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The Explorer May Bend Nature's Will But Not His Family's

Monkey D. Luffy had a plan. And it was a damn good plan.

But his crew thought otherwise and thought he had lost his mind. Oh, how Luffy wanted to be cheeky and tell them to find an original thing to say cause seriously even Luffy knew he was crazy and reckless. It was not news for him, he even broke out laughing at himself for all the stupid things he had done. But all of it was not for naught, slowly and deliberately over the years he had an aim at a long running-objective and he would use every means to get it while keeping his friends safe.

Luffy's mind was dead set and there was nothing that was going to change it. Not his friends, not his lover, no one. Luffy sighed, even Torao joined the crew's persistent pleas. Now Luffy's lover was put off by how Luffy rebuffed him. He felt horrible, awful but he knew it was the right thing to do. His desire to protect them was greater than any of their convincing.

It became awkward after that, Luffy had to avoid Torao so he could stop his advances. He hoped their relationship had not been prematurely torn apart by Luffy's decision. Luffy groaned inwardly, he hoped his Torao won't be mad anymore when Luffy gets back to him. If Luffy ever gets back...

Luffy had to keep them safe. There was no other choice. Luffy was willing to violate every rule of nature, break any law for the people in his life. His principle was to keep his loved ones safe without care for his own life. Never again would he lose anyone. Never.

Ghosts of his past would not stop until they get what they want which greatly involved Luffy bathing in his own pool of blood. The bombing of their plane thrown him off showing rather explicit tidbits of unwanted memories, he realized how vulnerable and exposed his friends were to the danger that was aimed at him. And to add Barto's sacrifice, it didn't sit well on the explorer's tongue. He was supposed to be the one who protects them.

That took him here, sitting on the sidewalk in front of the big, white, only-Sengoku-knows-how-many-storey building. The compound was surrounded by a white wrought iron fence on every side with woven electrical wire fence on the top. The grand white building was set back quite a distance from the sidewalk. Its ever dominant fencing stood proudly with the bold letters that spelled "JUSTICE". Luffy thought the bold letters plus all capital was too much like okay you guys love justice no need to rub it all over the place.

The familiar sight of the building made Luffy grin.

The explorer knew it was risky, his friends and lover had the right to feel frustrated over Luffy's decision but he told himself, why wait for the last grain of sand to fall in the hourglass when he had the perfect way to stop the sands from falling?

Circumstances weren't in favor of the explorer but he was hellbent on changing that.

Striding like the goddamn badass that he was, Luffy crossed the road with his old straw hat covering half of his face, red vest hung open fluttering against the wind exposing his lean chest. Calmly, he set his foot inside the building passing casually through the gate and entered through the automatic glass doors pacing forward to the glass protected booth in the middle of the lobby as his wooden sandal clacked on the tiled room. He cleared his throat to get the attention of the woman inside the booth.

"Excuse me, I'm here to see Sengoku."

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Nope. Shishishi. Tell him its Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy said as he removed the straw hat that was obstructing his face to give the woman a clear view. She stared wide-eyed at him in dumbfounded wonder, her fingers hovering over the red button of doom a.k.a emergency button. Luffy grinned from ear to ear and motioned the woman to press the button.

He shifted on his feet impatiently wondering how long the agent would actually do her job. It ruined his dramatic entrance. He was hoping for more action. Luffy thought if she didn't do anything for the next minute, he would rain down destruction on them in a way they have never seen. Maybe a mention of a certain goat would get him the attention that he badly needed at the moment. That could work, he mused.

Sighing loudly the explorer leaned into the booth. "Forgive my impatience but isn't this the part where you are supposed to arrest me?" He rolled his eyes as he saw the agent's slackened jaw, he didn't know if it was from astonishment or fear. Really? Just press the goddamn alarm, he thought. Her gawking didn't really save Luffy's time, he had places to be. He didn't want to miss snack time with the crew nor add more time between his and Torao's little squabble.

