Writer's block is so annoying.
Luffy knew he wasn't supposed to be sleeping. He was in a marine base, being used as a lab rat. But maybe that was why he was sleeping. He knew that they wouldn't kill him, since they still needed to test some seastone things on him.
The nightmare of Omatsuri Island was replaying itself in his head. Him losing his friends, the expression on their faces as they faded away, the shock and horror on his face as he saw his friends in the Lily. He was grateful when he woke up, as he didn't have to see his nakama's near death experience again.
Rubbing his eyes, he stared at the ceiling. He was grateful that he had confided in his nakama. He knew that they would never get angry him for their "deaths" since they never knew about it, but it was nice to see that they never even blamed him after they knew what had happened. He contunued to stare at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep, even though he was tired. He was awake for quite a few hours until he heard the door open.
"Get up, kid." One guard walked in with seastone cuffs. Luffy was confused. Where was Denki? thought Luffy. "Where's Denki?" Luffy grabbed the guard. He was ready to hit him if he ever hurts Denki. "We found out that traitor betrayed us, so we locked him up. Got a problem?" The guard smirked. Luffy's eyes widened and he punched the guard on the face. "Don't hurt him! He's my friend!" Luffy yelled at him. Scared, the guard ran out of the room and pulled a Den-den mushi out of his pocket, "Boss, the kid's angry" "Hmm...go get him. I want to try something." Kagaku said. The guard shivered, but complied. He entered the room again and Luffy glared at him.
"What do you want?" Luffy, growled, whirling around and grabbed the guard by the collar. Just then, a bluish gas was emitted from the vents. As the vent was behind him, Luffy didn't notice it until he inhaled the gas. Luffy suddenly went limp, his clutch on the guard loosened, and the relieved guard dropped to the floor. On the floor, Luffy was trying not to inhale the gas, but his body forced him to keep inhaling it. His blood burned as he couldn't move his limbs. "Hahaha. That would teach you not to mess with us." The guard laughed. He immediately cuffed Luffy and brought him to the testing room.
Along the way, he heard several conversations. "Hey, I heard Yukai caught another Devil Fruit user." "No way. I thought they would be hiding on their stupid ship." "If they didn't abandon their captain." "No, it seems like our new captive is from another crew."
Luffy was tossed into the testing room and like last time, was cuffed to the table. This time, however, they hooked up several machines to him. Luffy was uncomfortable and started stuggling, only to be ignored by the scientists. "We don't have to test the gas again. It was used in the vents in his room." A scientist picked up a vial with the bluish silvery liquid. "Try the liquid form." The liquid was immediately injected into Luffy's bloodstream and he gasped. His heart raced as the seastone seeped throughout his entire body. His body felt weak and his stuggling lessened. "Hmmm. So the liquid just saps the user's strength from the inside out." "Do we need to remove the seastone?" "Nah. A bit of seastone wouldn't affect him for our needs. His body would eventually clear it out."
They left Luffy on the table and continued to do their work. After a few hours, Luffy's heart rate settled down and he felt the strength to move his limbs. He started struggling again, and as every minute passed, it became stronger. "He got his strength back already? Wow. The people that we tested on needed at least a day to even have a steady heartrate." The scientists said, impressed with Luffy's healing rate. He was still pretty tired though, and used all his energy to try and escape the shackles.
"Bring him back to the room. We still need to find his crew. Denki spilled some confidential information to them." One scientist said. The guards used the gas to restrain Luffy while they uncuffed him from the table. They put the seastone shackles on his wrists and dragged him back to the room.
The guards brought Luffy into the room and tossed him inside. Luffy immediately began struggling as they removed his cuffs. They dumped Luffy in the room and left, but Luffy heard a bit of the conversation they were having, "Hey, I heard they're going to do something to that traitor."
Upon hearing that, Luffy huddled on the bed. Damn it. I'm so weak. If I had just defeated those stupid marines when we escaped, then Denki would be fine, working undercover with the marines. My crew wouldn't be so worried about me. They have to move forward, but I'm just dragging them down. He thought, tears running down his face. "Damn it. Crying isn't going to solve anything! I need to get stronger!" Luffy jumped up on the bed and yelled, wiping his tears. He immediately tried to use his Gomu Gomu no Pistol on the opposite wall, only to find that his arm didn't stretch. Damn, I still have that stupid seastone in my body. Undetered, Luffy decided to get off the bed and kept punching the wall, since he had better balance on the floor.
It wasn't until the door opened that Luffy stopped hitting the wall and looked at the door. The guards tossed a tall man wearing a yellow and black hoodie into the room, although it was stained with blood. Instead of cuffing his hands together, he had a seastone cuff on each of his wrists. "Don't uncuff him. His can easily get out of the room with his powers." One guard said as his companion bent down to uncuff the man. They then exited the room, leaving the new prisoner bleeding on the floor.
