Katrina slowly opened her eyes as sunlight filtered into her room through the porthole above her bed. She sat up and ran a hand through her hair only to stop midway and frown in disgust. Looking down at herself her frown deepened. She'd forgotten she was covered in blood and sweat when she'd laid down after Law had shown her to her room.

Her room.

At that thought Katrina decided to fully investigate the gift from her new captain. Getting to her feet she walked towards the wall lined with bookshelves to take a closer look. Blue-green eyes scanned the spines before the brunette reached out and grabbed the first book her hand came in contact with. Opening it Katrina almost laughed at the fact it was a medical book. While it was slightly amusing, she mainly found it to be a bit of a letdown. She had a longing for books, she loved the way someone could lose themselves within their pages and be pulled into another world. She'd always been fond of books, even when she was a little girl back on her home island. They had been the only way she and her sister had managed to hold on.

Closing the door as quietly as she could after herself, Katrina glanced down both sides of the hallways just one last time to make sure their brothers were nowhere to be seen. Turning away from the door Katrina's eyes nearly popped out onto the floor at her feet when she saw her five year old sister balancing precariously on a chair stacked on top a pile of haphazardly thrown together books.

"Sara!"

The young brunette haired girl hissed in a quiet whisper as she rushed to her sister's side just in time to stop the whole unstable tower of things from crashing to the ground.

"Sowwy Kat."

Sara responded sheepishly after Katrina picked her up and placed her back on solid ground before she went to work putting things back in their proper places.

"I told you to wait for me before goin after the book. It's too high up for you."

Katrina said with a slight frown after coming to stand in front of her little sister.

"Nuh-uh, lookie."

She said with a broad smile splitting her face as she held up the book they'd been after. Their parents had gone back to Headquarters and Sara wanted to read one of their bedtime stories while they were away. It was one of the only books their mom said they could borrow any time they pleased, the rest they had to wait until they were older. Whatever that meant.

"I swear Sara, one day you're goin to be the death of me."

Katrina said, her frown turning into an amused smile.

After making sure the room was exactly as they found it, Katrina headed towards the door to check to see if they could start making their way towards their bedroom when she felt a tug on the back of her dress. Stopping and turning back Katrina felt her heart grow heavy when she saw the look in her baby sister's sapphire eyes.

"Noooo. No, no, no, no. We have to get back before they notice."

She said as she knelt down to be eye level with her sister. She knew what she wanted. Sara didn't want to go back to their room and read the story, she wanted to sit at mom's desk like when they were little. Their mother loved showing them about the Marine history books and telling the stories of great Marines of the past. The three of them used to spend hours at her desk, sitting in her lap with her arms around them and listening to her voice as she read from the book on her desk. To them it was a great adventure story of strong Marines and people like their parents who did their best to uphold Justice at any cost. It just so happened to be Katrina and Sara's cost was a bit more than their family being so far away for so long.

"Pwease Kat?"

Sara asked, pulling Katrina from the memory of years ago.

"Sara, if they-"

Katrina stopped when Sara grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the desk book in hand.

"Pwease?"

Sighing as the last of her will to refuse her sister anymore crumbled, Katrina glanced over her shoulder towards the door. The lights were off, the door was closed and they had no reason to be looking for them. They should be fine so long as they stay quiet.

Curling up on the chair at their mother's desk, Katrina opened the old book of children's stories and smiled at Sara when they both saw their mother's Naval bookmark keeping place from the last time she'd read to them. Giggling at the fact Sara started wiggling happily next to her, Katrina quietly read from the book, picking up where they'd left off. Soon the two of them were no longer in their mother's study, but in the woods with the lost boys and helping in the search for Tinkerbell. They were both present when Peter came and asked what happened and they were about to read what was said next when suddenly the words were yanked from in front of them and the chair they were both curled up on pulled from beneath them.

"I've found the pirates Admiral Nicholas!"

A hauntingly familiar voice shouted and Katrina's blood ran cold in her veins. They'd found them.

"Nicely done Captain Clark. I see you were also successful in retrieving the stolen treasure. I see a promotion in your future son."

Hearing her eldest brother's voice behind them only confirmed Katrina's fears.

"N-Nicholas, Clark please…."

Katrina begged hoarsely, her voice threatening to fail her before she could even really speak. The look in her brother's eyes told her there was no use pleading. Besides, she already knew there was no escaping them.

