The title is from Die for you by Starset. Like, Comment, or Whatever! Enjoy.
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Third pov
"Take the blood." Whitebeard looked at the brat with wide eyes. Dagger was on his knees with his breathing out of order. The redhead's orbs were shaking as he tried to gather his strength to stand.
Whitebeard slashed his staff in the air to stop incoming cannon balls before walking over to the boy. He looked exhausted. Did he get any sleep? Did he eat? Now that I think about it… he hasn't. "You need to rest." The emperor said in a stern tone.
Dagger gripped his forehead and let out a snort, "I'll rest when I have taken care of this. The blood clones are using some energy. That's all."
"Did you say clones? I thought you only made one?"
Dagger pointed south instead of trying to explain. The emperor turned, his blood boiled when he saw a clone of the young child fighting Blackbeard. "I could-"
"You're old. Stop saying you could have handled it. Doesn't matter, only my type of devil fruit can."
"Does the energy the clones use take a toll on you?"
Dagger nodded. The eldest redhead let out a breath of air before his shaky hands pushed him off the ground. "Lets stop this lava shall we?" Whitebeard looked at the brat struggling to breathe. The determination in his eyes was the spitting image of Shanks's. Shanks made some powerful children… I give him that.
"Try to keep up brat."
Dagger pulled out two knives and coated them in haki, "I should be telling you that old man."
Before Dagger could run off, Whitebeard's tone became softer. "How would you like to be my son?"
Dagger froze, not even his hands were trembling. His vision was blurry, but he could still see the grin on the old man's chin. "what?"
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The evil man cackled at the sight of a clone, "you couldn't even fight me yourself?"
The Dagger clone pulled out two blades from his boots and pushed his hair to the side, "all I have to do is keep you busy. Now stop talking." The clone jumped into the air and threw one of his knives at the man. Before the blade could hit it's target, it was eaten by the darkness surrounding Blackbeard.
Blackbeard laughed, "I know how your devil fruit works, you only need a cut, a prick of my blood. Then you can make me bend to your will by popping my blood vessels and squeezing my organs."
The redhead's jaw relaxed when he saw Blackbeard's cocky smile. Though, the smile didn't last long. A gasp left Teach when he felt something cut his back. "You didn't." The man grunted. Teach's devil fruit causes him to feel ten times the amount of pain normal people feel. Which means the knife protruding his flesh, is causing him agony.
He let out a pain filled cry when he turned his head to the blade, and the clone stabbing him from behind. Damn him! He made another clone! I didn't think he would. Two clones surrounded the man, each one carrying an emotionless expression. The more clones he makes though… the more vulnerable his body is.
That damn brat is on the verge of dying, I won't let him take me with him!
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Red scanned the area of the platform, "I'll take the left, go to the right-"
"Incoming!" Marco shouted. The blonde shifted in the air to avoid the light beams coming his way. Kizaru's face appeared next to the couple, "you don't think I'll let you go that easily did you?"
A pair of claws clashed against the man's arm, sending him tumbling to the ground. The red phoenix grinned, "I got this one, yoi."
Marco and Red nodded, both were smiling at the grin the clone woman was wearing. They flew to the left, when they landed, Red took out her weapon. Marco gave a testing kick to the wall, it only made a small dent. "Damn." He spat.
Red stayed quiet as she placed her weapon on the ground. With the edge of her blade, she sliced her finger open. "What are you doing, yoi?" The redhead didn't answer until both her thumbs were pricked. "My weapon has a final form… If I use it… I can destroy the wall with one hit."
The blonde looked at his lover with worried eyes. This is going to be something reckless, isn't it? If it wasn't, she could've used it a long time ago. "Red don't do it, yoi. We can make another way." Red ignored her lover and started to trace down a mark made of her own blood. I need to do this; it will get everyone out of here in one piece.
A dark beam shot out of the blood made circle. The light caught everyone's attention, especially Dagger's. The eldest brother was deflecting a lava fist when he saw it. His jaw dropped and his eyes went wide, "damnit!" The eldest brother's body moved on its own, not thinking about the terrible shape he was in. His vision was leaving him and so was his hearing.
