Death's Vampire

by AmbertheCat

Miku was a Vampire. Law was a Pirate Captain. Vampires were superior. Law was a Devil Fruit user. Law slowly learns more about his vampire while Miku slowly learns what makes the humans tic. Rated for Certain Situations.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - The Huntress

Red eyes watched the world around her as the bidding went about in the distance. The red eyes belonged to a girl with pure white hair that reached her waist. Around her neck was a bomb collar and on her wrists was a linked of sea stone cuffs. She sat calmly on the board in her cage with many sea stone chains keeping her in check, or so many think. When a guard came near her she flashed her fangs at him with a low animalistic growl escaping her throat. Seeing more come for her she came to the conclusion that it was her turn. With a cover over her cage she felt herself being wheeled out towards the place she could smell many different scents and can literally taste in the air many different blood types. Her fangs grew out at the thought seeing as the capturers starved her of blood while her eyes glowed bright red, carefully she was planning many deaths of those who thought they could sell her off.

"And now we have Item 24. A rare Item indeed! Item 24 - Miku! She is a wonder in the kitchen. Voice that is smooth as silk. Can keep the dirtiest of places clean! She has no need for sleep! Recovers fast! And has a diet of one thing: Blood. That's right ladies and gentlemen, we have a rare vampire for sale! Let's start the bidding at 50,000 Beli." she glared at the crowd as the cloth that covered her from their sights was moved away.

Many gasped as she watched them with hatred, but didn't fight from the sea stone, if anything the stone made it look like she was a devil fruit user type of vampire, only she wasn't. She cracked a fanged grin as she thought about how she was considered tamed by those humans, only for the grin to disappear a moment later. The only reason she didn't get away was because the lack of blood. Before she was captured she was already lacking in her food source. Looking over the crowd Miku saw one person in the back in the shadows. He had his face half way covered with a spotted white hat. He didn't seem interested in the bidding as he sat back there. His blood sang to her making her eyes shine in the dim lights…

"60,000!"

"75,000!"

Miku growled almost silently as her blood lust started to grow at how much blood had gathered in the room. But with the bomb collar she couldn't try to feed. If she could just get enough strength she could remove it herself but she couldn't. So she glared as she heard more bidding, nothing she could do on an empty stomach. Her thoughts seemed to get cluttered as she felt her hunger grow. Miku knew she would not last much longer if she didn't get some blood in her. Red eyes scanning the crowd for the blood type she preferred, only for her senses to mix together.

"90,000!"

"10,500,000!"

The bidding stopped which she looked up to see who had offered that much. Seeing most people in the crowd murmur but not offer anything to counter it, the dealer yelled SOLD and a name. "Sold to Trafalgar Law! For 10,500,000! Come backstage for your Item!"

Turning her red eyes to the one in the far back she saw she now held the eyes of the one whose blood sang to her. Miku could feel her mouth water as the guards came to wheel her back towards where she was stay until she was fully bought. Though as she was staring at the person who seemed to have bought her, her thoughts changed from blood hungry to how calm those steel eyes looked as they watched her.

Feeling herself get wheeled to the back to where the payments happen, Miku sat back as she waited for anything to give her a chance to get some blood in her. She knew that she could fight off her new owner. He was after all a lowly human. And if he thought she would roll over and bare her neck then he would be the first she would feed off of. Miku was brought out of her thoughts when an old man came forward with a set of keys. He seemed to exert a feeling of power and strength. Watching him like a hawk watched a snake, a predator watching her prey, only for him to smile a friendly grin at her. The friendly smile made her stop and blink as she regarded him with a curious and cautious stare.

Miku blinked as he unlocked her cage and gave her the key for the collar. Not one to look a gifted horse in the mouth, she immediately took off the one thing keeping her from feeding. Seeing that the old man helped her she crossed him of her list of people she would kill. Hearing gun fire, Miku followed a delicious smell. It could be one thing. Blood.

Seeing a few pirates fighting a lot of marines Miku thought about which she should feed off of. On one hand the pirates would put up more of a fight while the marines had more on their side which meant more blood for her to take. Making up her mind Miku tackled the closest marine, biting into his neck. Draining him of his blood as his scream was turned into gurgles. Screams came from a few marines who saw her attack one of their own.

"Monster! Kill her!" some pointed guns at her while some charged with swords. Dropping the dead marine she licked her bloodied lips as she defended herself. Randomly taking blood from some and straight up killing others.

"Damn bitch is brutal." a voice stated. Turning Miku saw a pirate with red hair. "Name's Kidd, Captain of the Kidd pirates. You got a crew bitch?"

Miku watched him before dodged an attack from a marine. Only to swing at his neck and with her brutal strength, knocked his head clean off. She didn't care the she was now showered in blood from that. Her ragged outfit that of those slave hunters had put her in was now soaked in blood, but she didn't care. Personally she preferred to be in red than any other color, it being the blood of her enemies made even sweeter to her lips. The only thing she wished to be clean of blood was her snow white hair, blood was a bitch to clean out of white hair... "No I don't got crew. And you wouldn't want a vampire on your crew or in tight enclosed spaces."

With a grin she licked some of the blood off her hand that she used to take the marines head off. Kidd grinned at her as she walked off to kill more. Seeing as she was about to pass Law, the man that tried to buy her, she glanced at him. Trying to figure out why a pirate captain would try to buy a vampire. Thinking a few second on it, it gave the person she was watching a chance to examine her. Law raised a look at her as her red eyes glowed from her feeding.

Miku blinked when she felt something stab through her. Law and Kidd seemed to be stunned as well for a moment, Miku however looked over her shoulder at the marine who held the sword. Pulling the blade out from behind her she turned and saw fear in the man's face. She grinned which made her fangs glistened in the light as she grabbed the man by the throat.

Miku could taste the fear rolling off of the man. But she has had her fill of blood, if her already healing wounds said anything. "Such a waste of perfectly fine blood…" She stated as she broke the man's neck.

Ignoring the two humans around her, Miku looked around a the bloodbath that were once called marines or in other words her prey. Seeing no reason to stay, she started towards the forest of the mangrove trees. "Vampire-ya where are you going?"

Turning to look Miku saw the Heart Pirate Captain smirking at her. With her bloodlust quenched, she had a more rational thought process even though the smell of the Heart Captain's blood was singing to her still like in the auction house. Things like what was she supposed to do now that she was listed as a slave entered her mind. And of course how was she supposed to get back to her island? Or more importantly, would she be allowed back on her island? "Going to go steal some clothes and sneak onto a ship." She stated. She felt no reason to lie as she turned back around to start walking away.

"Vampire-ya how bout you join my crew?"

"Fuck you Trafalgar, the bitch is joining mine!"

Red eyes blinked as she turned to the two pirate captains who seemed to be arguing over which crew she was to join. She thought for a moment on if it was a good idea for her to join a pirate crew in the first place and the dangers of being with humans. While she didn't have a bounty, she knew after her feeding off those marines would give her one. And with a bounty she wouldn't be allowed back on her island let alone in the waters that surrounded her home. So… why not join a pirate crew?

"Tell me about the living situation of your ship." Miku stated interrupting their talk.

"Fuck bitch, my Pirate crew is large. I've got a large ship and you can bring bitches onto it I won't care as long as they leave the following day."

Miku nodded and turned to Law with a raised look.

"I've got a sub, smaller crew and I'm a doctor."

Miku blinked at the limited information and she started to think. While the idea of a bigger crew was appealing since it meant more blood and then she could bring her food with her for the night with Kidd's option however… Law had a sub which mean she won't have to worry about the sun as much, even if she doesn't burn, it was uncomfortable. He was a doctor which means he would be able to heal any wounds she might have inflicted on the smaller crew if she made a mistake… "I've made my decision."

"I'll go with the Heart Pirates."

"Why that bastards?" Kidd whined.

"I prefer to be out of the sun for the greater part of the day." Miku stated simply.

"The fuck is that reason!" Kidd growled while Law smirked at the red haired pirate.

"And his blood sings to me." she stated with a fanged grin. This got the two pirates to look at her.

