I don't like you! by BloodyMarryMe

Wow, I managed to upload sooner than I thought. It's not very long though and doesn't have much action in it but it's the beginning of the new island adventure, so yay! :D

Well not much else to say, so enjoy! :)

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

This is a story and is rated Teen for blood and language (mostly blood).

CHAPTER 25

Miyako yawned as she played with her food, not really hungry…or maybe it was the appearance of the said food that repelled her. In any case, she wasn't even positive what was this greenish mush on her plate and she wasn't sure if she wanted to know.

"Miyako, you work in the kitchen…what is this supposed to be?" Cody asked, taking some of the food on his fork and letting it fall back on the plate with a wet sound.

"I think it should be porridge." Miyako said with a frown, resting her elbow on the table and her head on her hand.

"It looks more like slime to me." Penguin whispered to Shachi and his friend nodded. "You think Munk's trying to poison us?" the dark-haired mechanic continued and Shachi nodded again.

Miyako looked at the captain's table where Law sat with Bepo, interested to see how he was dealing with Munk's food. And as far as she could see he barely touched it, but that could also be because he was discussing with Jean Bart about the new route they took and the islands ahead. She returned her attention back to her own plate and put down her fork with a sigh. "It's because we're running low on..well, everything. It's been weeks since we had a chance to restock, so the food supplies are decreasing. The cooks don't have much to work with," she explained.

Penguin nodded. " Eli says we're even running low on weapon ammo." Miyako thought for a second and then remembered Eli was the master gunner, in charge of the cannons and other weapons they had on the submarine.

"Well, we can always use Munk's cooking." Josh muttered as he continuously stabbed at a piece of rock-hard meat with his knife. You could certainly kill someone with that if it hit correctly.

Suddenly the submarine shook and red lights started blinking as the alarm turned on. The Heart pirates stood up quickly from their tables and headed for the deck. They could hear Sai's voice from the speaker: "We are under attack! All hands on deck!"

Miyako stood up as well, vaguely remembering they had resurfaced not so long ago to get fresh air. *Is it the marines?*

She didn't have time to dwell on it as she saw her captain and first mate with the corner of her eye and they were already rushing towards the deck, along with everyone else. So Miyako did the same.

When she opened the doors to the deck, Miyako saw chaos all around as white jumpsuits and colorful caps fought white and blue uniforms. She saw a blue sphere forming not so far away and heard screams as marine parts flew all around. Meanwhile, the crew was fighting with their Kung-Fu and did a pretty good job, she had to admit. Bepo had just kicked a marine in the stomach, sending him flying into five more marines and all of them toppled overboard. However she could see new marines swarming from the big marine battle ship that was next to them. She saw big metal chains leading from the marine ship to their submarine and the marines ran across them to the pirate deck. Miyako narrowed her eyes. *Well I know what to do first.*

She started running across the deck to get to the metal chains where they were linked to their vessel. On her way Miyako pulled out her katana, dodged a kick in the head and slashed at one of the marines. She didn't stop running as she sliced through to her goal. She dodged to one side, then stabbed at the marine's throat. Then jumped in the air, slashing another from his head downwards and as she landed, she quickly blocked another sword and hit the marine with the hilt of her sword in the stomach.

It took some time, but she managed to get to where the three chains were and looked up, towards the marine ship. New batch of marines were running down the chains and towards the submarine. *Sheesh, they just keep coming. How many of them are there!?* She didn't have time to answer her own question as she had to act fast, before the marines crossed to the other side. She jumped in the air and as she landed on the chains, she made three quick slash movements. A few seconds later the thick metal chain fell apart and Miyako quickly jumped from it and landed on the other one. Meanwhile, the marines who were on the first chain were now falling in the water below. The samurai did the same procedure with the other two chains, smirking at the falling marines.

She landed back on deck and glanced around, seeing her friends were defeating the marines easily. She even saw Munk among them, punching one marine in the face and sending him flying into others, she had to marvel at the cook's sheer strength. Miyako then noticed her captain slashing through marines with ease and playing with their body parts, sporting a sadistic smirk. The girl sweat-dropped at the frightening expression he was making. *He's enjoying this waaay too much.*

However, a shot brought her out of her daze and she turned to see a marine captain who had his gun pointed at one of the Heart pirates. Miyako watched the falling body of the pirate and at first all she could see was the common white jumpsuit they all wore. But then spiky bluish hair caught her eye with an unmistakable red and white bandanna on the forehead to keep the bangs out of his dark eyes. Her eyes widened in shock and horror as her mind already started forming the worst case scenario.

