one piece: and then she died
Nami died midway through another brutal smackdown of the boys' idiocy. It had probably been something ridiculously stupid and pointless that had set her off. It was always the little things that added up that got to her. So that day, the members of the crew followed the same routine. Someone pisses her off, Nami brutally asserts her authority. And so, one punch followed another and then, nothing. Silence echoed after her body met the ground. Her hands were still clenched into fists. For a moment, the rest of them expected her to get back up and continue beating the stupid out of Luffy. And then the shock was overcome.
"She had to go and die first, didn't she?" As usual, it was Zoro who complained. But that was all he was going to offer on the matter before yawning and sitting back. In fact, he looked quite pleased that he wasn't going to be bothered by the fiery redhead anymore. Still, the damned witch was going to blame him for her death and charge him some more the next time. Zoro sighed. He could never win.
"Nami-san had always been eager." Robin remarked calmly, flipping another page of her book. She hadn't even glanced up when Nami died. Nothing could shake Robin anymore which was something Zoro liked. "She had mentioned a few plans, actually."
Zoro groaned and was about to retort when he dived, none too smoothly, to his left. The spot where he had formerly been lounging was nothing but a smoking pit, courtesy of one disgruntled cook. "Damn it! Luffy! Nami-swan didn't even get to try my parfait yet! She's probably hungry!" The swordsman didn't even bother to merit that with a reply. Nami wouldn't be worried about being hungry since she's dead.
Something else bothered him though... "Oi! Why the fuck did you attack me shit-cook when it's Luffy's fault?"
The blond paused, "Force of habit. Sorry." He didn't sound sorry at all. Zoro glowered. Looking forlornly at his parfait, Sanji sighed, "What am I going to do with it now?"
From his place beside Nami's corpse, Luffy leaped at his chance. "I can have it! Sanji! Sanji! Hungry!" The cook gave the treat up without a fight, carefully stepping around Nami's body.
"I wonder what she died of..." Chopper had always found their deaths quite interesting. While the others liked dying first, rushing to their next chapter, Chopper wanted to stay behind and examine their bodies. Their doctor was always quite upset when he died early, understandably. Most of the time, Nami lived to a ripe old age as well, so this was an anomaly. "Sanji, can I - ?"
"NO!" Immediately the cook sprung apart from their messy captain to scowl at the reindeer-man.
And thus, the age old argument began once more. Chopper didn't mind. Sanji had always protected Nami's body whenever she died first. But Chopper knew he didn't have to wait long. Sanji would die soon after, probably a few days at most a week. He'll just have Franky move Nami's body to storage. Very, very interesting.
"Nami-sis probably has a super plan!" Franky chimed in. What was supposed to be a calm comment always ended up a bold exclamation in Franky's speeches. The cyborg, with unequaled zest, posed again. "Super!"
"What?! What's happened?" There was clambering and crashing as Usopp rushed to the rest of the crew. At the sight of Nami's prone form, he dropped to his knees. "DAMN IT! Not FAIR!"
"Ehh, Usopp! Don't be sad." Luffy patted his friend on the back with one hand absently. He was too preoccupied with his treat to truly pay attention to matters. If he had, he would have noticed that it wasn't sorrow in Usopp's eyes. Rather, it was annoyance. "That cheater! It was my turn! Nami that cheater!"
"Yohohohohoho! Do not be distressed, Usopp-san! You'll die soon!"
"But she picked the last two times!" Usopp protested. It was true, not that it mattered very much. The rest of their group went along with whatever Nami picked out whenever she managed to reach the end first. The only ones who did complain regularly were Usopp and Luffy. Usopp for not getting his choice - hell, Zoro had picked more than he did. But that was because Zoro always tended to die early.
Luffy, on the other hand, "Aww man. Nami always picks the boring ones..."
Click. The sound of a sword sliding out of its sheathe accompanied Zoro's words, "Hey, Usopp."
"Yeah, Zoro?"
"If you want, I'll kill you. I think you can probably catch up to Nami if I do it now."
"...eh, no thanks. I'll just decide next time."
"If you're sure then." Click. In went the sword, And Usopp could relax again. He was rather fond of this life, the sailing and adventuring and stuff. There was a lot to see and he still needed to reunite with his father, Yasopp. Nami, that sucker, Usopp thought, hadn't accomplished her dreams.
...oh wait. Now that they were without a navigator - just who the hell was going to direct the Sunny?
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