Chapter 4
Zoro awkwardly sat on the end of the red bed back in 'Law and Luffy's bedroom', legs crossed as he wrapped a red sheet around himself while Law scrutinized the room in great detail. Luffy sat cross-legged on the floor, not giving a damn about the lack of clothing whatsoever.
On top of the dark stained nightstand, Law found a small stack of books, and picking up and opening a very frail booklet to a page in the middle, he read a passage aloud in the sunset.
"'Will you, then, trade these jewels and these garments for robe as rough as ours, and walk to meet My Lady Poverty with unshod feet?'"
Zoro and Luffy looked up at Law with curiosity and boredom, wondering why Law took an interest in some... in some weird book about rich people wanting to be poor? Law ignored their glances and glares and read more.
"'I wore my best apparel that my Lover Christ might see my only thought of it is but to spurn it for His royal Nam-"
"What in the hell are you reading? 'Lover Christ'? Is this some sort of twisted love story or something?" Zoro scoffed, imagining it being like a World Noble stepping down from their throne willingly to be among the 'common' people. But that wouldn't happen in a million years.
Law carefully closed the booklet and admired the cover, taking in the pen-work of.. a girl getting her hair cut by some sort of monk? Law wondered what kind of story he had picked up, but gently set it back down on the nightstand underneath the top book for safety, as the book was old and worn. He did not answer Zoro's impudent questions, as even he could sense the wisdom that radiated from the pages he had just touched.
Zoro blushed as his questions went unanswered by anyone, and he looked back down into his lap while Luffy thought the words over in his mind.
"We have ventured too far already into a world not meant for us," Law stated as he began to walk across the room, making Luffy look up at him with a confused look on his face.
"What does that mean? Hey..and where are you going?"
"Bathroom?" Law replied, pointing a finger to the door he stood in front of. Luffy nodded and looked up at Zoro, who looked back at him as the door closed with a click, totally forgetting the entire book incident in a second.
"So the crew-members are alone now, hmm? Time for some more fun then, I do believe," the fated voice called out to Luffy and Zoro, meanwhile Law was locked away from the voice. Zoro only shut his eye with a heavy sigh, clasping his hands together while Luffy grimaced.
"Time for some more fun!"
Law sat back against the wall as he read through the book he had picked up earlier, trying to desperately ignore the squelching and moaning coming from the bed in front of him. Law was surprised that Breed didn't make him join or even watch; surprised, but not happy. The warlord felt a slight tug on the red string attached to his pinky as Luffy moaned because Zoro and Zoro only. It was not a good feeling to know that his.. his.. what was Luffy to him? Law didn't know.
Breed retreated from the room laughing while Zoro and Luffy finished up, sounds floating through the air to Law, who shivered at the noise, and buried his head even further into his book, which somehow made him think more about the lesson of the text than the relationship problems that awaited him.
Meanwhile, the sun finally dipped under the horizon as Zoro came in Luffy, both letting out mingled moans and groans.
"That's it! We're going!" Sanji bellowed, pushing everyone out of his way as he moved toward the bulwarks and prepared to jump overboard if it weren't Nami.
"We still have one day, Sanji-kun!" Nami screeched, holding Sanji back which would've maybe made Sanji get a terrible nosebleed, but it wasn't the time for that.
"We all decided on two days, cook-san," Robin added calmly, walking over to them while holding a book under her arm. The rest of the crew joined the 3 around the side of the Thousand Sunny, wondering what was up with Sanji. "Is there something that is bothering you?"
Sanji scoffed and looked away, trying to settle everyone else down, including Chopper and Caesar that were telling him that Zoro would be fine.
"For all we know, he got swept up into Breed's trap too, or maybe he's running lost all over the place, or maybe he already got ki-" Sanji spluttered, looking more flustered than ever. Robin raised a knowing eyebrow and merely chuckled lightly, stepping up next to her crewmate.
"Maybe Sanji-san is right," she mused, placing the book down on the grass for safekeeping. Sanji blushed and looked away, knowing that Robin knew.
