So Ghost here again. This is the second chapter, and in this one we follow Law, Sanji and Cora-San during the same day as we followed Luffy, Ace and Sabo. Hope it makes some sense.
And you will later on get the information towards why Sanji lives with Law and the others. Just like you will get Cora-Sans and Laws stories. And in this one Law doesn't know any of his crew members yet. But more on that later.
Like you may have noticed the city is divided in different district. And to the ones I have mentioned I can tell you where the districts are, kind off.
Luffy and the other SH are living in the south, outside the forest.
Ace and WB gang are living in the old Palace, North west.
Law and the others live in the north.
Crocodile and the casino district are to the North East.
Sabo's home that Luffy and Ace visit are mote to the South east.
The neutral zone Sanji visit are more in the Northsouth I guess, near the middle of the town.
BB district are to the West on an island.
I will explain where the other district are when I mention who has it. Or I may draw a may someday.
And I may warn you for some yaoi, or really not. I have two guys kiss, and implied sex, but don't worry it's not worst then that.
I think that's all I need to say. So enjoy the reading :)
"Can I go out with two friends later?" Bepo asked and looked at Law.
"As long as you are careful" Law answered the bear who smiled widely at him.
"Thank you Law" Bepo answered before he walked back to his room, most likely to prepare himself. Law wasn't sure how the bear would even do that. He always had the same orange overall and he was a bear so it wasn't like he needed to think about his appearance. But Law didn't ask, knowing that it would result in the bear apologising and being ashamed.
"Are you going to be late?" Sanji asked and Law turned around to face his friend.
"I don't know. I have a few things I need to do, and hopefully they won't take long" Law said as he went to put on his shirt. "Do you need something while I am out?"
"No, I will go to the market later so I am fine" Sanji told him and Law nodded.
"Just be careful" He told Sanji and Sanji smiled towards him. Sanji know that Law was very overprotective of his family, and with right, especially when it came to Sanji. And Sanji didn't mind, he was just really hope to have a family that cared.
"I will" Sanji answered and handed over a cup of coffee to Law.
"Thank you. I really need that" Law said and Sanji smiled.
"Figured, your insomnia hasn't been kind to you lately" Sanji said as they walked out into the living room.
"Shouldn't be surprised that you know" Law said, knowing that as much as Law watched out for his friend, Sanji watched out for him. Law maybe the stronger of them, but Sanji did the little he could.
"Where are you going?" Cora-San asked as he walked out from his room. Both men turned around to face the man they saw as their father. Cora-san had red eyes from crying and from the lack of sleep, and both men know that it meant that he had a nightmare.
"You should sit down Cora" Sanji said and smiled towards the older man.
"I can make you something that helps you sleep" Law walked closer to his father to help him sit down before he fell down.
"I don't need your help" Cora-San snapped towards him and Law didn't say anything, figure it would be one of those days. He never blamed Cora-San when he had them, knowing that he never meant anything. "So where are you going?"
"I have work to do" Law just answered him, and at those words Cora-San just gave him a disgusting look and Law didn't say anything, even if it hurt to see Cora look at him like that.
"I will make you something to eat" Sanji said to Cora-San who nodded and smiled towards Sanji.
"Thank you" Cora-San answered and Sanji didn't say anything as he went over to the kitchen.
"Do you need anything when I am gone?" Law asked and looked at his father.
"That you have got for me? No thanks" Cora-San said and Law took a deep breath and turned around.
"I will be going then" Law said.
"To kill people! You know that you are becoming more and more like him every day!" Cora-San said in a cold voice and at those words Law stopped.
"At least I am doing something, trying to take back my life! Not staying here scared of him!" Law shouted at him.
"Rather that and becoming the monster you have turned to. Why even leave him if you would just become like Doflamingo anyway!" Cora-San said just as Sanji walked back to the living room, and he looked worried at his family.
"Please stop" Sanji begged, he hated when they fought, it all reminded him of his real family.
"I will be going" Law said and walked out the door without a world. Sanji could tell how upset he was, and he wanted to run after his friend more than anything, but he knew that Law wanted to be alone right now.
Sanji turned towards Cora-San when he sank down on the couch and started to cry. Sanji turned towards him and sat down.
"It's alright Cora" Sanji said and hugged him.
"Why can't I shut up?" Rosinante asked. "Why do I always have to hurt him?"
Sanji didn't know what to answer. He wasn't sure what Law and Cora-San had been through before he started to live with them, and he had never asked, not wanting to wake up painfully memories.
"He will be back, don't worry" Sanji said, it was all that he could say. He had no answers for Cora, but he knew that Law would be back he always come back.
"One day he is not going to come back" Cora-San answered and Sanji hugged him again.
"He will never leave us, and if he does I promise to drag him back" Sanji said and Cora-San looked at him and laughed.
"That I would see" he answered and Sanji just shrugged his shoulders. He would most likely not manage, but he would try, wanting his family to be whole.
