#(hope this is alright. I figured Faust would cause a lot of trouble to lure Ikkaku out sometime)

[ikkaku-of-heart]

@meowgiciann liked for a starter!

Ikkaku knew the mink was around here somewhere. There were clues all over the place. The stray black fur in her coffee. The empty bottle of cream when she knew it was full the night before. The dead rat she'd nearly stepped on when she'd gotten out of bed. The utterly ruined armchair in the rec room that Shachi had at first accused poor Bepo of ripping up, though thankfully he had a solid alibi, having been with Law the entire night. That was when Ikkaku had deduced the true culprit.

Faust had come calling, and if she knew that mischievous cretin, he was leaving those clues intentionally to lead her on a merry chase. Probably so he could talk to her away from her crew, since most of the guys weren't exactly thrilled with her "relationship" with Hawkins.

The trail had led her off the ship and onto the island the Tang had docked at. Looking around, the engineer spotted a tree with some fresh claw marks from being used as a scratching post. Marching over to the tree, she glared upwards, at last spying the black cat perched up on a tree branch.

"Alright, Faust," Ikkaku grumbled, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently. The cat mink was cute, but oh, he was testing her patience today. "You've had your fun, now state your business. You're lucky that I was able to convince Law to not hunt you down and use you as his guinea pig in his next experiment."