The Heart's Pain
Title: The Heart's Pain
Rating: T
Fandom: One Piece
Summary: Law had succumbed to the disease. Corazon had failed and became cold and dark. The Donquixote Pirates gain another member: Doflamingo's biological son whom he decides to name after Law. But this boy seems a bit odd for a boy his age. [Serious Version of Donquixote Law]
Warning(s): Character Death; Evil Voices
Corazon stayed kneeled in front of the grave for a while, his eyes glued to the name.
Trafalgar D. Water Law
He had failed. Law had died. Corazon had broken his promise, his promise that Law would be cured. He had been too late when he fed Law the Op-Op Fruit. The boy had died not long after the two of them had fled from Vergo.
The funeral had been small and was at Flevance. Doflamingo still thought of Law as family and wanted Law to be buried amongst at the place where the rest of his family was. They had each said a few words and Corazon was the last person.
After a few more minutes, Doflamingo put a hand to his brother's shoulder. "It's time to go, Corazon,"
'Everyone I care about dies,' Corazon thought, not hearing his brother. 'Mother died. Father died. Some of my friends in the Marines died during missions. And now…even Law died! A boy who has already gone through so much pain died!'
"Corazon," Doflamingo addressed. "Come on,"
Corazon finally heard his brother and stood up, his formerly sorrowful expression now gone. He was wearing a serious expression, his poker face he used when he was infiltrating his brother's crew. Corazon didn't respond to his brother and headed to the El Flamenco.
The others had noticed the chain in atmosphere. "What's wrong with Cora-san?" Baby 5 asked.
"Who cares about that traitor?" Jora told Baby 5. "He's just a prisoner. We only need to worry about keeping him alive for Young Master,"
XXX
The Donquixote Pirates were eating dinner. Corazon was pushing the food around on his plate, not really eating. "Corazon, stop playing around with your food and eat," Doflamingo ordered.
Corazon wasn't listening to that order. Baby 5 offered the klutz a cup of tea, obviously hot. Corazon picked up the tea. However, he didn't drink it. He fused his hand with Haki and crushed the teacup, the tea spilling onto his hands and the floor. He glared at Baby 5, the glare colder than the ones he had used before. Similar to how Law's glare affected her, Baby 5 ran to Buffalo for comfort.
"Corazon," Doflamingo warned.
"Don't worry about him, Doffy," Trebol laughed. "He's got a couple loose screws now!"
"It's not like he'd be able to hurt any of us!" Diamante added, poking at Corazon with his fork. "He's not strong enough and couldn't even save one person!"
The next thing was unexpected. Corazon grabbed Diamante's wrist and tossed him against the wall. "Mention that again and I'll kill you!" His voice was sharp and cold, a tone none of them have ever heard him use before. He left without saying anything else.
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'It's your fault that Law's dead,'
'Shut up!' Corazon shook his head, trying to get rid of that voice in his mind.
'If you hadn't removed Law from Doflamingo's side—'
"Shut up…" This time Corazon said that out loud.
'—Law would have gotten the Op-Op Fruit in time!'
"SHUT UP!" Corazon screamed, putting his hands to the side of his head. "SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Tears streamed down his already messed up makeup.
"Corazon, what's wrong!?" Doflamingo had went after his brother with a plate of food to make sure the younger Donquixote ate enough to at least stay alive. Doflamingo placed the plate down and put a hand to his brother's shoulder. "What's wrong?"
'You're the reason Law died!'
"It's not my fault!" Corazon cried.
'You even ruined the mission!'
"I wanted to find Law a cure!" Corazon yelled.
Doflamingo stared worriedly at his little brother. 'There's no one else in here besides the two of us. Who is he yelling at?' "Corazon, snap out of it. There's no one here,"
'You failed!'
"I thought I could get it to him in time!" Corazon continued to sob, his body shaking. "I thought I could save Law!" He didn't hear his sibling's words, only the dark voice in his head.
"Co—Rocinante!"
This time, Corazon heard him. He hadn't really been called that by anyone except the Marines, and he was at least sane enough to know that there were no Marines on the El Flamenco. He slowly stopped clutching the sides of his head and turned to his brother.
"Rocinante," Doflamingo brought his little brother into a hug. He now knew why his brother was a mess; he felt guilty from not being able to save Law. 'Corazon is a traitor, but Rocinante is still my baby brother,'
The Heart's Pain will be a serious version of Donquixote Law, focusing on Corazon and how he feels. Don't worry though, I'm still continuing Donquixote Law. This version is meant to be read if you need a short break from all that crack in the original version.