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Summary: She was a mage that ate a fruit when she was 10. She lost her faith in humanity when she was 6, but due to meeting Monkey D. Luffy it was restored and she was forever loyal to him. He saw her in a bar on some island. He had heard rumors of her while she worked with the group known simply as the Thirteen, so he thought it would be a good idea to get her to join his crew. Funnily enough he didn't expect her ties to her adoptive family and just who was protective of her.

Summary will be reworked, but that's it for now. Here's the chapter. Please Review! Tell me what you think of the P.O.V change between Law and Kaileara? Do you like how one chapter is mostly Kaileara and then another that's Law?


Chapter Nine: The Captain's test Pt. 2 and spending time with Law


I stood across from Shachi, Penguin, and Bepo after lunch. Law stood above us as we stood in the middle of the sunken area. Law spoke as he leaned against the railing, "Alright Kaileara. I want you to fight these three."

"Any rules?" I ask causing him to nod.

"No maiming or anything like that," He said causing me to nod.

"Fine," I answer before looking at the three, "Don't go holding back on me. I want to get a good workout,"

I could see slight uncertainty in Shachi and Penguin, but Bepo nodded. Kiyo held a gong in one tail and hit it with a small wooden mallet with another. How she got those things, I would never know since I didn't have any in my pocket space. Even if I did, she could go inside unless I gave her permission. It looked odd seeing her hold up a gong twice her size while hitting it with a hammer the size of a human arm. I shook it off however when Bepo charged towards me. I jump to the side and sent a kick towards his head. He dodged and sent one my way. I jumped back and twisted to the side as Penguin rushed towards me. I sent a punch towards him before following through with a spin kick. He blocked it, but skidded back from the force of my kick. Shachi attacked from the left causing me to use Penguin as a springboard and jump into the air. Shachi whistled, "Damn she's fast."

I smirk and spun slightly to hook my leg behind Bepo's head. His eyes widen and he tried to get out of the way as I began to twist my body. He barely got out of the way as I came crashing down. I landed in a twisted crouch and said, "Nice reflexes Bepo."

"Sorry," He looked away giving me an opening to hit the pressure points on both his arms to render them useless.

"Bepo!" Shachi and Penguin shouted.

"He'll be fine, but he can't use his arms for the moment," I say and gave the two a smirk, "Try your luck together,"

They looked between each other before nodding. I felt curiosity burn inside of me as the two charge towards me with Shachi on the left and Penguin on the right.I allowed my body to move on instinct alone as I took stock of the two. They held an air of trust between them that felt much like what I had for my Brothers. It was diffrent between Law and them which was the same for Luffy and I. It seems these two have been together for a long time, but the story would have to wait for a while. Shachi seemed to be stronger than Penguin, but Penguin had a bit more flexibility which would even out their styles. Penguin focused more on joints whereas Shachi focused on weaker area's like the chest, legs, and head. Penguin also seemed to be taking small cues from Shachi which meant Shachi was the more dominant one in the fight. Shachi also seemed to notice things easier than Penguin did, but Penguin also seemed to find faults in what Shachi noticed. It seemed that Shachi was the frontliner while Penguin was the support and planner. I stored those thoughts into my mind before turning back to the fight. I was currently standing on the two's outstretched legs with the fingers of my right hand curled around Shachi's neck and the heel of my left foot aimed towards Penguin's neck. Both had wide eyes, but Law broke them out of it, "It seems that Kaileara has one this match."

I let the two's necks go and do a backflip off of their legs. I landed in a one handed handstand before following through with another backflip and landing in a crouch. I look up at the two and gave them a smile, "You both show promise and your teamwork is amazing. Keep working at it and try to add some weapons to your styles. It would make you deadlier and on the sea it's sorely needed," I grimace at the reminder of some of the idiots that I encountered, "I also suggest that you don't solely rely on either your martial arts or weapons. It is a very bad idea and will get you killed."

Both nod and Law said, "Go and do your jobs."

"Aye Captain," The two chorus before taking off, "See Ya Later!"

I didn't bother watching them go as I walked over to the polar bear. I allowed my magic to appear in my hands and began to heal the damage I did as I murmur, "You did good Bepo, but I suggest adding in your claws. I could give you a few pointers for when you fight on four legs, but my two leg fighting is mostly limited to my human form."