"Cody!" Miyako screamed and leaped towards them. She saw the marine captain pointing his gun at the bleeding body on the floor to finish him off, with a smirk on his face. The samurai's golden eyes narrowed in a dangerous and cold glare, anger and fury running through her body.

The man cocked his pistol and was just about to pull the trigger, but widened his eyes when he never heard a shot. It took some time for him to realize he wasn't holding his gun anymore...or rather, his whole hand was missing and now falling on the floor with blood from his wrist flowing on the ground. It happened so fast, the marine didn't even feel anything, but now a shocked expression started replacing a confused one and that one soon turned into dread while the man kept staring at his cut off hand on the ground, which still clutched the pistol.

He screamed and griped at his open wound, trying to stop the bleeding, but then noticed a person next to him as she put the cold steel blade near his throat threateningly. It was a young woman with a cold and deadly look in her eyes that promised nothing good. There was no sympathy or mercy showing in her dark expression.

The marine general opened his mouth to speak, but never had the chance to finish as his head flew through the air and rolled on the wooden deck floor, with eyes and mouth still wide in horror. Miyako blinked a few times, getting out of her deadly daze as she remembered her friend on the ground and she quickly knelt down next to him.

"Cody!" She called and shook him but he wasn't responding. He was unconscious…or at least she hoped it was only that. She saw a wound on the right side of his chest and put pressure on it with her hands to stop the bleeding.

She looked around for help. First she saw Josh, but he had his hands full at the moment as he was fighting three marines at once. Luckily she saw Law nearby, cutting down the last of the marines. "Captain!" She screamed at the top of her lungs with such desperation in her voice that Law turned around immediately with wide eyes. He could tell by her voice something wasn't right and ran over to them quickly as he saw his medic on the floor. Law narrowed his eyes at the sight.

"We need to take him to the infirmary, now."

Miyako nodded at Law's words and stood up with him as they took Cody under each shoulder and started walking inside the submarine.

"Bepo, you're in charge. Clean up this mess fast." Law ordered his first mate, who responded with a salute and an "Aye Aye Captain!" before kicking another marine in the head with a loud Kung-Fu cry.

"Josh, Garry! The two of you come with me to the infirmary." The captain shouted to the two assistants on his medical staff. They both nodded and came with them. Josh gently took over and carried Cody instead of Miyako, who was left on the deck to stare at the disappearing men with worry in her eyes.

~...~

Miyako walked back and forth in front of the infirmary doors, biting her lower lip.

"Miya-chan, you'll dig a hole in the floor. Relax. Worrying won't help." Penguin said as he leaned on the wall with his arms folded on his chest. It's not like he wasn't worried about their friend, but there was nothing they could do.

It had been an hour since they took Cody to the infirmary. The battle was over a long time ago and they had submerged again, safe under the ocean's surface.

A hand, or rather a soft paw stopped Miyako and made her look up to see Bepo's troubled expression. She noticed his paw was much heavier than she thought, but then again he was a bear after all. "It'll be ok, Miyako." He tried to comfort her and after a short pause, she managed to smile and nod at him.

*They're right, worrying won't help. And I know Josh and Law are both excellent at medicine, but still…it's Cody.* Miyako never realized how much she actually cared about all of them until this happened…until a thought of losing them crossed her mind. She had kept saying to herself that they were nothing but partners at the moment and that she had no other choice but to fraternize with the crew until they reached Wano. She didn't want to make friends…and she didn't want to admit she had made them because that would just make things more complicated.

She shook her head. *No, I can't forget my goal! I need to get to Wanokuni! It has always been that…just that. I can't falter!* And yet, at the thought of betraying Josh, Cody, Penguin, Shachi and Bepo and leaving them in Wano…the thought of their faces when that happens. Miyako couldn't help but feel guilty and a slight pain pinched at her chest. Her eyes saddened a little at the thought.

