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Even the Explorer Didn't See That Coming Part 1

Three days ago...

It occurred to Law that he wished he was drunk, drunker, drunkest than he ever had in his entire existence then get a hangover that would make him forget one year of his life.

Everything seemed so perfect. No, it was beyond perfect. Champagnes on their hands, smiles on their faces, shamelessly flirting with each other. The silver-haired cutie was much - much cuter, handsome, glowing ridiculously bright up close and downright fascinating, he blew Law's mind. One look in those expressive exotic green eyes and Boom! All Law could see were fireworks. Sparks flying, their chemistry was fucking undeniable and Law was sure as hell it was not a fluke. But what the hell just happened?

Suddenly a commotion broke out in the middle of the function hall. People ran in panic, bumping into each other, women desperately clinging onto their expensive bags and their husbands towing them behind gunning for the exit. Law wondered whether these agents were absent during the briefing on safety protocols, either that or clearly someone wasn't paying attention. Law was damn sure the first rule was 'Remain Calm', the exact opposite of what these people were doing, running around like headless chickens.

At the far end, Law could see Sengoku, cradling his goddamn goat, treading heavily in a hurry towards Law, four men escorted him, Law thought they looked like a boyband. Sengoku's face turned red and Law was fucking sure it wasn't out of embarrassment of bringing his goat because, let's be honest, Sengoku was prouder of having the goat as a pet than being the World Government Head. But scratch that, he decided to set his attention back to the silver-haired gu-.

Law blinked twice -slowly and rubbed his gray eyes as it settled into the spot next to the table where the silver-haired guy once stood... He was absolutely sure that the guy was standing just right in front of him a few seconds ago. Law touched him, as he touched Law. It was real. He clearly remembered the sensation as the guy's lithe finger rubbed around his chest, it was-delicious, made Law desperate to have more. There was also a distinct possibility that it was all in his head.

Hell. Maybe he didn't exist after all.

Maybe, Law's going mad. Maybe, it was a trick of the brain. Law's brain finally snapped and decided to fuck him up, made him hallucinate because he was too deprived of physical touch after months of abstinence. That should be the reason why the guy was so goddamn perfect. Right? Maybe he was the depiction of Law's ideal lover. Law cringed, he should consider seeing a shrink, file a leave of absence and go see a doctor for an MRI or PET scan.

But Law had just to prove he was real. There was a tug in his heart, screaming the guy was real - Law wished he was real.

Law stood frozen for a moment then turned around quickly. He looked around frantically in the hopes that he'd get a glance of the silver hair he longed to see again, stretching his neck to see pass through the chaos until his neck went stiff. He was disappointed to only spot his boss' flushed face as if every step he took added pressure to his body and made his face redder.

The older man finally stopped in front of Law after struggling through the panicked bodies. His face involuntarily contorts into an expression that screamed anger, frustration, and humiliation. Sure, Law had seen worse conditions of contorted faces but the man looked like he had a heart attack while being constipated and experiencing explosive diarrhea all at the same time.

Sengoku stared at Law as if his existence was an annoyance and he should be irradicated immediately. Law awkwardly stared at his boss he had absolutely no idea what the hell was going on. Law averted his gaze from Sengoku before it bore a hole on his face and checked the hall. Agents ushered the guests out of the building, trying to control the mass hysteria.

Law was actually starting to worry about his boss' state of mentality, the man had been frozen in front of Law for a couple of minutes now without blinking. He wasn't even sure if the old man was breathing and he was too scared to touch him and check, for the goddamn goat was sending him an icy gaze. Law swore he even saw the goat raise its eyebrows and looked at him like he was a piece of shit and the goat would be an ultimate being. Law found it offensive and glared at the goat. Great, he really thought he'd gone insane.

"Trafalgar D. Water Law" Sengoku finally spoke, his voice was monotonous it was eerie for Law. He acknowledged the man calling him and stared directly into his eyes. "Do you have any idea who you were talking to?" Law inhaled, so the guy was indeed real. Now he felt less bothered, at least he wasn't crazy. Law shook his head and by the gods, he wished he knew.

