"What the hell do you mean you're just going to numb the area and yank them out?" Mizu yelled covering the scarred wound defensively.
"I didn't say yank Cleaner-ya don't be so dramatic." Law sighed holding the injection to numb the area. Mizu's eye didn't stray away from needle in Law's hand. "Don't tell me you're afraid of needles too Cleaner-ya?"
"Of course not. It's not like I'm a damn child for god's sake. I just don't like the thought of you stabbing me with one of those things, then watching as you wrench out my stitches." Mizu replied watching the needles every subtle movement.
"I am a doctor Cleaner-ya. I could do this simple procedure with my eyes closed." Law grabbed her hand and pulled it away from her side. Before Law could inject her with the numbing serum Mizu's other hand grabbed onto his hand. "Cleaner-ya, these stitches must be removed. There's only three don't be such a child."
"Then put me out. I'm not watching you remove them!" she cried out gripping his arm tightly.
Law sighed and looked into Mizu's eyes with a bored expression "That's your problem? You don't want to see them removed?"
Mizu's cheeks reddened. Ever since the compliment, Mizu couldn't keep the blushes off her face. "Shut up! I've never had stitches before!"
"It's not my fault you were lightly grazed. Stop being a child and let me do this or I'll do it the hard way." Mizu let go of his hand and he injected her in different places. Law ignored her flinching and carried on with the procedure. "Hold still or I'll strap you down."
"I always suspected that of you." Mizu grumbled looking away from the doctor. "Err, Captain?" Law 'hmm'd' a response as he prepared his tools. "You said you'd kept that marine who attacked me alive, but I saw you, err,"
"Kill him?" Law supplied knowing she couldn't spit it out yet. Mizu nodded and Law chuckled. "You've aboard this ship for a long time and you didn't know I had a devil fruit ability?"
Mizu sighed and rolled her eyes at the man, yeah she was oblivious but not that much. "Yeah I knew you had one, but I didn't know what it could do."
"Don't you read the papers?" Law smirked and Mizu replied by flicking water at him from her glass. "Ouch, I feel real weak now, cleaner-ya." He joked as he prodded her side with a blunt instrument.
"I haven't seen you fight properly, how was I meant to know?" Law shrugged and began removing the stitches.
Mizu started to feel nauseous just looking at the sadistic smirk residing on Law's mug. Instead of watching him work, she decided to ask some questions. It's not something that could be so easily done if the man in question wasn't so distracted. Usually the response to any question would either be a smirk or a 'weaklings shouldn't ask so questions, Cleaner-ya'. "So what does it do?"
Law looked up from his work and replied with "Wouldn't you like to know."
Mizu glared at him and restrained herself from yelling. He did, after all, have sharp objects in his hands even if Law was distracted he'd still jab her. "Come on, tell me, please."
Law explained his abilities and much to his surprised Mizu was staring at him like he'd shown her something shiny. As he told her about his past exploits and how he got his name and Mizu listened to him intently. She gasped in parts too, Law could see the mild fear but also the fascination in her eyes. The doctor had to remind himself to write this down in his notes in case this information was useful at some point. By the time he had finished, Law only had to bandage the nicely healed scratch on her chest. When Law looked up he saw her watching him, her jaw hanging open.
"You're joking aren't you?" Law shook his head as sat back to admire his handy work. "Seriously? That's too damn perfect for you, you sadistic bastard."
"Be careful Cleaner-ya one morning you might wake up to find yourself to have brooms for legs one morning." Law jokingly threatened laughing at her fearful face as he bandaged her. "You can shower again but be sure not to put soap on it until I say and pat it dry and re-bandage it. Put this on after every shower." He handed her a tube of cream and flicked his gloves into the trash can.
"Can you actually do that?" Mizu asked watching the doctor carefully in case he was lying.
"Yes I can. As long as you are in the sphere I can do what I want to you. Even replace parts of your body with random objects."
Mizu looked away sheepishly before asking. "Could you, perhaps, replace someone's neck with a barrel or have their arms coming out of their head? Stuff like that?" Law actually chuckled and said yes. Mizu chuckled darkly, surprisingly Law a little. "That must be funny to watch."
"Come out on deck next time and you'll see for yourself." Law said turning back to desk writing up some notes.
"Only if you promise to swap stuff around." Mizu asked blushing again. Law chuckled again and agreed if only for his own entertainment.
Mizu thanked Law for treating her and exited the medical bay feeling a little more scared of her Captain. But imagining some poor person with legs for arms and arms for legs made her laugh. His ability was frightening but also strangely quite comical going off looks alone. Mizu was now looking forward to the island they would be stopping at. She could get her (many) chores done without much distraction. Sighing with relief, Mizu snuggled down to get some sleep. The next day Mizu bid good morning to every crewmember she passed, she was in a very good mood.
"What's got into you?" Penguin asked as she chirped a good morning to the people at their usual table.
Mizu grinned and took a bite out of her breakfast. "We've reached a new island, you guys are leaving for a while right? Which means I get some peace and quiet for once"
Penguin and Shachi exchanged looks. Mizu raised an eyebrow at the two, she was dense but definitely not blind. Unfortunately for them Bepo announced "Wasn't she supposed to come with us today?"
Mizu's smile dropped and her heart sank "What?"
Penguin nodded slowly, "Yeah, Captain kinda said as you've been good lately that we are to take you into town to see if you can behave yourself."
"But I want to stay here." Mizu groaned smashing her head against the table.
Shachi added as he moved Mizu's breakfast away from her. As she was banging her head repeatedly quite close to the food. "He wants you to pick out some new cleaning equipment as you're fussy apparently."
Mizu had in fact on multiple occasions ranted in several crew members' ears about the quality and other menial things about the equipment she had been given to work with. She even went straight to the Captain about only having one of each thing. This turned into an argument which Mizu won by appealing to his Doctor-side and whinged about spreading germs from using the bathroom mop in the kitchen. It was a smart idea in her opinion to use this against him, in her opinion.
"So I can't get out of it?" she asked holding onto that last piece of hope.
"Nope" Bepo said brightly.
"He's not even present and I still have an urge to hit him." Mizu grumbled as she clicked her wrist and hand.
"It's a nice town, you'd like it I think." Penguin said patting her on the shoulder only to receive a growl as a reply. "Come on Mizu, think positively."
Mizu turned her head to face Penguin with her head still lying on the table. "I hope Trafalgar gets struck by lightning."
"That's not what I meant but it's something I suppose." Penguin sighed holding his head in his hands
"It's better than nothing." Shachi said shrugging.
Err... *awkward laughs* Hi, ahem, again... yeah sorry. Life you know, it kinda pops up at the wrong times... I feel the need to apologise.
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