Birth of the youngest sniper!

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Taiga's POV!!
The giant warlord(?) started shooting some kind of explosive lasers at captain and Mr. red head, it looked like they were handling it pretty well. Dodging easily and slipping away however they couldn't attack him, it must have been the robot that destroyed my island, that's what the navy was doing! They were testing the thing on us!
"Grr! That's the thing that killed my friends! I remember now! Those prints on its shirt, that robotic voice, my friends' screams. I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!", I shout, jumping off of Jean Bart's shoulder and firing at the guys head, hitting his eyes and some of his mouth. The guy falters after spotting it was a kid as does captain and Mr. red head, the guy then starts firing like crazy, missing my family and captain by long shots. I pull out one of the explosives from the bag and toss it at the warlord, aiming for when it fired in my direction.
"TAIGA-YA!!", Law exclaims, probably worried about me but I was fine, not even a speck of shrapnel had hit me throughout this. The warlord seems to stop and pause in its attacks, the smoke around him clears up quickly but what catches my ear is the electrical sounds coming from the guy. I turn back to find the guys skin had been burned off from the blast around his face, exposing wires and metallic innards, but he was still looking at nowhere his eyes cracked like glass. Suddenly, he shoots off a few more lasers until a huge arm made of weapons hits him down into a heap on the ground.
"That was reckless!", Law starts, picking me up from the ground.
"But also really great, for a kid you did wonderful.", he finishes, patting my head in pride as Mr. red head looks awed.
"Some crew you got there Trafalgar, the kid did more damage than you.", Mr. red head praises, he must have been the huge weapon arm attack seeing as some metal still clung to his face.
"This was her first battle, I think she'll make a great addition to the crews efforts.", Law praises, setting me down on the plush ground as a bubble pops up from the ground. It suddenly pops out of nowhere and Mr. red head takes a protective stance as Law runs forward after setting some blue film around the now rather clear robot, slicing the now standing up robot in the heart before retreating back to us. It falls over, finally taken cared of as it bleeds somewhat.
"I c-can't b-believe t-the n-navy s-ent t-that t-thing a-fter m-my h-home...", I trail, walking up to its dead form. I shake and shiver in sadness, reliving some memories I had hoped wouldn't return but they flood in like a storm.
"THEY ARE GOING TO PAY!!!", I exclaim angrily, my tears blinding me as I denounced my new goal.
"It's alright Taiga, we've got you.", I hear Law say soothingly, I'm enveloped in a warm hug, fur and good will surrounds me. My tears don't stop, instead only grow even as I feel just one pair of arms around me.
"It's alright, you're not alone anymore.", Law whispers, sniffling slightly as I feel my own shoulder getting wet from his tears as we run to the sub. We rush into the sub and start it up, driving away as fast as we could so we didn't end up facing the admiral. Law heads to my room and sets me down on my bed, rubbing his eyes of tears as I did the same. Suddenly I spot a large man behind Law, he was huge, towering over Law who was already way taller than me.
"L-Law-San, w-who's th-that?", I ask, pointing to the man, he was stroking Law's back but Law didn't react at all.
"What Man? It's only us in your room Taiga-ya...", he answers, tears returning before they get wiped away again.
"He's b-behind y-ou, s-smiling a-nd r-rubbing y-your b-back.", I explain, the Man looks up and gives me a smile.
"He can't see me, only you can.", he says, his voice wasn't raspy but it was warm sounding.
"O-only m-me? H-how c-come?", I ask innocently, Law looks around a bit before dismissing it and hugging me.
"Take care of him for me okay? I can't always give him my messages so I want you to do that.", he says, smiling cheerily at me before lighting something on fire. I nod in understanding as Law sniffles some more, attempting to whisper something to me before getting up and taking me into his room. He sets me on his bed, it was plush with blankets and pillows of varying colors like mine, then walks over to his bookshelf near his desk. He searches for something on the shelf before bringing it to me and placing it in front of me.
"This is another incident however, I was in the midst of it.", he says simply, choking up some more as I spot three more transparent people standing in his room. I read through the newspaper file Law had brought out, it reminded me of my own home and family, whom of which I couldn't see anymore, even the fire and explosions.
"Th-this is j-just l-like m-me...", I whisper, saddened by the caption and story. It was of his home island burning and everyone dying due to the navy, it was exactly like mine own story except I didn't know why.
"Do you know why your island was destroyed?", Law asks softly, I shake my head, the lump in my throat keeping my voice from spilling out. He brings out another newspaper page and sets it on top of that one, this one was newer and less yellow. It read 'it sinks! Island terror erupts as navy attempt to deal with ungrateful islanders!'. A picture of my island with a large explosion was on the cover, the story was something about my island not wanting funding from the navy and rejecting the protection of a naval base despite us being a peaceful town that welcomed pirates and the like as they were in stalemate there.
