I don't like you! by BloodyMarryMe

Well I decided to upload a new chapter sooner since the last one was pretty short. But that's why there's plenty of this one. ^^'

Not much to say. Have fun reading it and enjoy.

Oh yeah, and reviews are welcome as always. :)

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

CHAPTER 11

As Miyako opened the door of the deck she saw all the crew already there, marveling at the islands' beauties. Even Munk was there. However the "beauties" didn't seem as pleased. Actually Miyako could feel a certain amount of haki that was anything but welcoming. They had a warning aura around them and the only reason they didn't attack them yet was because of Boa Hancock who explained the situation.

"They don't seem very welcoming," Law commented with his usual smirk, seemingly not even worried about it.

Miyako felt an arrow approaching, but Law easily moved his head to the side and dodged it, not even flinching. The girl wondered for a while if he was able to use Kenbunshoku haki like her. She never saw him use haki, though she only saw him fight twice, where once was against her.

"I think you all better get inside," the captain suggested to his crew who had a disappointed look on their faces. She could even hear a few of them grumble how it wasn't fair.

In the end, Boa had managed to strike a deal with the elder and the crew was allowed to stay, thought only at the small island gulf. And they were forbidden to go any further into the island than the seaside there. Miyako felt good, standing on solid ground again after 2 days and gazed around the sunny island. She was a bit disappointed that she won't see their city and the inner island, but she didn't want to risk it. She might be a woman, but she was still a part of the pirate crew now so she wasn't sure what kind of rules applied for her.

When they anchored and went ashore, the girls timidly crowded around the pirates interested in them, but were shooed away and warned by a scary one who obviously had authority. Her name, as Miyako later heard, was Kikyo. The girls weren't even allowed to talk to the men as they served them food and gave them supplies for their ship. *Well not that they were missing something by not talking to them,* Miyako thought with a sweat-drop.

One of the girls handed Miyako a metal bowl with stew in it and Miyako nodded with a "Thanks. " The girl had short blonde hair and dark brown eyes. She wore a simple furry outfit made from some spotted animal and a cape. "Oh, you're actually a girl!" The girl noted in surprise.

"Um…yeah." Miyako answered, not really knowing what to say to such a statement.

"But you're with all those pirate men!?" She stated, but it sounded like a question of disbelief. Still, before Miyako could answer anything, the girl turned around to her friends and called out to them. "Hey guys! There's actually a girl with them! The girl is traveling with the men!"

"Is that really so strange?" Miyako said quietly with a sweat-drop forming, but she was ignored as the girls from the tribe started crowding around her in interest with a million questions.

"Are you really allowed to travel with the men? What are they like? Do they stretch?" The questions started pouring out and some of them were downright weird. Obviously the girls wanted her to satisfy their interest in men since they couldn't ask them themselves, yet since she was a woman it was ok.

"Outrages! Disgusting!" Kikyo spat the comments standing on the side away from the crowd. Obviously she had some serious man-hate going on there.

The thought of women and men living together and on a boat was something these women couldn't even comprehend.

"Come on now, leave the poor girl alone." Ran, one of the Kuja pirates, warned as she tried to save the said poor girl from the crowd. The girls sighed, but nodded their heads and went away to finish their work.

"Sorry about that," Ran said with a sheepish smile.

"It's ok. But your culture is really interesting. I just don't understand why you hate men so much?" Miyako asked. It's not like she was an expert in men herself, but she never judged anyone by what they were on the surface. Only constructed her opinion on them from what she saw of them and what kind of personality they had. Yet the Kuja tribe seemed to hate or at least disapprove of men indiscriminately.

"It's been like this for as long as we remember….for centuries. Men are thought as evil and vile and they bring war and misfortune to wherever they step. It is said they carry a certain disease that can affect us," Ran explained, but Miyako just watched her, even more confused.

"Disease?"

Ran shrugged. "I'm not really sure. It could just be a legend. In any case, men are not allowed on this island and the girls can't mingle with them. Only now and then will a Kuja woman leave the island, then return pregnant and always have a girl. That's how we repopulate.

"I see. I was just wondering about that," Miyako mumbled, thinking how odd it was that the children were always born as girls.

~...~

Law was sitting along with his two head mechanics, Bepo, Jean Bart and Jinbe, sipping some wine the Kuja brought. There was a large heap of food in front of them, but he barely touched it as he wasn't really hungry. Jinbe was still deep in thought just as always since he woke up, but Law didn't comment on it. It wasn't his place get involved anyway. He heard a soft sigh beside him and saw Miyako had sat down between Jinbe and him, though stayed nearer to Jinbe. She seemed to trust the former Shichinukai more than her own captain ever since they talked about her home country. It seemed Jinbe was very familiar with it, which could also be seen by his Wano clothes. The thought made Law annoyed, not that he'd ever show it to her.

