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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 Thirteen: Closing in and a warning

The rustle of paper was all that could be heard other than breathing and the scratch of pencil against paper. I could tell that Law was frustrated with his lack of progress and my apparent ease when it came to sealing. It made me want to laugh because he expected to be amazing at it after only three days of practice. It was very amusing watching him try again and again only to be met with little success. It made me smile as he growled in frustration and shoved the seals away from him. It brought a certain warmth to my heart at seeing an image of the little boy that I spent a year with. A deep ache settled in my heart at the thought of the others and it made me wonder how his older siblings are faring. I sighed slightly causing Law to look at me in concern, "Is something wrong Kai-ya?"

I almost grin at the add on he tacked onto my name since I started teaching him. It was something that was probably meant to annoy me, but all it did was make me smile at seeing a small bit of the boy I once knew still there. I shook my head and smiled, "I'm only thinking about how long it will be until we reach Veral."

"It shouldn't be too long," He assured me as he stood up to stretch, "Bepo and the other navigators believe it should only take until tomorrow to reach the island if the weather is good," He then looked at me with a raised eyebrow, "How can you sit still for so long?"

"Because I've learned that I need patience to deal with people," I answer while shrugging, "Meditation helps and the fact that in order to learn certain aspects of various styles one must be completely still,"

"It must have been hell for you in the beginning, then," He commented causing me to scowl playfully.

"Ass," I mutter and turn back to my newest seal, "You should go make your rounds since you feel the need to move around. If you want to continue this lesson later, I'm right here,"

I could feel the heat of his glare on my back and almost snort. It wasn't an order, yet he took it as such. I rolled my eyes and returned my gaze to my seal. It was only when the door opened that I turned away. I gave a raised eyebrow at the man, Kyrius, who stood in the doorway. He had brilliantly colored russet hair and purplish brown eyes. He was about 6'7 and wore the regular boiler suit. He was an expert in infiltration from what I've heard...due to his Interesting abilities. He wasn't a mage, but a hybrid. His mother was a siren while his father was a pirate that stumbled on her when she had been heavily injured. Due to his heritage, he was able to call forth large bird-like wings and do what his ancestors did best. He was a pleasant man and had creamy colored skin with an eternal slight tan, but I noticed that it wasn't true now. His skin was decidedly pale and I was about to question why when I felt it. The electrified feeling of a field of multiple types of magic passing over my skin and clawing at my core. I held back a shiver as Kiyo hissed darkly, "I've almost forgotten what it feels like to be in this place."

"Kaileara?" I turn towards Law and was surprised to see that his eyes were slightly wide, "What's going on? Why are you doing this?"

I felt confusion for a few moments before looking around us. The cloak of my magic was slowly forming around me and ice began to form near the edges of the room. With a deep growl within my chest, I shoved it back and told Tundra to keep my magic from affecting our Nakama. She agreed quickly and I watched as the two looked like they were breathing easier. I spoke softly even as a low growl rumbled up from my chest, "Dense field of magic. The wards that surround Veral were created to keep intruders looking to kill mages out. I haven't felt them in a while, so I'm not used to the feeling of something clawing at my core. It is a very disconcerting feeling that leaves me wanting to attack," I shudder lightly, "It's over now and Tundra is keeping my magic in check."

"She can do that?" Upon hearing that question, I snort and began to put my things away.

"Of course," I look at the two in amusement, "She can take over my body, so of course she can control my magic if she felt like it and I actually let her,"

I finished the clean up and gave the second in command of the navigators a raised eyebrow, "Why're you down here Kyrius?"

"We're heading straight for a rip current," Kyrius answered causing Law to give him a raised eyebrow.

"Why haven't you changed course?" He asked only for me to answer.

"Because they can't," I murmur as Kiyo jumped onto my shoulder, "The magic field that surrounds a good bit of the ocean where the island of Veral dwells is sentient," Kiyo rubbed her cheek against mine to give me some comfort from the still violated feeling my magic radiated, "The magic will manipulate the water particles in the sea, the air, and the very floor of the ocean around any vessels within the water. The same will happen with the air particles and such. The magic will make it impossible for any ship to change course," I sighed softly, "The council will have seen us coming miles away and now we're going to be dragged straight to the island,"

"So they're controlling the sea?" Law's eyes held a calculative gleam in them at the very thought.