As if on cue, the alarms in the World Government Head Quarters started blaring out and the woman on the booth announced something about Luffy. The agents loitering around stopped and faced the explorer by profession but criminal in the World Government's eyes.

"Finally." Luffy groaned standing in the middle of the lobby dissatisfied with the delayed welcome he received. He stood there waiting for the agents to come and pull him and throw him inside a prison cell or containment room like a lab specimen. If it was the latter, good luck to them figuring out the logical reasons behind all the stupid things Luffy had done cause damn well he made sure it was not going to be easy.

The agents had gathered around him, guns drawn and had them aggressively aimed at Luffy. A loud roar coming from an opening elevator made Luffy flinch. He slowly and cautiously turned around, he stared at the metal box. Terrified. Luffy frantically looked around for an escape route. He cursed under his breath, he totally forgot one important painful, trauma-inducing detail. Monkey D. Freaking Garp. "Well, shit.."

"Drop down your guns you, idiots! That's my grandson right there!" the old man bellowed, the agents lowered their guns posthaste, Luffy stared in awe at how fast they hid their weapon. Now if only they arrested him as fast as that too, that would be good rather than idling around without knowing a wanted person already slipped inside the HQ. Because of them, Luffy was now torn between dashing for life sake or facing the storm ahead.

Th old man's gait exudes hundred years of pain as he stared at the raven head fidgetting like a kid caught stealing candies. The kid he kept for years now looked like a replica of his mother and none coming from Garp's son. Garp thought the only reason why the kid was so accomplished with his line of work (which Garp strongly disagree with) was that of the childlike face vibrating with innocence no one would think the brat was a criminal. Though Garp knew, the innocence was long gone.

He strode towards his grandson and stomped. But of course, the brat had to dash and find the least guarded route for an escape. Garp laughed, the damned kid had the guts to run away from him. Garp charged forward chasing the raven-haired brat who stumbled upon agents after agents, shoving them out of his way.

"Stop chasing me! I did nothing wrong! I'm innocent until proven guilty!" Luffy screamed desperately, catching his breath as he jumped over a pile of chairs only to stop halfway seeing agents block the path ahead. He turned around and saw his grandfather raging like a bull on an acid trip. Luffy pushed the chairs, knocking them down and breaking them into pieces in the process building them back would make IKEA proud.

"Stupid brat! How dare you say that while you're running away from me! That's enough proof that you're guilty!" Garp barked as he maneuvered through the broken pieces of chairs.

"It's because you are chasing me, stupid grandpa!" Luffy retorted looking around, sweat streaming down his cheeks as he clenched on the hem of his vest unconsciously wringing it. He could see the cringing agents as a shadow loomed above him.

"Who taught you to talk back to your grandpa?!" was the last thing Luffy heard to prepare himself from the upcoming onslaught as a punch fell on his head that would surely leave a huge bump for an agonizingly long time. 'Fist of Love' that was what his grandpa called them, Luffy believed it was borderline child abuse, guess his grandpa was a firm believer of loving someone to death cause that did explain things that happened when Luffy was still a young'un.

Garp grabbed his grandson's collar and the kid just slipped out of them leaving him clutching on an empty red vest as the brat crawled sneakily away from him. He was about to give him more tender-loving fists when a sound of a goat echoed in the lobby.

Sengoku, at the very moment, felt the burden on his shoulders become heavier by the second. After all, the image right in front of him was a disaster. No. It was hell on earth. The lobby was a mess, the excruciating process personally redecorating the lobby was all for naught. He glared at the demon's brat on all fours half naked and his bastard of a grandpa casually holding his red vest. He knew exactly what went down, it was Armageddon.

Sengoku sighed the heaviest he could muster in all of his years on earth as he ordered four agents to haul the brat into an interrogation room. The brat seemed to have perked up seeing him so he squinted his eyes in a threatening manner and asked his most loyal agent to keep his goat hidden somewhere..somewhere very very safe.

