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"Okay so explain to me how we got into this situation?" Kuro asked for what felt like the thousandth time since we left the Hearts Pirates sub.

We were sitting together in the kitchen of my tiny apartment near the docks. I ran my hand through my hair again with a sigh, "You two idiotically thrashed Law's crew in order to get to me after one of you somehow discovered I was there," I paused before eyeing the two, "How did you find out again?"

Kuro looked straight at Maki as the silver haired male took a sip of his green tea. Maki sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose before putting his cup down. I offered the man a raised eyebrow prompting him to answer my question, "I used my ability to track you."

"Ah," I tapped the side of my coffee mug, "Okay, so after you two idiots did that," Both glared at me with sheepish expressions on their faces, "We ended up in Law's office and chatting about what happened to me," I took a sip of my coffee, "After talking about that, Law decided to give us a deal. He and his crew helps us get rid of the asshole,"

"And we have to join his crew," Maki concluded making Kuro groan.

"But we won't get to enjoy the bastard being gone," Kuro slammed his fist into the table top causing the table to shudder and me to glare at Kuro, "Sorry," He smiled sheepishly before frowning, "Damn that deal sucks,"

"You could be dead," I pointed out.

"True," He shifted in his seat, "So we're going to join his crew,"

"Yup," I leaned back in my chair and winced slightly.

"And we're going to be calm about this?" He continued.

"Seems like it," Maki nodded his head.

"We're so screwed," Kuro deadpanned.

"Yup," I agreed and smirked at the two, "But think of this on the bright side. We get to see the world, have an adventure, and enjoy ourselves to the fullest,"

"True," Maki smirked as his eyes closed, "I'll get to see the monuments of the world, read so many new texts, and maybe discover something new,"

"So we're really doing this?" Kuro asked and got two nods making him grin, "Damn we've gone through a bunch of shit, but this'll top it,"

I raised my glass and said, "Let's do a toast to new lives."

"New lives," The two chorused as they clanked their glasses against mine.

"So Ariun and those two guys are joining us?" Shachi asked while he followed behind Law.

"Yes Shachi-ya," Law browsed through the medical section, "They're joining the crew,"

"I get why Ariun's joining cause she cool and all," Law rolled his eyes at the mechanics words, "But why those guys?"

Law smirked and turned his head towards the man, "Doubting my choice Shachi-ya?"

Shachi paled and shook his head, "No Captain! Just wondering is all."

"They managed to disable six of our crew," Law answered the original question while satisfied at seeing the ginger haired male so pale, "It would be a shame to not have them on the crew,"

"What will they do though?" Law frowned as he hadn't figured that out just yet.

"We will have to see," Law replied causing the ginger haired male to gap at him.

"Captain..." The man trailed off as he looked at him.

"Yes Shachi-ya?" He gave the man a raised eyebrow.

The man shook his head rapidly, "Nothing captain."

"Okay, so you have a plan?" I asked the man I was walking beside.

"Yes," Law smirked at me, "You don't need to worry about anything,"

Frowning at that, I opened my mouth to speak when a man in a white boiler suit ran up. He panted softly as he came to a stop before us, "Captain we've divided ourselves between the two entrances. What are your orders?"

"Begin causing a diversion," Law ordered as I looked between the two.

"Aye Captain," The man rushed off and I turned my attention to the male beside me.

"So where do we fit in this whole plan of yours?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We'll go through the second entrance while my men at the first cause a distraction," A reasonable plan, "Will you be able to fight while wounded?"

"Yes," The question threw me off slightly, "I'm surprised you asked,"

"Why?" He looked surprised by my question.

"Only Maki and Kuro really care about me enough to ask questions like that," I replied with a small blush, "It's odd to have another person ask,"

Law paused making me stop and look at him in confusion. He stared at me for a few moments before sighing, "Ms. Ariun you are to be a member of my crew. Because of that, I ask these questions. So long as you are a member of my crew, you will be taken care of," The words were a surprise and warmed my heart, "You are also my patient and I have to keep you from harming yourself too badly."

