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Bepo stiffened and turned his head sharply as they were making their way back to the sub. Shachi bumped into the bear and cursed as he moved back rubbing his nose, "Shit Bepo what the he-"
"I smell blood," The bear cut him off causing the crew to immediatly frown, "Lots of blood and gunpowder,"
"A fight?" Someone asked softly.
"Who would be fighting in a place like this?" Another asked, "There aren't any marines on this island and there's only one other pirate crew,"
Bepo's frown deepened and he began to move forward without a thought. The crew cursed and followed the bear while Law wondered what could make the bear act like this. The bear soon stopped in front of an alleyway and was kneeling down. Gasps rang through the air as they saw the form laying in the snow and Shachi breathed, "Ariun."
"Move," Law ordered causing the crew to part.
Bepo looked up once Law had reached him and murmured, "She's still breathing Captain, but she's hurt."
Law looked down at the girl and frowned upon seeing the blood pooling around her, "Pick her up and bring her to the sub."
The bear did as he asked while someone asked, "Captain why help her?"
"She helped Bepo," Law replied while frowning at having his actions questioned, "Search the area and find out if there's anyone nearby,"
"Aye Captain!" They chorused and shot off to do their job.
Law left the scene as he followed after his first mate and head navigator. Maybe now he would get the answers to his questions from the odd woman.
Bepo had set the woman on his operating table and already started to get out the items he would need. Law washed his hands and pulled on a pair of gloves before he began to take in the woman's injuries. The white jacket she had been wearing at the bar had three holes through the front and was being stained with the woman's blood. With Bepo's help, he removed the jacket and found that the woman was wearing a muted grey long sleeve which would have to be removed. Once the shirt was removed, he saw the extent of the damage. One gunshot had clipped the left shoulder, one gunshot just under the left lung, and one gunshot clipping the right shoulder on the arm. He turned the woman onto her side and found one more gunshot wounds on the right side of her back. He also saw a few stab wounds. All in all, the woman was lucky that they had found her when they did.
Once he finished his work on the woman, he washed his hands as Bepo covered her with a blanket. Bepo spoke up for the first time since they had found the woman, "Captain will she be alright?"
"Yes though it won't be until tomorrow that she wakes up," Law answered and turned to the bear.
"Good," The bear smiled down at the woman, "I'm glad she'll be alright,"
"Tell Shachi and Penguin," He ordered causing the bear to smile brightly, "They will most likely be worried over her,"
"Aye Aye Captain!" The bear raced out of the room.
Law chuckled and shook his head in slight amusement at the actions of his crew before turning his attention to the woman on his operating table. She was an odd one that was for sure. Now that she was laying down, her white and black spotted hair laid slightly flat with a few areas sticking up like spikes. Her skin was slowly regaining a bit of color. Now that he wasn't focusing on her wounds, he realized that she didn't have ears. Frowning, he walked over to her to figure out why when he caught a flicker of moved on top of her head. He moved her hair aside slightly while absent mindedly noticing that it was soft and found his lips twitching into a slight smile. Twitching every few moments, a pair of snow leopard ears sat on top of her head. Curious, he reached out and lightly touched the ear. The fur was very soft against the skin of his hand and the ear he was touching stilled. He looked down at the woman on his operating table and wondered if she had a tail to match her ears. Just as he was about to try and see, a knock sounded on the door. Moving his hands away from the woman, he called out, "Yes?"
"Captain we found the bodies of five people in the alley and trails of blood heading off into various areas of the city," The voice of one of his mechanics came from behind the door, "What do you want us to do?"
He thought about it as he walked over to the door and opened it to see that the man was pale, "What's wrong?"
"The bodies of the five people looked like some giant cat had decided to make them a chew toy," The news made him want to look at the woman on his operating table.
Instead of doing that, he gave his next order, "Anything else?"
"The walls of the alley had various bullet holes and blood spray," The man answered, "It looked like a firing squad gone wrong,"
"A firing squad?" The thought only made him more curious about the woman on his operating table.
"Yeah," The man's skin regained some color the longer he talked, "It reminds me of the time I was a marine,"
"I see," He frowned slightly, "Anything else?"
"One of the bodies," The man answered, "It looked like someone used the guy as a meat shield with how bad he was savaged," The man frowned slightly, "Other than that, we haven't found much else,"
"Has anyone followed the blood trails?" Law asked making the man shake his head.
"Not after they left the area," The man answered, "We were unsure as to what you wanted us to do," The man paused, "Do you want us to captain?"
"No the navigation team has told me that it's going to start snowing soon," Law filed the information he had been given into the back of his mind for later, "Tell the others that I want them to return to the sub,"
"Aye Captain," The man began to move only to pause, "Captain are we going to be doing anything about this?"
"I do not know," The man nodded upon hearing that, "Go,"
"Aye Captain," The man left and Law turned his attention to the woman on his operating table.