And there was another thing…the constant nagging in the back of her mind. When she thought of her friends, she thought of one more person, yet she didn't want to admit she had formed somewhat of a connection with that person too. Though she couldn't deny they did get closer over this past few months. She thought of those piercing grey eyes staring right into hers as if they were trying to peer into her very soul. And that ever-so-smug smirk he often wore on his handsome tanned face.

Miyako blinked, her eyes wide suddenly. *D-Did I just thought of Law…as handsome?* She turned ten different shades of red and shook her head wildly with hands holding her burning cheeks. *No, no, no! What am I thinking? Miyako, you idiot!*

Still, for a split of second a thought crossed her mind; What if it was Law who got shot? What if Law would die? And instantly her heart skipped a beat and a slight pain formed in her chest again. Perhaps half a year ago she wouldn't care one bit. Hell, she would push him overboard herself if given the chance. But now…after so much they had been through, she just couldn't imagine something happening to him. Perhaps she would need to betray him and leave him in Wano, but nothing more…She didn't want to admit it, but just the thought of betraying him made her uncomfortable. She desperately tried to silence the little voice in her head telling her that that wasn't what she really wanted…Telling her that leaving Law and her newfound friends was a mistake. She didn't want to listen to it.

*I just want to return back home….right, home….* She thought of the last word a bit uncertain. What is home anymore? She didn't have one in Wano, not after her master died. She was a wanderer…so was Wanokuni even her home? A place where she felt suffocated by their discriminative and regressive beliefs? Where she never really felt free?

Miyako shook her head again, feeling a headache rising. She was overthinking things; she told herself. It was better this way…to keep to the original plan. *It is better for everybody,* She thought a bit sadly, not convinced herself yet denying any other thoughts that kept forming in her already confused mind.

~...~

Thankfully she was brought out of her thoughts with a loud sound of metal doors opening. Everyone turned around to see Law coming out of the infirmary, wiping his wet hands with a towel. He didn't look surprised to see the group there.

"How is he?" Shachi and Penguin asked in unison.

"He'll be fine, he just needs some rest. The bullet didn't damage any vital organs," Law explained and glanced at Miyako when she let out a loud sigh of relief.

"Can we see him?" She finally asked, but was disappointed when the captain shook his head.

"No, he must rest. It's too early," he answered with a serious expression, but Miyako wasn't really paying attention at what looks her captain was giving her. Instead, she sighed again and looked down at her feet a bit disappointed but relieved none the less. She appeared as if she was imitating a certain polar bear.

Meanwhile, the said polar bear put a paw on her shoulder again and she stared up at him. Shachi and Penguin started pushing her away from the infirmary. "Come on, Miya-chan. There's no point in staying here now and we all still have work to do. We'll grill Josh about it later and ask him how Cody is doing," Penguin answered calmly and kept pushing her away, and the girl let him, knowing he was right.

She didn't notice Law's interested gaze as he watched after his samurai. He was definitively thinking about something, but his expression was completely unreadable as always.

~...~

Unfortunately Miyako had trouble concentrating even after hearing Cody was fine, because this situation made her think. Mostly, her thoughts started returning where they left off in front of the infirmary and she couldn't chase them away. They especially kept returning to a certain doctor-captain of the yellow submarine.

However, that cost the girl since she managed to cut herself five times, so now she had patches on her hands…both of them. Not to mention she managed to spill almost everything she touched onto her, but luckily nothing was hot this time. She did however manage to burn her hand slightly when she, deep in thought and without thinking, grabbed a hot frying pan. And that was the last straw for Munk. He had watched the girl self- injure herself all day and he had enough.

"Alright, that be it! Get out of me galley!" He finally exclaimed. He didn't look mad, but there was still seriousness in his tone as he put his hands on his hips, gripping his big wooden spoon in one of them.

"huh?" Miyako blinked in confusion at Munk's unexpected outburst.

"Girly, I've been watchin' ya all day, and if ya stay here one more secon' you'll kill yaself…or someone else!" He explained, pointing right at the girl with his wooden spoon.

She traced the spoon with her gaze, as it now rested on her nose, but then sighed and shifted her weight uncomfortably. "Sorry Munk." She muttered.

