WARNING: Some M rated content.
Summoners
"Law," Neo said while nuzzling into his neck. Her tears dampening his skin as she clung to him, but neither of them cared. "I was so scared. You were so distant from me. I couldn't feel you at all. I didn't like it."
"Shh. I know. I'm so sorry I put you through that," Law said. He rubbed his hand over her back in soothing strokes while tightening his hold on her trembling body. "It's okay, love. We're okay now. I'm here. I've got you."
"Are you okay, Captain?" Penguin asked, kneeling down beside the two. He placed his hand on Neo's shoulder, but kept his eyes on Law. "You had us worried there for a minute."
Law looked at the man who was now kneeling beside him. He then let his eyes run over the rest of his crew and the Straw Hats. They all were staring back at him, waiting for his replied. They all looked to still be in one piece, but a huge amount of guilt still hammered into him over this whole ordeal. He didn't mean to attack and hurt any of them.
"Law, it's okay. Nothing that's happened was your fault. No one's going to blame you," Neo whispered to him when she felt his guilt passing to her. She stroked the tips of her fingers on the ends of his hair, lulling him into a light trance so he wouldn't be so stressed out over this. "Don't be upset with yourself. We all still love you. Please, tell them you're okay. Please?"
"Yes, Penguin," Law then replied on her soft command. "I'm a bit tired and worn out, but I'll be okay. I'm sorry about attacking you. How are your injuries?"
"No worries, Cap," Basil said. He held up his right arm and flexed it. "It was all superficial. Lil Lady healed us up nicely."
"I noticed," Law said with a frown. He glanced over at the two new men still being confined by Topaz's fire. His anger flared up when his eyes landed on the one who bound him with chains and kept him from holding Neo.
"Law, they know I'm an Elemental and a royal," Neo said, causing him to flinch.
"What?" Law's voice was low, dark, and full of worry. He tightened his hold on her in a very possessive way while his eyes drilled into Elek and Bao, studying them, wondering about them.
"I don't what they are. The one with the black hair…there's an eagle somehow present within him," Neo said, pressing her eyes into Law's neck. She focused her thoughts on the man with the eagle, the one who was calm, looked her in the eye, and trusted her not to hurt him or his friend. She felt the eagle calling out to her, telling her that Elek was a good man. And animals she has always been able to trust. "I know they stopped you from being in pain…and I'm glad you aren't hurting anymore. It's just…I'm not sure about them just yet. I think we can trust Elek. His eagle is speaking to me. He's saying that Elek is honorable, but I'm just not sure. I'm sorry. I'm just a bit confused right now. I was so scared that something very bad was going to happen to you. I'm not making any sense."
"It's all right, Neo. Just breath. You can sort out your feelings later when you're more calm." Law nodded, slowly. He turned his eyes to Elek and Bao, debating for a moment whether or not he wanted Topaz to release them. He had no reason to doubt Neo's instincts. If she trusted Elek, even if it was shaky at the moment, he had no reason to not trust him. And the strangers did, if not in the best of ways, stopped him and that crazy power from killing everyone on this island. He decided to give them the benefit of the doubt, for now, and let them go. He said, "Topaz, release them."
Both crews tensed. They looked at Law and Neo before looking at Topaz.
Topaz felt everyone's eyes on her as she stared at her captain and Neo. Hesitantly, she banished her crystals and fire, releasing her captives with an unsure, "Aye, Captain."
"Ah, that's much better," Bao said when the fire and crystals faded away from them. He walked towards the pirates, but halted when Neo yelled at him. "We really need to tal-"
"Stay away!" Neo hissed when she sensed the man coming closer. She pulled her eyes from Law's neck and glared at the strange man. Her glare faltered when she noticed this guy also had an animal inside of him. She retained her glare and looked at each of the men. "Why do you feel like a cheetah?! And you, you feel like an eagle! What's going on?!"
"That's because we have animal guardians," Bao replied while resuming his trek towards the pirates.
"Stay away!" Neo hissed again. She summoned her crystals and encircled her and her family. Fresh tears freely streamed down her cheeks while she tightened her hold on Law. The pirates gathered closer to Neo and Law. Their harsh, death filled glares, forced the young man to take a couple steps back.
"Bao," Elek said with an exasperated sigh. "I told you she has trust issues. You're being impatient again."
"But we're not going to hurt anyone here," Bao replied. "Look, Miss, your brother is safe. We-"
"He's not my brother! He's my husband!" Neo screamed.
"What?! Are you serious?!" Bao blinked rapidly. His eyes ran over Neo's face and body, examining ever inch of her. "But you're just a child!"
"I'm not a child! I'm twenty two!" Neo snapped.
"Stop upsetting her," Sanji growled while taking a dark step forward with Bepo.
Bepo bared his fangs at Bao. "Don't worry, Neo. We won't let him get any closer to you and the captain. I'll bite his head off if he tries it again."
"I didn't mean to upset her!" Bao said. He held up his hands in an 'I surrender' fashion and took a couple steps back. "I'm not looking for a fight here!"
"You've been told she had trust issues, yet you keep trying to come close to her," Basil said as he flexed his muscles in an intimidating way. He smirked when Bao eyed him and the rest of the pirates cautiously when their bodies took on defensive positions and seemed to get bigger. "Sounds like you're looking to get punched in the face to me."
Bao rolled his eyes. He put his hands on his hips and said, "I won't be intimidated by any of you. I'm a Summoner of Zion. We have powers beyond your imagination. There's nothing you could do to stop me if I did decide to attack you all."
"You want to test that theory?" Zoro asked. He tightened his hold on his swords with a dark smirk.
"Yeah!" Luffy screamed, punching his fist into his hand. "You've already upset Neo far to much today! I won't tolerate you upsetting her anymore! If you want to fight, then bring it on!"
