Vacation

Part Two

The next morning Law woke up to the sounds of joyous laughter, the smell of their campfire still going strong, and Neo shifting in annoyance beside him, snuggling into him as close as she could in an attempt to get away from the noise that was around them. It annoyed him that the two crews were being so loud and bothering her. They all knew Neo didn't like being woken up, so why were they being so loud? Tightening his arms around her, he opened his eyes and lifted up his head to see what the heck they were doing. The glare he worn on his face faded slightly when he noticed all of the extra people with them and the Straw Hats. He then remembered what happened yesterday. All of these new people wouldn't have known that Neo liked to wake up on her own instead of being woken up by someone. He didn't even think about telling them that last night. Mentally, he kicked himself for not taking Neo to the room when she started falling asleep last night. He was going to do that now. He didn't want her to wake up just yet. So, carefully unwrapping his arms from her, earning a protesting whimper from her, he slipped his arms underneath her pregnant frame and lifted her to his chest where she snuggled back into him contently.

"Taking Neo to your room?" Sanji asked from the fire where he and Basil, the Heart Pirate cook, was working on getting breakfast going for their crews and their guests.

"Yeah." Law nodded. "There are too many people out here. It's going to be impossible to keep all of them quiet until she wakes up." She snuggled into his warmth with a low whimper at being disturbed when some of the men laughed out loud. He shot them men a glare before leaning down to her ear. "Shh, it's all right, love. I'm just moving you into our room so you can sleep some more and not get disturbed by anyone."

Neo hummed and settled into his embrace just before his released his Room over them and the sub. With one quick warp, he took himself, his boots, Neo, and his sword back into their room on the sub. Once they appeared in their room, he laid her down on the bed and warped the cover out from underneath her before settling down onto the bed himself. Propping up on his left arm, he watched her sleep peacefully for several minutes. He knew she wouldn't be waking up for another thirty minutes so he knew he had plenty of time to watch his love sleep. And he did. For those thirty minutes he did nothing but watch her sleep and occasionally brush the back of his fingers over her soft skin.

And just as he thought, thirty minutes later, Law felt her starting to wake up. She rolled over onto her back, pushing the blanket down to her hips while pulling her shirt up over her belly when she brought her hand back up to her face in her sleepy state as she mumbled something incoherently. When he saw the rounding flesh of her stomach, warmth filled Law's chest and he couldn't help but leaned down and place gentle kisss on the stomach housing their infant. As he connected his lips to her skin for the sixth time, her hand found it's way to his hat. She knocked it off then gently clenched his hair. Sleepily, she said, "You better be careful, Trafalgar Law. I might think your trying to seduce me in my state of still being sleepy."

"I might be," Law said before placing another kiss on her stomach. "We don't get much time alone since the Straw Hats are with us."

Neo hummed when Law glided his tongue over her skin and into her naval. She continued to rake her fingers through his hair before giving his black locks a tug. On her silent command, he lifted up, hovered over her, then leaned down and pressed his lips to hers in a ghost peck. She gladly parted for him, allowing him to slowly tangle their tongues together until the need for air unfortunately forced them apart. Panting softly, she brushed her nose to his, and asked, "How much time do we have?"
"Enough," Law said. He hooked his thumbs into her pants and pulled them down.

…

Neo brushed the back of her hands on the underside of her hair, pulling her locks out of Law's shirt, before letting it fall back in place against her back. She smiled when Law pressed a kiss to her temple. He said, "You look beyond sexy in my clothes."

"You look even sexier without clothes," Neo said. Turning around, she unwrapped the towel that was hanging on his hips and let it fall to the floor. She then ran her hands up both his thighs before curving them around his hips, pulling him closer to her body. The heat from his shower was still strong on his skin. It gave her a soothing feeling and made her wish she had taken a shower with him. She pressed kisses over his tattooed chest. "You're so warm."

Law chuckled, easily sensing where she wanted to go with this. He raked his fingers through her soft hair before pressing a kiss to it. "We can't do that again, love."

She glanced up at him with a pout. "We could, especially if I use my pheromones on you. You won't be able to resist me."

"We could. And you definitely could. And I definitely couldn't." Law nodded. "But if we do we'll end up spending more time in the sub and Straw Hat will come looking for us. Then we won't be able to enjoy ourselves fully."

"I guess you're correct," Neo said, her pout deepening on her soft lips. "I love the Straw Hats. But, honestly, between having them around, all the fights we get into with rivals, and me taking naps, I don't feel like we're spending much time together lately. I miss being alone with you at times."

"I know," Law said, his heart sinking at the sad look she held in her eyes. "We're getting ready to leave this island soon. Perhaps we can get a few minutes together later."

"You think so?" Neo asked.

"Yes." Law nodded again. "Let's just see where everyone is when we leave. Surely we can sneak some private time together. We can do whatever you want."

"Whatever I want?" She asked and he nodded. "Even if it is just snuggling?"

"Yes. Even if it is just snuggling," Law said.

"All right," Neo said as she started running her hands up his inner thighs until she had no farther to go. "But for now we can-"

"No, love," Law said, forcing himself not to release any noise of pleasure from the gently touch of her soft fingers on his own tender skin. He clenched his teeth as she grinned mischievously and tightened her fingers. "Neo…"

"What?" she asked innocently. Her eyes giving him the most innocently look that made him melt.

"We just did that," Law said, gulping down a groan from a tug. If she kept this up, he was going to lose control. And she wasn't even using her pheromones on him at this point. "I meant what I said earlier."

