Chapter 2
Sanji
He held his breath, watching from the shadows as two guards walked side by side through the long corridor. If he was caught now, he'd be sent back to his room. It's dangerous at night. Your kind should stay in their rooms. Don't make us report you to your father. He rolled his eyes at the things he'd been told on multiple other occasions.
Slowly the guards passed and he sprinted to the second door along the wall, opening it swiftly but quietly. Snoring soldiers littered the floor but his eyes drifted past them, there was only one person he'd come to see. Biting his lip he started to tiptoe past the sleeping figures, toward the furthest wall, where he knew Zoro slept.
Luckily nobody was woken by his presence and he soon found himself standing next to the sleeping figure of Zoro. He dropped to his knees, leaning over the larger man without actually touching him. His stomach flipped in anticipation and he leaned down further to lick up Zoro's neck. It was hard to hold back his moan as the taste of the familiar alpha filled his mouth.
"Mm." Zoro mumbled tiredly. He looked around quickly to make sure nobody had woken up before pressing his lips against Zoro's roughly. Zoro's eyes snapped open and then he was pushed away by strong hands. "Ow." He whispered angrily, wanting to pull away from Zoro but also worried about waking up any of the soldiers around them.
Zoro's eyes flickered with annoyance and then he was being dragged out of the room. "You can be killed for handling a prince like that." He muttered once they were out of the room and in the hallway. "You know better than to be in the knight's chambers. We will both be killed if your father or brothers were to see us." Zoro whispered back, looking around anxiously.
"Don't tell me you've forgotten my father and brothers rode for Goa five days ago." He crossed his arms, he knew Zoro had some memory problems but this was ridiculous. Zoro rolled his eyes, "I remember but that does not mean we are not being watched, should someone see us it could easily be reported upon their return."
He bit his lip, knowing Zoro was right. He'd only wanted to see the man for a few minutes; he'd been having lustful thoughts all day, a sign that his heat was drawing near. "You should listen to him little brother; luckily it was I who stayed behind and not Ichiji." A voice spoke from behind him and he turned to look at Reiju in annoyance, had she followed him here?
"Princess Reiju." Zoro bowed quickly, causing his annoyance to rise. "I never get a bow." He complained. Instead of answering Zoro just let out a sigh and straightened out, all while avoiding eye contact with his sister. He looked at his sister's eyes that were cold and disapproving. "I will not tolerate this behavior, even with father gone." Reiju's eyes were on Zoro who was still staring down at the ground; it was as submissive as Zoro could force himself to be.
"Behavior? It's only some fun, we're not hurting anybody. I'll go back to being the obedient omega when father returns." He laughed out, trying to ease the tension. He knew his sister didn't like him playing around with Zoro but it wasn't as if he planned on mating with the alpha, it was just easier for him to have someone to mess around with, at least until he was married off. It really wasn't hurting anybody, as long as she kept them a secret like she seemed to be doing since catching them a few months ago.
"Just because I keep your frolicking to myself, does not mean I condone this," His sister paused, and then gestured towards both him and Zoro, "I won't take blame for any unwanted occurrences." She finished. Heat immediately filled his cheeks; he knew exactly what his sister was trying to say. She was worried that he'd end up pregnant.
It was never going to happen; he and Zoro hadn't even had sex, unless a few hand and blow jobs counted. But that was beyond the point, Zoro wouldn't even consider having sex with him, he knew because he'd begged the alpha multiple times to take him to no avail. It took months to even get Zoro to finger him; he had started to think the alpha had some sort of immunity to him. Perhaps it was just the fear of his father that kept Zoro at bay.
He was about to say that when Zoro spoke up first, "I can assure yo-." Zoro started only to be cut off by Reiju. "You can't assure me anything, not when you willingly allow my brother's advances. Don't feel so confident that you think you can address me. Know your place." Reiju growled, the scent of alpha filling the air around him.
