Corazon Week 2016

Title: Black Feathers
Rating: T
Fandom: One Piece
Summary: How did Corazon get a black feathered coat?
Warnings: Possible OOCness; Slight AU

Corazon's feather coat wasn't always a black one. In fact, his current feather coat wasn't his first one. His first one had been given when he first joined his brother's crew. It had been pink like his brother's own feather coat. But what happened to it? Well, it was the fault of his clumsiness. That much should be obvious.

It was a nice morning with a peaceful weather. Corazon had gone for a walk. He tripped into the dirt, but got up and continued his walk. After less than an hour, he had tripped twenty nine times…on flat ground…with no obstacles in his path…

Corazon was crossing a swamp by walking on a fallen tree trunk. Once he took one step, he immediately lost balance and fell into the swamp. He felt weakened by the water but luckily didn't drown due to his height. Sometimes it was a good thing being nearly ten feet tall. Corazon grabbed onto a rock to pull himself up.

Except that wasn't a rock. It was a Bananawani. "What the hell!?" Corazon quickly covered his mouth, looking around if any of his brother's crew was there. Thankfully, he was the only human. 'Why is there a Bananawani here!? We're nowhere near Alabasta!'

The Bananawani didn't appreciate being touched on the snout and used as an object to help the tall blonde stand. It growled and snapped its jaws, lunging at the klutz. Corazon quickly scurried from the water, surprisingly fast despite being weakened by the swamp water. He climbed up a tree only for the branch to snap and send him tumbling down a cliff, the Bananawani following close by.

Corazon landed on the shore and dashed for the El Flamenco, the Bananawani still hot on his heels. "DOFFY!" Corazon didn't care that he was speaking, he just wanted the Bananawani to go away.

"Corazon!?" The Donquixote Pirates exclaimed.

The clown fell and the Bananawani caught up, biting Corazon's leg. Corazon let out a scream. "AHHH!" He kicked the crocodile-like creature with his free left, releasing the jaws for just a moment but enough to get his leg free. The Bananawani stepped on the pink coat, causing Corazon to fall back down, this time his head near the jaws of death.

But the Bananawani collapsed to the sand beside the Heart Executives, Diamante having stabbed the creature through the snout with his sword. "Hey Corazon," Diamante picked the Bananawani up and held it close to the injured man's face.

"AH!" Corazon crawled away and hid behind his brother, by now the whole crew had gathered near him.

"Diamante, that's enough," Doflamingo said seriously.

"Killjoy," Diamante muttered.

Doflamingo kneeled down and faced his baby brother. "Are you alright, Corazon?"

Corazon was still shaking but managed a nod.

"You called my name," Doflamingo recalled. "Can you speak now?"

Corazon shook his head and took out his notebook, shakily writing "Too traumatized again,"

"Damn that Bananawani," Doflamingo frowned but brought Corazon into a hug. "It's alright now, baby brother. The Bananawani will be for dinner,"

Corazon's eyes widened. 'No! No! No!'

"Also, Corazon," Doflamingo continued. "What the hell happened to your coat!?"

Corazon's coat was covered in mud, dirt, leaves, twigs, branches—was that a family of birds and their nest!? The Bananawani had torn and bitten at the clothing, ripping it and making holes. It was a miracle that it still clung to Corazon's shoulders at all!

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"And that is what happened to Corazon's very first feather coat," Doflamingo told Baby 5, Buffalo, and Law. "Sometimes I wonder why I even let him have a feather coat at all,"

"But how did he get the black one?" Baby 5 asked.

"I gave him another pink coat but he ended up setting it on fire," Doflamingo answered. "The feathers all turned to black,"

"I don't think that how it works—" But Law was interrupted.

"The feathers all turned to black," Doflamingo repeated.

"The feathers should've turned to ash—"

"THE FEATHERS ALL TURNED TO BLACK!"

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Bonus Scene

Corazon grabbed Law, preparing to throw him out the window. Growling was heard and a bask of Bananawani surrounded the Heart Executive. Law grinned as if he were Doflamingo himself. "Those Bananawani love to eat blackbirds, especially if they're unable to fly away,"

Diamante entered the room and blinked at the scene. "Doffy, we're having Bananawani for dinner!" He drew his sword.

The Bananawani all charged at the clown who prompted to scream. "DOFFY! HELP!"

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Corazon buried his face to his brother's chest. "T-They were trying to eat me!"

"It's alright, Corazon," Doflamingo patted his brother's back. "They didn't even manage to lay a scratch on you,"

"Yes they did!" Corazon showed a teeny tiny scratch on his pointer finger.