10/28/21: I've been working on this one for a hot minute. I really enjoyed writing it, and revised it, like, ten times. I'm not sure where I got the idea that Shachi was the cook for the Heart Pirates. Is it cannon? Or maybe I just read it in a fic somewhere. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I hope you enjoy reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, it belongs to the amazing Eiichiro Oda.
. . .
It was a peaceful morning on the Polar Tang.
Normal, just like most mornings. Bepo was in the navigation room when the den-den started to ring. He gave an apologetic look to the annoyed looking snail before going into the hallway to find someone to answer it. Captain had banned him from answering the den-den. Said he apologized too much.
"Shachi, the den-den is ringing!" Bepo called.
"I'll be right there, Shachi called back.
"Sorry!"
"Stop apologizing!"
Shachi wandered into the navigation room. The snail looked so grumpy from all the ringing. Shachi mouthed an apology to it before he answered. "You've reached the Heart Pirates."
"We have him."
"Who?"
"Your captain."
"Oh. Okay."
"…What?"
"You don't have him. He has you. Good luck." Shachi hung up. He looked at Bepo. "Let's go tell the crew."
They walked to the mess hall, ignoring the den-den when it started ringing again. The poor thing was going to be so mad. Shachi would make a nice treat for it as an apology.
"Law's been kidnapped!" Bepo called out.
Most of the crew shrugged and went back to eating. A few bets were exchanged.
Jean Bart frowned. "Shouldn't you be more concerned?"
Penguin laughed. "Naw, Captain's been kidnapped before. I guess it hasn't happened since you joined. It happened kinda often in the North Blue. He'll make his way back when he's gotten bored."
. . .
It was a strangely calm morning on the Thousand Sunny.
The shouts and screams were not accompanied by crashes. No one had gotten thrown overboard yet. Really, the only thing annoying Nami currently was the ringing den-den. She went over and answered it, a little grumpy.
"What!"
"We have him."
"Who?" Nami asked, panicky slightly, trying to remember the last time she'd seen Zoro. If he'd wondered off and broken something-
"Your captain."
"Oh. I'll take him back for a million beri."
"Wait, what?"
"Fine, three million beri."
"That's not how this is supposed to work!"
"Okay, I'll take Luffy back for 10 million beri and not a beri less. Have him back to the Sunny by 3pm." Nami hung up. It was breakfast time, and it would actually be a peaceful one! No way was she missing out on that.
. . .
Law was irritated. His head hurt, he was tied up, Kikuko was gone, and he was pretty sure he'd lost his memorabilia coins.
His day had started out so promising, too.
He had docked his crew on a rather large island and decided to stay there for a few days. The large port city had several pawn shops and specialty shops. Law had hoped to indulge in both of his hobbies- coin collecting and wondering. He had lucked out in both regards.
He'd found one Dressrosa coin and two Rocky Port coins, as well as a few other coins he'd snatched up. He only kept one of each event, whichever was in better condition, his current coin or the new one he found. Unless it was one of his exploits. Then he took every coin he came across.
He had been extremely satisfied with his finds, so he indulged in his second hobby- wondering. The aimless walking let him clear his mind, let him work out any issues he was having, or just relax and enjoy being by himself. As it had been a while since they had docked for more than a few hours Law took advantage of such a large island. He let the meandering walk clear his mind, rid himself of stress, and find his center.
He wasn't even certain what happened. Suddenly he was just unconscious, and woke up in a brig.
Next to an idiot.
"Traffy! You're awake!" the idiot said brightly.
Law looked around. He was in a small hold. There was no sea stone in sight, he had his hat, but Kikuko was missing. "I don't know what happened, but I know it was your fault."
"Didn't mean to knock Traffy out," Straw Hat pouted. "It was an accident. Just got really excited and knocked Traffy into a building. Didn't mean for it to fall on top of Traffy."
Law felt a familiar feeling. He didn't know what it was, or how to describe it, but it was one he felt often around Straw Hat. It felt like a mix of irritation, disbelief, anger, and buried very deep, humor. "What happened after you collapsed a building on me?"
"Didn't know where your ship was, so I started to carry Traffy back to the Sunny. But then some really nice guys offered me some meat. And now we're here!" Straw Hat finished with a grin.
There had to be more to the story than that. Law was experienced enough with the other captain's insanity to know he wouldn't get a more sane answer. Instead of throttling the rubber man he took his backup scalpel out of his boot and used it to cut himself free.
"Ne, Traffy, what about me?" Straw Hat whined.
"You're rubber," Law replied, not even looking away from the lock he was examining.
"Shishishi, Traffy's so smart!" Straw Hat easily slipped free of the ropes.
Law debated breaking out now or waiting to find out more information. They were obviously on a ship, but were they still at port or out to sea? If so, how far out to sea? They weren't captured by marines. The people who did have them were either stupid, oblivious or both. What did-
A crash broke Law out of his musings. "What the hell Straw Hat!"
"Adventure!" Straw Hat replied. He stepped through the hole in the wall. He hadn't even broken through the door! No, he went right through the wall and wondered down the hallway.
Honestly, Law should have expected this. No one came running so Law decided to look for Kikuko. He stepped into the hall and went the opposite direction of Straw Hat.
"We need to go this way," Straw Hat said, stretching his arm and tugging on Law's sleeve.
"Why?" Law jabbed at the offending hand with the blunt edge of his scalpel until he was released.
"Traffy's looking for Kikuko, right? Its this way."
