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For reasons of my own, I'm changing her age!

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The door to the infirmary burst open to reveal Kuro and Maki. I gave the two men an exasperated glare and said, "Guys..."

The two ignored me as they focused on Law. Law was tense and I could see that a fight would probably break out soon. Maki stepped forward causing his long wavy silver hair to float around him, "Who the hell are you?"

"Trafalgar Law," Law answered while glaring at the two, "Who are you and what are you doing on my ship?"

I tensed slightly at the cold tone in Law's voice and felt his hostility towards the idiotic duo. I opened my mouth to speak when Kuro seemed to suddenly realize I was there as Maki began to speak, "We're here to find our frien-"

"STORM!" Kuro shouted causing my ears to ring and he began to rush towards me.

Maki's gaze shifted over to me and his yellow eyes widened before he reached out to grab Kuro by the back of his shirt. Kuro let out a squeak as he was stopped by Maki. He opened his mouth to shout when Maki hissed, "Do not rush at her Kuro. She's injured."

"Oh," Kuro seemed to notice my state, "Damn Storm what happened?"

"Yes Ms. Ariun what happen to you last night?" Law asked bringing my attention to him.

I frowned while Kuro looked at Law with some confusion, "When the hell did you get here?"

I facepalmed while Maki snorted, "Kuro we're on his ship," Maki looked at Law, "Why exactly do you have Storm here?"

"I treated her injuries," Maki blinked before looking at me.

"He did?" I nodded causing Maki to sigh.

"Damn a doctor that's actually hot," I snorted, "So Storm what happened last night?"

Frowning upon hearing the question, I only said, "Diablo."

"Diablo?" Law asked while looks of realization appeared on my friends faces.

"He did this to you?" Kuro demanded with a snarl and I nodded, "I'll kill that fucking bastard-"

"Kuro be quiet," Maki ordered making Kuro go silent before the silver haired man returned his attention to me, "Why did he try to kill you?"

I opened my mouth to speak when there was a shout, "What the hell happened?! CAPTAIN!"

An hour and a borrowed shirt later, I was sitting in a chair across from Law. My idiotic friends sat next to me while trying not to look at me. I sighed softly and gave the captain of the ship we were on an apologetic look, "I don't suppose an apology will help?"

"No," Law replied while glaring at the two idiots beside me, "It will not,"

I nodded upon hearing that and turned to my friends, "Nice knowing you two."

"Storm!" Both shouted while looking at me with wide eyes.

We all turned our attention to Law when he chuckled. I gave him a raised eyebrow to which he replied, "You continue to surprise me."

Hearing that, I shrug only to wince at the slight pain the action brought. Law glared at me and I smile sheepishly, "Force of habit. I happen to surprise people a lot though what did I do to surprise you?"

I was genuinely curious since I hadn't meant to do it this time. He smirked at me in reply, "The way you act towards your friends for one. You know that I'm most likely going to kill them or something along those lines, yet you act like you don't care."

"It's not that I don't care," I replied with a slight smile, "I just realize that these two harmed your crew and as captain you must take action,"

"You seem to know a lot about pirates," He commented with interest in his voice, "Why is that?"

"Other than stabbing pirates because they pay me to?" I ask causing him to chuckle in amusement, "I was saved by pirates when I was young and I've run into a bunch over the years, so I tend to learn things," I nodded to my friends, "The thing with those two however is common knowledge. You don't fuck with members of a pirate crew unless you're ready to face their captain," My friends paled and looked nervously at Law, "While these two are my friends, I understand that you're going to have to do something in response to their actions," I gave my friends a look, "Both of them knew the risks, I've made sure of that,"

"Yet they came to help you," Law replied making me look at him curiously, "They clearly care for you,"

"That we do," Maki said while smiling at me, "Storm is our friend and we don't like seeing her hurt,"

"How long have you been friends?" Law asked just as there was a knock on the door, "Come in,"

A man in a white boiler suit and chef's hat strolled in with serving tray, "The drinks you requested."

Law gestured to the desk in between us and the man walked over. He set the tray on the desk and looked between us before turning his attention to Law. Law spoke as he took a coffee cup from the desk, "I do not need anything more at the moment."

"Aye Captain," The man left the room without a backwards glance.

"Not very talkative," I commented before looking at the tray, "When did you order drinks?"

Law looked at me in amusement, "Before I left the infirmary."

"Ah," I looked at the drinks, "What are they?"

"Tea, water, and coffee," He replied, "I suggest that you drink water for the moment,"

I nodded at the suggestion, "Seeing as I do not know what type of tea that is, I'll follow that suggestion."

"Not a fan of coffee?" Law asked I grabbed the glass of water.

"I like coffee, but I don't like drinking it black," I replied and took a sip of the water.