"You heard Robin-chwan! Let's gooooo!" Sanji burst out, jumping up onto the hand-bridge that Robin had made for them to cross over on. Everyone held their tongues, wondering what exactly their cook was so worked up about. Zoro would be fine, and he could get the job done, but here Sanji was acting.. doubtful and nervous. Did he really not want Zoro to go drown in the ocean or burst into flames?
"Get out of my sight and go clean yourself off, would you?" Law suggested coldly, pointing a finger toward the open door as if Zoro didn't even know where the door was.
"What's.. with you?" Zoro breathed, laying back on the bed on his back next to Luffy who looked a little bit awkward, laying on his side away from Zoro as he looked down at Law.
"Nothing," Law replied, looking up from the fragile book into Luffy's eyes. He saw the same thing in the young captain's eyes as he felt in his heart. Good, so he wasn't the only one in the room who felt that way. Law looked back down at the page, trying to focus again as Zoro glared daggers at him. Sighing, Zoro took Luffy's wrist in his hand and attempted to drag Luffy out of the room with him toward the bath, but then Law's heart skipped and he looked back up quickly catching Luffy's eyes again.
"Don't you think I'll let you two go alone," Law muttered quickly, scrambling to his feet as he put/dropped the book back on the ground, "..after all, you'd probably get lost.."
Zoro sighed once more and didn't say anything as he walked forward more, letting go of Luffy's hand unconsciously. Luffy straightened himself up without Zoro's grip, falling back to walk with Law behind his first-mate. Law didn't say anything but looked down at his ally for a long time, even as Luffy looked back up at his eyes. Placing a hand on Luffy's naked shoulders, Law pulled Luffy against his side, smirking as their feet tapped down the cold corridors by the torchlight, letting Zoro go on 'merry' way to wherever.
Robin looked all over Breed's ship with her power secretly, almost instantly finding the three friends walking down a dark hallway, Zoro storming around while Luffy and Law walked behind him, giggling and laughing to themselves while looking quite close. Robin smiled, thinking of Sanji, and then watched the three naked men enter into a bath room. There were windows, giant windows. Surely the crew could just circle around the ship till they saw those windows, and then meet their fate with the 3 captives. She vaguely wondered how the rest of the crew would react, especially Sanji. Robin laughed as she told the crew to go back to the ship and look for the large windows, and said nothing more. She couldn't.
"Are you happy now?!" Zoro yelped at Law, standing up to him and looking angry for having to wander endlessly even when Law and Luffy knew the way. Law smirked and shrugged, steering Luffy and him over towards the bath, watching the everlasting waves outside roll and calm, roll and calm until they all calmed down and the ocean looked like a mirror for the starry heavens.
'That would make a great ceiling mural..' Law thought to himself as they stepped into the bath. Zoro fumed from where he was, and blushed as he followed quickly behind, jumping into the bath away from Law, but not so far away that he couldn't tell what was going on. 'I'm not gonna give up Luffy for him,' Zoro and Law thought, eyeing Luffy. Luffy only looked up at Law and smiled, splashing him with a wave playfully. Law splashed back, narrowing his eyes at Zoro with an evil smirk. Zoro grumbled as turned away from Law and dunked into the bath, going about the best bathing that he could do.
"What was that?" Luffy whispered with a smirk, pretending to still be playing. Law smirked, putting his hand on Luffy's head as he leaned down.
"Just making I'm number 1," Law whispered back before sticking out his tongue at Luffy as he pushed Luffy underwater, chuckling evilly at Zoro.
"Stay away from him," they both said while Luffy grappled at Law's arm, holding his breath the best he could till he couldn't help but let air out. An explosion of bubbles erupted from the bath and startled Law into letting go of Luffy, who floated back up with a look of death.
"Oh my god, Luffy! Luffy!" Law screeched, looking around him frantically before crashing his mouth into Luffy's, trying what he though what CPR..? Zoro looked about ready to set the world on fire as Luffy came to, coughing water out of his system, looking a bit out of it still.
"My god, Im sorry! Are you okay?" Law whispered, hugging Luffy to his naked chest, who then almost passed out again from lack-of-room-for-air-in-lungs-syndrome. (Usopp would be proud of me XD) Letting Luffy go again to recover and gain breath in his lungs again, Law flailed his arms around Luffy not knowing where to touch or hold or anything, and settled on a gentle hug-kiss in apology, while Zoro lunged to pull Luffy away and the windows shattered as Sanji kicked his way through them with a ear-splitting squawk as he kicked Zoro in the face and pushing him underwater.
