After discovering the secrets to the Kozuki Clan and Red Poneglyphs and finding Raizo, the Straw Hats, Heart Pirates, Minks, Samurai, and Ninja all formed an alliance to take down Kaidou. While Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Brook took Pekoms and Pedro on their journey to get back Sanji from the Big Mom Pirates. Meanwhile, the Heart Pirates, Zoro, Robin, Usopp, and Franky will be going with the Minks and Samurais to the Kingdom of Wano. 

"You did a great job with maintenance Gotoh!" Before setting off, Shanna and Gotoh were doing some tuning for the submarine.

"The base itself was brilliant work. I didn't have to do much, just oil the gears and make sure no screws come loose," Gotoh scratched the back of his head, blushing slightly at the praise he personally didn't think he deserved. Shanna smiled as she slid under the gas tank, checking the bottom to make sure there were no leaks. 

After the maintenance was done, and the food and supplies were all loaded, they were ready to leave. The Minks had prepared their boats as well. Three ships and a submarine docked by the feet of Zunisha, the elephant, and soon everyone was ready to leave. 

Shanna stood at the deck of the submarine, watching the Minks on the other ship bid goodbye to their friends and family who can't go. Bepo was waving at his parents, telling them not to miss him, and that he'll be back when they finish traveling around the world. "Shanna." The redhead turned around. Her captain and lover stood behind her, Kikoku gently resting on his shoulder. She tilted her head at him, waiting for him to say something. "Is the ship ready?"

"It's ready to set sail on your command, Captain," she replied. She rarely called him Captain, because he has always been 'Law' to her. From when she met him as a five year old to now, standing before him as his lover, she had always just called him the name he introduced himself as; hence, Law always found himself a little baffled whenever she calls him that. 

He cleared his throat and looked away. "G-Good." Shanna's eyes widened when she saw a hint of red dusting over the corners of his cheeks. 

"Law, could it be, you get excited when I call you Captain?" she asked.

Law nearly jumped. He turned around to go back inside, but Shanna could already see the tips of his ears turning a dark shade of crimson. A devilish smirk slowly crept its way to Shanna's lips. Her eyes turned into little crescents as she skipped behind the 26 tear old man. "Captai~n! Ca~ptain! Captain!! Ca-pu-tain!" She kept repeating the word as she circled around the raven haired doctor, who's face got darker and darker as she teased. 

As Shanna was giggling over the fact that she finally found a weak spot to him that she could use to get revenge, the tick on Law's forehead grew bigger and bigger. Finally he had enough and pushed her to the wall, pinning her with arms on both side. "Listen, I've been trying to hold myself back for the past three weeks. If you don't want me to take all my pent up sexual desires on you right fucking now then I suggest you quit it." 

Shanna's heart literally stopped for a good two seconds before it started pounding at the speed of lightning. A scarlet shade made its way up her face from the base of the neck to the tip of her forehead. "Y-Yes sir..." she managed to choke out. 

Law pushed off of the wall and started heading back towards his office. "Start the ship once the others are ready."

"R-Right...okay...." Shanna stood there, legs weak, breathing heavily. What just happened? 

"Hey! The Minks and Samurais are ready to go!" Shachi shouted as he walked in through the hatch. "Shanna-chan?" The older man raised a brow at the young redhead. "Something wrong? You're face is awfully red. Where's Law?"

"I-In his office. He said to start the ship whenever they're ready," Shanna replied, pointing further down the hall to show Shachi where Law went. 

"Oh! Okay! Then I guess I'll tell Jean Bart to start the ship," Shachi trotted inside. 

Shanna let out a loud, long exhale once Shachi was gone. There was a slight rumble to the ship, but soon it started moving forward. Once in a while a crewmate would pass by and greet her, asking why she's just standing there, but Shanna just said she had nothing better to do. There were so many more members to their pirate crew now, each having their own job. And a lot of the jobs she used to do on this ship were now taken by someone else, leaving her to just sit back and relax. 

She debated on whether she should go find Law. At this point it just felt awkward. It's not like she's never considered the physical aspect of a romantic relationship, but the reality of it was quite overwhelming for her. People would think that growing up with boys would make her more comfortable about these kind of things, but in fact it was quite the opposite. 

Shachi and Penguin are on the more perverted side of the spectrum, but they tend to keep that to themselves since Law didn't want Shanna knowing about those kind of things at such a young age. Eventually as they keep getting older, it just became a natural habit to keep things on the innocent side around Shanna. She was knowledgeable in a medical sense, but that was about it.

Hanging out with Shanks' crew was even worse. She couldn't mix in to any of the older men's conversations, so most of the time she was on her own, doing her own explorations, training, and just entertaining herself. They'd tell her stories about their past adventures, but everything was on the action side, nothing romantic at all. 

For the longest time Law kept himself in his office. Is he...mad at me? Shanna thought. Eventually, when nobody was paying attention, she opened the door to his office, popping her head inside. "Law?" she whispered. She found the man laying on the couch with his hat over his face. "He's asleep," Shanna's eyes widened with surprise. 

She closed the door behind her, gently so that it doesn't make a sound. Then she tip toed her way to the couch and knelt down beside him. "Stupid Law..." she muttered as she lifted his hat from his face, only to see Law glaring at her. "AAH!" She screamed as she fell backwards on her butt. "Law! You're awake!?"