"Something wrong Miss Miyako?" He asked with a small smirk gracing his features. He knew she was trying to hide and avoid the Kuja tribe girls. Ever since they found out there was a girl they could talk to about the outside world, they wouldn't give her a moment's peace. Law was actually amused as he saw Miyako's constant tries to get rid of them.

"No." She simply said with a calm look. She was holding Luffy's hat in her lap, unwilling to leave it. She noticed his questioning expression as Law stared at the hat.

"I want to give it to him when he wakes up," she spoke softly, looking at the hat, and it was obvious she was deep in thought miles away. The captain was starting to get annoyed by the girl's constant worry about the other pirate captain. Even if she didn't say anything, it was clearly written on her face no matter how much she tried to conceal it.

"Why do you worry so much about him?" Law asked in a calm, but interested tone.

Miyako just shrugged, uncertain herself. "I don't know…it's just that when I saw him fight for his brother like that...I always wished I had someone to fight for like that…but I could only swing my sword for myself…And yet he lost that person."

She was still deep in thought and looked as if she was talking more to herself than to Law. It was as if she didn't even realize the question was asked by him, and thought it was coming somewhere from her mind. Then when she finally realized she was talking with her captain, she blinked in confusion and then made a shocked face with a slight embarrassed blush. "Aaah, I said too much! Sorry, never mind! Just forget it!" She was moving her arms in front of her quickly in a defensive manner as if trying to make Law and everyone else who heard her forget what she just said. "Honestly I don't know why I worry so much. I know it's weird since I don't even know him, but I can't explain it." She laughed nervously.

"It's fine Miyako-dono. I can understand it. Luffy has certain charisma around him that effects people," Jinbe commented with a nod.

Law didn't comment anything. He just stared at the embarrassed girl who was chatting with the rest of the group.

Miyako was still staring at the hat as she remembered something from her past. She remembered when she was 17 and just finished her lesson. She was sitting in the dojo across her master who had a serious look on his face.

"Miyako, you have mastered everything this technique could give you. There is nothing else I can teach you. Now it is just up to you to perfect your skills. However…even though you are certainly good with the sword and the most skilled of all your peers, you still lack something."

"Lack something, master?" The young Miyako looked at her master confused, not knowing what he could be talking about.

Her master nodded. "Yes, and without it you will never achieve true greatness as a samurai."

Miyako's eyes widened. "What is it master? What am I lacking?"

"Miyako, throughout these last 16 years as I watched over you, I watched carefully as your skill blossomed and so did you. But throughout all this time you have swung this sword only for yourself, not for others. "

Miyako's brows furrowed in confusion. "I don't understand, master."

"I hope you will one day, Miyako. I hope one day you will swing your sword for the sake of someone else. Then you will find what you are lacking…the purpose for using this sword. The true strength you can achieve only by having someone to protect."

~...~

Miyako was silent, not knowing what to say. True, she had always practiced swordsmanship only for herself and didn't have anyone to protect but she didn't really think about it much. But now that she thought about it…what purpose for swordsmanship did she have? She swung the sword to achieve strength and because she loved kenjutsu, but what purpose did she have for fighting? What purpose did she have as a samurai? Miyako didn't know the answers to these questions and a part of the goal of her journey as she headed out into the unknown world was to find the answer she was looking for. To find what she was lacking, a purpose in both her life and kenjutsu. Even now, 3 years later, Miyako still didn't have answers to those questions. And because of that she felt weak no matter how strong she was or how hard she trained.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash. "Huh?" She blinked and looked up to see smoke rising from the submarine. Then Luffy ran out and started running around with the Hart Pirates crew trying to catch him.

"If he continues to move so much his wounds will reopen and he'll die," Law said rather bluntly with a calm voice as if he didn't care either way.

Jinbe stood up and looked after Luffy's running form, who managed to escape deeper into the island's forest. "Jinbe-san?" Miyako asked seeing the large fishman move.

"I need to stop him," he simply said.

Miyako was worried but only nodded, knowing there was no other way to deal with this. The former Shichibukai was probably the only one who could stop Straw Hat right now.

~...~

"They say any man who tries to get into Kuja village is turned to stone, but it might be worth it anyway," Shachi mused as he and the rest of the crew members pondered should they go after Luffy or not.

"And Aphelandra-chan said the girls here were only a small portion of the girls living on the island," Penguin added and the crew nodded with star and heart shaped eyes. They all had small blushes on their faces.