The redhead jumped off the deck of the ship and darted to his sister. She can't use that, anything but that. I told her no before for a reason, does she ever listen! The heaviness of his body contradicted his movements. His legs lagged behind, making him fall to the ground in front of Ivan. The light in his eyes was getting grayer. Damnit! I made three clones, I'm so stupid.
Making blood clones is splitting up your body and energy amongst them. Meaning if you made one, whatever damage the clone takes, or how much energy it uses, takes a toll on the caster. Not the clone. Though Dagger has only made three of them, one of them is fighting an admiral. While the other two are fighting a person that could take down a commander. The clone that is made from Marco and Red's blood, can use their energy, but that means their lives would be in danger. That is why Dagger didn't tell them about the effects and kept them to himself. Now he is the one experiencing the pain.
A hand touched his side, the fact he could barely feel it made him grit his teeth. "Dagger boy? What is going on?" Ivan, perfect.
"I-I need you to inject me with energy hormones. Now!" The purple-haired man gave the younger boy a confused look. When he saw Dagger's dimmed eyes, his lips parted. "What happened to you!? You need a medic!"
"N-o! Give me the hormones!" The redhead gripped the collar of Ivan's outfit. If I don't make it to her, she could die. That moron! Does she not understand that if she uses that it could make everyone's efforts for nothing?
'You better not let her die… Dagger.'
I promised this to Blue… right before she disappeared. I won't let anyone I care about die. Not Kid, Red, Nako, no one.
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Kid rushed over to the beam with Killer following close behind. The blonde stared at the beam with animosity, she can't. If she uses that then her body will become so weak, she won't be able to move!
She'll become the biggest target.
Kid dug his teeth into his lip and continued to run, for some reason, his speed keeps decreasing. Until finally, his legs gave up, making him drop to the ground. Killer stopped running to look at his captain, "what's happening to you?" The blonde's green eyes darted up to the beam. Since Kid used her blood, it's affecting him too. Shit.
Killer turned his head when he felt heavy footsteps approaching the two of them. What great timing. The blonde thought when he saw the giant robots. One looked over to Kid, who was on the ground and wincing. He is in an extreme amount of pain. The different blood inside his body are having a war with each other.
"Eustass Kid, captain of the Kid pirates, and Killer, the right-hand man to the Kid pirates." One of the robots spoke. Their mouths opened as light came flooding in. There was no way for them to run, they were surrounded by the bots from every angle.
The first bot aimed right for Kid. The scream the redhead made with the attack, made Killer run towards him. By the time he got there, it was too late. Kid's arm had a massive hole in it and was bleeding at an alarming rate.
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Ace, Sabo, and Luffy panted as more of the robots came closing in, along with them was Aokiji. They have been fighting the man since he came back, and of course dozens of robots had to come with him.
The brothers were tired and anxious. A bad feeling was creeping inside of them, all them know where it's coming from. That beam, what does it mean? They didn't have enough time to think about the answer. Three more beams came hurtling towards them.
Luffy dropped to the ground, Ivan's hormones were starting to wear off. In the prison, when he was trying to save Red, he had a near death experience after he fought the poisonous warden. His will pulled through though, and the energy hormones he received. Even though he has to take three days to recover, he made it out in less than a day.
Now, he is experiencing energy drain and the pain of the poison. Sabo blocked an attack aimed for his little brother before trying to help him up. Ace stood in front and launched out his hands, "Fire Fly!" Green orbs floated out of his palms towards the bots.
"Fire Dome!" He shouted as the bright explosives went off in the enemies faces. Aokiji jumped up to avoid the attack. An ice blade sprouted from his hands, "be lucky you have gotten this far." He mumbled. The man threw back his arm and threw the sharp piece of Ice towards the fire user.
A gust of wind shattered the material before it could hit Ace. The admiral looked over his shoulder and saw Jinbe in his fighting stance. The hit was not a gust of wind. He manipulated the water in the air to break the ice. Interesting. The curly-haired man landed back onto the ground. "I see, Jinbe." He said with a semi amused tone. The ex Warlord furrowed his brow when his eyes placed onto the black beam shooting up into the clouds. Don't do anything reckless Red. Please.