"Monkey D. Luffy"

"Hmm? Pardon?" Law cocked his eyebrows as he asked. What the hell was Sengoku talking about?

Sengoku clenched his jaw, seething with anger. Veins popping on his forehead, face flushed again. "That was Monkey D. Luffy!" Law's brows furrowed, he was goddamn sure the guy was not Monkey D. Luffy. First the guy had silver hair while Straw Hat Luffy had midnight black hair, second, his eyes were green and not brown.

"That's how he looked growing up. The brat made sure only Garp would find him here." Sengoku explained before Law could even open his mouth to prove his point that the guy was in fact not the infamous Straw Hat leader. Sengoku clicked his tongue. "Goddamnit!" Sengoku bellowed. Noticing the young agent's confusion, Sengoku continued. "He was disguised as a child due to security reasons. I should've told you the moment you took the case but that idiot Garp had convinced me that it wasn't important. Now, look at what happened!"

Sengoku looked at the young man, Law was looking at him as if he was crazy. Gods, Sengoku wished he was, he might as well be one at the end of the night trying to find out what that brat wanted to pull this time around. He patted Law's shoulder. "Trust me Trafalgar, that man was Monkey D. Luffy...I respected a friend's secret. Don't blame yourself for not knowing, it was a flaw on my part." Sengoku sighed, caressing his pet goat's hair. "Now, go find the man before he destroys the goddamn building."

Law stood frozen for a moment (hello darkness, my old friend), unable to compose a full thought, before he managed to pull himself out of his reverie. Law's emotions were out of sorts, he felt like he was hurled into a hurricane, his body's brutally slamming against every debris the violent winds carried. He cursed himself, the person who had been causing him sleepless nights was right in front of him and what did Law do? He fucking flirted with Straw Hat Luffy but Law was damned cause it felt good-really good.

He turned slightly, taking a step back and took a deep breath. The place was deserted now, blaring alarms echoed in the empty hall, heels clicking as agents scattered and searched the place. Law couldn't help but partially blame himself and his superiors. If Sengoku and Garp had given him that crucial information about their subject, he would have no problem identifying him in his second identity but Law should've known better, the man had more or less little info, of course, he had a disguise and even used a different name. Law was a potato. A fucking potato might even be offended if they found out he compared himself to them.

No wonder his smile was fucking familiar, a smile that could make flowers grow in the middle of the hot blazing desert. He sighed dreamily. Law couldn't help but ask if he knew that it was Straw Hat Luffy, would he still react that way? Would he still be attracted? Law bit his lips, he knew the answers full well. He was sure it would be entirely worse from now on cause fuck Law and his twisted emotions, he actually found the man fucking irresistible and did Straw Hat's double identity (which were equally hot to boot) turned him on. That was it, Law was a lost cause.

Lost in his jumbled thoughts he unknowingly reached the restroom, a body bumped into him and all he could see was bright blinding green. He looked up at the man and sighed "Shit. Barto, what the hell. Watch where you're going!"

"B-b-boss! There's nothing inside. I already checked it." Barto stuttered. Law raised his perfectly shaped dark eyebrows. Why the fuck did Barto look like he just reached ultimate enlightenment? Law moved pass Barto but the man blocked him. "Barto, what the fuck do you think you're doing?" Law said raising his voice, demanding an explanation.

Barto opened his mouth to speak but Law held up a hand to silence him. "Move," he said in a low menacing voice. The man promptly stepped aside, letting his somewhat pissed off boss pass. Barto bolted, he had other places to be.

Law gave each stall a heavy kick with his foot, the abused wooden doors slammed against the wall. At the last stall, a fleck of silver caught his eyes he slipped his hand back quickly flinging the door open. Law thought he was the prince and Straw Hat was his Cinderella but instead of a stained glass slipper, he gets a fucking wig. Creepy but he took it as a good sign. Maybe they'll end up like some fucking fairytale too. Law looked up and saw a vent, he grabbed the rectangular metal and it easily fell off. "Shit."

