Chapter 36
Timi was given a tailored black suit with a burgundy shirt and dark grey tie. Cori was given a tailored burgundy suit with a black shirt and red tie.
"You look handsome, the both of you." Layla smiled as she looked at the two.
"Thank you." they grinned as even Karma got a blue tie around his neck.
"You look handsome as well Karma." Timi smiled at the happy Griffin.
"Here are your masks." Layla smiled holding out a black half mask to Timi; it was in the shape of a skull without a jaw and had two horns going out from the forehead, curling towards the back of his head slightly. Cori got a white mask that had black mesh on the eyes, red painted lips with a Joker smile and a few markings around the eyes.
Cori sent Timi a glance, showing him the mask.
"Suits you." Timi simply said putting his own mask on.
"Yours too actually." Cori smiled and put the mask on anyway.
"Time to go. Karma, you stay in the air and come to me when I call, alright?" the red head asked and he made a happy noise, taking off to the air.
The two then took off towards the giant mansion as well, quickly blending in with the guests.
"There's so many people." Cori said looking around.
"Do you know who Louie or the Baron is?" he asked.
"Yup. At the far corner of the room stands a blond man; he's the Baron and beside him is a black haired guy; that's Louie." Timi replied smirking.
"Let's enjoy this before we start though. It's not that often we get invited to a masquerade ball." he said.
"You just love the masks, don't you? Besides, we didn't get invited. You were hired to kill the host of the ball." Cori whispered.
"Just chill and have some fun." the red head grinned and walked off.
A few women flirted with him and tried to get him to dance with them but Timi politely refused each time.
"I need to teach you how to dance when we get back to the sub." Cori said coming up behind him and made him jump.
"I can dance." Timi frowned but got no reply from the blond.
"I can tell that you're giving me a questioning look right now. Fine . . . but only if Law does it as well." he said blushing under his mask a little.
"Deal." Cori said cheerfully.
"Let's get this over with. I'm getting tired of stupid bitches trying to get in my pants." he said and walked towards the Baron while Cori leaned against one of the pillars in the room.
Summoning one of his throwing knifes, Timi threw it at the Baron, shattering the champagne glass in his hand.
Louie immediately jumped in front of him, clutching the hilt of his sword as everyone screamed and made a circle around the three.
"You have the nerve to attack me? Do you not know that I am the great Baron Nekoshiva. Kill him." the handsome young blond yelled and gave the order to Louie.
"I know exactly who you are and frankly I don't give a fuck. You might as well be a Celestial Dragon for all I care. Your fate has been sealed the moment I agreed to kill you." Timi smirked, taking his suit jacket off and rolled his sleeves up. His snake markings now revealed, the Baron stared at him in horror, realising who he was and so did everyone else. They all ran for their lives, leaving only the four of them in the room.
Timi let out a sharp whistle, calling Karma into the ball room.
"What the fuck is that?" the Baron asked wide eyed.
"His name is Karma. He's a Griffin." the red head grinned as Karma growled stepping closer to them.
"Now, now. This is my job. You go stand beside dad and just watch." with a last glance, Karma turned around and walked up to Cori.
"I won't let you lay a hand on Baron Nekoshiva." Louie said, stepping into a fighting stance.
"I hoped you'd say that." Timi grinned and summoned AkaKage.
Without another word, they launched at each other, clashing swords.
"A cursed sword? Where did you get it?" Louie asked impressed.
"I got it when I was a child from the North Blue." he replied and sent another attack at him. Timi was just playing with the kid. He may be good but the red head was taught by Mihawk.
Soon enough, Timi stopped holding back and cut Louie up a little, to the point that he was in danger of dying from blood loss.
"Shit. I over did it. Oh well, the client never said what condition to take him. I just can't kill him." Timi smirked.
"This is impossible. You piece of trash. You failed me!" the Baron yelled at Louie's unconscious body angrily.
"You're next. Except you wont be as lucky to make it out alive." the red head said in a very dark and sadistic tone.