He automatically cowered, only barely holding back a whimper. The scent of an angry alpha did not bring pleasant memories for him. The pain of being beaten, cut, even bitten started to cloud his mind, all because of his sister's smell and he held his breath hoping it'd help. It wasn't as if his sister had done anything, no, she hadn't but the same couldn't be said about his brothers.
He was trying to suppress the memories of his brothers, growing upset when he wasn't succeeding. Luckily Zoro took a step closer to him, causing him to calm down before he started to panic. This was one of the reasons he enjoyed Zoro's presence, it was strangely comforting, he found himself leaning back against Zoro's wide chest.
"You're dismissed, soldier. As are you Sanji." Reiju snapped, not liking his closeness with Zoro. He nodded and watched as his sister started to walk away from them. He took the opportunity of her turned back to whirl around quickly and whisper into Zoro's ear, "Meet me at the cove, noon, tomorrow." He licked the ear quickly before jumping away from Zoro just as his sister yelled. "Sanji!"
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Zoro
He glanced around, making sure he wasn't being followed before sneaking off into the thickness of trees. Luckily he wasn't on duty to train the younger soldiers today and his absence would have a higher chance of going unnoticed. He questioned himself multiple times why he went along with the prince's whims and always came up empty. He simply wanted to be around the younger omega.
He was lost in thoughts, pushing through the shrubbery towards the familiar jagged rocks that led to his and Sanji's secret little cove when he tripped, falling face first to the ground. "What the fuck." He grumbled, not remembering a root sticking out of the ground, he'd walked this path many times.
As he stared at the strange looking root, he noticed the different shades of green and the way it glinted when small beams of sunlight hit it. This was no root. "Damn it Hypnos! Go sleep somewhere else! I nearly broke my ankles tripping over your tail!" He yelled into the forest. The tail twitched at his words, and the ground shook as Hypnos stood. It was easier now to make out his dragon, he found it amazing how well his dragon blended into the forest, even with his size.
He waited, barely managing to jump over the end of Hypnos tail as the dragon turned around in a circle to look at him. A few trees quaked in protest and bent out of shape, even falling as his dragon turned. "Stop destroying the forest you brute." He snapped, only causing Hypnos to huff breath into his face. "Uh." He muttered in disgust and started to walk down the now free path.
Hypnos followed him, making grunts of protest as trees blocked his way. "Just go away, I'm only going to meet with Sanji." He muttered, causing Hypnos to speed up in excitement. Shit, now his dragon definitely wouldn't leave him alone, his dragon wasn't fond of Sanji but he was fond of what came with Sanji.
It wasn't long before they reached the end of the trees and were met with a steep rocky cliff, leading straight down to the ocean. He removed his shirt, dropping it next to Sanji's clothes that had been discarded messily among the rocks. His heart quickened at the thought of Sanji already down below, almost naked. He removed the rest of his clothes, only leaving on enough to keep him from being completely naked.
Slowly he started to slide down the steep cliff, wanting to get as close as possible to the edge of the cliff before jumping into the water below. Hypnos followed him, causing rocks to shoot outward and hit his side. He winced in pain, knowing he'd have bruises but kept sliding down with his dragon next to him.
About halfway down Hypnos snorted in annoyance. "This would be so much easier if you would just fly us down there." He grumbled. Hypnos turned to look at him and then snorted again, causing the rocks underneath him to shift. He watched in amusement as his dragon slid forward, flapping his wings, and then slipped off the edge of the cliff.
He scooted forward, not able to contain his laugh as he looked down into the cove at his dragon whose head was barely above the water. Huge waves were being made from his dragon's fall and he smirked with a knowing smile as the water around his dragon rippled. A smaller blue dragon's head popped out from beside his own. "Hello, Ceto." He called down to Sanji's smaller dragon.
