A/N: The good news is I'm not dead, the bad news is I will probably be cause college is draining me.

I am so sorry for the long wait but here it is, It might be a little hastily written, I'll probably go back and edit it later.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, I am only writing a character into the story that belongs to Oda.


Chapter 8

As soon as I opened my eyes I took a deep breath that came with a sound that could have been mistaken for someone dying. My throat burned as I did so and when I, for some deranged reason, held my breath thinking it would go away it felt as though I had needles piercing my lungs. I exhaled and turned myself over as I coughed up a lot of salt water and with it came the familiar metallic taste. Unfortunately I cannot say it was all too pleasant considering it was my own blood being thrown up but it distracted me from the pain from my throat disagreeing with the salt.

"Oh good you're alive." I was on the boat again, I looked to where I heard Zoro's voice come from to see he was still tied to it.

"You're enthusiasm is much appreciated." I replied harshly. "Where're Johnny and Uso-"

"Shh." I glared at him but his gaze was fixed on something else. He quickly looked at me and shook his head. Clearly not getting the hint, I slowly pushed myself off my aching chest and tried to get up off the wooden floor of the boat but was pushed down by something and got the air knocked out of me in the process. Zoro growled, presumably at the person refusing to let me up.

"What-" I coughed again.

"They pulled you out." I looked at Zoro with clear confusion of my face, his eyes wandered up as he snarled 'fishman'.

"Shut up." The voice came from the one keeping me down.

"Even better." I mumbled to myself. "Now what?" I whispered back to the swordsman. In theory it was a stupid question seeing as I was unable to move and he had been tied to the ship thus unable to do anything but complain.

"They're taking us to Arlong Park." I shook my head as to say 'you know this how?'

"I told you to be quiet." The voice came from in front of me where another lean gray fishman stood.

"What the hell is going on?" I spoke up trying my best to push myself out from under the monster.

"You be quiet. Oi, we're almost there you'd better tie her up." The same fishman turned to his partner and pointed to some of the extra rope aboard the small vessel.

"Are you sure we should take her? She doesn't smell right." I could barely see it out of the corner of my eye but what I could see was this guy sweating. I frowned and smelled my arm, I hadn't been around my own people for months I should smell human, and I did at least on the surface.

"What are you talking about? Just hurry up."

"But she smells weird, can't we just, I don't know, throw her back or something?" He shrugged

Really? I'm not some fish!

"You've been acting weird all day. Just look at her, she has the strength of a regular human, she looks and smells like one. The only thing weird about her is that she sinks like a fucking anchor now tie her up!"

"Yeah but her eyes look golden."

They what?

"What?!" The foot was taken off and my hair yanked on so the fishman could get a good look at my face. That didn't stop my squirming though, it hurt as much as it would to the next person but I tried my damn best to keep myself calm though I had not felt my eyes change, it troubled me to say the least. His teeth were far too close for comfort but I didn't make a sound, if they realize what I am I'm screwed.

"They're blue." I released the breath I hadn't noticed I was holding in. He frowned and let my hair go and watched as I fell onto the boat and my head harshly hit the wood.

"Are you alright?" Zoro seemed almost concerned.

"Fantastic." I huffed back as I held where my head hurt the most.

"No, I swear they were-"

"Shut up and do it." He mumbled about his partner's idiocy as he pulled me up again and practically twisted my arm to keep still as he tied my hands together then my arms so I couldn't even grab a weapon. I had then been tossed to the side as they turned their attention to Zoro and tied him up in a similar fashion, making sure to take away his sword and keep it far away from him. The closer we got the clearer the building on the other side of the steel gate was. It looked familiar, something I saw when I was a child but I couldn't place the image.

"Hurry up and open the gate. We found a pair of suspicious characters." The doors slowly opened and the boat proceeded forward into the compound.

"I'm going to strangle Johnny the next time I see him." I mumbled to myself but it was loud enough for Zoro to hear, he nodded in agreement.

Once we reached land we were taken off the boat and placed on the ground a few feet away from where the large building began. Of course there were numerous fishmen in the general area but they had us face one in particular. Sitting in a large chair, right in front sat a specific blue fishman that very much resembled a shark.

Zoro leaned closer to me and asked. "Who is that?"

