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Penguin's point of view:

Everything was the way that it was before. Well except one major thing the Captain. My Captain was acting very odd. He seemed to be unsure of himself this was the first time that I have ever witnessed anything like this. When Celina was on the sub with us before she seemed to make everything lighter. Work didn't last as long or wasn't as hard to do. She always had time to talk to everyone and had a kind word to say. In the past I thought that the smile that she had on her face was special, special as it was just for me. In time I realized that it was just the way that she was but now her smile seemed hesitant if not vacant completely.

Law was the same he always had this presence about him. One that conveyed strength and confidence. Now that Celina was on board again I was paying attention and watching how they reacted to each other. Now that I was aware that they had relations in the past. To my surprise Celina didn't treat Law any differently than the rest of us, well except maybe she looked at him more than the rest of us. I noticed that her eyes seemed to travel on their own over to him. That wasn't that much of the reaction, at least not as much as I was expecting. The truly shocking thing was how Law was with Celina. He seemed like he was trying to win her over, but he was unsure of how to do that.

I have never seen Law having any issue with woman at all. He was actually too good. I thought kind of bitterly, as I remembered all of the trophy women that he bedded in the past. I guess that there was a difference of bedding a woman and trying to win one over, to convince her that he was the right man for her. I didn't even know if Law was aware that he loved her. If I didn't know Law as well as I did, I wouldn't have been able to tell. The entire crew could tell though but that was all because we cared about our Captain. We were all rooting for him.

Celina was becoming more anxious the closer that we arrived to Luelan. She was training herself to the limit, where she was collapsing at the end of the day with exhaustion. We were all worried about her but none of us were as worried as Law was. He watched over her when she was training. He was giving her a weekly physical. He was making her eat all sorts of vitamins and monitoring her water intake. He was also trying to woo her in a very Law type way. He was doing things for her that she probably didn't notice but the rest of the crew would. He would bring her a cup of coffee in the morning. He would pay her extra attention to her during crew meetings. He would make sure that he would get her opinion first. He complemented her meals and her appearance. The biggest reaction though was when Celina talked about Ace. Law's entire expression became furious and would usually leave the room.

The crew and I were trying to devise a plan that would bring them closer together. We were becoming skeptical though as everything that we have tried in the past has ended badly. Ace somehow always was brought up. Much to the disappointment of the entire crew. I was honestly starting to wonder if Celina hadn't caught on to what we were doing and purposely brought up Ace as a way to distance herself from Law. That is what we needed to figure out how to do- break up Celina and Ace.

Celina's point of view:

I had been on board of the sub for about two weeks now. It was great, I loved being back with everyone. I missed Ace though, I was also becoming weary with the crew. They were trying to play match makers with Law and myself. This was becoming very annoying. I cared about Law and he was a very special person to me, but I was uncomfortable with that as I was happy with Ace. Also I think that it was upsetting Law. He seemed to be acting very strange lately. He was force feeding me vitamins. He was monitoring my food and water intake. He was demanding that I take physical after physical, even though I was perfectly fine. This was taking away time for me to train. We were getting closer and closer every day. I needed to make sure that I was at my physical peak. I was becoming more frustrated with how he was acting. I think he seemed to realize that I was becoming frustrated. He would make me angry, and then I am about to snap at him, but then he does something nice for me. He would bring me a cup of coffee or tell me that I looked very nice. He was complementing on my cooking and he would frequently visit me in my room with a dessert. Then he would talk to me about a medical book that he is reading or about the current weather and how it was affecting the rate at which we were traveling.

I felt eyes watching me. I continued mixing my batter was still lumpy. I could still feel the eyes on my back. I carefully set the bowl down on the counter and looked over my shoulder. To my surprise Law was there leaning against the wall. I thought that it was going to be Shachi or Cameron trying to play another prank on me. I poured Law a cup of coffee assuming that was the reason for him being in the kitchen. Law was missing his trademark smirk, the frown that was sitting on his lovely face didn't belong there. I held out the cup to him.

He took it from me but set it on the counter. He looked back up at me. The frown on his face was more pronounced. "Celina-ya I need you to know that I came to Bellsview for a reason. The reason was that I wanted you to come back to the crew. I wanted you to come back to me." He took a step closer to me to which I responded to by taking a step away. Which made me pressed against the counter. Law put either of his arms to my sides, trapping me in place. "Celina-ya I need this." He touched my face and caressed my cheek tenderly. He leaned in to give me a kiss. I turned my head at the last minute so the kiss landed on my cheek instead. Law hesitated before he pulled away from me.

"Celina-ya I won't lose you again. I will make sure that you care about me, just as much as I care about you." He gave me a quick squeeze and then let go of me. He was trying to be sweet and it was scaring me. It was scaring me because of how much I liked it. I sighed and went back to mixing my batter. I needed to figure out a way to make sure that Law knew I was serious about Ace.

Law's point of view:

I was damned determined to make that stubborn woman mine. I would do everything I could to make sure that she was going to fall head over heels for me. No matter what I had to do to make sure that she felt that way. I just needed to figure out what to do. I was trying to show her that I thought of her and I wanted her as part of my life. I would bring her coffee and I would talk to her about my thoughts and worries of mine. Didn't she realize that I was trying for her? I walked and sat in my office taking a drink of my old coffee that was sitting on my desk. I curled my lip in disgust at the way the cold coffee coated my tongue.

