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The clothes Luffy had arrived in had been sealed in a bag, but were labeled as unusable by the department.
Thus Law had taken it upon himself to pick something out the moment he had been told this information. On the second day, while the other was asleep Law had gone to Criminal the popular clothing line he often heard Shaichi and Penguin raving about, the quick trip had resulted in a few shirts for the teen, three pairs of shorts, some socks, a pair of shoes, and boxer shorts. As Law had prepared to go to the check out line, a hoodie stopped him. And as such a yellow and black hoodie and long coat decorated in the same colors were added to his purchase.
Now as he began to un-restrain Luffy, Law sighed returning to the question that had been asked not too long ago. "As far as I know, your name is Monkey D. Luffy-ya. Does that ring any bells?" he asked undoing the final brace and releasing the silent teen.
"Monkey D. Luffy-ya.. Torao that's a weird name. Shishishi." the boy chuckled startling Law, as he looked to the laughing teen.
'Maybe the mental breakdown went farther than just amnesia?' He wondered as the teen had gone from pensive to cheery, flashing Law a wide smile as his questions continued. "What does the D stand for? Is my name really Luffy-ya? What kind of bells should I be on the look out for Torao?"
Cold gray eyes looked at the optimistic boy as Law sighed and handed over a set of clothes, having half a mind to correct him as to his name, 'Torao' didn't even come close to resembling Trafalgar. Though he kept his thoughts to himself knowing he had to be patient with the amnesic teen.
"Even though the name is odd, it is yours look at the band around your wrist, it states your name. I have no idea what the D stands for. Your name really is Luffy-ya. And when I mentioned the bells, it's a saying, meaning if the name meant anything to you, not that you would hear actual bells."
Glancing at the band as suggested, the teen hummed stepping into the bathroom where he could get dressed, leaving the door only slightly parted. "The name didn't fit Torao, its missing the 'ya'." Luffy called out mulling over the thought of his name, the cheer leaving his voice as he muttered to himself. "Can it really be mine?"
Outside Law paused as he folded the sheets back on the hospital bed, "Ah, that's a habit, adding the 'ya' suffix I mean." he answered looking up only as the teen had come out and nodded. "Follow me, there are some people that want to speak with you."
Nodding solemnly, Luffy followed him, repeating his name under his breath hoping to find any sort of recognition from it.
None came to mind, but he trusted the older man, maybe it wasn't wise to trust someone you had only met half an hour or so ago. Then again was that their first meeting? Did this man know Luffy before he had gone to sleep so long? Surely someone who waited for you at a hospital while you slept and gave you water and clothes meant they were a good person right?Luffy didn't know the right answer to these questions. He might not remember anything from before, but Luffy thought he could at least trust his judgment, and right now his gut was telling him that he could trust the older man, along with telling him that he was hungry...
He wondered distantly if these people he was supposed to see were nice too. Hopefully they were, and if they weren't, well at least he had his fiend Torao with him, the thought brought a sense of comfort to him and with it, a smile.
Soon Luffy found himself sitting in Torao's office, a discarded meal on the edge of the desk while he was sitting in a plush chair entertaining himself with the Newton balls that sat on the man's desk. Pulling the end of one ball as far back as he could Luffy released it and watched with interest as it collided with the others and carried the force to the other end. So engrossed was he in the simple activity that he ignored the phone call the other man made. "Hey, Torao, why dont' the middle ones move?"
The man in question ended the call and sighed before sitting before the teen, those steel gray eyes looking at the moving spheres. "Its a simple theory of momentum and force, Luffy-ya. The force and momentum that the first one carries upon being released is transferred to the stationary three in the middle as they pass it along from one to another until it reaches the other end. And since that last sphere has nothing to restrain it, the force and velocity from the first is given to it, and as such continues on the path upwards finishing for the first. The act repeats as the end ball descends and hits the others, returning the force and speed. Understand?"
Luffy had listened intensely nodding to the explanation the surgeon had given him, seeming to understand every single detail until he chuckled. "Shishishi, so magical balls!" he summed up failing to notice the shocked look he received from the surgeon who sighed and rolled his eyes.
