Pointless Report:
Gyahahaha~! Hi everyone! Yes! We made it to chapter 10! *applauds*
Wow it took me a long time to update… it took me like 3 weeks. Sorry 'bout that! I've been reacquainting myself with some old Gamecube games and I've been reading this cool manga called "Fairy Tail" (which I'd recommend to anyone who likes One Piece!)
Also I honor of getting to chapter 10, I'd like to thank all my reviewers!
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And thanks to my buddy Kaiyumi7788 for supporting and listening to me rant when I had my (many) writer's blocks! Hope you update your story soon!
Without further ado, let's start the chapter!
Kidd stepped into the inn with a murderous look on his face. That bitch had to be here somewhere, and he didn't care if he had to tear the entire building apart, he was going to find her.
He grabbed the nearest person by the shirt. 'I'm looking for a purple-eyed bitch wearing black, you seen her?' he growled.
The unfortunate man squeaked something unintelligent and was promptly thrown across the room. Kidd turned his deadly gaze around the room, searching for his next victim.
A balding man nervously cleared his throat earning him a death glare from the flame-headed pirate. Killer sighed. The poor bastard might have just signed his own death contract. 'I-I'm not entirely sure who you're looking for b-but if you don't leave immediately I'll call the marines.' The man stuttered.
Kidd laughed. 'You think mentioning the marines will make us scatter like cockroaches?' he asked tauntingly. The man's face went as white as a sheet and was visibly shaking with fear. Eustass walked slowly to the terrified man, imagining the best way to show him how scary Hell really was.
'Now Mister Eustass, there's no reason to make a scene.'
Kidd flinched at the familiar voice and looked around until he saw the pirate group sitting at the far end of the room. 'Trafalgar,' he snarled at the other captain, 'don't get in my way.' He threatened, temporarily forgetting about the man he was about to kill.
Law smirked setting his drink on a tray. Kidd blinked and stared at the other captain. A slow smile spread over his face. 'You should keep your bitch tied up. Otherwise she might get into trouble.' He said darkly.
Law chuckled. 'What makes you think I know the girl you're looking for? Or that she's even part of my crew?'
'Don't give me that bullshit. She ran off with that tray stacked full of drinks. She also mentioned something about bringing them back to her "captain".'
Law raised his eyebrows in obvious surprise. 'Isn't that flattering, she thinks of my as her captain.' He thought with a smile. No way in Hell was he going to let her live this down.
'Where is she, Trafalgar? I've got a score to settle with her.' Kidd growled snapping Law out of his thoughts.
Law shrugged. 'Don't know. She left a while ago.'
'Damn it Trafalgar! Are you telling me you can't even keep track of your own crew?'
Law smirked. 'Well she's not very social so she prefers to keep to herself. I'm not worried about her going off by herself.' He paused for a moment. 'She usually comes back by morning.' He finished unconcerned.
Law could almost see steam coming out of the other captain's ears, he chuckled softly.
Shit…Shit! Shit! Shit!
Law blinked and looked around the room in confusion. He could have sworn he'd heard Mariko.
Damn it! Why am I so weak?
'Trafalgar!'
Law snapped out of his trance. 'Hmm…?'
'Stop spacing out when I'm fucking talking to you!' Kidd growled.
Law shrugged off his confusion. 'Well if it makes you feel any better Mister Eustass, she sometimes appears when you least expect it.'
'Damn you Trafalgar! I just want to know where the fuck-'
The wall burst open as a figure smashed through it and flew across the floor.
Law smiled, the girl had excellent timing. 'You know, most people use the door to come into a building, but your way works too, princess' He said sarcastically.
Mariko groaned. 'Fuck off Law. I'm having a shitty night as it is without you pissing me off.'
'Then you might not want to look up.'
'Why wouldn't I…' She began before noticing Kidd. The blood drained from her face as she looked at him in pure horror. 'Fuck! It's the demon!' she screamed before scuttling away from him.
'What the fuck did you call me?' Kidd yelled grabbing his dagger.
'Oh come on! Can't I get even one break?! Just one fucking break?! Shit!'
The author paused.
