Conversation with Nami.

"What did you do Kotarou?." Usopp asked as he points his finger at me.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I avoid eye contact against anyone on the crew.

"Shihsishishishi. Is Kotarou the second strongest of the crew now? He's a manly, great sea warrior ... Isn't he personal?" Stupid as Luffy is, must think that the greater the reward, the stronger the person.

"Stronger ?." Zoro with veins coming out of his head, he was ready to draw his sword.

"More manly?." Sanji took the cigarette out of his mouth.

"Great sea warrior?." Usopp removed his slingshot from his bag, along with something dubious as ammunition.

"Idiot." Nami ended up punching Luffy in the head ... But what he said already started the slaughter ... Zoro with his sword, Sanji with his leg and Usopp with his slingshot .... Everyone came after me .... A crazy fight started taking place on the ship ... And it got even worse when Luffy came in to "play" too ....

When it was over, we were all lying on the floor, dead tired… Even Luffy and Zoro ....

"Fuck .... Are you idiots or what?." I scream at everyone.

"Tch ... I just wanted to prove that I was stronger .."

"I, more manly ..."

"And I, who can be a great sea warrior ..."

"Are you stupid in the head? Just get your own rewards, do you want my head? Are you going to become a bounty hunter now? ..." I ended up screaming what I had in mind

"Are you done, boys? I just figured out the way to the Grand Line." Nami came out of the booth and said something that excited everyone's hearing. As if everyone had recovered their energy from nothing, we quickly approached Nami.

She then explained the methods to get to the Grand Line, Luffy didn't even hear the explanation of the Calm Belt, and he already chose to enter there ... Nami then said an island where we can get our supplies, and explained that it was the city of "beginning and the end". The city where Gold D. Roger, was born and where his execution took place.

Luffy, in his serious tone, said he wanted to go, he wanted to go to Longuetown ....

When it started to get dark, in the part where our nets were, Zoro explained the basics of the fight to me. Not only him, but Sanji also gave his opinions. Usopp and Luffy listened carefully and commented too. In the end, the night was cool for everyone, we ended up learning a lot about each one and how each one fights.

The next day, Zoro and I were facing each other, One on One.

"Your reflexes are quick to dodge, but you attack blindly, you don't attack at the opponent's opening ... In fact you don't seem to know how to locate the enemy's opening ... You are even further behind than I thought Kotarou ... "Zoro commented on this ... I really don't know how to consciously locate or create an opening ...

"That's why I'm training, isn't it?." I avoided using my Akuma no Mi to face Zoro. I continued to record the fight, but I did not use the record. I am learning, if I were to use these things, my training would be less useful.

Because of that, I gradually realized how bad I was in a fight ... Without using my Akuma no Mi I would suffer the entire fight until I died ...

My fighting style is also not as good as I imagined. Zoro manage to get rid of all the blades easily, whether thrown or attacked melee ...

At the end of training one on one with Zoro, I learned a lot and how much I have to improve ...

I didn't expect that Sanji would also enter training and fight one against one, with Zoro and me ... Luffy arrived later, to try to play too. Usopp tried, he wanted to give up after we finished the day, but we stopped him and the next day we continued with the training, so Usopp's suffering continued ... Nami had a more relaxed time, but still entered the training. Sanji prevented Zoro or Luffy from being too hard on her training. Sometimes I stopped them too.

In the end, the training increased the bond with the crew, I feel that because of that we are closer. Even I, who hated Sanji, started not to hate anymore. And I had to admit, his food was really good ...

My training with my Akuma no Mi also made a big step forward, I started doing my second skill, and this one will not be focused on recording the opponent's actions. It still has a major flaw, but in Longuetown, I hope to be able to buy something to help me with that.

Regarding physical training, he hasn't made much progress. Inside the Ship I managed to find some things to help train, but it was very limited. Merry was not equipped with training things like Sunny was. Still, I love Merry, I don't want her to be burned and swallowed by the ocean. So, I'm trying to find ways to save her, I have some ideas, the main one still needs 2 difficult things to achieve. The other is easier, I have some ship projects on my record, so I'm learning to fix Merry, and I'm trying to strengthen her.

I hope that in Loguetown, I can find some navy ship designs, or maybe some good ships, I plan to improve Merry a lot.

Anyway, we are still some time from Loguetown. About the relationship with Nami, it's still very weird, I plan to talk to her about it tonight. People are heavy sleepers, especially after today's heavy training, so I can talk to her without Sanji's interference.

============================

POV NAMI

Now it's getting dark, I have been training with the boys, I don't understand why they did it, but it was fun to spend time like that, every now and then.

