Face forward and march.

Shell was beginning to wonder why she bothered to follow this motto. Oh yeah, because it had saved her ass more than once in the past.

Ofcourse, those past times didn't include being bounced on by a seventeen-year-old girl, getting dragged out of bed at literally six in the morning, then forced to dress up all fancy so that she could look over vacation houses to spend her honeymoon in.

She just wanted to sleep in.

"Alright! Let's do this thing!" Lillianne cheered her on as Shell slothed over to the front door of their hotel room. Wasn't she forgetting something...? She glanced at herself in the mirror.

'Oh yeah...hair.' She trudged back over to the end table next to the bed and tugged the brush through her highlighted brown locks. Once she finished looking presentable, Shell was - again - shoved forward by Lily, and out of the door. Lily shooed her over to the elevator and stepped in beside her. Oh lovely, now they had to share the elevator with three overweight, smelly, perverted men who kept staring at Shell and Lily like choice cuts of meat when they passed the eleventh floor. She was glad when they finally reached the main floor. Shell gasped for breath as they stepped away from the elevators and quickly made their way over the marble floors. Her heels made a tic-tic-tic sound as she was - yet again - dragged across the lobby to the swirling doorways, now bustling with life at the ungodly hour of eight-o-clock.

Lily shoved Shelby out of the way as she nearly got hit by a car in her fatigued stupor. Stupid unexpected traffic...

They made their way down the street to the parking lot, and got into yet another elevator, and climbed their way up to the level that had the limousine they would be traversing in today.

'Day two of Hell Week. GOD DAMN. So much stress...' Shell relaxed against the plush leather and closed her eyes. She wondered how Doflamingo was doing. Probably still sleeping. Damn flamingo.

Lily broke her from her thoughts. "Ok, so the plan for today, is that we'll meet up with Nami and Robin, and they'll take us to the fancy-shmancy people who will help us find the right place for you and Bird-Brain. Don't forget-"


"-we still have to refit the tuxedos. The damn tailors didn't get either of our jacket sizes right, and they didn't make your pants long enough." Law explained as he walked beside Doflamingo.

"But why Ivankov? I bet he's gonna be a girl when we get there, and will give us girly advice!" Doflamingo pouted as Law sighed in frustration.

"We have to write your vows. He won't make your vows too girly, trust me. This is the only part of the wedding Lily is allowing you to put your opinions into, so why are you complaining? I know it's difficult not being allowed to see Shell, but you only have six days and nights to suffer through now. If I can survive without an attitude, so can you. Stop complaining." Law led them through a doorway into Shell and Lily's favorite cafe. He ordered two-strong-coffees-with-extra-creamer-but-no-whipped-cream-because-that's-not-manly-but-add-honey-to-his-because-Lily-gave-him-a-sweet-tooth. Makino rung them up and they sat down at one of the tables inside.

Doflamingo led his gaze out the window and sighed at the sign of it starting to rain. "Will it rain at our wedding...?" He thought out loud.

"Possibly," Law drawled and sipped at his coffee, "hopefully, yes. It's been said that rain at a wedding means fertility in a marriage. If you want a bunch of little blonde-haired babies running around, then I wish the rainiest of days for your wedding." He closed his eyes and sipped at his coffee again.

Doflamingo huffed and drank his coffee in silence. Up until a waitress passing by accidentally tripped and spilled hot tea all over him. "SON OF A FUCK-"


"-ING BITCH!" Shelby was taken aback by the comment, but kept her calm composure toward the girl before her. She was slightly younger than her, and obviously had no skills in fighting, she could tell, as she observed her thin frame, almost skeletal. The girl continued, "You think you can just take Doflamingo-sama's heart like that? Dream on, bitch! Doflamingo's MINE! Just cause some bitchy fangirl did some stupid voodoo chant to try and win him over, doesn't mean that he's yours! HE'LL NEVER BE YOURS! RAAA!" She shrieked and lunged forward, attempting to tackle Shell and pin her so she could claw her stupid face off.

Shell stood her ground.

And didn't flinch when the girl attached herself to her waist.

Shell had some finely-placed girth to her, and merely placed a hand on her hip and sighed, looking at the nails on her other hand. Lily giggled and watched the fangirl's friend gasp in surprise at the fact that she didn't take down the girl at first.

Shell chuckled darkly and grabbed both the wrists that had tried to reach for her face. She twisted them at such a speed and angle, that it broke the bones literally through the skin of both of the girl's forearms, then spun one her arms around so that they were crossed in front of her, with her back to Shell. Shell then kicked her back - hard - and she shot forward into her friend. Lily straight out laughed at the pain as the girl sobbed and screamed in pain.

"WHAT A FUCKIN' PSYCHO YOU ARE! WHAT'RE YOU LAUGHING AT, SHORT BITCH?" The friend shrieked.

Lillianne suddenly shutup, then started shivering. Then she exploded with laughter. Once she picked herself up off of the ground, she swiped the tears from her eyes, and glared at the two girls with an evil smile on her face.

"So~, is 'bitch' the only insult you know?" Her eyes widened into a crazed stare and she took a delicate step forward, looking like a ballet dancer getting ready to perform. Her arms raised and she truly looked delicate as her eyes went half-lidded, and her evil smile melted into a grin of amusement. She tilted her head back and took down her hair. "Captain~, do you mind if-"

"Go ahead." Shell scowled and crossed her arms, waiting for the slaughter she expected to amuse her and bring her back into good spirits.

Townsfolk scrambled away, as other took out devices and started recording the event. Shell leaned against a nearby telephone pole and watched with a bored expression.