"I wonder if there's any female bears here," Bepo added.

"Shut up Bepo, this is a girls' island! Human girls only!" Penguin yelled frustrated.

"I'm so sorry." Bepo said with a bowed head in depression.

"They've been gone for a long time," Miyako noted, sitting a little away from the bickering crew. She really didn't care about their dilemma. They were acting like love-struck puppies anyway. It seemed the only people left normal in their crew at the moment were her, Law and Jean Bart.

"Straw Hat-ya has a lot to process right now," Law sipped some of his wine as he sat next to her.

"He probably needs some alone time to deal with everything," Jean Bart added. He didn't comment much on this whole matter since they had picked up Luffy from Marineford. Miyako couldn't tell what he thought about all this. She nodded, agreeing with both of them and gripped a bit tighter at the straw hat in her hands.

*Still, I'm so worried….but I shouldn't bother Luffy and Jinbe…though I want to make sure they're both ok! Besides, Jinbe was hurt too…Ok, that's it! I've decided!* Miyako stood up suddenly after her little mind battle and everyone looked at her with surprised and confused looks. "I'm going to go return this hat to him!" She said with a resolve that dared anyone to try and stop her. Yes, that excuse had to work, it would be perfect.

"No." Law said suddenly, crushing her resolve with one simple word and she almost fell on her face from the unexpected answer.

"What do you mean 'No'!" She put her hands on her hips and looked at him clearly annoyed.

"We don't know in what condition he is."

"Well that's all the more reason to-" Miyako started, but he cut her off.

"You saw what he was like when he ran off. He's clearly not in his right mind at the moment and he could be dangerous. He might injure you and I don't want any more trouble before setting off." Law's tone left no room for further arguments and she knew it was final. She sat back down with a cold face, but he knew she was pouting and furious. She was emitting a dark aura everyone could sense.

Law told the truth when he said his argument but kept quiet about the other reason. Seeing how the girl worried for Straw Hat made him suspicious and he didn't want her joining Straw Hat's crew out of pity or any other reason. He didn't know what she might have done when she found Luffy so this was safer. Miyako was his swordsman and he had no intention of losing any of his crew to someone else.

~...~

Miyako was bored out of her mind, watching Penguin and Shachi fishing. Everyone seemed in the same mellow mood, tired of sitting and waiting. She kept ignoring Law completely, who was sitting there as well. She didn't even want to look at him. A part of her knew he was right though the other part told her he was just doing this to spite her. The truth was probably somewhere in between.

"Don't worry Miyako, both of them will be fine."

She looked to her left to see Cody's smiling face, who obviously saw she was still troubled.

"I'm sure you're right Cody. I just wish I could at least return this hat to Luffy…" She sighed, purposely over-dramatic. Law gave her a sideways glance but didn't comment.

"I don't see what's the big deal. He's our enemy anyway so why's everyone so worried. You're all getting on my nerves!" Josh commented in an edgy tone. He was bored to hell and wanted to move out already.

"Shut up, Shrimpy," Miyako spat. It seemed Josh was the only one who could bring her out of her calm, cold facade even more than captain who had to work and find just the right words to do so. That made Law look curiously at the now arguing couple. Cody, as always, tried to calm them down though unsuccessfully. Their bickering ended when they heard Penguin's surprised yelp.

"What's going on, Penguin?!" One of the other crewmembers, Miyako didn't know the name of, questioned. She took a mental note to try and learn the names of other crewmembers after all this. *But then again, I don't plan to be in this crew much longer…only until we get to Wano.*

"A Sea King! And something killed it!" Penguin started explaining everything he was seeing when suddenly a person emerged from under the water and climbed up.

"T-That's….that's…." Shachi stuttered and everyone finished the sentence in unison. "DARK KING SILVER RAYLEIGH!"

However there was something else that was currently going through Miyako's mind. She blinked a few times with her golden orbs fully open, trying to remember, then suddenly pointed at him with her finger. "Ah! You're the old guy from the auction house!" Rayleigh looked at the group and then at the girl who was now the center of everyone's eyes after her outburst.

"Ah yes, we met at Sabaody," he glanced at Law, but then turned his attention to the girl. "Oh, and you were one of the slaves."

"Oy, old man! Why didn't you take my collar off at that time!" Miyako said angrily, forgetting all courtesy. She clearly remembered he just ignored her and walked away when she asked him nicely to take her collar off as he did to himself. The crew looked at her in shock with the way she was speaking to Gold Roger's first mate.

Rayleigh just laughed. "Well it seems it all worked out so it wasn't necessary anyway."

"Tch," Miyako frowned and crossed her arms on her chest. But then her curiosity got the best of her. "How did you do that with haki anyway?"