Ceto ignored him and instead started to crawl onto Hypnos back playfully, a low purr coming from her throat. Hypnos let out an even deeper purr that was cut off as Ceto pushed his dragon underneath the water. He felt a pinch of worry, he always felt like Ceto pushed his dragon to the limits when it came to water. Ceto was a water dragon while Hypnos, was not.
Pushing away his worry he looked out into the distance, noticing a blonde head bobbing further out in the ocean. "Hey dumbass, how'd you end up out there?" He called. "Control your dragon bastard!" Sanji called back and he burst into laughter at the thought of the waves dragging Sanji out of the small cave below him.
The splashing of water to his side caused him to turn his head; Hypnos was dragging himself out of the water further down away from the rocky cliff. Ceto was following Hypnos, jumping around the bigger dragon playfully, it was strange to see such a big creature move so fluidly. Hypnos certainly couldn't move like Ceto. It still baffled him how Sanji's dragon had grown so close to his.
He looked back at Sanji who was steadily growing closer and then jumped off the cliff into the water below. The cold water took his breath away for a few moments, he'd never been much of a swimmer but there was a small pocket of sand inside the cave and his swam towards it eagerly.
He pulled himself up onto the rocks and then walked over to the warm sand. A small opening at the top of the cave let in sunlight, just enough to warm the sand and light the cave enough to see. It was annoying having to feel soaked and dry off in this patch of sunlight every time he came to meet Sanji but this place was the safest to be. He'd much rather feel a little uncomfortable then be caught by somebody worse than Sanji's sister.
He waited patiently for Sanji to swim into the cave and admired Sanji as he pulled himself out of the water. Sanji was beautiful, even littered in scars. Sanji was covered in thin scars, some shaped as bites, others straight as if he'd been cut. He knew it was from the abuse of the brothers and if he could, he'd happily kill all three of Sanji's brothers.
As Sanji turned to look at him, he bowed, "Prince Sanji." He greeted, making sure to keep his face straight and serious. He glanced up, smirking at the sight of Sanji rolling his eyes. "You idiot." Sanji chuckled and walked over to push him over into the soft sand. His lips were immediately covered in needy kisses and he put restraining hands on Sanji's hips, he had to keep his alpha in check especially when the blonde decided to straddle him like he was doing now.
Sanji's lips trailed down from his lips onto his chin, and then onto his neck. He held his breath as Sanji sucked on his scent glands greedily. The alpha inside of him wanted to claim Sanji but he kept control, he'd never claim Sanji, no matter how tempting it might seem. He did enjoy his time with the blonde though.
Sanji moaned, nipping gently at his neck and he tightened his hands in warning, Sanji was not allowed to bite him. Sanji seemed to understand and instead opted for pressing himself down, rubbing their naked chest together. He bit his lip, enjoying the feeling of Sanji's hardening nipples against his skin. It was nice that Sanji was so eager to touch him but it wasn't exactly normal. Sanji had grown clingier as the days passed.
He had an idea of what was going on and he slid one hand past Sanji's wet underwear, to press two fingers against the entrance of the omega. Sanji shivered and pushed himself back on the fingers. Mine. His alpha demanded and he quickly pulled his fingers away. Sanji was certainly not his, he'd never be.
He brought his hand out to examine his fingers, a small amount of slick covered the tips of his fingers and he brought them to his mouth. Sanji's taste exploded on his tongue and he groaned in appreciation. "Is your heat close?" He asked after sucking the slick off his fingers, it wasn't impossible for omegas to produce slick without being in heat, but it wasn't as easy. It took more stimulation and he doubted Sanji would be producing slick by just rubbing against him on just a normal day.
"About a week away," Sanji purred into his ear, pressing himself closer, "Are you going to knot me this time?" Sanji reached up to bite his lip and he kissed the blonde roughly before pulling away. "That is not an option; we can't risk you getting pregnant." He grumbled against Sanji's lips. "I'm tired of waiting." Sanji whined, rubbing himself against his cheek. He'd have to wash himself before going back to the castle.