"We'll be more than glad to take you on!" Shachi added while cracking his knuckles.
"Law," Neo whimpered. She tightened her hold back on him and tucked her face back into his neck. She didn't want this. She didn't want her crew, her friends, her family, to fight anyone right now.
"Enough," Law commanded to his crew and the Straw Hats. He knew what she really wanted and that this was going to far. He moved his hand from her back to her hair and stroked her soft tresses a few times. "I have no idea what's going on here, but I won't have anymore fighting today. Neo has been upset enough."
"But we need t-" Bao started.
"No!" Law hissed. Pushing through his tired, sore body, he picked Neo up. Struggling to stand up with her, Neo summoned her wind crystals and lifted them both into the air so he wouldn't put his own body under anymore stress. "There will be no more discussion on this today. Neo and I are returning to the sub. We'll talk about this tomorrow."
"But-" Bao started again.
"Enough, Bao," Elek said. He looked at the younger man then looked at the pirate captain. "I understand. You all have had a stressful day. We'll talk about this tomorrow then."
"Elek!" Bao protested.
"Bao, there's no point in trying to discuss this matter when everyone's on edge. It'll only make things worse. This is a subject that we need to discuss with calm, clear heads," Elek said. He crossed his arms over his broad chest. "We can wait until tomorrow. And we will wait."
"Fine," Bao sighed.
Law nodded at Elek when the man nodded at him in acceptance to the captain's words. He then turned back to his and the Straw Hat crew when they walked closer to them. Keeping his voice low, he said, "Listen up. I don't want anyone to mention to these two that Neo's pregnant or anything about our bond. At least, not until we know for sure what we're dealing with here. And I don't want them anywhere near the sub. It'll only upset Neo more if they were to enter without her permission."
"Aye aye, Captain," the Heart Pirates said with a firm nod.
"We'll keep quiet as well," Sanji said, pulling his cigarette from his lips. "You two go on inside and relax for a while. And don't worry about those two guys. If they stay on the beach with us, Basil and I will cook for them."
"Yeah, we'll handle them from here. Would you like us to bring you some supper later? We're still going to cook outside tonight since that's what everyone is expecting. I think it would be best for Neo too if the crew remains outside," Basil said. He looked at Neo who was still firmly snuggling against Law.
"No," Law replied, his eyes dropping to the blue haired woman in his arms. "I'll make something for us when Neo feels like eating."
"The crew should be heading back here soon," Bepo said, his eyes running over the land in the direction of the town.
"There's no way they'll proceed with whatever activities they were doing once they realize that storm was caused by Neo," Shachi said.
"We'll inform them of what's happened here and tell them we're staying outside to give you two space for a while," Penguin said. He reached out and rubbed his hand on Neo's lower back. He smiled at her when she turned her eyes to him before looking down at her stomach. "You three get some rest."
"We'll take care of everything from here," Topaz said. She looked at her princess then over at the two strangers. Her eyes lingered on the older one before she forced herself to bring her eyes back to her captain and princess. She shifted her weight onto her left leg and crossed her arms. "Do we have any other orders?"
"No. You all are free to do whatever you please for the rest of the day," Law said to his crew. He then glanced over at the Straw Hats. When they didn't say anything, he nodded to them before Neo flew them to the sub.
"I hope she didn't get put under to much stress today," Chopper said as he watched Neo and Law head for their sub.
"I'm sure she's fine," Penguin said, carefully checking to make sure there was enough distance between themselves and these two new guys. The two new guys were just standing there, waiting to see what happened next. "The captain will be sure to check on the baby before they do anything else. You know how cautious he is with Neo and their baby."
"Yeah." Chopper nodded.
"So what do we do with this thing?" Zoro asked, poking the creature's body with his sword.
"Gross! Don't do that, Zoro!" Nami snapped.
"Huh? Why not? It's dead," Zoro replied, poking it again.
"So not the point. It's creepy and morbid," Nami said with a sweat drop on her forehead. She then looked over at the two strangers. "Hey! Do something about this thing! It's giving me the creeps!"
"Don't worry, Miss," Elek said. "It'll disappear in a second or two."
"Disappear?" Brook asked.
"Wow! So cool! It vanished!" Luffy then cried out. The pirates all turned their eyes to the creature just as it disappeared.
"What the heck?" Franky asked. He pushed up his sunglasses to make sure he wasn't seeing anything. "Did that thing really just disappear?"
"Why did it do that?" Usopp asked.
"I thought we weren't talking about this until tomorrow," Bao said with a sarcastic smirk.
"You jerk. We were just asking you a simple question," Sanji said with an annoyed frown.
"I didn't set the rules here, bud," Bao snapped back. "You pirates did."
"How did you know we were pirates? Did you see our bounty posters?" Luffy asked. He squatted down to where the creature us to be and pointed at the sandy ground. "And what was that thing?"
"The pirate flags on your ship? Duh!" Bao retorted.
"Your attitude is becoming very annoying," Basil said with a deep frown.
"Not again," Elek said with a sigh. "Bao, do you really have to do this?"
"What? They started it," Bao replied. He sighed in defeat when Elek gave him a sharp glare. He shoved his hands into his the pockets of his jeans. "Fine. That creature was just a summons. That's why it disappeared. Its job was finished so there was no need for it to stick around."
"A summons?" Brook asked.
"We'll explain everything in more detailed later," Elek said taking a glance at the sub. When he felt the pirates' guards tighten he looked back at them. "I promise we are not here to harm anyone. That creature was just summoned to find a certain person. And that person was, uh…"
"The captain's name is Trafalgar Law," Penguin replied.
"Right." Elek nodded. "I believe I've seen his wanted poster before. The name sounds very familiar, but I never could remember how his last name was pronounced. Anyway, now that your captain's power has been released, he'll need to train to get it under control."
"What kind of power does he have?" Bepo asked. "Is it dangerous?"
