Hey everyone! How have you been doing? Chapter 22 is finally out!
I'm going to reply to some beautiful reviews now!
Dear sarge1130:
Chapter 15) Thank you very much for thinking that the title was a clever one XD. I hadn't realized that I made her react like Chopper when she receives a compliment to tell you the truth hahah, but yeah her behavior was a similar one now I'm thinking it twice! I believe she just doesn't know how to react on that instinctively. Also, yes I found it a pretty cute scene too and there will be more in the future heheh.
Chapter 16) What I am going to say is creepy but liver is one of my favorite organs. Well, both eating it (not a human one ofc lol hahah) and learning about it XD. And yes that hug was a sad one but no one can stop Elga when she puts something on her mind. I made her look like she is such a drama queen XD.
Chapter 17) Aww what you said here is a really good advice and personally I will keep that in mind because I mostly lack of confidence when it comes to human relationships and think I'm being a burden sometimes but no that's a pretty positive way to think! Thank you so much for that! Law is being happy because he will see his friends being happy about it XD. I don't think he really cares about the party itself hahah.
Chapter 18) It's true that Law is a person who analyzes and calculates every single step of his in his life. Also for the two cousins, well I think the grandma was just too kind. She didn't see them as two strangers but as two exhausted and hungry boys who needed some warm food and mama love in their life XD even for a few minutes haha. She was just a very calm soul.
Chapter 19) You will understand many things about her personality and the way she acts when I reveal someday her past. I'm just keeping it for later chapters for suspense heheh. She just wants to prove him she is worthy. May amnesia have taken her memories but her subconscious is still there. However, Law of course will not miss a moment to tease her XD.
Chapter 20) I'm happy you liked that too!
Chapter 21) I think we all feel weak when it comes to Bepo's cutesy hahah. Law is a nerd reading comics and books all the time XD. I guess this is what he calls fun.
That's all my answers for now! I really hope you like this one chapter too and thank you for once more for those amazing comments that really lifted my mood!
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"This will be the final detail!" Shachi said hanging the last lantern on a tree's branch.
They decided to throw the party outdoors, inside the forest not so far away from the house, so as to stay awake as late as they wish without worrying they will get scolded by Volff for not letting him sleep.
"Peg, is everything ready from supplies?"
"Yeah! We've got food and drinks for the whole night! I also finished placing the woods to set the fire when the others arrive." the older cousin answered, sweeping away the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
"Good! The sun will set in about half an hour so the others won't miss the sunset too."
The position they picked to celebrate their reunion, is a beautiful one in front of a lake with huge mountains rising on the background like a scenery from a fairy tale.
Both of them went to sit on a stump in order to get some rest while waiting for Law, Bepo and Elga.
~…~
Back at the small wooden cabin, Law was helping Bepo get ready for the big party.
He prepared his sweater, rolling it up until the collar and stretched it a bit to fit the bear's head with ease.
"Now I want you to lift your one hand a bit, can you do that?" he kindly asked his friend as being his doctor, knew that Bepo was still in pain from his wounds.
The bear nobbed in agreement and moved his hand, putting it inside the sweater's sleeve and Law brought the fabric up to his shoulder.
He did the same to the other hand and finally fixed the garment to his torso dressing him up.
"Does it feel comfortable?" he questioned him again looking at the bear's face to check any sign of pain or uneasiness.
"No, everything's fine! Thank you, Law!" he answered smiling at him.
Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted them.
"Come in.", the boy replied and Elga opened it and entered inside.
She was wearing a pair of jeans she owned and an old sweatshirt, Law lent her when she first came in the house. It was all muddy and frayed from the previous adventure but unfortunately she didn't carry anything else to wear with her.
The boy looked at her and then what she was wearing.
Then, he stood up and walked towards his wardrobe opening it and picking another sweatshirt from inside. This time was a plain black one and in the ending there were blue ocean waves drawn on it.
Law, gave it to the girl and she looked at it puzzled.
"You won't keep wearing this." he explained his actions emphasizing the last word by giving a glare to the old sweatshirt.
"Ohh, heheh, I guess I got it dirty… I will wash it and return it back to you…" realization now hit her and laughed sheepishly from awkwardness.
"Is it ok though? I mean I already borrowed clothing from you…" she continued.
