mr: Yes, it changed, the true emotions continue there, but they got mixed up and the some bad ones are now stronger. I will return "Mini Creepy Doctor" as soon as I end this fic. Maybe revisited and rewrite something, but I will definably complete that fic! :-) Thanks for the review!
Zatsune D. LawLuFan: Well, I hope this chapter answers some of your questions. I will dedicate parts only to describe their side on the situation. Hope you like this chapter!
sarge1130: His feelings will be explained, for now everyone is just confused...I tell you this, some things are already inside Luffy, but others were being distorted or aggravated by the old man powers. But this will be good for them!
poyochin: Words can hurt a lot, I agreed with you. But Law is a strong dude; we all know how much he had to go through - my poor baby! - anyway I did the emotion thing because that's the only way I can see Luffy doing something like that to someone he holds dear.
Okay people!
This chapter was difficult because I had to make some choices very important that would influent both in the direction of the history as well as the relation between the characters.
Most important, since the next chapters will be very emotional related, I will dedicate parts of them just to describe Luffy and Law perspectives of the fact.
And don't worry, Robin and Franky will shine and our GOD Usopp will wake up...eventually.
Hope you guys like it.
Thanks for all the comments, likes, favorites and good vibrations!
Law didn't understood what happened; at first he thought Luffy would headbutt him, in fact he almost did, but then the hands on his face brought him too close to Luffy and before he could comprehend anything their lips met.
Luffy clearly didn't have much clue of what he was doing, so Law blamed himself for trying to speak while Luffy's lips were on his, allowing the young man to put his tongue inside his mouth.
His eyes searched everywhere - someone must have seen it - and he panicked because he didn't want the others to see it, it could be seen as a weakness.
Noticing that no one saw or would come to help, Law started to push Luffy away while Luffy made the opposite move.
Being in a favorable position made it easier to Luffy to lay Law on the ground, Law on the other hand immediately panicked.
Not like this!
I didn't want it like this!
Instinctively Law kneed Luffy's family jewels, but it had no effect.
Damn rubber!
While it was strangely good to have Luffy touching him, he also knew that Luffy wasn't in his right mind. The younger man was naturally touching people freely but was never sexual about anything at all. In fact Law believed that Luffy was asexual. This was unlike him and Law would not let Luffy do something he didn't understand and wouldn't normally do. Even less if Luffy's memory still would be intact. What would the youngster think, when he would remember Law squirming and trying to get free from him?
Law was starting to get annoyed at that rubber power; Luffy could stretch almost infinitely while the strength to hold Law still left him with almost no movement.
He could feel Luffy's hand underneath his clothes, he could feel Luffy sucking Law's tongue and then stretching his own to go deeper than it was confortable to him. But it was when he felt Luffy's hand close to his ass that he had had enough.
Law fought harder, he needed to free at least one hand, he needed to breath, he needed to get away and then suddenly Luffy ended the kiss.
They still lay on the ground, Luffy on top of him, holding him in place and immovable while he looked right into Law's eyes.
Luffy forehead touched his and with closed eyes Luffy said: "You saved me. You didn't need to, you didn't have to, but you did and you stayed by my side all the time while I recovered, I could feel you there."
Law's mouth was agape. It was something he didn't expect to hear, he never stopped thinking about how Luffy felt and before he could feel any personal emotions about what was being said to him, he remembered that Luffy's emotional state currently was in a mess.
Think Law, think, think...
"In Dressrosa I got so scared. I didn't want you to die. I wanted you to stay with me, be my nakama, be by my side...but you still left. Why did you leave?"
Luffy's puppy eyes almost got him, but Luffy's speech also gave him time to create a 'Room' and so he easily got away from Luffy's grip.
Luffy fell down, his face pressed against the ground, his limbs tangled and then turned on his head to angrily look at Law.
Law was sitting not so far away from Luffy; he raised a hand and tried to communicate with Luffy.
"Luffy-ya. You aren't in your right mind. I know you are experiencing some strange new feelings and that you are confused by it..."
"You are doing it to me. I was fine till I got here!"
Law could see that Luffy's emotions were going from lustful to hateful really fast and it wasn't a good sign. An angry Luffy normally resolved his problems by kicking someone's ass, in this case Law's ass, but he also feared a lustful Luffy would end up doing the same thing and he wanted to avoid both.
"Why are you doing this?" Luffy's angry tone and the fact that he was getting up put Law's mind to work.
"I really don't know, Luffy-ya. I'm as lost as you."
"You know something! I know you do! Why are you trying to get away from me?!"
Law was slowly getting up this time and didn't do the mistake like last time, when he had ended his 'Room'. Instead he kept it very active and ready to be used if necessary.
"I'm not getting away, I'm here right? When have I ever walked away from you when you have needed me?"
