Here's come! Dangerous Charm chapter 2. What's about the first chapter? If you have any suggestion please let me know.

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Dangerous Charm

Marco/Izou

Chapter 2

Izou looked distantly to the road outside. Since the day he met Crocodile, he reported all events to him by a secret letter. Yesterday in the early morning, he accepted Crocodile's letter, and he shocked a bit when he had read the letter. "All information you had sent were necessary for me. The last thing you've to do is to claim Whitebeard's life. If you can't finish this in a week, I would kill him myself. In addition, you'll be punished." A little teardrop fell to his cheek. - What should I do? - He sat on the end of his bed and thought of the past.

*The first time Izou met Marco*

"Izou, I'm sorry for Marco said something impolite to you. He always be like this, never trusts anyone easily." Old man said while he was in the bedroom with Izou. "No problem." "..and I have something important to tell you." Izou turned to face old man. "Yes?" "I will not do anything that will make other people think you are my wife." He paused, waiting for other person reacted. "Eh? Why not?" "I will answer you when that time has come." "That time?" Old man nodded. "Promise me that you will wait for that time." "…I….promise."

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-I can't be here too long…. I can't wait for that time.- His pretty face turned red because of crying. - What should I do?...I don't know. - Scenes in the past were playing in his mind like a movie. Since he was here, Whitebeard never make him sad. This house is full with friendly atmosphere. Everyone are good with him. Even if Marco usually follows him everywhere and be a nuisance, that man is sincere and protective.

*Yesterday*

"Izou." Marco called, sitting down beside him on the grassy ground in their garden. "Hmm?" "Why did you work at the tea house?" "Why you ask me with such a question?" "Aww. Sorry. Merely want to know." Marco smirked, and then asked. "How did you meet old man?" "He designated me. I think I had told you a thousand times about this." "Oh, that's all?" "Yes. Don't ask me again." "Aha. Okay. I think he must have some reason. Do you know?" "No. I just said: Don't ask me again! Stop please, Marco." Marco said nothing but smiled, looking into the sky with Izou. "What should I do?" Izou mumbled. "Hmm? Do what?" Marco asked with interested voice. "…to make you trust me." He paused, turned his face to meet Marco. Other man didn't know what to say in this situation. -Oh shit! I forgot that already.- "Why don't you trust me, Marco? Since I had been here, you never trust me. I'm a bit upset." "I….I'm sorry." "That's all?" "…" Marco stayed silently, shut his eyes foe thinking of proper answer. "Izou." He began. "Please forgive me." Izou blinked, wasn't sure what he heard. "First time we met, I don't trust you anymore, but this time is different." He paused. "I trust you, Izou." Finally, those words came out of his mouth. Izou smiled attractively to Marco. "…and…I have something to ask you." "Eh? What's that, Marco?" Marco took a deep breath, and then said. "Are you an old man's wife?" Izou's mouth opened wide, shocked with the question. "Hey! Are you ok?" "Uh…" "Hmm?" "I'm not his wife. He told me not to be his wife." "Oh! W-Why did he bring you here?" Marco asked, but Izou shooked his head slightly. "Ok. No problem." "Yea…" "So….Do you have someone to love?" Marco looked at other man's face and saw him blushed. "I will not tell you!" "Why not?" "And you? Do you have someone to love?" Marco stunned with this question. Hah! You are blushing." Izou giggled. "I'm not blushing! It's you! Your face turns red!" "I'm not!" "Yeah….but I have someone in my heart." "Really?" Izou continued to look in the sky, didn't want to see who is in those eyes. "Yes. Wanna know, eh?" "No. I'm not." "But I wanna tell you." "…..ok." Izou mumbled. Marco smiled, stood up and caught Izou's arm. "Come with me." "Hah?" "Stand up." "Hey…. Hey! Don't grab too hard! That's hurt." Izou complained while walking with Marco.