Law pulled back from Luffy as the others stood up on the windowsill, and Luffy merely blinked in recovery-confusion. Zoro grabbed Sanji's kicking leg and pushed it up off of him and exploded from the water, punching the unsuspecting cook in the face, who merely had a massive nosebleed at Zoro's nakedness.
"What in the fuck do you think that you are doing, coming in here like this?!" Zoro bellowed, pushing Sanji into the bath as his blood started to drip.
"W-w-why are you naked?!" Nami gulped, turning around with a red face. Robin merely laughed as Chopper and Caesar didn't really react much due to their former-trauma. Usopp was slightly concerned as to why Sanji was bleeding over someone that wasn't a lady, and Franky and Brook laughed and hooted.
Law coughed and gained composure after realizing that they had been more focused on Sanji kicking Zoro then him kissing Luffy, and ran a hand through his hair in a smart-kind-of-way.
"We're in a bath, are we not?" Law replied to Nami, gesturing to the water around them. Then it dawned on Usopp.
"Both you and Luffy are Devil Fruit users...?" Usopp asked to himself, and Law had to hold Luffy upright as he gained his breath. How was he going to explain all this?
"This is fresh water..." Law muttered, trying his best. Usopp bought it, so whatever, right?
"Why would they even be taking a bath.." Brook asked Usopp, who only shrugged with a confused expression.
"Now.. you all have green rings around your necks... that means you were caught by Breed, right?" Franky questioned, pointing to the green neck braces. Law nodded hesitantly, ignoring Sanji and Zoro's fight that was starting to become more like Sanji trying to control his nosebleed while naked-Zoro tried to punch him. Even though he was a swordsman, he could still fist-fight like a boss.
"Yes, in other words, you need to go find him and take care of him without getting caught."
Franky nodded, remembering the information. Nami still didn't turn around. Robin laughed as Luffy wandered his way over to cheer for Zoro, and Zoro wanted to pay attention to Luffy, while Sanji had other plans for Zoro, and Law just wanted Luffy back. Law frowned and weighed his options, calling Luffy back to him.
"Luffy, oi, get over here," Law commanded Luffy who blinked, wading his way back to Law who put his arm around the captain's shoulder, turning them both away from their crewmembers and pretending to discuss something important.
"Did Law just call Luffy 'Luffy'?" Usopp asked, pointing a confused finger at the two.
"What do you think Sanji-ya's problem is?" Law asked teasingly, watching as Luffy made a heart with his hands and made a kissy-face. They both laughed, and then Law craned his neck around when he heard Franky whistle at his backside.
"Oi! We didn't ask for this!" Law pleaded, waving Franky off as he began to turn back around.
"Didn't you say you were just 'taking a bath'?"
"S-shut up! Get going before Breed decides to make u-"
Law shut up. Zoro stopped his fighting to glare a wide-eyed glare at Law while Luffy looked up at Law in shock. Zoro yelped as he got kicked in the head and splashed in the bath as the others wondered what went wrong.
"You heard him, get going!" Sanji repeated, pointing a finger to the bath's door which took everyone out of their thoughts and scrambling along the edge of the pool to the door. Sanji didn't move a muscle.
"You go too, dumbass!" Zoro grumbled, grabbing Sanji by his collar and hurling him at Franky in the doorway, making them both grumble back at him. They all then disappeared from the room. Law put a hand to his head and sighed as Zoro splashed up to him shaking him by his shoulders.
"You almost let them know what was going on, jackass!" Zoro hissed, pushing Law a few steps back. Luffy growled and bit Zoro's extended arm, making the first-mate hiss and flail around, nearly impaling his foot on a piece of window-glass in the process.
"Let go, damnit!" Zoro insisted, scraping Luffy off of him and back into the water, where he still glared up at Zoro.
"Don't go yelling at Law! How can you blame him?" Luffy resisted, "don't go acting like you're any better than him!"