Before Katrina could do anything she felt Sara being pulled from her side and she tried in vain to reach for her only for a blow to the back of her knees to send her to the ground. She felt her brother grab her arms and force them behind her back, ignoring her cry of pain when he pushed them further than was necessary before tying her hands.

"On your command Admiral."

Looking in the direction of her brother Clark, Katrina cried out when she saw Sara had a bag of some kind over her head and she was restrained to the desk they'd just been reading from.

"No, please!"

Katrina cried only to scream when a searing pain ripped across her back in an instant, leaving a stinging sensation and a red mark across her skin.

"Quiet pirate! Make the other one talk Captain. Do whatever you have to."

"Understood sir. I'll find out where the rest of the stolen treasure is."

Clark said with a dark glint to his emerald eyes and a sickening smile stretched across his face.

"Sara!"

Katrina shouted and tried to move towards her little sister when she saw Clark grab a bucket, but she hadn't even managed to get to her feet before she was stopped by a hand in her hair and fist across her face.

"Just where do you think you're going?"

Nicholas spat at her as he pulled harder on her hair making Katrina gasp as tears welled up in the corner of her eyes.

"W-Why? What did we do to deserve this?"

Katrina asked as she stared up at her eldest brother. His black hair framed his face and it was clear he favored their father, but his cerulean eyes held none of the warmth of the originals.

"You were found having stolen goods in your possession. You pirates are nothing but scum, who cares what we do to scum?"

He said with a sadistic smile on his face and Katrina felt the tears she'd been holding back fall as she realized her brothers were simply monsters. There was no reason behind what they did, they only did as they pleased and Katrina and Sara were too weak to protect themselves or make them stop.

The sound of coughing mixed with laughter made Katrina turn to see Clark pouring the contents of the bucket onto Sara's covered face.

"Stop! You're killin her!"

Katrina screamed, trying her best to get to her sister and another stinging fire spread across her back as the whip in her brother's hands sliced through her clothes this time and dug into her skin. She fell onto the floor and Nicholas laughed before placing his foot on the side of her face and making her look at their sister. She tried closing her eyes so she didn't have to see her baby sister writhe and cough, trying to breathe and only getting water but with each attempt to look away came the bite of the whip in her brother's hands.

At the sudden silence in the room, Katrina feared the worst and looked up to see Clark staring petrified at the book sitting on the edge of the desk. Following her brother's stare, Katrina's heart stopped upon seeing the pages were wet. Their mother was absolute in her rule to never damage her stuff.

"You filthy pirate, how dare you ruin such a priceless artifact!"

Clark suddenly raged and Katrina watched in horror as her brother suddenly started choking their sister with his bare hands.

"NO!"

Katrina screamed as she somehow managed to scrambled out from under her older brother's foot and to her feet. She didn't stop until she collided with Clark and knocked him off her sister. He hit the wall and Katrina lost her balance and fell, landing a few feet from her sister. Time seemed to stop as Clark looked from her to Nicholas before he got to his feet and ran from the room. Katrina was too scared to move, so she stayed where she was until Nicholas ran past her. Flinching, expecting more torture, she was surprised when she opened her eyes to find the room empty of her older brothers. The young brunette stared at the door for what felt like a lifetime before hearing her sister whimper brought her back to her senses. She didn't know why they just left like that, but for now the game was over and that was enough.

Feeling something wet fall onto the back of her hand, Katrina was pulled from her memories and frowned when she realized she was crying. Wiping them away with the backs of her hands, the brunette sighed defeatedly at the already crappy start to her day. Putting the medical book on the writing desk nestled in the corner of the room Katrina decided to postpone the investigation of her new room in favor of a shower. Hopefully the hot water would help clear her head of unwelcome memories.

Penguin walked into the galley with Shachi right beside him. The brunette yawned as Penguin pulled his hat on and both managed to stumble into their seats at the galley's dining room table. Shachi immediately slumped over and went back to sleep while Penguin looked around to see his captain was already in his usual spot drinking his coffee and Bepo had just shuffled in. The only ones missing were Nikkicha and Katrina.

The navigator thought about the newest member of the crew. He was glad to not have to worry about the edibility of their food anymore, but he didn't know much else about her aside from her name and that she knew how to cook. Did any of them know anything about her? He was confident in his captain's ability to take care of any kind of threat this new crew mate might be, but he also knew he was just being ridiculous. He had no reason to distrust her.

