You guys probably want to kill me, not I can blame you, for the very very late update. You can shoot the author, just don't aim for vitals or my hands and eyes, need them to live to continue. Anyway, I don't own any of the One Piece Characters they belong to Oda-senpai.

I only own the OCs.

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Warning: Lots of flashbacks & Happy reading!

~Eira' POV~

It's been a week since the incident, or as Kate puts it the attempted rape event; or at less, that what she says around Baby 5, Leo, and me. After a few minutes, Kate leave the room leaving so Tori has some space. Then Baby 5 told us more or less what she and Doflamingo talked about after Kate asked her to speak with him, which she seem happy to do. She said that he wasn't pleased with the results so he thought that Tori might change his mood, or at least what she claims. To be honest, I don't really buy it especially if that person is Doflamingo, but I think she wasn't telling us the whole truth but she wasn't lying either. As for Kate... well…least just say … she wasn't pleased.

~A week earlier~

"THAT BRICK MOTHERFUCKER OF PINK SHIT! I'LL KILL HIM!" roared Kate as I was sure anyone in hearing distance heard her. I had to cover my ears to block out the sound, which was failing miserably. Leo and Baby 5 had to hold her down before she went after him, which was proving to be a difficult task. I had this tiny sense I seen this scene before but that wasn't important now. I have a problem in hand, which was to calm Kate down and fast."Kate clam down!" Leo tried to reason but Kate wasn't listening.

"Make me, asshole!" shouted Kate as she bit him in the arm.

"Owow! That's hurt you know!" said Leo as Kate smirked with his arm still stuck in her teeth.

"Kate be reasonable, please let go of Leo's arm and relax," Baby 5 tried reason but all she got was Kate raising her finger and mumbled some that I couldn't understand, but I'm assumed she just cursed at Baby 5. At this rate, Kate is going to break free and will face Doflamingo. This can't be good! What I'm supposed to do?! What would Tori do! ... Tori? That's it!

"Kate, Tori would be more stressed than she already if you go after Doflamingo or something were to happened to you. Right now what she needs you to do is to be calm," I explained to Kate, hoping that idea worked. I see Kate relaxing and let go of Leo's arm. Leo was rubbing his bitten arm and glared at Kate.

"You're right. The last thing Tori need is more stress," sighed Kate then she looked very serious.

"Can you guys promise me something?" Kate asked as we all looked at her.

"Promise me that we must never mention this event to Tori again," she said as me and Baby 5 nodded our head as Leo asked why as I shock my head. Why would he ask such a thing?! OF COURSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO REMEMBER THAT! ARE YOU SOME KIND OF IDIOT! Despite my mind screaming I didn't say the last part out loud.

"Of course she doesn't want to remember that! Why would anyone want to remember!" I said and baby 5 agreed with me.

"Lets just say, I don't want something to show their faces," explained Kate as she looked a bit worried. The three of us looked at her dumfounded.

"Who are they?" asked Leo as me and Baby 5 nodded.

"You don't want to know," was what Kate answer with this grimace look on her face.

After she said that, she didn't answer any questions related to that topic and always changed the conversation. I'm still wondering what she meant by that and more importantly, just who are they? And why Kate seems to be scared by them? So many unanswered questions and Kate may-no has the answers but doesn't want to answer them. I sighed as I looked at the moon as I lean a bit on the railing. Kate was sleeping and Baby 5 was doing something before going to bed. I don't know about Leo. I haven't seen Tori seen the event and no signs of Doflamingo either. I was in deep thought when something hot touched my shoulder. I snapped my head to my right and saw it was Leo holding to cups of something that smelled sweet.

"Can't sleep?" asked Leo.

"Thank you and yes, I can't sleep. It never comes easy for me even when I was a little girl," I said before took a sip of it. It's really good and tasted very sweet.

"It's a tea that my sisters make whenever they couldn't sleep, although a takes a bit before it works," said Leo.

"I see… so why are you awake?"

"Can't sleep with all that snoring Kate makes in the room next to me," he joked as I giggled.

"The real reason?"

"You're sharp, I was think what Kate said. You know-"

"Them?" I said as Leo nodded.

"I kept rapping my head what she meant by them?"

"I know what you mean."

