Author's Note: I just broke a hundred pages on Microsoft Word for this fic! Yahoo! Go me! To celebrate, here's the new chapter.

Disclaimer: Eichiiro Oda owns One Piece. I just own my own fan deviations of One Piece.

Ch. 19: "Vampir Vampir no Mi."

"Aki, is that you?" Yuki-Rin asked Aki.

"G-Get me out of here. I'm really scared," Aki sobbed.

"That's what we came for! Let's go!" Hana said. Aki just sniffed as she showed everyone that her hands were shackled to the wall.

"Kaoru must have done this," Yuki-Rin commented. Kartik then got out an arrow with a red tip.

"I think I know how to get you out of those chains," Kartik said as he put the arrow into his bow. "Fire Arrow!"

Kartik shot the arrow through the shackles and chains, freeing Aki.

"Now, we have to get out of this ship," Hana said. Kazuma got out his nodachi.

"Stand back, everyone," Kazuma advised. Everyone else took a step back.

"Tiger's Claw!" Kazuma yelled as he sliced his nodachi through the wall, tearing it down.

"Good! Let's get out of here!" Kazuma said before everyone began running down the hall.

"Going somewhere?"

The Capricorns turned back, and they saw Kaoru.

"Kaoru!" Yuki-Rin yelled.

"Just so you know, I'm not working alone," Kaoru informed everyone. And, just as quickly as he came, Kaoru left swiftly.

"Matsu, Kartik, Hana, get Aki off of the ship. Molly, Kazuma, and I will stay behind and fight Kaoru and his accomplice," Yuki-Rin explained.

"Yuki-Rin, you don't know if Aki can fight," Kazuma pointed out.

"I don't want to fight," Aki stated.

"Why? You look like you could be a powerful member of our crew, Aki," Yuki-Rin asked Aki.

"I… I don't like to fight and get dirty. Plus, how can I defend myself when I have nothing to fight with?" Aki asked everyone.

"Don't worry, we'll get you something to defend yourself with. In the meantime, focus on getting out of here," Hana said as they resumed running. They approached the door leading to the deck a few sends later.

"I bet the door is locked," Hana said.

"Watch me," Yuki-Rin said as she took a few steps back. She then ran up to the door at full speed and kicked it so hard, the door, its hinges, and some of the wall broke apart. Kartik then pushed Aki outside, where some fog was beginning to develop.

"Okay, I'm scared now," Molly said.

"Are you guys going somewhere?"

Yuki-Rin looked around for the source of the female-sounding voice, but, she failed to find the woman it belonged to.

"Where are you? Show yourself!" Yuki-Rin called out. Then, a woman in her early twenties jumped down from the crow's nest. She had brown hair in an old-fashioned hairstyle and black eyes. She wore a dark red, Victorian Era-styled ballgown, black, elbow-length gloves, and black high heels.

"Who are you?" Yuki-Rin asked the woman.

"I am Mina Nishikori, business partner to Kaoru Kimura. Pleased to make your acquaintance," Mina introduced herself. Yuki-Rin then noticed something peculiar – There were bite marks on Mina's neck.

"Excuse me, were you… Bitten by a vampire?" Yuki-Rin asked Mina, who smirked.

"Bitten by a vampire? I AM a vampire," Mina answered as her teeth grew into fangs. Hana fearfully looked to the skies, where the moon was shining full and bright.

"A full moon?" Hana cried.

"Isn't the moon beautiful tonight?"

Kaoru then stepped onto the deck. Like Mina, he also had fangs.

"What are you planning?" Yuki-Rin asked Kaoru.

"It's the full moon tonight. Since vampires love to come out during the full moon, Mina and I decided to throw a little shindig. A little party, some might say, or even… A bloodbath," Kaoru explained. Yuki-Rin then looked to Mina's neck, and then to Kaoru.

"Did you turn Mina into a vampire?" Yuki-Rin asked Kaoru, who walked over to Aki.

"Don't make such accusations. If you continue doing so, the girl in the Chinese dress gets it," Kaoru stated.