"Let's eat some breakfast before I need to go out and buy some more" Sanji said and stood up.
After breakfast Sanji had left Cora-San and Bepo in the apartment, making sure that they were alright before he went to buy some things they needed. Which was mostly food, because other things they may need they often got by themselves.
So when he had bought everything he needed he wanted to go home again, not feeling safe out in the city. He had a firm grip round the paper bag with food in it, not wanting anyone to take it from him. It would be a waste of money, if he lost the food he just bought. Money was hard to get by in the city, and even if Sanji know that Law had no problem getting his hand on money, he didn't want to ask for more. Law often schooled him about it, telling him it wasn't a problem at all. But knowing what Law did Sanji was afraid that he one day wouldn't come back, and knowing that it was his fault, asking for more money, he couldn't live with that. And Sanji know that Law could take care of himself, he had made a name for himself in the city, for better or worst. But he wasn't the only one with a feared name, in a city with lunatics, murderess, thieves and all the rest of the pack that fought to get the control over the city, Law was only one man. Sanji often wished that Law would join a gang, or at least create his own gang, but Sanji know that it wouldn't happen. Law didn't want to drag anyone else into the mess that was his life. Even if it was noble of Law, Sanji still felt like Law would be safer if he wasn't alone, and Sanji would worry less.
Sanji sighed and snapped out of his thoughts and started walking again, reminding himself that he needed to get home soon. Luckily it was still daytime, the city was a less awful and dangerous then, not by much but a little bit. All the maniacs got out at night, and so did Law. And Sanji could almost curse his friend for choosing to be active when it was most dangerous. Sanji wished that he at least could come with Law to help him…
Sanji's thoughts come to an abrupt stop when he turned around a corner and someone ran into him, making him fall over. The other person landed on top of him and at once Sanji felt the familiar panic from being caught, raising up. Someone was sitting on him, holding him down. Sanji saw that it was a teenage boy, sitting on top off him, smiling. Sanji didn't like that he was smiling, it was never a good sign. He tried to break free from the boy's grip, when the boy suddenly stood up.
"Oh Sorry" the boy said to him and Sanji took a deep breath. He was free again, he tried to breath normally when he suddenly heard angry voices behind them. The boy who had been collecting his stuff suddenly grabbed him and pulled him up, and gave him the bag.
"You two stop there!" an angry man screamed. You two? What the hell had he done? That the boy had done something that he could understand, but what had he done?
"Run!" the boy said and took his hand and start running. Sanji had no intention to follow the boy, and he tried to break free, something the other man didn't seem to notice at all. But after almost falling over again, Sanji started to run too, not wanting to get hurt. When the boy suddenly stopped, Sanji almost ran into him, but he pulled him inside a house, and close the door behind him. Sanji was about to scream when a hand covered his mouth. At ones Sanji started to fight to break free. But the other boy was stronger than him and he didn't release him. Sanji fought the panic by now, just preparing for what the boy would do to him. But just as he almost gave up, accepting his destiny, the other man let go of him.
At first Sanji shivered out of fear before he got angry, really angry.
"How dare you?" Sanji asked but the boy just blinked at him. Sanji stared at him, waiting for an answer, or rather demanding it. He wanted to know who the boy thought he was. But instead of answering him the boy took one of the apples he had in his bag. Sanji's eyes become darker and he was just about to school the boy when the boy talked.
"You are hurt!" the boy said and Sanji looked down and saw that he was bleeding from his leg, quite a lot too. He was taken by surprise, he hadn't even felt that he was bleeding, but the fear of what was going to happen to him, must have blocked out the pain.
"Um, seems like it" Sanji answered.
"You need a doctor" The boy said and took his hand again, wanting him to follow.
"My friend is a doctor" Sanji answered but the boy didn't seem to care about that. "Let go of me"
Sanji tried to break free from the boy, but he didn't have any of it.
"No, you are hurt, I got you hurt so I need to fix it!" the boy said and picked him up in his arms "Let's go.
And then the boy started to run and all Sanji could do was trying to block out memories from the past. And hold on to the boy who now had started to run really fast. Sanji felt the strong arms around him, pushing him against the boy's chest and Sanji started to hyperventilate, feeling that he had lost all control of the situation. Sanji screamed when they suddenly jumped down into what seemed to be some secret underground base.
"What's going on?" another boy with a long nose peaked out from another room, when he had heard Sanji scream and the boy laugh.
"Ey, Usopp, where is Chopper?" The boy caring him asked.
"I am here!" a voice said and walked out from behind a shelf. The voice belonged to a reindeer, a freaking reindeer. Sanji didn't know what was going on here? What were this people into? What would they do with him? At that thought Sanji's imagination took a dark spin and if another voice hadn't spoken he didn't know what he had ended up.
"Luffy who is that?" a woman with red hair asked. So the boy's name was Luffy, Sanji thought. He felt like that name was familiar, but he didn't know from where, and he wasn't sure he wanted to either.