Zoro stepped back and looked Luffy over, not used to being yelled at and genuinely insulted by his captain. He didn't know how to respond, and his mouth open and closed silently. Law looked at Luffy with the same shock, blinking as he realized Luffy was sticking up for him. He blushed and looked at Zoro who looked back at him after a while. Luffy shook his head in anger and fumed as he waded back to cling onto Law. Law gave Zoro a clueless look and shrugged an un-hugged arm.
"I'm no better than him, huh?" Zoro said calmly, looking up at the stars in the sky through the shattered window. The moon was beginning to come out a little.
Luffy pouted and held onto Law's arm, pulling his ally back out of the pool with him, not bothering to even dry off a little as he led him back to their red room. Zoro stood in the pool alone, watching the moon go up, and wondered if Luffy was hiding something from him. He could feel it.. a secret, floating about all of them. Heck, they all had their secrets, but the crew absolutely nothing about Luffy other than his 'brother' was the deceased Fire-Fist Ace, his dad was Dragon, and his grandfather was Garp.
No one had dared ask him anything, though.
Zoro floated on his back a while, thinking, till he fell asleep and nearly drowned.
"I wonder how Zoro-ya feels.." Law muttered for Luffy to hear, laying next to him on the red bed staring back up at the moonlit angels and incubi again. Luffy snuggled against Law's side, letting their hearts and brains seem to connect; the bond was formed.
"He has no right to treat you like that.." Luffy replied, sighing happily at Law's warmth despite the lingering dampness. Luckily, walking around the halls and torches had gotten most of the water off them. Law hummed in thought while putting an arm under Luffy's head.
"You see that guy over there?" Law asked, pointing a finger up at a dark-winged incubi in the corner that wasn't bothering anybody but looking longingly at Luffy's favorite angel. Luffy nodded and realized... his angel was him, Law's incubi was Law, and the lone incubi was Zoro longing after them. Luffy buried his head in Law's chest.
"I don't know what to do.. Law," Luffy whispered, rubbing a finger on Law's tattooed chest in circles. Law sighed and ran a hand through Luffy's hair comfortingly. Law had a hard time believing that this was the kid who fought alongside at Saobody, the kid he saved from death when Fire-Fist Ace died, the kid he met at the entrance to Caesar's lab; the obliviously stupid rubber kid who was 7 years younger than him but survived so much, as he then knew. However, Law was once more helping Luffy in a different emotional way; a romantic way, as they both had discovered.
"Just stick with me and you'll be fine," Law replied, hesitantly placing a gentle kiss on Luffy's lips. It felt so strange to just freely kiss him and not be forced to, but the forced kind held no love or emotion as this kiss did. Their bond was inseparable.
"I trust you... Law," Luffy whispered, kissing Law on the neck in return. Law smirked and twisted Luffy's hair in his hand absent-mindedly, thinking.. thinking..
"How would classify our relationship, Luffy? Just allies, just friends, just good friends?"
"Would it be weird of me to think of you as my brother?"
Law's smirk dropped and his brows furrowed. Was he just bro-zoned?
"Yeah.. it sounds rather... weird."
"I don't mean like a brother-brother.. I mean that we have a bond that me and Ace did. It's inseparable, it's pure, it's... emotional."
"Are you trying to say that you and Ace fucked too?" Law joked, poking Luffy in the head with a tattooed 'E' finger.
"..maybe, but that's not the point!"
Law sweatdropped.. '...great. Just great.'
"What I'm trying to say is that you remind me of Ace.. and our bond is the same," Luffy mumbled, wrapping his arm around Law's chest tightly. Law wasn't sure how to feel about that... but took it as a good thing considering how close Luffy and Ace were, and the fact that Luffy thought of him just as close as Ace made him feel special.
"Good.." Law whispered, kissing Luffy's forehead affectionately as their bodies took on a different problem.
"Luffy?"
"Yeah?"
"I can feel that you have a slight problem down there," Law commented with a smirk. Luffy blushed and put on a grin, pushing one knee over Law's midsection.
"And you don't?"
"Nooo.. not at all," Law said sarcastically, taking Luffy's chin in his hand to he look at the moonlight's reflection in the boy's eyes.
