Parenthood
Title: Parenthood
Rating: T
Fandom: One Piece
Summary: Corazon was supposed to keep kids away from the Donquixote Pirates, not take them in. But when he finds an abandoned baby that's less than a year old, he couldn't just leave him there. Thus began his role as a parent.
Chapter 7: Kidnapped
Law: 1 year old
The Donquixote Pirates had stopped by at a winter island. Snow had begun to coat the deck of the El Flamenco. Law eagerly wanted to play with the white fluff, but the Donquixote Pirates deemed playing on the deck to be unsafe. Corazon and Law—mostly Corazon—might slip on the surface and fall over the railing, into the chilly sea below.
This was Law's first time seeing snow, but Corazon had come prepared. He had bought Law a snow leopard onesie. The clothes kept Law really warm and the infant looked a lot like a real snow leopard cub. Getting off the ship, Corazon immediately tripped while Law giggled. "Dada fwunneh," Law waddled over to his father and grabbed some snow. "Ooh, sof!"
"Yes Law, the snow is soft," Corazon chuckled, sitting up. "But if you compact it, it becomes harder,"
Law plopped down and tossed a bunch of snowflakes into the air. "Wain! Snow wain!"
Corazon grabbed his Den-Den Mushi—which was also dressed in winter clothing so it wouldn't get sick—and started to take multiple pictures of his son. "This is totally going to go into your scrapbook!"
"Speedy!" Law snatched the snail from his father and hugging him gently. "Waw wub Speedy!" Law and Corazon had both grown attached to the Den-Den Mushi. The two had built a habitat in a large tank in the bedroom. They didn't think of Speedy as a pet; they thought of him as a crewmate and family. Speedy enjoyed the two's presence and favorited them the most out of the entire crew.
"We need to get your sand toys," Corazon stood up. When he turned around, Baby 5 was running towards him, holding the sand toys.
"You need me?" Baby 5 asked.
"Thanks Baby 5," Corazon took the toys.
"Hey Cora-san," Baby 5 questioned.
"Yes?"
"Where's Law?"
Corazon immediately turned towards Law and his eyes landed on an empty spot. Both the human child and Transponder Snail were both missing. "Law?" The klutz was met with silence. "Law, Speedy, I'm not joking. If you're hiding, come out," He was still met with silence.
"Cora-san, I don't think they're hiding," Baby 5 said.
Corazon frozen in place. 'Law and Speedy are missing. Law and Speedy are missing! LAW AND SPEEDY ARE MISSING!' "DOFFY!"
Instantly, Doflamingo responded to his baby brother's cry and rushed to his side. "Corazon, what's wrong!?"
"L-Law a-a-and Sp-p-Speedy are m-m-missing!" Corazon sobbed.
"Law's missing!?" Doflamingo's eyes narrowed. "Wait, who's Speedy?"
"T-The s-snail!" Corazon stuttered.
"I'll call your Den-Den Mushi number and ask Law where he is," Doflamingo took out his own snail but Corazon snatched it from him. "Corazon, give it back!"
"Prince, please call them and find out where they are!" Corazon begged.
The snail sighed. "That idiot Speedy is probably in a dangerous situation again," He connected through the radio waves, finding Speedy. After a few seconds, the call was answered.
"Dada!"
"Law, where are you!?"
"Waw an' Speedy wid big kitty,"
"A REAL SNOW LEOPARD KIDNAPPED US! SHE THINKS LAW IS A CUB!"
"Big kitty no ea' Speedy!"
"HELP!"
Then the call ended. "Doffy!" Corazon panicked. "A snow leopard is going to eat Law and Speedy!"
XXX
It took Doflamingo only two minutes to find the two, using his strings to run through the sky. The snow leopard growled towards Doflamingo, pushing Law behind her. "Hi Unca Floppy Mango!" The two year old waved.
"Speedy, every single time," Doflamingo's Den-Den Mushi shook his head from his position in Doflamingo's pocket, his head poking out to see.
"Prince, help!" Speedy cried, seated atop Law's hat.
With one swipe of his hands, Doflamingo rescued Law. A few minutes later they were back on the ship. Corazon hugged Law and Speedy tightly. "I'm glad you're both safe!"
"Waw pway wid big kitty," Law said, not having registered that the snow leopard had kidnapped him. He grabbed some snow and tossed it into the air again. "Mo' snow wain!"
"Baby 5, I need you to keep an eye on the three while they play in the snow," Prince requested.
"Y-You need me?" Baby 5 nodded.
"I didn't know Den-Den Mushi could speak when not being used to call someone," Senor Pink told Speedy and Prince.
"There's isn't really much to say sometimes," Prince shrugged. "So I'm Prince and that kid over there is Speedy,"
"I'm not a kid!" Speedy denied.
"You're both baby Den-Den Mushi," Corazon reminded.
I know this chapter was shorter than usual but I was also working on Chapter 8, which is Sick Part II.
