A/N: Yay! After this chapter the next one will be the special chapter! It's a flashback chapter of Law's life under Smoker's care! But be warned that it will be just a short chapter…. I think? Probably 1,000-2,000 words only or much lesser. And at first I planned that Zoro and Sanji were just supporting characters thus their roles were limited to none but then I didn't follow the outline I made so now they were playing some of the major roles also. Still they were not the main pairings.

Also don't get used to fast updates because my summer vacation will be over and school life will be back again! Plus my medicines were causing me to sleep in longer hours. But oh well, my one week under medication will be over!

Warnings: Short chapter, OOCness

Title: Daddy is the New Title

Author: gdesertsand

Pairings: None yet! Wait there is: ZoSan but not the main ones

Chapter 11: Kidnapped, Doffy's arrival (Part 1)

When Law woke up he realized that he was in bed and three faces were hovering above his vision. Blinking his eyes a few times he realized that it was his kids. All of them were having worried expression.

"W-what happened?" he finally managed to asked as he tried to sit down but little hands stopped him in the process.

"Daddy! You need to rest!" Luffy protested as he pushed his father back on the bed.

"Wh-"

"Dad, please take some rest." This time it was Sabo who voiced his concern as he applied pressure on his hands to helped Luffy in restraining their father.

"I'm fine…" Law muttered. Really what happened? Everything was hazy inside his mind.

Wait, hazy? Could not remember? The only times he felt like that was when—

"You were in hysteria a few hours ago." Ace finally explained the situation. He still maintained his position on the side of the bed watching his brothers struggled in getting Law back on bed.

Shit…

No…

Please someone tell him that the children didn't saw him in that state. But who was he kidding here? Of course they saw it. They saw him like that. If they didn't then why would they be looking at him like that? Like he was someone who would be broken anytime?

Damn it…

Law covered his eyes with his hands as he took a deep breath before asking, "What did you saw?"

There was a moment of silence. How he hate that silence. Each time he was covered by such deafening stillness awful memories starting to resurface.

Please speak. Why are you so quiet? Luffy-ya, being quiet does not suit you. Come on, speak. Say something, anything, no matter how much it makes no sense at all just…say something…something to remind me I'm not beyond repair…

"You were screaming," again it was Ace who had spoken. As the eldest among the three he took it as his responsibility to narrate what happened based on what he saw, "You were shivering on the floor saying something we could not understand. Then I tried to touch you…"

Please don't say that he hurt his sons. He could not bear it if that happened.

"But you backed away from me," at this Ace's voice went in an almost whisper, "Then Sanji and Zoro came."

They saw it too?

"They forced us to get away from you," Sabo continued the story as he raised his hands away from Law's chest, "You were crying, then Zoro-san tried to touch you but you tried to get away so Zoro-san embraced you to make you stop. You were trying to escape and…"

"Zoro got hurt," Luffy finished and the two older brothers looked at him in alarm since the youngest had his once in a blue moon serious face, "But Zoro it's just a scratch, nothing to worry about."

How could this happen? He was trying so hard not to remember his past. Why this endless torture kept repeating again and again? Was Smoker right all along? Was he really that harmful to the children? He could not stop the forming tears from the corner of his eyes.

"I-I guess I should stay away from all of you for a while…" he knew when that happened then he will not have the chance anymore to see the children since he would be going to rehabilitation. If things would not get better then he might not be able to get out of that cursed building, "at least until I was fine…"

He was not able to say his words of farewell when the kids lunged forward at him that his lungs and chest suffered a little from the impact.

"Don't say that!" Ace said as he fisted on his shirt.

"Don't go away!" Sabo tried to hide his face but it was obvious from his tone that he was on the verge of crying.

"Don't leave us alone, Daddy!" Luffy cried openly in front of Law.

"You're just sick, right? Then we will take care of you until you were better!"

"Ace is right, we can take care of you so don't go anywhere!"

"W-we will do all the chores s-so that you could rest, Daddy!"

The way they say it, it was like they were just talking about a simple cold. Maybe they did think of it as a simple cold. Something that could be healed in a matter of days by some sleep and pills, he wished it was that simple. How much of a fool was he? This was not a fever or an infection created by bacteria or virus. This was mentally, medicines would just make him numb but the truth was that it could never heal him. No, mental illness was up to the person himself. It was him who will choose to escape the illusion and face the reality of life or stay imprisoned in a messed up wonderland.

But Law was mentally poisoned to the core. How could he climb that high wall of darkness? It's been years, years! Was he really beyond repair?

A knock on the door interrupted their little drama.

"Oi, Law you're awake?" judging from the voice it seems like the person on the other side of the door was Zoro.

"I am," he called out while trying to get the children off of his chest or he will seriously passed out again from the lack of oxygen

"Love-cook made some dinner. Get down and tell the kids to eat already,"

Looking at the clock on the table beside his bed it says 9:30PM it was already too late for supper (1). And Zoro mentioned the kids haven't eaten yet. There was no denying that they were hungry when simultaneously all their stomachs growled with impatience. Yes, all of them, including Law who let out an amused chuckle while lifting his body out of the bed.

