Alice smiled, "Why don't you shove that rifle somewhere else?" Alice provoked. I really do hope I'm giving the impression that I have bullets... Kai frowned, "Same to you, Miss. However, I'm not exactly thrilled of what you've done to my nakama." he mumbled coldly. Alice chuckled, "I wasn't thrilled over having...getting whatever it was thrown at my back either. It hurt, y'know?"

Kai smiled lightly, "It was an accident, and it was the remains of a piano. However, I really do wish that it wasn't an accident." he chuckled, finger sliding towards the trigger. Alice's eyes flickered around, looking for anything she could use to escape. Sure, she had more food bombs and stuff in her bag, but c'mon, they were hard to make. Why did it have to be food? Alice shrugged to her own question. Alice just liked food. "Theft!" yelled a faraway voice. Alice turned around, and noticed a man wearing a black mask holding a bag was running towards them. Alice shrugged as she tripped him.

Alice quickly grabbed the theft's legs and yanked him up, "Play ball!" Alice yelled, whacking Kai in the face with the human bat. Kai groaned when he flew a couple of feet, landing quite painfully on his back. How the hell did this girl whack me with a grown man so easily? Screw that, how did she even manage to hold him up? Kai could've sworn he saw stars floating around his head. Alice also threw the theft at Kai's direction, smirking when the theft landed on top of Kai. "Suggestive..." Alice chuckled, taking the bag of loot and sneaking some beli and bullets into her bag before running off.

Alice hesitantly poked her head from the alleyway, inwardly groaning when she noticed that both paths were guarded. Not heavily guarded, perhaps no more than two people for each turn, but still guarded nonetheless. Alice smirked as she reloaded her gun, after taking some spare bullets from the bag of loot the theft had taken. They weren't explosive bullets, so Alice made a mental note to steal- get more of those in her free time. Alice forced her breathing to steady, and Alice could even make out some of their conversation.

"This has got to be one of the most humiliating moments of my life." sighed a man, who had long black hair, kept in a high ponytail like a samurai, with a fair complexion. He was wearing a black kimono, which would surely unnerve some people. He also had his hand on the hilt of his stark black katana. Of course his eyes were black as well... The man besides him laughed, "Oh c'mon Kenshin, don't take it to heart. She was just defending herself." a man reassured. This man had chin length blonde hair, and dazzling blue eyes. A fair complexion as well, and he was holding a broadsword with ease. Alice frowned. They're like opposites...complete opposites too...

Kenshin growled, "I'll be sure to make her know that no one messes with Heart Pirates." he muttered, hand tightening on his katana, which was strapped to his kimono. The man besides Kenshin just laughed again, which earned him a whack on the head from Kenshin. "Take this more seriously, Ran." Kenshin smirked. Ran instantly started whining, "If you're going to call me that, I'll call you Kenny!" Ran protested, pouting like a little child. Alice smirked. I like them. I think I'll just shoot the two on the other side and fight these two. Alice shot the other two on the other side, which earned her Kenshin and Ran's full attention. Alice smiled, "Hiya. My name's Alice." Alice greeted.

Ran curtsied, "Greetings, milady- wait- no- you're-" he stuttered, shaking his head vigorously. Alice nodded, "You're Ran," Alice started, pointing at Ran. "Rin!" Rin angrily corrected. However, Alice didn't spare him another glance as she pointed at Kenshin, "Kenshin...you know, I think Kishin suits you better...you know, with all your...dark attire..." Alice mumbled. Alice nodded to herself. Ran and Kishin. Sounds good. However, the two didn't seem the least happy with Alice.

"Not only do you bomb my nakama, you dare shoot two right in my face?" Kenshin scowled, eyes narrowing. Alice shrugged, "Chill, I got a freaking piano thrown at my back for no reason." Alice scowled, aiming her gun and shooting. Kenshin easily defected the bullet with his katana. Alice sweatdropped, it was stark black as well. What a surprise? Kenshin glowered at her, "I won't forgive you for this." he muttered, charging towards Alice, despite Rin's protests.

A bead of sweat dribbled down Alice's forehead as Kenshin came closer and closer. Alice was a master gun wielder, which she liked to call herself, but Kenshin wasn't slow. Alice sighed before pulling another revolver out of her bag and closing one eye, "Nijū jū: Kemuri." she mumbled, shooting both at once. Smoke shot out of her gun, while she repeatedly shot bullets on her other gun. She growled when she saw that even in the black smoke, Kenshin dodged all of her bullets.

