As I promise this is the last update for this week before it returns to its weekly update.
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Chapter 10

"Ace! You promised me that we would drink tea together on Black Cup Island." A woman whine.

He laughed, "Did I say something like that?"

She pouted and crossed her arm, "Yes you did, that's why we are here now."

"Ok, ok. Don't throw a tantrum here." He rubbed her red hair until it's dishevel, making the woman even angrier.

"I am not throwing a tantrum!" She scoffed and stomped her foot as she fixed her hair.

"Such a child."

She huffed in a childish manner and turned away from Ace, puffing her cheeks in disdain. The raven haired man scratched the back of his head and sighed, "Do you know any place with good food around, Mizaki?"

Mizaki turned around to face Ace with an expression filled with excitement, red eyes sparkled with joy. "Of course, there is one shop that serves the best meat on the island and tea." She grins happily as she wraps her arms around his and leading him down the street.

The island is filled with well-dressed people in rich and elegant clothing, clattering away about important issue in their country's business, financial, and political issues. They stop talking to stare at Law, Bepo and Nasuki, the women hid behind their fancy fans as they secretly looked over to them while the men openly stare, some in disgust and others in arrogance from the classical looking balconies.

Bepo who is holding Law's Nodachi watched them wearily, "Captain, why are they looking at us?"

Law direct his eyes to where Bepo was staring as he kept on walking in a steady pace, "Don't mind them, Bepo." He simply said.

Bepo still looks very nervous as his round head kept turning from side to side in a rapid manner, Nasuki sensed his distress and she knew that he is very self-conscious about himself; him being a bi-pedal talking bear and all. Nasuki hooked her arm around Bepos' and he froze in place before turning to face her with a sweaty troubled yet confused furry face. She didn't look at him nor spoke instead she leaned her head on his arm as they follow their Captain, rubbing his arm in a soothing manner in attempt to calm the white bear, which he did. He stopped fidgeting around and wore a content smile, while on the other hand Nasuki stayed emotionless. She knew that type of stare anywhere after all she had to live with it all through her life, she wouldn't forget, no, she can't forget it at all. Although she felt uncomfortable she didn't want anyone to noticed, especially when Bepo's mind is in a state of fight and flight mode.

They finally stopped at the shop; a woman clothing shop? Nasuki looked quizzically at Law who smirked, "I'm sure you need clothing or do you want to keep wearing different male clothes?"

She paused for a long time and hesitantly answered,"...It's expensive, isn't it." She stated and let go of Bepo's arm, and he seem to be very displease which Law noticed.

Law brow rose a few inches as she said that phrase for all the women he had met in his lifetime, most of them would go ballistic over the latest brand of clothing for a certain season or maybe it's because he never really went for women who didn't wear the latest fashion. Since he is a pirate and all, he doesn't have time to court and entertain them to relieve some stress. It is not like he is saying that she isn't that great to look at, but on the contrary she is alluring than most female he has ever met. His hand twitched as her long-waist bright red hair flew with the breeze for some odd reason he just wanted to run his fingers through it, he wondered what it felt like... Wait why the fuck is he having these thoughts? This is not like him the reason why he brought her to this place is to extract some information out of her.

"If you care about the pricing just choose the cheapest ones." Law said as he enters the shop with Bepo and her following.

A very neat trimmed and gelled hair gentleman hair, and ridiculously smooth-skinned, smiling man with a really curled, spiral moustache stood in front of the store with his hands rubbing, clasp together, "How may I help you-" But he stopped mid-sentence as he noticed that the costumer he is serving are pirates, not just any typical non-named pirates; Trafalgar Law the man is worth 40 million Belli.

His face seem like a fish out of water, probably in his line of generation one of his ancestors might have been a fish at one point because this man is ridiculously shiny and shimmering as he moves.

"T-to w-w-what d-d-o I o-o-o-owe t-th-heee p-p-leasuree t-to?" The shiny man with the super curly moustache stumbled as his eyes made contact with Laws'.

Law gave him his signature smile before answering, "The lady needs her necessities." He gestured with his hand towards her.

The curly and spiral moustache man froze as he saw how she is dressed.

