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Neo panted as she dodged to the left and then grabbed Tero's arm and flipped him over onto his back. The black haired man rebounded. He flipped over onto his side and swung his foot at her ankles. She saw the move coming and jumped to dodge the attempted. Tero, with lightning fast reflexes, was back on his feet in a split second. He bombarded Neo with several punches and kicks to which she easily blocked before retaliating against him. She threw several punches and kicks of her own at him, her braid hair bouncing around as she moved. When she saw an opening, Neo kicked out her foot. She caught Tero in the chest, and off guard, and sent him flying back several feet. A flash of fear and regret slammed into her, causing her chest to tighten.
'Easy, love. I'm sure Tero is fine.'
Neo panted hard as she watched the black haired man sit up. He rubbed his right hand over his chest while waving his left at her, signaling he was indeed okay. 'He is. It just doesn't matter how often I do this with him, I'm never going to get use to hitting my babies.' She bit back a giggle when she felt Law glowering.
'Okay, love, they're your babies.'
'Our babies.'
'Don't push it, my love.' Law thought to her after a short pause.
'You'll come around.' She giggled as Law scoffed. Lowering her fighting stance she walked over to Tero. "Sorry."
"You really need to get over apologizing every time you hit me," Tero said. He placed his arms over his bend up knees.
"Not going to happen," Neo replied with a smile. "I don't like hitting you even though I know this is all necessary."
"It is. You've improved quite a bit since we've started," Tero said with a genuine smile. He ran his hand through his now damp hair, causing his bangs to stick up straight. "I have to admit that I'm impressed. Your hand to hand combat skills have improved greatly."
"You think so?" Neo tilted her head.
"I know so. You are now taking me down quicker with each session we have," Tero replied. He pushed himself to his feet. "When we first started this you weren't able to come anywhere near landing a punch on me. And now you're tagging me left and right and even winning a few matches. If I'm not careful, you're going to surpass me."
"I doubt that," Neo said with a smile. "You still have more years of fighting experience than I do."
"I suppose so." Tero nodded.
"So, sensei, do you think I'm ready to go with Law to Punk Hazard now?" Neo asked.
"I suppose you are as ready as you'll ever be," Tero replied. He then added, thoughtfully, "Although, you really do need to continue with your training while on Punk Hazard. I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to do so since there's not going to be much other stuff to do there. I just have no clue how that could be made possible. The captain sure as heck isn't going to fight you. He still won't even use his powers on you. What's up with that?"
"He's still trying to over come his fear of hurting me," Neo replied softly.
"Well, he better get a move on. You two are leaving in just a few days," Tero said. "That man. He's finally loosened up a bit when we're training. He doesn't even watch us anymore and yet still won't use his powers on you."
"Trust me," Neo said while thinking about how Law and the rest of the crew didn't hover over her hand-to-hand combat sessions anymore. She smiled and shrugged. "He might not be in the room, but he is still watching me very closely. He worries. I'll get him to use his powers on me when the time is right."
"For both your sakes, I hope you do. You two don't need to be going into this mission with him afraid to use his powers on you. You could end up getting poisoned again and won't have any other back up to help you two," Tero said with a touch of worry in his tone that Neo's never heard before.
She blinked multiple times at him in disbelief.
His eyebrow twitched in annoyance when he noticed her staring at him. "What?"
"You do care." Neo's smile brightened.
"Whatever," Tero scoffed. He tossed his head to the side with pink rising on his cheeks.
"You're blushing!" Neo squeaked. Sliding up to him she poked him on the chest. "Just admit it. You have come to like me too. It might not be as much as the others, but you do care."
"Shut up." Tero crossed his arms and turned from her. "I'm only concerned as your teacher, nothing more."
"Uh huh." Neo rolled her eyes. She then walked up to him. Pushing up on her toes, she placed a kiss on his cheek. He flinched under her touch, but didn't pull away. "Seriously…thank you for doing all of this for me. The rest of the crew is far to attach to me to really help me get physically stronger. You are amazing."
"Yeah," Tero grumbled while heading for the door, his cheeks still pink with embarrassment. "Whatever."
Neo smiled at the embarrassed man's lack of actually denying he cared. It was fine. She knew, while he could be very strict and harsh at times with her, he really did care. He only showed it in his own way, which was different from the majority of the crew. She was fine with it. She really did need someone who was more upfront and confrontational with her, someone who wouldn't hold their punches because they were afraid of hurting her. Tero filled the roll perfectly. He saw what needed to be done when the rest of the crew, including Law and Topaz, just wanted to coddle her.
"Yeah." Neo nodded as she headed for the door of the training room herself. "Tero is a good man."
"Done with training today I see," Law said when he met Neo at their bedroom door.
"Yup." Neo nodded. She then let her shoulders slump. "And now all I want is a nice, long, hot soak in the bathtub."
"Is that all you want?" Law asked, suggestively and with a smirk.
"Hm?" Neo blinked multiple times. "Other than you? What else would I want? I always relax in a hot bath after training with Tero."
"This time is going to be different," Law said. He took her hand and led her into their room.
"How so?" Neo asked.
