Law kept a tight grip on me as his crew ran back to their ship. I was shocked when I saw it was a submarine instead of a ship like all of the other pirates had. He stepped onto the deck, but he didn't set me down. I was carried straight inside of the ship and was handed off to someone.

"Shachi, take her to your room and leave her there. Go to the navigation room as soon as you can and get us ready to dive."

"Right!"

Shachi carried me through different hallways before stopping at a door. He opened it and placed me on one of the beds inside. "Uncle Shachi, why are you leaving me here?"

He looked at me. "Captain told me to. I follow every order he gives me. Now, if I really am your uncle," he tweaked my nose, "then you'll listen to me. Stay in here until I come back for you. You'll get lost if you wander around."

I grinned up at him. "Okay. Do you have any food in here that I could have while you're gone?"

He frowned slightly and started digging through a chest. "I should have some somewhere… Ah ha!" He pulled out a small bag and held it high. "Rice cakes!" He held them out for me and I took them. "Alright, now stay here and wait for my return."

He waved to me once before leaving. I opened the little bag and pulled one of the rice cakes out. I had never had one before, but if Shachi liked them, then they couldn't be that bad. I broke off a piece and pulled Tiki out of my pocket. "Tiki, you need to eat something."

His mouse form wavered as he stood up. He gingerly took the food in his paws and slowly ate. I gave him a second piece when he was done and he ate that one quicker. I set the rest of the rice cake down to let him eat it. By the time he was done, his form was back to normal.

"I will have to thank this new uncle of yours," he crackled. "It should be possible for me to change without forcing you to take much of my exhaustion."

I clapped my hands together. "Really? That's great! Tiki, do you think we can try something?"

Kid was pacing his office angrily, his fist occasionally shooting out to hit something. Killer watched calmly from the side of the room as he leaned against the wall.

"Damn that bastard. If he thinks he can get away with kidnapping my sister, he's got another thing coming," he growled. "The next time I see him, I'll rip his guts out and kill every member of his crew."

Killer pushed away from the wall when he heard crackling. "Kid."

He span around to where the sound was coming from and swore. "Who the hell started a fire in my-"

"…Brother…?"

The voice was faint, but both men could clearly tell who was speaking. The fire became more distinct as eyes and a mouth formed.

"Presea…?"

I smiled and gasped when I could hear their voices come back to me. "Brother! Killer Brother! You guys are okay!"

I could hear Kid's scoff. "Of course we're fine. What the hell happened to you? Did that bastard do anything to you?"

I shook my head. "Mister Law only brought me back to his submarine. They're getting ready to dive."

"Do you know what Grove you are in?" Killer asked.

"I'm not sure. I couldn't see the numbers while he was carrying me. I'll be fine here, though. Please don't come looking for me yet. I don't want either of you to get caught by the Admiral that's coming."

Kid was growling. "No Admiral could ever beat us."

I could hear Killer quietly reply, "She has a point, Kid."

I giggled quietly to myself. "Brother, promise me you won't come looking for me. Promise me that much."

I heard a sigh. "I promise. And you'd better stay safe there or else I'll be angry with you."

"I promise."

My head was starting to hurt and my vision was focusing right. I heard the door open as everything blacked out.

"Presea? Presea!"

The fire was crackling constantly. Another voice came through between the crackling. "There's been- nothing is wrong- She collapsed- too tired-"

Kid glared at the small flame sitting on his desk. "What the hell is going on?"

"I believe her ember is losing connection because she collapsed. It said she was too tired. We don't need to worry about her. Once she is better, she will get a hold of us again."

Kid growled and turned away. The small fire shrunk until it disappeared.

Law set the small girl down on a bed in the infirmary. He was frowning. He had walked into his crewmember's room to check on her only to see her collapse. As far as he could tell, nothing was wrong. The only thing that seemed different from when he had brought her back to his sub was the exhaustion.

"What was she doing that used all of her energy?" he mumbled to himself.

A flicker of light drew his attention away. He raised an eyebrow at the flame that had grown to a human's height. "Do not touch her. She will be fine once she has rested."

Law smirked at the flame-human. "I thought you had disappeared."

