~Dabi's Pov~

After Law and Chopper left, Nami started saying how she wouldn't forgive the master for drugging the kids and whatever. To which Luffy preceded by saying "Okay! Then let's just go kidnap the Master!" I almost physically face palmed myself as I sighed at the inevitable events that were about to play out. Franky then added that they didn't want to be late, and right on queue came Luffy's smirk and my imminent demise.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as we shot straight towards the ground at high speeds, I gagged at the sick feeling swirling around in my stomach, 'Forget what I said before, I'm going to end up dying from a high speed collision!' Robin flew off as we crashed through the marine ship, I laid on the ground as I waited for the world and my stomach to stop spinning. "Guh, a-anyone got any advil?" I groveled as Eraser lifted me onto his back, "Motion sickness huh?" He said as I wallowed in his shoulder I heard Luffy calling for the Master, Proceeding to tell him his plan to kick his butt and kidnap him.

"That idiot." I chuckled "Law's probably wallowing in despair right now, questioning if he really wants to have an alliance with this crazy kid and his crew." I smiled at the mental image as Eraser shook his head at my amusement, "Kids will be kids." He sighed as I nodded and yawned "A nap right now would be great." I said as a slight smirk formed on my lips, Eraser rolled his eyes "I could throw you off right now if you want." he said as I nodded "You can, doesn't mean you will…" I nodded off as my stomach finally settled.

~Eraser's Pov~

I clicked my tongue as I glanced at Dabi who seemingly fell asleep on my back, I was tempted to just toss him off. But I figured he could at least owe me this once, I still don't trust him though...I sighed as I watched the events play out before me.

The soldiers started attacking after Luffy's exclamation of their plans, why Law ever thought he could trust this kid to listen and follow along is beyond me. Franky threw a punch, knocking down all of the running soldiers. The two marine captains had a brief conversation before their underlings ran towards us with their weapons raised, Robin used her devil fruit abilities to take a lot of them down.

The two continued the one-sided battle as Luffy looked around questioning where "the Master" was, Robin voiced that he was most likely not out here. To which Luffy asked "Then where is he?" Franky replied saying he was probably in the lab, Luffy nodded in agreement and seemingly decided that the big door in front was the entrance. We were about to continue towards the building when Smoker suddenly ran towards us.

Luffy dodged his swing, but something seemed off...He wasn't using his normal weapon and his overall posture and normal composure was different, in fact. He didn't seem to have any composure over his actions or words, not to mention his voice sounded...Higher pitched. 'Perhaps?' I thought as Luffy greeted him Smoker swung the sword in his direction but the kid dodged once again.

Smoker questioned why he was on the island but Luffy only seemed happy to see Smoker wasn't dead, continuing with a pride jabbing comment about him being beaten up last time we saw them. Smoker told him not to mess around and then proceeded to look constipated, 'I see…' I looked over towards the second in command, noticing her drastic change in posture and appearance. 'Yeah, definitely.'

Luffy had taken Smoker down and started to question the sudden drop in strength from the last time they met, "Hey Luffy! I think Law switched their bodies!" I shouted towards him. He looked back at me in confusion before looking at Smoker then the second in command, who was currently running towards him.

Luffy dodged his attacks for a bit before finally realizing what I said, "What?!" he said in shock as he dodged another attack. Robin voiced her agreement with what I said as Luffy finally understood, Luffy looked between the two as he figuratively stabbed her in the gut with his demoting words. After, seemingly falling to the ground laughing at the scene.

I sighed 'I'm just glad it's not me in that situation again.' I grimaced at the thought as the fighting continued, Franky noted that it would take too long to take down all of these guys, and decided to just blow down the front door and charge in. He basically melted the door as he informed us, we were about to go when everyone started looking up towards something.

Something came flying from the sky and landed on the marine ship, it slowly moved and covered the sail. Everyone was confused as to what the seemingly living blob was, the real Smoker questioned one of the men. But even he didn't seem to know what it was, we watched as the blob grew before being set on fire.

We heard cheers from the ship when it suddenly exploded in flames, everyone stared in shock, apart from Dabi who was surprisingly still asleep. Even after all the commotion happening, 'This guy, does he really trust me this much?' I clicked my tongue and sighed.

Another blob suddenly fell out of the sky, just as the soldiers started to relax from thinking it was gone. Everyone looked up, noticing a large number of the same blobs raining down from the sky, panic was quickly spreading as the marines prepared to retreat.

When sudden laughter erupted from some place, everyone looked towards the fallen ship Law had turned into modern art. A person covered in some sort of smoke or...gas, that stood on top of the crow of the ship. "Good boy! I'm sorry that I locked you up for three years!"! The man seemingly said to the blob, he removed his hands from blocking his face as he struck a pose.

The soldiers called him master as they questioned why he was out here, to which "the Master" laughed. Smoker spoke, revealing the identity of the strange man as "Caesar Clown." Luffy shouted at the man, questioning if he was actually the master. The man chuckled, "Yes, indeed! Everyone from the Straw Hat Pirates and the Navy G-5! Behold! The greatest scientist in the world! Master Caesar Clown!" He laughed after his egotistical speech,

"Just wait a few moments. Since he's weak to water, he's flinging pieces of himself over little by little...In order to cross the lake! From the burning lands...to the ice lands! When all of his pieces reach this side, you will all experience it! The chemical weapon explosion that happened four years ago on Punk Hazard! A world of death in which no one can survive! And you will learn! Just how powerful my weapon is, that it can destroy an island! And the greatness of the world's best scientist who created the weapon! It's master Caesar Clown!"