Celina's point of view:

Law's advance on me was a little over a week ago. Thankfully everything went back to normal. I was becoming more confident in my battle tactics. Law was helping me, we sat together in the common room together and we disused battle tactics. He told me what the best thing was to do in each situation. He gave me a play by play with each practice move. He even had Shachi and Penguin showed me some moves that I could have my commander practice.

While I watched Penguin thirst his sword forward. Shachi blocked it and spun around striking out towards the head. I felt pressure on my shoulders I turned my head and saw that Law had wrapped his arms around me. I raised my brow at him. He smirked back at me. He gestured to Bepo who then left. I then noticed that the sub was ascending. "Celina-ya I thought we could have a mock battle for you. Penguin, Shachi, Bepo, and myself against the water warriors and your commander. "I gave Law a big grin, "thanks, Law" I said enthusiastically. I figured that if I can stand half a chance against them, I could cream the kingdom of Luelan easily.

When we were surfaced I jumped off the edge of the deck onto the water. I landed on the water and Tiny came up underneath me. Causing me to sit on him. I snapped my fingers repeatedly. This was the thing I did to form my warriors. They formed up out of the water my commander at the head. Law and the others were already in their battle stances. I was nervous I didn't think I was much of a match against the others without using Law's weakness to water. My commander looked at me and bowed. The others followed suit, I bowed back. "Do not harm them as they are my friends. I am practicing my ability to summon more warriors and the ability to hold your shape while the battle is going." My commander nodded. I looked over to Law who also nodded. "Celina-ya would you make sure that we can also stand on the water?" Law was eyeing the ocean underneath the sub. I nodded again and waived my hand out.

My commander rushed forward with his water sword held high. He rushed at the sub, I summoned a wave to make the water so he could get to the deck on the sub. My commander rushed at Law, Law didn't move. He stood there still and when my commander finally reached him. Law raised his nodachi up in what seemed like casual disregard. I was impressed by Law's strength though as I knew that my commander was quite powerful, but is downward thrust had no effect on Law. Law used his power "room" and transported my commander back onto the sea, far away from the sub. My commander rushed back at the sub. Law joined back in the fight cutting down my warriors left and right. He had a smile on his face. I was having a hard time watching the rest of the fight as I was distracted by him. He was so damn sexy. I shook my head and put thoughts of the battle into my mind. Penguin was being surround by my warriors. They were attempting to overpower him but he was doing well and holding his own. Bepo came in and karate kicked one of Penguins opponents in the head causing the water to splash around.

I took a breath and snapped my fingers again. Creating some more who rushed forward to do battle. I was wearing out faster then I liked to admit. It was difficult for me to hold the form of each of them while constantly creating more. I was constantly snapping with every snap of my fingers three more of my men were brought down. Law jumped from the sub and I felt my eyes close as I tried to focus on the water not sucking Law down to his watery grave. I felt my breath becoming shallower. I huffed feeling the strain even in my eyes as Law moved toward me destroying my warriors with ease. I snapped bringing my commander forward positioning him in front of me. I summoned more trying to keep Law away from me. I felt the wind on my face from the blow that he dealt to all the warriors that I had positioned there. I felt something on my forehead. Opening my eyes, I saw that Law's nodachi was pointed at my forehead.

The smirk on his face annoyingly loveable. I heaved out a breath accepting my pathetic defeat. I gave him an exhausted smile while wondering if my legs would work enough to get me back to the sub. I wiggled forward struggling to maintain my hold and not let Law sink. He seemed to realize the strain that it was causing me. He picked me up off of Tiny's back and carried back to the sub. I had my eyes closed tightly focusing my energy on the spots where Law placed his feet. I summoned a wave to help Law get to the deck easily. When we were on the deck I expected him to put me down when we were on the deck. He didn't instead he carried me inside. I opened my eyes and looked around, he was carrying me into the infirmary.

I grumbled up at him. He frowned at me "Celina-ya, you need to be checked out. Your health is a great concern of mine. If you were injured, you wouldn't have a lot of strength to battle Luelan." I conceded to his point and was going to allow him to give me yet another physical. He didn't need to carry me though. I told him as much. He gave me another wicked smirk. "Oh Celina-ya you seemed to be quite exhausted, I am just assisting you. After all, in regards to your health you need to take it easy after having a very hard strain." "Stupid man" I mumbled up at him. "Celina-ya am I wearing you down yet, have you considered being with me?" He placed me onto the examining table. I cleared my throat and shook my head. "Law I still feel the same, but thank you for your help today. I think I have improved a lot. I mean I did manage to bring sown Shachi and he is a great fighter."

