A Champion's Game Chapter 24, an one piece fanfic

Chapter 24

Kid had been trying to rush Law back to his room but the ass was being deliberately slow, walking at a lazy pace and smirking at him, completely amused while Kid was getting more and more pissed off.

Unfortunately another obstacle got in their way, a little girl with greenish hair had bumped into him and immediately she began crying, he didn't know how to console her and Law was just shaking his head.

"Sugar, get up. I know that didn't affect you."

"You're so mean Law! I hit him and it hurt! I'm sorry mister! I really am!" The little girl smiled shyly at him as she stood up, holding up her basket, trying to balance on her tip toes. "You can have one of these as an apology, they're good!"

Kid scowled but the brat looked like she was about to cry again so reached out to grab one. "Fine, but then you have to get lost okay brat?"

"Forget it!" Law snapped from behind him, making Kid scowl as the girl flinched, looking unsure and nervous now.

"What? It's just a grape Trafalgar!" The redhead snapped, crossing his arms. "Not like it's dangerous-"

"Sugar is one of Doflamingo's executives, those grapes could easily be poisoned." Law retorted, raising an eyebrow, as if daring him to contradict him.

This kid was one of the executives?

"Don't be mean Law! I'm trying to be nice!" Sugar protested, stomping her feet in a huff. "You can have one too!"

"Last time I tried one of those I found myself falling asleep rather quickly." Law hinted at, his eyebrow arched.

So either the brat or somebody else drugged them then, great.

The girl merely pouted again, looking teary-eyed and angry as she slipped the grape in her fingers into her mouth. "It's good! I'm eating them see? That only happened last time because you weren't getting enough sleep! Chopper told me to!"

"If it gets the brat off my back it's fine." Kid scowled, he wanted some time alone with Trafalgar dammit it, this kid wasn't gonna give him that.

"Eustass-ya don't be a-"

He was quicker though, grabbing a grape and stuffing it in his mouth, not tasting anything wrong with it as he swallowed. "See? It's fine."

Sugar nodded eagerly, holding out her basket for Law. "Do you want one Law?"

"No thanks." He merely scowled, earning a pout. "Let's go Eustass-ya."

"Sure, sure." He nodded, following after the darker haired man, smirking at his ass.

Damn those trousers looked tight. He couldn't wait to peel them off.

Sugar scowled as she drank from the glass Monet had sat out for her, it had the antidote for the poison now in her system. Her sister was already getting rid of those rotten grapes and replacing them with her actual ones thankfully.

It was just a shame Law had stopped that redhead from eating most of the grapes.

Otherwise he would be down for the count, the poison wouldn't set in fast, she didn't want to alert Law after all and have him lecturing her again. He was mean when he was irritated.

Law shook his head as he played with Kid's hair. As soon as they got back to Eustass-ya's room and tried to start up again the moron began to feel sick.

He warned him but no, of course the idiot didn't listen.

He was Eustass Kid.

The biggest, toughest, bad ass in the whole world.

And Law was aware of how sarcastic he was being at the moment but with an ill assassin nuzzling into his lap, whining about how awful he felt Law felt he had the right to be sarcastic at this moment in time.

"I warned you Eustass-ya, she would have poisoned those grapes." Law murmured, gently stroking the redhair back as he whined.

"I'm still... Very hard Law..." Kid whimpered pitifully.

"I am not doing anything with you when you're acting as if you'll be sick at any given moment."

"Mercy? Please?" The redhead begged softly, groaning slightly when he tried to sit up. "Doctor, doctor needs... To treat me..."

"You didn't listen to the doctor's advice." Law smirked, tapping the assassin's forehead. "So this is your punishment, besides, I checked, it's non-lethal."

"It feels lethal." The redhead was clutching his stomach, curled up on his side and still whimpering.

Law merely stroked his hair, offering a small piece of comfort to the distressed man below him.

This man was a terrible assassin, he really was.

Ace pouted as Izo sat down next to him, smirking as he continued to fix his make-up. Izo and Vista were as Marco said 'his replacements' to make sure 'he didn't get into more trouble' while he was busy with the match.

Damn pineapple.

He was fine!

The hypnotism had worn off! He hadn't felt any compulsions since he had woken up yesterday!

"You look so cute, taking a huff." Izo teased, tugging his cheek while Ace groaned.

"Really Izo? I'm not a child!"