They stopped in front of a big pond in the garden. The water was clear like the crystal. "Here." Marco said, released Izou's hand and sat on the ground. "Hey?" Izou called. "What?" "She is in the water, eh? What kind of human in this?" "Haha…look into it, Izou." "Ok." Izou sat beside him, looking into the water. "I see nothing but my reflection." He said. Marco smiled faintly, and then said. "That's my love." Izou turned his face to Marco rapidly. Other man was smiling at him, his eyes told him everything. "Izou" He called. "I love you." "Marco….." "You told me at the bar that you don't love me. Is it true for now?" "No. It's not." "Say you love me too." He held Izou's hands softly, waiting for those words. "I love you too." Izou said, smiling attractively. Both hearts beat in the romantic rhythm. Marco leaned closer and kissed Izou's lips softly with his arm around that slim waist. -Marco, I do love you.-

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Izou touched his lips, thinking of everything he had got from this lovely family.

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A slim hand knocked old man's bedroom door. A moment later, the door was opened and old man invited him inside. "How about day, Izou?" "Not so good." "Hm? Marco again?" "No." "So, what make you unhappy?" Whitebeard laid on his bed and let Izou sat beside him. "I have an important thing to ask you." "Okay. What is it?" Izou's eyes met Whitebeard's. His heart was beating wildly. "Why don't you want me to be your wife?" Old man's eyes opened wide, thinking of how to answer properly. "Ok…uh…I should tell you this time." He began. "Izou, the first time I met you and talked with you, I knew Marco will interest in you." "Eh?" "I wanted someone to marry with him, so I brought you here." "H-Hey…..How do you certain that Marco will interest in me?" "Because of your characteristic is what he likes. You are neat, good-looking and enduring, aren't you?" Izou didn't say anything, broke the eye contact with old man. "Izou, are you ok?" He sat up, pat Izou's shoulder slightly. "Do you love me?" "Yes. Like my son." "Really?" Whitebeard nodded, smiling warmly. Izou smiled back to him faintly. Suddenly, he stood up and pointed his pistols to other man in front of him. "Hey….What are you.." "Quiet." His face turned to red, tears falling down like the raindrops. "For my boss's order, I have to kill you and take your head to him." "….Izou…." Whitebeard stood up, Izou shouted to him. "Don't move!" "Calm down, you don't need to kill me." "I said quiet!" "No. Like my sons usually says: You can't order me here." He smiled wide, didn't fear those guns anymore. "Tell your boss that I will kill him if he still forcing you to kill me." "No way! You can't deal with him." "Why I can't?" He walked to Izou. "…and why are you crying? This is not like you." Big hands wiped the tears out of Izou's eyes, but he was crying harder. "Hey, don't cry." Whitebeard hugged Izou firmly, forgot about this person was carrying pistols. Izou was crying in arms of old man. He dropped his pistols on the floor and hugged the old man. "Tell mewho order you to do this." "I…I can't" "Izou, you're a member of my family. Why don't you tell me anything about this?" Old man released Izou, looking into those eyes. Izou stopped crying, wiped the tears out. "If I tell you, I'm afraid I would bring you and everyone to trouble." "Trouble? Hahahahaha! What's that, Izou? I think that brat will be in a trouble very soon because he messed with me!" "But you shouldn't underestimate him!" "You said like you don't want me to die, huh?" "…." Izou said nothing, looked at his pistols on the floor. "Why don't you shoot me?" He asked. "Pick your guns up and shoot me!" Izou didn't move, and then the old man picked them and gave to Izou. "What are you doing? Shoot me!" Izou received his pistols, hesitated for a while. His eyes met old man's. His hands were carrying pistols. His heart was beating so loud in consideration. Fianally, he kept his pistols, didn't shoot the old man, and then he began. "My boss was known as Crocodile." Whitebeard's eyes widen when he had heard that name, he sighted. "So, Doflamingo is the big boss, right?" "Ah…yes. How do you know?" Old man compressed his lips, thinking of the past. "Two years ago, Crocodile assigned two gunmen to claim my head, but they failed. After that, my sons forced them to answer everything they wanted to know about that mission, and they didn't kill those gunmen in exchange. So, I know everything about that. Thanks to my sons." "Really? I never known before that my boss used to try to kill you." "He's a demon. You should leave him and stay with our family. We loves you, Izou." He smiled. "I think he will punish you for this failure, so…." "I am leaving." "Huh? What do you mean?" Izou didn't reply, looking into old man's eyes. "We may not met again, pop. Thank you for everything." "Izou! Wait!" He tried to catch Izou's arm but the pretty face man ran out so fast. "Marco! Ace! Thatch!...Hey!" He called his sons loudly. Suddenly, Ace ran into him. "What's happened?" "Izou is running away! Bring him back! He is about to cross the fence." Ace shocked, but followed Izou hurriedly. He called Thatch and Marco who were coming to old man for help.