Law chuckled. He leaned down and nipped her neck while closing the door. "Love, you have grown up so much. And, yet, you can still be so naive. It's really cute on you. I hope that never changes no matter how much you grow up. But, for this, you should know what I'm talking about. You can read my thoughts and feelings after all."
"Hm?" Neo carefully searched his thoughts. She squealed with delight when she finally found what she was looking for and what he was talking about. She threw her arms around him. "Oh! Law! Really?! We're going to shower together?! Finally?!"
"Yes, love." Law, with his arms pinned to his side due to her hug, planted a kiss on her head. "We're going to shower together. Sorry I've been too busy to do it until now."
"It's fine," Neo said with a bright smile. She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the bathroom.
"But remember," Law started.
"No sex in the slippery shower," Neo finished. "I know, I know."
Law chuckled at her enthusiasm as she tugged him into the bathroom and closed the door. She released him to turn on the water. With her fingers almost touching the knobs, she paused. Turning back to him, she asked, "What would you like the temperature set at?"
"Whatever feels good for you," Law replied. He leaned against the sink with his arms crossed. "You're the one who was training."
"Hm." Neo chewed on her bottom lip, thoughtfully before turning back to the shower. She turned the knobs on. Wiggling her fingers under the cascading drops, she adjusted the water until she got it to a good temperature right between warm and hot. She started to turn around. "Okay, I think that'll be good. We can always adjust it. So what no-" She paused when Law's hands grabbed her hips.
He placed his lips on her neck. "Now. I undress you."
She shivered at his low, sexy voice. He kissed her neck again while speaking to her as he began to undress her. He tugged the ribbon out of her hair, laid it on the sink, and then started unwinding the braid. "First, I get rid of your braid. It looks very cute on you and gives me easier access to you neck, but I still like your hair down best."
"As do I. So don't worry. That won't change." Neo turned her head so Law could kiss her.
"Good. And now I get rid of your shirt," Law mumbled against her lips. She pecked him multiple times as his fingers curl around the edge of her shirt. He pulled it over her head, tossed it in the hamper then proceeded to move on to the rest of her clothes while telling her what he was taking off before he did it all the while placing kisses on her lips or other parts of her body.
"This is a very sexy way of getting undressed," Neo said as she started to remove Law's clothes. She ran her gentle touch over his abs, earning a shiver from him. She smiled before placing a kiss on his chest. "Very sexy. But I get the feeling you're trying to seduce me despite saying no sex in the shower."
"We're not going to be in the shower forever," Law replied with a devilish smirk.
"You know," Neo said, placing another kiss on his chest. "You could have giving me a little warning that we were going to have sex every night once we started with the sexual intimacies."
"We don't have sex every night," Law protested. He placed his finger under her chin, tilting her to look at him. "But I can easily change that."
Heat rose up on Neo's cheeks. "I know you could. But I wouldn't have a single drop of energy left. Despite having gotten a little stronger, you still far out rank me where stamina is concerned."
Law chuckled while removing his boxers. He then took her hand and led her into the shower. Letting the water fall over their bodies, he tucked her now wet hair behind her ears before he reached for the shampoo. She let her eyelids fall closed in bliss as he worked his skillful fingers through her hair. He smiled at her obvious enjoyment of his shower treatment. He guided her under the water, carefully brushing away the shampoo from her eyes so they didn't sting. Next he grabbed the body wash and washcloth. He lathered up the jasmine scented soap then glided it over her in tantalizing, suggestive strokes.
She groaned and whimpered at his teasing. "This is wonderful, but also torture. You are making me want you so bad."
"Then let me distract you from how good this feeling," Law said with a low chuckle. "We're going to be taking a break from our pirate lives."
"Huh?!" Neo's eyes shot open. "Why?"
"We're leaving in three days. I want you to spend sometime with the crew before we do," Law explained. "You know anything can happen once we leave. I just want you to relax with them for a while, have some fun. I know how much you love them. And I know you're really going to miss them and our home. Wouldn't you like that?"
"I would like that," Neo replied. She sighed. "I am going to miss them. This place has been my home for over two years now. And this is the first time I'm leaving it. The first time I'm leaving its protective, familiar walls. I try not to think about it, but it scares me a bit. Leaving my home, my family…I know I'll be with you. It's just…I'm worried about the crew. I know they are strong and can take care of themselves and will be on Zou pretty much the entire time, but I can't help but worry about them."
"I know you're worried. But they will be just fine. And, despite Bepo not remembering much about the place, they will be protect when they get there. He is a mink after all. They're not going to be fighting or anything. You can order them to avoid all unnecessary fights if you want to. They'll obey your orders as if they were mine. You are my co-captain now. Okay?" Law drug the washcloth up her leg, over her stomach and kissed her wet lips. Neo nodded. "Good. Now it's your turn to wash me."
"Hm…now that's a good distraction," Neo said with a smirk while reaching for the shampoo.
Law released a throaty chuckle and hoped she didn't arouse him to the point he breaks their 'No sex in the shower' rule.
