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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 Five: Talks in the night
I groaned as I woke up and found that it was dark outside. I cast a quick spell and found that it was nine. I sighed softly and looked to my side as Kiyo spoke, "You've been out a while. Any dreams?"
"Nope," I answer with a sigh, "Anyone come by?"
"Shachi came to get you for dinner at 6," She answered causing me to sigh, "We told him that you needed the sleep,"
"I'll say," Yukina added causing me to sigh, "You haven't slept in what? A week?"
I shrug before getting up, "I took a nap."
Both rolled their eyes, but I ignored it as I tried to finish decorating my room. I grab a few of the decoration scrolls and unsealed some of the items. A few japanese fans, A few paintings, a dream catcher, a few wanted posters, and a weapons that I liked, but never found a use for. I began to place the five Fans around the room. The first and largest was a navy blue with a pure white crescent moon surrounded by a trio of golden stars. The Fan went over my bed. The next fan was a pure black one with a grinning emerald Green kitsune on it. The kitsune fan was placed on the western wall which was on the side with the portholes. The next fan was a gentle red with a crimson red, gold, and orange phoenix flying on it. It was placed on the southern wall right over the door that led into the hallway. The next was a gentle grey color with a large golden river dragon curled up on it. It was placed on the eastern wall of the room. The last one was a nice icy blue with a howling black wolf on it. It was placed just under the moon so it looked like the wolf was howling at the moon. I smiled as I finished placing it and glanced around the room before I went about putting the paintings up. The paintings were of various elemental landscapes. The first was a large forest full of healthy trees that I put under the kitsune. The next was a windy desert with golden sands that I placed next to the door, but on the side where it wouldn't be damaged by the door swinging towards. The next was a rocky mountain range with lightning flashing in darkened clouds that I placed under the dragon. The last happened to be a snowy tundra with large hills of snow and ice. I placed this one next to the moon and wolf fans. I nodded to myself before grabbing the dream catcher and hanging it over my bed. I leaned forward and touched the silver gem in the center. I whispered a few words that made it glow softly before it died down. I nodded to myself as Kiyo asked, "Why? It's not like the damn thing actually prevents bad dreams."
I rolled my eyes as I murmur, "Isis made that for me...It actually works sometimes."
She snorted and muttered, "What about your white jacket?"
"You do realize that I still need to repair it?" I ask her causing her to shrug, "I'm almost finished,"
She sighed and I returned to my decorating. I put up a group of weapons before pulling out a few bookcases that I stick to the metal with seals. I fill them with books that ranged from sealing, mages, fantasy, diaries, ship loges, navigation, healing, potions, alchemy, and various other topics. I had many more in my pocket-space for them which was filled with scroll upon scroll of various types of books. I had barely scratched the surface of the books just to fill four medium sized bookcases. I nodded to myself once I had finished that task before I pulled out a few chests filled with sealing supplies and the like. I check the time and found that it was midnight. I sighed and checked before sighing upon realizing that the ship was above water. I sighed in relief and headed towards the door. Yukina stood up as Kiyo jumped onto my shoulders and we left the room. I headed straight up and opened the door to the outside. I took a deep breath of the sea air and walked towards the railing. Kiyo jumped off of my shoulder and took a seat next to Yukina near the door. I fell to the floor and allowed my legs to go under the railing while staring out at the sea. I didn't know how long I sat there, but thirty minutes must have passed when I smelt his scent and felt his aura as he approached. Yukina huffed, "So he's coming."
Law P.O.V
I walked up to the deck in hopes of getting some air to clear my head, but it seemed that I wouldn't be alone tonight. I pause at the door upon catching sight of Kaileara-ya staring out at the ocean while leaning against the railing. The crescent moon shone over her and it's light seemed to wrap around her. I hadn't noticed it before, but she had a slight neon blue tint to her hair. It seemed that it would only appear in the right light. I shook myself from my thoughts and was about to speak when she beat me to it. Her voice was soft, yet held a ting of sorrow to it, "Ask your questions Law. If anyone deserves an answer, it is you."
"How?" I ask and immediately berated myself for it.
She let out a laugh causing me to smirk at the fact I had done it. It had taken so much more to get her to laugh when we were young. I guess being away from that beast of a man did wonders for her though I was a little jealous that I couldn't have been a part of it. I shoved my jealousy down as she shook her head, "Add something to that question. How can be taken so many ways."
I nodded and walked forward, "What exactly happened? We were told that you had been kidnapped."
She hummed lightly and I could see the faint smile on her face as I reached the railing, "I faked my own kidnapping."