After his long egotistical paragraph speech, he laughed again. Closing his eyes as Dabi and Luffy seemingly decided to attack, or well. Dabi hopped off of my back, grabbed onto Luffy as he flung himself up to Caesar. Luffy wrapped his arms around the man and Dabi grabbed onto his face, setting his hand ablaze. "Ack!"

Caesar exclaimed in surprise as he lost balance and fell off the ship, "I got you!" Luffy said as they plummeted, Caesar quickly took action and enveloped the two in his "gas robe." They stopped plummeting as Franky shouted for them to hold their breaths.

"Fool! It's no use doing that!" He spoke to Luffy who was continuously spinning his head around in order to expel the gas. "Once you get wrapped up in the Gas Robe, you can't get away from it no matter what you do!" He said

'Damn, Dabi's in trouble. His flames won't work without oxygen.' I watched with sweat on my temple.

~Dabi's Pov~

I was quickly losing the oxygen in my lungs as I struggled against the gas. 'Damnit, stupid...Devil Fruit...powers…Not here...Not yet...I still...I still have...a promise…!' I raised my fist as I slugged Caesar in the face, he was seemingly surprised and slowly lost control of the gas around us.

I quickly punched him again, this time adding my fire as well. Or- at least the small sparks from the slowly returning oxygen. I punched him again as my vision slightly blurred, once I hoped it was enough.

I took a deep inhale of breath and gasped as if I was a fish out of water, 'Oh thank god, I almost passed out.' I sighed in relief as my attention returned to Caesar. "You-!" I punched him again and again, adding more and more fire to the blows.

I must've gotten too caught up in punching the annoying bastard that I didn't realize everyone's shocked expressions or the fact that my fist was covered in that black steel and raging blue flames.

I froze in shock as I stared dumbfoundingly at it, the power quickly dissipated soon after though, ""What the hell?"" Me, Smoker, Eraser, and Caesar all said at the same time. "What did you do? What was that Haki?!" Caesar questioned, almost demanded as if he needed to know the answer. I gripped and released my fist,

"I have no clue...was that…"Haki" or whatever?" My brows furrowed 'so I can get powers from this universe? Does that mean eating a devil fruit will give me another power?' My thoughts were getting ahead of me and I had forgotten about the fight.

Unfortunately giving Caesar the upper hand again, the gas robe surrounded me again "Well no matter, I'll just have to study you and find the answer that way." He smirked and laughed as I grabbed at my throat, as if to release the non-existent hands gripping it. My vision blurred as I passed out…

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"Touya...Touya, wake up."

I heard Natsuo's voice as he shook me awake, I blinked a few times as I looked up at the smiling doofus. "What?" I questioned as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, he pouted.

"You promised we'd go to the arcade while dad is gone at his meeting!" He said as I glanced at Shouto and Fuyumi who stood near the door with hopeful looks. I sighed and chuckled before climbing out of bed. "Alright, a promise is a promise."

I smiled at their happy and excited expressions...The scene vanished as I appeared behind a tree in a cemetery, a painfully familiar scene playing out in front of the familiar grave. "You promised! You promised we'd stay together! You promised...you jerk…" Natsuo shouted at the grave as tears flowed like a river from his eyes.

"You said we'd go to the arcade again...we're supposed to go...I still…need to beat you…" he sobbed as Fuyumi and Shouto hugged him and cried together. I still felt all the pain, the sadness, regret, hate. I was still surprised he even showed up to my funeral.

I looked at the very man who "killed" me, every time...seeing him on tv, made into plushies and dolls...titled a "hero", what was the meaning of a hero? Were heroes, people who simply used others for their own selfish goals?

This thought constantly festered, if people like him are allowed to be heroes, why do we have them in the first place? We should just get rid of them …

I was so... angry ...at the man whom I was supposed to call "father", and at the supposed "heroes" that were supposed to save people. And at society itself for allowing those so-called "heroes" to hold power and earn praise.

I was in an empty abyss...overflowing with emotions yet empty at the same time. I saw flashes of images of me looking up at my father while I pulled at my hair in frustration and pain, I had asked him why I wasn't good enough.

Why he tossed me away and started with another, why, why, why

"Why!" I shouted into the void as tears flowed from my eyes, I gripped my hair as I stared at the ground "I did...I did...So why?" Pain leaked into my voice as I drowned in the empty hurt.

"Dabi...Dabi...Dabi!" My eyes shot open as I stared up at the barred roof above me. I felt my tears stain my face as I slowly breathed, I slightly turned my head as I noticed the concerned expressions of the others who were chained up.

"Damn, I don't suppose I shouted...did I…" I asked as Eraser slightly nodded, I sighed and relaxed a bit "we all have our own nightmares once in a while...Don't look so surprised." I said as Eraser continued to stare at me.

"You said "Shoto"..." He said as I slightly flinched at his words, 'of course, go me and my self-loathing nightmares.' I sighed and closed my eyes "Nightmares can be quite strange, huh?" I said with a slight smirk, but I already knew I was screwed.

He's bound to ask me once we aren't in danger anymore, "Now that you two are done, that was quite a pitiful display. I feel kind of bad for you." Caesar said as I glared at him "Yeah, yeah. I don't need your sympathy, you damn psycho." I said as his temple slightly twitched in anger.

"Ah, is that so...Then I'm kind of disappointed I won't get to see you suffer more." He said with venom on his tongue. I smiled "Quite the shame, I'll have to wait to see you on your knees begging. Oh well, at least I'll have more time to think up more exciting tortures for you." I said

He covered me with his "gas robe" again, 'This bastard, he's asking for his face to be extra crispy.' He soon released me as I gasped for air, he smirked before wandering off somewhere. I glanced around the room with a sigh 'Trouble follows me everywhere it seems…'