"Stay away from me. I can pay you double for what you got for this job. I will do anything." he begged.
"How pathetic can you get? You will die. There's no changing that." Timi growled, unamused.
"No, please." the Baron begged.
With a sadistic glint in his eyes, Timi swung down on the man, cutting all his limbs off, gutted him, then finally decapitated him.
"Done." he turned around grinning at Cori and Karma, who ran up to her excitedly.
"You're scary." Cori said taking his mask off and frowned at him.
"You've seen nothing yet. That was giving him a quick death." Timi replied, patting Karma on the head and rubbed behind his ears, making him purr.
"I kinda don't want to." the blond frowned.
"Whatever. Grab Louie and lets go." Timi grinned and walked out.
"Uh. Go on ahead. I forgot something." he said and ran off into the mansion with Karma following him. He took the mask off and put it in his pocket dimension.
"Mimi. Hey little girl." Timi called out, walking through the place, looking for Louie's daughter.
"I'm here." the red head heard a high pitched voice and turned around.
"Oh, hi. My name is Timi." he said smiling as he crouched down.
"This is my friend Karma. We came here to take you back to your daddy. Will you come with us?" he asked.
"Cute." the little girl grinned at Karma who pulled his head down to be eye level with her.
"Can I ride it?" she asked.
"If he lets you." Timi chuckled and Karma nestled his head into Mimi's tiny chest.
Timi picked her up and placed her on Karma's back.
"This is the first time someone sat on your back. Take it easy and don't run, alright?" Timi said to Karma, who made an understanding noise.
"Mimi. You hold onto the feathers on his neck but don't pull any out. You will hurt him and he won't let you sit on his back anymore." he explained.
"I got it." she grinned and they took off after Cori.
They got back to Layla's mansion and Mimi ran up to her straight away. She happily hugged the little girl to her but sent Timi a hurt glare.
"You put the kid in a critical condition. The doctors are working on stabilising him now." Cori whispered.
"Is that so?" Timi asked smirking.
"A word, Layla." he called and she followed him into an empty room.
"I told you not to hurt him." she cried.
"You told me not to kill him. He isn't dead, now is he?" Timi asked glaring at her as he stepped closer to her.
"Look. I'm an assassin. I take your request but you can't control me. I'm a wild beast that cannot be tamed. Remember that well." he whispered in her ear then left the room, leaving her wide eyed and shaking in fear.
"We're leaving. Now." Timi said sternly and walked past them to the exit.
"Wow. What happened?" Cori asked running after him.
"I just told her that I'm not someone she could control." he replied and they took off back to the sub.
As soon as they landed, Timi took off to his bedroom and straight into the shower.
"Hey Timi. You alright?" Law asked from the other side of the door as she stood in the shower.
"No. I let myself get too close. Law, she asked me not kill his brother and I put him in a life threatening condition. Why did I go back? The look she gave me just pissed me off and I snapped at her." she explained upset.
"What did you say to her?" he asked.
"I told her that she can't control an untameable beast. I think I scared her as well." she said with a sigh.
"Don't let it bother you. Things like that happen and he didn't die, did he?" he asked amused.
"No. Why do you sound so amused?" she asked annoyed, turning the water off and stepped out to dry off.
"Because you're worried about something so small. Now hurry up, I wanna go to bed." Law said and walked off.
She quickly dried up and got in her pajamas. Drying her hair, she walked out and joined him in bed.
"I'm glad you came back so quickly." Law grinned, hugging her.
"We don't have a reason to stay the night on the island anymore. Unless I'm too tired to use my blood magic, we will come back." she smiled back, enjoying the warmth of his body.
Law kissed her on the cheek, making her look up at him, then he kissed her on the nose, making her chuckle. Finally he crashed his lips onto hers, moving in sync as they enjoyed the feeling. He softly brushed his tongue against her bottom lip, poking the ring in her lip, asking for entrance. Blushing, she gave in, letting him explore her mouth with his tongue. They eventually pulled apart and Law smiled down at her.
