I don't like you! by BloodyMarryMe
Chapter 14 is here! Wow, I really am fast at this. It's only been a few days since I came to this fanfiction site and started publishing. Well I'm glad that I did cause it's fun to write here and the people seem really nice and supportive. :)
Have fun reading it and comments are always welcome, I always like to hear your opinion.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or any of its characters but I do own the OC Suzune Miyako.
CHAPTER 14
It was the middle of the night with the moon high in the air, the pale moonlight shining upon the houses. Everything was peaceful and quiet as the Heart Pirates snored deeply in their beds or wherever they passed out in the tavern after the long party.
Shadows quickly crept in the streets, closing in on the tavern. Those were the only things moving as they snuck around the small village towards where the Heart Pirates were.
The marines filled the streets of the small village in Windmill Hill, coming closer and closer to the tavern where the pirates slept. They were armed to the tooth and moved quickly through the dark of the night, planning a surprise attack. However, they pulled to a sudden stop as they noticed a single shadow crouching on the rooftop. It was none other than the captain, Trafalgar Law. He looked at the marines calmly but with a cold stare. He was clutching his long nodachi in one hand.
"I'd rather you don't wake my crew. They have a long day tomorrow and they had quite a lot to drink." He said simply as if the marines might really listen to him
"Commander, it's the Surgeon of Death, Trafalgar Law!" One of the marines said in a hurried whisper.
"I'm aware of that." The said commander responded and walked closer to the house where the captain was still crouching on the rooftop. The commander was a big man with long tied black hair and an equally black and long beard tied in a braid. The man's eyes were small and black as night, with a piercing sharpness in them. "Give up, Trafalgar Law. You are surrounded and outnumbered. You can't fight us on your own."
"Who said he is on his own." A new voice echoed through the night and the marines turned around to see two Heart Pirates on one of the roofs behind them. It was Penguin and Shachi.
The commander narrowed his eyes. "Even if it's three of yo-"
"Who said it was only three?" Yet another voice said cutting the marine off. It was Miyako on another rooftop along with Bepo and Jean Bart.
Law smirked smugly as he saw commander's angry face. "You were saying Mister Commander of the Marines?"
The man glared at Law, but kept quiet, then gave his marines orders for the attack. However he wasn't the only one who gave the order for an attack. Law nodded and his crew jumped from the rooftops right at the marines and started kicking, punching and cutting everyone near. Law also joined in.
"Room," he called and then sliced everyone with his nodachi moving their parts around and reattaching them differently. The marines around him screamed in pain and horror as they watched their limbs flying around.
Miyako dodged a punch from one marine who was then kicked in the head by Bepo. She proceeded to block the others' sword with her katana and reflected it to the side, giving her an opening to slice his chest. She went on with her dodging, blocking and cutting until all the marines were on the ground. In the end only two marines were left standing along with the commander as they were surrounded by Law's group.
Law walked up to them with a smirk on his face. His hand was lifted, ready to make another Room. "Now I wonder…from where did all these marines appear in the middle of the night and in a small village such as this?" He asked with a smirk, but his voice was dangerously cold, a warning in case they try to lie.
"I'm not obligated to tell you anything, pirate!" The marine commander spat the last word in disgust.
The two marines rushed at Law with loud war cries but the captain easily cut them both with his nodachi before they could even swing at him. Blood spattered on the floor as the two marines fell lifeless on the ground.
Law narrowed his eyes. "I've been playing nice till' now, but you are testing my patience. I'm sure you already know I'm not well known for my mercy. If you don't start talking I will kill all of your men that are just unconscious now and if you still refuse to speak I will proceed killing every local in this town until there is no one left." Law's voice was ice cold and it was obvious he wasn't bluffing. The look in his eyes was merciless and deadly.
Miyako never saw this side of Law before and she could tell by his appearance and deadly aura that he was serious about all he had said. She could finally understand why he was infamous for his cruelty. He would probably enjoy playing with the marines and torturing them…even the townsfolk. A chill ran down her spine at the thought. Miyako never liked killing and killed only when necessary so she wasn't fond of this idea, but she knew there was no stopping him. He was the captain after all.
The commander tried to act tough, but it was obvious he was nervous as hell. His breathing was shallow and sweat started forming on his face. He could see in Law's eyes that the pirate captain wasn't kidding and meant every word of it. The marine commander could tell when he's defeated, and this was a complete and utter defeat. The marine sighed. "Alright….I'll tell you."
The marine started explaining. "The truth is, on the other side of this mountain is the marine base but most pirates come from the South side and don't even know there is a base in the North. So we made a deal with the townsfolk here. We will keep them safe from all pirates and they would help us catch them. They just had to pretend to welcome the pirates and then make a party and get them drunk or make an excuse for the pirates to stay overnight and fall asleep. Then when they are tired or all drunk and most vulnerable, we would come from the North side and ambush them. It was always an easy catch and we would lock them up before they even knew what was going on."