XXXXX

Miku walked with the Captain of the Heart Pirates towards the submarine, while she was told about it being a different type of ship. She was still shocked to see metal floating in the water. Seeing a white polar bear calling for her new captain and two other crew members though they were human were shouting and waving. Their human scent was pleasant at least and the talking bear made her realize he was a mink. Well, this will be interesting…

Her thoughts stopped as her new captain use a devil fruit to appear on the sub while she had to climb the ladder or something. He and his three crew members seemed to be watching her with curiosity. Sighing through her nose she took a few steps back, getting a raise look from her new captain and she took a running pace and from the edge of the land where the sub was in the deeper waters, she jumped and landed on the railing. The two humans jumped surprised at her sudden appearance on the sub while the mink blinked as he smelled the air. She heard clinking as she realized that she still wore the sea stone cuffs and chains on her person. So she held them in her hands and crushed them and threw them overboard.

Turning back to her new crew she lightly stepped off the railing as she looked around what would be her new home until she saw fit to leave. "Wow! Who are you?!" the duo humans asked.

"...Miku."

"Such a beautiful name!" the one in a pom pom hat said. She raised a look at him. Flattery? Was he trying to get something from her? Did he have a death wish? Was all human males like these two? She ignored most of they said as she followed her new captain with her eyes before he moved to the door they presumed led deeper into the sub.

"Miku why are you covered in blood? Are you hurt?" she didn't deem them with an answer as she followed her new captain into the sub with the mink looking at her from the corner of his eyes. She didn't mind the stares she got from the crew at her current state. With a full stomach she felt completely calm in the metal ship as her new captain lead her to a medical area.

It slightly confused Miku as she was told to sit. As she sat her captain took out a clipboard and started asking her a question on her full name and for her to take off the blood drenched sack she wore. For a moment she said nothing as she watched her captain.

"Vampire-ya it would be best if you did as I asked."

Miku sighed. "My name is Miku Darain Familia." she stated giving her full name as she took off the red rag, leaving her in underwear that the humans in the auction house left her to wear. Her new captain looked over her for injuries and she didn't say anything as he went to the corner and grabbed a paper gown. He was shocked to see even the stab wound was gone. She looked at the paper gown as he held it out for her to put on. Sighing she figured her new captain wouldn't like it if she was walking around covered in blood.

Law noticed that somehow she didn't get blood stained on her red and black undergarments though he didn't stare for long as he told her to sit on the examine table. He went about asking her questions for the files he keeps on his crew.

"Age?"

"159."

Her captain looked up with a raised eyebrow. Miku sighed, her thought consisting of how humans were too curious for their own good. "We vampires have longer life spans. In human years I'm 159 but for vampires we don't age much from when we are fully matured, which differs per vampire. So I fully matured at the human years of 24 but I've been 'living' since then."

"Interesting…" her new captain looked at her with an odd look. "Allergies?"

"None."

"Not even garlic?" he asked. She could see he was thinking about the make believe about her kind as if it was actual facts on her kind.

"That's just make believe humans give vampires to make them think they have a way to fight against us." Miku smirked. Law seemed to think as he was amused at her for some reason.

"What about stakes and crosses?" Law asked interested.

"Crosses don't bother me at all, same for most vampires. However stakes, who wouldn't die from a stake to the heart?" She shrugged, even though being staked to the heart wouldn't kill her right away; she left it as is. "The only thing is being fast and strong enough to catch us off guard." Because that was true. She wouldn't lower her guard just because she was now a member of a pirate ship.

"And sunlight?"

"Myth, we just prefer the moon more than the sun. As we are more nocturnal."

"Sleeping in coffins?"

"Not all of us like it but some do. Though we don't often feel the need to sleep, if only for a few hours a night or day depending on where we are." she grinned before saying something else. "Though that announcer from the auction house didn't listen, we vampires do sleep a little bit."

"Any breaks to your bones?" He stated after a moment and then got back on track with his log for his new member.

"None."

"Height and Weight?"

"I'm 5'6 and I weigh around 115lbs."

"Blood Type?"

"O."

He continued to ask Miku the questions as he wrote them down before asked about sickness. "Any past illnesses?"

"I've had none other than a passing flu that was spread to us from when we fed off of a sick human."

"Alright. Skills?"

Miku thought about her skill set and wondered if she would be put into fighting other humans. "I'm pretty good at hand to hand with my brute strength, as a vampire I have enhanced senses, and I'm pretty good with many weapons. Though not a master at them."

"So a jack of all trades?"

"You can say that. I'm a decent cook and given I don't sleep often I can put more work into cleaning or other activities." Miku stated as she pulled a strand of her long white hair to look at the blood that stained a bit of it. Law saw the frown as she regarded the pink parts of her hair. "I have say I'm interested in learning what I could do on this sub with your crew."

"Eager to help?" Law smirked as he wrote down what she said.

"Not really to help but more along the lines of learning something new."

Law nodded as she seemed to being only interested in helping for her own benefit. Hearing a knock at the metal door Law called for them to enter. Miku turned her attention to the polar bear that seemed to enter. He watched her as he spoke to their captain.

"We are behind on supplies for the cooks to cook a full meal for our trip to the next island. We'll have to head back into Sabaody." the bear spoke. Miku kept her eyes on him, ever so silent as she watched him with interest. Law seemed to noticed her interest but said nothing on it.

"Didn't we just fill the supplies at the last run we did before we went to the auction house." Law questioned.

"We didn't have an extra mouth to feed captain." The bear frowned.

"Don't worry about me." Miku stated which got the attention of the bear and her captain. "I can last until we get to the next island to get my food. We'll just have to have the crew and everyone else be careful around me."

"Miku-ya, I don't want my crew to go hungry so you skipping meals for a week isn't acceptable." Law stated in a stern voice which Miku grinned at him as she leaned on her hands.

"You forget about my diet. I'm a blood drinker, as some humans call my kind parasites. Human food has no nutrients for me." They both blinked at her which she sighed. "I won't attack your crew Captain but close to the end of the week it would be best to keep the crew away from me so no...accidents...happens on mine or their parts."

Law remained silent as he regarded his new subordinates words. His first mate though seemed to watch her a lot, which he sent a questioning glance at the bear. The bear then apologized with his head down. Miku then took to standing now which Law looked back at her. "Permission to head back to the island for some errands?"

"What would you be getting?" Law asked though he had an idea, being her to pick up something similar to her personal effect from the auction house.

"I'm getting my clothes that I had before I was taken into the auction house and some blood bags from the hospital they have there. Since you don't like the idea of me fasting I'll have to get something to keep me full until I find a more stable source."

"Very well. Bepo call for Shachi and Penguin." Law stated as he went over to the counter and started to put away supplies that got place there earlier.

"Yes sir." Bepo, as she learned was the minks name left the room to fetch the two humans he spoke of.

Miku kept silent as she waited for her new captain to say something, possibly continue his questioning on her kind or something. But he didn't. So when the knock came Miku smelled the air and sensed it was the two humans he called for. Seeing the two humans from before enter the room her captain spoke without looking up from his papers on what he logged for her file. "You'll be accompanying Miku-ya back on the island for some things. Be back before dark."

"Aye captain." They said together, Miku sighed. It would seem her new captain didn't trust her to go alone. While it was insulting she did understand he thought she would either run or something due to not really caring for the idea of being in a pirate crew. Walking over she saw the bear Bepo hand the two humans what she could only assume was the budget for her stuff she was going to get. To be honest she wasn't planning on 'buying' anything so the money thing wasn't her concern. If it came down to it she guessed she could spend money on her things.

She looked down at her paper gown. It covered her well so she didn't have to worry about being exposed as she walked towards the auction house. Following the two humans as they lead her back to the deck. They seemed to have had a plank there that she didn't see before when they first arrived back at the sub earlier. One of the humans kept looking back at her, he had a hat with the words Penguin on the front. "So I'm Penguin and that's Shachi."

Miku nodded in response. They kept looking at her as she walked with them.

"Do you want us pick up something for you to wear while you get cleaned up?" Sachi asked, Miku raised a look at him but frowned when she could smell the hormones on the two humans.

"No I'll grab my personal effect from the auction house and then go to the bath house." She stated as she walked into the town, she ignored the looks she was given as she walked past. Some kids pointed at her but their families ushered them away from their view. It made Miku smile to herself as she saw the obvious fear in the humans eyes. Entering the destroyed auction house she went about to grabbed her pervious outfit she had before she was forced into the sack she wore at the time. Seeing it was together it made it a quick trip as she walked with the two humans following her as she walked to a bathhouse. Seeing the people look at her in fear, she waved at Shachi who paid for her to use one of the baths. They tried to sound tough and refuse to let her use their services. In of which before Penguin and Shachi could voice about it she walked over to the manager.

