*Arya*

My eye cracks open and I am greeted by tangerine colored head of hair. For the past week and half that we have been on the sea, I finally made it out of the infirmary and into a real bed in the women's room.

The past week has been pretty relaxed with the crew. I have been training like mad for the whole week. Practicing my sword skills with Zoro and sparing with Luffy for close combat. Anyone who wanted to spar, I took the opportunity.

After getting utter defeat against Kizaru, I knew that people in the New World were far past my expectation. Part of me was happy with this. It only meant that I could train more to awaken my devil fruit, perfect my Haki, and become deadly with my swords.

I slip out of my sheets making no sound. I toss on a comfy purple t-shirt and loose black pants that I tuck into my beloved knee high boots.

As I step out onto the deck I see an unusually presence.

"Hey Usopp what are you doing up so early?" I question.

The long nosed man turns around so I can see his goggled face and in his hands his trusty slingshot, "Oh! Good morning Arya. I am just trying to practice."

I look around confused for a moment and ask, "Well where are your targets?"

Usopp points a tan finger way up to the mast, "I placed them way up there so that I couldn't see them."

I pause for a moment when the pieces click together, "Your Kenbunshoku Haki awakened didn't it?"

He strikes a pose with his thumb up and a cocky smile, "I am a God after all! Of course I have Haki! I have mastered every form!"

I step up to his side and stare up at the mast and talk into the sky, "So you know that using that type of Haki, you can only sense presences of living things right? It is not like a pair of binoculars that can just zoom in on anything."

"uuuuuuuuuhhhhhh..." Usopp withers.

I shake my head, "You haven't told the others about this have you?"

The curly haired man shakes his head sorrowfully, "No I wanted to get it under control first so I would impress them with my strength."

I clamp a hand down on his shoulder, "So let's train shall we?"

He smiles large and tips his hat back, "Thanks a million Arya!"

Holding up a finger I flicker in and out of sign. When I appear again I am holding a white handkerchief from the kitchen. I reach around Usopp, "Alright hold still. We will start off with something simple and close then we will go from there okay?"

As I secure the blindfold Usopp pumps his fists, "Bring it on!"

I pace a circle around Usopp, "Okay now. Try to focus not on my voice but on my aura, my spirit."

From where I stand I can feel Usopp furrow his eyebrows hard in concentration.

Smack!

"Ow! Hey what was that for!?" Usopp complains.

"Well if you use your Haki you could have blocked the attack. I just walked up to you and hit you." I scold. "Now again!"

This goes on for a while. Usopp's progress is... there. It is only his first day of training. He manages to block about one in every 10 to 15 hits.

I stop for a moment, "You are not doing awful for your first day."

I can sense Usopp roll his eyes, "Thank you that is encouraging. . . sigh. . . ahhh! Arya what are you doing!?"

I examine myself and stare blankly, "Usopp I am not doing anything."

His voice quivers, he legs shaking, "It looks like you are on fire!"

"Usopp take off you mask now." I reach out my Kenbunshoku Haki. Finding nothing on the ship.

Usopp blinks and rubs his eyes. I start to interrogate him, "Are you sure that it was my spirit?"

He strokes his goatee, "It was smaller and a red color instead of your gold, but I am 100 percent sure that that person was on fire. Flames were whipping around her like an inferno!"

Tapping my fingers on my chest I gaze out to the approaching island trying to think, "What direction did you feel it when you were standing?"

Long nose squints his eye shut and points to his left where I am already gazing out, "No way." I whisper. I grab long nose's hand, "Come on. We are going to the front of the ship."

"Wait. . why. . ugh!" Usopp has no time to protest as a drag him along.

We stop at the front of the ship and let go of his hand and point toward the island, "Try again." I demand.

Usopp looks at me with his mouth dangling open like a fish, "okay?"

He closes his eyes and tries to center himself. I hopefully look rises on his face but diminishes in a second, "I got nothing." He says flatly.

I nod and reach my Haki to the island finding myself in a little bit dumbfounded that long nose was able to reach that far out. It had to be about 10 miles out, but sure enough there she was.