"Come on, let's eat." He coaxed the trio to get downstairs. Sanji hated it when people made the foods to wait to be eaten. Something about the taste was not the same when it was already cold and what was the purpose of cooking if you would not eat it while it's hot.

The meal was awkward. There was no shouting and laughing that Law grew accustomed to for the past few months. Even when Zoro and Sanji tried their best on not to stare directly at him he could feel that his friends were observing him.

How serious was his flashback? Which flashback happened back there?

After eating he ordered the children to wash up, brush their teeth and go to bed. Of course there were a few protests but Law assured them that he was fine already. That it was just the stress that made him see things. They did not believe him but they could feel the tension building up so reluctantly they complied.

When the kids were no more in sight anymore he turned around. Zoro was still on the dining table and opening up a bottle of beer while Sanji was doing the dishes. Great, they wanted explanation. Still it would not hurt to play dumb sometimes,

"I think you guys needed to go home now. You have works tomorrow right?" Law suggested as he looked on the window to see the lights from the post outside.

"Shitty-doctor," Sanji started as he lighted his cigarette, "stop playing around." He inhaled his favorite stick of nicotine then blow it away before speaking again, "You hurt Zoro, you never hurt anyone when you were having an episode."

Law snorted at that remark but then he put his attention to the swordsman, "Was the wound that deep?"

"Nah, it was just a scratch."

Earlier when Law lost his consciousness the kids started to panic. It took a lot of patience from Zoro and Sanji to calm them down and assured them that their father was just sleeping due to exhaustion. Then Zoro carried the doctor back to his room followed dutifully by the trio and since then they stayed beside their father. The lovers left them alone and Sanji tend on Zoro's wounds. Having a doctor living in the house the first aid kit was always complete so the wound was disinfected safely. After that Sanji went out for some time to buy some new shirt so that the bloodied one can be disposed. Another reason was that they do not want to make Law feel guiltier even more.

"So, you remember what happened I take it," Zoro continued the round of questions.

"No," Law disagreed instantly as he took a seat just in front of Zoro while Sanji stood beside the window just behind the swordsman, "I never recall what happened during my flashbacks. Luffy, Ace and Sabo just filled me on the details."

Another smoke escaped Sanji's mouth, "Shitty-doctor, I don't care if you are not ready to explain it to us. I'm demanding an explanation."

That's not how you coaxed someone to explain things.

At first Law was prepared to say that he would not say anything but the looks they were having told him that he could not escaped anymore. That they would not let him out if he would choose not to speak, the funny thing was this was his house.

With a defeated sigh he spoke, "Tomorrow, when Eustass-ya is here."

"Why does the shitty-magnet man need to be in here too?"

"Because I promised him." Those were the words he only needed to say and the two understood it immediately.

"Tomorrow then," Zoro agreed and Sanji just huffed in response.

"So," Law clapped his hands together when the serious atmosphere slowly dissipated, "I guess this calls for sleepover?"

"Where are we going?" Luffy asked when morning came as Law fixed his backpack then proceeded in straightening his clothes,

"Ms. Makino will come and pick the three of you later," Law answered with a smile when he turned his attention to Sabo and did the same then finally Ace, "She said she will accompany all of you to Whiskey Peak Amusement Park."

"You're not coming with us, Dad?" Sabo looked at him with uncertainty in leaving the house.

"I'm sorry, I can't," the doctor gave them an apologetic smile, "I've got some things to do."

"Then we will not go!" Ace protested. Really, how could their father send them away like that when he was still sick? They needed to be here and take care of him!

"Don't be like that," Law said sternly as he gave Ace a chop on the head that made the freckled boy yelped in pain, "Ms. Makino wanted to spend time with the three of you. Can't you do that?"

"But, Daddy…" Luffy fidgeted from where he was standing.

Law smiled at their childishness. Ah…ignorance is a bliss.

"I'm fine now. No need to worry."

"Really?" the scarred boy intensified his gaze towards his father.

"Really," Law agreed and then he heard the ringing of the doorbell, "Come on, Ms. Makino is here."

"But-" Ace tried to protest further but Law pushed them outside the house upon opening the door. A few greetings and words was exchanged, the three of them reluctantly accompanied Makino.

"Are you sure about this, Shitty-Surgeon?" Sanji asked from behind when he saw Law staring off the distance where the children had left.

"I don't want to ruin their remaining innocence," he answered with sadness, "and if you were going in name calling me at least stick to one."

"I can call you however I want to, Shitty-Surgeon." Sanji merely replied as he walked inside the house again.

Law chuckled at this but then the sound of tires came in a halt stopped him and met a familiar redhead along with another blond,

"Yo," Kidd greeted lamely but his eyes tell that he was serious. After getting a message from Trafalgar he immediately cancelled all his meetings and everything for today just to visit West Blue. He'd been waiting for this day and no situation could stop him from knowing the truth.

They were lead inside and the two new arrivals were greeted by another pair. Stares and a few shrugs happened and now they were all seated in the living room with Law serving them some coffee. An awkward silence filled the room.