Law smirked, amused with the thought. "I see."
"But it seems we failed this time…The locals told us you were here and drinking heavily so we didn't expect to see any pirates standing and awake. I guess we should have expected more from the infamous Trafalgar Law and the Heart Pirates." The commander said through his teeth with a low growl of frustration.
Law's smirk just widened at the comment. Then he turned to Jean Bart. "Mister Bart, how long till' the log pose sets?"
"Another 2 hours sir." The large man said in a gruff voice.
Then Law turned to Penguin and Shachi. "Are the supplies ready?"
"Everything's on the submarine captain. We can set off as soon as the log pose sets." Penguin answered with a salute.
Law nodded, pleased with the answer. "Now…what are we going to do with you?" He turned back to the marine with a sadistic grin.
The commander swallowed thickly. "The base is expecting a report over the den-den mushi from me. If I don't give them one soon they'll know that something is wrong and send backup." He warned hoping that would stop any lethal ideas Law was forming in his head.
"Is that so…well we can't have that. The fools in my crew are still sleeping half drunk." However he didn't seem bothered at all. Actually, he seemed amused by the whole situation. He sheathed back his nodachi and leaned it on his shoulder. "I suppose you'll just have to report to them then."
The commander gave him a confused look and Law just grinned. "Now listen to me carefully...and if I just suspect that you are doing something against my will I will carry out my threat gladly." The marine commander gave him a glare but kept quiet as he saw Law's smirk accompanied with deadly, piercing grey eyes that promised hell if things didn't go his way.
~...~
A den-den mushi rang in the communication room in the Northern base of Windmill Hill Island.
"This is the communication room of the base number 853." A small pink-haired woman with thick glasses answered the den-den mushi.
"This is commander Soul, code: 00561. Patch me through to command center."
"Roger that Commander Soul, wait just a moment." The woman said and did what she was asked.
"This is the command center. Commander Akiko speaking. Tell me your report, Soul-san." A man with ghostly white beard and long white hair said. The man had light blue eyes and he's wrinkled face showed his old age, though the rest of his body was toned and uncharacteristic for his age.
The man listened carefully to the report as the other commander spoke, "We have successfully captured the Heart Pirates. However we have a lot of injured men and are in no position to carry them over the mountain road in the dark. We will rest here in the village and keep a close eye on the pirates until daybreak."
Akiko nodded to the news. "Very well, we will await your arrival. Do you need backup?"
"No, that won't be necessary, everything is under control." The voice said calmly.
"I see. And Trafalgar Law was successfully captured as well."
"Yes. He is in the sea-stone cuffs right here."
"Alright Soul-san. We will arrange everything for their jailing. Akiko out." The commander turned off the den-den mushi and smirked. *So we were finally able to capture a supernova. This will surely give me a promotion to leave this god-forsaken island behind. My lucky star must be shining brightly.* The man grinned at the thought.
~…~
"Excellently done, commander Soul. You kept your cool quite nicely. I just hope that there weren't any SOS codes in all those numbers you mentioned." Law said with a smirk.
"I wouldn't be foolish enough to risk all these lives, Trafalgar Law. I've read your report; I know what you're capable of." The commander said in a low but dark tone. He was humiliated and had to trick his own base. He didn't even want to think of the consequences, but right now the locals and the lives of his squad were more important.
"Good. I'm glad to hear it." Law smirked.
Miyako's ears perked when Soul mentioned Law's report. She was wondering what he did that earned him a reputation of such a cruel and deadly man. Though a part of her could see how from this very example. She had no doubts that Law wouldn't stop at anything if he and his crew were in danger and she knew he especially didn't like being lied to or tricked. Miyako was actually surprised he didn't kill everyone just for that reason. But he was a smarter man than that and knew this was much wiser than just killing everybody and then losing any chance to leave this island peacefully and with an unharmed crew.
"Penguin, Shachi, go wake the crew and tell them to prepare for departure. Bepo, you will scout the surrounding just in case there aren't any spies or anyone who could contact the base. Jean Bart-ya, go back to the sub and prepare everything to leave as soon as we can. Miss Miyako, you stay here with me and help me watch over commander Soul here. Find something to tie him up." Law gave everyone orders as he leaned against the wall of the tavern, his nodachi at the wall by his side.
"Yes, captain!" Everyone said with a salute and went in their assigned directions.
Miyako found the sea stone shackles and some rope, so she put the cuffs on and then tied the man tightly. "What about the rest of the marines?" She asked Law, who had a serious expression now with his eyes closed, deep in thought.
"I already took care of them." He said and pointed at the marines.