"I don't know. But he is hurt, actually my fault, so Chopper can you look at him?" Luffy asked and put him down on a char.
"Yes, no problem Luffy" The reindeer named Chopper answered and walked closer to him. But Sanji stood up again and as fast as he managed with his hurt leg, walked around the chair. Like a chair would stop this people from doing what they wanted to do. This did seem to surprise both Luffy and Chopper.
"What is wrong?" Luffy asked and tilted his head to the side.
"Can't you see that he is afraid? Damn Luffy, you most likely scared him. I bet you just dragged him hear, and he has no idea what's going on" the woman said.
"Oh, yeah I did that. But we aren't going to hurt him" Luffy said with a laugh, a laugh that scared Sanji even more.
"How is he going to know that?" The woman asked and Luffy seemed to think about what she had said and then turned her head against him. "Hey mister, it's going to be alright"
Sanji just shook his head, too scared to answer, and he soon felt his tears start falling. He didn't want to cry, but he couldn't stop them. It all reminded him of his childhood, all too well.
"Great Luffy, see what you have done" The woman said and hit the younger boy in the head.
"What the hell is going on here? Who is crying?" a man with green hair asked as he walked into the room, looking really sleepy.
"Luffy dragged this guy with him and…" the woman started but the man didn't seem to listen. Instead he walked towards him, in what Sanji thought was a really hostile way and he backed away from him.
"Pff, pathetic" The man said and went over to the kitchen.
"Hey Zoro, not nice!" Luffy said to the other man, but Zoro just shrugged his shoulders, not seeing to care.
"I want to go home" Sanji said in a low voice and they all looked at him.
"Soon, just let Chopper look at your leg" the woman said but he shook his head.
"My friend is a doctor, he can take a look at it" he answered.
"Right, he did say something about his friend being a doctor" Luffy said and the woman hit Luffy again.
"Can you stop hitting me Nami! Why are you even hitting me?" Luffy asked.
"Because you are an idiot" Nami answered in an angry voice, that scared Sanji and she calmed down.
"Where is home?" Nami asked and Sanji didn't answer at first. He wasn't too keen to tell them where he lived. But he guessed that it couldn't hurt to say which district.
"North town" he answered and Nami walked over to a table and looked down on a map.
"That's far away, and it's an dangerous aria. Luffy we need to wait for the others before we try to get him there"
"Yeah an adventure" Luffy answered and smiled.
"It's not an adventure or a game. It's serious!" Nami said "Where are the others?"
"Work" Luffy answered, and Sanji thought he could see some form of sorrow on Luffy's face.
"When will they be back?" Nami asked.
"I am not sure, but my guess would be later this evening." Luffy answered her.
"Then we wait for them until we go" Nami informed them.
"I am not going. We don't know him! I have no interesting in helping him" Zoro said when he come back from the kitchen.
"Oh mister you are going to help him get home, if I am so going to drag you" Nami said.
"You can't force me!" Zoro said and she smiled an evil smile.
"Yes I can! You are going mister and that's the last of it!" she said and gave him a look and Zoro seemed like he was about to say something, but then finally sighed and nodded.
"Good. Then can Chopper look at you? It makes it easier to get home" Nami asked as she turned towards Sanji again.
He met her eyes but still shook his head, he didn't trust them, who know what they was going to do?
"But you are hurt" Chopper said.
"It's fine" he said and Chopper was about to say something when Nami shook her head.
"Okay, then let's wait for the others before we are going" she said with a nice smile and he nodded. Sanji stood with his back against the wall, hugging the bag.
"Can I have another apple?" Luffy asked.
"Hey, don't ask for his food! You have done enough of damage!" Usopp said and Luffy looked sad.
"But I am hungry" Luffy answered and looked at the apple. Sanji looked down at his own bag and took one of the apple and threw it at the boy, he couldn't see people go hungry.
"Thank you" the boy said with the biggest smile and he nodded, then they waited.
Cora-San threw the cards on the table, today wasn't his night. Not that it mattered, he didn't play to win, it was merely a distraction, like always. Like the alcohol, the drugs or the empty sex. Whatever to keep his mind of stuff. And right now he needed it. He had left the apartment after Bepo did, and he had no plans on going back until tomorrow. Tonight he would just forget everything.
He took another glass and picked up some new cards. He knew that he shouldn't be doing this, he shouldn't waste money like this, not when Law was the one making money. He signed, knowing what Law was doing to get them made him hate himself more, to force Law do such stuff to take care of them. Hated what this town had turned Law into, for every day that went by, Law become more and more like Doflamingo and it scared him, it scared him every day. He didn't know what to do, his little boy wasn't what he was when he founded him. And seeing him changes so much, made him scared of losing him one day. Either in a fight, or to the darkness, just like he lost his brother. But then he smiled, it was still Law, and Law would never do what his brother did. Sure he heard the rumours about Law or rather the Surgeon of Death, but Law still had some dignity. He killed, something that was wrong for sure, but he didn't sell people, he didn't deal with drugs, or raped people. He was glad that Law had stayed away from that part, if that now was something to be happy about. But he guessed that in this town it was something to be glad for. And Law did care about his family, he would do anything for him, Sanji and Bepo. That's why he hated himself so much when he had this days, the days when he would take it out on Law. He had even said that Law was just like his brother. He had seen how much those words hurt the boy or rather man, but instead of apologize like he should have, he just let Law go. Why couldn't he just shut up for ones?
