AN: I was going to write parts of the Dressrosa arc but it felt very redundant because I wasn't really making any changes so this chapter follows on from after the events of Dressrosa and Law has been taken back to the Sunny. (I'm not completely update to date with what's happening on Dressrosa so apologies about anything incorrect and skipped.)
Law awakes in immense pain. The last thing he could really remember was been shot point blank by Doflamingo the fucking bastard. He grits his teeth and tries to focus on his surroundings. With a heavy sense of confusion Law realises he's in the medical bay of the Sunny. A vague memory floats into his mind. He'd been tied to the Heart Seat, he told Doflamingo the alliance with Luffy was over. And Luffy came to rescue him even when Law tried to urge him away and breaking the alliance so Luffy would not be hurt. Then Doflamingo got decapitated? Law frowns and tries to piece everything together but it was all hazy. Apparently being shot point blank had that effect.
There was nothing more he could pull up and he scowled in annoyance. It was surprisingly quiet and Law hopes it isn't a mourning silence. If everyone made it out alive it would be a fucking miracle. Well, he wasn't going to find out anything more if he kept lazing about in bed. With extreme pain Law pulls himself out of the bed. He finds Kikoku leaning against the bed and he feels Zoro would have been responsible for ensuring his sword was with him. Law carefully walks over to his chest. After swallowing back two pain killers and slowly sipping at water to try and not put any pressure on his stomach then he leaves the medical bay.
No one was in the hallways and Law could feel a sense of dread setting in. If someone died it would be on him. Again. He swallows down the lump forming in his throat and makes out on deck. The weather is overcast and Law gives the sky a filthy look. He had a serve dislike of clouds thanks to Doflamingo.
"Law! What are you doing up! Get back into that bed right now!" Chopper is bolting for him and waving his hoof around threateningly. "I mean it, you shouldn't be up!"
"I am fine Raccoon-ya." Law says, his voice rough from disuse and pain.
"You're not fine dammit! And I'm a reindeer! I've had it with all of you ignoring doctors orders, and you're a doctor yourself! You should know how important rest is!" Chopper looks completely frazzled and Law has a feeling the furry male has been chasing his patients down a lot recently.
"TRAFFY!" Luffy has spotted him and is flying across the deck in excitement. Law doesn't think he'll be able to fend Luffy off and if the boy jumps on him it's going to be extremely fucking painful. Luckily Sanji intervenes and kicks Luffy off path.
"Good to see you up shitty Doctor." Sanji makes a grab at Luffy again. "Oi watch it you idiot, he's injured remember?"
"Heh, sorry." Luffy comes to a halt.
"Is everyone..." Law hesitates, looking around. He can't see Robin, Zoro, Usopp or Franky.
"We're all fine. Chopper has had his hands full with injuries though." Sanji says ending Law's concern.
"What happened? I don't remember much after Doflamingo shot me. Did he really get decapitated?" Law knows his luck can't be that good but it was nice to wish.
"He did, but it was a trick. Doflamingo survived the attack but we still won. He's no longer the King of Dressrosa and the title has been returned to its rightful heirs. Doflamingo and his crew had to flee the island. We destroyed the SMILE factories." Luffy smiles at him. "It might have been a trap for us but we sure turned it around!"
"You did well Straw Hat-ya. But Doflamingo is a member of the World Nobles. He has far more power than I ever thought possible. That's how he was able to pull that shit." Law doesn't know whether there's any chance of getting his revenge. Sure Kaido will be pissed and might go after Doflamingo but no one touched the Nobles. Well, except Luffy that is. Law still can't believe the idiot punched a Celestial Dragon and that was over two years ago.
"I know, Sanji found out. But it's fine. I'm not scared of a Noble! I'll break his face for hurting my nakama!" Luffy growls out, his eyes glinting.
"How badly were they hurt?" Law asks, now that he's up he could help out the injured crew.
"I'm talking about you, silly." Luffy shakes his head as if it were obvious. "Just 'cause you said the alliance was over doesn't mean anything."
"Apparently. I guess I can just hope that Kaido will still go after Doflamingo, its possible I suppose if the information doesn't reach him about Doflamingo being a Noble." Law felt strange, for the first time there was little to nothing he could do to further his hope of revenge. The plan he spent years on was in action and now all he could do is wait and hope for the best.
"Don't think anyone else knows. Dunno though." Luffy just shrugs. "We're going to Wano County now to take the samurai and Momo home. Coming with us?"
"No, I thought I'd just hop off the Sunny right here." Law scowled at the grinning captain.
"You're so funny Traffy, I mean if you want us to take you somewhere we can or you can stay with us until you decide." Luffy is looking at him hopefully.
"I'm not in a state where I can leave. I over used my Fruit and I believe I will require your doctors help for a while longer." Law frowns down at his heavily bandaged stomach.
"Yay!" Luffy pumps his fist in the air.
"I'm glad my weakened and injured state makes you happy Luffy-ya." Law replies dryly.
"No, I'm happy you're staying for longer silly!" Luffy laughs at him as if he were the stupid one. Apparently sarcasm was too subtle for Luffy.
