Disruption

Law chuckled as Neo nipped, licked, and nibbled at his neck and ear while he carried her on his back. In a playful little fit, she had grabbed onto his back a few minutes ago and refused to let him go as they trekked down the halls. So he had no choice but to lock his arms around her knees, making sure to angle his sword so he wouldn't hurt her, while she locked her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.

She hummed in delight before speaking to him. She ran her tongue over the back of his neck before saying, "You, my love, taste incredibly good. I've never noticed before that you taste kind of sweet. Have you always had this sweet taste to you? I don't think so. Did you rub sugar on your body when I wasn't looking?"

"No, Neo," Law said with another light chuckle. "I haven't rubbed sugar on my body at all. I have no reason for doing such a silly thing."

"Hm." Neo hummed again. She nuzzled her nose behind his ear before taking his earlobe and earrings in her mouth. She sucked gently on him, making him shiver against her. She released his earlobe then licked the shell of his ear before whispering seductively to him. "I can think of one reason for doing such a silly thing. Let's go back to the room and I can show you what I mean. Strike that. I can show you now through our bond."

Law's cheeks flushed, his heart raced with excitement when she passed the suggestive image from her mind to his. She smiled when she felt his body twitch with the desire to do as she suggested. Before he could answer her, or take a single step towards the room, one of Caesar's men dashed through the halls in front of them. He was shouting frantically for the scientist. "Master! Master!"

"What do you suppose that's about?" Neo asked.

"I don't know. We better check it out," Law said, following after the man.

"What?! No!" Neo whined. She tightened her hold, in a possessive way, on his body. "But we were going to head back to the room! What about our thoughts?! Our plans?!"

Law couldn't help but chuckle again. He glanced at her. "What if it is something important? Do you really want to get interrupted again like we did earlier with that samurai?"

Neo opened her mouth to protest, but quickly closed it in annoyed huff. She pouted. "Fine. You're right. That was not a good moment. They completely ruined our moment there. I finally got you to play with me. I do not want that happening again. Do you understand me?!"

"Yes, my princess," Law said, turning his eyes back forward. "I understand you perfectly."

"Then let's get this over with," Neo said with a sigh. She rested her chin on his shoulder. With her still pouting, Law tickled her under her left knee. She squealed and almost lost her hold on him. "Law!"

Law just chuckled, for the third time, in response. While walking in the direction the man had run, they started to hear him talking with Caesar.

"Did you at least catch the ones who escaped?" Caesar asked.

"No, Master, we haven't. I'm here because I have news about G-5," the man replied through his huffing.

'Huh? G-5? Why would they be here?' Neo questioned through their bond as Law moved them closer to the door.

'I don't have a clue.' Law kneaded his eyebrows with a frown.

Suddenly feeling possessive of Law, Neo wrapped her arms tighter around his neck and pressed her cheek to his.

Law glanced at her from the corner of his eye. He sensed her change and brushed his thumb against her knee, calming her down.

"What?! Why them?!" Caesar hissed. "Why didn't you use the poison gas on them?!"

"We did! The poison gas didn't work, Master! They're wearing gas masks! Currently, they're breaking through all of the ice floes with a cannon and slowly forcing their way closer to the front of the labs! They'll reach the front of the laboratory in a few minutes!" the man said.

"But why? Why would they want to come to this island so badly after all this time? Do they know something about what's going on here? Who's in charge of them?" Caesar demanded.

"That would be Vice Admiral Smoker, Master," the man replied.

"Smoker?! Of all the other vice admirals and soldiers it could have been, it just had to be that major pain in the neck!" Caesar growled. He looked back at his subordinate. "What a rotten turn of events! Get all the ships moored at the front concealed, immediately!"

"Yes, sir! But, who's going to deal with them once they get here? No one's allowed to be here after all," the man asked.

"I know that! Just don't let them see you! No matter the cost," Caesar replied. "No matter what happens, you all cannot be seen by a single soldier!"

"Right! Does that mean you'll be dealing with them, Master?" the man asked, tilting his masked head in confusion.

"Don't be ridiculous! Of course I'm not going out there! I can't just show myself to them like that!" Caesar shrieked. "That would be extremely stupid! My plans and efforts would all be ruined!"

"But there's no one else who can stop them!" the man said. "What are we suppose to do?"

"Would you like for us to take care of them?" Law suddenly asked.

Neo looked at him, but remained quiet. She knew they were the only ones who could. She didn't need to hear Caesar's reply. Still she cranked her neck so she could peer inside of the room. Both Caesar and the suited man were looking over at the door, at them. Caesar was in his gas form as he often was. She flinched at the memory of the gasman's accidental release of gas on her. If Law hadn't shown up who knows what would have happened to her? She pulled her view from the room and tucked her eyes into Law's shoulder. Tightening her hold on him she wished they could go home.

Sensing her mild distress, Law stroked his thumb over her knee, calming her down.

"Yes, that would do just fine. Get rid of them, Law!" Caesar said. "Run them off! Kill them! I don't care! Just get rid of them! And do it fast!"

"Right." Law nodded before walking away from the room.

