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"I accidentally managed to stab myself when I was washing the dishes," I said as Buck began cleaning the injury, "I wasn't paying attention, so I only have myself to blame," I shrugged my shoulders as I finished speaking and offered the duo giving me incredulous looks, "What?"

"You're actually admitting that you did something stupid?" Law asked with a raised eyebrow.

I rolled my eyes, "Of course why wouldn't I?"

"Well women usually don't admit they're wrong," Buck replied with a slight laugh.

I snorted softly, "I'm not like most women."

"Obviously," Law muttered while walking over, "Buck-ya go return to whatever you were doing. I'll take care of this,"

Buck nodded, "Sure thing Captain," He offered me a smile, "See ya later Darlin'."

"See ya Buck," I smiled at him and he left the room.

I winced slightly as Law examined my injury though he was surprisingly gentle, "Buck-ya didn't seem angry with you."

"I made a mistake and said that I was sorry," I looked at the cuts on my fingers, "How bad is it?"

Law looked at me before looking back at the cuts, "Most of them just need to be bandaged, but two of them need stitches."

I grimaced at that, "Joy. It's my dominant hand too," I sighed softly and ran my uninjured hand through my hair, "At least I'm ambidextrous."

Law began cleaning out the cuts like buck was doing, "Why do you say that?"

"I'm not going to use my injured hand because that would both be painful and might cause the injuries to get worse," I winced as he cleaned one of the deep ones, "I've gotten injuries on my hands before and I've learned that trying to use my injured hand would be a very bad idea,"

Law chuckled causing me to give him a raised eyebrow, "Ariun-ya I'm surprised you're acting like you usually do after what happened last night."

Ah so that's why he chuckled. I smirked at him, "Why wouldn't I?" The question seemed to have caught him off guard, "It's not like that kiss meant anything. It was the indirect result of a sea king attack aka a fluke, so I'm not going to let it bother me," I offer him a raised eyebrow, "Does it bother you?"

He was silent for a few moments before shaking his head, "No. I'm just surprised is all."

"Well remember that I'm not exactly a normal woman," I placed the elbow of my left arm on my knee and propped my head up using my left hand, "Kiss don't exactly matter even if they're coming from a really hot person," Law's lips quirked into an amused smirk, "Sex doesn't matter either since it's just a way to get relief,"

Law let out a husky sounding laugh that immediatly sent shivers down my spine and made me want to squirm, "And where did you get sex from?"

I offered him a smirk as I purred, "Does it matter?"

"I suppose it doesn't," I hissed softly as he began to stitch up the deep cuts, "Though I have to ask, how does any of it become meaningful?"

"Real emotions need to be involved," I tried to keep myself still as my tail twitched from the pain, "Only once emotions are involved do the acts become meaningful,"

"So if I kissed you, you wouldn't care?" He asked in that same husky tone as he expertly stitched up my cuts.

"Nope," I tried to smirk as I teased him, "Why? Do you want to kiss me again?"

"Perhaps," I grimaced before sighing in relief as he finished.

Law bandaged up my fingers and offered me a smirk. I returned it while hoping off the exam table. He leaned down until his breath was brushing against my lips, but before anything could happen, I moved away and made my way towards the doors. I tossed a grin towards him once I reached him and had to admit he looked cute with his shocked expression, "Even if kisses don't matter, you still have to work for them."

With that taunt, I left the room and headed towards the kitchen. My tail swished behind me as I smirked smugly.

Law stared after Ariun with surprise before he began to smirk. Oh so she wanted to play that game did she? He chuckled as he began cleaning up, "Ariun-ya you just started a game that won't end with you as the winner."

When lunch came, Law found Ariun sitting with the twins, Maki, Kuro, Atsushi, and Yamire. She looked up as he entered the room and caught his eyes. She smirked at him and he smirked at her in return. He grabbed his meal and walked over to his usual table. Bepo looked at him with slight confusion, "Captain?"

"Yes Bepo?" Law asked as he took his usual seat.

"Why did Ari-chan and you smirk at each other?" Shachi and Penguin looked at him with interest.

He didn't miss the slight suspicion in either of their eyes, but ignored it as he said, "Ariun-ya and I reached an understand."

"What kind of understanding?" Shachi asked with slightly narrowed eyes.

Law was slightly amused at the man's actions even if it did piss him off that Shachi was questioning him. He brushed it off as he smirked, "Don't worry about it. It's nothing special."

Law turned his attention to his food though he didn't miss the slightly worried look Shachi and Penguin shared. He wondered what that was about, but brushed it off for now. It probably didn't concern him.

I was sitting down at my desk when my door was thrown open. I turned my head as I asked, "What the hell-"

"Ari-chan!" Penguin and Shachi rushed over to me, "Please tell us it isn't so!"

"Tell you what?" Confusion gripped me as the two wailed.

"Please tell us that Captain and you aren't getting together!" They wailed making my eyebrow twitch.

I felt irritation form inside of me upon hearing those words even as I smiled sweetly and cooed, "Boys?" They looked at me and paled slightly, "What gave you that idea?"