My lips twitch and I offered the man a smile, "Thank you Law."

He smirked at me and gestured to the building in front of us, "We must be going Ms. Ariun."

"Right," We returned to our walk.

As we drew closer to the building, I could hear the sounds of fighting on the other side of it. My mind went to my two friends and a small amount of worry blossomed in my chest. While they were strong, they could still get hurt. My fingers went to the daggers on my belt out of reflex just as I heard, "Ms. Ariun are you alright?"

"I'm just a little worried for my friends," I murmured while glancing at the other side of the building, "I am not really used to not being next to them while they fight,"

I heard a chuckle and tensed when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned my head and found Law looking at me. He removed his hand with a slight frown before saying, "My crew will make sure they get out of this alive. Have some faith in them."

I snorted and began to move towards the building again, "Faith in new people always leads to disappointment."

I heard him follow behind me after a few seconds and felt my lips twitch. It seems that I've surprised the man yet again. I shook my head lightly to clear it as we approached a small group of men near the second entrance to the building. It was nothing more than a hole in the wall that had a door attached to it because the owner didn't feel like fixing it. My eyes went from the door to a familiar polar bear making me smile slightly though I frowned upon seeing the nodachi in his arms. Bepo grinned upon seeing us, "Captain, Ariun! You're here."

"Bepo why are you carrying a sword?" The sight was so bizarre that I couldn't stop myself from questioning it.

"Oh this is Kikoku," Bepo said as he lifted it up a little, "She belongs to the Captain. I carry it when he doesn't need it,"

I stared at the bear for a moment before turning to look at Law. He looked at me in amusement and I deadpan, "You abuse his willingness to help don't you?"

"He offers," Law replied making me roll my eyes.

"Right," I turned my attention to the rest of the group.

"Ariun are you sure you should be fighting?" I noticed Shachi as he spoke and saw the katana sitting on his waist.

"Yeah," I said absentmindedly, "Shachi you're a sword fighter?"

"Not really," He scratched the back of his head, "I like using martial arts more,"

I nodded slightly before seeing Penguin and noticing the spear he was carrying, "A spear Penguin?"

"It's useful when I can't use martial arts," He replied making me nod, "Do you have any weapons?"

"Daggers for the most part," I gestured to the ones on my belt, "I have two others, but one is currently out of reach and the other is not something I use in close quarters situations,"

Before anyone else can say something, Law cut in, "Let's get going. We do not have much time."

I moved beside Law as we headed up another set of stairs. I panted slightly as I muttered, "Damn so many stairs."

Law chuckled in reply, "Don't like stairs?"

"I prefer ladders since there's less of a chance to get hurt falling off," I replied after pausing to take a deep breath, "It's easier to jump off ladders,"

Law paused and eyed me, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," My eyes closed for a moment, "We're most likely going to find Diablo up there,"

I heard the rustle of cloth and opened my eyes to see Law leaning against the wall. He looked up at the top of the steps and asked, "What did you mean by 'One is currently out of reach'?"

I let out a small laugh after a few moments once I realized what he was talking about. I leaned against the wall as I answered, "Diablo almost caught me a few months back. I managed to escape, but my favorite weapon was lost to me. He has it and I want it back."

"It's important to you," Law said and I nodded my head.

"It's one of the only things I have left of my mother," Bitter memories ran through my head, "I need to get it back," My fingers clenched into fists as I looked at Law, "Please help me find it,"

"I will," He agreed with a small frown, "What happened to your mother?"

"She was killed," My voice was bitter and quiet as my jaw clenched, "Let's go,"

I turned towards the top of the stairs and began to ascend once more. Law was right beside me as we reached the top of the steps. I immediatly reached up to cover my nose with a blood stained hand at the smell that permeated the air. Law looked at me with a raised eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The air," I grimaced and dropped a hand to my daggers, "It smells like an orgy gone wrong," The look Law gave me almost made me laugh, "The scent of sex, sweat, piss, shit, blood, stale air, death, and corpses permeates the air,"

"How can you smell that?" He asked while eyeing the hallway.