Fidgeting in his chair Luffy continued to play with the 'magical' Newton balls before stopping and frowning. "Hey Torao?"
"Yes Luffy-ya?" the doctor asked while keeping his attention in a file filled with papers.
"I'm hungry. Can I have some meat?"
"You just ate a couple of minutes ago, how can you be hungry again?" the doctor asked looking up from the file a light frown on his features as he pointed to the empty lunch tray that he had brought in for the patient.
Luffy shrugged his shoulders helplessly as he pouted. "I don't know Torao, but I'm hungry." Earning a sigh from Law. "Unfortunately, because you were unconscious for an entire week and were unable to eat we have to adjust your diet a bit. In fact I'm surprised you were able to finish that portion. Usually people who wake up after a coma are only able to stomach soups." the older man explained returning to his reading.
"But soups don't fill me up!" the teen whined his pout becoming more prominent.
"Luffy-ya-" his words were stopped as his phone rang. "Hold on." he muttered, making the teen curious and momentarily leaving his thoughts of hunger as he watched the other answer the phone. "Yes?"
After a moment of listening, Torao closed the file placing it to the side and looked to Luffy, "Send them in Bonney." he finished and placed the phone back on the receiver.
Luffy looked puzzled to the man though said nothing as the silence dragged on for a few minutes before a knock was heard at the door and two people stepped inside. Luffy looked over the back of the chair and took in the soght. A man and a woman in suits closed the door behind them and made their way over to Torao and him. The man looked anything but friendly, and his scowl was doing nothing to ease the teen as he shrunk back from his gaze. was he supposed to recognize these people? he wondered looking to Torao for help but finding none.
Taking the seat next to him, a dark haired woman looked at him with a small smile, offering her hand to the teen. "Hello, you must be Monkey D. Luffy. I am Tashigi, and this is my partner Smoker, how are you feeling?"
Luffy took the offered hand and shook it uncertainly, "I guess I must be." he muttered under his breath before looking back up at the seemingly nice woman. "Nice to meet you, um, I don't know you if you're introducing yourself, right?" he asked genuinely wondering if the three had met before.
Agent Tashigi knitted her brows as she looked to the teen. "No, we haven't met prior to today, we are just following up on a case. Luffy, what can you tell me of Portgas D. Ace?"
"Who?" the teen asked confused once again. "Am I supposed to know, um what was his name, gas? No that doesn't sound right Por.. Pork.. No thats's a kind of meat." the teen rambled as he struggled to make the name stick to his memory, each time he tried, the name was discarded as soon as it appeared. "I'm sorry what was the name again?"
Just as the woman was about to answer his question, the white haired hulk of a man growled lowly. "The name is Portgas D. Ace you little brat! What do you know about him!"
The harsh words made the teen flinch as he was verbally assaulted his coal eyes widening and adverting from the intimidating figure of the man and to the only person he trusted, Torao.
The surgeon watched the scene with a narrowed gray gaze. He had consented with the woman's request and called them upon the teen's awakening but it was proving to be a bad decision on his part.
"Agent Smoker-ya, do refrain from raising your voice or I will have to ask you to leave." Law began, not missing the look of relief that flooded the dark gaze of the teen, and facing the full wrath of the man's intense stare.
"How do you know for sure if the kid isn't faking it, he could be pretending not to know anything in order to keep whoever did this to his-"
"Smoker-ya!" Law hissed interrupting the older male fixing him with a deathly glare of his own as he pushed off of his chair. "I assure you that my patient is faking nothing. The mind is quite a complex thing, and as much as I would love to go into the details of post traumatic stress disorder, I'm afraid my schedule doesn't allow me the luxury of going too far into the details. Do us all a favor and study up on the matter, before you decide to chew out my patient." The surgeon began walking around his desk to stand to the side of the teen.
Smoker's frown turned to a furiously dark grimace. "Post traumatic disorder my ass, the kid's playing us all for fools. And I'll prove it too when we get him down to Headquarters."
"Get him to Headquarters?" Law scoffed placing a palm on the back of Luffy's chair as he stood over him protectively, not giving the action a second thought. "You will not be taking him anywhere. Tell me has the boy been charged? Is he suspected in the case? Is there anything linking him to the case other than the fact that he could have been a simple witness to the events?" Law asked barely able to control the anger he was experiencing, keeping his words as calm and reasonable as he could.
