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I let my head fall against Law's shoulder as I fake yawned and blinked 'sleepily' for the third time in the last minute. Law 'noticed' this and said, "Ariun-ya you seem tired. Let me take you back to the hotel."

"Okay," I yawned out and stood up with him.

"Captain?" Bepo looked at us, "Where are you two going?"

I yawned out, "Law's taking me back to the hotel. I'm feeling really sleepy."

"Stay with the others," Law ordered the bear, "I don't want any of them causing too much trouble,"

"Aye Captain," Bepo looked at me, "Sleep well Ari-chan,"

I smiled at him before Law took my hand and led the way outside. I listened carefully as we walked towards the hotel and scented the air. I caught Lee's scent approaching from us from a rooftop and clenched Law's hand. He glanced down at me as I moved closer and I murmured, "Rooftop. It's Lee."

Her scent scent was growing stronger by the second and a quick glance to the side showed me that she was aiming a gun towards me. Mentally grimacing as I watched her take aim, I tried to scent for the other one. I stumbled slightly to dodge the bullet that was shot towards me and realized that Lee's gun didn't make a sound. As we passed by an alley, I caught sight of someone moving towards us. I tapped Law and jerked my head lightly to the alley gaining a small nod as he stopped walking, "Ariun-ya perhaps it would be better if I carried you."

I fake yawned again and nodded jerkily, "I think that would be a good idea."

As Law reached towards me, I watched a ring of spiraling air appear and the faint blue glow of his room. Just as the person in the alley reached the end, Law's room extended and covered the whole area. Law transported me onto the roof behind Lee and I wrapped my arms around her waist as Law cut up Klock before using Shambles on the man. Lee jerked against the hold even as I tail wrapped around her gun and wrenched it away, "Klock!"

"Hello Lee-dear," She stiffened against me, "I think you know what's going to happen,"

An thirty minutes later, I was leaning against the wall of my hotel room with Lee tied to one of the chairs. I offered her a raised eyebrow as she finally stopped struggling, "Done struggling?"

"I can't get out of these bindings and you're going to kill me so why struggle," Lee sighed out and leaned against her chair, "So why keep Klock and I alive?"

"Not worried about your partner?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"He's a bastard and was probably going to kill me when he had the chance," She shrugged her shoulders as best she could, "So why?"

"Information," I took the dagger she was going to kill me with the first time from my belt and held it up, "Recognize this?"

"My dagger!" Her eyes widen, "Where did you get it?"

"Stole it when I left you," I tossed it up in the air before catching it as it fell down, "Which crew do you belong to?"

"The Snowstorm pirates," She answered while watching her dagger move through the air, "My captain is Snow Liken and he's one of the captains to work under Doflamingo,"

"Are they near?" I asked her while wondering why she was giving so much information away without a struggle.

"No Captain had us dropped off on the way to Reverse Mountain," I felt slightly relieved that I wouldn't be facing him anytime soon.

"Why is he going to Reverse Mountain?" Could Joker be putting another bastard in Diablo's place?

"I was not informed," I would have been suspicious if not for what I had heard her saying earlier.

I tried to think of any other questions, but found myself coming up empty. I let my head fall against the wall and let the dagger impact the floor. Okay Ariun there has to be another question. It doesn't even have to pertain to the situation. What would Law want to know? Joker? Yeah probably. Let's see what she has to say about Joker, "How much do you know of Doflamingo?"

Law washed away the blood on his hands before walking out of his secondary lab after disposing of the corpse of his latest victim. He headed up to the deck and found Ariun sitting on the railing with a blood coated dagger in hand. She glanced at him and he asked, "What did you get from her?"

"The Snowstorm pirates are heading towards Reverse Mountain," She answered with a slight sigh, "She didn't know more than that and I figured you would get more information from that orange haired guy," She turned towards the ocean, "I asked about what she knew of Joker and managed to learn that he has a lot of diffrent people under him, but no actual names,"

"So she was a bust?" He sighed deeply, "The man had more information, but it was more of why they wished to kill you and why Liken is on this side of the Grandline,"

Ariun turned towards him with a slight smile, "At least we don't have to worry about him right?"