"A-All th-that... j-just b-because w-we w-were h-happy...", I trail sadly, tears welling at the picture of the town mayor, my aunty who always remembered my birthday.
"A-Aunty...", I whisper softly, remembering all the presents I gave her and the pictures I drew of her.
"Your aunty was the mayor?", Law asks, his hand finding my small shoulder.
"Y-Yeah, she a-always m-made sure th-the t-town h-had a p-party on our b-birthdays.", I answer, sobbing somewhat since the last party had popped in my mind. Law pulls me into a hug again, whispering that we were the same in a way. The three people dressed in lab coats and normal wear wave softly, smiles plastered on their faces and tears in their eyes.
"Take care of him, he's our kid.", the two older ones whisper, they fade away softly leaving Law and me with the little girl.
"Watch him for me please! He's my big brother, now he's yours as well!", the girl says, she waves back enthusiastically before fading as well. I wave back even though they're gone, and smile through my tears, I'll tell Law about it later I'm sure he'll love knowing that his family had watched over him. Law picks me up and heads back to my room, setting me down on my bed as he wipes his tears and walks out, probably back to his room.
"My names Corazon, nice to meet you Taiga.", the big man says, he holds out a hand and I try to shake it, only for my hand to go through his!
"Y-you're a g-ghost t-too!", I exclaim somewhat loudly, he looks comparably less transparent than the last three.
"That's because Law is always thinking about me, it's his goal.", Corazon explains, sitting down on the floor so he could be my height.
"Now that he has someone who is just like him, he'll think less about his family and more about you. He'll want to protect you and basically switch the roles, you'll be him from long ago and he'll take my place as the protection and parent.", he explains quietly, taking a puff of his cigarette.
"B-but m-my island d-didn't h-have a p-plague.", I counter.
"That doesn't matter to Law, as long as you're the last person alive from your island, you two aren't the last ones nor the first but you'll meet someone along the way just like you guys.", he says, standing up and sitting next to me. He would have if he didn't slip on nothing and fallen on his back.
"H-hahahahahaha!!! C-clumsy!!", I roar, it was hilarious! Especially his pose, one leg up in the air and the other folded underneath him comedically.
"That always put a smile on his face.", he grumbles out, laughing brightly with me. I laugh so hard that I fall off my bed and next to him. We keep laughing even as Law rushes to my room.
"What happened?! Are you okay?!", he asks frantically, searching the room for me before finding me giggling on the ground.
"You fell off your bed?", he deadpans, lifting me up in his arms as I giggle.
"You okay? You didn't go crazy yet have you?", he asks, cracking a smirk at my giggling face.
"N-no! Heeheeheeheehee!!", I burst out, he had started tickling me. All over my sides and stomach, he kept it up until I couldn't breath.
"Dinner time Taiga.", Law says, dropping the ya in my nickname as he picked me up and headed to the dinning room table. I wheezed on his shoulder the entire way there, unable to catch my breath fully die to the assault.
"Uh captain, what happened? Why's Taiga-Chan breathing hard like that?", Penguin asks, having spotted me still wheezing on my chair.
"Nothing important, just a monster.", he says, poking my side again.
"S-stop it! N-no m-more!", I cry, a few giggles breaking out again.
"Oh, I get it.", Penguin says, sweat dropping at our antics before walking to his seat nearby. Dinner turns out to be chunks of steak with onions and mushrooms, smelled amazing and quickly devoured.
"Alright girly, time for a bath.", the familiar voice of Ikkaku says, picking me up from my chair and heading to the bathroom. My bath finishes quickly and I change into a pair of fuzzy bear pajamas with footsies and settle into my desk, starting to draw the red haired guy that had praised me back on sabaody. Twenty minutes later, Law comes in to check on me.
"What are you drawing?", he asks softly, answering his own question as he looks over my drawing.
"Eustass, huh?", he asks, confused over why I had drawn him.
"H-he p-praised me, j-just l-like y-you.", I answer softly, getting the detail on his hair.
"That's right, he did. But not as much as I have right?", Law asks teasingly, pulling up the hood on my onesie and obscuring my view somewhat.
"Hey! I c-can't see!", I exclaim jokingly, pulling it back.
"Heh, well you should go to sleep, it's pretty late you know.", he says, pulling my chair out and lifting me by my collar onto my bed before tucking me in and turning off the light.
"Night Taiga.", he calls, closing my door.
"N-Night L-Law.", I call back, settling into my bed before sleep over takes me...

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