Outburst
A kick to his left thigh awoke Law. He groaned before pushing the foot away from himself. Two arms wrapped around his left one. Another pair of arms circled his leg on the other side of his body. Wait. There's two people in my bed.
Slowly, Law opened his eyes to see who the hell was in his bed with him. Looking down, he saw T. Law laying there. Oh yeah. I forgot about that. The child clung to his arm. He moved a little to see who the other person was. He sighed when he saw Luffy attached to his leg. The teen's head was laying on his left thigh while his arms were around his right leg.
"Well, this is a predicament," Law muttered. He wanted to get up, but he was worried about bothering the two. But he had to pee. An idea hatched in his mind. As carefully as he could, Law removed his arm and leg from the two. He pushed them together and got them to cuddle one another. It wasn't his ideal plan, but it allowed him to go pee.
Leaving the room, Law made his way to the bathroom. Opening the door, Law went over to the toilet and unzipped his pants. He was able to pee. Much better. I wonder what the others are up to. Just as he was finishing, the door to the bathroom opened up. Law looked back to see T. Law standing in the doorway.
"I don't remember why we are friends with them," he said as he walked in.
"What do you mean?" Law zipped his pants back up before flushing the toilet.
"The Straw Hats are strange, don't you think?" Law walked over to him and picked him up.
"I know they are strange. That is something we need to remember, okay? I know what you know." He walked out with him on his hip.
"Got it." Law made his way to the deck of the ship to find that it was late afternoon. The sun was starting to go down and the Straw Hats were moving around doing their own things.
"Was Straw hat-ya still sleeping when you left the room?" T. Law nodded. Good. That means I will get to have some free time for now. He saw Nami and Robin eyeing the two of them. "Let's go find Tony-ya. He might've found out at least something by now." T. Law fisted his shirt as he went back inside.
In the infirmary, Law saw Chopper looking into a microscope. "Tony-ya, have you found anything yet?" his younger self asked. It startled the man, and he almost fell out of his chair.
"L-Law, don't scare me like that! You either, T. Law!" The reindeer righted himself before sighing. "I have found one thing in the mixture that Usopp made. There were three different ingredients that he had mixed together. The one I found is used in separating one thing into two or more of that thing. Though, I don't know what the chemicals name is."
"You're doing a good job as it is. Please, continue. I don't want to rush you, but I am getting a little nervous." Law moved the kid to his other hip. "I don't think it is a good idea to leave myself alone with Nami-ya nor Nico-ya."
"Why?" Chopper asked. He seemed confused.
"Reasons. I just don't want to leave him along with the women." He felt himself clench his fists.
"I understand his reasons. I don't think it's a good idea either."
"Hm. This is fascinating." Both of them gave Chopper's comment confused and curious looks.
"What are you talking about? What's fascinating?" His arm was getting tired, so he put T. Law onto the floor and held his hand. It didn't feel strange like when Luffy would hold his hand or the others for that matter.
"You never answered Sanji's question yesterday. Do the both of you have the same memories up until now? Were your memories transferred into the other?"
"Yes. We both remember everything," they said together. It was strange but comforting to have the kid stand next to him. It was soothing and different in a confusing way.
"So, it's like another you but in a different and smaller body." Chopper took off his hat to scratch his head. "Like a second storage area or something. A storage for memories."
"Never thought about it like that." A thought hit him. "I also think we share some similar thoughts, though, not exactly the same." Chopper nodded. The sound of the door opening made all three look toward it. Luffy stood there. He looked sleepy and yawned.
"Luffy, do you need something?" T. Law moved to stand behind Law's right leg.
"Torao, why did you leave?" Law raised an eyebrow. "Both of you were gone when I got up. Why were you gone?"
"I came to see if Tony-ya had found anything to help us get back to normal." Suddenly, the feeling of a hand on his arm made him freeze. He looked down but didn't see it there.
"Nico-ya," T. Law whispered as he lifted the same arm. There was a hand attached to his arm.