"Captain said you two came to an understanding!" Penguin answered me.

"And he wouldn't tell us what kind of understanding!" Shachi continued.

"And you assumed we were together?" My eyebrow was twitching even more now.

"Yes," They both shrunk away from me.

"Boys you will go and do your jobs," I said in the same sweet voice while glaring at them, "You will not tell anyone about what has happened. Understand?" They nodded quickly, "You will assure everyone that you're fine and if you said anything, you will say that your imaginations got away from you," They both swallowed hard, "Law and I aren't together. You will not assume that we are again. If you do, I will make sure neither of you manage to score another girl on any of the islands we go to. Got that?"

"Yes Ma'am!" They squeaked out.

"Go," They tore off and I rolled my eyes.

"Wusses," I walked over to my door and closed it.

Honestly, why the hell would they think we were together? I will admit Law was really fucking hot and I wouldn't mind getting together with him. Hell if we just ended up fucking at some point, I would be really happy. Who wouldn't want a piece of him? I shook my head as I returned to my desk. Law was a great guy, but I seriously doubt he'd want someone with such a shitty past like mine. It was just impossible. I smirked as I sat down and leaned back against my chair. It's going to be interesting to play this game with him. I wonder if he realizes that he's going to lose? I snorted and opened my sketchbook to practice using my left hand again. He's probably so cocky that losing is far from his mind. I grinned down at the blank page before me. Oh Law you might be hot, but you really shouldn't play this kind of game with me. I'm not some kind of pet you can play with after all.

"So we're out of the storm system?" I asked Bepo with a slight smile, "Does that mean we're going to surface soon?"

"Yes," Bepo grinned at me.

I hugged the bear with joy and he snickered softly as he hugged me back. I rubbed my cheek against his as the other navigators snorted and shook their heads. I stuck my tongue out at them, "You guys are just jealous that I'm hugging Bepo not you."

I was given multiple eye rolls and snickers as they turned back to their posts. Bepo let go of me and I did the same which allowed him to get back to work. I walked over to the window and placed my hand on the cold glass. Swarms of fish swam past, I smiled at the beauty of the ocean just as I heard Bepo say, "Captain we've made it out of the storm system and should be able to surface soon."

"Good," I kept my eyes on the fish while feeling a pair of eyes focus on me, "How long has Ariun-ya been here?"

"A few minutes," Bepo answered as I marveled at the sight of so many diffrent types of fish, "She done cooking for the day,"

I heard Law approach me and murmured, "Sometimes I can't believe how beautiful it is down here."

"You're not scared anymore?" He asked while standing next to me.

"I was never actually scared," I giggled at the thought, "Water doesn't scare me. The fact we were traveling in what was basically a metal box scared me a little," I looked at the water longingly, "I used to love to go swimming in the hotsprings my island used to have before they became too polluted to really be of use,"

Silence fell between us with only the sounds of the navigators at work and the quiet thrum of the engine to keep us company.

I breathed in the fresh air before shifting into leopard form and darting across the deck. The navigators had waited until the next day to surface which was a slight disappointment, but still! Fresh air and warm sunlight! I heard a few laughs as I darted around only to stop as my right paw began to hurt. I flopped down and shifted back into my human form. I pouted at the bandaged fingers that greeted me. Buck walked over and asked, "Forgot about those Darlin'?"

I nodded before shrugging, "Can't be helped. Sunlight is still good even if I can't play around."

To emphasis my point, I stretched out with a yawn and laid my head on my arms. Buck chuckled and shook his head as he took a seat nearby. Shachi and Penguin walked out of the door next, caught sight of me, and yelped before taking off back inside. I watched them go as my tail twitched in amusement and Buck asked, "What did you do to them?"

"I might've scared them into not letting their imaginations run away from them," I offered innocently before yawning again, "I'm going to take a nap. Mind waking me up in an hour?"

"No problem Darlin'," Buck grinned at me and I nodded before closing my eyes.

Law looked at Buck as the man clutched his nose before looking at the napping Ariun, "What exactly happened?"

"Darlin' asked if I could wake her up from her nap an hour ago," The chef explained while giving Ariun a small glare, "When I tried to wake her up, she clocked me in the face,"

Law chuckled and waved the man away, "Go get some ice for yourself, I'll wake her up."

Buck walked away with a grumble as Law knelt down next to Ariun. He placed a hand on her shoulder and caught the fist aimed at his face. He marveled at how her muscles moved under her skin as he kept the fist from meeting his nose. Realizing that wouldn't wake her up, he reached towards her cheek and began to rub at the whisker-scars there. Ariun let out a low moan and leaned into his touch. When that didn't work, he realized that she wasn't going to wake up until she was ready. Wondering if this was because of her power, he stood up as Bepo walked out of the sub. Bepo looked at Ariun, "Ari-chan?"

"She's asleep," He informed the bear, "Bring her inside and take her to my room. I need to go speak with Maki-ya and Kuro-ya,"

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