Striken

Proposition

Aikyō woke up in the hammock alone Shiro and Jep were giving her a strange look she shrugged off that Law left before they could be seen asleep next to each other, taking off her hat to grab a cigarette out of it she heard a few of her crew members tsk at something.Aikyō got out of the hammock sitting up in it only to feel very strange somehow she felt like she was missing something.Law was coming out of the submarine his sword as always at his side the waters were weirdly calm for the start of the day.Aikyō felt her chest it something wasn't right Law gave her a stern look,

"The sea is pretty calm today huh?!"

Aikyō glared at him,

"What did you need help with?"

Law turned his head cupping his ear with his free hand,

"Sorry Goddess of the Sea…I'm afraid I'm in need of assistance from you I can't hear any of the commands you were going to dish out.I wanted to challenge you see what you can really do.."

Aikyō was livid she lit her cigarette she had a smile on her face,

"It's all been an act.."

Those words rang through him echoing into his soul because they were said once by Corazon someone who had saved his life a good long time again.Aikyō let the cigarette hang loose in her mouth as she took out his ear plugs by manipulating them saying,

"What's with you.."

Law protested,

"I have a reason for why I'm doing what I'm doing-Trust me."

Aikyō didn't hesitate saying sharply,

"You got a reason to explain first when the apology should be first but I don't care so get the fuck away from me and my crew I won't say it again."

Law spoke unafraid of what she might do,

"I needed to get you to help me take down an auction house to free the slaves there. I know me and my crew could seriously use a helping hand from you. I'm sorry I almost took it this far but I was going to return your heart back."

Aikyō bit her lip hard making it bleed she wanted to smack him but her arm fell she shook her head at him he was stunned by her reaction.He knew he had seriously messed up,

"I'm so fuckn stupid..I came so fuckn close to believing for just another moment.I spilled my bottled up shit to you-I told you what I was genuinely scared of-I am so fuckn naive-I came so close to believing I could start to actually trust you."

Law's eyes widened feeling worse he had started to slowly realize he felt the same hence his hesitation to do what he did last night but he ignored it.Aikyō kicked him square in the chest he was lucky he caught hold of the rail on the deck of his submarine.Summoning her heart in her palm snapping her fingers as she made a wish for it to be back in it's normal place.

He watched Aikyō manipulating the anchor of her ship to come out of the water she teleported the ship back to Whisky Peak Island.All Law saw was smoke dissipating from where the ship was he entered his own ship feeling extremely guilty.Aikyō woke the entire crew with her Haki, Jep came up to her asking,

"Are you alright? What's the deal I thought we were helping Law with something? We going back to the Grand Line?"

Aikyō put out the cigarette saving it for later saying,

"We will help them when they're in need of assistance.We should all bond with each other before setting out. I wanna get to know my crew members, especially our new ones and I need to recruit a few more while we're at it."

Shiro smiled,

"Uhm depending on where we are-"

Aikyō pointed one of her hand cannons at a cloaked man who was watching them from his own ship he stood crossing him arms his men were cloaked too.The man began walking over propping his leg up on the ledge of his ship saying,