"Well not exactly, Dr. Trafalgar, we only wanted to find out the story from Luffy's point of view. You have to understand, we don't mean him any harm." Agent Tashigi spoke up now trying to cover up for her partner shooting him a scathing glare as their chance of interrogating the teen grew smaller and smaller.
"While I understand that you mean well, and only wish to gather information. I'm afraid that I can't allow you to continue this interrogation. For the sake of his well being I must ask you to take your leave, I apologize for having you come all this way, but as you can see, Luffy-ya is unable to talk of the incident just yet." Law began as he moved to stand over the silent teen and ushering the pair towards the door.
"He won't always be under your care, Trafalgar, and when the day comes that he is released, he will come with us." Smoker threatened.
Law ignored this comment, glaring at the male as he dismissed them and closed the door to his office. "We'll see about that." Law finally muttered closing the door and walking over to the silent teen. "Hey, Luffy-ya?" he asked softly taking the female agent's seat in front of the teen. "You alright."
It took a moment before the teen nodded hesitantly, "I can't remember the name they asked about.. its almost as if I can't commit it to memory. I can remember your's Torao, mines, the lady's and Smokey's but what was the others?"
Before he knew what he was doing, Law found himself stretching his arm out and gently ruffling the teen's ebony tresses. "Hey now, don't worry so much, Luffy-ya, the guy was a jerk."
Luffy nodded and once again pulled on one of the Newton balls, "Torao, is something wrong with me? Why can't I remember who I am? And what is this incident that you guys kept talking about?"
Sighing silently Law couldn't say he hadn't expected these questions coming. Shaking his head Law offered a gentle smile, a rare thing it was according to Shaichi and Penguin, "There is nothing wrong with you Luffy-ya, your mind just thinks it best for you to not remember certain things, like what happened to your hands." the surgeon supplied greatful that the white haired bastard hadn't mentioned a death. There was no telling what could happen in these cases, a simple word could trigger the mind of the teen. And Law had seen first hand how badly the teen had taken the news the first time around. The second, it would probably destroy him beyond repair.
"Oh so these are burns." he asked shifting his gaze to his bandaged hands and studying them intently, a smile breaking past the worry and confusion. "Shishishi, do you think the meat was good?" he asked assuming he received the injuries in a food related incident.
Law's gaze widened in shock. 'Food, the idiot thinks that he touched a burning piece of..' he stopped his thoughts as a cold wave chilled his blood. That had been exactly what he boy had touched, his brother's flaming flesh. Snapping out of his thoughts Law sighed slumping back into the chair. "Luffy-ya, since you aren't hurt and have been treated, you can't stay at the hospital, I suppose you don't know where you can stay?"
"Not a clue, you're the only friend I know, Torao." the teen answered noticably in a better mood.
'Friend..' the word replayed in the surgeon's mind as he frowned lightly, it wasn't an unpleasant thought. "I thought so. Let me make a few phone calls, I'll have Bonney bring you some food." he said knowing the other would be distracted by that promise if his previous behavior was anything to go by.
"Food~" the teen happily cheered as he practically bounced off the chair, causing the dark haired surgeon to smile faintly as he called Bonney and arranged for another plate of food for the teen.
Satisfied that the other would be distracted from listening on his conversation. Law waited patiently for the food to arrive before pulling out his phone. As much as it hurt his pride to do what he was about to do, he couldn't help it. He needed his help if he wanted to keep the boy safe for the time being.
'Fuck...' he cursed making up his mind and unblocking a certain number before dialing. The phone dial dragged on, and just when he thought the other wouldn't answer, Law cringe hearing the amused voice.
"Doffy-ya.. I need a favor..."
A/N: Oooh just what is law up to calling Doffy? I loved writing Law's parts in this chapter ^^ hopefully you enjoyed reading them? Also I'm sorry I messed up in Chapter 2, I'll be fixing the Bonney Jewelry name mix-up for those of you who caught it.
Again thank you so much for reading, and any thoughts you would like to share? Let me know, until next time guys! - Leafy