Chapter 29

Law slipped into the gym where he knew Eustass-ya was currently having breakfast, it seemed as if most of the other Champions had already left though as it was just him and Shachi, in the midst of an argument.

"I told you already! The best breakfast you can have is a fry up!" Shachi snarled.

"It certainly ain't the healthiest, no wonder you're fat!"

"You're fatter than me you fatty!"

Law stared blankly at the pair as they each grabbed each other's hair, yanking and fighting on the training mat now, screaming and bellowing at each other.

"It's muscle! I got it from a balanced diet-" Kid suddenly yelped, shaking the brunette by his head. "Don't bite me you little bastard!"

"My parents are married!"

"He doesn't even know who his parents are, we're both orphans." Penguin grumbled from behind him, shaking his head much to Law's amusement.

"I bet you're parents dumped you in a bin and left ya because you were such a brat!"

"Well I bet your parents dumped you in a garbage pile because you were so ugly! They thought you were trash!"

"Seriously? They are like children." Penguin groaned.

"Sugar has better manners and she tells everyone to 'go die'." Law offered with a smirk.

"Some manners she has then." Penguin snorted at that before walking over to the pair. "Alright, split it up, we finally escaped from that morning breakfast-"

Law tensed as suddenly Shachi and Kid both punched Penguin in the middle of their own fight off, not even noticing as Penguin landed flat on the ground. They did notice however when Penguin got back up and got his sword out, looking rather menacing.

"Pe-Penguin?!" Shachi yelped as Kid backed away, looking strangely weary. "W-When did you get here?!"

"Apparently not soon enough." Penguin drawled calmly. "After all you both have been making utter fools out of each other for quite a while by fighting over which breakfast was the best."

"Please put away your sword..." Shachi pleaded.

"I'm planning to slice you both up first though."

Law merely blocked out the cries he heard as he looked out the window instead, even ignoring Eustass-ya's cry for assistance.

He wasn't getting involved.


Penguin watched as Law kneeled down beside Eustass who got up, rubbing his head where Penguin had whacked the redhead with the back of his sword. Law kissed the assassin's lips earning a pleased grumble while Penguin grabbed his fellow guard and began to drag the brunette away, knowing Law wanted a private lesson with the assassin so they could talk.

"We're leaving?" Shachi blinked but he finally managed to stand up, rubbing his head as well as he followed him.

"Yes, you mentioned something earlier about Lami right?" Penguin asked quietly. "We'll go talk about that now and give Captain some privacy. This is the private gym so they should be fine by themselves."

"You didn't tell Law right?"

"Of course not." Penguin snorted as they quietly slipped out, smiling at the sight of his Captain deepening the kiss as the assassin wrapped his arms around him.

.:One Piece:.

Kid slipped his leg up around Law's waist and turned them over so that his lover's back was against the mat, straddling his waist as he grinned into the kiss, hearing Law grumble into it.

Kid pulled away with a smirk, bracing his hands against the mat. "So, what's the idea for today quack doctor?"

"Diamante and Vergo are both experts with theirs weapons, disarming them will at least take off some of the pressure." Kid grinned as he began trailing kisses along Law's neck who merely rolled his eyes. "Getting Diamante worked up is another weakness of his, he is highly emotional and if he gets too cocky and frustrated that will be his downfall. The main problem is Vergo, he's also good at hand-to-hand combat."

"How good?"

"He can take down Bepo." Law offered, looking strangely serious as Kid pulled away.

Shit.

"The big guy with insane karate skills? He can beat him at hand-to-hand?" Kid got his ass handed to him by that son of a bitch the last time they sparred.

That little bastard Shachi had laughed at him relentlessly for it!

"Vergo is cold and ruthless, he's made sure to train both his speed and his strength so he can quickly overwhelm anyone he is fighting, fighting with his staff makes it even more difficult to defeat him." Law frowned as he sat up, Kid leaning back to give him some room. "I've sparred with him plenty of times and getting him angrier only makes it worse, unless you have more than one person fighting him."

"More than one person?"

"He can get distracted, usually he makes sure to make an example of the first and then of the second, however if you and Straw Hat worked together with Roronoa-ya then you should be able to overwhelm him, if one of you continuously anger him of course."

"So while one of us is getting the crap beaten out of us the other two can jump in and beat on his back." Kid noted. "So you don't think I can beat him one-on-one?"

"I'm unsure, honestly I'm sure before you were in the mines you could have, if the rumours about your abilities were true, but right now you're still in recovery. He used to punish you in the mines if I remember correctly? He might use that against you."

"Then I have to be faster."

"The problem is you rely on strength more than speed."

"I can get faster." Kid grumbled before speaking quickly over Law. "So disarm him, distract him and then beat him?"

Law snorted. "The very simplified version of it? Yes. I take it you remember how to disarm people?"

"I didn't really need to do it so often as an assassin but I know how to. Attack the joints, hit the right pressure points, or whack them in the face enough until they are dazed. Really Law it's easy."

"Don't get cocky." Law huffed though Kid watched him get up and walk over to the side table, pouring himself a glass of wine and taking a drink. "Vergo has attacked you before."

"I know." Kid grumbled at that.

He was ready this time. Killer was out of the way, he didn't need to think about him during the match anymore, he only needed to kill that son of a bitch Vergo.

Kill Vergo and win the tournament.

Then he'd grab Law and they would be off.

He must have said it out loud though because Law was frowning at him again as he approached with the wine glass in his hand. "You won't be able to just 'grab me and be off', if you win you will still have to work for Doflamingo as his Champion remember?"