"It can be if he doesn't get the proper training," Elek said. "As I'm sure you all noticed."
"What exactly does he have to do?" Nami asked.
"Hey! Guys!" a Heart Pirate called out. The group turned to see the missing Heart Pirates all running towards him like it was suggested they would.
"Never mind all of that for now," Sanji said pulling his cigarette from his lips. "I'm sure you two don't want to have to go over all of this twice. We'll wait until tomorrow to hear the answers to all of our questions. Right now, we need to inform the rest of our friends on what's happened here today. I'm sure they're all worried after seeing Neo's storm like that."
The Heart Pirates nodded before waiting for the rest of their crew to join them on the beach. Once the missing Heart Pirates had gathered, they quickly informed them on everything that happened. The pirates then sent sharp glares over at Elek and Bao.
"Good grief! What's wrong with you people?! Why do you keep glaring at us like that?! This isn't our fault! And we're sorry that we hurt your precious captain and Neo!" Bao cried with exasperation, throwing his hands up in the air as he shouted at them.
"Sure it wasn't your fault. You just kept trying to come closer to Neo when she said for you to stay way," Penguin grumbled.
"I said I was sorry!" Bao snapped.
"Look, we are just really protective of Neo. We have our reason for that, but we can't tell you what they are," Topaz said, breaking in before the fight got out of hand. She walked closer to Elek and Bao. Looking at the older man as she spoke. "Why don't we just stop talking completely about everything that's happened here? It's clearly going to do nothing but cause fights between us."
"I think that's a good idea," Elek said with a smile for the Elemental woman.
Sanji eyed the Elemental and Summoner carefully. The looks that were being exchanged between them suggested to him that they could get along just fine. And he had a feeling that was going to cause some trouble in itself. With sigh and pushing those thoughts out of his head for now, he said, "Then let's change the subject. Are you two going to stay out here on the beach or go into the town for a hotel?"
"We're going to stay out here on the beach," Elek replied, pulling his eyes from Topaz for a second to look at the blonde cook before returning his eyes to her.
"What?! Again?!" Bao shrieked.
"Don't like the outdoors?" Basil asked with a cheeky smirk. He ran his eyes over Bao's body. To him, the younger man didn't look like he was one for camping outdoors very much, if at all. The young man had a very slender body in comparison to himself or Elek and looked like he hadn't worked a day in his life. But he figured that was just a deception. He saw how fast Bao ran earlier. No one with that kind of speed would stay inside all of the time. And he knew that animals with fast speed needed a lot of food for fuel. There was definitely more to these two Summoners than they knew.
"Shut up. I'm just sick of the outdoors," Bao grumbled. "We've been sleeping outside for days."
"How come?" Nami asked.
"We've been chasing after that creature for seven months," Bao replied.
"You've been after that thing for seven months?" Brook asked. "Why have you been after it for so long? Was it stronger than we realize?"
"It was strong, but it was also slippery," Bao explained. "Once it realized its previous targets weren't the one it was looking for, it would quickly move on leaving us to clean up its mess. Then we'd have to try and find it again. I'm just ready to go home."
"I guess that accounts for your snappiness and inability to be a proper young man," Basil said.
"That's rich coming from a pirate!" Bao snapped.
"You got a problem with pirates?!" Basil demanded.
"Well, it looks like we're all not meant to get along," Robin said with a smile.
"That's nothing to smile about!" Usopp snapped.
…
Once close enough to the sub, Law formed his Room and warped them inside of the medbay immediately. Neo was going to ask him what they were doing in here, but stopped when he sat her down on the bed near the ultrasound machine. Her heart skipped a beat with worry. "Do you…do you think something happened to our baby? Did I get too stressed out? Did I hurt our baby?"
"Calm down, love. I just want to be sure," Law replied, running a hand over her hair. He placed his lips on her forehead while turning the machine on. "Don't get upset. This is just a precaution. I was the one taking the hit. You were just feeling it and got stressed out too much for my liking. Just roll up your shirt, lay back, and relax now, love."
"Okay." Neo nodded. She rolled up her shirt for him and leaned back on the pillow, trying to relax for him like he wanted. Her eyes automatically went to the screen as she watched for the picture of their baby to appear on it despite it not being there yet.
Once the machine was warmed up, Law grabbed the probe and the gel. He coating the probe with the gel then placed the probe on Neo's stomach. His body posture became very tense, his eyebrows kneaded as he stared at the screen in front of him. His intense eyes roamed over every inch of the picture before him several times, scrutinizing every detail as closely as he could. Several minutes later, his body began to relax when he finally came to the conclusion that nothing was wrong. With a soft sigh, he said, "Our baby's fine."
"That's good," Neo said with a sigh of her own. Her eyes then drifted off their baby and onto Law. She studied his eyes. His steel orbs were fill with worry and concern over what he had done. She could easily feel how upset he still was about everything that happened, even without their bond. "Law, it wasn't your fault. It's under control now."
"That still doesn't make it any easier," Law replied. He pulled the probe from her and wiped it. Placing the probe back into its holder, he turned to wipe the gel off Neo.
Neo placed her hand over his hand when he was wiping down her stomach. She said, "Hey, let's take a bath together. I think we both could use a nice, relaxing soak in some hot water."
"All right," Law replied, looking into her eyes. "But this one's on me."
"We're not going to use up one of my promised baths?" Neo asked, tilting her head.
"No, I really want this one to be on me," Law replied. He finished cleaning her stomach off then took her chin in his fingers and pecked her lips. He smiled when he felt her lips curl into a smile of their own.
"Really?" Neo asked against his lips.
"Really," Law replied back. He turned the machine off before slipping his arms under her body. He lifted her up then carried her out of the room.
"After what you've been through today you really shouldn't be carrying me," Neo said as she fiddled with the ends of his hair.