"My nose is sensitive," I gagged slightly as the scent seemed to settle on my tongue, "Fuck this is going to be hard,"

I suddenly found a piece of cloth in front of my face. I stared at it before looking at Law. He held it out to me as he said, "Cover your nose with this."

I looked at him for a few moments before taking the cloth. I tied it over my face and noticed that it smelt nice. I smiled though it was hidden by the cloth, "Thanks what is this?"

"A face mask that I carry around for when Bepo can't handle the scent of certain places," Law explained as he looked at the various doors, "We need to get going,"

I nodded and we began to search through the rooms. I grimaced as I noticed that most of these were bed room and muttered, "This is where Diablo and his favorite subordinates live."

Law nodded as we reached the last room on the floor. I took one of my daggers from my belt as I looked at Law. He gestured to the door and I placed my ear to it. Hearing soft conversation, I nodded to Law and grabbed the door handle. He smirked at me and I threw open the door. Once it was open, I threw my dagger inside and heard two loud gasps and a thump. I walked inside and heard, "How the hell did you survive?"

I smirked at the pale form of Diablo at his desk as I heard Law follow me inside, "Why Diablo, one would think you tried to kill me when you say things like that," I turned my head to look at Law, "Mind taking care of big, ugly, and stupid?"

He chuckled as he moved further into the room, "Not at all."

Smirking, I turned to Diablo as he shouted, "Kill them!"

The hulking form of Diablo's second in command rushed towards me with the intent to kill. I waited until the last minute and moved out of the way. I continued to move forward while giving Law a small bit of trust to watch my back. Diablo's skin paled further with each step I took towards him. I raised my hand and slowly extended my claws as I mused aloud, "So pale already, I think you'll pass out before I can get down to business."

"Y-you idiot! Kill her!" I darted forward and grabbed Diablo by the neck to slam his head into the desk.

I turned my head as I heard a scream and eyed the floating body parts with interest. Law held the detached and screaming head of Diablo's second in command in his hands. My head tilted to the side as I asked, "So this is your devil fruit?"

"Part of it," He replied while bouncing the head upwards with a smirk, "Not going to freak out?"

"Eh it's a devil fruit ability," I shrugged with a small smile, "I'm more fascinated than freaked out," Diablo struggled against my grip, "I really want to see more, but I really should take care of this piece of trash," I turned my head back to the shaking and struggling form of my captive, "Diablo you have something I want,"

"W-what?" He squeaked out causing me to tighten my grip on his neck and place my clawed hand on the side of his face.

He stilled as I leaned down and purred, "Yes. You happen to have something of mine. Give it back and I'll release you."

He shuddered and my nose scrunched up at seeing lust enter his eyes. It made me want to gag. I suppressed a shudder as at the thought as Diablo whimpered, "Second drawer of my desk on the left side!"

I was about to move around the desk when I heard, "Ms. Ariun allow me."

I looked at Law in slight surprise upon hearing those words only to feel the desk move. I almost moved away from it, but stayed still as I wondered what he was doing. The sound of drawers opening drew my attention to the other side of the desk and watching a group of them float past made my eyes widen. I stared at the drawers in slight awe before shaking my head as I heard Diablo gasp, "How?"

"Ms. Ariun what does your weapon look like?" Law asked as the drawers floated over to him.

"It looks like a blue scarf with silver designs on it," I watched him look over the continents of the drawers.

He paused and looked at me with a raised eyebrow, "How exactly is that a weapon?"

I smirked at him, "Find it for me and I'll show ya."

He chuckled and returned to looking through the drawers. I grew bored after a few minutes and turned my attention to the disembodied head. I watched it for a few minutes and mused, "I wonder if that hurts?"

