I don't like you! by BloodyMarryMe

And the story continues! Not much to say, it's all clear. We're still at the War arc.

So have fun reading chapter 9 and I hope you'll enjoy it! :)

I really hope the story is interesting, though I know it's at that 'We-all-know-what-happened-here' part of One Piece, but bear with me until we get to my original plot.

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

CHAPTER 9

"Are we going at full speed Mister Bart?" Law asked and Miyako was almost sure he was anxious under his calm mask. She still couldn't tell what has gotten into him but didn't inquire further about it. Instead she was just leaning against the wall in the control room, watching him silently in interest. She was deep in her own thoughts when he obviously felt her eyes on him and turned towards her. She blinked in confusion for one second when their eyes met and then quickly lowered her eyes with a barely visible blush on her face. Suddenly she found the floor fascinating.

"Anyway, we should go to the engine room to check if everything is going smoothly. The full speed must be putting some strain on the machinery," Shachi suggested and Penguin nodded in return.

Miyako turned her face towards them. "Oh, you're the mechanics of the crew?"

"Yep, the best ones here! We know this sub like the back of our hand," Penguin grinned and stated proudly.

"We're the reason this sub is still working so smoothly. After all, we helped build it," Shachi added with the same amount of pride in his voice while tapping the metal wall of the submarine.

Miyako smiled at the two pirates. They seemed nice even though they still gave her strange looks sometimes that made her just a tad uncomfortable. "I see," was all she answered.

"Didn't you two just say you had work to do?" Law asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, right! Come on Shachi!" Penguin urged his friend to move and the two pirates ran out of the room, making sure not to upset their captain. They knew how he could get when he was angry and he already seemed edgy for some reason.

Law stood there as he watched intensely through a big window in the center of the control room. "How much longer until we get there?"

"About 20 minutes, sir," Jean Bart answered steering the ship with ease even though they were going at such speed.

*He must be a very good navigator…now that I think about it, he used to be a pirate captain too,* Miyako thought, a bit impressed, looking at the large man who had a naturally scary face.

"Make it 15," Law simply ordered and Bart answered with a "Yes, Sir!"

Bepo shifted uncomfortably next to her and she noticed the bear, sitting on the floor and leaning against the wall.

"What's wrong?" Miyako gazed at him with a worried expression.

"I don't like when we're sailing underwater. It's too hot and stuffy." He whined, taking deep breaths. He was clutching Law's nodachi in his paws.

"Hm, yeah, I guess bears aren't really used to sailing. Especially in a submarine. And it looks hot in that jumpsuit with your fur and all…" Miyako gave him a compassionate look, feeling sorry for the polar bear who was obviously used to much colder climate.

"Sorry," He simply said, with a faith blush on his cheeks from embarrassment.

Miyako sighed. "You know, you don't have to apologize for everything."

"Yeah, Sorry." Bepo mumbled once more.

The girl just sighed again but stayed quiet after that, giving up on the subject. *That bear has absolutely no selfasteem.*

~...~

"Captain, we're here!" A pirate who was sitting at one of the control panels said. There were a lot of levers and buttons, but he operated on the complicated machinery with ease. His name was Sai if she remembered correctly.

Law gripped the railing on the small platform where he was standing. "Take us out!" He ordered and both Bart and Sai nodded. Bart moved the helm upwards and Sai pushed more buttons and pulled some levers. Law turned to walk to the doors. "Mister Bart, stay at the helm and be ready to leave at any moment." "Bepo, Miss Miyako, come with me." He ordered simply and both walked behind him without complaints.

As they walked towards the deck they met up with Shachi and Penguin who were just about to return to the control room. They followed Law, and the five pirates soon found themselves in the open with scenes of death and chaos all around them. Miyako never saw anything like that. It was like everyone had gone mad. The screams, shouts, cries and weapons could be heard all around. Suddenly she noticed something. "Captain, look!" She pointed high in the air.

At first Law was more surprised that Miyako called him captain without any mockery or sarcasm in her voice. It was the first time it sounded sincere and natural. He soon got out of the daze when he noticed her finger pointing at something…no, someone, in the air.

"It's Straw Hat and Shichibukai Jinbe!" Shachi exclaimed.

"They look horrible," Penguin added in a low voice.