She was young girl probably seven or eight years old. I could only barely make out what she looked like because of the fiery red aura consuming her. Her skin was a dark tan, her flaming red hair was pulled up into a pony tail, and her eyes looked like burning coals: orange and glowing.

My mouth forms a small o. Usopp was right she was on fire. Her hair whipped around her like a fiery inferno. Her eyes looked wild like an animals. She stares at me straight in the eyes and sneers and disappears into the forest.

"Uh. ." I roughly grab Usopp's arm. "What do you know about fire type devil fruits? Any of them!"

"Umm. . . ah. . Well Luffy's brother ate the Mera Mera no mi. . . " Usopp stutters out.

"Hey are you talking about Sabo or Ace?" Luffy bounds over.

I hurry over to him, "What do you know about fire devil fruit?"

Luffy grabs his chin, "Well after Ace died my brother Sabo ate the Mera Mera no Mi. The man who killed Ace was made out of lava."

I felt a small pang of guilt for being his brother's death up but I push on anyways, "For certain they are both still alive."

Luffy just nods blankly and his head falls to the right, "Why?"

"There is a young girl roaming that island with Sabo's devil fruit power. I think she might be the answer to a few of our questions about artificial logia fruits." I inform a blank looking Luffy.

Luffy puts a pinky up his nose, "So all we have to do is catch the girl. How hard could that be?"

An uneasy feeling waves over me. There was something that reminded me of myself. Alone with a terrifying power, so alone, but there was something upsetting about her. There didn't seem to be a single emotion in her eyes. Maybe she was just good at hiding them like me, but I highly doubted it. No one was that good.

*Zoro* -on land-

"Zoro for God's sakes can you stop wandering off. Why did I get stuck with the only person who can't tell their left from their right?" Arya complains yanking my arm.

I return fire, "I was following you. You were the one who was wandering off."

She stops and turns, waving her hands in frustration, "I am the one leading. How do I wander off and get lost?"

"Che. Let's just stop for lunch. We are not making any progress with the girl." I grumble and start looking for some logs to start a fire.

For the past few hours we have been wandering around an Autumn Island that was heavily forested and not a single sign of human life.

I get the fire crackling and sit on the browning grass by Arya and grab a Pirate Lunch box from her yellow bag.

As I eat my lunch and see Arya shiver. I give her a sideways glance. She is wearing a knit light green sweater with 'Luck' splayed across her chest, her long black pants, and her knee high black boots.

I chuckle at her. I stand, my footsteps scuff against the ground and throw my kimono over her trembling body. Rejoining her on the ground after.

She gives me a small smile, "It never got this cold at home. Nami said it seems to be the coldest time for this island, but Nami and Robin just went out in sweaters so I should get used to it. Aren't you cold?"

"No I am perfectly fine." But goosebumps arise on my skin betraying me

"Take you kimono back dumbass." She throws it at my face and glares at me until I put it back on.

Arya pull her legs to her chest, her eyes staring hard at the fire, "Hey Zoro, what do you think is happening to my father right now? Do you think they figured out that it was all an act?"

I sigh and trace my fingers along her neck and pull out a familiar locket and open it, "When you look at him do you see someone who can't take care of himself?"

She solemnly shakes her head.

I drop the locket letting bounce against her chest, "Mihawk isn't stupid. He knows what he is doing. If an idiot like Luffy can break in and out of Impel Down and escape Marineford, I am pretty sure a Shichibukai who knows the ins and outs of the place would be okay."

She rubs her legs and bobs her head, "I guess you're right. I am not doubting him or anything, I just worry you know. He is family."

I put my lunch box down, "I understand. I do the same thing with you and the rest of the crew. That stunt you pulled with Kizaru, it worried me but I knew you were going to be alight. Just believe the people you care about strength."

"Thank you Zoro." She replies with a shiver.

I scoot closer to her so our legs are touching and wrap an arm around her sharing my heat, "You know you aren't a very convincing warrior when your shivering in temps that are above freezing. Not exactly a scary Sea Goddess with a 300,000,000 beli bounty, maybe that why my bounty is higher."

She reaches up and flicks my forehead, "Barely! It is only 20 million beli. If I released my full power I would have kicked your ass!"