Neo waited until they were far enough out of hearing range before speaking. She sighed. A small hint of dread passed through her and directly into Law. He asked, "What is it, love?"

"Nothing." Neo rested her chin on his shoulder again. She shifted her arms so she could finger Law's ring like she often did when nervous. "Just when I think I'm use to you fighting all the time…I don't know. I just always hate it when you have to fight. I worry, a lot. Even with my improved abilities, I still worry. And I'm worried right now. Vice Admiral Smoker. He's a smoke man. I've never dealt with smoke other than from campfires. But this smoke can move under his own power. I'm not sure I'm going to be much help to you here."

"You're going to be fine," Law replied. "You don't have to fight him if you don't want to. I'll be more than enough him to handle."

"I know you will." Neo pecked his cheek. The buzzing of the front door doorbell began slipping through the air as they made their way closer to the front of the lab. "But I'd rather be out in the battle with you. I like knowing I'm there and have your back. Beside, he'll have his soldiers with him. They're not just going to stand back the entire fight."

"I like knowing you have my back too. You'll do just fine so don't worry about it. I'll handle White Chase on my own if I have to. You can just keep an eye on the rest of the soldiers," Law said. The two paused when the doorbell buzzing stopped. Without hearing it, they both could picture the soldiers screaming and banging on the door for them to come out of the laboratory and face them. Reluctantly and with a soft sigh, Neo released her hold on him and slid off his back. He turned to her. Taking her chin in his fingers, he tilted her eyes to his and kissed her. "Relax. This is just another simple battle."

Neo quirked an eyebrow and her lips at him. "Don't say things like that in situations like this. You'll jinx everything. If he's a vice admiral then he's one for a very good reason and that usually means strength. Be careful this time. Please? For me?"

"You know I will," Law murmured against her lips before kissing her again. He then turned back to the door and opened it. A shiver ran down her spine when the cold air from outside rushed into the warm building. She wasn't sure if it was actually from the cold air or the impending battle, but, which ever it was, she stood ready to do her part in it.

"It opened?" Neo heard a voice say once the door was cracked open enough.

"They're giving up now? Finally! We're in the navy after all! They should know better than to defy us!" Another voice floated in on the breeze as Law opened the door more.

The two Heart Pirates then walked out of the shadows of the building to reveal themselves. Neo forced a smile down when the navy soldiers before them gasped and stared in shock at their unexpected presence on the island. She remained right beside him as Law leaned against the door with his ever-present smirk. Her heart hammered inside of her chest. She drew in a couple deep breaths to calm herself down.

Law was as calm as ever. She didn't even need to look at him or even use their bond to know he was smirking with that devil-may-care smile of his he often used when he was about to defy someone. She ran her eyes over the soldiers, locking her eyes onto their leader, as Law addressed them. "Is there a reason you all are here at our vacation home?" He crossed his arms over his chest. He looked right at Vice Admiral Smoker. "What do you want, White Chase?"

"No way! It can't be!" a soldier cried out.

Neo let her gaze slip from the vice admiral and the woman who, if she remembered correctly, was Smoker's right hand soldier. She looked over the shocked soldiers gaping at them.

"Isn't that guy…?!" another soldier added without finishing his question.

"Trafalgar Law!" a soldier cried.

"He use to be a rookie with a 440 million beli bounty and now, he's one of the seven. He's just like 'Hawk-Eye' Mihawk, the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock, and Don Quixote Doflamingo, the only pirates that are backed by the world government. He is one the seven warlords," Tashigi said. The lady soldier looked at Law then at Neo. "And she is Trafalgar Neo. Former subordinate and now wife to Trafalgar Law, wielder of the supposed element element devil fruit, but there had never been any confirmation on the actual existence of her devil fruit. Some even thing that she's…"

Neo met the woman's gaze with her head held high. She could tell that the black haired woman wanted to say more about her, but she didn't. The navy captain just closed her mouth and stared at her. Neo had no doubt that the woman could sense she was indeed different, just like the newspapers had reported on. And she knew for sure the vice admiral could sense her inhuman nature.

"Trafalgar Law!" Smoker says through his mouthful of cigars. Behind him, more startled cries fell out of the mouths of the G-5 soldiers as they shuffled away from the two Heart Pirates. His dark eyes pulled from Law and looked right at Neo. "And Trafalgar Neo!"

"Let's go back, Smoker!" one of the G-5 soldiers cried out.

"I don't want anything to do with him!" another one said. "Do you have any idea what that guy did?! In order to become a member of the seven warlords, he delivered the hearts of one hundred pirates to the navy headquarters!"

"He's crazy!"

"What a creep!"

"But the woman is very cute!"

"Shh! She's his wife! Haven't you heard the rumors?! He'll kill anyone, without hesitation, if someone messing with her or says something inappropriate to her! Don't risk it!"

"Is she really his wife? She's so young!"

"So what? She's very sexy!"

Law's lips curved down into a frown at the soldiers' words and at Neo when all the talk made her uncomfortable. She inched closer to him. His gray eyes shot invisible daggers into every single vital area of the soldiers drooling over his love. His mind spun with painful acts he could inflict upon them for the sinful thoughts he just knew some of them were having about her.

