A/N: I had a burst of inspiration, so I was able to update this fic sooner than I thought I would.

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The very idea of secrecy and silence and being undercover was completely lost on Luffy as the Straw Hat captain stepped foot onto Fiesta Island. In fact, Luffy seemed to have momentarily forgotten why he was there in the first place with all of the festivity going on around him.

Luffy grew more excited with everything that he took in with each swivel of his head. "Awesome! This island is so cool!" A few kids ran by with some balloons, and behind one of them, following along, looked a lot like a…

"Luffy!" Nami hissed as she caught up with her captain. As soon as she saw what had the other's attention, she let out a sigh, unsurprised, even when Luffy exclaimed loudly.

"Robot! It's a robot! Franky! There's another robot like you here!" Luffy turned about, his expression bright as he pointed out the small mechanical toy that followed the two children as they giggled madly and outran their exasperated parents.

Franky eyed the robot before he smiled back at Luffy and struck a pose. "Sure it is, but can that tiny thing do this?" Franky pressed on his nose, and, even though Luffy had already seen it many times before, still whooped with excitement as Franky's hair changed. The Straw Hat's shipwright struck a pose, "I'm way more super than that robot!"

Luffy was apparently overwhelmed by his crewmate's display. "Yeah, you're way more awesome Franky!"

Nami nearly rolled her eyes at the scene, and wondered why they had agreed that it was a good idea to have her, her captain and Franky initially scout out the colorful island. She said as much to the Heart Pirates that had tagged along and paused to watch Luffy and Franky's exchange. The orange haired navigator jabbed a finger in her crewmate's direction. "This is why I said we should send some of the others to scout things out. Luffy is going to get distracted and Franky is going to draw attention to himself." Nami locked eyes with Shachi, and his guilty expression was clear even from behind his shaded glasses. "And I don't think that I even have to tell you that it is a bad idea for him to be here." Nami indicated Penguin, who was being held by Bepo. "Didn't he just wake up from a coma?"

"Well, yes, but he wanted to come along to make sure that Law is all right…" Shachi's explanation petered out at Nami's fierce expression.

Penguin himself appeared to be uncomfortable, but he tired to speak up in his own defense he sagged against his furry crewmate. His throat was sore, but it was from not using his voice recently. Not from being choked by Doflamingo over two weeks ago. "I'm worried about the captain. He has a strong will, but I worry that it is only a matter of time before Doflamingo breaks him down and gets him to be more like him."

Nami frowned, half keeping an eye on the excited Luffy behind her as she replied. "I don't know what happened between him and Doflamingo, but why does Doflamingo want him? Law didn't seem happy when we saw him on Doflamingo's ship, so then why bother?"

"….I don't know. He wouldn't tell us. He keeps quiet about his past." Shachi was the one to respond to that question.

"I guess I can understand that. Everyone has a past they would rather not talk about." Nami crossed her arms beneath her breasts and narrowed her eyes at the Heart Pirates. "That doesn't change the fact that Penguin, was it?" Seeing a nod, Nami continued. "It doesn't mean that Penguin needs to be here. Didn't Doflamingo want to harm you guys? Wouldn't you be playing into his hands if you went looking for Law?"

"We are his friends, whether Law wants to admit it or not. And friends help each other. No matter how much our captain wants us to stay out of harm's way." Penguin offered a thin smile. "Besides, before we left the ship to come to this island, another of our crewmates got an interesting transponder snail call."

Nami's expression made it clear that she highly doubted that it would explain the reason the Heart pirates were there.

"It was Killer. One of Captain Kidd's crewmates. He said that his captain and ours went to one of the inn rooms last night." Shachi again supplied the answer, after side glancing at Penguin.

Nami clearly hadn't been expecting that, but she recovered swiftly, "And this matters how…?"

"As of ten minutes ago, Killer confirmed that Kidd and Law were still in the same room, and Doflamingo is in another room on the far side of the inn." Penguin said in response, and even if he looked a little repulsed by the idea. "And if Law is still with Kidd..."

