Shachi had ended up bringing her white fluffy pajama pants, a purple tank top that matched the purple of her hair, an oversized white tee shirt with a blue whale on the front, and blue slippers that fit her feet perfectly.
She quickly dressed and dried her hair as best as she could with a towel she had found and had walked out of the bathroom to find Shachi waiting for her outside the bathroom door. Eloise wasn't really surprised though. Law had said to make sure she was in her room, and she wasn't in there yet.
They didn't say anything as they walked the short distance to her room and when she walked inside he followed.
"Is there anything you want me to get you? Like water? Or sleeping medication?"
Eloise looked at Shachi as he waited by the door. "Why would I need sleeping medication?"
He just shrugged.
"I would like some water though, thank you."
"And you know I have to lock you in here right?"
Eloise nodded.
And Shachi left.
Eloise sat on the soft yellow bed and slipped the slippers off of her feet. Something was wrong with her blood? Why hadn't Law brought it up? Eloise laid down and pulled the covers up over her head in an attempt to keep herself warm. Was she going to die? She started to shiver slightly. At least she didn't freak out when he had taken her blood. Eloise smiled to herself. She was getting better with needles.
But what about chopper? Didn't he take blood from her as well? Did he notice something was off? Or did Law take the blood for no reason, but just to look at it.
When he had taken her blood the last time, he did look at it for some type of sickness. Because he thought Eloise was sick, right? Eloise brushed the hair that was clinging to her face away. But did he really need that much of it? Who was Crystal anyways? What island did she come from, and what island was she planning on going to? The next island? Why did she want to leave her island in the first place? Was she going to leave now anyways? Or were her and law… together. Law didn't look like the type of person to stick to just one… anything. But… it was possible. Eloise gulped. If that's true, then what she saw in her vision was just a fluke, like she had hoped it was.
Eloise smiled as she turned onto her side, the pillow her head was on already has a big wet circle in the middle of it, and it makes her left cheek slightly damp.
She sighed, that was good news. Law wasn't even that attractive. For example… Eloise thought for a moment. … He could have… Eloise stopped herself. His personality wasn't that attractive. That was what she was looking for. He had drugged her, and had picked her up when he had saved Zoro and her from the woods. And, if she recalled correctly he had put his hand on her upper thigh when she was wasted. And he threatened her. That was not something the person she would fall in love with would do.
He would be kind, and would make her feel save and happy and loved. Law did none of those, he made her aggravated, mad, and he made her want to hit him. He was also an asshole. A total asshole. And he had taken her away from the one place she had felt safe since she was a child. Even Zoro was better than him, and he was one of the scariest people she had ever seen. But Law wasn't scary, he was rude, and selfish. …Eloise didn't have any proof yet, but she could just tell he was selfish and that was all that really mattered at the moment.
Eloise smiled in victory. Finally, one of her visions had been wrong. He would end up with this "Crystal" girl, and she would soon be back to the thousand sunny and sailing the seas with people she trusted, and if she was lucky, she would find love somewhere around the seas. Someone who understood why she wouldn't give herself to them right away, someone who when she would wake up screaming at night they wouldn't ask her why or be mad at her, but they would just comfort her in silence. Someone who would be terrified of losing her. Someone who would tell her that they loved her, no matter where they were.
It would all work out in the end.
She hoped.
But if it didn't, she would be fine. She had people who wanted her back, even though they had known her only a short amount of time. And she could see the world, she could get stronger so she could defend herself, and she would be happy. No matter what.
No matter what.
The door creaked open and Eloise poked her head out of under the covers. It was Shachi with her water.
"I made sure it was nice and cold for you." Shachi smiled at her as Eloise took it from him and gulped it down.
But, she had accidently touched his hand in the process and small, fleeting visions filled her head.
Shachi meeting a young girl with flowing golden hair, him on one knee as he presented the girl from before with a small box, and him giving Eloise a small bundle of cloth with golden hair that screamed at the top of its lungs. Next to her were two small children that clung to her legs one with pale purple hair like herself, but the vision was gone before she could see the other child. Were they hers? She had never seen herself in a vision before… she would have children in the future?
"Hey, Elli, are you ok?" Eloise blinked and she was instantly back on her bed with a concerned Shachi holding her shoulders.
Eloise quickly brushed him off of her as she shivered. She didn't like people touching her. "Just peachy." She smiled up at him.
"I have a question. Since it looks like I'm going to be here for a little while, would you mind teaching me how to at least… defend myself? I…" Eloise gulped hardly. "Don't really know how to."
Shachi's smile grew and a vision entered her head again, it was the one with the same big smile as he handed her the little baby with golden hair. "I would love too. I'm actually kind of skilled in martial arts. I can start to teach you that, if you want. But it will be grueling work."
Eloise smiled "But if it wasn't, how would I actually learn how to defend myself?"