"Everyone assumes that of me. I had not left her. You had simply failed to notice my presence earlier."

Its form changed again, this time to a much larger person. From what Law could tell, it looked like it was copying Kid's shape. Law smirked as ideas started to form in his head. The flame-human frowned at him.

"You cannot do any experiments on me. Your tools will simply go through my fire. I will not partake in it to sate your curiosity."

Law frowned at it. "I do not take orders, Demon Ember, and it would do you well to remember that. I may not be able to hurt you, but her I can."

I woke up slowly in a brightly lit room. I sat up carefully, my muscles feeling stiff. "Where am I?"

"You collapsed." I jumped at a voice. Law walked closer to me, his eyes unreadable. "Now, may I ask what happened that caused that?"

I looked away from him. "I-I was talking to my brothers. Tiki helped me. I can summon a second flame in a different area and it acts like a den-den mushi." I knew to explain before he could ask me about it.

"Are they coming this way?"

I shook my head. "I made them promise to not come while an Admiral is here."

"Good." I could hear the smugness in his voice.

Brother was wrong about Mister Doflamingo being bad… Is he right about Mister Law? I watched him write something on clipboard. I'm not sure… But as long as Uncle Shachi is here, I'll be okay. He glanced up at me.

"What are you smiling about?"

"Where's Uncle Shachi?"

He continued writing. "He is busy navigating our ship to a more desirable location. Now," he set the clipboard down, "I want to do an examination on you."

"W-what? Why?"

His smirk grew. "I'm a doctor. I do examinations on everyone in my crew."

"But I'm not a part of your crew. Brother never did that for me."

"Does he have a doctor on his ship?" I shook my head. "Then that would be why. Since you are on my sub, you will follow my rules." He stood up and walked closer to me. "Just do as I tell you."

He checked my pulse and he looked inside my mouth first. Then he pushed lightly on some of my muscles in my arms and stomach. I think he was looking for bruises or fractured bones.

"I'm not injured," I told him. "I was learning to be a doctor at my home and my brothers take care of me."

My last comment surprised him. "You must be well-versed in science, then. How old are you, Miss Presea?"

"I'm seventeen, not seven like everyone else seems to think."

He seemed to think about something. "Have you always been this small?"

"Yes. I hardly grew after my brothers left our island."

"Hn. I am going to run a test to check something." He pulled a needle out a drawer and walked back up to me. "All I require is a small amount of blood."

I nodded and let him go ahead. Needles didn't bother me other than the point of pain of when it first stabs me. I winced slightly, but tried to keep myself from reacting. Kid could do it without showing pain, so that meant I could, too.

Law pulled the needle out of my arm and walked away. "You may leave now."

I hopped off the bed and carefully left the room. I still felt a little weak, but I knew I would be fine as long as I didn't use my powers much. Now that I was free from the captain, I had another problem to deal with.

"Where am I?"

I was lost inside of a submarine that I had never entered before. Did the captain realize this or was he too engrossed in his work? I slowly walked down one hallway. I looked around at every four-way, but no one was ever around. I turned at some point to try a different route.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

I was hoping someone would answer me by now. I stopped when I saw something big and orange moving away from me. It didn't look like a person, but if it was moving, that meant there would be people around. I ran after it.

I stopped when I reached the back of it and saw ears twitch on the top. It turned around and looked down at me. I gasped and gave it a hug. "Hi, Teddy!"

The polar bear looked around worriedly. I slowly pulled away from him and looked sadly up at it.

"I'm sorry… Did I upset you?"

The bear shook his head. "I- um, sorry…" He hung his head in depression.

I patted his arm. "It's alright. Maybe you can help me!"

He perked up when I said that. "Okay. But you have to listen to my orders because I've been here longer than you."

I giggled. "Okay, Teddy."

He pulled me around the sub when I told him I was lost. He decided he was going to show me where everything was.

"And this one is a bedroom. It belongs to Penguin, Shachi, and me."

"This is Uncle Shachi's room?" I was surprised that I wasn't further away from it. "Is he still moving us?"

The bear shook his head. "He finished a few minutes ago. I think he and Penguin went to the training room. Would you like to see it?"