Cora-San signed, looked down at the cards and threw them at the table. He lost again and he gave up, cards couldn't keep his mind of Law and their fight, he needed something else. And he would start with more alcohol and a cigarette. He went by the bar and then out on the balcony.
The bright light from all the casinos around him hurt his eyes for a short period. He looked at the people around him, broke, drunk and miserable people, and tonight he felt like one of them. The only difference was that he had someone that cared about him at home, this people normally hadn't. Somewhere he could return when he felt better. This people's family had thrown them out because of their problem and the casinos did everything to pull them down and take their money.
He lighted the cigarette without even noticing that he sat his black feather coat on fire again, not until someone put it out.
"Can't have one of my guests burn to death" the man said and Cora-San turned around to see a man in a black coat standing next to him. He had a cigar in his mouth and he looked at him.
"Thanks" he only said and went back to look at the people on the streets.
"Not a pretty sight, is it?" the man next to him said.
"No" he only answered.
"Not much of a talker are we?" the man said with a laughed.
"Not today" he only answered, or well maybe he never was, unless it was one of his kids, he smiled. The three at home could always make him talk, unless he had one of those days, but then they just left him alone or just kept him company without saying anything.
"Oh so I just met you on an unlucky day?" the man said. He did look at the stranger and just shrugged his shoulders.
"So why are you here? You aren't one of them" the man said and pointed at the people at the streets, and he looked at him with wonder. "I mean you don't look like you live on the streets, and you aren't a man that live of gambling"
"I needed a destruction" he just answered.
"One of those days?" the stranger said and he just nodded. "And how is that going?"
He just gave him a look and didn't answerer him, and the stranger laughed.
"Guess not to good" he said and lighted another cigar. "Want one?"
"No" he answered and pointed at his own cigarette, cigars wasn't his thing. He didn't like the taste. He tilted his head back and closed his eyes for a moment, the alcohol and the cigarettes didn't help, so then he either needed something stronger or sex, it wasn't sure that either of it would help but he hoped. He needed a break from all his thoughts and guilt, and the pain, if it was only for a short moment.
"Anything else I can give you?" the man next to him asked and he looked at him.
"Depends on what you are offering" he said and the man laughed again.
"Well I would say that we can offer almost anything here. It is the casino district after all, and you are at the best of them all, my casino, Rain Dinners" the man said.
He just shook his head, every owner of a casino would say that there was the best.
"So what do you want?" the man said.
"Either drugs or sex" he only answered and the man smiled.
"Well if you need drugs I would say that you can talk to any of the stuff, and unless it's a super rare drug you should have it in seconds. Sex well, man or female?" the man said.
"Man" he answered and the stranger laughed.
"Well then I think I can help you with that part" he said and stepped out of the dark and closer to him. He could see him the whole him for the first time, he saw the scar over the face and the gold hook on his left hand.
"Crocodile" the man said.
"Rosinante" he answered him.
"Nice to meet you, Rosinante" Crocodile said and Cora-San looked down at the man. "I would say that this is a bit out in the open, so why not follow me to my room?"
Cora-san just shrouded and started walking after the man, trying not to fall down but it was unavoidable.
"To drunk?" Crocodile laughed and helped him up.
"I wish" he only answered him. The other man gave him a look but didn't say anything as they walked through the casino and then back to a part of the casino where he would never have access without Crocodile. They stopped in front of a golden door.
"I do not want to be disturbed" Crocodile said to a man standing there and opened the door and they stepped in. Cora-san was looking around in the room and the first thing he saw was a big aquarium with a crocodile in.
"You have a real crocodile?" he asked in surprise.
"Yeah" the man said and walked over to the bar. "Another drink?"
"Sure" he just answered without taking his eyes of the crocodile. He had never seen a real one. The other man come up next to him and gave him the drink and he gave him a smile as a thanks before he stepped closer to the aquarium, and the other man laughed.
"Sorry, I just haven't seen a real one before" Cora-san said and took a sip of his drink before placing it on a table.
"It's okay, not many have" Crocodile answered and walked up to him again and removed his coat and Cora-san turned around to him.
"Looks like I forgot about the other Crocodile in the room" he said and met the man's eyes before he leaned over and kissed him and Crocodile wasn't slow on answering. Cora-san emitted the other man was a good kisser. Crocodile guided him towards the bed and he soon feel backwards, pulling Crocodile down with him and they bumped their heads together.
