You followed Law all the way to grove 15 in complete silence. Once you arrived at the grove, you noticed a yellow submarine with a black smiley face emblem on its side. Law stopped in front of his ship and turned toward you. He held out his hand again, not saying a word. You stared at his hand for a few moments before finally moving forward. You stretched out your hand to take his, but just as you were about to make contact there was a loud BANG as a bullet dug itself into your out stretched hand.

You yowled in pain, retracting your hand, holding it close to your chest as a small stream of blood trickled down your arm.

"What the hell? Who shot at us?!" Law shouted angrily, as he looked around. He didn't have to look for long, because the shooter stepped forward with a proud smug look on his ugly face. It was the Celestial Dragon from the auction. He wasn't too happy about being out bid in front of entire crowd.

"You! You've got some nerve shooting your weapon at a War Lord!"

The Celestial Dragon swung his pistol carelessly around as if he had done some great deed.
"Fufufu, I wasn't aiming for you, Law. I was aiming for the girl."

You gave Law a frightened look before turning away to run. He grabbed your shoulder and instead pulled you behind him, shielding you from the Celestial Dragon.

"Two things; First, that's Law-sama to you! Second, this girl belongs to me. I will not let you harm her because you're a sore loser." Scowled law as he brought his large katana in front of him.

The Celestial Dragon stopped his stupid little dance and took aim again, "If I can't have such a rare specimen, then no one can!" The fool then pulled the trigger. Timed seemed to slow down as the iron pellet flew towards them. However, your protector quickly drew his weapon and split the bullet in half, sending the projectile harmlessly into two different trees.

Then, as time seemed to return to normal, Law raised his hand and called, "Room" creating a small area around the Government royal. He then ran forward, sword drawn, and cut the Celestial Dragon, shouting "Shambles". Splitting the man from the waist up, causing him to go into a frenzy.

"Gaah! You fool! You dare attack a Celestial Dragon?! I'll have your title removed!" he cried out trying to grab on to his lower half.

"You attacked me first, I'm sure your father would be delighted to hear that his son tried to attack a War Lord and tried to steal what belonged to him." Law purred darkly as he sheathed his sword and walked back to your side, taking your injured hand in his and examined it. You winced at the still-fresh-pain, but you did not pull away.

His hand was warm, and surprisingly gentle. The way his expert fingers manipulated your hand without making you cry out sent a wave of warmth through your body and you relaxed a little, your tail slowly swaying to reflect your feelings.

At the mention of his father, the Celestial Dragon kept his mouth shut, found his bottom half and ran away, back to the theater to bid on another slave.

Law finally exhaled the breath he had been holding in, "He's gone, finally. I'm sorry, I didn't think he'd be stupid enough to try and shoot at you."

You shook your head, "N-no...it's f-fine..." you whispered so low that Law almost didn't hear you, yet he smiled. Those words were the first you had ever spoken since your kidnapping, and instead of words of hate or begging, you gave him words of forgiveness.

"Let's get to my ship, I'll treat your hand there." And as if on cue, The door to the sub opened and a polar bear wearing an orange jumpsuit poked his furry head out. Looked around, then started waving at us when he spotted Law.

"Captain! I heard a gun shots! Are you alright?"

"Yes, Bepo, I'm fine, but prepare the med bay, I have a friend that needs her hand treated."

Bepo gave a thumbs up and disappeared back into the submarine.

"Shall we then?" Law asked you, with a soft tone. You looked up at him for a few moments before giving a slight nod.

"Alright, lets go." Law then bent down and lifted you onto his back, your legs and arse supported by his katana, He carried you piggy back style the rest of the way to his ship. You felt so tired, and drained that you fell asleep on his warm back.

"Prepare to set out!" He called out to his crew as he made his way to the med bay. Some men stopped what they were doing and stared at your sleeping form, until Law barked at them to get moving.

Once they had submerged, Law set you down on the bed and gently laid you down to rest, covering you with a light blanket, he took out your injured hand and began to heal it as you slept, he listened to your steady breathing. He surprisingly felt peaceful when he looked at you. He shook his head to rid himself of the thought and finished his work. Before he left, he took one look back at your sleeping self, and couldn't help but smile a bit.