"How in the world could you do something like that at age six?" I ask before facepalming, "Bad question. It's you after all,"
She rolled her eyes and said, "I had gathered supplies for months before I felt that it was time. I made it look like I was kidnapped. I made good use of the blood the bastard had spilt to make it seem like there had been a struggle."
"How did you get away?" I ask causing her to smirk.
"Ashferds always look out for pack," She answered causing me to chuckle, "My Uncles wolf appeared and spirited me away. I got Yukina from him. She's the daughter of my mothers wolf and one of the alpha females,"
"You have weird luck," I comment causing her to chuckle.
"Have to have some luck," She muttered with a small shrug, "I'm good at poker and stuff due to living with bandits," She paused before adding, "Both with and without cheating,"
I snort before asking, "Why didn't you write?"
She sighed and gave me a look of sorrow, "I...for awhile I forgot I even met you all...I thought it was just a dream," She looked up at the sky, "That Bastard...I...He..."
"Kaileara-ya..." I trailed off as she shook her head.
"He had used the year I was with your family to find the highest bidder to sell me off to," She said causing me to stare at her in shock and then in rage at the very thought of that happening, "He spent the year before I ran away teaching me to be a good little submissive housewife," She gave a broken laugh, "I ended up losing my faith in humanity when I found out..." She trailed off before laying back, "In all honesty, I probably wouldn't be here without my pup of a younger brother,"
"Kaileara-ya?" I ask causing her to look at me as I took a seat next to her.
"Yeah?" She asked as she stared at me.
Her eyes had changed since I last saw her. The brokenness that had made her eyes lifeless was gone. My siblings and I had gotten the process started, but it seemed that it had been finished by her adoptive family. I shook my head slightly as I ask, "Are you really going to leave when your younger brother becomes a pirate?"
"No," she said causing me to look at her in relief only to frown as she continued to speak, "I promised him that I would join him when he came to the Grandline,"
"I see," I mutter and allowed my body to lay in a similar position.
We laid there and allowed ourselves to become lost in our memories. So many times we had laid under this same sky, staring up at the stars, side by side, but this time we didn't have my siblings, nor were we making plans for our future. My mind was drawn back to a specific memory...
Flashback
Snow had fallen just this morning so there was a lot of powder on the ground. We laid uncaring on the cliff that overlooked the ocean. Lami was cuddled into my left side with Kaileara taking up my right. Alexander and Minx laid across from us with their heads touching ours. We stared up at the crescent moon as the sounds of the waves floated up to us. Kaileara spoke after a few minutes, "Guys?"
"Yeah?" Minx asked as Kaileara turned onto her stomach and propped her head on my stomach.
"Can we make a promise?" Her voice was soft, but rang through the air.
"What kind of promise?" Alexander asked as Lami curled further into me and murmured in her sleep.
"The promise to always to be friends," Kaileara answer with a slight blush, "You guys are my only friends...I wanna make sure we'll always be friends,"
"Sure," Minx agreed with a smile.
"But how?" Alexander asked as I hummed in agreement.
"Easy," Kaileara answered and pointed to the moon, "Whenever the moon is in that same phase, say, 'I may be...but I will always look out for my friends,' That's the promise,"
"How will we know if the others keep it?" I ask causing Kaileara to smile.
"We'll know," She said before sitting up, "If that's not enough, we can always do a blood oath,"
"Blood oath?" Minx asked causing Kaileara to smile wider.
"I read about it in one of uncles books," She said before taking out that dagger she always had, "All we have to do is draw our blood and link our palms. We have to say, 'I,' your name, 'do swear that I will always be friends with,' put everyone's name in, 'no matter what path I take in this world,'"
"And this oath works?" I ask with a raised eyebrow as she nodded.
"Yup!" she chirped, "Uncle even told me that it did,"
We looked between each other before nodding. We each winced as the dagger easily cut out palms before we linked them together and said the vow. I felt warm and Kaileara smiled. Minx said, "Now what?"
"We play," Kaileara said as she took her dagger and put it away, "Let go play!"
End of Flashback
We ended up playing the whole night with Lami waking up soon after we began. Mom and Dad had been so angry when they found out that we had stayed out all night. We hadn't told them how we got injured, but they were more preoccupied with helping their patients than bothering with us. My hand felt warm and I head Kaileara murmur, "I may be a pirate, a jack of all trades, a wandering seal mistress, but I will always look out for my friends."
I chuckled and murmured, "I may be a doctor and a pirate captain, but I will always look out for my friends."
Kaileara moved slightly and rolled onto her side to smile at me. She spoke softly, "I didn't think you would remember that."
"I didn't for a while, but seeing you again brought all those memories back," I say truthfully before asking, "Which island is next?"