Luffy's lack of response meant that he had managed to make Luffy think and question his emotions. It was a good sign. It meant that Luffy could be reasonable; he could be talked off some unreasonable act. It was just a little more difficult than normal.
Law could work with that.
He could win against something like that.
Even if he hated the man, Doflamingo had taught him well, emotions were everything. People did stupid things for good or evil when you manipulated their emotions. He just needs to drag the emotion he wanted from Luffy and work on that one to get what he wanted.
No risks involved.
He didn't know how to work with anger; he and Luffy dealt with it very differently. He held his anger and fury inside, almost letting it corrode him, while Luffy discharged his anger on its cause.
But with lust and passion he could work, even more because he knew that Luffy was completely lost about things like that. It was so wrong to do so to Luffy, but how else could he avoid a confrontation between them?
He got close to Luffy and put his hands on his shoulders, he then looked at Luffy with all the confidence he could gather.
"I am confused too, Luffy-ya. But we can work it out, we can understand it together." Luffy looked up at him. It was still unclear whether it was working or not. "After we finish the submarine we will talk..."
Luffy's face started to show disappointment and Law noticed that every time Luffy didn't get what he wanted his emotions got out of control. He knew he had to put them back on track and fast.
"Then you will have me..." He didn't like that face and changed his approach "...will have all my time..."
Disappointment again - goddammit Luffy! I will knock you out, it's easier!
"...so we can figure it out. What do you think?"
"What do I think?"
"Yes. What do you think? What do you want, Luffy-ya?"
"I want…you...okay...after the sub is ready we will talk."
Law smiled and wasn't faking it, it was a true smile. He was proud of how he had managed the situation with calm and intelligence, something he felt that he had lacked ever since he had put his foot on this island. And Luffy, well, he was willing to listen and talk about it too - a part of him wanted to believe that at least parts of what Luffy said was true and not influenced by the crazy chemical terminations in his brain.
He let go of Luffy's shoulders but Luffy still stood in front of him, his face serious with no room for jokes.
"But Torao, you better not try to leave me again."
Not waiting for an answer, Luffy turned and left.
Law stood there looking at Luffy's back, finally processing all that happened, his fingers touching his lips.
Luffy-ya had kissed him...
Luffy-ya had kissed him!
It's not that Law didn't want it; he had in fact never considered kissing Luffy. The closeness, smiles and happiness were good enough for him - he already felt special when Luffy spared time to talk with him, to try to make him smile, to drag him to do something that he normally wouldn't do.
Luffy brought him an excuse to be happy and silly.
Deep down he even wondered whether he would have been a little more like Luffy ya – full of life and joy – if Corazon had survived.
In the end it didn't matter. It might have been Luffy-ya's emotions and thoughts, but they were currently amplified and distorted, so he should not overthink about what Luffy-ya had said right now, just like he hadn't thought much of Luffy-ya's verbal attack.
At least he had gotten some progress right?
Luffy-ya could be reasonable. When he had heard about the powers for the first time he had thought that it was something irreversible, which slowly would change all the good emotions and amplify the bad ones.
Maybe the hormones had done the work?
Who knew?
Law sat down again and started to look at the submarine, wanting it to be fixed quicker, while he thought about how he should administrate Luffy's potential treatment.
What he had in his submarine could numb the lust and anger, so they could keep Luffy at bay till they arrived on Sunny, where he was sure Chopper-ya would have some phytotherapy remedy.
And if everything failed...
He could always open Luffy-ya's head.
That would be...interesting!
~~ Unknown island/Unknown place – Robin ~~
When Robin got close to the anomaly on the ground she discovery it to be a hatch.
It was open and, in fact, if she had come from the other side it would have been easier to find.
She didn't hesitate to enter it, she was curious after all.
The place was old and complex yet simple, completely made of metal. It was very similar to the Mini-Merry - it was made to be underwater.
She found herself in a corridor, most of the doors were impossible to open, but the most incredible thing was that nobody had noticed this enormous thing in the sea.
She had a suspicion about why it had gone unnoticed, but she needed more proofs.
In her own mind she tried to check if she had seen or heard about anything like the island they were on - that she now was convinced wasn't an island to being with.
The numbers and the disposition of all things reminded her much of the G bases of the Marines.
It took her a while but she eventually found a door half open, she squeezed herself through the gap to get in. The room appeared to be a dorm; it was empty and it looked like whoever had been there had left in a hurry.
Thrown in the corner she found a picture. In the picture there was a bunch of young marines, all of them together and smiling - it appeared to be the inauguration of some kind.
She left the room and not so far from there she found a very badly conserved map. She could barely see what was on it, but managed to understand that the senior officer's room was not so far from where she was.
She looked back, wondering if it would be unwise to continue while everyone else was running to get out of there.
But then again, she was curious and maybe she could find the reason behind the fact that Law's crew had ended up being here. It wouldn't be a problem for her. Like her Captain always said; It's an adventure!