"No," Kiyo answered this time and I could feel her tense slightly at the mere mention of someone controlling the sea, "No one can control the sea. She is too wild and too strong to be controlled. You would be committing suicide to even try,"

"Enough of this talk," Yukina growled darkly as the ship began to shake, "We're going to be surfaced and someone will come to give all of you the rules of the island,"

"Rules of the island?" Kyrius asked just as we began to be pulled to the surface and alarms blare.

"The island has many rules," I answer as I reach out and linked hands with Law to keep him steady as I used my magic to keep from falling, "Mage islands are known for their peace only because everyone is too scared to piss them off. The world government has tried and failed,"

"Why haven't they been destroyed?" Law demanded over the blaring sirens.

"Because our magic is too powerful to be destroyed," I answer and close my eyes, "Anytime they tried to destroy us, they failed because we saw the attack before it even came. We protected the islands and each other. It has caused much of the world to fear us if we're even spoken of," A bitter smile appeared on my face, "The marines and many pirates find themselves forced into close quarters with the express rule of never fighting. If you break that rule, you're punished. It can be anything depending on the amount you do, who started it, and all that crap," I shook my head, "I used to find it fun playing pranks on the marines to the point they tried to fight. It got a lot of them killed, but they could never harm me since I was a mage,"

"Are you saying that mages are seen like nobles here?" Law demanded causing me to shrug.

"Depends on which mage, who's their teacher, if they're a member of the council, and their element," I answer as Kiyo's claws gripped my shoulder and Yukina made her way over slowly, "The higher up mages are a yes to your question,"

"What about you?" Kyrius asked causing me to hum.

"Depends on who you ask," I say with a small shrug, "I wouldn't know anymore because I haven't been on any mage island in a while," Yukina finally reached me and grabbed the edge of my hoodie to press her nose to my skin causing me to help her out with my magic, "I did reach a mastery rank, but it was for my lunar elemental magic. I'm probably not going to be seen as a noble," I almost snort at the notion, "I made plenty of enemies there, so it is unlikely that I'm of high status," I looked at Law and saw the amusement in his eyes, "Oh enjoy my pain why don't you," I looked down at our linked hands and back up at him before looking at the nearly vertical floor, "I could let go of you if I so wished to,"

His eyes narrowed at that, "Do it and I won't let you leave my side during the duration of our time here."

I felt a smirk weave it's way onto my face at that threat, "Is that a threat or a challenge?"

He glared at me as the perpetual smirk on his face dropped, "A threat."

With a smirk, I let go and he began to fall. I let out, what I would later deny, a squeak as Law grabbed a hold of me to keep himself from falling. I barely kept myself from falling and gave Law a raised eyebrow as Yukina snickered. I could feel the amusement dripping off of her at the fact Law was hugging me. I rolled my eyes and muttered, "Of course you would find this funny."

She gave me a cheeky smile as Law hissed, "Why the hell did you let me go?"

"You threatened me and I acted accordingly," I gave him a smirk, "You really shouldn't threaten the one that keeping you from falling on your ass,"

He glared at me and his grip on my arm tightened. I could feel his fingers digging into my skin and sent my magic there to reinforce the skin to steel strength. It made him stiffen in surprise causing me to give him a cheshire grin. Kiyo snorted and curled further around my neck while pressing her nose towards Law. He stiffened at how close he was to her. I snorted as Kiyo muttered, "You should stop while you're ahead Kai."

I snort and shook my head, "It's no fun if I do."

She snorted again as the ship began to level out once more and the alarms stopped blaring. I ducked away from Law when the floor was almost level and began to make my way out of the room. I could feel Law's glare on my back, but ignored it as I passed Kyrius on the way into the hallway. Yukina moved by my side and muttered, "He will get revenge on you."

