Chapter one
"Sorry. I'm not interested."
A sigh escaped Suiren's lips as another man attempted to coax her to bed him. It's been like this ever since she arrived at the bar. Multiple men have approached her and each time she sent them away.
The man, who had introduced himself as Luka, didn't seem to take no for an answer.
"Aw, come on baby. It'll be fun. I promise." He grinned. He was attractive at least, with his white-blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. He wore a plain white t-shirt and tan cargo pants. Though, taking away the attractive aspect of the man left only his lecherous eyes. He was fixated at the pink haired beauty in front of him.
She had pale pink hair, matched with bored lilac purple orbs. Her skintight white crop top hugged her upper body, with a black cardigan. Her bosoms were not as large as he normally liked his women to be, but rather average. A C cup, he mused to himself. His eyes then trailed down to her legs and he unconsciously licked his lips. She wore high waisted shorts that reveled her long legs. He wanted those legs to be wrapped around his waist as she screamed his name.
Noticing his lustful gaze, she narrowed her eyes. She wished she could just slit his throat. It took all of her to refrain herself from doing so. She happened to like this bar. It served the best cherry limeade in the East Blue.
"No thanks." She replied as she sipped her limeade, hoping the blonde would leave her alone. She tilted her glass and watched the ice stick together.
Suddenly, she felt a hand grab her free arm. She almost winced at the brute force. It was sure to leave a bruise later. She cursed her sensitive skin.
"What, you think you're too good for me?" Luka snarled, bringing his face close to hers.
She could smell the cheap alcohol in his breath. It wasn't a pleasant smell. However, she remained unfazed by his sudden aggression. After all, she was somewhat of a mercenary. She is used to rough treatment. She gave the man a dangerous look, narrowing her amethyst orbs. "Let go. I don't like being man-handled."
"Why yo-" Luka's eyes widen as he was cut off in mid-sentence. It took him a couple of seconds to understand why he was unable to consummate the oxygen around them.
Around his mouth and nose area appeared a cloud like substance. His hand let go of Suiren and hastily reached the cloud substance, frantically trying to get it off but without avail.
Suiren sighed and placed her drink down as Luka's muffled cries spread throughout the bar. She could hear his friend's yelling, desperately trying to help Luka. No matter how hard they tried, they just couldn't get the substance off. His face was now turning a pale blue shade due to the lack of oxygen.
Suiren rolled her eyes and placed her attention back to her drink as he fell to the ground. She could hear murmurs through the bar and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Luka's buddies preparing themselves to fight, taking out their weapons.
"Relax." She sighed. "He's only unconscious. Now get lost."
They gave each other uneasy looks before cautiously picking up Luka. Not once did they take their eyes off Suiren. As if they expected her to attack them at any given moment.
Fortunately for them, she was in a good mood. She was simply here to drink her drink, nothing more and nothing less.
Unknowingly to her, in the bar she had caught the attention of a certain dark surgeon.
Shachi, Bepo, Penguin and Trafalgar Law of the Heart Pirates were just passing by in Akaihana(a) to stock up. After a long run of battles and sailing/diving they needed to restock.
In Akaihana, they stopped stopped at multiple markets and weaponry shops as well as machinery stores. Not only did they need to stock up on food, they needed to the correct materials and tools to fix their submarine and weapons.
Post shopping, Shachi and Penguin felt it was still too early to head back to the sub. Despite Law's annoyance and resistance, he eventually gave into their pleas.
Law rolled his eyes and let out a defeated sigh as the two rejoiced in front of a bar. The duo cheered as if they were children that just turned 18, with the legal rights to drink.
Walking into the bar, he noted that the bar was nothing special. The interior design and decoration were rather gloomy and had no particular fancy design.
After taking a sip of the glass drink, he was unimpressed. The sake was relatively dull and had no particular distinct taste. Overall, he'd consider this bar an average pirate bar, customers consisting of pirates and bandits alike. His stormy grey eyes lazily took in the people in the bar until it landed upon an odd sight.
He raised an eyebrow at the out of place girl. Compared to the surrounding grimy men and skimpy women in the bar, the girl was rather petite and almost delicate. It was as if someone brought her to the bar full of criminals against her will.
Following his initial thought of her being petite, he confirmed that she was indeed a fairly small girl, probably around 5'1 or 5'2, probably no older than 20. She was casually sipping a red drink while ignoring the advances of multiple men.
The current man, who approached the girl, was a blonde with sharp cerulean eyes. He had a smug look on his face and was leaning on the counter with one arm supporting his face.
Law looked away from the pinkette, losing the interest he had previously and boredly stared at the arguing duo in front of him.
Pointless.
Law just wanted to go back to the sub and repair the wounded machinery. However, since Shachi and Penguin are the lead mechanics, he figured it'd be best for the two to enjoy themselves before indulging in work. He mentally chuckled. They were lucky he was a kind captain.
Loud gasps and screeching screams pulled Law out of his thoughts and he scanned the room for the cause.
