I don't like you! by BloodyMarryMe

Heh, two chapters in one day already. I wanted to publish another one but I'm sooo tired right now, I don't know if I have enough mind capacity left for it.

Anyways, I hope you'll enjoy the chapter (though it doesn't have much action, but Miyako is still in the process of becoming a Heart Pirate so bear with me for a while.)

Still it was fun to write it and I hope you'll have fun reading it. Reviews, comments and so on, are always welcome so feel free to tell me what you think of it so far. (Though it's still early, I know.)

Disclaimer: I do not own One piece or its characters but I do own the OC Suzune Miyako.

CHAPTER 6

Miyako opened her golden orbs slowly. At first she was confused when she didn't recognize the environment around her, but then sighed when she remembered what had happened the previous day. She slowly sat up, her ribs making a loud protest. However, she noticed the pain wasn't as bad as yesterday. She yawned sleepily, rubbing her eyes and tugged at her still shackled ankle in annoyance. *I don't care, today this has to be removed!*

~…~

When Law opened the door, he was greeted by the sight of Miyako sitting on her bed and staring out of the window with a bored expression. When she heard him come in, she glanced at him slowly with the corners of her eyes before her attention went back to the window. After a long silence she finally spoke. "I reached my decision." Law's attention concentrated on her and his eyes became more piercing. This was what he had come here for in the first place and he couldn't be more interested in the answer.

"I'll join your crew," she simply stated.

At first Law was a little surprised even though it wasn't the least bit shown on his face. He thought making her join would be more of a fight than this; he didn't expect her to say 'yes' so soon. A part of him was even a little disappointed. *Hm, but this seems too easy.* Law's eyes narrowed a bit as he looked at the girl before him. She was still staring at the window with the same bored expression, impossible to read through. He couldn't figure out what she was thinking right now and he didn't like it…he didn't like not being in control. And certainly he couldn't let her have it.

"That is a pretty sudden change of heart, Miss Miyako," he finally concluded.

Miyako just shrugged, uninterested. One more thing Law really didn't like was being ignored. His mouth set in a tight line and his expression became more serious. There wasn't a trace of that amused smirk he had the day before. "How come you changed your mind?" He prompted again.

Miyako sighed, seeing he wasn't leaving without an explanation. Not that she didn't expect that. "Well I can't stay like this forever" She moved her shackled leg and looked at her binding. Law crossed his arms on his chest and leaned against the wall like yesterday. He didn't look very pleased with the answer as if knowing there was more to that than what she let on.

"I was certain your pride would get in the way of your decision. I didn't think you would give up so quickly…you don't look like the type," he said.

"Appearances can fool, Mister Law." She simply said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Law was losing his patience. He knew there had to be more of an explanation, but the girl certainly had no intention of giving him one. And she wouldn't even look at him, which agitated him further. He hated when people would hide their faces from him, because he wouldn't be able to read them through their expression. But Miyako's expression was completely calm anyway. A mask of nothingness on her face. He walked over to her slowly and he noticed her eyes quickly darted in his direction and narrowed a little. She must have felt that his presence became more intimidating. However, she didn't move in any other way.

"Miss Miyako…" He started in a cold voice. He grabbed her chin and turned her head towards him so he could look her right in the eyes. His stormy grey, cold eyes pierced through her fiery gold ones. "When someone is talking to you it is polite to look that person in the eyes." He never broke his stare as he spoke. "And secondly, I don't like being lied to nor played around with." His eyes narrowed warningly.

Miyako stared at him with a blank gaze for a while, her face emotionless. However when she spoke her voice was pure ice, her tone warning just like his. "Mister Law, I'd appreciate if you would let go of me. I don't like being man-handled." Their stare lasted a few more minutes, a few more long minutes that seemed like hours. Neither of them was willing to break it nor break the silence, both radiating the same amount of hostility and thereat. The tension in the air could be cut with the knife. Even though Miyako was in a worse position since she was chained to the bed with no weapon, seemingly at Law's mercy, which he wasn't known for, still she showed no sign of fear or backing down. She held his stare with her own, almost challenging him to try something.

Suddenly the doors opened and both Miyako and Law broke their staring contest to look at the newcomer. They both still held quite the threat in their gazes and poor Bepo froze under their intense glares and almost let go of the tray with Miyako's breakfast on it. Seeing it was only him, Miyako and Law relaxed and returned to their calm selves, but the bear was still a bit in shock. So the only thing he could do was bow down his head and apologize. "S-sorry."