I nodded quickly. I had wanted to learn how to fight before I was captured by the Heart Pirates. I followed the polar bear down a few more hallways before we reached the training room. I could hear sounds echoing outside of it before the door was opened.

"Wow…"

It was amazing. The room was much bigger than I thought it would be and it was so clean. The floor was covered in an off-white mat and the walls were wooden. Another loud sound distracted me from the room's looks. Shachi had attacked the other man in the room. He had a hat the said "Penguin" on it. That must be the person who shares a room with Uncle Shachi. He attacked next, forcing Shachi to block.

"Hey, Presea!" Shachi had stopped to wave. Penguin took advantage of his distraction and punched him in the face. "Oof! Oi! What was that for?"

Penguin laughed at him. "You weren't paying attention!"

Shachi pulled his leg out from under him, making the other man fall. They started fighting again and the polar bear walked up to them and smacked them both in the heads. They stopped and yelled at him, making his head drop in depression.

"Aw, don't yell at Teddy. He helped me find you guys."

"Teddy? You mean Bepo?"

Shachi stood up and brushed himself off. "Sorry. I thought you were still in our room."

"Mister Law took me to the infirmary."

"What?! Are you okay? What happened?"

I laughed at how silly Shachi was being. "I was just tired. He wanted to examine me. He said it was because he always does it for the crewmembers."

"Yeah, I forgot that Captain always does that right away. I guess I didn't think he would do that with his rival's sister though," Penguin laughed.

That's true. Why did he do that when I'm technically a rival? Was it just because I'm on his submarine or is it something else? I looked back at Penguin when his head hit the ground. Shachi was glaring at him.

"Hey! Don't make her sound like an enemy!"

They would have started fighting again if it wasn't for Bepo. He grabbed the back of their suits and held them off the ground. It was funny to watch them swing their fists at each other when they clearly would not reach. I blinked when I remembered where we were.

"Uncle Shachi," he stopped moving when he heard me, "why are you guys fighting?"

They looked at each other and Penguin started laughing. "This isn't fighting, this is training."

I was confused. Was fighting someone not always fighting? Does that mean my brothers don't really fight? So they train instead? It didn't make much sense to me. I thought that attacking someone was bad, but perhaps there could be more than one answer to everything.

I jumped when the door slammed open. A man stomped in, his red face standing out from his white hair.

"Which one of you assholes did this?" he yelled.

It was easy to tell that Shachi and Penguin were trying hard not to laugh. I could hear snickers pass through their hands and the angry man was not happy with them.

"W-whoa, what happened to your hair, Garrett?" Shachi asked between laughing.

"Y-yeah? What happened to you, Gare?"

His face was steadily growing redder. "You know exactly what happened!" he roared.

He started attacking the other two men, kicking and punching. Each time he kicked, Penguin and Shachi jumped over his leg. Each time he punched, they dodged to the side. Garrett caught on eventually and kicked after he faked a punch.

I laughed at the three arguing men. They stop to look at me. "You guys are silly."

Garrett's face turned red again, but Penguin's also did the same. "Oh yeah!" Penguin placed his foot on the side of Shachi's head against the floor. "You never did tell me what you were doing with this girl. I never thought you were a pedophile."

"Hey! I'm no pedophile!" he yelled.

"Uncle Shachi isn't like that. Brother killed the one that got me before."

Silence filled the room after my words. "That's scary, you know that?" Penguin sweat dropped.

Did I say something wrong? I frowned and Shachi placed a hand on my shoulder.

"I think he's just trying to say it was scary that you met one. Come on, let's go back to my room. I bet you're tired of watching us fight."

"How interesting…"

Law had been examining the sample of blood he had taken from the girl for quite some time. He leaned back in his chair and thought about what he had found.

"So dwarfism is ruled out, though I could tell that much by her physical make-up. Perhaps… since she has the body of a girl about to reach adolescence… Hn." His smirk grew. "I suppose I have an experiment to run." He sighed once. "Unfortunately, it will have to wait until after the war. There is too much to do to get ready for that."

BONUS

The Eustass Family:

As requested by .log

A woman sighed, her long white hair falling in front of her face. She carefully touched her round belly. "I wonder what he is doing today."