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Marco held his arm over his face to make the cloud of dust stop harassing his eyes. The beam summoned a fearing essence. It almost made the commander drop to his knees. What is going on?
Red hunched over the end of the beam with her face full of pain. Her hand was inside the circle still, meaning she could feel it burning her flesh. I haven't used this since I fought Yamato…
Flashback
Red pov
My head feels foggy and light, yet my body feels heavy. What happened? My arms won't respond when I try to move them. It feels like weights are slamming them down, but when I try to fight back the pressure increases.
What's the last thing I remember? Yamato dragged me into a fight with her. She said she wanted to test my power after I explained my devil fruit. It was a close call, but I ended up winning. How though? I don't remember anything that happened during the fight.
The fog in my head lessened as I kept thinking about it, and before I knew it, my eyes started to open. A demanding light stricken my senses, for once in my life I couldn't see anything. My hearing was blocked off too, as if something was covering my them. Jeez, this feels awful.
When the light lessened, my eyes adjusted on the ceiling above me. The pressure fell off me, leaving my body to feel hollow and empty. A hand pressed my cheek, I flinched from its heat. With all my strength, I tried to trail my eyes to the source of the hand. When I saw sharp eyes looking down at me I sighed.
My mouth wouldn't move to form her name, all I could do was stare. "Do you know what happened?" The purple haired woman spoke. It was Yamato. Her body was covered in bandages, including half of her face. The only thing exposed was her mouth and eyes. That fight must have been brutal, too bad I can't remember it.
As if she read my mind, she let out a sigh. "So you don't."
It's weird, I don't feel any pain, yet my body was restricted. Was it bandages? But I don't smell my blood, actually I don't smell anything. Yamato stood up and pulled at the bandages on her side. When I saw the gory mark on her body, my mind froze.
It was one slash, as if it was done with a claw, but way bigger. It was as thick as the one on my back, but less deep. Who could have caused that?!
Crimson liquid was oozing out of the cut. Yamato winced from the cold air hitting her wound. She placed the bandages back on with a relieved sigh.
"You can't use that power anymore." Yamato said in a stern voice, almost a yell. "You summoned a monster and when you did you lost consciousness. It attacked me Red, it did this to me!" Yamato pointed at the covered wound. The thought of causing so much harm to Yamato made the pressure return to my body. What the hell happened?!
Flashback ended
Now, I know what happened, yet I'm trying it again. All I need to do is stay conscious and make it disappear after it works. I can do that. I have to do that.
Third pov
A beam started to evaporate, but it was replaced with something much scarier. A giant figure started to take shape in the circle. The circle sucked in the blood from her body, but her regeneration made more. Now that so much of her blood is out in the open, she can shape it and hopefully control it. This didn't work last time… lets hope it does now.
"Marco! Please step back! If It hurts you, you won't heal!" Red shouted to her lover. She winced again when the circle took in another huge amount of her fluid. Warm hands gripped her shoulder. Her nose drenched in his scent, making her body relax. The pain in her hand was gone, and it was all because of her lover.
Phoenix feathers sprouted on his hands and thick black glasses laid over his eyes. "Your such an idiot, yoi. Did you think I would leave you here when you're in so much pain?"
A musical laugh left Red, "I picked the right birdie, didn't I?"
Marco smirked, "damn right, yoi. I picked the best strawberry." He declared.
"Oh? Is that my cute pet name?"
"Yep, now focus." Marco placed his lips on Red's locks for support. His devil fruit was flowing into her to keep her from passing out. If she is going to do something reckless, so am I. I won't let her leave, not again, not ever.
When the figure was fully framed, the blonde's eyes widened. What the hell is that!? Red smirked, "Devil's transformation. The demon guard dog, Cerberus!"
The dog was bigger than the wall. It's three head shook in the air, causing the wind to smack against everyone's face. The large creature was the same color as Red's blood, a dark shade of crimson. It let out a low growl that reverberated across the whole platform. Marco couldn't believe his eyes, she was hiding this the whole time? Why did we even come to rescue her?
If it wasn't for Marco's devil fruit, Red would be laying on the ground paralyzed. I need more practice. She thought. The redhead sucked in all the air she could to prepare herself. "CERBERUS! TAKE DOWN THAT WALL!"