"I'm huuuuungry!"

Penguin looked up at the sound of a female voice to see Nikkicha walk into the galley and sit down across from Shachi. He ignored the way she looked at him and glanced down at his sleeping friend. He knew how his friend felt about their mechanic, it was one of the reasons he was so quick to argue with her, but Penguin also knew how Nikkicha felt about him and he couldn't help but sigh. If only she would like Shachi instead, things would be so much easier then.

"Caaaaptaaain! I'm huuungryyy!"

Nikkicha whined and Penguin couldn't help but chuckle slightly as the blonde's childish side came out. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he had liked the blonde mechanic ever since she joined three years ago, but as soon as he found out his friend liked her he pushed his feelings for her aside.

"Where's Kat?"

Bepo asked, voicing the question Penguin had been wondering himself. The navigator didn't miss the sound of his captain sighing before he heard his name.

"Penguin."

Law said and Penguin sat up straight, waiting to hear what his captain was going to say.

"Go wake up Kat, tell her we're hungry."

He said and Penguin nodded before getting to his feet to do as his captain had asked.

Penguin knocked on Katrina's bedroom door, but got no response from the other side. He tried again and even called her name a few times yet still got no response from her. Trying the doorknob he was surprised to find it was unlocked. Pushing the door open Penguin was about to walk inside to see if Katrina was okay only to freeze at the sight before him. Katrina was standing next to her bed with a towel draped over her shoulders as she shimmied her way into a pair of shorts. Blood rushed to Penguin's groin at seeing her naked body only for it to stop when Katrina's head snapped in his direction.

Nothing happened for a few minutes before Katrina's face turned beat red and she screamed for him to get out as she pulled the towel from around her shoulders and covered her breasts with it.

"S-S-Sorry!"

Penguin shouted, but made no move to leave.

"Get! Out!"

Katrina screamed and threw a hairbrush at him, but missed and Penguin looked from her face to her chest as the knot she'd tied in the towel came undone with the motion and fluttered to the ground. Penguin felt blood start to drip from his nose and blushed making Katrina cover herself with her arm the best she could as she picked up the medical book on the desk.

"I said get out you pervert!"

She screamed as she chucked the book at his head and knocked him out into the hall. Penguin heard her walk over and slam the door shut and could hear the lock as she turned it. Lifting himself up enough to see what she'd hit him with his eyes widened at the medical book the size of a small dog lying next to him on the floor.

Getting to his feet, Penguin stumbled back into the galley while holding his head from where the book had made contact. He did his best to ignore the confused looks his crew mates and captain were sending him as he collapsed into his seat.

"What happened to you?"

Shachi asked as he woke up rubbing his eyes as he looked at his friend. Penguin blushed a deep crimson and shook his head.

"Don't ask."

He whispered before turning to look at his captain.

"Medical books hurt."

He said as he rubbed his head where he'd been hit, only earning more confused looks from the crew.

"Penguin, what happened? Where is Kat?"

Law asked, half-amused half-concerned for his crew mate. Penguin opened his mouth to try to find some way to explain when he was suddenly smacked in the face by the very medical book he'd left lying in the hallway outside Katrina's room.

"Say one word Penguin and I swear I'll strip you naked, slice you from navel to tongue, then dangle you from the front of the ship as live bait for the biggest fish that comes bitin."

Katrina's voice sounded from behind him as she padded into the room and heading straight for the kitchen. Penguin gulped and decided he preferred to live and decided right then to go to his grave with what he saw.

Katrina walked into the galley just after Law had asked Penguin what happened. She smirked when she saw the color drain from Penguin's face after her threat before starting to cook breakfast. Serves him right for being a peeping tom. Katrina had to admit, she was surprised to find the kitchen had already been stocked. Vegetables, eggs, bread, milk, meat, and more along with seasoning. She pulled out the eggs, some bacon, and sausage before starting to cook. She was so absorbed in her task that she didn't notice her captain had walked into the kitchen and was standing right behind her until he spoke.

"What happened that has you threatening your crew mates so early in the morning?"

He asked, his voice surprising Katrina with how close it was, making her turn around with spatula in hand and on instinct went to slap him with it. Thankfully, Law caught her wrist before she could hit him and Katrina's eyes widened at the fact she'd almost whacked her captain.