I flick her back, "Who said I was using my full power?"

She squints at me, "What power are you hiding from me?"

I smirk, "I got a thing or two up my sleeve."

A soft hand brushes against the scar along my eye sending shivers down my spine. She is so close I can feel her warm breath on my face, "There is something more to this scar than meets the eye isn't there."

I absently rest a hand on my eye.

I remember waking up in the infirmary on Kuraigana Island with an emotionless Mihawk looming over my bandaged body. I try to open my eyes but my left eye fails to cooperate.

"I sealed your power into your eye. The combination of your demon sword and Asura sent your power into overdrive. Once you get a hold of half of the demonic power, you'll be able to open your left eye again. With how your training is going I doubt that will be anytime soon." With that he leaves.

I lay in bed trying to remember something from the fight but fail. Feeling weak and incompetent.

Lucky for me Perona was glad to fill me in on everything.

She was spazzing out. She tried to tell me that I became a beast with 10 heads, 20 arms, and thirty blades. That my eyes went pure black and my teeth turned into fangs. She said I went psycho on Mihawk and tried to kill him. She complained I should try to act cuter.

I ignored her until it she huffed and went away.

Thinking back to Jade Island made me agitated. Still so powerless.

I reach up to Arya's hand resting on my face and grab it, resting it against my chest, "I can't really slip anything past you." I smile weary down at her.

She smiles softly, "No one knows a swordsmen better then another swordsmen."

She is so close to me. My arm around her slender waist, her soft hand against my chest, and he face just inches form mine. I am surprised I kept my cool this long. The feeling that spreads over me when I am around her is intoxicating.

"Hey Arya can I tell you something?" I peer down at her raven head leaning against my shoulder. She simply nods.

Confidence diminishes as quickly as a whisper in the wind and I am silent for a moment too long.

She gives me a soft squeeze of the hand and turns her big golden eyes up to me, "What is it?"

I shift my cup her chin and stare into the beautiful golden orbs, "Arya I. . . .fire!"

*Arya*

I blink. Fire?

Sure enough there was a burning glow stalking slowly this way. It was just a pin pick of light right now but Zoro must have been using his Haki this whole time.

I pack my bag in a hurry, shivering a little while I do.

For a moment I think about how nice it was to be held in Zoro's strong arms. It was comforting, warm, and safe. I wanted that moment to last just a while longer. Is this what Luffy felt like when he was with Law? Do I think of Zoro all the time like Luffy does with Law?

I mentally smack myself. This emotion I am feeling stopped me from sensing the little girl. My Kenbunshoku Haki is impeccable. If she was this close now I should of been able to sense her at least 20 minutes ago.

So what do I? I let my guard down with him. If it affects me like this, doesn't it mean this feeling is a weakness?

I bend my knees ready to dash forward, "Try to keep up swordsmen and if you start to veer off I will tether you to me. Got it."

Before he answers I sprint forward with my eyes on the young girl.

As we run I turn my head slightly toward Zoro, "There isn't any animals on this island either. Have you noticed?"

He picks up his pace so he is next to me, "Yeah I noticed. What do you think is wrong with this island? No food supplies? Poisonous water?"

I slide to a halt, tearing up the ground behind me. Zoro following shortly behind, "Looks like we are about to find out."

There she stood. A small girl with fiery hair, smoldering eyes, and her lips pressed in a thin line. She was wearing a simple white dress meant for the summer time, and was bare foot.

The girl had orange flames licking around her body like a cloak.

"Aren't you cold sweetie?" I ask kneeling down to her level.

She turns to me soundless and stares at me, her eyes burrowing deep down into me, "I am made of fire. How could I possibly be cold?"

Zoro eyebrow twitches, "Where are your parents kid?"

She gives Zoro the same cold stare, "What are parents?"

Zoro and I exchange glance and I start again, "You know a mom and a dad. The people that raised you."

"My creator was Dr. Vegapunk or the World Government if that is what you mean." She replies eerily.

I push forward, "Then what are you doing on an island all alone?"

"Training and waiting." She answers in a robotic voice.