"I know." Neo sighed and took a step back from him. Now upset with him, she crossed her arms over her chest and turned away from him. "But I don't like it. I should have this when I want it."

"Neo, we just got done talking about how Straw Hat will come looking for us if we stay inside for much longer," Law said softly upon feeling her mood swing.

Neo sighed. Dropping her arms to her sides, she turned back to him. "I'm sorry, Law. I didn't mean to get upset. It was just a mood swing."

"I know it was. And I promise I'll make it up to you," Law said.

"Really?" Neo asked.

Law stepped closer to her. Leaned down he nipped her soft spot on her neck. "Have I ever lied to you before?"

"No," Neo said, tilting her head to give him better access to her neck.

"Then here's a preview of what's to come," Law said. He sucked hard on her soft spot while gliding his hands up the inside of his yellow and black hoodie she was wearing. Within seconds, he had her pushed up against the wall and all but screaming his name from the use of his skillful lips and hands.

"L-Law!" Neo gasped, gripping onto his arms for stability as her knees threatened to buckle under her. "I thought you said…"

"That's what you get for teasing me like you did," Law said huskily into her ear. "It's just my turn to tease you. Now you'll have to wait for the rest." With that, he pulled away from her and walked out of the bathroom leaving her to deal with coming down from her high.

"Dang it, Law," Neo grumbled as she reached under his hoodie to readjust her bra. She could feel her entire body burning like a wildfire from what he just did to her. It wasn't really fair. She didn't do that much to him. Huffing in annoyance, she left the bathroom, planted her hands on her hips, and glared at his back while he dressed for the day. "I am releasing my pheromones on you after what you just did. You are going to finish what you just started."

"First of all, you started it, my love. And, no, you're not," Law said, tossing a smirk at her from over his shoulder.

"Oh? I'm not, am I?" Neo crossed her arms and drummed her fingers on her skin.

"You're not," Law said.

"And why is that?" Neo demanded.

"Because you want breakfast," Law said.

"I do…" Neo's voice trailed of just as her stomach started grumbling to her. She pouted again. "Why must you know me so well?"

"Because I love you so much," Law said. "And I felt the pregnancy cravings before you even noticed them. You were too high to even notice them yourself."

"Stupid pregnancy cravings," Neo grumbled. She pulled her eyes away from Law to look at the picture that had her mother in it. "How did you manage being pregnant, mother? And did father ever drive you crazy like Law is doing to me right now?"

"I'm sure she managed just fine with her pregnancy," Law said. He paused for a few seconds before shooting Neo another smirk. "I have more concern with how your dad managed to survive your mother considering how she was when she wasn't pregnant. Remember how she always tried to cut Red Haired's hair when he visited them?"

Neo blinked. She had almost forgotten that story her godfather told them about. It did seem her mother was slightly on the crazy side in some cases. Mix that in with pregnancy hormones, she could easily see her mother being quite the little terror. Her mother, despite the fact she didn't know her at all, was far more outspoken that she was. If she, her mother, were upset she wouldn't hold back. She'd let people know about it. That was something Neo didn't inherit from her mother. But then with the way she grew up, before being found by Law, could have had an affect on that part of her. She might very well be more like her mother if she wasn't abused like she was. She sighed, wrapping her arms around herself. Thoughts of her parents and her past were starting to get her down. "I miss them, Law. I wish they could be here for this."

Straightening out his shirt, he walked over to. He kissed her hair and wrapped her in his arms as she started to cry. "I know, love. But you can be sure that they are watching over you right now. I'm sure they're happy that you've grown up into a beautiful, well educated, young woman. And I'm sure they wish they could be here as well. I know they are proud of you. And I know they think you're going to make a wonderful mother yourself."

"Thanks, Law. That's sweet. You always know what to say." Neo wrapped her arms around his waist, snuggling back into his soothing warmth. "I'm still upset with you though."

Law chuckled before warping them outside. The warmth from Law's shower was instantly replaced with the cool morning air. It made her snuggle even closer to him while he rested his sword on his shoulder.

Neo took in a deep breath of the salty air before the fresh smells of eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, gravy, and pancakes over took the salty smell. It made her food cravings intensify even more inside of her and in Law. "So hungry!"

"I noticed," Law said with a smile.

"Neo! Tra!" Luffy called. Sitting on the ground with his legs crossed up under him and a plate full of food in one hand, he waved wildly at his friends with his other hand. "There you guys are! Sanji and Basil made breakfast! It's so yummy! Come eat with us before it's all gone!"

"Okay," Neo called back while her eyes ran over the strangers that were with them. The little girl was still tied up with the sea prism stone and, despite her tired state, she still looked just as angry as she did last night while the men still looked just as happy to be going home. She also noticed that the majority of them were sitting away from their two crews. She wasn't sure if that was by choice or if it had something to do with her. It didn't really matter. She knew they all were leaving after breakfast. So with her arm still around Law, she guided them forward towards the fire where Sanji and Basil were still cooking. "Good morning."

"Morning, Neo," the majority of their crews said.

"Morning, Neo my sweet!" Sanji sang. He spun around and held out two plates of food, one for her and one for Law. "Here's your breakfast. Hot and ready for you to eat."

"You're so sweet," Neo said, taking her plate while Law took his with a nod of thanks.

"And here's your freshly squeezed orange juice," Basil said, holding out two cups.

"Thanks, Basil," Neo said.

"How's the food supply holding up after feeding so many extra people?" Law asked.