"It would be best if you let me wash up before I start to get the idea that this room could use some more red colors."

He paled as she walked past him towards the woman's selection before she turned a little to face him. "And if you call for marines I'll know. And you'll be dead before they arrive." Seeing she scared him enough for her to bath as long as she would please she entered the bath house. Going about to wash herself to be rid of the smell of blood of the marines from earlier that day she took to washing her white hair. It took her almost an hour but she got her hair back to its pristine white color with the water washing clear now. Setting to getting dry, she got dressed into her red and and black outfit carefully locking the brown buckles. Pulling her long white hair into a ponytail she kept most of it out of her face. Slipping on her shin high brown boots she locked more of the buckles. Turning around in her outfit she seemed happy everything moved the way they should. Walking out she saw that her two babysitters were waiting for her at the front door while the manager seemed to disappear somewhere. It didn't bother her now that she was clean.

"Where to now Miku-chan?" Sachi asked as he and Penguin noticed her walked off in a different direction from the sub. "We can go get you some clothes if you need them."

Miku sighed as it seemed her babysitters seemed insistent on having her buy some clothes. Taking the money they held out she walked to the Groves that had clothing stores. Buying a few shirts that went with fire orange to dark red and black jeans, some undergarments and bathing supplies. Satisfied with what she had she handed the remainder of the money to the human with red hair. Shachi she recalled, as Penguin followed her as she walked off again without saying where she was going. "Where are you going now?"

"Hospital."

"Why the sub has everything you'll ever need." Shachi stated. It made Miku blink as she turned to them.

"You don't know?" She asked slowly and seeing their confused looks she sighed. Of course she had literally join the crew less than a few hours ago so they wouldn't know her race. Turning back around she continued letting the humans follow her if they so desired. "I'm a vampire. I need blood bags for the time we're out to sea."

Hearing the two humans tripped and gaped at her she sighed as she continued on without stopping for them to process what she told them. After a while she heard them start to follow her again though at a farther away pace. Sighing Miku entered the hospital to see the nurses and doctors dealing with the rush of bodies that was left from her fight earlier. Now as she looked around for someone, she smelled a scent that reminded her of home.

Turning to the scent she saw a female vampire working the bodies to the morgue. Seeing as she caught the vampires smell as well they locked eyes as she waved over a nurse and pointed at her. The nurse frowned before leaving to the freezer in the back. She came back with a cooler, left it with her and turn and left without saying anything. Miku locked eyes with the vampire she had smelled the scent of and nodded, which the nurse vampire nodded back. Due to the hectic atmosphere no one noticed the exchange except the two humans who followed her in. Taking the handle of the cooler she walked out without even opening it as she left the hospital to head back towards the submarine.

The walk was silent for Miku as she kept a head of the two humans who seemed confused from the exchange and were still wary of her. Walking with the cooler towards the place the crew docked the submarine Miku looked over her shoulder at her two human crewmates. "Scared of me now?"

They both flinched. "N-no."

Miku sighed as she stopped at the cliff where the board was for the submarine. "Have I done anything to warrant you being scared of me?"

They both stopped and looked at each other. "Not really, we've only seen you covered in blood and know the stories of vampires." Shachi stated as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well I was covered in blood because I was starved by the auction house and there was marines nearby. As long as I have my blood supply you have nothing to worry about from me." Miku stated as she took to picking up her cooler to her shoulder and taking it onto the sub. With it on her shoulders she left the two humans to follow her onto the sub.

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Sitting in the mess hall Miku held onto the cooler and she set it down near the fridge, ignoring all the looks from the crew members. Soon she smelled the air, her captain was nearby but not coming closer. Confused she let it be as she heard the humans talk about her being on the ship.

"Aren't women on ships dangerous?"

"The captain recruited her so he knows what he's doing."

"Does anyone know whose blood was over her when she first came on the ship?"

"From what Shachi said it was the blood of marines."

"But for a woman that small to have that much blood on her?"

"Penguin said she called herself a vampire?"

"That can't be true. Vampires are myth."

Miku sighed as she left the kitchen area and walked over to the tables. There was a reason her captain chose her to join his crew, while it was because she was a vampire or not she knew she didn't really have a choice. She has no real other way off the island besides the Captain of Kidd Pirates or this one. While she knew she didn't care for pirates, she didn't care for marines either. She was only glad that the Celestial Dragons weren't there in the auction house when she was on the stage.

Hearing the captain walk closer and enter the mess hall she turned to him to watch him, to see if she had made the right decision. While she didn't really care if she was on a pirate ship she knew that her home would not let her back in its waters or at least not try to take her head if was found in the borders.

"Miku-ya you get the things you needed?"

"A few clothes to last me till I need more and some blood bags til the next island." She nodded as she motioned towards the cooler in the kitchen.

"It would be best for the cooler be put in a better place than the kitchen. You can store them in the medical bays cooler." Law stated as he motioned for her to take them out of the kitchen.

"Whatever you say." She sighed as she got up to take her food source to the new destination. She could heard the crew members asking about her when she left and then her captain explaining how she was a new member whether that they liked it or not. Re-entering the mess hall she saw that her captain was still in the room. "Do I have a set room or am I sleeping in the storage areas?"

When she was first taken by the slave hunters she was placed in the storage areas in a crate away from other slaves. So she didn't seem to think that her captain would do it differently. So when he pointed out a room on the map of the ship near the wall to the hall and stated it would be her room, she blinked stunned. "I'll have an actual room?"

"What, did you expect the captain to put you in a cage?" a crew member laughed causing a few to chuckle.

"To be honest? Yes." the laughter stopped and even her captain was looking at her.

"Miku-ya for the first few weeks you'll be helping out wherever help is needed to learn where you will be stationed." Law stated as he got over the fact of her willingness to sleep in a cage if he said for her to. She nodded as she walked over to the map, looking at it closely. This got a few crew members to look at her.

"What are you doing Miku-chan?" Penguin asked as he couldn't understand why she was staring at the floor plan.

"Memorizing the floor plan." Was all she said which got a few to look at her weirdly as she then went to sit near her captain.

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It was a few weeks out to sea and Miku had learned a few things about the crew and her new captain. The two humans she had babysit her, Shachi and Penguin were perverts, more so than the rest of the crew from what she could tell. And her new captain hated being ordered around. How she learned these fact she'll think about later. Right now Miku was sitting in her room that was given to her, it was next to the medical bay and the captain's chambers. Her red eyes looking at the opened cooler in front of her. She had used her last blood bag the previous night. It was taking them longer to get to the next island with a hospital so she could fill her supply. "This is not good…"

It was late into the evening and she had to soon figure out what she was going to do about her shortage. She could use sea animals but they weren't as good as human blood. Nor as filling for her as human blood. Sighing she knew she could last about a week to a month without feeding and she would own up to her promise to the captain about not feeding on the crew members.

Speaking of crew members, she had explained to them about her race and her promise to not feed off them and after a few days they opened up to her and they weren't that bad for being humans. Normally she wouldn't put up with much from humans and kill those who bothered her, but these crew seemed to catch her interest and the two humans who often babysit her when she goes onto the islands in search for hospitals were actually pretty cool to hang around.

They seemed to like she was interested in the ways of Navigation and Mechanics of the ship. The cooks liked her input on some dishes. The cleaning crew liked that they had an extra hand that could take a lot off their hands while her Captain liked her willingness to learn medical practices and how she soaked up all she was doing around the submarine like sponge. Though she saw how they all felt about her while she was starting to like the crew, the crew was still getting used to having a vampire on their ship.

Jumping when she silently snuck up on them. Being careful to not bleed around her, though she doesn't say this but she can smell the blood from the other end of the ship. Sometimes they talk about her when they think she can't hear. Over all the information they spout didn't make her want to leave the sub but instead she was starting to look at this crew as a family.

Falling back onto her bed she thought about her family back at the vampire island. Did they miss her? Did they see her in the newspaper from a week ago? Did they hate her for getting caught? Did the council ban her from ever setting foot back on the waters around her home island? Did her siblings miss her? How was the situation on her island since she was taken from her home?