"My guess would be Arlong." I took in the smells of the surrounding area but it all smelled of sea salt and fish.

"Guess? You don't know?"

"I've never been here." I said as though it were the most obvious thing in existence.

"But you're from the Grand Line."

"So?" What did that have to do with anything?

"They are too." I groaned at his ignorance, he was perfect for Luffy's crew.

"Quiet." A fishman grabbed my loose hair and pulled it back. I groaned at the pain and also the fact that this was the second time this had happened just today. I began to ponder how short would be short enough to make sure this sort of stuff didn't happen. I mean it wasn't demeaning in any way, it's just hair after all but damn it hurt and it gets annoying. I guess it was about time but I probably wouldn't have a chance to any time soon. "Such an ignorant species."

"Hey!" Zoro retaliated. I looked at him out of the corner of my eye and slowly shook my head for him to not push on. There really was no point. There were too many fishman that with their dying breath would swear that humans were a weak and inferior race. It's true but they also had a quality that was interesting and very annoying at the same time. As did most races, for example my people were well known for their ability to manipulate people.

"Hey!" Zoro retaliated. I looked at him out of the corner of my eye and slowly shook my head for him to not push on.

"You're one to talk." I responded with a smile on my face. As expected, anger filled the fishman's eyes and in one swift movement he slammed my head into the concrete. The pain wasn't the worst I had felt but the blood was what made it seem even more dramatic than it already was.

"You idiot." Zoro hissed. Around us all the others had begun to laugh. The one let me go and I sat up with blood streaming down my face.

"Is that all you've got?" I chuckled.

"You filthy whore!" He grabbed my hair again and placed a knife at my throat.

"Oh please. Go right ahead." I leaned into the knife and felt a bit of panic as the sharp edge drew in closer, not scorching just pushing. I really needed to learn when to stop, it was one of my biggest faults as an assassin.

"Now now brother, the ignorant human is just bluffing." The shark laughed and the one behind me let me go. I spit out some of the blood accumulating in my mouth towards his feet as an attempt to taunt him. Again I have do self control, but it worked except for this fishman being very loyal to Arlong so he orders and did nothing but growl. "I am Arlong, the captain of the Arlong Pirates. Now humans, why are you here?" Zoro glanced at me.

"All yours." He nodded.

"We're looking for woman." Alrong's eyes narrowed.

"You expect me to believe a man tied to a boat and a suicidal girl came to look for someone? Who sent you." The shark ordered.

"No one-"

"Tell the truth or the female dies." The fishman who had previously shoved me into the pavement smirked as he placed a hand on my head ready to crush it.

"You have got to be kidding me." I growled under my breath. "This day has gone completely to shit."

"Why are you here." Arlong ordered again.

"We're just looking for someone." Arlong nodded to the fishman behind me and immediately my head began to hurt from the pressure being added on both sides. I shifted my shadow and cut the binds on my arms, legs, and hands then grabbed the fishman's writs and proceeded to twist them so I could throw him harshly to the ground that consequently pulled me up. I released the fishman and placed my hands to the sides of my aching head.

"My head hurts even more now you bastard!" I yelled at the fishman on the ground.

"You just made the situation we're in worse!" The swordsman yelled back, I'm pretty sure he would have been flailing had his limbs not been tied.

"Excuse me for not wanting to die!"

"I could have freed us!"

I scoffed. "Really? When in a thousand years? I don't have time to wait for you."

"Fucking hell do you ever shut up!"

As I went to answer I felt a grip around my neck and I was once again pinned face down onto the floor. This time something cold and very familiar went onto my wrists. This was definitely a problem.

"There you go that's what you get for not paying attention." Did he not realize that these weren't made of ordinary metal? Probably not considering he was the most thick headed human I had ever met.

"Could you stop behaving like a complete imbacel for a few minutes." I growled back at the swordsman.

"A devil fruit user. Those are rare to find in this ocean." A fishman with what looked like elongated elbows and blue skin that made him look like a manta ray, spoke to the shark in charge.

"She's not from around here." Arlong's smirk turned into a chuckle.

"Congratulations give the fish a prize." I mumbled to myself avoiding the numerous eyes looking in my direction.

"Bring her here."