"I ain't cross, girly. But ya better resolve your issues or ya'll end up like sushi!" He pointed towards her cut up hands, making his point. "Now, what be troublin' ya?"

The girl sighed again, but then smiled. "I-It's nothing…well it's just everything that happened with Cody, you know." That was partly true…she was still worrying about him, but she decided to keep hidden the main reason for her odd behavior. It wasn't something she could tell or explain to the large chef anyway.

Munk nodded, obviously buying the story. "Cody'll be fine. He's a strong lad. Ya better be worryin' 'bout yaself….However…" He put on a mischievous grin and Miyako blinked questioningly. He continued, "Well I heard Cody be still in tha infirmary restin', too bad you can't visit 'im. Yet then again…You be havin' some serious wounds here." He looked at her burnt and cut hands. "Ya better get that checked in tha infirmary." He grinned and Miyako gave him a bright smile when she understood what he was insinuating.

"Well come now girly, what ya be waitin' for! Hurry! Go!" He laughed as he shooed her way and the samurai grinned in return and ran back to the infirmary. Before rushing out of the galley, the girl turned around to wave at the pirate as she called back to him, "Thanks Munk! I owe you one!"

~...~

A loud knock was heard on the infirmary door and Law gazed in that direction. He was just finishing with changing Cody's bandages, who was still unconscious due to the anesthetics. He looked at Josh, who was cleaning some equipment and motioned for him to open the door.

The short medic opened the heavy doors, ready to see who was disturbing them now and his eyes narrowed when he saw his friend/nemesis in front of him. But before Josh could say anything, the girl put her hands in front of his face and showed him various small cuts and burns. She had a nervous sheepish smile on her face that looked a bit guilty and for a second Josh thought she had cut herself on purpose just to see Cody in the infirmary, but then decided even she wasn't that crazy.

"This will be good," Joshua muttered with a roll of his green eyes and let her in. After closing the doors, he then turned back to his captain again who looked at the two with a questioning look. "Captain, the Klutz managed to hurt herself in the kitchen again."

Miyako glared slightly in the redhead's direction, but quickly turned her attention back to Law. "Um…got any patches or bandages?" That was a stupid question since they were in an infirmary, but she didn't know what else to say as the captain kept staring at her with an unreadable expression. She couldn't understand if he was mad she came here or what?

After a while, Law sighed and turned around, walking towards a cabinet. "Sit down." He motioned to one of the chairs. Meanwhile Josh returned to his previous task, cleaning the equipment, but looked at Miyako curiously when she started looking around quickly.

She tried to see where Cody was and finally saw a bed with an IV running, but the curtains were hiding the still form from her view. She sneaked a little closer and leaned to the side as best as she could to see Cody and ignored Josh's glare. However a clearing of throat made her turn around on her heel quickly, startled, and she saw the pirate doctor standing there, his hands crossed on his chest and looking at her with a serious stare. He motioned at the chair again. "Sit." He simply said in a calm but cold voice. Miyako complied quickly, but she couldn't understand why he looked so agitated today. *Is it really because I came here? But I really do need to get treated. Those patches that Munk gave me aren't really helping.*

Law took her hands gently into his and she instantly felt warmth spread through her body. Now wasn't that strange? Yes, he had warm hands that were currently warming her own as he worked on her wounds, but why did it spread all the way to her chest? She hid a small blush that started appearing for no apparent reason which just made her irritated. She looked at her captain in front of her and noticed his serious look as he treated her hands. It was different from the time when he took care of her burns. Right now he was looking cold and emotionless and Miyako couldn't decipher why.

"Umm-" She tried to start up a conversation and end the awkward silence, but before she could finish Law cut her off.

"What happened to you? Were you so worried for Mr. Cody that you couldn't hold a knife without hurting yourself?" His tone was like ice and he ended the sentence with a troubling sigh. He put more alcohol on her cut and Miyako flinched. She always hated when they cleaned her wounds with alcohol, ever since she was a kid. Law noticed the small movement but ignored it.

"Okay, first; Ow! And Secondly; You sound like worrying for Cody is a bad thing." She looked at him suspiciously though she knew Law certainly meant his medic no harm. After all he saved him, but why did he sound almost accusingly when asking about her worry for the blue-haired boy? She sighed when she saw he wasn't answering. "Sorry for troubling you." She muttered and averted her gaze, being honest in her apology that now made her feel even more awkward. She knew the captain certainly had better things to do right now than take care of her small injuries.