Law was frowning now, as he always ended up doing every time he brought up the subject of us getting back together, He gestured for me to be silent while he listened to my heart. The rest of the physical was straightforward as they usually were. When Law was done he simply left without saying another word. I rubbed my shoulder and sighed. I jumped off of the table and walk to my room. I was in the need for a nap. I looked around my room, it was really shocking to me that they had kept everything the same even when I was no longer on board. The crew had even bought me some beautiful things, they bought the most beautiful blankets for me they were bright blue and so soft, as soft as Bepo's fur. The pillows were grey and blue and big and fluffy. The most shocking fact of all is there were flowers on my nightstand. They were beautiful roses I was surprised that they were still alive considering the lack of sunlight in the sub.

I walked over to them and smelled a rose, it was starting to droop slightly. On the wall there were pictures. Some of the greatest pictures. They were of all of us. My favorite one was of me and Law, that I didn't even know was taken. Law and I were sitting side by side in the common room. His arm was around my shoulders and he was looking right at the camera, so he was in the know about the picture being taken. I was looking at Law I had a big smile on my face I was laughing. I remembered this night. It was the same night that Shachi sang that he felt like a woman. That was a great night. I missed nights like this, where I was completely comfortable around Law. I couldn't seem to become comfortable around him, I felt guilty and always thought about Ace.

I sighed and fell back onto my bed I fingered the necklace that Ace gave me. It was a cute little simple thing. Just an ocean wave, I liked that he thought about me to purchase it. I haven't seen him since we parted ways. I missed him like crazy he was very important to me. Was I in love with him? I didn't know but I know that I did love him as a person. He was a very dear friend, confidant, and a lover. Speaking about lovers I was missing the attention that my body wanted. I wanted some sex to speak honestly. My body was craving the heat of another body. The heat of seeing another body next to me, under me, or on top of me. Law wasn't making this any easier as he was way too damn attractive for his own good. I let my eyes close and my body relax and finally was able to take that nap that my body needed.

Law's point of view:

I was beyond frustrated with Celina. I was the man for her and it was time for her to realize that. I know that I was an ass in the past but I did everything I could to make up for that. She needed to understand that I don't do things like this for others. I waked out of the infirmary room into my office. I sat down in my chair and stared at my desk. I pulled a piece of paper toward me and l made a list of things that I could do to woo the lovely Celina. Buy her a gift. I paused tapping the pen against the paper leaving dark little dots in my wake.

What else could I do to make her happy? I kept drawing a blank, maybe that was why she was happy with that human match. Maybe he thought of more things than just buying her something to make her happy. I let my head fall into my hands in frustration. I was literally in hell. The woman that I wanted the most was within reach but I was unable to have her, to possess her, to make her mine. This was the thing that I wanted the most. I was accustomed to having everything that I wanted. I kicked away from my desk and walked away wanting to discuss this with my first mate. I tapped my den den mushi that was on the wall. "Bepo come to my office, now." I leaned against the wall waiting for Bepo to arrive.

I didn't have to wait long. Bepo walked in looking concerned. "Captain?" I gestured for him to take a seat on the sofa that was in my office. When he sat I sat on the table in front of him. "Bepo if you found a female bear on the next island what would you do for her to make her your mate?" Bepo's face lit up. "There are female bears on the next island?" I sighed trying to hold in my frustration. "I don't know if there are or not Bepo, but if there were what would you do to gain their favor?" Bepo scratched his chin while he thought. "I would catch her some fish. Maybe groom her." I rushed back over to my desk and wrote down cook for her. Groom her? I thought of washing her back in the shower, which of course made me think of washing her front. Thinking of this was making my dick harden.

"I would spend time with her, find out what she likes." Bepo was still talking. I already did spend time with Celina and I already know what she likes. "She has to be a pretty bear though, Captain. I would tell her how beautiful she is." I wrote on my paper tell her how beautiful I thought she was. "Why do you want to know Captain?" I frowned at my paper, it wasn't a lot but it was more than I had before. "Keep going Bepo, what else?" Bepo's ears twitched it was a cute habit that he had when he was thinking. "Oh I know! I would want to show her that I was the best possibility for a mate with my parental instincts. I would have to show her that I would be a good father, make her want to be with me."

My brain practically imploded with the thought of me having children. I wasn't going to bother writing that down, but then a fascinating image came to mind. Celina large with child smiling up at me. She was holding my hand on her kicking stomach. I felt a want scream through me. The image changed to Celina holding a tiny baby in her arms. Her hair was disheveled and she was sweaty but she was still so beautiful. I smiled down at my paper and wrote children, an interesting possibility. Need some studying materials.

"Thank you Bepo, that will be enough for now. I am going to go and check on Celina. She really strained herself earlier." I let myself out and walked to Celina's room. I knocked lightly and waited a moment. There wasn't an answer so I attempted the door. It was unlocked, I opened it slowly. When it was fully opened I walked in and saw Celina was asleep her hand was wrapped around that necklace that Ace had given her. I hated that freaking thing, she always was wearing it. I walked over to her and sat down next to her on the bed. I carefully laid down next to her and pulled her close to me.

This is what I loved, the way that she responded. She wrapped her beautiful body around me. She rested her head on my chest her arm on my stomach. Her leg thrown over mine. I rested my arm on her waist and felt my body relax- the way that it only seemed to do when she was near. My eyes closed on their own and I feel into a relaxed slumber.