Pranks

Neo stretched her arms out wide with a yawn. It was such a nice day. And since the sub was above the water, she decided it would be a great time to get some sun. So after a quick lunch, Neo changed into her black bikini, momentarily teased Law-who promised he'd join her in a couple hours- then proceeded to make her way to the deck where some of the crew already was.

She adjusted the strap of her bikini top before leaning back against the napping bear behind her. She smiled when her eyes landed on the few crew members fishing. They were sitting, some standing, on the railing of the sub. Their fishing lines were dangling in the water undisturbed. And they were completely bored and confused.

"I don't get it," One of them said. "The fish are jumping, but not biting."

"I guess they're not hungry," Another said.

"They jump to grab bugs. How can they not be hungry?" Shachi asked.

"Then what do you thinks going on?"

"How should I know?" Shachi asked with a frown.

"I guess we're not gonna have fish tonight after all," The crew mate sighed.

"And I was really looking forward to having some of Neo's grilled fish," Another crew mate added. He turned to Neo. "Hey, how about some help here?"

"That would be cheating," Neo smiled. "I don't think Law would like it."

"You're probably right," The crew mate sighed and turned his eyes back to the ocean. "He'd probably warp me right out in front of a sea king for suggesting it."

"Guess you just have to do this the ol' fashion way," Penguin said when he walked outside.

"Hey, Pen," Shachi greeted. "You gonna join us?"

"Naw," Penguin shook his head. He walked over to Neo. "I'm gonna spend my time with someone prettier than you lot."

"Hey!" The crew shouted.

"Well, he is right," Shachi said. "She's a lot prettier than the rest of us."

"You're right," The crew agreed.

"You goofballs," Neo giggled. Penguin sat down beside her with a smile. She returned it while the crew settled back into trying to catch the fish that seemed to be snubbing their hooks. Penguin and Neo entered into a light conversation. After about fifteen minutes, a crew mate shouted and fell back off the railing.

"Huh?" Penguin pulled his eyes over to his mate. The man was laying on his back with a decent size fish flopping on his face.

"What the heck was that about?" Shachi asked.

"I dunno," The fish faced crew mate said while pulling the fish off his face. "It just jumped out of the water and hit me."

"At least we've caught a fish now," A crew mate pointed out.

"That was weird," Penguin said.

"Yeah," Neo nodded. "Weird."

The group settled back down into fishing and some talking. Shortly after that another scream echoed through the air as another crew mate fell onto his back with a fish flapping on his face. "What the heck?!"

Once again the group settled back into their fishing, only for the same occurrence to happen again.

"I can understand it happening once, maybe twice, but three times?" Shachi said. "That's just beyond weird."

"This is starting to become a very strange day," A crew mate said.

"You don't suppose we're in a haunted area, do you?"

"Don't be silly."

"Yeah, there's no such things as ghosts."

"Yet the Straw Hats have a skeleton on their crew."

"What in the world is goi-" Penguin scanned his eyes over the crew before the truth hit him. He pulled his eyes over to Neo. She was comfortably relaxing in the sun, looking as sweet and innocent as always. She popped open an eye when she felt him looking at her. She smiled. He chuckled and shook his head.

"Well, look on the bright side, at least we're catching fish now."

"No way that's gonna happen again."

"We need a lot more than just three fish to feed the entire crew."

"Yeah."

"You're right." Just then an entire school of fish came jumping out of the water and pelleted the crew. They popped their heads out of the pile of fish. Their eyes blinked rapidly.

Penguin could contain his laughter any longer. He threw his head back and laughed out loud. The crew finally realized what had happened and shouted at the same time. "NEO!"

"What?" Neo turned her innocent eyes to them.

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" The crew demanded.

"Because I was ordered to," Neo chuckled.

"Ordered?" The crew asked while turning white.

"That's right," Law's voice suddenly said. The crew turned their heads to the door. Law was standing there with his arms crossed. He had a dark, mischievous smirk on his lips. "I ordered her to do it. And how dare you yell at her like that. You all know better than to raise your voice at her."

"We're so sorry!" The crew shrieked.

"Your punishment is to clean all of those fish and do the cooking for tonight," Law ordered.

"Aye Aye, Captain!" The crew shouted while gathering up all the fish. Once they had all of them, they ran into the sub to fulfill their orders.

Law walked over and sat down beside Neo. He slipped his arm around her waist, placing his hand on her thigh. When she turned her eyes to him, he pecked her lips. "You did beautifully."

"Thank you," Neo smiled.

"You two," Penguin chuckled. "Alone you are easy to deal with and rather calm and collected. But together you two can be such a devious pair. I love how you two can bring out each others playful side. That was priceless. I loved it."

"Best not to love it too much," Law said with a smirk. "Just because you're an old brother to her doesn't mean you're immune to our pranks."

Neo laughed when Penguin's skin turned pale.