"You really are clumsy" Crocodile said and Cora-San blushed, he knew he was clumsy, but sometimes he was really ashamed of it. But Crocodile didn't seem to mind as he kissed him again. Cora-San let his hand wander up under the other man's shirt a to his back. He felt the naked skin against his hands and soon he felt Crocodiles hands or rather hand unbutton his shirt.
"You have some scars" Crocodile said and looked down at him and Cora-San tried to hide them. "Don't be ashamed, they look good on you"
Crocodiles hand wandered over every one of them and down to his trousers and then smiled.
"Do you have any down there too?" he teased and started to pull at his pants, and at that moment Cora-san just let everything go and follow Crocodiles lead, hoping that this would make him forgot.
The hospital was dark and quite, which wasn't a surprise, it was after nightfall and there would be no more clients today. Or it could have been if he felt like it, but today was not a good day to seek the help from the surgeon of death. Not a good day at all.
Law sat in the almost quite dark room. The only thing that could be heard was the quite sobbing from the man tied to a chair in front of him and Laws own breath, and occasionally the ice against the glass in his drink. Any other day he would most likely either silenced the man or told him to shut up, but today he preferred the sound over the loneliness and silence in the dark room.
Law lifted the glass from the table, and drunk the last of the whiskey, and god he needed more. He hated these days. He had tried to keep his thoughts of the morning, helping his patients, but it hadn't helped, he had still thought of Cora-San. So instead he had turned to alcohol, and later the visitor he had got.
He knew that he shouldn't be drinking this much in this fucking town, it wasn't safe. But then he laughed, it was never safe. In a city where everyone fought for their survival and to gain more and more power until you had it all, it was never safe. People got robbed in the streets, whores was standing in every corner, people was sold as slaves, murderer everywhere, and he was no better. And it wasn't like he pretended that he was. People sometimes called him a good person since he could cure almost all of his patients, and he would help the ones that didn't have money for free, but that didn't make him a good person. Maybe he did that to try to feel better, or at least pretend he did. If he would be totally honest with himself, he preferred to end people's life. God he was fucked up, but everyone knew it, they even knew that it was a risk to take their sick one to him, because if he had a bad day they would most likely die. And today had been such a day, as the two men had figured out, and sure it didn't help them that the ones coming to him belonged to another gang, Black Beards gang, he wouldn't even have helped them on a good day.
But he smiled in the dark, at least he hadn't needed to search for anyone, the targets had walked right into his district and asked for help. He had almost laughed at it. This wouldn't make Black Beard happy, but he didn't care, the men in front of him deserved it, and like everyone else in the town he wanted more power. And he did what he did just because of that, yeah power and fun. He truly did enjoy it; he really was fucked up.
He signed and filled the glass once more. He looked out from the window, he could see the old palace and the casinos in the distance. Two districts he never visited. The palace because it wasn't his part of town and quite frankly he didn't want to seek a fight with White Beards gang. Sure he was a mad man, he wouldn't deny that, but he also like to think of himself as a smart man, and seeking a fight with one of the strongest gangs in the town, wasn't a smart move. Sure he could kill some of Black Beards men, but that man didn't care about his men in the same way as the crazy old man, White Beard. And the Black Beard was an ass and Law would gladly kill him, didn't mean he would walk into his district and do anything, yet. But when his men walk into his, well he won't let them just go.
He then looked at the casinos, well he could hold himself there, actually without problem, but the most people there was crazy drunk gamblers, and a few very rich people. But to be honest he had no interest in boring table games and to waste money on such simple pleasures. People there was the lowest in the town, addicted to games, drugs and god only knew what. They would sell their own family to get some money, they made him sick. Sure he was a fucked up baster but he liked to think that he had some moral, but those people didn't.
He signed again, the city really was a rat hole and a disturbing place, perfect for him, but he also knew that his father, Cora-San was somewhere out there. Every time they had a fight they would go different directions. Law would always go here, to the hospital and without a doubt has someone with him. But he never knew what Cora-San was. It was a big city and it was impossible to know. And Cora-San made sure of it. The other man was clumsy and not himself after everything that happened, but he wasn't an idiot and he knew how to cover his tracks. Law just hoped that he was okay.
He swallowed rest of the whiskey before he stood up and threw the glass out from the window. He needed to forget about him, there was nothing he could do now anyway. Not until he was back and then he would try not to be mad. Well who did he try to fool? He would probably just be as mad as now because Cora-San made him worry, but he would try to apologise, probably one of the few persons he would ever do that too, but you did crazy things for the people you love, didn't you? Love maybe as good excuse as any other. But he guesses he loved the man, even if he probably never would admit that to him. But after everything how could he not love him?