"Then we'll find somewhere to go, somewhere close and safe, I'll serve him, maybe annoy him so much that he'll let me go, then we'll leave. I'll take you South-"

Kid scowled when a finger flicked his nose. "I'm not going South."

"Why not?"

"It's too hot over there. I'll just be sweaty all of the time."

Kid couldn't help but snort at that. "Doflamingo really does spoil you rotten doesn't he?"

"I haven't had anyone feeding me grapes in a long time." Law had a smirk on his face much to Kid's amusement, quickly he reached out and yanked Law back down on to his lap, earning a protest about the wine spilling.

Kid grabbed Law's hand and took a few gulps of wine before kissing Law again, earning a groan into the kiss as he wrapped his arms around him before pulling away. "I used to kill spoilt brats like you."

"Really now? How interesting, did they cry?"

"I usually poisoned them." Kid offered. "Half the time they went to bed and didn't realise they were gonna die."

"That sounds unlike you, I would have thought you would have snuck in and choked them to death."

"Only the ones that really pissed me off."


"So she's working with a guy called the 'Blue Gentleman'? That's the rebels second-in-command right?" Penguin asked as he snatched a biscuit off of the tray.

"Yeah, one of the girls told me that Lami had met someone during the Colosseum match, another girl. They had ice cream." Shachi offered, taking a sip of his drink.

"One of the girls? Who did you go see this time?" Penguin raised an eyebrow, watching Shachi attempt to make a tower out of the treats.

"None of your business. Anyway she couldn't keep up with Lami's contact, said she lost her in the crowd."

"Understandable, a description?"

"None, she wore a cloak. The only reason we know she's a she is because of her voice."

"Well that's irritating." Penguin then frowned, thinking of what could be Law's reaction to the situation. "Do we tell Captain or try handle this ourselves?"

"Captain seems stressed enough... I'm not sure though, if he finds out..." Shachi seemed to pale just as Penguin did. "He'll dissect us."

"Then stitch us back together." Penguin finished with a gulp.

"Wouldn't that be hilarious?" Shachi laughed, it was nervous but at the same time sounding curious.

"No, I don't think that would be hilarious Shachi. Captain is sadistic."

"And where do you think he gets that from?"

"A certain pink King who helped raise him would be my first guess." Penguin answered.


Law watched as Kid hit the ground with a groan as Law turned the wooden sword in his hand with a smile as he strode around the redhead.

"It's not as easy as you seem to think, disarming someone." Law offered with a smirk as he leaned down, his head just above Kid's. "Is it now?"

He saw Kid's lips flicker and stepped back just as the redhead tried to swipe at his legs to knock him over. Law chuckled at that and twirled his sword, smacking the redhead's fingers, earning a curse, he managed to keep hold of his sword though as he got back to his feet.

"I'm not even used to this type of sword Kid, you should have disarmed me a while back."

"Maybe I'm distracted." Kid offered much to Law's confusion.

"Well you can't really afford to be distracted during the match Eustass-ya."

The redhead grinned at him. "You won't be distracting me there though Law."

"Alright, tell me, how am I distracting you now?" Law tilted his head but decided to keep his sword ready, just in case the redhead was trying to trick him.

"You're beautiful when you fight."

Law froze at that, taken aback by that statement and cursed as the redhead's wooden sword smacked at the joint in his wrist, he didn't manage to keep a hold of his sword and unfortunately dropped it just as the redhead's arm wrapped around his waist, tugging him closer until their chests were pressed together.

"You look so damn carefree and happy." Law blinked as Kid pecked his lips, feeling a bit confused still. "Like you could kill someone and not give a damn."

"And you seem to enjoy that?" Law questioned, unsure what the hell was going on.

"I like it."

Law let out a pleased groan as Kid brought their lips together, the sound of wood clattering against the ground as Kid's other arm wrapped around him, pulling him even closer. Law smiled against the kiss and reached up, tangling his fingers in the messy pulled back hair and letting it loose to run his fingers through it, earning a moan. Law smirked at that and stroked his fingertips against the redhead's scalp only to yelp into the kiss when his butt was smacked, Kid instantly slipping his tongue inside his mouth, exploring.

He didn't realise his mistake, he didn't hear the footsteps, he didn't hear them pause, he didn't hear them go again. Neither of them did.

He had been too caught up in the kiss.

.:End of Chapter:.

Sorry about the late update, I was facing a terrible writer's block, still kinda am, half the reason why it's short? But the other half is because the rest of what was going into this chapter suited the other one much more.

SEllen23, My cars leaking so that's the only problem left, and my now £1000 that floated away to pay for tax and stuff xD And yeah, Doflamingo's mental state is rather fragile, at least that's what I'm going for ^^; And glad the chapter update helped out with your week :D

xXMinShadowCatXx, Thanks :D And yeah, more drama coming up ._. And I couldn't help but write that into the chapter, Law and Kid need some fun moments of fooling around xD And don't worry, mine's is the same, more so a lack of sleep and stress? Work's a bit overloading right now D: Didn't help with writing the chapter unfortunately :(

Edalian, I had to put a bit of Law's childish side for a bit of fun :D Aw don't worry, there should be some Doflaw heading right your way soon xD And mostly the backstory was just going to be shown through flashbacks and perhaps conversations but maybe if I feel like it's a fun write up I might indulge in some of their backstories :D And yeah, not planning to abandoned this story any time soon :D