"You're so beautiful." he whispered brushing his thumb on her blushing cheek. She smiled back at him and he kissed her again.
"We should really get to sleep." she said, cuddling close to him.
"Goodnight. My vicious beast." Law smiled pulling her closer and they fell asleep shortly after.
In the morning, Law was the first one to wake and tried to gently shake Timi awake as well.
"No. I don't wanna dance." she mumbled and rolled over.
"What?" Law asked, raising an eyebrow but she had fallen back asleep.
He got up and decided to take a shower.
In that time, Timi managed to wake up and got out of bed. She dressed and was about to open the bathroom door when Law appeared in the doorway. He only had a towel around his waist and his hair was wet.
"Good morning Timi." he smiled as she just blushed, staring at his chest that was covered in water droplets.
"Damn, you're hot." she mumbled and ran out of the room, leaving Law smirking.
Everyone gathered for breakfast in the galley, where Jake made a delicious breakfast for everyone.
"So Law. I want to teach Timi how to dance but she will only agree to it if you join in as well." Cori said making Timi glare at him.
"Sounds interesting. I'm in." Law replied smirking.
"Why so soon?" Timi whined.
"We wanna see you dance." Shachi and Penguin grinned.
"You'll wear a dress, right?" Shachi asked grinning.
"No." Timi dead-panned.
"At least dress like a female." Penguin frowned.
"No." Timi frowned glaring at the two.
"But then Captain will have to dance with a guy." Shachi said smirking.
"And that would be a bit weird." Penguin finished as the two looked at Law, expectedly.
"Timi, you're wearing a skirt." Law said looking at her determined.
"No way. I don't care about your pride." she frowned.
"Come on. It's only for a few hours. You're a quick learner, I'm sure you'll get a hang of it quickly." Cori chuckled patting her head.
"I don't want to. It was enough that the Ketsueki Tribe made me wear a skirt for such a damn long time." she whined.
"It was only a few days. Don't be so dramatic." the blond said amused.
"I don't wanna." she pouted.
"How about I give you a few of my scalpels if you dress like a woman for the time we dance?" Law asked smirking at Timi. He knew how much she liked his scalpels, she even asked for some a while back but he refused to give her any.
"Bribery?" Timi looked at Law shocked.
"Yeah, that's fair enough. So I want about 3 of them." she said grinning.
"So easy." Shachi and Penguin said shocked.
"Hey! I'm only agreeing to it because I wanted some of his scalpels for a long time but he wouldn't give me any." she said frowning.
"Go get changed and meet us in the training room." Cori grinned as Timi ran out annoyed.
"Damn. Oh well, at least I finally get the scalpels." Timi grinned summoning her tribal clothes. That's the only skirt she owned. She put the red skirt with the two slits that went down from the hips on, along with the black top and the scarf. Well at least now Shachi and Penguin will stop bugging her about seeing this outfit.
"Hey, are you done?" Law asked as he stepped into the room.
"Yeah." Timi replied turning around to face him.
'Oh wow. She looks incredible. Did she always look this good in that?' Law thought looking her over.
"Wanna take a picture? It'll last longer." Timi said smirking at the yellow eyed man amused.
"You look sexy." he smirked pulling her to his body.
"Uh, thanks. I guess." she blushed.
"Ready to dance?" he asked pulling her face up to look into her eyes with his pointing finger.
"As ready as you are." she grinned, making him chuckle and then he kissed her. They broke apart and headed for the door, with Timi in front of Law.
Suddenly he reached around her and groped her breasts. She squealed surprised and turned around with her arms over her breasts and blushing.
"What do you think you're doing?" she growled, glaring at him.
"You have nice breasts. I wanted to feel them. You always bind them." he replied smirking and winked at her. She blushed more and he walked out of the room.
"Are you coming or not?" Law called back and she ran out after him.
They all met up in the training room as planned. Shachi and Penguin immediately had nosebleeds but Timi knocked them out and threatened the others to keep their lewd comments to themselves.
"Let's start." Cori chuckled amused.