"They would be able to leave undetected." Nami caught on fast. "So if they left now, Law would be able to get away from Doflamingo undetected? Is that what you're saying?" At the single firm nod of assentation, Nami herself shook her head. "Hang on a second. That seems too easy for it to go that smoothly. Why wouldn't Doflamingo keep an eye on your captain if he wanted to keep him in check?"

Penguin weakly raised a hand to rub his forehead, and the motion because stronger as the Heart Pirate mused aloud. "Perhaps because Doflamingo is unaware of the more intimate relationship between Law and Kidd. If Doflamingo does not expect Kidd to try and get Law to leave with him, then it makes things easier for us. Doflamingo won't even know that we were here, and we'll be on our way before he finds out..."

The relatively peaceful, festive night way broken by a loud demand that echoed through the nearby area as Luffy suddenly remembered why he was there. "Hey! Mingo! Where are you? Come on out! I'm gonna kick your ass!"

"Or not." Nami said disparagingly as she rounded on Franky, clearly displeased. "I thought the idea was to keep a low profile!" Now they were going to have not only the possibility that Doflamingo would scotch sight of Luffy, but the entire island. Nami doubted that it was all cheerful and festive all the time. There had to be marines around, and if Luffy made a nuisance of himself...

Nami watched as Luffy rushed down the busy street hollering for 'Mingo' to show his face. Not the best way to start the morning. Especially not if it meant bringing them all to the attention of a very dangerous man. "We better go catch up with him before he draws too much attention to himself." Nami knew that would be a losing battle, because she could already see people starting to murmur and point out the yelling straw hat wearing individual that was doing his best to catch someone's attention.

"Is he always like that?" Shachi asked after a moment, as he watched Franky follow along after Luffy after a moment's hesitation.

Nami let out an aggravated sigh. Why did this always happen? She glanced at Shachi. "He is always like this. Going off without thinking and giving no consideration to the trouble this will bring to the rest of us." Nami produced a snail and contacted the Thousand Sunny. She was glad that Sanji and Zoro answered it, because she had the uneasy feeling that they were going to need some heavy fighting power on their side to make it off the island relatively unscathed.

"Nami my dear! Do you miss me already?"

Zoro cut in over Sanji's voice, as if he had shoved him aside. "Shut up, you damn love cook!"

"Eh? What was that, you shitty mosshead?" Sanji's voice was back and louder this time.

The two men were obliviously fighting over the poor snail on their end of the line.

Nami cut her two crewmates off impatiently, not in the mood for them to bicker with one another. "Shut up, both of you! Luffy isn't sticking to the plan. No surprise there. He's racing around the island and yelling for Doflamingo to 'show his face'."

"So you need some back up?" It was Zoro that spoke. "The shit cook has already jumped ship."

That figured. Nami hoped the blond haired cook could keep himself reigned in when he reached the island. There were certainly a lot of women on the island, and many of them were exactly what Sanji would fawn over should he make eye contact. Nami sighed as something exploded in the distance, right in the direction that Luffy and Franky had gone. "I think we need to keep most of the crew on board the ship, in case we need to make a quick getaway. Sanji and yourself should be enough backup."

The transponder snail smiled as Zoro spoke suddenly, "Usopp says that you can't leave him alone on the ship without someone to protect him."

"Tell Usopp that if we don't hold back retaliation from Doflamingo, he will have no need to worry about protection, because Doflamingo will go after him." Nami said, not in the mood. She was already upset that because of Luffy's actions, there would not be a chance to get any shopping done on that island unless there was some kind of miracle. One that didn't involve them fleeing for their lives with a cackling Doflamingo trying to murder them in their retreat. Nami shuddered at the thought. Not something she wanted to experience. "Zoro?"

Zoro sounded amused when he spoke over the line. "Usopp thinks it is a good idea for me to go and help out. He said he would watch the ship."

That figured. The idea of confronting Doflamingo again so soon was a surefire way to get Usopp to stay behind. It wasn't like the sniper couldn't take care of himself, once he got over his initial fear of something. "That works out fine. See you when you get here." Just as Nami hung up the receiver on the snail, not two seconds later Sanji was suddenly there and wiggling in a very odd manner.