Sitting on a table in HQ's interrogation room, swinging his legs lazily, Luffy's growling stomach reminded him that he missed their mid noon snack and clicked his tongue. If they think they could shake him up for making him hungry, they were.. were wrong. Somewhere along that line, Luffy felt himself falter to the temptations of food. He snapped his head towards the door when it opened and jumped down the table, setting himself on the chair just behind it, legs crossed.

"Does this thing usually last this long? Cause if its common then no wonder no one wants to be caught. Staying here is so boring. I want food!" Luffy ranted staring at the two older men taking a seat on the opposite side with a frown on his face.

"You've been here for five minutes brat!" Sengoku could feel a migraine coming up.

"Five minutes of pure torture," Luffy muttered. He tapped his fingers on the table. Sengoku opened a folder and started stating the things he did three years until now with some nagging in the middle of everything. Luffy exaggeratedly yawned stretching his arms and started picking his nose, flicking the booger he hooked into the old men in front of him as Sengoku looked at him with disgust.

"You've really done some dumb things, Luffy." Garp sighed. "But this right here" Garp pointing between him and Luffy" is not one of them. So, tell us, what do you want?"

"Shishishi, I'm starting to think you're an awesome man stupid grandpa!" Luffy nodded appreciating the man's deep understanding of the current situation. Luffy was crazy, batshit crazy that borders clinical insanity but this was planned out. Well, more or less. "I'm here to negotiate." He flashed a grin at the old men.

"What?! That's preposterous!" Sengoku cried out indignantly, glaring at the ridiculous brat in front of him.

"Shishishi, old man, we all know you guys need me." Lithe fingers tapped continuously on the table. "In exchange for my...let's say.."Luffy tilted his head moving his hand on his chin. "services." Sengoku cocked an eyebrow. "I only have three demands, if you ask me, I'd grab that opportunity right away. I'm being very generous and if I get some meat in here, probably I'd only make it two."

"What makes you think we'd agree? You're a criminal." Garp asked studying his grandson.

"Shishishi, grandpa, I know a lot of things. I'm giving you a chance to catch someone. Does Cipher Pol ring a bell?" Luffy placed his elbows on the table resting his head on his hands.

"Everyone knows Cipher Pol," Sengoku stated matter-of-the-fact-ly.

"And here I am getting the impression that I'm more unforgettable rather than the Cipher Pol yet the World Government and the entire world knew of them more than me. I feel sad. "He frowned then let out a chuckle."You see, Rob Lucci is not their leader." Sengoku and Garp furrowed their eyebrows. Luffy grinned internally, that was the reaction he wanted. The bait was set.

"I know every single one of them. I know of their stupid 'leader'." Luffy rolled his eyes, god he hated that man. "I'm trying to help you here, I love the World Government after all. Shishishi." Sengoku gritted his teeth. "It's simple really, listen to me and have access to information you don't know existed or I get out of here and you guys try to find me, which we all know, never really ended well right?"

The older men seemed to think for a moment. Sengoku scowled. "Why should we believe you? For all, we know you're using the World Government for something big."

"Oh. Please, we're both using each other. You give me what I want, I give you the information you needed. I see it as a win-win. We both get rid of an evil organization, world peace yay World Government and I get a safe pass to what I aim." Luffy gave the men his persuasive smile.

Garp scoffed. The brat was getting cheeky. "We'd take a leverage, right now." Luffy sighing to himself, his glanced remained fixed on his grandfather and he nodded. "Where is the book you stole? Where's Trafalgar Law?"

"Shishishi, that's too easy." Sengoku was baffled as to why Garp had to waste their leverage for something so trivial. He understood asking for the book but for Trafalgar, it seemed too simple. He ran the past events through his head and remembered Doflamingo Donquixote, a very obnoxious man, the estranged father of Trafalgar. He groaned, why were brats giving him a headache. He felt like a walking day care center.

"He's with me and so is the book." Luffy blushed, he averted his gaze to Sengoku away from his grandfather's scrutinizing eyes. God knows what he'd do to Torao, he thought. "He's unharmed along with his three subordinates and I still need the book, I'll give it back once I'm done. Now, do we have a deal?" There was silence in the room as the two old men hunched in their chairs, staring directly at Luffy, studying his every move like he was some sort of alien.

