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I was going to upload this yesterday, but this error type 2 thing kept popping up and I just couldn't upload it..sad times :( But I have finally managed to upload it now!

So here's chapter 3! I really hope you guys enjoy reading this chapter as much as I have enjoyed writing it! :)

Chapter 3: Deal or no deal?

Nami stiffened at the name and could just about see him out of the corner of her eye without turning her head. Their eyes met for a split second before Leon Aurum spoke up.

"Trafalgar Law, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Leon asked and gestured for the guide to leave.

"I didn't know you had a guest" Law replied and glanced at Nami again.

"She may or may not be a guest depending on her reply to my offer, but that is none of your business." Leon trailed a gloved hand down her orange locks and brought a few strands to his face to inhale her scent. Nami grimaced at his action, and mentally noted she must wash off his filthy touch once she gets back to the hotel. She wore her poker expression and remained still to appear seemingly unaffected by his action, but Law caught the flash of discomfort in her eyes. And a little part of him wanted to help her, but was reminded of their previous encounter when she stole from him, and she also stole their food money.

Although he pitied the situation she was in, he was notgoing to change his plans for her.

"You have something I'm interested in, and I'm willing to offer a trade" Law proposed with his usual smirk in place.

Leon replied with a loud cackle at his proposal, "Kid, I highly doubt you have something I will be willing to trade for. You may not be aware of this, but four years ago, I ate the Midas-Midas no mi, and everything I touch turns to gold! I can have anything I want in the world with all this money! You may have some pretty diamond you found, but I can buy any diamond I want in the world! You're wasting my time."

"Not even for your little brother's beating heart?" Law's smirk grew wider. Nami was immersed in the conversation between the two and had subconsciously turned her head to look at Law, just as he dug out a cube shaped object from his coat and held it up for Leon and Nami to see. Nami let out a small gasp when she realised a beating heart was cased inside it. She quickly turned back to look at Leon's reaction, his eyes wide with shock and his mouth hung open, unable to comprehend what has happened.

"You bastard! What have you done?" Leon barked at Law.

"We ran into him on a winter island about fifteen miles to the south from here, his crew attacked mine but was quickly defeated by my men. He begged for mercy to spare his life and told us that his brother, you, would pay any price to save him. I consider myself generous so I decided to come here and offer you the chance to buy your little brother's life." Law explained.

"How do I know that heart really belongs to my brother?"

"I think you know that my story checks out, and your brother had been on that winter island. If you're sceptical about the owner's identity of this particular heart, you don't have to believe me, and we don't have to do a trade. I can crush it right here right now, and you can go find your brother's dead body on that winter island."

Nami could feel the tense atmosphere as the two men compete in an intense staring contest. Law's usual smirk had vanished and was replaced by a frown, Leon's brows had knitted together as he contemplate his options and considered Law's proposition.

"Name your price kid"

Upon hearing Leon's response to his proposal, his smirk returned to his face once more. Just as Law was about to announce what he want in return, two security guards burst through the double doors and into the room.

"Sir! There's an emergency in the South wing! The whole security team was annihilated by a masked crew claiming to be the Straw Hat pirates!" One of the security guards reported.

"The connection with all the surveillance den den mushi in the whole mansion has been disconnected, so we have yet to verify the situation in the South wing. We've tried but have failed to reboot the system!" The second guard reported.

"HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING?" Leon screamed at the two security guards.

A third guard came running to the door looking much more out of breath compared to the other two, "Sir!...Mr Fluffy is missing!"

Leon was furious with the situation and did not need to know that his beloved dog was now missing as well.

"YOU BUNCH OF IDIOTS!" Leon hollered, "I will deal with the South wing infiltrators, and you go call up the mechanics to fix the surveillance den den mushi." He addressed to the two security guards. He paused before turning to face the third "And you, you better find Mr Fluffy before I come back to this room." The guard nodded frantically to his request noting Leon's threatening tone.

Leon sent a suspicious glare towards Law and glanced over to Nami before turning towards to door.

"Brat, you stay here, Red head you come with me, the brat might try something" Leon sent an accusing glare at Law, addressing to the possibility that Law may free her if he left them alone.

"Its fine the girl can stay," Law said "She stole from me before… and then again yesterday", his sadistic smirk reappeared on his face, reassuring Leon she was not a friend of his. Upon hearing Law's response, Leon let out a small chuckle and left the room. As Leon left the room, he ordered his men to close the door and guard the room, and they are to not let anyone out of the room.

Once the door was shut Law turned to Nami, whose hands were still bound together behind her back.

"Why are you here?" He asked flatly,

She turned to look at him directly and replied "That's really none of your business" with a hint of amusement creeping to her lips.

"Are you not going to ask me to free you?"

"Why would I need–" Nami paused as a thought ran through her mind. Her face lit up for a split second before returning to her previous calm expression. "You're not going to free me even if I ask" She stated.

Although Law had no obligation to free her, and he was still annoyed at her for stealing from him not only once, but twice, he nevertheless feel like he should save her. Saving her might change his plans slightly, but he should still be able to get what he want with ease. His crew mates had caused much more distraction than he had anticipated, and he felt rather proud they had executed the plan well. Law was about to reject Nami's statement but stopped himself, as he decided it was too good of an opportunity to amuse himself with.

His usual smirk crept into place, and slowly started to walk towards her.