"First threatening your crew mates, now assaulting your captain. You're a rather violent person in the morning Miss Kat."

He said and Katrina blushed at the fact she just tried unintentionally assaulting her captain. Normally she was only violent with those who deserved it, she was still not herself from the memory this morning.

"Sorry Law."

Katrina apologized, though it wasn't until something started smoking and she turned to try to keep the sausage from burning that Law let her go. She tried her best to ignore the fact that her captain was leaning against the counter to her left, watching her cook. She cut everything off when she finished and turned to head to the table when Law grabbed her wrist again and pulled her out of the room.

"Hey! Where are we going!?"

Katrina asked as she tried to get her hand back, but Law's grip was relentless and she had no choice but to follow after him as he dragged her into the infirmary. He pushed her inside first and closed the door after himself, blocking off her only exit.

"Law, what the hell!? I wanted to eat so I could get some clothes when Bepo and I went shoppin'. Someone already restocked the kitchen, but I still need clothes."

Katrina said as she crossed her arms under her chest and glared up at her captain. She just couldn't get a good read on his character. One moment he seems like someone she could get along with and relax around then the next he does whatever he pleases without providing so much as a single word of explanation. He infuriated her, yet she loved the challenge.

"What happened when I sent Penguin to wake you up?"

He asked and Katrina's face instantly lit up at the reminder of her crew mate walking in on her as she was getting dressed.

"N-Nothin'."

She said, averting her eyes away from her captain's. The last thing she wanted to do was revisit that memory with Law.

"Don't lie to me Kat."

He said and Katrina mentally flinched at the serious tone of his voice before sighing. It didn't look like she was going to be able to avoid this.

"He walked in on me when I was gettin dressed okay? Can I go eat now?"

She asked as she frowned at the medicine cabinet she had chosen to look at instead of her captain. When she suddenly heard Law laughing she glared up at him.

"Hey, don't laugh, it wasn't funny!"

She whined and that only seemed to make him laugh that much harder, despite the fact she outright told him to do something.

"I was right."

He said in between his laughter, making Katrina look at him confused as she saw him open the door before casually walking into the hall.

"You'll definitely make things more interesting around here."

He said as he walked back towards the galley. Katrina glared at the back of her captain's head as she followed after him so she wouldn't get lost. She still hadn't learned the layout of the sub yet. Helpless on her own, privacy invaded, embarrassed by her captain's reaction to her dilemma aboard his ship, and the memory from her past all before breakfast. Today just wasn't her day.

Law walked back into the galley after wiping the tears of his laughter away. On his way to get a plate of food, he smacked Penguin upside the head and ignored him when he asked what it was for. He also ignored the confused look Katrina sent his way as she sat down beside him and Bepo again. He simply picked up a piece of bacon and started eating.

"Bepo."

The furry Heart Pirate glanced up at his name and once he saw he had his attention Law continued.

"Once you and Kat are finished go with her back onto the island to get her some clothes, then meet us at the auction house."

He said as he finished his food and headed for his office, grabbing the coffee pot on his way out. He'd gotten word that the human slave traders had managed to get ahold of something interesting and he wouldn't mind seeing just what that something was before they left for Fishman Island.

Katrina stared after Law as he left, confused about his actions. He laughed when she told him Penguin had seen her half-way naked, then smacked Penguin without a word. She just couldn't understand her new captain.

"You ready Kat?"

Bepo asked, pulling Katrina from her thoughts and she nodded as she finished her last piece of bacon then got up to follow Bepo as he led the way out of the submarine and back onto the Archipelago.

"Why does Law want to go to the auction house?"

Katrina asked as she and Bepo started to walk around.

"Captain didn't say, he just said that that's where we'd be going today."

He said and Katrina frowned in thought as they walked into a store. Katrina laughed when Bepo froze at the racks and racks of clothes before them before grabbing his paw and dragging him to the section she knew had her size.

After a few hours of shopping, Katrina and Bepo walked towards Grove 1. They'd already stopped back by the submarine and she'd put away her new clothes. Katrina thought it only right to treat Bepo to some fried fish in thanks for coming with her, even if Law had told him to do so.

"So Bepo, what do you think about me joinin the crew?"

Katrina asked as they walked, licking her strawberry ice cream cone as they made their way towards the auction house.

