Memory Trap
Chapter One: Return of an Enemy

Summary: An old enemy of the Straw Hats has returned to take revenge. But before she can do that, she first attacks their guest; the Surgeon of Death. (Memory!fic, Straw Hats watch Law's past.)

Plot: Slight AU, some ooc, swearing, blood, bad writing. Okay, so here's the plot for this story. READ BEFORE YOU START STORY. This is taking place after the Breed (anime filler) incident, and this is basically a spinoff of all the memory!fics about the Straw Hats watching their own memories. Plot: Honebee, the enemy, attacked the Straw Hats just after they left Fishman Island; forcing them watch each other's darkest memories. Honbee's devil fruit allows her to gain strength/power after watching and processing(or converting) people's worst memories.

After the Straw Hats exited their memories, they found her and defeated her before she could process/convert their memories; meaning she didn't get any new strength/power. And since her devil fruit allows her to only enter a person's memories once, she couldn't go through their memories again. Before they left her, she swore her revenge. This is her attempting to get revenge.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. DX Nor do I own the cover picture.

Mayday, mayday; the ship is slowly sinking
They think I'm crazy but they don't know the feeling

Law screamed, his mouth open wide and his eyes clenched shut as his back arched off the bed he'd been sleeping on. A small, pale hand rested on his sweating forehead, and owner of the hand gave a sadistic grin as the surgeon's screams echoed throughout the ship. The sound was music to her ears.

The sound of heavy, frantic footsteps approaching had the stranger turning towards the door of the room. The entire Straw Hat crew was in the room now, and her eyes hardened in hatred at seeing their surprised faces once again. However, she hadn't come for them. No, this time, she had come for their guest; the Surgeon of Death. She could feel his bad memories radiating off him, and she knew with such dark memories she would get much stronger after processing them.

Before the crew could have the chance to attack their old enemy, she raised her free hand and gave a maniacal smile. She focused on each of their faces. Then, she spoke. "Memory Trap."

Their eyes widened before the room they stood in was consumed in darkness, and the stranger disappeared before their very eyes. "Shit, not this again!"

"What the hell does she plan on doing? She can't come after our memories again, right?"

"No, her devil fruit allows her to only peek into a person's memories once."

"So then who's memories are we being forced to watch now?!"

"Wait a minute…"

"Don't tell me…!"

"Hehe!" The stranger's voice echoed through the darkness, and all the members grabbed at their weapons on instinct despite the fact they could no longer see or attack her. "I have to say, I've been dying to get my revenge on you," she said. "After you defeated me last time, I thought it would take years to become as strong as all of you. However," and they didn't fail the miss the sadism in her voice. "I've finally come across someone who's memories are just as bad as yours. With Trafalgar's memories, I'll finally…be able to surpass you."

She laughed once more, and the crew could only watch as the darkness began to swirl and twist with light, until finally they were staring at a clear image.

Before them stood Trafalgar Law, at the age of ten, smiling happily.

- An hour earlier -

"How can you be so cruel?!" Nami yelled, shoving the surgeon roughly in the shoulder. They had come across a group of small ship full of dying passengers – ranging from all ages; from seventy to newborn infants – a little while ago. With a quick medical eye, it was easy to see they'd all been poisoned and that it was too late to administer an antidote. The scene had Chopper almost crying, wanting nothing more than to try and help them anyway. Law, on the other hand, had simply looked at them and turned away; telling the Straw Hats to continue on sailing. When Chopper asked him how he could turn his back on the sick and dying, Law coldly replied, "They are of no concern to me. They only hinder our plans at the moment." It was his answer and the lack of emotion in it that drove Nami over the edge, for she knew how Chopper felt when he saw someone he couldn't cure and save.

The pirate captain did not react or respond to the navigator's question, though he did send her a dark glare when he turned around to face her. "Do not touch me," he ordered, his voice low and threatening. Sanji, who was by Nami's side, glared furiously at the surgeon before him.

"Don't talk to Nami-san that way, you bas–" He quickly cut himself off when he saw the look Law was giving him. He knew that look; Law didn't like to be touched, and he didn't like to be touched for a very good reason. Sanji could see that, so he cut off his insult but still held his glare.

Law walked away, nodachi in hand, and headed for the room they gave him to sleep in for some privacy. The crew watched him leave, and they gathered together on the deck near the mast. "I don't like this," Nami started, her eyes still glaring in the direction the surgeon had left. "How can he be so heartless? How is a bunch of sick people 'of no concern' to him? He's a surgeon, isn't he?"

"His mind is solely focused on the plan to bring down Kaido," Usopp stated, a small frown tugging at his lips. "Nothing else really seems to matter to him at the moment."

Chopper gave a small sniffle and wiped away the leftover tears on his fur. "He only helped the children on Punk Hazard because we said we wouldn't help him in the alliance if he didn't help us save them."

"And the only reason he went with Chopper and Luffy to Breed's ship was to retrieve Caesar," Franky added in. "He didn't seem to care at all about those lapins being controlled."

"Maybe this is more personal than we think it is," Zoro commented, and all eyes fell on him. "I mean, think about it. He seems pretty damned determined to bring Doflamingo down, doesn't he?"

"If we were to focus on just that part of the plan, I would agree," Robin replied. "Everything he has planned with great detail has to do with Doflamingo."

"We know almost nothing about him," Sanji said, lighting a cigarette. "I know that he doesn't like bread, pickled plum, or being touched. Anything else, it's a complete mystery."