"Oh? So won't you help me with mine?" Luffy suggested, brushing his knee against Law's dick for a while.
"Mmm...I don't know about that, Luffy," Law mused, pointing a finger to the double doors in front of them. Luffy blinked and then focused...
"We're asleep, right?" Law whispered, pulling a blanket over the both of them quickly, turning away from each other while Luffy nodded with a silent giggle.
The doors burst open as soaking wet Zoro stood in the doorway, breathing heavily as the water poured off of him.
"You guys alm- guys?" Zoro began at a yelling level, then dropped down to a whisper at seeing the both 'asleep' comfortably in the red moonlit bedroom. He blinked and shook his wet green hair, making his earrings jingle.
Leaning against the doorway, he weighed his options..
A. wake them up and yell at them.
B. let them sleep and sleep on the floor, and then yell at them in the morning.
or C. push Luffy over and sleep next to him, and then forget about yelling.
Zoro figured C would nicest..
So closing the double doors behind him, Zoro shook the rest of the water off and stared out the window at the moon for a while before sighing and walking over to the bed on Luffy's side. Surely the bed was big enough for 3, right?
Luffy hid his mouth under the blanket, not being able to control the grin on his face, and Law was having a hard time holding in any laughs. Zoro took no notice and roughly shoved Luffy back-to-back with Law and then climbed in next to Luffy, pulling the blankets only to his hip as he tried to situate himself. How would he lay, on his side? Yeah, on his side.. but, Luffy was too close to Law..
Zoro pulled Luffy away from Law's back, making the two 'sleeping' captains sad over the loss of warmth and contact. Unfortunately for mainly Zoro, Luffy decided to throw an arm around Zoro's waist and put his leg on top of Zoro's leg. Zoro didn't know what to do, and his mind was freaking out, and he wasn't really comfortable with it, and what was that poking into his leg?!
Squirming away, or attempting to, Zoro's mind went blank and so he pushed Luffy off of him and back against Law, rolling over to face the wall and not Luffy. Law could hardly contain himself, but loved it as Luffy rolled over 'in his sleep' and pushed his chest against Law's back, an arm wrapped around his waist. Snuggling his head against Law's shoulder blade, Luffy sighed in content, and Law found it very amusing and slightly troubling that Luffy's boner still pushed against his tailbone.
Zoro looked over his shoulder at Luffy and sighed, but was happy that it was all in their sleep. Right?
"So yeah, it was SUPERRR lame, the battle with Breed. And when we were looking for him, we found these," Franky explained, and then threw the 3 crewmates' clothes into their faces.
The four sat in the red bedroom with the crew outside in the hallway, as was instructed by Law.
"Thank you.." Law muttered as they put on their clothes again, feeling rather strange in them after a few days of nakedness and feeling strange without the green neck braces. Franky just gave a thumbs up with a grin. After a minute, his face fell.
"So? Do you mind telling me all that happened?" Franky asked, crossing his arms with a metallic clank. Law, Luffy and Zoro all looked at each other with blushes rising to their faces almost immediately. Luffy tried to speak up first, but was silenced by Law with a cough as he folded his hands in his clothed-lap.
"Well, to put it simply, this is what happened. Luffy and I snuck into this ship and got captured by Breed, who forced Luffy and I to fight without our Devil Fruit powers. And then Breed took our clothes and forced us to perform for him, and Zoro-ya found us in the middle of doing just that and then Breed stuck a neck brace on him too and made Zoro-ya join us. And so, we've been naked ever since."
Franky blinked. The other 3 blinked. Franky burst out into laughter and made the others smack him in the head.
"It's not funny!" Zoro hissed, pulling on Franky's hair.
"Oi oi, but it really is! Who would've thought you three, of all people, would become sex slaves?!"
Law and Luffy looked at each other while Zoro fumed and pulled out a chunk of Franky's hair in the process.
"You better take that back or else you'll be scrap metal in a minute!"
The confusion between crew members gave time for Law to slip Luffy a quick kiss, and then Law looked the other way and whistled, pretending to have done nothing and Luffy only grinned, putting his hand down on Law's.
