They had trekked for almost an hour, with flashlight in hand, and the illumination of the moon, they were able to weave through the foliage with some ease.
The journey was in silence, no one knew what to say. Even the two most talkative duo had kept mum during the trip. Though the reason for their silence was to not wake the sleeping beast for they had already labelled him as a threat to their well-being, as well as their captain's love life.

Soon they reached a village. The wooden fence that barricaded the village was torn apart. What's left of the village is broken windows, shattered walls and no one to be seen. The rustic oriental village that used to be brimming with life had been reduced to a ghost town.
Still following Bepo, they ventured deeper into the heart of the village. What seem to a village square for gathering had glyphs surrounding a pool that irradiate a blue glow.
Sniffing the edge of the pool Bepo reported to them, " her scent ends here..."
Not wasting a time, Elie went straight into the pool, dragging Law along.

" Oi, wait a moment now... you can't just-" Before he could finish his sentence, tendrils of water started to encapsulate them, pulling both of them into the water before anyone could have the chance to react.
He felt his strength sapping away from him. Sea water has always been a bane for devil fruit users.

Unable the fight the force, they were pulled further into the abyss. As they struggled for their breath, they felt a gravity shift, what seem to be up, is down. In an instance, they are pulled to the surface. Grasping for breath, they took a moment before to realise that they had been transport to somewhere else. Still soaked in sea water, he was too weak to stand straight. Before he could fall back into the water again, Elie held him up, " are you okay?"

" get me out of the water... " he commanded weakly.

Heeding his command she quickly pulled him out of the pool. "Where are we?... " Elie begun as she took in to observe the dark cavern that's lit just barely by pods hanging around the ceiling.

" Where ever this is, it seems like we are separated from them." He replied, still weak in his soaked clothes. A good thing too...

* screech *

" what was that?..." Elie turned to the sound coming from the far end of the cavern. Soft slippery squishing sound can be heard followed by a couple more screeching.

" Elie, I need you to help me take my clothes off. " Law called out to her.

" what ?"
" We don't have time, hurry!" Law answered while weakly trying to peel off the soaked yellow shirt.

Not asking any more questions, she started to help him pull off the shirt. No time to be embarrassed seeing his naked chest.
With the piece of soaked cloth off, he was able to project his room just barely to reach a sunken hole in the corner wall, teleporting them there, hiding them from whatever that is coming.
The sound of squishing became more and more clearer and soon a huge 5m jelly like creature that's crossed with a crustacean began coming into view.
It continued to screech, then it's huge tentacles began to reach into the pool as if searching for something. After a couple of digging through the pool, it gave up and slowly left the area.

" guess we are safe for now... " tossing the shirt back to Law, " care to explain why you needed me to strip you earlier?..."

Twisting his shirt to squeeze off the water, he replied " seawater. It makes us devil fruit users vulnerable. "

" seriously? And you're a pirate... "

" well, never stopped the thousands who ventured forth to find one piece." He said as he peeled off his jeans to dry.

"Good lord..." Elie groaned as she turned to face the opposite direction.

" still shy even though you've seen everything? " Law chuckled as he wrung his jeans.

Ignoring him, she went ahead to look around, but kept close. They were surrounded by nothing but rocks and small openings in the walls that allowed streaks of light to pass through. Curious to see what exist outside the cavern, she peeked between the cracks.
Rows of rustic housing and brightly lit lanterns hung across them. Colours of festival painted the streets. There was nothing wrong except for the fact that everywhere she had looked, there were only women parading the streets.
Before she could relay her findings to Law, she felt fingers prying away her top.
" what the fuck Law?..."

" you're gona catch a cold like that... And I'm not allowing anyone to get sick on my watch. " He answered, with all seriousness.

Well... if you put it that way...
" At least give me some privacy while I dry it - HEY! " He went and held Elie's arms up as he tugged her top above her head. Instead of pulling it off, he kept it right at her hands, holding her still as his gaze trailed slowly over her naked body.

" Trafalgar Law. Whatever that you're planning to do now, you'd better don't. We have a rescue mission going on. "

"... rescue mission for you... " Leaning closer, he continued, " ... and some sight - seeing for me... "
Sure he can be serious about the mission. He was a man of his word. But the way her clothes clung onto her, tracing over her perk nipples, his lust simply drove him off the tracks.

He was dangerously close to her, and with that lust filled look of his, she didn't need to look down to see that he was up and ready to do more than just 'sight-seeing'.

" Trafalgar D. Law... " Elie warned.

With a swift move, he pulled it off with one hand. He remained still while his eyes glaze over her lips and into her eyes. His mind contemplating whether to have her now or to wait. Pressing his body against her, he felt her body stilled. Worry, fear and lust shot through him as her emotions invaded him.
" Just sight-seeing " he repeated, whispering into her ears as well as reminding his desires to behave. To wait it is...
He stepped away from her, wringing her clothes before handing it back to her.

" Now what do we have here?... " he murmured as he looked out of the holes to see what she had seen.

" well I reckon they would be right there..." she answered as she pulled her clothes over her. Well that ended quick... gosh Elie! Are you feeling disappointed?
" though the strange thing that I've noticed is ... there is just only women in the streets... so I think it would be wiser for me to be searching for them there and well...you..."

" I will watch over you from a distance then. "

"Alright." Surprisingly there isn't any resistance from him...

"Room." Calling out his powers, he expanded it right to the edge of the street. His hand reached out and stoke her cheek, " scream for me and I will come."

She caught the smirk on his lips before her surroundings changed. Her core twinge in desire as she caught on to the underlying meaning behind his words. Heel Elie! Get your head off the gutter! You got a mission to do! Clearing her head, she went off into the festival.

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Sorry for the late update. Been really busy :0 started school in the states and is slowly getting used to the place