Neo bit back a smile and a giggle at Law's thoughts. 'You're so cute when you're jealous. But don't let them get to you. Put your focus back on Smoker.'

'Fine. But, if I get the chance, they're dead.'

'Of course they are.' Neo bit her tongue to keep herself from smiling. She knew Law would avoid killing in front of her if it were possible. 'Besides, I can stop their talking easily. Just watch.'

Neo summoned her wind and water crystals at the feet of the G-5 soldiers. She began to create ice around their feet. They looked down when their feet suddenly got very cold. Their shrieking cries pierced thought the air. She then summoned her fire crystals and flared them up multiple times near their bodies, like she was going to burn them, until they became pathetic crying messes trying to escape.

"Ah! She's gonna kill us! Vice Admiral Smoker! Help us!"

Neo continued biting back her laughter and withdrew the ice, fire, and her crystals.

"Consider that your only warning," Law then said. "I do not tolerate other men hitting on my wife. She doesn't like either."

Smoker 'tsked' at his men's stupidity. "She's not going to kill you. She has a zero percent kill rate so far. All she's doing is living up to her reputation of being playful. And don't let her looks fool you, you clods. She's not a child as some have suggested. She's twenty-two years old. And don't let her low bounty of forty-four million fool you either. She's a lot strong than she lets on. If you morons would ever pick up a newspaper or read navy reports then you'd know all of this."

Law's eyebrow twitched as Neo forced herself not to let her face show any signs of shock at Smoker's quick deduction. She passed a thought along to Law. 'Well, he's a lot smarter than a lot of other soldiers of the navy. I'll give him that.'

'Yeah. But it's not like we didn't expect this. He's not going to be so easily fooled. Be extremely careful when you fight around him. Try limiting your crystal usage as much as possible. Keep it to a minimum. We don't need to give him anymore suspicions on you and your magic.'

'Right. I'll try. I still haven't figured out how I'm going to fight his smoke attacks. This is going to be trial and error.'

'Just relax. You don't have to fight him if you don't think you can.'

'I'll be good once I can engage in battle with him for a minute to test his abilities against mine.'

"Why are you two here? No one, not even pirates or government allies, is supposed to be here on this island, Law!" Smokey growled. "You both should know that."

"Then that means that you people are not allowed either, White Chase," Law smirks. "Why don't you leave?"

"Trafalgar! I know you're a warlord and therefore work for the government, but we are going to have to ask you to step aside! Move out of our way!" Tashigi ordered. "We know somebody else is here on the island! We are not leaving until we check things out here!"

"What are you talking about?" Law cocked his head. "How could you possibly know that there are others here when you just arrived? You all didn't even know we were here."

"We have this," Tashigi said as she dug her hand into her pocket. She pulled out a small, black transponder snail and popped the lid open. The snail lifted up and opened its eyes. Some static from the snail vibrated through the air before it was replaced with a distantly familiar voice to Neo and a very familiar voice to Law.

"Hello? My name is Monkey D. Luffy! I'm gonna become the king of the pirates!"

Zzzt Bzzzt

"You picked up too fast! You said too much!"

"Help me!"

Bazzt Zzzzt

"What happened?!"

"It's cold…Zzzzt…Is this the Boss?"

"No. I'm not the boss."

Zzzzt

'Law? Monkey D. Luffy…that's Straw Hat Luffy, right? The one you help heal back on Amazon Lily?'

'Yeah.'

'Why would he be here? Why would the navy think he was here? Is he here?' Neo took a step closer to Law. She placed her fingertips on his hand that gripped his sword.

'I don't know. It could just be a trick of theirs. But if they have a recording of him, then he has to be close by enough for them to have picked it up.' Law kneaded his eyebrows. He uncurled his index finger from his sword and brushed his skin against hers.

'On the island?! Do you think it's possible that he, and his entire crew, are here?!'

'I don't know.' Law turned his focus back onto the vice admiral. The white haired man was watching him and Neo closely for any signs that might reveal the truth here.

They all remained quiet as the transponder snail babbled on with the rest of the recorded message.

"My colleagues are getting cut one after another! The samurai is going to kill us!"

"Where are you?"

"Somebody please help me! I'm on Punk Hazard!"

Law narrows his eyebrows when the voice on the snail screamed out the island's name.

Neo grasped on to Law's finger until her fingers ached. Her head pounded with the realization that, if the navy found the kids, the kids could finally go home. They could go back to their families. They could be with their parents again.

'Neo! Focus!'

Neo flinched at Law's sharp voice inside her head. 'Right. I'm sorry. I know that they can't…I wasn't going to…I didn't mean to…I'm sorry, Law.'

'No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you like that. I just need you to focus right now. Stop thinking about the kids so much. They're not our problem.'

'Right.' Neo took another deep breath. She forced herself not to think about the kids despite the lingering dull ache of a slight wish that the navy did force themselves into the building and find the children.

"Agh!" Click! The snail shut off and went into sleep mode.