"Don't deliberate more, I'm starving. Seriously." Luffy frowned. Can these old men just eat the bait? His stomach was protesting already. "And don't think I'll add another info regarding whatever matter. If my demands aren't met, my lips are sealed." Garp looked at Sengoku, the Head of the World Government nodded to Garp. Coming to an understanding, they asked for Luffy's demands.

Luffy's face got serious and he looked straight to both men. "I expect the World Government to keep their side of the bargain. You have your leverage plus more information and I get the following. First, my crew gets immunity. All their criminal records are to be erased in every database you have. I want your best combat agents watching over them." Sengoku's eyes widened. "Wha-" Garp raised his hand and Sengoku glared at him. Luffy appreciatively nodded at his grandfather. "And don't worry, I'm still a criminal. I only want their records cleared and live as free men. You can catch me after we work together. If you can, of course." Luffy grinned.

"Second, Bartolomeo gets out of custody. He shall remain an agent of the World Government. He's an excellent agent, he worked his ass for the World Government. He does not deserve the treatment he had been getting. Though I won't judge him, if he leaves the WG right after that bastard Akainu is done with him. I'll be glad to take him in if it reaches that point."

"Third and last. I get to work with Trafalgar D. Water Law and his subordinates. I know you marked them AWOL, they get to keep their positions and we'll be using their... I mean, your facility as our base. See? All odds are in your favor, you get your best agents back, you keep track of me and my movements, you get information on Cipher Pol."

Luffy stood up. "Shishishi. Alright, I guess everything's clear?" Sengoku sighed and nodded. "Great! Now, how about we eat something? I'm starvvviiinnngg!" Luffy whined and suddenly beamed towards the WG Head. "Sengoku, old man, where's your goat?" Seeing the man's paling face Luffy couldn't help but flash an evil grin as his grandfather clutched his stomach from laughing.

Sengoku could feel his hair shedding as he decided that today was worse than any Monday.

Usopp's eyes strayed away from his laptop and scrunched his face as he scrutinized the tattooed man that his best friend calls Torao. The man had been muttering unintelligibly for a while now since they arrived in Luffy's old ancestral house, anxiously pacing back and forth, glancing at the wooden pair of door which had been blocking his view to whoever would pop out from behind while everybody else in the crew and the three additional agents explored the premises of Luffy's inherited land.

Though everyone seemed to be enjoying the mansion with bright smiles on their faces (well, except for the person Usopp was staring at right now), Usopp knew they were all worried sick for their leader. It had been three hours since the man left and there was still no news. Usopp hacked through the security cameras in the World Government but it seemed wherever Luffy was, cameras weren't installed. The only thing the long-nosed man hoped was that his best friend was out of harm's way.

Usopp cleared his throat and the man turned his head quickly sharp gray eyes staring at him. Fuck, the man was fucking scary. What does Luffy see in him? Usopp thought love was truly freaking blind or Cupid did one freaking lousy job making Luffy and this..this guy with tattoos, piercings, eyebags the size of the sun get together. Hell, he looked more like a criminal than Luffy. His brighter than the sun, fresh as the air, innocent as a newborn baby (okay Usopp exaggerated, it is his best friend. If he was going to compare both men, why not make Luffy look like an angel, right?) clinically insane bestfriend... Oh, wait. There was his answer.

Usopp sighed and acted tough. "M-man, can you stop whatever you're doing? I-i mean, I know you're worried about your boyfriend " Usopp could see the guy giving him a challenging stare which settled into a cold gaze, he shouldn't have put emphasis on that part, someone was touchy. "I mean, w-we're all worried about Luffy. But doing that doesn't really help. W-Why don't you..you know.. sit down?" Usopp shrugged and prayed that his thoughts reached the man's conscience and not flay him on the spot then sprinkle him with pepper and salt and sun-dried for best meat result. He shivered as his own thoughts, it was not the good time to impersonate Robin, everytime was always not a good time...