"We'll be fine until the next island," Basil said. He crossed his arms over his chest and lifted an accusing eyebrow at the only blue hair female in the area. "But we might need some extra tea leaves before we get there. Someone keeps using up all the ones we have in stock."

"I'll grow some more once we get sailing," Neo said with a mischievous grin.

"I'm sure you will." Basil winked at her.

"You really love your tea." Sanji laughed. "I surprised you even drink other stuff."

"I do, I do love my tea. It's my favorite, but I like other stuff too. See you later." Neo waved to the two cooks before she and Law wondered back over to the area where they had been sleeping before. Someone had already folded up and took the blanket they were using so they just sat down and leaned back against the log near Luffy and a few others. She happily dug into her plate of food, occasionally picking some off of Law's plate or someone else's who was close by, even Luffy's who would just laugh at her stealing other people's food.

"You better slow down there a bit," Law said. "If you eat too much you're going to make yourself sick."

"I know! But it's just so yummy!" Neo said. "I want more!"

"It sure is!" Luffy said. "Eat! Eat! Eat!"

"Stop encouraging her, Straw Hat!" Penguin snapped. "She's not like you! Her stomach doesn't extend to fit large amounts of food then instantly absorb it!"

"Perhaps not," Luffy said with a huge grin. "But she's eating for two now."

"I don't think that's really true," Shachi said. "There's been a lot of debate on that."

"What? Of course it's true," Luffy said. "She has her and Tra's baby inside of her. She eats food and the baby gets what it needs from her."

"Can't argue with that," Shachi said with a shrug.

"You'd lose if you tried," Penguin muttered.

"You guys are so funny," Neo said with a child like smile as she rocked from side to side, two clear signs she was currently going through a Playful Mood Swing. "Mama's eating for baby. Mama has to eat for baby. Mama loves baby." She turned to Law and poked him in the cheek. "And Papa loves baby."

Law took her hand and pressed his lips to her finger. He said, "Yes, Papa loves baby. And Papa also loves Mama."

"Papa loves Mama," Neo chirped before resting her head on his shoulder.

"She's so cute," Penguin squealed.

"I'm just glad these playful mood swings doesn't get the captain acting childish as well," Tero commented as he walked past them.

"Tero just jealous he doesn't have someone to cuddle with," Neo said, nuzzling into Law's arm. "But I still love you."

Tero chuckled, shook his head, and just walked away. He felt it was better to just let her have her fun. He ditched his dirty dishes into the box that Basil had set out then headed for the sub to start getting the sub ready for departure.

It was roughly two hours later when the groups were finally done eating breakfast and loading up their ships in preparation for their next journeys. Gathered at the beach where all three ships were now anchored, the pirates did one last check with the men before they headed off towards their homes.

"Are you sure you all have enough food and water to get back home?" Luffy asked.

"Yes." one said as they all nodded. "We have plenty to get home. We can't thank you all enough for what you did for us. Perhaps this will show Mina that not all pirates are bad."

Mina mumbled something from behind her gag. And judging from the harsh glare she still had in her eyes, it was something very unpleasant. All the pirates, but for Luffy, figured this girl wasn't going to change her opinion on pirates anytime soon, if at all.

"Geez," Usopp said. "If I ever spoke like she did at that age I would get my head knocked off."

"I don't really blame her," Nami said. She closed her eyes in memory of her own mother's death and all of the pain it had brought her and her sister. "Losing your parents can cause a lot of bitterness inside of you."

"Maybe now that they have her under control they can get some help for her," Robin said, placing her hand on Nami's shoulder.

"Yeah." Nami nodded.

"Well, thank you again," the men said before walking up the gangplank to their ship. "We'll be off now."

"Bye!" Luffy waved.

"Take it easy going home!" Franky said.

"Don't get into anymore fights!" Usopp shouted. "If you see another ship, just turn and run as fast as you can!"

"Well, that was an interesting experience," Shachi said.

"Yeah, I hope they find that girl some help before she ends up getting herself or someone else killed," Penguin said.

"Anyway," Nami then said. "There's no point in worrying over it now. We have our own stuff to worry about."

"Yeah!" Luffy nodded. "Let's load up and head out to sea!"

"I think I'm going to ride on the Polar Tang for a while," Chopper said, looking up at Neo. "Would that be all right?"

"Of course it would," Neo said. "You know you all are welcome on our sub at any point in time. I'm going to grow some more tea leaves to harvest, dry, and store. You want to help me with that?"

"Yeah!" Chopper nodded.

'Says the one who wanted more time alone with me.' Law smirked at her through their bond.

'Oh, hush! They'll be over there anyway!'

Law's smirk faded into a light frown at that little truth.

'Besides, it's just Chopper. You know the others are going to be on the Sunny for a while.'

'Yeah.' Law nodded. "All right, everyone, let's load up, and ship out."

"Aye aye, Captain!" the Heart Pirates shouted. Their voices mixed together as they all started to load up on their separate ships with Neo's help of using her wind crystals to lift them up on the decks.

"We'll see you later, Neo!" Luffy said.

"Okay!" Neo waved to him and the rest of the Straw Hats before heading into the sub with Chopper and Law by her side. "So what are you going to do now?"

"I think I'm going to get a little studying done while the majority of the Straw Hats are on their ship," Law said.

"Can you spend time with me and Chopper?" Neo said. She wrapped her arms around his arm, snuggling into him with pleading puppy dog eyes. "You can study in the galley with us."

"All right," Law said with a chuckle. He pressed a kiss into her hair. "I'll get my books and meet you in the galley."