"I'll do whatever I please," Law replied with a smirk.
"I hope that includes me," Neo said taking Law's earlobe and earrings into her mouth. She sucked and licked his ear, smiling when she felt his heartbeat skip at her teasing.
"Settle down now," Law ordered. "Bath first then sex."
"Oh? You want to get cleaned up just to get dirty again?" Neo asked with a light chuckle while she ran her fingertips over his neck and chin.
"Maybe," Law replied just as he formed his Room again and warped them into their bathroom.
"Impatient," Neo noted, sucking his ear again.
"Perhaps," Law replied before placing her feet on the floor. He captured her lips while he placed his hands on her hips. Reaching for the front of her jeans, he unbuttoned the button before tugging the zipper down in a taunting manner. "But I can feel that you are too."
Neo hummed into his lips before slipping her tongue into his mouth. She ran her tongue all over, tasting every single inch of him while he moved his hands up to her tank top. She moaned into their kiss when he lifted her shirt up, purposefully stopping to massage her breasts before finally pulling her shirt off and tossing it expertly into the clothes hamper in the corner. She tilted her head when his lips crashed down on her neck. While he licked and sucked her soft flesh, she removed her jeans and underwear. She then glided her hands up Law's legs to his own button. She undid his jeans before she started to pull up his shirt just as his hands unhooked the clasp on her bra.
He released his hold on her loose bra to allow her to pull off his shirt, knocking off his hat in the process. His reflexes caused him to grab for it, but he was beaten by Neo using her wind crystals. He smiled at her quickness then leaned down and rewarded her for moving faster than him with a deep kiss while he brushed her bra the rest of the way off her arms.
Neo flew his hat to the sink counter before she summoned her water crystals over the tub to fill it up. She curled her thumbs into the waistband of his jeans and tugged them down. She let him take over when she got to his boots. Once they both were completely clothes free, Law took her hand, kissed it, then lead her over to the barely steaming bath. He stepped in first, mostly to check to make sure to water wasn't too hot despite trusting her control over her crystals, but also to help her step inside the tub despite her not needing it. She chuckled at his overprotectiveness of her as she stepped into the square tub. "You're so sweet and cute when you worry. You know I can handle this."
"Of course I know that, my love." Law smirked, pulling her close to his body and leaning back down to her lips. "And you love how protective I am of you."
"I sure do," Neo murmured against his lips. She kissed him before allowing him to sit down in the water and pull her in front of him. She leaned against his toned, tattooed chest while he ran his hands over the curves of her body. She moaned and leaned her head back against his shoulder when his hands traveled over her thighs. She moaned again when he brushed her hair away then brushed his lips over the soft flesh of her neck until he hit her soft spot. "I should be the one doing this to you."
Law chuckled against her skin. Kissing along her flesh, he worked his way up to her ear. Once he finally reached his destination, he run his warm tongue over ear, earning a pleasurable shiver from her, before whispering, "I'm not the one who's pregnant."
Neo giggled, filling the room with her bells and Law's stomach with flutters. "You are too. Our bond says so."
"I suppose it does." Law chuckled again. He nipped and nibbled at her ear while snaking his hands around her body to her baby bump. "But it's your body that is carrying our child. You're the one who needs to remain stress free. And I'm here to make sure you remain as stress free as possible. And I'm going to make that happen. So relax and enjoy this."
"Fine," Neo conceded with a low moan when Law moved down to her neck and attacked her soft spot with deep sucks and light nips. "But I'm helping you wash."
"I wouldn't have it any other way," Law replied, running his hands back down her thighs then back up to her baby bump. He sighed with strong affection upon feeling the stomach that was harboring their child. He couldn't wait to see her holding their child in her arms. But for the moment, he couldn't wait any longer to have her. His entire body throbbed with anticipation and affection to this blue haired woman in his hold and with the thoughts of soon having her in the most intimate way possible.
Neo chuckled at his sexual desires running wildly through his head. "You really are impatient, aren't you? We just got in the bath."
"It's not my fault that the sight of your body turns me on," Law said before a hard suck on her neck. He knew a mark was going to be left there, but neither of them cared. Both often held love bites from each other on multiple places all over their bodies from their intimate moments. "Once we're out of this water, I'm going to make such love to you."
"Hm. And you said I shouldn't get worked up," Neo said as she ran her own hands over Law's legs. "You're purposefully trying to seduce me here."
"I said that you don't need to get stressed," Law corrected her. He rubbed his hands back up her sides until he got to her soft, supple breasts and worked them until he could feel her own arousal rising. "And you know perfectly well that our sex is not stressful at all. Remember how we did it back on the Sunny when we were traveling with the Straw Hats' to Dressrosa?"
"Indeed, I do. That was amazing," Neo replied. She curved her hands around Law's knees before trailing her right hand back down his thigh to his hip then across his stomach before finally reaching him.
Law released a guttural groan when she did finally reached him. She always knew exactly how to use that soft touch of hers. He pressed his lips to her shoulder before lightly pressing his teeth into her skin, which he never broke. He could never hurt her like that, especially in moments like this. He knew she could never hurt him either. Their lovemaking was always more gentle, caring, and always about love rather than wild and filled with lust and physical pleasure. He wanted her to know, to feel that he loved her in everything he did to and for her. Drawing blood, except for the enemies, never brought him any kind of pleasure or joy, especially when she was the one he was touching. He groan again at her gentle touch on him. His mind shorted out from any other thoughts except for taking her in every kind of sexual fantasy he could think of in the moment. "I don't think our bath is going to last much longer."
"I was hoping you'd say that," Neo said with a light bell filled giggle. She released and pulled away from him. Turning to face him, she straddled over his legs and wrapped her arms around his neck. She leaned into kiss him, but paused when the light glinted off the orb now present on his forehead. All the fears and anxiety from the day, and what the day's events might bring, came flooding back to her. Tears pressed against the back of her eyes as her body trembled. "Law…"
"Shh," Law cooed. He put his arms around her and pulled her to his chest. He rubbed her back soothingly while talking her back down to a calmer state. "It's all right."