"Nami! I got here as quickly as I could!"

Nami guessed as much from Zoro's comment and Sanji's soaked appearance. If nothing else, it seemed to perturb the Heart Pirates standing nearby at how devoted Sanji was to Nami's safety.

Nami checked to make sure her weapon was looped on her belt, before she started off in the direction of the chaos that was the island. "Come on, let's go find Law before Luffy wakes up Doflamingo." She could only hope that that could be accomplished, because otherwise she didn't know what they planned to do.

Shachi exchanged glances with Bepo and Penguin. Since Nami hadn't tried to dissuade them, they tentatively started to follow along after the orange haired navigator. It was when they had walked several blocks that they noticed the Straw Hat pirate's swordsman joined them, a look of anticipation on his face at the thought of a fight. Shachi managed to speak after a moment, after catching sight of the way the swordsman held himself. "Are you all right?"

Zoro side glanced at the Heart Pirate. "Yes, I am. Why?"

Shachi shook his head wordlessly. He had only been wondering because the green haired Straw Hat pirate was moving like Law had when he'd been injured by an enemy attack.

"What about your crewmate there? Should he be here?"

Shachi jumped at being addressed in return, before he glanced at Penguin, who hadn't raised his voice to say anything in reply. Shachi turned back to Zoro. "Law is our captain. We want to make sure that he is okay." Shachi sighed. "And he might take some convincing to come along with us after what happened. He probably feels guilt for attacking us on the other island, even though it wasn't his fault."

Another explosion sounded from several blocks ahead, and managed to shake the ground beneath them. Zoro dropped his hand to his katana's hilt as he scanned the immediate area for a possible attack. He smiled as another explosion rocked the area. "It sounds like the party is still going on from yesterday."

"It is called Fiesta Island." Shachi said, before he stopped short as several men were suddenly blocking their path. They certainly didn't look like the colorful inhabitants of the island. They appeared more grim, as if they hadn't gotten any decent sleep in days. "These guys don't seem to appreciate the partying."

"No." Zoro offered a thin smile to the armed men as he drew his katana. "These guys sure don't look very festive. maybe they got lost and came to the wrong island."

"Bepo, take Penguin and catch up with the others." Shachi said suddenly, as he had been able to sense that there were more people headed in their direction.

"Right." Bepo said in response, and despite Penguin's protests, went after Nami and Sanji.

The intentions of the men who had appeared in the street didn't appear to be friendly, but they didn't seem to have anything to do with Doflamingo. It seemed far more likely from their attire that they were either government officials in the wrong place or undercover marines. Neither would be a good thing.

Zoro struck a stance as he side glanced at Shachi, who had dropped lightly into a stance of his own as his eyes ran over the couple of other men who had shown up behind them. "You gonna fight?"

Shachi nodded, eyes on the grim faced men surrounding them. "I can fight just fine. But let's make it quick."

Zoro bit down on one katana hilt. "I can take them down in two seconds."

Shachi smiled at that. The Straw Hat crew was definitely not the norm of pirates he was used to running across. The Heart Pirate eyed the men behind them and turned to face them head on. "Two seconds it is."

-x

Unbeknownst to the clusterfuck that was about to occur, Kidd was quite content to remain cocooned beneath several sheets and a blanket as he pressed up against a warm body. A warm body that was currently squirming as if to try and get away. The red haired pirate sleepily hugged the wriggling body close to his chest, and leaned in to mouth the skin on the other's shoulder. The action stilled the other, before Kidd breathed against the skin. "Going somewhere?"

The tousled head of Law's jerked irritably away from Kid's mouth. "You really do not want Doflamingo to come looking for me."

Kidd inched right back into Law's personal space, and held on tighter with one arm. "Hm, who said you were gonna go back to that bastard anyway?"

Law stilled, before he wriggled around enough to turn over and face Kidd. Or try to anyway. With the way he was being held, Law only managed to come face to face with Kidd's chest. He scowled at it as if it were the redhead's face. "I do not recall ever saying that I was going to do otherwise."