Shachi thought for a moment. "Devil fruits. Most people get the hang of them real quick, like within the first few days of having eaten it you can control them rather well. At least well enough to protect yourself from robbers or something. And then it gets slightly tricky to learn new things… but… Law says it's only really because nobody has the same Devil power as you do. So it's like your discovering something new and unique yourself every day. It kind of sounds cool right? But there really hard to come by…"
Eloise sighed. "I know, Robin told me about them once…"
Shachi smiled. "Robins a cutesy. I want to marry a girl with hair as dark as hers one day."
Eloise withheld her laughter. "What about blond hair?"
Shachi looked at Eloise with an eye brow raised. "My mother had Blond hair, I hate blonds… why?"
Eloise shook her head as she gave Shachi a devious grin. "No reason, I just like knowing things."
Then, All of a sudden there was a knock on the door.
Shachi sighed. "That must be Law. I'll find you tomorrow so we can start training." He walked over to the door and opened it in one swift movement.
"Hey Caption!"
"Shachi, may I speak with you out in the hallway?"
And with that she was all alone. What could they be saying though? Was it about her? About Crystal? Eloise sat up from where she was sitting on her bed. If she tried, could she hear them through the door? Eloise was on her feet. Could they be talking about her blood? What was wrong with it? Eloise was at the door with her ear pressed up against it.
"Yeah, she took a shower. Then she came right to her room. I got her clothing but I let her know I'd have to lock her in there. Same as when I got her water. For a second though it looked like she spaced out, right after she accidently touched me when I handed her the water. She's not really pale anymore, or shaking, but you can see that for yourself." There was silence for a moment. "She asked me to train her, said she need to know how to defend herself." More silence. "Nothing else really happened. But what happened with Crystal? She's not still waiting for you is she?" more silence. "Damn it Law. You're kidding. You've got girls all over you and you don't even try." Law chuckled as Shachi sighed and walked away.
Eloise quickly ran to her bed and threw the covers over her once she was there.
The door opened a second later to reveal Law. He walked over to her bed and sat on it, causing Eloise to stiffen.
"What do you want?" It nearly sounded like a growl that came out of Eloise's mouth.
"Now dear, have you already forgotten what I told you about being rude?" a moment went by in silence as Eloise thought about how dizzy she was when he had drugged her. "Now… I know you looked over your file and that you know that I found out that something was wrong with your blood. So let us be frank. Do you have any clue why?"
Eloise sat up in her bed. She wanted to know if he found anything but she truly had no clue what could cause that, or what white blood cells were anyways. "No."
Law sighed as he ran his fingers threw his dark blue hair, and Eloise noticed right away how tired he looked. When was the last time he had slept?
"Anything like… not getting sick? Or… I've noticed some devil fruit users such as myself have higher levels of white blood cells in their blood. Have you ever eaten one?"
"No. never. I didn't even know what they were until a week ago."
"Well, can you do anything strange? Something normal people can't typically do?"
Yes, I can. I can see things that are going to happen just by touching someone. But of course Eloise didn't say this instead she just shook her head and looked at him confused. "I don't know what 'white blood cells' even are Law."
"They alert the body when they find a pathogen in the blood."
Eloise raised an eyebrow at him.
"Pathogens are things that make people sick."
"Oh."
Law put his head in his hands as he looked at the floor. "You haven't noticed anything strange about yourself? At all? Ever?"
I also talk to dead people in my dreams. But I can't remember who they are, or even their names. Just that their dead and they meant something to me. "Sorry."
Eloise lightly put her hand on his shoulder as she tried to comfort him and he imminently relaxed into her touch.
Without picking his head up Law sighed once again. "There's also something I have never seen in your blood, some new type of cell. I thought that it might have to do with some type of devil fruit you had eaten that genetically changed you… or something to that effect… but I was wrong, and now I might not be able to sleep until I figure it out."
Eloise rubbed Law's back slightly. "Shachi said something about sleep medication. What about that?"
Law stiffened for a second before standing up and looking at her with dead eyes. "I can't take that."
"Why not?" Eloise pulled her knees up to her chest. She was too close to him, and she didn't even realize it.
"I… I'm allergic. I can die if I take it." Eloise raised her eyebrow at him once again. "My throat will swell and I won't be able to breathe if I take it."
"Oh." Eloise pulled the covers closer to her body.
"Well then, I look forward to watching you train with Shachi tomorrow morning." He inclined his head to her and promptly walked out of her new room. Eloise wasn't sure what just happened, but she was sure something did, in fact, happen.
Hooly cow. Two chapters. That's great. Right? I think it is. Anywhoooo... To 10th squad: I can just refer to you as that right? That's ok? Awesome. But yeah, I did mean weird and not wired. Heh. And yeah, he is a sexy jerk. Did you know they write jerk as 'j***' if you read the review threw an email. I had no clue what 'j***' could mean until I saw it on my computer. xD What else? urm... Cant think of anything. So I'm going to bed. Hope you like the chapter.
And everyone else too.
Night!