Give Mariko a break… The author considered the thought for a moment. 'I know how I can fix this…' she mumbled to herself taking a shiny coin out of her pocket. 'Heads she gets a mini vacation later, Tails she suffers.'
Satisfied, the author tossed the coin into the air.
'And what do you mean by that Miss Mariko?' Law asked calmly, unaffected by the rising tension building around him.
Mariko turned to him, temporarily distracted from the demon captain in front of her. 'You know how I ran away from my island?'
'…What about it?' Law asked cautiously.
She smiled weakly. 'Well it turns out Father passed a few laws that affected a…certain group of people.'
'…What group of people?'
Mariko hung her head and shuffled her shoes.
'I don't give a shit who or what's after this bitch!' Kidd growled. 'But she's not getting away from me this time!'
'I agree. But unfortunately you'll have to wait your turn until I'm through with her.' A young woman said as she calmly walked through the hole in the wall. 'That is if you don't mind a corpse.'
Law flinched. There was a cold edge to her voice that reminded him of someone, but he couldn't remember who. He was pretty sure he'd never met her before, with her short dark red hair and neon green eyes would've been hard to forget.
'Shit! Why can't you just leave me alone? Damn it!' Mariko yelled backing away from the other woman.
The woman smiled sending shivers up Mariko's back. 'Poor child, unfortunately I can't do that. You're little riot made things very difficult for us. Takeshi used his power to hunt us down and he tried to annihilate us. That's not a crime we can forgive so easily.'
The coin dropped to the floor. The author smiled. 'This is going to be fun.' She said in delight.
Law could see Mariko visibly shaking.
'Are you…afraid?' the woman purred and then laughed.
Mariko felt a sudden urge to disappear. It reminded her of being a child again. She was about to retaliate when pain exploded in her head. She screamed as an invisible knife stabbed at her mind.
The woman smirked as she watched her suffer. Mariko twisted her body violently as if hoping that would relieve the pain.
Law watched the scene in horror. Mariko's body stopped its violent twitching and she gasped for air.
The woman walked over to Mariko and knelt down beside her. Law jumped off his chair.
'Oi bitch! I don't know what the purple-eyed bitch did but I'm not gonna let you kill her till I'm done with her!' Kidd growled.
'You really are a weak child.' The woman whispered completely ignoring Kidd's outburst. 'Did you really think you could just run away from your past? That's pathetic.'
Law gritted his teeth. He needed a plan to get that woman away from Mariko without getting her killed or taken away.
Mariko mumbled something to the woman. The woman's calm smile turned into a snarl. Mariko rolled her head over so she was looking directly at the woman and spat at her. She snarled at the woman, closed her eyes and slipped into oblivion.
The woman stood up silently and started to leave. 'You don't need to point that thing at me, I won't hurt her.'
Law lowered his nodachi. 'Where're you going?'
The woman smiled. 'The child's told me something quite interesting and I no longer have any intention of finishing her off.' She laughed quietly at Law bewildered expression. 'When she wakes up, tell her Kita accepts her challenge.'
Even Kidd watched silently as Kita disappeared into the night.
-This is a time/scene skip…this is the only way Fanfiction'll let me divide things…Ignore this-
Mariko groaned, her head was killing her. 'Damn.'
'Good morning, princess. Nice to see you're not dead.'
Mariko opened her eyes to see Law sitting at the edge of the bed. 'Oh go to Hell.' She murmured but accepted the apple he handed her. He watched silently as she ate.
'Stop staring at me you creeper. If you've got something to say, then say it.' She snapped.
'Why was Kita after you?' he asked simply.
'Who?'
'The woman after you, I'm assuming she was a witch, is that right?'
'Yeah, I didn't expect her to be so powerful. She probably a master, she was able to use spells without saying them.' She sighed deeply and massaged her temple. 'When Yukio and I left, Father decided that he'd had enough with the witches living in the Unknown. He had a group of people trained to hunt down and eliminate them and all traces about them.' She shrugged. 'I guess it's only natural for them to hate me and want to kill me.'
Law smiled. 'You do have a way with people.'
Mariko smiled. 'Asshole.'
