Enjoy! Marco and Red pov.

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Leave Out All The Rest

The room was cold and stale, only the sound of the air ducts floated with the tension in the atmosphere. Nerve racking would be an understatement. My heavy eyes laid on the man in front of me. I can't believe so much happened in only five minutes.

First... Dagger's death. Then Red passed out from pure shock and agony. The memory made my knuckles buckle. Her eyes… she looked at me with the crimson eyes I treasured so much. Then, begged. She begged and pleaded for me to heal him, yet I stood there… useless. I didn't even try to save him. But I couldn't help him, the man's organs were melted, that would take a miracle. A miracle Red cannot perform.

Damnit! I'm so useless! What is the point of being a phoenix if you are the only one who rises from the ashes! The blood on her cheeks, her shaking pupils as the flames within her flickers dead. The sight left me stunned. But that doesn't give me a fucking excuse.

Tears drizzled down my cheeks for the hundredth time. My body crouched further into Pop's lap. Once again I was hiding away. I couldn't, I can't face my commanders… my family. Not when I know I froze up and did nothing.

After Red passed out, Akainu tried to attack her again, but a marine stopped him. He had pink hair and a small frame, young… but. His bravery and sense of justice gave us enough time to help Red. When the admiral saw us move, he was determined on striking the marine, but Shanks stopped him.

Putting an end to the war.

It has been three weeks since the war. We are docked near one of Shanks's territories, but I don't know where. I haven't left this room in three weeks. Three weeks, yet Red nor Kid have woken up from their comas. Law had to operate on the two. Apparently, the blood in their system started to fluctuate once they became distressed. The surgeon stopped operating a week ago.

I have slipped from Pop's room to check on them. The sight of them on life support, barely clinging to life, made my stomach twist and roll. I ended up vomiting. Two of the strongest people I know are dying slowly… but I can't do anything. What is the point of being strong, if I can't do anything!

My hands gripped my blonde locks in frustration as the tears moved faster down my cheeks. They stung and burned my eyes countless times. For some reason, it hurts more every time. Maybe it isn't the tears that hurt, but the grief and guilt knotting around my heart. Squeezing out all the happiness I have within me.

A large hand pressed onto my back to comfort me, but it only made my chokes louder. "I cou-ldn't save her! Ev-even as she beg-ged me to-o try!" I stuffed my head into Pop's sheets and gripped them with my hands as my teeth dug into them.

After an hour, I passed out from mental exhaustion.

I woke up from the sound of screaming. Immediately, I jerked up on the empty bed. Pop's must have left the room while I was sleeping. The fact that I didn't notice made me groan. My finger scraped the dried water on my face and my feet led me to the top deck. Where the screaming originated from.

The sunlight burned my eyes, but not as bad as the tears. The skies were dark and gloomy, and the water rocked the boat, adding to the emotionless aura in the air. I scanned across the deck. Izo, Thatch, Ace, Sabo, Jozu and Pops were on the right. Sabo, Koala, and Ivan have stayed to wait for Red to wake up. The Kid Pirates were also docked near the Moby Dick, as well as the Heart. But only Law and Killer were on the top deck, near the left.

My eyes trailed to the side. Shock spread through my body when I saw a marine ship docked right next to us. The shock in me vanished when I realized who was controlling the ship.

Garp jumped down onto the top deck. Whitebeard said nothing to the man. The marine had his head tilted down and his eyes shadowed. Shame drenched his frame and his aura sprouted grief. Garp started to walk towards me, I knew he wanted to go through the door behind me.

But before he could, a redhead stopped his path. The youngest and unshown Eustass in the family. Eustass Nako. His red hair ended at his shoulders; some short hairs crossed over the bridge of his nose. While the rest rested behind his ear. He had baggy blue pants with cuffed ankles, and a black jacket that ended at the back of his knees with a fluffed hood. His shirt was a black tank top that matched his knee-high boots. The boots had silver buckles on the side to go along with his silver chain. The chain had a charm of a flame on it, but I knew it wasn't like the one Red had.

The man was 6'3 and had a slender body like Dagger but a strong jaw like Kid. His skin was the same color as Red's and his eyes flared just like all the siblings.

A hand came from his pocket and balled up, "how dare you show your face here." He hissed. From the stories I have heard, Nako is as cheery as Red, but when angry, he is as hot headed as Kid. The boy also has a spiteful attitude like Dagger when pissed off.

No one said anything, they all watched the youngest grandson boil in rage. He was on Shanks's ship when they ended the war.

Nako gripped the grandfather's shirt and gritted his teeth, "what gives you the fucking right!? Huh?! Answer me dammit!" Garp didn't say anything, he only kept his head down. "Yo-you watched him! You watch my brother, your so called grandson die!" I could tell the boy's words tore into the old man like a knife.

Ace, Luffy, and Sabo bit their lips. All three of them questioned which side their grandfather was on.

Nako's arm swung back, "get out of here! I won't let Red or Kid see you!-"

"Nako! That is enough!" A woman's voice cut through everyone's ears, including mine. My head turned to see who it was. It was her, the woman that I have heard so much about. Eustass Makino. The sibling's mother.