"The name of this island, Punk Hazard, and the fact that the guy said that it was cold here…there is very little to no doubt that this man had sent the signal from this very island." Tashigi said. She closed the lid and stuffed the black snail back in her pocket and looked at the two pirates. "You can't deny this evidence."

"You know Straw Hat Luffy pretty well, don't you, Law?" Smoker then asked. "When the incident involving the Celestial Dragons, the Roswalds family specifically, that happened on Sabaody two years ago, Kid, Straw Hat and you all fought together then! And during the war of the best…when Akainu was after Straw Hat, you helped him get away! Isn't that correct? I would accuse the woman for being there too, but there is no record of her being seen. But that doesn't mean anything. The battle at Sabaody, the navy was too focus on you three rookies to take notice to any other new pirates in your crew. And, at the war, she could have easily hid inside your ship on your orders."

"All that has nothing to do with what's going on here and now. So what is it you really want? I know you navy people are good at forging those emergency signals," Law said. He regained the smirk on his lips. "It's one of the oldest tricks in the books that you all pull. Isn't that correct?"

"I'm afraid it wasn't a trap that we set up," Smoker replied.

"Is that so? Well, I don't know anything about this so there's nothing more to talk about here," Law said. "This conversation is over."

"Huh?" Neo blinked when something familiar floated into her senses. She started to turn around, but stopped herself. Instead, she dropped her eyes to the ground and focused on the feeling.

'What is it, Neo?'

'I'm not sure. I sense something. It's an animal. There's an animal inside the lab. And it feels familiar somehow.' Neo forced herself to look back at the soldiers. She didn't want to give them any indication of there being someone, or something, else inside the laboratory or that something wasn't right.

"Cut that crap out! Let us inside the laboratory! Now!" Smoker demanded. A hard look settled on his tense features.

"It's our vacation home now. So I must refuse. There's nothing wrong with us laying claim on an island that you people abandoned. No one else is using it either. We are the only ones here! If Straw Hat comes, then I'll chop his head off for you all and bring it to you myself. If that's all you have to say and all you really want, then go home already. We have nothing more to discuss," Law said.

The two Heart Pirate blinked and looked over their shoulders when distant screams and voices echoed off the walls from inside the lab. The voices came closer and were coupled with feet stomping downstairs with the kids screaming.

'Law.' Neo flinched, her mind divided on what was unraveling before her eyes. 'It's the kids. The kids have left the Biscuits Room.'

"Those frozen people were so scary!" a child cried out.

"I have had it with this place!" another one said.

"Hey look up there! There's a door! We can finally get out of here!" a female voice, that was too mature to be a child, yelled out. "Finally!"

"Yeah!" the kids cheered.

"Uh." Neo blinked in confusion when her eyes locked on the animal she had sensed leading the kids towards the open door. She knew the creature was familiar. She knew that. But she just couldn't place where she had seen and felt it before.

Smoker and Tashigi look past Law and into the laboratory as the herd of running kids came closer to the entrance. The rest of the soldiers were taking notice of the ruckus that was coming from inside and getting closer.

"Look! There is somebody else in there!" a G-5 soldier cried out. "We were right!"

Suddenly, before anyone could do or say thing else, the other door to the laboratory was kicked opened by the large, semi-familiar animal that Neo couldn't take her eyes off of. The animal cheered, "Hachaa! I made it outside! We're finally outside!"

"We're outside? It's freezing out here!" The orange haired female that Neo quickly but barely recognized from her wanted poster ran out immediately after the animal. It was the Cat Burglar Nami from the Straw Hat crew. The woman's hair was longer now but it was definitely Nami.

"We made it!" a kid shouted.

"I got out of the building! I can go home!" another kid cheered.

"I can see my dad and mom again!" a third one cried happily.

"It's cold!" a fourth one complained.

"Li-" Neo started when she saw the little blonde pigtailed girl.

'Neo! Don't say her name!' Law hissed before she could finish the blonde girl's name. Neo flinched and recoiled. 'I'm sorry I snapped at you again. But you can't let the navy know we know the kids.'

'R-right. I'm sorry.' Neo sighed internally.

Law instantly felt bad for snapping at her again and making her deny she knew of the existence of the kids, but it was necessary. They both lifted their attention back inside the laboratory when they heard someone suddenly start singing.

"Get out of the way, kids!" a voice said. The children turned around to the voice that spoke to them. The boys all gasped with excitement as sparkles filled their eyes at the object rolling down the hall. "Hey, hey, hey, hey, Franky! Hey, hey, hey, hey, Tank! I'll run you over if you stand in my way! But I'll roll around the pretty little flowers! The Franky Tank isn't such a bad guy after all!"

"Yeah!" the boys scream in delight upon seeing the impressive Franky Tank rolling towards them.

"All right! Here we go now, everybody!" the Franky Tank shouted.

"One, two, three…Super!" The majority of the group that came running towards the front entrance suddenly started counting then struck a pose with their arms stretched up in the air, slightly curving their bodies to the left.

The navy soldiers, along with Law and Neo, stared in disbelief at the odd display that just happened before them. Neo tilted her head in curiosity at the scene before her. She had no clue what to make of it. Her crew could be silly at times, but this was completely on a different level. 'Law? What in the world is going on here?'