"Dinner's done." came from the pipes. She knew if she tried to skip out of going to the mess hall not only would her captain know something was up but so would the crew members. Withdrawing herself from the bed she closed the cooler and headed towards to the mess hall. Entering room she walked and sat further away from the crew members, Law noticed something was odd about his newest crew member but said nothing since she didn't look injured or hungry so he just chalked it up to her needed space.

The crew members noticed her shying away from them but said nothing when the captain didn't do anything as well. Miku listened to the chatter in the room as she waited for a right time to leave to escape to the room she was assigned. As she listened she felt something odd happen. The smell of more blood came to her nose, but she looked around it wasn't coming from the crew or the captain…

Then the cabin rocked as the sounds of cannonballs filled the air. Sounds of panic as Law grabbed his sword and bolted up and out of the room. Miku was fast on his heels as she realized it was human blood she smelled. Stepping out into the open air with Law she saw a pirate ship coming up close up on them. Miku frowned, how was it that they didn't noticed them coming up upon them?

With the cannon fire making the water splash around her and her captain. Soon other crew members caught up and Bepo moved his way up front. Miku looked at the bear as he stood in front of her. She didn't know if he was trying to block her from view or if he was just trying to get on her nerves. But right now wasn't the best idea to think about it.

Miku cracked a fanged grin as she saw pirates running around their ship as they fought with her crew member and her captain. She was standing behind Bepo but she could feel her bloodlust building up from not feeding all day. But it wasn't as bad from when she was starve for a long time when she was held as a slave. For some reason everytime she tried to get by the bear he stopped her. He'd apologize but not let her through to fight.

Soon the fight was over and the ship and members of the opposing ship where sinking in the ocean. Miku frowned as she watched what could have been her meal sink and fall away from her. But she didn't say anything since it obvious that it was their captains decision for her to not fight. It confused her as to why he didn't let her fight since Bepo wouldn't have stopped her without it being an order. When the captain started to walk towards her he motioned for her to follow him.

Ever silent she followed him to the medical bay.

"Miku-ya where's your cooler?"

"It's empty so I moved it to my room so when we reach the next island I can take it to be refilled."

He blinked.

"So why ask Bepo to keep me from fighting." Miku asked confused.

"I was testing you."

Miku was confused as she thought about it. Voicing her confusion her captain, he smirked. "I was testing to see if you can follow silent orders. I had asked Bepo to keep an eye on you during the first fight we get into."

Miku frowned. "That fight could have given me some spare blood."

Law took to thinking as he nodded. "The next battle you can feed off of the prisoners we take."

Miku nodded as she tried to think of anything to get blood in her at the current time. "Miku-ya what happens to the human body when you feed off them?"

Miku blinked as she leaned back on the metal wall behind her. "I can make hurt or I can make it pleasurable."

Law nodded as he waited for her to elaborate her words. "I can make the feeding feel like you're being ripped apart or I can make it feel you're having the best intimate activity you've ever felt. When I bite it releases a pheromone in the body that makes you feel really good or feel like you're going to die. Though sometimes there are other effects."

Law looked like he had a question but didn't know how to ask. Miku decided she was done with sitting in the medical bay and so she cocked her head to the side. "Anything else captain?"

"No. You may go you."

Nodding Miku left. But with her thoughts went back to the fact he had a silent order for her during the first fight she encountered with the crew.

-XxX-

It was a smooth sailing from the point of where they fought that last pirates and Miku was slowly losing her sanity as she went longer without feeding. Miku bit her lip as she sat alone in the lunchroom. Her crew members didn't seem to realize she was now going on 2 weeks without feeding. It wasn't bad as when she was starved for months but her captain knew and would check on her. She felt stressed as they had yet to find another island like the log pose stated.

She knew she would snap if she even got a single whiff of blood in the close quarters of the submarine. Regardless she would feed off of sea creatures if she had to. Seeing she stayed in the lunchroom long enough she made her way to see if there was something she would do to keep her mind off the blood that surrounded her. Entering the Rec. Room she saw a crew member fiddling with a violin. She was about to turn and leave when the crew member called out to her.

"Hey Miku-chan."

"Hello. You're not going to lunch?" she asked keeping her eyes on his face and avoided looking at his neck, where she could see the veins pulsing with blood.

"Nah just trying to fix this violin we got from that ship last week. Thought it might sell for a pretty penny. And I thought I'd see if anyone knew how to play it."

"Hmm...do you mind?" Miku asked as she walked over with her hand out. The member looked at her shocked.

"You play? Didn't think you were the type."

Miku smiled at the younger crewmate. "I'm a jack of all trades. Let's see if my skills are at all rusted." Looking over the violin Miku thought about what song she knew the most. Playing Senbonzakura she got lost in her music she didn't realize she left the door to the Rec Room open. Playing the song filled her with the familiar feeling of being back home on her island and when she would play for her family and friends.

Keeping still as she could since the Rec Room didn't have room for the dances that went with the song Miku smiled as she played. Her thoughts of hunger disappearing as she focused on the violin. As she finished the song she lowered the violin from her person and heard the sounds of many heart beats followed by cheers. The cheering took her by surprise as she turned to her Captain and the crew gathered around the doorway. Shifting a little she felt her hunger return with how much warm blood had gathered in her playing.

"That was amazing!"

"You should play more often!"

"Do you know any other instruments?"

"Was there a dance to that song?"

Miku kept her eyes on her capitan, not really sure what he would say about her newly revealed skill. He seemed to have sensed her inner turmoil and he grinned. "Nicely done."

With that Miku released a breathe she didn't even realize she was holding. Nodding she smiled a little when crew members entered and started to request songs for her play on the violin or to hear more of her playing. Thankfully Miku felt relaxed when she plays so she was able to ignore her hunger more as she played for her crew.

-XxX-

Miku was standing in the control room watching the crew go about the mass panic as they waited for the captain to come and give orders. When the door opened Miku turned to see the captain enter with a unhappy frown on his face as he regarded Bepo who was still in a panic. Hearing how it was marines that was following them and was pulling up besides them Law motioned for her to follow them. "I want you to stay out of this fight, I'll take some marines for your blood supply."

Raising an eyebrow she followed after her captain, sticking to the shadows as she waited to see what would happen. It was silent between them as the crew readied for the attack. Miku wasn't shocked when the submarine rocked under her feet as the marine ship shot at them. Exiting the sub Miku saw that the Commander of the marine ship was already looking down on them.

Miku ignored the fighting of her crewmates as she stuck close to her captain, he had yet to order her go away and hide in the sub which she was glad with what happened next. Somehow the crew got cornered and Bepo was bleeding on the floor. Miku could feel the anger in her captain when he saw this. Miku then focused on the man fighting her captain as she kept silent.

"Captain Law we only want the Monster you took. It's a monster and must be destroyed." He said as if he would be doing her crew a favor by killing her. She frowned. Her captain would surely give her up in order to save his crew and himself. It was a no brainer, but what happened stunned her.

Her crewmates shouted for the marines to go to hell.

Her captain refused to sell her back to the marines.

"I see you'll try to save that monster, and if you won't let me have it then I'll go through you to get to it."

Seeing the sea stone gun being pointed at a downed Law, Miku felt something snap in her. Later she would blame it on her hunger but when she saw her Captain in the firing range of a very dangerous weapon she knew she had to act. Jumping over the crew member who hid her the most, the startled shock of the humans made them forget their focus as she tore into a human in white and blue,

It was shocking for the Heart Pirates to see their newest member literally rip apart human after human with her bare hands that got too close to her. Her hands dripping in blood as she ripped apart those unlucky enough to be near her. Her eyes, glowing red laid locked on the man standing over their captain. "I see the monster has come out." The Admiral stated with a grin, his gun still pointed at her captain. "I'd be more than happy to leave your….crew alive if you come willingly."

Miku knew it was a lie.

Deep down she knew the moment she took a step on that ship they would sink her crews sub. But she had to get the human to think she was going to comply so she could get close enough to take him out. So she stood out of her stance, dropping the bloody dead human from her hands and walked forward. "You'll let them leave, alive…" she asked carefully.