The three sons of Whitebeard were finding Izou everywhere but couldn't find any clue. Thatch went to the tea house, asked for Izou but he wasn't there. So, he went to another place. Ace ran around the Supernova bar where they had visited and called for Izou, but he couldn't find him. He called Thatch on the phone and heard that other man didn't find Izou yet. So, he walked along the street and asked people there, but no one knew. Marco searched for Izou around town but he failed. - Izou, where are you? Why don't you tell me you problems? Why do you leave us?- He was sitting in his car, thinking of the place Izou would go. A few minutes later, his phone rang. "Yes, Thatch." "It's me. Ace." "Hah! Why you are with Thatch? We have to separate and look for Izou!" "Hey, hey! Calm down. We are at home now and I want you to see something in the garden." "Garden?" "Yep. Come back, Marco. We are waiting for you." "Okay." - Garden?...What's that?-

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"Here you are!" Marco called Ace and Thatch who were waiting for him in the garden. "Hey." Ace called, still looking in the pond. "What's that? What do you want me to see?" Both men said nothing, Thatch pointed to the pond. Marco took a close look, and then his eyes widen. "It's….Izou's dress…and…" He took all those things out of water. "…a plastic box?" Ace asked curiously. Thatch nodded, asked Marco. "Hey, what does it mean?" "I don't know." Marco opened the box; there are some small stones, Izou's pictures and a letter. "Eh?" Ace and Thatch looked at each other, then looking at Marco who was unsealing the letter.

"I'm sorry everyone. I have no choice. Thanks for everything. Marco, we will not meet again. Grave it in your heart, I do love you."

Izou's hurried handwriting, contents in the letters, his dress and his pictures made teardrops fell down from Marco's eyes. He wiped out the tears hurriedly, stood up. "Hey, Marco?" Ace called. Marco said nothing but took a deep breath, faced the sky and… "IZOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" His sharp voice rip his chest piece-by-piece, his heart was painful because someone inside it had left without farewell. He hugged Izou's dress tightly, hardly stopped the tears. "You…two…" He called Ace and Thatch, sobbing. "Leave me alone." "As you want." Thatch said, walking away with another one. -Izou…Why?- He fell down to his knees, holding the dress in his arms. -Why don't you tell me anything? Why, Izou?-

Whitebeard looked at Marco from indoor, sighted. The pain filled his heart like Marco, but he had to be vigorous, so he hid his tears inside. -Marco, I will tell you everything when you feel better.- He closed his eyes tightly, thinking of Izou.

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"My sons, we can't be careless. Izou had left us about two weeks. He must be somewhere but…." He paused for a while, looking into all of his sons' eyes. "Crocodile must punish him and trying to claim my head.' His triple trouble expressed strain through their faces, still silent. "We have to fight Crocodile and save Izou because he is our family!" "Yes, pop!" His sons accepted the order.

Since Izou left, Whitebeard and his sons found some clues about Crocodile and his plan. Crocodile was coming near his goal every minutes but no one knew where Izou was. Marco missed Izou more and more. His heart hurts every time he thinks of Izou. He was very angry with Crocodile, because that man's order separated Izou from him. Moreover, he is trying to claim his beloved old man's head. Crocodile is unforgivable! Whitebeard's family is famous and mighty, and not allowed anyone hurt his sons.

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Whitebeard was sitting in his car with his sons. They were in black suits. Thatch was a driver for this time. It's around midnight but they hadn't arrived home yet. The car stopped at bungalow which is positioned so far from the town. "Are you sure, old man?" Ace asked. Old man nodded. "Be careful, my sons and follow our plan." "Yes" No one hesitated, Marco and Ace went out, and then broke into the house while Thatch and Whitebeard were in the car.