He then searched his coat pocket for his phone and began fiddling with it, calling Bepo. It rang three times before Bepo's voice resounded along with Sachi and Penguin obnoxious voices. Good, the idiots are together, it should be easier, Law thought.

"Bepo put me on the loudspeaker. Listen carefully, I want the three of you to go to our office. Sachi and Pen, check every camera in the entire HQ. Bepo, I need you to find where the vent in the east restroom in the function hall leads. Don't hang up. Go, hurry!" Law instructed.

After a few minutes of hearing rushed footsteps and heavy panting, Bepo informed Law that they were in the office. "Good, now where does the vent lead?"

"It has three exits boss, the underground storage room, main HQ building and the infirmary," Bepo informed through the tapping sounds that Law assume were abused keyboards. "Alright, how about the security cameras, did Sachi and Penguin find anything?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary boss." Bepo courtly answered.

"Alright, keep watching. Call me back if you see anything." Law said as he ended the call. He ran to the elevator and pressed the buttons relentlessly. "Shit. Lockdown." Law rubbed his temples, racking his brains as to where the hell he would look next. Law should have an advantage, he studied the straw hat's movements for the past month. If anything, they should be getting something from the World Government, an information they could not access even with the best-damned computer geek.

"Think Law," he muttered. If they couldn't get the info from the WG's computer system, it should be written ancient data. Narrowing his options and following his gut-instinct, Law ran like he never ran before, dashing outside the back door of the function hall and heading in a cluster of plants and bushes, he cut through it, gracefully leaping like a dazzling gazelle. He gave longer strides and raced towards the only place where the WG kept written records - the Archives.

Panting, sweating, Law loosened his tie and unbuttoned his jacket suit and showed his wallet from his back pocket and showed the guards his I.D and badge and was ushered into the Archives. The eerie yellow lights illuminated the roof-high bookshelves full of documents and ancient records. The shadow cast by the shelves made the room darker than it should be. Law grabbed his phone, he sighed in relief as he saw there was still a signal inside the closed room.

Clutching his phone and putting it on his ears, he dialed Bepo and the man answered right away. "Boss, we haven't seen anyone suspicious on the security footage. But there's a commotion outside of the function hall. The Straw Hats are here, three of them are currently wreaking havoc. It's ridiculous how shit's going down there."

"Which members?" Law hoped it wasn't Straw Hat Luffy. He fucking hoped he would end up in the Archives with Law and he would confront him, man to man. Face to face. And ask him out... Wait what? No, no. Law shook his head. He would take him into custody. Yes...That's right. Keep your shit together Trafalgar, he scolded himself.

"Roronoa Zoro, Blackleg Sanji, and Soul Brook. They're the crazy boss. OH, SHIT!" Law was surprised, he never heard Bepo cursed for as long as he met the guy. "What's wrong Bepo?"

"Boss, the security cam. Sachi and Penguin tried to move the camera and- and- it kept showing the same shit. Someone tapped through the surveillance system and placed yesterday's footage.

"Fuck. Call for back up Bepo, South of the HQ, The Archives." Law ordered as he scanned the place for any member of the straw hats.

"Roger, boss!"

Zoro and Sanji were getting bored. They had been itching to get some action. Knowing how Luffy couldn't follow even the simplest plan made especially for him, they should be able to have some fun soon. For now, they had been 'fighting' due to the stress of being cooped up in the van for far too long. Both of them knew the crew didn't buy any of their shit but for the fuck of it, they did still fight anyways. It was the adrenaline that they wanted and both men thought it was fucking sexy to see their partner eventually get mad.