She could hear her crewmates complain, which made her want to smile at how they seemed to care for her in response to leaving them despite her revealing how deadly she really was. She locked eyes onto her captain, he was glaring at her. He didn't seem to know what she was doing and she had no time to explain her plan. When Law moved a single inch the Admiral shot his leg with a sea stone bullet. Miku bared her fangs at the human who dared to cross her. "Can't have him setting up his devil fruit abilities. You throw him over." the man pointed towards one of the still living marines.

"You agreed to him being alive." Miku hissed as she saw her crewmates panic when their captain was being dragged to be tossed over.

"He was going to fight against me. Now let's go monster."

"Captain!" The crewmates called out as she watched in slow motion for the human roughly handle her captain. A loud and animalistic growl escaped her, which shocked many as she rushed forward. The Admiral grinned at her and shot the sea stone into her stomach. But it did nothing to stop her or slow her down, which gave the marines a look of shock. Which she used to her advantage as she ripped out his heart, throwing it onto the floor of the sub. Then she immediately turned on her axis towards the human who just literally dropped her captain overboard.

Without missing a beat she took off running and jumped after her captain into the freezing cold sea water. She saw her captain go limp in the water and start to sink, he was watching her. Swimming after him she grabbed him and pulled him to her form. The look of shock was on his face as she placed her mouth on his, he seemed to take the air she was giving him as she swam them up to the surface. Climbing onto the ship she saw that the crew had gotten rid of the remaining marines and were worried over their captain. Bepo had gotten his paw wrapped as he made his way over, he was about to panic again when she dropped their captain onto the ground.

Many frowned when they said that their captain might not make it, but some shouted in surprise when Miku dug out the sea stone bullet from his leg. She examined his wound and saw it was just a flesh wound, nothing was hurt and he would just need a few days of rest before he would be back on his feet. Standing and slowly taking steps away as she gave her input she move away from the crew and her still bleeding captain she reached into her stomach, using the pain and the task of taking out her own bullet as a distraction as the crew took the captain into his room. Feeling the wound slowly heal, Miku knew…

She knew she needed blood and fast. Turning to the deck she frowned as she saw the last of those humans get thrown overboard. So much for her blood supply… She thought. Her thoughts then turned dark as she wondered if her crew was trying to starve her like the slave hunters. This would have been the second time she lost her chance to eat. Walking away from the crew who gathered around the captain in the medical bay, she entered her room, locking the door behind her. The smell of blood was fresh to her senses, making her fangs extend.

Putting a hand to where she was shot she felt the wound still healing as she looked at the blood on her hand. It was dark in her room and smell of copper filled the air as she tried to stop the bleeding. Her fangs lengthened from her hunger as her eyes shined in the darkness. Her breathe coming into short pants as her last of her healing took place, shifting to the darkest and farthest away from the door. She waited for her captain to come and find her.

-XxX-

Law blinked when he saw Bepo standing over him. After getting the run down of what happened after he was shot with a sea stone bullet, he immediately felt anger at his newest crewmate. She was going to turn herself in. She ignored his orders to stay away from that fight, while he knew she saved him from drowning he could only blame himself for going into shock when he was shot. Checking his wound he saw it was properly taken care of, he immediately went to talk to his newest recruit. Stopping in front of her bedroom he tried the door, it was locked. Which meant she was inside. Knocking he waited for an answer only with the sounds of foot fall towards the door and the sounds of the door being unlocked and foot fall away from the door back to somewhere in the room. Law frowned as he entered, he was met with a sight in the darkness.

Red eyes staring at him from the darkness, her pale skin seemed to glow from the light in the hallway, her breathing was staggered. He frowned when he realized she must not have gotten blood from those marines, he looked her over as he turned on the bedroom light. She was still in her white shirt from before, and was covered in blood. 'Just like the first time she join…'

He stopped that thought as he saw she was holding her nose closed. 'She's trying to keep her promise about attacking me for blood…'

"You disobeyed my order about staying out of that fight." He stated as he lean against the metal wall near the door.

"I only disobeyed when I saw you in a bad situation." She stated, her voice was stuffy from the time she spent holding her nose. "It didn't look like a good situation so I had to act fast to get you and the crew out of it."

"By turning yourself in?" he stated with narrowed eyes.

"I never planned on actually turning myself in. But I needed the marine to think I was going through with that thought so I could get close enough without him shooting you or any of the crew members."

"Don't do it again." He sighed as he leaned forward a bit.

"Not planning on it captain."

"You didn't get any blood since taking out those marines did you?" Law sighed.

"No, and it's starting to become dangerous. Two weeks for a normal vampire is starting to push the issue. Third week would be difficult but come around the fourth week of not feeding would lead to me attacking anything with blood. Since there's nothing that can restrain me here, you're all sitting ducks if it comes to that. But I survived two months so I'll just have to exercise the same restraint."

"Hmm."

"I'll have to distance myself from the crew at this rate. For everyone's safety."

"Let's head down to the lunchroom. We need to make this known to the crew. But get changed." And without another word he went into the hall.

Miku looked down at her white shirt that was stained red in some places. Her mouth turning into a frown as she realized she might have blood in her white hair. Looking into the small mirror she saw it was small amount of it was in her hair. Most of it was on her shirt and pants. So she changed out of them and set them to be either burned or cleaned before changing into a whole new set of clothes. Pulling her hair back into her normal hairstyle of a ponytail she walked out after her captain.

-xXx-

The crew looked around as the newbee and their captain appeared in the lunchroom. The captain had called a meeting and most of them had a few questions for their resident vampire. Sure they heard how she can tear apart her enemies but seeing it was an eye opener. The images of a small girl being able to tear full grown men apart like it was paper was scary. But still they said nothing as the captain sat down at his usual table while Miku went to the furthest place away from them as possible.

"Until we can get some blood supply, you all need to keep your distance from Miku-ya."

"Can we know why?" a younger crew member asked, he liked the vampire. She always came to help him with cleaning the boiler room. Like clockwork, she seemed to somewhere helping the crew.

"Lack of blood." she stated as she focused her red eyes to the ceiling.

"What?"

"Miku-ya's lacking in blood from running out last week. She requested everyone try to keep a distance till she gets her hands on some more of her supplies."

Miku felt eyes on her so she sighed. "I'd rather not attack any member of this crew." Her eyes closed and she started to hold her nose closed again.

"So Miku-chan, why didn't tell us you need blood? We could have saved some pirates or marines from the past fights this past two weeks." Penguin asked.

Miku sighed. "I survived starved of blood for two months before it gets bad or life threatening. We should hit a town that has a hospital before then. Or at least that was I hoping for and you all not finding out."

"And why is that Miku-ya?"

"If you all thought I was fully fed then you would see no reason to be wary of me, but now that you know…"

"Still, Miku-chan."

"Nonetheless, now you all have a reason to be wary of me." Miku stated as if that information didn't bother her. But her tense shoulders show her true feelings on the matter. She refused to meet anyone's look of shock and even the captains gaze.

It was silent for a moment as Miku let go of her nose, crossing her arms and narrowed her eyes as she watched the ceiling, her hands tightening on her arms as she stood back. Her eyes were a mix of a dull red and glowing. Showing her lack of blood and her hunger. She sighed as she pushed herself off the wall and walked the area around the crew to the door that went to the hallways. "I think I'll go shower. That marines blood stinks."

"Very well Miku-ya." Law stated as he watched her leave, once she entered the hall, he waited a few minutes before addressing his crew. "In regards to Miku-ya try to keep yourselves from being alone with her, have someone with you at all times when she's in the room."

"What will that do? She can literally tear apart us with just her hands. Hows a second set of eyes going to stop her if she attacks one of us?" an older crew member asked.

"Miku-ya will less likely attack if there are more of you in one room. Needless to say don't injure yourself until we get some blood into her."

"What if we donate some blood to her?" Shachi asked.

"I'm not so sure I want her drinking from me…" A crew member stated. A few voice in agreement causing Penguin and Shachi to voice in disagreement.

"You don't have to have her drink directly from your neck!" Shachi stated.

"Yeah we got the equipment for her to get bags of blood. Think of it as if we were giving a blood donation." Penguin stated.

"We'll do that if we don't get to a town with a hospital within the next few days. I already don't like she's starved for two weeks. But so far she seems like she is in control. However don't push her. We have yet figured out how to deal with her if she turns on us."