"A prince will come for you eventually." He snapped with a little more bite than he had intended to. Sanji stilled above him, "Don't ruin the mood." Sanji hissed and then they were kissing again. He didn't kiss back at first, his mind filled with thoughts of Sanji with another alpha but there was no point in dwelling, they'd known how this would end since the beginning. They were never going to be able to truly be mates, this was only for fun. Pushing the thought away, he kissed back.
A loud whistle caught them both off guard and Sanji yanked away from their kiss. To his surprise instead of a person catching them it was Hypnos, his dragon was looking down at them from the top of the cave. "Your dragon is a pervert." Sanji sighed and then started laughing; he couldn't help but laugh as well. "Go away Hypnos." He scolded, while laughing.
Ceto suddenly appeared in the water below the cave entrance and he watched in amusement as Ceto sprayed a long stream of water up into Hypnos face. His dragon's eyes hardened. "Wait, no!" He yelled but it was too late, Hypnos jumped from the top of the cave right on top of Ceto.
A huge wave crashed over both him and Sanji and he held tightly on to Sanji as they were slammed against the cave wall. By the time the water receded, he was gulping for air, Sanji doing the same in his arms. "Can we never get a few minutes of alone time." Sanji coughed out in his lap. This happened almost every time their dragons were around, which was ninety percent of the time.
Another wave crashed against them, just below their necks and he glared at the two wrestling dragons. Sanji sighed loudly, standing, and he followed suit. They were not going to get anywhere with these two playing in front of the cave. "They've both gotten so close." Sanji spoke softly, and he snorted.
"Hypnos treats Ceto better than me." He swore, watching the two dragons. Sanji laughed and another wave of water splashed against their legs. "I've never seen such a pretty green, are you sure you don't remember where Hypnos came from?" Sanji asked.
"You know I don't remember anything from before your father found me. Hypnos must have been with me before I lost my memory; I remember waking up beside him in incredible pain from the cut on my chest." He sighed, trying to force himself to remember his past, only causing his head to throb in protest. What had he been doing before all of this?
A new bigger wave crashed against them, causing Sanji to fall forward into him. "Can you shits go play somewhere else." He yelled at the two dragons. Ceto's head snapped in his direction and a strong squirt of water hit him in the face, he fell back hitting the wall roughly. He wiped his face angrily, just catching Hypnos splash water at Sanji.
Ceto growled at this, slapping the top of Hypnos head with her tail. He rolled his eyes as Hypnos lowered his head, placing it under Ceto's head. What a suck up. Ceto spun around, jumping over Hypnos and disappearing into the water. Hypnos followed, swimming away ungracefully. He sighed and turned back to Sanji who was still wiping water from his face.
"What were we talking about?" He asked. Sanji shook his wet hair and walked closer to him, pressing against him seductively now that the dragons were gone. "About your memory loss." Sanji whispered and he groaned, pulling the blonde up into a kiss.
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Sanji
He let his mind drift to the previous day as he stared out his window, he wished he could spend every day at the cove but his absence would be noticed if he went too much. He only managed to sneak to the place every month or two.
As the sun lifted higher in sky he noticed his sister come into view, she walked over to the cliff that was directly in front of his window and looked out at the flying dragons. Many who were dipping in and out of the water, they were all wild but accustomed to people enough to not attack. He watched as his sister rubbed her hands underneath her eyes and he wondered if she was crying.
Deciding he'd try to talk to her again before their father arrived home tomorrow he set off out of his room. As he walked out of the castle he saw Zoro training a few soldiers in front of the castle. "Got something there, on your neck." He called to Zoro who immediately brought his hand up to cover the hickey on his neck and turn to glare at him. The recruits tilted their heads in confusion at the conversation.
He bit his lip as he remembered the taste of alpha in his mouth and Zoro scowled at him before turning back to the recruits. He held back a giggle and continued his walk toward his sister.