Once Zoro had given up, Franky sat upright again and coughed, signifying more discussion.
"So. What are we going to do about this ship?" Franky asked, putting a thoughtful thumb to his middle chin. Law stared wide eyed and looked down at Luffy who reciprocated the look. Zoro had nothing to do with their fearful look and scoffed.
"Let it rot," Zoro stated calmly, crossing his arms while Law and Luffy smacked him.
"You can't just let it float out here!" Luffy pleaded.
"You want to let this masterpiece of a ship waste away?! You're insane!" Law hissed, shaking Zoro by his shoulders. Franky nodded with the captains.
"Zoro, Luffy and Law are right. We need to do something about it other than just letting it go," Franky agreed, pointing a finger at the floor on which he sat, signifying the ship itself.
Zoro grumbled about them being ship-huggers, and wanting to keep their hell, and so on. Luffy rolled his eyes and then remembered. He jumped up to his feet and burst through the double doors with Law following quickly behind him, the two narrowly avoiding trips and questions from the crewmates that sat all along the corridor.
"Not now!" Law bellowed back at them and followed Luffy around corners and through hallways, knowing exactly where they were going. Zoro sat back with Franky blinking, not knowing what had just happened.
The captains came to a screeching hault in front of the wooden door and Luffy slammed it open, catching his breath in the doorway as he looked straight at the old man sitting at his desk, reading from the same book; without a neck brace.
"Oh! Luffy!" Naguri said, looking up from the book at his old friend, who seemed somewhat changed, and then looked back at Law, "did your green-haired friend find you?"
"You mean you talked to him?!" Luffy gasped with his jaw open while Law slapped a palm to his forehead. Naguri chuckled and took that as a yes.
"Anyway, why have you came back to me?" the old man asked, shutting the book. Luffy looked back at Law, and when he got a nod in return, Luffy walked over and clapped a hand on Naguri's shoulder.
"We're gonna get you back to your crew," Luffy stated with a happy grin, and then leaned in to whisper something to his friend, "and I've told him."
"You have?"
"Yeah. He knows."
Naguri looked past Luffy and looked Law up and down, studying everything about him before he responded, "Good choice. Is he your new Ace?"
"Oi... "
"Sorry, sorry! But...?"
"..Yeah."
"I knew it!"
The two laughed for a moment while Law stood in the doorway with arms crossed, unaware of what just happened other then he got checked out by an old man. He wasn't so sure how to feel about that. He sighed and shrugged it off, smiling up at Luffy who walked Naguri up to him.
"So Law, where can Naguri stay till we find his crew?" Luffy asked, poking Law in the chest. Law looked up at the ceiling and thought about it, and then he decided upon what they could do.
"Naguri-ya can stay on the Thousand Sunny with the others, so long as he promises not to tell the others about your past, and then me and you will stay here," Law concluded with a nod. Luffy nodded in agreement and then looked to Naguri.
"Fine by me. And I promise not to tell," Naguri stated with a wink and a chuckle, and then he looked back up at Law as he was addressed.
"Naguri, do you know the name of this ship?" Law asked curiously.
"I believe it's called the T-"
"Paradise it is!" Law decided, renaming the ship to Paradise, the opposite of what Zoro thought it was. But no matter, because he didn't have to set foot on the ship again if he didn't want to; ah, that's a lie.
Luffy giggled at Law's name for the ship but didn't argue as it was truly the perfect name.
"We should tell Franky to paint that on the side of the highest point for all to see, Law," Luffy suggested, hugging Law's arm tightly. Law looked down at Luffy's sparkling eyes and nodded firmly.
"It's our ship now, Luffy, and no one else's," Law stated, pulling Luffy against his side as he led Luffy back to their bedroom, stepping over legs and avoiding questions and stares. The two walked through the open doorway and over to the window past both confused crewmates and looked out at the ocean calmly, Luffy resting on Law's shoulder.
"I love it here," Luffy whispered, looking up at his angel. Law looked up at the mural as well, and spotted his incubus. Then the two zoomed out and focused on the two supernatural beings together as one; a couple.
"Me too," Law replied, and then he got a good idea, and leaned down to whisper in Luffy's ear; "you know what else I love?"
