Wooaa! How time slipped so fast? I didn't even realize I didn't update on Nov.. hahahah! Sorry~!

A kind reminder… I might write the story jumping here and there this time. I just didn't want to reveal all at the same time, so I wrote it like a mad rabbit. Haha! Though, I still hope you guys can still enjoy the whole story~

Eichiro Oda- sensei still own One Piece, Hail Oda...~~ \(^o^\)


CURSED or BLESSED [36] : Affectionate Battles

"MAMAMAMAMAMAA! YES! CHILDREN! SHOW THOSE PESTS WHAT WE GOT! SHOW THEM NO MERCY! KILL THOSE RATS!" Commanded Big Mom in rage.

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"Peroriiin~~~ How sad is your life. You shouldn't be here for your friend, instead you came to welcome your death. Such sadness…" One of the Big Mom commander, Charlotte Perospero was pitying the witch in front of him.

"… I have no intention to offense you, but…."

"Huh?"

"Would you mind keeping your tongue inside? It's…. uhh…" the elementalist watched him in disgust.

"Y-YOOOUUUUU….!"

"Thunder Essence; LIGHTNING!" with a swing of her tact, lightning struck the slender vampire, making him shrill in agony.

"Yo-… you've done it now… eh? Eh? Where is she?"

And she was gone in a second, leaving the now curly vampire alone.

"COME BACK HERE YOU BITTCCHHH!"

[How can I win over that over powered vampire?] she thought, running away not even stopping even for a second.

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"DIDN'T I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO ANYTHING STUPID?!" the beast yelled to the blond.

That did make the blond jerked in surprise. He never ever saw this moron yell like this. He was really pissed off, wasn't him?

"I KNOW BUT I HAVE NO HOICE, DO I?!" Sanji would never be Sanji if he didn't retort in the same manner.

A vampire attacked the two of them, thinking that they didn't pay any attention to him. Wrong move. He got both a punch and a kick. On his face. Poor poor Nosferaths.

"At least you can talk it with me, before you made any decision, idiot!" Zoro said after he managed to control his raging emotion.

"I-.. I just don't want to trou-"

Zoro just clawed another attacker from behind the blond like he had expected it.

"You think we would deserted you just like that? Don't you think any of this would happened?" the beast felt his veins are starting to pop up again.

Sanji threw a blood air like knife into his left, getting a painful cried as a respond.

"…. I- I am sorry… bu-but.. I just want you guys to be safe. At least-… at least if one safe all will be, so…"

"Yeah it is! But you are included, baka-Nesatios!"

Sanji popped a cross vein.

"How can you be so dumb, aho?"

Two cross veins.

"hentai-cook!"

Three.

"You are helpl- -" then Zoro let his emotion surging again, "I HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! YOU GUYS ARE NUISANCE! TATSUMAKI!" he roared and with a swift movement, he spun making a cyclone, taking five vampires down covered in each other blood.

"Kuso-cook."

And he erupted.

"I KEPT IGNORING YOU BUT YOU KEEP REPEATING IT LIKE A FUCKIN BROKEN CASETTE, ARE YOU TRYING TO PLAY WIH MY MOOD HHAAAAAHHHH KUSO-MARIMO YAROUUU!?"

Before the blond manage to spurt any other curse, he was already pulled by a strong arm. And he noticed that scent he loved the most. Indeed, it was him. It was not a dream. The strong muscular hand kept his head on his broad shoulder. The Nesatios was so confused he had no idea what this Vill wanted.

"What do you wa-"

"Okaeri, aho-cook."

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She dashed, while eluding vampires who were trying to catch her. She was running around, searching for something. She stopped when she spotted the blond head she was looking for. Smile blossomed on her beautiful face, seeing the two was bonding in so much affection. How she wished that somebody would give her that much affection towards her. Knowing that her dream would only be a dream, she dashed away to do what she had to do.

"I wish for your happiness, Sanji."

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"You know it's such a hassle!" the man with purple hair grumbled.

"Cracker! Did you lose your mind? This is our sister wedding for fuck sake! You said it's hassle?!" the woman with green curly head reprimanded his younger brother.

