A/N:
Vi-Violence: normally in three. but there are novels that make them in pair or even solo. so it should be no problem.
Anyways... I found this chapter to be long... is it??? Argggh I dont know if I should turn it to two chapters or let it remained this long. What do you guys think?
Update: re-edit version
4. "I see you as a common acquaintance"
I'm not bonding… I've made up my mind…
Law has always been the one that believed in his intelligence and strength. He had exploit them to his advantage by pinpointing his enemies' weaknesses, overpowering them, tiring them, leaving them despaired before finally taking them down. Most of the time he will come out victory, scratches and light injuries as parting gifts but other than that, hardly anything else.And apart of that in every fight his crew will be around to help. Thanks to that, fights will be more or less like a walk in a park and that boosted his ego high enough to reach Skypiea.
But right now, he's fighting alone, or at most, along with a red-haired hitchhiker.
He had dismissed his crew from the fight, so he has no one to watch his back. And even though Mirra did promised Shachi and Penguin that she will fight together with him he won't depend on her words because (1) his pride was too high to ask help from a stranger, and (2), she's not part of the crew, which means her helping him equal to him in debt to her which equal to need to repay her back which equal to need to watch her back too.
A surgeon of Death doesn't go around getting indebted and repaying back. He didn't get that epithet for this purpose either.
And the situation really didn't help easing his agitation as he watched the greenette, again, swiftly jumping around to avoid his attack. His luck was not by his side today.
"W'y don't you just drop dead already?" the greenette taunted him. She jumped high in the air, then propelled downwards with two blades in her both hands, clashing attacks with his sword.
Loud screech rang in the air.
The greenette smirked when she got the upper hand. She could push Law backwards with her blades, and she loved his expression when being forced down.
Law tackled her attack by pushing the blade sideways, then running down straight with his sword on her but the weapon got stuck at her shoulder as her stoning power took effect. She grinned, laughed and mocked Law because her ability caused Law's cut to be useless, even with his 'room' activated, which was unusual since Law had always cut through anything in his 'room'.
This was getting irking, if he can't cut her that means she was stronger in certain aspect. And Law regretted for letting her took the second dose of that suspicious yellowish-green solution a minute ago, that could be the reason behind her strength at the moment.
- - -
Mirra walked, circling her opponent. The latter was doing the same thing too as both didn't leave each other. They both were staring daggers. While one was getting lost in questioning herself on what she'd gotten herself into the other one was truly enraged, more than ready to chew on the former then spit her back to the ground for she had interrupted her ritual earlier.
When the two finally stop circling each other because they found it to be time wasting and never ending if neither of them stop a low hiss came from the lips of the blondie, as she clicked her tongue and watched Mirra in anger. Mirra rose an eyebrow, questioning silently at what she had done that granted her such attitude at the same time she swiftly pulled out her blade from its confinement, pointing the tip to her just incase.
The blonde's snapped her neck twice, to the left and right, and then rolled her shoulders roughly before cracking her fingers. Mirra was pretty sure they distorted but never question anything because those are not her fingers and she's not the one feeling the pain, if any. And if Mirra was to be honest the blonde looked awfully pretty with scowls and scoffs adoring herface.
What an eye candy...
"Who are you and why you get in my way?" The blonde hissed, momentarily snapping Mirra's drifting mind.
Mirra narrowed her eyebrows, humming few times, slightly tilting her head as her eyes not leaving the burning blues.
"One usually introduces themselves first before asking others. Tell me yours. Then I'll consider."
"Tch. Brianca. That's my name. And that's my sister, Adriana. Satisfied?"
Mirra shrugged her shoulder. Her guard still up but she was a bit relax.
"Those are fine names." She commented. "The name is Mirra. Pleasure to meet you."
"It's so not a pleasure for me."
"I told you to calm down. I would've been on my way if you had let me."
"Bahh! Then how about you leave now?"
"..." Mirra think for a while.
"Well not anymore. I promised to help that captain. I'm sticking to my words." And she shrugged.
"See? You are just stuffing your nose into someone's problem! You are a pain!!" Brianca shrieked, leaping and rushing forward. She opened her palms and swung them, sending multiple vines speeding forward.
Mirra crouched down, slightly tipping the blade to 30 angle as she sliced up diagonally, sending those vines spluttering to the floor. She fixed back her stance, both hands still holding onto the grip of her blade, aware of her surroundings.
Brianca glared in more detest,bringing her hands up, and the vines behind her wiggling waiting for her command.
Mirra swallowed hard her saliva. At the same time white energy along with light cold air and thin hail twirled gently around her as she calculatingly planned her next moves.
It's a do or die now...
- - -
Law pushed away Adriana's blades to the side causing her front to be wide opened. He aimed at her torso, like about to puncture her right at the middle but before he could do it, Adriana spat. He managed to retract his leg and moved away, letting the spits hitting the vined floor instead.
And he watched in horror.
Masked under his menacing expression he watched in horror as the saliva that she had aimed to him turned the lush gigantic greens into stones, changing a certain area of the vined-floor to be stoned-vined floor instead. Had he not avoided that earlier he will be having a stoned and breakable leg instead of a healthy limb.
He glared up, an eye hidden behind his weird spotted hat as Adriana replied with a smug grin.
"You do realize you're not'ing wit'out your teleportation ability, rig't?" she spoke, fingers playfully swirling the short blade in her grasp. She flashed a wider grin that could be translated as 'I'm winning and you're dead' and Law wasn't appreciating it at all.
"Aren't t'e Surgeon of Deat' supposed to be scary and undefeatable? Guess you didn't live up to t'e name." She taunted more.
Vein throbbed on Law's forehead. He found her talking pattern to be annoying. It added headache to his head because he needs to strain his ear more just to grasp what shits she was mumbling about.
What's wrong with her to drop the 'h' in every word?That's annoying...
"You 'ave a great swordsmans'ip skill and I t'ougt I won't stand a c'ance against you, wit' your reputation and all. But your speed is not'ing compare to mine, that even your cutting technique can't 'arm me w'ile I'm inside your room!" Adriana dashed forward while licking her lips.
"Room," Law called forth his all-time magic spell, engulfing them both within the blue dome. He internally slightly panicked seeing the female didn't bother to escape the thin film but increased her pace instead unlike any other intelligent humans that usually feared of being his 'patient'.
"Takt!" so he pointed his index finger upwards, quickly, performing a lifting motion to raise multiple stoned thorns from the ground to impale her. It also acted as an effective effort to keep their distance.
That's what he thought.