…
Neo sighed to herself as she ran her eyes over the papers in her hands. She was curled up in Law's desk chair with her legs bent up and her heels pressing against the seat. She adjusted the strap of her dark blue Amazon bikini before biting her bottom lip. She was so lost in thought she almost didn't sense Law entering their room. She stretched out her legs a bit when he slipped one arm around her back. He then slipped his other arm under her knees and lifted her off the chair. He sat down and placed her on his lap. He kissed her cheek. "Love, what are you doing in here? You're supposed to be outside with the crew. We docked nearly an hour ago."
"I know. I just got distracted," Neo mumbled, eyes still glued to the papers in her hands.
Law glanced at the papers she was holding. She was looking over the stats of Doflamingo and his underlings.
"I should be able to handle Doflamingo's family officers without much trouble. I know they're still more skilled than I am considering how long they've been fighting and how they all have devil fruit powers. But I don't think I'm going to be much help to you when confronting Doflamingo himself. His strings can literally cut through anything. And the only physical attacks I have in my crystal arsenal are my earth crystals, which he can easily dice up. I might be able to sneak attack him with seawater or something, but he's so strong. I probably won't be able to hold him still for every long."
"Try not to worry about it." Law kissed her cheek. Anger stared to igniting in his chest at the mere thought of his love fighting that monster.
Feeling that, Neo ran her fingers through his hair, bring him back into a calm state.
"If I have anything to say about it, you won't go anywhere near a fight with him."
"Law," Neo said in a slight warning tone. She cocked her head at him. "You know we have to cover all the angles. And you know that I'm not just going to stand by and let you face him all on your own, especially if he hurts you or tries to kill you. I won't be able to stand still. I can control my anger more easily now, but you know I'll become a raging hurricane if that man tries to kill you in front of me."
Law chuckled at the mental image of Doflamingo flailing uncontrollable in the storm he knew Neo would unleash if the older warlord did try to kill him. "As much as I'd love to see the look on his face once you released your magic on him like that, I'm still going to do everything in my power to keep you from confronting him. Now…"
Law plucked the papers out of her hands and dropped them onto his desk. He then ran his hand over her leg multiple times. "Outside with you. You're on vacation. You're supposed to be having fun with the crew not stewing over the enemy."
"Okay." Neo wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Let's go."
"You're going. I'm staying."
She pulled back and pouted at him.
"This break is about you and the crew."
"You are part of the crew." Neo frowned. "You're really tense about leaving. You need to relax too."
"I'm sorry, love. I have some things I need to take care of before we leave," Law said. He sighed when her eyes glistened with tears. She cuddled into him, breathing in his scent. "Please, don't be upset. We'll have plenty of time to spend together. You go on now. The crew really wants you with them."
"Okay," Neo relented with a soft sigh.
"Hey." Law tightened his hold on her when she tried to climb off of him. She sat back down and looked at him. "Don't be upset with me. Maybe I can join you at some point later on. All right?"
"Fine." Neo kissed him before getting up from his lap. She was just about to the door when he called out to her.
"Neo," he said in his most 'I'm serious' captain tone. She turned her innocent eyes back to him. "Aren't you forgetting something?"
"What?" she asked.
"Your outfit?" Law pointed to her Amazon bikini. "You are still forbidden from wearing that off the sub."
"Ah, Law. We're the only ones on the beach." Neo fluttered her eyelashes flirtatiously at him.
"We might be the only ones on the beach, but we're not the only ones on the island." Law crossed his arms and gave her a pointed look. "We're still in walking distance of the town. You change out of that outfit right this second."
"Mmm." Neo tapped her chin and sent him thoughts suggesting she wasn't going to listen to him.
"Neo," Law warned with a petrified expression.
She laughed before walked back over to him. Placing her hands on his hips, she pushed up on her toes and kissed him. "I know, my love. My body is only for you to see like this, with the exception of the crew of course. I won't let anyone else see me wearing this."
"Good girl," Law replied with a nod. "Don't you ever give me thoughts of you refusing my orders on this again. That wasn't funny."
"I thought it was. You look so cute when petrified," Neo said with a mischievous bell filled giggle.
Law sighed at her teasing and captured her lips in a short heated kiss before helping her change her clothes. After play fighting with Law on what she was going to wear, he wanted her to wear layers upon layers of clothes, she ended up leaving the sub in a white tank top with a small black jolly roger near her left hip and her jean shorts.
Once out on the deck of the sub, Neo summoned her wind crystals and lifted herself down to the island. She glanced around at her beach-clad crew. Some of them were sitting around a fire, a few of them were setting up for a game of beach volleyball, Penguin and Shachi was spreading out a beach blanket that she knew was for her. The second the blanket was on the sand, Bepo flopped down on it and started snoozing.
"Hey! Get off that!" Shachi shrieked. "We laid that out for Neo! Not for you to take nap on!"
"It's fine, Shachi," Neo said. She glanced up at the sky. There were only a few low clouds floating lazily on the warm breeze. She breathed in the salty and sunscreen filled air as the sun heated up her skin. "It's just a nice day. I'm tempted to take a nap as well."
"I hope not. At least not yet," Penguin said. He waved the sunscreen bottle in his hand. "We've got some games set up. You better put some of this on before you burn."
Neo nodded and took the bottle from him. While she applied the white cream to her skin, Shachi looked around for their captain. He asked, "Is the captain coming outside?"