"Wear it. It is not like you will keep it forever." he responded grabbing his backbag and putting inside Bepo's medicine, a pack of bandages, some antitetanic, antihistaminic and antidote shots in case of emergency, thinking of every feasible scenario that could happen.
"In 10 minutes we are leaving. Wait for us outside." he continued.
"Alright.", the girl was all she said and exited the room closing back the door behind her.
She took a good hold of the new sweatshirt and brought it near her face.
A nice and cozy familiar smell hit her nose.
*I-it's his smell!*, she thought screaming inside her.
Immediately, her face took a dark red color and her eyes widened in realization.
*Like hell I will give you this back.*, she talked again to her inner self as she really had no intention to return the clothing back to his owner.
~…~
The girl had finally changed into her new outfit and walked outside from the living room to exit the house.
When she was about to touch the knob, a hand took a hold of her shoulder and she turned her head to see the person behind her.
"Mr. Wolf?" she asked surprised.
"Ya girl, I think we should make a lil conversation if don't mind." he answered having a serious look on his eyes but keeping a soft tone on his voice.
He led her in the kitchen and sat on a chair making a nob with his head to let the girl know that she should take a seat too.
"Ya know missy, the fact that you won your stay in the house doesn't mean it will expand its acreage with a magic trick or something. There is still no space for one more person here so I thought of a solution." he said pausing for a moment to observe the girl's expression.
She was looking at him with nervousness in her eyes, waiting to tell her his decision about her staying.
"I will remove all of my things inside the small shed so I can convert it into a place where someone can live into It.", he continued and lowered his face to hide his expression.
Elga opened her eyes in excitement and took a hold of his hands squeezing them a bit to show him her gratitude.
"Thank you so much Mister Wolf! I will never forget it!" she replied truly happy.
"It's not like I'm making you a favor dummy! It's give and take and I owe you for saving my old ass back then… After all you are going to repay your stay! Don't think that I will leave you live for free here!" he answered in a cold tone.
"Of course Mister Wolf!" she said back and jumped from her chair, giving him a big hug.
The old man didn't know how to act on this move and after some seconds of pure awkwardness he decided to hug the girl back.
They separated from each other and Volff gave her a smile seeing the girl smiling him back.
"Have you finished with the hugs?" a voice spoke and the other two turned their heads to face the person.
"I'm comiiingg~~", Elga said and run towards his spot so as not to make them wait any longer.
She smiled at Law too but this time sheepishly as she was late and overtook him to reach Bepo who was waiting at the exit door.
"What's that? Did you become softer now Mr. Junk?" the boy teased the adult man placing a smirk on his lips.
Volff felt his blood rising on his head from the boy's statement.
"Get lost already and I hope you won't return tomorrow! Maybe I will find some peace like that…" he answered angrily, moving his hand to sign him to leave.
"Is that so…" Law continued and left the man's sight maintaining this smirk.
"Don't drink too much!" Volff yelled from inside the kitchen and after that he just heard the door closing behind him.
He walked towards the window and moved the curtains aside just enough to watch them disappear inside the woods without being noticed.
He turned his body and took a look at the empty room around him.
Then he checked on the clock and it was only 8 at the afternoon.
There were many hours until morning and he sure was feeling loneliness from now.
~…~
"Elgaaa-chaaan~~! Would you like another one piece of steak? You haven't eaten much all night!" Shachi offered some more food to Elga but the girl felt her stomach full and decided it was the best option to deny it.
"Nah, Shachi I'm fine."
Bepo was sitting on the ground, grilling a big fish on the fire, clearly excited about the company and the atmosphere.
Penguin stood up to get some more woods for the fire.
"Watch out the branch." Law said while reading his book near the fire.
Penguin heard what the other boy said and understood that it meant for him.
"Ah, hahah yeah right. Thanks Law!" he answered moving his head aside while picking the pieces of wood from the roots of a huge tree, he left them previously the same evening.
Elga stayed stunned by this and looked at the boy enthusiastically.
"Did you use your powers again?!" she questioned him clearly amazed.
Shachi, Penguin and Bepo stopped immediately whatever they were doing and turned their heads to look at the girl shocked.
"Uhm, Law? Does she know?" the white bead asked his friend worried.
