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"So we're waiting until tomorrow to spar?" I asked Law curiously while feeling slightly annoyed since I had been looking forward to it.

"I wish to be at my best," He explained as we waited for the rest of the crew to come downstairs, "Fighting with a hangover will limit my abilities somewhat,"

I sighed at the answer, but accepted it, "I guess it can't be helped."

Anything else either of us could say was dismissed as the rest of the crew began walking downstairs.

Law watched Ariun leave the hotel right after she ate making his eyes narrow. What could she possibly be doing? Before he could even begin to think of any possible reasons, Bepo asked, "Captain what are we going to do today?"

He was tempted to follow after Ariun, but decided to leave her alone for now as his hangover reared it's much hated head. Grimacing, he answered, "I'm going to try and sleep this hangover off."

The bear nodded with a slight frown while giving Shachi a small glare. Law felt faintly amused by the action of one of his oldest friends. While the bear was nice to most, Bepo would do anything to see that Law was healthy. It was for that reason and the mink's loyalty that Bepo had been made his first mate. Mentally shaking those thoughts out of his head, he stood up and headed back up to his room for that nap.

When Law woke up, Bepo was bringing him lunch. The bear smiled upon seeing him awake, "How are you feeling Captain?"

"Better," He rubbed at his eyes as he sat up and took the tray from Bepo, "Has Ariun-ya returned yet?"

"No," Law frowned at the answer, "She did however head to the sub to put things away,"

"Who told you that?" He asked while beginning to eat.

"Buck," Bepo answered with confusion in his eyes though he continued to speak, "Apparently, Ariun wanted to get some drawings of the island,"

Law remembered her mentioning that yesterday, "I see. What did she drop off?"

Bepo shrugged his shoulders, "Buck mentioned something about hygiene I think," Bepo frowned, "He was blushing and mumbling things under his breath, so I don't know what he said exactly."

Law chuckled in amusement at the chef's behavior. Out of the whole crew, Buck was the least perverted, but things like this often caused the man to stutter and become clumsy. It was quite amusing to watch though most of the crew kept quiet when things like that happened. After all, Buck was not someone you wanted to piss off since he could make the most delicious looking food taste bland as hell. The only one who never had to deal with it was him because he was captain and Buck wouldn't fuck with him. Law shook himself from his thoughts and listened to the bear continue to talk.

I knocked on Law's door and heard him call out, "Come in," I opened the door and walked inside with a slight grin, "Ariun-ya is there a problem?"

"Nope," I closed the door behind me and tossed my notebook towards Law, "Read that,"

He caught it with a slight frown and opened the book. As his eyes ran over the page, I watched them become wide before narrowing. Remembering what was on the pages, I couldn't believe my luck...

"...Last night!" I stilled myself and gripped the tree branch above me to keep my balance.

Looking down, I spotted the aqua haired assassin from last night walking with a man wearing a high class black suit. He had burnt orange hair and piss yellow eyes. My eyes narrowed at the sight of the jolly roger stitched into the guy's breast pocket before I pulled out my notebook and a pen. I knew that Law would appreciate the information the duo were most likely going to give. I had to cover my mouth as the guy began to talk. How the hell does a man with muscles that big have such a high pitch voice?! I listened as Burnt-orange spoke, "Lee why did you let that bitch get away?"

Lee blushed and looked away, "None of your business Klock!"

The man growled darkly, "The captain's going to be pissed that you failed in your mission! The young master will be too."

"How the hell was I supposed to focus?" Lee growled in return, "You try focusing when someone's pleasuring you like she did me!" She then smirked at him, "Oh wait you can't because your dick got cut off!"

Ooh that explains the voice. I shook my head and forced myself to focus as the guy snorted, "No need to turn childish," Lee huffed, "Seeing as you failed, we will have to think of another way to kill her."

"Why do we even have to?" Lee asked with a small blush, "She could be an asset to us and the young master,"

Klock growled and grabbed Lee around the neck before slamming her into the tree next to me, "Idiot! We do not question the captain's orders. He wants her dead no matter what. The young master does as well."

"W-what?" She gasped out as she struggled against the burnt-orange haired males thick hand.

Klock sighed before dropping Lee, "I suppose you would know."

Lee rubbed her throat and glared at Klock, "Tell me then you orange bastard."

"She has already caused many problems for the young master without knowing it," Klock informed her making my eyes widen before narrowing at the accusation, "She's had the chance to join us, but has always tossed those chances away without a thought. With the death of Diablo, the young master is done playing with her. She must die,"

"And the captain?" Lee asked with a frown.

"Captain has his own reasons and I was not told why the captain wanted her dead," Klock turned and began walking away, "I will be making a plan to kill her and this time, you will succeed in your job or I'll kill you,"

Klock left without another word and Lee stared after him before cursing softly, "Damn it," She rubbed at her rapidly bruising throat, "I know that I was on thin ice, but damn," She shook her head and winced, "The question is why?" She frowned, "Why would the captain want her dead? Sure she kinda looks like him, but so?" She began walking, "I better go stock up. Klock will most likely be planning something for either tonight or tomorrow."

I came out of my memories as Law asked, "Is this what was said exactly?"

"Yes," I ran a hand through my hair, "What will we do?"

