A/N: Hey guy I know it's late. As a told you I STILL don't have internet. ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS! After that I'll have internet. I have had very little time with this chapter so I couldn't reread and get the mistakes. Sorry. Follow. Favorite. REVIEW!

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Chapter 9: Obsession

Valerie stared at Law with huge eyes. "I'm not a toy. And even if I was one, I wouldn't be some cheap one that you can share with all the boys in the school yard."

"I never said you were a cheap toy. Just one I wouldn't share."

"I'm not a toy at all!" she shouted. Law chuckled and grabbed her hand. He pressed to fingers to her wrist.

"Speaking of sharing, your pulse is stable, how long do you plan of sharing my bed?" he said changing the topic. Valerie pouted the blushed.

"I-it's not my choice." Law smirked.

"Oh, but it is your choice whether you snuggle up to me or not, right?" Valerie's caramel skin burned burgundy but she remained silent.

"I wonder how you managed to restore so much blood in such a short period of time without a blood transfusion." He said once again drastically changing the subject.

"I don't really know." Her skin still burned from her blush. The red tint to her caramel skin made her white hair stand out even more. Law hummed then sighed and pulled off his gloves.

"Come on." He said and held out his arm. "We're going back into town. We still haven't gotten you clothes and shoes." Valerie nodded and jumped down from the infirmary bed. By some stroke of luck, she managed to stay upright and not stumble. Valerie looped her arm around his, and he led her back out of the ship.

Valerie and Law spent two hours shopping. It wasn't the actually shopping that kept them. Valerie was a relatively easy person to shop for. The clothes she bought were either blood red or black, with the occasional exception of white. The wore type of shoes she liked were boots, and she got those in all different colors, except for pink. She abhorred pink.

The shopping was the easy part. The hard parts that made the trip two hours long was picking Valerie up when she fell-which was often-because she couldn't get up herself without falling again and keeping her focused- which wasn't easy because she must've had ADHD or something. When Law asked, she'd said no. 'She probably just hasn't been tested.' Law thought.

If Law wasn't paying attention, she'd somehow manage to find her way to the shops' window and press her face to it in hopes of finding Kidd again.

By the time, the sun had set and Law had to get Penguin and Shachi to help carry all the bags because Law couldn't carry all the bags while tending to the blind bat he was escorting. 'Just one more day.' He thought to himself.

Valerie held onto Law's arm tighter than usual since it was dark. Just as them were nearing the group of trees that hid to sub, they passed by a bar, and as luck would have it, Kidd let out a bellowing laugh at that exact moment.

Valerie immediately let go of Law's arm and ran to the bar's entrance. She quietly pushed one of the swinging doors open and peered inside.

Kidd was at the far right of the little building sitting in the corner. He was at a smallish round table with Killer to his right and Wire to his left. There was another person at the table with his back to Valerie, and she assumed it was Heat.

Before she could walk in and make them even later for dinner, Law set down the bags and walked up behind her. He grabbed her hips and pulled her away from the door. Valerie let out a squeak and clutched at the door frame. "Stop it." She demanded. "Please." She added before Law could get angry, though he was already quite annoyed.

"Let go." He ordered but she only gripped the door frame tighter and tried to pull away from him. Luckily she had a belt on, so there was no risk of her pants coming down.

"But I wanna see Kidd~" she whined loudly.

"You are not going to make us even later getting back. Let go."

"No!" she shouted. Law wrapped his left arm around her waist and place his right hand on the hilt of his nodachi with a notable click. Valerie dead-panned and stopped trying to pull away from him, but didn't let go of the door frame.

"I will not tolerate insubordination. Let go now or I will permanently remove your arms from your body." He said in a low threatening tone that screamed that his word were true. Behind them Penguin and Shachi shivered.

Immediately Valerie released her grip on the door frame and Law set her down. "You're so mean." She huffed and pouted.

"I'm a pirate. Did you expect me to be nice?"

"No, but Luffy's nice." She muttered the last part. Valerie took Law's arm again without him offering it to her. Law picked up the bags and they headed back to the sub again.

No one in the group of four had notice that after Valerie had whined loudly, the bar had gone silent. All the Kidd Pirates had heard the argument and Law's threat. Kidd chuckle evilly. "So that crazy bitch's name is Valerie."