"I know you've bitten Mina! There are bite marks on her neck!" Yuki-Rin yelled. Kaoru sighed.

"Yes, I did bite Mina, and I did it with my Devil Fruit powers," Kaoru stated. Everyone gasped.

"D-Devil Fruit?" Aki cried.

"Yes. I have eaten the Vampir Vampir no mi. It's a Paramecia that can turn myself into a vampire on the full moon or whenever it's needed," Kaoru stated.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Yuki-Rin said to herself.

"As vampires, we require sucking the blood from humans for energy and for survival. Thank you for bringing us such an attractive girl," Mina explained as he motioned to Aki. Kaoru then began undoing the frog clasps on the collar of Aki's dress.

"No! What are you doing? Please don't turn me into a vampire!" Aki cried.

"I will not turn you into a vampire, trust me," Kaoru said before he bit into Aki's neck and began sucking the blood from her.

"No! No! No! NOOOOOO!" Aki cried before she passed out due to lack of blood. Hana then got out her staff and knocked Kaoru off of Aki, sending him flying into a mast. Hana grabbed the unconscious Aki and handed her to Kazuma.

"Kazuma, throw Aki back onto the Hyperion! I will come back to the ship later, because we don't have a doctor and Aki might die if she doesn't get any medical attention!" Hana cried.

"But, Hana, I don't know ANYTHING about vampires!" Kazuma yelled.

"Just do something!" Hana cried. Without a word, Kazuma took off his shirt and used it to wipe the blood off of Aki's neck. He then loosely tied his shirt to Aki's neck to stop the bleeding. Kazuma then picked up Aki and brought her to the edge of the ship.

"Aki, we're doing this for your own good," Kazuma said to Aki before she threw her off of the ship. Back on the Hyperion…

"Daisuke, where the hell is Kartik?" Karin asked Daisuke, who was looking through a pair of binoculars.

"I don't see anything. Wait – Is that that Aki chick falling from the sky?" Daisuke cried. Karin then began to strangle Daisuke.

"You idiot! I wanted Kartik, not Aki!" Karin yelled as she stangled Daisuke. Yulia then began to try and pull Karin off of Daisuke.

"Karin, only I can stangle Daisuke!" Yulia yelled as she pulled Karin off of Daisuke, who promptly began breathing hard.

"Thanks, Yulia. I thought I was going to die," Daisuke thanked Yulia.

"You always say that whenever your life is in danger," Yulia said. Showtarou picked up the binoculars from the floor and looked into them, seeing Aki fall from the sky.

"Oh crap! What the hell did they do to her?" Showtarou cried. Heathcliffe then ran over to where Aki would fall and caught her in his arms. Heathcliffe then noticed that Kazuma's shirt was tied to her neck.

"Why is Kazuma's shirt tied to her neck?" Heathcliffe asked himself as he untied the shirt. When he saw the bite marks, he gasped.

"Oh God! I think vampires got to her!" Heathcliffe cried.

"Vampires don't exist. Grow up already," Isabella stated.

"Don't you see the bite marks on Aki's neck?" Heathcliffe asked the ghost as he pointed to Aki's neck.

"I don't think she's doing well. Get her in a bed," Isabella stated.

"Right. Holden, Soren, help me tend to Aki, please!" Heathcliffe pleaded.

"Yes, bro, we will," Soren said as Heathcliffe handed Aki to him.

"Good. Soren, put Aki in my bed so she'll have a place to rest. Holden, get some water and a washcloth," Heathcliffe ordered.

"We're on it!" Holden and Soren said before they went to attend to their respective tasks.

"Are you going to let your GRANDMA do something or not?" Isabella asked Heathcliffe.

"Actually, yes. Go through Matsu and Kartik's library and see if there are any books about vampires," Heathcliffe explained.

"Got it," Isabella said before she floated away.

"Aki, please don't die on us," Heathcliffe thought to himself.

Ending Note: I think I will push the appearance of Showtarou's mom back. She would work well in the last arc of this saga.

Since I broke the hundred page mark on Microsoft Word, please review this fic!