"Leave him alone Luffy." Zoro says as he jumps down from the crows nest. Zoro shoos the captain away. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I was shot point blank three times." Law dead pans. Zoro chuckles at him.
"Luffy was really worried when Doflamingo took you. Said he knew you were alive, that he could feel it. Some members tried to discourage him going after you, that it didn't matter because the alliance was over." Zoro isn't been cruel, just truthful.
"I ended the alliance so he wouldn't come after me."
"That might work for some people, but not Luffy. You should know that by now."
"I know. I was relying on the crew to talk him out of it." Law raises an accusing brow at Zoro.
"I helped him." Zoro shrugs and heads back to the crows nest.
"Thank you, Zoro-ya." Law calls out softly. He isn't sure if Zoro even heard but the green haired man held his hand up, waving the comment off. Law rolled his eyes good naturedly, at least he wasn't the only emotionally unstable person.
"Law you're going back to the medical bay for a check up." Chopper is glaring at him.
"Lead the way Raccoon-ya." Law could of argued against it but truthfully he was feeling queasy and the last thing he wanted was to faint in front of any of them.
Law lays down on the bed and lets Chopper check the bullet wounds. The little reindeer was gentle but efficient. The pain killers Law self medicated himself with were starting to work so the pain had lessened considerably. He knows that he's lucky to be alive. Been shot point blank once could be fatal let alone three fucking times in his chest and gut. Chopper is definitely a skilled doctor so he's happy enough to let his eyes drift shut. Normally he wouldn't allow anyone to operate or anything on him except his most trusted crew members. But they were gone and Law couldn't rely on himself all the time. Especially when he's knocked unconscious and can't actually help himself.
"How's the pain?" Chopper asks from above him.
"Fine. I took my own pain killers." Law murmurs softly.
"You shouldn't self medicate!" Chopper growls out.
"I am a doctor as well. I appreciate the effort you're making, and I appreciate you saving my life but I don't need you to tell me whether I can or can't take my own medication." Law says flatly.
"I can! What if it reacts with the things I've already given you!" Chopper is fretting now and Law can see the logic in his worry.
"I apologise Raccoon-ya. I will consult with you from now on."
"I'm not a raccoon dammit! I'm a reindeer! And good!" Chopper huffs. "This crew has a death wish!"
"Technically I'm not apart of the crew."
"You're on the ship you get the same treatment which includes the fact that I will sedate you if you don't rest!"
"Very well, Reindeer-ya." Law complies easily.
"I told you I'm not a – oh. Well good." Chopper seems happy enough now.
Law smiles but its fuelled more by the pills he took than the actual urge to smile. He took up Chopper's suggestion of rest and stayed in the medical bay long after the reindeer left. There was no reason to push himself any more. But now that everything was in motion, Law is unsure what to do any more. He was content to travel with Luffy for now while he was recovering but there was no way he'd join the crew. He was a captain, he wasn't going to downgrade his position and answer to Luffy. No fucking way would that happen. Law entertained the idea of finding his submarine and finding a new crew but it just didn't feel right.
Now that Doflamingo was going to at least have a very difficult time, if not end up dead. Law can't help but to reminisce.
Law stares out over the ocean sullenly. The fourteen year old was bored. Hell, that was a fucking understatement. Doffy and most of the other crew had all gone ashore leaving him behind. And also leaving fucking Vergo to look after him. Like he needed a baby sitter. Especially not Vergo, he couldn't stand that messy man. Vergo constantly had food stuck to his face and it was downright disgusting. Law was training to be a surgeon and hygiene was extremely important to him.
"Law, get inside. What did Doflamingo tell you?"Vergo is shouting at him and Law turns around to glare.
"He told me not to leave the ship. Am I leaving it?" Law looks pointedly at the piece of spinach stuff to Vergo's face. "You have spinach stuck to your face. Until you can eat food without getting it stuck to you, don't tell me what to do Vergo-ya."
"That's Vergo-San to you, you little bastard!" Vergo takes a menacing step forwards and Law raises his brow in a challenge.
"Can't I leave you two alone for a few hours without you fighting?" Doflamingo drops down from the sky with a laugh. "Law, stop disrespecting Vergo. One day he will beat the living shit out of you. And Vergo, stop making it easy for him."
"I still don't know why you ever wanted that brat." Vergo grumbles in frustration.
"Because he's going to a brilliant doctor and I need someone to fill the Heart Seat. Law will be perfect for that." Doflamingo waves Vergo away.
"Did you get bring me anyone Doffy?" Law asks hopefully, leaving the rail of the ship to come stand with the oversized man.
"Sorry kid, not this time but Trebol got injured so go patch him up or something." Doflamingo then waves him off too. Law scowls at his captain and goes to find Trebol. Law can't stand the man, he had no sense of personal space.
Law diligently stitches up Trebol's cuts. It was easy and boring work for him. He'd long perfected the art of stitches. What he wanted was another test subject that he can operate on to his hearts content. Usually Doflamingo always brought him a few prisoners so he could practice. Law scowls in annoyance. It was birthday tomorrow too so he'd thought Doflamingo would provide him with some interesting subjects instead of having to stitch up the crew.