Zoro keeps his distance and eyes the young girl, "How can you be training there isn't a single person or animal on this island?"

She sneers, "Not anymore. I killed them all. There were all weak. The existence was only a burden to the world."

So this is what the World Government is? This is what they do to young children?

I reach out a hand, "My name is Arya. What is yours?"

She blinks staring down at my hand with a slight frown, "I am called the Mecha Intelligence and Recon Assistant. M.I.R.A. for short."

I force a smile, "You're supposed to shake it Mira. It is how people great each other."

She grabs it and gently shakes.

I laugh softly, "How old are you?"

She releases my hand, "Seven years old."

"Are you human?" Zoro asks rather bluntly.

She ponders the thought, "I am an upgraded human. Some may say I am a cyborg. I was born a human but thanks to the World Government, I don't have the limitations of humans."

"She is like Franky," I say to myself.

"No she is like the Pacifista. Be careful Arya. She could shoot lazer out of her eyes at any moment." Zoro warns me.

"Lazers? What the hell. ." I ignore him, "When did you get you devil fruit powers Mira?"

"When I was born they fed me the artificial Mera Mera no Mi. The memory of my devil fruit ability has been stored in my memory storage since my earliest memories." The girl was really starting to creep me out. I am not sure if there was any humanity left in her. Was this how people saw me?

"Where were you born?" I continue bombarding her with questions.

"In the Vegapunk laboratory in a test tube just like the rest of my kind." She informs.

The rest of them?

"Where is the lab?" Questions an impatient Zoro.

Mira stares deep into Zoro eyes as if to scold him, "I am afraid I am not able to tell you that information."

Zoro growls. I hold up a hand, "What island were you born on Mira?"

I swear she smirks, "I am afraid I am not able to tell you that information."

I grumble to Zoro, "Worth a shot."

I bounce up from my kneeling position still looking at the girl with the doll like expression, "What did they do to Mihawk after he was severely injured on Jade Island?"

"Arya." Zoro gives me a look of pity.

There a pause for the information to be found, "Dracule Mihawk. Current Shichibukai. Location infirmary at a marine base. Waiting trial for treason. Said to have worked with a current supernova named Dracule D. Arya also known as his daughter. Trial set for a week from this date. Probability of seen as guilty estimated 20%. Evidence against him is minimal. Visit to Jade Island but said did not know Arya was his daughter. Also may have faked daughter's death with a buster call was ignited to Furawa Island. However the daughter seems to have a death wish against Mihawk almost killed him on Jade Island but failed. Kizaru agreed that she had killing intent. Evidence still being collected."

My stress melts away, "What Marine base?"

She stares at me, "I am afraid I am not able to tell you that information."

Zoro leans down to me and whispers, "She is really freaking me the fuck out. Can we just snatch her and go?"

I hold up my index finger, "You said you were waiting for something. What or who are you waiting for?

She tightens her pony tail, "You."

She flashes out of sight and her small hands are at my throat.

"What. . .the . . hell?" I try to slip out by shifting into water form but her arms are imbued with Haki.

She is seven how does she have Haki?

I put a hand on her small stomach and blast her with a large pulse of water sending her flying into a tree.

She peals herself of the tree and dust herself off; not a scratch on her.

Her robotic voice fills the air, "Dracule D. Arya also known as Sea Goddess Dracule D. Arya. Bounty 300,000,000 beli. Wanted Alive. Committed for the crime of attempted murder of a Dracule Mihawk and joining the Straw Hat crew. My job to capture you and bring you to Dr. Vegapunk for reconstruction. If it is a failure, death row."

*Zoro*

What the hell is that girl? Seven, Haki, devil fruit, and a cyborg. What is the government going to its children?

"Zoro we need to capture her, bring her back to the ship to get information out of her." There is a scary glimmer to her eyes.

I shake my head trying not to think about what she would do to the young monster, "Right. You either need to grab her or get her cuffed. I'll keep her from running off while you pursue her."

She gives me understanding nod and lunges forward sword drawn.

The cyborg is surprisingly fast but not as fast Arya.

The small girl isn't using her logia power knowing it will be no use against Arya instead she is using Busoshoku Haki for combat.