Alice growled, "No choice then..." she mumbled, switching out the normal bullets and replacing them with sleep powder filled bullets. "Nijū jū: Kemuri o ne." Alice muttered, shooting again. This time, black smoke appeared, but mixed with sleeping powder. Alice made a run for it, dodging the two she had shot earlier with ease. Goons obviously...I can tell by the suckish way they hold their guns. Alice scowled, if the smoking powder affects her as well, then there would've been no point to it.

Alice held out her hand in front of her, so far, she knew four people of the Heart Pirates. One, Law himself, the douche. Two, Kai, the guy with the ugly sky blue eyes and rifle. Three, Kishin/Kenshin, the samurai dressed in all black. Ran/Rin, the blonde gentlemen with the broadsword. Alice sighed. What an odd crew I meddled with. Alice ran until she reached back to the city's center, where it was bustling with shops and inns. She looked around briefly, and wasn't surprised when she saw a bunch of Law's men.

Alice smirked when she noticed an inn, and packed up her guns. With stealth, she sneaked into a slightly more rundown inn. Alice sighed and fell to her knees in doom when her eyes connected with Law, who was sitting casually on one of the sofas. "Not bad, if you managed to get here, that means you must have taken down some of my men. Another thing to repay you for." Law mused, placing the newspaper on the counter. Alice growled, "If you didn't throw a piano at me, none of this would have happened." Alice scowled. Law smirked, "You're right. However, all of this wouldn't have happened if you didn't bomb my crew." he mused.

Alice glared at him, "You threw a piano at me." she repeated. "You bombed my men." Law repeated smoothly. Alice sighed, "Can't we just forgive each other like normal humans?" she mumbled. Law smirked, "You also made a fool out of myself." he added. Alice stared at him blankly, "Who told you to let me make a fool out of you." she retorted. Alice noticed Law's smirk had faltered.

"I'm already in a foul mood, Miss Alice, I would appreciate it if you didn't try to provoke me." he answered in a quiet, but deadly tone. Alice frowned, "I'm not." she defended. Alice grunted when Law held a firm hand around her throat, threatening to suffocate her any second. Alice hesitantly moved her hand towards her backpack, her eyes glaring defiantly at Law. "Don't." Law ordered, his vice grip tightening around Alice's neck as warning. Alice gasped when Law suddenly brought out a syringe in his other hand.

Law smirked coyly, almost in a reassuring way. "Do not fret, this will just put you to sleep, it's painless. Not eternal sleep, of course, but I'll make you beg for death once you wake up." he threatened calmly, inching the syringe towards Alice's arm. Therefore, Alice released a sigh of relief when the doors were shoved open, revealing a rather flustered looking Kenshin and Rin, who were carrying one groaning man each.

"Captain, these two are gravely injured. They were shot," Kenshin explained, eyeing Alice coldly, "Both in the gut." Kenshin added, still glaring at Alice. Law growled as he reluctantly took the syringe away, just as when it was a few inches away from Alice's arm. Alice sighed in relief. Law growled, "Don't think you're safe just yet. Kenshin, Rin, look after her and make sure she doesn't try to escape while I work." Law ordered. Law glared at Alice, "Give me your bag." he ordered, leaving no room for disagreement. Alice bit her lip as she reluctantly handed him her bag. Alice held in a growl when Law carelessly tossed into the fireplace, leaving it to burn. Law pulled on some medical gloves. Alice frowned, "Hey Ran," Alice mumbled. Rin frowned, "Rin." he corrected, slightly irritably.

"Ran." Alice persisted.

"Rin." he corrected.

"Ran."

"Rin."

"Ran-"

"Arg, fine! Call me what you wish! What is it that you want?!" Rin scowled. Alice smirked, "I attacked you guys with sleep powder, why aren't you asleep?" she asked calmly. Rin barely suppressed a smirk, "You shouldn't underestimate us Heart Pirates. Kenshin can easily fan out a little smoke in no time with his katana." he answered. Alice chuckled, "I see...my bad I suppose..." she mumbled to herself. You can't fan out smoke indoors.

"Night." she whispered, pulling out her two guns out of her bra and enveloping the room with black smoke and sleeping powder. She ripped off a strip of her dress and held it to her nose and charged out the door. Alice suppressed a cough at the tingling in her nose. Alice shook her head to ease out the lightheadedness she was feeling and closed the doors shut after her.

Alice groaned when several, nearly a dozen guns were pointed right at her. I knew I would regret this...

If you haven't figured it out yet, italics are thoughts. My. Damn. Left. Foot. Is. Asleep. Why won't it wake up?! Oh, and I just thought of the coolest idea ever...wait for it...milk tea flavoured ice cream! :D