Adriana wasn't bothered by it. She didn't manoeuvre around or change her footsteps to avoid those thorns. She had enough strength and speed, so she jumped over them, and used them as her leverage to cover more distance in shorter time to reach the ravenette captain. As said, she stepped onto the last stone thorn, propelling her body forward and lunged her blades towards Law's chest and Law struggled to block it with his sword. The strength behind her force was not a laughing matter.
Law found himself being pushed back even though he had firmly planted his feet onto the ground. And this be a good reason of why he should start training his upper body strength more once he got back to the sub.
That if he got back.
Law's eyes momentarily widened, when he spotted a small tug at the corner of Adriana's lips that disappeared quickly as fast as it came. She had pushed forward more, causing him to stumble as she dropped her blades and hands reaching forward to grab him.
Shit!
Law transported himself to her back, thanks to his 'room' that still active and surrounded them. He then immediately turned, screaming with determination while fully swinging his sword but surprise surprised! Adriana turned sideways, with stoned hands, and grabbed Law's sword with her all-time glory smirk.
She tugged at the metal blade harshly, pulling Law forward while another hand reaching to his shoulder. She failed to fully grasp him but she managed to land a small fleeting touch with her index finger pad, and that's all that she needs.
That single fleeting touch was enough to activate her stoning ability.
"Aarrghhh!" Law screamed.
He transported himself away, crouching on his knees feeling the pain coursing through part of his collar bone to his acromial, which is the point of his shoulder as it turned into stone.
Law looked at his now stoned shoulder. It was just a small touch. But in an instance her power had worked through it. It was like a drop of blue ink dropped onto a bloating paper, which the ink steadily spread out within its circumference turning parts of the paper into blue. If he didn't retreat immediately earlier the damage could have been much worse.
Hand gripping onto his shoulder he watched the witch scream in delight. Adriana was far from being satisfied, but she was happy to see Law suffered. She spread out her fingers widely, rushed on her steps quickly for this time she aimed to grab more of Law's part to stone him.
Law pulled away his hand from his shoulder, knee pushing himself up and he jerked his thumb to her chest when she entered his space. A small electric current started to form, in white and light blue momentarily surprised the witch. Law screamed in anger, "counter shock!" releasing electrical surge like a defibrillator to course right to her heart.
But the attack was yet to fully complete so it wasn't effective much. Law also used only one hand to gesture his attack so it already cut his power into half. The damage wasn't severe. But the attack still hurt her enough, unpleasant bitching feeling at least, paralyzing her momentarily and enough to make her feel the pain and forced her to step back while clutching her chest.
Law took a safer distance, clutching his stoned shoulder all the while as he tried moving it around. It felt too heavy and stiff. He barely feels any pain too. He had to shift his sword from his dominant hand to his left hand, which already not a good thing since he is not a lefty.
Law heard a chuckle. And he cursed. Adriana just told him that it was far from ending, and she had yet to be done. She proved her word by continuing her relentless attacks, pushing Law to his limit.
Adriana pulled up her dagger all the way up, and Law harshly jerked his body to the side the moment she plunged down her blade to him. He lose few steps upon landing onto the uneven ground, but managed to maintain his balance as he huffed out loud, ragged breathe.
Law was a genius. It didn't take him too long to figure out things. He could tell she was trying to stab his injured shoulder earlier. Had she success his shoulder will be broken to pieces. Because as a stone, once it broken and crumbled there's no way he could reattach them. His Ope Ope no Mi won't be able to perform surgery on such case. Unless if he's thinking to piece them with glue but let be honest here there's no way it will work even if he uses the top tier quality glue that came from Water Seven where the ship worker there used to stitch two floorboards together when the pirates came for service being a rude ass and came with no enough money but demand high result.
This is bad... Things are heading south–
Law's thought was interrupted as the greenette leaped forward, pulling out new set of blades out of her cloak and lashing out again. Law tried to keep his distance, continued 'takt'-ing but she avoided them so easily. Her eyes glinted in hunger, too excited to either plunge her blade to his chest or to turn him into a complete stone, making Law losing his cool by running away.
Law turned to see the distance between them getting shorter, so he readied himself to teleport above her, thinking of plunging his sword downwards to her body, and hope that underneath her thick coat she didn't stoned her back, but a blur of red-colour, black and green passed right in front of him, followed by multiple vines afterward. He was left speechless and momentarily stunned. He turned his head to the object, only to notice it was Mirra, being chased and just got sent flying by the vines. Few colourful words left her mouth and it didn't surprise him anymore since he'd been hearing that for some time now.
With the red-haired got caught in between his and the greenette's fight, Law found an opening like a halo shining from the sky as the woman stopped her mad dash and locked her attention to Mirra, cursing her for ruining her plan. Law took the opportunity to strike, cutting her into two by the waist sending her body along with the vines fell with thud onto the vined-floor.
Law watched as Adriana scrambled on her hands trying to get to her lower body again while her eyes glaring up to the male that responsible to the cause.
"Getting distracted is a big disadvantage, green-haired-ya", Law smirked, giving a relief sigh as he watched her struggles. Finally, he could breathe out at ease. One enemy down. The other should be easy to handle if he takes account of two versus one.
"Y-you! You gonna regret t'is!!"
"Only if you can get back to your feet."
Law turned his back on her quickly, focusing his gaze on the red-haired, debating whether to help or not.
But upon meeting eyes with her he watched how her face contorted to a fear one. Her eyes enlarged and shout coming after warning him.
"Captain Trafalgar! Behind you!"
He didn't need to be told twice.
When he turned his face itself painted with horror, as the greenette was floating, jumped from her spot to him and about to grab his face. Her long fingers and sharp nails almost, almost reached his face but he ducked at the last minute, throwing his own body onto the uneven ground rolling away.
Unfortunately for his favorite mushroom-shaped hat it became the victim to her rage. And another level of horror painted on Law's and Mirra's face when her stoning effect took place without a second delay.
Shit! It quickened?!! How thefu-
Law went wide-eyed when he saw she threw the hat away at the same time attaching her waist with her lower part using her stone power.
"Playtime is over, Trafalgar Law. Prepare for my wrat'!"
With that said she released a great force of energy and the said force blew strong wind - hells know where it came from - and rustled his already messy raven hair. Law knew he screwed up.
His stamina had depleted so much, barely last for another 10 minutes. On top of that he couldn't fight properly with his right arm went limp and yielding a heavy sword with his left hand didn't feel comfortable much.
He was left with a dead end.
"Sister, please calm down. Your technique gonna affect me as well", Brianca plead, long forgotten about her own fight as the red-haired stood in alarm taking in the situation.