"T-there's food on the table, some coffee could help. R-right?" Usopp couldn't resist adding, attempting to be gracious yet asking himself why the hell was he asking the man to share his food. Then he recalled, Luffy did say that a way to a man's heart was through his stomach. Not that he was wooing the scary man, he just doesn't wanna fucking die at twenty-two... Thank you!

Law sat down a few inches away from Usopp, his eyes narrowed thoughtfully. He glanced into the long-nosed guy's laptop, he could see the World Government security footage. He really shouldn't be bothered by that, he was out of the WG. He remembered his encounter with Luffy the moment he knew what the man was exactly planning. His disappointment sky-rocketed when his little lover ignored him much of the time. Okay, he might have been a little overprotective but wasn't that normal? They were lovers, right? Weren't they supposed to protect each other? Not that Luffy needed protecting but still.

The tattooed man groaned closing his eyes and shrunk into the back of the couch that was still covered in white cloth. He had no idea what to freaking do. Then he swiftly swung his head to the side facing Luffy's best friend. Law looked at the sky..err. ceiling.. like he was blessed by the gods and goddesses personally. Law shifted his position, now fully facing the man, his elbows rested on his knees and cleared his throat getting the attention of his and Luffy's relationship's only salvation. He thought he was exaggerating but better safe than sorry.

Usopp stiffened on his seat wondering what the hell the man beside him was thinking. He noted one thing if the guy was scary while having deep thoughts of god knows what, he was hundred times creepier when he looked like he had an epiphany. Usopp inched away slowly, as slowly and as sneaky as he could. "Do you think Luffy's mad at me?" Usopp suddenly heard a husky voice and tilted his head looking at the man with a big question mark on his face.

Law cleared his throat again averting his eyes from Luffy's best friend and staring at some biscuits the chef baked laying in the middle of the table. He cursed himself, this was not like him to get flustered over asking a goddamn question. He blamed Luffy for it. Luffy and his weird weird powers that changed Law. And fuck him, he loved it. "Do you think Luffy's mad at me?" He asked again. "He..he avoided me earlier, even during the flight he didn't sit beside me. And when we arrived here, he left right away without saying goodbye." He thought he spoke too fast and the man didn't get what he meant cause he was gaping like a fish out of water.

"A-are you r-really asking me?" Usopp stuttered. What the fuck was happening?

"Uh? Yes? No one else is here. You're his best friend, you should know right?" The tattooed man replied quickly. 'Ohhhh, so that's why Usopp thought. Usopp sighed, why does he feel bad for the man? Is it because finally, someone shares his sentiment towards Luffy?

"Dude... let me tell you something.. I've known him for sixteen long years and all I could say is, Luffy's unpredictable. Hell, even scientist would be in a pinch trying to understand him. But don't worry, whatever happened between you two, he was not mad. You don't want to see him mad. PERIOD. He probably had some weird shit going on his mind. He's always like that, you should try to talk to him about it." The tattooed man hummed taking in every word Usopp said.

Usopp studied the moment, it seemed it was the right time to let the man have a piece of his mind. "To be honest, I didn't like you. Y-you're scary and seriously you and Luffy are polar opposite that I can't really see a good future for both of you" he paused "but..but seeing you get overly concerned for him after two weeks or so of being together, probably you're not that bad. I should just warn you, don't ever hurt him. I'm a coward but I'd do anything for my best friend... I have my ways to ruin your life if the time comes that I see him crying because of you." Usopp straightforwardly said, tapping his laptop. The tattooed man seemed to process what just happened and nodded leaving Usopp behind.

Law headed to the room Luffy assigned them to, the place was big enough to house the entire crew plus him and his subordinates. Each one got their own room and damn he hoped Luffy would stay in one room with him. He unlocked the intricately carved wooden door, taking in every detail of the mansion and considering, well yes, the place was a goddamn mansion, Luffy came from a well-off family. That's something they have in common, at least.