"How can this be all right? That thing hurt you. You lost control," Neo's voice cracked as she spoke. She bit her bottom lip. Her body trembled harder against Law's as she tightened her hold on him. "I was so scared. I couldn't reach you with our bond at all. It was like you weren't there at all."
"I know you were scared. It's over for now," Law said. He pressed his lips into her hair and held on tighter to her. "It'll be fine. Put this out of your mind for now. Let's get cleaned up. Then I'll get you to relax. Just like I did on the Straw Hats' ship. Would you like that?"
"I would. And I'm sorry." Neo pulled back from him. She stared down at his tattooed chest while he wiped away her tears. "You now I hate new things. And this new thing hurt us."
"Only because we weren't prepared for it," Law replied. "We will be next time."
"But what if I don't trust those two guys?" Neo asked, finally bringing her eyes to his.
"First of all we need to see what they want," Law said. He rubbed his hands over the curves of her body before letting them rest on her hips. "Then we'll go from there. But you know that you are far more important to me than anything. You will always come first to me. Okay?"
Neo nodded. A small smile formed on her lips when Law tickled her sides with his skillful fingers. She leaned forward and kissed him.
"Come on," Law said between their tender pecks. He scooped up a handful of water and poured it over her back before trailing his fingers down her spine. "Let's get this bath over with so we can move on to more fun and relaxing activities."
"Uh huh," Neo replied through their kisses. She pulled away from him just enough so she could scoop up water and wet his hair. With tender strokes and teases of their hands, the two lovers managed to, somehow, wash the day's events off themselves and climb out of the bath where things got more heated between them.
While Neo dried them off with her wind crystals, Law pulled her back to his body and kissed her deeply before warping them to their bed. The two exchanged a lingering smile of understanding and trust before Law leaned back in to her. He brushed his tongue over her lips, begging for entrance. When she parted her lips for him, he stroked his tongue over hers while parting her legs with his knee. He trailed kisses way from her lips to her neck while he slowly slid inside of her. He held back his desire to thrust faster when her lips called out his name in seductive bliss. Slowly rocking his hips, he slid in and out of her as his lips kissed over all of her soft flesh that he could reach in their current position.
Neo moaned in pleasure at the tender touches Law was giving her over her body. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, tangling her fingers into his black locks before wrapping her legs around his hips. Tugging him as close to her body as she could, she nuzzled her nose behind his ear before whispering seductively to him. "Hold still, my love. I want to feel you for a moment. You're just so warm. You know how much I like it."
With her fingers and words putting him into a helpless trance, he obeyed her. Pressing on to his forearms to keep the majority of his weight off her smaller body, he laid still. Letting her feel him as much as she wanted and until she was ready to move on. Summoning her earth crystals, she wrapped vines around him and rolled them over. Now straddling over him, she smirked down at him. He smirked back and said, "Hey, I'm suppose to be taking care of you while you relax."
"Oh, I am relaxed," Neo purred against his lips with a roll of her hips. "Now I'm going to relax you."
Law smirked. Both knew he liked being in control, but both knew he had no problem letting her take control when she felt like it. So he rested his head back on his pillow and allowed her to be in control, for a while. She pressed lips to his before trailing kisses across his cheek then down to his neck when she searched for his own soft spot. When she found it, Law gasped and grabbed onto her hips, pulling her as close to him as he possible could, causing her to rock herself against him. Liking the way that felt, he did it again.
"Hey. I'm suppose to be in control," Neo protested. She lifted up from his neck and gave him a playful glare. Her soft blue locks fell over her shoulders and tickled his chest as she forced herself to not look at the orb on his forehead. "Stop that. Don't make me punish you. Now sit still."
"Maybe I want you to punish me," Law replied. Backing up his words, he moved her hips again with his hands.
Neo growled at his disobedience, she summoned two earth crystals. She wrapped vines around his wrists and pulled his hands off of her hips. "There. Now you better-Uh! Oh! Geez, Law!"
Law smirked at her cute little idea of trying to keep him from disobeying her with just two of her crystals. She knew better than that. And he reminded her of that by bucking his hips repetitively against her. "What? You know better than to do that incorrectly. Now, let me go."
"Not going to happen," Neo replied, summoning two more earth crystals. She wrapped the vines around his ankles and held him tight enough so he couldn't buck her again. Leaning down, she brought her lips to his and murmured to him. "Now, be a good, obedient, little pirate and I might let you go to finish this when I'm done with you."
"I guess we'll see then," Law said, his smirk still present on his face. "Now, what did you have in mind?"
"Like you don't know." Neo smirked against his lips before going back to his neck. She worked her lips over every inch of his flesh, kissing, sucking, and licking his neck then down to his chest where she kissed over his tattoo while repetitively rolling and grinding into him before finally banishing her crystals.
Now free, Law wrapped his arms back around her and flipped her over to enact his own punishment for trapping him incorrectly. He rocked in and out of her, purposefully hitting her spot again and again until she was screaming out his name in euphoric bliss. Once reaching their climaxes, he pecked her lips one last time before pulling the cover out from underneath her. Climbing under it, he waited for her to climb on top of him before covering them both and falling asleep in each others warm embrace.
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Law sighed as he watched Neo from his spot against the bathroom doorframe. He had his arms and legs crossed while his eyes were locked onto her. She was pulling on his old yellow and black hoodie. He knew she favored that one over all his others clothes. It was the one she grew so accustom to seeing him in. But since he changed his style, she's taken to wear it a lot when she's feeling vulnerable. And she was definitely feeling vulnerable right now.