"Oh my, oh my. Oh my, my, my! You are much underdressed!" He bristled about, moving behind her and giving her a little shove, "I'll help you out with these ghastly clothes you have on right now."

Nasuki seems like she wanted to say something to his comment, but she couldn't as he ushered her and somehow spun her into the changing room. Within less than a minute he has gathered all kinds of different clothing and places it in front of her changing room.

"You must try all of these on!"

Her red hair poked out of the changing room and stared at the ever building pile of clothes. She looked at the sparkling man who is stroking his curled moustache enthusiastically.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes!"

She made a pleading face to Law and he smirked, "Take your time."

The feeling of dreaded seep into her bones and a frustrated face began emerging. She started to rub the side of her temple, "This is the only pile I need to try on right?"

The shimmering man shook his head vigorously, "Oh dear, you can't be serious right? This is only the starting! There is no limit in a woman's closet! Come on, go on and try them all on."

She starts grumbling about her "closet" having a limit and she doesn't know where the hell kind of closet the others has. Nonetheless she picked out the less frilly one to try on and shooting Law the most annoyed face which Law smiled in return as she closed the shutter of the changing room.

Her head poke out of the shutter and she looked beyond irritated, "Don't tell me that all the clothes you are planning to give me to try out are all dresses?"

He nodded his head with enthusiasms as his sweat drops around them, "Yes of course! This is the new tread that most women that comes into my store wears! Please, do come out and show us your adoring self."

You can see her eye twitch when he mention her 'adoring self' and Law seems to be very amused by the whole scene that he did not even interfere with the event, yet again. Bepo just stood there holding Law's Nodachi looking blankly at their interaction.

She finally came out wearing a white sun dress that reaches above her knee and with sandals. She cross her arms under her chest, glaring at the proud man who is the person who picked out the clothes for her to try on.

"Now see, isn't lovely? Come closer so we can have a good look at you, darling." He gushed out waving his hand to come over to them.

She sighed and reluctantly came over to them. He then motion his hand; silently telling her to turn around to get a better view of how she looked in her plain white sun dress. She did as he said although with a little grumble under her breath as she turned around fully to face them again.

The shimmering man hummed and picks his moustache, "The bell on your neck needs to go the black ribbon doesn't match with your dress." He said and reached out to remove her bell.

As soon as his hand reach near the golden bell her hand shot out to grab his wrist firmly, their eyes met and he felt cold chills down his spine as he stares into her eyes, 'What an ominous looking eyes.'

Law observes silently at the interaction; absorbing the information from her.

"I wanted to switch the black ribbon to a white one." He hesitantly said.

She blinks and the cold chills he felt immediately disappear, "You could've say so," She said and lets go of his wrist which he sighs in relieve and she unties the ribbon, "I don't like it when someone touches it." She explains to him.

He rubs his wrist gingerly, "O-oh, sorry I didn't know."

"No need to apologize." One hand held the bell and the ribbon and she held her free hand out in a silent gesture. He quickly responds by placing a white ribbon on to her empty hand. She replace the ribbon and was about to tie it back on her neck when she heard the blobfish man cough, "I would recommend you if you tie it on your wrist, it will look better that way." He suggests quietly and she did just that.

Seeing the tension is gone, Law's expression seems to be contemplating before replying, "It suits you."

Bepo agreed with their Captain, "It the same color as our uniform."

She smiled grimly, "Is that so?" She then looked over to the blob man and said," I'll take this, but the rest of the clothes needs to be shorts, pants, shirts, tank tops, a jacket, boots, and long sleeves. I'll be choosing my undergarments myself, is that clear?"

The man look flabbergasted at her responds, "That is the only dress you will have will that be fine? Surely you must not be satisfied with that much clothing."

"I do not need much." Was her reply before proceeding in checking the lingerie section as she was scanning the different varieties of panties and bras, she went over to the lace section picking up a thong.

"Hm, I never imagine you to be wear those things." Law appeared closely behind her and while whispering to her very sensitive ear.

She blushed slightly, "Would you please stop doing that?"

She couldn't see Law's face, but she knew that he is enjoying her fidgeting under his gaze.

He leaned in a bit closer until her back side brush his chest and his head is near inches away from her ear, "Doing what?" He breathed out.

Her blush started to spread out to her ears, "You know exactly what you are doing and where is Bepo?"

