What Have I Gotten Myself Into? (Trafalgar Law Romance)

A New Island and a New Name

Three weeks of the same thing pass slowly. Amina gets up, works out, makes breakfast, which oddly enough the crew's nocturnal captain began to attend, and returns to her training. 

Humming to herself Amina makes baked apples and oatmeal. Not a gourmet meal but there wasn't much left to work with. 

"Awwww fruit and oatmeal again? Can't you make waffles or something?" one of the guys whines.

"You get me some eggs and I'll gladly make you something else," she retorts. 

There was some groaning but everyone finishes their meal.

Once everyone finished Law stood up. "Shachi spotted land right before breakfast. We'll be landing shortly. The island is a spring island and from my understanding is friendly with pirates as long as they don't stir up trouble. This time please stick together."

Everyone nodded and the split into their groups. Trafalgar left to go upstairs.

"Amina!" Penguin hollers and waves her over.

She plops onto the seat next to him. "Yes?"

"Can you come with us to get some of the groceries?" Shachi asks.

"Sure. Just let me make a list."

Over the past few weeks she'd begun to get used to the crew. The guys were nice to talk to but she didn't stray far from Penguin, Shachi, and Bepo. Also, she avoided Law whenever she could.

"Sunlight! How I miss thee!" she squeals and spins around with her arms in the air. "Fresh air! Breeze!"

"Quit being a drama queen and get to work," barks the rude (in her opinion) man in charge.

"Ai, Captain," she retorts in a snarky manner.

They enter a glaring match, "might I remind you who's in charge?" He takes long, slow steps towards her until he hovers directly over her. He lifts one finger and lightly traces where he had marked her before.

She shudders under his touch and swallows her spit. "You are," she mumbles under her breath. Something about him just terrifies me.

Hiroko watches how the neko backs down in the confrontation. She's completely under his control. I wonder what he did to make her like that? She came off as completely independent. 

Satisfied with his victory the tattooed pirate returns to what he was doing before, leaving the ship.

Amina is finally able to capture her breath again as she watches the back of The Surgeon of Death exit the deck of the submarine. 

"Are you ready to go Mii-mii?" 

"Mii-mii?...." she snaps her head in the direction of such a ridiculous nickname. "Who the hell came up with the name Mii-mii? It makes me sound like a child!" she huffs.

"Well... the crew decided Amina didn't sound very much like a kitten's name...." someone pipes up behind her.

She face palms at the thought. "Just because I can turn into a kitten does not mean I need a cutesy nickname."

"Cheer up Mii-mii!" Penguin coos. 

"Shut up!" she sulks. "This isn't going to go away is it?"

"Not at all!" Shachi chips in. Both of them link their arms with hers. "Now! Let's get started!"

The island was a lot better than the last two they were on. The air wasn't humid or extremely hot. It wasn't muggy or dry. It was cool and crisp but not frigid. There were puddles every where but not a single cloud in the sky. The buildings themselves were just average small town homes, not like sky scrapers or huts. This place doesn't seem so bad.

The trio stroll through the vendors, grabbing the necessities as they go. "Hey... we're low on funds and we still need things on the list. What do we do now?" Amina questions.

"Ask the Captain for some more," they reply shrugging their shoulders.

"Why don't you do it?" she whines. I really don't want to ask him.

"Because we kind of bought some stuff we shouldn't and he's going to ask us specifically what we bought and we can't lie. Last time someone lied to him he chopped them into pieces and rearranged them into a humiliating order. His fingers were sticking out of some pretty weird places...." the pom capped crewmate shivers at the thought.

Shachi pitches in, "besides. The Captain likes you!"

Feeling as though she already lost the battle she sighs in defeat. "Take me to Captain Fuzzy Hat."

"You can find him on your own right? We have to take everything back to the ship," they retort.

"Men are selfish, stupid creatures," the furious female hisses under her breath. She finally finds her beloved captain outside of the submarine. "Captain!"

He glances in her direction.

"Yes my kitten?"

She twitches at the word "my" but ignores it. "We're not done gathering everything for the ship and we don't have enough money to get the last few things on the list."

"The amount of money I gave you should have been plenty."

"Penguin and Shachi were doing other shopping during the trip."

She watches as he rubs his temples. "You took Shachi and Penguin on this trip?"

"They volunteered themselves... and me."

"We'll finish this trip. I need to make sure what little money we have isn't wasted." 

She nods at him and shows him her list. "All we need is some bolts, screws, and cleaning supplies?"

"Yes. We're low on all of these."

She accompanies him to a junk shop where she is instructed to stay at the register while he rummages through the boxes around the store.

"What can I do for a pretty lady such as yourself?" a soothing voice captures her attention.

"Just looking for some miscellaneous parts is all." She turns and faces the owner of the voice. He looks to be early twenties, creamy white skin and light brown hair that reaches his nose. It covers his eyes and almost all of his freckled cheeks. He's built out, not super muscular but enough to show he's in shape. All in all, he looks pretty charming for a small town kind of boy.

"Maybe I could give you a hand?" his voice deepening and he makes his way next to her. "A beautiful girl like you shouldn't be doing any work," he takes her hand into his and gently massages it. "You should let me do it for you.

"Uh... um...." she flushes not knowing how to react. Her ears sprout on the top of her head. "Oh-okay."

He smiles softly at her, "you're quite cute when you blush."

Her face turns beat red and she backs away from the stranger. 

She blinks and finds herself facing the male from behind. She blinks again and sees a barrel in her place and looks around the room. A hand firmly grasps her waist and she jumps. 

"Do you always flirt with your customers?" she feels his grip tighten and she relaxes slightly.

"I was just giving the beauty a hand, I didn't think that was such a problem."

Law tosses the box of screws onto the counter. "I'll take these."

The cashier rolls his eyes and cashes out the transaction. "Would you like to join me for a drink later?" he asks Amina and winks at her.

Before she even has a chance to answer Law takes control of the conversation. "I suggest you leave MY kitten alone." He takes the box from the counter and drags her out of the store. "What else is on the list?"

-Authors Note-

:D The story is going to start picking up soon! I finally think I conquered my writers block! (Hazah!) Thank you those of you who are still reading! I love you all! I hope to have many more chapters to come soon now that I have ideas flowing again! Now for my own little curiousity, how did you stumble across my story?

Until next time! :3