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Chapter 7
The Crystal User
Trafalgar thrust his sword through another Marine. The man gasped as he was skewered in the chest and Trafalgar looked at him with bored eyes, 'Pathetic,' he thought, and looked at the wound he'd created. It was a curable injury, well it was if he treated it, but he wasn't feeling so merciful today. He stared the coughing Marine in the eyes, enjoying the fear, the raw terror which he saw. The man was trying to grip the blade frantically to pull himself off, but it only cut his palms, slicking them with blood and they slipped off.
"If you do that," Trafalgar said, "You'll only die quicker. And that would ruin my fun."
The Marine ignored him, still attempting to remove the blade that Law held. The pirate Captain shook his head and twisted the hilt roughly. Blood spattered up his wrists and hands, hot and thick as the wound ripped savagely open. Death was instant. He jostled his Nodachi and the dead Marine slid off, crumpling to the ground, "I told you," He said calmly to the corpse and moved on for his next target.
To his left Eustass Kid was lost in the heat of the battle, his fists pummeling down man after man after man with his teeth bared in a snarl and his eyes wild like a feral beast. Trafalgar wiped the blood and remains of entrails stuck to his sword on his trouser leg, staining the light blue denim almost black with the liquid when a bang went off beside him and the ground shuddered. He lost his balance, growling in pain as the blade of his own Nodachi ripped through the fabric and gashed his leg. He landed on his back, striking his elbow painfully and lay there a moment, completely disoriented.
"Captain!"
Law felt his hand being encased by a huge furry one and he was hauled to his feet. The big white polar bear checked him over with worried eyes, "Captain, are you alright?!"
Trafalgar stretched his arm out, wincing at the throbbing in his elbow. It wasn't broken, just bruised, "Yeah Bepo, I'm okay."
Bepo looked greatly relieved and busied himself in picking up the forgotten Nodachi and Law scooped up his hat, brushing off the dirt. There was another loud grunt and a clash that rang through the air, he looked up to see Stellar swinging up the crystal sword, slashing the beam away. She moved swiftly, lithe like a cat hunting, and deep purple mist coiled around her ankles and up to her knees, those stunning pearl eyes almost glowing. He found himself unable to stop staring. It was unlike anything he had ever seen in his life. What was it? A Devil Fruit power? If it was, he'd certainly never heard of it.
He was surprised, impressed almost, that this girl could hold her own ground so well in battle when mere minutes ago he'd saved her from being killed.
That was another thing that had him puzzled. Why did he save her? It wasn't like he owed anything to her. He was indebted to no one. So why?
Stellar's sword splintered as she clapped her hands together. She held them clasped like that and closed her eyes, not moving any further. Law looked to Kuma, the large Shichibukai had a beam aimed straight for her head.
Usually, something like this would not bother the Captain. He knew in battle that there were casualties and people he couldn't save and from his many years fighting he'd boxed himself away from petty emotions such as concern and fear which strived only to dull his mind and senses. He knew his crew could handle themselves no matter who or what they fought so why, why was he running at them with an arm outstretched despite the pain in his elbow, calling out? It was as if he was moving on autopilot as he charged head on into danger. It wasn't that he was scared, he was hardly ever scared, but he wasn't stupid- as a Captain to his crew he couldn't just run in and get killed immediately. Law calculated, sized and noted the weaknesses in his enemies and exploited them to death.
"Oi! Watch out!" He yelled and skidded to a halt, placing himself in between the girl and Kuma. The Shichibukai glared down at him and Law cursed when he realized he was defenseless, his sword in an extremely worried Bepo's grasp. He flicked out a hand and caught the circle that appeared out of his palm, the spiked outside brushing past his fingers, "Room," He commanded.
The familiar blue light blew out from him, encasing Kuma, Stellar and a whole cluster of nearby Marines in the large orb he'd created. He smirked and Kuma turned the beam on him, "Stellar-ya!" He yelled, glancing over his shoulder, "Do something!"