I can hear them fighting even when they're sleeping, I'm really happy to be on this crew. But there is something that bothers me since the island.

It was in cocoyasi, while Luffy and the others were confining Arlong, I was crying ... After I got up and went to the place, I saw how Luffy faced Arlong, I saw Sanji and Zoro, even Usopp was there, but I didn't see Kotarou, when I asked about it, they said that

because he helped Luffy out of the concrete, he ended up getting punched by Arlong and sent to the sea.

It almost made my heart stop, I knew he had an Akuma no Mi and he couldn't swim, and he lost all his strength in the water. But then the village people said about Nojiko going to save him, it looks like she got it.

Soon I didn't have to worry, because a navy ship appeared, in it was Kotarou and Nojiko.

Kotarou then destroyed the room that held me all my life with a cannon ball ... Luffy also helped .... That was the happiest and most free moment I've had since Bell-Mére ...

But .... Seeing Kotarou hugging Nojiko like that, caused me to be discouraged and a boring condition in my heart. I understand what that means ... But do I want to join Luffy's crew, if I have feelings like that and cause problems for the crew? ... I couldn't accept something like this happening.

At the party, I tried to stay as far away from Kotarou as possible ... Still, after drinking a lot, listening to what he said, it caused me such a disgrace in my heart that I had to take satisfaction from Nojiko ... She explained to me what happened and hugged me. Kotarou was the idiot of the situation, it's all his fault.

After joining the crew, I wanted to avoid him as much as possible, I don't want my feeling to develop. He seems to be really upset about it, but it doesn't matter, Kotarou is an idiot.

As soon as I prepared to sleep, I heard a knock on the door. Standing up and opening the door, who was it? ... Who I didn't want to see ....

============================

Kotarou POV

"Nami, can I talk to you?." When Nami opened the door, I saw that she was wearing cute pajamas ... I didn't expect her to wear clothes like this to sleep ... At least it's not revealing ... I would be worried if she wore clothes like that, on a ship with 5 men ...

"I don't want to talk to you now, we can talk tomorrow." She tries to close the door, which I prevent.

"Please, it's important." I almost begged it, seriously, it was bothering me too much as she consciously pulls me away.

"Ahhh ... Okay, go ahead ... But if you do something, you better be prepared." She gave me a warning look, which I swallow and nod.

"Well, sit down." She smiles and allows me to sit on the floor ... Since the only other place she has to sit is the couch where she sleeps ...

"Well, speak up." She looks at me seriously and allows me to speak.

"I want to know if I did something for you .... You take me away consciously, differently from the others ... This has happened since before cocoyasi ... You were clearly ignoring me at the time ... Did I do something to you? ..... "I looked directly into Nami's eyes ... I hate to do what I like to hate myself .... I think tears started to gather in my eyes .... I wasn't using my Akuma no Mi ... So I was in my "real me."

She seemed to tremble a little and look away from my face, she seemed to have a slightly red face.

"It's nothing to do with you, it's just that I want to be further away from you, that's all. Now if you can go out to sleep, I'll be grateful." Before she can kick me out of the room, I got up and pinned her to the sofa.

"Please Nami .... I don't want this to continue .... I want it to be like the time we joined Luffy again .... It was really cool ..... I don't want to waste that precious time. " I say a little louder, while holding her arm ... I could hear in the background, people talking while sleeping ... I hope I don't wake them.

Nami seemed to think for a while, and gave a nod ... This relieved me more than I thought it would. It was with us and something disappeared from my back ...

"Thank you Nami." I put my hand on your head and stroke it a little ... This is very comfortable.

"Can I ask you something ?." Before I can leave the room, Nami asks me.

"Huh?. Of course." I nodded, I didn't care about her question ...

"Do you ... Do you like Nojiko? ..." I heard her question ... About Nojiko? ... To tell you the truth, I didn't think so much about her after leaving the village Cocoyusi ... that she did for me ... But I don't think I like her in the sense of loving ...

"Yes, I like Nojiko." I was able to see a line that panic on her face, but it was kind of unknown since her bangs hid her face.

"But not in the sense of loving, if you're talking about it ... She saved me, I thank her so much for that. She's also her sister, I couldn't hate her." I say with a smile on my face ... And it seemed to have worked, since Nami seemed less tense, and a little ... Relieved? ...

"Okay, go ahead ... That's all I wanted to ask you ... Go away ..." She got up from the couch and pushed my back out of her room.

"Okay ... Good night Nami." With a relieved smile, I say good night and go to my hammock to sleep.

Tomorrow will be much better, won't it?.