"He can try, but I'll always find a way to one up him," I gave a cheshire grin, "It will be fun to see if he can stand up to the challenge of keeping up with me when it comes to revenge," I chuckled softly, "I'm a master at revenge after all,"

Law P.O.V

I glared after her and vowed that I would get my revenge. I would not stand for her doing that to me. I glared at Kyrius and demanded, "What are you still doing here? Go back to your job!"

"Aye C-captain!" The man yelled before taking off.

I watched him go with a slight smirk. Ah fearing me as he should. I began to make my way towards the entrance of the sub where everyone was likely to gather. I pause however when I felt something tug at the core of my being. I stiffened only to relax as the feeling passed quickly enough that I almost missed it and wondered if it had even happened to begin with. I shook my head and moved towards the stairs. I would speak with Kaileara about it later. I reached the top of the stairs and head to the entrance when I heard yelling. I made my way towards the source and found that it was coming from outside. I moved out of the sub and found my crew gathered near the door. They were staring forward with wide eyes and whispers traveled between them. I moved through them and found Shachi standing with Penguin. Bepo stood next to them with his nose scrunched up. I move forward and Bepo looked at me, "Captain."

"What is going on?" I demand of my second oldest friend.

"A woman showed up and now Kaileara is arguing with her," Bepo answered and I turned to see something that confused me

Kaileara was standing across from a woman decked out in black with splashes of red. Her hair was a mixture of red and black in the shape of diamond patterns. Her eyes were odd due to being black with a red diamond pupil and then red with a black diamond pupil. Her face was decorated with the same marks of diamonds and it reminded me painfully of Diamante, the diamond seat of the Donquixote Pirates. I shoved those thoughts back as I spotted a lion with the same markings standing next to the woman. It's fur was a deep black and had red diamond markings decorating its' form. It's eyes were a rather intense shade of amber that seemed to focus on me for a moment. My eyes locked with it's and I could feel a slightly crushing weight form on my shoulders. I ignore the weight and glare darkly at the lion. It seemed taken aback and looked away as the woman hissed something at Kaileara. She responded in kind and her eyes gained a slightly amber tint to most of the colors while the gold seemed to expand slightly. The woman quickly held up her hands and waved them at Kaileara while saying, "Peace!"

Her voice was heavily accented, but Kaileara seemed to smirk as the gold in her eyes disappeared back to where it belong. Kaileara gazed at the woman with her hands across her chest and spoke though her voice also had the strange accent to it, "You know better than to try such a thing around me Lass."

The other woman scowled, "Don't call me that!"

Kaileara grinned and seemed to disappear in a burst of white only to reappear behind the woman with her arms around her waist. She seemed to gain height and was now equal to the 6'9 woman. She laid her head on her shoulder and murmured, "You used to love it when I called you that. Does it displease you Lassy?"

The last word was said in a husky, soft, and all around lustful voice. I could see the men of my crew gaining nosebleeds at the sound of it and had to stop myself to joining them. I will admit that Kaileara was beautiful, but I could never see her like that. I felt vaguely amused as the woman shuddered against Kaileara. Her face was covered in a deep blush as she gulped. The lion next to the woman growled darkly causing Kaileara to chuckle throatily. The woman shuddered again before muttering something under her breath. Kaileara chuckled and moved away from her as the woman blushed deeply. Kiyo spoke from Kaileara's shoulder, "Everyone's here now, so it would be best to get this over with."

Kaileara pouted at the fox before sighing and nodding, "Right," She moved over to us before smirking at me, "Captain."

"Kaileara-ya," I incline my head slightly in surprise before smirking, "Who is this?"

"This is Cole Jenna," She answered with a leer towards the woman that had her blushing, "An old friend,"

The woman blushed a darker red and looked away from Kaileara. She muttered something under her breath that I didn't catch though Kaileara did if the grin on her face meant anything. I felt very amused by the actions of my oldest friend and wondered if she would always act like this when she met up with people from her past. I brushed those thoughts aside for the moment and spoke, "A pleasure Miss Cole. Is there a reason you boarded my vessel without permission?"