He seems unconcerned and reached over and pick out a very revealing and appealing panty, "What do you think about this one?"

Her eyes narrowed suspiciously, "You are being awfully friendly, are you by any chance planning something behind my back?" She took a silent whiff of Bepo's scent and it seems like he is still at the same spot where he and Law had waited for her to get out of the changing room and she felt very satisfied to know the location of the white polar bear. The curly moustache guy is still lurking around, but not near them.

He chuckled, "I'm rather fond of your back so I might be planning a lot of things behind you as we speak." He started to wave then lacy panty in front of her to get her attention and she grabbed it out of his hand and she began to examine the panty within her hold, "Hm, this is very cute." She ignored his last comment by answering his previous question.

"Why don't you try it out?" Law slyly suggested to her, making his head jerk to the direction of the changing room.

"No." is her only answer before proceeding to pick more less fabric undergarments and putting all the clothes that she needed on the counter.

The blob fish man hurried and calculated the price of the articles, "How much is it?" Law ask as he came over to the cash register. The man pause he looked very devastated as if he finally realized something; he is serving pirates as if they were normal costumers, "O-o-o-oh, the-the price? Well I was planning to give those to you for free." With quick motions he packed up all the clothes and handed it to them with a nervous smile.

Nasuki seemed a bit startled, "Um thank you." She paused.

"Kelp." He said bristly.

"Well, Kelp-ya it was a pleasure doing business with you." He gave him an eerie smile before turning to Bepo, "Bepo carry them." After he ordered Bepo to carry the baggage, he left swiftly out of the woman clothing store.

Nasuki looked at Bepo holding Law's Nodachi and offered him to carry some of the load as well, but Bepo shook his head and said he will carry them. She turned to thank the blob fish man named Kelp again as he stiffly waved good bye to them when they have left his shop and he let out a sigh of relieve.

Down in a very elegant restaurant where it is located near the ocean was usually quiet with people silently chattering and enjoying their drinks and food, but there is only one table that is loud and causing a huge racquet in the back. Portgas D. Ace ate the food vigorously with plates rapidly stacking up like a mini tower while Mizaki enjoys the fragrance and the taste of the tea. This popular restaurant is called L'Ocean de Success, hence why the restaurant is near the ocean and is flourish with good business.

The workers of the restaurant and the costumers gaped at them and whispered among themselves about the horrible etiquette he was displaying and how the woman he is with ate and drank with much etiquette. It was horrible to watch two different behaviours clash each other with the pair, finally Ace stopped stuffing his face with delicious food and patted his bulging stomach and gave out a light burp of satisfaction.

Mizaki laughed at Ace saying his stomach looks like Santa Claus and all he needed to complete the look was a big white beard. Ace laughed with her saying he would be a very handsome Santa if it were true he then leaned back; slouching on the chair waiting for Mizaki to finish her tea. When she did Ace grins at her with much mischievous in his eyes and she knew what was going to happen.

She frowns, "Really Ace? We have enough."

"Did you forget? We are pirates." Ace continues to grin and flicks her forehead which she frowned to. Without notices Ace abruptly stood up from the chair and picked up his cowboy hat. She followed suit and walk with him casually out the exit door of the restaurant.

They then heard the usual, "You forgot to pay the bill!"

Ace looks at Mizaki and tips his hat slightly upward before dashing out of the restaurant and she gave a small huff and ran after him with the waiter yelling out, "It's a dine and dash!" She could hear them running after them and since they are on an affluent island it is easy to get marines patrolling around the area. They of course heard the commotion and asked citizens what is going, after hearing their story the marines started to gather around like a group of roaches chasing them.

Ace laughed as the marine found them and noticed that they were part of the Whitebeard Pirates and called for backup while Mizaki grumbled in annoyance as they could have avoided all this mess if they only just paid for the damn food, but no because "It is part of being a pirate code." Seriously, couldn't she just enjoy the day with just the two of them? It was hard enough and rare for them to be alone with each other without any interruptions from their crew mates.

She looked over to Ace; his eyes shone with happiness as he ran, so child-like and then she mumbled under her breath, "Stupid Ace." Although she is a bit angry at the fact that Ace ruin their date together that she had thought so hard about, but seeing him like this; happy and free was enough for her and she hoped that, that light in his eyes and his carefree attitude will always remain.