"Tsk! It's not that we are heading there to celebrate the wedding." The other with white face and long messed golden hair spat.

"Mont d'Oro! Watched your mouth!" she warned again.

"Relax Sister Compote. We are all here, so nothing to worry about, right?" Another woman who was catching to their group said, calming her big sis.

"Huff… Glad you guys are here, Cinnamon. Now… onto the wedding!" Compote ordered after she was sure, the troops that had been demanded by their mother was ready to move out.

Like a harsh wind, the vampires dashed to the hall where the ruckus had been erupted.

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"Hmph! Impudent rats." the magenta head vampire chided while dodging Law's attack from with such speed.

"I can't catch him!" Luffy growled when once again the vampire eluded his skill.

"Follow him with your mind! Not your eyes!" Law guided his partner, while blocking another hard blood liked bullet, targeting his heart.

[He doesn't waste any chance, does he?] Law smirked bitterly.

"So, I have to finish you first, aren't I?" Katakuri said with no tone whatsoever laced in his voice. He was too calm it made Law trembled both in fear and excitement.

"It seems it is." Law answered.

"Well then, I should disable that little guy first before,-!"

"Kuukakuha: Kessei! TORAO!"

"Harden blood!" the vampire was quick to release his defend skill,

"ROOM!" yet the lanky brunette released his skill then agilely drew his sword and slash it to the said vampire.

"ARGHH!"

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"Wh-what should we do now….?" Usopp trembling in fear after Niji managed to dodged his barrage attacks.

"Calm down Usopp-san, Yohoho! I still have this." Brook said and pulling his thin sword from nowhere, then readied himself to clash again for the second round.

"Hmphh! You guys are wasting my time.. Tssk!" the blue headed chided, annoyed.

"I hope we won't be this time." the boney youkai said and with a dash, his thin sword was already grazed Niji's cheek. Droplet of blood rolled on his pale cheek. That made the blue head twitched in rage.

"Bastard!" Quickly he dashed to the afro youkai, a blue colored electric thunder chirping on his hand.

"Dengeki shock!"

"Catchy Lasso!" before Niji managed to hit Brook, his right hand was already bind by a long whip like thingy by the other youkai. "No, I won't let you hit him, Buaaakaaaa."Usopp jeered at him.

"USOPP-SAN! YOUR BACK!"

Some harden bloods look like schyte were flying directing at Usopp.

"WAAAOOO!" He screamed in fear though he managed to dodge everything.

"YONJI!"

"I just can't let you be defeated by this, could I?" the green head joined the battle.

"Khiiiiii….. Wh-why there are two of them?" the tengu bit his nails.

"Yohohoho… now we can do fair fight."

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"Hey moron! Wake up."

"Unnngh…. Dun want…" he murmured incoherently.

"Hey… It's already past noon."

"Nggghh…." He felt some soft strokes on his hair. Gentle and warm. He wanted more.

"Acee.."

"Hmmm..?"

"Love… Come on wake up." Called the voice again.

That stirred the fire demon. One of his eyes fluttered open, wanting to know who is the person who called him love. At first, he saw a streak of gleaming yellow. Then he met a pair of hazel eyes, looking at him so lovingly. He frowned at first, but he snuggled more towards the person. He got a warm giggle.

"Look little puppy. I know my lap is so comfortable, but you really need to wake up. Everybody needs you."

"Need me for what?" he slurred.

"To win this."

That jerked the fire demon in an instant.

"Sabo! SABO! YOU ARE ALRIGHT!?" his blond looked at him, sad smile pestered on his calm feature.

"You will. Believe me."

"What do you mean?! I want you to be alright! Not-" A pair of lips cut his yap. A quick kiss which felt like hour, he felt Sabo cold hands on his cheeks. That was strange. Sabo wasn't supposedly this cold. His hands were usually warm and full of love.

"I'm sorry Ace."

"What-… why? Are you leaving me?"

"No! I won't."

"Then-"

"I will stay with you. Always." Sabo kissed him again. This time his kiss was also cold.