Her green hair swayed with her as she walked to her son with a stern look. Nako bit his lips from his mother's gaze, "mo-m he did nothing! Don't you realize that! He just watched-" The sound of a hand hitting skin made everything go quiet. The mother not only slapped her son, but Garp as well.

Her foot placed on the deck firmly, "I know that Nako, dear… I know that. But, that is his job, not only his job but something he believes in! Do not belittle someone's ideals! I have taught you better than that!"

Nako's eyes went wide, "b-ut mom! He only watched! He watched his family get killed-"

"He knows that! You are only making him feel worse! It is all our faults, not only his!" The mother's eyes sharpened when they snapped to me. That is when I realized that Red gets her fire, all the siblings get their fire, from the mother. Other eyes traveled to me as well, but I could only look towards the mother.

Another flip in my stomach had me choke, "I'm sorry, yoi." My voice was small as I tried to stop myself from breaking down again. All this had been nothing but pain.

A hand pulled me into a hug, the warmth had me freeze before swallowing. She feels so much like Red… it's almost unreal. My arms wrapped around Makino's back after my stomach rolled again.

More hands came onto me, two were Thatch, one was Ace, and another was Izo. Small cries left Thatch, along with Ace. They have visited Red the most while she was in her state. Killer watched us with sorrow filled eyes, he gulped when I looked up at him. "Do you blame me, yoi?" My words made the man freeze. But I knew he didn't blame me, he blamed himself. Like me, Killer was also stunned by the scene…

He couldn't even move once Kid started to panic.

I decided not to press on the question and ask another. "How is Shanks doing, yoi?" My eyes moved towards the mother. She shook her head and placed her hand over her mouth to hold back a cry. When Shanks entered the battle, he stopped the war, but… his frame was littered in anger. With some help from Pops and some commanders, they were able to hold him back.

Benn, Yasopp, Lucky, Rockstar, all the Red-Haired pirates couldn't hold back their rage. Marineford was left in ruin, many marines were killed. The three admirals were all injured, including Akainu. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo didn't hold back either. The three brothers were determined to kill everyone on sight. One small boy made a speech that changed the spirits of many and put the three brothers in shock.

"You've done enough! There is no point in fighting anymore, there is no point in killing, it's over, we won! We can end this! These are human lives, this is wrong! They have families! Children! They're our friends! And we are watching them die! We killed Dagger! A man more threatening than Red! The pirates have lost so many! Red has lost her spirit! The pirates don't have the will to fight any longer! What are we trying to prove? What's the point?! There are wounded men out there! We could save them if we stopped fighting! But no! We are just making more victims! More casualties! Those marines have nothing to be proud of! Why are they dying!? What are they even fighting for!?"

His words stunned us all… It also gave us enough time to move Red.

Right now, Shanks is chained up in the Red Force. All his crew are down there, trying to keep the man from rampaging. Luffy has tried to calm the man down as well, but he can't. Not with his own rage bubbling inside him. Ace and Sabo have tried leaving the ship multiple times to go take revenge. They stopped after Thatch yelled at them for it. The fact the cheery woman yelled… finally made them give up.

No one has been the same. Izo has been mute for the last few weeks, not even Thatch can make him talk. It is understandable, but I can't help but worry. Thatch hasn't smiled for three weeks either… but that goes for everyone. Foosha and Jozu haven't made a joke. Ace, Thatch, and Haruta haven't laughed. Vista, Blamenco, Rakuyo, and Curiel haven't partied. And Namur, Blenheim, Kingdew, Atmos, and Speed Jiru are injured. A few broken ribs and bullet wounds, but their lives aren't tittering on the edge of death.

Unlike two redhead's.

Law said that if the blood in their bodies keeps fighting, their organs will be affected as well. Mainly… their heart.

Besides their physical state, their mental state is worse. The surgeon of death has never seen trauma such as that… he can't even describe it.

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Red pov, inside her own head

Hands touched my cheek. They pulled me and pried my eyes open to make me watch. Make me watch the images flying past me. The first image was of my body naked with only blood. Arms wrapped around my body as I watched, as if trying to comfort me. But it was far from comfort.

A stabbing pain filled my chest, I shrieked and cried, but no noise was made.

The next image was of me looking at my older brother when he first came to the Moby Dick. For some reason, it felt like years have passed since that day. But they haven't. It's still fresh… the cramping, the stinging, the burning. All it is still there.

The scar across my back twitched as black marks sprouted out from it. This is what usually happens when I activate my devil fruit, but it feels different now. The black marks strangled around my neck, pulling me closer to the image.

Blood spewed from my mouth, I couldn't even resist holding it back. The liquid didn't taste like iron though, it tasted like human flesh… the taste made me gag. I wanted to throw up, move away from the image, but I couldn't.

Vomit perched in my throat, and the image switched. This one was of me and Kid. My little twin brother had his pupils rolling to the back of his head as his body pulsed. The sight made tears flee from my eyes. I can't keep watching this! It's sick! Please stop it! Anything but this!

