As we broke off the stare, I heard him walking to my aisle. He turned to me and smirked.
"What's a Vice Admiral doing here alone?"
He said.I stopped myself from answering as I saw Eric is walking behind Trafalgar.
"She's not alone, actually."
Eric appeared behind him with a sigh.This took the surgeon aback as he didn't notice Eric's presence.
"Can't a Vice Admiral enjoy her day looking through books?"
I raised an eyebrow in amusement, returning my focus towards the books.He must be thinking I'm here to catch his ass.
"Medicinal herbs?"
Now he's raising an eyebrow."Is that a problem?"
I sighed as I gave the book I took out earlier to Eric.Then I walked past Trafalgar to the next aisle.
"I've never seen a Marine meeting me without pointing their guns at me."
He commented, leaning his weight to the shelf."I don't use guns. Moreover, my fleet is not here to catch you."
I said as I continued to eye the books in front of me."And why should I believe that?"
He asked, now losing his smirk."If I'm lying, your bear right there would be either captured, or dead already."
I glanced at the sleeping polar bear.He stayed silent before smirking once more.
What's with him?
I rolled my eyes and continue on searching for what I needed.
After a while, I finally got all that I needed and went to the cashier to pay. There I saw Law still following me around. But now with his bear awake. He even paid for his tower of books after I paid for mine.
I thought once I'm done shopping for books, he would stop following me, but he didn't. He followed me and Eric into a restaurant. Even sat with us, making it super weird.
But I ignored their presence and just eat my lunch while talking about something trivial with Eric.
"When will the pose set?"
I asked him."Tomorrow morning it seems. Where should we spend the night, Chujo?"
He asked."We'll spend the night in the ship. I don't want to trouble the local office with our accommodation."
I sighed."Alright, I'll inform the others."
Eric stood from his seat and head outside to contact the others.Now I'm left alone in the middle of these two pirates. The looks I received from the locals are obvious. It's very weird to see a Marine Vice Admiral sitting together, having a meal with two pirates.
"Why are you staring at me?"
I said as my attention is still on my food."You're interesting, Chujo-ya."
He showed a small smile."Because I didn't try to capture you and your crew?"
I lightly scoffed."You can say that."
He shrugged."Then I have to say you better be careful, surgeon. Once the higher ups heard about us being on the same island, the order might come to me."
Now I finally looked into his eyes.We continued the stare down, none felt intimidated by the other. I guess he thought that I was joking about not capturing him unless there's an order. Of course I'm not.
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Carved
FanfictionAn entire fleet of Marines just went rogue as their Vice Admiral decided that her time with them has come to an end. The movement brought a large chaos and problem for the government as they pulled every attempt to keep it a secret from people aroun...