I can tell Arya is having a hard time going full out on a kid. She is dealing damage but nowhere near as much too even harm the girl to capture her.

Watching this fight take place is kind of strange. Someone so young fighting. I guess happened with sugar but she was actually 22.

"Damn it! Stop squirming." I turn my head and see Arya holding her stomach looking super annoyed, "That's it no playing nice anymore."

I sit down against a tree and chuckle as she releases her Haoshoku Haki.

The girl withers a little too quickly and Arya puts her in sea prism stone cuffs.

She steps over to me carrying the passed out cyborg in her arms, "I don't like the feeling of this. It was a little too easy right?"

"Yeah I agree. Plus who sends a seven year old after someone with a bounty like ours, even if she is on whatever steroids the government has her on." I agree as I stare down at the groggy girl.

I poke her thin leg, "Who sent you?"

Her head lulls toward me, "I am afraid I am not able to give you that information."

Arya adjust the girl in her arms, "Probably Micah or Vegapunk, wanting to turn me into one of these." She raises her arms.

I place a large hand on her back and rub it gently, "You won't turn into one. I made you a promise remember."

She nods and with a monotone voice, "Let's gets back to the ship. By the time we get back we should only have to wait an hour for the rest of the crew."

Something is bother her again. I'll ask when we get the girl settled.

-Back on the Ship-

Arya set up a make shift cage out of the sea prism stone she had. The girl is set up near the mast hibernating in the cage.

She didn't look so dangerous when she was lying in the cage; almost cute actually.

Since she was no longer combusting, you could see a light dusting of freckles on her cheeks and a small heart shape birthmark on the curve of her jaw.

"She looks like she should be playing with dolls and not murdering whole island doesn't she?" Arya says reading my mind.

I gaze over at her finding a bored expression on her face, "No sympathy for the kid huh?"

She hesitates, "She killed hundreds of people swordsmen. She was never a person just a machine dressed up in an innocent package. The World Government are sick bastard."

I bump my knee with hers, "Are you scared that she could have been you?"

She bites down on her lip, "Maybe a little, but I think it bothers me more that they made an innocent girl this way. I know I lived under a rock for all my life, but even I know this crap is wrong."

She pauses for a moment rubbing her thumbs, "I don't want to turn into that Zoro. I keep getting my ass kicked by marines, it frustrating. My father was right, I am not strong enough to be here."

I reach over and slip my finger through hers. I smile a little to myself. I don't even hesitate anymore to comfort her. I am getting better at the whole female thing. I give her soft hand a squeeze, "I won't let that happen to you, I made you a promise remember. Luffy and the rest of the crew will protect you with their lives too. I will personally train you. Just call me sensei."

Soft lips press against my cheek, making lightening crackle down my spine and my face blaze red. She pulls back a little and whisper into my ear, "Thank you sensei."

I sat there is stunned silence for a moment as a stunned Arya did the same. She opens and closes her mouth a few times, "I am sorry. I don't know what I did that for."

She was blushing like mad, she never looked more adorable.

A slow echoing clap fills the air, "My my my look at you two love birds."

A familiar blue haired vice admiral is standing next to the little girl's cage.

"Micah." I snarl.

"Sweetie I know you think that you have gotten better but, "Micah reaches his hand to the left and grabs and appearing Arya's wrist, "I am lightening and you will never be as fast as me. Now let's put you out of commission." He likes his lips. "I will take care of you personally later."

Lightening sparks from his fingertips but Arya vanishes.

"I had my Haki on. You shouldn't have been able to escape. What did you do you little bitch?" Micah growls.

I can tell Arya is trying to keep all calm demeanor but hatred still burns in her eyes, " Mizu Busoshoku Haki. My health was a little below par last time. Let me show you the full extent of my powers."

Her body ripples her body starts to transform into water, but this time instead a slick, shimmering black. She looked like nothing more but a shadow. I could no longer tell her body parts dependently from one another. The only thing that I could pick out from the shadow in front of me were her lighter silver eyes.

"Like a little Haki is going to stop me. 200 Hundred Thousand volts" He laughs and points a finger at Arya.