Her husband had left her alone at their mansion again. He was supposed to be working on a secret project for the Government and he wasn't allowed to tell her anything. However, from what she could tell from his work, it was something the Government didn't want the public to know.

He had left a few weeks ago and she was still awaiting his return. After all, she was getting close to when her baby was due.

Her eyes grew sad when she thought about that. Her husband hadn't wanted a child yet, so this one was an accident in his eyes. She loved it more than she loved herself. She was so happy to have a child.

She gasped when her muscles clenched. She grabbed the tiny snail that sat next to her and dialed a number. "Ella, it's time."

Her baby was growing quickly. He was a few months old now and could walk around. Ella was surprised at how quickly he grew, but the woman didn't think anything of it.

"Come here, baby. Come to Momma."

He slowly walked over to her so she could pick him up. She held him to her chest.

"I bet you miss Daddy. He hasn't been home in five months now. I wonder when he'll get another break…"

Her child was always quiet and calm with her. The moment her husband entered the room, he became angry and violent. Perhaps he could tell that his father didn't want him. It made the woman sad. She wanted to have a happy family, but it didn't seem possible anymore.

The young boy stood at attention with a scowl on his face. His father was lecturing him yet again on how to fight.

"And you keep your fists up! If even a single punch gets through, then you are a horrible fighter! Do you understand, Kid?" he bellowed.

Kid bit back his anger and nodded stiffly. The last time he gave an angry retort he had been hit upside the head. He was careful with how frustrated his father got with him now. He didn't care before, but now was more important.

His mother was pregnant again.

His parents would always fight after his father got frustrated with him before she found out. Kid wouldn't tell anyone, but he was worried about his unborn sibling. There were nights where he had gone to bed with bruises forming on his arms or without food. He hated his life in this house, but he wouldn't leave his mother.

His father was never around, but now that the child was going to be born soon, he had taken time off. Kid kept his distance though. He would keep his distance until his sibling came and hopefully things would get better.

Her eyes were so bright. Kid was immediately caught in how happy she was and how often she laughed. She grew slowly, far slower than he had when he was younger. She was still tiny and hadn't learned how to walk. She would crawl any distance to reach the person she wanted. And more often than not, it was Kid.

She absolutely adored Kid. There had been a couple of functions that their father had forced them all to go to and his sister would cry until she was placed in his arms. He may have been tired by the end of the night, but he had the satisfaction of being to put her to bed. She was the one thing that made him happy to stay at the horrible place he called home.

Kid was hiding quietly in his sister's room. There were loud banging noises as Marines slammed their fists on the door. He could hear them yelling at his father. He gathered Presea up in his arms and carefully opened the window. He stepped onto the roof and sidled along until he reached the edge. He tied the blanket he had grabbed around himself for a sling. He set his sister inside with her small bear.

He gripped the vines that grew on the house and climbed down. He froze when he heard gunshots. His mother's voice screamed once before another shot went off and she fell silent. Kid ran into the forest as fast as he could. Behind him, the house flickered with an orange light. He watched as it burned to the ground.

I finally finished! This one is a little shorter than usual, but the next chapter has to be by itself. I didn't want to split it up since it is another chapter I've been waiting to write.

And a really big thanks to EvilPixie102 for messaging me about updating. I just hit the two week mark I said I would!

Shuusui11-11Blade- I'm so glad you like my story that much! It makes me feel so good to know that my writing is appreciated! And thank you for the bandaids. I think they helped!

Miss Doflamingo- That's very true! And I love how excited you are about a new chapter! It's so awesome! And I'll try to start updating faster :p

.log- Don't worry, she'll be taught! It may take a little while, but it will happen! Did the final scene with Law help answer your question?

10th Squad 3rd Seat- I think you`re missing a few words. I get slightly confused sometimes. And Kid is so protective of Presea, I doubt he would want her to be around him even if she did like him!

Girl-luvs-manga- And here you are! I hope this chapter is to your liking!

MsWildLuck- Yay! Keep doing the pose! It makes y day every time!

KittyCatt1036- On Law, Presea would be about up to his ribs. It would be about the same as with Killer. I hope I`m not confusing you.

Hex223- Thank you! I`ll try be faster next time!

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