"Tony-ya, here is a new thing for you. I can feel anything that happens to him." He reached down and pinched his cheek. He felt pain in the same cheek.
"Ow. Why did you do that?" T. Law asked as he rubbed the spot on his cheek.
"Testing. Turns out I was right. And evidence there is another reason I don't like this." Law rubbed his own cheek. He hated this situation even more.
"Straw hat-ya, come with me." He led himself and Luffy to the kitchen. He was starving. Law guessed that they had missed lunch. In the kitchen, Sanji was cleaning the dishes from what confirmed his suspicion about them missing lunch. "Black leg-ya?"
"Yeah. What do you need?" He turned to give them his attention. "That is never going to be normal to me. There's two many of you." Law rolled his eyes.
"Can we have something to eat? We seem to be low on energy." He wasn't lying. The split of the two had taken a lot of energy out of him. It was showing as well in both versions of him.
"Yeah. I can fix you something that can give you some energy back. Just sit down and I'll have it ready soon." He was grateful for the cook. After a bit of traveling with them, Law had gained a certain friendship with the man. Same would be said about Zoro.
Sitting at the table, Law laid his head down and closed his eyes. He felt T. Law sit down beside him but not do the same thing. "Torao, are you going back to sleep?"
"I don't know. Why don't you take T. Law with you and go play outside?" He knew that his other half would agree because he said it was okay. It was like a silent relationship between the two. "But don't let Nami-ya nor Nico-ya do anything with him."
"Okay. Come on. Let's go!" He heard them leave. He could still hear Sanji moving in the kitchen.
"Tell me why you don't trust Robin nor Nami around your younger self. Is there a real reason for being so cautious around them?" Law lifted his head to speak his reason.
"I don't trust them for many reasons." He thought of a good example to give him. "Do you remember when Momonoske-ya was on the ship?"
"Yeah. He stayed around Robin or Nami. What about it?" Black leg-ya doesn't seem to understand. Better break it to him now since this situation might be similar.
"Have you ever noticed that he slept in the same room as them, like Tony-ya does?"
"Yeah. So what?"
"That means that the two of them have seen both of the women on your ship naked." All movement stopped from the cook. He turned to look straight at Law.
"Are you saying that they were able to see them naked without getting slapped, punched, kicked, or anything else to hurt them?" Sanji sounded skeptical.
"Yes. That is exactly what I am saying. The girls don't care around them because Tony-ya and Momonoske-ya are children and act like them. Not like they will try something with them." Law scratched the back of his head. He had left his hat in the room. It was a strange conversation to have with the man.
"That's unfair. I wish I was a kid. That would make it easier with the ladies," he replied. Law pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Black leg-ya, I enjoy the company of your crewmates, but I don't wish to see something I'm not supposed to see." He hoped the man would get the hint and not make him have to say it.
"What are you implying, Law?"
"The younger me and I share the same memories. I don't want to see your female members in a way I don't want to." It was like a lightbulb lit up in Sanji's head. "I like Nami-ya and Nico-ya but not enough to want to see that. I won't be able to see them the same way as now."
"I get it. I guest that would be a bad thing for you, huh?" Law nodded. Sanji went back to making whatever he was.
Suddenly, the image of what he could only guess was either Nami's chest or Robin's chest popped into his mind. "That's not a good sign," he whispered. Law stood up to leave. "I'll be right back, Black leg-ya. Seems that I can't trust Straw hat-ya with anything." Sanji didn't say anything as he left the room.
Rushing to see what was happening with his younger self, Law's jaw dropped when he came to the deck of the ship. Nami and Robin were hugging, petting, and kissing all over T. Law. He rushed over to them and snatched the kid up from between them. He saw lipstick all over his face. Law cringed at the sight.
"Law, what did you do that for?" Nami whined. He put the kid on his hip. After that, he tried to rub the makeup off his face. It didn't work all that well.
"Where is Straw hat-ya?" Both women pointed to the back of the ship. He sighed before walking away from the two.
