To Jordansdevil - Yep. He definitely has his work cut out for him. And thank you!
"Corazon! Get back to the ship! Tsuru is here again! I swear, these marines are just trying to find a reason to strip me of my Shichibukai title." Doflamingo hissed.
Rosinante stared dumbly at his older brother. He had to take advantage of this confusion, fast.
"Oi oi oi! This is kidnapping!" Law screeched, being tied up on a small boat being piloted by Rosinante, struggling to undo the ropes.
Luffy just sat beside him, looking down at the water, and gulped. He was a Devil Fruit user, dammit. Rosinante didn't tie him up because he wouldn't do anything stupid, supposedly.
"Untie me! Hey!" Law yelled, "Corazon, you jerk! I'll make you pay for this!"
He started trashing, and the small boat they were on started swaying precariously.
"Ne, Law nii-chan, stop it! The boat will sink!" Luffy cried out, clinging onto Law as some sea water splashed into the boat.
"Say something! Hey... wait what?" He turned to Luffy.
"Eh? I just said stop making the boat sway, Law nii-chan." Luffy tilted his head cutely.
Law turned red and passed out.
"Eh? Law-nii?!" Luffy panicked, poking the older boy, who just spluttered, "He... called... me... nii-chan..."
"Bele bele bele.." The Den Den mushi started ringing.
"Are you going to pick it up?" Luffy asked Corazon, who lit a cigarette, "Is it the pink guy?"
"Pick it up!" Law recovered his senses, "I said pick it up! Doflamingo! Help! What are you going to do to us!?" Law started yelling at Corazon, this time not making so much movements.
"It's noisy!" Luffy covered his ears, and Law shut his mouth immediately.
Law and Luffy were fast asleep, lying on the boat. Law was still tied up, and Luffy's rubber arm was also wrapped around the sick boy.
Seeing the duo was asleep, Rosinante faced his Den Den Mushi and started punching in some numbers. This woke up Law, who glared at Corazon.
"Are you calling Doflamingo?" Law hissed, so as to not wake the sleeping rubber boy up.
"Rice crackers!"
"Rice cracker pellets, it's me." Corazon said into the snail phone, ignoring Law who was glaring holes into his face.
"Oh. Rosinante, isn't it?"
"I'm taking a break from my mission for a while."
"Oh? Are you in trouble?"
"No. It's personal."
"Okay. How are the kids? Are they still there even though you're giving them a hard time?"
"I don't think those four will leave any time soon. They are mostly in pairs."
"The Family is quite infamous now. Be careful.
"Yes."
"I entrust this case to you so do whatever you like. Keep me updated."
"Got it. I'll send you the details in writing."
Rosinante put down the Den Den Mushi.
"Where were you calling just now? You said mission! Are you a Marine or something!?" Law yelled, unintentionally waking the rubber boy up.
"You don't like the Marines?" Corazon asked, already knowing the answer. After all, Law was from Flevance, the entire tragedy starting because of the World Government.
"People connected to the Marines make me sick!" Law yelled.
"I'm not a Marine." Corazon replied.
"Really?" Law question.
"Ne... Law-nii..." Luffy whimpered, "Do you... hate me?"
"No? Why would I hate you?" Law blurted out, and saw the amusement in Corazon's eyes, "I'm not attached, dammit!"
Tears welled up in Luffy's eyes, "Jii-chan... he's a marine... you said people connected to the Marines makes you sick... so you must hate me!"
"EH!? I... didn't mean it like that!" Law panicked to calm the crying boy, "I meant I don't like marines!"
"Then... you ... like me?" Luffy asked, eyes still brimming with tears.
"Of course! You're like a little brother to me..." Law trailed off when he realised what he said.
"Who's your jii-chan?" Rosinante asked. Monkey D. Garp did barge into Sengoku's office a lot while he was calling, wailing about his adorable missing grandson and his other grandson Ace was so angry all the time, but this had to be too much of a coincidence. Since when did Garp-san even get a girlfriend?
"Eh... Garp? My jii-chan is Garp." Luffy frowned. "He tries to make me a marine and beats me up with his Fist of Love and beats Ace and Sabo... " Luffy trailed off.
Sabo died.
Sabo died at the hands of a Celestial Dragon.
Law just nudged Luffy, and tried to comfort the boy as much as he could without the usage of his hands. Damned Corazon still refused to untie him.
"Your... jii-chan... is Garp?!" Rosinante exclaimed.
"Hai." Luffy said, turning to the ropes on Law.
"Garp?!"
"Yes"
"GARP!?"
"Yes! What's wrong with you, are you stupid?!" Luffy hissed, grabbing the knife that Rosinante had left lying carelessly on the bottom of the boat to free Law.
There was no reply, and a loud splash was heard.
"EHH!? CORAZON! HE FELL INTO THE WATER!" Luffy screeched, diving off the boat to rescue the other Devil Fruit user.
"Luffy! You baka! You can't swim either!" Law had no choice but to dive into the water to save both hammers.
"I do not want to go to hospital!" Law struggled in Corazon's grip, as he was carried to a hospital on an island they had landed on.
"Ne, Law-nii, your illness is curable right? So we have to go to a hospital to get it cured!" Luffy grinned.
"Eh?" Law turned to Luffy. He didn't know whether to tell Luffy the truth, or lie to him. Either way, the outcome wouldn't be good.
"This illness I have... it's uncurable! My father was the best doctor in the world, but even he didn't know how to cure it." Law said.
"Eh?! But anyway, let's try the hospital. Maybe they can cure it."
Law sighed. He couldn't talk Luffy out of it.
"And if they refuse, I'll just beat em up!" Luffy said happily.
Luffy still had the knife they had found him with. Gladius was more that willing to make a sheath for it ever since Buffalo had tricked Corazon into drinking steaming hot tea (again), making the executive spit out his tea out at Luffy, who happened to be sitting on the window. Startled, the boy had fallen out the window, and trying to avoid hitting Diamante, who was walking beneath, Luffy had swerved. The entire incident left Luffy with his knife accidentally stabbed in his thigh and Buffalo sent hurtling several kilometers into a junkheap.
Nevertheless to say, Law was worried sick.
Besides a knife, Luffy also carried a pipe, which he also found in the junkheap. Luffy was surprisingly good with the pipe, even better than he was with a sword or a knife.
"Stop acting so predictably like a normal kid." Corazon grumbled, "I'm going to cure your disease! I'm going to take you to every single hospital!"
"Luffy! Tell him it's useless!" Law yelled, but sadly, Luffy sided with Corazon.
"Hey look! A large hospital! They'll cure you!" Luffy yelled excitedly.
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