Then suddenly he saw that black thing with a big schyte. That one thing Law asked him before. That grim reaper.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" he shouted when the reaper lifted his schtye, ready to slash his lover. WHY?! WHY SABO DIDN'T DO ANYTHING?! Did he want to die? But he said he will be with him. WHY!?

"KA EN: HIKEN!" Ace unleashed his skill towards the grim reaper. Despite he was sure it hit the black thing, Ace was the one who received the damage, puking blood. But it didn't take second for him to recover, because what was in his mind now was his lover's safety.

"WHAT THE FU-… NOOOO! SABOOOOO!" Ace ran as fast as he could, toppling his lover with his own body, dodging the deadly schyte.

"Sabo, SABO! Are you al-!"

That was when he realized, those hazel-colored fiery beads stared onto him and into nothingness in the same time. Blood was all over his abdomen, on his mature face. Blood was trickling down from the tip of his chapped lips.

"NOo…. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ace was wailing hysterically.

He remembered. He remembered what had happened. That red head bastard made a hole on his lover's. He had him killed. That bastard took something Ace held dearly. Something Ace would gladly sacrifice himself if it needed. That bastard took his Sabo from him.

Ace was howling an eerie voice, even the grim reaper reacted in surprise.

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"IYYYYYYAAAAAA! WHY SHOULD I MET HER?! SHE IS SCAAARRYYYYY!" Nami shrieked while running in tears. "SAVEEE MEEEE SOMEONEEEE!"

"Don't run you girl. I just want to try your blood. I bet it will be very sweet." The long leg woman who was chasing her was no other than Charlotte Smoothie.

"NOOOOO! I AM SOOO BITTER THAT EVEN WILD ANIMAL DON'T WANT TO EAT MEE!"

"Hmph… I wouldn't know if I didn't try you." She shrieked and suddenly the vampire leapt towards Nami, readied her fangs. Her once beautiful feature was replaced with scary hungry face. Ready to feast on her.

"KKKYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" the red head run quicker, trying to get as far as she could.

And suddenly Nami bumped onto something hard.

[Is this the end?] she thought.

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"Where do we start?" Cracker asked, upon reaching the grand door to the wedding hall.

"Summon your troops. We have to catch all the rats." Compote commanded her younger brother. Getting no rejection from the man, she continued to order the other.

"We have to regroup with Katakuri, from then on, let's make them pay!"

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"Now, now… They really had no respect." The pink haired lady chided with his high pitch voice, flying. Her hands were on her slender waist. The man beside him responded with nothing. He made sure to hide his presence while staying afloat above the incoming troops. His sharp eyes were inspecting everything. Nobody even realized the two were above them, waiting like predators who were readied to hunt their prey.

"Hey! Say something!" the pink girl grumbled towards him.

"Let's observe for a while." He answered calmly.

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A blade.

With just another movement she was sure the blade will cut her throat altogether with her face. Experience taught her.

"She already said it, didn't she, baba!? She isn't delicious." Said the man who appeared suddenly in front of Nami.

Nami quickly looked up and found the muscle head was already protecting her.

"Z…- ZOROOOOOOO!" she quickly jumped onto him.

"Da- Dammit witch! Stop hanging onto me!" he grunted, but his strong arm circling her waist, protecting her so she wouldn't fall.

"Yo-.. Yooouuuu…." The Nesatios growled. She has never been stopped before. Nobody could stop her! How dare this lowly rat put his blade on her neck, threatening her.

"You… are dead!" she said with that tone of finality.

"I really don't want to fight a woman." He sighed.

Smoothie smirk, she would win this. This low beast didn't seem any good, nor he possessed any significant power. He was just a vile Vill, who will cowered in front of her power.

"Well then, I'll leave this to you~~ Byeeeee~~~ 3" Nami said then quickly run like wind, disappear from their sight.

"Thanks to you stupid Vill… I lost my prey. I won't be satisfied with only killing you."

"Well, no thanks. I'm not a kind man, but this time, I give you choices. You can go or I will make you regret." He continued.

"ARROGANT BASTARD!" she screeched launching herself, attacking him.

"You know… knowing your limit is also power." Zoro said and with one trained movement, he slashed her face. Another scream. It sounded more shock than pain.