The walk was short and his sister didn't acknowledge him as he stood beside her. Reiju only stared out into the water, her face unreadable as dragons slid through the water below them. "Do you ever miss him?" He asked, guessing what his sister must be thinking about.
"His name was Hesperus." Reiju rasped, her voice wavering. "Do you ever miss Hesperus?" He corrected himself. Reiju closed her eyes and then shook her head. "It was necessary." She whispered. "Do you truly believe that?" He questioned, making sure the anger he was feeling didn't show in his voice. His sister's dragon had been killed by their father when it was only a baby, all because it was smaller than other dragons. He was sure Ceto would have been killed too if she had come to him as baby, luckily she'd been almost fully grown, and able to protect herself when she'd come into his life.
"I do wonder what he would have looked like today." Reiju murmured a small smile on her face. "I'm sure just as beautiful as Ceto." He responded and his sister froze, her smile fading. "No," She started, letting out a sigh, "He would have been smaller, father did Hesperus justice by killing him." Reiju spoke confidently, but pain crossed her face.
"Justice, huh? Just like our mother." He bitterly snapped, his father did not know the word justice. How could Reiju seriously believe their fathers evil reasoning, he killed Hesperus simply because he was jealous, surely his sister could see that. Hesperus was small but he would have grown given time. The same went with their mother; she was disposed after having him, deemed not useful after having had an omega instead of another alpha. His father only wanted alpha children and he was surprised he hadn't been killed along with their mother.
"Our mother died because of you." Reiju snapped. Is that what she thought? That he killed their mother? It was not his fault he was born, he certainly wished he hadn't been. Turning away he started to walk back to the castle, not able to control the hurt he felt. His whole family saw him as a disgrace, as filth, even his sister who he wanted to believe was on his side.
"Sanji, I already warned you to not be sneaking off with that alpha." Reiju called back to him. He clenched his fist, choosing to just keep walking.
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Law
He leaned against the railing of the ship, taking in deep breaths of the sea air. His body ached, terribly. His head was pounding, and though he hadn't slept since arriving on the ship, he didn't think he could sleep even if he wanted to. My omega. The alpha inside of him kept repeating. He wanted to go back to Luffy, it physically hurt to be away from the omega but he was on a ship in the middle of the ocean, on his way to meet his bride.
"Shit." He growled, slamming his fist on the railing. A concerned chirp caused him to look up at Athena who was flying suspiciously close. He knew she wanted to touch him, show him something. "Not now." He groaned, not wanting to see the images of Luffy that he knew she'd show him.
He turned away the railing, sinking down in exhaustion.
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Sanji
The sound of people talking and knocking on his door caused him to wake up. He sat up, "Come in." He called and to his surprise Zoro opened the door. "Since when do you knock on the door?" He asked, smirking. Zoro's face was expressionless and he let his smirk drop. What was going on?
"You need to get dressed and come down to the throne room." Zoro replied, monotonously. He opened his mouth to respond but Zoro turned quickly and slammed the door shut. What was his problem?
He dressed as fast as possible, and then headed down the hall to the throne room. He could hear his father's voice perhaps that was what had Zoro on edge? As he entered the room he caught a glimpse of Zoro, who instead of looking at him like he normally would was staring down at the floor.
He moved his gaze away from Zoro to his father who was standing next to a tall blonde man and a handsome darker skinned alpha. It wasn't hard to tell by the way both males held themselves that they were royalty, even if the younger of the two was looking more than a little exhausted.
"Sanji, come." His father beckoned and he swallowed the forming knot in his throat. He had a feeling about what was happening and he looked at Zoro once more before walking across the floor to his father. Once he was next to his father, the man whispered into his ear, "Finally, you're useful."
"Everyone meet the future King and Queen of the Flevance country." His father announced louder. People started to clap and he looked up at Zoro whose hands were clenched into tight fist. "Where are my quarters?" A smooth voice asked. He looked up at the younger alpha who was to be his husband. The alpha wasn't even giving him a second glance.