Brianca took few steps to her sister but her face went pale, when she watched the latter dropped her cloak, along with another two empty vile that clinked when hit each other. Her power stretched out immediately to her cloak and within a great radius of where she was standing. No use of talking. Her sister has lost it all. Composure and rationality. She went all out, pushing herself to the limit and risking her body to regress back to her real age that might at the end, kick herself to dust.
Seeing how the vines on the floor turning to stone gradually and seemed like not ending Law's eyes shifted left and right, trying to find a place where he could stand without risking himself getting stoned. He saw the blonde quickly detached any vines that rooted from the floor from reaching the ceiling and created new vines intertwined with each other that rooted and extended from the ceiling itself as a makeshift-floor for her footing, and that was enough to tell him that the floor was no longer safe for them all. The greenette's power is bound to reach him if he stays on it any longer.
But no matter how hard he thinks he couldn't find a way to escape. Even if he plans to run no one could guarantee they won't chased him. So the only source of his hope now is the red-haired, and as per said he took a look at her face, watching her eyes eyeing the blonde's action quietly.
- 5 minutes earlier...-
"How does eating a human make you guys younger and stronger?" Mirra blocked the coming vines with her iced-shield - a massive amount of snow lifted up as a rectangle boulder, frozen into iced-chunk in front of her blocking the opponent's attack.
"Like you would understand. Men are source of strength, and the stronger they are, the better the potion that we could make out of them. And if they are young, and better, untouched one, we can make a stronger potion to make us 10 years younger!"
"Untouched one?" Mirra jumped away as her shield broke from the constant attack. She launched an iced-wolf that leaped around to the blonde.
"The virgin one, you dumbass." Brianca snarled, and Mirra made an o-shape with her lips. The blonde's scowl then was quick to change to a prey look, eyes glinted with excitement as they met with the green hues.
"Tell me. Is your captain a virgin?" Brianca smiled, smiled all the way up till drools coming out from her lips as she got lost in her fantasy. Mirra slightly widened her eyes, slightly disturbed by the view and swallowed thickly holding back a grimace. Her palm motioned a push action, making her iced-tiger to leap in front of her and shield her body at the last minute when big-ass vine went crashing into it.
Mirra whistled, damnnnnn~ as she silently praised the enemy's attack.
"I don't know, and I don't care. I'm not his personal diary," Mirra shrugged.
"You're his crewmate. Surely you can tell if he ever slept with any woman or went to love hotel when reaching an island."
"First, I'm not his crewmate. I'm hitching a ride in his sub. And second, it only been less than a week since we met". She shrugged again, creating an iced-eagle next to attack only to receive the same fate like the previous.
"Then why helping him? Why putting your life in danger for this?"
"I told you to calm down before this, didn't I? I tried to be on my way but you don't let me".
"You kicked me in the gut! What do you expect? Me laughing at it!"
"Well that's because you tried to kill the red-haired male!"
"What is he to you?! Your boyfriend?!!"
"... No, but he wears sunglasses and hat during nights I thought he was blind so I kinda take pity on him and want to save him. Just that." Mirra replied nonchalantly.
That caused the blonde to irk in irritation. She called more of her vines to loop around in the air before raining down to Mirra.
"How old are you anyways?" Mirra continued cutting the coming vines, as she casually created conversation.
Man, feels like I'm cutting wild grass, she sighed inwardly.
"Women don't tell their age. I'm surprised you don't know the rule."
Mirra snorted. "The rule only applied to grannies. It makes sense why you don't want to tell me seeing how desperately you need the man" as she then snickered. "If you ever wonder - opps," Mirra jumped at the last minute evading the last vine that she failed to see coming earlier.
"I'm 18 by the way, still young and developing!" and she giggled as she landed on the uneven floor with her blade cutting the said vines to multiple sections, letting it flopped to the floor.
Brianca gritted her teeth, snarled ferociously swinging her hand down.
"You brat! Stop running and let me kill you already!"
Mirra grabbed one of the hanging vines as she swung around and jumped from one to another while the blonde tried to catch her. Looking down she shouted back, "like hell I will let myself get eaten by cannibals!", ticking Brianca even more making her face red and smoke pouring out of her ears.
"We're not cannibals! We're witches! Get your damn mind at it!"
"I don't see any difference, granny. You eat people!" Mirra taunted her. One thing for sure, other than being good in running around, she was also good in running her mouth.
"There's a huge difference! Cannibals don't discriminate gender. They eat both!"
"Then why are you being a picky eater? Do women taste bad? The men proved it the other way though."
"Eating woman will only make us older!"
Brianca pulled out a surprise attack as five vines shot up from the ground where Mirra had just landed. A last-minute somersault Mirra had performed and she evaded them successfully before sprinting forward to the blonde back.
"You know what will make you look younger?!! Vegies, dumb-old-woman! In fact, eat more meats for source of collagen so you will be 100 times younger than average people!" Mirra appeared right at her face, stealing a gasp from her shocked face as she brought down her blade diagonally across her chest, which turned useless because Brianca had her vines blocked it at the last second.
She grinned while Mirra growled, both eyes staring deeply into each other with determination to take out one another.
"How dumb are you? That's exactly what we're doing right now," Brianca mocked Mirra's death glare playfully, pulling a smirk to the side of her face.
"I don't mean human's meat, dumbass." Mirra snarled back. However she had missed the coming vines from her side, and before she could even turn to see it she was sent flying, and those vines chased her after which during the event she had accidentally interrupted Law's fight, flying in in between Law and the greenette giving the ravenette a clear as a daylight chance.
Law cut in front of him immediately, resulting the greenette and the chasing vines to be cut in half. And when he turned away from the greenette and Mirra was about to thank him for the unintentional help she saw the greenette had leaped forward, without her lower parts about to grab him.
And that's when she shouted at him, to warn him, and it saved him but not his hat but their fears were far from ending because she reattached her body and everything soon turned into stone in a split second.
- Back to current -
Mirra huffed, blowing the strand of hair falling on her forehead away as she eyed the blonde's agitation. Her orbs shifted next to the greenette, then to the ravenette and she could pull a conclusion that shits was about to go down. Seeing the vines within the greenette's perimeter turned into stone at steady pace instinctively told her that the only way to avoid being stoned is to not step on the ground.
Sound easy if you're a ghost and can float around. I guess I got no choice but this will take too much on me we better end this quick.
Mirra shifted her gaze when she felt the male captain staring at her, and internally sighed because she knew she needed to help him.
Slowly, Mirra lifted up her leg, just by a bit, and released her power to her feet as it immediately formed an iced-plate. She stepped forward, continue making more iced-plates wherever she stepped in the air as she was getting higher and higher from the ground. The iced-plates solidified immediately and spread out, connecting to each other leaving a long solid trail that emit cold white air behind her as she walked to the raven-haired male.