"… - bu-but… you said.."

"Indeed, I did say that I don't want to fight you, but..."

He stood calmly and on both of his hands grew a pair of swords. On his right was a black blade gleaming with a red line in the middle, while the one on his left was a silver blade gleaming with blue line. While the black was radiating power and destruction, the white one was screaming an eerie feeling. That made the vampire bewildered. She didn't know a thing about sword, but that what made her cringed. She could feel how terrible the aura around the two.

"Let me ask you," he started, pulling her back from her trance state, "have you ever seen-" he said while stepping closer to her, and she had no choice except to retreating back. One step forward from him, one step backward for her. She was suddenly so terrified that her instinct told her if she ran hastily, he would kill her in an instant.

"- a fierce animal you were sure would never bite?"

Her eyes widen in utter distress.

"Because I haven't." he finished.

She stood there, unable to move. She felt like she was glued to the floor.

[I-I.. I can't move… why!] she thought to herself in dismay. [No-… NO! HE WILL CUT ME!] her mind was screaming in pure horror.

Zoro slashed his sword, making an X movement towards her neck. In another second, her vision was flying, and everything was tumbled to the left. No! It was her head which was on the floor.

"DAISHINKAN!"

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"You alright?" Law asked before Luffy collapse onto the ground.

"Yea.. I think. What about you Torao?"

"You should think about yourself first. I can't die remember?" the lankier man softly knocked on his lover's head.

"Shishishi, maybe I over used my power again."

"That's why I told you not to catch him blindly. He was one tough Vampire.

"He was. But we win, right?" his shit eating grin again. Law couldn't stop himself to smile back.

"We did." He said, kissing his forehead.

"Tora-… Torao..!"

"Wh-.. what?"

"Something is wrong!?" the smaller man suddenly mentioned. That made Law jolt.

"What is it?"

"I don't know. I just have this bitchy feeling I can't shake off."

"Like?"

"… No hint. Is he really dead?" Luffy asked setting his gaze to the vampire's body they just had beaten minutes ago.

"No idea. Never fight a vampire before."

"Same here…"

If it wasn't for their instinct screaming for them to get away from there, the two of them should be already flatten with the ground.

A block blood as big as rock was slamming the ground, where they were seconds ago.

"Hmph… you think you managed to defeat him? You sure are big dreamers!" came the voice, mocking the two of them. Both Law and Luffy quickly fixated their attention to the incoming voice. A man, purple hair, bulky built. He was topless except for the padded armor on his right shoulder, decorated with the same color cape with his hair

"Who are you!?" Luffy snarled, but he was ready to rampaging again.

"Hmph! Low rats trying to fight us? These will be more you opponent! Forward my troops!" he called. Gigantic troops of biscuits came forward, ready to attack Luffy and Law.

"What the hell? CAN I EAT THAT?!" Luffy eyes were beaming into stars.

"Dammit! Luffy-ya! That supposed to be your enemies!" Law sighed, couldn't believe what he heard.

"Well then, let's beat then eat them!"

"Gosh!" was what Law could groan before the troops rushed towards them.

Agilely he evaded the incoming attacks, and with one slash, he-

"Damn! That's hard! I can't slash them!"

"They are! What the hell are these biscuits?!" Luffy grunted. His knuckle was turning red after he managed to landed some punches towards the biscuits, but nothing had affected them so far.

"HAHAHAHAH! Now you know how strong I am, don't you?" Cracker laughed arrogantly.

"Seems, we have to do a shortcut." The surgeon of death smirked, informing his partner.

"Hmm? Shortcut? Luffy frowned, didn't quite catch Law's idea.

"Tell you later, for now…focus on that purple hair."

"Hehe… You look stronger than the biscuits… be ready. Flower head!" Luffy said, fired up.

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"Eeeehhh… but that's so not cool!" the boy derided his father explanation. He was a child. He didn't care about anything. He just wanted to have fun, making prank, do whatever he wanted, with no care in the world. He poked his nose, making his usual fool face.

"Hear me, you brat!" His father grabbed his shoulder, he then asked him to look him in the eye. "This is for your future!"

