The crowd was in pure shock, including Katya herself. He'd punched a Noble? How stupid was Straw Hat? Disco was gasping in horror.
"If I hit these guys, they'll call an admiral from the Navy and a warship here, right?" The young man with the Straw Hat said with way more cheer than was okay.
What the hell... Katya thought as she managed to untie the gag from her mouth. She had just managed it when the Nobles began firing at the pirates.
"Hurry up and get out!" People were screaming all over the place. Katya slunk into a corner as guards began to swarm the stage and watched in awe as Straw Hat Luffy's leg seemed to stretch all over the place, plus the other members of his crew were going crazy. She ran over towards where Disco was and kicked him in the balls as hard as she could.
"I thought I told you I wasn't for sale, you bastard!"
"Katya-chan!" A plethora of voices cried out.
"Hm?" Katya looked up. Rushing towards her were Shachi and Penguin, but in the background...
"Kid!" She hissed.
"Get out of here!" He yelled at her.
"Oi, Kid," One of his crew members said to him urgently. "Trafalgar looks PISSED."
Katya looked across the room and her eyes finally settled on him. Law had gotten even more handsome. He'd grown a goatee since she'd last seen him, but most of him was the same. Ugly sweatshirt hoodie and his sword resting on his shoulder. Her traitorous heart did a small somersault. She kicked Disco again and storming towards the two men, angrily passing Shachi and Penguin.
"Is she just oblivious to what's going on here?" Disco said indignantly.
"You..." she glared at Law. "You piece of shit!"
"Uh-oh." Bepo said. Law's face was betraying nothing and he appeared passive.
"You bastard, I ought to beat the shit out of you for what you did!" She ducked past a guard that tried to grab her and ran up the stairs. "I don't care that you have some dumb bounty, you'll- ugh!" The guard caught her foot. "GET OFF ME!" She screamed angrily.
"Oi, Kat-chan..." Killer said.
"And Kid, you need to stop being so hung up on the fact I left at dawn!" She shouted at the red-haired man, who growled in response.
"You should be honoured that you spent the night in my company, bitch!"
"HIM? REALLY?!" Shachi and Penguin shouted. Katya shot them a pointed look.
"Yes, yes, my taste in men is shit. You two sound like my aunt!"
"I'm sorry!" Bepo bowed his head.
"She wasn't even talking to you!"
"Why you-" Kid began, but a large flying fish flew through the ceiling and a woman with...wings? and a skeleton with an Afro appeared. Chaos ensued and Katya headed back towards Disco, but the man pulled a gun on her.
"Y-you bitch!"
Katya dived out of the way as the shot fired, but she wasn't fast enough. It hit her shoulder and she fell to the floor with a crash.
"Ow..." she groaned. "That's worse than one of Shakky's margarita induced hangovers."
"Katya-chin!" Caimie called from the fish bowl. Katya's vision swirled and she fell down next to the fishbowl. Disco raised his gun again and Katya's head began to slump. This was it.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
A powerful wave of energy shot through the arena. Katya's eyes shot open and saw a dark figure walk out of a hole in the stage.
"Have a look at that, Giant-kun!" A familiar deep voice spoke. "The hall is a complete mess."
Katya smiled despite the pain. "Ray-san!"
"Oh, Katya-chan, long time no see! Seems like the auction is over. What are you doing here?"
Katya scowled and gestured at her neck ring with her non-injured arm. "What do you think? Business deal went wrong. Why are YOU here? Shakky's been looking for you for months!"
"Ah, I lost a bet at the gambling hall."
"Pay better attention to your wife, old man!" Katya shouted at him.
"She's...she's talking back to him." Kid gaped at the scene.
Rayleigh raised his hand and Katya felt the powerful energy again. Her chains fell to the ground. "Well, seeing how I've stolen some money, I guess I'll be returning to the gambling hall."
Katya sighed and stood up, clutching her shoulder. "You really need to kick that habit, Ray-san. You have customers that need coatings!"
"Eh, they can wait."
"You foul old man..." the giant grumbled. "You stole money just to go gambling?"
"More like to pay off his debts to his own wife." Katya snorted. "Worst businessman ever."
"Cheeky brat." Rayleigh smirked. "How is Shakky?"
"Good, though she thinks you've taken a lover again."
"Stop this conversation!" Several guards cried out.
"Hm, I guess I'll have to head home at some point." Rayleigh stroked his beard, ignoring them completely.
"I'll join you, I may need to ask Shakky to do some bar work for a while. My sleazy manager fired me for insubordination."
"Fair enough. Hm?" Rayleigh looked back at the hall, where every pirate and guard were looking at the pair in utter disbelief. "Everyone is staring at you."
"They're really not."
"You slept with some of them, didn't you?"
"SHUT UP, OLD MAN! Like you can talk!" Katya screeched at him. Rayleigh put a hand on his hip.
"You need to get that shoulder looked at. Leave as soon as you can."
"The Marines-" she began.
"You know what to do." Rayleigh said firmly. Katya nodded in understanding. Her Devil Fruit. "And Katya-chan, I heard that Joker wanted you. What did you do?"
"Haven't a clue." Katya said, and headed down the steps, glancing at the group of pirates as she did so. Law's eyes followed her. He looked like he was going to pass out. Huh, maybe the giant was intimidating to him, Katya mused.
"Caimie-san, go to your friends!" She called and headed up the steps, before nearly being knocked over by another wave of energy.
"Geez, I wish that would stop." She said.
"This guy..." Kid muttered.
"No way..." Law followed suite and Katya's head turned towards him. She hadn't heard him speak before then.
"What's got you so tongue tied, Law?" She addressed him coldly.
"You don't know who he is, do you?" Law replied.
"Hm? He's a local mechanic."
"She really doesn't know?!" The hall of people cried. Katya ignored them and kept making her way up the stairs behind Rayleigh, blood dripping from her wound. The next few moments were fuzzy, but she eventually made her way to where Hatchan, who appeared to be Rayleigh's friend was, at which point she collapsed into a heap.
"She'll need a doctor soon." Rayleigh said calmly, before turning to Law. "If half of the things she said about you are true, then you're able to treat her, yes? I have my hands full with my other friend here, and his wounds are more severe."
Law sweatdropped but nodded. "Bepo, carry Katya-ya whilst we head back to the ship. Treat her as best as you can until I get there."
"Ya ya?" Rayleigh snorted slightly.
"Aye, Captain!"
"B-Bepo..." Katya felt the Mink lift her up into his arms. "Put me down.." she said weakly, before her eyes rolled back and she knew no more.