'High praise indeed. Oh, before Kita left she said something about a challenge?'
Mariko gave him a half smile. 'It was more of a smartass arrogant threat.' She confessed.
'You're not going to tell me are you?'
'Probably not.'
A silence stretched between them. Mariko awkwardly bit into her apple, unsure what to say next.
Law tilted his head to the side considering the idea forming in his head. He got up slowly and leaned towards her.
'Law…?' she asked confused.
Law hesitated before kissing her lightly. Mariko almost jumped back in surprise but after some short consideration gave a mental shrug and leaned into the kiss. When she backed away, her cheeks were burning.
Law smiled warmly. 'I'm not going to wake up with a knife in my back for doing that am I?' He asked jokingly.
She smiled and looked away but said nothing.
He laughed. 'Oh and by the way, I made a deal with Mister Eustass.'
'You did what?!'
'I promised him that if he let you rest and gave me back the key you apparently lost,' Mariko mumbled something under her breath, 'he could…What did he say it? "Settle a score with the purple-eyed bitch", I think.'
Mariko groaned into her pillow. Law was pretty sure he heard some choice swear words but he couldn't figure out if they were directed at him or Kidd.
'I hate you! You bastard!'
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Mariko stumbled into the inn. She had bruises and cuts everywhere and wouldn't be surprised if there were a few broken bones. She wasn't surprised when the people she saw crossed the street to avoid her. 'I must look like Hell.' She muttered to herself as she walked into the inn. She spotted Law sitting in the corner of the room relaxing.
'Oh you're alive?' Law asked vaguely surprised.
'No thanks to you! Asshole! Because of you, I was Kidd's human test dummy!'
'What did he "test" on you?' Law asked suppressing a laugh.
She gave him an I'm-gonna-kick-your-sorry-ass-all-the-way-to-Hell glare. 'He wanted to try out some new techniques and attacks since there aren't any marines here to practice on.' She said gritting her teeth.
Law laughed.
'I'm going to take a shower.' She muttered storming away.
'It's good to know she's still the same lovable girl we've gotten used to.' Law said taking a sip of his drink. Jean Bart sighed and rolled his eyes.
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Mariko slammed her fists against the wall. Damn it! She'd gotten her ass kicked twice in less than 24 hours.
'I need to get stronger.' She told herself. The burning water stung her wounds but in a twisted way it made her feel good and alive. She thought about her "challenge".
'I won't die. I'm going to find the Forgotten One and learn the truth. And when I do, I'll make you suffer bitch.'
She massaged her temples and sighed. 'The Forgotten One,' she said wistfully.
Only one witch had ever learned all the gods' names and fully mastered her powers, but she disappeared years ago. Rumor had it that she knew the truth about magic and she was somewhere on the Grand Line.
She felt her mouth twitch into a smirk at the irony of the nickname, every witch knew about her.
She turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. The fresh towels felt clean and soft against her abused skin.
'At least I didn't break any bones.' She reminded herself.
When was the last time she'd been able to relax like this? She'd never had much time to slow down when she was travelling with Yukio. They'd never stayed in one place for very long, too risky. Though she'd loosened up since "joining" the Heart pirates, she still didn't feel completely relaxed.
She leaned against the wall. The cool tiles felt good against her burning cheek. She tried clearing her mind but one thought nagged her.
'Law,' she muttered. How was she going to cope with him? The ghost of the kiss still lingered on her lips. She banged her head against the wall in frustration. She wanted to tear something apart. There were too many "what ifs" forming in her head.
She pushed the thoughts to the back of her mind and absentmindedly pulled on her pajamas. She wasn't hungry enough to go down for supper. Besides, she wasn't sure if she could stay in the same room as Law without tearing him limb from limb.
-This is a time/scene skip…this is the only way Fanfiction'll let me divide things…Ignore this-
That night Mariko slept soundly.
After 10 years, the nightmares had finally ended.
-This is a time/scene skip…this is the only way Fanfiction'll let me divide things…Ignore this-
'Captain the new bounty posters came!'