A yelp from Usopp caught Sanji's attention. The guy had been typing furiously, Sanji was surprised that the keyboard keys weren't flying all over the place. Over the course of another minute, beads of sweat ran down the curly haired man's forehead. It was obvious, however, that he was upset and probably questioning his existence. Usopp stood and stared at Sanji like he was going to regret everything that was about to happen.

"Sanji, Zoro. Get over here." Both men scooted towards Usopp, the van really didn't give them much space to move especially when Usopp's equipment ate half of the space. Usopp pulled the drawer of the metal counter and grabbed the same device Usopp placed on Luffy's body. Looking at the device on his hands, Usopp sighed and muttered something over his breathe that Sanji could pick up as 'this is a stupid stupid massively stupid idea'.

"Something wrong, Usopp?" Sanji sniggered as he asked even though it didn't take a genius to know that Luffy fucked up the plan and was making his own shit. Sanji sighed as a hand slowly crept behind him, he nonchalantly smacked the hand that was subtly placed on his ass and earned a grunt from the Marimo. Stupid Marimo. He grabbed the man's wrist and yanked Zoro so he could stand beside him.

Usopp rubbed his nose and sighed. "Luffy wants you guys to 'proceed with the plan'. I don't even want to know what the hell this 'plan' is." Usopp groaned he was sure he would lose ten years of his lifespan by following Luffy's orders just for tonight. He cried internally, Usopp knew he shouldn't stress out since he dies a little on the inside everyday just interacting with Luffy. He looked at Zoro with a disheartened expression, shouldn't they tie him up? He would just get lost and add more trouble other than what Luffy already started. Usopp couldn't help but feel sorry for himself.

A menacing smirk appeared on Zoro's face. "Luffy took a while. I was getting bored." Sanji rolled his eyes at his partner's expression. Sanji thought that even if biologists tried to classify Zoro and Luffy, they wouldn't be able to, they'd have to create a whole new tree and it would be called the mind-boggling creatures of the universe. There was no question as to why Zoro worked under Luffy. They have obvious similarities, both of them are idiots fueled by danger. At least Zoro was on a leash with Sanji around, the other one was just impossible to subdue unless you put meat abstinence in the picture.

Usopp explained the current situation. The two men nodded. Usopp placed the mic on the men's clothing and asked them to use the earpiece... Seeing Sanji and Zoro placed the device properly, Usopp sat back on his chair and tested if the devices were working properly. Getting approving nods from them, Usopp sent a message to the remaining members waiting for the aircraft waiting for their escape.

"Listen here, the device I gave you can let you talk to Luffy and me. The four of us can contact each other through that." Usopp looked at Zoro. "Take this Zoro, no matter what you do, DO NOT. I repeat, DO NOT lose it. This right here is life and death okay?" Usopp pointed at a tracking device and Zoro groaned, the man begrudgingly stashed it inside his black jean's pocket shooting a death glare at Usopp.

The two men opened the van's door and stretched. Outside seemed so peaceful, Zoro thought it sounded fun to crash a party. It was a pain in the ass that Sanji and him had to walk a couple of blocks but it was goddamn better than being trapped in a tin can with Usopp's furious typing and Nami's nagging. Zoro winked at Sanji as he placed his swords on his hips and the extra tranquilizer gun that Luffy fucking loved so much for god knows what reason. "You ready blondie?"

"Always, Marimo," Sanji smirked placing two tranq guns on his hips.

Usopp couldn't hold it in. His curiosity was at its peak and he just had to ask. He dragged his chair near the door, earning a glare from Nami. "Guys..w-what's the plan?"

Sanji looked at Usopp incredulously. "Usopp, since when did Luffy had a legitimate plan? He only told us to enjoy ourselves."

Usopp gaped. "W-where are you going then?"

"Hell, most likely." Zoro sniggered.

"Gah!" Usopp pulled his black curly hair. "Can you guys at least take this seriously. All of you don't have any sense of preservation! Nothing at all!

"Dude, you meant self-preservation right? Unless you want us to make jam and pickles and all that shit." Zoro cocked his eyebrows. At least Usopp should know that.