"You are going to make things interesting aren't you?" The only answer was silence.
Law was writing down a few notes about his newest patient's progress when he heard her cry out, "Ah!"
"Lay back down or you'll undo all of my work," He told her as he stood from his desk.
The woman froze before her head whipped towards him. Her eyes locked with his and now he could see that they were two diffrent colors. One was a dark amethyst and the other was a bright emerald green. He started to move towards her as she spoke, "You're that captain from last night, Trafalgar Law."
"Correct Ms. Snow," He replied and watched her eyes darken, "Lay back down or you'll undo the work I've put into keeping you alive,"
"Do not call me Ms. Snow," Her voice contained a growl.
"Do not order me around," He glared at her for the order.
She glared at him back for a few moments before nodding to his surprise, "I apologise for ordering you around Mr. Trafalgar."
He was caught off guard by the apology, but didn't allow it to show as he gave her a curt nod. He spoke as he noticed that she had not laid down again, "Ms. Sno-" The woman glared at him harshly, "Ms. Ariun," Her glare lessened, "Please lay back down. Sitting up like that will cause some of the stitches I had to give you to come loose."
Frowning, she seemed to notice her situation and began to blush. He felt amusement bubble up at the sight of her blush and opened his mouth to continue when she asked, "Who the hell undressed me?"
"In order to get to your wounds, I had to remove your jacket and top," Her eyes seemed to flash bright gold for a moment.
Her eyes closed before she sighed deeply only to wince, "Crap this is going to suck."
"Lay back down," He ordered her and this time she complied, "Ms. Ariun are you aware that you were very close to death last night?"
She nodded and, to his surprise, smiled a melancholy smile, "When I passed out, I was sure that I wouldn't be waking up," Her eyes went to him, "It seems I owe you Mr. Trafalgar."
"Law," He corrected on a whim, "Call me Law and consider this repayment for saving Bepo,"
She actually snorted, "Law I do not need repayment for saving the cutie. Shachi, Penguin, and Bepo already did so by treating me to lunch."
"So you will allow yourself to fall into debt with a pirate?" He asked with amusement and she seemed to pause.
He was expecting her to say that she was joking or reconsidered it only for her to shake her head. Her lips curled into a slight smirk as she said, "Sure why not. It wouldn't be the first time nor would it be the last."
"You've been in debt with pirates before?" He asked before he could stop himself.
Her eyes brightened and her smirk turned into a soft smile, "Yeah. Pirates it seems always end up saving my life."
"Who-" He was cut off by a loud racket.
"Let me see her!" Someone yelled.
He began to move over to the door when he heard the smack of skin against skin and turned to see Ariun facepalming. She raised her head as she groaned, "Fucking idiots."
"So you know the one yelling?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Unfortunately," She groaned softly, "I would suggest just letting them see me though," She looked down at the blanket covering her, "I really don't want them to see me like this,"
He chuckled upon hearing this before asking, "Why did you say 'them'?"
"The one yelling is Maki and following him would be Kuro," She rubbed at her face, "They usually aren't far from each other, so they're both out there," She frowned at him, "Anyway I can move around without hurting myself at the moment?"
"Why would you need to move?" He asked while walking towards the end of her bed in the direction of the door.
"The two idiots will most likely run at me in with the intent to check me over," Her voice was dry and filled with exasperation, "It will most likely end with me on the floor somehow with those two over top of me. If that doesn't happen, Kuro will most likely end up trying to pick me up, drop me on my ass like the klutz he is, and Maki will end up yelling at him thus rendering my ears useless," She looked at him with a deadpan expression, "It would be safe for me if I could move out of the way,"
He would have thought she was joking had it not been for how tense she was. Her body was tense as she looked in his direction only for her eyes to glance over towards the door. It reminded him of a cat ready to flee if need be. With that thought in mind, he decided to help her a little, "I can have two of my crew members hold them back to make sure they won't get to you."
He expected her to give him a nod of agreement only for her to snort as amusement filled her eyes, "Your crew members will find themselves on their asses in nine seconds flat."
"How are you so sure?" He asked while hearing something hit the large double doors that made up the entrance to the infirmary.
She looked him in the eyes as she replied with a tone of deep amusement, "The two of them are very effective at disabling people. If the sound just now means anything, one of your crew members will be in need of treatment. Judging from how hard they hit the door, Kuro must have hit them with enough force to crack a few ribs. Maki on the other hand," The hall suddenly fell silent causing Law's eyes to narrow, "Will have caused them to fall unconscious."
"How are you so sure that your friends weren't just disabled by my crew?" He asked honestly curious and slightly furious at how easily the woman assumed his crew was weak.
Ariun's eyes dimmed and her voice grew soft, "Because those two are some of the strongest people on the island. They're part of the reason why there is no marine base on this island."
The door to the infirmary burst open...
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