Underwater

Law sat quietly as he watched Neo. She was sitting on the ground with her legs cross and her hands resting on her knees. She had her eyes closed in concentration. Law glanced back over to their campsite. The two crews were still sitting where he had demanded them to. He wanted Neo to be able to focus. With so many around and as noisy as they often were, she wouldn't be able to. Especially if Luffy got his way and hung around.

"I found him! Luminous is south east of here! About a week, maybe a little over a week?" Neo's eyes popped open. Law turned his attention back to his love. "But how? Empress Futura said I needed to locate the heart of my homeland."

"Well, like Shanks said, you have more emotional attachment to Penguin than Luminous. It makes sense that you would be able to sense him easier than your homeland. I just wished I thought of it before," Law sighed. "Then you wouldn't have gone through so much pain."

"Law, don't," Neo shifted closer to him. She leaned into his chest and lightly tugged on a strain of his hair. "None of us have been thinking clearing since Penguin and Cora were taken. We know where they are now."

Law nodded. He raked his fingers through her hair and kissed her. "And we're going to get them back."

The two then stood up, intwined their fingers and walked back over to their friends. Luffy shouted out just before they got there. "WHAT?! SHANKS IS NEO'S GODFATHER?!"

"Yup," Usopp nodded.

"Seriously?!" Luffy looked at Neo.

"That's what he said. And I believe him. There's no reason he would lie about something like that," Neo said. She sat down with Law and leaned into his side. He kissed her temple then grumbled.

"I can't believe your godfather is an emperor. And Red Haired Shanks no less." Neo patted Law's knee.

"The captain's still in shock," Bepo said.

Nami grinned mischievously at Law. "I guess that makes you Shanks' Godson-in-'Law'."

Everyone busted up laughing at Nami's little joke on Law's name. Neo bit her bottom lip to keep herself from laughing while Law shot Nami an intense glare. Nami shrieked at the death glare and dove behind Luffy. Brook looked at the scared orange haired woman. "If you're just gonna hide, why make a joke about it?"

"Oh shut up!" Nami snapped.

"You all shut up!" Law hissed.

"Neo, calm him down! Please!" The Heart Pirates shrieked.

"Okay, okay, that's enough, all of you," Neo said to the pirates laughing at Law. She then turned to Law and cupped his cheek, pulling his eyes to hers. "Calm down, love. She didn't mean any harm."

Law grumbled under his breath and pulled her tighter to his side. She patted his cheek. "There, there, love. It'll be all right. You just need time to adjust to this new information. It is rather a lot to take in. I never would have guest I had a godfather."

"Yeah, yeah," Law mumbled as he relaxed.

"I still feel fairly shocked myself," Shachi said as he leaned back on his hands. "That just some crazy information to absorb, especially in our current situation. By the way, did you find Luminous?"

"Yes," Neo nodded. "It's south east of here."

"How much trouble do you think they're gonna cause now that you know where they are?" Corazon asked with a puff on his cigarette.

"Shouldn't be too much considering they want Neo to come to Luminous," Robin replied. "But still, they might try to weaken Neo's forces by coming after the rest of us. We should be extra careful now."

"Well, not all of us," Zoro said. "They won't go after the weaker members of our group."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Nami shouted. She grabbed Zoro's cheek and pinched it hard.

"I just mean they know who our strongest fighters are," Zoro explained. "You weaker ones aren't worth their time."

"Shut up!" Nami, Usopp and Chopper shouted.

"But he does have a good point," Sanji said. "Our devil fruit users are the strongest among us. They're the ones who are going to be targeted the most, next to those of us who can use our minds and control this world better than certain others here."

All eyes drew over to Luffy. He ripped off a piece of the meat he was eating then replied to them. "What?"

"Nothing," The entire group sighed.

"They'll only go after him because he's a devil fruit user," Franky said and everyone nodded.

"All right," Law then said. "We need to get going."

The crews gathered up their stuff and headed for their ships. After a short discussion with the two navigators in the crew, they took off on their way to Luminous.

…

Neo was laying on her left side, fully awake. Law was also on his left side with his arm draped over her. She never noticed he was awake too. He tightened his arm around her and pulled her close. "You should be asleep."

"I know," Neo sighed. She gripped the compact so hard she through it was going to cut through her skin. "I just can't sleep. Not now that I know we're heading for Luminous now."