"Quite the lovely evening we have tonight; wouldn't you agree?" asked an all too familiar voice as our heads to see who it was. Just above was us was Tori sitting on a pillar of the ship's sail with her eye close.

"Tori! Are you ok!" I asked as I wondered how she got up there without us noticing. Tori remained quiet.

"How did you get there?" asked Leo.

"That is for me to know and you to find out," said Tori as she appeared behind us, which startled both of us.

"How did you-"

"A tiny spell I contacted~" answered Tori as interrupted me.

"A …spell?" asked Leo as Tori nodded.

"Yes… that is correct. Tiny spell… that allows one to enter one's deepest animus," she explained.

"What are you talking about?"

"Here was once shrouded in blankets of darkness lies exposed into the light."

"Tori, you lost me, what are you saying?" asked Leo as I pounder what she just said.

"Are… are you saying we can't lie now no matter what we do?" I answered as Leo was just confused and Tori smiled. A strong gust of wind suddenly appeared and in a blink of an eye the wind was gone and so was Tori.

"Bravo... most often fail in that riddle. I am impressed," said Tori as she clapped her hands. She was now located on top of the ship's quarter deck (second level of the deck).

"How are you doing that!" I asked as Tori tiled her head and said, "That? Do you mean this?"

Tori suddenly appeared right in front of me. I honestly can say I' am so dumfounded on what is happening and Tori's strange behavior. Then it hit me, like if something just snapped.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"I' am me," she answered as I shook my head.

"No, you're not Tori. You're not acting like her," I replied as she giggled.

"Why are you disguise as Tori!" asked Leo as he about to take out his swords and pointed his sword at the imposter. Then fake Tori no longer had the amusing smile she had before and was replaced with pout.

"So rude… one should never point their swords towards a woman… and I so despise such behavior," she replied as she snapped her fingers and sphere of water appeared at the side of the boat.

"What the-" Leo couldn't finish what he said before the said sphere drew six tentacles and started attacking Leo, was dodging the tentacles. He cut the tentacles down only for more to grow in its place.

"What are you doing!" I was shocked.

"Teach that one some manner," she answered as I pull out my gun and pointed to her head.

"Are you sure you want to do that? You'll end up like your friend," she said as dripping wet Leo had his sword at her neck.

"It will take more then that to take me down," said Leo not taking his eyes on the imposer, but she only smiled before going into a fit of laughter. Her laughter remains me of Doflamingo, I can almost hear the madness in her voice. She just walked though Leo's sword and snapped her fingers again. When we looked Leo's sword turned to cobras and my gun turned to a snakes as well. One of the snakes bit my hand as I dropped it from pain and Leo dropped his from shock. When we looked at the imposer, her appearance changed. She looked like a more grown up version of Tori, but different. Instead of red long straight like Tori, she had wild black hair that past her butt, she was just as pale as Tori but had purple tattoos down her face, like a thunder strike, one on her chest, and one her feet and hands, and was even barefoot. She also had a black hooded rode that had the front was heavily exposed as it showered her neck and bellybutton and barely covered her breasts and her private parts. The rode had long sleeves and was open on the sides exposing her hips, thighs and the rest of her legs. She also had jewelry, which consisted of two semi hoop earrings (think of Hancock's earrings), several golden bangles on both arms, golden belt with strings, and ankle bracelet with two bangles and several necklaces with one between her bust.

"You can't even think of harming me here," she said as the snakes slithered towards the imposer. She allowed the snakes to coil around her body. The snakes started to hiss at us as she said that Now we know that this isn't Tori at all, but an imposer had strange powers that we can't understand how it works…

"Who are you really?" I asked.

"Why are you pretending to be Tori!" asked Leo.

"I already answered that. I am me, that all you need to know."

"You're not telling the whole truth!" I shouted as the imposter seemed shock but it was hard to tell with her eye closed.

"What makes you think that?"

"An answer for a question," I stated.

"What are you doing?" asked Leo quietly.

"Taking a gamble," I replied lowly.

"… Very well… ask your question," she said.

"What are you and are you dressed as Tori-"

"That's two questions."

"They are in the same sentence so its actually one question," I said with determination. She just laughed again.

"Ahah! I like you! No wonder Tori likes and trust you!" she said as something she said caught my attention.