"Need a help?" she reached out her hand before him, and yanked him up when he grabbed it.
"I didn't know you can do this," Law muttered casually, but there's a sign of relief hidden behind his eyes, barely seen. He tested the strength of the ice under his feet. He knew it will be bad if it cracks from his weight and he falls to the pit of stone.
"Of course you don't. I don't remember ever pull a performance with my power in front of you. But listen, I couldn't hold this technique for too long. My power solely based on the moisture or water droplets in the air to form into ice. Most importantly in the beginning my power is hail based. But I can convert and solidified the hail once I shaped it into ice but this place is underground, tightly sealed with no windows to the outside so there are barely much of moisture here. We need to take care of them quick before there's nothing else to become ice and we become a sculptured stone." Mirra looked to the floor wearily, watched as what once was a whole vined-floor turned into stoned-vined-floor.
And when her eyes trailed to the greenette, she watched her face seasoned and wrinkled. Her once healthy and wavy green hair became greasy and straw-liked with ample of them turning white. Her hair was flying around aggressively, replicating a medusa.
"Her power does befit her Medusa's appearance," she spoke to herself lightly, heard by Law but the male ignored it.
Mirra took a glance when the male was quiet, "your shoulder okay?" as her eyes landed on the source of his pain.
"You should worry about yourself more. What about your thigh?" he tilted his head up, head then cocking to her thigh which currently had some ice freezing it.
"So, you noticed huh?" she smirked.
"Nothing goes away without my notice."
Apparently, Mirra was stabbed on her thigh with the blondie's sharp vine, leaving a two finger-sized hole there. She was able to pull it out before it could penetrate through it, but it won't stop bleeding. So, she froze the injury with her power, something that she normally does whenever she needs to stop any bleeding wounds before getting a treatment.
"Wanna hear my plan? I'm eager to get this done and leave." She asked. "Unless you have one first."
"Tell me yours."
She nodded but before she could say anything, a huggable-sized of cylinder-liked stones were thrown from above catching their attention immediately.
Mirra jumped away, hand immediately grabbing Law's wrist as she pulled him along and created new iced-plate under her feet, while Law was left dangling in her hold.
"She won't let us planning, will she?" Mirra questioned herself. Crouching down she watched the previous iced-trail shattered to pieces as her green eyes met with the silvers. "We can't stay at one place. Let's keep running so I can create more iced-trail for your footing," and again, she yanked him up with one hand, leaving the male in question regarding her strength.
"But before telling my plan I have to tell you the keys to the blonde's power first so we can sync correctly. First, the maximum number of vines she could manipulate at one time is six, in any shape and size. Second, she can only focus on one direction at a time, which is the one her eyes looking at. Let say I'm at her front, she can't focus on defending her back. If she turned, her focus shifted and her attacks to me will lose its momentum and aim."
Two vines suddenly came from below and shattered the iced-plates of where Mirra was stepping, halting Law's step and separated them both.
Another two more started to come from above, each one aiming at her and Law thus Law called forth his 'room' readied to transport elsewhere but Mirra slide in in front of him and created an iced-wall, blocking and freezing the vine upon contact. Her hand was quick to form into summoning form as two iced-wolves manifested from her opened palm and bite off any incoming vines.
"A temporary defence. We have to be quick." She glanced over her shoulder to inform Law.
"Stop moving around, you pesky flies!!" Brianca screamed and started shooting arrows of vines.
"Pay me, granny! I might consider it!"
"I'm not a granny!"
"Whatever you said, grandma!" Mirra teased even more.
Then she shifted back her concentration to the waiting captain. "Third, she is capable of creating continuous attack, not too long but troublesome indeed, and it's advisable for you to run and avoid it when it happens. Because after the barrage is when we will play our role since she'll need a break approximately 12 seconds before continue fighting. It's our best chance to counter back with success rate of over 70%. Any question?"
She really hoped he didn't. Because re-explaining will waste time and time is money. According to her.
"You noticed them all within a short period of time?" Law blinked, part of him was surprised, another part of him raised awareness on him regarding her. All this time he only heard the woman bickering and taunting the other and throwing some colourful words without pulling a proper fight. Who could have thought she was actually investigating.
She will be a pain if she's his enemy.
"How do you think I survive alone all this time?" Mirra cocked an eyebrow.
She slightly glared towards the enemies not far from them, as she turned back facing Law, humming and whispering. "So here's the plan."
- - -
Law had jumped away to one of the available iced-trails, courtesy to Mirra who had been spending time running around the room. His attention was back to the greenette, to put Mirra's plan into an act. While Law started to go on his own Mirra had her eyes on him just to make sure he doesn't become useless and fall to the pit of doom.
Brianca noticed her distracted look, so she tried to launch a sneak attack from behind.
As Mirra sensed the incoming danger she pulled back quickly, leaving her spot as she watched over her shoulder two vines kept chasing her and kept destroying each trail that she created. The third vine approached from in front making her skidded to stop and she created iced-walls quickly - front and behind - to defence, but the vines turned at the last minute and came from her side instead.
It caught her off guard due to the speed and she went wide-eyed but still manage to avoid letting the first vine passed right under her nose as she tilted her body while slicing the second. But the the third managed to hit her arm, scratching it and she cursed at the pain.
Oh that's new...
Mirra's gaze caught on the smirk adorning the blonde's face. Her lips curling upwards with another vile closed to them.
She had taken another shot to increase her strength.
"Ufufufufu, I bet you didn't expect that, didn't you?" Brianca laughed before throwing away the empty vile.
Mirra gave a short glare at Law, muttering to herself hoping he will be fine alone there as she focused on her own problem.
"Overdosing on drugs is dangerous, granny. Especially at your age."
Brianca frowned. "You brat will never listen to my previous words."
"Granny, be proud that I'm admitting you catch my interest, especially when at that age you should be at home and do some knitting. But here is a warning. If you want to change like your sister, you better do now. Because from now on, we're going all out and there's no turning back," Mirra grinned widely. Her bangs partially covered her eyes as cold breeze suddenly whirling around her, making her clothes and hair danced to the flow.
"What the- where did this wind come from?" the blonde asked.
Blizzard started to form around the area, instantly dropped the temperature rapidly. Despite being in the basement where no air current is available Mirra still could make it possible, with extra effort and energy that's it.
Crouching down a bit she made a mad dash, extending her blade passed her shoulder before slashing her in a linear direction. Brianca backed away. But not enough because the tip of the sword created overflowing ice in the form of crescent, encased half of her body with ice quickly.