Kidd rested a hand against the back of Law's head and titled it up so that he could look Law in the eye. "What, you were really gonna just fuck and then leave to go be miserable with that son of a bitch? You looked like you wanted to poison his drink yesterday. And then throttle him."

Law apparently didn't seem to care. Instead, he was trying to push Kidd away from him. "Let go. I need to leave before he starts trying to call my transponder snail and find that I am not where I should be."

Kidd grumbled something as he held on tight to Law and dragged him up into a kiss, and that, at least, momentarily distracted the Heart Pirate from his goal of leaving. "I ain't gonna let you go that easily." Kidd commented after he released Law from the kiss. The pissed off look on Law's face was priceless. Kidd offered a wolfish smile as he slid down and woke the dark haired captain up in another way.

Law obviously wasn't expecting a blow job.

Kidd licked his lips after he felt Law slump bonelssly to the mattress, all desire to flee gone for the time being. Kidd settled comfortably over Law, one arm on either side of Law's head.

Law was panting, his chest heaving slightly from the unexpected action, before he turned an irritated look on Kidd. "I hope you realize that no matter how hard you try to distract me, I am not going to change my mind?"

Kidd merely smiled, pleased with himself when Law ended up cracking one of his own.

Law slapped a hand against Kidd's flesh arm. "And don't look so pleased. Anyone would act that way after a blow job."

"So you did like it." Kid was absurdly pleased all right, especially when Law rewarded him with a sly smirk.

"You could say that." Law reached up and prodded Kidd's sternum with one finger, "But you really can't distract me forever. Really, Eustass-ya, I need to go." Law tilted his head as a peculiar expression crossed his face. "I would rather Doflamingo not eviscerate you for keeping me to yourself for too long."

Kid snorted, clearly not impressed by the idea. What he was interested in was right beneath him, and Law obviously noticed this too. Or perhaps it was because Kidd had wrapped a hand around him, and damned if the dark haired Heart Pirate's body didn't immediately respond to that so soon after it being attended to. Kidd grinned in amusement. "I think you'll be delayed longer than you think." Kidd had no idea that that delay was going to be less pleasant than the thought of sex that morning.

Luffy ploughing into the side of their temporary room and into it was definitely a mood killer.

Kidd had to release Law, because the other man had jerked up into a seated position all of a sudden, even if it cracked his head against the red head's jaw. The reaction, however painful it was to Kidd's jaw, provided a good deal of entertainment to the red haired pirate. Because boy oh boy, was Law pissed to see the Straw Hat captain standing up amid the rubble and patting off the dust. The dark haired Heart Pirate was literally seething by the time Luffy noticed who he had barged in on.

Luffy grinned cheerfully at Law, apparently unfazed by the fact that both Law and Kidd were buck naked. "Tra-guy! There you are!"

"What the hell are you doing here Straw Hat-ya?" Law demanded, clearly forgetting his lack of clothes in favor of scolding the other captain.

Kidd sneakily moved in behind Law and hugged him from behind. Off killer and frustrated Law was great. So great, in fact, that Kidd felt himself start to get hard. The red haired captain pressed up against Law more comfortably, even as he was elbowed lightly in retaliation.

Luffy frowned at Law's words, and not Kidd making Law decidedly uncomfortable by rubbing his dick against him. Luffy crossed his arms and stated the obvious. "Rescuing you of course. Duh."

Law twitched, half from Luffy's words, and half because he was distracted by an aroused Kidd rubbing up against him absently. Law found it easier to focus on Luffy as he hissed a response. "I do not need rescuing, Straw Hat-ya. I made my decision to protect my crew. If I leave now they will be killed."

Luffy looked unimpressed at that. "You can't make that decision."

"Why the hell can't I make my own decisions?" Law demanded, sounding beside himself with anger.

"Cause they're stupid. So shut up about it." Luffy said this as if it were also an obvious fact. "We need to go anyway."

Kidd grinned as he held on tighter to Law. He could feel Law shaking with fury. Damn, Straw Hat had balls to tell Law shit like that. Kidd couldn't help himself. He had to laugh.