"No." Neo sighed. "He's refusing to. He says he's got work to do, finalizing his plans, but I think he doesn't want to have fun. And, honestly, I think he's a bit worried about you all too. You know how he doesn't like to really express those emotions."
"Yeah." Shachi nodded. "I'm seriously bummed that he won't let us go with you all to Punk Hazard. It's hard to think about how we're not going to see you and the captain for months."
"Believe me, I know exactly how you feel," Neo said softly. She lowered her hands to her sides. Her eyes glistened with tears. "I've lived with you, the majority of the crew, for a little over two years now. I've become so use to having you all around me. And now you're not going to be. I want cry every time I think about it. I feel so guilty leaving you all."
"You don't have to feel guilt," Penguin said. He stepped closer to her and put his arm around her shoulders. "We all know and understand how much you need to be with the captain. It would be torture for you two to be apart. And anything can happen. Neither of you two have the guarantee that the captain would come back alive. It's for the best that you go with him instead of staying with us. You know that."
"I know. But it's still hard." Neo rubbed the heel of her hand in her eye. "You all are my family."
"And we always will be," Shachi said joining Penguin in a tight hug around Neo.
"We'll always love you, Neo!" Bepo cried out in his sleep.
"He's right," Shachi said after an annoyed glare at the bear for talking in his sleep again.
"Now, no more tears," Penguin said, brushing the tears from her cheeks. "This is a vacation! Time for some fun!"
"Yeah!" Shachi cheered. The two men helped Neo finish applying her sunscreen then joined the rest of the crew in a couple rounds of beach volleyball. After their games ended the crew dove into the sea for a swim so they could cool off from their heated volleyball games.
Neo called up some dolphins that were nearby. The crew played with the dolphins until their growling stomachs forced them out of the water in search for some lunch.
"We should head into town for a while," Topaz suggested before popping the last bite of her hamburger into her mouth. She adjusted the strap of her one piece, dark green swimming suit before wiping her fingers on her cut off jean shorts.
"I suppose so. Is there anything in particular you all want to look at?" Neo asked. She then glared playfully at her crew. "Besides the local tavern."
The crew chuckled guiltily while rubbing their necks. Topaz shrugged, flashing a smile at Penguin. "We just want to look around."
Neo hummed while darting her eyes back and forth between Topaz and Penguin. "Okay. What are you two up to?"
"Nothing," they replied with shrugs.
"Uh huh." Neo narrowed her eyes at the two then looked around at the rest of the crew. No one else seemed to be in on whatever Penguin and Topaz was planning. "You better tell me what's going on."
"It's a surprise of sorts," Penguin said, tugging on a short sleeve black shirt. He grabbed Neo's hand and stood up with her. "Let's get going."
"Fine. Just let me tell Law," Neo relented. 'Law, we're going into town for a while.'
'All right. Have fun.'
"Let's go." Neo said before letting Penguin pull her towards the town. Like always, she carefully glanced around the town and at the townspeople. The air was filled with typical island chatter, salty sea air, and the smells of the local seafood based meals fading on the wind. She was so distracted by the scenery that she didn't noticed they had entered into one of the local stores until Topaz elbowed her lightly on the arm. She brought her eyes to the orange haired woman before looking around the building. "What the…you can't be serious. This is what you two are up to?"
Topaz and Penguin grinned sheepishly. The two had brought her into a store full of swimming suits.
Neo scanned her eyes over her surroundings. There were tons of different styles and colors of swimming suits lined up along the walls, hanging on racks and laying on shelves. There were also tons of swimming trunks for men, beach balls, goggles and other beach attire, but her eyes kept coming back to the female section of swimming suits. "Law is not going to like this. I can't even wear my Amazon outfits off the sub."
"The captain's going to love it," Penguin said. With his hand still in hers, he pulled her towards a section of the swimming suits.
"Uh," Neo whimpered, unsure about this.
"Trust us, Neo," Topaz said, placing her hand on the nervous princess's shoulder. Neo looked at the older woman. "He's a man. He's going to love this."
"Plus, he only forbid you to wear your Amazon bikinis off the sub. He's never forbid you from wearing another types of bikini off the sub," Penguin pointed out with a bright smile. "This will actually help your relationship with him. Besides, no one really goes to that part of the beach. People just stick to this side of the island since all the stores are here."
"You two came into town before now, didn't you?" Neo asked. Her eyebrows narrowed slightly.
"Yes. We did," Topaz admitted. "We figured the captain would resist relaxing with the rest of the crew. We also know the only one who can get him to come outside is you."
"And how exactly am I suppose to do that?" Neo tilted her head.
"By using your body," Penguin answered. He released her hand and started filtering through the swimming suits, surprisingly not becoming a drooling mess at all the provocative clothing and women trying on the suits.
"Huh?" Neo blinked.
"Consider this a much needed lesson in how to get the captain to do what you want by using your body against him," Topaz said.
"But I don't want to use my body against him. I don't even know how to do that," Neo replied. She tapped her chin in thought. "Or I don't recognize it. He says I'm a natural tease, but…"
"Don't worry about it," Penguin said. He plucked off a yellow bikini and looked it over before wrinkling his nose at it and put it back. "We'll coach you today on what you need to do. Then tomorrow, when he refuses to come outside, you can enact the plan of luring him outside. It'll be good for the captain to relax a bit before leaving."