Law smirked when he overheard that protest from Ace and saw the Whitebeard company's sixteenth division leader Izo continue to relentlessly tease him while the fifth division's leader laughed.

"Fufufu, sounds like they're having fun over there." Law scowled as he heard the seat beside him creak, his eyes narrowing on the blonde who lounged back, grinning brightly. "Don't give me that look, you'll just get wrinkles."

"Wrinkles might scare you off." Law huffed, crossing his arms. "And I don't remember inviting you to sit with me."

"So harsh, am I not allowed to sit down with my own lover?"

"What would happen if I said 'no'?" Law raised an eyebrow, curious.

"I would probably just say you're shy." Doflamingo chuckled, Law felt his arm wrap around his shoulder, squeezing warningly. "Let's enjoy this round ourselves shall we? You didn't sit with me last time and this time Prince Ace is occupied with the Whitebeard Company."

"Acting as his guards." Law commented as his eyes slid over to the large figure picking out a weapon for the next game. "Since Marshall tried to kidnap him."

"We can't prove it darling." Doflamingo murmured to him. "Not until he makes a reckless move."

Law grunted at that but fell silent as Disco began to speak up.

"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the third round of our games! We have plenty to go so let's get started with the rules!"

"So, anymore 'surprises' today Doflamingo?" Law sneered, earning a smirk.

"Just have to wait and find out now don't we darling?"

"We have these glass tanks sitting in the middle of the dome, now each of our champions are allowed one weapon to select out of these-"

The screens above showed a rope, a dagger, a hammer, a clear, metal sheet that appeared to be very thick and heavy and a pair of scissors before the screen turned back to the irritating man.

"The aim is to get free from the glass tank before they drown. The key to the ankle cuff is hanging above them by a rope and they can use one of the weapons to try and get it, as long as they are creative and think about it of course! However the key to their tank will float in once a certain amount of water has slipped into the tank!"

Law could see the champions beginning to climb into the tanks, the grates closing above their heads, being shaked by the assistants to make sure they are closed as Disco continued on.

"Of course they have a time limit, the tank will be completely filled from the bottom to the top in a matter of minutes so they have to escape quickly. We will be monitoring them so in case anyone is stuck in the water still we can see who survives the longest, who knows, maybe they can be released in time! But if anyone interferes they will lose!"

So basically they have to get out themselves and if anyone interferes they will forfeit their place in the contest.

Great.

Eustass-ya better be quick and act more like an assassin today.

Otherwise he may face a watery death.

Killer grasped the hammer with a small frown as he pulled the ankle cuff's chain as far as he could in the small space and slammed the hammer down on the chain, right against the base of the chain, connecting him to the floor of the tank. It took a couple of hits but the chain came apart and so he frowned up at the top of the tank, he would need to let the water slip in more so he could float, otherwise he couldn't reach it so with a small sigh he decided to wait and analyse everyone else's tanks instead.

Rebecca had oddly enough chosen a pair of scissors and much to his surprise managed to jump up and cling to the bars, slipping her arm out and stretching it out as far as she could. The fourteen year old needed to be fast, she was starting to slip from the ankle cuff clamped around her but she managed to get the scissors to cut the rope much to his relief. She could now unlock her ankle and then wait for the cages key to float in-

Unless she knew how to pick-lock with a pair of scissors-

Most people didn't know however and he certainly was one of them, oddly enough though now that he thought about it more Shachi and Penguin both knew how to, which was just plain weird.

He removed his gaze from Rebecca and on to Kid who threw his dagger up, he was accurate, the blade slicing the rope and sending the key clattering down into his tank, the redhead grinning as he uncuffed his ankle.

So far this match was easy, there had to be a catch somewhere along the line.

Like when would the key to the cage float in? And would it float in?

Doflamingo relaxed back, settling his arm heavier across Law's shoulders as he grinned. What they didn't know was that the tank above their heads, the contestants, were filled with water as well and would soon be emptied into their tanks.

With a little surprise in them.

The fighting fish did have babies after all and they grew hungry too.

And what most people didn't know was that his precious Elite's cages weren't locked, they would only need to get free of the ankle cuffs before the timer ran out.

"So I may have left out a surprise ladies and gentlemen, our Champions have another enemy, above them are tanks filled with baby fighting fish waiting to come into the water and play too! They are very hungry and at that age their teeth are even sharper than before!"