"Aaa—aarggghh!!!!" Brianca shouted in pain, and a pair of vines entwined with each other in the form of drills and break her free from it. She panted in shock, anger bubbled in her as the red-haired smirked.
"I told you granny. Better go all out~"
Brianca's earlier shriek caught Adriana's attention and she saw how unsafe her sister is with that close distance between her and the red-haired. But she saw and opening since Mirra's back was facing her. She shot arrows of sharpened stones to Law and directed her heels to the other female, bringing her dagger high above her head to plunge it downwards.
Brianca saw the upcoming help so she, too, shot vined-arrows and grinned as she watched Mirra readied to strike them down. She thought she didn't notice the sneak attack, but the unexpected thing happened, when a thin film of blue engulfed them all.
"Room."
And the red-haired and the greenette exchanged places, leaving both siblings' eyes as wide as a saucer. Brianca couldn't stop and pull back her attack but Adriana still able to cut them down. The only problem is she didn't expect Mirra to slide in to her side, ready to strike. And even worse before she could fully react to Mirra's and vines attack and retaliate she saw a figure of yellow and black behind her sister, readied to slash her.
"Brianca! Be'ind you!" Adriana shouted before a sword pierced her stomach.
The blondie turned only to be greeted with a pair of steel silver eyes of the surgeon before he tried to slash, but two vines formed and 'x' in front of her and Law's sword lodged in between. Brianca made a finger motion to counter attack so Mirra pulled out her sword from the greenette and rushed to her, shifting her attention to Mirra next. Brianca's four fingers motioned downward, and four vines rained down from the ceiling. Law shambled Mirra to somewhere safer, near to Brianca preventing her from a death blow but also at the same time preparing for the final attack.
Six vines all are in used. Checkmate!Both Mirra and Law chuckled in their heads seeing their chance.
Mirra cut the blondie linearly as ice overflowed from the tip of her sword, and this time, completely encased her in the ice. Law had moved away to not letting himself getting caught in it. Both smirked satisfied with their teamwork.
"BRIANCA!!!!" the greenette shouted.
Both of them turned to face her as she wailed in pain from the loss. Mirra felt a pang to her chest when she realized they'd just killed her bloodline.
Was it something I regret?She didn't know.
Does my reason justify my action?No one could tell...
It's either to kill or to get killed.
Mirra closed her eyes, trying to throw away all those negative thoughts when suddenly the greenette shout even louder and the room shook from it. Law and Mirra stared in disbelief when the stoned-vines on the floor suddenly lifted and rushed to them without a single second spare.
"What the -" it wasn't an option to finish the word. It happened too quick because both of them where knocked to the wall - harsh - coughing out whatever amount of blood that rushed out from their throat. Mirra even slide down almost touching the floor but Law stabbed his sword to the wall and held her waist tightly.
"Get a grip, Mirra-ya! This is not over!" Law shook her body in his arm. "Oii, wake up. Do your iced-trails or otherwise you'll die because you're slipping down and my shoulder is hurt from just holding you."
"Be gentle with me, please. My chest hurt," Mirra grumbled. She never signed for this. Really. How did it turned to this?
Eventually Mirra managed to do as per told, and they both stared widely at their last opponent.
"What are we going to do with her?" Mirra questioned warily.
Adriana looked totally...mad. She had turned from 25 years old to 50 years old to like... she doesn't know, 120 years old? Those seasoned face, sagged and slouched body and head that barely have a strand of hair... Mirra gulped. She wished she will die before she turned 90.
"Back me up. Do something about her spits so they won't touch me", Law ordered. He created his 'room', engulfing three of them for the final battle, leaving Mirra with no option but to tag along.
- - -
It's not hard to defeat the opponents once they lose to their emotion. Especially when both Law and Mirra are a strong fighter.
But the problem is, their bodies are aching from the sudden impact, and their nightmare stood tall in front of them without an ounce of pain from previous injuries. That's not fair. And what scaring them is the fact that Adriana moved too quick despite being very, very old. Neither Law's nor Mirra's attack reached her.
She didn't joke eating those men brought strength and power. At least to her...
Sharp sound echoed as Law's sword clashed with the greenette's teeth, that are coated with stone. She pushed it downwards an forced herself to gnaw on him, and Mirra took the opportunity to create iced-dragonflies - she's running out of power and the only thing she could create is small pathetic insects.
Adriana strongly deflected Law's sword with her teeth before jumped to the nearby floating vine, and rushed down like a bullet to the red-haired. Mirra stood tall, hand readied to form an iced-wall, but upon a closer look, she turned away and started running.
My God, she scares me! What the fuck with that face?!! She looks like she belongs to some haunted movies! Small tears slipped down Mirra's face.
Like a wild beast, Adriana growled loudly, running from vines to vines before leaping in the air. She still chasing Mirra shouting "DIEEEEE!!" with her raspy voice.
Mirra knew she's closed. Her voice was too closed to give away her location. So when Mirra turned, she saw the greenette, so fucking closed, making her tremble in fear even more. She felt like wetting her pants!
This is it! I'm going to die by being eaten by this ghost!Mirra reluctantly surrendered to her fate, and at the moment she closed her eyes for more dramatic effect, Law intervened, using his 'takt' technique to impale Adriana.
However, the stone thorn gingerly brushed her side and she spat at him. Law and Adriana's distance was a bit far for the spits to reach him, but right now, everything is possible for this woman.
Law shambled in front of her and she tried to grab him, but Mirra created two medium-sized pillars at Law's side preventing her hands from reaching him.
As if the time had slowed down, Adriana's orbs glanced sideways staring at her - full of hatred -, throwing curses to her up to her seven generations. Mirra returned them with an upward glare, a determined look as she forced herself to bravely took a final look at her face, telling her that she isn't scared of ghost. (Though it came out as a constipated look instead). Mirra's long red-hair made it more dramatic as they are flying around being whirled by the small blizzard.
And Law, breaking the slow-motion phase, chuckled when the greenette shifted her glance to him. He offered her a sexy smirk, telling her that he wins this fight despite he himself looked like a potato with his hair sticking to his sweaty face. He ran his sword right to her heart, killing her in an instant.
Adriana's body fell to the ground and the time started to flow as normal again.
Law watched the body laid soullessly. He nudged with the tip of his shoe, but nothing happened. The woman didn't twitch, didn't suddenly spring up, didn't snarl with her jagged teeth, didn't spat her disgusting saliva and didn't even throw insults to Law and his seven generations. Knowing this, both are assured that she had finally die and probably on her way to the gates of Hell.
Mirra plopped down on her iced-trail, hand clutching her chest for she still could feel the pain from earlier massive impact.