"Doffy has something for you kid." Trebol says, leaning right in until their noses were basically together. Law pushes the large man away from him.
"You know he hates it when you call him Doffy." Law mutters. He was the only one who was meant to call the man Doffy. He could pronounce Doflamingo now but still chose to stick with the shortened version. "What'd he get me?" Maybe Law would get to operate on someone.
"Can't tell!" Trebol smiles mysteriously and Law just scowls at the man.
When the wounds are stitched up Law sends the man away so he can scrub down the room. He passes Baby 5 in the hall who tells him Doffy wants him on deck. Law nods in confirmation be doesn't talk to the girl. She was ridiculous. Doffy just killed one of her boyfriends and now she was hatching plots to try and kill Doflamingo. The man she married was nearly eighty and Baby 5 was barely out of her teens. But she couldn't say no. Doffy did her a favour. Women were insane.
Doflamingo is perched on the railing, the feather boa blowing around in the wind. Law had burnt a good number of them over the years but Doffy seemed to have an endless supply. Though Law was hesitant to burn another one because last time Doffy tossed him off the side of the ship and left him there for a few hours before finally coming back. He could have been eaten by a fucking Sea King!
"Happy Birthday Trafalgar." Doflamingo pulls something out of his pocket and chucks at him. Law reaches up and catches it with ease.
"A Devil's Fruit?" Law inspects the large round fruit with interest. It was a light blue colour and perfectly round.
"That's what the trip to the island was for. Took me a long time to track it down. Figured it would suit my doctor. It's the Ope Ope Fruit."
"I won't be able to swim any more." Law is still staring at the fruit.
"Won't be an issue if you stop burning my coats. Are you going to eat it or not?" Doflamingo glowers at him and Law knows that he has no choice.
Law bites into the Fruit and it's like nothing he's ever tasted before. It was clean, no juice dripped whatsoever. Law swallows down the Fruit. The remaining Fruit then withers into a brown horrid looking fruit. "Thank you, Doffy."
"No problems kid, there's a bunch of prisoners in the hold so feel free to test out your new powers." Doflamingo chuckles as Law's face lights up at the prospect.
Law wakes up groggily, Luffy is standing above him trying to get him up. "Traffy, your Den Den Mushi is ringing! Can I answer it?"
"Which one?" Law lets Luffy help him come to a sitting position. He can hear the ringing now but can't tell what snail it's coming from.
"The Navy one!" Luffy exclaims and pulls it out of his shirt. Law is considering asking why Luffy had his Den Den Mushi stuffed in his shirt but decided better of it.
"Give it here." Law takes the snail and stares it momentarily. The Navy shouldn't be contacting him, surely it was common knowledge that he'd been kicked out of the Shichibukai now because he announced his alliance to Luffy on the Green Bit beach. He answers the snail, "Law."
"Trafalgar, this is Admiral Issho. I have a request to make."
"You can't give me a request, I am no longer a Shichibukai." Law scowls at the snail.
"Oh, I think you are. I have yet to mention your betrayal. And after all, you ended the alliance with the Mugiwara pirates didn't you?"
"Yes but I am still-"
"All I needed to hear was yes." Issho cuts him off. Law is completely confused by the this Admiral. This is the second time the man tried to give him an out. Hopefully this time it doesn't end up with another meteor being hurled at him. "There's an island that's being terrorised by a bunch of rookie pirates just off the Grand Line. Sort them out for me."
"And why would I do that? I'm not particularly fussed about whether I have the Warlord status or not any more." Law was seriously considering tossing the snail out the port hole.
"I have discovered the whereabouts of something you might want."
"You can't barter with me. I don't need my submarine back."
"I know the location of your submarine and something more important perhaps." Issho says calmly, not at all concerned about Law's growing anger.
"The Marines took everything that was important to me."
"I know, I would not sanction such a thing and I am disappointed in the actions of the Marines for such a thing. It was an order given from a World Noble. I think you know who that would be."
Law can feel his stomach tighten in knots and its only because Luffy reaches out and grabs the Den Den Mushi that he doesn't crush it in his hand. Doflamingo. That man was responsible for his crew dying. Law can feel waves of rage and he grits is teeth.
"Law isn't doing anything for you so go away!" Luffy yells at the snail who shies away slightly.
"Please listen to me. I can't make up for all the bad deeds the Marines have being involved in and most of them have being because of Doflamingo. I feel I owe you Law because you've put his demise in motion. You have done something that no one would ever have dared to. I can't just give you what I've found because even if you're a Shichibukai, you're still a pirate and we must trade. If you weren't willing to trade though and take care of that island for me. Well maybe you could still find what you want at a Marine Island named Jigoku. An Eternal Log Pose for it could be found on any Marine ship in the Commanders Cabin. Or so I've heard. But I'm not telling you to do that. I want to make that clear."
"And what would I find on that island?" Law growls out. The whole thing seemed like a fucking trap to him.
"Three of your crew members are still alive."