Law didn't reply. Neo didn't know if he was too shocked to reply or if he didn't have a clue what to stay. He just continued to stare in disbelief.

"The Straw Hat pirates?! And children?!" Tashigi asked with a gasp.

"I don't even know where to begin with any of this. A large raccoon, a woman wearing a bikini in the middle of the winter half of this island, giant kids, a robot, and a severed head…Am I dreaming?!" a G-5 soldier asked. "I have to be dreaming. This is just too weird to be actually happening."

"Tank treads!" the Franky Tank chattered on as he spun around for the kids to see his body.

"Cool!"

"Awesome!"

"A tank!"

"The best tank every! Bad roads won't be any trouble for me!" Franky said, still happily showing off his tank form like he was completely oblivious to the rest of the world around him.

"Nami! I'm so glad that you're okay! I was so worried about you! I heard you screaming!" Suddenly, a blonde haired man with hearts in his eyes appeared. He had his black coat off and was waving it around like mad. "I like the way you shiver in the cold, but I don't want you to get sick so take my jacket! It might not be much, but it will help keep you warm."

"Thank you, Sanji," Nami said as she released the large animal she was clinging to. She took his coat and slipped it on. Neo and Law watched the Straw Hat crew silently. The orange haired woman then noticed the two pirates standing there. "Ack! You look very familiar! We've seen you before!"

"Yeah, he was there at Sabaody!" the large animal said. "Are you the one who locked up these children?! You evil scum! If you hurt-Huh?!"

Neo's eyebrows rose when a strange look of recognition formed on the large animal's face. Its eyes became shiny, bright and enthusiastic as it addressed her. "It's you! You're that blue haired girl from Sabaody!"

"Huh?" Neo blinked.

"I remember you! You're Neo!" the animal said, making Neo's eyebrows rise even higher on her forehead. The creature then pointed at itself. "Neo, it's me! Chopper! The little reindeer? We meet a couple years ago on Sabaody? In the auction house before we had to fight the navy and escape?"

"Uh, Chopper?" Neo asked. Her eyes ran up and down the creature's large body, her brain connecting the similarities between him and the smaller reindeer. That's why she sensed him. She had sense him before. Despite his body being larger it was the reindeer. "You're really him? That cute little reindeer? You look…different."

"Ah, you called me cute again! You're so sweet! And yeah!" Chopper nodded. "I know I look different! That's because I-"

"Chopper! Don't make nice with the enemy! They took the kids! They're brutes! They're evil! Who knows what they did to the kids?! You can't have them back! Do you hear me?!" Nami shouted while glaring at the two other pirates. "You can't have the kids back! We don't let you have them!"

"But we-" Neo started to protest, but quickly caught herself. She pulled back from them, letting her eyes drop from theirs.

Chopper blinked at her actions but didn't say anything.

"Oh, this is just great! You're…I was wondering who we were going to run into here on this island! And look who it is! Smoker! And his cutie of a companion!" Sanji's voice starting off as a growl then turning sweet when he spoke of the female soldier. He turned back to the kids. "Forget this! We can't escape from here, kids! Let's look for another exit! Get back inside! There's got to be a back exit somewhere! Move!"

The kids turned and ran back inside. Lin paused momentarily to look at Neo. The little girl held an apologetic look in her eyes before pulling her gaze from Neo and following after the other kids.

Neo's heart sank as she forced herself not to follow after the kids or call for them to come back.

Law sighed internally when he felt Neo's heartbreak. But there was nothing either of them could do about the kids for the moment. They had no choice, but to let the Straw Hats run off with the kids as their voices became smaller the farther they ran into the laboratory.

Rushing the kids back inside and down the halls, Sanji said, "Hurry up, kids! Go to the back! There should be a backdoor!"

"What brought the navy to such a place?!" Nami asks while running back into the building.

Chopper stared down at the floor. In his mind, the concern was on Neo, not on the navy or even on Law. He wasn't sure why he was so concerned about her, but he was. His mind kept picturing that shy, timid girl he met back on Sabaody. She didn't seem like that anymore. Maybe that's just it. Maybe she just seems different because she is. After all, she has a bounty now. She's part of the Heart Pirates and she married that man, Trafalgar Law. I wish I could have spoken with her more. I'd like to talk to her about some stuff. But I'm glad she's doing well. Maybe I can see her again sometime. Maybe then we can talk about stuff.

"I don't know! Just run!" Franky said, pulling Chopper from his thoughts.

The reindeer washed his gaze over the kids as they continued to dash down the hall.

"Oh? I thought the navy were good people!"

"You're right! They are! So go with them!"

"No! I don't want to! They look like scary gangsters!"

Smoker's eyes twitch. He shot his glare right to Law. He hissed, "I shouldn't be surprised that you have lied to us! You two clearly aren't the only ones here!"

"I did not lie. I'm just as surprised at the appearance of them as you are," Law replied.

Neo glanced back and forth between the group running away from them and the group of soldiers before them before settling her eyes on the soldiers.

"Everybody, after the Straw Hats before they get away!" Tashigi ordered. She bent her knees and reached for her sword. "We have to stop them!"