Law and the group have went shopping for supplies; for the broken equipment that Nasuki and her companion had broken on broad their ship. She's unfazed that Law had tried to make her go on a guilt trip when they have entered the medical store, of course indirectly. He started to talk with the store clerk about the latest stethoscopes which somehow had holes in them and is useless for measuring heart beats at this point. He'd also asked for a new weighing machine as Nasuki destroyed it as soon as she step on it, next he asked if they had any more syringes, since Nasuki had 'accidently' tripped and fell and broke every single syringe in his collection. Lastly a new blood pressure monitor, his last one went haywire when he wrapped it around her arm to record her range, but her blood pressure kept on sky rocketing to 190 plus then shooting down to lower than 70. The clerk nodded and said that all of the items he needed are in stock and if that is all he needed, it seems that Law needs more things as he continued to ask for more items.

At this point she started to tune out their conversation and started to browse through the different contraptions in the store with Bepo following her.

"Nasuki, Captain says to not move from your spot." Bepo whispered to her panicky.

She waved him off, "Bepo don't worry too much I know what I am doing besides its more fun to explore rather than wait for the Captain, don't you think so?"

Bepo looked a bit flustered which is cute to her opinion as he held a bunch of things in his hands; her newly bought clothes and Law's Nodachi. She smiled softly, "If anything happens I'll take the blame and it's not like we are going outside and exploring the place. We are in the same store and in the same premises with Captain." She patted the white bear's arm lightly, which he relaxed to and nodded.

She continued with her exploring when she saw a skeleton display in the corner of the room and it wasn't just any skeleton display it was huge and insanely tall as well, taller and big boned than normal humans. She read the label on the bottom; the skeleton diagram display of a giant children, well damn, that explains a lot, so this realm has giants too? Her fingers started to itch and twitch to life and reached out to touch the contour of its jaw until an angry voice interrupt her motion, "Nasuki-ya."

Ugh, he is totally no fun she thought and she turned towards her Captain showing her aggravated face that matches his own, but she gave him no reply just her undivided attention while Bepo fidgets under Law's gaze.

"What were you doing?"

"Looking at things."

"It doesn't look that way."

"Did you get everything you needed, Captain?" She swiftly changed the topic.

He gave an amused smile, "Of course and since you have roaming hands. You can take the pleasure of carrying all the medical instruments around until we return to the ship."

"Are you sure?" She said slyly.

He let out a chuckle, "If anything happens to the newly bought utensils, you will be responsible for fixing the eastern bathroom quarter of the ship."

Her face turned a bit pale, "You don't mean the one that no one ever goes to?"

He nodded and smirked at her reaction, "I'm sure Bill-ya have informed you well on it."

She paused, of course Bill have informed her about it, though when he left to take care of things in the kitchen she went to check it out. Truth be spoken she did not want to ever visit that place the second time, she didn't even get too near it as it smells really horrible and if she got anymore near the god awful place, she'll definitely faint.

"Fine." She reluctantly agreed in carrying the load.

His smirked widen and made room for her to see how much she was going to carry and unfortunately she had to drag three crates around the island. Bepo saw her frustrated face and quickly told her that he can carry them if she doesn't want to and she just smiled at him and shook her head, "I agreed to carrying them Bepo, I can handle the weight."

"Oh good, it seems that we won't be needing the rollers after all." She looked over to see Law talking to the clerk who offered a carrier for the crates.

She really want to say she didn't regret saying she can handle it, really she did, but even with her abnormal strength she wouldn't think she will last long if she figured out what will Law was trying to do; exhaust the shit outta her. After all if she didn't have any more energy she won't cause any more trouble, but she won't let that happen.

"… Captain" She pulled the back of his yellow sweater, "It would be a waste of his offer if we don't accept it, don't you think?" He tilted his head to see her smile playfully at him.

"I suppose it could be beneficial for us." He said slowly, catching her excited glimmer in her eyes, "but only if you agree to answer everything I ask you with appropriate and relation to the question I pose you." The glimmer faded and her face is full of distain and he smiled in mocking kindness, "I guess your answer will be a no." Before he could say to the man that they have no need for it, she tugged his sweater again her face flushed with embarrassment and her bell on her neck rings softly, "Alright! I agree."

