Heart of strings

Ch. 2 - Lost but not found.

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Kid wasn't just mad no he was furious at Law. Why did he have to make it seem as if he never cared one bit? He knew he shouldn't be complaining, they were both bloody pirates with a reputation that left others cowering in fear. All he had wanted was for Law to at least show any sort of emotion besides that blank emotionless expression.

He hadn't made it halfway back to his ship before his first mate had found him. He could sense an aura of worry coming off of Killer but he did not feel like voicing his dislike of it so he continued to walk angrily toward the ship.

Unfortunately for him Killer decided that silence was not an option after all. "I don't mean to further push your already terrible mood, but may I ask why you are in such a mood? Usually when you have finished with Trafalgar you are less likely to rip some one's head off, though today did seem shorter than usual."

His body froze at Killer's words. Quickly turning toward his first mate in a flash and grabbing him by the collar of his shirt then lifted the other up slightly off the ground.

"How fucking long have you known about that?" Kid spit out, furious at his first mate for knowing something he believed he had hid so well.

"For a while, I first noticed the looks that transpired between the two of you and I figured out the rest fairly easy enough."

Narrowing his eyes at the other he let go and angrily marched away, only to hear footsteps approach him once more. He did not bother to say anything to Killer and it seemed as his first mate had learned his lesson the first time.

The ship loomed in front of them, swaying slightly with the waves crashing against it angrily. He hopped up over the rail remembering how Law had snuck aboard his ship and hid hidden himself away in his room, he had been mad because he had actually spent the better half of his day searching for the asshole. The night had ended well after he had managed to get his hands on the slippery fool. Shaking his head not wanting to remember such thoughts he continued to his bed room locking the door behind him.

Smashing his fist on one of the walls he cursed to himself before stripping down and walking into his personal washroom. He filled the tub with steaming hot water and plunked himself down, enjoying the sting of the hot water against his cool skin. Relaxing his head back against the backrest and closed his eyes hoping to calm his temper slightly.

Falling into the darkness of his mind his thoughts became centered around Law, and no matter how hard he tried to steer away from those thoughts they would come crashing back. Law's face stained his thoughts, there was no emotion portrayed on the face only a blank stare directed toward him. He noticed that Law's mouth was forming words he could not hear them, and no matter how much he tried to read the others lips he could not figure out what was being said.

The dream was ripped from his heads when he heard someone knock on his door. Damn it he couldn't even get a single moment of peace on this ship. Standing up and climbing out of the tub he grabbed a towel, tying it around his waist and angrily making his way to the door, unlocking it and swinging it open quickly.

"The fuck you want Heat?" Kid huffed out staring angrily through the hair that had fallen in front of his face.

"Sorry to have disturbed you captain but lunch is ready."

"Is that all? Because if it is don't fucking come disturbing me again for something as stupid like lunch, because I am not in the best of moods. Now piss the hell off."

Slamming the door shut in Heats face he made his way to the bathroom releasing the water from the tub, then stopping at the mirror as he was about to leave. He examined his face noticing his eyes were slightly red but other than that everything was fine, again his thoughts dragged him toward Law.

He smashed a fist into the mirror breaking it into pieces and cutting up his hand. He brought the hand up to get a better look at it. None of the cuts were large but enough for them to bleed slightly. Putting his hand under the tap washing away the blood to get a better look, sighing he grabbed some bandage wrappings and quickly put it on then leaving the bathroom the sit at the edge of his bed hunching over and placing his head into his hands.

x-/\-x

'May I ask what you want this time Eustass?' Law questioned while bringing a scalpel up to the light to examine it.

'As cold as ever Law, it makes me wonder if you even like my company at all.' Kid laughed, sitting himself down on one of the examination tables.

Law rolled his eyes and set the scalpel down. 'Think as you wish, because I could care less.'

'One day you're going to regret saying shit like that.'

'That could be true, and when that day does come I will deal with it and move on.'

Letting loose a sigh Kid hoped off the table and walked up behind Law hugging him from behind. 'That makes me feel so much better.'

'Your sarcasm needs more work, and could you let go I have to finish inspecting my equipment' Law grumbled not bothering to struggle against the others tight grip.

'You could inspect my equipment.' Kid suggested taking the lobe of Law's ear into his mouth.

Law elbowed Kid in the gut making him lose his grip letting Law escape his grasp, moving to the other side of the room. 'Nice try but I am not in the mood.'

'Well to fucking bad you have my undivided attention.' Kid growled making his way over to Law.

'And that is the point where you leave and find something productive to do besides bothering me.'

Kid let of a snarl 'You can be such a bitch you know? All I wanted was to have good fuck, and you turn it into a battle.'

'I did not turn this into a battle you did, and I do not like how you are speaking to me.' Law hissed heading for the door then holding it open pushing for Kid to leave.

'Ah kitty is getting mad. Got to watch out for the bad kitties claws, wouldn't want to get all scratched up' Kid laughed stopping where he was giving Law a mocking stare.