"Hey!"Zoro complained as I was pulled up and pushed quite roughly towards the long nosed shark. I wasn't scared to be this close to the guy in charge but I wasn't thrilled either. He moved his head a bit to try and get a better look at me and frowned then he lifted an incredibly large hand that I figured could strangle me in less than 30 seconds if he really wanted to. He placed the hand around my neck and my body turned on the defensive, but only held his grip light enough to turn my head from side to side.

"Something's wrong with her Arlong. She smells weird." The large pink fishman with the antenna came forward. I met his eyes and watched as his expression changed from worry to horror that's when I realized my eyes felt different.

Oops.

"So that's it." Arlong chuckled and turned my face towards his. "You managed to take down a fishman with nothing but your bare hands. No human can do that, then again you are not human."

"That took you longer than expected. You're getting rusty." Arlong growled but I only smiled.

"There was no need to remember what you and yours were like. They're all extinct after all."

"Says who." I barked back, needless to say that was a touch subject for me I was there the night we lost our home and eleven years later it was still the most painful memory I had.

"The entire island of the Asura was wiped out in a night. It's surprising that a little girl survived." Yes it was then again- I decided to change the subject before the fishman got too curious.

"Clearly you don't pay attention. There is a reason we were on par with your race. We aren't weaklings." Arlong laughed again.

"Keep telling yourself that kid. The only ones that survived with their freedom were killed off until none remained."

That much was true. The Asuras that survived and were not captured and sold off were hunted in hopes of being made and be used as a weapon the only problem was not all the Asura had the capabilities to do so.

"Now. Tell me why you're on this island and I'll be sure to not give you the same fate as the rest of yours." He smiled, waiting for my answer.

Too late.

"I already told you were only here to look for a woman, you half-fish bastard." I shook my head as Zoro sat there looking content with his answer. It would be a miracle if we got out of here unscathed.

"Oh this low-life humans got guts."Arlong quickly looked over to me then began cackling.

"He's an idiot." I corrected.

I was ignored as he continued his speech. "I'll let it slip this time but you are never to call us half-fish again. We fishmen are simply the next stage in the evolutionary line. We are able to breath on land and under water, with simply this ability we are superior to humans. I'm not sure if your small human brain can understand this but try your best to understand we fishmen are the rulers of all creatures." At that I let an animalistic growl come from my throat, though it only put a grin on the sharks face. "To go up against us would be to go up against nature itself." I put my anger aside when the clicking of heals were followed with a voice.

"I'm getting tired of listening to your big ideas, Arlong." My eyes changed colors when I coneced to voice to a face.

Nami.

The shark let me go only to have another one grab my arm and make sure I didn't go anywhere. I didn't struggle, for now. The clicking of heals got closer until she was in clear view

"Why are you so serious, Nami? You know I wasn't talking about you, after all you are a very special human. Our great navigator and an important member of our crew." Arlong held a sickening grin on his face as he spoke.

"Say what you will but our brains are much different, making me smarter than all of you." I chuckled slightly, seems like I wasn't the only one playing pretend on Luffy's crew.

"Why is he calling you his navigator Nami? You cant honestly have be believe you work for this guy." Zoro questioned harshly. It was clear that she was but he was acting as if it was really hurtful to find out she had betrayed him.

"Oh so you know each other?" Arlong was genuinely interested, my guess would be she didn't usually bring her "nakama" back home.

"He's just another victim of mine, I was able to take quite a lot of treasure from him. The poor guy didn't even realize he was being betrayed, and still you came chasing after me. You sure are stupid." Something was wrong, she didn't seem genuine. The harsh tone was there but it seemed almost as though she was forcing the words out of her mouth.

"So this is your true nature. And to think you hated pirates." She does?

"Surprised? Everything was an act." There it was, the forced cruely. "And you believed every word of it." She turned her left shoulder slightly to show him a mark, the same mark that was being flown above the building and the same one tattooed on all the fishmen. "That's right, I am a part of this crew, a navigator for Arlongs crew. I only used you to get what I want, so I can say it wasn't a complete waste you were all pretty useful." Arlong cackled with pride at her words.

"You were completely fooled. There's no use in talking to her, she's a cold-blooded witch. She betrayed her own family for money," from where I was standing I could have sworn I saw Nami flinch "so you really shouldn't feel all that bad. If I were you I would just forget the day you met her, though it's your fault for underestimating her." Zoro looked from me to Nami then back, I nodded slightly. He had seen that and more.