He entered the room, the bed and other types of furniture were still covered with white sheets along with mostly whatever else was inside the house. He pulled the covers and saw a portrait of a family. He studied the portrait that hung on the wall. He saw a younger version of Luffy, without the scar under his eye, a dark-haired woman, a strict looking man and a boy which was a bit older than Luffy with freckles on his cheeks, Law assumed it was Luffy's family. The resemblance between his explorer and the woman was quite noticeable.

Law sat on the edge of the bed, he felt sticky, stinking and wanting nothing more than to take a warm shower and probably some fresh cup of coffee while waiting for Luffy. He took off his pants, white shirt and boxers, folded them neatly and put them on the bed. Law grabbed a towel from his bag and groaned at the few clothing he had inside the bag. He took note that he would go to his apartment to grab some clothes while they were still in Raftel. He entered the expansive bathroom at the corner of the room, he might as well take the time to think of what to tell Luffy when he gets home.

The shrubbery swayed in as a breeze passed by, Robin frowned seeing the current state of Luffy's garden. It was such a waste to keep the place untended, she started pulling out weeds one by one. Franky helped his woman and they were starting to sweat due to the current weather when a convoy of ten cars, mostly custom-built SUV's with huge World Government symbol on its hood stopped in front of the mansion's gates.

Several men wearing suits stepped out of the vehicle, a certain red had left its mark, floating visibly standing out in the hues of black and white. Robin squinted her eyes, trying to see through the orange ray of the setting sun. Three men escorted the familiar straw-hatted man into the mansion. She looked to her left and saw her blue-haired lover gaping at the cars, he looked at her alarmed probably endless possibilities streamed through the man's head, World Government was bad news but she shook her head. She smiled knowingly, making the man at ease, it seemed Luffy's plan worked quite well.

The crew was gathered in the very luxurious family room, the white covers were now gone. Luffy grinned at them, his eyes hovering at every face and frowned. Robin chuckled, seemed like their leader became very attached to the new addition to their family. The crew finally accepted the man's role in their lives after a couple of failed assassinations, they knew he could keep Luffy safe whenever circumstances require.

Robin sat down at a single cushioned chair that Franky offered, she smiled lovingly at Franky, thanking the man with a soft peck on his cheeks. "Luffy, I supposed all went well?"

"Hell yeah! I told you guys it would. Shishishi." Luffy beamed happily grabbing a biscuit from the table.

"So how did it go?" Sanji asked the idiot got them worried. He didn't imagine a day would come that they would all be anxious that Luffy was not around destroying everything he could get his hands on.

"Damn, I'm surprised they said yes and didn't just haul your skinny ass to the dungeon or some shit like that," Zoro added gaining a nod from Chopper and Brook.

"Shishishi. They can try Zoro." Luffy grinned and Zoro smirked.

"What's that Luffy?" Nami pointed at a folder Luffy was holding. Luffy gave the folder to Nami, guess it was better letting them read it than for Luffy to say what was written. The group hovered around Nami, their eyes widened everytime Nami flipped a page. After reading every page, they stared at Luffy in awe and confusion.

"Why?" Usopp said sounding monotonous and looking dejected.

Luffy sighed, staring at his crew, he knew what they were thinking. "It's for the best." Zoro slammed his hand on the table making poor Chopper flinch. "Like hell, it's for the best, we're in this together Luffy... You.. you can't just do that, ditching us like that!"

"I'm not dit-"

"Luffy, we know you think you're endangering us. You're worried but we also feel the same. Like Zoro said, we will stick with you no matter what you do. We're a family." Robin firmly said.

"In a dysfunctional kind of way...you know since there's like two couples in it." Usopp absentmindedly muttered earning a glare from the crew.

Brook stared at the young raven head. "Having a clean record won't change anything, Luffy."

"But-"

"No buts Luffy, you know damn well we will never agree with this. HA! that's why you wanted to go alone in the first place. Well, fuck that, you have no say in this. This right here is our decision." Nami ripped the papers inside the folder one by one as Luffy's brown eyes started to pool.