Miyako looked around her and noticed that all the marines had different body parts attached to the wrong places which made their movement impossible. Though they were all dead or unconscious anyway. *When did he-* Miyako was a bit surprised since she didn't see when Law took care of the marines the rest of his group took down, but gave up on her pondering and shook her head with a sigh. *Nevermind.*
Law rose an eyebrow seeing Miyako's reaction but didn't ask about it. Instead he returned his attention back to Soul. "Now commander I have one more question."
The commander glared at him but Law ignored him as he spoke on. "After you apprehend the pirates, what happens to the treasures they had onboard?"
Soul seemed uncomfortable and didn't really want to answer. He could already guess what Law was thinking. "We keep them in the base. There's a safe…" He said in a low voice.
"Ah~ And how much treasure would be there now?" Law asked.
Miyako's golden eyes widened. "Captain, you don't think-" But she was cut off as Law rose his hand to silence her. She frowned but kept quiet though it was obvious she didn't like where this was going. She knew exactly what he had in mind. *Why is he willing to risk everything now when we have a free and safe ticket out of here? He's going to ruin everything, the greedy pirate!* She thought bitterly.
"I thought you wanted to leave the island safely," Soul stated, still glaring at Law, who couldn't care less.
The pirate captain simply shrugged. "Change of plans." He smirked more and crossed his arms. "I just remembered we are getting low on money and we could use a little help. So why not from marines when you are all such good-doers."
The marine commander gritted his teeth so tightly Miyako thought he'll crush them. However he could glare and growl at Law all he wanted but he was powerless and they all knew it.
"Now then, how about you explain to me the structure of the base and where exactly the safe is. How many men are there? Any devil fruit users or stronger marines?"
The commander proceeded to answer Law's question and explain everything about the base. Sometimes he would be unwilling and stay silent for a long time, but then Law would remind him of his current situation and he had no choice but to answer after all. After some time Law had acquired a detailed description of the base's structure and the path to the safe.
Meanwhile the crew awoke by some help from Penguin and Shachi. They grumbled and complained, most of them having headaches, but they soon got to their senses after hearing what was going on around here.
"They all tricked us?" One of the crewmembers shouted in disbelief.
"Those bastards!" The other added.
"But they have such cute girls here…," whined the third.
After a while Bepo returned as well, saying there wasn't anything suspicious and no scouts around. And when the sun begun to rise, Law took a den-den mushi and commanded Jean Bart to submerge and await further orders. Law knew the marines will try to capture their ship but they'll have a big surprise when they won't be able to find one. And even if they do, it'll take some time to find a way to bring it to the surface.
"Alright! We're all set to go." Law ordered some of the crew to stay behind as an assurance that Soul and his men won't do anything foolish or rash. Luckily the base didn't know how many men Law had in his crew.
When the Heart Pirates first heard of his new plan they seemed a bit reluctant to walk willingly into a marine base but after a moral-rising speech from Law they all cheered and were happy to follow him anywhere. Miyako just shook her head with a smile. Their captain was very good with words and she was certain his men would follow him even to Hell and back if he asked it of them.
She watched in silence as the sun rose in the horizon, painting the sky in orange and red colors.
"it's really pretty." A voice said and when Miyako turned around she saw Bepo standing next to her, marveling at the sunrise too.
Miyako just nodded. "Yes. Yes it is." This sunrise reminded her of the ones she used to watch when traveling through Wano. But she kept that thought to herself.
"Alright men! Let's get going!" Law announced with a big smirk. His hands were seemingly shackled with sea-stone cuffs, but the key was tucked safely in the sleeve of his hoodie. Also 10 men of his crew looked as if their hands were tied with rope but it was just wrapped around their hands with no knot to tie them. A marine who was walking next to Law carried Miyako's katana and Law's nodachi, in easy reach to grab them later. Law even returned the marines back to normal, but removed all bullets from their guns and broke their swords in half so it wouldn't be noticed when the swords were sheathed but they were actually completely useless. The pirate captain thought of everything.
They walked slowly on the small mountain road that led to the other side of the island. After a couple of hours they could see the marine base in the gulf on the island. Law smirked at his target and whispered to commander Soul. "I hope you were truthful about everything you said. As you already know, one of my men has a small den-den mushi hidden with him and will give the signal to kill everyone in the village if you make any suspicious moves. And since you don't even know which of my men has it, there's no way you'll be able to find and stop him before he gives the order." Law commented and saw Soul's eye twitch with anger as he gritted his teeth.
"I know…I won't try anything and neither will my men," Commander Soul whispered back.
Whoot! Done with chapter 14. :) I hope you liked it.
At first I thought I'd just make the Heart Pirates leave after defeating the marines but then I thought: Hey! Why not make it more interesting and have some fun with the marines. :D The Heart Pirates didn't make any fuss lately so I thought they should. ;) And besides, this way it'll have more action.
So stay tuned for chapter 15, I might publish it today as well. If not, then it'll certainly be up tomorrow.
Anyways, have a nice weekend and have fun! :D