"Sorry," He looked down causing me to tsk at him.

"It's fine Bepo," I tell him as I finish before giving him a grin, "I suggest trying to relax your arms for the rest of the day,"

He looked at Law. Law nodded in accent and Bepo headed off to do whatever it was he did. I got out of the pit as Law said, "You're rather spontaneous when you fight."

"Yeah, but it's how I do things," I shrug lightly, "I can never stand to learn a whole style, so I do what fits me before moving onto the next," I looked at him with a smirk, "It's one of the reasons I'm good at dancing,"

"You add dance moves into your fighting style?" He asked in surprise causing me to shrug.

"Kinda," I gave him a sheepish smile, "When I hear music or something with a beat, I move to it. I don't consciously make those movements though,"

"You let your instincts take over?" He supplied causing me to hum.

"Sorta," I agree before asking, "Whatcha want me to do?"

"I want you to take a look at the crews finances," He replied causing me to nod.

"Sure lead the way," I agree since I had nothing better to do.

We walked through the halls of the sub and into Law's office. I looked around and whistled slightly. It was nice with a wooden interior. The wood was a rich dark brown color with some splashes of red here and there. He had a black couch and a glass table in the middle of the room with a few chairs scattered about. His desk was a deep black color with a few carvings tinted in yellow gleaming in the light. I spotted a sea kings, a wolf, but to my amusement most of the carvings were of Polar Bears and Leopards. Law always had a fascination with both which meant of course he would have something like that on the crew. I glanced at Law as he waved me over to the glass table while he went to his desk. He moved like a predator...like a leopard or a wolf...no more leopard than wolf. I felt my lips twitch into a smile at the thought. It fit since he liked spots a little bit more than healthy if the spots I saw barely hidden all over the sub were any indication. I look around the office further and nodded to myself. It suited him fairly well, but it was odd not seeing any pictures of his family up. I would have to talk to him about it later. I didn't even jump as he let a large stack of papers fall onto the table in front of me while I plopped down at the chair that sat not far from it. I gave the papers a curious look as Yukina asked, "Why the fuck does it look like everything was pretty much stuffed in a drawer and left there?"

Law chuckled as he walked over to his desk and sat down, "I don't like looking at math unless I have to."

"So pretty much like Kai, only she actually made sure to do all the work and store it in a safe place," Yukina said causing Law to look at me in curiosity.

"Math isn't one of my strong suits unless it deals with something I like," I shrug lightly before I began to look over the stack, "If you have anymore than this, let me get this stack divided into something manageable before you drop the next off,"

"I'm surprised you actually agreed to do this," Law said as I slowly began to create seperate stacks of papers, "If you don't like math, then why?"

"I figured you wouldn't want something exploding inside of the sub," I answer as I looked over each document in the rapidly dwindling original pile, "Most of my ideas to get rid of boredom involve experiments, the experiments currently on my mind would result in an explosion or something to deal with fire. I assumed you wouldn't want such things in the sub unless deemed safe,"

He was silent for a few moments before he asked, "What could those seals of yours do to help us?" I pause in my work and turn slightly to give him a confused look, "Duncan told me after he remembered seeing them."

"Ah," I acknowledge as I turned back to my work, "Seals can do many things like storing things, strengthening them, adding defences, and other such things," I look at my several stacks of paperwork and began to further seperate them, "In the end, I can do many things that could help you guys out,"

Kiyo looked over the stacks and began to help me work through them. Yukina settled at my feet and closed her eyes to take a nap since she wasn't good with calculations. I spent the next forty minutes working through the paperwork and telling Law about what seals could do. I informed him that while some might consider me a master, sealing was an almost lost subject. In fact, compared to some people in my clan, I am merely a high apprentice or journeyman. After those forty minutes, we fell into a companionable silence as we both worked on things. He was either looking over medical books or his log book while I worked on the finances. I however did stop once my hand decided to spasm. I let go of my pen and grip my right hand tightly as Kiyo asked, "Are you alright Kai?"

I rubbed at the spasming muscles as Law stood up and made his way over to me, "I dunno my muscles just decided to spasm."

