A.N. It seems that South Boy finished with some sort of cliffhanger… :D

Well the secret is out! Our OTP is LawLu… :D So enjoy this little (or not little?) story! ^-^

Disclaimer: Noup, don't own One Piece… though I'm aiming for that author right auction…

Chapter two: Figuring Out…

Luffy tilted his head. "Greek goddess? Like a real life goddess? Gods exist…?"

Makino's gaze fell on Luffy. "Yes. We are real. And you my dear are a very powerful demi-god."

For several moments silence fell through the empty bar as Law and Luffy tried to digest the information, not every day you get to know that gods exist. And that you are a demi-god, or in Law's case that your love interest is a demi-god.

Luffy tried to think rationally. Yes, he was able of doing that. He was raised by his grandfather and never really saw his father, he could count the times he did. No one ever talked about his mother, Ace and Sabo were as clueless as him and the research they did when they were twelve was in vain. When it came to Garp the talk about his mother was like a taboo.

Whenever he tried to ask something he would be rudely interrupted or Garp would 'suddenly' remember something 'important' and leave the house. Luffy bit his lower lip muttering. "It would make sense…"

Makino smiled at her godson's words, she felt relived – it seems he's starting to accept this. Her eyes fell on the tattooed male, now how is he coping with it…

Law's POV

I watched Luffy's godmother – Makino – and tried to find anything in her body language indicating that she's lying. But no matter how much I wanted to find a clue, deep inside I understood that what she told us was the truth. With her explanation almost everything made sense. "How does this involve me?"

Almost. How do I come in here? I knew my both parents, I'm no demi-god, what do I have to do with this? And why? Is it because I'm in love with Luffy? But it can't be, can it? And if I am here because of my feelings, what will this change? Does this mean that Luffy returns my feelings? Or am I here just because I was near?

Makino stared at me for some time and then a warm smile spread across her lips. "Well the reason you're here – that you two will have to figure out yourself." She patted the big book on the table; damn, I almost forgot that thing… "I'm already helping you by giving the book, though I will give you one last warning. In this town Luffy, you're not the only demi-god, so be careful with your powers, don't use them carelessly. Not all demi-gods are good natured, they tend to take after their parents, so some of them are dark. Be especially wary with them, they like to use other demi-gods for their own purposes."

With her last words she – like a real fairy-tale godmother – disappeared in puff of smoke; show off… Suddenly the bar was full of people and we were sitting in the same seats we were in before the whole milkshake fiasco.

Luffy tilted his head as he looked over the book, and pouted. "This book is sooooo big, how am I gonna read it?!"

I sighed and smiled to my secret-crush. "Don't worry I will help you read it."

My heart skipped a beat as Luffy's eyes shone. "Really?! You're the best Traffy!"

Luffy ordered one more milkshake and I started going through the recent conversation. She said that he should be wary of demi-gods, so should I conclude that demi-gods aren't affected by each other's powers? Or are they simply aware of these things happening like I am? Wait, wait, wait… why am I aware of these things happening? Aren't I supposed to be unaware like other people? Maybe I have demi-god blood or something? But shouldn't there be more people like me? Maybe there is but they're hiding it…?

I gritted my teeth with irritation; too many questions and not enough answers… I eyed the book; maybe this thing will give me answers…? I felt something touch my forehead and rub it. I opened my eyes I never realized I closed and saw Luffy's concerned face few inches from mine. "Don't frown! Don't you know that frowning will make you look old?!"

I chuckled at his words and smiled a little. "There, happy?"

Luffy leaned back in his seat and nodded. "Yup, much better."

Suddenly a thought pushed all the god focused thoughts and started flowing through my head like a mantra: I haven't bought a present for Luffy yet…

A few days latter

Luffy's POV

I happily ran into the park and found my way to the fountain; it's almost like summer… I sat on the bench under a big oak tree's shadow and started impatiently waiting for Traffy; he said he finally finished reading the book, I wonder what that big book said…?

I looked at the leather and glass bracelet I wore on my bicep; Law gave it to me as a birthday present… Along with a miniature boat for a bath, he said that for me this birthday is not a step toward adulthood, but towards kindergarten. Meanie. I started feeling sleepy because of all that warmth and started dozing off.

Luckily quite soon I was shaken out of it. I opened my eyes and met Traffy's grey ones. "Hey Luffy-ya, had a nice nap?"

I rubbed my eyes and yawned. "Yea, I did." I ignored Traffy's chuckles and the warm feeling in my chest. "So what does that book say?"

The tattooed male sat next to me on the bench and extended his legs while stretching. I couldn't keep my eyes from the little gap of tanned skin between the edge of his spotted jeans and t-shirt. I quickly averted my eyes pretending that the checking-out thing never happened. Either Traffy ignored my behavior or he didn't notice, I prayed for the last.

He leaned on the bench and started staring at the fountain in front of us. "Well summarizing everything these are the things you HAVE to know: First - use your powers carefully, if you use them carelessly you might bring a disaster. And Gods don't like cleaning up after such things, so you should really think about what you're saying as your power comes from your words."

