Chapter 14: Humid
The Straw Hats docked on the mysterious island, having they had no choice since Nami bullied Luffy and Zoro into not taking on a horde of Sea Kings that tried to eat the entire Thousand Sunny whole upon entering the Island’s magnetic field. It was like the Island were a beacon for all things bad; stronger magnetic fields usually meant a fair share of trouble to come your way backed up with the presence of Sea Kings, vultures, as well as the overgrown plants that took over the island that had unique colorations. Some were green, those plants were ones you’d easily find on another island. And then from there the plants were quite simply huge, some were yellows and browns, others were reds and blacks and even more. Those even more unique plants were the largest besides the trees, mimicking what Usopp had seen on the Bowin Islands during his two year break except these had an even more dangerous presence, and the botanist never would’ve thought that were possible.
“I’d keep away from everything If I were you,” Usopp’s legs wobbled as Law stroked the leaf to a rather tall plant with fan like leaves, like an elephant ear, that were green and the edges of the leaf were a fuzzy violet. “W-Wait! Don’t pet it!”
“Calm yourself Nose-ya,” Law continued to pet the leaf, the color on the leaf began to stain his tanned fingertips a dusty lavender. He brought his finger to his face, giving them a shallow sniff, just to sneeze. “I assumed this’d be poison… Rather it’s just pollen,” figuring such a fact out got the man thinking.
“Really?” Usopp scampered over with a great interest, taking a whiff of said plant. “Yup, just pollen.”
“I’m sure there’s a reason behind the coloration of the pollen,” Law pointed out. “Collect some.”
“You’re not my boss,” Usopp glared at the Surgeon.
“I know you’re collecting some anyways for personal use,” Law tuts and turns on his heel to return back to the Sunny.
Usopp slumped forwards, “well he isn’t wrong…”
Upon returning back to the Sunny after making a quick scope of the area, Caesar Clown was giving everyone a hard time, saying something about leaving immediately but wouldn’t give the reason. If that man was getting all worked up, nothing good was bound to happen. “What’d ya find?” Nami asked Law.
“Just plants,” Law answered. “Highly doubt there’s any civilization. Nose-ya is collecting samples of the vegetation as we speak.”
“Well that’s something,” Nami felt accomplished, not much, but the feeling lingered.
“I was gone for an hour… Has (Y/n) awakened?” Law looked around seeing you nowhere in sight.
“Sort of,” Nami shrugged. “She woke up but seems dazed, so Chopper is looking her over in his office-”
“Yeah thanks,” Law completely brushed Nami off, heading right for Chopper’s little office filled to the brim with medical supplies equipped for next to any medical emergency to arise. A push on the door flooded the room with blinding sunlight causing you to grown and the little reindeer to puff steam out of his floppy ears and blueberry nose. “What’s wrong with her?” The man asked of the tiny doctor.
“She’s very disoriented and claims to have a migraine so close the damn door!” Chopper cursed like a sailor, but his point easily got across and Law closed up the swing hinge door, bringing darkness to fall upon the room. You were lying upon the patient’s bed, a chilled rag lied upon your forehead and eyes, next to motionless as only your chest raised and fell with each breath.
“Kessho,” Law began, completely ignoring Chopper’s plea to remain silent. “Exactly how much do you know of the New World?”
“Why do you ask?” You sighed.
“We docked on an uncharted island,” the Surgeon claimed, in which it caught your best interest and you fought the pain crashing against your skull in order to sit up. “The magnetic field of this island is so strong that it causes the specified Log Pose to malfunction and only point here. There’s no sign of civilizations anywhere. With the magnetic field in mind, we can’t be the first one’s the step foot here; makes me assume this island is bizarre or this island belongs to the World Gov. in one way shape or form,” you nodded to each claim, humming here and there thinking about any islands that you’ve learned about in the past.
“Usually… Government Islands are manmade and/or have a cloaking device to hide the magnetic field just like Punk Hazard where you found Caesar to y’know hide it’s existence,” even through the walls of the cabin, you could hear Caesar squawking outside about danger and how he’d rather die than stay here. And then there was Luffy, he was shouting nonsense like he lives for danger and a whole bunch of baloney on top of that.
A vein was popping from the man’s forehead. “You’re basically saying you have no clue about the island we’re on?”