Law looked at me in concern and asked, "Is this normal?"

"No," I answer as I tried to soothe the pain in my hand, "Kiyo?"

Kiyo looked at me for a few moments before placing her paw on my arm and closing her eyes. Law looked at her in surprise as I reached into my pocket space and grabbed a scroll. I wince causing Law ask, "What are you doing?"

"Getting something to help me," I answer as I pulled the scroll out and handed it to Law, "Mind opening that for me?"

He did as I asked and opened the scroll. He looked at rather complex array and asked, "Is this some sort of storage seal?"

"Yes," I answer in surprise before raising my unspasming hand towards my mouth and pricking my thumb on one of my k-9's, "It's a blood seal since a few of my friends happen to like stealing my supplies when I have them out," I ran my bloody thumb across the seal causing it to glow blood red before a large pot appeared, "Mind helping me smear some of that on my hand? It should help my muscles stop spasming,"

"What is it?" He asked as he opened the cream and the scent of sulfur leaked out of it, "And why does it smell like sulfur?"

"It's one of the muscle relaxants that I made a while back," I answer as I licked the blood off my thumb and watched the wound heal, "It's a rather unique one that's usually seen as a liquid rather than a solid," He dipped his fingers into the cream and stiffened, "I was bored one day and decided to mess with the chemical composition. The sulfur you smell and the heat you most likely is a direct result of one of the solidify agents," He lifted his fingers from the cream and spread the substance over my hand causing me to sigh in relief, "You see without the addition of some ash from lava the cream would be likely to take on a liquid form and thus evaporate quickly if not kept in a clear form,"

"What causes the light orange coloring?" He asked as he rubbed in the cream.

"Due to the nature of how I received the ash," I answer as he put the lid back on the cream and resealed it, "I had been traveling with one of my adoptive fathers and we landed on an island inhabited by beings called the Yōgan. They're descended from the great beast Hiroko, the fierce Bull," I felt a smile of amusement slide onto my face as Law rolled up the scroll and handed it to me, "They're like volcano's in human form and often have very bad tempers. I happened to make a few friends among them and ended up getting those ashes," I put the scroll into my pocket space, "The ashes for some reason or another react to certain agents in that caused the pink color changed it to orange,"

"Interesting," Law murmured before looking at Kiyo, "What's she doing?"

"She's searching my magic and other energies to figure out what happened to my hand," I answer just as Kiyo shook her head, "What's going on Kiyo?"

"A new ability is awakening," She answered causing me to hum, "It's settling in,"

I nodded as Law asked, "What ability would cause her hand to spasm?"

"At the moment it hasn't defined itself, but it should be a rather interesting one from what I saw," Kiyo answered before jumping back onto the table, "Let's get back to work,"

She turned back to the papers and I sighed softly before grabbing the pen with my left hand, "How long until it settles?"

"A day," She answered causing me to growl in slight frustration, "Looks like your stuck doing things left handed,"

Law looked between us before asking me, "You're ambidextrous?"

"Have to be," I say while focusing half-way on the papers in front of me, "I needed to for certain aspects of sealing and using certain weapons. Mihawk decided that I needed to learn to use both hands for certain swords styles," I hum softly, "Shanks was actually the one that got me started on wanting to learn to do things left handed,"

"Didn't Red-haired-ya lose his left arm?" Law asked causing me to nod, "How did he get you started then?"


Law P.O.V


I watched Kaileara with interest as she worked. Her right hand was obviously better than her left, but her left was much more legible than most could say. It still held the neat, almost elegant edge to it that was present in each letter she wrote. I filed those thoughts into the back of my mind as Kaileara spoke again. Her voice took on a softer almost hesitant edge as she paused in her writing. Her eyes lost their lively glimmer and gained an almost sober look to them as if she remembered something terrible, "To tell you how, I would have to go into how he lost his arm in the first place."

"You know how he lost that arm?" I ask with wide eyes causing her to laugh bitterly, "No one was able to get the story from him,"

"I was there that's how I know," She smiled a bitter smile, "It all happened because I wasn't able to stop my little brother from acting like an idiot," Her eyes darkened, almost becoming black with the gold in her eyes brightening as the room got colder, "It was just a few days after Luffy and I ate our devil fruits..." Her expression lightened, "Hell we didn't know they were devil fruits until we ate them...or at least until mine decided to reveal itself," She grimaced as if remembering something painful, "Did it hurt after you ate your devil fruit?"