"Ah so you know about haki. Now that I think about it, I remember you. I saw you on the screen, you were the girl who stopped Kizaru's attack."

Miyako nodded. "But I don't see how you opened it with haki…if I had tried something like that I'm sure it would have blown up."

Rayleigh smiled. "But you didn't actually try so how do you know? It all depends on how precise your haki is and how you concentrate it. You could have probably done it too. But you decided it would fail from the start even before trying and of course didn't go through with it."

"Well rather safe than sorry," Miyako mumbled.

The ex-pirate chuckled, staring at her with amusement and a knowing look. "But sometimes you have to take the risk." He noted with a smile and shrugged.

The crew looked at each other confused. "What are they talking about?" Josh whispered to Cody.

The other medic just shook his head with a silent "I don't know."

"Maybe it's a New World thing?" Penguin whispered and everyone nodded.

Law suddenly stood up. "I think it is time for us to go." He simply said and Rayleigh looked at him.

"It seems you saved Luffy. You have my gratitude." The Dark King said in a more serious tone.

"It was nothing. I just felt like it this time, but the next time we meet we'll be enemies." Law answered and started walking towards their vessel, not looking back. "Men, get ready! Put all the food and supplies on the ship! We're heading out!" He yelled commands.

"Aye, aye, captain!" everyone cheered, happy to be going on the sea again even though there was a faint disappointment in their voice because they were leaving the Kuja girls.

Miyako walked over to Rayleigh. "Could you give this to him when he wakes up?" She handed him Luffy's hat, a bit disappointed she couldn't give it to the Straw Hat herself. She wanted to see if he was alright and actually meet the boy.

Rayleigh smiled seeing the hat, as if it held fond memories for him and took it. "Of course. You all take care now. And you should believe more in yourself and practice your haki. You'll need it in the New World," Rayleigh warned her and she nodded.

"I will," the girl answered seriously.

Miyako ran over to the submarine and jumped on deck with one swift movement. As she walked inside and closed the doors she heard a voice next to her. She already knew he was there as she felt his presence as soon as she stepped in the hallway.

"So it is true. You can use haki." Law said, leaning against the wall in his usual posture. Miyako simply nodded though she wasn't sure he could see it in the dark.

"Did you use it when you fought me?" He asked.

Miyako frowned as she remembered their fight and her only loss. "Not really. I have to admit I underestimated you and didn't fight as serious as I should have. Besides you didn't attack me directly so I couldn't predict what you would do…since it was a sneaky move." She added, her pride still somewhat hurt though she knew it was her fault as well. She held back and didn't fight in all seriousness because she didn't think he was that strong. She thought she already had all his moves figured out and that made her relax too much.

Law smirked at her comment but didn't respond.

However there was something that interested her as well. "What about you? You dodged that arrow easily so I thought you at least possessed Kenbunshoku Haki."

Law's eyebrows furrowed a little. "Kenbunshoku? I see…I did somehow feel that arrow approaching. Though I can't really explain it." He said as he thought about it. "Miyako. Would you be so kind to explain more about Haki to me? Come by later to my quarters," he said.

Miyako blinked at the way he referred to her without the usual 'Miss' attached to the name, but ignored it. *He must really be in thought about this so he didn't even realize.* She just nodded at his order and walked away towards the galley. She still had a job on this sub that needed to be done. *I need to help out in the kitchen. Dinner will be coming soon.* She left Law there as he had his own pondering and business to attend to. They just submerged and she knew they'll have some trouble avoiding Sea Kings throughout the Calm Belt. Miyako took a quick stop at her room to leave her katana there and then noticed a stain on her skirt. With a frown she noticed her clothes needed to be washed, but these were all she had. *I can't shower and then put dirty clothes again anyway.* With a sigh she remembered the bag with a spare pair of underwear and her old kimono but she left it in her hotel room at Sabaody. She looked at the closet and opened it in hopes there was anything useful in there and her eyes widened as there was a single bag there. The bag she had left in her room. *Ah, now that I think about it, there was someone up there….Gah, so they took my stuff and put them here! That egoistical captain! Like he knew he'll get me on his ship even then!* Miyako was annoyed. She looked inside to see a pair of frilly underwear and her kimono with various big flower prints on it. She sighed and put everything aside, going to the galley.

In the kitchen there seemed to be more chaos then usual as cooks ran around the place. "What's going on?" She asked Munk while he was cooking on two pans at once.