"No one hurts my crew. And whoever does, there'll be a consequence of hell to pay!" Law muttered lightly while looking at the corpse. Mirra heard it though. And she gulped, knowing her road to her mission is gerting harder now.
"Let's go. We are leaving the island as soon as possible." Law walked nearing her, and his hand reached out to her.
- - -
Dragging their feet out of the mansion both have tired faces, messy hair, ragged though steady breath and bloody clothes, especially Law. He's been too quiet and Mirra is neither bothered to question him nor ask his condition.
"Captain! You're okay!!!" the crew rushed the moment they stepped out of the gate. They all gathered around Law, comically crying out their tears expressing their happiness.
"Yeah... forget the side chick. She's 100% fine from top to the bottom", Mirra sarcastically said while turning her face to the side.
"Ahhh Mirra-chan we didn't mean to forget about you."
"Thank you for taking care of our captain, Mirra."
"Damn, you look terrible. Must be a hell of fight, yeah?"
"Tell me about it," Mirra shrugged. They all headed back to the submarine with every member present.
"Captain, how about your shoulder. Will it be cured?" Shachi asked worriedly.
The road down the forest was fill with silence until Shachi broke it. But even so Law himself didn't know how to answer. Clearly his power couldn't be used to remove the stone. The stone is actually his shoulder. Removing it means removing his own shoulder.
"Maybe you can try to dip it in the sea water. It could work," Mirra suggested.
"Sea water? But why Mirra-chan?" Shachi asked.
"Devil fruit users are weakened by sea water. Maybe, just maybe... the sea water could neutralize back the stone from his shoulder. Your captain can give it a try."
"Then, there's a way for captain's shoulder to heal. I'm so glad!" Bepo cried.
"By the way, Bepo. Where did they found you? You weren't in the room where Captain Trafalgar was, and you weren't with the rest as well when we barged in," Mirra slanted her body forward slightly to see Bepo.
Bepo's face...well no fur to be exact turned into a crimson red as his head flung down in sadness.
"We found him in one of the bedrooms in the second floor of the mansion. He got a leash tied to his collar, a bowl of water and what I assumed to be dog's food on his side," Penguin whispered, but it didn't pass from the captain's hearing.
"Ah... so they were treating you like a pet~" Mirra grinned teasing him.
"I don't like it, Mirra-san! I'm not a pet! I don't want to get leashed!" Rivers streamed down his face, while some of the crew tried their best to hold their laughs.
Poor Bepo.
"Don't worry Bepo. You're not anyone's pet. You're part of the Heart Pirates. They'll die if they ever take you away from us", Law mumbled. Mirra smiled genuinely at that. She never knew the guy actually cared about his crew.
"I guess getting leashed is a bit better than getting shackled in a room filled with half-rotten body and reeked of blood stench, right Captain Trafalgar?" Mirra nudged her elbow slightly to Law's arm. She received a death glare but then Law turned his gaze back to the front, reminiscing his nightmare by scrunching his nose, trying to forget the memory of the scent, if he could of course.
"How long you were shackled in there, though?"
"I don't know. Maybe 5 hours. Ever since you disappeared, I'd been held captive there."
"Do you guys have holy water in the ship?" Mirra then quickly turned to Penguin.
"Why you need them, Mirra-chan?"
"Your captain obviously needs it to clean himself with. And these clothes," she turned again to Law, "are better to be burnt off, they are nothing but reek of death." Mirra tugged at his sleeve, resulting in her receiving his signature glare that she simply brushed it off with a laugh.
The crew watched in awe as Mirra wasn't even bothered by Law's glare.
Reaching the foot of the forest they slowly trudged their legs on the path that lied between two villages, the Asa and Midori. Along the path there is a river flowing down from the forest to around the village. Small fishes and marines swam happily, without any fear despite a troop of 15 people walking nearby.
Mirra watched as the sun shyly took a peek from the horizon. It's such a beautiful sight, and the warmth is more welcoming as she felt the heat lightly kissing her face. She turned her head to the river, only to smile as she took noticed of the changing colour of the water.
"You guys wanted to know why this island is called Asa Midori, right? Why don't you look at the river?" she jerked her head to the river. Instantly, the crew grew excited at what they saw.
"WOAHHHHH"
"Pretty~~"
"How is that possible??!!"
The crew watched the blue river slowly shimmering to the colour of green. The light reflected on the surface thanks to the sunlight. They all gathered around the riverbank, trying to figure out the reason behind it, including their captain, though he prefers to stand at the side maintaining his coolness by pretending not to be overly too excited.
So it seemed that even the cold-hearted captain fascinated by the nature beauty.
"Most likely due to the phytoplankton that live in the river. They use chlorophyll – a green pigment – for photosynthesis, so they preferentially absorb the red and blue portions of the light spectrum and reflect green light. So the area with higher density of the phytoplankton population will be greener and likewise, it will be bluer", Mirra dipped her hand into the stream, feeling the cold water washing away her blood-stained hands.
"But there might be other substances in this river that can absorb light too. Otherwise, depending on the phytoplankton alone won't be enough to change the colour fully. In the night, the substances most likely have stronger absorption on red and weaker on blue, so the river appears in the latter colour. It is also the reason why this island is called Asa Midori, meaning 'Green in the Morning'. The name actually refers to this changing colour river."
Mirra splashed her wet hands to her side, as she turned and watched the crew dumbfounded at her explanation. She couldn't shake off their intimidating stares and gawks. Even the captain showed some interest based on his silent stare and cocking eyebrow.
"Woaww, Mirra-chan! You're so clever!"
"W-what?!! No I'm no-"
"You're like a moving encyclopaedia!"
"A beauty with a brain!"
"A total grand prize to the world!"
"Oii oii...aren't you guys a bit exaggerating? It's all written in book. You could've known it too if you read them."
"Ah~ She's so humble", Shachi praised.
"What a lady-like. Totally not fitting to be with us morons," one of them said.
"She is like a female version of our captain. So strong, pretty and smart," said another voice.
"Wish captain could be a bit less egoistic and cuter like her", the voice was barely heard but still enough to reach everyone's ears, including the captain. Once again, silence ensued in the sky.
Law unsheathed his sword, eyes darkened and slightly hidden beneath his messy bangs, and his signature frown etched on his lips. Immediately, the whole crew - saved for Bepo - hide behind the female and the polar bear. Law looked so pissed. And again, death reeked from himself.
Mirra and Bepo exchanged glances, before they swiftly stepped aside, extending their palms to the crewmates, "they're all yours," and said in unison.
"Eeeehhhh???!!! Mirra-chan/san please noooooo!!!!" their wails disturbed the peaceful morning as neighbours popped out their heads from the house.