"All right, let's go! Follow the captain!" a soldier shouted.

"Dang it! I was so shocked that I forgot to even do anything!" another soldier said while they all readied their weapons and darted forward.

"No, wait!" Smoker shouted. "Don't!"

"Room!" Law called out. He moved his hand in front of him forming his Room around the navy, their ship and part of the ocean. This move startled the navy soldiers.

"Ouch!" some soldier cried as they stumbled back and landed on the ground with a hard thud.

"Are you all right?" another one asked.

Neo glanced at Law when he growled.

"This is just great! This is exactly the kind of complication we didn't need!" Law grumbled. "Takt!"

'Should I go after them?' Neo asked.

'No. I want you to remain by my side. We can deal with the Straw Hats and the kids later.'

'Right.' Neo replied firmly, but both knew she didn't like the idea of letting the kids run off with the Straw Hats. She fixed her eyes on the oncoming battle as the navy ship started to rise out of the water.

"What's making that noise?" a soldier questioned when creaking and splashes filled the air. They turned around and looked back towards the sea and their ship, gasping at what they were seeing.

"No way!" Tashigi gasped at their ship that was now floating in the air.

Smoker looked over his shoulder to see what was going on. His eyes widen at the spectacular and unexpected display of the ship, rocks, ice and some water rising out of the ocean.

"The warship is in the air!"

"Along with the bottom part of the ocean!"

"What's going on here?!"

"I can't let you all leave the island now. I'm sorry that I said no one else was here." Law said with an angry glare.

"I knew he was dangerous!" a soldier cried out. "What do we do, Smokey?!"

"Step back," Smoker said. He reached behind him and pulled out his jitte. "You guys are no match for him! He'll chop your hands and feet off without breaking a sweat! I'll handle him from this point on!"

The soldiers threw their fists up in the air and cheered for their commanding officer. "Yeah! Go! Smokey!"

When Law started to walk away from the entrance, Neo followed him. She stopped a few feet before Law did to make sure he had enough room without having to worry about hitting her. She placed crossed her arms over her chest while she watched Law pulled out his sword.

"Kick his butt!"

"Show him the true power of G-5!"

Strumming her right hand fingers on the thick arm of her coat, Neo could feel the smile that donned on Law's face. He was clearly going to enjoy this fight that was about to happen. But then, when didn't he enjoy a fight? With an intake of air, she held her ground as she watched her husband play around with cargo from the ship, rocks and broken boards, flying them around in the air.

"I told you, Smoker! This is why I said I didn't want anything to do with him! What should we do?!" a soldier asked.

Neo passed her eyes between the vice admiral, who was now releasing smoke from his body, and his captain, who was clenching her teeth and glaring at them. She summoned two of each of her crystals and stood ready to fight. "Element Crystals."

The navy soldiers stumbled back a few steps when Neo summoned her crystals. They eyed her cautiously, unsure if she was going to go on the offensive or if she was just showing her power to them as a reminder that she was there.

Law, smiling, lifted his hat covered gaze to the navy soldiers. He was very satisfied that Neo could instill such uncertainty in them.

Neo asked, "What about that samurai? Is it fine to just let him go too? The Straw Hats had him as well."

"I saw that." He glanced back at the laboratory. "And no. We can't let him or the Straw Hats escape."

Neo's eyebrows raised slightly on her forehead. Without their bond, she already knew what he was going to do to make sure they didn't leave the island. She said, "I suppose that's for the best. At least they won't wonder to far then."

Law raised his hand again. The familiar circle of smoke formed under his extended appendage. With a small flick of his hand, the circle flew away from him. "Room!" He then lifted his sword and jutted it towards the running away group four times. Then he said, "Shambles!"

Neo remained standing and facing towards the Navy. She wanted to look back at the Straw Hat crew. She wanted to know who was going to get switch with whom, but she knew it was fruitless. She wouldn't have been able to tell from a distance. So she kept her attention forward. The Straw Hats would have to come back to them for Law to switch them back into their correct bodies anyway. She would see them again. A small smile tugged at her lips. I'll be able to see Chopper again after all.

Satisfied that the Straw Hats would no longer be able to run very far with their switched bodies, Law turned back towards the navy. He flicked his finger into the air, causing all of the debris to rise, circle around then he brought everything to a short halt before proceeding to move things around again.

The navy ducked to avoid the flying objects. Smoker scoffed. "You jerk! What purpose do you have for doing all of this? Give us back our ship."

"All right," Law said calmly.

"Really?!" the soldiers gasped.

Neo bit her bottom lip and choked back a laugh when Law's intentions filtered into her mind. Law said, "But I'm afraid I can't give it back to you as it is now. What do you think, Neo? What should I do to their precious ship?"

Neo hummed in mock thought. She tapped her finger on her cheek. "Oh, I don't know. This island has been kind of dull and boring lately. I think it could use some sprucing up. How about you make me a lawn sculpture? I think that would suit this place just nicely, don't you?"

"Huh?" The soldiers tilted their heads.

"What are you talking about?" a soldier asked.