My friends carefully grabbed the other two coffee cups on the tray. A moment of silence came over us before Maki asked, "So what happens now?"

"While I really should take care of the issue of you two attacking my crew, I would like to get down to what happened to Ms. Ariun," Law replied with a slight smirk, "Now Ms. Ariun you mention someone called Diablo, who is he?"

"Diablo is the main crime boss on the island," I answered after taking another sip of my water, "He's a piece of work. If it's illegal, he has a hand in it somehow,"

"He has control of the drugs on the island," Maki added while staring into his coffee cup, "He makes getting medicine harder than hell,"

"He has a large base of thugs doing his dirty work," Kuro scowled and looked at me pointedly as he said the next part, "He tries to recruit anyone with any kind of power on the island to keep it in a strangle hold,"

"And he targeted you?" Law concluded as he looked at me.

"Yes," My fingers clenched around the glass, "The bastard has been after me for years, but hasn't been able to grab a hold of me,"

"But that changed last night," I set my glass down on the desk before I crushed it, "Why has he been after you?"

"My devil fruit," I answered while Maki and Kuro looked at me in alarm, "But you've already guessed that since you haven't commented on my ears yet nor my tail,"

"Indeed," Law smirked at me and I smiled in reply, "What is a Zoan user doing so far out of the Grandline?"

I shrugged lightly, "Devil fruits can pop up anywhere even if it's a Zoan fruit. It happens and mine happened to wash up here."

"How long ago did you eat it?" I hummed softly as I thought about it.

"A little over 16 years ago give or take a few," Law looked at me with a raised eyebrow prompting me to say, "I ate it when I was five years old,"

"I see and Diablo knows this?" Law asked making me snort.

"No he only knows that I ate it," I ran a hand through my hair, "The bastard is after me for more than my devil fruit though,"

"Why else would he want you?" Maki and Kuro tensed at the question.

"Storm I don't-" I held up a hand to stop Maki from speaking.

"Guys he saved me, so I owe him," Maki facepalmed while Kuro groaned and I returned my attention to Law, "Can I extract a promise that this will stay between us?"

"So long as it doesn't affect my crew," He said making me sigh.

"Very well," I took a drink from my water before I continued speaking, "When I was younger, I managed to attract the attention of some scientist," I grimaced at the memory, "I don't know why exactly, but he kidnapped. He did experiments on me before being killed by a crew of pirates that were pissed when he kidnapped a few of their crewmembers," Maki placed a hand on my shoulder, "The results of the experiments on me varied, but the one that brought the attention of Diablo was my ability to turn invisible,"

"Invisibility?" Law eyed me in a way that made me shiver.

It was a look that Diablo had often given me, but diffrent. Whereas Diablo wanted to use me, Law looked like he wanted to take me apart and figure out how I worked. I suppressed a shudder and nodded, "Yes though it comes with a price."

"What happens?" Law asked with curiosity burning in his eyes.

"If I use it back to back without a small break in between, I often lose consciousness," I answered with a bit of hesitation, "I also need to eat a lot after using it. It leaves me sluggish if I use it more than twice in an hour,"

"How long can you stay invisible?" He asked making me hum.

"Not too sure," I ran a hand through my hair, "I never really tried to see how long, but if I had to guess, I think it would be an hour,"

"I see," Law suddenly frowned and seemed to be debating something, "Does Diablo work for anyone?"

The question caught me off guard and reminded me of the reason we were talking. I closed my eyes for a few seconds as I tried to think of that. My mind went to the symbol I had seen on some of the cargo that came in on ships. The cargo with that symbol was always picked up by Diablo's men prompting me to say, "I think so."

"You think so?" Law asked.

Maki and Kuro looked at me in confusion. I nodded my head, "I don't know for sure, but I've seen Diablo's men come to the docks to pick up some cargo. The cargo has some kind of symbol on it," I looked at Law hoodie and point at the symbol, "It looks kinda like that symbol, but without those protrusions," Law stiffened as I said that, "It has a line going through it."

"Are you sure it's that symbol?" Law asked and I noticed that his tone had turned cold.

"Yes," I answered without hesitation.

Law was silent for a few moments while Maki and Kuro looked at me with narrowed eyes. I smiled sheepishly at them as Maki said, "You promised that you wouldn't go onto the docks without one of us."

"You both were busy,"

"So what?"

"I wanted to go,"

"You could have fallen in,"

"And?"

"And you could have drowned,"

"So?"

"You could have died?!"

"I almost did last night. Falling into the ocean isn't the worst death imaginable,"

"Y-" Law cut off the impending rant.

"Ms. Ariun I would like to make a deal with you and your friends," All three of us turn our attention to the pirate captain.

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