of me, Captain.”

She remembered Sanji’s words, “If you fight the shock will be absorbed into Nami-san.”
And she remembered that she -never- felt the shock from him having fought. How had he
managed to restrain himself from fighting when that was usually how he resolved most
things? Luffy was the type to hit and ask questions later. But he had changed his usual
ways for her...

And then she remembered coming into consciousness for a few brief moments to find
herself, Luffy, and Sanji on the side of a steep rock face. Luffy was climbing it with his
bare hands and feet. His jacket was gone and she could hear him muttering to himself.
“Doctor...Doctor..” Just what was he putting himself through all for her sake! If she had
the strength she would have told him - “Stop! I’m not worth it!” But she couldn’t.

No one had ever trusted her like he did. No one had ever risked their life for her. No one
had ever cared for her. Luffy was different from all the others. Luffy was special.

Afterwards when she looked at him she felt something that hadn’t been there before. A
strange stirring in her chest. His mere presence brought a smile to her lips, and comforted
her at the same time. She found herself staring at him for longer than was necessary..she
began to wonder how he had gotten that scar under his left eye. How she wished to run
her finger lightly over it. She caught herself staring at his flexed muscles as he fought.

She realized then that she was attracted to him.

At first she couldn’t believe it.

How could a wise, level-headed person such as herself become attracted to such a
simpleminded, carefree guy. They were opposites but somehow it didn’t matter.

Then something else changed. Any time he got into a battle Nami felt afraid. Afraid that
she would lose him. She knew at that moment that she would give her own life if it meant
saving his. She realized she was in love. At first she denied it to herself but it was always
in the back of her mind...

And now as she tried to bring her Captain back to life she felt that feeling fill her again.
She loved him and it hurt to see him like this - on the brink of death.

ooo

Luffy slowly opened his eyes and he saw Nami’s face closer than it had ever been before.
Suddenly he felt Nami’s lips pressed against his own and for a moment he couldn’t move
he was in such shock. He suddenly concentrated on the feeling of her lips pressed against
his own and he decided he really really liked it. He didn’t want her to pull away or stop
so he wrapped his arms around her neck...

Nami gasped into his mouth as she felt Luffy’s arms encircle her neck and bring her
closer to him. She couldn’t believe what was happening. Luffy was kissing her this
time...and it was for real. It wasn’t a dream or her imagination. Luffy was actually
kissing her! Tears of happiness came unbidden to Nami’s eyes as she lost herself in the
kiss.

Luffy smiled against her lips and could feel Nami’s tongue licking his lower lip as if
asking for entrance. Luffy opened his mouth slightly to see what Nami had in mind and
was again shocked as Nami plunged her tongue into his mouth, pleasantly shocked that
is. Luffy moaned at the feeling of it and soon their tongues were caressing each other.

They reluctantly pulled away from each other as they ran out of breath.

Luffy wore an expression Nami had never seen him wear before and she decided she
liked it. She smiled and Luffy grinned broadly at her.

Luffy’s eyes traveled down to Nami’s waist where she now had her fish-tail. His eyes
widened.

“Nami...you’re a...you’re a mermaid!”

Nami put a hand to her forehead and sighed. “That’s not exactly true. Arlong ran some
genetic experiments on me so that when I get wet I turn into one so I’m only really half
mermaid.”

“Genetic experiments...oh you mean Mystery Experiments!” Luffy decided.

Nami sweat-dropped. “I guesss...”

Luffy turned serious. “Did these experiments hurt?”

Nami was taken aback. She really didn’t want to answer this question. Why did he have
to be so blunt. “Well...yea a little.”

Luffy’s eyes narrowed. “That bastard! If he wasn’t dead already I would kill him all over
again! How dare he hurt you!”

“Luffy...” Nami was almost tempted to confess why Arlong had done those experiments
in the first place. He had been planning on her being compatible enough to bear his
child...

The ground was still trembling however which reminded Nami of their current situation
at hand. “Luffy...we have to get out of here!”

“Huh?” Luffy looked around curiously. “Where are we?”

“Argh!” Nami yanked at her hair. “This is no time to explain...we have to find the
gateway out of this world as soon as possible before we’re trapped here forever...”

Luffy jumped to his feet. “Right then! Lead the way Nami!”

Nami bonked Luffy upside the head. “Baka! How am I supposed to know the way out of
this place?!”

“But you’re my navigator Nami. It was only safe to assume you’d know the way!” Luffy
whined.

“I suppose you have a point,” Nami sighed. “I guess we’ll just have to backtrack and get
out of here before this world collapses.”

ooo

Meanwhile...

“Nami-saaannn!!!” Sanji cried as tears ran down his face and he blew his nose into a
sopping wet tissue.

“Nami...” Zoro murmured as he looked down at the fallen girl and their Captain.

“Th-they’re not dead!” Ussop declared suddenly earning confused stares from Sanji and
Zoro. “How can they be dead?! The Straw Hat Pirates can’t be without their Captain and
their Navigator!”

“Ussop we know that but-” Zoro was saying.

“We have to trust them.” Ussop declared turning his stare back to Nami and Luffy. “I
know they’ll be back. Anyways, nothing can fight the power of true love!”

BONK

Sanji and Zoro seemed to need a bit more convincing on that last part it seemed. Ussop
rubbed his now sore head. “Oi! Hey was that really necessary!?” Ussop lunged at Zoro
but as Zoro easily sidestepped out of the way so that he ended up colliding with Sanji.
Soon the guys were in an all out brawl.

“Ughhh.....” Came a scratchy voice which stopped the guys in the middle of their
punches. Sanji’s foot was one inch away from Ussop’s nose.

“Mmmmm...” Was a feminine voice.

“They’re alive!!!!!” All three guys chimed in glee.

“Of course I’m alive.” Nami smiled at them as she sat up. “You still owe me 500,000 beli
Zoro. How could I leave this world without you having paid that back to me.”

“Witch! It’s gone up AGAIN!” Zoro growled. “You are so going to hell!”

“Right right. Been there done that.” Nami smirked.

“So Luffy where did you and Nami go really?” Ussop questioned.

Nami and Luffy looked at each other and simultaneously exclaimed. “Heaven.” Before
they burst out laughing.

The crew soon after left Captain Greed’s ship the El Dorado. Nami’s chest a little bigger
than usual as it was stuffed with a large ruby skull with emerald eyes...

To be continued...

AN: Should I eventually add Chopper into the Story? I haven’t watched the full Arabasta
Arc so I don’t know if I’ll add Robin..and Vivi would seem out of place in this story I
think but let me know. I might add Tashigi though for Zoro...that couple has grown on
me. :) And anyone really care if Ussop stays? lol.

Oh, yea and someone said Zoro was actually Zolo but I’m watching the subtitled version
and it’s Zoro in that, I think it is Zolo in that awful dubbed version...gahhhh I hate the
way Sanji’s voice sounds in the dub!!!!!!

Oh yea, don’t forget those next ten reviews, those will earn you a double chapter too, b/c
ch 10 is like 7,000 words long!!!! epp!
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