The laughing caught Luffy's attention as he dropped his hands to his side. "Hey, it's you. What are you doing to him?"

"Don't you fucking say a damn thing." Law muttered under his breath, but bit back a moan as Kidd ground up against him lightly.

Kidd laughed again at Law and his reaction, and addressed Luffy as if he hadn't just turned Law on a little more than he had been before, "I was in the process of kidnapping him. His crew told me to do that if I got the chance. Remember that?" Kidd doubted it. Luffy had sounded distracted when Kidd had talked with some of the Heart Pirates awhile back.

"I see." Luffy obviously didn't as he went on. "So you guys need to be naked to do that? You're weird."

It was Kidd's turn to be annoyed, but it was Law who interrupted him. "You didn't bring your whole crew did you? Doflamingo is on this island."

Luffy was picking his nose, apparently disinterested in the conversation now. "Yeah, they are. They're waiting on the Thousand Sunny." Luffy brightened. "Oh, and your crew came with us too."

"What!"

Kidd and Luffy were obviously startled by the vicious snarl that had emitted from Law.

Law was already up and fumbling into his clothes, seething. Thoughts of sex with Kidd were far from his mind, and had been ever since Luffy had so rudely interrupted them by busting a hole in the side of the inn. "Those idiots." Law scowled at the thought of his crew running around on the island without a care in the world. Law forced his shirt back over his head with a growl of frustration. "Doflamingo really will kill them if he sees them again."

Luffy stretched with a yawn. "We just need to beat Mingo up. What's the big deal?"

Law tossed Kid's shirt into the red haired captain's face as he rounded on Luffy. "The big deal? Doflamingo nearly killed the both of us on Dressrosa as it is. Do not think that you can beat him just because you've had time to recover. He's twice as vicious now that the marines are after him again. His warlord title was recently stripped from him."

"So?" Again Luffy didn't seem all that concerned.

Kidd tugged his pants on hastily and reached for his goggles and furred coat. If they all didn't get out of there that instant, Doflamingo was likely to hear the commotion and come investigate. Especially if Luffy and Law got into a fight, which seemed more likely with every passing moment. The damage alone would be cause for anyone to investigate. "Let's get the fuck outta here." Kidd said as he tugged the coat over his shoulders and adjusted the goggles until he was satisfied. He didn't expect to see the other two captains round on him with equally irritated expressions. The red head almost wanted to laugh when Law and Luffy immediately turned on one another and started to argue.

"Let's go beat mingo up!"

"No! You get the hell out of here with Eustass-ya! Doflamingo won't hurt me. At least, not yet."

"No way!"

The bedroom door of the inn crashed inward into little pieces and that was enough to bring a halt to the argument before it could really begin in earnest.

Doflamingo couldn't fit through the door way, so he had simply cut his way in. His tall figure stood crammed in the destroyed doorway, and what he saw made the grin on his face disappear into one of surprise. That and the fact that Luffy had immediately crossed the room without a hint of hesitation and punched the older pirate in the gut with an armament infused fist.

"Mingo!"

Kidd cracked up at the sight, before he took advantage of Law's distressed expression to shoulder Law in the gut before slinging him over his shoulder.

Law's breathless protest caught Doflamingo's attention, and he viciously punched Luffy back, sending the Straw Hat captain flying backward, and out the hole he had made earlier.

Kidd didn't linger. He went right out the hole after Luffy, even as he heard Doflamingo coming after them, his voice sly and unhurried. But it was obvious that Doflamingo was infuriated by what he had walked into.

"What's this Law? Are you breaking our agreement?" Doflamingo appeared to frame the hole in the wall. The smile was wickedly wide, the teeth bared. "I guess you don't care what happens to your crewmates then?"

Law was about to respond when Kidd shifted him and clapped a hand over his mouth.

Kidd sent a call over his shoulder, not daring to look at Doflamingo. "Nah, he didn't get a choice. I just decided I wanna keep him awhile longer."

Doflamingo's crazed laughter echoed as the man himself came flying out of the destroyed inn room, and right for Law and Kidd.