"Hey, you okay?" Luffy asked the man. His eyes, while unfocussed, looked up at the souce of the question. "I don't think so. I got hit quite a few times. And then there's the seastone." The man grunted. A minute later, a guard tossed in some alcohol and bandages. "You're a doctor right, Mr 'Surgeon of Death'? You can treat yourself." The guard smirked. "Damn you, he's injured!" Luffy yelled as the door closed. Huffing to himself, he carried the man onto the bed, where it was more comfortable. "Hey, what's your name?" Luffy asked. "Trafalgar Law. You are Monkey D. Luffy right?" Law groaned. "Trafa….Tra…Never mind. I'll just call you Torao." Luffy grinned.
Law rolled his eyes. He knew that Luffy was an idiot, but seriously, he couldn't even pronounce his name and gave him a nickname. And he gave him a horrible on to boot. He was lost in his own thoughts until Luffy started tugging off his hoodie, which startle him. "Hey!" He protested, but Luffy pouted at him, "Come on. You're bleeding." Law gritted his teeth, knowing that Luffy was right. If he didn't fix himself up quickly, there was a high chance of getting an infection. "Fine, Mugiwara-ya." With Luffy's help, Law managed to remove his hoodie and Luffy passed him the alcohol. After rubbing the alcohol onto his wounds, Luffy helped him to bandage his torso and back.
"Kid, here. The new guy doesn't get any." A guard opened the door and threw a few rice balls and a loaf of bread wrapped in cling-film onto the floor. Luffy stared at the food and picked it up. Then, he gave it to Law. "Eat!" Luffy demanded.
Law was surprised. He knew that Luffy loved food, since he had heard the loud yell from the cook that he had cooked too much food. Since he was trapped, they probably didn't give him much food, and he looked pretty skinny. "Why? It's yours." Law questioned. "You're hurt. When I'm hurt, I eat meat and I'm fine. Nami says it's not the same for everyone, so maybe if you eat rice and bread you'll be fine." "Sorry, Mugiwara-ya, I don't like bread." Law stated. "Come on! You need to eat if you want to get better, Torao!" Luffy whined. Law sighed at the stupid nickname. "Get my name right. It's Trafalgar. Tra-fal-gar! It's not too hard right?" Law tried to get Luffy to pronounce his name right. "Whatever. It's too long." Luffy shook his head.
Wanting to change the topic, Luffy asked, "Did you see my crew, Torao?" "I did, Mugiwara-ya. They told me not to come to the island, but I was curious. Anyway, after they unfolded some piece of paper, they started laughing. Any idea why?" Law replied. "Oh. They probabaly read the note I wrote to them. I'm pretty sure they thought that I couldn't write." Luffy laughed. Law shook his head, clearly amused by the boy's antics, "You have a strange crew, Mugiwara-ya."
"Anyway, eat." Luffy ordered. "I told you, Mugiwara-ya, I hate bread." Law grumbled, clearly annoyed. "Fine. I'll eat the bread, you eat the rice, okay, Torao?" Luffy pouted again. "I'm fine with that, Mugiwara-ya." Law said. "Stop calling me that? Do I look like I have a straw hat to you?" Luffy whined. "No you don't, but your kind of the only person I've met that wears a straw hat." Law reasoned. He was annoyed with Luffy, that was for sure, but he was starting to like hanging around the teen.
"Hey, Torao. Join my crew." Luffy said suddenly, making Law choke on his rice ball. "W-what? No way. I'm a captain of my crew." Law growled, making Luffy laugh. Before they could continue talking, a faint hiss was heard. Luffy turned around and saw the bluish gas seeping out of the vent. "Torao, don't inhale the gas! They make you feel nothing!" Luffy tried to inflate himself, but couldn't. "Damn seastone!" Law was confused. The floor isn't covered in seastone. Why can't he use his power, whatever it was. Before long, the room was filled with gas and both he and Luffy had collapsed on the floor and bed respectively. The door opened and a couple of guards walked in and cuffed them. "We realised we have a small problem. Maybe you can help us." One of them growled.
They were brought, rather roughly, since Luffy kept struggling, to a large room. They saw cuffs and chains attached to the wall, and Luffy felt a shiver down his spine. The two Devil Fruit users were immediately chained to the wall by heir hands and feet. "Stupid chains. Let me go!" Luffy yelled and struggled against the chains and cuffs. "It's no use, Mugiwara-ya. It's seastone." After thinking for a while, Law continued, "By the way, the floor for that room wasn't made of seastone, yet you said you couldn't use your powers. What power do you have and what seastone are you talking about?"
"I ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, so I'm a rubber man. This morning, before you came, they injected some seastone liquid thing into me. It really sucks." Luffy grumbled. Law shivered – seastone was never good for Devil Fruit users, but having it inside of him? "They said my body would get rid of it on it's own though." Law felt relieved, Wait relieved? This guy is supposed to be my rival for the One Piece. This should work to my advantage? Why do I suddenly feel like he's my friend?
While Law was sorting out his thoughts, a man entered the room. "Kagaku!" Luffy hissed. "What do you want, you bastard?" Kagaku merely grinned. "Let's play a game shall we?" "A game? I want to play!" Luffy exclaimed, causing Law to facepalm, thinking, Sure, he's a nice kid, but he's way to naïve.