"I don't need to, I never trusted her in the first place." I raised an eyebrow, he seemed to trust her enough before. "I wouldn't be surpeised if it turned out she was a serial killer as well."

"Is that so, then why don't you just get out of here. You're an eyesore." I caught a glimpse of a grin cross Zoros face before the idiot extend his legs and push himself back off concrete and into the ocean we had sailed in on.

"You moron." I couldn't do anything even if I really wanted to, I was being held back and even better the shackles were made of sea prism. He was going to die and after the whole affair with Mihawk were he promised to become the best in the world. Humans are so stupid!

"Does anyone know why he jumped into the water?" So were fishman.

"Looks to me like he was trying to get away from Nami." Another laughed.

"Maybe he's trying to escape." Another got close to the edge and looked into the water.

"With his arms and legs tied up, I doubt it. Looks more like a suicide attempt to me." His idea seemed more logical, but it didn't make sense.

"Just leave him, that's one less human on this island." Arlong looked over to me, like he was waiting for me to freak out over a humans death. I sighed and looked over at Nami, who looked incredibly tense. The other fishmen chattered on about how stupid it was for him to jump in but she simply stood there, I found it odd to say the least. If she was as heartless as she claimed to be she should have joined in on the banter or at least turned her back on the situation like a normal pirate would have done for their enemy. To my surprise she kicked on her shoes and jumped into the water. Everyone stood quietly, some turning to look at Arlong, wordlessly questioning him for her actions.

"Does your precious navigator always act like this?" The shark shot me a dangerous glare but I chuckled in response. Seconds later she reappeared with the swordsman and threw him onto solid ground. As soon as she he had caught his breath he began speaking quietly to her. She was no cold blooded pirate, even a blind man could see that. Clearly he hit a sore spot because she shot up and kicked his new wound.

"Stop fucking around! Try that again and I will kill you." Her voice shook slightly and could almost for anger. Almost.

"Is that so?" He taunted back as she grabbed him and lifted the swordsman onto his feet.

"That's a lot of bandages." She pointed out. "You must have been hurt pretty bad."

"Actually I misplaced my shirt, I grabbed these so you wouldn't be distracted." I tried hard to not laugh, and somehow I managed. She was trying so hard to keep her "cool" so she ended up punching him in his stomach knowing the slightest touch would hurt considering the way we had put it together, and with the way he feel to the ground it must have been very painful.

"What should we do with him?" Arlong asked calmly.

"Lock him up, I'll deal with him later."

"And the Asura?" The shark nodded towards me and the fishman holding my arm pushed me forward so I would catch her attention.

"What's an Asu-" She turned to look from away from the swordsman and as soon as she saw me her eyes went wide. "You." She accused.

"Me." I smiled back not really wanting to cause another scene.

"Lock both of them up!" She yelled as she grabbed her shoes and began to match towards me to get into the building again.

"Arlong!" A new fishman ran in through the gate doors.

"Yeah, what is it."

"Those two didn't come alone," Nami whipped her head around to look at me. "There was another long nosed guy that was with them."

What? He got away and was still spotted? Just great.

Nami's gaze didn't leave me, she almost accused this of being my idea. I shook my head.

"I think he got away to Kokoyashi Village." The navigator clenched her fists in anger and her gaze left from me to the shark.

"Kokoyashi hu, now I have two reasons to go. Alright you heard Nami, go put him in a cell." A fishman picked the swordsman up and walked into the compound, another began to approach me but was stopped by Arlong. "Wait" the hand was taken off me "what's your name."

"Why do you want to know?" This could go one of two ways, he could kill me or turn me over to the marines. Neither were choices I wanted to take.

"Just answer the question girlie." The one behind me said.

"There have been rumors of an infamous Asura who abandoned her people and became a well-known assassin." I frowned. "There is only a name and an unclear picture for someone with such a high bounty." His eyes narrowed. "There is also another clue, the assassin is not a normal Asura.

"Do you know what they call this killer?"

He waited for me to answer but he didn't get to tell me what I was called. "Enough." He chuckled lightly.

"I always thought you would be much bigger." I stood up straighter and though he was taller than me when seated, I looked down at him.