"You're not alone, Luffy. We're here." Chopper said shyly.

"Now, this calls for a suppppeeerrr group hug right?" Luffy bit his lip swallowing a sob and wiping his tears, but they continued to fall as the group gathered and huddled into a hug. After everything that happened to Luffy, he was still fortunate to find such amazing and incredible people that became his new family, supporting each other unconditionally. Luffy knew he was home.

"T-thank you." Luffy softly muttered through the tears.

After an exchange of sobs from the crew, (Sanji, Zoro excluding cause they think they were too cool to cry) Usopp suddenly remembered something. He sniffed. "Oi, Luffy, I think you need to talk to some guy with a tattoo too." The crew started whistling. Luffy rolled his eyes. "Really, now? Since when did you guys become Torao's fan club?" He asked and blew his clogged nosed into Usopp's shirt.

"What the hell man! That's disgusting! This..this is the new Crimin shirt Kaya freaking bought Luffy!" Usopp howled removing the snot covered shirt, holding it with the tip of his fingers. Luffy started rolling on the floor laughing his ass out while half of the crew felt sorry for Usopp and half laughed along with Luffy. 'What a great family indeed, Usopp thought mockingly. "What a fucking terrible day," he muttered.

Franky patted his back. "Don't worry Usopp, just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow will be better."

"Ha? I'm hella sure that's wrong Franky." Usopp facepalmed.

"Not when you're with Luffy. Yohoho."

Zoro snorted and kicked Luffy softly, urging the man to go meet his prince charming. Luffy wiped the tears coming out of his eyes from laughing. Half-heartedly apologizing to Usopp as he walked away from the crew and headed to find his Torao.

Luffy bounced through the hallway and ended up in the room he let Torao use. Knocking and not getting an answer, the younger raven frowned, it seemed like Torao was really mad at him. He gently pushed the door and it easily swung open. Luffy moved into the bedroom, his eyes settled on the clothes neatly folded on top of the bed then to the portrait hung on the wall. Luffy fell into silence, looking at the image of his family. He clutched his chest, his thoughts ran back to his crew and smiled softly.

"Mom..dad... Ace, I'm home. I brought my friends, they're noisy and crazy just like me but they're family." he said as his gaze focused on the smiling faces.

Law stood frozen in the bathroom's doorway as he saw Luffy talk to the portrait with the meekest voice he had ever heard from the guy. That spoke a lot, Luffy was always..always loud. "Luffy?"

Hearing his Torao's voice, he quickly turned. He bit his lips with the oh-so out of this world image. Goddamn Torao, he thought. It looked liked the man had just stepped out of the shower and was now standing in the room his hair wet and a towel tied low on his defined hips. He wasn't wearing anything else and Luffy internally screamed as he saw the black ink that seductively adorned Torao's sublime body. . Luffy knew he felt brave during their chaste kiss but this..this was way off the charts.

"Hi, T-Torao." he started stuttering. Luffy wanted to grab Usopp's camera and take a pic in every angle of Torao's hot sizzling body.

"Hey" Law smiled. "You okay?" Luffy immediately nodded.

Torao started taking long strides moving towards him, Luffy cursed as he realized he had an erection. Who wouldn't? The unholy combination of Torao's long toned legs and that piece of sinful towel combined with a mischievous glint in those gray eyes made him dangerously sexy. Luffy's mouth went dry as he watched a drop of water slide from his collarbone to his chest, down his six-pack and then disappeared behind the knotted towel. He let his gaze linger on him, enjoying the way Torao's chest moved as he breathes.

"I-i wanna say sorry" both of them simultaneously spoke. Luffy giggled and motioned his lover to speak first.

"Uh. Yeah. I'm sorry for treating you like a weak person. I know you aren't, I was just worried. You're important... very important to me. I was sure you'd pull it off but every aspect of your plan was all for other people, for your friends, me. Nothing for your own. You're important to them too, Luffy. You should at least give your self impo-" Luffy raised his hand and Law stopped talking, he bit his lip hoping he didn't offend the man even more.