“More than likely,” you sigh lying back down. “Do you have any painkillers Law?”
“I do,” Law answered but in a rather snippy tone. “I’d prefer not to use such high grade medications on a migraine. Cut your arm open, maybe even clean off, then we’ll talk.”
“Oh up yours!” You didn’t have the patience to deal with his sarcasm let alone how much of a smartass Law could get at times. Even then, being the Surgeon of Death’s girlfriend, you couldn’t pull any strings.
The crew knew better than to stick around on the lush island, however a quick escape led to hordes of Sea Kings on the brink of attack. So many, the crew couldn’t keep up and decided to fall back for shelter on the island. Your horrible migraine finally went away on its own after about two days, you were ready to see this island for yourself. It stung that even one of the most feared Pirate Crews out there were stuck hostage on an island, there has to be someone on the island that can give some wisdom on how to escape unscathed… RIght?
“Are we all going ashore?” You asked of the crew, wondering why everyone were preparing backpacks with supplies such as food and medicine as well as dressing up according to the environment. Since the island was rather humid due to intense moisture and overbearing rays of the sun, the girls wore the least amount of clothing such as booty shorts and undergarments, the boys wearing shorts and open button up shirts. All of them except Franky wore hats as well. Luffy had his straw hat, Usopp had a floppy tan hat, Zoro had a bandana, Brook had a gold top hat, Chopper had his baseball cap, and Sanji had some black cowboy hat.
And then there was Law, he decided to leave his leopard print hat on the Sunny leaving his raven hair in a tousled mess that flared in all directions. His black overcoat were slung over his shoulders leaving his inked chest and chiseled stomach bare and on display for the world to see. His lightly tanned skin were glossy with sweat, not that you mind. It all left him in a pair light brown spotted jeans, a pair of boots and his usual mildly annoyed expression. Although you were concerned about how Law were holding up, you couldn’t help but take in the rare sight of Law’s sexiness and he had no intent on showing off let alone flirting.
“Awe,” you ditched your previous question, lightly ghosting your fingertips over Law’s collar bone. His skin were boiling hot, slick with his own sweat. “You look like you’re suffering Law.”
“You think I don’t know that,” Law groaned. “Clearly I’ve spent so much time in Punk Hazard that my body had adjusted to the colder temperatures,” even though you felt just fine on this sauna of an island, you understood Law entirely.
“You’ll be fine,” you wore a shy smile. “Plus nobody’s forcing you to travel further within the island. We could always stay back-”
“I want off this island as soon as possible,” Law growled. “If I have to withstand the heat in order for us to find a survivor or two to help us leave the island, I can deal with it.”
“Three,” you hummed.
“Three?” Law cocked a brow.
“Weaknesses,” you giggled. “Your first weakness is that guy who passed away in your youth… You never did tell me his name,” Law was still sensitive about that subject, therefore he never spoken a reply. “Your second weakness is me,” you held a hand to your heart and another to Law’s. “You last weakness that I know of is the heat.”
“You still have the mindset of an agent,” Law smirked.
“I just like to pay attention to those around me.”
“More like me in particular,” okay, now Law is flirting. Looks like you just had to get the ball rolling.
“You caught me!” You giggled holding out your arms. “I can’t really help IIIIT!!!” Your ankles were snatched, as if thrown into the air. You were face down upon the plush wooded ground, another force dragging you backwards, until you were nowhere in sight.
“I told you all I didn’t like this island!!!” Usopp shrieked hiding behind Luffy.
“This island is alive,” Law spoke under his breath in shock. Although it were a blur, he caught the faintest glimpse of lush green vines wrapping around your ankles before you were stolen from sight. “Nose-ya?” Law turned towards the crew.
“Y-Yes?” Usopp whimpered.
“Did you ever get around to testing the plant samples?”
“Yes,” Usopp cleared his throat. “All of the tests came through this morning, the samples had a chemical and biological structure similar to my Pop Greens… Basically saying they’re aggressive and likely to attack…”
“And you thought the lack of information would do us any good?” Now you’re taken hostage by an island of aggressive plants that won’t come off as a surprise if they had a diet of red meat either. Luffy read the situation rather easily, stepping between the two males and pressed hands to their chests to separate the becomings of a fight.
“C’mon you two,” Luffy frowned. “Let’s find Tra-Guy’s girlfriend.”
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