Law grabbed the stack eagerly and flipped through them. He stopped suddenly as a look of surprise flickered on his face. He grinned.
'Hey, someone go wake Mariko up. She'll want to see this.'
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Law was stunned when Mariko came into the room. It had been surprising enough that she'd come without complaining or threats, but there seemed to be something different about her. Her eyes were brighter, more awake.
'So what's up Law?' She asked. Law gave her an odd look.
'Are you feeling alright, princess? You seem… different somehow…'
Mariko shrugged. 'I just had a good night's sleep.'
Law raised an eyebrow. 'Right~, well anyway, the new bounty posters were released today.'
'Wonderful. More fuel for your ego.'
'It's nice to know a good night's sleep doesn't deprive you of your unique sense of humor.' Law commented dryly. Mariko wasn't sure if she'd just been insulted or not.
'There's a few here you might be interested in.' He continued motioning for her to come see.
She rolled her eyes but leaned over to see the papers scattered over the table.
"Dark Doctor" Trafalgar Law;
Captain of the Heart pirates;
220,000,000 Beri;
Mariko watched Law out of the corner of her eye.
Eustass "Captain" Kidd;
Captain of the Kidd pirates;
360,000,000 Beri;
Instinctively she flinched. 'Demon,' she muttered under her breath. She grabbed a few of the papers and flipped through them and almost dropped the stack in shock.
The poster showed a teenage girl sitting under a tree staring off into space.
"Death wish" Daiyomondo Mariko;
Crew member of the Heart pirates;
63,000,000 Beri;
Law watched Mariko's jaw drop.
Law gave her a smug look. 'What was that you were saying about people with bounties?'
Her face was a perfect expression of pure shock.
'What's with you? Most pirates are thrilled when they get a new bounty.' Law asked grinning.
'S-Somebody was stalking me?!'
Law laughed. 'Well they can't exactly go up to a wanted pirate and ask for a photo.'
An orange haired navigator sneezed. 'I hope I'm not getting sick.' She thought to herself.
Law watched passively as Mariko rammed her head against the wall. 'Should I ask why you're doing that?'
'I thought I was alone! How could he have snuck up on me?' She demanded.
'You should just let it go. They've gotten almost all of the wanted people. You don't have to beat yourself up about it.' Bepo said pulling her away from the wall before she broke it. Law rolled his eyes.
She muttered something as she rubbed her sore forehead. She glared at Law. 'Hey, how'd you get an increase in your bounty? Other then get into a fight with the Sakki pirates you haven't really caused any trouble.' She narrowed her eyes. 'Did you do something when you got drunk?' she asked accusingly.
Law laughed. 'It's probably from Shabondy. I caused a bit of trouble there.'
Mariko whipped her head around. 'What the Hell'd you do?'
Law smirked. 'The marines assumed that, since I was in the same building as a certain pirate captain that punched a World Noble, I must be his accomplice.' Law explained sarcastically. 'Then I got in some fights with the marines and a few other people, got to the ship and left.'
'Wait a minute! If you left, how'd you end up at the auction house I was in?' She interrupted.
'I was getting to that. Anyway long story short, we came back to see Portgas D. Ace's execution.'
'But the execution was still going on during the auction, why'd you leave?'
'I got bored and left.'
Mariko stared at him in disbelief.
'Think of it this way, if I didn't leave you'd be stuck being someone else's slave. Does that make you feel any better?'
Mariko felt her eye twitch in annoyance. Law grinned and took the papers from her and began flipping through them again.
She snatched a muffin from the plate in front of Law. 'Taking a walk, I'll be back when I feel like it.' She announced walking away.
Law nodded and waved his hand in dismissal, which slightly pissed her off.
She chewed her lip and sighed. Her Father was up to something, or at least planning it. She tried to think of a motive but came up blank. 'Whatever it is,' she thought grimly, 'it can't be good.'
Since the manga hasn't released the new bounty posters, I gave Kidd and Law theirs. They fought with the marines with Luffy and they somehow managed to get away from being captured by the marines so that's got to increase their bounty by at least 20 million.
I just added some more for Kidd because he probably burned down a few towns and killed a bunch of people. XD