Of Marines and Pirates (Trafalgar Law) (EDITING)

Chapter Seven

“Keep your eyes open Rayne!” Shachi ordered.

                I barely managed to dodge a vicious kick at my head courtesy of Bepo.  Flipping back on my hands I came to a sliding halt on the deck. Sweat poured down my red face as I panted harshly. Since the whole pheromone-incident the two had been happy that I’d been able to hold the few of the crew that attacked me off but they were stepping my training up.  Apparently if we were going to be making it in the big leagues then I would have to be able to hold my own.

I finally took a shot to the head. Pain blossomed in my face as my body hit the deck and rolled. I finally landed on my back and groaned, Bepo had one strong kick. “Sorry…” Bepo hung his head depressed.

“Rayne, Keep your head in the game!” Shachi roared as he began to lose his patience.

“I’m trying! We’ve been at this for hours and I’m beginning to feel it!” I shot back. That was one thing I’d managed to lose my ‘proper’ way of speaking. By now I couldn’t give a shit what they think, well, Law set aside of course. He was always showing me what I did wrong, though he wasn’t as callous as before. At the moment we were headed for some island that Law told me the name of but I’d managed to forget.

                Ever since our ‘pheromone incident’ my relationship with Law had been… interesting… He was always taking every chance he had to get up and close into my space. He liked to test the limits of how close he could get before I would get onto him. By now I’d attempted to hide from him most of the time but that doesn’t really work all that well since we do share a room. That brought up a whole other issue though. Every time I went to sleep I’d wake up to Law practically over top of me. Not to mention his hands were always in very improper places. Even now I had to lock the door when I began to shower because if I didn’t he’d ‘accidentally’ waltz into the bathroom when I was taking a shower.

“Take a five minute break then.” Shachi muttered as he disappeared below deck.

I flopped down onto the deck, thanking the world that I was able to finally get off of my feet. Bepo shuffled over to see if I was alright and I gave him a bruised smile. While I knew that he was strong he was also holding back so as not to kill me. Bepo sat down and I cuddled up on his lap, hugging him tightly. He was just so cuddly!

“Miss Rayne, what are you doing to my first mate?” Law asked as he arrived on deck with Shachi behind him.

I smiled brightly to Law, “I’m hugging him of course! He’s just sooooo fluffy!” I giggled and Bepo blushed while he hid in the collar of his shirt.

Something flickered in Law’s eyes but before I could figure what it was it was gone, “Get up Miss Rayne,” He brought his nodachi off of his shoulder, “You’ll be sparing with me with time.”

I blanched, oh shit…

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                I yelled out in pain as I hit the deck hard. While I’d been managing to dodge Law’s nodachi pretty well I was beginning to get tired again and I was starting to make mistakes. Law of course had his ‘room’ up  so even if he did manage to slice me in half he could easily put me back together, at least I hoped he would be able to… This was the first time I was facing off against his awesome powers.

                Struggling back up to my feet I was panting hard. Law stood there looking at me, hardly breaking a sweat at all as he tossed me around the ship like a ragdoll. Law suddenly sheathed his sword and set it by Bepo. I glared at him while huffing and puffing, “Wh-what are you… doing?” I panted.