"We be late coz of tha delay. Tha dinner'll be soon an' we still ain't done!" Munk shouted over the noise in the kitchen and gave her a full cooking pot that was almost larger then herself to carry it to the serving place. Miyako stumbled, but caught her balance and gripped the heavy thing tightly. And if all that wasn't enough, every now and then the sub would move sharply since they were still avoiding Sea Kings. Miyako sighed when she put the pot away but then the ship shook again and made a sharp left turn. Everyone gripped at anything they could, but unfortunately some didn't have the time as they went tumbling in all directions. Someone fell onto someone else, who was holding a pot of steaming hot soup and the one holding it stumbled from it. Losing his grip on the pot, the flaming hot liquid splashed out of the pot and right onto Miyako. She yelped in surprise and pain, only having time to shield her face with her hands as the soup washed over her. Her skin felt itchy and hot, as the liquid burned her through her clothes.

"Miyako!" Munk yelled in worry and rushed towards her as the sub finally stopped shaking.

"I-I'm ok." She said, still a bit shocked at what happened.

The head chef lifted up her sleeve and grimaced at the burning red skin underneath. "Ya ain't ok, ya hav burns!" He sighed. "C'mon, let's get ya in the infirmary."

She nodded and let herself be led away. "What ya all be starin' at! Get back tha work!" The chef yelled back at the shocked pirates. The cooks got over their surprise and the usual rush continued in the kitchen.

Munk knocked at the doors of the infirmary and waited until Cody opened the doors and peeked his head out. "We have ya a patient." The large cook said with a smile and Miyako waved with a sheepish smile of her own, ignoring the pain. Cody's eyes went wide when he saw Miyako's shirt completely wet along with some of her hair and he could see burns forming on the arm where the sleeve was lifted.

"What happened to you!?" The medic yelped in a serious and surprised tone as he opened the doors completely and let them in. Josh was in the room too and he looked over at them with interest to see what was going on. "Joshua, go get the Captain!" Cody ordered.

The redhead nodded and went out, but not before he could whisper a comment when he was next to Miyako, loud enough for her to hear. "Troublesome girl! You better be fine!" Even though he looked annoyed and always fought with Miyako, he was worried about the girl too and it was pretty obvious. At least to anyone except Miyako, who was never really good with human relations. She stuck her tongue at him before he exited the room.

"It's nothing really. A pot of soup fell on me…" Miyako explained, trying to calm everyone down. She didn't want to make a fuss.

"A pot of steamin' hot soup!" Munk corrected. He turned around and started walking to the doors. "I better be goin' before those fools in tha galley make any more mess. Ya take care, girly."

"Thanks Munk-san," Miyako called to him as he closed the doors.

"Now, let's get you out of those clothes…It seems only the top body was spilled on so you can keep the skirt." Cody said in a professional tone, obviously speaking as a medic now. But that didn't help to ease Miyako's shock.

"What?" She almost screamed. She managed to calm herself down a little and speak more normally, but there was still a flaming blush on her cheeks. Now she was red even in the face, making her look like some kind of crab. "You want me to take off my shirt?"

Cody nodded not understanding what the problem was. He looked surprised at the reaction. "Well yeah, how else will we treat your burns? And besides, the clothes are only making them more irritated."

"We?" Miyako repeated as if that was the only thing she heard. At that moment the doors opened again and Law walked in with a serious expression. As soon as he saw her he went to her. Josh was right behind him, handing Law his rubber gloves and the white coat. "Sit here." Law ordered her, pointing at one of those hard and uncomfortable examination tables. She reluctantly sat up on the high bed making her legs dangle in the air.

"So what happened?" He asked in a serious, doctor-like tone. He looked at the soaking girl, her hair all sticky and messy and wet, much like her top, which was uncomfortably sticking to her body. Only her lower part of the body looked fine. He noticed an arm where burns started forming. When Josh walked hurriedly in his quarters and said Miyako was hurt, a lot of possibilities went through his head. He knew they were having quite the maneuvers with the sub right now to avoid the sea monsters in the ocean so a lot could have happened. He felt a bit more at ease when he saw the girl standing in his infirmary was seemingly alright, though he'd never admit it outright.

"Someone spilled boiling soup on her in the kitchen. She's got second degree burns on her upper body. Her face and lower body seem fine, though."

Miyako sighed, already tired of the fuss. "I'm telling you I'm fine, it's nothing. I shielded my face with my arms and the soup only spilled on my top."

"But she refuses to take her shirt off so I could examine her," Cody continued, ignoring her.

Miyako blushed again and put her hands protectively on her chest. "I'm not taking it off!" The movement of skin rubbing against skin on her arms and the pressure she made on her chest made Miyako wince a little. It was only a split second and it was hardly audible, but it was enough for Law's all-seeing, piercing eyes to notice.

