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Summary: She was a mage that ate a fruit when she was 10. She lost her faith in humanity when she was 6, but due to meeting Monkey D. Luffy it was restored and she was forever loyal to him. He saw her in a bar on some island. He had heard rumors of her while she worked with the group known simply as the Thirteen, so he thought it would be a good idea to get her to join his crew. Funnily enough he didn't expect her ties to her adoptive family and just who was protective of her.
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Chapter Four: Talking with crew members Pt.2
Within three hours and twenty-seven minutes, I found out that the sub had four floors in total. The top floor contains the door outside, Law's office, the control room. The second floor holds the Galley, the infirmary, Captains quarters, the Training room, and Law's Lab. The third held the crews dormitories and bathrooms along with the storage rooms. The final floor holds the engine room and storage for engin supplies. The duo led me to the galley where most of the crew had gathered for lunch. I felt confused as both Shachi and Penguin paled before Shachi asked, "Who's making lunch?"
"Karasu's on Kitchen duty until tomorrow," Bepo answered causing both to sigh.
"Damn that's a relief," Penguin gave me an easy smile as he continued, "No one can cook on the ship, so we usually play a poker game or something to decide. KArasu got the short end of the stick,"
I hummed in acknowledgement before asking, "What kind of foods do you usually eat?"
"Mostly rice cakes and soup," Shachi answered with a grimace, "The soups usually suck unless Karasu's cooking,"
"Why not sandwhiches?" I ask as I was led to a seat.
"Captain doesn't like bread," Echoed around the room causing me to feel immense confusion.
Back during my year with the Trafalgar's, Law loved to eat bread. Sure his mom and dad made sure he didn't eat it enough to be bad, but he acted like it was gods gift to the fucking world. We ended up getting into many a fight over which was better: Chocolate or Bread. I almost snickered at the memory of that before I ask, "Why doesn't he like bread?"
All of them shifted slightly before pointing at Bepo. The polar bear shook his head, "Nope!"
"You've been with the captain the longest!" Shachi shouted causing many to nod, "You have to tell the story!"
"No!" Bepo shouted only to duck his head as I winced slightly from the volume, "Sorry,"
"So weak!" Penguin and Shachi tag teamed the poor bear.
"Sorry!" Bepo murmured with a cloud building over his head.
I watched as it went on for a few moments before saying, "Leave Bepo alone. He has low self esteem, so stop making the fluffy bear depressed."
The group stared at me as Bepo seemed to get even more depressed. I twitch at the stares and decide glaring at them would be better. They looked away from the heat of my glare making me smirk. After all, no one could meet a wolf's eyes without flinching. I heard the door open and look up as the scent of beef filled the air. Yukina strolled in, but Kiyo wasn't with her making me wonder where my familiar had wandered off before deciding that it wasn't worth it. Kiyo was responsible enough to not do anything bad and was usually the one that reigned Yukina and I in when we got bored...it worked for the most part. I ignored the looks of curiosity as Yukina walked over to me and sat down on the floor before laying her head in my lap. I scratched behind her ear causing her to hum in pleasure as she murmured, "Just the spot."
"Did you find anything amusing?" I ask her with amusement.
"Not really, but I'm sure I can come up with something. Kiyo decided to see what Law was doing," Yukina answered causing me to pause and give her a raised eyebrow.
"Kai!" She whined causing me to chuckle and return to scratching her behind the ear, "She wanted to see what our new captain was like," She then added, "You can tell her when lunch is so she can alert Law,"
I hum in acknowledgement as Shachi asked, "How will you do that?"
I look up and found everyone staring at me with raised eyebrows. I wonder if I should fuck with them before deciding that the information was too valuable to fuck up. It would actually help since if someone got captured, I could have Kiyo find them and alert the crew as to where they were. With that in mind, I say, "As familiar and master," I grimace at the word, "I have a bond with Kiyo. You see Mage familiar's aren't actually of this world."
"Really?" Penguin asked causing me to nod.
"Yup," I answer with a smirk, "Familiar's are actually spirits brought to this world by a Mage's magic. The magic gives the familiar a chance at a body in exchange for their support. Familiars come from a world mirroring ours and there are gates between our worlds to allow us to travel there. The familiar's however cannot stay in solid form once they cross the gate due to the potency of their power. Much like how sugar dissolves when you use it for coffee upon touching the surface," I then smile softly, "When we bond with our familiar, we end up viewing each others memories to get a sense of it all. Sometimes memories will be fuzzy depending on how much you remember and everything. You can actually tell how old a familiar is by how many memory groups they have,"
"How old is Kiyo?" Shachi asked causing Yukina to snicker, "What's so funny?"
