The Reason to Fight
Summary: When Shell meets back up with her former captain, things go way downhill. Takes place a little time after 'More'.
Anime/manga: One Piece
Category: hurt/comfort/romance
Pairings: very, very slight KiddxShell (if you squint hard enough), but mostly DoflaxShell
Chapter 1
"I keep telling you, yer too overprotective!"
"So what? She's our daughter! Law might do something to her!"
Shell sighed and grumbled to herself as she tried to convince the blonde to leave Lillianne and Law alone. How many times would it take to get it through the thick skull of his?
"I told you this before Doflamingo. Law wouldn't do anything to harm Lillianne." Shell sighed heavily, crossing her arms over her chest. "Alright, let's go look for her. We'll split up and meet up back at the mansion when we find both or one of them."
He smiled and hugged his lover tightly, nearly snapping her spine in half. "Yer so smart Shell-bell!" He did not notice that she was kicking her legs and struggling in his iron grip as he continued to hug her. "Okay!" he kissed her nose and then set her down and ran off into the woods, shouting Lillianne's name.
The woman sighed heavily and rubbed the back of her neck. "He'll never learn….." she mumbled and then headed into the town known as Trufflestown. She walked into the nearest bar and to the bartender. "Excuse me…."
"Well hello there! How can I help you miss?" the bartender asks cheerfully.
"I'm looking for a girl, short, redhead, probably with a tall male wearing a fuzzy hat and a yellow hoodie." Shell described the missing persons.
"Oh yeah, I've seen plenty of them!"
Shell perked up. "Really, where?!"
"No, I meant I've seen plenty of people who fit those descriptions. What eye color does the redhead have?"
"Blue."
"What shade of blue?"
The woman growled. This bartender was starting to piss her off. "The same shade that Doflamingo has!"
"I don't know what shade of blue he has."
Shell suddenly let out a scream of frustration and punched the bartender across the face. He fell to the ground and she stomped out, cursing and grumbling underneath her breath. "I'm never gonna find them in this place! I hope Doflamingo's having better luck than me."
"Well well well, what do we have here?"
Shell recognized that voice all too well. Her greyish-green eyes narrowed and she whirled around to find the dark red eyes of Captain Eustass Kidd in front of her with a smirk on his face. "Fuck off Kidd! I am not in the mood!" she tried to walk past him, but his hand shot out and grabbed her arm in an iron grip.
"Why not Shell-bell?"
She screamed out in anger and punched him square in the face. Kidd immediately let go and recoiled back from her sudden attack. "You are NEVER allowed to call me that! EVER!"
He ignored the throbbing in his face and smirked at her. "Really? You had no arguments about it when you were beneath me."
Shell gritted her teeth and shuddered when the memory of losing her virginity came back to her. She had been only 17 when that happened and she regretted it greatly. She tossed the memory back into the back of her mind and glared at Kidd. "That was 13 years ago Kidd. I've found someone so much better than you and unlike you…he actually cares about me. You only wanted to fuck me!"
Kidd scoffed, glaring daggers at her. "Watch your silver tongue Shelby, or it might end up slitting your throat."
She glared back just as much. "I'd like to see you try."
"Whatever. When you get tired of Doflamingo, don't come crying back to me. Now, I've got to go. I've got some weeds to kill." And that's when he left, leaving a baffled Shell.
"DOES GOD FUCKING HATE ME OR SOMETHING?!"
"SHELL-BELL!" a voice screamed out and Shell yelped as she found herself on the ground with a face buried in her chest and arms wrapped around her waist tightly. "OH, HOW I MISSED YOU MY ANGEL! I'VE BEEN GETTING WEIRD VIBES ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!"
"Yeah….I came across Kidd." She grumbled, her voice dripping with venom with she said the pirate's name.
Doflamingo lifted his face from her chest. "No WONDER I've been wanting to kill him for the past two minutes!" he finally released her and helped her stand. "Where'd the fuck-head go?"
"I think he went back to his ship. He said something about killing weeds."
"What do weeds have to do with his ship?"
"Don't ask me, that's what he said." Shell replied and suddenly, she heard a very faint scream come from the woods. "Hmm?" she looked at the woods and suddenly, her gut tightened. "Wait…"
The blonde saw many different expressions cross his lover's face and then her eyes widened. "Oh shit! Lillianne!" and she bolted for the woods. "C'mon! Lily's in trouble!"
"Hey, wait!" the tall man ran after her.
They both heard a louder scream and yelling. "Lillianne! We're coming!" Shell shouted and finally, they came across a log cabin and rushed inside. "Lil-!" she froze at the scene.
Pieces of the pirate Killer were all over the room and Law was sitting against the wall, shaking, bruised, beaten and panting, covered in blood also. "Law!" she rushed over. "Law, what happened?!"
The younger man lifted his bloodied and bruised face to meet hers. "K-Kidd…." He coughed, blood dribbling down his lip.
Shell's breath hitched and that's when she realized something.
"Now, I've got to go. I've got some weeds to kill." Was what Kidd had said.
"Oh-no…" she felt tears sting the corners of her eyes and shook her head. "Fuck! That fucking bastard! He took her!"
"Y…you have to g-get Lily…" Law shakily raised a hand to place it on the woman's shoulder. "P….please…..s..save her…." Was all he said before passing out.
"Get Law back to the mansion now." Shell said, her voice hard and cold. "He needs immediate medical attention."
"What about you?" the blonde knelt down to pick up Law.
She looked up at him and smiled a little. "I'm going to get our daughter back."
"Oh Shell….." he murmured and then grabbed the back of her head, crushing their lips together. She returned the short, but deep kiss and than he pulled away. "Have fun killing your ex and be careful."