"I do want him to relax. He's just so tense over all of this," Neo mumbled.
"Then consider this matter settled," Topaz said. She then stepped up to the bikinis and started looking through them with Penguin. Penguin held up a string bikini that looked like eye patches. "That one's way too revealing. We need to keep Neo comfortable while also not causing the captain to have a heart attack."
"Good point." Penguin nodded. "We need one that's just slightly a bit more revealing than her Amazon bikinis while still keeping her mostly covered."
"And where exactly am I going to hide this thing?" Neo planted her hands on her hips.
"I'll hide it in my room until tomorrow," Topaz replied, not looking at Neo. She plucked a red bikini, with three small yellow flowers decorating the front, off the shelf. "This one's cute, but I don't think this color will go with Neo's hair."
"We're just going to have to have her try these on," Penguin replied. He piled several bikinis on his arm before looking around the store. He mentally counted how many men were in the room. There were only five currently. While he didn't want the strange men in the store with Neo trying on bikinis, he really didn't have the option of kicking them out. He would just have to keep a close eye on them to make sure they didn't come too close to his little sister. Slipping his arm around her waist, he guided her to the dressing room where she tried on over twenty suits of various styles and colors. "Perfect!"
"You think?" Neo asked while walking over to a mirror.
"Totally. We should have guessed a blue one would suit her best because of the shade of her hair. The black sporty style one was very cute on her too," Topaz said holding up the very black bikini she was talking about. "You should get both and have them customized with our jolly roger."
Neo tilted her head while she stared at herself in the mirror. The blue bikini was actually a dual color with only about two inches of her breasts showing. A small section at the top of the top piece and the bottom piece was a soft yellow while the rest was a blue two shades darker than her hair. The straps on her shoulders and hips were about a half an inch thick. She wondered why any woman would wear something like this. It was clear that the straps could easily break. But something about the bikini was still very alluring to her. She knew Law would love it.
"You look very cute in that one," an unfamiliar voice said.
Neo's heart took a sharp jolt as she dove back behind the changing room curtain with red cheeks.
The brown haired man blinked in confusion at Neo's quick retreat.
'Neo? Is something wrong?' Law asked.
'No. I'm fine.' Neo replied, trying to calm her heart. 'I was just startled.'
'You are with the crew, right?'
'Yes, my worried lover, I'm with Penguin and Topaz. I think the rest of the crew went to the tavern.'
'All right. As long are you're with someone and fine.'
'I am. See you later.'
"Get lost!" Penguin growled. He kicked himself for not paying close enough attention to the other shoppers and letting this stranger get too close.
"What's that matter with you?" the man, dressed in beach attire, asked. He raised his black sunglasses over his dark brown hair. "I was just giving her a compliment. She does look extremely cute in that bikini. If she's not seeing-"
"She's married!" Penguin hissed.
"Seriously? Bummer," the man said, shaking his head. Without another word, he turned and walked away.
"I'm sorry, Neo. I wasn't paying attention," Penguin said from the other side of the curtain.
"It's okay, Pen. I'm changing now so we can leave," Neo replied. She slipped out of the bikini then back into her normal clothes before pushing back the curtain. "So what now?"
"We can look around town a bit more," Topaz suggested. "The crew probably won't head back for the beach for a while still. And we still want to get these two bikinis customized. There's an embroidery shop nearby."
"Okay." Neo nodded. The trio then walked to the check out counter. They paid for Neo's purchases then headed for the embroidery shop. It was a small one-story building with white walls. Inside the walls were covered with tapestries of colorful embroideries done by the old woman. Neo told the old woman what she wanted, a little yellow jolly roger on the left breast of the black bikini top and a little black jolly roger on the left side of the bottom of the blue and yellow bikini. Upon hearing that the trio were pirates, the old woman suddenly went on a rant about how selfish pirates are and how much of a pain they could be before revealing she was in love with a pirate who had broken her heart. In the middle of the woman's story, the Penguin broke in and said they really had to leave. All of them were sure the woman didn't hear him when she continued to rattle on about her lover pirate while they made a quick exit out of the tiny shop. They returned to the shop two hours later, per instructions, to find the job was done but the woman was still going on about her pirate lover with a dreamy expression. They paid for the job then made a quick exit.
Making their way back to the sub, they laughed about what an odd experience that was. Neo lifted them all onto the deck of the sub so they could hide her bikinis in Topaz room before heading back out to the beach. They sat around the fire until the rest of the crew started wandering back into camp.
Keeping with their relaxed atmosphere, Neo and the new cook stuck with hot dogs and hamburgers for dinner. After dinner, the crew settled into roasting marshmallow while Jean Bart shared some scary stories he and his former crew had went through back when he was a captain of his own ship. Law had joined them for dinner and stayed for a while to listen to the stories. Neo tucked herself into Law's side as they listened to the former captain.