"How do you know Tori!" I asked as she clicked her tongue and moved her finger.

"Uh-uh~ An answer for a question," she said. Damn, she used my own trick on me.

"You first."

"Wait… how do we know your telling the truth when you opened your mouth," said Leo as the imposer clicked her tongue again.

"Men… so distasteful. Alright, everything that is spoken truth is in red, and only in red. Is this to your like?" she said as world turned red when she spoken.

"How do we know that's works," asked Leo.

"Lie and see what happens," she answered with a tone of annoyance in her voice.

"Ok, my hair is actually black," said Leo as the world didn't turn red as he spoke. The imposer smirked as Leo grunted with dissatisfaction.

"Anyway…I never lied to you, I am me… but … I'm also Tori and not."

"That doesn't make sense!" shouted Leo as the imposer put her hands in her hips and had this scowl looked on her face, a habit Tori has when she's annoying.

"I told you the truth. Now you asked a question of mine. What is Tori to you?" asked the imposter as was surprised with the question. I wasn't expected that…

"I can't call her a friend since I don't know Tori and I met her only about a few days ago. Overall, I think she's a good person. From what I seen, Tori is skilled swordsmen and a girl willing to risk her own life if it meant saving a friend and willing to help those that need help. I respect that of her both as person and fellow swordsmen," said Leo.

"So you're saying she's an acquaintance at best," asked the imposer as Leo nodded.

"Would you attack her?" she asked. Who ever she really is, seems to be really concerned with Tori.

"No, unless she gave me a reason to attack her. Although she doesn't seem to be the type that wouldn't provoke first," explained Leo as she turned towards me.

"That is very true and you?"

"Well… Tori has done a lot for me despite I not knowing me. So I'm grateful to her and I …think would be nice if we were friends," I said.

"So you don't think your friends now?" she asked.

"I don't know… I'll like to think we are," I said as the imposer had this blank look on her face.

"Actually, Tori already thinks of you as a friend," she said as it was a matter of fact.

"How you know that?"

"I have said it already. Now, would you betray her?"

"No, I wouldn't not with everything she's done for me," I said as the woman sighed with relieve and started stretching her limbs.

"You're free to leave," she stated as we were dumfounded by her words. The snakes that were around her slowly made their way with us and turned back into the weapons they when we touched them.

"What?" we both asked as we but are weapons back.

"I'm not going to repeat."

"What are you taking about? We been here this whole time!" said Leo as agreed. The woman tilted her head to the side.

"So you haven't figured that – o well never mind then, I send you back," said the woman as she snapped her as the ground under us turns to some kind of quicksand. Leo and me struggled to escape.

"Relax, you'll be fine. This won't kill you," said the woman as I looked up only to be shocked. Her eyes weren't purple like Tori but just like-

"O, I almost forgot. Eira, Leo can you two do me a favor and tell dear Kathy that Raven will give her hellish nightmares for months if something like what happened to occurs to Tori again," said Raven, or I assuming that's her name. I shock my head and started shouting things. I was suffocated from lack of air before the world turned dark.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" I screamed as looked around and saw I was in my room and my sleepwear. I looked at around as if I have never seen them in my life. When and How did I get in my room with my sleepwear? Wasn't I in the deck with Leo and this 'Raven' person or thing?

"Oi, Eira are you ok?" asked Kate as she and Baby 5 looked concerned.

"Yes, I'm fine- ow!" I said as I looked at my hand and saw a bite mark injury.

"Eira, how on earth you got this injury? It looks like a snake bite," said Baby 5 as she gave me some antidotes and bandages for my hand.

"I got this when I was at deck, just now," I said as they looked at me as if I was crazy.

"Eira… You been here this whole time, you haven't been deck since dinner," explained Baby 5 as I felt my eyes opened up widely.

"What are you taking about! I was on deck with Leo! Then this is woman, who I think is name Raven, shows up out of nowhere! She first disappears and reappears randomly, turned our weapons into snakes, and summon spheres of water!"

"…Eira y-you're just imagining things! You must be really tired to think such things!" said Kate with this very nervous tone, which seems out of character for her.

