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I vaulted over the railing of the sub after putting my things away and landed with ease on the dock. Law looked at me curiously and asked, "Why jump off the sub instead of climbing off like a normal person?"

"I've always done it this way," I shrugged since it was normal for me, "As for being normal, I've never been a normal person. Even before I ate my devil fruit, I was considered an abnormality," I ran a hand through my hair, "Plus, jumping from high places is fun,"

"Aren't you worried about getting hurt?" He asked as I walked over to him and we began to head towards the marine base.

"Nope," I yawned lightly, "I've been doing it for so long things like that don't cross my mind," I looked at him, "It's all in the landing. You have to think about a lot of things when it comes to landing, but after so long it becomes subconscious,"

Chuckling, Law shook his head lightly, "You don't think about it any more?"

"Nah it's a waste of brain power that could be used for other things," He noticed her hand go out then come back holding something.

He was about to question what it was when Ariun held her hand out to him. He held out his own and was surprised to see a roll of beli in his hand. Ariun smirked at him before turning her head forward. Chuckling again, he placed the money in his pocket as he commented, "I thought you weren't a thief anymore."

She snorted as her hands went into her pockets, "Once a thief always a thief. It's one of those skills you never forget."

His eyes narrowed as he wondered if she had stolen from her fellow crew members prompting him to ask, "Have you-"

She held up a hand making him glare at her. She turned her head towards him with a glare, "Do not think to accuse me of stealing from my friends. I have a policy to never steal from my friends. The crew are my friends and I will not steal from them. Borrow yes, but steal no."

"Do not interrupt me," He growled at her and she nodded her head.

"I'll try not to," She looked at the marine base, "Where are we going to start?"

"The central building is where we'll begin our search," He replied while mentally promising himself that he would get back at her for that interruption, "What I'm looking for is in either the central building or the building beside it,"

We quickly reached the base and I let out a small whistle at how huge it was up close, "Damn. Maki must have been telling the truth."

"What do you mean?" Law asked while observing our surroundings.

"The base here is one of the main bases in the North Blue," I explained after I shook my head and berated myself for getting distracted, "I assume we're going to find a weak point in their defenses?"

"Correct," He gestured to the wall, "Can you climb up and see if there are any marine's nearby?"

Nodding, I walked over to the solid wall and crouched slightly as I formed my claws. I placed one of the tips against the wall and pressed it inwards. The wall easily gave making me snicker at how poorly this base was built. I removed the claw I had placed it in the wall and began to climb. Using my claws, I created footholds to make it easier to keep my balance. I scaled the wall with ease and carefully looked around. Seeing that the area below was behind a group of what had to be storage units, I turned my head and called down to Law, "I don't see any marine's nearby. I can't hear any either. The area in front of the wall is an alleyway behind what I'm guessing are storage units."

Law nodded and asked, "Is there boxes below you?"

I glanced downward and found a few crates, "Yeah a few crates."

"Room," I heard and gasped softly as I felt something pass over me, "How many crates?"

I counted them while trying to ignore the slight feeling of electricity clinging to me, "I've counted four under me with six on either side."

"Shambles," Law was suddenly standing below me and the crates that had stood behind me were now in the place he used to be, "Come down here,"

I pulled myself over the wall and jumped down. Air whistled around my ears as I fell towards the earth. Instead of landing on my feet, I found myself in someones arms. Law's scent surrounded me and I found my eyes locked with his grey. Surprisingly, I felt my cheeks grow warm from the unneeded action prompting me to murmur, "You didn't have to catch me."

"I felt like it," He replied with a smirk.

I opened my mouth to tell him to put me down, but the words were lost as I heard some marine's walking towards us prompting me to say, "Marine's are coming this way. I count three pairs of feet."

Law nodded and moved towards one of the openings between buildings. I concentrated on listening to those around us to make sure we weren't found.

We reached the central building without any mishaps due to my ears catching the sounds of anyone approaching. I could tell that Law was impressed even if he didn't comment. We entered the building via window on the first floor and I noticed that Law still hadn't let me go. I frowned slightly as I realized that I didn't mind the position very much, but it was time for him to let go of me, "Law you can put me down now."

Chuckling, he set me on my feet, "I was wondering when you were going to say something."

I rolled my eyes at him, "It's easier to focus on hearing people walk if I don't have to focus on moving around. Allowing you to carry me gave me the ability to concentrate on keeping us from being spotted by approaching people," I looked around and sighed slightly at seeing that it was a storage area, "Which floor are we going to?"

"The fifth floor is where we're going to start," He replied as I walked over to the door, "If it's not on that floor, we'll check the third floor before moving to the next building if it's not there,"

Nodding, I listened for nearby marines. Upon finding no one, I placed my hand on the door, "No nearby marines. We should hurry."

