Kairoseki
Characters: Law, Heart Pirates. Rating: K. Warnings: None
Contrary to popular belief, Trafalgar Law was well acquainted with kairoseki and the bone deep weariness it caused. This was a fact that would surprise many, if they ever learnt of it, because surely Trafalgar Law was far too intelligent to get himself into a situation where someone would be able to land a hit on him. Smoker could testify to his inventiveness in evading it, and while there were rumours that he'd been caught in Dressrosa, few were quite ready to believe it. Kairoseki usually meant Marines and Marines meant Impel Down.
Trafalgar Law was very obviously not in Impel Down.
What no-one considered was the fact that his unwilling acquaintance with the substance was due to his own crew, who frequently performed acts of mutiny by cuffing their captain whenever they felt he was being stupid. This happened far more often than people would expect.
The first time it happened it was the fault of an innocent slice of bread. Law learnt of his new-found allergy, and his crew learnt that a panicking Law with ready access to his fruit was a bad combination. He forgave them quickly enough that time, because hindsight forced him to admit restraining him had been the best idea they could have come up with.
Sometimes he regretted being so lenient that first time. He'd never found the cuffs – he believed Shachi was the custodian but searches and even Scans of his first mate's possessions never turned them up – but they kept coming out whenever his crew thought he was being unreasonable.
Usually it was when he was sick. No matter how much he pointed out that his own fruit was the best medicine for him, they would point out his low stamina and insist on treating him the old-fashioned way. Other times, more rarely, it was when he was already exhausted. This wasn't an automatic kairoseki sentence. It was only if he tried to use his fruit for 'no good reason' (their words, not his), that the cuffs would appear.
He'd finally started to punish them – a week of night watches, a month of latrine duty, favourite meals banned for a month – but it was too little too late. Oh, it was mutiny alright, but for some reason he never treated it as such. It probably had something to do with the mantra Bepo started, and the rest of the crew picked up.
"It's not mutiny if it's for Captain's own good."
After all, hindsight always proved that they'd made the right call, even if Law didn't like it one bit.
There will be an associated oneshot posted (probably tomorrow) detailing the Bread Incident in all its glory. I'll add the URL (or as much of it as I can) here once it's up.
EDIT: It's up! It's called Allergy /s/12740096/1/
Thanks for reading!
Tsari