"Doflamingo!" Law hissed but the blonde merely gripped the back of his neck, squeezing harshly, earning a pained gasp.

"Fufufu, hush now little bird. Just watch the game play away." Doflamingo hushed, grinning at the glare he received in return.

Law was certainly getting bolder wasn't he?

With that in mind he squeezed just that little bit harder, driving more of Law's breath away and finally making the brat quieten down and settle in his seat again.

.:One Piece:.

Marco watched everyone swear as he sat down on the steps leading up to the tank, smirking at the fact that nobody had seemed to notice him escaping, he glanced at the audience camera, grinning lazily at his friend's expressions.

So they had noticed but nobody else did huh?

"So let's go for ladies first hm? The time limit is up for the fighting fish- WAIT A MINUTE! WHERE'S MARCO?!"

Marco couldn't resist a chuckle at that at they finally noticed.

"HE'S SITTING ON THE STEPS!" Disco yelled. "HANG ON A SECOND! GET A REPLAY! GO BACK ON THE SCREENS!"

Marco slammed the hammer down and smirked as the chain broke off the shackle before jumping up, using one arm to grip the bars and the other to slam the hammer against the lock keeping the grate down a couple of times. He then dropped the hammer, pushed the grate up and slipped out.

That would have been interesting too, too bad he hadn't mentioned that sooner. Now he could only watch and see what happened to his fellow 'Champions'.

He wasn't even wet!

Zoro scowled at the blonde, knowing he was definitely one to watch during the match as he sliced cleanly through the shackle with the dagger he claimed. He wouldn't be a real swordsman if he couldn't cut through the shackle with a dagger!

"Alright, so our first contestant out is Marco of the Whitebeard Company! Now as I was saying before the timer for the fighting fish has well passed so let's be nice and go for ladies first!"

Shit, Nami and Robin weren't out yet!

Robin was struggling to stay a float in the water, her key wasn't in there yet! And the witch was working on picking locking the tank's cage!

They wouldn't make it!

Who gave a shit about a key?! He was gonna just cut open the cage itself and get out now before those two got eaten!

Rebecca scrambled out of the cage, feeling the water hit her from above just as she threw herself to the floor, biting her teeth when she felt a couple of the fighting fish bite her arms where she shielded herself from them.

Immediately though they were ripped off her and thrown away, a blonde haired man was scowling, shaking his head.

"That was barely a warning. You okay kid-yoi?" The pink haired girl blinked as the man offered her a hand, helping her up just as Disco announced they would release the next round of fish.

"Yes, thank you. Y-You're Marco-san correct?" Rebecca asked nervously, surprised the Whitebeard's head would help her out.

"It's just Marco-yoi. Anyway you were lucky, you and the thief both made it out, Nico Robin is trying to fight off the fighting fish and the water. I don't think she can swim."

"Robin-san!" Rebecca paled, turning her gaze on to the dark haired woman just as a familiar orange haired woman ran over to her cage.

"Hold on Robin! I'll get you out of there!" Nami snarled, climbing on to the top-

"Move little sis!"

And immediately Nami threw herself off the cage just as a blue haired man slammed a hammer off the glass several times until it broke, the water, fighting fish and Robin-san falling out, earning harsh coughs and gasps as Rebecca rushed over, hoping to help somehow.

Her and Nami immediately worked to get rid of the fish while Franky clung to the older woman who was gasping harshly, choked up and bleeding from her wounds.

"Hey, sorry I wasn't quick enough! I'll get you to Chopper quickly alright?"

Robin-san shook her head weakly, tensing in his grasp as she croaked out. "You should have let me drown Franky, Spadam will only take me away now."

Rebecca bit her lip at that, they were both prisoners of different people but Robin-san had her friends backing her up, she could already tell by their gazes-

"STUPID BOX!"

Rebecca blinked, seeing Luffy's fist-

BREAK STRAIGHT THROUGH THE GLASS?!

Ace choked on his laughter as Luffy broke through the glass somehow, his strength was insane sometimes! Izo had dropped his eye-shadow palette and Vista choked on his drink, dropping the glass which shattered on the floor as he spluttered.

"What did they feed you two as kids?!" Izo yelled.

Ace just laughed even harder at that.