"Stupid huh?" The doctor smirked at her in a challenging way. "Is that what you think of me?"

"Why didn't you say anything if you were awake?" Shanna ignored his question. Brows furrowed at him, she was obviously not happy of the scare. 

Law chuckled as he sat up. "I was trying to sleep. You were the one who came in and woke me up." 

"I was just-" Shanna's cheeks puffed up. Law crossed his legs as he raised a brow at her, waiting for her to continue. "Never mind." She got up from the ground, unable to believe she originally came in to apologize to this man for teasing him. "I'm leaving."

Law grabbed Shanna by the wrist and pulled her down so she landed on his lap. "Where do you think you're going?" 

"Work..."

"What work? There's literally nothing for you to do," Law replied. 

"Then I'll go find something to do," Shanna said annoyedly. Law wrapped his arms around her body, pinning her to his chest, not allowing her to escape. "Let go!"

"If you really want something to do I have a job for you," he said.

"What?" she spat impatiently.

"Room," Law smirked. "Shambles." 

Shanna's eyes widened when she found herself and Law in her bedroom. Her eyes panned around the room, taking in the familiar scenery. "Nothing's changed " she noted.

"I tried to keep it just the way you left it," Law told her as he laid down on her bed, dragging Shanna down with him. He held his arms around her waist, his chest touching her back as he gently kissed her shoulders.

"Wait what are you doing? I thought you'd give me something to do," she asked.

"Your job is to sleep with me."

"WHAT?!"

"I mean it Shanna. I'm tired. Close your eyes." He placed a hand over Shanna's ocean blue hues.

Shanna laid still yet alert for the longest time, almost expecting Law to suddenly jump on her, but he didn't. She wasn't sure how long she just laid like that in the darkness of his large callused palm, but it was starting to become obvious that Law was seriously planning on taking a nap. His throat rumbled with each breath he took at a slow and steady rhythm. What...that's it?

She should be relieved that napping was all he wanted to do. After all, she's not ready for more.... Wait, then why was she feeling disappointed? There was a strange sense of curiosity sprouting inside her. Things she has never been quite interested in before, were starting to hang on the back of her mind more and more. She gently traced her lips with the tip of her fingers, recalling the sensation of when Law's lips were massaging them. The taste of his tongue, the way his hands slowly caressed her waist and hips. Whenever he kissed her there was always a strange, hot, throbbing sensation at her lower private region. It felt weird and in a way embarrassing, so she never mentioned it to Law, but she wondered if that was a sign that her body was craving for sex. The very thought of it made her cheeks boil. 

Oh god I can't be thinking that, Shanna buried her face into the pillows. It smelled like Law, maybe because he was right behind her. Although afraid to wake the light sleeper, she had a strong urge to turn around, so she did. She shifted her body so slowly that it barely made the bed creak. Once she was laying face to face with her lover, a soft smile spread itself over her lips.

"This is so unfair," she muttered. "Why are you so god damn good-looking?" She traced her fingers over his sideburns, then on his goatee. He IS asleep right? She wondered. Seeing that there was no response to her touching his face, she then leaned in, and pressed her lips against his. She's done this before, when she was very little. She used to pretend Law is the Sleeping Prince that needs saving and sneaks a kiss when he's sleeping.

Her eyes widened when she felt Law smirked against her lips. His arm around her waist suddenly tighten and his hand snakes to the back of her head, pinning her against his face, not allowing her to pull back. "Mm!" she screamed. Law slipped his tongue past her lips and quickly started marking his territory inside her mouth. Crap! He was awake! Why was he pretending to be asleep?!

Law has always been a light sleeper, drifting between a conscious and an unconscious state most of the time. Naturally, he could hear Shanna make remarks about how much she loved his looks, but his body was just too tired to make a reaction. However, did she really think he'd let her slide on sneaking a kiss? No, he definitely wasn't going to let her get away with it.

"L-Law...mmph!" Shanna pleaded as she tried to push away. 

"You gotta try harder Shanna. Are you sure you really wanna push me away?" 

God damn it. "This is so unfair. You pushed me away for literally all of my life, and now you won't even let me fucking breathe," she muttered against him, lower lip protruded into a pout. She didn't expect Law's smirk to suddenly disappear, replaced by an expression full of sorrow and guilt. "I'm kidding," Shanna quickly told him. The raven haired man placed his forehead on the crook of her neck, a soft exhale escaping his lips.

"But you're right," he muttered.

Shanna instantly regretted saying that. What happened in the past was behind them. They should look towards the future. "It's okay Law," she said as she patted his back. "Just make it up to me."

"How?" 

"Marry me."

"I thought that was the plan."

"Then marry me twice."

"You mean you wanna get a divorce?" Law lifted his head from her neck and raised a brow at her. 

"Uhhhh, okay that didn't sound right," Shanna realized. 

Law smiled helplessly at his almost simple minded girlfriend. "Well, two weddings does sound nice," he replied. 

"You mean it?" Her eyes twinkled. 

"Yeah. A wedding on the Grand Line, and a wedding back in North Blue, how about it?" 

"Deal."

A/N: Hey everyone! I'm back! Sorry I took so long. I'm still a little bit busy because I just started my graduation project. And I'll also be busy preparing my resume for job hunting. But I'll try to write as much as I can! Thank you all for being so patient! I love you guys!!!!