That shook the boy. He dropped his dumb look then focused his attention to his father.

"I don't have any time left!" the man started, "promise me you won't give your heart to anybody!"

"Heart? I have heart? How to give it the other?"

"Oh, my fuckin Go-… devil! what have I done…." The man sighed, "I am being serious, dumbass!"

"But why? Why do I want to give my heart to anybody? Will I die if I give it other? Why do they want my heart?"

"They will become stronger if they got your heart. You won't die, but if you can't protect the one who got your heart, you will die if they die. That's why don't give your heart to anybody!"

"Hmm…. What do I get in return then?"

"Nothing!"

"Huh?"

"You will get NOTHING! But…"

"But?"

"I'm sure you will find a person you want to give your heart for whatever your reason is. That's why…"

"I don't understand you."

"Hmph! Gaki… you will understand when the time comes. Just like me. One day." His father said. Despite being a demon, the man's tone was mellow and yet beautiful, full of love and hope.

"You seem high."

"Maybe…" was the only respond Ace got before pulled into a big bear warm hug by his own father.

"I wish we have more time to give you everything we could… I'm sorry… Ace. Goodbye."

"Oii…-?! Dad? Where are you? Daaad?"

That was the last time Ace spoke with his own father and he couldn't even find his mother either. He had no idea why the two of them left himself alone in the dark world with nobody. Once he despised them, but then he longed for them.

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"OH MY GOD! WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE?! Usopp clamored when he spotted army of biscuits.

"Yohoho! This.. is, har-der.. than what it seems… Usopp-san focus!" Brook warned his partner while dodging attacks from the blue head.

Usopp was flying around, scattering all kind of plants and magic powder to attack Yonji who was now coughing uncontrollably because of the itchy powder he gulped a while ago.

"Dammit you long nose! Fight me fair and square!"

"Said the one who kidnapped our friend? Not a chance! Kayakuboshi!" He threw another something Yonji couldn't understand what, and suddenly he was engulfed in fire.

"HOOOOOTTTTT!" Yonji was screaming like a mad man, when the fire burned his head.

"Kyakaka! Now that-AAAKkKHHH!" The tengu's laugh was changing into a painful scream when he felt that his black wing was being slashed by a blood flying blade. Luckily it was only the upper part, that not to vital for him.

"USOPP-SAN! Hiiieieekkk!" Brook whose focus was on Usopp, nearly stab by Niji's claw, though he managed to dodge it.

"So that's the back up?" the blue head smug smirked slowly resurface on his face.

"It seems lik- GAAAHH!" letting his guard down, Yonji was suddenly being assault from behind.

"FAFAFAFA! I managed to secure one Vinsmoke!" laughed the man whose body was quite big compared to the other vampire.

"Good job Opera! Now on to the other!"

"Yes, Amande Anee-ue!" the man exclaimed, while trying to capture Niji.

"Dammit! You are one of Big Mom's family! Why-"

"We plan to kill all of you either way. Now the plan had been screwed, this will be easier to take all of you down!"

"WHAT?!" he spat exasperated.

"Don't be too harsh on yourself, nobody except us know this." She cracked a smile, yet it didn't make her stoic face become softer. She tensed her claw, her nails grew unbelievably long into one direction, making it looks similar to a sword – two swords actually if you count her both hands.

"Now let settle this, shouldn't we?"

"Bastards!"

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When she saw the magenta hair she was looking for, she did expect the man would be blood bathed. However, the thing was, the blood bath she was imagining here wasn't his own blood, but his enemy blood. How could this happen?

He was there laying unconsciously, blood pooling under him. She leapt towards him as fast as possible. She touched his pale face, then caress it with her slender thumb.

"Who had ever imagined what you had become today?" she whispered.

"BITCH! WHAT DO YOU TO HIMM?!" Moscato roared, seeing a Vinsmoke was beside their older brother who was heavily wounded, laying immobile in her lap. She averted her gaze onto the source of the voice. She smirked.

Then she was gone with his body.

"KATAKURI ANII-UE!"

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Sooo… what do you guys think? I hope I didn't make it too confusing…

Will always be waiting for your reviews and comments~

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