I don't know who I was pleading to, but it worked, the image switched… When it did, I screamed and cried. It was Dagger's body dripping in lava. Once again, I had to relive the memory. His body dropped onto me again. His hand gripped my back as he resaid his last words. But… it was different… something else came to mind.

When he finished his last words, he dropped from my body. That is when I saw it. It was me, but when I was younger. It was when I made a promise… a promise to protect him and Kid.

'one day, I'll save you! I promise!'

Those words echoed in my head as the video in front of me kept replaying for hours. The smell of his blood was stinging my nose. His last words were harassing my ears. The warmth leaving his body as he spoke. The life leaving his voice in every word.

It was agony. This is the worst kind of torture I have ever received. Please make it stop… please.

'One day, I'll save you! I promise!'

That promise was a lie. I couldn't keep it. I couldn't do anything. He died protecting me, even after all these years, he still was protecting me. I hated him for years, ignored him like he was nothing. But he protected me still! Why! I don't understand why I have to live!

Blue, Dagger, who is next? Marco! I can't go through this again! This pain! This agony!

The blood… the blood all over my body keeps adding up! I don't understand!

The image kept flashing and flashing, over and over again. It felt like my mind was being punctured every time! So much pain! Why can't it kill me already!?

I'm useless, worthless! I couldn't save anyone! I couldn't help my best friend! I couldn't save my brother! I'm disgusting! Awful! Why do people keep trying to save a worthless person like me! Please end it, I don't want to live any longer. My spirit is beyond broken, my will is beyond shattered, my brother and best friend are dead. Both died because of me, all it is my fault. Please stop it… please kill me already.

This is my only prayer; I want to die. I can't live like this any longer… I want everything to end.

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My blue orbs traveled up the shackled man, caged up in his own ship. His sharp eyes focused on mine. When our eyes locked, mine displayed lifelessness. A walking corpse hoping someone would burry.

My hand pressed onto the cage, "please stop Shanks… they're hurt. Red needs you right now! I can-an't let her die." My voice drowned out. I have never asked Shanks for anything. I have never asked anyone for anything. "Please Shanks!" This time, that wasn't my voice. It was Ace's.

Tears streamed down the brunette's face as he continued to beg the father to calm down. His hopes are also reaching their limit. Not only has Red not awakened, but her heart rate has started decreasing as well. The blood in her body has started to attack her heart and brain. She is in extreme amounts of pain.

Now, her wounds are opening up, wounds that were supposed to be healed by the blood are reappearing. She is going to die. She will die if she doesn't get any help in the next 5 hours. Law said it is up to her will… if she wants to live or die it is up to her.

I have seen what Red will do in these kinds of situations. She will give up… her will has already been shot down. Hell, so has mine. Shanks is the only one who can fix it. But the man hasn't stopped trying to rampage.

Will I break my promise twice…? I'm going to lose her! Again! The woman who has put light in my life! I love her so much, yet I'm powerless.

'My birdie'

'Stupid Pineapple head'

'Your face is going to get stuck like that'

'Don't call my baby an it'

'Hopefully a girl.'

'What are we going to name our pineapple?'

'If you ever leave my side… I will never forgive you!'

'I love you too! Marco! I will always love you'

It might have been my utter exhaustion, or maybe I was going crazy. I felt a hand press against my cheek. When I looked up, my eyes locked with the beautiful crimson eyes I cherished so much. I knew my brain was playing tricks on me. But still… I didn't care. "What are you going to do now, Marco?" The illusion spoke.

Her other hand grabbed at my other cheek, "whatever it is… I will always love you. You are something I could never lose… do you feel the same?" Her hands started to feel lighter on my face until her body disappeared.

'Blood ties don't matter!'

'Fuck the blood we carry!'

'Do you believe in my words?'

'I say what I believe in, fuck everyone else!'

She may be giving up right now, but if our roles were reversed, I know she wouldn't give up on me. Hell, I know she would have had me fixed by now!

My hand gripped the bars of the cage, air pressed against my teeth as I took it in. Blue orbs clashed with dark ones when I looked up at the emperor. "Pull it together Shanks! Do you want to lose Red too! We know he is dead, Dagger died protecting Red! But here you are, letting Makino deal with it all by herself! What kind of father are you!?"

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Four hours passed by. I sat next to Shanks, who calmed down. I'm a little shocked he didn't try to rip my head off when he was set free. Now, me and him stood in front of the woman we care about deeply.

Her eyes and horns twitched, and her body looked conflicted. Law was by her side, trying to patch up any wound that would open. He hasn't slept either, no one has. Kid isn't in the same state as the female twin. His body was still in pain, but not as much as Red.

I wanted to touch her, tell her everything was going to be ok. But, I can't even say that to myself. Shachi and Penguin were rushing to Law's side, trying to keep the redhead alive as well. Shachi had small tears in his eyes, Penguin had to slap himself a few times to keep him focused on his task.

But then… a large beep came from the monitor… and eyes snapped open.

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There are only 2-3 chapters of this fanfic left so... do you guys want a continuation? If I make one it will be centered around Ace and an OC. Izo and Thatch will be together. Red and Marco...

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