Marco and Ace found nothing but a creepy empty room. Ace sighted, looking around. "Look!" He pointed to a pole in front of them. "Kay, go down." Marco said. "You wait here." Other man nodded, and Marco slid down the pole. First step on the floor, Marco looked around. There was a candle on a table sending dim light around a few meters. He carried his gun in one hand, walking slowly to observe the room. "Hey, Marco. Are you ok?" Ace called. "Yes." - What is this underground room for? I can't see anyone here.- Suddenly, his feet kicked something and it was flying across the room. "Oh!" "Hey! You are so loud." "WE are so loud, Ace. We are so loud from the beginning." Marco corrected, glared at the thing he had kicked. -Hmm? A...whip?" He picked it up. "Ace, come here!" "Yep!" Ace slid down the pole and joined him. "What's this?" "A whip. Bloody whip." He said. "If it's Izou's blood, I swear I must kill those brats who do this to him!" "Yay, but calm down, Marco." Ace patted his back, explored the room for more clues. "...*gasp*..." Ace and Marco stopped when they had heard that sound. "Anyone here?" Marco muttered, walking straight to the source. "S...Stop." Someone whispered from somewhere in this room. "Hey. Where are you?" Ace asked searching for that one, and Marco was doing the same. "...*gasp*...*gasp*..." "Hah!" Marco found someone in a corner of the room, he walked to that person hurriedly and carefully, Ace followed him. Finally, that face appeared, the familiar long black hair and slim person in front of them is... "Izou!" Ace and Marco yelled, looking at Izou's face. He has many wounds on his flesh. His bloody body was tied up. He looked up to meet those eyes, and then he muttered with painful voice. "Get out, all of you. It's dangerous." Marco ignored him, cutting the rope with his pocket knife, carefully not to make any more pain to Izou. "We come to help you." Ace said with a smirk. "This is a trap..." "Stop talking Izou. You are hurt." Marco said, picking up Izou and carrying him in his arms. "How do we go up?" Ace asked, looking at a pole they had slid down. Marco looked at Izou's face, and then he said. " Ace, you go first and help Izou up there." "Yep!" Ace climbed up and waited. "Izou, do you trust me?" "...yes..." He answered faintly, his eyelids were about to shut. "Come on my back." He said after released Izou from his arms. Izou came on his back and hugged him tightly. Marco climbed up the pole and Ace help Izou first. Finally, Marco was on the first floor with others. "Let's go." Marco said, carrying Izou on his back. "Who do this to you, Izou? I must revenge..." Marco stopped half-walking-half-running because he saw someone was standing in his way. Someone with a hook hand smirked at them. "Oh...Which FOOLS come to help you, hah, Izou?" He laughed devilishly. "Crocodile?" Ace questioned. "Yes, the great villain in the world." Everybody looked at the newcomer. "Old man! Thatch!" Ace called, Whitebeard smiled. "Hmmm... as we predicted, pop." Thatch said, ready for a fight. "Hah! You fools! You are absolutely end here!" Crocodile said, and then pointed his hook arm to Whitebeard. "You think you can take him back, hah? Your lives are short because you come to save this one and it's impossible! What fools you are!" He laughed evilly. Whitebeard smirked. "Nothing to fear. This is what I call 'family'."

Thatch, Ace and Marco smirked with old man's words. Yes. They are family.

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"This is for our Izou." Thatch said, running to Crocodile and fighting him with his swords. When Crocodile's hook clashed Thatch's swords, Marco carried Izou on his back and took him out hurriedly. Suddenly, many gunmen jumped down from the ceiling, shooting him but Ace was faster. He shot those gunmen to death in half a second. Marco hurried to his car, talking to Izou. "Hey. We will finish this. You don't need to worry, kay? We will meet again at the hospital." Izou said nothing but smiled faintly. His heart beat through his chest against Marco's back. Gun-fire sounded so loud because of more gunmen appeared in the room. Whitebeard, Thatch and Ace were fighting against Crocodile and massive gunmen there. "About time." Marco whispered to himself, carrying Izou to the street, and then a family's driver stopped the car in front of him. "You are on time! Thanks." "You're welcome, sir." Marco let Izou sat in the car. "Izou, I will be with you very soon." He kissed Izou's forehead and shut the door. Without waiting any second, Marco went back to the bungalow. The car which Izou was in is invisible, so Marco was pretty sure that his driver can take Izou to the hospital without anyone saw his car.

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Yes! This is chapter 2. Poor Izou! What will happen after that? Please wait for the next chapter. I'm trying to finish action scene and I never written action scene before! Poor Marzou-ism.

Ok, thanks for reading.