"This hurts!"

"Stop moving, or I'll be forced to restrain you, Katya-ya."

"Please drop the -ya, Law, saying yaya with my name makes you sound really weird."

"Katya-chan!" Bepo burst into the medical room of the submarine carrying a tray full of items. "How is she, Captain?"

"She'll be fine, she just needs to rest for a few days."

"Like hell I will. I'm out of here as soon as I can be."

"You aren't staying with us, Katya-chan?" Bepo looked so downcast that Katya sighed and went to hug the bear, leaving her shoulder, which was currently detached and being carefully operated on by Law, on the table. Bepo rubbed his cheek against hers affectionately.

"It's so good to see you again, Bepo-sama."

"Again, what's with the -sama?!" Shachi and Penguin shouted from the door.

"Bepo is the navigator, he deserves respect."

"And I don't?" Law began stitching her shoulder, the bullet now on a tray next to him.

"Give me a moment, guys?" Katya said to the three by the door, and they nodded and went out, closing the door behind them.

"Law-"

"Listen, Katya, it's not safe for you. If Joker knows you have that Devil Fruit, he will hunt you to the ends of the earth."

"At least someone will!" She cried out. "You didn't."

Law winced as she continued. "Law, you were my world. But when you wanted me to give up everything and leave suddenly at sixteen...how could I? You broke my heart when you left, Law. You chose revenge over me. You never even told me who the revenge was on, or why you were so hell-bent on it you gave up me!"

"Because I didn't have a choice!" He slammed his fist down on the metal table next to her.

"You always have a choice, Law."

Law sighed. "The person I'm chasing...is Joker. Also known as Doflamingo of the Warlords. He killed the most important person in the world to me, the man who saved my life. The man...who used to have your Devil Fruit."

Katya's eyes went wide. "You knew whoever had this Fruit before me?"

Law nodded. "I have to avenge him someday. It's my one goal, even above finding the One Piece. The only time I ever thought about giving it up..." his eyes turned away from her. "Was you. That last night together, I knew that if I didn't leave then, I'd never leave. So I made you hate me. I hoped it would be easier for you."

"Well, it wasn't."

"I'm sorry." He muttered. Katya sighed and flexed her fingers on her decapitated arm.

"You got better." She gave him a slight smile.

"Ah, I've had more practice."

"Law," she said quietly.

"Hm?"

"I accept your apology." She leaned back on the chair. "I'm still mad at you and I still want to deafen you for fun, though."

"You can do that? Cora-san never showed that ability." Law cast his Room and put her arm back as it should be.

"I discovered it by accident..." she gave her shoulder a roll and smiled. "Wow, thanks. Not bad for a quack doctor." She looked down at her right hand, the one she used for her ability. "Will powerful people continue to come after me then?"

"Yes."

Katya closed her eyes and tried not to sob. She'd built up a life for herself here and it had all managed to disappear within a few short days.

"I'm guessing I'll need some good friends to look out for me. I don't suppose you have a singer yet?"

"No."

"Room for one more passenger on this ship?" Law nodded. She wiped a tear from her eye. "Friends?"

Law offered her a rare smile. "Friends." He took her by the hand. Katya thought he would shake it, but he didn't. The two stood there holding hands for a few moments.

"I guess you got your wish in the end. I'm going to be a pirate after all."

"It would seem is yours, Katya-ya. Rayleigh picked it up." He handed her the necklace with the stethoscope on it. Katya blushed lightly and let go of his hand to take it.

"Thank you."

"Katya-san, dinner is served!"

"Coming, Jake-san!" She called. Katya picked up her things. She had been a Heart Pirate for two days and she had just finished getting her things from her apartment. He had stopped off at Shakky's Rip-Off Bar to tell her of her plans. Shakky had given her a hug and told her that she was welcome to visit whenever she wished. Rayleigh had made his way back home eventually and she spent time with him for a few hours, much to the shock of Shachi, who had accompanied her to fetch her personal belongings. Not many people could hug the Dark King so casually, but Katya explained that to her, he had always been simply Ray-san, a mechanic who had coated some of the ships she had used to travel for shows.

She hadn't played any songs for the Heart Pirates yet. Her shoulder was still recovering, so playing any instruments was out of the question, although the crew had been playing her music from the album that Ikkaku bought. The crew had laughed their heads off at how badly Law came off in some of the songs.

Law had sat there and taken the criticism very well. He'd had a private word with Katya about them and she'd said she had exaggerated quite a lot in the lyrics in order to please the music producers.

Katya hummed as she made her way to the mess hall, where the crew were chatting and getting food together. She went to sit by Ikkaku, who was loudly teasing Law.

"Not even one tiny bit?"

"Ikkaku-ya," Law was scowling as the woman held up a small bread roll.

"Wait, you still refuse to eat bread?" Katya snorted. Law went mildly crimson and threw the two women a glare that would send most people running for the hills. Katya took the seat next to Ikkaku and took up her own bread roll to tear it into small pieces to have with the broth that was for dinner.

"You know, Ikkaku-san, I used to be good at telling what people were like from a single three sentence conversation with them. When I met Law, I predicted two things."

"Oi." Law narrowed his eyes at her.

"Captain, that was so funny!" Bepo laughed at he came across to them.

"Tell us, Katya-chan!"

"Shachi, you know this already."

"I know, but it was incredible." Him and Penguin joined them and the other Heart Pirates were listening in curiously.

"I said that he was prejudiced against carbs, and probably into BDSM."

The mess hall roared with laughter. Ikkaku had tears in her eyes and several of the other Heart Pirates were banging their hands on the table in hysterical laughs.

"Ah, but they weren't completely right." Law smirked. "I'm only prejudiced against certain carbohydrates. The rest of your prediction was correct."

Katya went scarlet and muttered something about things that should be kept private.

"What did you say about these lot?" Ikkaku gestured to the cackling Shachi and Penguin, as well as Bepo, who was chewing on his bread roll.

"I said that those two were both goofy. And for Bepo I said fluffy and soft hearted. For all of them I said virgins."

"Katya-chan! You promised you'd never repeat that!"

"Besides, we're not anymore!" Penguin immediately elbowed Shachi at that comment.

"Hey, shut up, you idiot!"

"Ohhhhh, you finally got laid?" Katya grinned. "Now was this with each other out of loneliness, or an inflatable doll?"

Ikkaku lost it again and even Law began to smile. The two men pointed their thumbs downwards and shouted 'boo' at her, along with multiple shouts of protest. They began to chase the laughing Katya around the mess hall throwing bread rolls at her.

"Like you can talk! You slept with KID!" Penguin shouted as she narrowly avoided a roll. Jake was complaining in the background of the chaos about wasted food, but Law was carefully using his Room to catch all the rolls before they hit the floor and back onto a plate in the kitchen.

"It was ONE TIME!" Katya roared back. "I told you I clearly have shitty taste! No offence, Law." She waved at him as she ran from the two engineers.

"Offence taken, Katya-ya."

"She's going to fit in well." Ikkaku smiled over at the captain of their submarine.

"She always did."

"Captain?"

"Hm?"

"If you don't tap that soon, I might."

"Too far, Ikkaku-ya."