"You're such a good boy," Neo said. She pecked his cheek then split off with Chopper. The two wondered down to the galley where Basil already was. The man was getting out the containers for the tea leaves that she was going to dry. "Thanks, Bas."

"No problem," Basil said.

"So what are we going to have for lunch?" Neo asked as she sat down on one of the stools that Basil also had sitting out.

"Thinking of lunch already, huh?" Basil asked.

"I can't help it," Neo said with a bright smile. "I'm thinking spaghetti. We haven't had that in a while."

"Sounds good to me," Basil said.

"I think so too," Chopper said. "I really love your breadsticks."

"We'll have to start on lunch then after we get these leaves done," Neo said. She summoned her earth crystals and started growing the tea leaves for them.

"I hope you don't plan on over working yourself, little girl," Law then said, appearing in the galley with them with four books under his arms. "Your blood pressure is up a little."

"Of course not," Neo said. "I have both my doctors looking out for me. But, if it makes you feel better, I'll let Basil have more control over making lunch. Then later I'll take a nap and a relaxing bath at some point before going to bed. Feel better?"

"Yes." Law pecked her lips then walked over to one of the tables. He spread his books over the tabletop and started studying his medical journals while the other three chattered on about whatever topic popped in their heads as they plucked the tea leaves off of their limbs and laid them out on the pans so Neo could dry them in a few minutes with her crystals.

Soon the midmorning faded away to the rest of the day. Neo stayed in the galley the majority of the morning and afternoon with Law, Chopper, and Basil. And just as she promised, she allowed Basil to have majority of control over making lunch. She still helped out with making the breadsticks and other small things, but stayed on her stool while the second cook moved around the warm galley.

"That was so good!" Shachi said while patting his full stomach.

"It sure was," Topaz agreed. "You two really out did yourselves this time."

"It was all Basil," Neo said while nibbling on her third, and last, breadstick. "I didn't do much this time."

"Thanks all. But it was no big deal," Basil said while filling up the sink with hot water to wash everyone's dishes. "You know I really like cooking."

"And it shows," Tero said, handing over his own dishes to be cleaned while his crewmates started wondering out of the galley while talking about their two cooks and their food.

"It sure does."

"I'm surprised we're not all fat with how much good food we get from Neo and Basil."

"It's because we train as much as we do."

"That's so true. If we didn't train, we'd all be fatties for sure."

"Hey, Jean Bart?" Neo said.

"Yes?" Jean Bart looked up from the newspaper he was looking at.

"Would you mind helping Basil with the dishes?" Neo asked.

"Sure thing." Jean Bart nodded before excusing himself from the table to help the secondary cook finish up the dishes faster.

"Thanks, Jean Bart," Neo said, feeling a bit guilty at having to put her job off on someone else. "I'd do it myself but Law really wants me to take it easy."

"Blame your blood pressure," Law said, his eyes locked down on his book.

"I blame you for what you did earlier," Neo snapped lightly, earning snickers from the remaining crewmates, as they instantly knew what she was talking about. "My blood pressure wouldn't be up at all if you hadn't done that."

Law smirked at her before dropping his eyes back down to his book.

"Oh! You!" Neo said, a little miffed that Law did what he did on purpose and wasn't taking responsibility for it.

"Don't worry, love. I'll take full responsibility for it late when we conclude what I started," Law said.

Neo felt her face flush at his words and the crew cheering for whatever their imaginations created on what Law did to her. She kneaded her eyebrows at them and summoned her crystals.

"Don't worry about it. I understand," Jean Bart said, expertly shooing his crewmates out of the room with one look before they found themselves on the receiving end of Law or Neo's wrath. "I'm happy to help."

"Thanks, Jean Bart," Neo said. She pulled her crystals closer to Law, in a silent threat.

Law just smirked at her again. Both knew she wouldn't turn her crystals on him in a serious way no matter what.

"Neo!" Luffy's voice then called out.

"In here, Luffy," Neo said, banishing her crystals. "What's up?"
"Not much," Luffy said. "We just got done eating lunch. It was so good."

"Same here," Neo said.

"We came over to read some books of yours," Nami said. "If that's all right with you."

"You know it's all right with me," Neo said. "I think I'll read too since all Law wants to do right now is study."

"Then I'll take this back to our room where I'll be more comfortable and have more privacy," Law said, gathering up his books. He pecked Neo's lips before wondering away from everyone. "See you later. Call if you need me for anything."

"I will, my love," Neo said while watching him disappear from the galley.

"Hey," Penguin said, poking his head back into the room. His eyes lingering on the two Straw Hat women, as they looked at him all three knowing exactly why they were here, before he continued speaking. "We're starting a poker game. Anyone want to join?"

"Sounds like fun," Luffy said.

"Fine. But don't you dare waste any of my money," Nami said.

"I have plenty of my own," Luffy said before running out of the room with Penguin close behind.

Nami sighed.

"Shall we go then?" Robin asked Neo.

Neo's eyes wondered over to the two men in the galley. The dishes were almost cleaned up and they were busy chatting amongst themselves. "Okay. Let's go."

The three women and one reindeer then wondered through the sub and up to the rec. room where the rowdy poker game was already going. The boys, and Topaz, had their cards dealt out and a few snacks scattered around the table. They chatted amongst themselves, Penguin pausing to give the two Straw Hat women a curious look before turning his hidden eyes back down to his cards, while Neo and the others plucked their books from the shelves and settled into the room to read while listening to the poker players.

