Devilish

Devil Fruit

Leila stirred in her sleep, feeling a hand shaking her awake.

"Leila, wake up" Zoro stood over her bed, shaking her. He had also just woken up and had his shirt off.

"Why...it's so early" Leila stretched out like a cat. Suddenly it dawned on her, today was the day the Strawhats were leaving. She sat up, her wavy hair messy from her heavy slumber. "Do you have to go so soon?"

"You know we have things to do idiot" Zoro smirked at her, his words harsh but his tone soft and caring. Leila pulled him into a hug, burying her face in his neck in a sisterly affection.

"I'm gonna miss you guys."

"You know you can come with us..." Zoro mentioned, contemplating his own words. Sanji would hit him if he saw him now, telling him to stop being her crutch.

Law strode down the hallway, he was told by Nami to go get Leila awake but he heard noise by her room and hesitated by the door. He looked around the doorway and saw Leila being held close by a shirtless Zoro and felt annoyance bubble up inside of him. He was stroking the back of her head comfortingly and the two seemed to be talking about something serious.

Leila pulled away from Zoro, meeting his eyes seriously. "You know I can't do that..."

Zoro clenched his jaw, he thought about trying to persuade her but decided against it, nodding in agreement with her "I'm gonna miss you Lei".

'He calls her Lei?' Law thought to himself, hovering outside her door before leaving in frustration. 'If she had a guy why wouldn't she tell me? For fucks sake...'

The Strawhats stood at the harbor, preparing to head off once again on their journey. Leila felt herself getting slightly emotional, she hadn't seen her close friends for so long and she didn't know the next time she'd get to spend quality time with them. They've offered her a place on their ship before but she denied, she knew she would have fun and may be of some use but it wasn't what she wanted for her life. She wasn't aiming for the one piece. Honestly, she wasn't sure what she was looking for, her sole focus was survival. To make money she did bounty hunting job here and there but she never wanted to gain notoriety. Her devil fruit is a Mythical zoan type, she knew if she got too popular people would come looking for her, recruiting or not, for her power.

Nami pulled Leila into a tight hug, "Don't be a stranger, okay?"

"I won't but you guys have to be careful! Don't go doing anything stupid..." Leila looked pointedly at Luffy, who just grinned at her, not promising anything.

Law is leant against the wall, watching his allies set off to the sea once again. Luffy came up to him to say his goodbyes, "I'll see ya around Tora-o!"

"See you Mugiwara-ya." Law smirked at Luffy, he sure was a troublesome guy to be allied with but he couldn't have carried out the events in Dressora without him. Law's eyes fell on Leila, who was getting emotional talking to Zoro.

"Ay, you idiot. Don't start crying?" Zoro smiled at Leila, cupping her face in his rough hands to wipe her tears away.

"Sorry, I can't help it" She cried softly as smiled. She held onto Zoro's shirt like a kid, if she pulled hard enough it looked like it would rip. It irked Law seeing them act so close, especially knowing he had left marks on her neck earlier that week. 'What if Zoro saw them? He would 100% come after me to kick my ass...maybe more than that...' Law thought to himself.

As Leila let go of the swordsman Franky ruffled her hair like a kid, making her chuckle. "You gotta stop being such a crybaby you know!"

"I know I know..." Leila nodded and wiped her eyes as she said her final goodbyes to the crew, watching them put their supplies onto the ship.