Arya stares at the oncoming lightning bolt and doesn't even flinch. The lightening diffuses across her body sizzling.

She twirls her sword, "You see with normal logia types, they can harden their body against Haki attacks but not against other elemental attacks because Haki is still part of their substantial body, but what if someone could combine their element and Haki? What if every single drop of water in my body was protected by its own individual Haki creating a fluid movable appearance?"

Micah is trembling with fear at the ominous figure in front of him.

I smirk. For the past two weeks she has been working on perfecting that technique. She had been working on it since her Haki awakened, but to think that it has come so far. Only she could.

She immediately vanishes and appears with a hand pressing against Micah's throat along with her blade, "Today is the day you pay for what you did to my family, you bastard." She slashes the blade against his throat.

*Arya*

When I first saw Micah a sadistically joyful feeling spread through me. His face and hands still had scars from our fight weeks ago.

This was going to be a whole new fight. I was at full power and already had him pinned up against the mast with the tip of my sword against his throat. In one fluid motion I rip it across his throat. Before I can decapitate the bastard he, in lack of better term, turns his head into an explosion of electricity causing me to flinch back.

Micah holding his bleeding throat, still leaves a satisfying feeling in my gut.

He quivers like a scared puppy, "What the hell are you?"

A step to the side leaving copies of myself behind as my clones as I surround him, "I am the Goddess of the Sea or did you forget?" My voice echoes from every direction, "One Sword Style: 10 Demon Pursuit."

There is no way for Micah to escape without taking damage. He tries to escapes with speed out through the top but a clone of mine is waiting for him cutting him down.

He manages to escape my attack with a deep slashes to his left leg and arm and a decent cut across his forehead.

He starts to laugh manically, "I see you don't have the technique down yet. That beautiful sapphire hair is starting to return."

I grimace. Bastard was right. I couldn't hold this form long maybe 10 minutes top, but that was enough to kick his ass. It has only been a few minutes and he is almost already out of commission.

Micah is relying heavily on his right side and sends another lightning bolt toward me. Part of it nicks my shoulder causing me to bite the inner part of my cheek. The shock was about the same as an electrical fence but it still stung.

A demonic smiles lights up his face, "So lightening starts to hurt you the more your Haki diminishes. Lovely."

I drop my sword and form a circle around my chest, "Mizu Mizu Burakkuu~ōtādoragon."

A glimmering black dragon surrounds my body protectively. With a roar it, it uncoils and attack Micah.

His screams ring out and echo across the sea.

I breathe deep and heavy. My body only has splotches of black. That attack took most of my Haki.

"Arya! The girl!" Zoro shouts out.

Feeling safe enough to turn with my beast doing a number on Micah, I am greeted with a glowing 7 year old cyborg. It was the glowing that metal gets when it gets to hot and was going to explode.

Oh.

"Zoro get down and cover yourself in Haki. The girl is blowing herself up." I call toward him starting to run back to a safe distance.

His body quickly is engulfed in black as whirring and whistle noise erupt from the girl, "Who the hell does that? Arya get your ass over here now. You can't protect yourself right now."

A blinding light erupts from the girl as I feel Zoro wrap me his embrace and turn me away from the explosion.

"Shit. Arya hold on." The explosion is strong enough to blow Zoro off of his feet.

The air is knocked out of me as I hit the deck.

When the explosion is over my ears ring loudly.

"Arya are you okay?" Zoro's voice sounds so far away as he props me up to a sitting position.

I give him a short nod, "What happened to the girl and to Micah?"

His Haki recedes, "I don't know. There is a lot of smoke, but I see Micah aura; he isn't moving though. The girl's aura is gone but she did blow herself up."

We stand up and brush ourselves off; I slump against Zoro from exhaustion, "I hope the bastard is bleeding out. Hopefully my dragon bit his throat open."

Zoro wraps a supportive arm around my waist, "Are you hurt at all?"

"No. Just need a moment to regain my breath. You know using my Haki like that is hard." She mumbles between breathes.