"Someone's carrying them. A clown?" Bepo asked in a confused tone.

"I think he was on the screen before…Buggy was the name," Miyako explained.

Law didn't wait to find out, instead he shouted at the clown. "Hey you, drop them down here, quickly!"

Buggy looked at him suspiciously. "heeeh? Who the hell are you?"

"Tch," Law looked annoyed when the clown ignored his order. "It's fine. I'm a doctor! Now hurry and bring them down here! We don't have much time!"

"Captain! The admirals noticed us and both Kizaru and Aokiji are coming this way! We have to hurry!" Bepo shouted, panicking.

Law ignored the bear and shouted at the pirate clown again, "Quickly!"

"Like I said, who the hell are you and why should I trust you?" Buggy yelled back but before Law could answer, a bright light came at Buggy and he was almost hit by Kizaru's beam.

Kizaru shot another one. Miyako could hear Bepo's panicked screaming in her ear and everyone looked with wide eyes as the beam flew towards them. Law was just about to move and do something when Miyako stepped forward. She unsheathed her katana with lightning speed and created a wind cut out of haki that sliced through the beam. The two attacks collided and made an explosion. Kizaru moved with the speed of light towards her but she had speed of her own to match him and jumped in the air, blocking his new attack. The Admiral jumped backwards, a bit surprised as his bright-shinning leg returned back to normal and revealed a small cut where blood was now trickling from. "Oooooh, you can fight with haki. So scary, pirates these daaays," the marine admiral commented in his monotone voice. Miyako didn't say anything as she landed back down next to her crew and sheathed back her katana.

Law was the first to get over the surprise and shouted at Buggy. "Throw him down here, NOW!"

"Waaah! Ok, ok!" Buggy yelled with panic and tossed both men towards the sub. It was better than staying here to die by the hands of an admiral.

Penguin and Sachi caught them with the help of Bepo and just as they were about to head back to sea, Miyako noticed a familiar face. *It couldn't be…that man too?* It was one of the Four Emperors (now three with Whitebeard dead), Shanks. "Another Yonkou appeared!" She exclaimed with amazement at all the strong people here.

Shanks looked directly at her and Miyako stiffened. However, she didn't feel any intimidating presence towards her so she knew it was alright, the man wouldn't attack them. Instead, he tossed her Luffy's straw hat and she caught it with ease. "Here, give this to Luffy later." He said to her simply and Miyako nodded. It's not like she could really say 'No' to him in this situation, anyway.

"I will," It was all she managed to say before she was pulled back in the submarine by Penguin.

Meanwhile, Bepo was running around in circles yelling "we're gonna die! We're gonna die!" but was then pulled in as well by Shachi.

When everyone rushed inside, Law ordered everyone to take Luffy and Jinbe to the infirmary while he went to the control room first and yelled, "Get us out of here now!" Jean Bart nodded and took a quick and sharp dive making them all stumble and almost fall.

Law put on his white coat and gloves as his medical team prepared the two patients for surgery. Bepo was still running around panicked and every now and then went to Law and yelled that they were being attacked. The captain didn't really seem fazed as he calmly operated on Luffy even with the submarine shaking and turning left and right violently. He was too into it to care about what was going outside right now. Miyako noticed Cody among the medical staff helping Law with the equipment needed.

The girl watched in silence at first, but then decided to do something about the bear so Law could work in peace. "Bepo, let's go see if we managed to lost them," she suggested, feeling the submarine had eased on the shaking. Bepo was unsure at first but then nodded and let her walk him out, along with Penguin and Shachi who accompanied them.

They finally managed to outrun the marines and the submarine slowed down a little. Miyako was sitting in front of the infirmary with her usual expressionless face, but she was actually a bit worried for the young Straw Hat captain. Law was still operating on them and it had already been two hours. She couldn't quite explain it, especially when she knew almost nothing about Luffy, but seeing him on that battlefield made her at least respect him. And she felt sorry for the poor boy who witnessed his own brother getting killed after everything they went through to save him. It was like finally catching a butterfly just to watch it escape right from your grasp. She was still holding onto his straw hat and stared at it blankly. The girl was miles away in her thoughts. *I really hope he'll be fine.* Suddenly she remembered the other person who was with him. It was that Shichibukai Jinbe. *What was he doing there anyway? Was it safe to bring him on-board?* She remembered the Shichibukai's main purpose was to help the Navy and fight other pirates, and now one of them was inside their ship. She frowned at the thought. *Then again, he was very wounded and it looked like he was helping Luffy-san and Ace-san in the war. Perhaps he's on their side after all.*