"No," He found himself smiling albeit a small smile, "How do you feel?"

"Knowing that her information was correct, I feel relieved," She frowned despite her words.

"Something wrong?" He looked at her with slightly narrowed eyes.

"I can't help, but want to go after him," She sighed and closed her eyes, "It's foolish when I know that I would be killed no matter how hard I tried because compared to him I am weak," She ran a hand through her hair, "Does that make me an idiot?"

"No," He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder, "If anything, it makes you smart," She opened her eyes and looked at him curiously, "You know that you're still too weak to face him," She nodded slightly, "So, you know that you need to train hard and get stronger. By doing so, you will not only one day defeat him, but also be able to protect your Nakama if they need it," She smile softly, "So don't think you're an idiot, okay?"

She nodded with a soft laugh, "You're right."

"I know," He smirked at her.

The next morning after breakfast revealed a clear sky and perfect conditions to spar. I followed Law into the forest and we found a rather large clearing. It was bare of anything other than grass, a few rocks, and a few patches of flowers. I placed my canvas bag against a tree and Law placed Kikoku against the tree as well. I took off my jacket and stretched a bit, "So how are we going to do this?"

"We'll start out with hand to hand before anything else," He informed me, "We can change our pace at any time though I want the first few minutes of our spar pure hand to hand,"

"Alright," I did my warm up stretches before grinning at him, "Ready when you are,"

We stood in the middle of the clearing and I fell into a loose stance. My right leg went behind me while my left leg went forward like I was kneeling. My body was slightly crouched and my left hand angled towards the ground. My right arm was stretched out slightly with my hand held palm down and my fingers slightly clenched. Law stood across from me in a loose stance that told me he didn't use hand-to-hand very often even if he was skilled. My eyes narrowed and Law smirked, "Are you going to stand there all day or are you going to fight?"

My lips pulled back slightly over my teeth before I darted forward. Law blocked my first punch and my second only to jump back as I lashed out a kick towards his right side. He smirked at me as he shook out his right hand which had caught my first punch. I returned that smirk and asked, "Hurt?"

"You have a lot more power than most would think a person with your body type would have," He commented as he darted forward and aimed a punch towards my face.

I deflected his punch and kicked out at his side only for him to block my kick. In the next few moments, we exchanged a flurry of kicks and punches which only got my blood boiling. Law was clearly a skilled opponent and that made me all the more eager to see just what I could do against him. After a few minutes, I used my tail to catch one of his fist before drawing a dagger and thrusting it towards his neck. He caught my hand before the blade could meet his neck and I commented, "I wanted to spice things up a bit."

He chuckled even as I used my tail to tug him forward only to find him tossing me away from him, "If this is spicing things up in a spar, I can't wait to see what you're like in the bedroom."

I twisted my body and slid across the ground for a few moments while tossing my dagger towards him. He blocked it with Kikoku's scabbard before withdrawing the demon blade as I replied, "I've been told I'm a real wild cat in bed."

He snorted at my joke as I tossed a few more daggers at him and rushed towards him behind them, "Jokes like that ruin the mood."

"You're trying to set a mood?" I asked with a mocking smile as he blocked the daggers and slashed at me with Kikoku, "I hadn't noticed," I twisted out of the way of the blade and sent a punch towards him, "You must be bad in bed if that's your best attempt to set a mood,"

My fist met the flat part of the blade and Law's foot met my stomach. I was sent flying as he smirked at me, "Ariun-ya are you really questioning my prowess in bed? I thought you wanted to be in my bed."

I twisted my body around and dug my claws into the ground to slow myself down. Once I had stopped, I was quick to raise one of my daggers to block Law's downward strick with Kikoku, "Law I want you in my bed and to hear you shout my name not the other way around," I was quick to jump back as it became quite clear that Law brute strength was stronger than mine in my current form, "Plus, it's not that uncommon for guys as hot as you to leave all the work to us girls which leads to you becoming unpracticed when it comes pleasuring a woman," I smirked at him as I sent another dagger towards him and darted to the side, "So I'm not holding my breath."