Then about ten minutes after three in the afternoon, Neo started to get tired. Robin said, "You should sleep now."

"Uh huh," Neo murmured. Her head dropped to Robin's shoulder and she quickly fell asleep, her book becoming lax in her hands.

Robin smiled at the girl leaning against her. She took the book out of Neo's hands while Chopper pulled the small blanket, that was on the back of the couch, over their friend.

"She's so cute," Nami said before looking over at the poker players. "You all try to keep it down."

"You got it!" they all said louder than they should have. It caused Neo to grumble in her sleep and snuggle closer to Robin. "Sorry."

Nami just shook her head and went back to reading her book with Robin and Chopper.

About two hours later, Neo started to wake up. She stretched a little and yawned before opening her eyes. She looked up and was greeted with a warm smile from Robin. "Sorry, I used you as a pillow. You were just so comfortable to lean on."

"It's quite all right," Robin said.

"Did you sleep well?" Chopper asked, pulling his blood pressure cuff and stethoscope out of his bag. Putting them in place, he checked Neo's vitals.

"Yeah, I did," Neo said with another yawn. "But I was having a weird dream about Bepo being half bear and half fish. He kept trying to eat himself."

"I can see that happening," Penguin said with a laugh.

"Hey!" Bepo protested. "Not funny!"

"I think it was," Shachi said.

"Where's Luffy?" Neo looked around the room for the missing pirate before sensing him downstairs. "Never mind. I can sense him near our room. I think he's bothering Law again. Or trying to."

"Your blood pressure is back to normal. Law will be pleased. Luffy wondered out of here about twenty minutes ago while complaining about boredom," Chopper said while he put up his doctor supplies. "First he went down to the galley."

"The galley?" Neo asked.

"He was trying to sneak some food from dinner," Nami said. "We heard Basil yelling at him from all the way up here."

"Oh, dear," Neo said. She adjusted the blanket over her lap. "I didn't think I'd sleep through making dinner."

"Don't worry about it," Penguin said. "You know Basil's capable of handling it himself. Besides, some others went to help him."

"That's good to hear," Neo said, settling back down in the couch until it was time for dinner. Just before they all started getting up to head down to the galley, Law entered into the rec. room. He instantly took Neo's hand, kissed her, and walked with her down to dinner. Feeling a bit like being closer to him, she sat on his lap all through dinner and only separated from him afterwards when he went back to studying and she went back to reading her book with the others. Then it was fifteen minutes to nine when Neo placed her book down on her lap. She stretched her arms out and yawned tiredly.

"Getting sleepy again?" Robin asked, lowering her own book to her lap. It was fairly quiet in the sub at that point. A lot of the Heart Pirates had already gone to bed while a few were still mingling about the sub doing whatever they felt like doing before going to bed themselves. Luffy, however, was already asleep himself, half hanging over the back of the chair he was sitting on.

"Yeah." Neo nodded while attempting to rub the sleep out of her eyes.

"It's starting to get late anyway," Chopper said, closing his book. "We should all probably head off to bed soon. And you still need to take your bath like you told Law you were going to."

"Oh, right," Neo said, smiling at Chopper. "I almost forgot about that. Would you like to take a bath with me?"

"Sure." Chopper nodded. "It's my bath day anyway."

Luffy snapped awake. "Huh? What's going on?"
"Chopper and I are going to take a bath before going to bed," Neo said, placing her book back on the bookshelf.

"I see," Luffy said. He righted himself in the chair he was sitting on and smiled. "I guess I'm going to go back over to the Sunny now." He looked at Robin and Nami. "You two coming?"

"Not just yet," Nami said from the big armchair. "I want to finish this chapter."

"You go ahead, Luffy," Robin said. "I'll use my powers to bring us back over to the Sunny."

"All right then." Luffy jumped up from the chair and headed for the door. "See you all tomorrow."

"Night, Luffy," Neo said before her rubber friend disappeared into the hall.

"Shall we go?" Chopper asked.

Neo nodded.

"Good night, Neo, Chopper," Robin said.

"See you two in the morning," Nami said.

Neo waved to the two women while she left with Chopper's hoof in her hand.

"Shall we get going?" Nami asked.

"Let's give them a few minutes to get to their room," Robin said. "Then we'll go find Penguin."

"Okay." Nami nodded in agreement then settled back into her chair to wait for the right moment to leave the room themselves.

…

"You know, Neo," Chopper said as they walked down the hall of the sub. "I really like your home. But I have to be honest and say that I don't think I'd like to permanently live in a sub. I really like the openness of our ship."

"I can understand that," Neo said. "We both are a part of nature so it's natural for us to want to be in it."

"So how do you manage living in the sub?" Chopper asked.

"We don't go underwater as much as you might think," Neo said. "We spend most of the time above the surface. We're also out on the deck quite a bit. Bepo loves taking naps out there. And we take enough breaks on islands so I get plenty of time with nature."

"Oh, I see," Chopper said. "That makes sense."

"I love this place so much," Neo said. "I'd hate to lose the sub. But I know it's just a material object that will someday have to be replaced. I just hope it's a long time before that happens. Whatever happens, as long as I'm with Law and the crew, I know it'll be fine despite how hard it's going to be to let this place go."

"I guess so," Chopper said, looking around at the greyish blue walls. "You grew up here after all. This is the only real home you've ever really known."

"It sure is," Neo said.

"But, if you ever had to stop sailing, what would you do?" Chopper looked up at her. "Would you find a place on an island somewhere in the human world or would you go back to Luminous?"

