Tales from Elseworld Vol.1

The Box

A/N: A simple story premise I've had in the back of my mind for awhile. Let's get right to it, enjoy the reading as always.

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The navigator shifted from her back laying on her side. She let out a groan unable to sleep peacefully hearing Robin's snores; 'Robin is quieter than a mouse I'm a louder snorer...' Nami peaked her eyes open barley able to see past her nose. 'It's still dark out? And since when did my bed become this uncomfortable.' She bumped her head against a surface unable to sit fully upright.

"Ow that hurt like hell..." Nami's eyes widened realizing she wasn't in her bed and the snoring culprit wasn't Robin. She jumped back holding her knees keeping away from the sprawled stranger laid across from her.

"One chunk of meat, two chunks of meat." The voice sang. Nami's eyes sharpened like a startled cat.

'It's just Luffy," she sighed realizing the stranger was none other then their captain. 'Safe to assume we're still on the Sunny, though I can't remember what happened last night...'

"One hundred chucks of meat, two hundred chunks of meat." Luffy drooled rubbing his stomach.

Nami shook her head placing a hand over a brow, "how did we get in this mess? I don't remember anything after dinner." The orangette crawled over the snoozing captain's legs placing a hand on his scar rocking him. "Luffy wake up." Her brows knitted when he turned his head snoring out her voice, "will you wake up already?" She growled snatching his collar raising him off the floor.

"Yeah I can eat more." Luffy said letting his head dangle snoring away.

"Get up already Luffy you're half asleep!" Nami dropped him when he didn't budge. "What kind of captain ignores the cries of his crew mate in distress?"

"Luffy its time for breakfast!" His eyes snapped open bursting the dream bubble.

The captain sat up immediately clutching his head. "Ah what the hell? Who put a wall above my hammock? Wait this isn't my hammock." He leaned against the side running a hand over his fatigued eyes. "Oi Nami that you?"

"Yeah it is." She said. Nami rested on the opposite side examining the half asleep rubber man yawning obnoxiously unaware of his surroundings.

"Where's the food? Didn't you say it was time for breakfast?" Luffy questioned salivating at the thought of diving into a warm pile of meat dishes at the moment of awakening.

"I lied, I just wanted to wake you."

"Ah alright then," Luffy yawned again placing the hat over his eyes getting more shut eye, "why did you lie to me?!" He yelled sitting up realizing there wasn't a meal coming anytime soon.

Nami shrugged, "How else was I suppose to wake you? You were ignoring me." 

"I was asleep you didn't have to wake me for nothing."

"It wasn't for nothing!" It was Nami's turn to be scary, "we're trapped in some kind of container, I need you to break out of it."

Luffy grinned at the challenge, "alright I'll get us out of here— wait since when was I wearing these?" He held out the cuffs on his wrists for her to see.

"Don't tell me those cuffs are sea prism, someone did this on purpose to mess with us." Nami said palming her forehead leaning against the side sulking in defeat.

"I see. It's a mystery person then?"

"No! Well yeah, but its obvious one or more of our crew mates did this to us Luffy."