He let his eyes drift over to the dark blue curtain that covered the porthole. As his crew had said, they stayed outside the entire night. And, as far as he knew, none of them spoke about what happened the night before. It was only a few minutes ago, while they were finishing up breakfast, did Penguin come inside to inform him that Bao was getting annoyed with having to wait so long. Some of the crew, both the Hearts and Straw Hats, were also getting antsy with waiting. So he told his subordinate they would be dressed in a few minutes then be right out.
Law pulled his eyes back to Neo when he felt several questions swirling through her mind. He could feel she was trying her hardest not to get upset or think much about what was going on, but she was struggling with it. He knew she was really shaken up from what happened yesterday. And he knew with whatever Elek and Bao was going to tell them today was only going to upset her more. He just wish he knew exactly what they were going to say so he could prepare her for it like he usually did. But he didn't have a clue. For a split second, he thought about talking with Elek and Bao before hand. He quickly pushed that aside. There was no way Neo would let him out of her sight after yesterday, at least not until she knew what was going on and that they were still safe.
He lifted his fingers to the orb on his forehead. His let his fingertips wonder over the slightly warm and very smooth surface. He was grateful this thing had stopped him, but he couldn't help but wonder if it could do anything else. The only two things he knew was it stopped him and wasn't causing Neo anymore pain. He was starting to get anxious to know what was happening to him and if it was a permanent thing or not. He forced those thoughts away so he wouldn't cause Neo to feel rushed. He knew she needed to do this at her own pace. And he was going to let her do just that. Those other two strangers could just get impatient with them.
He pushed off the doorframe when Neo turned and walked over to him. Meeting halfway through the room, he wrapped his arms around her shoulders as she wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest. He placed a kiss into her hair while rubbing his hand on her back. Softly, he said, "It'll be okay. They're not going to hurt us or take me away from you. You know I won't let them."
Neo nodded before turning her eyes up to him. "I know. And we have both our crew and the Straw Hats with us. I'll try not to get upset."
"Good girl," Law replied. He kissed her forehead before speaking again. "Are you ready?"
"No. But I know we can't put this off forever," Neo said. Her eyes lifted to the orb on his head. The blue aura that had once surrounded him was still swirling inside of the orb. It looked like it was trying to find a way out of its prison. It made her shiver. She felt like the aura was somehow alive, like it wanted to devour Law for letting it be concealed inside of the orb in the first place. She also noticed, for the first time, that the edges of the aura were a dark blue than the rest. She wondered if it had been like that the entire time or if it was something new.
"You probably just didn't notice," Law's voice said.
"Huh?" Dropping her eyes to his, she relaxed her eyebrows, unaware that she was kneading them in the first place.
"You were thinking too hard on the aura," Law said. He tucked her hair behind her ear before brushing his thumb over her cheek. "The darker part was probably there to begin with. But we can ask if it's normal. That is, we can ask if we ever get outside."
"I'm sorry. I'm just scared and a bit confused," Neo replied. "I can't tell yet if we can trust them or not."
"I know." Law nodded. "And we're not going to find out if we keep staying in here."
"I know, I know." Neo drew in a breath and released it. "Let's go."
"Are you sure?" Law asked. "We can wait a few more minutes if you need it."
"If you give me a few more minutes, I'll never let us leave this sub until those people go away," Neo said with a small smirk.
"At least your humor is coming back." Law chuckled. With their arms still around each other, he guided her towards the door. He purposefully linger while they walked through the dark and quiet sub halls. He didn't use his Room until they got outside on the deck. Momentarily pausing to scan his eyes over the crews and two new people on the beach. They were all gathered at the fire pit that the crew surely had made last night. The pirates were on one side while the strangers were on the other. He wondered if the two strangers had stayed on the beach with them or went into town for a hotel instead. He pushed the thought away. It didn't matter at all. The only thing that mattered was keeping Neo safe, calm, and find out what was going on.
Forming his Room, Law warped them off the deck and onto the beach. He tightened his arm, and his presence, around Neo when he felt her body tremble against his. He could feel her guard set up on him with ever step they took. He paused when they were five yards from the rest of the group. He ran his eyes over them again, assessing the situation. No one looked too annoyed so they must be getting along, at least a little bit. They all looked a bit on edge and definitely ready to know what was going one. He was a bit surprised that Luffy wasn't being his typically loud self. He assumed the rubber man was too concerned over how whatever Elek and Bao was going to say was going to affect Neo. Luffy easily became more serious when Neo's safety was involved. He glanced down at Neo when he felt her counting all of their crew and the Straw Hats like she usually did when they had been in a fight. It was a habit of hers to make sure they were all there.
When he felt her relax that they were all counted for, he then proceeded to guide Neo farther into the group to sit down on one of the logs the crew had moved over for them. He couldn't help but notice that the fire had been put out. Usually when they built a fire like this they kept it burning until they left the island. He knew the reason it was out. They didn't want Neo to have anymore access to fight than she already had. Once they were positioned on the log, he looked to Elek and Bao.
Neo let her eyes flicker to Elek and Bao for a split second before looking down at the sand. She tucked herself into Law's side just as the two pirate crews took a few steps closer to them. She sensed Luffy moving right behind her. She could feel him crossing his arms over his chest. She knew just about everyone else was doing it to. They were communicating to the two new strangers that they weren't going to allow any harm to come to her. She tossed them a smiled from over her shoulder. "It's okay, everyone. I'm stable. And I want to know what's going on. I don't want this to hurt Law or anyone else."
"Then let's get on with it already," Bao said. He adjusted the collar of his jean jacket before leaning forward to rest his elbows on his knees. "The display of force really isn't necessary."
"It's necessary until we know whether or not we can trust you," Penguin said with a deep frown.
"We saved your friend yesterday, did we?" Bao shot back.
The pirates tensed up. Those with weapons grabbed for them, but didn't pull them out yet.