Law checked through all the documents and books as Ariun stood guard by the door of the office they were in. It was slightly frustrating that they hadn't found what he wanted yet and they were running out of places to check. However, the extra time searching allowed him to see some of the spotted haired woman's skills in action. She was rather stealthy and quiet which would be a boon for his future plans. She also knew how to read people's body language which allowed for entertaining commentary when she was sure no marine was close enough to hear her. Her ears were a boon as they allowed Ariun to hear if someone was approaching. A side effect that was fairly amusing was that it allowed Ariun to hear people's conversations which gave off a well of information. He chuckled softly remembering that Ariun had heard a conversation between one of the marine higher ups stationed here and their mistress. Ariun looked at him curiously and he shook his head. Nodding, she turned back to the door and closed her eyes. Another thing he found out about Ariun was that she didn't talk a lot if she was in a serious situation. All in all, he was glad to have her come along with him.

"I've found it," Law alerted Ariun making her look at him curiously.

He held up the book he had been looking for and Ariun's eyes narrowed slightly. She was about to speak when her ears twitched. Frowning, she muttered, "Marine's are close by. What do you want to do?"

He placed the book in the satchel he was carrying just for this. It settled easily among the other papers and books he had decided to steal. He answered her while wondering why she had looked at the book like that, "We'll exit the building."

She nodded as her frown disappeared, "So," A grin slipped onto her face, "Are we going to fight?"

"Yes,"

I jumped over a sword as some marine tried to cut me up and slashed their face with my dagger. They cried out and stumbled back allowing me to dart forward and plunge my dagger into their neck. Blood immediatly spurted out of the wound as I jerked my dagger across their neck and out the sound of it. Moving onto the next one, I chanced a look over at Law and snickered softly at seeing him playing around with some floating marines. I jumped back as a club headed towards me and whistled softly upon seeing stones fly up from the impact it made on the ground. The marine that had just tried to hit me pulled it out as I commented, "You're pretty strong."

"And you're fast," He spat on the ground as he placed the club on his shoulder, "You don't look like a pirate,"

"Oh I'm still new to this," I twirled my dagger in my hand, "Who are you?"

"Names Magi," He answered while eyeing my ears and tail with interest, "And yours?"

"Ariun," My tail moved to my belt and wrapped around the hilt of one of my daggers, "Snow D. Ariun,"

"That's one flexible tail you got there," He commented as my tail shot out and the dagger in it's grip flew through the air to impact a marine trying to sneak up on Law, "Why become a pirate?"

"A marine interested in why someone became a pirate?" I giggled softly as my tail wrapped around another dagger hilt, "An oddity,"

The marine chuckled and shrugged causing his mane of pink hair to fluff about, "I suppose, but you don't seem the type to become a pirate. You're a zoan user are you not?" I nodded with a large grin, "What are you doing outside of the Grandline?"

"Trying to get information?" I asked while eyeing the club, "My devil fruit washed up one day at home island, I ate it, and the people hated me for the most part," I shrugged as I raised my tail to block the sword that was being aimed at me, "Why not become a pirate?"

"You could have been a marine," He said while watching my tail disarm and kill the marine behind me.

I snorted as my tail sent the dagger in it's grip flying once more and I heard the sound of my friends close by signaling that the rest of the crew was here, "Marine's have done nothing to help while pirates saved me in the time I needed help most. Why not become a pirate?" I close my eyes for a moment before opening them again to meet the purple eyes of the pink haired marine, "Marine's preach justice, yet they do not save a little girl from being abused by a whole island just for being diffrent."

"You have an interesting view of the world," The marine commented as he raised his club.

I shrugged as my tail wrapped around the compact form of my staff, "Everyone does. For every 10 good marine, a bad one exists. For every good pirate, ten bad ones exist."

My tail twisted my staff as it moved in front of me to block the club the marine swung at me. A clang rang through the air as my staff blocked the club. The black mix of wood and metal glinted in the light as the swirled blades of my staff glinted in the light. The marine let out a loud laugh as those around us stopped moving to stare, "You must be strong if you can stop my club's swing."

"Holy shit!" Someone shouted, "She stopped Lieutenant Magi's club,"

"You're the marine lieutenant?" I asked and gained a nod, "You'll definitely be an interesting opponent," My tail flexed slightly, "I can tell I'm going to enjoy this fight immensely,"

"Agreed," He grinned at me.

With that said, I jumped backwards and the club continued its downward swing for a few moments. My tail dropped my staff into my hand before wrapping around the hilt of the dagger I had been using. I held my staff in one hand and noted that there wasn't any dents in it which was good. It wouldn't do for one of my weapons to be out of commission so easily. My tail swished behind me as I observe my opponent looking for any weaknesses. I heard Law say, "Ariun-ya you need to be fairly quick."

I gave him a nod before darting forward.

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