"Josh, Cody, give us a moment in private." He said serious with narrowed eyes, not taking them off of the girl. The two medics nodded and went outside, closing the doors behind them. "There, now there's only you and me and I'm only trying to treat you, which I can't do if you don't cooperate."

Miyako's hands didn't budge. "It's no better because you're still here. I am NOT taking off my shirt in front of any man, especially you!" Her eyes showed determination as her stubbornness continued.

Law was obviously losing his patience as his eyes narrowed again. He gripped her lower arm making her yelp in surprise and pain. "See? You are not fine. Now lose the shirt Miss Miyako, that's an order." He said through gritted teeth and for a moment they both stared at each other but then Law gripped her a bit tighter and she broke the staring contest with a soft wince.

"Fine." She gave up softly, defeated, and Law let go of her so she could take her top off. She bit down on a wince that was threatening to spill as she moved her arms and the shirt over her head, which made the fabric rub uncomfortably on her burnt skin. On some places the fabric was a bit stuck on the reddened skin and it hurt even more to peel it off. When she was finally done, Miyako put down the stained piece of clothing, too embarrassed to even look up at the captain and the doctor of the crew.

Law looked at her body but not in the wanting kind of way. His gaze was completely serious and professional as he studied her burns. She had burns on both arms and her upper chest. There were some places on the neck as well and on her right shoulder. However not all of them were very serious. The most serious ones were on her lower arms, since she used them to shield her face and most of her upper body.

"Hm..it's not so serious but it definitively needs taking care of." He murmured more to himself than her. "First of all, go through that door, there's a small bathroom with a shower. Use it. I'll get someone to fetch you new clothes in the meantime." He said simply and Miyako could see he was in no mood for more arguing so she nodded and did as he told her. "But don't let the water get too hot. Keep it on mild temperature," he called after her before going out of the room.

Miyako had to admit, the water felt good against her sore skin and it was good to be clean again. When she went out she could see her bag with underwear and kimono in it and everything was washed and clean. Even her old wooden sandals were there. She blushed madly at the thought of someone washing her clothes or even bringing it here but put it aside. She got dried and dressed but kept the upper part of her kimono down since she would just need to lower it later for the treatment anyway. She was happy to have this "Bra" on as they called it, which was much more practical than bandages and cloths they used in Wano. She went back into the infirmary and noticed Law waiting for her which made her flush red once more, but she kept silent. She wanted to make this as less painful to her pride as possible. Law smirked at her embarrassed face.

She sat back on the table and noticed there were already some salves and bandages ready to be used there. Law went to her and started applying medicine on her brunt skin. The contact was painful but she kept quiet and endured it. *Damn, this just had to happen, and right after I healed from my previous explosion wounds,* she thought rather bitterly.

Her gaze stayed calm and there was complete silence in the room. She didn't make a sound, enduring every pain she felt. Law was impressed. He thought of teasing her for a while, especially seeing her embarrassed face, but decided against it after all. Even he had some compassion sometimes and he never messed around when it came to doctor business.

Miyako had to concentrate on something to forget about the constant pain and her gaze fell onto the first thing in front of her –Law. She never really examined his appearance before since she didn't really care to look at him that much. If there was any interest in Law, it was in his mental capability, not his appearance. So now she examined the man who was at the moment working on one of the burns on her shoulder. Even now he had that fuzzy spotted hat on his head, covering most of his hair. *What's with this crew and hats anyway?* His skin was tan, which made quite a contrast with hers, she noticed, as his hand rested on her pale shoulder. He had stormy grey eyes, a color she never saw before on anyone. But it somehow suited him. She could see dark circles under his eyes which was a sign of sleep deprivation. His lips were thin and she almost frowned as she thought of that smug smirk they would always form. He had dark, black hair but she could only see that by the patch of unshaven skin on his chin and the sideburns that surprisingly fit his appearance. Miyako was sure they would just look silly on anyone else, but he could pull them off. That's also when she realized she had never seen him with his hat off in these two days. She had no idea what he looked like under it. *He probably only takes it off when he sleeps.* Lastly, her attention fell on two small golden piercings he had in each ear though he didn't strike her as a jewelry type of person.

"Is there something interesting on my face, Miss Miyako?" Law suddenly asked with a smirk, not stopping the treatment he was now giving to Miyako's side of the neck.

The girl almost fell off the examining table with surprise and embarrassment as she was now sporting a crimson shade of red on her cheeks. "N-No, of course not! I was just thinking! I-It wasn't on purpose." Miyako tried to think of a good excuse but right now she could barely think of forming words through her unease. She was caught staring, plain and simple.

