Pirates

Neo flipped to the next page of her book. Running her eyes over the words, she devoured the story so much so that she was no longer sitting in the recreational room of the Polar Tang. Instead she was in the middle of a thick forest, running with the hero of the book as he sliced his way through an enemy that was trying to drag him back to the evil king.

"Neo."

Neo jumped when someone tapped her shoulder. She turned her eyes up to the one that had touched her and now was chuckling at her. Her lip pouched out in a pout. "Penguin, you scared me."

"Sorry," Penguin said, forcing himself to stop laughing. "I called you several times but you were so deep in that book you didn't hear me. I'm surprised you even felt me touching you."

Neo huffed. "Was there something you needed?"

"We need your help guiding the sub to an island," Penguin said.

"An island?" Neo blinked. "I thought we had a few more days before we got to the next island."

"We still do. We're having a bit of engine trouble," Penguin said. "We have to make an unscheduled stop. And unfortunately there's a storm above us and the water's cloudy below."

"Oh." Neo closed her book and swung her legs off the couch. "It's nothing serious, is it?"
"Conner doesn't think so," Penguin said. "He just wants to take care of it before it becomes a serious problem. Archer's in the control room waiting for you."

"I'll go right now" Nodding, Neo stood up. The two left the room together then split up at the stairs. Penguin headed up while she headed downstairs to the engine room. Reaching the fifth floor she heard muffled cursing from inside of the engine room. It was something Conner often did when aggravated with the sub. She passed on by the room and headed down the hall to the control room. Archer, like always, was sitting at the controls, eyes contorted in concentration. She lifted her eyes to the large window. The water was very cloudy with swirling nutrients and small fish. It was surprising they hadn't hit anything yet. "Pen said you needed me."

"I sure do," Archer said, his eyes never losing their focus. "This water is so hard to see through. Do you sense an island somewhere?"
"I do," Neo said. "Turn the sub thirteen decrees northwest. There's an island about two hundred yards away."

"Thanks. That helps a lot."

Neo crossed her arms as a couple clicks and snaps of Archer pushing buttons and switches rang out in the room. The sub slowly turned in the direction she had given him. Her eyebrow twitched when a huge presence filtered into her mind. "Archer, slow down."

"Huh? Why?" Archer peaked up at her.

"There's a sea king snake near by." Neo focused on the sea king. "He's very agitated for some reason."

"All right." Archer turned back to the controls. "We're slowing down."

Neo knitted her eyebrows. She could feel the creature coming closer to them. Suddenly, the sea king's agitation turned violent. She lunged for the voice pipe on the wall. "Hold on! We're about to-" The sub rocked with a loud thud before she could get her message out. Her back slammed into the floor. She winced, refocused herself, and forced herself back to her feet. "-be attacked by a sea king!"

…

Ash hugged Pikachu to his chest as his shoes, and his friends' shoes, slapped against the rain pooling on the ground. Thunder rumbled above. "Man! Where did this storm come from?"

"I don't know," Brook said. "But we need to find shelter soon."

"Togepi's going to get sick. My bag's already soaked through," Misty said tossing a look over her shoulder to her bag.

"There's got to be a house or a cave around here somewhere!" Brook looked around. But all he could see was sheets of rain.

"Pikachu."

"Hold on, Pikachu," Ash said to his little friend in his arms.

"There!" Brook said. "I see a cave!"

"Good!" Ash said as they ran to it. The pelting rain was cut off as they entered into the cave. Pikachu jumped out of Ash's arm and shook off. The three humans blocked the pokemon's water drops. "Pikachu! We're wet enough already!"

"At least we're out of the rain," Misty said.

"And we're in luck." Brock pointed farther into the cave, just inside of what little light they had. A pile of sticks was lying there. "Looks like someone's been here before."

"That's great." Ash walked over and started piling the sticks together. "We can get warm and dry." Reaching under the back of his jacket, he plucked off a pokemon and held it up. "Charazard, I choose you."

With a flash of red light the fire pokemon appeared.

"Charazard," Ash said. "Use Flame Thrower on the sticks so we can have a fire."

Charazard huffed then released its fire on Ash instead.

Ash screamed.

Charazard laid down.

"That hurt," Ash said before falling to the ground.

"Why do you bother?" Misty said. "That pokemon never listens to you."

"I know," Ash said. "I just thought…I didn't mean to…Oh never mind. We'll just freeze."

"It does feel like it's getting colder." Brook looked back out of the cave entrance. "Oh wait!" Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a pokeball. "Come out and give us a hand, Vulpix."

"Vulpix!"

"Vulpix, use Ember on these sticks," Brock said.

"Vulpix!" Vulpix aimed its fire at the sticks. Fire flowed out, the sticks caught fire, snapping and crackling to life.

"That's much better," Misty said. Removing her bag from her back she opened it and pulled out Togepi. "There you go. Now let's get dried up."

"Pi!" Togepi wiggled its arms.

…

The sea king slammed against the sub again and again.

"If this keeps up we're going to sink!" Archer said. "Can't you stop it?!"

"I'm trying!" Neo said. "The sea king is too upset! And I think it's in pain!"

"In pain?" Archer asked.