"It's quite obvious that they wish to kill you," Law frowned at the notebook in his hands, "The why is clear as well, but the question is why was I not mentioned? It seems that they've assumed that you were the one to kill Diablo,"

"Which I did," I leaned back against the door with a sigh, "They probably assumed that Maki, Kuro and I were the only ones involved,"

"Why though?" He looked at me curiously.

Ariun was silent for a few moments before she began to explain, "As you know, we hated Diablo, yet we never made a move. Doesn't that seem odd?"

Frowning as he realized that she was right, he asked, "Why didn't you strick out against Diablo-ya before?"

"Because we lacked both allies and a proper plan which you provided," He was beginning to understand what she was getting at, "They probably believe that we had finally managed to figure out a way to fight Diablo without getting too injured,"

Hearing that, he nodded in understanding before asking, "What about the rest of the crew and I?"

She smirked at him, "Think about it."

Glaring at her for not answering his question, he began to think over what she said. After a few moments, he had a tentative idea, "They probably believe you somehow manipulated me into allowing you three to become members of my crew or at least intrigued me enough to bring you along."

"That's the thought though it will be a little while before we can find out the real reason," Ariun closed her eyes, "Do you know anything about Klock?"

Law frowned and tried to recall those he had met during his time with the Donquixote pirates, "I vaugly remember a teenage with burnt orange hair following Liken-ya around like a lost puppy, but that's about all."

"Damn," She groaned softly, "What are we going to do?"

"You're going to stay with me at all times," Ariun's eyes snapped open and she stared at him with a wide eyes, "It's the best way to keep you from getting hurt while we find out how to deal with those two," He frowned and looked back at the notebook lying in his lap, "We need to find out if Liken-ya is close by. Facing him now, you would most likely die with little problem,"

Ariun nodded with a grim smirk on her face, "More than likely," She lost her smirk and looked at him, "If he is close by?"

Law considered their options and disliked them immediatly, "We will need to get the crew onto the sub and submerge until either he leaves or our log-pose sets."

"Neither is a good option," Ariun commented with a grimace, "If he isn't close by, we'll be taking both of them out?"

"Yes," He watched her sigh, "A problem with that?"

"No," She offered him a sardonic smile, "I'm just trying to wrap my head around how crappy my life is now that I've gotten some kind of happiness,"

Law was torn between feeling happy over her apparent happiness at being a member of his crew and anger at her having to deal with this after finally getting some happiness in her life. He was taken aback by that thought, but chalked it up to her being a member of his crew. Pushing those thoughts away, he smirked at her, "Don't worry, I won't let a member of my crew die so easily."

She offered him a tired smile and he ignored the pang he felt in his chest.

As the crew partied in the same bar from last night, I frowned at Law, "Is this wise?"

He chuckled and nodded as he leaned back against the booth, "The best way to find out what's going on is to act normal," My frown deepened even as I rationalized that he was right, "Just relax Ariun-ya," He draped an arm around my waist and pulled me against him, "My plan won't work if you aren't relaxed."

I sighed and forced myself to relax against him though it became easy the moment I realized how warm he was. Unable to stop myself, I smiled as I reached for my glass of rum. Even if we were on a summer island, I enjoyed the heat Law gave off. It was odd, but a comforting odd. I inwardly frowned at the thought. Why would it be comforting? I mean sure when I was held by Maki, Kuro, or even one of my caretakers it comforted me due to the fact that I knew that they wouldn't betray my trust. I knew that I trusted Law, but to find comfort in this action? It honestly shocked me, but...as I watched as the crew enjoyed themselves and glanced up at Law to see him smirking at their actions...I found myself unable to care.

Law looked down at Ariun to find her looking up at him with a smile. He felt slightly confused at the action even if the smile made him feel warm. When he had announced that they were going to go to the bar once more, Ariun had stared at him before arguing that this was a bad idea. He had spent most of the walk over here ignoring her mutterings about this being a stupid plan. It had surprised him when he felt her actually relax again, but the smile truly confused him. Why the hell was she smiling at him? Offering her a raised eyebrow as he pushed his confusion down, he asked, "Why are you smiling?"

"Just realizing something," She hummed softly and turned to look back at the crew.

Her reply only increased his confusion before he pushed it down as she grabbed her glass of rum and brought it up to her mouth. She didn't take a sip of it though which prompted him to ask, "What is it?"

"Poison," She faked a sip before offering the glass to him.

He faked a smirk towards him as his eyes narrowed slightly and he lifted the glass up to his nose. He sniffed the liquid and pretended to take a sip before returning the glass to her. She set it on the table as he leaned down and spoke in her ear, "It's something to make you sleep. Based on the strength, I would say you have five minutes before you need to act like you're getting sleepy."

"What about you?" She turned her head towards him with a fake giggle.

"A man of my size taking a small sip would have ten to twenty minutes before I started to feel drowsy," He explained with a slight smirk, "In six minutes, I will 'notice' you becoming sleepy and offer to take you back to the hotel," He reached out and took her chin before leaning in as if to kiss her, "You will pretend to yawn and nod. We will leave once that happens. After that," He paused just an inch from her lips, "We will take care of whoever comes after us. Be ready,"

"Of course," She murmured before he placed his lips to hers.

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