- - -
Law was somehow convinced to not kill his crew (yet), so they proceeded to the dock where their submarine is. They bumped into some villagers, and they immediately apology for their behaviour. Law brushed it off. He's not in the mood for it. Even worse the villagers started to grovel on their feet thanking them for saving the island and Law, not used to such action shifted their thanks to Mirra. Mirra claimed it was all the captain's effort and he even took a greater hit from the fight by pinpointing his stoned shoulder and everyone started to change direction to him again. Law at the end threatened them to stop or else he will hurt them all. He didn't do this out of kindness. So he don't need the gratitude.
They are pirates after all, not marines.
Suddenly, Mirra's stomach started to grumble loudly, gaining everyone's attention.
"Wh...what!! I haven't eaten since last night!" she defensed herself upon sensing everyone's stare.
"We haven't eat anything since last two nights, Mirra-chan," one of them replied with a smirk.
"I was fighting. Its energy consuming and killing me."
"But captain also fig-"
Another grumble can be heard, this time much louder than hers and everyone's attention turned to their captain, but no one said anything upon seeing his silent stare. Shutting their lips are the wisest decision if they don't have death wishes.
"Why don't we stop at any restaurant to eat first? I'm sure they are opened by now," Bepo suggested seeing how everyone was affected by two grumbling stomachs including him.
"Sure... if the boys agree to eat here again after being drugged by the villagers and sacrificed to two crazy women," Mirra chipped in. Immediately the boys shook their heads, frantically disagreed to Bepo.
"Let's just get back to the submarine so you can cook for us," Law decided.
"Now hold on, mister. What am I, your maid?"
"We've the agreement. I let you stay as long as you cook. If you refused, this will be your drop off point."
"My arm hurts. I can't lift the spatula properly."
"You are left-handed. The one that got hurt was your right arm."
"But still. I can't do it alone. You need to help me."
"The crew will help you."
"No. They are tired, hungry, giving a constipated face, and probably losing some screws in their heads after being hanged upside down for so long. Heck, they look like patients with cognitive dysfunction with high possibilities of cutting own fingers or run straight to boiling water pot!"
"Hey!!" Mirra earned their protest, which she ignored promptly.
"Bepo -"
"How can you ask him to cook? This fluffy ball needs long shower. Look at how dirty he is!" she interjected him before he can say anything. Law blinked, only to notice that his navigator is not in a good shape either. He's not harmed. He's just too dirty and sooty, and no longer white like a sheet of paper. He truly deserved a bath.
"Fine! I'll help you after I take a look at your injury," he resigned. She's not going away from getting what she wants, won't she? Was this a payback?
"Thank you, I really appreciate that", Mirra lightly put her palm on his arm. Law was stunned, started to think the female in a better light as a grateful person.
"But you need a shower too. I don't want the food to reek of death." But her words next shattered his thought and caused a tick to form on his forehead.
Mirra laughed lightly, and immediately snuggled closer to Bepo to escape his wrath. Though she could feel he's throwing a dagger look at her back, she just snickered at it.
Somewhere at the back further a bit behind them, the crew watched them in silent.
"Don't you think captain and Mirra-chan are pretty close, despite just met with each other?" Penguin asked.
"I guess... Captain has been talking a bit more lately too, don't you think?" Shachi stated his thought too. A finger found a way to his cheek as he scratched it lighlty.
"And has been around the sub more frequently. Wasn't he normally locked himself in his office and only comes out when necessary, like giving orders, cutting our limbs for punishment and eating?"
"Nah... he rarely comes out to eat as well last time."
"I will do the same thing seeing how terrible we're when cooking," another said.
"Hiro should have been our official cook. At least the food is decent," they casted a side glance to the said male.
"Yeah feeding a hoard of bull three times sure is fun. Not to mention a party every Friday night... I rather wear a dress than that."
"Really, would ya?"
"For a day, yes. And none of you will ever bother me to cook again."
The crew made a silent thinking.
"Nahhh not worth it. The day when Mirra leave our sub will be the day you continue her duty. Who knows when will we get a real cook next time." They refused and at the same time grinned.
Hiro huffed at them.
"So... Are we going to ignore the fact that Mirra had somehow bring a miracle to the sub?"
"If by miracle means a full and well feed stomach, then we're not ignoring it," Shachi grinned.
"Besides, it's fun watching her getting to captain's side. It's been so long since I've seen captain getting agitated easily. I wonder how long Mirra-chan will last before she received her punishment," Penguin wiggled his eyebrows at his friends. They too, laughing lightly at the thought when suddenly the air around them getting tensed. A slight sharp glare from the captain is all needed to stop their chit chats, and they rushed on their feet to follow Law and Mirra and Bepo at the front.
- - -
Reaching the dock Bepo helped to pour some sea water onto Law's shoulder while Shachi held him firmly by his chest as he's weakened by the water. The stone slowly diminished into small particles like sand, making them all sighed in relief.
Meanwhile Mirra is busy dipping Law's hat into the sea water, scrubbing off all the small stones that got stuck between the kneaded thread. Penguin had to watch her to ensure she doesn't face planted into the water with her shaken legs. Yet despite the hat had fully turned normal, she'd refused to return it, claiming how the hat needed to go proper cleaning to wash away all the 'death feeling'.
Law face palmed, but let her do anything as she wished because he was too tired to argue.
He eventually kept his word as he went for a through bath after treating hers and the crew's injuries. He dipped himself in his own bath tub and sighed when the hot water touched his sore muscles. Like the red-haired female told, he really tried to 'wash away all the death from him'.
After done with his shower, Law made his appearance to the kitchen, where Mirra is already started preparing the food. He walked closer to her.
"What can I do to help?"
"Oh captain Trafalgar. The fried rice is already done. Could you help me scoop it to plates?"
"That fast?"
"What do you mean?"
"When did you cook the rice? We were just back to the sub."
"It was yesterday's. I cooked them for lunch but no one comes back so I keep the rice in the fridge. Besides you took too long in treating your crew and shower, that even after I have mine you are yet to be done. So I get my job done first."
Law nodded in understanding. He proceeded to do as told, when he called, "Mirra-ya."
"Hmmm?"
"Thank you for saving me back then," he uttered slowly. Only the sound of scooping could be heard. And also the light sizzles when the pancake batter meets the hot pan.
"You're welcome. After all I couldn't leave this island either if you guys are dead." She smiled. "I don't know how to steer the sub."
Law found a small peace upon looking at her curled lips. He almost got caught for staring when she suddenly turned but he acted casual and Mirra couldn't tell he was staring.
"I didn't say this before but thank you for saving me and took me under your care last time, captain Trafalgar. We're even now."
