My One Piece (Book I)

Chapter-37 Wax Statue.

GRAND LINE WATERS...

It's 5 in the morning,
The morning brings the warm rays of sunlight mixed with the cold breeze of the sea. Zoro is sitting on the deck holding his Sword to his chest, covering himself with a blanket and enjoying the sunrise.
Sanji is the first to wake up since he has to prepare food.

Zoro as soon as he saw Sanji,
They both had their usual trash talk ritual and went their separate ways.
The trashtalk is the way of Sanji saying,

"You can go get some rest, I'll take it from here until the crew wakes up."

Zoro get to the men's quarters to take a nap. Sanji is preparing drinks and breakfast for everyone.
Soon after an hour,
The crew started waking up and got to the dinner room to have dinner.

At the dinner hall,
Nami is the last one to arrive with a sleepy face (Zoro not included).
Vivi noticed Nami's red eyes and she can tell Nami cried a lot last night but she hide it from the others.
After finishing the dinner,
Luffy, Ussop and Sanji was just messing around at the deck along with Karoo.

Vivi got a bit mad and worried that knowing the danger they pose,
Luffy and the others seem to have no care in the world as they are just goofing around.

"Relax, Vivi..!
These boys may go through their goofy faces but when things get rough, they get to work.
Trust me, i should know." Nami says giving Vivi a drink with a smile trying to cheer her up,

"Sorry..!
I don't know what's wrong with me,
I'm getting worked up over nothing." Vivi says with a disappointed look,

Vivi and Nami just enjoyed looking at Luffy and others goofing around with Karoo and that is when it hits Vivi.

"Say Nami..!
I couldn't help but notice you been crying a lot last night..
And i happened to notice it also involes Mr.Bushido, Is everything okay between you two..?" Vivi ask with a hesitation,

Nami sighed trying to forget about last night but knowing Vivi is the only girl around there and she is the only one Nami can have a decent girls talk with.
So she decides to share her side of the story,

"It's nothing serious...
Some stuff happened a while ago and i kinda got on the bad side of Zoro..
Now he only tolerates me because of Luffy and won't even talk to me..." Nami says with a sad smile,

"I'm sorry..!
But he doesn't seems to be someone who takes small things into serious consideration.. What happened..?" Vivi ask with curiosity,

"When i was a kid,
My Village is being raided and held hostage by a Pirate named Arlong.." Nami says with a sigh,

"ARLONG..?
As in Arlong The Saw..?
Captain of The Arlong Pirates..?" Vivi ask in shock,

"Yeah..! That's him,
So to free my Village from his tyranny, i made a deal with him..
To pay him 100M Berries in exchange for our freedom." Nami says looking depressed over everything that happened,

"It took me Eight years to collect that much money,
Stealing from Pirates, Thieves, Evil Marines and so..
That is when i met Luffy and the others..." Nami says explaining everything happened to Vivi,

Vivi was so much surprised and impressed by a small rookie Pirate like Luffy take down Arlong, Kuro and Buggy.

"The more time i spend with them,
The more i drew close to them.
But to save my people, i had to do everything i can, that includes betraying the only friends i had even though it's hard for me to do so." Nami says with a defeated sad look,