Short. Sweet. I'm Back. :)

I gapped up at the castle, as the smoke began to clear. I gulped to myself, feeling tears reach my eyes. I turned towards Sanji, "S-sanji…"

He looked towards me then back at where the smoke was in the sky, "He's alright…"

"B-but.."

I heard laughter at my side and glared at Wapol, "YOU BASTARD!"

I heard someone gasp, and looked up at the smoke once again. I felt a grin replace my scowl, "LUFFY!"

-No One's POV-

The wind picked up a bit, and something appeared off in the distance. Lightly a shape of a female appeared in the snow and a light chuckle was heard in the wind. This was no ordinary chuckle; it was left without any humor.

The trees swayed a bit in the wind, and a male figure jumped from a tree. He glared as the female came into full view. He could practically feel the smirk and arrogance feeding off her. She removed her hood, the blonde curls behind it flowing in the wind.

He swallowed a clump in his throat, "Leave the kids alone."

Her smirk became more defined, "What will you do if I don't?"

He glared at her, "I'm warning you. Don't. Touch. Them."

"What's daddy going to do about it?"

He glared full on with every ounce of emotion he had left in him, "They're the only things left I care about."

She stepped forward one hand on her hip, the other now lightly resting on his cheek, "Is that so?"

He gulped, "Y-yes, now get away from me."

She smiled lightly, "You're the one who's been looking for me."

He backed away from her, staring at her lips instead of her eyes. "I only wanted to warn you to stay away from those kids."

She looked towards his eyes, and glared, "Look me in the eyes, coward."

"I know what you can do, Emily."

"Are you afraid of me still, sweetheart?"

"Don't even try that, I will not play your games."

"Me? Playing games?" She started laughing loudly, "You're the one that poisoned me and took me to that god forsaken, disgusting world!"

"You said you wanted to change, I did my job to help."

She glared, "I was young. Stupid."

"You may have been young, but you weren't stupid."

She blankly stared at him, "If I fell in love with some idiot scientist, then yes that qualifies me as stupid."

He just stayed silent, "You know, I could kill you now. But the thought of you trying to help our Ryan and "Jamie", is a precious thought considering I've already let them both know what they're end result will be."

He glared silently, "It's funny, the both have come to develop this fear and protective-ness over they're new little friends. They all have. It's like some little circle they've all created without knowing it."

He smirked, "I know."

She raised a brow, "What? Have you become some type of stalker?"

He glared at her, "Unlike your Devil Fruit, I knew where to send my kids so you wouldn't get them. That little car accident of yours won't be enough to take them out."

She stomped forward gripping his throat tightly, "I'll kill you right here!"

He smirked, "I'll still be with them, I have so many back up plans running around you wouldn't know what to do with them."

"Oh yeah, like what?"

He lifted a single pen and paper, and with that she let out a chuckle, "I'll burn it."

"Not this paper."

She ripped it out of his hands and through it to the ground. "They're dead."

"Killing your own flesh and blood because of some stupid little rumor/legend."

"I won't take any chances!"

"I don't think you understand the amount of protection those kids have over each other. You will not get those two alone and away from that crew."

She glared down at him, "I'll put every single one of them kids into such a stage of fright that they won't even be able to scream to they're mothers."

He laughed, "All of them have lost their families, that's why they are all so close. Maybe I was wrong, you are stupid."

With that he gave off one last laugh before snapping his fingers and disappearing off into another universe. With one last snarl she stomped off into the woods out, "He won't stop me. They won't stop me. It will be mine."