"Thank you so much everyone! Please enjoy some drinks, we'll be back in a few minutes!" Katya said happily to the cheering crowd. She wiped her brow with a small handkerchief as soon as she got off stage and took a long swig of water.

"Hey, you can't be back here!" A voice sounded from not far off and there was a loud crash. Katya put down her water and went to see what the fuss was about.

"KATYA-CHAN!" Two figures ran towards her with several security guards in pursuit. Katya whipped her head around to see two faces she never thought she'd see ever again.

"Shachi? Pen?" She gasped and beamed. She ran to greet them and hugged the two tightly.

"Siren-san!"

"It's okay, James, I know these two." She waved off the security.

"K-Katya-chan." The two men murmured, squashed into her chest.

"Oops, sorry!" She released them and grinned. "What are you doing here?"

"We saw you were performing! We had to see you!"

"You two always were my biggest fans." She laughed before her face fell slightly into an angry expression. "He's not with you, is he?"

"No, not right now!" Shachi sweat dropped. "It's just us. And-wait. You still have the necklace?"

Katya fiddled with the charm nervously. "I mean, yeah, it's important to me. It reminds me how far I've come."

The two began to sniffle. "We missed you!"

"Coming through, losers." Ikkaku joined them and put an arm over Shachi's shoulder. "Hi, Katya-san. Big fan!"

Katya observed the Heart Pirate boiler suit the woman was wearing. Were she and Law...? No, she shook the idea from her head. No need to entertain those thoughts. "Nice to meet you too. I take it you're headed for the New World?"

"Yeah! We fought our way through the Grand Line!" Shachi took a rather ridiculous fighting stance which made Katya laugh.

"How did you get here, Katya-chan?" Penguin asked.

"Hitched a ride with some ships, mostly. Paid my passage through tips I earned from shows. Made my way here. I've been here about ten months. It's a good place for shows, plus I didn't like the idea of water much more."

"Water? Wait, Katya-chan, did you eat a Devil Fruit?"

"Yeah, it's nothing exciting, but I still can't swim, so ships seem a bit more daunting now." She shrugged.

"Brat!" Garkin's voice called and the pudgy man stormed up to her and the trio of Heart Pirates. "I've got the representatives of Saint Charloss on the phone and they aren't happy!"

"Tell them to stick their offer up their fat, rich asses, Garkin. I perform for the people." Katya squared off against the man, who looked like he would explode with anger.

"This is your last chance, brat. You tell them yes or you can kiss your second album goodbye!"

"Then I guess I'll be a one album girl." Katya fired back.

"You're fired!"

"Cool." She said calmly. "I'm going to finish my show now. It was good to see you, boys. Give Bepo-sama my love."

"SAMA?!" Shachi and Penguin cried. "We feel slighted!"

Katya winked at them mischievously and ran back towards the preparation area. She was going to go out her way.

The trio had gone back into the crowd as and had joined the others. Shachi noticed Bepo make his way towards them, along with a very furious looking Law.

"Shachi-ya..." Law's voice was deep and angry sounding. "Penguin-ya, I think we need to have a talk."

The two men clung to each other. "BEPO, SAVE US!"

"Oh, it's Katya-chan!" Bepo looked up at the stage which had turned into a singular spotlight. His eyes became watery. "Katya-chaaaaan! I've missed her!"

Law grabbed Shachi and Penguin by the scruff of the neck. "You two are on laundry duty for a month. We're leaving."

"Aye, aye!" The two said meekly.

"Bepo, we-" Law turned to his the Mink, who was crying.

"Look, Captain..."

Law looked up at the stage. Katya held up a microphone to her lips. The glint of her necklace did not go unnoticed by Law. She still wore it?

"Ladies, gentlemen, pirates, lovers of music, I'm afraid I've been fired!" Katya grinned and threw her hands into the air. "But before I go, I would like to sing one more song. I'll let it be a crowd request!"

A multitude of voices cried out various titles.

"Bad Case of Loving You!"

"All You Had To Do Was Stay!"

"Fever!"

"Yeah, Fever!"

"Fever, fever, fever!" The crowd begin to chant and Katya put on a smile. Of course they'd want her most popular song.

"Aw, you guys love the classics. Fever it is!"

"Captain's song..." Penguin murmured.

Law was rather taken aback himself. She still sang Fever, after all these years? That, the necklace...

"I've been bitten by the bug and I'm coming down with, oh, something that can't be cured~" Katya began to sing to the now cheering crowd.

"There ain't a doctor in this town who is more qualified than you, yeah, to be so adored~"

"I can't believe she still sings it." Shachi said to Penguin, who nodded in agreement.

"Captain, we should go and say hello after the show!" Bepo beamed and turned around. Law's eyes were hidden by his hat.

"So tell me what do you prescribe for these symptoms: a heart beating faster and work is a disaster..."

"We're going." Law said. "We have things to do."

Bepo nodded his head in resignation and the Heart Pirates began to leave.

"Fever sure has got me good. What you do when fever takes hold? I can't help but need this drug...Don't you feel the fever like I do?"

Law gripped Kikoku tighter. She had written that song as a surprise for him. Katya...she was still so talented and beautiful. But she had refused to become a pirate. She couldn't be a singer if she was one, she'd argued. Why couldn't Law just be a normal doctor and stay with her. To travel the world together when they were older, rather than pillage his way down the Grand Line.

He couldn't. He was going to avenge Cora-san. Law never told her about him. He'd nearly told her so many times, but it was so painful, and she'd only pity him. They'd fought, and he'd left, and now he was leaving again.

"Thank you, everyone! Hopefully I'll see you all again someday! Any record producers that are interested in my work, I'm often around Grove 13!" She waved with a large grin, spotting Garkin, purple in the face, at the side of the stage.

She bounced off the stage and handed her microphone to James, who was shaking with fear as Garkin bounded over.

"BRAT!"

"Garkin?" Katya yawned as she turned to face him.

"Don't you take that informal tone, with me, you bitch! You're costing me lots of money!"

Katya glared at the cigar smoking man. "I'm not performing for the Dragons."

"Fine!" Garkin shouted. "Then I can just sell you to them!" Two large men came up behind Katya and grabbed her. She struggled in their grip and growled at her ex-manager.

"Get your hands off me, you bastards!"

"Saint Charloss is going to be at the auction tomorrow. I'm betting you'll fetch me a better price that way. I'll even tell them about your Devil Fruit, that'll bump up the bidding." He smiled slyly. "Goodbye, Katya. You're about to make me a nice lump sum."

"Suck a dick, you piece of-" A large fist collided with Katya's jaw and she collapsed to the floor. The last thing she saw was a blurry pair of handcuffs coming towards her wrists.