"Torao-kun, you could've joined in with him," Robin called after him. He gave a shudder of fear and something else at her comment. It wasn't disgust but something close to it. No thank you. Two reasons for that. One, Black leg-ya would kill me. Two, I don't like Nami-ya nor Nico-ya like that. I see them more as siblings than like that.
Getting to the back of the ship, Law found Luffy staring off the back of the ship and out to the sea. He looked upset about something from where Law could see him. "Straw hat-ya, is there something wrong?" Law came to stand beside the teen.
Suddenly, Luffy turned a furious gaze on him. "How could you?! I can't believe that you would've tried that! Didn't you care that I cared about you at the time?! I still care about you!" Law put T. Law down and hid him behind his legs.
"What are you talking about?" He looked down at himself. "What did you tell him?"
"Torao! Don't you care that I love you?!" A punch hit him in the cheek. It sent him soaring a little ways away. It was like Corazon had said to him once about what he had done. The punch didn't hurt as much as Luffy was hurting at the moment.
"What did he say to you?" Law was calm when he stood up. He stayed where he was while T. Law came to stand next to him. He was holding his cheek.
Fury was evident in Luffy's eyes. But, there was also hurt mixed in. "You were ready to die there! You didn't want me to get involved so I wouldn't know, right?! Did you ever think for a second on how that would've hurt me to know that you died while I was doing something else?!"
Law lowered his head. "No, Straw hat-ya. That wasn't the reason I didn't want you involved." The other Law lowered his head as well. Tears threatened to fall. It hurt me to know he was willing to help me. Even if it cost him his life. Lifting his head, Law looked Luffy straight in the eyes. "I didn't want you to die for my stupid ambition. I called off the alliance because I want you to stay out of my problems."
Most of the anger disappeared. It was Luffy's turn to lower his head. "So, you did care?" He was eyeing Law from under the brim of his hat like he wanted him to say yes.
"Yes. I didn't want to get you nor your crew killed. I wanted you all to leave when it came time." He placed a hand on T. Law's head. "I didn't tell you because it was in the past." He gave himself a scolding look. "That was why I didn't tell him."
"Sorry. He asked me about it." Law rolled his eyes.
"Torao, why is there marks on his face?" Luffy sounded curious and confused. His earlier mood seemed to be gone altogether.
"Well, there was a few reasons that I told you not to leave him alone." Luffy scratched the back of his head.
"Nami-ya and Nico-ya did this to me." T. Law started to rub at his face.
Law took his hands away. "Stop that. You're just smearing it." Law took his hand and led him back into the cabin. Luffy followed after him, as usual. They got to the bathroom. "Straw hat-ya, can you wet a rag and hand it to me?"
Doing as he was asked, Luffy handed him the wet cloth so that Law could start scrubbing at the lipstick that seemed to want to stain his face.
"How do you know about this?" Luffy asked. He seemed curious about how Law knew what he was doing.
"I have seen many parents do this to their kids. It's not that hard to figure out when you work as a doctor and go from place to place." When Law was satisfied with his work, he backed up to give T. Law some room. "Straw hat-ya, I do not wish to see Nico-ya in any negative way. Please, help me keep a close eye on myself?"
"What do you mean by 'negative way'?" Luffy sounded confused.
"Naked. He means naked." Law threw the rag into the dirty clothes hamper before picking T. Law up. He held him on his hip again.
"Oh." The other seemed to be embarrassed about what was said.
"Now, I'm hungry and want to see what Black leg-ya has made for me." He walked to the door. "You can come with me and eat with us, if you want to." Luffy perked up at the mention of food and bounced through the cabin, following after Law. It was nice. He had been getting strange looks from the other guys. He didn't understand what their looks were about. They weirded him out. Maybe I'll ask them about it.
Another chapter. Hope you all are liking the story. I know that I use Law a lot in my stories but I like Law. He's cool and gets easily upset or embarrassed when with the Straw Hats. Especially around Luffy. I'm working on something that doesn't involve him at all. It just involves the Straw Hats and a OC. I know that I'm rambling. I'll stop. Have a great day and see you all next time. Tatty-bye!