Beware of the Purrs
l. But…Why A Submarine?
Summary: Law was born with a terrible curse.
Warning: some ooc, mild swearing, some crack (like indestructible cats and animal activist appearing out nowhere). These chapters will not be uploaded in any specific order. Update will also be sporadic.
Disclaimer: Can you ever truly own a cat? No. Can I ever truly own One Piece? No. Matter settled. I also do not own the cover picture.
When Penguin joined Law, he couldn't help but quietly wonder why, of all things, the surgeon chose a submarine to sail the seas with. There were so many different types of ships to choose from, but in the end the man simply insisted on having one that sailed under the ocean. So Penguin went along with his captain's decision. Besides, it was quite exciting sailing beneath the waves; they didn't have the worries of running into other pirates or marines. Though, instead, there was the worries of their radar breaking…and them crashing into a reef or rocks…or being eaten by a sea king…or having something simply go wrong and their air supply run out and them being unable to return the surface…
Okay, so maybe the risks of sailing in a submarine far outweighed the risks of sailing a normal ship.
But the view, Penguin decided after the first week aboard the vessel, was absolutely worth it. The sights of the different species and colors of fish, the beautiful reefs and the ecosystems that came with them, the way the sun shimmered through the surface… It was all so beautiful, things you couldn't normally see when onboard an ordinary ship.
Still, the question always gnawed at the back of his mind. 'Why a submarine?' One day, he finally decided to come out and ask the surgeon himself.
"Why a submarine?"
Law raised an eyebrow at the sudden question, switching Kikoku from one shoulder to the other. "Pardon?"
"Why a submarine?" Penguin repeated, motioning to the vessel they were on. "You have so many ships to choose from, but you picked a submarine." The captain mumbled something under his breath as he looked off to the side, and all Penguin caught were the words, "…damn curse…" The hatted male only raised an eyebrow at that, but decided to drop the subject upon seeing the annoyed expression his captain was giving.
He got his answer two days later.
They docked at an island to pick up any supplies they were running low on. Things had been going smoothly; not a single marine was stationed on the island and no other pirate crews were within sight. They weren't exactly a famous crew just yet, so people weren't exactly running in fear when they saw their jolly roger painted on the ship or on the crew's jumpsuits.
Penguin had just exited a bakery, a delicious looking donut in his hand that he was most certainly about to eat. But that was when he heard it; a sound similar to one of a stampede. It was a deep rumble, and the could feel the earth shake beneath his feet. He gave a frown and furrowed his brows; he didn't recall this part of the sea having any earthquakes. Looking up from the ground, he dropped his donut at the sight before him.
His captain, Trafalgar Law, was running down the grassy hill at the end of the town like his very life depended on it; Kikoku grasped tightly in one hand and his spotted hat in the other.
And behind him was hundreds of cats.
Kittens, adults, stripers, calicos, males, females; all of the different kind of felines were mixed together in the crowd, all meowing and purring with eyes for Law and Law only. Hell, Penguin thought even saw a species of some sort of tiger in the crowd, towering over all the other little house cats. Penguin could stare at the sight, unsure whether to laugh or–
"Run!" Hearing his captain's – not panicked, but it was getting close to it – voice snapped him out of his staring and he turned on his heels and began to sprint for the submarine. Luckily, everyone was already back from shopping.
"Get the sub ready!" He shouted, and the others didn't stop to ask why when they heard how authoritative his voice was. In record time, the submarine was ready to set and they pulled away from the docks; all eyes settled on the figure of their sprinting captain. As soon as Law was near enough, he created his Room and teleported himself onto the submarine.
"Dive," he quickly ordered, pushing his gawking crew inside and locking the door behind them. The last thing Penguin saw when he glanced out the closing door was all the cats jump into the water in a desperate attempt to reach Law. When they were safely submerged under the ocean's surface and his captain had caught his breath, Penguin couldn't help but blurt out the question.
"What the hell was that?"
"That is the reason why I have a submarine and not a ship," Law answered.
"What, does this always happen?"
"Every time I stay on land long enough." He glanced out the window to see a school of red-colored fish swim by. "It's a curse that I was born with. No matter where I go, any cat within the vicinity will chase after me. If I had a ship, they'd swim after it and climb aboard it eventually. It's happened to me quite a few times before I got this submarine."
The hatted male raised an eyebrow and held back the urge to laugh. It was clear that the surgeon wasn't joking in the slightest. "So...what happens when they actually catch up to you?"
A silence fell between the two.
"I'd rather not talk about it," Law answered, giving a small shiver at, what Penguin guessed, was a rather unpleasant memory.
A/N: Sooo...not all that great for the first chapter, I realize. Sorry. But I hope it was sorta alright-ish. If you have any ideas you wanna see in this, lemme know and I'll write it up! I got quite a few ideas, and I look forward to uploading a few. By the way, if you don't read the manga, there will be some spoilers for you coming up then.
Anyway, please leave a review and tell me what you thought, please? Did I mess up anywhere? I apologize if I did. DX
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