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The war in Onigashima was in its final moments, the big stars had already been defeated as well as Big Mom, Kaido was the only one left to be defeated, Luffy was in the middle of his fight with Kaido when at a critical moment he was hindered by the agent from CP0, making Kaido hit a full attack on Luffy, causing his defeat, and also his probable death, as no sound came out of his body... His voice disappeared.
Kaido, very angry with the intervention in his fight with the Straw Hat, fiercely attacks the agent causing a great tremor throughout the island, the castle was already on fire leaving everyone inside in danger, suddenly a blast of Explosive Breath is shot into the main hall, Kaido appears in the main hall in his dragon form.
"Where is your leader!? I must have momonosuke's surrender!" Those words were hard to hear but the next ones were even worse - STRAW HAT LUFFY IS DEAD! IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO CHALLENGE ME, STEP FORWARD!
The beast pirates celebrated their leader's victory excitedly while the alliance was down due to the announcement of the death of its greatest name, well, this time it was nothing rash, no one could hear Luffy's voice, everyone was giving up the fight, everything looked lost, until Nami came out of hiding.
"Hey, don't go out there-yoi!"
"You want to let him get away with that!? What is that overgrown snake talking about?! Keep your preposterous lies to yourself!" Said Nami
"Big bro…" Said Otama with tears in his eyes.
"There's no way Luffy lost! Of course he's not dead! That's ridiculous!"
Kaido looked at her and said:
"Well, at least one of you has some moxie…"
"YOU'RE A LIAR! I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!"
Kaido uses a Boro breath to kill Nami but she doesn't even move, Marco appears to save her.
"DON'T LOSE YOUR COMPOSURE! NOT BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER-YOI!"
Nami is on the floor with burns whispering Luffy's name as Otama arrives to help her.
That was one of the worst moments in Nami's life, hearing those words hurt her a lot. Luffy was the man responsible for saving and freeing her, but that wasn't all.
Luffy was everything to her, her captain, her friend, her companion... Her emotional anchor, and on top of that, her first crush.
The relationship she had with him was very deep, many things can be said about them, but what was the basis of everything, was respect and mutual trust, she did not let anyone mock or speak ill of Luffy or his dream. , and he never let anyone hurt her, if they did, Luffy would kick anyone's ass, they never doubted each other, ever, but Nami always worried about him because of his irascible and irresponsible attitudes.
Nami had feelings for him, but never had the courage to tell him, either because of fear of rejection or because she would never have a chance with the pirate empress as an opponent, she loved him so much, to the point of giving up her own life for his, she loved him so much, that he accepted to die so as not to live in the world without him, without Luffy, Nami doesn't exist… She can't live without him… And the same for him.
Luffy was never one of the smartest, he was really slow, but still he wasn't a complete idiot, he knew things around him, he knew what a marriage was, that's why he refused the empress's proposal, and also because he didn't love her like that, some more "exciting" sensations were things he still didn't know how they were, he never felt them to know how to deal with them, without leaving aside the good sensations of a warm and racing heart, the butterflies in his stomach. All of this has passion as its main point, Luffy had never cared much about it, nobody had ever made him feel something like that, that was until Nami appeared in his life.
Luffy and Nami never had the opportunity to feel more "things" for another person, both experienced the first time with each other, Luffy was attracted to a beautiful girl, Nami was attracted to a beautiful boy, but the characteristics of both made the passion being even greater for them. A boy with a beautiful smile and a heart of gold, the kindest man she has ever seen, and a beautiful girl with orange hair, a strong and kind personality, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.
Nami always liked to have her personal space, that's why she never let perverts touch her, she liked to take care of her own body and appearance, but not to please perverts, but to please herself, but when Luffy invaded her personal space she never hit him or got mad at him for it, he contained no malice in his actions, maybe that was why she let him do that, or maybe it was because it was "him".
On Luffy's side, he never cared about the female body, but seeing Nami in a bra, and then seeing her naked, he realized that the female body could be more interesting than he thought, so he began to take advantage of opportunities. to appreciate Nami's body without her noticing, such as to see a log pose.
Returning to Onigashima, at the end of the war Luffy defeated Kaido with his Gear 5 after much struggle. During the recovery, Luffy and Zoro were the most harmed and injured, both ended up being in a coma for 7 days, Hiyori took charge of cleaning the bodies of both, however Nami offered to clean Luffy's body claiming that it would be difficult for Hiyori to clean both of them herself. It was clearly Nami's lie, she just didn't want to let another woman see Luffy's naked body… Yes, Nami is secretly jealous of Luffy.
When Luffy and Zoro woke up, everything happened the way the Straw Hats do, excitement and joy, before the festival started, Nami decided once and for all to speak her feelings to Luffy, so before Luffy ran around, Nami called The captain:
"Luuffy!"
"Heey! Namii!"
"Can I talk to you before the festival? Alone…" Say Nami with an apprehensive and worried face.
Luffy didn't understand the concern on her face, but agreed smiling as usual:
"Of course!"