"If that is what you wish," Law said with a devilish smirk. He sliced his sword through the air, dividing up the ship. With effortless moves of his finger, he started moving the divided ship parts around, causing some debris to fall.

"It's falling towards us!" a soldier shouted. "We're going to get squashed!"

"Run! Everyone, run!" the soldiers cried out and scattered in desperate attempt to get away from the falling debris.

Neo watched the commotion for a few seconds. Her eyes widened slightly when one a large piece of rock started to fall on top of one of the soldiers. Without thinking, she used her winds to stop it. "Wind Lift!"

"Huh?!" The soldier looked up to the hovering rock above him. He blinked in confusion as he looked over at Neo. She smirked at the soldier then started flying the rock around like she was trying to hit the soldiers. "What the heck?! What was that for?! You saved me only to attack me?!"

"Maybe." Neo shrugged. She frowned when Smoker suddenly smashed her rock ammunition into pieces.

"Don't be stupid," Smoker told his men. "She's just playing with you."

"That's her style after all," Tashigi added. "Remember, she's never aggressive until someone attempts to hurt her crew. You're rather a strange one, aren't you, Trafalgar Neo? What's the point of being a pirate if you don't act like one?"

"Isn't that stereotyping? Just because I'm a pirate I should be aggressive and kill unnecessarily?" Neo tilted her head. And unavoidable flash of pain shot through her eyes at the memory of Mertensia before she could stop it. She flinched and closed her eyes when both Tashigi and Smoker noticed the look. 'Sorry, Law. I didn't mean to reveal anything.'

'It's fine, love. You can't control things like that that are connected to your past. I'll distract them now so you can recover from it.' Law then swiped his sword multiple times in the air, dividing everything up even more. Some of the debris hit the island. It almost landed on the soldiers, but they dove out of the way in time. His distraction was successful. Smoker and Tashigi's attention was pulled from Neo.

"Let's retreat for now, Vice Admiral! His powers are way too creepy!" a soldier begged. "And he's the only one fighting right now! Things will really get wild if she gets serious and joins in the fight! We can't fight them both!"

"Sorry, but I won't be letting anyone of you leave this island," Law said. He waved his fingers again; bring pieces of debris and the ship together. "Besides, you haven't seen the beautiful sculpture I'm creating for my love yet. You're really going to love it."

Tashigi gasped and glanced back over her shoulder.

A soldier cried out, "Our ship! It's being fused to the rocks and icebergs of the island! How is that possible?!"

"He made some sort of strange artwork with the ship!" another soldier shouted.

"Well, of course he did," Neo said with a smile. "That is what I asked for after all."

The soldiers glared at her.

"Dang it! We can't get back to the base without the ship! What do we do now?!"

"The warlords word for the government, Trafalgar! You're breaking your contract by attacking us!"

"We're going to report this to headquarters! You'll be in trouble!"

"They'll strip you of your title!"

Law lifted his eyes and smiled confidently at them. "You don't worry about that." He twirled the hilt of his sword in his hand effortlessly.

Neo rolled her eyes. She thought to him, 'Show off.'

'You love it.' Law waved his left hand along his upside down blade. "Scan!" He past his sword in front of his body, moving it from right to left.

The soldiers scrambled. "What's this?! What's he doing to us?! Stop it!"

Neo tilted her head again when yellow sparks appeared on all the soldiers' chests. 'Sometimes I still don't understand how your powers actually work.'

Law curled his fingers in then jerked his hand like he was pulling a rope. Every single one of their transponder snails then dropped onto the porch of the laboratory.

A soldier spotted them and asked, "Huh? Transponder snails?"

"Oh? Mine's gone!"

"No way! So is mine!"

"Those are ours!"

"He took all of our transponder snails!"

"I won't let you tell the headquarters or the government about anything that you've seen on this island," Law said, his eyes glint with determination and light.

Smoker took a few steps closer to Law and Neo. He raised his weapon in preparation for the oncoming fight. "You stupid pirates. Don't push your luck!"

"Smoker!" the soldiers cheer at their leader finally stepping up to take care of this situation.

Neo shifted on her feet when Smoker tapped into his powers and started flying in the air towards Law. She kneaded her eyebrows in focus on how she could help with this fight. She knew the majority of her crystals weren't going to work on him since he was a Logia user. For the moment, all she could think about that might possible help is her wind crystals. But this type of smoke could move. It was attached to a body, a mind that could think and adapt to situations.

"You ate the op op devil fruit, didn't you, Law? That devil fruit turned you into a modification man!" Smoker said just before he sliced his jitte at Law.

Neo's heart skipped a beat as she watched Law dodge the attack then swiped his sword at Smoker.

Smoker easily dodged the hit, but the slice was already on its way to do damage to others. The vice admiral rose into the air and looked back at his men from the corner of his eye. "Stay away from his sword!"

The sword slice hit the soldiers and they cried out when their bodies split into multiple pieces. "I got cut, but I'm alive? How?! How is that possible?!"

Neo had to bite her lip to keep herself from laughing at the pathetic display the soldiers were putting on. 'Being in the navy you'd think these guys would be up to date on the seven warlords' powers. They just seem so dumb. It's making me want to really play with them.'