"Is that so? That's too bad. I'm afraid he is going to be leaving with me." Doflamingo's hand raised, and he had a clear shot at Kidd, which he took advantage of.

Kidd let out a curse as string suddenly wrapped around his ankles and sent him pitching forward with Law letting out a startled sound. Kidd crushed Law to him, to prevent him from going anywhere as he hit the ground and rolled. Kidd attempted to take the brunt of the fall, but Law still let out a distressed sound, and it was only when Kidd righted himself that he realized that he had accidently been squashing Law to the ground.

Law clung to Kidd, seeming unable to let go after the shock of ending up on the ground. That, or the fact that Doflamingo was still headed for them with a cold expression overtaking the smile.

Kidd wasn't sure if Law were using him as a barrier or not, but the fucking string around his legs needed to go. Kidd set about trying to remove it with his artificial left hand, cursing when it held fast.

"You need to move." Law said, matter of fact.

"You think?" Kidd scoffed. "Kinda hard with this shit around my ankles."

Law only them seemed to realize the string, as if he hadn't seen anything but Doflamingo going in for an attack. With a sigh, Law raised a hand. "Room." With a twist of his hand, Law removed the string, though Kidd cursed when a rock struck his ankles.

"What the fuck?" Kidd snapped as he rose, taking Law with him.

"You're welcome. Idiot." Law snapped irritably as he noticed with trepidation that Doflamingo was uncomfortably close. But the Heart Pirate captain needn't have worried, because Luffy was suddenly there as he side swiped Doflamingo with another punch, coming in on his left and forcing Doflamingo to belatedly block with his leg.

"Straw Hat Luffy." Doflamingo greeted, as if he weren't about to chop Kidd to pieces for daring to try and take Law. "Did you already recover from your injuries in Dressrosa?"

Luffy punched with his other fist. "Of course. I ate tons of meat!" Luffy started to try and whale on Doflamingo, only for the other to block his attacks with relative ease. "And Law is coming with me and my crew!"

Doflamingo laughing in a snide, nasty way didn't seem like a good thing.

At least, Law didn't like the three way fight over who he was leaving the island with. To be quite honest, Law would rather leave on his own and go huddle in his own ship for the next several years. Law's thoughts came crashing to an abrupt halt as he caught sight of something that made his stomach clench in knots.

Bepo and Penguin.

Penguin, who was being carried by Bepo, and alive, if injured and not able to move under his own power. Instead of being relieved, as soon as he and Kidd were within range of the oncoming Heart Pirates, Law raised his voice angrily at them, making his crewmates and Kidd startle at the reaction.

"You fools! What are you doing here! Didn't almost dying get you to come to your senses?" Law fought free of Kidd's grip and stormed right up to Bepo, who cowered back, as if not used to seeing his captain in a rage.

Penguin remained unmoving, whether from his injuries or because he was watching Law's approach.

"I keep trying to put you all from harm's way, and what do you do?" Law made a sharp motion with his hand, but Bepo understood enough that he wanted Penguin down so they could be face to face. Bepo carefully set Penguin down, but supported him from behind. The white bear was relieved that Penguin was more or less able to stand on his own, which surprised Bepo. He didn't think that his crewmate had recovered as much to be able to do so.

If Bepo had realized that it was not Penguin in danger of being reprimanded, but Law, he would have held on more tightly to Penguin.

-x

Penguin watched Law head directly toward him with fury in his eyes, and merely stared back at him calmly. Back on the ship, with that tube down his thorat, Penguin thought he was worse off then he actually was. Yes, his body hurt, but he was recovering far more quickly than he or his crewmates had anticipated. When they had anchored, Penguin was breathing well enough that when the tube was gone, he had insited on being left alone.

Penguin knew he should have taken it easy, but as soon as he was alone in the infirmary, he started to stretch and make his body move. It was nothing to him to work through the pain, as all of his wounds had more or less healed over. It was still painful to make some movements, but he was well enough that he wasn't about to have been left behind to go and ty to retrieve Law. Mainly because he knew that Law was not going to do anything to jeopardize his crew's safety, especially when he thought Penguin was still out of commission.