Miyako sighed loudly, gaining both of their attentions and frowned a little. Still, her annoyance looked faked, more out of dramatic effect than actual anger. "I really don't understand you Trafalgar Law. You weren't happy when I declined your offer, and now that I say I'll join you, you're complaining once again. It is really impossible to please you."

Law smirked for the first time that morning but it was obvious he could see through her attempt to change the subject. They were both well aware she was hiding something yet Law decided not to press the matter right now. When the time was right he will get his answer. He always gets what he wants in the end. Law's smirk widened at that thought. The girl's attention was now on the bear and she smiled warmly at him. "Oh Bepo-san, you brought food. Thank you. I'm starving!" Her voice sounded cheerful now, completely in contrast with the deadly one a few minutes ago.

"Ah! One more thing!" Miyako exclaimed like she just remembered something important and then looked at Law. "Since I'm a part of your crew now, I don't think this is necessary anymore." She pointed at her shackled ankle. "And if you would be so kind to return my katana and clothes…" The sentence ended with a questioning look.

Law smirked and closed his eyes for a while. He was amused at how quickly she was able to get rid of all the tension in the room. One minute she was ready to kill him if he made the wrong move, not that she could Law was sure, but she would certainly try, and the next she was smiling cheerfully at his first mate. He opened his eyes again and returned her questioning look. "Well I suppose you're right." He took out a small key from his pocket and moved towards her ankle. As he was unlocking the shackle, Law kept a close eye on every movement she made. He was completely on guard in case she tried to attack him and escape when free. Also Bepo was still standing near the door so she wouldn't get far. He was actually a bit surprised when she stayed completely still and didn't try anything. He was certain he would have to be dodging a kick in the head by now.

"If that's all, I should get back to my duties, Captain." Bepo said and Law nodded.

"Yes, go Bepo."

Law stood up straight and crossed his arms again, looking at Miyako who was rubbing her ankle. There was a thin red line of where the shackle had been. "So satisfy my curiosity Miss Miyako, how did you become a slave in the first place? You don't seem like a sort who would be taken down so easily."

"I am not a slave," Miyako corrected harshly, but then smirked at the rest of his statement. "But thanks for the compliment."

"It wasn't a compliment, merely an observation." Law stated calmly, not even fazed by her words.

"Law-san, are you always so serious?" The girl asked, a smirk still gracing her features, as she leaned her head on her hands.

"Don't change the subject, Miss Miyako," Law said with an amused smirk of his own. At that, the girl's grin widened.

"Alright. I suppose there's no harm in telling you. I'll try to keep it short. First of all I wasn't exactly…kidnapped or anything."

Law's eyebrow rose questioningly at this. "What do you mean? Did you apply voluntarily?" Obviously he was making a joke, not actually thinking that could be possible. That's why even he couldn't contain his calm expression when she kept silent with a weird face, a sweat-drop present on her forehead. As if he wasn't far from the truth in his jest. "Miss Miyako?" He prompted with a surprised tone.

Her expression looked even more troubled as she looked to the side, sweat-drop still present. "W-well…It's not like I wanted to come here but…" Then she sighed. "Actually, let's start from the beginning."

Law nodded and listened on after assuming his usual position leaning against the wall.

"As you already know I'm from Wano, which is in the New World. I'm just an ordinary wanderer…well, at least I was." She corrected herself and went on. "There was a merchant ship that sails from Wano to the Red Line, stopping at different islands in between and selling stuff from our country. Since it's quite a closed-policy country it's hard to get your hands on materials and items from Wanokuni, so there's always outside people who are very interested to make a purchase. Anyway, since it's quite a dangerous trip they always recruit and hire people for protection before they set off. Anyone with some skill can join and the pay is good, even though it's dangerous. I was quite low on money at the time…ok, to be honest I was broke so I needed a quick way to get some money and continue my travels. When I saw they were recruiting, I thought; 'Why not,'" Miyako shrugged.