Law was quick to deflect the dagger and block my kick towards his left side. I inwardly cursed as I jumped up to avoid the slash aimed towards my side and kicked out at Law. So he could wield Kikoku with one hand. Law blocked my booted kick and sent me flying. I twisted around mid air as he called out, "Room," The blue sphere appeared, "You don't have to worry. I'm quite capable of providing pleasure to my companions," He smirked as I created a small stream of dirt clouds once my feet started meeting the ground, "Ready to kick things up a notch?"

"I was waiting for you to say that," Fur sprang up once I slid to a stop and my body stayed hunched over.

Law watched her transformation with interest as she didn't fully transform into a leopard. When she stood up, he found himself asking, "Zoan's have a form that grants them the ability of their animal forms while allowing them to function as a human?"

"Yup," Her voice gained a slight roughness to it, "I prefer not being in this form, but figured I'd need the advantage of being able to stand on two legs and wield weapons,"

Nodding, he held Kikoku in both hands, "Shall we?"

Her answer was to crouch slightly before springing forward. He cursed under his breath at the speed she had and quickly transported himself to the other side of the clearing. He watched as dirt flew up as her fist impacted the ground and realized that he really didn't want to be hit by one of those punches. Ariun turned towards him with faintly glowing yellow eyes and smirked as her tail swished behind her, "Surprised?"

He forced himself to relax and smirked at her, "Not at all."

He was forced to dodge another lunge and realized that her speed had doubled. Glancing at her legs, he realized that they had more muscle on them. It made sense due to the fact leopards had more muscles in their back legs than the front. It was due to the back legs being the driving force of their speed and jumping ability. He played this game of keep away for a few minutes as he noticed small dents forming in the ground from how much force she was using. She paused for a few moments and reached behind her to remove her staff before smirking at him, "Running away is not something I find attractive in a man."

He snorted at what was clearly a ploy to make him stay still without actually saying the words, "Yet you find me attractive regardless."

"True," She twirled her staff around before smirking at him, "Seeing as that won't work, we'll just have to see how well you do against me if you can't see,"

She vanished before his eyes and he cursed before moving to the other side of the clearing. Just in time too, the tree behind where he had been standing suddenly had a hole going through it. Ariun pulled her staff free and he teleported again. Damn she had the advantage of being unseen. Frowning, he continued to move about the clearing while trying to figure out a way to beat her. With a frown, he cut a few trees and had them circle around him as he commented, "I thought you didn't think you'd win."

"You'll find someway to beat me," She commented and he felt something slice into his cheek, "But the question is," His eyes widened as he felt something wet drag across the scratch and felt soft fur against his ear, "How,"

He teleported on top of one of the trees as his hand went to his cheek. He looked around before noticing something in the corner of his eyes. He jumped to another floating tree and spotted what he hadn't before. Ariun's shadow! Testing his theory, he used his room to change the shadows place with a rock. When the rock appeared and the shadow disappeared, he smirked and commented, "Your shadow isn't invisible."

He heard a laugh behind him and teleported to another tree, "Correct Law, but how will that help you?"

Smirking as a plan came to mind, he teleported into one of the undamaged trees at the edge of his room.

I frowned as Law disappeared and tried to find him. Damn where did he go? I sniffed the air and caught the scent of his blood coming from one of the trees only for it to disappear. It reappeared and disappeared a few times making me growl under my breath. I lept down towards the ground and listened carefully. I withdrew a dagger from my belt and frowned as I realized that this was the last one I had on me before tossing it where I thought I smelt Law's blood. I heard a thunk and sighed as I tried to figure out where he went. My ears twitched as I heard Law call out, "Ariun this spar has been fun, but it's time to end it."

What the hell did that mea-My thought was cut off as the floating trees started heading towards me and I quickly jumped away. They crashed into the ground where I had been standing and I sighed softly as I realized just how close that had been. I gasped as I found myself not standing a few feet away from the trees, but against a tree. My staff was taken from me and I found myself being pressed against the tree. Law smirked as his fingers curled around my neck, "Looks like I win."

My eyes narrowed and I began lifting one of my legs only to realize how hard it was. I took a few moments as my foot met the ground once more and realized how tired I was. Sighing softly, I allowed my ability to fade and offered Law a smile, "You win this round."

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