"Kate's right… yawn. It's late and there are things to do tomorrow so I'm off to bed… Yawn, night Kate, Eira," said Baby 5 before she when to sleep but she didn't notice Kate's behavior.

"But I'm not imaging things! She even told me to tell you that Raven will give her hellish nightmares for months if something like what happened to occurs to Tori again."

"Y-you're just tired you should get some rest! Well, I'm off to sleep! I'll see you in the morning!" said Kate nervously as she went to bed. I was confused more then I was before. Was everything just only a dream? I heard the door knocked, so changed my clothes a bit and went to the door. It was Leo dripping wet and this confused looked on his eyes.

"You-you saw her too, right?" asked Leo lowly as not to wake the other girls, but I knew what he was talking about. So it wasn't a dream… This Raven really was here. But this realization just brought more questions. Just who or what is Raven?

~Few Days Later~

Currently, we are headed back to Dressrosa and so far there have been strange things happening on this trip ever since we left. Actually this whole trips have been chaos really especially with this Raven woman and after Kate and Do flamingo had a ... Um ... a proper introduction.

~Four days ago~

"Doflamingo-sama, let me introduce you to Kate, Tori's best friend," I introduced with an awkward smile because I had this bad feeling that won't go away but I ignored it. Leo and Baby 5 were with us in case something goes wrong.

"Kate wasn't it? I heard much about you," said Doflamingo with his smile. That smile has always terrified me ever since I started working for him. You never know what that man is really thinking about.

"I also have heard much about you as well," said Kate with a smile. Although she was smile, she wasn't being genuine with it and she said in a way sounds like she knows more about him more then he wants to.

"Fufufu! Really? What have you heard?" asked Doflamingo as it looks like I wasn't the only one that picked up Kate's sarcasm.

"Sorry~ That's for me to know and you to find out! Where's the fun if I tell you?" answered Kate in this sing along tone with a finger on her lips as she was trying to taut him.

"Kate, remember you promised," I worded it out to her. I warned her before coming here not to taut him but she ignored me.

"Fufu! True! So how's is my Chicky doing?" asked Doflamingo with his usual smile.

"Now why would I tell you a thing after what happened few days ago?" replied Kate with that smile.

"Fufu! If I recall you did something that you shouldn't have."

"O? Correct me if I'm wrong, put it was you who started it. I simply stopped it before it became worse."

"Even so, a wrong doesn't make it a right,"

"Funny that you should mention that, I can say the same to you," answered Kate as I felt the room tensed up.

Although they were being civil, the atmosphere said something else. But I wasn't the only one that felt it, everyone who was in the room felt it. Honestly, I don't know how Kate when unscathed with all the taunts she was throwing out. Tori still hasn't been herself as of late, which is to expect consisting what happened; barely anyone sees Tori now expected for Kate who brings her food and water. I hope she gets better… and I' am not the only one. The few people she became close or knew her were worried about her. Then Kate subjected, although it was Leo that helped her realized it.

~Earlier today~

It was just the three of us, me, Leo and Kate. Baby 5 just left us to check up on Doflamingo. Saying something that he wasn't being himself. Honestly, I haven't noticed since he seems like his usual grinning like a manic psychopath of pink motherf…O God! I am starting to think like Kate! That's definitely a bad sign!

While I was thinking I didn't notice that Kate and Leo were trying to tell me something as I bump into someone. I fell on my bum and saw who I bump into.

"I am so sorry, Tori, are you ok?" asked I as got up on my feet with Leo's help. Leo also offered her a hand but Tori took it.

"Hey, are you ok?" asked Leo as Tori didn't answer; she just left. She looked so dead now, like a living corpse forever wondering. I wondered if she will ever get better… No! I shouldn't think like that! She will get better just hopefully soon.

"Will anything get to her?" I asked out loud and Leo gave me a gesture that he was as clueless as I was. Kate shook her head.

"When Tori like that, nothing gets though her ears. You can be pulling a trigger next to her ear and she still wouldn't hear fuck," said Kate as I sighed.

"You sure there nothing we can do for her. I think she needs the support," said Leo as I couldn't agree more. Kate pouted for a bit and then looked like she had an idea.

"Sol!" she said as me and Leo were confused.

"Who?" asked Leo.

"I don't know," I replied.