Law didn't say anything, but his touch became a bit gentler and less hurting which she appreciated.

After a minute of silence, the surgeon broke it once again. "It just seems strange to me. A few months ago you didn't even want to be a part of the Heart pirates and you didn't mingle much with them, either, and now you seem so close to them. Especially with Mr. Cody. Is he that special to you?" He ended the question with a little motion towards her hands, obviously referring to the fact that she got this hurt because of being so worried. He didn't know, however, that Cody wasn't really the main subject of her thoughts in the kitchen. She was worried about the medic, but after hearing he wasn't in danger anymore, she relaxed a bit. Instead, there was something else troubling her at the time. But Miyako couldn't tell Law that.

She looked at him with a slight frown, not understanding the captain's strange behavior. Not to mention he had his usual smirk when he said that as if teasing her. However it wasn't something he would normally ask, especially since he didn't usually pry into her personal business. So Miyako wasn't sure if he was teasing her or really interested, although he had a bored expression on his face as if he just wanted to break the silence. *He doesn't really care, he just wants to kill his boredom.* It made the girl a little agitated that he chose such a topic to entertain himself. She wanted to say something immature like, 'What do you care!' and end the conversation, but didn't want to be rude to the man who was currently taking care of her wounds, especially when he still had that threatening alcohol in his hands so close to her open wounds.

So instead she just shrugged. "It's been five months since then. And they're not bad people….well maybe one." With that last part, she turned slightly towards Joshua with narrowed eyes, but he just retaliated with his middle finger in the air.

"So Mr. Cody is special to you." Law prompted, his tone sounding more like a statement than a question.

That made the samurai blush with embarrassment, quite startled by his conclusion. *What's with this conversation? Why is he acting this way!?* And what really both puzzled and annoyed her was that Law still had his famous bored look she knew quite well. So why was he insisting on this questioning if he didn't even seem like he cared? She felt even more agitated at the freedom the pirate had allowed himself and she narrowed her eyes in response.

"And what if he is someone special? What's it to you?" She finally said and regretted it immediately. Of course, Cody was just a friend of hers, nothing more, but the surgeon had driven her into defending something that didn't even exist. Ah, that damn pirate, how he could make her all worked up! She heard Josh chocked on air in surprise behind them and turned around sharply with a glare. *Great! Now I'll never hear the last of it from the ginger either!*

A sharp sting brought her back her attention to Law as another portion of alcohol was poured onto her wounds. But when she gazed back, she was surprised to see Law had slightly wide eyes as if in surprise. Miyako frowned. "What? First you tease me and when I respond, you look surprised?" She finally said.

His surprise only lasted a second and he quickly returned to his serious and calm self, taking care of the rest of her cuts and burns and bandaging them. He opened his mouth and was just about to respond to her statement, but Sai's voice came out of the speaker and interrupted him. "Everyone get ready! We're approaching a new island!"

They looked up at the speaker and Miyako quickly stood up, happy to be over with the awkward moment and the weird conversation they had just shared. The whole situation was strange and unLaw-like in her opinion. "Well then, I better go. Thank you for taking care of my wounds." She bowed slightly and quickly walked out the door, shutting them a bit too loudly behind her before Law could say anything. The girl closed her eyes and leaned on the metal doors, taking a deep breath. *Great...now everyone will think I have a crush on Cody. This is all so ridiculous!* She sighed in frustration and headed towards her quarters to get ready for docking.

~...~

Josh and Law were still in the infirmary, working in complete silence, both in their own thoughts. The pirate doctor might have seemed completely uninterested in the subject he just had with the samurai girl, but truthfully he was very curious…he found it intriguing after seeing her so worried out of her mind when Cody was hurt and operated on. She didn't even look that worried when they were taking care of Strawhat Luffy and he was 10 times worse than the blue-haired medic, so Law found it strange for her to act that way. Especially when she usually kept to herself and at the beginning of their journey she didn't even look interested in the crew. She was right though, it had been 5 months and everything changed little by little. He could see she was closer to the crew more each day and even the two of them managed to make some sort of relationship where he didn't have to worry she'll try and kill him in his sleep.