"So you know who I am, what now? Will you kill me or turn me in?" My words flowed smoothy but with enough venom to make some of the fishman uneasy.

"Not at all. I just have an offer." I looked at him in a confused manner. "Take our visitor to the cells with her friend. We'll talk when I return." I was pushed towards the building but could still hear Arlongs laughter. I was lead down the corridor to the end of the hall where there were several large iron doors.

-#-

"Are you alright?" I finally spoke, though I really didn't care what the answer was but maybe if I asked he would stop making a fuss.

"Yeah. Just a little pain." I nodded at Zoro's answer then took a deep breath.

"You're an idiot."

"Oi. I had it under control."

I laughed. "Oh did you now? Is that why you carelessly jumped into the ocean?" I lazily turned my head from starring at the celling to where he was seated a few feet away from me.

"I knew Nami wouldn't let me drown!"

"And if she had? What then?"

He thought it over for a few seconds but shrugged. "I'm alive aren't I?"

"You won't be after I get out of these!" I snarled. They threw me in here in shackles, chains and rope just to be extra careful. Not surprising since I did show them I can easily take a fishman down except when bound with sea prism shackles. I felt weak and to make it better both my writs ached from the familiar feel. More so the left due to the bruise forming from the swordsman's grip. Speaking of the swordsman, I had been placed in his same cell a few minutes after he was thrown in still tied in rope. We had been arguing for at least half an hour until he quit and finally decide it would be best to turn the other way and pretend like I wasn't there, and it did work for a while, until he started shifting and grunting in pain.

"Can't you just make a knife out of these shadows or something?" He had stopped ignoring me and his tone was calmer.

"These are sea prism." I jingling sound came from my wrists.

"So?"

I groaned. "It negates devil fruit abilities." He frowned not understanding or was too stupid to understand what negates meant. "Like being thrown into the ocean, except without the drowning part."

"There's such a thing?" He asked in shook, I nodded not wanting to ask if his captain knew about them. The answer would most defiantly be no.

"More so in the Grand Line."

"Is that how you know Mihawk?" He scooted around until he was facing me.

"What? Sea prism stone?"

"No, you were born in the Grand Line. Is that why you know him?"

I didn't understand his reasoning. "No, the Grand Line is too big of a place with many inhabitants, and I wouldn't say know, we are acquainted."

"Alright then, how?" There came a flow of memories not easily forgotten, I glanced at him. He was waiting for an explination, I sighed as I thought over what to say after all, I couldn't tell him the whole story.

"It was my seventh job as an assassin." I leaned my head back against the stone wall.

I was eight, it had been about ten months after my home had been attacked and my people killed.

"I had to take out some every day mob boss. Unfortunately I underestimated the guy. Long story short I killed him but not before he poisoned me. I don't remember much other than wandering around the island and,"

I was crying, I was starting to be adjusted to the idea of killing and that's what was beginning to scare me the most. I killed him and his family in cold blood without thinking twice I slaughtered the entire compound. I remember killing all of them but there was one in particular that caused me the most struggle, the youngest of the family. A child who had to be at least two years old, the same age as my younger brother at the time.

"I passed out in the middle of the forest. When I woke up I was in a bed and my wounds had been taken care of."

The first thing I saw when I did wake up were his piercing golden eyes. I was so happy for the first time since I lost my family I felt hope. I thought he was a survivor of my island. So I told him who I was, what I did, why I did it and how sorry I was. It was the first and last time I trusted anyone so freely.

"Apparently Hawk-eye had thought I was a victim of the mob boss and decided to help me."

"And?" Zoro pushed on, he was probably expecting some grand meeting or something.

"What do you mean and? He nursed me back to health, asked where I lived and took me 'home'."

I didn't want Mihawk to know precisely what I was or the person waiting for me in hell, so I had him take me to an island close to where I always returned to after a job.

"That's it?"

"What more do you want?"

"You're kidding, no fighting or-"

"Oh well, I did fight him." That seemed to pique his interest. "I lost, of course, but he did give me a few tips on the way 'home'." There was really not much to tell, I didn't know much about him other than his name and his title but I was a foolish child and thought that if I could defeat the greatest swordsman in the world I could fight my way to freedom, it wasn't till after that I figured out that wouldn't work.

"He trained you?!" I shrugged.

