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The waves crashed against the walls of the sub and I fought every instinct that was screaming at me to run. Fingers curled around my wrist and I found myself staring into grey eyes. Law's voice somehow pierced through the sound of waves, "Ariun-ya calm down."

"I can't," I shivered violently as the sub rocked.

I was surprised to find myself pressed up against Law's body and found my face being pressed into his neck. His scent waved around me and I felt myself being to calm. Law spoke softly, "It'll be over soon. We've made it halfway up the mountain."

"Why couldn't you choose another way?" I asked feeling ashamed of myself for freezing up like that.

"It would have taken too long," He replied and moved back a little to eye me, "Will you be alright?"

I opened my mouth to tell him yes when a particularly harsh wave slammed into the metal hull. A low yowl left me as I was almost sent crashing to the floor. Law was the only thing keeping me on my feet and he knew it. Images of a dank and dark cage ran through my mind. I barely kept myself from transforming into my leopard form to get away from it. Bepo's voice came through from the speakers, "We'll be reaching the top of Reverse Mountain in a few moments."

Law fingers dug into my arms and he quickly pulled me through the hallway. I focused on him as I tried to push those memories away and keep myself from transforming. Law opened a door and pulled me inside before closing it. I was immediatly assaulted by how thick his scent was.

Law pushed Ariun onto his bed and sat down next to her. He mentally cursed himself for not paying much attention to the spotted haired woman this morning. He knew she had been agitated, but brushed it off because of what happened when they woke up. Ariun pressing herself into his side tore him from his thoughts making him look down at her. She had her face pressed against his shoulder and he could feel her shiver each time a wave hit the metal walls of the sub. He reached down and cupped her cheek forcing her to look at him. Her eyes were practically glowing yellow and her pupil's were just pinpricks from the amount of fear coursing through her. She was close to having a panic attack. He spoke calmly while feeling immensely grateful for the having his room soundproofed, "Ariun take a deep breath," She did as he told her after a few moments, "Everything will be fine. We're going to make it over the mountain and we'll be in the Grandline," She was calming, but he could tell it wasn't enough, "Tell me what you want to see most when we get there?"

"A," She began swallowing slightly, "A-a s-spring island i-in f-full b-bloom,"

"Anything else?" He asked.

She opened her mouth to speak when Bepo shouted, "We've reached the top! BRACE YOURSELVES!"

Ariun tried to bury her face into his shoulder, but he held her firmly, "Ariun focus on me. What else do you want to see in the Grandline?"

"I-i w-want to s-see m-my caretakers," She answered him.

He felt the slightly weightless suddenly. He laid back and held Ariun against him. Ariun squeaked, but quickly relaxed. He lifted moved his fingers to her neck and felt her pulse. It was slowly calming making him sigh softly.

Bepo's voice came out of the voice pipe, "We're heading down the mountain now. Is everyone okay?"

Answers were called out and I felt a sense of relief settle over me. Thank god everyone's okay. I breathed out a soft sigh of relief and murmur, "Thank god."

I heard Law chuckle and felt the brush of his fingers against my chin. I realized that he was still holding me making my cheeks heat. I attempted to get up only for him to hold me tighter. I looked up at him and he smirked down at me though the honest concern in his eyes surprised me, "Are you alright now?"

"Yeah," He closed his eyes for a moment, "Shouldn't we go and check on everyone?"

"You just wish to check on Maki and Kuro," Law's eyes opened halfway.

"No I wanna see if everyones alright," I retorted, "I've been around them long enough to start to care about them. Of course, I mostly care about Bepo, Shachi, Penguin, and Buck since I've spent more time with them,"

"You haven't spent much time with Bepo," Law pointed out making me snort.

"He's a cute polar bear," I moved to sit up and his arms settle on my waist as I stared down at him, "Of course I care about him. Who wouldn't?"

Law chuckled as he too sat up and I was once again struck by how warm he was. It made me want to curl up against him and stay there. I ignored the urge and began to stand only for Law to keep me seated against him. He placed his head on my shoulder and said, "You just had a panic attack. You shouldn't be walking around."

"I feel fine," Law snorted and I knew immediatly that he knew I had just lied.

"You don't have the strength to break away from me," He retorted prompting me to open my mouth to argue, "I'm not even using my full strength to hold you against me. Your body is still shaking and you're very pale,"

I turned my head to glare at him and he smirked at me. I decided to point out, "You do realize I need to get to my room right?"

"Until I feel that you're fully over it, you'll be with me," Law pushed me off of him and stood up.

I opened my mouth to protest only to yelp as he picked me up. My arms wrapped around his neck automatically and he chuckled as he made his way to the door. I growled at him, "Put me down."

"No," I hissed as I felt something pinch my ass, "And do not order me around,"

"Ariun-chan!" Shachi shouted as he saw Law carrying her.

"Captain is she alright?" Penguin asked making Law smirk.

"I'm fine," Ariun twisted slightly from where her head was settled in the crook of his neck making him feel a small amount of relief over no longer feeling her breath against his neck.