Still, he was surprised when the usually shy and embarrassed girl admitted she had feelings for the medic. He didn't really expect the answer he got…though that wasn't really a confession. But how else could he interpret the defensive attitude she suddenly showed him.

"Weeell, that was awkward," Josh broke the silence, bringing Law out of his thoughts. The captain raised an eyebrow at the redhead questioningly.

Josh shrugged. "Who would have thought Miyako had the hots for Cody." He grinned, obviously already planning all the ways he could torture her with that information. Though he wasn't sure about that either…Miyako never showed such interest in Cody after all. Well not that she showed such interest towards anyone else either.

Law didn't say anything, but he did give Josh a glare that made the medic shut up instantly. He didn't understand where that agitation just now came from, but somehow he didn't like Josh's words. Actually this whole situation left him a bad aftertaste, although he couldn't tell why.*It doesn't matter, I'm acting foolish anyway. I'm sure it'll be fine as soon as I get some fresh air.* The thought of docking on a new island and finally restocking their supplies brightened his mood a little and he walked out of the infirmary with only that in mind.

~...~

Miyako walked out on the deck and took a deep breath, expecting to get some fresh air, but instead all she got was dust and smog coming into her lungs and making her almost choke to death as she coughed loudly.

Bepo, who was next to her, had his sensitive nose covered with both paws. The ghastly smell of smoke and the sewers was too much for his evolved sense of smell. Even Miyako had trouble dealing with it as she tried to breathe through her mouth instead. She could feel sympathetic towards the poor polar bear.

The new island was called Jade Island, surely by the sickly greenish look of the sky there. The color wasn't nearly as beautiful as you would think when hearing the word 'Jade', instead it just appeared menacing as if there was a plague looming over the island. The large and vast city they were currently docked at was called Point Blank; a strange name for a town, Miyako noted. It was an industrial town with all kinds of machinery and black smoke rising from tall chimneys of the numerous factories. Some people looked poor and sick, while others walked in clean suits, dressed like gentlemen. But the dirt and the bad smell was everywhere and beggars with missing teeth or limbs sat on the dusty streets here or there. It was dirty and loud. The girl from Wanokuni didn't like it one bit.

She noticed the doors opened again and the captain stepped out on the deck, holding his nodachi, which he gave to Bepo before walking on the gangplank and down to the docks. "Let's go," was all he said in his usual calm voice, not even looking at Miyako. The girl shrugged it off and walked as well with the rest of the crew, which dispersed around the big city looking for information and supplies.

Josh nudged her in the ribs when he walked out right behind Law. She looked at him questioningly. "You really like Cody like that?" He sounded as if he couldn't believe it, looking at her suspiciously.

The girl rolled her eyes, annoyed with the whole subject already. "Of course not, I was just pissed off at Law's questioning. Ok?"

Josh sighed with relief, believing her. "Phew, Thank God…it would be way too weird otherwise."

Miyako rolled her eyes again. Of course she didn't have a crush on Cody, but she didn't see what the big fuss was all about? Was it really that important who she liked? And why would it be so surprising to like Cody? She didn't comment on Josh's statement though and decided to keep her opinions to herself; that was the safest thing to do. She was overthinking the whole situation anyway.

"And captain was acting all annoyed and weird when you left," Josh noted while still in thought. When he saw her puzzled expression, he shrugged, silently telling her he had no idea why.

The samurai sighed. "He was being weird while I was still there," she corrected the redhead.

"Well whatever you did, undo it! I don't like the captain acting strange and unnatural like that. It's scary and I don't know what to expect!" Josh had a serious but paranoid look on his face

Miyako glared at him. "Why is it my fault?"

They were both still whispering with an edge in their voices and they were now silently arguing right behind Law's back who pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation.

"Miss Miyako, Mister Joshua…if you're done, do you think we can go now?" He finally turned around with a questioning look and a raised eyebrow, making the two of them stiffen and shut up immediately. He motioned for the group to follow as Penguin, Shachi, Bepo, Josh and Miyako followed their captain into the awaiting town.

Okie, so as I said this is just the beginning and hopefully there will be more to come soon.

I hope you liked it.

So see ya in the next chapter! :D