Meanwhile, Bepo was making too much noise, complaining how hot he was. Penguin and Shachi were commenting on it, but Miyako didn't pay much attention to them. Well at least not until their yells of protest brought her back to reality. As she looked up, she could see Bepo holding the two pirates in a tight grip, rubbing his sweaty fur all over them. Miyako just sweat-dropped, not even wanting to know how it came to this. She sighed with a small smile as the bear started complaining again and the two mechanics promised to bring the sub on the surface. She slowly stood up. "Ok, ok, I'll go tell Bart-san to take us up so just be patient a little, guys."

"Thanks, Miya-chan!" Penguin called after her and she grimaced at the nickname, but didn't comment on it. It was a terrifying thought, but she was slowly getting used to it.

She watched through the main window as the sub went up and soon surfaced, making it shake a little. *Well I could use a little fresh air myself,* she thought and walked out the door, almost bumping into Cody on her way.

"Hey, Miyako." He said, looking a bit surprised to see her. She barely recognized him now that he wore a simple grey hat on with big ear mufflers on the sides.

"Cody, how's Luffy-san? Is the operation over? How did it go?" She bombarded him with questions and he put his hands up in a defensive manner.

"Now, now, calm down. We just finished. It was a tough one but for now he's alive and stable. However it's still too early to tell. His condition could change at any moment so we put him on observation," He tried to calm her down as he explained, but there wasn't much to tell yet.

Miyako felt relieved as she sighed and relaxed a bit. He smiled slightly at her relaxed face. "Were you that worried about him?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

The woman felt her cheeks turn warm suddenly. "W-well it's just that he went through a lot and…it was only natural after seeing what happened…," she tried to explain, but truth be told she didn't even know the answer herself.

His laugh stopped her rant and she looked up to see him smiling. "It's ok, it's ok. I was worried too while we operated on him." Cody put his hand in his pockets. "Anyway, I still have some business in the infirmary left so I'll see you later."

She nodded. "Thank you for filling me in." He gave her a slight nod before turning and leaving towards the sickbay. She gazed after him, deep in her own thoughts again and gripped the straw hat a bit tighter.

When Miyako opened the doors to the deck she was in for quite a surprise. The first thing she saw was a big marine battle ship right next to them and she instantly moved one hand to her katana. Luckily Law never had a chance to take it back, after their ordeal at Marineford. Then she saw Boa Hancock, one of the Shichibukai on their deck along with her giant snake and some weird dressed okama people. She recognized their leader from the screen when watching the war. It was Ivankov, the okama queen, and he was huge. Bepo was standing on the side looking depressed while Penguin and Shachi marveled at the Warlord beauty before them. Law was just quietly leaning against the wall on the side with his arms crossed. Then Miyako's eyes fell on one other person. "Ah, you shouldn't be up yet! You're hurt," she called out to the fishman named Jinbe, who she remembered from many tales and pirate legends she read about as a child.

He looked at her, but then bowed his head down at the floor, seemingly depressed almost as much as Bepo. "How can I be resting when Luffy-kun is hurt both emotionally and physically," he asked with a stern voice.

Miyako's eyes softened at that answer and her usually calm mask fell for just a little while. "I understand, but you straining yourself won't help him either. If your wounds open it'll just cause more problems." She felt weird scolding a Shichibukai or rather a former Shichibukai, but his stubbornness won't help the situation at all.

"You girl! Who are you all of a sudden?!" Hancock pointed at the young girl with a demanding tone. Her nose was so much in the air, she was actually looking up with her back bent backwards.

"Um….are you ok? That doesn't look comfortable…," Miyako asked a bit unsure. She could hear a snicker come from Ivankov and Boa snapped her head back, staring at the Wano girl with a shocked gasp.

"Silence! How dare you, insolent creature! Do you know who I am!? I am the beautiful, soon to be Luffy's wife, Boa Hancock! Show more respect, for I am…beautiful!" The woman flipped back her long raven hair in one smooth motion, making the two mechanics blush and stare in awe.