"Sol was a stuff rabbit that Kana made for Tori. Kana noticed that Tori is still aware of her surrounds, even if she has some selective hearing issues, so Kana made Sol and letter for Tori so she can cheer up or get out whatever slump she had. It has never fail before!" she said.

"And I'm assuming this Sol is at home?" I asked as Kate nodded.

"Can we just make one? It can be that hard to make a stuff animal? Right?" asked Leo as it wasn't a bad idea. Its was a good idea and it was the only thing we can think of to help Tori.

"I'll get some pillows and blanks to make it," said Kate.

"I'll bring the tools to put together," I said.

"I'll get some paper to write and Baby 5. I sure she would want some part of this," said Leo as we all left. Just like we promised, we brought everything. Just as Leo thought, Baby 5 wanted to be part of this. In no time, we all had part we did. Kate designed the stuff animal. I was doing the fine details. Baby 5 was making outfit and Leo was sewing the animal together.

"You sew so well, where did you learn from?" asked Baby 5.

"I…I was helping my sisters with the clothes she sold," said Leo although he sounds a bit awkward.

"They forced you," said Kate bluntly without taking her eyes of the lines she drew. Leo gave a seem not surprised.

"How did you-"

"I used to live in a house with little brothers and sisters that could get away with fucking murder with just battering their pretty little eyeballs and smiling ever so innocently," said Kate as Leo just shivered.

"You mean they're more of ya! O kami! How on earth does the world survive if they're more than two of ya!" said Leo as he just finished with the stuff animal.

"Ya done?" asked Kate with that smile, the one that spells trouble, as Leo nodded. Before anyone noticed, Kate knocked out Leo with her fist. Baby 5 and me were left with eyes pop out and clueless for just what happened.

"Well, let's continued," said Kate as we just finished making the stuff animal. Kate, me, and a recently awaked Leo wrote the letters and gave it to Baby 5 as she left to get Tori's food. The three of us left and went to the deck.

Other thing that happening is that some of the crew on the ship says that a vengeful ghost haunts the ship since some people won't wake up and other have this blank and soulless look on their faces, other wake up with strange marks and bruises that they have no idea that came from. I don't know that's true or not, but I can't denial it's strange. Then this Raven character appears almost every single night when no one seems to be awake expect for Leo and me. Raven apologized for her actions before but she still wouldn't tell us how she does the things she does. Once you get to know her, she turned out to be pretty mellow despite often speaking in riddles, which frustrated Leo a lot since he didn't what she means not even half the time. Sometimes, I think she does it to mess with him. I have to say Kate has been acting very suspicious. Whenever Leo or me mention Raven, she always had this pale look and change the conversation ever time. I often see she mumbling something, but I couldn't hear and she seem very worried about something to but I don't know what.

"EARTH TO EIRA!" shouted Kate as I fell on my butt from fright. Was I so deep in thought I didn't notice I was silent for a while.

"Was that necessary!" I answered, as I looked at Kate annoying.

"Kinda, I have too," she said with that big smile of hers.

"She was calling you all this time," answered Leo as he has me his hand.

"O..." I answered as Leo helped me up. How embarrassing... I looked at Kate and she had this mischief grin on her face, she probably thinking something I don't want to know.

"What's the grin for?" asked Leo.

"O nothing~ Don't mind me," she answered. Then Baby 5 showed up with tears in eyes and a look as if she was robbed.

"What happened to you?" asked Leo.

"Tori did this! She said I was a nuisance!" cried Baby 5 as more tears as Leo tried to conformed her by lending her his shoulder, though he looked kinda lost on what to do and disturb of the tears and mucus that was get on his shirt. I was shocked that Tori would do this without a reason. I looked at Leo, who was just as shocked and Kate for bit and see that she no longer had a smile on her face and looked extremely pale and terrified.

"Kate is there something we should now about?" I asked but I know something is up; otherwise Kate wouldn't act the way she does. Kate shacked of whatever was going through her head.

"O it's nothing!" she said I wasn't buying that for a minute. I can still hear Baby 5 sobbing lightly in the background. Guess I was the only one that picked it up.

"But you guys, mind if I asked you something?" asked Kate as we all looked.