"I might consider freeing you if you ask me politely" His voice was low, taunting her for a reaction knowing her sense of pride.

Instead of reacting the way he wanted, her tone remained level and a small teasing smile was drawn on her lips instead. "Before I do that, please may I ask how you plan on freeing me without a key? These handcuff are quite sturdy"

Law's right eyebrow twitched at her lack of confidence in his ability to cut through some flimsy handcuffs. He had stopped a couple of steps away from her, but close enough to tower over her using his height and glared down at her.

"I can always cut your hands off to remove the handcuffs and put them back on later, I am a surgeon after all"

"A surgeon huh? I've always found intelligent people very attractive," She teased taking a step in closer to him. Her bold statement caught him off guard. He stared blankly at her for a couple of moment, unable to come up with a witty come back.

"Well this has been fun," she continued, "but I should really go" stretching her arms upward to relieve a slight ache which had built up from her being in her restraint position. As she stretched upwards, Law realised her hands had been miraculously freed from the gold handcuffs, but before he could ask her how she managed to get out of them, she had moved swiftly past him to the closed double door.

"See you later doctor," she said and sent him a final smile before slipping through the slightly small gap between the double doors she had opened and vanished before his eyes.

Leaving the room was not part of his plan, but he had not realised what he was doing until he had followed her out into the corridor. The two who were supposed to be keeping guard outside the door were not there, probably summoned to back up other teams to deal with the infiltrators.

"Wait," Law called down the empty corridor to Nami. Nami glanced behind her but did not slow down her pace, nevertheless Law caught up with her easily "Where are you going?" He asked

"That's none of your business" She replied flatly, but he had an idea of where she was heading.

"Yeah but I'd be in trouble if Leon comes back to the room and you're missing" He reasoned

"That's not my problem, and as much as I'm grateful to your crew for creating a distraction, please don't get in the way of my plan" She stopped at the end of the corridor, her back against the wall, as she listened to distant shouts down the connecting corridor. Law also stopped and stood next to her, waiting for the guards to leave.

"How did you get out of your handcuffs anyway?" Law mumbled, noticing she had took them and had hid them in her bag

"Oh these? I picked the lock and freed myself before you came in"

Law's eyes narrowed, and his brows twitched slightly in annoyance as he realised she had played him like a violin earlier, when she pretended to be the damsel in distress.

Returning his attention to the gold handcuffs, "and you still have them because…?" He trailed off, in a questioning tone.

"They're made out of gold, I wasn't just going to leave them!"

Law chuckled softly at her response. "Why don't you just marry the guy? You can have all the gold you want in the world, and he was definitely interested in you"

"As much as I love gold statues, I would rather not be turned into one, who knows when he might just decide to turn me into one. I would rather not take the risk. Besides, he's not exactly the most attractive guy around, and I'm doing just fine stealing gold for myself."

"That reminds me…" Law mumbled. The distant voices previously heard had died down, Nami shifted her auditory attention from Law to confirm the absence of the guards in the connecting corridor. Law had noticed her lack of attention on what he was trying to say and realised her intentions. He watched her expression shift and a focused look replaced her previously neutral one, he studied her further as Nami leaned forward to visually confirm that the corridor was clear. Her tense muscles relaxed as she leaned back against the wall next to Law. She took a deep breath in and was about to step out into the adjacent corridor, but before she had the chance to leave Law reached out, and firmly grabbed hold of her slim wrist, restraining her from moving out of their hiding spot and turned her towards him so she was facing him. He had self-servingly decided they should finish their conversation first.

"You stole some wallets yesterday that belonged to my guys, I want them back." He stated. His voice was low, laced with annoyance and slight anger.

Nami was caught off by his action, her eyes widen, surprised by the sudden contact, and slightly frightened by the threatening tone in his voice. She unwillingly took a small step back, in order to put some distance between them. His hold on her wrist did not loosen but remained firm yet not painful for Nami.

"I-I don't understand…" She stuttered, trying to register what was happening what he was just said to her. It took her a few moments before realisation hit her, and suddenly let out a giggle. "Those men yesterday were from your crew? They were practically asking for their wallets to be stolen"

Law glared at Nami, not sharing the same amused expression as her. Nami pulled a serious expression before speaking again.

"Well they're mine now, you're not getting it back"

"I want them back" Law repeated the same request like a spoilt child with a stern tone, his expression darkened even more and tightened the grip on her wrist.

Nami held up her poker face but the edges were starting to crumble. She tried to look calm, as if his daggering glares were not affecting her, but her eyes gave her away, as they darted around nervously searching for a viable escape route.

Nami remained silent to Law's request, and he was starting to feel like there was no way he could convince her to return their wallets, unless there was something in it for her. Just then, Law smirked at his own brilliance as he thought of a plan where they could both get what they want.

"Nami-ya, let's make a deal."

I was going to end this chapter where Nami walks out of the door leaving Law in the room, to show that Nami can be pretty awesome. But then I thought, what the heck, let's keep writing, and Law ended up scaring Nami towards the end. Oops. But then again who wouldn't be scared of Law when he towers over you and glare at you with those beautiful eyes?...But deep down, we all know he's a big softie really.

So I hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter! Oh and to those of you who reviewed in the last chapter, thank you so much! I thoroughly appreciate all your support and encouragement :D

Thanks for reading!