"Kiyo's old!" Yukina laughed loudly causing me to roll my eyes.
"While that could have been said with more finesse," I gave Yukina a raised eyebrow, "And you will most likely be turned pink for a week," Yukina paled much to my amusement, "Kiyo is very old. I've gathered that she has had at least 8,000 to 11,000 years under her belt,"
"Damn," Many breath causing me to nod as I heard the door open.
I glance over and found Kiyo walking in with Law. I gave the two a nod as Kiyo ran over to me and jumped onto my shoulder. She glared at Yukina before saying, "I've lived a very long time," Her eyes grew weary as she spoke, "I've seen Era's rise and kings fall. I've seen more death and war than most familiar spirits. I however continue to come to this world to teach my new masters or mistresses what I can. I've been the advisor to many mage."
"You've earned the title of Great Beast have you not?" I ask causing her to nod.
"Great Beast?" Law asked causing me to look at him as he sat down.
"The title of Great Beast is given to familiar's who have served for over 7,500 years," Kiyo answered with a great sigh, "We familiars gain more power over the ages, so we can keep our end of the deal to our masters,"
"What deal?" Shachi asked causing a to smile to form on my lips.
"The deal each familiar and Master make upon gaining the others respect," Kiyo and I shared a tender look, "Our familiars agree to act as our amplifiers and our focus to make sure we don't use too much magic. We end up mixing our magic with theirs to form their bodies. They can't leave this world to return home due to our contract, so we have to merge,"
"What does merging do?" Law asked causing me to chuckle, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing...it's just I've never had to explain this before," Yukina let out a loud laugh, "It reminds me of how my little brother and I reacted when we first encountered a mage. It...it's nice," I decide to settle for that before I shook my head, "Anyway, Merging allows Kiyo's body to be taken into mine and her mind to be within mine. Our minds are seperate, but at the same time not due to our connection. Our connection is also greater at this point and by doing it for long periods of time it can increase even more. Merging allows our familiars to regain their energy fully whereas sleeping will only allow them to regain a small portion of it unless they slept for say a month," I scratched my cheek as I tried to remember more information, "I believe that it also allows for one to gain certain animal traits that correspond with their familiar,"
"Like what?" Penguin asked causing me to hum.
"Like if you have a wolf," Kiyo snorted at that, "You gain an extreme sense of Loyalty to pack as well as extreme hate towards those that betray it," I wince at the reminder of my teacher, "My master during my time on one of the mage islands had a wolf. Let's just say, She got really scary when she got pissed,"
"What happens when a mage get's pissed off?" Shachi asked causing me to grin.
"Our magic influences our surroundings to form a sort of cloak around us," I say as Yukina smirked and Kiyo sighed, "Our magic can harm our surroundings. Like if you're a fire mage, you burn the area around you and make it feel like you're in an oven or something. Ice covers the area with frost and makes it feel like you've been dumped into the frozen tundra. The effect will increase or lessen depending on how closely connected you are to that particular element,"
"Which element are you close to?" Shachi asked causing me to give him the 'D' grin.
"Ice, Water, air, and Lightning," I answer as Yukina chuckled, "My strength with each is in that order. Ice is my strongest with Lightning as my weakest. I would be considered a storm mage if it weren't for my ties to the moon,"
"What do you mean by that?" Penguin asked causing me to smile softly.
"Due to eating my Devil fruit and my connection to the Lunar spirits," I murmur softly as the galley had fallen silent, so I didn't have to worry about people not being able to hear me, "I met my first spirit when I was young. I actually stumbled upon a small window into the lands of the moon," I felt my expression soften as I remember it, "I played around in it due to not being able to sleep during the full moon. I can never sleep during it," I shook my head, "Anyway, I ended up stumbling into the center of the grove I had stumbled upon and met her...Lady Luna," My eyes close, "She was and still is the most beautiful person I have ever met. We ended up talking almost all night and she sent me on my way the next morning with the permission to come back every full moon," I felt my mouth quirk into a wistful smile, "She ended up being the head spirit of the moon and we became dear friends...I guess it's natural due to me being an Ashferd,"
"What does being an Ashferd have to do with anything?" Shachi asked causing me to give them a sheepish smile.