"She had a panic attack and is still very shaky," Law corrected making her glare at him.

The two nodded and offered Ariun a worried look. Shachi spoke as the two made their way over, "How you feeling?"

"I'm fine," She huffed with a roll of her eyes, "Honestly. I feel perfectly fine and can walk on my own two feet,"

Law was severely amused when Penguin snorted, "Yeah right. Ariun-chan Captain wouldn't be carrying you around if you were fine. He knows what he's doing."

Ariun glared at him and hissed, "Traitor."

Penguin looked at her in amusement rather than sadness allowing Law to see that they've grown rather close. Like siblings if what he saw was correct. Shachi nodded his head along to what Penguin said, "Listen to Pen, Ari-chan."

"Ari-chan?" Ariun was no longer glaring and looked at Shachi in surprise.

"Yeah Ari-chan," Penguin nodded making the leopard zoan user look at him, "We figured that both Ariun and Storm are a bit long, so we made up another nickname," Shachi grinned as Penguin asked, "Do you like it?"

Ariun hummed before nodding, "Yeah. It makes me feel like I'm really one of you guys."

"Good!" The two brightened even more, "We'll tell the others,"

Ariun smiled at them as Law spoke up feeling faintly amused at the trio's conversation, "Was anything damaged?"

"Not that we know of, but we'll have to stop at a nearby island to make sure," Shachi answered ever the spokesmen for the two.

"I'll inform Bepo and the other navigators," Law looked the two over, "Was anyone hurt?"

"We got knocked around a bit, but I don't think so," Law nodded his head.

"Send a message through the voice pipes that if someones hurt, they must immediatly go to the infirmary," Law ordered and gained two nods.

Law began to walk away only to stop as Ariun asked, "Have you two seen Maki and Kuro?"

"Yeah they're fine. I think they went to find you," Shachi offered making the spotted haired woman nod, "Last I saw, they were heading towards the crew's bedrooms,"

"Thanks Shachi," Law began to walk away.

Ariun laid her head on his shoulder again and sighed softly. He was surprised that she was acting so relaxed considering the fact she hadn't stopped wiggling around since he picked her up. He walked down the stairs as he asked, "Ariun-ya?"

"Yeah?" Her voice was fairly soft.

"Are you feeling alright?" He asked wondering if he should have left her in his room.

"Sleepy," She murmured making him nod.

"Understandable," He reached the second floor and walked down the halls, "Panic attacks are often fairly tiring,"

He felt her breath against his neck and how even it was making him realize that she had fallen asleep.

"Storm!" Kuro shouted as soon as the door opened only to frown as Law walked in, "Captain is Storm alright?"

"She had a panic attack," Law replied as he walked over to where the two were sitting on Ariun's bed, "What are you two doing in here?"

"We figured she would be hiding in here," Maki answered while standing up to take Ariun from him, "I'm surprised she's sleeping,"

"She doesn't normally?" Law questioned as he gave the silver haired man the spotted haired woman.

Kuro shook his head as he answered, "No Storm barely ever falls asleep after a panic attack. In fact, she usually stays up for a few days afterwards."

Maki settled her against the bed as Kuro stood up to make room. As soon as Ariun had been set down, the two reclaimed their seats. Law eyed the two curiously as he watched Maki pick up her head to lay it in his lap. The silver haired male immediatly began carding his fingers through her hair which caused her face to ease. Kuro picked up her legs and set them on his lap before grabbing her tail. He began to do the same which made Ariun relax further. Taking that in, he asked, "What are you two doing?"

"It's one of the ways to get her to truly calm down and relax," Maki answered looking at him, "If she is ever really panicked, you need to either do this or talk to her in a steady voice. It'll calm her down though I recommend this method since it's the fastest one,"

"Plus, she usually goes into a deeper sleep," Kuro added with a slight grin, "She'll probably be asleep for the rest of today until tomorrow morning,"

"It's around one," Law pointed out wondering how the spotted haired woman could sleep that long.

"So?" Kuro asked with a raised eyebrow, "What's that got to do with anything-OW!"

Kuro glared at Maki whose hand returned to carding through Ariun's long spotted locks, "Kuro he doesn't know a lot about Storm," Maki looked at Law, "Storm can sleep for as long as 18 hours without any trouble if she sleeps deeply enough. Us doing this will put her into a slightly deep sleep which will allow her to sleep until tomorrow which is the safest thing to do after a panic attack."

Law frowned upon hearing that, "How is it that she's able to sleep for 18 hours?"

"I believe that it's due to her zoan form," Maki ran a hand through his hair, "I've never really figured it out, but perhaps the transformations influence the user more than we are aware,"

Law disliked not having a real answer, but he had to return to his duties as captain. Nodding to the two, he turned to leave the room. He walked over to the door and opened it before calling over his shoulder, "You two are going to watch over Ariun-ya. If there is a problem, bring her to the infirmary so that I can fix it."

He left before either could argue.

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