"I don't mind. You seem really nice."

Bepo said and Katrina turned her head so she could look at her furry companion.

"You really don't mind?"

She asked and when he shook his head she couldn't help but smile.

"But because you're new you're my subordinate."

He said and at that Katrina couldn't help but laugh.

"If that's what you want hun."

She said as she reached out and scratched him behind the ears. She wouldn't have been able to, but he leaned down for her and that made her smile. She almost squealed with how cute he was. She honestly had a hard time remembering he was a pirate sailing the Grand Line.

"What happened this morning between you and Penguin that made you threaten him like you did?"

Bepo asked once they got to the auction house and Katrina nearly choked on the rest of her ice cream cone at the sudden question.

"He walked in while I was gettin dressed and saw me half-naked."

She answered quietly, her face bright red and was shocked when she heard Bepo growl.

"So that's why the captain came back into the room and smacked Penguin."

He said and Katrina stared at the polar bear in surprise. She hadn't really thought much about it, but it sounded reasonable. She couldn't think of any other reason Law might have to strike his own crew, he certainly didn't seem the type to abuse them. Enemies, certainly, but not his friends.

"Whatever, let's get going before Law comes to collect us himself."

She said as she opened the door of the auction house and walked inside, Bepo following right after her. She didn't want to think any further about the possible reasonings behind Law's actions or the fact it made her heart feel warm to think he seemed to care.

Katrina looked around as Bepo closed the doors behind them and she felt herself freeze at the sound of all the people sitting inside the auction house chatting with one another about how much money they had and who they were wanting to buy and for what reasons. She suddenly felt sick at the thought of how so many people thought it was okay to just buy other people and deprive them of their freedom. She wasn't even aware of her nails digging into the palm of her hand and drawing blood until she heard Bepo's squeaky voice call her name in concern.

"Kat?"

Blue-green eyes blinked a couple of times before turning to meet the beady black eyes of the polar bear in front of them.

"Sorry Bepo."

Katrina said as she opened her palm and wiped the blood on her shorts.

"I'm fine."

She said dismissively and did her best to send a comforting smile to her furry friend to try and reassure him though she wasn't too sure it did any good.

"Captain's this way."

Bepo said as he started to pull her towards the seats. She could make out Penguin, Shachi, Nikkicha, and Law in a group a few seats down and as she let Bepo pull her along after him she saw a group of people in the back. There was an orange haired girl, a blonde haired man with a cigarette in his mouth, what looked to be a beast-man of sorts with a blue nose and a red hat with a white x on it, a blue haired guy wearing a floral overshirt and a speedo, a small orange starfish looking thing with a beanie, and an octopus-looking guy with spikey white hair. It was definitely an odd group, but what the orange haired girl said was what mainly got Katrina's attention.

"We're going to save you. Fortunately we have the treasure from Thriller Bark!"

Katrina wasn't too sure what they were talking about, but from the sounds of things it seemed like they wanted to save someone by buying them. She knew why they were going about it that way, what with the three Celestial Dragons in the room and the threat of the marines if they were to try and save whoever it was they were here for by force. Pretty smart of them actually, though Katrina seriously doubted it would go the way they were hoping. She'd been to enough of these things with Jericho to know they were rigged.

"Kat!"

The sound of Bepo calling her name pulled Katrina from her thoughts and she turned to see the polar bear motioning her to join him and the rest of their crew. With a sigh she walked over and joined them, settling herself onto the seat next to her captain who she noticed was the only one sitting.

"So explain to me why we're here exactly."

She said as she crossed her arms under her chest and leaned back into the cushions of the bench-like seat she and her captain were in.

"I want to see what they have to offer."

Law answered and Katrina froze at that. They were here simply because Law wanted to see what a slave auction had to offer? Katrina could feel her anger rising and was going to open her mouth and tell her new captain just how much she couldn't stand his reason for being here when the lights dimmed and the auctioneer rambled on about the next 'item' before cutting on some lights and allowing a silhouette of a mermaid appear on stage, then pulled off the sheet covering the bowl and Katrina felt her eyes go wide. It was her first time seeing a mermaid and the fact that her first meeting with one was in an auction house made her dig her nails into her palm again. The fact she could hear the crowd cheering and shouting about how much of a prize it would be to buy the mermaid didn't help quell her anger.