The smokes clears. The cage I made is still intact but bent open. I reach my hand out and snap them back onto my body. The deck is scattered with bolts, metal parts, and splattered with blood. The young girl is nowhere in sight.

She killed herself for what cause?

Micah lays motionless on the ground blood slowly oozing out of him.

"I am going to go see if he is still breathing." I say and pull away from Zoro.

He pulls me back and forces my face into his chest, wrapping his arms tight around me, "Just take a moment and breathe for a second. He is a marine vice admiral he probably has something up his sleeve."

He holds me at an arm length away, "I will go check okay. Just be ready for anything okay?"

I hesitate wanting to have the satisfaction of seeing the blue hair bastard's life disappear from him. I sigh and nod keeping a careful watch on my surrounding.

As a walk a way I whisper, "Thank you Zoro."

I sense him smirk, "Yeah yeah. Just get stronger so I have to stop protecting your ass."

*Zoro*

I loom over Micah's body. Unfortunately he isn't dead just unconscious. He has a large bite in his side most defiantly puncturing a few vital organs.

His breathing is shallow and labored, most defiantly on the brink of death. Blood pooled around his body shining in the light like a liquid rubies.

"I don't think he is going to get up and move anytime soon. If we leave him like this even with him being a logia type, he is going to die." I inform Arya hoping to give her some good news.

"Zoro what the hell are those!" Arya screams.

I whip around and draw my blade.

Small wasp shaped robots are swarming Arya.

She surrounds her body and pulses the water out toward them. They are knocked out of the air and smashed onto the ground. Instead of being down and out. They divide tripling their numbers.

She repeats the process again and the same thing happens.

"What the hell are these things?" Arya shoots out spikes from her sea prism stones.

I cut down some of the swarm with my blade.

I watch as Arya claps the back of her neck, "The bastard stung me."

Barely after the words escaped her lips her body goes ridged and collapses onto the deck motionless.

"Well they seem to be working the way they are supposed to be." A nasally male voice informs.

That voice.

I stand protectively in front of Arya. "What the hell are you doing here Sentomaru?"

The sumo wrestler built man with black chin length hair wearing his captain coat and the red apron with heaven symbol on the front of it stands to the side of Micah with two Kuma look alike pascifistas.

Arya groans and stand ups, rubbing the back of the neck, "Who the hell are you?"

Sentomaru folds his arms over his chest, "I have the tightest mouth in the marines I won't tell you anything. . . .but since I know you are just curious my name is Sentomaru and I am captain of the science division."

Arya draws her blade, "Ready swordsmen?"

I stand at the ready.

"Now if I were you. I wouldn't do that." Sentomaru glares.

"AAAAHHHH! Fucking Christ." Arya collapses to her knees shaking and gasping for air.

"Arya are you okay? Hey!" A kneel down next to her placing a hand on her back, I glare up at the marine, "What did you do to her?!"

"We were trying to find something to retain her since the women's power is so unique. Vegapunk came up with the Wireless Autonomic Sensory Parasites W.A.S.P." He ticks off the letters on his chubby fingers, "Essentially it is a bug that dives under the skin and sends electrical shock to the autonomic nerve sending pain signals to the pain. Highly effect since she is made out of water."

I reach down and brush Arya hair out of the way. There was and metal web spread over her neck and where the wires dives in it was leaking blood and some strange white puss.

Arya tries to yank it out but falls on the floor convulsing.

"Are you stupid? We have a controller, "Sentomaru wiggles a small grey remote, "Plus it is attaches to her spinal cord. If she tried to pull it out she would become paralyzed."

A lights turns on in my head, "You knew the girl wasn't strong enough to beat Arya so you hide the WASP inside her. You made a seven year old girl kill herself for that!" I fume.

Sentomaru just stares at the wreckage, "Worked rather well didn't it."

Arya stands, grabs my arm, and turns to the pacifista wrapping up Micah. Micah coughs and stands up leaning against it. "Lay down you idiot you severely wounded." Sentomaru orders Micah.

He just cackles, "Arya come here now."

Arya eyes turn up to me fear in her eyes, "Zoro, I don't want to turn into one of them."