"True, stories say vampires burn in the sun and such. But it seems that's all myths because she was out in the sun a lot these past few times. She has to have some weakness." a crew member stated.

It was silent for a moment before a sound of a violin came to their ears. They smiled and relaxed at the tune.

-XxX-

It was the following day from the meeting and Miku was sitting in the lunchroom watching the cooks move about. Everyone seemed to have gathered in the lunchroom, even her captain sat at the table reading the paper. But she was forbidden to help the cooks since it could lead to something bad. She frowned at that thought. 'They're scared of me…'

While she was used to others, be it humans, other vampires or other creatures, she knew everyone would fear her. She just wished she could have saved some of her blood supply so they wouldn't be worried about her. And not for her health but for their own safety. Standing she saw a few cooks and other crew members flinch as she walked over to the door. If she wasn't needed then she might as well head somewhere else and do something. But before she left the room a smell caught her attention.

"Shit." a cook stated as he held his hand. Before they could blink they felt a dark pressure near them, turning they saw Miku, just standing there by the door, eyes glowing red, locked on the red substance that was flowing out of the injured cooks' hand. The dark hungry look shocked them all as she stayed still. Everyone held their breath as they saw her fangs extend, Law frowned. This is what he wanted to avoid. And he had no idea on if he would be enough to keep his vampire under control. But before he opened his room she saw her move so fast, towards the smell.

He cursed and immediately set up his room and stood up, many crew members started to get up as well. The injured cook simply paled as he saw red eyes stop in front of him, but those eyes weren't on him but the blood coming from the wound. Law tried to warp Miku away but everytime she would move away from his barrier of the room. Growling he started to push his room bigger when he saw Miku reach for the cook.

What happened next stunned everyone, the cook swung the knife he had into her hand, it imbedded into her outstretched skin. She blinked and looked down at the wound and then at the cook who was backed against a wall. The dark look disappearing only to be replaced with shock. Slowly she took out the knife, dropping it and stepped away from the frightened cook. Law's eyes widen as he saw the look of horror on her face. Before he could speak she bit down onto her own hand where the blood was coming from. Law and everyone flinched at the fangs they saw and how painful that bite looked. Her shoulders were tense as she continued to step away. Slowly shaking she disappeared from view, many members jumped at her disappearance and started to look around the room. Only to see the door to the hallway slowly closing. Law frowned as he lowered his room.

Walking over he saw it just a small cut on the finger that was all. He frowned at how a small bit of blood caused such a strong reaction out of the vampire crewmate. Picking up the bloodied knife and setting it in the sink he turned to his crew. "Stay in groups of three, I'm going to find Miku-ya and give a blood donation. Stay away from her for now."

"But Captain, what if she turns on you?"

"She won't." And with that he walked out of the lunchroom to find his vampire.

-XxX-

After awhile Law entered the room where Miku stayed. He checked in all the big places, but she wasn't there. Entering the bedroom Law saw Miku standing near the porthole, her hand lazily wrapped. Law took noticed that she used her skills and the time under him when she helped out with the medical bay to take care of her wound, though the bloody gauze seemed to make him think she didn't really care for healing her wound. Closing the door behind him he walked further into the room.

"Am I to be punished captain?"

He stopped moving as he passed her desk, thinking about it he felt like he couldn't blame her for her reaction to the blood seeing as she was starved. Sighing he leaned up against the desk looking at the papers on it. It was music sheets with written notes. "So far I haven't thought of a good punishment for you. But no you aren't going to be punished this time."

"Is that so. Well then Captain, what do you need of me."

"I've come to give you some donated blood. Seeing as the crew is on the fence about it I'll be donating mine first."

Miku seemed to stop breathing as she turned to face her captain, her eyes glowing red in the dark room. She took a hesitant step forward. "You're...willing to donate to a monster?" her eyes were on his as she took a few more steps. He narrowed his eyes a little at her wording of how she thought of herself.

"I'm willing to donate to help my crew. Now come over here."

Miku seemed to have stopped her approach at that. Her eyes wide. "You do realize if I take blood from you, I might not be able to stop."

Law's eyes narrowed even further at her words. "Nonsense, I know you won't hurt me."

"Captain really think about this before you donate to me…"

Her red eyes lowered from his towards his neck and then the hand he held out for her to take. Her injured hand slowly clenched as she walked closer. Slowly he took her hand and pulled her close, putting a hand on soft white hair and pushed her face to his neck. "This is an order from your captain. Drink."

He could feel her warm breath on his skin as she slowly opened her mouth. Carefully sinking her fangs into his neck, he could feel something stirring in him. 'Was this what she meant when she said she could make it hurt or feel pleasurable?'

As she drank, he felt his own pants mixing with hers, a moan was trying to make its way to his throat. The more she drank the more he felt like he was high and yet grounded at the same time. When she pulled away slightly Law felt his body heat up as she licked the wound clean to spare blood, a shudder went down his spine that he hoped she wouldn't notice. Finally she pulled away to look at his eyes. He could see the red in her eyes was bright and glowing as she stared at him. "I have to say something about your blood."

"Hmm?" He asked, his voice not fully working at this point.

"It's better than anything I've ever tasted." Finally she left his arms and stepped away, carefully pulled the gauze away from her hand to show the wound healed. Law smirked at that, seeing her healing pick back up made him feel better for some reason. "I take it I'll never get to taste it again…" she sighed as she went to throw away the medical wrap.

"You never know." She looked at him shocked. "You won't know which blood pack you'll get at the end of the day." Law smirked at his vampire subordinate stunned face before she started so smile softly.

Her fingers pulled at her hair as she stood there. "Well then captain, shall I lend my assistance in getting the blood donations?"

"Sure. Let's go."

-XxX-

It was a couple of days, almost a week since that kitchen incident and when Law let Miku drink from him straight, and now his body gets hot every time Miku stands near him after the first few days. Law frowned at the log books he was working on as he wondered if one time was all his body needed to get addicted to the feeling she could give. The crew was still wary of their resident vampire but they seemed to relax now a bit by bit as the time went on. And Miku showed better performance now that she was properly fed.

Law sighed as he leaned back in his chair. 'Perhaps I should stretch my legs for a bit.'

Getting up Law walked out of his room, it was around lunch time so he could get a snack or just wait for the food in the eating area. Walking halls Law heard something soft. Turning to investigate he found Bepo standing in front of the showers with his arms crossed. The bear turned when he saw his captain. "Hello Captain."

"What's going on?" he had to ask as he saw a few crewmembers sitting against the hall with pouts on their faces.

"Miku's in the shower." Bepo stated. "She asked me to guard the door."

Law nodded and went to leave when he heard the soft sounds again. "Is she singing in the shower?" Law couldn't help but smirk when Bepo nodded. Despite being an almost unstoppable vampire Miku was more girly than he first thought. Though she didn't let that get in the way of her fights and personality. Hearing the shower stop, Law started to walk away as he headed towards the lunchroom. He was wondering how many skills his newest member had after all she never listed her violin skill when he asked before. Sitting at his normal spot he waited for the vampire to come into the room, soon other members entered with small pouts. Once everyone was seated Miku entered with a towel around her neck.

She was dressed in her favorite black sweater with brown sweats. Her lounge clothes Law noticed, she must have been sparing with a few members. Miku looked around the room for a spare seat but not seeing one in her normal area she sighed as she walked over to her captain and sat across from him. His body started to heat up but he ignored it. She turned to him with a confused look on her face. He was about to ask what was the matter when he noticed her staring into his eyes. She leaned against the table focused on his face. "Captain?"

He blinked and frowned. "Yes?" the heat in his body was stirring and he fought it down, to make his body relax in her presence.

She stared for a moment before closing her eyes. "Nothing I just thought I smelled something different about you for a moment."

"The captain smells different?" Bepo asked as he sat down looking confused.

"Everyone here has a different smell. But for some reason the Captains scent is changing every so often. I haven't come across this since…" Her eyes widen and stood up suddenly, startling others including the captain as she turned to look around. "I think I'll skip out on sitting with everyone."

"Miku-chan?" Shachi asked. She didn't even look at him as she turned to a younger crew member.

"Seb, I'm going to get started early on my part of cleaning of the boiler room." The younger member, Sebastian, looked up from his plate shocked.