"Right. Thank you, Zoro for the kind enlightment. What a good time to be a smart ass. I don't give a fuck anymore, go do whatever your plan is. Usopp out!" Usopp slammed the door shut and plopped himself on his chair, waiting for Luffy's orders.

Zoro and Sanji finally arrived outside of the World Government Head Quarters after a few minutes of Sanji chasing Zoro who kept going the opposite way. Two of them calmly walked towards the gates. They were surprised to see the ruckus happening inside the HQ. Guests were rushing outside and agents were assisting them. The two men looked at each other and shrugged.

"You think it's Luffy?" Sanji asked as he waved at an agent who just noticed the two of them. Zoro chuckled. Damn Sanji was fucking hot. The agents started to advance carrying with them their guns.

"Well ain't that peachy. They have real bullets and we have blunt swords, your legs, and some stupid gun." Zoro groaned, swiftly he reached his waist and drew his swords from its sheath. The gracefully forged steel glinted in the light. He countered a rushing agent, hitting the man's neck with the hilt of his sword.

A moment later, there was a crack of gunshot. Sanji and Zoro dove into the parked limousines outside the building. "Why do I really feel like we're playing with a toy gun?" Zoro said as he pulled the tranquilizer on his hips.

Sanji rolled his eyes as he pulled his own gun, he wished he had a cigarette. "Geez, just shut up, will you. Either you use it or kill yourself using a sword in a gunfight."

"My, my ..Luffy will get mad if you badmouth his favorite gun. Yohoho." Zoro and Sanji turned around and saw a grinning afro man hitting an agent that was sneaking in a nearby parked vehicle behind both men. Zoro grabbed the agent's head and smacked him again for cowardly sneaking behind 'his' curlybrow. "Brook. How come you're here?"

"Yohoho, Usopp called the plane. He said you might need help, so here I am. Glad I joined, this seems fun."

Luffy felt like shit. He didn't want to leave his Torao behind. He didn't even tell the sexy man his name. He felt his heart ache as he watched the man from afar but he didn't have the luxury to keep gazing at him as Sengoku was being an asshole. Why can't Luffy enjoy his precious time with his precious Torao?

Luffy sighed and ran to the bathroom. Luffy thought the WG should increase the salary of their cleaners, whoever was assigned to clean the toilets clearly wasn't satisfied with their paycheck as his nose was assulted with a puke-inducing smell... Luffy scrunched his nose. All the dust accumulated inside the vent as he crawled, inching slowly in the vent didn't help too. God, there goes his suit, Nami will fucking kill Luffy.

"Usopp give me a route to the vault where the poneglyph is located. The one given to me was a bit confusing. You should know where I am right now with all your nerd stuff." Luffy sniggered but covered his mouth quickly as he heard someone kick the restroom stall doors one by one. That someone stopped at the last stall and pry opened the air vent.

Luffy crawled faster towards the junction inside the air ducts. He heard a voice and Luffy's heart almost leaped out of his chest. It was the same sultry voice he heard that stole his heart - his Torao's voice, Torao was looking for him. Fuck. Was he mad at Luffy? Is that why he was looking for him? Or did Torao really just want to see him again and finish what they started? The raven head wished it was the latter.

Luffy bit his lips and waited for Torao to end his call, taking in every slice of happiness as he listened to his soothing voice... Luffy sighed as he heard a door slammed shut. "Hey, guys." Luffy raised the mic from his lapel, five people with the same device hummed. Luffy could hear gunshots ringing in the background. He hoped they're all fine, but for now, he had an important question. "What is love?" Luffy rolled his eyes as he heard a collective gasp.

"Really Luffy? You have to ask that right now?" Usopp facepalmed as he heard the most ridiculous question coming out of Luffy's mouth. There should be a right place and a right time to ask these kinds of stuff.

"Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more." Brook sang a reply as they pushed in closer to the HQ, clearing all the agents that were pursuing them.