After they goes to be alone, Nami decided to not hesitate, she will tell him her feelings for sure.
"Luffy, I have something to tell you."
"What is Nami?"
"I was so worried about losing you forever, I thought I lost you like I lost Bellemere" - tears start to stain Nami's face, Luffy despairs and starts to panic trying to find a way to make his navigator stop crying , but Nami motions with her hand for him to hear - "Luffy, I don't want to spend the rest of my life with this, this pain of losing you... It's the worst pain I could feel in mine, you saved my village, you saved me too, you have no idea how important you are to me, I can't go a day without thinking about you, you give me reasons to live.."
Luffy can't stand seeing Nami say such sad things and hugs her to try and make her feel better, and it really helps, Nami returns the hug and snuggles into Luffy's arms. Nami feels safe and protected in his arms, the strong and powerful arms that faced so many battles become very cozy and warm, Nami feels privileged to be able to have Luffy like this all to herself, Nami's tears wet Luffy's kimono a little but he doesn't care at all, he only cares about making his navigator smile, after all he promised that to Genzo.
"Nami…"
"I don't finished yet." Luffy just nods for Nami to finish - "From the beginning, I always admired you for your courage and bravery, you always gave me more reason to admire you, you made me who hated pirates to become one, you did so much for me, I don't think I'll ever be able to thank you properly for everything you've done, I just wanted to tell you that I really enjoy your company, even if you are reckless, even with your faults, I don't care about them at all, your qualities are endless and that's what I like most about you, you are simply yourself, that's why I can't lose this chance, which may be the last of my life to say... I love you…"
Luffy was shocked by the revelation, after all he never imagined that Nami liked him, it took him a while to process everything that was said, so much so that Nami looked at him and saw his shocked reaction and thought he was going to say that he didn't feel anything anymore than friendship for her, before he said something Nami tried to say before him:
"Luffy i know you probably don't know what i'm saying to you, but-"
"Nami…"
Nami looks at Luffy with a serious face, his voice came out calm and serious, something a little unusual coming from him, Nami was very nervous and sweating cold, she thought he was going to say that he didn't love her, and that they were just friends, however Nami saw Luffy smile and say:
"I'm glad I'm not the only one! Shishishishi!"
"What?"
"I love you too Nami" Luffy smiled as always "that must be why I dream about you a lot."
"Really!?"
"Yeah! I wasn't sure why that happened, after being separated from you guys for 2 years and a little chat with Rayleigh-san I understood."
"So… You love me too?"
"Yes! Love so so much you! I wanted to tell you this but I was afraid you would hit me for acting like Sanji! Shishishishi!"
"Luffy… I'm sorry, i would never hit you for that, beside that, I have dreams of you too."
"Really!? How are they?"
"Well, nothing much, just you and me sailing the world together." Says Nami, a little embarrassed.
"So cool! My dreams are a lot of fun.. You and I are married and we have a child."
"REALLY!? D-do you like these dreams?" Nami is so nervous and embarrassed that she stutters.
"I love these dreams. I wish they came true, but only one difference."
"Which?"
"Two children instead of one, a boy and a girl, Ace and Bellemere."
"Luffy…" Nami gets emotional and starts to cry.
"Nami! Did I say something I shouldn't?"
"No you idiot fufufufu, I just loved your choice of names."
"Nami."
"What was Luffy?" Nami tries to compose herself and wipes her tears.
"You want to have children with me?" Nami smiles and tries to stand firm even with her eyes watering.
"This is what I want most in life." Nami says very emotional with tears of happiness in her eyes - "Luffy, can you promise me two things?"
"Of course Nami! What?"
"First I want you to promise to be by my side for the rest of our lives."
"Right!" Luffy immediately speaks without even thinking about it, really wanting this very much. - "And the other?"
"Promise never to tell anyone about us."
"But why Nami?"
"Because it's dangerous for the whole world to know about it, moreover, our crewmates may not handle it very well. This will be our secret, right Luffy?"
"Right!"
"Luffy... Can I ask you something?"
"Of course! Whatever you want."
"Thank you!"
Nami kisses Luffy with a lot of love and affection, this surprises Luffy but soon he reciprocates equally with the same intensity. After kissing for a long time, they break apart panting and out of breath.
"Nami I think I found something better than meat."
"What is this Luffy?"
"It's you." Luffy smiles the way only he can, and also warms Nami's heart with just his smile.
"I love you Luffy." Nami says whispering and hugging Luffy with a lot of love.
"I love you Nami." Luffy responds by returning the hug and feeling lighter and more comfortable in Nami's embrace.
"Don't forget heard?"
"Never tell anyone about us and be by your side for the rest of our lives, yes… I PROMISE!"
"Thank you so much Luffy! You are the best person I've ever met."
"You too Nami, you are the best person to be the Queen of Pirates."
After that, Luffy and Nami swore to never part and love each other until the end of their lives, and of course, secretly from the entire crew, although some already know about them well before, but that doesn't matter, if they are one with each other everything will work out, until the end of their lives, loving and caring for each other, like soulmates.