To his surprise, the man that was conversing with the pink haired woman was clutching his face, frantically trying to pull off the white substance that was present.
His eyes flickered over to the woman. She was looking at her drink with interest, as if it was the most fascinating thing in the world. She tilted her head slightly and turned her attention to the blonde as he hit the floor.
A smile crossed Law's features as he excitedly watched a group of men unsheathe their weapons.
Remaining poised, the woman only sighed and returned to her drink. "Relax." She said calmly as if this was a daily occurrence. "He's only unconscious. Now get lost."
The group of men scrambled to pick up the unconscious man on the floor and ran out of the bar.
Law's smile widen as he watched the woman's back as if waiting for her to make another move.
"Senchō."
Law turned his head to his first mate. Bepo was a white polar bear that wore an orange jumpsuit. He was the navigator of the crew.
"Yes?"
"That woman…" He trailed, trying to gather his thoughts.
"Go on,"
"Sumimasen(1)." A look of depression quickly crossed the bear's face as a gloomy atmosphere surrounded the air.
Law sighed and motioned the bear to go on. This was a daily occurrence. Bepo is rather sensitive and apologizes for almost everything and anything.
"That woman, I've seen her in one of the wanted posters earlier." He paused, taking a sip of his juice. "They call her 'Sukai Akuma Suiren'(z). I think she has a bounty of 120 million beli."
"I'd stay away from her if I were you." A voice interrupted. The pirates looked over at the origin of the voice.
"Why?" Penguin questioned, voicing everyone's thoughts. Other than the obvious, the woman can't possibly be that frightening… or is she?
"Sheesh, you guys really don't know anything huh." Another spoke, laughing at the same time. Law glared at the man and folded his fingers to serve as a chin rest.
"Who are you?"
"Ah, I'm Machi and this is Koi." He introduced, taking a huge gulp of his sake while pointing to his companion. Machi was a man of short stature with a big black beard. As he smiled, there were gaps in his mouth, revealing many missing teeth. Koi on the other hand was a tall thin man with a sullen face and multiple facial piercings.
"Everyone knows she's trouble." Koi spoke, setting his glass down on the table. "Rumors are she's a witch."
The pirates were taken aback. That was not the explanation they were expecting. They were expecting an explanation along the lines of 'She murdered a group of children' or 'She kidnaps villages and cooks them for breakfast.'
"A-A witch?" Shachi stuttered, coloring draining from his face. Instantly Shachi thought of curses and spells. Oh no, he did not want to be cursed.
"Yes." Machi nodded, putting an arm around his friend. "I heard, she turns people into insects or animals and keep them as pets."
"Senchō (2), I don't want to be an bug." Penguin cried.
"Or an animal!" Shachi chimed.
"What's wrong with being an animal?" Bepo asked. Another gloomy cloud formed around his head.
Shachi and Penguin perked up, as if just remembering that Bepo was indeed an animal. They frantically tried to form words to take back their earlier statements.
Law only rolled his eyes at the men. What a ridiculous rumor. Why would anyone want to turn people into animals for the sole reason of keeping them captive?
Suddenly a fist violently hit Koi and Machi's head. The duo held the forming bump and glared at the perpetrator. She was the waitress of the bar. She was rather masculine, Law noted. Though busty. She wore a black apron with a note pad in the right pocket.
"Don't make things up! Idiots." Her emerald jewels trailed over at the pirates. "Sorry guys, Machi and Koi are just bitter that Suiren beat their asses last month."
With that said, she chuckled at the memory, while the two men grumbled to themselves.
Law raised an eyebrow. Intriguing.
Being able to beat both men who were possibly twice her size is quite a feat.
His eyes trailed toward the pink haired beauty and watched down her drink and walk out of the bar.
As the woman disappeared behind the wooden doors, Law turned his attention back to his crew and the waitress.
Shachi and Penguin let out a relieved sigh, but their relief was cut short.
"Though I would advise you to not get to involved with her. " She warned as she picked up a rag and started to clean the nearby table. "She's a sweet girl, but she's dangerous. You saw what she did to that man. He was lucky she decided not to kill him."
Law smirked. This day was getting more and more interesting. "Miss...?"
"Kaya. The name's Kaya."
"Miss Kaya, you don't need to worry about us." He said almost haughtily. "We can handle ourselves."
"That's right!" Penguin agreed. "We're pirates afterall."
Kaya let out a loud chuckle. "You youngins' are fearless aren't you?" She flashed him a smile and shook her head as she headed back behind the counter. "Alright, don't say we didn't warn you."
"Senchō, what are you thinking?" Penguin asked. He was curious on what is going through his captain's mind.
After a momentary pause, Law smirked. "She's going to join our crew."
- Chapter has been rewritten -
(1) Sumimasen: a formal way of saying sorry
(2) Senchō: Chaptain
(a) Akaihana: An island known for its red flowers.
(z) Sukai Akuma Suiren: Sky Demon Suiren (bc like of her devil fruit abilities ya know)
Suiren's bio and appearance are in my profile. Click Suiren's name to see.
Thanks for reading xo