Neo closed her eyes. Focusing on the sea king outside of the sub, she tried to connect to its mind. Calm down, my friend. It's okay. We're not going to hurt you. Tell me what's wrong. The sea king calmed, a tiny bit. He focused on her attempt to contact her before pain shot through it. Neo tried harder. Then she felt it. The sea king flicked his tail before stopping. "It's got a thorn or something stuck in its tail."

"A thorn?" Archer asked.

"Surface." Neo headed for the door.

"What?!" Archer shrieked.

"I have to pull it out." Neo paused at the door. "I can't do that from inside of the sub with it so upset like this."

"That's insane! It's still storming out there!" Archer said.

"Don't worry." Neo smiled. "It'll be fine. I can handle it. Now surface."

"Okay." Archer turned back to the controls.

Neo headed out. Making her way up to the deck she looked over the crewmates she saw as she went. They looked unharmed. She reached the main floor. Reaching the door, she pressed her fingers to it. She paused, searching out for where Law was now. One second he was downstairs and next he was right behind her.

"And where do you think you're going?" Law asked.

Putting on an innocent smile, she turned to him. "Just outside to help the sea king."

Law sighed, rubbing his face with his hand. "Neo…"

"Come on, Law," Neo said. "It's not like we haven't helped a sea creature before."

"I know. But we haven't done it in a storm," Law said.

"It's not that big. I can easily push the storm away and take care of the sea king," Neo said. "It just has a thorn or something in its tail."

"No," Law said firmly.

"Law." Neo stepped closer. Snuggling into his chest, she wrapped her arms around his waist before looking up at him. "It'll only take a minute. Please?"

Law stared at her.

Neo forced back a smile when she felt him twitch. Second by second his resolve was fading as it always did when she wanted something.

Finally, Law sighed. "Fine. But I'm going with you."

"Thank you!" Neo squealed and hugged him. "You're the best!"

"We've surfaced," Archer said over the voice pipe. "You better hurry. I don't need to tell you the storm is picking up."

"We're going out," Neo said.

"Shambles." Law warped them outside. Rain beat down on them, blurring their vision. Thunder boomed multiple times as lightning flashed like strobes.

Neo summoned her wind crystals and lifted a couple into the air. Raising a gale, she pushed the storm away from them. The violent sea calmed instantly in her circle. Then she moved a wind crystal next to her and Law. Summoning a water crystal, she formed a bubble around them and lifted them over the railing. They sunk below the water. The sea king swam passed them, giving them a view of the thorn in its tail.

"It's a spear," Law said.

"It must have gotten too close to some ships," Neo said. "Can you remove it?"
Law watched the sea king swim back and forth in front of them. "Can you slow it down? Or keep it inside of my Room?"
"I'll see what I can do." Neo focused back on the sea king. Calm down, my friend. We're here to help. Could you slow down a bit? Law here is going to remove the spear from your tail. It'll feel better in a second. The sea king slowed, gliding right in front of them. "Go ahead, Law."

Law waited until the tail was right in front of them. "Shambles."

Neo summoned her solar crystal. Positioning it next to the sea king's tail, she washed its healing glow over it. "There. All better now."

The sea king turned. Leaning into the bubble around Neo and Law, he rubbed his nose against Neo.

"You're very welcome," Neo said, petting his scaly skin. "Take care now. And try to avoid ships from now on. You might be bigger than a lot of them, but many people can still hurt you."

The sea king nodded and swam away.

"Bye!" Neo waved just before Law warped them back into the sub.

"Archer, submerge the sub," Law ordered.

"You got it, Captain," Archer said.

"That was fun," Neo said.

Law rolled his eyes before pecking her lips. "And now you're soaking wet. Dry off before you get sick."

Neo picked up her winds while summoning a fire crystal. Engulfing their bodies in a warm funnel, she had them dried in seconds.

"Not what I had in mind," Law said, his desires passing to her.

"Too bad," Neo said. "You don't get nothing like until we're married."

"I know, I know." Law kissed her again.

"How about we snuggle next to a fire when we land?" Neo asked between their kisses.

"Sounds good to me," Law said before deepening the kiss. "Room. Shambles."

Neo smiled when she found herself lying on top of him on the rec. room couch.

Minutes later they were interrupted by a knock on the door. "Excuse the interruption," Penguin said, "but we've docked."

"Thanks, Penguin," Neo said. "The storm's stopped as well. So we get to have our fire." She moved to get up but Law's arms tightened around her. "Hey!"

"What if I don't want to get up?" Law smirked.

"Then I'll make you." Neo summoned her wind crystals and lifted them off the couch.

"Fine." Law sighed. "You win."

"I had better," Neo said. "You said we could snuggle next to a fire."

"And we shall." They stood up. Law laced their fingers together, grabbed his sword, and they headed up to the deck. "You're going to have to dry the ground for us."

"Thank you for that, Captain Obvious." Neo poked him in the ribs. "You're oh so smart."

"Hush up, little girl," Law said.

Neo stuck her tongue out at him before snuggling into his arm. "Let's just go."

Author's Notes: Just a short, for fun, story. It's not going to be very in depth or long. And it's been a while since I've watched Pokemon so I might have a few things wrong. If you want my OC Neo's full story you can read it in A Frozen Soul & A Doctor's Order rewrite.