I pouted. "Oh, this one is easy! I won't bring a disaster!"

Traffy glared at me half-heartedly. "Really. Because ten additional cakes and three mountains of meat is certainly 'careful'. Because the little tsunami, which thank goddess everyone forgot about, was certainly 'careful'. And let's not forget the sudden appearance of the extinct Dodo bird in the middle of a class. And gods know what you did at home where I couldn't see you or know that it was you."

I pouted, though admitted to myself that saying: 'Damn, it would be better if a tsunami came then this heat…' was a little careless. "Okay, okay, at fault, what's next?"

Traffy stared at me for a little and his eyes once again fell on the fountain. "Second would be keeping the existence of gods to a minimum. There's no doubt that if the world came into the knowledge of their existence some terrible things would happen, not talking about the possible demi-god hunt. You can only tell your mate or very close friends."

For a moment silence fell between us and I silently went through what he said and tried to find something wrong, then I found it. "Mate?"

I saw Traffy sigh, for some reason he looked sad and disappointed, I started feeling sad too. "Yea mate - that would be third. Apparently a lot of gods and demi-gods have mates, goddess Yue-Lao takes care of that. Not all have mates, but those who do are forever bonded with them. Apparently your mother didn't have one and that's the reason you were born, mated gods don't have demi-god children. But that doesn't mean that you won't have a mate. Yue-Lao often likes to gift demi-gods with mates, so their life would be better."

I started chewing inside of my cheek; I might have a mate? "How do you know when you met your mate?"

Traffy rubbed his cheeks tiredly. "It says nothing about it, just some mentions about the demi-god 'knowing it'."

"Ohhhh…" I frowned and tried to think if I ever 'knew' if somebody was my mate; why can't I remember anything like this? Why is my gut so uneasy about something? I can't figure it out!

"Yea, fourth would be etiquette, but knowing you, you won't follow it either way, so there's no use of telling you about them. There is also a big segment of the book about god relations and family ties. I got lost in them, so you won't be any better."

I nodded my head happily that he won't be telling me any boring information, Traffy is the best! "Anything else really important?"

The male sitting beside me, looked at his arms for a while and then sighed. "Well there some advices how to behave, what kind of punishments you can get for using your power for no good and getting caught… Well stuff that you will probably forget either way…"

I nodded lost in my own thoughts; there's more people like me… and some of them are bad guys… I punched my palm with determination. "Yosh! That means that if some unfriendly demi-god approaches me I will kick his ass and I should look out for my mate!"

Traffy groaned and put a hand on his face. "You can say it this way, but don't forget minding what you say!"

I nodded enthusiastically with a grin. "Sure I can do that! I won't say stuff like I wonder if it can ray ducks or what would happen if trees were made of meat!"

I grinned at the tattooed male proud that I know what I should say, but Traffy groaned some more and counted to three. "Luffy, turn your head to your left."

I turned my head at the direction Traffy told me to and saw a tree. Made of meat. "Neat! That's so cool! I wonder if they're eadi-…" I couldn't continue my sentence 'cause something hit my head. "Ouch! What was that!" I looked at the sky and saw… ducks falling from the sky like rain drops in rain. "Ohhhh… I probably shouldn't have said that…"

Traffy glared at me half-heartedly. "You think? Make it stop."

I nodded and quickly thought up what to say. "I don't want raining ducks or trees made from meat."

The raining immediately stopped and when I looked around I saw that trees were back to normal. Cool. Traffy stood up and dusted his pants from invisible dust. "Let's go, I want a dose of caffeine and oh, make people forget they saw this."

I nodded at Traffy's words; wow, Traffy's so smart! "I wish people didn't remember seeing raining ducks or meat trees."

Traffy started walking and I followed for some reason feeling very happy. "Why did you say 'I wish…'? You don't need to say that phrase for your words to come true…"

I scratched my cheek thinking why I said that. "I don't know… I felt like it?"

Traffy just shook his head and entered an open air café and sat under a big umbrella to keep the sun from the customers. "That's just something you would say…"

I chuckled and sat in front of him with a huge grin on my face.

Third point of view

Luffy happily chatted about this and that while drinking cool ice cocktail while Trafalgar sipped his coffee. Even though Law's face didn't show much Trafalgar Law felt like on cloud nine. He was in a café, with Luffy, just the two of them, on a hot day in May… Almost like a couple, almost like on a date… But Trafalgar knew this was no date, but he didn't care, he was ecstatic.

But exactly this fact was something he cursed later, wondering if he had paid more attention to surroundings the events after that wouldn't have happened…

So while Luffy and Law were happily in their own little world everything around them suddenly started becoming darker and gloomier. The sounds started dying down one after another till not even a sound of wind could be heard, that's when the two brunets noticed that there was something wrong with their surroundings, something dark, something evil. But it was too late.

Suddenly some kind of tentacles extended from the dark and before Luffy could even say anything the tentacles knocked him out and after him Law too. Loud and creepy laugh started echoing through the darkness, it's time to see what this new demi-god was about…