"Hm." Neo hummed. "I really don't know. I suppose it would be nice to live on Luminous if we ever had to leave the pirate world. I guess that's just something Law and I would have to discuss if it ever came to that. It would be beneficial for our child to grow up there, but living among humans also has its benefits."

Chopper nodded in understanding just as they reached the bedroom door. Neo opened the door, allowing him to go in first before following after him. A smiled instantly came to her face when her eyes locked with Law's. Her lover was sitting at his desk with a bunch of files scattered around. She knew it was files on the sub and their missions. Files she didn't often get involved with since she didn't understand the majority of the words used in them. "Hey, Law."

"Coming to take a bath, I assume," Law said.

"Yeah." Neo nodded. "I was getting pretty tired. So I decided to come take my bath and head to bed. Chopper's going to take it with me. You want to join us?"

"I think not." Law smirked. 'If I take a bath with you, I want it to just be us.'

"You going to be reading those things for much longer?" Neo asked as she stepped over to their closet to get her a pair of nightclothes to put on.

"For a little while longer," Law said. "I'm almost done with these forms."

"I'm glad I don't have to mess with all of that technical stuff," Neo said, looking over Law's shoulder. She wrinkled her nose at the confusing words on the paper then kissed Law's cheek and headed to the bathroom.

"Just one of the joys of being captain of a sub," Law said, watching Neo walk away from him from the corner of his eyes.

'You sure you don't want to join us?'

'I'm sure. I don't want an audience for what we often do in the bath.'

'Suit yourself. But you're making this up to me later.'

'I will.'

'Promise?'

'Promise. After all we still have to finish what we started earlier.'

Neo shot him a seductive smirk before closing the door, cutting them from each other's sight. She sighed, wishing he would change his mind about the bath, but he was correct. They really didn't need an audience, not even Chopper. She smiled down at the reindeer as he started to strip off his clothes. Summoning her water crystals, she filled the tub while taking off her own clothes. The two then climbed into the steamy water together. She leaned back against the tub while Chopper sighed and sunk against her legs. He said, "This feels so good on my fur. You always get the temperature just right."

Neo giggled, her bells filling the bathroom and making Chopper's cheeks flush with delight. "Of course. I have to take care of you since you're my friend."

"You're so sweet," Chopper said.

…

A few minutes after Neo and Chopper left the rec. room, the two Straw Hat females finally put up the books they were reading and left themselves. They slipped out into the hall, glancing both ways before heading off to finding their first quarry. They had decided that now was the best time to get Penguin and finally get their second target to give Neo a honeymoon. They just hoped he hadn't gone to bed yet in an attempt to get out of doing this. But that wouldn't matter. They'd wake him up, rudely if necessary, if he did try that.

"Hey, ladies," Topaz said when the two Straw Hats came across her in the hall. "Is something wrong?"

"No, nothings wrong," Nami said. "We're just looking for Penguin."

"I think he's down in the training room," Topaz said. "He was down there a few minutes ago anyway."

"Thanks a lot," Nami said. "See you later."

"Uh, sure," Topaz said. She watched in confusion as the two women smiled and passed on by her. Shrugging her shoulders, she continued on towards her own destination of getting a snack from the galley.

Shuffling down the stairs, they made their way to the training room. Inside Penguin was with Jean Bart and Tero. They were just sitting around talking instead of training. The two women stayed over by the door, trying not to get spotted by the other two since they didn't want to alert anyone else to their plans. Robin used her powers to create a hand and arm beside Penguin. She tapped him on the shoulder, causing him to jump at the sight off her limb sticking out from the wall.

"What's wrong, Penguin?" Jean Bart asked, noticing him jump.

"Nothing," Penguin said. "I just thought I saw something. It just startled me."

"Okay," Tero drawled since it wasn't that easy to startle anyone on their crew.

Penguin felt his body tense up. He knew he might have goofed a bit. But when the two men turned back to each other and started talking again, he relaxed. His eyes wondered from them to the two women over by the door trying to get his attention. Upon seeing the two women, he knew instantly what they wanted. He still didn't want to do it, but agreed and knew it was too late to back out of this now. He said, "Well, I think I'm going to go back to my room."

"All right," Tero said.

"See you in the morning," Jean Bart added.

Penguin nodded at the two before rushing, at a steady pace, towards the door.

"For a moment there we thought you were going to back out on us," Nami said, following the annoyed man.

"I still can't believe I let you two talk me into this," Penguin said as he led the way from the training room to his shared room with Shachi. He opened the door, carefully glancing around to see if his roommate was here. When he confirmed the room was empty, he went on in.

"Oh, stop complaining. Do you have the sea prism stone chain?" Nami said, planting a hand on her hip.

"Yes." Penguin knelt down and pulled open of the built in drawers that was under his bunk. He flipped away a shirt then pulled the chain out and handed it over to Nami.

"It'll be fine. I'll handle the sea prism chain right here. All you have to do is get Tra in the room. We'll handle all of the talking," Nami said.

"Do you have any idea how furious he's going to be?" Penguin asked. "You do realize you're going to put sea prism chains on him, don't you?"
"Oh, we're not going to put them on him unless he tries to warp out of here," Nami said. She placed her hand on his shoulder and gave him a shove towards the door. "Now go get him. This is our only chance, Neo should just be crawling in the bath with Chopper a few minutes ago. Once she gets out she'll probably want to cuddle up to Tra for a while as she falls asleep. You know she really loves to do that."

