Zoey twisted and turned to try and get out of wolves' grip. As soon as the shock wore off, Skippy ran to her to try to help pry the beasts off. This, however, only resulted in the visious animals attacking him. They jumped off Zoey and onto him, dragging him to the ground with a cry of pain. "NO!" Zoey screamed, reaching for one of her many swords. As she made a move to behead the creatures, the woman dressed in black thrust out her hand and said calmly, "freeze." Zoey was instantly coated in thick ice, only her eyes able to swivel in their sockets. All of the Strawhats stared at Zoey in open-mouthed shock. Zippy gaped at her frozen form, jaw dropped. The woman walked over to Skippy and pulled the wolves off. She threw them off to the side. "Stupid mutts. You'd think they could get past a stupid girl." She muttered unhappily as the animals sulked back to their original places.
"Um, excuse me, but who are you?" Luffy asked. She looked at him with a sly smile and said ,
"Why don't you ask Demon Boy over there?" Her cavernous eyes locked on Zoro, who took a sudden interest in his boots. When he didn't answer, she sighed. "I am Shina." She proclaimed.
"So, you're the one everyone's afraid of?" He asked. Her proud smile was answer enough. "And that meas you're the one I get to fight!" He bent his knees, taking up his normal fighting stance. She just waved her hand dismissively, as if shooing a fly.
"I'd fight you, but I'm not really in the murdering mood today. Take a raincheck?" He just blinked in disbelief and stood up straighter.
"Uhm, sure." His sentence was punctuated by a kick to the head from Sanji. As the blonde-haired boy yelled at him for threatening a lady, the woman turned to Skippy. She held her hand out to him, but instead of turning to ice, the unconscious man took on a slight yellow glow. To the Strawhats' disbelief, the mangled and profusely bleeding wounds on his body started to heal, fresh, new skin flowing into them. In about 30 seconds, Skippy was as good as new, though he was still unconscious.
Her gaze then shifted to Zoey. As soon as her empty black eyes fell on her, the hunk of ice began to melt away, causing Zoey to fall, wet and shivering, and Zoro to reach out quickly to catch her. "Thanks," she said scarcastically to Shina, her bright green eyes staring at her.
"Would you rather be frozen? Because that can be arranged." Shina said snarkily, as Zoey rolled her eyes. Just then, Zoey took on the same yellowish glow that Skippy had, and her wounds, too, began to heal. When all of the wounds were closed up, she stood from Zoro's grasp, and looked down at her blood-covered boots.
"Is this a good enough reason to never wear these again?" Shina looked at her and shook her head. She then looked at Zoro angrily,
"What are you doing back here?" She demanded, and Zoro looked up, panic running wild in his eyes.
"I..." he started. He swallowed hard and looked around as if he would find the answer in the not-so-crowded street. Seeing the panic in his eyes, Zoey took a tiny step forward.
"He came to see me."