Law was in for a surprise.

The Heart Pirate leaned back against Bepo slightly as Law finished crossing the distance between them and sized the front of Penguin's shirt. The movement jostled his wounds, but it didn't bother Penguin in the least bit. He could feel his captain's hand shaking, which told the worn-out Heart Pirate that Law was afraid, either of Doflamingo exchanging blows with Luffy in the air, or from the fact that he, Penguin, had recovered more or less.

"You damn idiot. What the hell were you thinking? What about the rest of the crew?" Law was shaking more from relief than anything, but the idea that Penguin and the rest of his crew had disobeyed him appeared to hit him hard. "Are you going to get them all killed by binging them within Doflamingo's clutches again?"

Still Penguin didn't speak, until it looked as if Law were thinking about punching him. That triggered something within Penguin, and he was done. Penguin had been thinking of letting Law verbally reprimand him but Law was further gone than he thought. That Law had forgotten a promise he'd made years ago was testament to that. And quite frankly, Penguin was done with his captain trying to tell him what was best for himself and the rest of the crew. Not to mention that Penguin hated people's fists or hands near around or near his face. The beatings from the past were always in the back of his mind. The sharp motion of another being hurting one to bring one back to an unpleasant present.

Penguin reacted instantly as he took a step forward to meet Law, and only felt a little sympathy when his hand snapped up and seized Law's oncoming fist by crushing his own hand tightly around his captain's wrist. Penguin held on fast, refusing to let his bone crushing grip around Law's wrist leave. Penguin spoke softly so that only Law would hear him, though he didn't doubt that Bepo could hear as well. It wouldn't reach the red haired captain nearby, since it was really none of Kidd's damn business. "Do you remember what you said to me after I joined your crew? That you would never hit me or slap me because it triggered memories of my captors doing the same thing? That I didn't want to be visited by those memories? That you even told the rest of the crew to not make sudden motions with their hands around me for the first year that I was on your ship?"

Penguin saw a quick flash of guilt light Law's features, and before the Heart Pirate crewmate's own expression turned cold. "I guess you've forgotten over the years. Forgotten the little quirks of your own crew because you started to be so consumed with your thoughts of revenge." Penguin felt Law's hand twitch within his own. "That's what this is about, isn't it? You still want revenge on Doflamingo. That's why you haven't bothered trying to run." Penguin let his hand ride a little more heavily, drawing a choked sound of protest from Law. "And how are you going to accomplish getting your revenge if you are not able to get close enough to him to do anything about it? Do you really want to become someone you would hate to be? Is this what the one who saved you would want you to do with your life?"

The Heart Pirate crewmate saw Law look away briefly. "That's what I thought. I'm sorry, Law, but I'm not going to let that happen. It was already too late for me."

Law's gaze snapped to Penguin's at that, and he managed to lean to the side to avoid Penguin's other hand in a move that would have likely knocked him unconscious.

Penguin was forced to let go of Law when his captain lashed out with a leg of his own. That nearly made Penguin wheeze out a laugh because law was not that kind of a fighter. But weaponless as he was, there was not much of a range of...

The Heart Pirate ducked backwards as Law called up a room and went after him, seeming to forget himself and what Penguin had just said to him. Because Law's hand was going for his chest, and Penguin immediately knew what his captain was up to. If Law tried to go toe to toe with him, Penguin just hoped his captain wouldn't hold it against him for defending himself.

Law didn't seem to put out by the fact that Penguin had dodged him, even if another guilty look flashed across his features.

"Doing it for my own good?" Penguin muttered under his breath as he surveyed his captain from a distance. This was going to be difficult because Penguin would rather not have to knock his captain out again. Even if it would be for Law's own good.

-x

On the sidelines, Kidd was at a loss of what to think or do about the display. Who the fuck fought their own captain anyway? Though the red haired captain inwardly admitted that he had come close to getting into fights with Killer on occasion...

But back to the current problem at hand.

Law and Penguin had to be out of their damn minds to be doing this with Doflamingo so close by.