"I know. I'm going, I'm going." Penguin sighed heavily to himself as he left his room with his shoulders drooping low. He wanted to take his time in going to his destination, but knew he didn't need to linger. Soon, too soon, he found himself standing at his captain and Neo's bedroom door. Standing there, he tried to work up the courage to actually knock on the door as he just stared at it from underneath his hat. Eventually, he found himself to be standing there in the same spot for ten minutes. Time passed really quickly if you feared for your life. It was such a rush. But if he waited any longer they'd come out before he even lifted up his hand to knock. He reached his hand up but dropped it right back to his side. Suddenly, a chuckle left his lips when he realized the irony he was stuck in. He was standing here trying to convince himself to knock on Death's Door. The very thought made him shiver. He knew his captain wasn't going to be upset with them trying to get him to take Neo on a late honeymoon. He just knew threatening his captain with sea prism stone was one of the stupidest ideas they could possibly do. Yet here he was still going along with the Straw Hats' insane plan. He needed to just get this over with. So, without further delay, he forced himself to lift his hand up and knock on the door.

"Come in," Law's muffled voice said.

"Okay." Penguin breathed in and released it before opening the door. He did his best to keep his features and his racing heart calm as he stepped inside of the room. He scanned his eyes around the room and found that Neo was indeed in the bathroom from the splashing and giggles he heard coming from the smaller room. Still, he said, "I guess Neo's still in the bath?"
"Yeah," Law said, not looking up from the books he now had sprawled out over his desk. "She felt like taking a bath for a while. Tony's in there with her too."

"I see," Penguin said. "So what are you working on?"

"I'm going over the Elemental pregnancy books again," Law said.

"I should have known," Penguin said. "You've been slaving over those ever since you got back from Dressrosa."

Law only nodded in agreement. And he would continue to go over them from now until their baby arrived. He didn't want to miss a single thing, even by accident. A few minutes later, when Penguin didn't say anything, he finally looked up from his books. "If you're here for Neo it's going to be a while before she gets out of the tub."

"I know," Penguin said with a nervous grin. "I was…I came here to ask you something."

"Then what is it?" Law asked.

"I was wondering if you'd come to my quarters for a minute or two?" Penguin asked. His heart leaped into his throat when Law gave him a confused look. It wasn't often one of them asked their captain to come to their quarters. He expected him to object right out.

"All right," Law said.

"Huh?" Penguin breathed out, wondering if he heard that correctly.

"I can take a short break," Law said.

"Uh, okay," Penguin said, confused at why his captain wasn't going to ask any questions about this meeting he wanted.

Law scooted his chair back from his desk and stood up. Shoving his hands in his pockets, he walked passed Penguin and out the door. He paused and looked back at his subordinate when he didn't hear the man's footsteps following. "Are you coming or not?"
"Uh, yeah," Penguin said, rushing to leave the room. "I'm coming."

Quietly, the two men made their way down to the crew's quarters. Penguin took nervous glances at the imposing man beside him. He felt like he was going to break out in a cold sweat, if he didn't die from his heart beating so hard inside of his ribs. He had to take a few slow breaths to calm himself down before he passed out from all of the anxiety he was putting himself through. He felt like the sub had grown larger somehow as the walk through the halls seem to take forever. Finally, after what felt like an entire year going by, they reached their destination.

Law entered into the room first. He turned around to face Penguin just before the door to the room shut by Robin who had happened to be hiding behind the door. He asked, "What's going on here?"

"Sorry," Penguin said. "They made me do it."

"We need to talk to you, Tra," Nami said, stepping out of the closet with the sea prism stone chain in her hand.

Law eyed the chain in the navigator's hand with a frown, instantly feeling the negative energy coming from the thing. "You better not be planning on using that on me."

"I will unless you listen to us," Nami said, the chain jingled as she shifted her weight.

"You better start talking," Law said to Penguin.

"TheywantyoutotakeNeoonahoneymoon!" Penguin rattled out was so fast that they all almost didn't understand what he said.

"What?" Law asked.

"We think you should take Neo on a late honeymoon," Nami said. "We already have the perfect place picked out. It's the Sunrise Resort."

"No," Law said flatly.

"Just listen," Nami said. "It will be the perfect place for a honeymoon. You'll get your own private room…"

"No," Law said.

"You'll get fancy dinners…"

"No."

"Dancing…"

"No."

"They accept pirates…"

"No."

"It has an amusement park so Luffy won't bother you two…"

"No," Law said more firmly before lifting his hand to warp himself out of the room. "And I'll hear no more about it."

"It will make Neo happy," Robin said.

The smoke swirl under Law's hand faded. He looked to the dark haired woman.

"We all know she won't care much about having an actual honeymoon as long as she's with you and your crew," Robin continued. "But it would be good for both of you to do this for yourselves. As things are right now, you don't spend all that much time together. And that strained time will only get smaller once the baby arrives. Now is the perfect time for you two to finally have a honeymoon. Don't you want that?"

Law sighed. He hated to admit it but she did make a lot of sense. Neo wouldn't ever push for a honeymoon as long as she got to be with him. And their time to spend alone together was going get smaller once their baby arrived. And it would be a nice surprise for her. She's never been on a honeymoon or to a resort before. "All right. Plot a course to this Sunrise Resort."

"Yes!" Nami squealed. "Neo's going to love it!"

"She is." Robin nodded with a smile.

"Isn't this just the best?" Nami turned to Penguin who was completely white. "Hey, are you okay?"