"If you call being beaten with that sword of his until I figured out how to defend myself training, then sure." I had gained so many injuries on top of the many I already had. At least he had the decency to help patch me up when I lost.

"So you only met him once?"

"No, I've seen him around the Grand Line several times and I drank with him once or twice but I do not consider him to be anything more than an acquaintance. Plus I don't really like him very much." He was too uptight for my tastes.

Zoro frowned "He's 30 and you're what? 16?"

"Excuse you. I'm 18."

"Really? I guess you've just got one of those faces."

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing. Anyways we've got to find a way out." What a change in subjects.

"I'm glad you're finally noticing the predicament we're in. You can do what you want, I was just going to wait it out." I closed my eyes and thought about taking a nap if possible.

"What? You're not going to try?" I shook the shackles not wanting to explain myself again. "Why the hell would you eat a devil fruit if you knew this would happen."

I sighed. "What makes you think I choose to eat it."

"What did you say?"

"I said hurry up and get us out." I said louder, I know he at least heard a bit of what I said before but he probably wouldn't think much of it considering the situation.

"You're worse than the devil himself. "

"Like I haven't heard that before, just figure something out." I brought my legs to chest and locked my arms around them. Zoro stared at the wall for a good while as he thought over ways to get out of a cell without his swords.

When he finally looked over at me, I gave up on counting on him to escape. "Do you have your swords?" I glared at Zoro, he knew the damn answer but I humored him all the same.

"Do you have your swords?"

"No. Do you have a knife?"

"If I did I would have cut your ropes by now."

"Anything sharp or pointy."

"No they took it all." In fact I felt naked without any sort of weapon hidden somewhere around my body.

"All of it? Are you sure?"

"They were thorough." Zoro's face twisted into half disgust and pity.

"Damn." He slouched back and held a scowl. "Now what."

"That's it? Your plan was to use my weapons? How did you survive as a bounty hunter with a brain like yours?"

"Shut up you're annoying."

"The feelings are mutual." I looked around the cell, there was nothing I could use as a weapon. There was a bucket that I could probably bend into something sharp but I really didn't want to touch it so I looked to the only light coming into the cell, a barred up window. If I wasn't chained I could cut through them but that wasn't going to happen so I looked to the door. My only choice was to wait until the door opened again and make a run for it, kill a few fishman find either a weapon or the key to the shackles and get out of the area.

I was pulled out of my plan when I heard muffled grunts, I looked over at Zoro and almost attacked him. "What are you doing! You're going to reopen your wound!" The swordsman was trying to pull the ropes as far apart as he could hoping they would eventually snap.

"I can't just sit here!"

"Too bad, that's all we can do right now." I had been in situations like this before and each time it ended in death. I was more than used to being surrounded by blood, a bit more would do nothing but secure my motive for doing all this.

My time in the cell provided as time to think my life over. Something I didn't really like to do but when anyone is bored and has nothing to do it tends to happen whether it is wanted or not.

Will I be damned after I die?

Probably.

Do I care?

Not really.

I've been damned since the before I was born.

My birthday was the second time I had killed. The first being my father minutes after my mother found out she was pregnant. I guess that was clue enough that my life would only be only for taking others. Like some sort of Grim Reaper.

Grim Reaper.

I hate it but it defined me, my title was one of the few things that helped me in this kill or be killed world. It also labeled me as nothing more than a killing machine. Even if I did want to there's nothing I can do to get out of the Underworld. I've made my mark, with that a bounty and too many enemies.

There's no way I could just stop to make a life for myself. By now I'm too used to not trusting anyone, not even myself at times. No one can help me find freedom, there is no one.

"You hear that?" I was brought back to the cell I was in and looked to my fellow captive in the room.

"Hear what?"

"Someone's coming." The swordsman stared at the iron door on the other side if the room. I sat up a bit and placed my feet so I was ready to run when the door opened.

"What are you doing?"

"What I always do." The person reached the door and the cringe worthy sound of metal against metal could be heard followed by the unlocking of the door. But it didn't open, and the figure on the other side didn't move.

"Scared?" Zoro looked at me but his tone said he was talking about the person at the door.

"Why would a fishman be scared?" He shrugged. The door creaked just a little bit and I could see a dark figure through it. But the size of the figure was small. In one push the door swung open and Alrong's navigator stood on their holding a knife.

