Fire Cold

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EVERYONE NOTE THIS, some words will be misspelled on purpose due to Corazon's age, which I don't really set in stone for this one, but he's around three.

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Achoo! Corazon sneezed. The sneeze caused him to summon his crystals. Fire surrounded the shimmering jewels and flickered wildly. When he sneeze again, a spark flew off one of his crystals and landed on the couch. He pointed his chubby finger at the flame with a big smile. "I make fire!"

"Eek!" Bepo shrieked. He jumped over to the couch and patted out the flame with his paw. Corazon found the scene amusing and giggled while clapping his hands together. "That was close."

"Beo! Funny!" Corazon giggled.

"What's going on?" Shachi asked as he and Penguin entered the rec. room.

"Corazon caught the couch on fire by sneezing," Bepo explained.

Shachi laughed. "How could a sneeze set the couch on fire?"

"It did!" Bepo insisted.

"Cora's been sneezing a lot today," Penguin said while Corazon waddled over to him. "We'll need to inform Neo and the captain of this as soon as they get back from shopping."

The majority of the crew were also off the ship and shopping. Penguin, Bepo and Shachi volunteered to stay behind and watch Corazon since he was asleep when Neo and Law left the sub. Also it made shopping easier for his parents when Corazon wasn't there trying to grab everything in sight.

Corazon grabbed onto Penguin's leg and looked up at him. He whined and tried to climb up his uncle's leg. "Up, Penin! Up!"

Penguin chuckled. He bend down and picked him up. "Wanna be held, huh? Hm…You might be coming down with something. You're a bit warm."

"I warm. I fire. I make fire," Corazon said.

"Yes, you do make fire," Penguin replied just before Corazon sneeze again. Penguin's eyes widened as the flame shot out and landed on the bill of Shachi's hat, which he didn't notice. "Um, Shachi, your hat's on fire."

"Hm?" Shachi looked up. He shrieked and whack his hands on the fire. "Eek!"

"Told you so," Bepo sang.

"Oh shut up!" Shachi snapped.

"Sorry," Bepo hung his head.

"Silly!" Corazon giggled.

"Yup," Penguin nodded. "Uncle Bepo and Uncle Shachi are being silly."

Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!

"Eek!" Penguin, Shachi and Bepo all shrieked when Corazon entered into a string of sneezing. They flew around the room trying to smother out the fires.

Corazon wiggled out of Penguin's arms and ran out of the room. Once all the fire was out, Penguin looked around. "Where did Cora go?"

Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!

Penguin, Shachi and Bepo exchanged worried looks before dashing out of the room to find a trail of flames all down the hall.

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"Are you sure all of this was necessary?" Neo asked as she and Law entered the sub. She was carrying four bags in her hands while floating about ten behind her with her wind crystals. Law was right beside her, carrying about six bags.

"Trust me, love, it is necessary. He's a growing boy. And we can't always stop at islands to shop. Buying clothes ahead of time will help us keep him dressed," Law explained.

"True, but I also blame you for his growth spurts," Neo giggled.

"And how is that my fault?" Law inquired while giving her a playful glare.

"Because you're so tall," Neo said. "He's taking a lot more after you than me. So he's going to be a tall guy. Therefor it's your fault."

"It's a good thing I love you so much," Law said. He leaned over and kissed her. The two broke the kiss at the same time. They gave each other concerned looks. "Do you smell smoke?"

"Yeah," Neo nodded. The two dropped their bags and rushed farther into the ship. "Cora! Penguin, where are you all?!"

"In here, Neo," Penguin called from one of the storage rooms. Neo and Law entered into the room. Neo, in a panic, grabbed Corazon and held him to her chest.

"What happened?" Law asked while inspecting all the singe marks covering the sub walls, crates and just about everything else.

"Cora has a cold. And when he sneezes, his fire reacts and catches things on fire," Shachi explained. "He burned my hat."

"I set fires," Corazon said, proudly. When Law smirked, Neo whacked him on the stomach.

"Love, don't encourage this," Neo said.

"Right, right," Law nodded, but still held a mischievous spark in his eyes.

Achoo! Corazon sneeze, creating a larger flame than before. Neo summoned a fire crystal and drew the fire within her crystal, putting it out. "Goodness. Our boy really does have a cold."

"And he's a bit warm too," Penguin told her. "I hope he's not coming down with something serious."

"I should check him out just in case and give him something to stop his sneezing," Law said while pulling Corazon from Neo's arms. Neo watched Law walked out of the room. She turned and looked back over the singe marks.

"We're so glad your back!" Bepo said while grabbed onto Neo. "That was so hard! We had to run after him! I think he was setting fires on purpose!"

"Hm," Neo sighed. "Considering who his father is, I don't doubt you one bit, Bepo."

"He did seem to be enjoying the fire a bit too much," Shachi said thoughtfully. They exchanged looks just before the sound of a sneeze and a wave of fire entered into the room. The three men shrieked and tried to smother out the fire.

Neo sighed again and easily put it out with her crystals. She then placed her hands on her hips and turned to the door. Law, with a guilty look on his face, had tickled Corazon's nose to make him sneeze. "Law! Don't encourage him!"

"What?" Law asked innocently.

"Don't make me ground you, mister," Neo crossed her arms and smirked. "We had plans later tonight, right? You still wanted to do that, right?"

Law twitched at her threat. "Fine. I'll behave."

"Good boy," Neo smiled.

"What plans did you two make?" Bepo asked.

Neo's face flushed as Law snickered and disappeared into the hall. "I'll let you handle that one, love."

"Law!" Neo hissed.

"Would it be all right if we joined you?" Bepo inquired.

"I don't think their plans include more than just the two of them," Shachi chuckled. He put his arm around Neo's shoulders. "Right, little sister?"

"Well, what did you and the captain plan on doing then?" Bepo asked.

"N-Nothing," Neo squeaked, earning more chuckles from Shachi and Penguin.

"Come on, Neo," Shachi elbowed her. "Tell us what you have planned with the captain."

"Oh, shut up! I'm going to go check on Law and Cora," Neo hissed through gritted teeth. With her cheeks as red as they could be, she marched towards the door. "You three go pick up our bags we dropped and take them to our room!"

"Right away," Penguin said with a big grin.

"Are you sure you want us to go to your room right now?" Shachi asked with laughter. He stopped laughing when a fire crystal appeared in front of him. A small flame flickered at the top of the crystal before striking out at his already burnt hat. "Neo!"

"You deserved it," Neo smirked at him as she exited the room.

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Author's Notes: Sorry for the delay on this one. I've been house sitting and entertaining a guest so I haven't had much time to write these past two week. Now that the house sitting is over with, I'm trying to get back into writing. It interrupted my flow :( I've plans to do one where we get to see Cora first getting to use his fire, maybe one where he first walks and I've plans for a multiparter involving Penguin that I've really been wanting to do. Hopefully I'll get back into my writing flow and get them up soon.