Snow fell across Vetova as the news settled like dust. With a sorrowfull glare, Kami hugged Katakuri like a child who lost a loved one; tears falling down both of their cheeks. His long, rough arms wrapped around the satiny, moderate body that crubbled at the booming voice of the announcer. Luffy winced at the sight, knowing that it was indirectly his fault. After all, he did beat Kaido, the King of Beasts. He suddenly caught a glance of Blackbeard, also known as Marshall D. Teech, the man who doesn't sleep, the only man with 2 Devil Fruits. From what Luffy could tell, he was the mastermind behind the sorrow of Kami, the proud, blindingly bright gladiator, who showed her true self in the heat of the fight. She wasn't afraid, until now. From that moment they met, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Robin were observing how she acted around them. On the Thousand Sunny, she was closed and secretive, whilst during her fight with Luffy, she was bold and confident, curious and daring. But now, she was broken, crumbling down to her very core.

"What did Teech do to her?" Luffy asked Katakuri in a very serious tone. Hearing the serious tone alerted Kami, who hadn't heard this voice before. She knew that Law knew, but she felt that Luffy shouldn't. After all, Law did tell her about Rosinante, the Op-Op Fruit and his passion of "D." when they met 2 years ago in passing. When they met, the rest of the Heart Pirates didn't trust her one bit. Who would trust an infamous freak who was worth more than their captain's bounty, quadrupled? They conversed like good buddies, despite them only meeting once. The Heart Pirates were stopping on an island with Kami, until the Marines had been alerted of her presence, which forced their seperation. It was only 2 days, but to Law's crew, it felt like forever. Her shy giggle, that guilty face she pulled, before fleeing into the dead of night. It was a memory that left a fresh imprint on Law's mind, as it felt that they were destined to meet. During her escape from the government's clutches, she found herself at the Door of War, chained by Blackbeard himself. Luckily, she managed to escape the cuffs, but failed to fully escape, as Shiryu of the Rain caught her in the act. As punishment, Blackbeard sent her to Vetova, to fight in the colloseum until she loses. "If you lose, you die."

Meanwhile, in the present: "Don't tell Luffy," Kami yelled hurriedly, before whispering embarrassedly, "... please?" Everyone who heard gave Zurui-Kami a stare of either confusion or dissapointment. As she snuggled her face into Katakuri's stomach, the spectators started to laugh. Behind them, was Jesus Burgess, a tall, bulky man who had rusted-iron handcuffs, ready to chain her to the execution platform outside. Knowing what was about to happen, Kami and Katakuri nodded at eachover before multiple things happened at once. Burgess ran towards Katakuri, who turned around, clenching a small piece of paper in his hand. Someone in the crowd informed Burgess that Kami had transformed into a piece of paper, which was in Katakuri's hand. Knowing now, he lunged at Katakuri, which forced him to fall backwards (onto his feet) forcing him to let her go by accident.

She screamed as she transformed back into a person, which meant that Burgess could wrap the handcuffs around her hands, knowing that she wouldn't try to escape.

"Mugiwara!" Blackbeard yelled to the colloseum, "If you wanna try and save her, the execution starts at 12 pm tommorow. See you there, Emperor!"

~ TIME UNTIL EXECUTION: 3 HOURS. ~

"What should we do? It's my fault I let her explore the world when she turned 20!" Katakuri panicked outloud. Luffy looked at him with conufusion. "20?" The reason why Katakuri didn't let Kami explore the world until 20, was because she was infamous for the scientific modifications on her body. Thanks to a 33 year old Ivankov, a kidnapped 31 year old Caeser Clown and a 7 year old Pedro, at 8 years old, Kami became a 'Scientific Nightmare', so she could 'become stronger for her.' Her modifications include: the ability to exchange hormones for strength and muscles, in exchange for an androgynous appearance, being a Half-Jaguar Mink, and her Devil Fruit being modified to let her shapeshift into paper. It took 2 years for 26 year old Katakuri to meet her at 10. Almost instantly, Katakuri knew what he needed to do. On the back of Zunesha was not the place for Kami as it put the Minks at risk. Knowing that being caught by Mama would be punishing, he looked after her, to protect her from the dangerous world.

"You're a D.?" Katakuri exclaimed in shock, "And you come from Ohara?" She giggled at the shock, not realising that she could be killed for this. He asked her if she could read the Poneglyphs, to which she replied that she could, albeit not as well as her sister. On the top of the Hill with the Colourful Fruit Orchad, was where the 2 lived together. Sometimes, more often than not, Katakuri would have to leave to do business for the Big Mom Pirates, not that he wanted to. He knew that if he quit, Kami wouldn't be able to eat or drink, as he always left her money to buy water that they so desperately needed. Whenever he could, he snuck basketfulls of essentials, such as food, water and entertainment for themselves so that they could train nd have fun. He was originally afraid of letting her see his true self, but that was cut short, when they started to train. She very quickly started to become as strong as Katakuri, even picking up the ability to see into the future.

"I never told you my sister's name did I?" Zurui (which was a nickname given by Katakuri) - Kami asked Katakuri quietly. Curious as to who, he nodded, letting her know that she was correct.

"It's Nico Robin. My name is Nico D. Kami. If I ever meet Robin, I don't know how I'll be able to face her. I was forced to leave at 4, after being given the Paper-Paper Fruit. We are bonded by flames that have long since burnt, and I couldn't save mother, either," she started, until she started to cry out as the tears poured down waterfalls, then said, "I'm glad you never sold me out!" Katakuri let fer fall into his arms, as he knew what must be done now.

"You problematic children from Ohara! Just know that you will always be like a daughter to me, even if there is no way to trace you back to me."