"..uhh.." Luffy pretended to look up in thought tapping a finger on his chin while he grinned, knowing the answer.
"You~"
The crew all gathered into the doorway to watch Law and Luffy and whispered all sorts of things. It wasn't until a long time later that Law turned from the window, his arm still around Luffy, and looked back at Usopp.
"Oi."
"Y-yes?"
"You can paint, right?" Law asked simply. Usopp gulped and nodded quickly. Law smirked.
"Good. You're gonna be doing a lot of that around Paradise soon, so get your paint brushes ready."
Usopp nodded again and then became confused.. Paradise?
"Paradise?" Nami asked just as Usopp was about to. Law nodded with a grin and that's when Luffy detached from Law and threw his arms wide, gesturing to the ship.
"This... is Paradise!"
Only Franky and Zoro understood, and they nodded, one a little more miserably than the other.
"Why 'Paradise'?" Zoro groaned, putting an exhausted hand to his head. The others behind him nodded in agreement, wanting to know why. Law and Luffy merely looked at each other and grinned.
"Because," they answered in unison, looking back up at the winged-couple. Law then looked back down at the crew and made a to-do list in his mind.
"Usopp-ya, go get your painting supplies."
"O-okay.."
"Franky-ya, could you make and/or find blueprints to this ship?"
"Im SUPERRR on it!"
"Brook-ya and Sanji-ya, make way for a very large, very fancy party in the dining room. (Wherever that is...)"
"Yohohoho, alright!"
"Why do I have to listen to you?" Sanji groaned, crossing his arms, and Zoro feared for Sanji's life, knowing what happened with Luffy last time he insulted Law.
"Because he is the captain of this ship, too! Now do what he says!" Luffy ordered, pointing a finger down at Sanji's nose like Hancock would, making only Law laugh, as he was the only one that knew of her pointing abilities. Sanji grumbled as he got to his feet and pushed Luffy's finger away, following Brook out to find the kitchen.
"Robin-ya, could you look around the ship for any major problems like leaks or malfunctions?" Law asked politely, and Robin nodded with a laugh, beginning her search around. After a minute, Robin found something.
"Nami?"
"Yes?"
"I do believe that there is a large room of treasure in this shi-"
"On it!"
"Zoro-ya..."
"What do you want.." Zoro mumbled, not bothering to look up at the captain who sighed at him.
"Could you go around and cut off every snail speaker and camera you find?" Law asked, gesturing out into the hallway. Zoro grunted in response, standing up and yawning as he began his wandering, the sound of slicing heard echoing about the hallways.
"Caesar and Chopper, go back to the Thousand Sunny and keep it safe till tonight's feast," Law ordered, pointing dangerously at Caesar's broken nose. They nodded and made their way back with Robin's help, and she also went to protect the ship, since she could find no problems.
Law and Luffy sighed in unison and closed the double doors for a short moment of privacy. Luffy turned and picked up a small book from beside the doorway and looked it over, and then he recognized it and gave it back to Law carefully. Law smiled as he took into his hand and pecked Luffy on the forehead in thanks.
"You know what I want Usopp to paint first?" Law asked, putting a hand on Luffy's shoulder. Luffy shook his head with a smile. Turning them both to face the wall behind the bed, Law swept his hand over it and then told Luffy his plan.
"The starry night and moon will go here, and then he can paint 'Paradise' on the outside," Law explained, and was pleased with Luffy's awed reaction, knowing that he was not faking amusement.
"Perfect for Paradise," Luffy said, wrapping his arms around Law's neck and kissing his lips gently, making the two very happy that they had grown up to meet each other as they had, and couldn't have been any more happy with their new 'brother'.
Later that night at the feast, Law clanked his spoon to his glass of maroon wine and stood up to make a toast.
"I toast to our entire experience here at Paradise, and for all the many more experiences we will have here, Luffy," Law declared joyfully while looking down the table to the other head of the table at his love who raised his glass with him and air-clinked their glasses, each grinning happily. All the rest confusedly clinked their glasses and drank, not knowing the full extent of their captains' bond.
So much for Breed's Personal 'Performers'.
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