I Got Ya!

Suspicious

I remade the book cover! Yay!

Luffy laughs as he runs down the street and looks at the many stalls decorated with food and rare items. He looks at all the items and food (mostly food) with stars in his eyes. Zoro and Nami weren't far behind him. Luffy had ran ahead not too long ago but the two kept him in eyesight and earshot so they wouldn't get separated.

Nami was looking at the map of the town they were in. She managed to grab one when they docked in the island in the morning from a merchant. Right now she could tell that this was probably a merchant island and town. She could tell by all the stalls that many people from different places gathered around to come here.

Zoro had one eye trained on Luffy and the other on the woman. He found it suspicious that the woman was so eager to help them. Not to mention Luffy had a bounty on his head and so did Zoro. So she was probably in it for the money. If that was the case then he wouldn't hesitate to chop her down, Luffy probably wouldn't let him since he thought of Nami as a nice person. He grumbles at the thought and looks off to see Luffy playing with a group of kids.

"Something wrong swordsman?" She asks while not taking her eyes away from the map I her hands. Zoro gives her a sideways glance. There was no use in besting around the bush at all. "What do you want with Luffy?" He ask, well more like demanded. Nami didn't take her eyes away from the map but she did stop walking. He catches on pretty fast. She thought. She expected him to be on Luffy's level when it came to knowledge but he proved her wrong.

"You're going to have to be specific with that one." She comments. Zoro clenched his jaw. "But if you want to know, then yes, I'm in for the money. I've got things to do in life and I don't have time to waste." She says sternly, brown eyes looking at his green ones. "I don't have any bad intentions, like hurting him, so you don't have to worry." Then a sly smile spread across her face and she looks him over. "What do you want with Luffy? Aren't you supposed to be a bounty hunter? You know after the heads of Gang and Clan leaders? Were you after L-"

The look Zoro gave her was enough to probably kill an army. She closes her mouth and gulps, a bit intimidated by his glare. "I am not." He hissed, his hand resting on the hilts of his swords. "I was a bounty hunter. I owe Luffy my life since he saved me, don't forget it." And with that he walked forward to keep up with the excited boy no too far away from them. Nami stares at him back. That wasn't just a friendly like bond he gave off. No, possessiveness maybe. Did he really owe his life to that knuckle headed boy? The tone he said it in wasn't one to play with. She bites the bottom of her lip before pocketing her map and continuing forward with them. It'd be best to stay on the swordsman's good side just in case.

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Luffy laughs as the children scream in joy around him. He makes his arms stretch us so they could hang and swing from them. He even made silly faces with some of the younger ones getting cute giggles out of the toddlers. From the side he could see Zoro and Nami walking ahead of him. He says bye to the children and runs along to his friends.

"Zoro~, Nami! Where we going?" He asks happily from behind him. Nami speaks up first. "Since this is a trading island we should buy some more supplies and there are many inns as well." She informs. She was about to speak again until a loud growl cut her off. She turns around to see Luffy rubbing the back of his head with a laugh. "So where's the place with the meat?"

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" So he's already been here.." The blonde says, resting his pipe on the floor beside him. Ace jumps awake from his face in his plate as Sabo talks to the bartender. The bartender became startled at the other but Sabo only reached across the bar for a napkin and gave it to his boyfriend. Said person just blinked before grabbing it and using it to wipe his face.