The auctioneer asked for a price and Katrina could hear the girl from the group in the back say they had 200 million to spend to get the mermaid back so it seemed she was right in guessing they were here to save someone. Who would have guessed it would be a mermaid?

"I'll booy it for 500 millioon beli!"

A voice said and Katrina glared at the place she knew it had come from. The Celestial Dragon Charlos. That dumbass bastard had come to Jericho's brothel many times and tried to buy her, but Jericho would always convince him to buy someone else. Katrina had to admit, for such a dick, Jericho had made sure she remained his. Not that she would have let Charlos buy her anyways, she couldn't stand the Celestial Dragons and on more than one occasion had thought about punching one in the face. If it weren't for the consequences of such an action she would have done so long ago.

"Well then, thank you for your attention up until now."

The auctioneer said and Katrina ground her teeth together to keep from saying something that would undoubtedly get not only herself in a lot of trouble, but her new crew as well and something told her that Law wouldn't be too happy if she caused them trouble with a smart remark.

"The main prize this time, the mermaid Caimie, goes to the World Noble, Saint Charlos for the price of 500 million beli!"

He said and Katrina growled at not being able to do anything.

"It's...a deal!"

The auctioneer said as he slammed the little gavel down, but as he did an explosion came from the back and Katrina turned with everyone else to see something come flying into the auction house and crash into the crowd a few feet away from her and the rest of her crew.

As the smoke cleared she couldn't believe the sight in front of her. A boy with a blue, sleeveless shirt, shorts, and a straw hat looked around before shouting about landing better to someone. It was only then that Kat saw the flying fish lying unconscious amongst the rubble left from the seats some people had previously been sitting in.

She watched as a guy with green hair cut short around his head and three swords tucked into his belt walked over to the boy with the straw hat holding his head and started arguing with him before asking where they were. She couldn't believe someone would actually crash into the auction house like that, the thought almost made her laugh.

"Dammit Luffy!"

A female voice said and Katrina froze as she recognized that voice.

"It can't be."

She whispered to herself before turning around in her seat to get a better look only for her eyes to go wide at the woman standing next to the swordsman. Midnight blue hair to the middle of her back, slim figure, slightly tanned skin, slate gray eyes that reminded Katrina of storm clouds. She was wearing a pair of black pants that hugged her hips and a dark blue bikini-like top that tied behind her neck, but there was no doubt in Katrina's mind of who this woman was.

"Raindra."

She whispered in disbelief and missed the confused look her captain sent her as she was up out of her seat and across the room faster than anyone could blink.

Raindra glared at her captain for having decided it would be a bright idea to crash the flying fish into the auction house.

"I thought you liked breaking things Raindra?"

He asked and Raindra could have face-palmed at her captain's idiocy.

"Not when I'm the one being used to break them!"

She snapped back and saw Luffy look down at his feet as if he was ashamed before he and Zoro got into an argument. Raindra could only sigh at her crewmates. They had come to save Caimie, not argue amongst themselves. Though she supposed she shouldn't be too surprised given who she'd chosen to follow.

The blue haired woman opened her mouth to remind her captain and crew about their purpose of being here when she was suddenly knocked to the ground by something wrapping around her waist.

"What the he-Katrina!?"

Raindra asked in complete shock when she looked down and recognized the brown haired girl currently latched onto her. She grabbed hold of her arm before getting to her feet and bringing the girl with her only to get attacked again, this time staying on her feet.

"Rain!"

The girl shouted and Raindra couldn't help but laugh as she tried to push the girl off her only for her to latch onto her that much more. There was no doubt of who this girl was now. Only Kat could keep a hold of her like that.

"Hello Kat."

Raindra said with a smile as she reached down and ruffled her hair, making the brown haired girl finally pull away and reach up to fix her hair with a small pout.

"I see you haven't changed much."

Raindra said with a smile and saw Katrina's blue-green eyes meet her own gray ones and smile up at her.

"Oh I wouldn't say that."

She said as she dropped her hands back to her side, having already fixed her hair.

"Oh really now?"

Raindra asked with a smile as she put her hands on her hips and looked her friend over from head to toe. She saw how Katrina had grown up since the last time she'd seen her. Admittedly they had been children the last time they'd seen each other. She could still clearly remember that vacation with her father to the Barter Islands in the East Blue. It was where she'd met Katrina. The two had bonded so quickly, Raindra still felt horrible for what happened to her friend's sister and the fact she couldn't even stay to attend the funeral.