"This is ridiculous," Killer finally broke the spell of tongue-tied situation, "I don't care how bad it is just start from the beginning so we can understand you."

"Killer…" Kidd warned,

"It's okay, Eustass-ya," Law stopped the impending violence, "Killer-ya was right." He took a deep breath,

"Remember that my father was Smoker-ya?" nods answered his question, "Before he adopted me…" he shook his head like debating what words he should use, "Before he saved me at the age of thirteen I was raised by one of the most notorious underground warlords."

At this Sanji's and Zoro's eyes widened in shock while Killer just tipped his head down a little and Kidd narrowed his eyes,

"If I will continue the story then you guys will be at risk," Law gave the words of warnings, "do you want me to stop now?"

"You're asking us now?" Zoro smirked as he touched the case beside him that contained his three swords. An assurance that they could take whatever evil would try to lurk behind their backs. Law smiled at this.

"Right," he returned his eyes to them and his face became serious, "I can't remember well everything but…" at this he started trembling, his voice was starting to waver as he wrapped his arms around him, "I remember that I was always confined, isolated, alone. Whenever I try to scream for help no one came. Then there were times were they started to teach me how to kill…

"Doffy really liked it when I started learning how to torture people. He always sent me in interrogations. Whenever I refused I was always locked up in a room full of dismembered corpses. Corpses made by me…"

By now tears started streaming down his face…

"But that's not the most frightening part…" he remembered how those gentle hands turned rough as he was pinned down on the bed, as that slick tongue ran up and down his body. Everything hurt, he could not imagine what was worst, "As a child I don't know what was happening but it hurts… his touched hurts… I felt so dirty whenever that happened… it hurts…"

The story might be a little less informative but based on Trafalgar's actions the thing that he was saying that hurts was more than in being left alone and killing people. Kidd gritted his teeth in anger, Zoro was fighting himself in unsheathing his swords and slashed whoever that warlord was, Sanji pinned his cigarette on the ashtray with so much force than what was necessary and Killer merely drank his coffee but deep inside he was itching to punch someone.

"Are you telling me," Kidd said through his gritted teeth, "that you were raped?"

No more words could confirm his question as Law flinched and trembled more. Tears cascaded down his cheeks,

Damn it, how old was he when that happened? He was rescued when he was thirteen. Then he was likely had been twelve or much lower.

"I was scared…" he choked his words, "I was scared that if you will know it…you guys…will be disgusted on me, because…because…because I'm dirty…"

Dirty beyond words was what he wanted to convey in his speech.

"Bullshit!" Kidd slammed his knuckle down on the tabled that the cups were jolted and a few coffee was spilled, "Why think something like that?! We're friends right? Nakama always stay together remember that!"

Law raised his head in surprise at what he heard.

"Shitty-magnet has some brains after all," Sanji finally spoke again, "He was right you know? Do you think that low to us?"

"Wha- No!" he immediately protested, "I just-"

"Then shut up already," Zoro stopped him in midsentence, "Let us carry your burden also."

"If you are hurt then we are here to heal you," Killer spoke some words of wisdom.

"You guys…" Law wiped his tears away from his face, "Acting good guys do not suit your faces,"

"Huh!" all of them said while Law started laughing. Just like that the drama inside the room went away.

But another doom waits to them.

The phone in the living room started ringing. Law stood up to answer it.

"Hello?" he asked politely,

"How is my good boy?" the words were spoken from the other line that left Law rigid from where he was standing, "Come on, speak to me. It's been so long since I heard your voice, Law."

"D-Doffy…" he stammered and at the mention of the name the rest of the occupants of the room were up and about.

Killer put the phone in speaker so that all of them could hear what the other person was saying.

"Miss me?" Doflamingo taunted, "You know you're kids were a little…unruly? I was nearly tempted to put some bullets inside their skulls, fufufu."

What? The kids were with him?

"Don't hurt them!" Law shouted in fear and panic.

"Hurt them?" Doflamingo sounded like he had been wrongly accused, "I would never hurt such little angels," this time the voice returned from being ominous, "Beside how could I invite you in a cup of coffee if their bloods were painted all over my wall?"

"What do you want?"

"You know what I want," there was a pause just to invoke a greater fear, "Meet me in Green Bit. Oh, alone okay? If you still want to see your kids in one piece. Fufufu."

With that the line went dead. Everyone was left staring on the phone.

He thought he had no more strength to scream for the day since his throat was sore from the flashback yesterday. How wrong he was when he hit the ground and screamed while clutching his hair, he almost ripped some of it out from his scalp and bleed his head.

Donquixote Doflamingo was back and he would take what was his.

A/N: Yah! I know it's cliffy but I need it to be like that to have some motivation for myself! So then wait for the special chapter next time! ^_^

Oh yeah, this chapter was inspired in Alabasta Arc. I can't help it but to watch the previous episodes ^_^ especially when Luffy punched Vivi, talk about gender equality ^_^

(1) In my place we usually eats supper at 7:00PM so later than that I always consider it as a late evening meal.

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