"Love is alcohol." Zoro deadpanned earning a kick from Sanji. Sanji thought it was quite creepy for Luffy to ask but he guessed even Luffy deserved someone to love, in a romantic sense, if the guy was even capable of that.

Usopp facepalmed, why did he expect to get a proper answer out of these idiots actually?

"Just shut the fuck up Marimo, you're not helping." Luffy could hear the duo go at it again.

"Shishishi, stupid Zoro. I'm serious, I mean, I know what love is but is it even possible to fall in love with a person you just met?" Luffy stared at the only view he could see, gray metal surface. It reminded him of Torao's beautiful eyes. He sighed, Torao was so dreamy, he thought.

"Yohoho, what did you exactly feel when she's around Luffy?"

"It's not a she Brook. It's a he. And you guys won't like him one bit, he's a-"

"So? who cares if they have the same sex? It doesn't matter, love is love." Sanji cut off Usopp even before he could explain.

"I-i..i get the urge to touch him, rip off his clothes off and trace my fingers on his muscles. God, if only you guys saw his pecs under his suit.. Gosh. 10 over 10. I want to rub my face on his bare chest, lick every inch of him and.. I-i get hard when i think about him."

"Too much information!" Usopp cringe and Usopp could hear everyone coughing as Luffy explained his 'feelings'. "I'm sure that's not what Brook meant Luffy!"

Luffy hummed, tracing hearts on the metal surface and writing 'Torao' with a heart beside it with his fingers. "Okay.. but...I don't know how to explain it, its like...I already ate a lot of meat and my plate is empty yet I'm still not full but there's this small piece of meat that suddenly appeared ...only one piece but you know... it filled my stomach right away."

"Yohoho sounds like love to -me Luffy. But it depends, only you can decide when you're in love. There's no timetable that you should follow for when you're gonna -fall in love. It's random. It may be due to- physical attraction but you know, even lust can lead to true love." Brook sagely nodded with his answer, he hoped it enlightened the youngster.

"Shit, that's so deep man but you see they're the exact opposite."

Loneliness crept in and Luffy recalled the circumstances quite clearly. No agent in their right mind would be attracted to someone like him - a criminal chased by the World Government. He cursed himself for being foolish, he should not have gotten involved with Torao in the first place. Luffy groaned, his chest hurt. If this is what it feels to really fall in love then he'd rather not experience it at all, he thought. But was it really love? Or was just Luffy head over heels for Torao's ridiculous bewitching looks. Luffy sighed, he shouldn't think about this right now. "Focus," he told himself.

"Usopp shut up. Listen Luffy, love doesn't care -about comparisons, it accepts everything. Not to sound cheesy but if that -person makes you whole and makes -you love yourself then that... that's love". Sanji was looking at Zoro when he said this and Brook could've sworn he almost got diabetes. "Ah must be good to be in love," Brook muttered under his breath.

Luffy paused and pondered. He looked at the name that he traced on the duct. "I guess I'm in love."

"That's good and all that shit, but aren't -we forgetting something? Hello people? We're doing a mission here. We don't -have time to philosophically understand love.- Damn it, Luffy move before they find you and- you people outside, better not get shot cause Chopper is not here." Nami nagged. Usopp sighed, at least Nami knew which one to prioritize though Usopp was a hundred percent sure Nami's only concern was the treasure.

On the other hand, someone in the World Government Archives was having trouble. Trafalgar Law had been having a severe fit of sneezing for the last five minutes. He thought he was going to be sick that should explain the weird electrifying shivers and tingle in his body but at the same time, he felt warm and fuzzy. Law thought it was arthritis because damn, his knees got weak when he thought of someone's fucking smile. He was a doctor but self-diagnosis was not good at all, he'd rather have a second opinion for he didn't know what the fuck was happening with his body. He nodded at his logical thinking and sat on the floor of the corner of the room, waiting for the only person he would like to see, Straw Hat Luffy.

The cheesiness is about to start...dun dun dun..

-guilty-