"Promise not to tell anyone?" They all nodded causing me to feel immense relief, "The Ashferd Clan has an intense connection to both the moon and the sea though some say that we are also connected in some way to the sun, but it's never been proven," Yukina sat up straight as I continued to speak, "Due to our connection to the moon, the sea, and our wolves," I gesture to Yukina, "We have very long lives and about half of us are mages,"
"Why would we not be able to tell anyone?" Bepo asked causing me to sigh, "Sorry!"
"It's not a problem Bepo," I reassure him with a smile, "It's just that should the world government ever find out about our...other talents," I wince at that word, "They would most likely order for us to be exterminated," Gasps rang around the room causing me to wince again, "We are able to fully read what the poneglyphs without any trouble by the age of 13. We are well versed in other such languages including the language of Ariyan. The reason being is that we were closely connected to the void century though I never didn't find out how close,"
"Why?" Law asked causing me to sigh.
"I've never been around my clan long enough," I answer with a grimace, "Hell I didn't even know I had a clan until my uncle came to my Sire's household to teach me. He never did tell me everything and even when I visited the islands of my clan, I didn't get to spend much time learning about my clans history,"
"Why not?" Penguin asked causing me to grin wildly.
"Training!" I chirp causing Yukina to roll her eyes, "My clan has a habit of putting training ahead of history. If I wanted to learn the history, I would have to spend at least a year there and be ahead of my half-brother,"
"What do you mean by that?" Shachi asked causing me to sigh.
"Due to being a child of an arranged marriage," I roll my eyes at that explanation, "I can't take over the clan. My half-brother is younger than me and will be the clan head when my mother retires even if the clan is traditionally ruled by females,"
"Your clan is ruled by girls?" Penguin asked causing me to nod.
"Yup," Yukina piped up with a grin, "The males in our clan pretty much let the females rule,"
"Why?" Was the general question causing me to smirk.
"They don't want to deal with us being well..." I trail off causing many to lean forward, "Bitchy. I think that's the word mother used," I looked at Yukina causing her to shrug, "Plus, females in my clan are the worst sadists out of everyone,"
"Wait does that mean every member of your clan is a sadist?" Shachi asked causing me to nod with a grin, "How the hell is that possible?!"
"It just is," I answer as my grin turned into a smirk, "In all honesty, we stopped questioning this a long time ago. It's born with us," I watched as many pale while Law looked interested, "We are also belligerent drunks, party loving idiots, have ADHD, and most of the males are perverted idiots," I then remembered something, "We also have high I.Q's for some reason which helps with our talent for sealing and magic. We are also able to make various weaponry and the like," I decided to sum it all up, "We are basically jack of all trades. Also we all have this weird trait of seeing certain foods and the like as gifts to the world," I grimace at the reminder of my uncle's addiction to honey, "If tampered with, we tend to go..."
"Insane," Yukina supplied.
"Ballistic," Kiyo supplied as she looked at Yukina.
"Berserk," Yukina supplied as she grinned at Kiyo.
"Psycho!" Kiyo chirped.
"Demented!" Yukina cried causing me to twitch.
"Menta-" Kiyo began only for me to growl at both of them.
"Enough you idiots," I snap at them as most stare between us causing me to really want to shove my head into the table.
"Lunch!" A man shouted causing most to look at the door to what I assume is the kitchen.
My eyes narrow as at him. He was a tall man with pale skin. His hair was raven black and obsidian eyes stared at me from beneath a large feathered top hat. We stared at each other as tension built around us. I mutter, "Crow."
"Wolf," He replied causing many to tense.
The staring contest continued for a few minutes before we nod to each other. We wouldn't steal from the other so long as there isn't due cause. I gave him a slightly smile, "The names Ashferd D. Lunar Kaileara."
"Karasu," He replied causing many to look between us.
"What the fuck just happened?" Shachi summed it up for everyone.
I just gave them a cheshire grin. Oh it's going to be fun fucking with these idiots
Law P.O.V
Ten minutes after...I don't even know what to call it. I sat at a table with Kaileara-ya, Shachi, Penguin, Bepo, Karasu, Christopher, and Inukai. Kaileara gave the fortune telling dog zoan a curious look, but didn't comment. Her wolf, Yukina seemed more interested in eating then talking while her familiar, Kiyo seemed more interested in walking around then eating. Kaileara-ya however was answering questions. Penguin asked, "So you talked about cloaks before. What exactly do they do?"
"Well first our magic begins to spark up," Kaileara-ya gained a contemplative look on her face, "It's actually the first sign of a mage being pushed over their limit...well for the most part,"
"You almost always spark up when you're ready for a fight," Yukina paused in her meal to inform us.
"What do you mean by 'spark up'?" I ask causing Kaileara-ya to hum.