Law glared back but just gave up leaving the room and heading toward his own room. Leaving Kid to stay and possibly allow one of Law's crew mates to find him, or to sneak out and go back to his own ship.

x-/\-x

Kid lifted his head realized how much of an asshole he had actually been, and realized that he had probably brought on what Law had said. He pulled on a pair of pants combed up his hair pulling on his trademark goggles and throwing his coat over his shoulders. He wasn't leaving to go find Law, but rather to drink till he forgot. He did blame Law for it, but he also knew it had been him that could be blamed.

Not having any delays from his crew mates he reached to bar in town fairly quickly. It was one of those run down bars that would be filled with many kinds of criminals and the odd bounty hunter seeking out some low life to capture and hand into the marines. Sitting down on one of the empty and fairly disgusting bar stools he demanded the bar keep serve him a large beer. Downing the first one quick enough he slammed the glass down demanding another.

Soon he had downed enough alcohol that it had started affecting his thoughts and motor functions. Sipping on the beer that had been recently refilled he started thinking about Law again. He wanted to smash his head on the table but did not want to appear deranged to any of the others occupying the bar.

He was confused at why he had even started that so called 'relationship' or as he would like to refer to it as 'friends with benefits' even if it was more like 'enemy with benefits.' Sure Law was not bad looking if you got past that shit eating grin he always seemed to have.

What had even got law to agree with it in the first place stumped him. Did Law like him or something? Was he trying to get something out of it? He wasn't sure and thinking about it too much was making his head hurt.

There was a tap on his shoulder but not being in the mood to talk with anyone so he ignored it. Though it seemed as if the one who had tapped his shoulder was not happy with that so began yelling at him, but whatever it was he was saying Kid did not understand so he continued to ignore the idiot.

"Hey dumb bitch you're in my seat!" Kid narrowed his eyes. Wondering if he had heard right he turned around to face the moron who thought that they could possibly bother him.

"The fuck did you say?" He asked not wanting to be polite.

"You heard me you dumb cunt you're in my seat. Now move the fuck out of the way before I have to beat your lipstick wearing ass into the ground!"

Kid was all to glad that his first mate was not hear because if he was he would not approve of this and possibly drag him out. Balling up his fist he gave the man an upper cut sending him into one of the tables where two large and grumpy looking men were sitting. The two men stood up and headed toward Kid, not intimidated at all Kid laughed activating his devil fruit drawing in any metal object in the room and sending it flying at the two men knocking them out. At some point the whole bar had erupted into a fight.

Kid was having the time of his life using his powers to stab anyone who dared step near him. Sometimes not even bothering to use his powers he would send men flying with a punch to the face laughing the whole time.

The fight had begun to thin out until he had been the last man standing, not a single scratch on him he walked over the bodies strewn across the floor and out the entrance having at some point lost the door during the fight. Stumbling down the road he noticed marines heading toward him but didn't bother to hid himself and continue walking back to his ship. The marines soon surrounded him pointing their guns and swords toward him telling him to either surrender or be forced to. Not having any of the crap from them Kid activated his powers but before he could attack someone had already started mowing them down.

Killer appeared in front of him then attacked the marines cutting down their forces as if they were nothing. Kid frowned and started walking away but not getting far before Killer was beside him done with the weak marines.

"Captain may I ask what brought this on?" Killer questioned not even looking toward him.

"Screw off Killer, I don't have to fuckin explain myself. So I started a fight and marines came. Not like I couldn deal with them myself." Kid slurred still slightly affected by the amount of alcohol he had consumed.

"I don't mean to sound like a worried mother, but captain doing that sort of thing isn't going to make anything better, actually it is more likely to make things worse for you in the long run." Killer sounded a little worried but Kid wasn't sure of it.

"Well then if ya don't want ta sound like one then don't even bother saying things like that because I am not afraid to show ya how much I hate it when you fret over my like a mother hen does for her chicks."

"Ah so I did, but that is not the problem here it seems. I may be so bold to say that you are feeling a little down and need something to bring you back up, and the automatic thing for you to do is drink then wallow in self-pity, get mad, destroy something, find said problem, make bigger problem than either kill the problems source or fix it. That is only my take on it but I have been wrong before."

"I have no idea what you are getting at, but why do you even bother saying those sort of things?" Kid sighed rubbing at his face with one of his hands.

"I do not know either but it is worth the effort sometimes, especially if it helps someone who only wants back what they tossed away."

"Ok I get it now, so shut the hell up I've got a headache."

Killer smirked under his mask and continued to walk quietly beside Kid enjoying the feeling of helping his captain figure something out.

Ah I rewrote that middle part so many times. The first time it would have ended with sex or an injury, didn't really get that far before staring it over. The second attempt was going to be Law handing over a dismembered build it yourself Kid, was funny at the time but sounded really dumb. Third time Kid was going to basically rape Law if he had to. Either way in all of them Law was really just a dick, still sort of think he ended up like one.

Ah well I hoped you liked this chapter, review it maybe?

Not pushing you but just makes my day. No really I was so over joyed by the two anonymous people (Well one was a random reader and the other was a guest) who couldn't wait for the second chapter.