The next day started like always. The crew woke up and had breakfast together before they started to head outside for the last day of their vacation. Topaz had discreetly escorted Neo back to her room where she passed off the blue and yellow bikini. With some last words of encouragement and guidance from the older elemental, Neo took the bikini back to her and Law's room. The captain was diligently writing at his desk like he had been the day before. She frowned when he didn't even glanced up at her. She didn't like how much attention he was paying to his plans. She felt a bit better about what she was getting ready to do as she turned from him and entered into their bathroom. A quick change and she headed back out. With a relaxing breath she walked over to her lover. From behind him, she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed his cheek. "Law, you've done enough of that. Come outside with me."
"Maybe later, love," Law replied.
"Aw, come on, Law." Neo loosened her arms on him and moved to his front. She placed herself on his lap and took his earrings into her mouth. She sucked slowly on them for a while before trailing kissed down to his neck until she located his soft spot. She sucked softly on the spot while threading her fingers through his hair, lulling him into a trance.
"Neo," Law warned. "That's cheating."
She smiled against his neck before removing her hand from his hair. She glided her fingertips over his temple, his cheek, his neck, then down his chest until she got to the top of his jeans. She then snapped open the button and pulled down the zipper as far as she could take it since she was sitting on his lap. He tensed under her when she teasingly rubbed close to him. Still sucking on his neck, she continued to run her hands over his skin until she got him to moan for her. She smiled against his skin when she felt him becoming undone by her.
"Hn, Neo, you-" Law grabbed her hips. His voice cut off when he noticed something was off about her body. He looked down. His cheeks flushed and his eyes began to blink rapidly. She bit her bottom lip and smiled at the confusion swirling inside of his mind. "Neo? What are you wearing?"
"A bikini," Neo replied.
"And why are you wearing a b…a bi…" Law's words hitched in his throat.
"Bikini," Neo finished for him.
"Right. A bi…a bi…" Unable to say the word, and unable to bring his eyes off her, he continued to stare at her slightly exposed chest. "And why are you wearing that?!"
"It's for you," she replied and kissed his cheek before lifting off of him. Take a few steps before turning back to him to model it. "Do you like it? Penguin and Topaz said you would. I also got a black one. It's not revealing like this one, but I think you'll like it just as much. Black is a favorite color of yours after all."
"Another…Penguin did what?" Law asked sharply, while still unable to take his eyes off her. "Penguin saw you in a bi…a bi…"
"Bi-ki-ni," Neo said sounding out the syllables.
"He saw you in multiple bi…bi…"
"He's seen me in my Amazon bikinis. It didn't bother you then, not much anyway," Neo pointed out. She slipped her hands behind her back and twisted a strain of her long hair. Part of her was worried she might have upset Law, but she didn't feel him upset about this. He was more shock than anything. "I want you to come outside with me. You need to relax too."
"I have…finish up…here," Law said, clearly starting to have trouble forming complete sentences. His eyes were cutting sharp over the curves of her body. "Penguin…you…bi…bi…"
"Oh, very well then," Neo said with a sigh. "I guess I'll just have to rely on the crew to entertain me."
She slowly made her way to their door, carefully swaying her hips like Penguin and Topaz instructed her to do. She felt a bit awkward in doing this, but the expression and confusion she formed in Law made it worth it. She was actually having fun messing with the stoic man like this. With one last glance over her shoulder, she smiled at the divided look on Law's face before disappearing into the hallway.
Once outside, she flew herself down to the beach and was greeted by her crew. Those who didn't know about the little shopping trip froze in their tracks and started at their quiet girl dressed in a somewhat revealing bikini and being off the sub in it. Bepo was the only one who didn't have a reaction as he was once again napping on the beach blanket that was laid out for Neo.
"What the heck?!" a couple of them shrieked.
"What in the world are you doing off the sub dressed like that?!" Archer asked. "Since when do you even own one of them? Not that I disapprove, but still."
"Does the captain know you're out here dressed like that?" Tero asked. His own eyes running over her body in disbelief. "I thought you were forbidden to wear such clothes off the sub."
"He knows," Neo replied, twirling a lock of hair. "And, technically, he's only forbidden me from wearing my Amazon bikinis off the sub. He never said anything about a regular bikini."
"So did it work?" Penguin asked expectantly.
"I believe he'll be out here any minute," Neo replied with a bell filled giggle. "As much as he trusts you all with me, I highly doubt he'll stay inside with me dressed like this."
"Glad it worked and you didn't get in trouble," Topaz said with a bright smile.
"Should have known you two had something to do with this," Jean Bart said accusingly. He shook his head then headed off with a few crewmates to do some fishing. The rest of the crew then fanned out to entertain themselves or soak in some sun.
Neo sat down on the beach blanket with Topaz, Penguin, and Shachi. She grabbed the sunscreen and started to apply it to her skin. As she glided her palm up her arm, a familiar shadow fell over her.
Topaz and Penguin stiffened at the glowering aura their captain, dressed in black swim shorts with a yellow jolly roger and yellow spots going across the legs, was admitting for what they had done. They quickly stood up from the blanket.
Penguin said, "I think I'm going to go do some fishing. Fresh fish for lunch or dinner sounds wonderful, doesn't it?"
"Indeed it does," Topaz said hastily as they rushed off. "I'll join you."