Lily ran to the girl, swept behind her, and shoved her forward. Her hair twirled about her, making the air seem like it was on fire. Some people gasped as Lily twirled back around, getting in the girl's face, making it seem like she was already splattered with streams of blood. She placed her palm against the girl throat and shoved forward and down, slamming the back of her head against the ground. As Lily jumped back, the girl groaned and clutched the back of her head. She rolled over, starting to cry. Lily scoffed at the girl's pitiful show of power.

'Well, they should have known they were getting into a fight with an impossible opponent,' Shell thought, 'I even sent Lily forth, and she still beat them! And I'm three-times as strong as she is. Supid girls these days, thinking they could ever best a pirate captain, much less me.' She silently stepped past the girls that were quickly losing blood, and Lily followed her like a duckling would its mother.

Yes, she waddled and everything.

They walked into the building they were orginally going to enter - before they were interrupted - and sauntered over to the greeting counter.

"Why hello, Miss," the secretary working the desk clapped her hands together in practiced happiness, "Do you-"


"-have an appointment?" The tailor asked vigorously.

"Yes," Law glared, "Make it snappy, we have other places to be." The tailor scuttled away quickly, leaving the three men alone, back in the lobby of the suitor's. "Ivankov, do you have the list?"

Emporio, currently a male, pulled out a piece of paper with everything they were to take care of the rest of this week. "Would you like me to read it for our groom~?"

"Yes, please." Law turned to Doflamingo, "Pay attention."

Doflamingo took a seat and leaned back, waiting for Ivankov's list to begin - and end.

Ivankov cleared his throat with an 'Ahem' and began.

"Fit tuxedos, create vows, and sit tight. W-wait...is that really all?" Ivankov flipped the paper over several times before coming to terms with the list's length. "I suppose sweet little Lily-chan really is taking care of essentially everything!" He sighed and regained his smile before looking back at Doflamingo.

He looked quite surprised.

"What in the hell-"


"-happened to you?" Nami looked horrified at the girls who had spots of blood spattered on their new outfits. Robin chuckled and simply turned to lead the girl over to the - oh joy - elevators.

"Hey, guys, I gotta go, but here's a copy of the list in case you are wondering what I'm doing!" Lily shoved a piece of paper into Robin's hand and ran off.

She opened it, and read aloud, "Plan place and colors for wedding. Order cake. Order dress. Order tux's. Buy new limo. Find honeymoon place. Invite ppl to wedding, and bachel. parties. Buy wedding gifts. Order bridesmaids' dresses. Go to all fittings EXCEPT BOYS'. Order own dress. Plan music and hire DJ. Plan reception and afterparty. Find hotel for me n' Law. Buy airplane tickets to wherever Shell-sama is going for honeymoon... This is quite the list, though, it seems some of these things are already crossed out." Robin looked up to the shocked face of Nami and the slightly raised eyebrows upon the bored expression of Shelby. She smiled as the realtor came over to greet them.

"Hello, ladies, may I help you today~?" She placed her hands together and tilted her head to the side.

Nico smiled and replied, "Why, yes, we are here to find a nice place for the bride's honeymoon."

"Oh my! Who's the lucky lady~?" She swiveled her head side to side in faked excitement.

"Here." Shell replied boredly, glaring at the childish and unprofessional woman. The woman gulped as she looked at Shell. There wasn't a single person in this town who hadn't seen her bounty poster. She glared as the woman stuttered, gesturing for them to follow her.

"N-now, if you'll-"


"-follow me, sirs, I will be your waiter after you are seated." A fellow with a barbell moustache and suit with tie ushered Doflamingo and Ivankov into a room with a smoky atmosphere. They were seated at a table in the back, and were given menus.

"Emporio, why did Law ditch us?" Doflamingo questioned.

He smiled, "Because L-"

"HEY GUYS! Wow, I really didn't think you'd actually come here, but, hey! I'm not comlaining!" Lily skipped over and sat down with them. "Ok, so here's what's going on, Law is going over to Shell-sama, and I came here so we could work on more plans! Alright guys, here's what we're doing today: since I've already taken care of the invitations and fittings for the wedding, we're going to plan the bachelor party. Also, work on your vows. Does that sound ok?" Lily tilted her head innocently as the waiter came back, ready to take orders.

"I guess-"


"-that's fine." Nami squealed happily at the pace they had chosen and made their escape with a reluctant Shelby in tow. "Come on, Shell! It's late enough now for dinner! I want Olive Garden~!" She hopped into the back of the limo, followed by Shell and Robin.

Shell sighed as she thought, 'How did that take us seven hours? I didn't even get to know the place!' She tilted her head back and drowned out the idle chatter of Nami and Robin as she caught up a little on her sleep.

When they got to the restaurant, not even Robin and Nami foresaw Law waiting for them there. "I came in place of Lily. We are switching places for planning. It keeps us seperate, and not bored." He explained calmly. When they quickly came to terms with the arrangements, they made their way inside the building and were seated.

Law looked less than pleased and only ordered a glass of red wine.

And a glass of red wine.

And a glass of red wine.

And...another glass of red wine.

And...oh look! White wine!

And...red wine.

Shell could clearly see the stress etched on Law's features. She reached over the table and patted his shoulder lightly, showing she knew how he felt. She sighed and sat back, looking at the cieling digesting her dinner. Nami and Robin had already paid and left, leaving the two alone.

"Five more days and six nights, Law, and that's it!" Shell exclaimed. Law gave her a strained smile.

"Yeah," he replied, looking back to the window they sat beside, "five days...and six cold nights." He frowned and Shell mirrored him, folding her hands in her lap.

'Though, I don't know if I can make it that long...' Shell sighed as Law took another sip of his ninth glass of wine that night.