"Right now? Alone?" He asked.

"I'll be fine, you enjoy your food."

With that she made a fast paced walk out of the room, avoiding the looks she was getting from everyone. Law frowned, she was keeping something from him. He knew she was a mysterious girl seeing as she was around for a long time. He respected her wishes on keeping her past life hidden. But keeping big secrets weren't okay with him.

-XxX-

Law noticed that after the meal Miku was hardly around him. She would disappear every time he came into the room. And for some reason, the heat his body felt would plument and he would feel upset. Why, he didn't know but it was starting to annoy him when his emotions started tying into the feeling he gets when he was with Miku. And now that he realizes she was avoiding him the heat got only worse before turning him to ice.

Sitting in the medical bay, he waited to see if Miku would come in to get her days supply of blood. The last few times she somehow got it without him seeing her. The thought of her made his body start to heat up but then he recalled her avoiding him and the heat immediately turned cold. Like ice, it was painful and he had no idea what was going on with him, but he knew that his vampire had the answers.

If only he could corner her to get those answers…he didn't want to have to order her to stay to get him answers but he would if he had to.

The door slightly opened, causing him to jump back into his mindset of getting answers. Seeing the vampire he saw she sighed when she caught sight of him. She must have thought he didn't see her as she tried to close the door to leave. "Miku-ya come in here. We need to talk."

For a moment he thought she was going to ignore him only for her to enter. She closed the door behind her and turned to face him, though made no move to get closer to him or her blood packet for the day. "You know something." He stated as he watched her carefully, seeing her sigh once more she turned to face him.

"What are you feeling?"

"Heated...and cold at the same time. But nothing else until you leave the room and even then it gets worse for a while."

"Alright." She took a step closer to him and her blood, followed by a few more. "What do you feel now?"

He didn't answer as he felt the heat get really hot, the heat was in his neck, his stomach, his heart almost every where he focused on, the heat followed, he felt himself start to pant when she got closer. He was confused by his reaction and then he realized what this was. His body had become addicted to his vampire's presence. "What you are feeling is not exactly common but not rare for humans when they get fed off of by a vampire. You're body is craving the feeling of my fangs, for the pleasure. I was hoping if I stayed away long enough your addiction would go away."

"How is it I got addicted after one time?"

"I'm not sure. The last human this happened to was a blood bank for me for a year before he became to addicted." She sighed as she stopped in front of him.

Law felt the heat becoming painful at this point, his self control was slowly but surely going down the drain. Law sat on the chair he had nearby with his hand in his hair. "So there is no real cure for this ...condition?"

"Sadly not really. Most humans who get it have a vampire that drinks from them every other week. And normally they are called blood banks on my island. We can try to see if it'll go away if I leave you alone, but it won't be fun for either of us."

Law looked up at that. "What happens to the vampire in this situation?"

Miku sighed as she leaned against the bolted bed near him. Making his body heat up more. "The addicted human has a smell that only vampires smell that makes them smell like a drug to us. Most vampires can't stop from feeding on the addicted because of the smell."

"You haven't attacked me yet so how is that possible? And how does the human live if the vampire is always drinking from the human?"

"Because I made a promise to not attack you remember? I take my promises very seriously. Some vampires do end up killing their bank by accident sometimes. And I have a lot of self control when it comes to my drug smell. But it's slightly different with your normal smell, so with the scents jumping back and forth, it's like a slap and gentle caress." she sighed. "But I enjoy the smells...so I can't complain."

Law felt the heat build as she lean in and smelled the scent around him. Though when the heat rose she stiffen and looked at him, he felt a small pant escape his lips, turning his chair to her he asked a question. "Is there a way to get rid of the heat, at least for a while?"

"Yes…"

"What is it?"

Her eyes landed on his and he felt overheated in his clothes despite not sweating as she was still close to him. "I feed off the heat and drink it out of your system. It's up to your body to know when the next feeding will be though."

Law was silent for a moment, the gasps for air and the heat made his mind numb, he couldn't think. It was causing a headache and felt like it was stretching his muscles. If this was how it was after about a week of her feeding from him, he wondered if they could work something out so he could feel at least normal. "Do it."

Her red eyes blinked at the order, before they glowed a deep purplish red. "As you wish." She leaned down to his face, seeing it turn a little red. Miku wonder if the heat in his body was almost too much for her human captain. Or if it was another issue she would have to explain to him.

Law didn't expect her to get close to his face, her face extremely close to his, their noses barely touching as she lowered her lips to his chin to his neck. He let out a startled silent gasp as he felt her tongue trace his vein, slowly she seemed to crawl into his lap, being the smaller one she fit easily as her hands held his shoulders to keep her steady on his lap. Slowly he felt the fangs dig into his skin. But what surprised him was that he felt no pain from the fang biting through his skin. If anything he felt relief. And when she started to drink the heat was starting to be drained from his system.

The heat was replaced with a tingling smooth feeling. It was a wonderful change from the heat and freezing temperatures he was feeling for the past week.

He was panting and softly moaning before he realized it as she shifted in his lap. A groan from that escaped him, though his vampire didn't notice as she drank for a moment more. Then she released him, licking the wound so it would stop bleeding. At the feeling he felt the heat wash away as she pulled back. Slowly she got off his lap and took a step away.

"How do you feel now?"

"Better than I did all week." Law sighed. He realized that this was going to be a recurrence if the heat builds up again. And if there was no cure then what would happen if his vampire left or died? "What happens to the humans if they go too long in the heat?"

"They sometimes get driven mad for the need of their desire. But like all addicts, it should eventually leave your system. Though I've never heard of a human leaving their vampire host. Other medical issues might happen as well."

"Like?"

"Well the brain could get heated too much, or any organ could overheat and be boiled from the inside. But the only time that happened was a very long time ago when we first learned about the heats blood banks get." Miku sighed as she sat on the medical bay bed. Silently she hoped he wouldn't ask what the normal relationship between humans and vampires tend to be nowadays.

Of course she knew it would be only a matter of time before he asks. So it would be best if she told him right away now since she might have him as her blood bank. "Captain before you even think about becoming my blood bank there's something else you should know."

He said nothing as he waited for her to explain. "Ever since about 100 years ago blood banks have been permitted act on the other issue that can happen to them with their vampire host."

"And what is that?"

"Sexual release."

Law's eyes widen before he frowned. "Explain."

"Sometimes the heat will target the human into arousal and cause the humans to feel the need for sexual release and then the vampire biting them won't help much alone, and normal means don't work either. They feel the heat and burning need to get sexual satisfaction but for some reason when they are addicted to a vampire's bite things get complicated. They sometimes end up needing both sexual pleasure and the bite to get release. Though it's not common for it to lead to that, it still does happen." she stated.

Law frowned at that fact. It could interfere with his plans if he became so addicted. "We'll talk more on that if it come to light. Until then we keep this from the crew."

Miku blinked and frowned. "Are you ashamed of me as your vampire host?"

Law stopped what he was doing, which was getting up and starting to sort files. Feeling slight panic at her wording, he couldn't understand it but when he turned to face his vampire he saw her frown and wondered if back at her home how the public knowledge worked with the host and the blood banks. "Not really." He started to word carefully. "But if you get targeted because of this it would be an issue. That and the crew would ask too many questions."

She thought for a moment and then nodded at him. "I can understand that. But other vampires might target you if they smell you during the heat. In doing so I might act out of character."

Focusing back on his file he asked why.

"Because I am your host. Other vampires won't know that since we aren't going to be public about this. However if other vampires get involved don't interfere with whatever happens. Trust me you won't want to get other humans involved."

Law nodded and filed that way for later. "You may go about you day."

"Thank you Captain."

-XxX-

Entering the Rec Room Miku saw most of the crew sitting and relaxing. Even the Captain was in the room. Miku, entered fully and walked to the bookshelf where her next book was located. Running her finger along the spines of the books, quietly searching for her book Miku could feel the eyes of the crew on her as they quietly talked. Though the conversation she didn't pay any attention to. "Hey Miku-chan!"

"Hmm?" She asked still not paying attention to them.

"We were going over our strengths and weaknesses. Come join us."

Miku stopped her search and turned slightly to them. "And why should I share that knowledge with everyone?"

The crew got silent, even Law looked up. "M-Miku-chan?" Shachi stated shocked.