"I see," he said with his smirk only getting bigger. Obviously he didn't believe her.

"A-anyway, are we done yet?" Miyako asked, trying to hide her anxiousness by being impatient.

"Not yet." He simply answered. He didn't like to be hurried. Law moved a strand of her hair out of the way as he worked inches away from her neck. She could feel his hot breath on her neck and that made her stiffen. He brushed her neck lightly with his fingertips and she realized he didn't have his gloves anymore. She knew he was just applying the salve on her sensitive skin but no matter how much she repeated it to herself, her body didn't calm down. And it didn't help that her skin was so sensitive due to the burning so she felt everything intensely. Miyako could feel the hotness in her cheeks now and he must have noticed, but luckily didn't say anything about it. She didn't realize she had stopped breathing and was stiff as a rod until he pulled away and she let out a sigh of relief. Her heart was still pounding in her chest, much louder and quicker than usual.

"There. Now we just need to put the bandages," he commented and Miyako prayed it will involve minimum skin contact, which it pretty much did. Much less than him brushing his fingertips against her skin at least. It went pretty fast too so she could finally pull her kimono up and make herself look presentable again.

Law moved to the side so she could jump down from the table. "Thanks." She muttered, too embarrassed to try and say anything else. Law found it amusing how she was out of any smart remarks for the first time.

"You're welcome." He had an amused smirk on his face, but Miyako ignored it as she went to pick up her previous clothes. She didn't realize she was the one being watched now. Law noticed it was the first time he saw the girl with her hair down, without her usual red ribbon. Her dark bluish hair was long and went all the way to her mid thighs. It was still wet and stuck to her kimono and shoulders. Her kimono was falling gracefully around her body and opened at the end to reveal a part of her thigh and showing down one of her long legs. It was either a bit too big or she didn't have time to tie it properly because the upper part was falling a bit constantly, revealing her bare shoulders and some cleavage. She had bare feet which she put in wooden sandals that had a bit of a platform. All in all, the girl was quite beautiful even though he'd rather cough up blood than say that aloud.

"Well if that's all, I should get back to work," she softly said while bowing slightly and trying to keep her kimono in place.

Law sighed. "You should take it easy for a while. Go eat dinner, then you're free for the rest of the day." He didn't want to look soft but he was a doctor after all and she shouldn't mess up her bandages already. It was a simple doctor's opinion, nothing more.

Miyako seemed a bit surprised at this as her golden big eyes widened slightly. She was just about to protest but then saw his 'Don't argue with me' look so she closed her mouth again. "I see. Thank you." She said, still confused at his good nature all of a sudden. She exited the room leaving Law to clean up and arrange the items. She noticed the two medics were gone, probably in the galley eating dinner so she rushed there as well.

~….~

She tried to ignore the looks of lust coming from certain crewmembers while other just stared at her in interest or shock. Well no wonder with her kimono there. In Wano it would be a simple piece of attire that wouldn't even raise interest but here it looked as flashy as it could get. She took a trey of food and found the table Cody and Josh were sitting at. As soon as she arrived, Josh rolled his eyes. "What's with the outfit?" He smirked.

"Much like you, my clothing supply is short." She said matter-of-factly making the redhead match his face with the color of his hair. However before he could retort, she continued, "I only have this since my other clothing had to be washed. Hopefully I'll buy some more at the next island we come to."

"Well I think it suits you." Cody said with a slight blush looking at her kimono.

"Thanks." Miyako said shyly.

"Suck up," Josh commented and was hit by Cody under the table. "Ow! What?"

Miyako tuned out the rest of their conversation as she finished her food. Her gaze fell upon her bandaged arms and she remembered something…or better yet, someone. She stood up suddenly startling the men around her and walked towards the kitchen to see Munk.

"Where are you going?" Cody called after her.

"I just thought of something."

"You've got an idea? Impossible!" Josh called out with a smirk but Miyako ignored him. She had more important matters to take care of right now.

~...~

Miyako knocked on her captain's quarters.

"Come in."

She opened the doors slightly and came to his desk, sitting down on a chair across him and putting a small plate in front of him. "Here." She said simply and leaned on the table with her elbow resting her head on her palms.

Law raised an eyebrow questioningly. "What's this?"

"A chocolate cake. Isn't it obvious," She answered, her brows furrowing at his question.

"I can see that..but why?"

Miyako shrugged. "Well you did treat my wounds and I know you had to stay behind to clean up so your dinner probably got cold when you finally came here. So this is kind of a "Thank you" for all the trouble." Munk told her Law's dinner was delivered to his quarters at exactly 8 p.m. whether he was in or not. And she knew they were still at the infirmary at 8.30. She may have some issues with Law…ok, a lot, but she knew when to be grateful and how to respect when someone did something for her. So she put all her animosity aside and decided to do something nice. "Besides, I was bored so I had extra time," she shrugged. It was the truth too, she knew she didn't have anything to do after dinner so why not make a cake.