The woman seemed to snap out of whatever daze she was in and cleared her throat. She turned to me and nodded, "I apologize for coming without an invitation, but I was ordered to do so by my superiors. I am one of the keepers of peace and as such I am honor bound to do anything to keep the peace of the island."

"I see," She seemed to flinch under the weight of my gaze, "And what did your 'superiors' order you to do?"

She stiffened and glared at me sharply. I met her stare blankly and she sighed, "I was ordered to inform you of the rules of the island and of the amount of time it will take for the log pose to set."

"And what happens if I choose to ignore the rules?" I ask while glaring at her, "I do not like being ordered around,"

"Even if it would prevent your crew from dying?" She asked causing me to look at her sharply, "If you disobey the rules without good reason, you will be punished depending on the severity of your crime,"

"What are the rules?" I grit out causing her to nod.

"You will only need a few during your stay," She said before bringing out a list, "10 rules that you must follow,"

I listened to the list and almost snort at some of them:

1) Pirates must never bring disputes between crew members onto the island.
2) Pirates must refrain from committing acts of violence.
3) Pirates must never steal from shops.
4) Pirates must not bring any animals that do not contain sentient thought onto the island.
5) Pirates must never create a conflict with the marines stationed on the island.
6) Pirates must not create a conflict with the mages on the island.
7) Pirates must not bother testing areas for projects created by the mages of the island.
8) Pirates must refrain from trying to get a whore onto their ship.
9) Pirates must refrain from creating conflicts by result of public drunkenness.
10) Pirates must refrain from eating various plants in the wilderness.

I gave her a raised eyebrow at the last one only for Kaileara to double over laughing. Miss Cole face palmed and grumbled under her breath. Kaileara regained herself enough to gasp out, "Is that because of me?"

Miss Cole glared at Kaileara, "You're damn experiments have wreaked havoc on everyone. Jessica turned blue for a week!" Kaileara burst out laughing as Kiyo and Yukina joined her, "How in the name of the fates do you find this funny?!"

"Bitch deserves everything that happens to her," Kaileara answers in between laughs and breaths, "Can't help it if my pranks are still going off,"

"Pranks?" Shachi asked causing Kaileara to sober slightly and nod.

Miss Cole groaned and pointed at Kaileara, "She is one of the worst pranksters to grace the island and never got caught."

"How are the newbies anyway?" Kaileara asked causing Miss Cole to whirl around and glare at her.

Her body began to spark bright red with black accents as she demanded, "You were the one to teach those kids!"

"Yup," Kaileara said with a grin, "I must pass on something to the younger generation after all," Miss Cole glared darkly at Kaileara and cursed in a language that I didn't recognize, but again Kaileara did, "Now, now, now no need to say such things Lassy. You know how I am and should be glad I only taught them the fine art of pranking," Her grin darkened as shadows seemed to gather around her and her magic began to spark up in arcs of silver laced dark blue, "Or have you forgotten just what I could do?"

Miss Cole stiffened and the sparks on her skin died immediately as she began to move away. Her skin paled rapidly and she began to shake as Kaileara's eyes seemed to darken in a feral light. A heavy sensation fell over the ship and I could barely stay standing. It felt as if an apex-predator was gazing down at us and seemed to be trying to decide if we would make a good meal. Clouds began to gather over us and cold winds suddenly blew in from the area around us almost freezing us to the bone. I was surprised to find that I wasn't as badly affected as everyone else, but pushed it out of my mind as Miss Cole nodded fearfully. She gasped out, "I haven't forgotten! No one can."

Kaileara suddenly brightened and the feeling was gone as she grinned a happy grin. Her eyes light and full of life as she hopped over to Miss Cole. She wrapped her in a hug and said, "Of course silly. I'm too me to forget!"

Miss Cole seemed to sigh and hugged Kaileara back, "You're right," She paused and looked behind her towards a steadily growing larger shape, "I need to return and give my report," She turned back to Kaileara, "Keep them from doing anything stupid."

Kaileara snorted as she moved away slightly, "Kinda hard when most of them are."