Law glared. "How do you even know I was looking for it?"
Straw Hat looked at Law like he was being stupid. Law hated that look.
"Traffy doesn't have it, so Traffy is looking for it. I can hear it, so its this way."
Law gave serious consideration to not following the other captain.
It would be a lot quieter, and therefore probably easier, to escape. Then he thought about what the Straw Hats would do to him if they found out he'd left their captain, even if said captain was perfectly capable of taking care of himself. They were insane and rabidly protective of their captain. Unfortunately, they had the power to back up their whims and the creative genius to make those who crossed them suffer. Law groaned and turned to follow the younger pirate.
Maybe he'd run into some idiots he could dismember.
Helpfully someone walked into the hall at that moment. "Hey!"
Oh, look, this stupid, unfortunate soul was volunteering to help Law vent his anger. He made a Room and used his scalpel cut the guy into small pieces. The guy was screaming so Law stuffed one of the dismembered hands into his victim's mouth.
"Traffy's so funny!"
Law ignored him and started opening doors in the hallway. Most of them were empty. A few had more idiots on which he could vent his frustrations on. One of them spat on him, so Law threw a few of that guy's body parts out the port hole. There might have been body parts from another guy that also went out the porthole, but Law was not too concerned about it.
He walked out of the last room in the hall and found Straw Hat standing there, holding Kikuko.
"Here Law!"
Law snatched his nodachi and carefully looked it over. It was fine. He nodded and started to head top side.
"Wait, I gotta find their treasure room!" Straw Hat yelled.
Law stared at him. "Why?"
"Nami'll get really mad if I don't grab their stuff. She made it a rule after the third time."
Law wanted to hit him. So he did. It was satisfying. He did it again.
"Shishishi!" The younger pirate didn't even look phased by the abuse. "C'mon!"
He took off down the hall.
Their escape was annoying easily. It couldn't even be called a proper escape. It barely counted as a bar brawl! Straw Hat was so busy punching everyone that Law was barely able to stab anyone! There had only been about thirty people on the ship to begin with. Law only got to deal with eleven. He couldn't even work off his pent-up rage with such a small number! And they were so weak! The ship they were on was still docked! Absolutely no challenge. Law was disgusted and a little insulted.
These were the worst kidnappers E-V-E-R
"I'm leaving," Law declared Straw Hat took out the last of the kidnappers.
"Bye Traffy!" Straw Hat waved. "We'll meet up for a party in a little bit!"
Law's entire demeanor changed as horror filled him. Oh, shit. They had to leave before the Straw Hats found his crew
. . .
Law burst back into the Polar Tang. "We're leaving, now! Jean Bart! Get to the helm."
The crew was alarmed. Law was usually a lot more collected than this. Had something happened during his kidnapping? He should be fine, but this was the New World…
"Captain," Bepo asked "where are we going?"
"We'll figuring it out on the way," Law muttered as he went deeper into the sub.
Bepo's eyes widened. Leaving without setting a course was risky. What happened?
Law stormed deeper into the submarine. The crew quickly set about preparing for a dive when there was a loud THUNK on the top, and the Polar Tang bobbed in the water.
"Traffy! Wait!" The crew could clearly hear the person outside yelling. "We haven't had a party yet!"
Vicious swearing could be heard form Law. The rest of the crew relaxed. Straw Hat certainly explained Captain's foul mood.
More banging came from up top. "Open up! Its party time!"
Penguin grinned and opened the hatch. Straw Hat tumbled down. He popped right back up on his feet.
"Shishishi! Hey, you guys want to party?"
"Of course!" Penguin agreed. The Straw Hats were always fun.
"We'll get ready and meet you guys in half an hour," Shachi said, coming from the kitchen holding a plate.
"See you soon!" Straw Hat cheerfully yelled as he rocketed out of the sub. He grabbed the treat off of Shachi's plate as he left.
"Hey! That was for our den-den!" Shachi shouted in vain.
Penguin raised an eyebrow. "You should've known better then to bring any sort of food around him."
Shachi hung his head. "Yeah, you're right. Ugh, I don't know if I have enough time to make more while making food for the party." He perked up. "Or, I can call Sanji and we can collaborate on a meal and I can give the den-den all sorts of snacks instead of making another snail treat."
"Whatever works for you, I guess," Penguin said to Shachi's treating back.
The Hart Pirates cheerfully went about setting up for a party. They expertly ignored Law's glares and mutterings of mutiny. Penguin ended up shoving Bepo towards Law so they could both take a nap.
. . .
The party was going very well. Great music, great food, and very good times. Members of both crews were putting together a stage for an impromptu concert. There was a lull in the party that Nami decided to take advantage of. She'd heard a few scattered comments from the Hearts that she wanted to follow up on.
Nami wondered over to Penguin and Shachi. "So, does your captain get kidnapped a lot?"
The pair laughed.
"He used to, a lot, especially before he hit his growth spirt," Shachi said.
"At one point it happened, like, once a month in North Blue," Penguin added. "It stopped, mostly, right before we hit Paradise."
Nami grinned. "Wanna swap some Kidnapped Captains stories?"
"Hell yes!"
. . .
Fun Fact- In volume 82 right before chapter 819 someone in the SBS corner asks what each of the Worst Generation's hobbies are. Law's are wandering and collecting commemorative coins.
Does anyone know why Straw Hat P. is no longer an option for character selection? Heart P. is still an option, and so is Whitebeard Pirates