"Enough!" Elek said before anyone else could speak. "We have no reason to be at each other's throats like this. We have a lot to talk about."
"Then get on with it," Zoro said, pushing his swords back into their sheaths. "You can start with what the heck that thing was and what it did to Trafalgar and Neo."
Elek nodded. Leaning forward, he pressed his elbows to his knees and laced his fingers together. He looked right at Neo and Law. "Like we told your friends last night, the creature that attacked you was a summons. A gargoyle like creature that was sent out to force people to become Summoners."
"Why would it do that?" Nami asked. "And how can it force someone to become a Summoner?"
"It was just doing what it was summoned for. It forces people to become Summoner's by shooting a piece of its aura into a person's body. There are two ways for a person to become a Summoner. The first way is in the way that happened to Trafalgar here. The second way, and the proper way, is to go to Zion and have the Zion Orbs penetrate you with their auras. Every human being on the planet can be a Summoner. You can look at it like Haki only you can't awaken it on your own," Bao replied.
"What do you mean by the proper way?!" Neo demanded, feeling suddenly alarmed. She narrowed her eyebrows and clenched a hold of Law's shirt. Her angry released a couple low rumbles of thunder above them.
'Easy, love.' Law tightened his arm around her. He narrowed his own eyebrows at the two Summoners and said, "Get on with it. You're upsetting her."
"Forgive Bao. He never thinks about what he says before he says it," Elek replied, giving Bao a sideway glance and earning a carefree shrug from the young man. "It's just, typically when someone wants to become one of our Summoners they come to our home island of Zion and do it the proper way. You all saw what happened when Trafalgar's aura was released. He lost control because he doesn't have his animal guardian with him."
"Animal guardian?" Neo asked. She carefully scanned her eyes over Elek and Bao. The men looked back at her, waiting patiently for her next question. "That's why you two feel like an eagle and cheetah?"
"It is." Elek nodded. "Large parts of our summons are nature based. And because of that, we are each given an animal guardian that helps keep the power under control. We are also able to become our animal guardian and use their strengths as humans."
"What do you mean by that?" Chopper asked. He moved closer to Neo. Sitting down beside her, he leaned against her leg.
"It's just as he said," Bao said. Everyone turned his eyes to him just as the young blonde man's body began to glow orange. They all gasped when his body shifted into a cheetah. The only difference from a regular cheetah and Bao's cheetah form was Bao's eye color remained the same jade color and he kept his orang aura around his body. He then shifted back into his human body and took off running.
"That's insane!" Nami gasped when Bao ran down the beach and back with two seconds.
"We can take on our animal guardian form or us their strengths in our human bodies," Bao replied before dropping back down onto the log.
"Does that mean you all are like super powerful?!" Usopp asked.
"Human beings with the powers of animals?" Franky said. "That does sound pretty super. Zoan users are proof of that."
"It might sound super but we're not as strong as you might thing," Elek said. "Our summons have their limits. Mostly a Summoner can hold a summon for about fifteen minutes. The longest a summon has ever lasted was thirty minutes. It really all depends on the person making the summon and how strong they are."
"So the stronger the person the long the summons?" Robin asked.
"Right." Elek nodded.
"How does the whole animal guardian work? Do you know what you'll get before you get it?" Topaz asked.
"No. No one ever knows what animal they'll get. And there's not a clear answer on why people get the animal guardian that they do. Some have theorized that there might be similarities between the human and the animal. And that that is why we're assigned the animal we have," Elek said. "It's the same with our auras. A lot of people believe that the color of our auras reflect our personalities and are represented by that color."
"That doesn't make any sense," Usopp said.
"Let see…you know how an artist uses color to represent a certain feel in a painting?" Elek asked.
"You mean like when a painter wants to make a depressing painting he uses a lot of blues and greys?" Usopp asked.
"Exactly. My aura is red. And red typically represents things like strength, power, determination, passion, desire, and love," Elek said.
"Red is also a color that is associated with energy, war, and danger," Robin pointed out. "You're a rather calm person to represent a color like that."
Elek nodded. "That's why a lot of people don't believe this to be a sure thing. While some people accurately represent their aura color and their guardian animal, others do not. It's the same thing with horoscopes."
"Can these auras have darker color on the edges?" Law asked. Neo tensed up at his question, but remained silent.
Elek nodded. "It usually shows up in the stronger Summoners. But it's normal."
"That's all well and good, but get to the important stuff. Like who summoned that thing?" Penguin asked. "What it wanted with the captain? What are we suppose to do now with the captain's new power?"
"Well we don't know who summoned the thing," Elek replied.
"What do you mean you don't know?!" Shachi demanded.
"All we know is someone is looking for someone strong enough to wield the Death Orb's power and become the Death Summoner," Elek said.
"Most likely it was just a kid looking for a good time or doing it on a dare," Bao added. "No one can use the Mortem Orb because it's been sealed away in Mount Zion and no one's strong enough to be a Fifth Level Summoner."
"Fifth Level Summoner?" Zoro asked.
"Technically there are five levels to the Summoner's powers," Elek explained. He held up his right hand. His red glow appeared around it. The pirates started at the glow as it shifted into a sword. Just then Bao grabbed a stick off the ground and tossed it into the air. Elek then pointed the sword towards the falling stick. A blast of aura shot out, hitting the stick and shattering one end. He then slicked the rest of the stick into several pieces before it fell to the ground.
"Wow! That was so cool!" Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp exclaimed.
Elek continued, "Five levels mean there are five orbs that Summoners call upon their powers from. The Aurae Orb, the Naturae Orb, the Animabilis Orb, the Astral Orb, and the Mortem Orb. All Summoners can have the potential to use all five of the orbs, but most prefer to stick with one or two. The First Level Summoners can manipulate their aura into different forms of long range and short-range weapons like I just demonstrated. The Second Level Summoners can call upon flora to assist them in battle and summon objects to them like I did with the chains before."