"Yes," Penguin squeaked. Coming back to his sense, he cleared his throat. "Yes, I'm fine. I just saw my life flash before my eyes. Despite that, why didn't you question why I was asking you to come all the way down here?"

"I just thought you had a private matter you wanted to discuss," Law said.

"I see," Penguin said.

"And you were worried," Nami said. "We didn't even have to use the sea prism chains on him."

"I had a right to be worried!" Penguin snapped. "I'm never going to do something like that again! Even with permission to confront the captain a bit where Neo is concerned!"

"At least we got what we wanted," Robin said.

"Then next time you go get the captain!" Penguin said.

"We should start planning ahead right now," Nami said. "We should be close enough to the island to pick up a transponder snail. We'll need to get them a room for sure. And I want to book a massage for myself. It would be great if Neo could get one, but I know she won't like people touching her."

"It doesn't matter," Robin said with a calm smile. "I'm sure Tra will be more than willing to give her a massage in the privacy of their room."

"That's correct," Nami said. "Let's see what else do we need to do? Since it's a resort will need to get Neo a fitting swimming suit. Unless, Tra here doesn't mind her wearing her bi-"

"Absolutely not!" Law hissed with red cheeks. "Neo is not allowed to wear that thing outside of the crew! And don't you even dare think about encouraging her to try and get me to change my mind! It won't work! I put my foot down on that!"

"Oh, fine," Nami said. "We won't do that. So we'll go shopping once we're all checked into our hotel rooms."

"We'll need to make sure we're far enough away from Tra and Neo so Luffy doesn't have the option of constantly bugging them," Robin said.

"Of course." Nami nodded. "And we'll need to have Luffy bunk with Sanji and Zoro to make sure he stays under control as much as possible."

"We should probably keep this a secret between ourselves for now," Penguin said, looking over at Law. "Unless you don't want it to be a surprise for her."

"I think I'd like to keep it a secret," Law said. "She'll like the surprise."

"All right then. Just keep your thoughts clear of all of our plans," Nami said.

Law nodded. He was already working on filtering these plans to the back of his mind. "It's settled then. Go ahead and plot a course to the Sunrise Resort."

"Already in course," Nami said with a mischievous grin. "We'll be there the day after tomorrow."

Law lifted an eyebrow at her, wondering how she pulled that off. Now it was clear they were heading for that resort in the first place. That mischievous grin said it all. He sighed. He should have known they would have pulled something like this. He had no choice but to let it go since he already agreed to it. He then left the room and headed back to his own.

"Oh, Captain," Topaz said when she happened to come across him. "I didn't expect to see you down here. Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong," Law said. He paused and stared at the young fire Elemental in front of him. He wondered for a split second if he should tell her what was going on or not. He decided to go ahead and tell her. "I was actually speaking to Penguin, Nami, and Nico. They suggested I take Neo to Sunrise Resort for a late honeymoon."

"Wow," Topaz said. "I've heard of that resort. Neo will like it there a lot. I think it's a good idea."

Law nodded. "We're keeping it a secret from her though. So don't go telling anyone else. I don't want this to accidently get around to her."

"You got it, Captain." Topaz saluted. "Just let me know if there's anything I need to do."

"I'll let you know." Law nodded. Stepping around her, he headed back to his and Neo's room. Opening the door, he found that Neo and Chopper had finally finished their bath, both were completely dry, and now sitting on the bed.

"Law, you disappeared down to the boys' quarters," Neo said, pouting. "We came out here and you were gone. You could have told me you were leaving."

"Sorry, love," Law said. He walked over to the bed and placed an apologetic kiss on her forehead. "Penguin needed to talk to me about something."

"Oh." Neo nodded, thinking it was a private matter between her brother and their doctor. "All right then. You're forgiven for not telling me."

"Good," Law said. "Now get into bed."

"We are in bed." Neo smirked.

Chopper placed his hooves over his mouth to suppress a giggle at Neo's playful defiance.

"Don't you dare get smart with me, little girl," Law said with a chuckle.

"Oh, and why not?" Neo asked, her hand slowly moving towards his pillow. "What are you going to do about it, Doctor Trafalgar?"

"Keep up the sassy tone and I'll show you exactly what I'll do," Law said. He lightly flicked her nose with his finger then turned around in an attempt to go back to his studying. But just as he turned his back to the two on the bed, Neo whacked him with his pillow. With lightning fast reflects, he formed his Room and warped his pillow out of her hand.

"Hey!" Neo protested. "That's cheating! And a cheep shot!"

"And hitting me from behind isn't?" Law swung his pillow at her, nailing her on the arm.

"Oh! You're going to pay for that!" Neo said. She snatched her pillow and started swinging it at her lover just as he swung at her. Soon laughter from all three parties filled the room as they continued to assault each other with their pillows.

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Author's Notes: Finally got the next chapter up. Still working on getting myself in order so updating for them all will be slow for a while, plus going outta town next week. Suppose to have Internet access but won't know for sure until I get there. For now Monkey D. Law or Trafalgar D. Law, Whispers on the Wind, Summoner of Death and Silver Blood have also been updated.

Sarge1130: Things are going to be a lot different from the original. I think you'll all like it. I wanted Penguin to be the one to convince Law on the honeymoon but while writing it Nami and Robin somehow became the ones who actually did that.

Son of Whitebeard: Thanks. Here's the next chapter.

Silver Pride: I'm ready for the resort fluff too.

Apple Bloom: No she's not. The little girl was just a minor conflict.