He signed again and looked down at his bloody hands, this wasn't something unusual. Lately it almost felt like it was something unusual if they weren't bloody. He shook his head, he didn't need to get his hand bloody, far from it, his devil fruit could help him do the same thing without getting bloody, but for some fucked up reason he wanted them to get bloody. Like he literally wanted the blood of his enemy on his hands, he needed to know that they were dead and couldn't get in his way anymore. He sighed and sat down on the couch and dragged his hand throw the hair, he knew that he would regret it later, but who cared? In a city this fucked up, no one cared, a little bloody could even help him. In a place was everything about surviving and be the strongest it was probably good.
"Ha guess I am as fucked up as the say, if not worst. I would say worst." he said more to himself then the other man in the room. He knew the rumours about him, he actually liked them. People was scared of him, and they should be, but he mostly liked them because it kept people away, most of the time. The people in his district was different, and most of the time he didn't care. He felt that he needed to do something for them, most likely Cora-San influence. But since he ruled here, he had some obligations to look after the people here, and it could even help him since they would most likely not rice against him, if they liked him in some way. And being a doctor and helping them sometimes was a good way to do that. But to the people outside his district, he didn't have as nice reputation and that he liked, because if he had more people would seek his help and he would never be left alone, but now everyone more or less left him alone. The whole city knew about his cover name, and most of them knew about his looks, he hadn't tried to keep it a secret, not as other people in the city who used alias and other ways to stay low. Sure they didn't know of his real name, but that didn't do any difference. And one of the best things whit it was that no one tried to figure out the secret he hides, because there thought it was nothing to find out. Ha if they only knew, everyone had secrets, and in this city it could be your death if someone figure them out. And the only way to keep them a secret was either to be powerful enough to keep people away or be no one, and if you were no one in this town you were going to get killed.
Law then shook his head, wishing he didn't throw away the glass, but he needed to finish what he started anyway, the other man was still alive and he couldn't leave it like this. The man was an enemy after all, and they all needed to be kill. He stepped forward into the light with a cold smile on his lips, eyes full of hate and death. The man in the chair started to scream, and if the muzzle hadn't quieted the sound it would probably been heard all over the building. Not that it mattered since the people who lived there was used to the screams coming from the hospital, so even if someone was close no one would care. If you wanted to stay alive you never stepped into other people's business. And the people in the district looked the other way, they didn't want to be his next target, knowing that it would happen if they interfered.
"Relax" he said to the screaming man, of course the other man didn't relax, he was terrified of him. Well it didn't bother him, the man was soon going to die anyway so his opinion on him didn't matter. The terrified man looked over to his already dead companion, he was sliced in pieces and it had been a painful death, and the man know that it would happen to him to.
"I know what I am doing" he leaned closer with the scalpel in his hand. "I am a doctor after all"
When Law finally left the building he putted his white dotted hat on his head and walked calmly down the streets. This was his territory and even if he needed to be on his guard for people from the other territory's he didn't walk around looking over his shoulder all the time. If he was scared now, it would be no meaning on keep going. He wouldn't become the strongest and rule the city if he was scared and weak, and the weak didn't get to decide anything.
He looked up at the stars and smiled, they remained him of an easier time in his life, when he had been naïve and childish, felt like a lifetime ago. He smiled a small and relaxed smile before he started walking again, he needed to get home, at least someone would be there. Even if he knew that Cora-san wouldn't be there, Sanji would.
After killing two people he felt calm again, he laughed for himself, he was definitely insane, who the hell felt calm after something like that? Or maybe there was a lot like him in the city, he didn't know since he didn't talk to any of the people who seemed crazy. Right now he stayed out of there business as long as they stayed out of his.
Far away he heard the bell tower ring, 3 in the morning. He was surprised that it wasn't more, the night was still young he would have time to do more. He stopped and thought about it for a while, he could walk around the territory and see if he could find anything. He could go into one of the others, he wasn't too far from one of the neutral territory's. But then again Sanji and Bepo may be waiting for him and smiled again, he needed to see them, know that they were okay.
Law started walking towards his home again, careful that he wasn't followed, he wasn't scared but he wasn't dumb and careless either. Even if he was strong the others wasn't as strong and he would prefer to keep them safe. Law had stopped for a moment when he has seen a blond man with a scar on his face walking towards one of the bars in his district. But the blond man had not either seen him, or didn't care about him. So when Law was sure that the blond wasn't followed he walked towards there home again.
The short walk home went on and he wasn't followed and when he stepped inside the apartment he knew he was alone. He was actually a bit surprised. He had known that his father would still be out, after their fight in the morning it was no surprised, but the other two should be there. He switched on the light and looked around. He soon found a note from his oldest friend and smiled, Bepo said that he would stay out with his friends a bit longer and he said he was sorry for it. Law shook his head; his friend was always sorry for stuff he shouldn't be sorry for. That explained two of them, then it was only his blond friend left. He knew that Sanji had left for the market this morning but he should have been back hours ago. Immediately he got a bad feeling. This wasn't good, what if the Sanji's parent's got him, or if one of the other people he met before they were friends. As soon as he had got there he left the apartment and walked out on the streets.