"Our magic begins to literally spark up," She said while wincing, "In all honesty, it looks like flint being struck to create fire...well with diffrent colors,"
"What colors appear for you?" Penguin asked causing Kaileara-ya to give him a faint smile.
I felt as if I had seen that smile before, but where. I shook it off as Kaileara-ya replied, "Blue and silver."
"Okay what happens after you 'spark up'?" Shachi asked causing her to hum.
"Well after mages spark up," She began with a slight hum, "The area tends to take on one of our elemental characteristics. For me, the temperature would begin to drop and frost would begin to cover the outer edges of the room," She looked at Kiyo who nodded, "After that, our magic begins to surround our backs and cause the air to shimmer. Once you reach that point, it's pretty much over. You'll probably die very quickly unless you can think of something very smart to do,"
"What happens after that?" Penguin asked causing Kaileara-ya to hum.
"Our magic forms our spirit animal and sometimes our spirit guardian," She bit her lip, "I currently only have a spirit animal. She's my inner beast as well,"
"Inner beast?" I murmur causing her to nod.
"Her names Tundra," Kaileara-ya's voice seemed to drop a little as her eyes grew a bit glazed, "I've had her with me since I ate my devil fruit at age ten. She's my instinct give sentient and slightly corporeal form. She's a type of wolf known as a Frost Wolf that lives in the coldest places in the world," She shook her head slightly as her eyes focus on me, "If I get extremely emotional, badly injured, or something along those lines, she can take over. She can and will kill everything in sight if it's not pack, children, or something designated as untouchable. She can see, hear, feel, smell, and taste everything I can. In short, she is an advanced form of a seperate personality,"
"Is she a danger to the crew?" I ask her causing her to shake her head.
"No. You're going to become Nakama, so you don't have to worry," Kaileara-ya assured us causing many to sigh in relief.
"How will we know when she's taken over you?" Penguin asked causing many to nod.
"My eyes slowly turn pure gold with a multi-colored tint," She said with a slight smirk, "My hair begins to spike, my teeth turn sharp, and I gain a slightly beastial or raspyness to my voice," She then seemed to think of something, "And my language tends to turn a bit...let's just say curse words are used very liberally," She seemed to wince slightly, "You can pretty much discover the rest by yourselves,"
She took a bite of the soup Karasu made and grimaced a little causing me to ask, "What's wrong?"
"It's not that bad, but could use some major work," She replied with a faint smile, "It's not like my little or older brothers cooking..." She trailed off before muttering, "Never going to let those two idiots near the kitchen again,"
"What did they do?" Shachi asked causing Kaileara-ya to blush slightly.
"You heard that?" She asked causing us to nod, "Well...My older brother burns everything to a crisp. He loves fire and thus earned the nickname Pyro head," She grinned at that while Yukina snickered, "My younger brother, Luffy however can't cook everything to where it's edible and even if he does it's a science experiment," She shuddered, "Damn the last time Luffy cooked...yeah we gained a new...pet,"
"Really?" I ask with slightly wide eyes causing her to nod.
"It had fangs, eyes, and was actually very poisonous," She nodded her head as Yukina grimaced, "Luffy named it Doug..."
"How exactly did that happen?" I ask as I wondered if I could reproduce the results.
"He had gotten into some of the supplies I was going to use to create some potions," She answered with a slightly surprised look on her face, "I dunno how the hell he got into my room, but he did. The supplies are rather basic actually, but somehow he was able to create a level 2 construct without forming a contract with the damn thing,"
"Is there anyway to duplicate it?" I ask feeling slightly excited causing her to look at me.
"Yup, but I ain't letting another one of those things be born into this world," She grimaced as her right hand wrapped around her left arm, "That thing should never have been created and almost killed everyone before I managed to fill it with lightning..."
"The thing wouldn't die!" Yukina shouted as her eyes went wide.
"I never want to be near another of those monstrosities again," Kaileara added while giving me a glare, "Please for the love of the fates, the damned, and the spirits don't even think about asking me how or even trying it,"
The room seemed to still, but I chuckled causing many to sigh in relief. Kaileara-ya looked around in confusion as Yukina asked, "Alright why the hell did everyone get tense all of a sudden?"
"I dislike being ordered around," I informed them causing the two animals to freeze while Kaileara-ya gave me a considering look.
I wondered why as Kaileara-ya smirked and her two animals began to curse loudly. Why do I have a feeling that Kaileara-ya being here will change things?
Alright that's the end of the chapter! Tell me what you think!