"Depending on whether you wanna go southwest or southeast," She said causing me to hum, "Southwest guarantees a desert while southeast allows you to head to a mage island,"
"Mage island?" I ask causing her to hum.
"Yeah a Mage island," She said with a slight smirk, "It's the island of Veral specifically. I actually gained my mastery there,"
"What exactly does the dessert entail?" I ask causing her to scowl slightly.
"Certain death," She shivered slightly, "I went there for one reason or another and barely made it out alive. Trust me when I say that island is bad news,"
"Why is it bad news?" I ask causing her to sigh, "What exactly happened to you?"
"I was attacked by the beasts that inhabit that fucking island," She spoke with a shaky voice, "The whole island is known as a fucking graveyard for anyone with power. Be it Mage, Haki user, or Devil fruit user all shall die when they step onto that island. Even if you aren't one, you will be in danger because they can find any trace of power on you. Even if you brushed against one by accident, it leaves a trace. The island was abandoned years ago and is nothing more than a pit of bones,"
"What are the beast?" I ask as I tried to work out ways to either capture or kill them for study without losing my crew.
"They have no true name, but the locals that had lived there called them Warpers," She answered with a slight tremor in her voice, "They can appear and disappear with no sound. It's as if the shadows are their home or something," Her eyes grew glazed, "They look like greyhounds with pure black fur and soulless white or black eyes. They have a serpentine tail with a stinger at the end, fangs the size of my old daggers blade," My eyes widen since that dagger had been 8 inches long, "They can retract them as well. Their tongues are forked and have barbs on them. Hell even the tail has small barbs on it. The claws are the color of bones with a green tint to them. They are about 9 inches long with a serrated side. They have this whip-like thing going from the back of their skull to the middle of their back. It's very flexible and acts as an extra sensor for them as well as an emitter,"
"What can they do exactly?" I ask as I decided to avoid that island if it scared her so badly.
"They're built for speed and seem to have a hive mind," She answered softly, "I think the fastest one can run is over 100 miles per second," She shivered again, "They emitte this frequency that pretty much destroys your control over your powers. They have two poisons they use on their prey. The first one is the one that paralyzes you and locks you in a sort of hibernation state that allows them to feed on you for months...maybe years," Her eyes grew haunted, "Even if you fight through the first one, the second one shatters any control you had that the frequency they use didn't," She shook herself and her eyes focus on me once more, "The second poison also acts as a tracker for them and they won't stop going after you until every last one of their hive is dead,"
"How did you escape?" I ask causing her to give me a grin.
"High poison tolerance," She chirped with a grin, "I gained that with the help of a basilisk I became friends with. I ended up going through a thorough poison resistance trial to make sure I could only be taken down by the strongest shit,"
I can't help it when I face palm. It seems being away from the only sane people in her life made her partially insane. I shook my head and say, "We'll head to Veral then."
She chuckled and sat up as her stomach grumbled. I gave her a raised eyebrow and she shrugged, "I didn't eat dinner remember?"
"You didn't?" I ask causing her to nod, "Why not?"
"I was asleep," She informed me before asking, "Weren't you in the Galley for dinner?"
"No I skipped it," I answer as my stomach growled, "Why don't we catch up while we eat?"
"Sure," She agreed with a smile, "But I need a complete list of food allergies for everyone. I don't want to kill anyone because I added or cooked something they couldn't eat,"
"I have the list in my pocket," I say as I stood up and offered her my hand.
She snorted as she took it and we headed inside, "Always prepared. I swear the only time you weren't was with that fucking frog incident."
"Don't tell my crew about that," I order causing her to snort.
"Don't piss me off," She countered with a smirk.
"Always holding something over someone to get your way," I comment causing her to snort.
"I need to make sure I have ways to get out of shit," She said as we entered the galley, "What do you wanna eat?"
"Anything, but bread," I told her as I followed her into the kitchen with Kiyo and Yukina.
She paused and gave me a confused look, "I thought you loved bread."
"I did," I say and she gave me a raised eyebrow, "I almost got killed by a falling crate of bread,"
She paused for a few seconds before let out a laugh. I glare at her and she sobered up, "Yeah that could do it," She giggled every now and again as she pulled out ingredients, "So mind explaining the depressed polar bear?"
"I saved him from a group of hunters after they killed his mother," I said causing her to wince, "Mom taught him to talk like a human. Dad taught him to walk like a human. Minx, Alex, and I taught him to fight,"
She hummed lightly as she made us dinner. We fell into an easy silence and it made me wonder if we can have more moments like this.
End of chapter. Short I know, but I wanted to make something nice. Two chapters in a day though!