"It won't unless I decide to make it hurt," I returned my attention to Law and found him holding up a familiar dark blue cloth.

Grinning, I released Diablo and made my way over to Law. I took the soft fabric into my hands and hummed softly in contentment at feeling the familiar weight of it. I turned back to Diablo with a smile and he immediatly flinched, "Well Diablo it seems that we've come to impasse."

"W-what?!" He nearly shouted, "I-i thought if you got that thing back that you would be leaving!"

I let out a laugh only to wince slightly at the pain the action brought, "Diablo, Diablo, Diablo it seems that you really are stupid," He tensed and opened his mouth to speak, "You actually think I'm going to let you live? Foolish," My smile widened into a grin, "The impasse I'm currently facing is how to kill you. I could slash open your neck and leave you bleeding, I could torture you and listen to your screams, so many options, but only one will do," I turned my head towards Law, "How do you think I should kill him?"

"With the weapon you've just gotten back," He said with a wide smirk and a chuckle, "I am curious as to what it can do,"

My grin widened upon hearing that, "Oh good idea!" I turned to Diablo and gave him a mocking smile, "Diablo it seems that we must part ways," My voice turned mocking as I dropped part of the soft fabric onto the ground, "It's a shame."

"W-we can make a deal!" He shouted only for his plea to fall on deaf ears.

I moved forward slowly and twisted the fabric still in my hands around my left arm. The fabric on the ground trailed lightly across the floor as it followed me. I lifted my arm and swung it back before swinging it forward in a punching motion. The fabric on the ground shot forward and wrapped around Diablo's neck. I smiled cruelly as I purred, "It's a shame that I've got to kill you, but it's business darling. I hope you understand."

With a sharp jerk, a crack echoed through the room and Diablo's head twisted in the wrong direction. I turned to Law as I tugged the scarf lightly causing it to unwind from Diablo's neck, "I hope that didn't disappoint you too much. I can do more with him, but unfortunately we don't have the time nor do I know if Diablo damaged him at all."

Law nodded to me with a smirk, "Show me more once you've made sure it wasn't damaged."

"Sure thing," I looked at the twitching body parts, "So what are you going to do with all this?"

"He'll be dead in a matter of hours if I leave him like this," I hummed softly at the thought, "Do you have a problem with that?"

"Nope," I kicked the disembodied head towards the wall after finding it sitting at my feet, "He was a piece of trash,"

"You have a unique view of the world," Law commented as he continued to look through Diablo's desk drawers which I noticed were still floating around.

"Comes with being hated by most of the people around you," Was my dry reply, "What are you looking for?"

"Documents," I frowned upon hearing that.

I decided not to comment at the moment as I began to wrap my newly returned scarf around my arm. It was as I finished that I noticed that there wasn't any sound coming from downstairs or outside causing me to comment, "Looks like they're done."

"As are we," The drawers hit the floor suddenly, "Let's go,"

I noticed Law slipping a group of files into his hoodie, but didn't comment as I followed him out of the room. As we left the room and floor behind, I began to smile as a sense of relief filled me. I reached up and took the facemask off my face as I said, "Law here."

He turned and took the fabric from me when I held it out to him. He noticed the smile on my face and asked, "Why are you smiling?"

"I just got rid of someone who's been a pain in my ass for years," I replied with as my smile grew into a grin, "I got my weapon back and got to kill that pain in the ass," Law chuckled and continued to walk with me following him, "I can't help it if I'm happy,"

We were standing outside of the building with everyone and I immediatly took in the injuries on my friends. They weren't bad and something that was easily treatable making me sigh in relief. Everyone was talking and laughing as they recalled what happened during various points of the fighting though it quieted down as Law began to speak, "We've finished what we came here to do. Everyone will return to the sub to receive treatment if they require it," Law turned to Kuro, Maki, and I, "We will be staying here for three more days. Use that time to say your goodbyes and gather what you need. I expect you three to be at the sub by noon when those three days are up."

End of chapter.