"Stop that," Law placed his hand on hers and pried her fingers loose from the compact. "I won't be happy if you make yourself bleed."

She sighed again and rolled over to face him. She pecked his lips. "I'm sorry, love. I'm just so…"

"I know, I know," Law nodded slightly as he rubbed her back. "I'm ready for this to be over with too. I don't like the fact that you're going to have to face that witch. I know she's going to separate us to try and fight you on her own. But, no matter what happens, I will find my way back to you. I won't let you face her alone."

"Thanks, Law," Neo rubbed her hand on his bare chest. "I wouldn't be able to face her without you, especially since I might have to face her to the death."

"Don't think about that. If it comes to killing her, you know I'll do it for you," Law stroked the back of his fingers over her cheek and leaned down towards her lips. "Now, let me help you get some sleep."

Neo hummed as Law captured her lips with his and straddled over her body. He kissed her deeply before trailing kisses across her jaw and down to her neck. Hitting her soft stop, she arched her body into him. "I thought you were going to help me sleep."

"Oh, I am," Law chuckled deeply. "But we have to have some fun before sleep will come."

"Hm, you're being naughty again," Neo tugged a strained of his hair.

"You know you love it," Following her signal, Law lifted up and kissed her again. She wrapped her arms around his neck while he dragged his hands down the sides of her body. He grabbed the bottom of her shirt and started to pull it up.

Suddenly, Law went limp. Neo gasped when she noticed his eyes had turned completely white. She tried to gasp again, but stopped when she noticed him floating above her instead of falling onto her body. Bubbles left her mouth. She covered her lips when she realized they were underwater.

She shook her head, realizing it was a Warper trick. She took a deep breath, refilling her lungs. "It's just an illusion. Law! Wake up! It's not real!"

Their room faded away from her. Floating in the water, Neo raised up to Law and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Law, wake up! Please! This isn't real! Can't you hear me?!"

Neo's heart rate sped up. This sneak attack had too deep of a hold on his mind. She had to break it and fast before he started to believe he was really underwater. She took a hold of his cheeks and kissed him deeply. Come on, Law! WAKE UP!

Neo began to glow like she did when she first connected with Law. She felt herself filter through the hollowness of his darkened mind. She summoned her solar crystal and lit up his mind. Within his thoughts, she found him, floating among memories of his life. One by the memories started to fade away. "Is he dying? No! I won't let you go!"

Neo swam over to him as fast as she could. She took ahold of his shoulders and pulled him into a more up right position. She cupped his cheek. A single tear rolled down her cheek when it seemed like she wasn't going to be able to reach him. "You can hear me, can't you, Law? Please, come back to me, love. I need you. Don't leave me."

Neo closed her eyes. He wasn't responding to her at all. She leaned against him and cried. "Law, please…I've already lost Penguin and our son…I can't loose you too."

Neo gasped when Law wrapped his arms around her. She lifted up from his chest and looked at him. "Don't cry, love. I'm not going anywhere."

"Law!" Neo threw her arms around his neck. "I was so scared that I lost you!"

"You're never gonna lose me. I'm sorry I scared you like that," Law said, tightening his hold on her. After a few seconds, they pulled apart. He brushed her tears away and pecked her lips. It was at the point they noticed they were out of his mind and back in the ocean. He felt himself loosing strength again.

"Stay strong, Law. This is just a Warper trick. We're not really in the ocean," Neo tightened her hold on him, afraid he was going to leave her again.

"Right," Law nodded. "I'm fine now. But they might not be."

Neo turned around when Law looked over her shoulder. Luffy, Brook, Chopper, Robin and Corazon were also in the ocean like environment.

"Shoot! We have to wake them up!" Neo and Law swam over to their devil fruit empowered friends.

"Agreed, but you are forbidden to kiss them like you did me," Law smirked at her.

"Law! I would never!" Neo's face flushed. He chuckled then turned his attention to waking up their friends. Neo attended to Chopper and Robin while Law dealt with Luffy, Brook and Corazon. She placed a hand on both Robin and Chopper's shoulder. "Robin, Chopper, wake up. This isn't real. You're not underwater. Listen to my voice. Warpers did this to you."

"Hm," Robin round her head a couple times before opening her eyes.

"Thank goodness," Neo smiled, relieved that the dark haired woman woke up fairly easily. Chopper was another story. He was harder to reach. "Come on, Chopper. Please wake up. What do we do?"