"No though I believe it is common in those that eat Zoan devil fruits," I reply causing her to chuckle softly, "How badly did it hurt you?"

"It started with a sharp pain in my stomach," She answered as her eyes grew slightly glassy, "The feeling grew even more intense as time passed on. I sent the pup to get Shanks because it was him that owned the fruit. I didn't know that part until Luffy told me," She chuckled softly, "Stupid pup ran out of Makino's bar after Shanks allowed a bandit to dump food and sake on him. Said that Shanks was a big bad pirate," She shook her head, "The only reason Shanks allowed it was because Makino, Luffy, and me could of been hurt," Her smile dropped slightly, "They came running towards me, but by that time I was in so much pain I couldn't even tell that they were there until Shanks had me in his arms," She let out a bitter laugh, "The idiot hadn't even known me that long, but he was already attached to me. He looked so scared and whispered that I would be okay,"

"Why? Shouldn't he know what Zoan users go through when they first eat their fruit?" I ask causing her to shake her head and look at me with clear eyes.

"Nah Shanks doesn't have any devil fruit users on the crew," She laughed at the look on my face, "Besides it's rare to see a Zoan user in any place other than the GrandLine. Trust me, I've been to every sea except for the All Blue," She then shook her head, "Any way," Her eyes darkened again, "I was laid out for a while before I suddenly sensed something was up. I was so new to my instincts being on a whole nother level that I just went with them. I didn't question them,"

"What do you mean by 'whole nother level'?" I ask causing her to smile a sharp toothed smile.

"Tundra before I ate my devil fruit didn't exist," She replied causing me to feel slightly stupid, but I wouldn't admit it, "Hell she didn't come to exist until a month afterward. My magic and my devil fruit clashed multiple times. Hurt like a fucking bitch, but I could function after a few days," She shook her head, "Anyway, I followed my instincts and came upon the bay. I shifted into my dragon form which allowed me to ignore the fact the ocean drains all devil fruit users of their energy," She shook her head lightly, "My theory is that my magic reared it's, unknown at the time, head and protected me. It allows the same now so long as I am in a form that allows for water travel," She shook her head again, "Anyway, I rushed towards where my instincts screamed at me to go. It turns out that I gained a form of empathy or something with Luffy and could feel his fear. Arrived just in time to see a large sea king getting driven off by Shanks haki. I didn't notice that Shanks lost his arm until I got both the idiots to the beach and regained my human form," She sighed softly, "In conclusion, Luffy pissed off the bandit that insulted Shanks. The Bandit decided to try and kill Luffy. Shanks interrupted the bandit. Shit happened and the Bandit made off with Luffy on a little boat. He decided to cut his losses once he was far enough from land and tossed Luffy overboard. Luffy, being a devil fruit user, couldn't swim and his panic drew the sea king to him. The sea king ate the bandit and was going to eat Luffy, but Shanks got in the way. Shanks lost his arm before getting the damn thing to run away,"

"An interesting story, but what exactly does that have to do with Shanks inspiring you to use your other hand?" I ask not being able to connect the long story to the point.

I was surprised to feel a bit of pain in my arm causing me to let out a small yelp and grip my arm. I glared at Kaileara as she smirked at me, "Think about it. Why would I, a child at the time, want to learn to use my other hand when Shanks, my sorta father figure at the time, had just lost his dominant arm?"

I glared at her before the information sunk in and felt like slapping myself. I ground out, "You wanted to go through the same thing if only to help him out?"

"Yup," She chirped before turning to back to the papers, "It was around that time that we met Mihawk though Luffy won't remember it,"

She grumbled the last part, but seemed generally happy. It helped me form an image of the people that Kaileara was connected to. It would take actually meeting them, but I think the people that she's close to have been a good influence. I did have to wonder what this Luffy boy would do when he finally became a pirate. From the sounds of it, he would need a crew that tolerated him and was willing to save his ass most of the time.

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