"For a vampire to reveal such things...to any human except those she or he truly trusts. You're asking me to give you something I can not give."

"Is it a secret known only to the vampires?" Bepo asked before anyone could speak up.

"No, but for a vampire to tell about their own weakness to someone who may turn against them. That will be their...my downfall."

"Miku-ya, do you not trust this crew?"

"I never trust anyone anymore, human, mink, fishmen. Anyone who wasn't a fellow vampire who shares this secret. If word got out like it has about my kind being around. We'd be easy picking."

It was silent now in the Rec Room. But Miku was not done as she slowly turned to fully face the crew in the room. "So do you ask me to give a weakness that will very well have me betray my people? To end every single child, man or woman?"

"B-but we only wanted to protect you if we can." Sebastian stated, his voice wavering as he saw the dark look in his friends' eyes.

"You want to protect me?" Miku stated folding her arms. "Or it is yourself that you're wanting to protect?"

"Miku-ya…" Law stated in warning.

"Captain I mean no disrespect, however giving something like this… Is not going to protect me, it will end me and my kind." Miku sighed. "Do you really wish to protect me Sebastian?"

"Of course Miku-chan. You're my friend." Sebastian state, though he was saddened about her using his full name instead of his nickname.

"Then I'll share the smallest weakness we have." Miku sighed. Turning around she pulled her hair away from her neck. She tapped where her shoulder meets her neck. "A hit here will stun a vampire to their knees given if they are hit hard enough. However…" She turned back to face them. "This hit will open you up for a counter attack because of how close you are. Vampire have brute strength and faster reflexes than what most humans can go at. You not hit hard enough. You die. You hit too hard? You kill the vampire, by beheading them. Though that is still really hard to do."

Miku sighed as she walked away from the shelf and away from the crew. "Tell me, was knowing my weakness really to help protect me? Was it to strengthen the crew? To help our captain to his goal? Or was it to find a way to fight against me? To find a way where you can take me out if need be?"

"Listen Miku-san, if an incident happens like before where we can't fight against you, there would be a bloodbath on this ship." An older crew member stated.

"Yes...if I was to go against my promise, it would be nothing but bloodshed on this vessel. However…you forget something about vampires."

"What's that?"

"We were once human too." Miku stated as she walked out of the rec room, forgetting the idea of getting her book, and sought out the silence of her room.

-XxX-

Miku didn't come out of her room at dinner that night and breakfast the following day. Law wondered if she had a stronger weakness than the one she shared. But in order for her to give it he needed to gain her trust more. Entering the eating area Law saw once more Miku was not joining them. Law wondered if she was even getting her blood bags from the medical bay. Sebastian was slightly upset about Miku not sitting with them as he poked his food.

"Seb you need to eat." Shachi stated.

"Will Miku-chan ever trust us?" he asked as he poked at his fruit. Law frowned and got up and headed out the room.

He headed towards the room where Miku-ya would be located. He would have a talk about her behavior and try to get her out of her solitude. His body was slowly heating up from the thought of going to her. Law frowned at the heat, but it was bearable at the moment. Knocking on the door, he was met with silence. Testing the door he felt it open. Whenever she was in the room she always locked it so given it was open meant she wasn't in. Just checking, Law opened the door to look more inside. And true to his thoughts she wasn't in the room.

Which left to the matter...where was his vampire?

She couldn't have gotten off the ship because they were underwater at the moment and have been since the previous day. Walking around the sub Law continued to search for his vampire. After a while he came to the conclusion she didn't want to be found. Nowhere he searched was any trace of her. Entering the Rec Room he saw that Sebastian was sitting with the crews best tracker playing a card game. Sighing he felt the heat in his throat as he wondered where his vampire could be.

"Anyone see Miku-ya at all since last night?"

The crew blinked and looked at each other. Penguin answered him as he frowned. "I haven't seen her since our talk about weaknesses."

"Same." they each voiced how the vampire was nowhere to be seen. Carl, the crews tracker sighed as he sat up. "I can try to tracker on the sub but it would be difficult since there's no way to actually do any tracking. She can't leave anything to follow in metal." He stated as he got up. "But I'll try my best captain."

-XxX-

After awhile Carl came into the eating area. Everyone was present but the vampire. Everyone but Miku. Law frowned when his best tracker walked in without their resident vampire. And the look on Carl's face showed he wasn't happy about not finding her either.

"I don't understand. Why is Miku-chan hiding from us?" Sebastian asked.

"Did we offend her by asking for her weakness?"

"Does she feel like she was threatened by us?"

"Is she mad from our asking?"

"I knew women shouldn't be allowed on ships. They cause all this commotion."

Law frowned at those words. Sure some of the crew was still iffy about a female being on the crew. But he thought most were past it from her show of power when he was shot.

-XxX-

It was a few days later when Miku came out of her hiding place. The first person to see her was Sebastian. Then the rest of the crew. If only because of his shout of surprise and then his crying. Law came to see the vampire only to see his youngest crew member holding onto the vampire in a vice grip with tears in his eyes. Miku had a confused look in her eyes and when she saw the rest of the crew in tears although some seem stubborn about it, her confusion in her eyes turn soft.

Law was about to speak when she beat him to it. "Your crew was given permission to enter the waters to the east."

"What do you mean?" Bepo asked.

"The royal family and council had given you permission to enter the vampire waters. To enter the vampire isles. Though I would really think about doing so before entering. I'll let you know when we are about to enter because we'll need to surface first for me to let us in."

"Is that what you were doing Miku-chan?" Sebastian asked.

"Yes. I had to be in an area where no one could disturb me. And would not find me."

"Why is that Miku-ya?"

"The last human who was near me when contacting my home tried to take my head. So forgive me for not expressing this knowledge. And why I was not willing to share my kinds weakness."

"So we're near your home?"

"Yes though a few days out. We are in the surrounding waters."

"Where did you hide?" Carl asked.

"Behind the engine. And near the oxygen tanks."

"But that's toxic!"

"And the reason why I chose there." Miku stated as she pulled her young crewmate off of her. She seemed to smell the air before turning to Law. He felt the heat rise as she looked at him. But she turned away and stepped back from the crew. "I need to feed. Why don't you all go on while I get my blood batch."

The crew nodded and left but Law remained as he followed her to the medical bay. Entering with his vampire he felt the heat attack him again when they were alone. He saw his vampire stop and smell the air before walking away. He frowned as he wondered if he should try to get her to feed off the heat. After all it was a vampire isle that seemed to be there next stop. But when Miku didn't respond other than smelling the air he knew he would have to take the first step. "Miku-ya."

"Heats to much?" she asked as she sighed. She turned to face him as she stopped near the chair he sat in when she first fed of him. He walked over and sat down.

"I would think having this heat would be bad for going to the vampire isles."

"True." She stated as she lean over him, looking into his eyes. Searching for something, what he wasn't sure. But it made it was heat rise and blood flow to his face. Slowly she leaned down and smelled at the nape of his neck before bringing her lips to his ear. "And remember what I said about not getting into fights with the other vampires. I'll take care of it."

He gasped softly as he felt the pressure of her fangs digging into his neck. Relief filled him as he felt the heat get removed from his body only to get replaced with a stronger and much more different heat in his body. He shifted in his seat as he felt the remaining heat drip from him, leaving the other 'heat' in its place.

Law hoped she would be able to noticed the new heat in his body. Luckily she didn't as she pulled away after once again licking the wound she made with her tongue. Slowly she pulled away as she closed her eyes, hiding the glow of her red eyes before pulling away from her captain. Law sat up straighter and shifted in his seat and crossed his legs before she opened her eyes.

Slowly she leaned back in, her hands trapping him in. He raised a look at her as she seemed to stare deep into his eyes. It would seem she was thinking about something but wasn't voicing her thoughts as she tipped her head at him. He lowered his gaze at her lips, they had no blood on them but he could see the tips of her fangs slowly retreating into her mouth.

Before he could continue a thought she moved away. Walking towards the blood batch that was meant for the day. "Captain, if you are ever in need of assistance in here, I'd be happy to help."

And with that Miku walked out leaving a confused Law in the chair.

Welp, hope you all enjoyed this. This story has each chapter to be very long. So please be patient with each new chapter. Thanks for the support and leave a review if you enjoyed it!