Everyone gave some noise to protest it, but were ignored. Miss Cole smiled and rolled her eyes, "Never change do you?"

"If I did, I wouldn't be me," Kaileara replied and leaned forward to pull Miss Cole into a kiss.

The woman seemed to melt into the embrace and I heard many men began to faint from blood loss. I heard Shachi mutter, "Damn."

"Hot," Penguin muttered as the two slumped against each other and passed out.

I snort and couldn't help it when I agreed. Kaileara pulled away and gazed at a flushed Miss Cole with a slight smirk as she spoke, "We'll have to continue where we left off back before I left. I never did get to finish."

Miss Cole nodded faintly, "Y-yeah t-that w-would b-be great!"

She disappeared without another word and Kaileara chuckled before turning towards us. She took a few seconds to pause and stare only to fall over laughing at the sight of her fellow crew members knocked out. She rolled around for a few seconds before stilling as she sobered up and I asked, "Are you done laughing?"

She nodded and stood up, "I can get rid of the blood and provide something to help replenish their blood."

"Really?" I asked causing her to nod and pull a chest out of her Pocket-spaces.

She handed it to me before waving her hand. Multiple creatures of fire, water, air, and a few I didn't recognized formed and began licking up the blood. I opened the chest to find it was full of small vials filled to the brim with a reddish brown liquid. I lifted one out of the box and swirled it around to find it was a slightly syrupy substance. Kaileara spotted the vial and shook her head, "Looks like drying blood doesn't it?"

"What exactly is it and what does it taste like?" I ask causing her to grimace.

"Tastes like blood drying on your tongue mixed with salt and wax," She shuddered and gave the vial a small glare, "It's a potion that replenishes the blood the body has lost from a recent injury or at least until the body is at the level of blood it needs to function fully,"

"You've used it a lot haven't you?" I ask causing her to grimace again.

"Understatement," Kiyo grumbled before looking up in the air, "Yukina's coming back,"

"Where did she go?" I ask as Kaileara began to administer the potion, "And how much does each person need?"

"Each vial contains the amount a human should ingest," She answered with as she gave Shachi the potion, "When it comes to adults, the vials we're using is the correct amount, but if it was a child we would use a diffrent amount altogether," She then glanced towards the sky, "Yukina was surveying the area around us to see if anyone was going to cause trouble,"

"Can anyone drink the potion?" I asked causing Kaileara to hum.

"Yes, but it will only affect a person that doesn't have enough blood in their body for it to fully function," Kaileara answered softly, "We do not usually use it on children due to the thickness of the substance and a few others facts I can't remember at the moment,"

"Is it dangerous?" I ask causing her to nod.

"Like any medicine, it can be dangerous and should never be administered by someone with no medical knowledge," She looked at me as she took the box from me and placed the last empty vial into it's slot, "I have the required knowledge to administer the potions I have on my person and can create,"

"Where did you learn all of this?" She paused as she closed the chests lid before placing it back into her Pocket-space.

"I learned it over time, but my time on Veral was where I learn and perfected it," She gazed towards the slowly rising island with a look of trepidation on her face, "I do not doubt that we may end up meeting a few old friends of mine and perhaps someone you know," She turned to me as Yukina landed in that white snow hawk form of hers, "Try to listen and don't over react," She let her hand rest on Yukina's head as the hawk returned to her original shape, "It never ends well if you don't,"

She shook her head and without another word went back inside of the sub. I stared after her and wondered why I couldn't even move at that moment. In the exact moment she turned to leave, our eyes met and I saw something in those multicolored orbs. A deep, unending pain-filled regretful gaze as if she had done something...Had over reacted without listening...It cost her. It cost her something very dear and she didn't want me to do the same. My hand dropped to my side even though I didn't know when I had ever raised it. Kaileara was trying to protect me from making a mistake, but what mistake could I make?

End of the chapter and Law is kinda clueless. Wonder what the Veral will cause. Now within 3 days my Racing through the Darkness Story will update with The Frosted Wolf and Her Doctor following that by another three. Do you like the schedual guys? Any comments? Need an Explanation? Review or P.M me!