"The game is "Tell me where your friends are or I'll torture you." Your traitorous friend had given important information to your comrades. Tell us their location and we'll leave you alone." Kagaku said, smirking. He was sure that the two pirates would give in, until Luffy said, "Then go ahead and torture me."
"And your choice?" Kagaku aimed the question at Law, who kept quiet. Raising his hand, he shifted into his half-human, half-porkupine state. "Speak when I tell you to!" Kagaku growled and slashed his claws at Law. Law closed his eyes and braced for the impact, and felt…nothing? Law opened his eyes, and saw Luffy standing in front of him, taking the blow. His eyes widened as Luffy growled at Kagaku, "This has nothing to do with him. And don't hurt my friend!"
Friend? I only met him like an hour ago. Law was confused. "Hahaha! You want to get hurt so badly, don't you?" Kagaku sneered. "Oh well." Kagaku grabbed on of his spines and thrusted it into Luffy's stomach. Luffy growled, but refused to move. Why? Law saw Luffy tense up his stomach as Kagaku kept puching the spine deeper and deeper into his stomach. Why is he protecting me? Law saw the tip of the spine emerge from Luffy's back, and Kagaku's smile widened. With a quick push, the entire spine had gone through Luffy's body. Upon seeing this, Luffy angled his body, so that the spine didn't hit Law.
"Why are you doing this?" Law hissed. "Because this whole thing was my fault. I wasn't strong enough to beat them, so I was caught. If I had beaten them, you wouldn't have been caught either. So it has nothing to do with you." Luffy turned his head and smiled at Law, but he could see the sadness in his eyes, "Plus, I lost my crew before. If it meant keeping them safe, I would gladly die." Law's interest in Luffy increased. Someone not afraid to die, and at this age. Law smiled, then frowned, He said he lost his crew before? Does that mean that this was his second crew? "We'll get out of this, somehow." Luffy's voice held all the optimism that he was famous for, and Law felt like he could trust him.
"So you want to die?" Kagaku asked. "Are you dumb? I said I would die for my friends." Luffy questioned, with a smirking Law behind him. He found Luffy's ways or aggravating people rather amusing. "You brat!" Kagaku growled and lunged at Luffy, who took all the attacks. Kagaku then used his spines to spear Luffy.
Eventually, after a few hours, Kagaku got sick of Luffy's "Never give up" attitude and stormed out, ordering the guards to bring both Luffy and Law to their room. The marines stationed outside promptly took them to their room. To their surprise, there was another bed in the room.
"Man, you sure took a beating." Law commented, seeing Luffy's body. He was bleeding from pretty much everywhere, and had several holes in his torso and gut. His clothes were so torn up there were more holes than clothes hanging on him."You're going to have to patch your wounds up, or they'll get infected."
"You do it. You're a doctor right, Torao?" Luffy asked. Law sighed and place the bloody boy on the bed and went to go grab the stuff he needed. After cleaning and bandaging up Luffy, the door opened and a voice rang out,"You guys didn't behave well, so you don't get dinner." "But I'm hungry!" Luffy whined. Law rolled his eyes, kind of already expecting it when Luffy offended Kagaku.
After a while of pouting, Luffy yelled, "Can I at least get a pack of cards and a dice?" After a few minutes, the door opened and a pack of cards and a dice was thrown in. "Have fun." The guard said in a sacarstic voice, but Luffy didn't hear him. "Thanks a lot!" Luffy thanked the guard genuinely, which surprised both Law and the guard. "Erm….no problem?" The guard stuttered and closed the door.
"You actually thanked a marine?" Law asked incredulously. "What? He gave me a pack of cards and a dice!" Luffy questioned. "Anyway, Torao, want to play? I can play Go-fish, Poker, Blackjack, Rummy and Twist. Which one? " Luffy asked. Law was pretty bored too, and since there wasn't anything to do, he complied with Luffy's request. "Roll the dice. 1 for Roll Again, 2 for Poker, 3 for Blackjack, 4 for Rummy, 5 for Twist and 6 for Go-Fish." Law shrugged. "I was told I have very shitty luck, so you roll it." Luffy grabbed the dice and tossed it to Law. Law rolled the dice. "3. Looks like we're playing Blackjack."
The two prisoners played until it was pretty late, and they both decided to sleep. Luffy, who was sore and tired, couldn't sleep though. He was worried about his nakama. He hoped that they wouldn't do anything stupid to come and rescue him. Eventually his thoughts drifted to himself. How am I supposed to protect my crew without my rubber abilities? He thought, I can barely protect myself!
Luffy decided that he he had to grow stronger, not just for his sake, but for his namaka. He closed his eyes and tossed and turned in his bed, but eventually drifted asleep.
Why doesn't Law like bread? Was it mentioned in the anime?
Just to clarify, the walls, ceiling, and door was made from seastone. After all, if a Devil Fruit user like Kagaku or Yukai entered they would proabaly collapse if the floor was made from seastone.
I forgot that Marco keeps saying –yoi at the end of his sentences! Please forgive me!