One of my knives.

"Are you here to finish me off?" Zoro smirked. I growled as she approached. She knelt down and pointed my knife at him then to my surprise cut the ropes on his hands and feet. Then she stood up and quickly walked out the room.

"Hurry up and get out of here before Arlong comes back." She threw something into the cell.

"What is the meaning of this?" I asked she tried to glare at me then left. Tried. There was something there. I couldn't place it.

"Hey." Zoro caught my attention. "Weren't you going to make a run for it?"

"Ah." I forgot.

"Come here."

"Why?" He held up his hand to show me a key. "Do you want out or not?" I scooted over and extended my arms, he took them and worked the key into the lock but stopped. "What's that?" He pointed at my left wrist.

"A bruise you left me." When the shackles came off I immediately began to rub my aching wrists.

"Not that, the tattoo."

"It's just something from when I was a kid." His brow furrowed but he didn't press any further and I was thankful for that as I traced the black lines of ink on my wrist.

"Onna." I looked towards the swordsman as he handed me something.

"Hah!" I grabbed the rod and swords out of his hands. "Thanks!" I placed them back in their proper place feeling much better with something to protect myself rather than depending on just my fists and devil fruit ability.

"Now what?"

"Nami told us get out before Arlong got back." He didn't make any attempt of moving this conversation out of the room.

"Yeah, but I promised Luffy I'd get Nami back."

"Your awfully loyal aren't you." This was frustrating, if we stayed there any longer the chances of being found was gradually growing. Sure I could have left alone but I couldn't.

"He's our captain." I felt a twinge of guilt that was quickly replaced with a desire to survive. Yeah, survival was the most important thing to me.

"Fair enough, but we should also look for Usopp."

"Where is he?"

"Some village. I don't remember the name."

"He'll be fine."

"Are you sure?" He thought it over and sighed. "Exactly."

"We should probably look for him while we wait for-" The sound of shoes against the cold floor caught my attention but I realized it too late.

"Why is this- HEY!" A fishman stood at the door.

"Shit." Zoro took an offensive stance. There was no time to wait for him to attack.

"THE PRISONERS ARE ESC-" I grabbed the nearest sharpened object and ran it through the fishman's throat keeping him from screaming for help and watched as he started drowning in his own blood then I grabbed one of my swords and ran his heart through.

"You could have used your own." I pulled the katana out of his neck, swung it to get most of the blood off then used the shirt of the dead fishman he to wipe off what remained before handing it back to Zoro.

"It was there and you're too slow." I smiled though he didn't share my enthusiasm, he looked more annoyed than anything else.

"I don't kill every person I see."

"Hey. I'm good at what I do." He shook his head. Down the corridor I could hear footsteps coming to see what had happened.

"Are you well enough to fight?"

"Yeah why?"

"There are more coming." He unsheathed his katana again and clenched his other hand, he was itching for another two swords.

"Great."

"Here." I removed my swords from their place on my back as handed them to him.

"I'll be fine with one." He couldn't really convince himself let alone another person. "You'll need them."

"I'm not the one with an almost fatal wound."

"KILL THEM!" The shouts were getting closer and the thumping of footsteps were getting louder. There were at least three coming at us if I really wanted to and I could take them all out but there were most likely many more guarding the building from the outside. The swordsman probably realized this and took my swords from my hands and gripped them to adjust to the sensation of new swords.

"Make sure to not break them."

"Alright, and don't slow me down." I placed my rod on the walls shadow.

"Same to you." The shadow took its shape as the fishmen spotted us and the fresh blood I had spilled.

At least I wouldn't be bored anymore.


A/N: I am so sorry for the long wait but I've been in school. If its any consolation I was doing this instead of my homework. The next chapter wont take several months but will probably be up some time in December cause I have a lot to study for.

I completely forgot to say so but for those of you questioning what Rai is, it says in the last chapter. I accidentally found it when I was researching the legends of King Arthur and it seemed interesting and different, only problem is that there are only about three paragraphs worth of information (in total) about it so I have to look up demon lore and make things up until it makes sense. So bear with me on that, it's hard enough trying to explain why I'm constantly looking up information about how long it takes to watch a person die when stabbed but now demons and how to summon them.

Oh yeah I'm totally being productive with my time.

So tell me what you guys think.