Luffy conceded with a small nod of understanding, he looked down to his feet and looked up at the man in front of him and sighed. "I know.. You were right Torao. You know what they did?... They ripped off the thing I went to get like it was nothing when in fact it was there freedom right there..." he chuckled softly " And they tell me I'm the stubborn one." He smiled.

"I'm sorry for avoiding you. I didn't mean to. You were so close to convincing me not to go so I had no other choice. I hope you're not mad at me or something..."

"Of course not, I was the one at fault. So I'm sorry too."

Torao was now a foot away from Luffy and he could smell the guy's musky cologne. Luffy gulped, he hoped he could excuse himself to take care of something.. something... He couldn't take his eyes away from Torao and shit, the smirk playing on the ex-agent's face didn't help settle Luffy's 'feelings' down south. He covered his mouth so his soul wouldn't fly off to heaven cause damn one million mini-Luffy's were screaming in his brain calling dibs on every sexy hot part his lover had.

Law hummed as he saw the younger raven gape at him. He gave a delighted grin as Luffy tried to avert his eyes to the clothes on the bed. A feeling of excitement trickled through him seeing the blush that played on Luffy's soft cheeks and he found his desire surfacing but he dared suppress the urge to grab the adorable guy to the bed and get on top of him and experience first hand how Luffy would look like writhing underneath him. The open red vest didn't help, it was goddamn inviting as it slowly slipped off Luffy's smooth shoulder, slightly revealing one firm pink nipple. Law quickly fixed the vest, his hands trembling.

"T-torao?" Law directed his gaze at Luffy's face and saw his lover looking up at him with such an innocent look but the blush remained on his cheeks, his lower lip protruded slightly, giving him a cute, innocently sexy pout that made Law's brain go haywire. How could this guy easily drive Law insane without putting any effort, he was so tempting Law threw all restrictions. Whatever, they both needed to feel each other and Law was not going to deny himself from the crowned prize standing in front of him.

Law hands reached out to Luffy's chin, he leaned down, pressing his lips against Luffy's gently. Luffy's lips were warm against his. Law's tongue licked them, making the smaller man gasp, parting his lips. Law eagerly yet gently slipped in his tongue probing Luffy's delicious mouth, the tattooed man circle his hand around Luffy's neck, firmly holding it not letting Luffy pull away as Law deepened their kiss exploring every inch of Luffy's mouth, leaving an arousing burn as Luffy's tongue danced against his.

Law's fingertips slipped under the red fabric grazing Luffy's nipple, Luffy emitted a soft moan on the contact of their bodies and his hand slid over Law's well-defined muscles. Law hastily removed the obstructing vest leaving it on the floor, he scooped him into his strong arms and carried him towards the bed, both breathing heavily as desire and lust coursed through their bodies, Luffy snuggled on Law's chest and they looked at each other with adoration and...love..as Law gently placed Luffy on the bed.

Taking in the beautiful view below him, Law circled his tattooed finger on Luffy's nipples. A warm glow spread through Luffy's chest as he admired the lean hard physique clad in dark ink marvelously hover over him. He could feel Torao's half-lidded gray eyes linger in every inch of his bare skin. A shiver of anticipation ran down Luffy's spine, he arched his back as Torao kissed his way slowly down his body, his tongue and lips sending him spinning out of control. The sound of Luffy's voice softly repeating his name excited Law beyond reason.

Out of nowhere, a loud crash startled the duo making them both sit up automatically. Luffy paled, he knew what was coming as the wall in the bedroom crumbled and a figure appeared through the rubble and dust. Instinctively, Luffy hid behind almost naked lover single-handedly letting the man experience the wrath of Monkey D. Garp's seething with anger.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO MY GRANDSON, TRAFALGAR!?"

The crew turned their heads where the sound came from and silently went to their rooms avoiding the brewing storm.

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See you all in the next chapter! ❤❤❤

Ain't it always fun when Garp's around? hehe

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