"Trafalgar."
"Sorry??" her eyebrow quirked.
"Just call me Trafalgar. There's no need for the captain." He turned to his side when the female remained staring at him.
"Do you look at me as an equal?"
"Don't get that into your mind. I'm pretty sure in terms of power I'm a step ahead of you." Mirra snorted. "I see you as a common acquaintance. A tolerable companion that served benefits to me and my crew."
"Ahh so like a tool?"
Law had never turned so fast to a woman, especially if it's a woman. And Mirra managed to make him do so. But the reason he acted so was because he didn't expect her to compare herself to a tool. So she reminded him of Baby 5, somehow, in a way.
"What?" She cocked her head, wondering why Law stared at her like she just grew a pair of horns.
"Why you think so? You, as a tool? Even if we're strangers what makes you think I'll be using you around? I let you stay in this sub and cater to your injuries, and you repay with your cooking. It never comes across my mind that you to be used and tossed." The frown on his face obviously explained how uncomfortable he is when she referred herself as a tool to his crew. That's not right. He might have bad reputation. But doesn't mean he takes advantages of everyone he comes across to.
"Besides, if you haven't noticed, some of my crew have seen you as their friend. If I ever used you for my own benefit I'll never hear the end from them."
For the first time Mirra felt like there's something isn't right. The word 'friend' made her a bit uncomfortable and hesitated to embrace. She never planned to be friend with him in the first place. Because it will only get in the way of her job.
"Tra-san then." She said after a minute of silence. This time, Law quirked a questioning look at her.
"I'm calling you Tra-san. Your name is too long and a bit complicated."
"Fine enough. The fact that you get to pronounce it correctly is surprising."
Mirra lightly beamed at his word. She got praised for saying his name correctly. She's giddy at that. But then she remembered something.
"Does going around sniffing woman's hair consider your normal thing? Because I have to set a safe distance between us from now on then." She pushed away two plates of pancakes' mountains to her left, taking out another empty plate for another round of the batter.
Law was taken by surprise and he coughed widely at that. "What?"
It took him a minute to understand it. "I didn't mean to go sniffing you. But I have been smelling that filthy air, I need something… fresher than that."
"Yeah but you don't have to get too close to my neck." Mirra shivered when she called back the memory. Law noticed the pink hue on her cheeks, and the slightly shaken form of her body he and thought she's getting sick.
"Are you okay? You look red. Feeling sick?"
"What?!! No, I'm fine. I'm just a bit tired," she laughed, brushing it off.
Law gave a pointed look. "I'll determine that for you. Go to the infirmary room after breakfast."
Mirra grumbled. "I told you I'm fine."
"If you catch cold and don't receive treatment you could infect the others. In this closed-compact submarine virus travelled quickly."
Mirra scoffed as she turned to face him again. "I told you I'm fine. I'm just not comfortable with man getting too close to my body, get it?" She looked mad.
But Law was confused. "But it had nothing to do with your red face and shivered form earlier?"
"Drop it Tra-san. If I'm really sick you'll be the first person to notice it since you always keep an eye on me. But right now, I'm fine so let it be."
Law was slightly challenged. He didn't like the tone Mirra used. He wanted to reprimand her but decided to let it be for this time. Maybe because she was hungry that's why she got mad easily. Bepo tend to be ferocious and hard to handle when he's angry. Maybe she's the same. Woman and polar bear are hard to understand. They aren't as simple as man.
But then a sudden thought struck him, when he's done with his scooping rice job. The appetizing food next to her left made him wanted to see his guess. And he squinted his eyes as he remembered her red face earlier.
Could she be… Slowly he approached her.
"Your hair… they smell sweet and nice. I believe you noticed that, right?"
"So what with it?" Mirra jolted when her elbow touched his stomach slightly as Law calmly closed their distance, but still leaving a small gap in between.
"Aloe vera and citrus scent? That's not bad," he rumbled taking few strands to his nose. His sharp gaze locked at hers as she tried to back away but he stopped her by leaning over.
"T-tra-san. What are you -"
Law's arm accidentally brushed over her stomach when it moved forward reaching its target. He ignored her protest. And through his side glare he could see she was reduced to a stuttering mess.
A little bit more...
Even though Law knew he's invading her personal space (and she threatened to shove the spatula on his face) he still continued leaning over her. He caught a faint smell of daisy-like scent, but he didn't care. His needs and desires must be fulfilled right now.
"Mirra-ya." He breathed in. "I won't stop you from smelling good and nice. But just a bit of advice, watch yourself more since you're travelling with only males in this sub."
Law's husky voice only worsened her nervous, and she blushed more, spreading the red tint to her neck. Her eyebrows furrowed deeply and she's so close to elbow up his jaw.
It became a crystal clear to Law. She's not sick. She's simply not used to intimacy and close distance.
"And hurry up with the pancake. I'm hungry," Law successfully grabbed one from the plate next to her, bringing it passed right in front of her face as he withdrew himself from the closed contact. Without a piece of guilt he shoved the pancake to his mouth, watching with amusement as realization hits in and she's back to her sense.
"Trafalgar!!"
She realized Law was teasing her for a piece of pancake, and she tried to snatch it back but he simply pushed her forehead preventing her from getting any closer.
"You are too short to reach me," he snickered.
"Silence! I demand you to return the pancake back!"
"You sure you want it back?" Law opened his mouth, showing the chewed food inside.
Mirra recoiled in disgust and stepped back.
"Never mind, keep it in your mouth and never let it go," she snarled.
"I thought so too", Law walked away with a satisfaction look. He helped to take the food to the front after hearing noises started to fill in telling him that the crew is gathering.
Once Law was gone Mirra leaned forward against the kitchen. She gritted her teeth, sucking up big air to calm herself down. Her eyebrows creased and her eyes slightly shaken. She's a bit overwhelmed.
Not too long after she heard the sound of something breaking like plates and glasses. The sound had knocked her back to her senses so she rushed to the galley.
"What the hell are you guys doing?" She reached at the exact moment Law shouted.
Mirra turned to see some of the cups shattered on the floor, coffee spilled over and pancakes from one of the plates scattered around, all happened because the crew immediately jumped at the food the moment they get in, creating an inevitable mess.
Of course, those that behaved and didn't contribute to the mess stayed still at the door, hesitated to enter for a sit. Mirra gloomed over the food, and Law, his eyes are hidden under his bangs. Both emitting dangers.
"Those that did these," Mirra pointed to the floor, "are going to eat whatever there. Do I make myself clear?" she threw a dirty look.
"Y-yes!! Mirra-chan!!"
To be continued
Thanx for reading
- redheaded997 -