Well the plan about being nice to her so she could directly spill some private information about herself went out the window, direct approach is more of his thing and he wasn't getting anything out of her, since it is near their appointed time to meet up with their group. She seems to be sticking next to Bepo and paying attention to him a lot which angers him in a way. The crates were safely secured in the strollers to be pulled and they left the store to get the last supply on the list; coffee.

Ace and Mizaki started to gather more marines by the minute and it seems like they will not let go of their trail.

"It looks like we gotta spilt up and loose a few of them and meet up at that intersection." He said gesturing with his head to the street.

She nodded, "Ok, I'll meet you there in ten minutes," with that said both of them darted out in different direction; confusing the marines before splitting in two big groups tracking down the criminals.

Mizaki ran into a restaurant with a large group of marines behind her as they disrupt the peace and quiet meals of the shop and she exited towards the back of the store. She closed the door and kicked the wooden pillar with enough force, making it fall; barricading the exit. Without wasting any time she ran through a narrowed area as marines started to diminish from her zigzagging all over the place. As they started to lose their formation and man power it was nearly time for her and Ace to meet up at the intersection of a very popular coffee shop named; Browns Brew and a book store with a huge reading glasses as their shop's body building structure.

She needed to run through an alley way and veer a right and she will be there at the rendezvous. She caught a whiff of a familiar scent that she couldn't place a finger on until she notice three huge crates during her turn and crashed into a person pushing it and then landing on something really soft.

She looked up and saw a polar bear? It blinked at her and asked if she was ok and she quickly replied she was and realized her mistake, "I have to go marines are coming." She said hurriedly. The polar bear grasps her arm gently and carried her bridal style while pushing the crates and yelled to the man in front of them wearing an odd furry hat in a hot weather, "Captain, the marines are coming the long pose should be set by now!"

The man in a furry hat tsk in annoyance and told them to run back to the ship 'Wait, do they think I am part of their group?' The bear nodded in acknowledgement and whispered to her to hold on tight, "Uh, ok." She said without thought and wrap her petite arms around his neck and he sped off with velocity that she had a death grip on him which he seems to not mind.

Nasuki felt an impact of someone crashing into her back and she flown up on top of the protruding glasses logo shop that she had just bought books from.

'What the fuck just happen?' She thought angrily as she was rammed sky high and now she was stuck upside down, awkwardly placed between the bridges of the glasses.

She then heard a male chuckle and it did not sound like Law, "How the hell did you get stuck in there?" When he received no reply he continued to talk, "I could see your panties though I never seen you wear those before. You are more of a cutesy girl." She hear him snicker silently, "Or are you wearing that to impress someone today?"

'The hell is he talking about?' When he received no reply again, she heard him sigh, "Look sorry about before I won't do that again, will you forgive me?"

The blood is running too much around her head, making her woozy and she replied, "Yeah." All of a sudden flames surrounded her although she didn't get burnt at all and she felt two arms wrap around her. She looks up and sees a half-naked man with a cowboy hat smiling like an idiot at her in flames, at this point she thinks she has this ability to attract half-naked men to her and he also smells very familiar, "You're burning."

"I know," he laughed, "I don't remember you having that on before." He points to her bell on her left wrist and she only shrugs in response.

Her eyes narrowed as a sudden recognition of what Law had told her about the three different type of Devil Fruits this one must be a Logia type. She heard different kind of shouts of men off a distance, "Damn, I guess they noticed that fire show earlier huh?" He grins at her although she didn't know what expression she should make at that moment and he took no notice of it and begins to hop from roof to roof. Finally landing in a forestry area and still carrying her to some kind of transportation contraption she'd never seen before.

"What's that?"

He laughed, "Don't tell me you have short term memory too! It's Striker."

"It looks like it could only carry one person."

"Well yeah, that's why I'm carrying you like this." He jump on Striker and he shouted, "Hold on." His feet engulfed into flames and the contraption roared to life and sailed off into the vast ocean.

What do you think? It's a pretty long chapter and hopefully it makes up for the times I didn't update.

I see you guys next week.