"Have any of you seen Tori take a small white capsule that says DID003/45?" Kate asked as we all looked at each other with a puzzle looked on our faces. We all said no and Kate became more strange and suspicious.

"Baby 5 what exactly happened to you?" asked Kate as I was also curious on what is happened to her not just simply know what to both her and Tori, but to see what does this mean to Kate. Something is happening to Tori and Kate has an idea why.

"Ok, I'll tell you," said Baby 5 as she began her story.

~Few minutes earlier~

"Tori, I brought you some lunch and a little something from all of us!" I said as I brought the lunch cart in. I looked at Tori who was in bed. I was worried about her being in bed all day and not eating a thing. So I tried to encourage her to eat something. I later realized that was a mistake.

"Tori you really need to eat something, you're going to get sick if you don't," I said as I tried to touch her, but she slapped my hand away. She stood up and the look she had in her eye, didn't look as her normal self, it was a much colder stare.

"Don't touch me," she said which was just as cold as her stare, she honestly didn't sound like herself.

"Tori, you really have to eat something," I insisted but what I didn't know that she was sleeping with her sword and was getting ready to use it.

"Get out. You're being a nuisance," she said. I didn't know it's a warning, but I was too worried about her health to notice.

"Tori, I-" I didn't finish as I felt a strong gust of wind passed me. Just a seconds later, the room was full of vary of cut of all sizes and I before I noticed I was full of cuts, nothing to deep but still cuts.

"Burēdo no hour," she said as she was ready for an attack again. I knew that I had to get out before she attacks again so I left.

"That what happened!" she said as she cried on Leo shoulder again.

"Don't worry much about it, Tori isn't being herself," reassured Kate with an awkward smile. She knew what exactly is going on and this time I didn't say quiet.

"What exactly is happening to Tori?" I asked Kate as she looked like she didn't know what to say. She was rubbing the back of her neck.

"I can't explain all the details, but I can tell you this must. Kana's death affected Tori greatly in more ways then one," she said. I guess its something personal with Tori.

"Who's Kana?" asked Leo.

"O right, you don't know. Kana is the nickname for Tori's mother." I explained.

"Tori loved her mother dearly that she has her locket as the only memento," explained Baby 5.

"Did someone called me?" asked someone as we looked and saw it was Tori, the one we're used to see.

"Tori are you ok?" asked Baby 5 with caution as Tori looked at her strangely.

"Ya, I'm feeling better but you looked worse then me. What happened to you?" asked Tori as I couldn't believe what she just say. She sounds like she really had no idea that she caused it but what happened to Baby 5 wasn't a lie either.

"Don't you-" Kate interrupted Baby 5 by covering her mouth.

"Baby 5 didn't promise you won't tell Tori that!" said Kate quickly as Tori raised the brow at Kate. Kate then whispered into Baby 5's ear.

"Oo you're right! Sorry, Tori I can't tell you!" said Baby 5 as she signals us to play along. Tori was completely confused about everyone's behavior.

"Anyway, you sure your alright? I mean with everything that happened?" asked Leo.

"Ya… I'm all right now. I'm going to sound crazy but two voice in my head said stop whining like a child and get on my life as they are people worried about me. Then I woke up and saw a stuff rabbit with letters on it. I read the letters and realized the voices in mind were right. Then I started feeling better," said Tori and what she says its truth. She looks a lot better then she did before although I still wondering whatever secret Kate is trying so desperately to hide. Then someone arrived to tell Baby 5 something and left when they done.

"What did he say?" asked Tori.

"We can see Dressrosa's shores now, so we should arrive in an hour or so," explained Baby 5 as Tori looked nervous.

"Tori, what's up?" asked Kate.

"I'll probably will have to face him soon…" she said as if she wasn't comfortable about the topic. We all knew who's she talking about… Doflamingo.

"Tori don't worry. If I see that pinkshit flamingo try something, I'll mess him up!" shouted Kate as she wrapped an arm around Tori.

"I feel responsible for what happen to you, so I'll help as well!" said Baby 5.

"Me too!" I said.

"We'll be there when the time comes," said Leo.

"Thanks guys…for everything," said Tori as she gave a bright smile. I honestly miss this Tori.

Hope I didn't make Baby 5 OOC, always trying to keep the characters as they are.

Hope you enjoy!

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