"Nico Robin is the first to lose after being assisted out of the tank-"

"Shut up! She did better than you jerk!" Luffy snapped as he rushed over to his friend, seeing her smile weakly at him while he kneeled by her side. "Robin, I'm gonna beat up Spandam while Franky takes you to Chopper okay? He isn't taking you away!"

Kid shook his head as he watched Luffy rush off, ignoring the woman's protest, he was shaking the water out of his hair, scowling at the fighting fish floating away in his tank. He had gotten bitten a few times as he clambered out.

So far the only one's still trapped in their filled boxes were Zoro, who seemed to be preparing some strange technique to do with his dagger, Bellamy, who was about to unlock the gate, trying to fight off the fighting fish at the same time and Bartolomew.

That moron had went unconscious because he went nuts as soon as he spotted Nico Robin drowning and drowned himself in the process. The blonde swordsman however simply cut through the bar lock and dragged him out, ignoring the fighting fish.

"Moron, why am I babysitting you again?!" He overheard him snarl-

"Oi Disco! Unlock Trebol's tank NOW!" That had been Doflamingo, sounding terribly pissed off.

Kid's eyes went over to the other tank he hadn't noticed-

Shit, the tank was rapidly filling with blood as Vergo rushed at it from the other side of the room.

"Bu-But my Lord it's already-"

"GET HIM OUT OF THERE!"

It was too late, it was gonna be too late, that kind of blood and the tank being filled-

He was gonna be dead soon or was already.

He could see Doflamingo marching towards their area on the screen, looking completely livid and Law's look of complete and utter fear.

Shit, this wasn't gonna end well.

Law entered Cook-ya's hospital room, noting that everyone had gathered there who could, Nami-ya and Cyborg-ya were with Nico-ya, keeping her safe from Spadam who Ace-ya was currently dealing with as a Prince. Law held up the notice sheet, thankful that Roronoa-ya had managed to quieten down his Captain.

"The match had been declared finished but the Donquixote household are saying how much of a disaster zone it was." Law offered, arching an eyebrow. "Nico-ya, Rooster-ya and Hyena-ya are in hospital to be cared for while Rebecca-ya and Roronoa-ya are to be treated for their wounds. Trebol is dead."

"Is that a good or a bad thing? You looked terrified when Doflamingo headed our way." Eustass-ya scowled, crossing his arms.

"Admittedly yes. I am concerned about what he will do now. Trebol has been an advisor to Doflamingo for over twenty years now. If I recall right they met when they were about ten years old, including all the elites apart from me."

"So you think he might make things worse?"

"Those 'surprises' were small, trivial things. I believe Doflamingo is about to start getting seriously deadly now that one of his own have died."

Law wasn't looking forward to the consequences of this.

.:End of Chapter:.

100 REVIEWS?! THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS! NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET THAT MUCH / xD

SEllen23, Yeah the dying part was the sad part D: Poor Cora :'( And I'm glad you liked it (Funnily enough it was one of the first scenes I wrote for this story after getting a sort of layout of it, went and reedited it properly because my writing developed a bit more but it was good to see the different :D ) And yeah at first I wasn't sure about the mpreg addition but I went and tried it out, thinking I could reedit my story plot a bit if everyone hated it, glad it's sparked an interest :) And trust me, it's got some unexpected future consequences later on in the story :D ;) I can't believe how excited I am to write the next one because of it xD I needed it to make sense for the story and thought Ivankov would be the best addition for it, considering the revolutionary play a part in the story (can mention that after Cora's death flashback now) Hope you liked the chapter :)

edalian, xD It's okay, I sometimes have those thoughts too, we can share our sinful ideas together xD Who knows, maybe we'll see a happy ending for Doflamingo, my story seems to be turning dark in the next book ._.

xXMinShadowCatXx, Ouch, I remember that pain ;) xD And glad the deal came out as a surprise, I wasn't too sure if I should have added it was first, that was one of my major decisions when writing this story and dang it really was difficult to choose. Only Ivankov made it happen :P And yeah, Doflamingo seems to have his own plans for Law, he's so possessive isn't he? And yeah, poor Cora, never gets a break xD And it would be cool, either an alliance with Kid or Kid betraying and fighting them, either would be awesome (And unfortunately our kidlaw ideas probably won't come true in One Piece but we can hope :P ) Would be an epic battle though :3 (Then Bonney jumps in and turns them all into children :D )