I extend a hand out to her and she takes it her long fingers trembling so I can put her arm around my neck and hold her up. I turn and brush my lips against her ear, "I will never let that happen to you. They won't kill you right?"

"I can handle the pain Zoro. Don't worry about me. I know you can take them down Zoro. That's why you bounty is higher than mine right?" She forces a weak laugh.

I rest my head against hers, "When we get through I need to tell you something important."

She turns to me, resting her forehead against mine, "I know Zoro. Me too."

My stomach does back flips. Did she just? I let Arya go and tie my bandanna around my head, and put my sword in my mouth, "Hang on Arya. I'll make it quick."

"Three Sword Style: Senhachiju Pound Ho!" A slash my swords through the air hearing Arya screaming to my side.

I cringe. Every fiber in my body doesn't want to do this. Hearing Arya's screams is physical painful; it feels like my ears are bleeding.

I stare at my destruction. I took down one pacifista put Sentomaru and Micah still stand.

"Roronoa Zoro I will not hesitate to kill the girl if continue to pursue her." He threatens.

"Che. You can't kill her. You need her alive for your test." I prepare another attack and charge the other pacifista. I side step a lazer and slash it down with Rengoku Oni Giri.

Arya's screaming continues; sounding inhuman. When it stops she collapses to the floor as a limp mass.

"I rather have her alive but. ." He reaches into a bad and pulls out a pineapple and drops it on deck, "If the fruit user dies, the fruit power is transferred to the closest fruit. We don't need her alive but it would help with years of training and research."

If I don't stop Arya is going to die. If I stop Arya will be taken awake by the marines.

My whole world slows down.

I remember the thrill of our first fight. The terror that I may have killed her. That night on the beach when I fell asleep with her in my arms. Mihawk entrusting me with her safety. Fighting alongside each other. Seeing her beautiful smile for the first time. After we sparred the first time her fingers interlocked in mine; the rush it gave me. All the times she opened up to me and told me things she wouldn't tell anyone else. The brief moment we danced together. Sitting around the fire together. The moment when she pressed her soft lips against my cheek.

So many opportunities I missed to tell her what she meant to me.

I feel her hand tug on my pants, "Zoro. Don't worry about me just get the remote. If I die that fine. I rather die than become one of them." She smile weakly to me before passing out.

A huge presence towers over me, "Welllllllll Roronoa. Seems like you are more of a hassle than we thought."

I turn around eye wide, "Kizaru."

"Sentomaru your performance here is subpar. I see that you can't handle this caliber of mission alone. Same goooooooooes for you Micah. Both of your rankings will have to be reconsidered." Kizaru tells the lazily.

Sentomaru and Micah avert their eyes out of anger and shame.

"Noooooooooow. Let's us head back to the ship. The fact that I had to step in was rather disappointing." Kizaru lifts up Arya bridal style. Her head lulls against the Admirals chest.

"LET HER GO!" My voice shakes with anger.

"I have a feeling we will meet again Roronoa." He slowly replies as a draw my swords back for another attack.

As bring my swords down he simple vanishes.

I turn around. The only evidence left that they was the blood stains on the ships and the parts of the young cyborg.

I run toward the back of the ship and watch as the marine ship disappears from view. "ARRRRRRYYYYYYAAAA!" A scream at the top of my lungs.

My whole body goes numb and turns into jelly. I fall to the deck and slam my fists into the deck leaving holes.

I ripe off my bandanna and cover my eye with my hand, trying to hide the tears flowing but I can't help and begin to cry.

A thunder of footsteps stop approach.

"Hey Zoro what the hell happened here?" I hear a panicked by clam Sanji ask with genuine concern.

I remove my hand unable to stop the ugly tears, "The marines took her. I couldn't do anything. I was powerless."

A thick uncomfortable silence fills the air. Sanji clamps a comforting hand on my shoulder. At the moment I accept it not even caring that the shitty cook is watching me cry.

Luffy clamps the top of his hat so it shadows his eyes, "Don't worry Zoro. We will get her back even if means another war against the government. Anything for our nakama."

I place my hand back over my face and bawl like the weak child I am.

I lost Arya.

I lost the only person I ever loved.

Dun dun dun.

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