"Yeah, she saw me using them and no the guessing was not a part of them… It's common logic, he already hit his head 4 times by now and I'm not in the mood to take care of a traumatic brain injury…" he explained without taking his eyes from his book.
The girl kept silent for a moment thinking whether it was a good idea to ask him more things about his ability or not but finally she decided to make the question.
"Uhm," she started to say and the boy lifted his head to face her as he understood she wanted his attention now.
"How did you gain those powers?" she continued.
"I ate a devil fruit." he answered blankly.
"What is this?"
"It's a strange shaped fruit with weird appearance."
"Eww, why eat that?! It tastes awfully!" she answered him taking a disgusted expression.
Law didn't give this statement attention at first and returned to his study but then realization hit him and looked at her shocked.
"How do you know it tastes bad?!"
"I tried to eat one in the past…" Elga answered blankly.
"EEEEEEHHHHH?!" everyone else yelled in unison except Law who just kept staring at her with his eyes widened from the shock.
"Where did you found it?!" Penguin questioned her.
"Uhm, well I stole it from some pirates because it looked quite appetizing and I was hungry." she replied back finding it hard to understand their sudden surprise.
"You ate a devil fruit because you were hungry?!" Penguin repeated the girl's sentence not believing what he just heard
"Idiot! Now you can't swim!" Law scolded her.
"EEEHHHH?!", now was Elga's time to shout at him.
"Tzk, you are hopeless…." the boy answered face palming.
"So, if you ate a devil fruit that means… you've got a power too!" Shachi commented.
"Maybe mine was a fake one… I should have known by now."
"Shachi is right, there is no way you don't have an ability… Maybe you don't know about that yet because you weren't aware of its existence inside your body." Law said thinking of an answer.
"So we just have to awake it somehow right?" Bepo entered the conversation.
"I guess you must push your limits to make it work… At least that's how I activated it."
"Wow… that's a huge change for me…" Elga responded realizing the facts.
"Tell me about it…" Law murmured to himself.
"Don't worry Elga-chan! We will help you find out your ability! I bet it is an awesome one!" Bepo tried to cheer up the girl.
"I wish it is something about being the best doctor all over the world in order to save many lives!" the girl said her thoughts loudly.
"Ugh, this ability belongs to someone else…" Law answered sarcastically.
"To whom?!" Elga asked back disappointed as she really wanted to know the name of the person who stole her idea.
"You don't know him…" the boy replied back placing a smirk on his lips amused by her reaction.
And that's how the party flowed. They talked about different things, they ate all the supplies and drunk a lot of alcohol until they felt dizzy and fell asleep under the light of a thousand stars.
~…~
Elga didn't feel like sleeping anymore as thoughts of the previous conversation swirled inside her mind.
She stood up and went to sit near the lake admiring the dark side of the mountain rising in front of her, behind the lake.
Learning that she had powers like the boy was something like living on a strange dream.
This information came so suddenly in her life, thinking that she lived with those powers for so long without noticing their existence.
This feeling reminded her of what she senses when she thinks about the amnesia thing.
There are so many memories of her past inside her brain but yet, an invisible wall stops her from bringing them to her mind.
She grabbed a bottle of beer that stood beside her and drunk a sip without knowing to whom it belonged.
She didn't care at the moment as she was really feeling like she should warm her heart somehow.
Then, she sensed someone else sitting near her.
Elga, didn't need to turn her head to understand that it was Law.
"Stop drinking… In the morning is your first day at work. You must be sober." he said and took the bottle away from her hand.
"Fineee~", the girl answered in a bored tone as she thought he was right and suddenly only by seeing him she wasn't feeling that sense of coldness. After all she was already feeling pretty dizzy and couldn't keep supporting her head with her neck.
She couldn't think really clearly now and just closed her eyes to ease the headache and leaned her head on Law's left shoulder.
The boy looked at her falling asleep on him and observed her features under the moon's light.
He was started to get used to the girl's touch. However, that didn't mean he knew how to react at it too so he just left her rest on his shoulder.
He gave a last glance on her beautiful brown soft hair that were falling on his own neck.
Law could smell a scent of numerous flowers in the spring coming from her hair as the girl buried her face closer to his chest.
Then, he closed his eyes too and rested his back on the tree behind him.