The large dog looked down to Red, two of it's heads gave a nod while the other scanned the wall next to it.
Sengoku was beyond appalled as he watched the creature kick down his walls with such ease. Not only one wall, but multiple. Half of one side was beaten by the dog, only from one hit. The fleet admiral snapped his head towards Whitebeard's direction. Now that the side was unblocked, the man's ships were free. No! This isn't supposed to be happening!
"Garp! Get up! We are going out there!"
Whitebeard slammed his staff into the deck, "now my children! Lets go!" The crew cheered, including Red and Marco. Nothing could take away the smile from their face… that's what they thought.
Red pov
I could smell it, the massive creature disappeared when I did. Now that all the dust is cleared and my concentration isn't split, I could smell Kid's blood. Worst of all, I can smell Akainu approaching him. "Ma-rco he-lp me up." The blonde did as told. He picked me up and helped me walked to Kid. My lover didn't ask me any questions, he could tell it was bad from the worried look on my face.
Kid was laying in front of Akainu in pain when I got there. "The blood you carry in your veins represents the scum you are! You and Shanks!" The older man yelled.
The male twin gritted his teeth, "you keep my father's name out of your fucking mouth!" He shouted back. Killer was in front of his captain, he knows he can't defeat the admiral, but he rather die than give up Kid. That would go against everything he stands for.
My body moved on it's own, tugging out of Marco's grasp and trying to walk to my brother. I have to save him… I can't lose him… not my family. When my legs tried to pick up speed, it sent me crashing to the ground. My body was going numb from the loss of Marco's power.
"Red!"
That was Marco's voice, along with Kid's and Killer's. But I couldn't do anything, I couldn't move an inch. It was like before. Another scent gathered in my nose… for once I hoped my nose was wrong. A sharp pain filled my tingling body…
A drop of crimson liquid drizzled down my face and into my dark orbs. It caused them to sting and burn… but that pain couldn't compare to the bad feeling in my chest. Subconsciously, my head and upper body picked up. I don't know where this strength came from… but it doesn't feel good.
What is your worst fear…? Heights… the dark. What is your worst nightmare? Anguish? Your death? I thought I knew my greatest fear… but… then I looked at the sight in front of me. Agony, torcher, misery. I would have taken any of those things… anything but this.
Lava oozed out of the fist slamming through my older brother's body. When the fist came out of him… I caught his upper body without even noticing. My hands were shaking, my throat was collapsing, my stomach was folding. My whole frame trembled from the fading of my older brother's warmth. "Da-g-ger." I manage to say, though, it was in a whisper.
The hand that fell over my shoulder gripped my back, "Red." More blood spewed out of his mouth from the word. "M-ar-co heal him." I turned to my lover. My quivering pupils couldn't focus on Marco, and all I could smell was iron. "I can't be healed Red… please listen." His hand loosened his grip on my shirt and his chin propped up on my shoulder.
"I need to tell you… you deserve to live Red. No matter your blood or power. No one in this world is born to die alone, I'm so glad I won't die alone either. Knowing I had my family back… you back." Tears gathered in Dagger's eyes and trailed down his face. The redhead hasn't cried since the day he saw Red sick. Besides that, he had no reason to. But these weren't tears of sadness… they were tears of joy.
"So, thank you. Thank you for giving me a second chance at being your brother… and thank you for loving me." His lips twitched into a smile before going limp in my arms. The clutch I had on Dagger loosened, and the sound of his bloodied body smacking against the ground broke me. The world around me started to dim, as I looked down to my bloodied hands and body. That was when I felt true pain… a pain that could not be installed by torment. My head tilted up at a slow pace as my eyes began to roll to the back of my head.
I would say a scream left me, but you could also call it a cry for help. Blazing tears stung my crimson eyes. They trailed down blood as well, Dagger's blood. I wasn't the only one crying from the corpse before me. Kid was in the same state. Shouting and crying as the world went blank around him.
Agony
Anguish
Misery
'Even if the sky does fall, even if they take it all. There's no pain that I won't go through. Even if I have to… die for you,'
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