Crocodile is a young, brilliant man on the verge of becoming a full grow-up. He certainly hadn't planned for his best friend to fall in love, or for himself get caught up in all of it either. Why is it that a young blonde brat so easily can turn his world upside down? Rated M! (RENAMED! Earlier called A One Piece Childhood Story)

The path to adulthood is littered with traps and mines that make life as difficult as possible. With each action is a consequence that worsens your chance of becoming the real self. Doflamingo thought there was a way out of it, that he was immune to any surprises life tried to throw at him. But then someone he cared for threw a real curve-ball. Rated M for eventual DxC