A/N: I'm so happy to see people following and favoriting my fic *-*And reading the reviews really made my day. Thank you all!

Unfortunately, next week my class will start (It'll be my first semester at college, wish me good luck), then maybe I won't publish as fast as I would like, but I will try hard to let a chapter at least every two weeks. Anyway. enjoy!


Chapter 7: New life.


"I didn't expect to see you again anytime soon."

"Sorry, I was curious to know how was your first day there."

"Well," I took my hot chocolate that was on the same place I left last time and took a sip. It was still warm. "it was interesting."

"Did you find what you were looking for?" the old lady asked as she stroked the cat in her lap like last time.

"I think so." I smiled "I was very surprised. Never thought that this could happen to me."

"You never know what tomorrow will give us."

"Yeah, I agree with you, Lady-ya. However, I must say, there are things that are bothering me."

"I'll be glad to help, so feel free to ask anything. But be aware that I won't answer everything."

"That's fine, I didn't expect you to do so, but I still wanna ask. Then, Am I really on the past?" she just nodded "But it isn't the past I know" another nod "So, It's a kind of another dimension, right?" she smiled without answer, but I understood it as a yes.

"Interesting. I wonder what happened in the past of this dimension." I already knew that she wouldn't tell me, but I had to at least try.

"I'm sure that you will find out pretty soon."

"I'll take it as a challenge."

"I like your spirit, boy. Go ahead, you can ask more."

"Since you asked for... What the hell are you?"

"I wasn't expecting this" she laughed "Well, I'm just a guardian."

"Of what?"

"Who knows?" she laughed louder. I wanted to keep pushing, but I knew it would be in vain, so I just sighed.

"That's enough, thank you."

"Boy, you want to return to your world?" I gasped at the sudden question.

"Can I?"

"Of course. You just need to go through the same door." she pointed a finger at something behind me "It's here, now" I looked at what she was showing me and I saw that white door next to the door that led to the kitchen/library/runner/who-knows-where-else. "So, do you want to?"

"No" I returned my gaze to her "I'm fine."

"That's what everyone says at the beginning."

"What do you mean by that?"

When I opened my eyes after blinking, I was already back on Cora-san's house. I was still lying on the couch and from there I could see through the window that was already night. When I sat, I saw Cora-san cutting a carrot into cubes at the kitchen, without making any sound, probably for not waking me up. He wasn't dressing as formal as before, it was likely that he had already bathed. He was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt with a V-neck and a dark blue jeans. When he noticed me, I looked away, blushing a little. Damn, I was staring directly to him for a very long time.

"I didn't see that you were awake." Suddenly I began to hear the sound of the knife cutting.

"You could have woken me up."

"You looked tired."

"Not at all, I was just taking a nap to pass the time."

"Anyway, I'm making dinner. Do you eat curry?"

"Yeah" I was looking worriedly at him working, because, knowing him, he'd probably get hurt in the process.

"Well," he raised an eyebrow at my worried stare "you can take a bath if you feel like it. Feel free to wear my clothes, though I think they'll be a little big for you."

"Thank you, I'll do it." I got up and went upstairs.

When I opened the wardrobe, I swear my heart stopped for a moment. I started shivering and sweating cold. That wasn't good. That would make everything harder. A lot of things went through my mind, but I was just too shocked to absorb at least a thought. I needed to calm down... calm down. I filled my lungs with air and remained so for a while before letting go. So I held it with my right hand to make sure it was real. And was. But it made no sense... Why Cora-san had my old hat?

"Excuse me" Cora-san appeared all of sudden and took off the hat of my hand "This is personal". I didn't see – or hear – he coming. Shit, I hated that power.

"Sorry, I didn't mean…"

"I know you didn't" he didn't look angry, but sad "Just... Just take some clothes and get out of my room."

I agreed as I took randomly a brown sweater and a black jeans. I hurried up to the bathroom, where I took off my clothes and went straight down the water. The feel of the water crawling across my skin made me calm down. Only then I could think straight, I needed to put some order in my mind.

But didn't matter how I put things, everything was so confusing. I was still a little shocked about the past and dimension thing, however it wasn't the worst part. I mean, the world is really a strange thing. Haki, Akuma no mi, Kairoseki... if someone had told me that they were real seventeen years ago, I would call him crazy. There are many things that no one understand, so all that shit about another dimension didn't surprise me a lot.

And when I saw Cora-san I thought that everything was fine and nothing else mattered. Well, not that I changed my mind about it, however I began to worry about what I should do next. The hat... it was clear to me that he met me in this world, too. Judging by his expressions, I was right: I died. Didn't know how, but I died. And if I told him everything, he would never believe me. Actually, he would probably start hating me, and I wouldn't be able to contest, since all I was doing was hurting him, making him remember about sad things. No. I didn't want to see him really sad... only his expression before made my heart break... I didn't want to see more.

I took a deep breath and hit my head against the wall hard. Soon I could feel my blood mixing with the water and running through my head. Didn't matter how much I though, I couldn't find any answer. How could I explain to him? What I needed to say to make him understand? What should I do next!?

It was then that I realized the obvious. I knew what was my answer. I knew what I needed to do. I knew. I just needed to do nothing. Nothing, nothing at all. Everything was just fine, I didn't need to change that. I could live with Cora-san and be happy. I just needed to forget about my world. Forget about my other past. Forget about everything. It was gonna be my new life. That thought made me smile from the bottom of my heart. Living next to him... Yeah... It would be very good.


Another A/N: As I said before, I always read all the reviews, but I cannot answer properly the comments of guests, so I decided to reserve a little space here to answer them XDD (If you are not a guest who left a review, you can freely ignore this part).

To Apple Bloom: I have to admit that I got the idea to answer my guests because of you. You review each chapter and when I read I think 'Oh God, I really want to answer it' hahahaha That's cause you're always so affectionate and cute 3 Your reviews really make me happy. Thanks for your support! Anyway, I'm glad that you are enjoying and letting me know it. It's a pity that I won't be able to quickly publish a lot of chapters, but don't worry, soon you'll get MORE CHAPTERS! hahahaha
Thank you very much (again) !

To Rin: God, you scared me, I'm feeling threatened hahahaha just kidding. When I read only the word "update" I thought 'okay, then, I'll do it today' and so I did. Anyway, thank you for the review!

To guest ("hello, nice story(...)" guy): I'm glad that you think this way, I had this idea at the time I read the manga that tells Law's past, but I don't know why it took me so long to write it. Perhaps I was just afraid that people might think that the idea was just too crazy (I mean, it is, but still good, don't ya think? hahaha) Thank you!

To Guest ("Oh this is really interesting" guy): Do you really think so? Oh, I'm glad XD Thought everyone would think that I was crazy hahaha It's a pity that from now on I'll probably delay the publications, I'm sorry. Thanks for your review, btw.

To t: Why don't you change your nick to "D."? Oh, it would be epic... Anyway, I'm the one who had to thank you! Reviews always make me smile a lot, you know? But, you are also welcome hahahaha It's good to know that you are liking my fic more and more, and not the other way around.. 'cause the last chapters weren't that good (tho the next ones I think will be much better, I hope you will think that too) Thanks and keep reading ;)