Law chuckled at her increasing desire to mess with these soldiers.

Smoker landed back on the ground with an annoyed grunt. He looked over at his men with narrowed eyebrows. "You guys are in my way! Get out of the circle right now! Just let me handle these two!"

"The circle?" a soldier asks. They glanced around at the transparent film Law had put up.

"This blue circle we are in is his operating room! In here, you are just like a patient lying helplessly on an operating table!" Smoker informed them. "He has total control over it and can manipulate anything as he pleases! He reigns supreme here! He's the Surgeon of Death for a reason!"

Law smiled proudly, making Neo giggle. 'Don't get too smug now, Law. I don't want you to get a big head.'

'That'll never happen. I have you here to keep me grounded.'

Neo looked back over to the soldiers when she heard the woman soldier growling. The black haired swordswoman charged at them. The angry, teary eyes of the woman made Neo feel a bit guilty. She unintentionally connected to how the woman felt about the other soldiers. This swordswoman felt similar to the way Neo felt towards her crew.

"Trafalgar! If you really want to do it this way then fine!" Tashigi cried out. "Face me!"

"Don't be stupid, Tashigi!" Smoker screamed at her. "You're haki is not strong enough to handle him!"

Tashigi jumped into the air with her sword raised over her head.

Law prepared his sword to retaliate, but stopped when Neo moved quicker than he did. "Wind Ringlet!"

"Huh?!" Everyone, but Neo and Law, cried out when the female Heart Pirate trapped Tashigi with several wind ringlets.

Neo wrapped one around the woman's wrists, her waist, hips, knees, and ankles.

"What the heck?!" Tashigi demanded. She struggled against the winds, but wasn't even able to move an inch. "What are you doing?! Release me!"

Law cast a glance at Neo. He could easily tell what Neo wanted to do in this moment. So he waited patiently for Neo to complete her inspection of the suspended woman.

Neo wrapped her winds around herself. "Wind Lift."

Tashigi glared at Neo when she flew close enough to her. She snapped, "What?!"

"Hey! You leave our captain alone!" a soldier shouted.

"Don't you dare lay one finger on her, Trafalgar Neo!" another soldier added. "You'll regret it if you do!"

Neo ignored them as she continued to look into Tashigi's eyes. With her voice low, she said, "I've never met a soldier who cared so much about her fellow soldiers. You're almost like me. You're actually very similar to me. It's…interesting."

"Huh?" Tashigi blinked in confusion. She then narrowed her eyebrows. "I'm nothing like you! You're a pirate!"

Tapping into her haki, Tashigi broke free of Neo's hold. She swung her sword in anger at Neo.

Neo remained calm as she watched the swordswoman slice her sword towards her body. A small smile tugged at the corner of her lips when she sensed Law preparing to slice this swordswoman in half. She waited until the last moment before slipping into the wind stream, completely avoiding Tashigi's attack.

The sword seemingly slashed through Neo's body causing the soldiers to cheer, unknowing to the fact that their captain had actually missed. Tashigi dropped to her feet, panting hard. She lifted her gaze to Law and glared at him while the soldiers behind her continued to cheer her on. "Yeah! The captain got her!"

"You morons!" Smoker said, resting his jitte on his shoulder. "The pirate woman is far too fast to get hit by an attack like that! She moved just before the sword touched her!"

"Huh?!" The soldiers looked and saw Neo standing near Law, unharmed. "What?!"

Their eyes then flittered to Tashigi when the top half of the woman's body suddenly dropped to the ground with a thud. The soldiers shrieked again. "What?! What the heck happened?! The captain was just fine a second ago!"

"The captain got cut in half! When did that happen?!"

"When did that pirate even move?! Did you see him move?!" a soldier asked.

"No, I didn't! I was too busy watching the captain!"

"I didn't see anything either! And I was watching the warlord! When did he cut the captain?!"

"He cut her when his woman disappeared," Smoker said.

"Disappeared?" a soldier asked. "But she didn't move! We all were watching her!"

"You all aren't strong enough to see her movements," Smoker said. He locked his eyes right onto Neo. Neo flinched at his intense look as he scanned his eyes up and down as if looking at her would reveal her secrets to him. "While she didn't literally disappear, she did move fast enough to blend in with her surroundings. And since she controls the elements, I assume that's what she did. She just used her wind crystals to move very, very fast. So fast that you can't see her unless you have haki or very good eyesight."

"What?!" the soldiers cried. "That's insane! Who is this crazy woman?! How can a devil fruit do all that?"

"What do we do?! They both are really powerful! There's no possible way we can defeat them! They're like an ultimate power couple!"

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Author's Notes: Sorry. This chapter came out terrible. T.T Hopefully next one will be better. Plus be prepared for more awkward chapter endings and cliffhangers. I'll try to avoid them, but some are going to happen, especially with these fighting chapters, unless I make them ridiculously long or short. :/

inazumame1997: I can't wait either. We're soo close.

KittyCCCC: I PMed you so not to risk spoilers for others. I'm so divided.

Apple Bloom: I don't know T.T That one's a hard call.

rodinaashraf: I'm still divided. T.T