"Hm," Robin hummed while rubbing her chin. She leaned close to Chopper's ear. "Chopper, if you wake up right now, I'll give you cotton candy."

"Cotton candy?!" Chopper's eyes returned to normal. He flailed his arms and legs wildly. "Where?! Where?! I want some! Please!"

"Sorry, Chopper, I don't really have any," Robin smiled apologetically.

"Oh," Chopper pout but then realized they weren't on the Sunny. "Where are we?"

"In a Warper's trap. I'm so glad you're finally awake," Neo replied pulling Chopper into a hug. She turned back to Law. He had yet to wake the boys up. "Um, Law? Aren't you going to wake them up?"

"I tried. They won't wake up. So…" He nodded. Before anyone could question what he was thinking, Law punched Luffy, Brook and Corazon on their heads. "Wake up, you idiots!"

"Ouch!" They cried. "What the heck was that for?!"

"For being stupid," Law scoffed.

"Where are we?" Corazon asked, looking around their watery environment. There was nothing around them but water. "This is very odd."

"In an illusion," Law replied. "Warpers tried to kills us by putting us underwater."

"Did you really have to hit us?" Luffy whined.

"Serves you right. You're the ones who fell asleep and into this trap," Law crossed his arms.

"Like you weren't asleep," Luffy grumbled.

Before he could stop himself, Law replied, "I wasn't asleep."

"Oh? What were you doing then?" Luffy asked, innocently. Law's face flushed as his body twitched. Neo face flushed as well. She dropped her eyes and twiddled with her fingers. "Hm? What? What's wrong? Why's your face so red?"

Robin chuckled lightly while bitting her bottom lip. Chopper blinked innocently and tilted his head. Brook pressed a boney hand to his cheek and said, "Oh my."

Corazon studied Law and Neo's expressions and body language then chuckled. "I guess it's a good thing that they interrupted before things got to far. Or else, you and Neo would be in your birthday suits right in front of us."

That caused Neo and Law's faced to darken even more. Corazon chuckled. "I expect this reaction from Neo, since she's so shy, but not from a guy like you, Law."

"Hm? Shy? Shy about what?" Luffy asked.

"How old are you again?" Brook asked Luffy.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Luffy asked his skeleton crew mate.

"Shut up!" Law hissed through his teeth. "All of you!"

"Neo, where's the Warper?" Robin said, saving Law and Neo from more embarrassment and from someone dying by the surgeon's hands.

"I haven't sense a Warper at all," Neo replied. Chopper glanced up at her.

"Huh?" Everyone turned and looked at her.

"We're still caught in the Warper's trap, obviously, but there's none around," Neo replied. "I don't know why."

"Maybe this was just a last ditch effort to stop you, no matter how weak it is," Corazon said, crossing his arms. "That queen lady wants to fight Neo, right? I'll bet they're planning on an ambush when we arrive on Luminous and tried to get rid of us devil fruit users."

"We might as well return to our ships and get some rest so we can prepare for the final battle," Robin suggested.

"Good night, Neo," Chopper said, pulling away from her and waved.

"Good night," Neo waved back. The pirates then concentrated on returning themselves back to their rooms. Neo looked around their room before sighing. "I just want this to be over."

"Yeah," Law nodded. "We all do."

The two went quiet for a while before Law spoke up again." Hey, what happened between us when we were in the illusion?"

"What do you mean?" Neo looked at him and blinked.

"You entered into my mind somehow," Law said.

"Um," Neo thought about what she did when she tried to wake Law up. "I was glowing again."

"The last time you did that was when you showed me your past," Law said.

"I was scared that I was about to lose you. I couldn't let that happen. I think our bond just got stronger. We were talking to each other too," Neo said and Law nodded.

"I think you might be right," Law put his arms around Neo and pulled her into his chest.

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Author's Notes: Well, this chapter did come out like I thought/wanted it too. All well. We're getting close to the end of this one if you hadn't sensed it yet. Two more chapters and it's over. Neo's story has been such a long one and only getting longer with the rewrite. Glad people have liked it and followed me through it. ^.^ Follow the rewrite for more info on Neo, if ya'll want. I know some of you are. :)

Might do another Law x OC. But I'm not sure. I typically make one OC per character I like. :/ Oddly dedicated I guess. Though I can't get this idea outta my head. Also working on a Luffy X OC fic outline right now.