"Always." She grinned and then ran off. Hold on Lillianne! I'm coming! She thought.
…..
When Shell arrived at Kidd's ship, she heard a scream and a course of laughter. She growled lowly in her throat and easily jumped onto the ship, following the source of the scream. As she went under the deck, she heard voices.
"…sure as HELL she's gonna come here! Just by how easy it'll be to control Shell now is so ravaging! Especially with her!"
Shell snarled and swung open the door, hearing it hit the wall behind with a very loud bang. The people in the room looked at her and all saw the VERY dark aura surrounding her. "What….did you say….?"
"Mommy!" Lillianne cried, her small body also bruised and bloodied.
The room went deathly silent until Kidd spoke. "I knew you would come Shell." He grabbed a handful of Lillianne's red hair and yanked her head back painfully and licked her neck, seeing the older woman's expression become darker. "Come for her?" he released Lillianne's hair and instead grabbed her throat, lifting her up.
Lillianne gagged, trying as hard as she could to get air. Shell snarled. "Put her down! NOW!"
Kidd smirked. "Okay." And to Shell's complete horror, he slammed Lillianne through the floor, effectively and immediately she went limp. "What? I thought you wanted me to put her down. I think 6 feet under would work just fine."
Shell's expression grew darker and darker as Kidd's crew surrounded her. "Get THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!" she brought out her sword and quickly killed the crewmates. "KIDD!"
"Yes Shell-bell?" he asked and then disarmed her easily with his Devil Fruit ability. She lunged at him, but he backhanded her across the face hard and she collided with the wall, falling onto her side. "You're getting weaker and weaker with age Shell."
"Shut up!" she shrieked and lunged at him again.
"You should know to not try the same trick on me twice." He raised his hand again and instead, she dodged the slap and punched him hard in the face, sending him flying backwards and through the ship and onto the island. "Shit…"
Shell stood on the broken boards, snarling. "You're gonna pay Kidd."
He stood up, smirking evilly. "Pay for what? I thought that's what you wanted. I got rid of your pest."
Shell suddenly realized what he meant and she quickly turned back into the ship and knelt down, picking up Lillianne's body. "Lillianne!" she shook the younger girl. "Wake up! Lillianne, WAKE UP!" she cried, tears spilling down her cheeks. But the young girl did not move or open her eyes. "Lillianne….." she sobbed and held the girl close to her until she heard Kidd's maniacal laughter.
Rage boiled within her and she dropped Lillianne's body and let out a scream of pure, raw rage and tackled Kidd to the ground, punching him across the face. He growled, trying to prevent her fists from hitting him and tried to flip her over.
But she only clawed at his face and Kidd snarled, grabbing her neck and throwing her off. She collided with the ground roughly, but lunged right back at him again. This time, his boot came down on her head and slammed her onto the ground. "I thought I told you not to try the same tricks on me over and over again Shell."
She glared intensely up at him. "Go to hell you fucking bastard."
He raised his boot from his head and slammed it down on her back. She yelled out in pain, digging her fingernails into the grass. He flipped her over and then slammed his boot down on her stomach, where blood came flying out of her mouth. Kidd chuckled and grabbed the front of her bloodied shirt, lifting her up. "Just say the words Shell. Say the words and I'll leave you alone forever."
His answer: she spat in his face. "I'd rather die you fucking, heartless bastard."
He wiped the spit from his face and snarled before throwing her at a tree. Her head collided with the trunk and the last thing she saw before blacking out was Kidd walking towards her.
…
As she came to, Shell felt that her wrists were tied together and tied above her head. A cloth was tied around her mouth, a gag. Her head was pounding like hell and she opened her hazel eyes, finding herself in the log cabin. It smelled horrible and she cringed at the smell.
"Well, looks like you finally woke up." She glanced up and saw Kidd, glaring weakly at him. "Well, let's just say….this is the end for you." He brought out a dagger and kneeled in front of her. "If I can't have you, then nobody can." And he plunged the dagger into her thigh.
She let out a scream of pain that was muffled by the gag around her mouth. Kidd removed the gag and smirked as he twisted the blade in her thigh. "I want to hear your screams as I kill you."
"F…fuck you!" She screamed out when he roughly twisted the blade and yanked it out.
"Nope, we already played that game, remember? And you lost. Goodbye Shell, we had a good run." And then he plunged the dagger deep into her chest. Her scream was louder than the last one and she felt blood begin to trickle down her mouth.
Kidd laughed, but then his laugh was cut short when the cabin door swung open and a voice angrily spoke. "Get the fuck away from her."
Kidd let go of the dagger that was still protruding from Shell's chest and looked up into the angry lenses of Doflamingo. He flicked his fingers and Kidd found himself slitting his own throat with his sword. He gasped as blood ran down his torso and Doflamingo grinned evilly as the crimson-haired man fell dead to the wooden floor.
The blonde quickly rushed over and untied her wrists carefully, catching her body in his arms. "Shell, this is going to hurt." He warned and gripped the handle of the dagger and with one swift move, pulled it out.
Blood came flying out of her mouth and he quickly pressed a hand to the wound, trying to contain the blood while it seeped through his fingers. She gasped, her breathing ragged and uneven. "I f-failed everyone…" she coughed, tears trickling down her cheeks. "L…Lillianne….L-Law…..y..you…."
"Don't you dare say that angel. None of this is your fault. I love you too much for you to die. Don't go….."
She smiled sadly, feeling her heart begin to slow. "I'm….s-sorry….." her eyes began to close and she saw the faces of Lillianne and her family. "I'm….coming to meet you….."
The last thing she heard was Doflamingo's plea as she took her last breath and faded into darkness.