She paused a little for a break and then continued. "On the ship I met a girl, a kid, she couldn't be older than 16. She was there to help out in the kitchen and we became friends after a while. She was a nice person and we would often stay up, talking into the night. She didn't have any family and she worked on the ship to get by even though it was extremely dangerous, especially for someone of her young age. One night when we were already near the Red Line, we were attacked by pirates. They weren't anything special, just some small fry pirates I would think and we were able to fend them off after a while, but throughout the chaos they took the girl, Aya-chan, as a hostage to ensure their escape. Before they could leave I begged their leader, Cain, to take me instead. It didn't really matter to them as long as they had a hostage so he agreed. After escaping they decided to sell me as a slave. I think it was Cain's little revenge because I beat him in the duel when we were fighting on the merchant ship. The good side though was that I wasn't allowed to be touched, since 'broken' merchandise falls in value. Cain anchored the ship near the Red Line and the two of us went to Mariejois. Obviously he had some kind of connection there because he was able to cross to the other side without suspicion. After that he rented a boat and took me to Sabaody. He got paid and left and me..well you know the rest." She sighed, finally finishing the long story.

Law had been listening to the story completely silent and thought about everything the girl said. She seemed sincere. Besides, she had no reason to lie. "If the two of you were coming here alone, why didn't you take that chance and escape? I'm sure if he was such a small fry as you said you could have done it, even bound."

Miyako nodded. "Yes, but then I would be breaking the deal we made. I had begged him to spare Aya-chan and take me, therefore instead of her life he now had mine. He honored my request and spared her, so I had to honor his right to do with my life as he pleased."

Law's expression didn't change but inside he was taken aback by such an answer. Even if it was a deal, who would just gladly accept their fate no matter what it is and leave their life in the hands of their enemy…and to save a person they spent a few weeks with. *You rarely meet a person with such strong sense of duty. This girl just gets more and more interesting.* His amused look was hidden beneath his furry spotted hat.

"Do you value your life so little that you will just give it to anyone?" he finally asked with a questioningly raised eyebrow.

Miyako shook her head. "Not at all. However, it was a promise and I always keep my promises. Besides, I was grateful that he spared my friend when he had no obligation to. So even if I was killed I had no right to complain," she finally answered and once again was given a strange look by Law. Why was he looking at her like that? She couldn't understand it and she couldn't read him either.

After a while of silence, Law smirked. "So does that means, if you make a promise to me to be a part of my crew, you will have no choice but to oblige and stay? "

The girl frowned at the thought. "I don't make promises and deals without a very good reason. And I don't see why I should make one with you. You have nothing to offer me. I already said I will be a part of your crew and that I won't make trouble for you …but that is all you get. And I won't promise anything!" She made sure to emphasize her last statement.

The captain didn't look like he was pleased with that answer but decided not to get involved in another useless argument. He didn't have the time nor the patience for it so he decided to let it slide for now. However, he made a mental note to make sure to teach her who was the captain here and who his subordinate. He moved towards the door turning his back to her and stopped as he opened them. "Stay here. Someone will come shortly with your clothes and they will show you around. However, your weapon will stay with me for now. I still don't trust you enough for that. Also, after you're done, you will come to my quarters." It was a clear order, not a request, and his voice sounded more professional than before. Before he left, the captain stopped as if remembering something. "Ah, and if you were wondering, this is your room from now on."

Miyako looked around the metal, monotone and small room and frowned a little. "Don't make that face, Miss Miyako, you should be glad. But if you would rather, I could let you sleep in regular rooms with the others. Perhaps you would prefer the bunk beds and the company?" The girl couldn't see his face but the amusement was clear in his lighthearted tone.

Her frown quickly disappeared. *How did he know? His back is turned to me!* "N-no, this is fine…thanks." The girl said in a low voice and just knew he was wearing that smug smirk even if she couldn't see it. Without another word, Law exited the room, shutting the thick metal doors behind him. The girl sighed again and looked at the ceiling while in thought. *This is going to be a loooong journey. Well, at least I'm glad I'll finally be out of this bed soon.* She put a hand on her sore ribs but the pain was much lesser now. *I hope it heals soon.*

Well that's the end of chapter 6. Right now it's all revolving around the dialogs between Law and Miyako. They got to know each other just a little bit better, but it's hard to say whether their amused or at each other's throats. Both? XD

I'd say they are both so similar and different at the same time. Does that make sense? ^^'

In any case, new chapter coming up soon (maybe even today).

See ya in chapter 7!