Miyako just sweat-dropped at the long speech and ignored Shachi's and Penguin's roars of agreement. "What does that have to do with anything?" She mumbled, not really getting any of it.

"Enough. You are unimportant right now. Instead, you there, beast, bring me a den-den mushi! We need to get back to Amazon Lily and fast. That is the only safe place for Luffy right now."

"Y-yes," Bepo said and quickly ran off to get a communication device. Miyako scowled at how Boa had treated Bepo but kept silent, not wanting to get into a conflict with the woman.

"Well this is where we have to part!" Ivankov said. "It is time for us to finally return to our long-awaited Okama kingdom! I wish you all the best and take care of Straw Hat-boy for me." He waved; at least Miyako thought it was a 'he,' and jumped back onto the marine battleship.

The samurai could hear cries of farewell long after they had left as they sailed away. *What a strange bunch,* she thought while remembering the strange looking men on-board. *And I thought this clothing looked weird…,* she thought, looking down at herself. She could see Boa talking to Law about something, but tuned them out as she instead gazed worriedly at the fishman Jinbe, who still looked very anxious, which was perfectly natural in this situation. She tried to smile the best she could as she reassured him, "Don't worry, he'll be fine. Captain is a good doctor so he's in good hands." She remembered how Cody went on and on about Law's medical skills so she knew he was at least trustworthy as a doctor.

Jinbe looked at her and nodded. "Thank you…"

She realized he was silently asking for her name. "Miyako. Suzune Miyako."

That seemed to quirk some interest in the fishman. "Your name…are you from Wano?" Miyako nodded, a bit surprised he noticed just by hearing the name.

"I see. So you're from the New World. You're quite far from home."

Miyako laughed a bit nervously and scratched the back of her head. "Ah…well yeah. It kind of turned out that way…" She really didn't feel like explaining what had happened and she didn't want to talk much about the subject of home since Law was nearby. She didn't want him getting suspicious. She could already feel his eyes on her, but ignored him nonetheless.

~...~

Law had talked over with Hancock about their plan. She had called her ship and offered to help them go through the Calm Belt, though it was unnecessary since they could easily go through it with the submarine. Right now she was having one of her speeches about Luffy or her being beautiful or whatever. Law wasn't really paying attention anymore. He hoped her ship would come soon so they could get a move on. Actually his attention was turned towards Miyako right now. She seemed unfazed by Hancock, which was rare for anyone, even other women. Though Law thought it was silly, he didn't see the big deal about her beauty either and the comments Miyako had made almost made him chuckle. But what really got his attention now was the talk she was having with Jinbe. They were talking about her homeland, Wano, though it was hard to hear them from Hancock's babbling. Miyako was talking to the former Shichibukai like it was completely natural, despite him being of such status, which was quite strange in Law's opinion since most people would be nervous or even frightened. Not that Law was one of them either, of course. Still, the two seemed to get along and Miyako appeared as worried for Luffy as Jinbe was. Law wanted to frown at the thought. *Why would she care what happens to Straw Hat? She better not be thinking of joining his crew or something as foolish,* he thought darkly. He was still suspicious and watched the girl's moves closely, making sure she doesn't make a wrong one. However, he was surprised when she actually complimented his medical skills to Jinbe. He didn't expect her ever saying anything but the worst about him and this only made him more interested and amused. Was she finally accepting him as captain little by little? Today she already called him 'Captain' a few times and it didn't sound forced or mocking. Law smirked at the thought of the girl slowly breaking under him, though he was a bit disappointed it happened so fast. He was watching her from under his hat and saw her smile at Jinbe, but this time it seemed like a sincere smile, not forced like she usually gave him.

So that's the end of chapter 9! Hope you liked it.

And Miyako reveals her Haki powers. :) I'm also thinking of giving Law Haki after a while in the story, since he gets stronger throughout those 2 years. (Though it's still unclear does he have Haki or not in the manga, (not as far as they've shown so far), but hey, why not!)

Also Miyako is getting along with Jinbe due to the fact he knows a lot about Wano (well in my story anyway), but it's not attraction or anything if you're thinking that. ^^' That would be just too weird.