Neo flinched. She tucked herself more into Law's side and glared at the Summoners for refreshing her memories on that more than they already were.
Wisely ignoring Neo's discomfort, Elek continued, "The Third Level Summoners can call upon animals to assist them. That means the Summoners can have the animals fight themselves or merge with the animals and gather their strengths just like they do with their animal guardians."
"The Second Level Summoners thing sounds like Neo using her earth crystals," Shachi noted. "The Third Level Summoner also sounds like things Neo can do with animals."
"True. But unlike the Elemental's magic, Summoners have to summon these things to them. They don't just automatically appear just because we want them to and we can't use them until our own strength runs out," Bao said. He pressed his hands to the log he was sitting on and stretched out his legs. "That puts us at a huge disadvantage to Elementals and Devil Fruit users."
"And the Fourth and Fifth Levels?" Topaz asked.
Elek lifted his eyes to Topaz. A smile pulled across his lips when he locked eyes with her.
Neo noticed the smile. She looked back at Topaz. The orange haired woman was also holding a small smile on her lips. Neo frowned and turned her attention back to Elek. She said, "Well?"
"Right. The Fourth and Fifth Levels are very difficult ones to reach. The Four Level is the Astral Orb that controls the sun, moon, and stars. It also controls sealing abilities," Elek said, pulling his attention back to the issue at hand. "While the Mortem Orb controls death with very gruesome results that you don't want me to go into. Let's just say it was the main reason it was sealed away."
"You people can control things like the sun, moon, and stars?" Tero asked. He crossed his arms and gave the men a skeptical look. "I find that hard to believe."
"A lot of people do unless they see it for themselves. But it's not like those Summoners can just pull those things down from the sky," Bao replied. "They only call on small parts of them and from the orb not the actual sun, moon, and stars in the sky. It'll make more sense when you all come to Zion with us."
"Come to Zion?!" The crews' shrieked. "What do you mean by that?!"
"We already told you that Trafalgar's power was release through the improper way," Bao said. "He needs to be trained properly and get his animal guardian so he won't hurt anyone. How was that not clear?"
"Then just train him here. We don't have time to travel somewhere else," Shachi said.
"Weren't you listening at all? He needs his animal guardian then proper training to control this power," Bao said with a frown. "If not, then he could loose control and kill tons of people. Did you not see what Elek did with his aura a minute ago? Did you not see what your own captain did to you all? Speaking of which, how in the world did you not get cut by his aura?"
Neo flinched when Bao looked her body over. She narrowed her eyebrows at him and pressed her body into Law's. "I don't know. Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."
"You're so cute. I get the feeling you know why, but you just don't want to tell us," Bao said. He bent his knees up, put his right elbow on his knee, and rested his chin in his palm. He smirked when Neo flinched at his words.
Law growled at the young man calling his wife cute. He growled again when Bao seemed to just ignore him and stare at Neo. His instincts were screaming at him that this Bao was going to be trouble. And with the way he kept catching Bao glancing at Neo, he was sure his instincts were correct and he wasn't just jealous or being over protective.
'Since they know about us Elementals, is it possible they know about our bond?' Neo thought to Law. She turned her eyes away from Bao and Elek and down to Law's shirt.
'It's possible. It all depends on the ages of the Elementals they know and whether or not they have lived on Luminous before moving into the human world or what their parents have told them. Either way there's no way for them to know how deeply bonded we are. The Elementals on Luminous were even shocked at that.' Law kept his eyes locked onto the two men across from them. He didn't want to give them any kind of hints about their private conversation they were having.
'Should we tell them? Our bond obvious had some affect on your aura not hurting me.'
'No. I don't trust them enough to know about that. We might need to use it to our advantage at some point. We'll keep it quiet for now.'
"There is one other thing you all need to be aware of," Elek said, regaining all of their attention. His eyes went right to Law. "The two Elementals will have to wear an orb similar to the one you're wearing when we arrive on Zion."
"Why?" Law asked.
"Because they are nature. And since a lot of our summons are nature based, the Zion Orbs try and force the Elementals to use them," Elek replied.
"What will the orbs do to them?" Law asked. "Will it hurt them? Will it prevent them from using their crystals?"
"It'll do the opposite of what it does for you. They look the same but their job is different. The orb you wear keeps your powers in. They orbs they will wear keeps the power out," Elek explained. "It's completely harmless for the Elementals. And it won't have any effects on them using their crystals."
"I see," Law said, feeling relieved.
"I know everything seems a bit confusing right now, but that will all be cleared up when you come to Zion and train on how to use this power," Elek said. "This isn't a permanent deal. You all don't have to stay on Zion forever. It's just until Trafalgar gets his powers under control. Once that happens you all can leave. You also have the choice of using or not using this power when it's under control. Some Summoners have left the summoning world behind and have lived normal lives without summoning a single thing."
Neo looked up at Law at the point. But he didn't look back at her right away. He kept his steel color eyes on Elek and Bao, contemplating their words for a minute before looking down at Neo. With a sigh, he said, "I'm sorry, love. We have to go."
"I know." Neo nodded.
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Author's Notes: I know I forgot to answer something in this chapter. :/ But I can't remember what it was. T.T Some stuff will be revealed later on, but still. Ugh! What was it? Orz
Sarge1130: Well, Zoro would look so cute with a banana on his head. But I fix it anyway. Thanks for pointing the goof out. These chapters are so long they're harder to proofread than my shorter chapters. I'm not meaning to make them 10,000+. Glad ya like it. I can't wait to see what happens too.
Guest: Glad you like it. I'm continuing with it for sure. It'll just be slower updated than my Frozen Soul rewritten. But once I get a chapter written and proofread I'll post it.
Apple Bloom: Thanks. More coming.