Law frowned. "You made this?"

Now it was Miyako's time to frown. "Yes. Why? Is something wrong with it?" She looked at the chocolate cake but it looked fine to her.

"I don't know, you tell me. Is it poisoned?" Law said with a smirk.

Ah, now Miyako understood. He was surprised that she was so nice to actually give him some of the cake she baked. He found it suspicious. So to prove him wrong, Miyako took the fork and scooped some of the cake with it. She gave Law a long stare before she put the cake in her mouth and continued to look at him as she chewed slightly so that he could see there was nothing wrong.

"Hm…I guess it was fine after all. Well it still seems awfully uncharacteristic of you Miss Miyako. Or is it a part of your plan to make me relax before you really do poison my food next time," he asked with a smirk.

Miyako shrugged, smirking herself. "Who knows…" She took another bite of the chocolate cake.

"I don't eat sweets." He simply said and continued writing something.

"Who doesn't like chocolate cake?" Miyako exclaimed in honest surprise.

"I didn't say I don't like them, I say I don't eat them," he answered calmly, not moving his attention from the paper he was writing on.

The samurai girl raised an eyebrow. "What's the difference….? Ah, are you afraid your image as the scary pirate captain will crumble if you eat sweets?" She grinned with a teasing glint in her eye.

Law finally looked up and stared blankly at her for a second. Then without any warning he took the fork from her hand and took a bite of the cake. Miyako was a bit surprised by the sudden motion at first but then smiled. "See? It's not that bad," she told him with a smile.

He smirked in return. "You're right…maybe I should eat cakes more often."

"oh? Was that a compliment to my cooking?" The girl asked with a grin.

"No. Just an observation," he simply stated.

They sat there in silence for a while, Law still working and Miyako eating the cake that was meant for her captain.

"You're still bored?" He asked not even looking away from his work.

"Yep."

With a sigh Law put the pen down and looked at her. "Well I did say I wanted you to explain more about haki to me, so I guess this time is as good as any." He motioned for her to start.

"Hmm..ok, let's see…There are three types of Haki: Kenbunshoku Haki, Busoshoku Haki, Haoshoku Haki…"

Miyako went on explaining each type and such, while Law would listen carefully and ask questions every now and then.

"hmm, so let's see…you can use two types: Kenbunshoku and Busoshoku. And Haoshoku is the rarest that only a small amount of people can use." Law recapped the most important parts. Miyako nodded.

"Yes. As a swordsman I have something similar to Haoshoku though, but it is called the "Swordsman's spirit" and can be used to get advantage in the battlefield. If your opponent is too weak they won't be able to hold out against your Swordsman's spirit and will lose even before starting the duel. Every samurai should have it and it depends on your strength. However I think it's impossible to make someone faint from your Swordsman's spirit while it's possible with Haoshoku haki if you can't stand its power." She explained then took a pause for breath before continuing. "Also when you dodged that arrow and said that somehow you "felt" it, it was probably Kenbunshoku Haki, but it hasn't been completely awakened yet so it's more like instinct right now. Every person has haki in them, it just has to be awakened and then perfected through training. You can do all kinds of things with it…as you already saw that Rayleigh easily took off that collar in Sabaody. And also when I channeled my haki through my katana to block Kizaru's move and attack him, releasing the said haki out of the weapon with the swing."

Law nodded remembering her moves. "so I need to awaken it completely through training...hm…" Law played with the small patch of hair on his skin.

Miyako nodded. "It is a very useful power and much needed for the New World," she warned. She knew New World well and all the strongest people there who had any worth used haki to their advantage.

"I see…" Law was still deep in thought then nodded to Miyako. "That's all Miss Miyako, you can go now. "

The girl stood up and stretched a little. They've been talking for more than an hour and she was starting to get sore on that chair. The cake was eaten a long time ago too. "Well it's late. You should rest too. You look sleep deprived." She suggested before walking out, but it sounded more like a simple observation than any real worry. Law didn't say anything as he leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling, still in thought. He didn't even hear the doors closing behind the girl.

Well that's pretty much the end of the whole War and post War arc from One Piece which means…It's time to start an original plot. :D And hopefully you'll like what I have in stored for the Heart Pirates. ;)

Also, Miyako and Law seem to get along a little bit better. I'm really trying not to evolve their relationship too fast and it'll be full of ups and downs.