"All we know is that he fought alongside Luffy-san in Sabaody and saved Luffy-san's life after Marineford."

"In more ways than one*," Zoro commented, earning silent nods from the crew.

"We can trust him," Luffy finally said, his lips pulled into a grin. The crew let out a collective groan, knowing just how Luffy's mind worked. Even though they had indeed gotten stronger in the past two years, some of the members felt uneasy around the Surgeon of Death; not fully trusting him and keeping their guards up around him despite the fact they were in an 'alliance'. "Anyway, Sanji! Food!"

"I'll start making dinner," Sanji said, making his way toward the kitchen. He glanced up at the darkening sky, taking note of how beautifully the sunset colors mixed together. Normally he would have started dinner about an hour ago, but he'd found himself enjoying the weather too much. Not too mention everyone was called to the deck when they came across the ship of sick passengers.

On his way to the kitchen, Sanji couldn't help but think about Law. How could the male just simply brush off so many sick people without a care? Hell, there had been newly born infants on that ship! Though, on closer inspection, it seemed most of them had passed on already; their dying mothers holding them close and sobbing for their child to open their eyes. The sight broke his heart, and he could only imagine how Chopper felt observing the scene.

But what disturbed the cook even more was that Law hadn't even flinched at the sight of it all. Like he'd seen far worse in his life. Sanji didn't know what could be much worse, honestly. The sight of a mother grieving over the loss of her baby was something tragic to see.

And his mind couldn't help but go back to Nami's question.

"How can you be so cruel?!"

Screaming. That was what woke him up. He was on his feet with his hand on Wado in an instant, noticing everyone else who'd been on deck was also suddenly alert. "What was–" Usopp was cut off when another scream sounded.

"Toaro!" Luffy yelled. And everyone was suddenly on their feet running as fast as they could, hoping everything was alright with the surgeon. They met up with Sanji and Franky on the way, and they all burst into the room at the same time. They all froze when they were met with the sight before them.

Law was on the bed screaming, his back arched up in pain, with someone standing beside him. Zoro instantly recognized the person. It was the same girl who had attacked them shortly after they left Fishman Island. Her eyes hardened and it wasn't easy to miss the pure hatred that glowed in her eyes. He didn't need to be a genius to know why she was back on their ship.

Revenge.

But she was ready for them, and she raised her hand before any of them even had the chance to take a step forward. "Memory trap." Those two words, last time, had brought them so much unwanted pain; dredging up their worst memories and forcing everyone to watch them. It had taken weeks for the crew to go back to normal; some having nightmares, others wanting privacy after their darkest secrets and feelings were brought up for everyone to see.

Luffy had been a mix of both. Being forced to watch his brother's death once more had been brutally hard. Robin, too, refused to sleep for a while; saying that the sounds of the buster call and the sight of an island going up in flames would haunt her every time she closed her eyes. But in the end, they helped each other through it. If anything, they ended up even stronger after that; their bond tighter than it ever was.

But this…

This was completely uncalled for.

They didn't know Trafalgar. They weren't nakamas, despite the fact Luffy insisted they were. They didn't share a familial bond with the surgeon at all, he was practically a stranger to them. Seeing his memories, viewing the worst times in his life… It just wasn't right. It was more than just an invasion of privacy.

The room around them turned to black, and Zoro's hand was still on Wado despite the fact he knew he could not attack Honbee anymore now that they were in Law's memories. "Shit, not this again!" He cast a glance over at Sanji who glared into the darkness.

"What the hell does she plan on doing? She can't come after our memories again, right?" That time it was Franky, and the cyborg seemed peeved at the fact they were going through another person's memories yet again.

"No, her devil fruit power allows her to only peek into a person's memories once," Robin answered, though she too was on guard; eyes hard and piercing.

"So then who's memories are we being forced to watch now?!" Usopp didn't sound happy either; hell, none of them were. Memories were apart of people, they were private unless they decided to share selected ones with you.

"Wait a minute…" Brook stopped, his jaw slowly dropping. The others caught on quickly.

"Don't tell me…!"

"Hehe!" Honbee's voice echoed around them, and just the sound of her little giggle made Zoro want to strangle her. She had put his nakama through so much last time; he would not show her any mercy if he came face to face with her once again. The crew tensed at the voice, and several members bared their teeth in slight disgust. "I have to say, I've been dying to get my revenge on you. After you defeated me last time, I thought it would take years to become as strong as all of you."

Using peoples worst memories as a way of getting stronger, it was despicable. But apparently this girl had no problem doing it, not having a single care how much pain she brought to others in the process. "However, I've finally come across someone who's memories are just as bad as yours. With Trafalgar's memories, I'll finally…be able to surpass you."

Zoro grit his teeth. This was wrong. Very wrong. They shouldn't have to go through this again, they shouldn't have to see–

Honbee laughed again, and the darkness began to swirl and twist with a bright light. Zoro put up a hand, the light becoming too bright before, finally, it dimmed. Pulling his hand away, the swordsman looked around. The crew all looked straight ahead, and a few quietly gasped.

There, before them, stood ten-year-old Trafalgar Law; smiling happily as walked through his home city.

*will be explained in a later chapter.

A/N: I always see memory!fics including the Straw Hats, and never anyone else with occasional exception of Ace. So I decided to change that. Here's Law's past! Guys, I'll probably need your opinions and stuff on some things, seeing as I suck writing the Straw Hats. So if they sound too ooc in some parts please let me know and I'll try to fix it.

And do you guys think this should be a LawLu story? Lemme know, please! :D

Your shy ice elemental,
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