The one thing he's Scared of 2

Author Note: Hee, hee. :P I decided to spare your lives, if the suspense is killing you guys! ^_^

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Marvelous all but snapped at the sight of Ahim and Doc training together below the ship. He had to admit, though, they were doing pretty good. His powerful kicks were putting at least a dent into the little block that they were using for a dummy, and her…well, she was freaking awesome. She was hitting and twisting with almost perfection, and he was admiring her a bit. (Yeah, that's the understatement of the year.)

"Jealous…" a voice taunted in his ear, and he whirled around, narrowing his eyes at Luka.

"Shut up, I am not," he turned his back to her and went back to 'watching' Ahim.

"If you're so jealous, go down there," she smirked a bit and pushed him a bit toward the ropes.

He always kept the glare on her, but he took one and dropped down to them. Doc all but jumped out of his skin in surprise, falling backward and breathing heavily. Ahim smiled up and motioned to the block.

"Would you like to join us, Marvelous-san?" she offered sweetly, and a new pounding in his chest slammed into his ribcage.

"Sure, why not?" he shrugged, like the pounding wasn't killing him and probably cracking his ribs.

He decided to follow her lead, considering he wasn't trained in kung-fu. He was more of the do whatever you feel type, but if he was training with them, might as well do it. It felt awkward, he'd admit that, when he had to bent down, lifting one of his legs up and bending it close to his head.

Suddenly, he heard a stifled laugh. Growling, he dropped the postion and turned to face Doc. The timid man's face was bright red as he stared, horrified, knowing what was about to happen.

"You think that's FUNNY?" and he tackled him, pulling his arms behind his back painfully, knee pinned between his should blades.

"Ow, ow, ow!" he whimpered, "you're breaking my arms!"

"Apologize!" he pressed down harder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he gasped, "lemme go!"

"Marvelous-san…" Ahim almost looked afraid, and the Captain was immediately ashamed.

"Alright," he rolled off him, and Doc scrambled behind Ahim, as if he expected her to protect him.

"Was that really nessasary?" she bit her lower lip and wrung her fingers together nervously.

"Well…" he changed the subject by kicking the block, and she nodded simply and starting to practice her punches.

"Come on, Doc," she smiled encouragingly to the timid Pirate, "it'll be okay."

He nodded, giving her a trusted smile, and the Captain growled lowly at the pounding that smacked into his ribs again. Sadly, Ahim misunderstood what that implied.

"Marvelous-san!" she sounded surprised, "what's wrong? Are you alright?"

"Yes," he snarled lowly, kicking the block so hard it slammed into the bottom of the ship, making a dent in the wood.

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"That's just great," Joe emerged, sending a glare into Marvelous' direction, "we've got to go a store."

"So what?" he shrugged, pretty angry at the world, "it's not like the Zangyzack run the store." He stormed to the wheel and started them off with a jolt that made everybody moan in protest.

"This is so unlike you," he heard Ahim mumble, and the jolt made him almost start crying.