"I am going to find you were ever you are" he said to himself, it didn't matter if he had to search the holy city and turn it down brick by brick, he would find him. "I am coming for you Sanji"
The other members in Luffy's group had arrived later then they had thought and it was now night. Sanji tried not to walk on the streets after sundown, but he really wanted to go home, and he just hoped that this group could take him home safely.
"This is so cool!" Luffy shouted as they walked down the streets and Sanji was wondering if he wanted to give them away.
"Luffy be quite" Nami said. She seemed nervous which made Sanji more nervous, did this people even know what they were doing? Nami had a firm hand on a staff of some sort, Chopper didn't have a weapon at all but he had change form so Sanji guessed he had some sort of Devil Fruit. Usopp had a slingshot but all of them looked so nervous that Sanji would guess that they never were out in the night.
The other part of the group looked more sure. Zoro was relaxed but he had his hand on his swords, so did Brook, who had turned out to be a skeleton, a freaking skeleton. Not only was Luffy friends with a reindeer, but also a skeleton, and a robot, which Franky appeared to be. Franky just walked normally, and so did the other women Robin, but those three looked like the expected trouble. The only one that didn't look bother by it all was Luffy, but he didn't think he was normal.
"How is your leg?" Robin asked and he looked at the women.
"It's fine" Sanji said.
"I can carry you again" Luffy said and he shouted no, and the other boy just laughed. He just thought he was embarrassed and starting telling Franky about the whole story. He didn't say anything when the other man laughed.
"Don't worry bro, your story is safe with us" Franky said, but he didn't answer.
Sanji just tried to get home as fast as he could. He wished he could leave them but he didn't know where he was so he didn't know how to go home, and he was scared to go home alone to. He hoped that this people could give him some protection at least. Knowing that if they met someone he couldn't do much, especially not now when he was wounded.
As they walked Luffy kept laughing and telling stories, and the others did talk back to him until Nami asked them all to be quite.
"We are now walking into his district" she said.
"Who's?" Luffy asked and Nami looked at him as he were stupid.
"The surgeon of death" she said and Luffy smiled.
"If he tries to hurt my nakama I will kick his ass" Luffy said and laughed as they kept walking, as it all was a game he played. Sanji didn't say anything to them, not wanting to tell them that he knew the surgeon. He didn't want to put Law in some danger. But when Luffy started to tell a story to Chopper on how he would kick the surgeons ass, Sanji was wondering if this boy had ever fought someone, and know what he was getting into.
"Room" suddenly a blue sphere was around them. They all looked at it, not knowing what was happening. A tall man with a coat and a sword on his back walked out from the shadows. He has a white dotted hat on his head and he was covered in blood. "You said something about kicking my ass?"
The other man had a mocking voice and Luffy looked at him.
"Bring it on!" he said and the taller man laughed.
"Luffy" Nami said in a low voice. "Don't do this, he is crazy"
"Be careful Luffy-bro" Franky said.
"Haven't you heard the stories?" Usopp said.
"Doesn't matter. We need to get him home and this prick is standing in our way" Luffy said and pointed at Sanji. Suddenly the surgeon looked away from Luffy and at him.
"I have been looking for you" he said and walked towards them. Luffy stepped in-between them.
"What are you going to do? Kill him! I won't let you!" he said and the surgeon just laughed and pushed Luffy away. The unprepared teenager almost felt.
"Hey what are you doing?" Luffy shouted, to only be ignored by the surgeon.
"You okay Sanji?" he asked him and Sanji just throw himself in the surgeons arms and started to cry. The surgeon putted one arm around the blond man to protect him.
"What the hell have you done to him?" he said in a very low dangerous voice.
"Your friend is the surgeon of death?" Usopp yelped in surprise.
"We haven't done anything!" Nami said. "He was hurt, we tried to help him, we just…"
She was obvious scared.
"I can see that! How is this nothing? I should kill all of you" he said but Sanji shook his head, he didn't want them to die.
"Are you sure?" Law asked and Sanji nodded. "Be glad that he is kinder then I am. If I ever see any of you near him again I will kill you!"
He looked at them and most of them backed away very fast.
"Let's go home, okay?" Law said to Sanji nodded ones again.
"Ey Sanji, you going to be okay?" Luffy suddenly asked and Sanji looked at him in surprise.
"Yes" he said in a broken voice.
"Okay, good, see you again" Luffy said and waved before he looked at Law.
"Hurt him and I will end you! He is my friend now!" Luffy said and Law gave him an cold look and was about to draw his sword when Sanji stopped him. Luffy just laughed and ran away with his friend.
"Let's go home" Law said and Sanji nodded, exhausted and Law smiled before he picked him up in bride style and Sanji leaned against his friend, happy to be in his safe arms, still holding the bag, happy that he didn't lose the food.