"Show the prince to his room." His father commanded two servants and the alpha blinked before talking again, "We leave in a day." The alpha spoke to him this time and then left to his room. Great, it looks like he was going to be stuck with an asshole of an alpha. "Don't screw this up." His father growled into his ear and then he was alone, everyone dispersing to their duties.
He rushed toward the hall Zoro disappeared into, just barely catching the older man. "Cove, tonight." He ordered, his stomach twisting at the way Zoro's lips turned down into a frown.
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He packed his clothes slowly, making sure to enjoy the view of the sun setting from his window one last time. The smell of alpha at his door chased away the peace he got from watching the sunset.
"How sweet, our little brother finally has an alpha cock to knot him." Ichiji chuckled, causing him to tense. "A big shot prince at that bet he can't wait to feel that royal sperm fill him." Niji chimed in and he tilted his head to show submission, hoping his brothers would decide to leave. "I wouldn't be so sure, our precious little brother seems to prefer the scent of lower class." Yonji chuckled out.
He frowned; the one good thing about this marriage was that he'd be able to get away from this. His brothers always felt the need to put him down. "Awe, no need to look so crestfallen princess, we've come to give you a few more scars to remember us by." Ichiji spoke up again and he kicked out his feet taking off running for the window.
If he could get to the window he could call for Ceto, she'd protect him. The sound of the door slamming was all he heard before two strong hands were slamming him down into the floor. "Remove his clothes." Ichiji ordered. He whimpered in fear, as his other two brothers made quick work of removing what he was wearing. Leaving him naked, ashamed, and vulnerable.
"Please." He whispered, cowering under the scent of his alpha brothers. He didn't even need to be held down anymore, he couldn't run even if he wanted too. "Shh, just be a good little omega and obey the alphas." Niji laughed, and he whimpered when one of his brothers tongues licked up his back, only to bite down aggressively just underneath his shoulder blade.
He closed his eyes, knowing all he could do was wait for his brothers to finish hurting him.
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Zoro
He pulled himself up out of the water and onto the sand, looking down at Sanji who was sitting curled up in a ball, his clothes soaking wet. He'd never seen Sanji wear his clothes in here and he noticed how Sanji's eyes were closed tightly and he was shivering. He must be freezing in those wet clothes.
Swallowing his worry he sat down next to the omega, frowning when Sanji opened his eyes and reached for him. "We can't do this; we knew this day was coming." He frowned, leaning away from Sanji whose eyes filled with hurt. "This doesn't mean we have to stop." Sanji whispered, scooting closer to him.
"God dammit, Sanji, yes it does!" He shouted, causing Sanji to flinch. "You are to be mated; you're going to move to a different country." He spoke calmer, trying to ignore the urge to push Sanji down and mate him now before another alpha got the chance too. "You're coming with me." Sanji spoke up, eyes looking at the sand.
"No." He shook his head in denial. "It's not up for discussion, it's already been approved." Sanji ordered, his voice laced with guilt. "You can't do this to me," He cried, "You don't get to decide my life! Did it ever occur to you that I might want a mate? I don't want to be drug around by you like some puppet." His voice wavered as he spoke, he felt more betrayed than angry. How could Sanji force him to do this? He didn't want to watch Sanji marry and fall pregnant to another alpha. He wouldn't be able to handle it.
"Shut up!" Sanji yelled and then whimpered in pain, falling forward to lean against him. He blinked in surprise as Sanji panted heavily against him and only now did he notice the blood soaking through Sanji's shirt. "Sanji, you have-." He started but Sanji shook his head to stop him.
"Just stop; please don't make me beg you." Sanji whispered against his side, eyes filled with tears. If from pain or sadness he couldn't tell, probably both. His alpha whirled angrily inside of him and he pushed down his pride, if Sanji really needed him then he'd go.
Gently he wrapped an arm around Sanji, causing the omega to wince. "I'll go."
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