"Uh." Shachi froze in place. While he didn't have anything to do with this bikini caper, he got the feeling he should not be anywhere near his captain and, especially, Neo at the moment. So he jumped to his feet and dashed off without another word to anyone.
Neo then glanced up at Law and gave him her most innocent look she could possibly manage before he plopped wordlessly down beside her. With his eyes closed, he crossed his arms over his bend up knees. She continued to wipe the sunscreen over her body, carefully stealing glances at him, as Law just stewed beside her.
A few minutes later, he finally spoke up. "Did you really have to do that? Tease me with your body while dressed in a bi…in a bi…in a bi…in one of those?!"
Neo bit back a giggle at his inability to say the word. "Yes, my love. I had to do it. It was clearly the only way to get you outside. So, since you're here…will you lather up my back? I don't want to burn."
Law grumbled and remained unmoved.
She giggled that time. "Oh, fine. I guess I can have Pengu-"
Law snatched the sunscreen from her hand. He squeezed far too much of the white cream onto his palm while grumbling to himself.
Neo pulled her hair over her shoulder for him. Despite his current rough disposition, he rubbed her back just as careful as always. Once he was finished, she leaned back against Bepo to soak up some sun while Law wiped the remaining sunscreen on himself.
Neo closed her eyes and enjoyed the sun warming up her skin. She smiled each time she felt Law's eyes gliding over her bikini-clad body and his mind helplessly wandering over sexual thoughts of what he could do to her if they were in their room. She could also feel him wanting to tell her she wasn't suppose to be wearing bikinis off the sub but, at the same time, he realized his mistake in only saying her Amazon bikinis. Back then neither would have guessed she would become this comfortable in her skin to wear such an outfit off the sub. But no strangers were around so that helped a lot.
Law glided his eyes down the curves of her body before inevitably planting his gaze on her partly exposed breasts. He quickly cut off his thoughts from her. When she felt Law suddenly close off his thoughts from her, she opened her eyes and looked at him. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her to her feet and down the beach.
"Uh, Law, where are we going?"
"For a walk," Law replied in a sharp but controlled voice.
Neo looked back at the crew. Some had noticed them wandering off but didn't question it or try to stop them.
After walking a quarter of a mile down the beach, Law turned to the right and pulled Neo into the thick forest. Once about thirty yards into the forest, Law pressed Neo's back against a tree and pressed his obvious arousal to her. "See what you did to me? And now you are going to pay for using your body against me like you did."
"Uh, but we don't have a-"
"Yes, we do," Law said before started mercilessly sucking on her neck causing an instant moan to come from her lips. He slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out the tiny package then trailed the still wrapped condom all over her skin. Teasingly tugging down her top, he freed her then took her in his mouth and sucked mercilessly on her again, earning pleasure filled moans and cries of his name. He then hooked his thumbs over the tiny straps on her hips, both feeling him getting turned on even more. He was about to snap the thin straps before reality broke back into his heated thoughts. They would have to return to the crew. Her ripped bottoms would cause questions and embarrassment for her. So he tugged them down her thighs instead before ridding himself of his bottoms. Covering himself with the condom, he leaned into her ear then hooked his hands behind her thighs. "You better hold on to me, my teasing lover."
Neo's hands automatically went to his shoulders seconds before he lifted her up and entered her. She rolled her head back in pleasure at the erratic rocking of his hips against her while careful to not go too hard since she was against a tree and not their soft bed. Impatiently, she tugged on his hair for a kiss. Her heart skipped a beat at his deep, throaty chuckle.
He brought his lips to her ear. "No, no, my sweet, sexy, little tease. You will not get any kisses from me this time. That is your punishment for teasing me like you did."
"Hn, Law," Neo whimpered helplessly as he continued his act against her.
…
"I was wondering when you two were coming back," Shachi said an hour and a half later when Neo and Law returned to the camp hand in hand.
Neo's face flushed as her body stiffened beside Law.
Law mentally chuckled at her reaction before answering his subordinate. "It was a very beautiful sight we were seeing. We were just taking our time and enjoying everything."
Neo felt her face grow even redder at his words. She was so thankful that Shachi didn't notice that Law was hinting at more than just the island scenery. If it were possible, she would have mentally growled at Law for putting her in this position, but her brain was fuzzy with everything he did to her in their time away from the crew.
"You look a bit warm," Topaz said, taking in Neo's red face.
"She just got a little hot on our walk," Law said with an internal smirk. "She'll be fine once we sit down and cool off."
"That's probably a good idea," Topaz said with a nod. "I'll get us something to drink. Since you grew some lemons the other day, how does fresh lemonade sound?"
Not able to trust her own voice, Neo just nodded in replied.
Topaz nodded back. "Very well then. I'll go make it immediately. I'm sure the rest of the crew is thirsty as well."
"I'll help you," Shachi offered.
Topaz nodded again and the two headed for the sub.
Law then guided Neo over to the beach blanket where Bepo was still napping. They sat down together. He put his arm around her waist, resting his hand on her thigh, and kissed her temple.
Neo sat there for a while before finally being able to speak up. "No matter how good it was that was harsh. Really, Law? You know how much I love your kisses."