Raindra noted how Katrina's hair had grown longer, her body more filled out like a woman's should be, and she saw her choice in clothes had changed. She also seemed more mature than the last time she'd seen her and couldn't help but wonder what had caused the change in her friend aside from the years apart. There was so much they had to catch up on, she was sure Katrina was just as curious as to why she'd set out to sea as Raindra was curious as to what Katrina was doing here and without Loki. She didn't see the redhead anywhere, not including the weird one in the lizard print by the back wall.

"Nope, still the same as the last time I saw you."

She said with a smirk and couldn't help but laugh when Katrina started arguing with her.

"That's not true and you know it! I've grown up in the three years we've been apart!"

She shouted and Raindra couldn't help but laugh again.

"I was only teasing you Kat, I know you've grown."

Raindra said as she pulled her friend close to her and hugged her.

"It's really good seeing you again."

She said before pulling away and smiling at her friend.

"It really is."

She said and didn't miss the smile that split Katrina's face because of it.

"I don't see any of the guys, you come here alone or something Kat? Loki send you on a solo mission?"

Raindra asked, missing the way Katrina froze at her question.

"Did you and your captain have another fight? You know I could always talk to Loki about how to treat his girlfri-"

"They're not here!"

Katrina shouted, cutting Raindra off mid sentence and this time she didn't miss her friend's reaction. All the color was gone from Katrina's face and it seemed like she was trying not to cry. Raindra didn't know what had made her friend react that way, but she didn't like it. She opened her mouth to ask Katrina to explain when Luffy's voice suddenly filled the auction house.

"Caimie!"

The sound of her captain's voice had Raindra turning away from Katrina only to see Luffy running down the aisle between the seats in the auction house towards the stage. She sighed before turning back to her friend. At Katrina's confused face she sighed again.

"The goofball screaming and running towards the stage is my captain."

She informed her friend and didn't miss the shocked look on Katrina's face before both turned and saw Luffy trying to fight against Hachi's hold only resulting in the fishman blowing his cover and the crowd to start freaking out.

"God, you damn idiot."

Raindra said and actually did face-palm at her captain's actions. She was about to restrain her captain when the voices of the crowd caught her attention and she saw people throwing things at Hachi, shouting at him and telling him to get lost. Before she could say or do anything she heard the worst sound in the world and watched in shocked silence as Hachi suddenly fell and rolled down the stairs a couple of times, blood dripping down the stairs from a wound in his chest. The loud bang of the gun being fired still ringing in her ears.

"I hit it! I shot a fishman!"

Charlos started saying as he hopped around on the stairs behind Hachi and Raindra could hear Nami shout for their friend, but Raindra couldn't take her eyes off Hachi. She heard some of the people in the crowd say they were grateful Charlos shot Hachi and narrowed her eyes at their comments. She glared at the people in the crowd before turning her attention to Charlos who was singing about having an octopus-slave for free. She was about to walk up to the ugly little man and show him exactly what he just got for free when she saw Luffy start walking back up the steps towards him. She sighed in relief when she saw Hachi grab hold of Luffy, not because he had stopped him, but because he was still alive.

Raindra couldn't believe it when she heard Hachi ask Luffy not to touch Charlos because of what they'd all promised. She clenched her fists at her sides and glared at Charlos, ignoring Katrina asking what was going on. She could hear Hachi apologizing for causing trouble for them again and felt her eyes stinging with the tears she was trying to hold back.

"Damn fish! Even after I shot yoo, yoo keep on blabbering! Yoo're anooying!"

Charlos said and pointed his gun at Hachi again and before Raindra could move Luffy moved to protect Hachi. She didn't miss the look on her captain's face and knew that it wouldn't take much more to push him over the edge. She heard Charlos ask what was with the way Luffy was looking at him and saw him just stand up and start walking towards the Celestial Dragon. She wasn't too sure what her captain planned to do, but she was ready to start a fight if anything happened.

"Yoo are annoying too!"

Charlos said and shot at Luffy, but he just dodged the bullets as he got to the top of the stairs. Raindra's eyes widened when she realized what her captain was about to do, but before anyone could do anything Luffy punched Charlos in the face and sent him flying.