Stellar's pearly eyes snapped open. They locked on his with a look that was a cross between shock and horror, "W-w-what are you doing?!"
"Saving your ass! Now do something!"
Bartholomew's fingers slowly began to lose their grip around the beam. Trafalgar growled, "Shambles!"
Screams took chorus in the air as bodies split apart. Limbs, torsos, heads pulled away from their bodies and Law flicked his wrist, casting them off to fly haphazardly in the room he had created. The beam in Kuma's hand dimmed slightly, the man's attention grabbed by body parts that narrowly missed him. He heard Stellar gasp behind him and, instead of feeling proud from the fear he had instilled, he shouted at her, "Do something! NOW!"
"Y-yes!"
He focused all of his energy on keeping the body parts and the room going, catching Stellar out of the corner of his eye as she ran around him, purple mist swirling. Bartholomew seemed to come to his senses, no longer distracted by the little sideshow and let the beam fly straight for Law's face. The light came so close he could feel the hairs on his arms getting singed and he almost lost his hold on the shambles.
"Crystal! Ball!"
Stellar leapt into the path of it and Trafalgar watched as a sphere of violet consumed Kuma. Stellar clenched her hands and the light became brittle, hardening into crystals once more, "Contract!"
The ball shrunk to a size that would surely crush the Shichibukai and Stellar held it firmly for a moment then let it disappear, the violet light vanishing entirely as she snuffed it out. When the dust cleared and settled Bartholomew Kuma became visible, sprawled out on the ground and not moving.
Instead of relief at the winning of their battle, Trafalgar felt anger. His elbow and the gash on his leg throbbed awfully, "Were you trying to get yourself hurt?!"
She turned to face him, her face flushed and eyes still glowing slightly, "No, I-"
"First the Auction House and now this!" The doctor raged. He didn't know why he was so angry, but it felt good to take it out on someone else, especially when that someone was the one he just couldn't figure out, "I don't just help anyone you know!"
"I-I-" She looked like she'd been slapped hard around the face and the fingers of her right hand held her left shoulder gently. He stepped toward her and roughly pulled her hand away, ignoring her slight hiss of pain. A slightly deep gash had hacked its way through flesh, the skin still smoking from where Kuma's beam had struck it.
"You're hurt, goddamn it!" He cursed. The girl was terrified, but he honestly didn't care right now. He let the room drop, body pieces falling to the ground. What was it about this girl? Dammit, what was it?! He inspected the wound briefly, "It'll need stitches," he growled, then he glared at her again, "What is it? What makes you different?! I don't help people like you!" He gripped his hat with one hand in his fury and made a strange snarling noise, "Do I owe you something?"
She shook her head, "N-no you-"
"Have I met you before?"
"No, I-"
"What is it then?! What do you want from me?"
He couldn't hold it any longer. All these questions building up into a pressure so strong it had finally burst, "Follow me," he ordered. He'd get his answers whatever it took. Something was drawing him to her, and he was set on finding out what it was.
He spun on his heel and stormed back to Bepo as best he could with an injured leg. He ignored the polar bear's worried fuss over him and snatched his Nodachi back from the animal. Eustass called out to him from amongst the unconscious or dead Marines that littered the ground at his feet,
"Yo, Law. Hate to break it to ya but it looks like your girl's getting away!"
"Hn?" The surgeon turned to see the outline of Stellar running off in the other direction. Law grit his teeth and held the Nodachi in a knuckle-whitening grip.
'She'll be back,' he thought. If fate kept playing out like the way it had done, then he assumed it wouldn't be long until their next encounter. He watched her flee, long, snow-white hair blown out behind her as she moved. His gunmetal eyes never left her once.
'She'll definitely be back.'
Ah Law...that's not how you handle a lady lol but he's drawn to her and he doesn't know why! Law! There's a reason for that! There is a reason why things happen, hun!
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