"I do," Law replied. Finally, he kissed her lips. "Maybe next time you'll think twice before using your body against me like that."
"Hm." Neo hummed as she rested her head on his shoulder. Her mind wandered over the events of the day. With how good their encounter was she wondered if no kisses were worth it and how or when she was going to do it again.
Law chuckled at her thoughts before placing a kiss on her temple.
…
"No," Law said stiffly. A thick, heavy atmosphere had lowered into their lightly lit room. Two hours after dinner was over, Neo pulled Law back to their room. Both knew he needed to finally use his powers on her. He was still refusing. His mind and chest was still plagued with worries of hurting her. Both of them felt like they couldn't breath from the stress this was causing.
The captain was standing at his desk. His back was to Neo as he glared at the papers containing Doflamingo's information. He clenched his teeth and fists so hard it was starting to make their bodies ache.
"Law, you have to," Neo insisted softly. "You've put this off long enough. We're leaving tomorrow. You know you have to do it. And do it now."
Neo walked over to the corner of the room where Law always propped up Kikoku. She grabbed the sword, almost forgetting how heavy it really was, and walked back over to Law. She rubbed her hand on his back for a minute, eventually getting him to turn to her. She then slipped her hand into his hair and started working him into a trance state.
He didn't want her to do this, but he didn't resist her touch.
Once his body had relaxed, she pulled her hand from his hair and took his wrist in her hand. She guided his hand to his sword. "It's okay, Law. You're not going to hurt me. You know you're not. All you have to do is separate my body and put me back. That part never hurts anyone. You've done it a million times. You are a master at your powers now. Do it, Law."
Law gritted his teeth even more as he fully took his sword from her. She stepped back from him a few feet. Tears pressed against the back of his eyes as he unsheathed the nodachi. Letting the sheath drop from his hold, he held up his hand. He swallowed dryly before speaking. "R…Room."
Neo stood ready when his blue film washed over the room just enough to cover them. Feeding her thoughts to him on how good he is with his powers, how he's not going to hurt her and how much they love each other, she encouraged him to finally do it. He sliced his sword over her twice, it as all he could do. "Sh…Shambles."
Neo pushed down her anxiety of this new situation and did her best to keep her wanting to raise heartbeat low. She knew the calmer she was the more it helped Law remain calm. She knew he wasn't going to hurt her at all. She smiled once her body was divided at her knees, hips, and shoulders. Just like she knew, it didn't hurt at all. "You did it, Law."
Law nodded and put her back in her true form as quickly as he could. He then dropped his sword and fell to his knees. Covering his hand over his eyes as tears began to leak out. He muttered softly, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
Neo rushed to him. Dropping to her knees, she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him to her. Cradling his head to her shoulder, she stroked her hand over his hair and neck with one hand while rubbing his back with the other. She whispered softly to him, "Shh. It's over, my love. You did it. You can now use your powers on me. Just breath."
He grabbed a hold of her shirt and clenched it hard in his hands while taking deep breaths to calm himself down. A few minutes later, Law lifted off her shoulder. "I'm sorry."
"No need to be. I just wished you had told me sooner about how much you were afraid of using your powers on me," Neo said. She brushed her fingertips over his bangs before cupping his cheek. "We could have worked on this long before now. You know, sometimes you focus too much on taking care of me. You need to let me take care of you more. You don't always have to be so strong around me. You know it's okay to show me your weak side."
Law chuckled lightly. "I guess I'm still just so use to being the protector and the care taker of you. I always had to be strong for you."
Neo's heart fluttered at the loving thoughts he sent to her. "Well, we'll work on that. We're one after all. We take care of each other. When you can't be strong, I'll be strong for you. Just like you've always done for me. Right?"
"Right." Law nodded. He then swooped her up into his arms, causing her to release a startled cry of surprise.
"What are you doing?" Neo asked as he carried her over to their bed.
"Like you don't know," Law replied with a mischievous grin. He then fed her their shared memories of being in the woods earlier that day.
"Law!" Neo's cheeks flushed. "We just did that!"
"And we're doing it again," Law replied. He laid her down on the bed and hovered over her. "This is the last night in our own bed for who knows how long. We're going to make this time count before leaving tomorrow."
"But we-" Law slammed his lips onto hers. Pulling her tongue into his mouth and sucking on it until she caved to him. Quickly, he stripped them both of their clothes, all the while letting his hands roam over her body until he fished for a condom and entered her. He worked his body over and in her until he had her into a mess of cries, pleas and begs for more. "Oh, geez, hn, Law! Hn! There! This is going to happen a lot, isn't it?"
Law smirked against her neck before recapturing her lips in a heated, playful battle of dominance until she turned the tided on him. Using her earth crystals, she wrapped her vines around them both and turned them so she was on top of him. He smiled at her taking the lead in the moment and let her do as she pleased to him. She kissed over his tattooed skin, occasionally taking guidance from him on what he really wanted from her until they collapsed to the bed in heavy pants of exhaustion. Wrapped up in each others arms, they fell asleep, momentarily freed from their worries and uncertainties of what would happen tomorrow when they finally departed from their sub, their home, and their family.