Law opened the apartment, which was still empty. Sanji had almost fell asleep and he hadn't said anything about it, he didn't know what happened but it was a long time since he saw his friend like this. He carefully put him down on the bed and took the bag from him.
"Law don't go" Sanji said and grabbed hold of his bloody hands.
"Let me just put away the food and take a shower and I will be back" Law said but Sanji didn't let go. "Okay, let me at least put away the food, it will become spoiled if I don't"
Sanji let go and nodded and Law hurried to the kitchen and put the things Sanji bought into the fridge before he went back to his friend. Sanji was almost in as bad state he was when they first met. Guess the day fucked him up too. He shouldn't have left him, but it normally was okay.
"Move a bit" Law said and Sanji did. Law got down in bed with his friend who right away crawled into his arms and Law hold him without a doubt. Sanji started to cry again.
"Schhh it's okay, you are safe" he said in a calm voice. He hated seeing his friend like this. He was better this days but something must have triggered old memories.
"I was so scared. I didn't know. He just grabbed me, and I didn't know where I was and I…I" Sanji started talking and Law just holed him until he calmed down.
"Thank you" Sanji said and Law smiled.
"Just like old days" Law answered.
"Just like old days" Sanji said and then looked around the apartment. "Where is Cora-San and Bepo?"
"Bepo is with the friends he met, Penguin and Shachi" Law said "And Cora-San well I don't know. Haven't seen him since our fight this morning. Damn I shouldn't have jelled at him"
Law signed. He tried to be kind to Cora-san after all the man had done for him, and normally it wasn't a problem, but some days wasn't just their day. They fought and both always felt bad after words and did something stupid. He normally killed people more brutal then a normal day, and Cora-san he never knows. The man just left and didn't come back later.
"It wasn't your fault" Sanji said and Law shook his head.
"It was. I shouldn't have done what I did. It not his fault that it is like this" Law said and Sanji hugged him.
"Let's sleep and hope that it will be better tomorrow, feels like both of us needs it" Sanji said and Law nodded.
"Good night Sanji" Law said and putted one arm around Sanji knowing he needed to feel safe after what happened today.
"Good night Law" Sanji said and placed his head on Laws chest, knowing that he would protect him if someone come for him.
When Cora-san woke up the next morning he was alone in bed, not that he did expect anything else, and he didn't care either. He was just glad he had gotten a moment of peace yesterday. Today he would go home and talk to Law and hope that his son forgives him, not wanting to lose him.
Cora-San stood up and and started to gather his clothes when the door opened and he looked to see Crocodile walk in.
"Leaving already?" the other man asked.
"I need to get home" Cora-San just answered and put on his shirt.
"And here I was hoping for a, what would it be, a fourth round" Crocodile said with a smile.
"Don't think I could take anymore" Cora-San just answered him as he felt how much pain he was in. It felt like he had been ran over with a car.
"That's a shame" Crocodile said.
"Maybe another time" Cora-San told him with a smile.
"Is that an offer?" Crocodile asked as he walked closer and looked him in the eyes.
"If you want it to be" Cora-San just answered, guessing he would need to be distracted more times, and Crocodile had been perfect for that.
"Here is my number to my den den mushi" Crocodile said and handed it over and Rosinante took it.
"I will keep it"
"Hope you do" Crocodile said and grabbed Cora-San by the neck and kissed him.
"Something to remember me by" Crocodile said when they parted and Cora-San smiled.
"Think I would remember you anyway, but thank you" he said and walked through the doors, and if he had turned around he would have seen the smug smile Crocodile had on his lips, before the door closed.
When Cora-San got home he saw his children sitting at the table eating. Bepo was talking about something very happily. Law tried to listen but he was watching Sanji more than Bepo, and Cora-San could see that Sanji was a bit pale. This made Cora-San worried, wondering what had happened last night, maybe he shouldn't have left them. What if something serious happened and they got hurt. But they were all alive at least, but he was still worried, so worried that he missed the table in the hall and almost fell over. He soon released that Law had created a room and caught him, and soon he stood on his feet again. Cora-San walked over and sat down at the table.
"Here" Sanji said in a low voice and gave him some food.
"Are you alright Sanji?" Cora-San asked and smiled towards him.
"I am starting to be" Sanji answered and Cora-San didn't ask anything more. Instead he looked at Law, who was giving him a glare, most likely not happy for being away all night. But his son didn't say anything, he never did, but Cora-San know how worried he had been.
"I am sorry Law" Cora-San said and Law looked at him for what felt like the longest time before he answered.
"As am I" he said and Cora-San smiled nervously towards him. "Let's just say that we both wear out of line yesterday"
Cora-San nodded and gave him a hug.
"I was at least. I should never have compared you to him. You are a better man every day, don't think I don't know that" Cora-San told him and Law nodded.
"Thank you" he answered and Cora-San smiled.
"Any day kid" he just said before they all went back to eating and listing to Bepo's story.