#GONNA HURL MYSELF OFF A BRIDGE

[lonestardust]

Tarlos : S1 — S4

[sag3-leaf]

Yknow when you follow someone and their account looks really cool and you wanna talk to them and they follow you back and suddenly you get stage fright and forget English

[raystie]

[aprillikesthings]

I think I finally have the energy for more rewatch

We're on the home stretch now folks

*cries*

s5 ep9 An Ill Wind

Me when I started doing this nearly two months ago: oh my god I can't do this for every episode it'll take me MONTHS to watch them all I want is to refresh my memory of the show enough to write my damn fic

Me now, having done this for Yes, Every Fucking Episode: I'm not ready for the show to be over ;_; Also I am devastatingly obsessed with Catra and learned I have a specific kink I didn't know the name of before and I keep practicing eyeliner like every night so I can cosplay Catra :D

ahahahah oh god

also from here on out I am going to not read the synopses

(I didn't do that for most of the episodes anyway tbh)

Glimmer can teleport relatively far distances with multiple people again but Catra is NOT a fan

also they're toUCHING

Adora, looking into the woods: hey come look at this

Catra: *still suppressing puking from some form of motion sickness caused by teleportation*

oh they find the empty torn up camp

Glimmer: maybe they went to Bright Moon or Mystacor? Catra: dude you know they could all be chipped so maybe we should be careful Glimmer: oh you don't trust princesses? Adora: Catra's right Catra: *grins in satisfaction*

just look at her

the fuckin. lack of subtlety here. as always. *chef's kiss*

("ugh they didn't HAVE to be so obvious don't you think it's Too Much" listen I've literally seen people who've watched Arcane be surprised to find out that people are shipping Vi and Caitlyn. "Really? I didn't think that was romantic." You didn't? Did we watch the same fucking show??? The one where those two have romantic tension so thick you could carve it with a KNIFE? The one where they had an overdramatic breakup scene in the rain even tho they hadn't kissed or anything? The one where they lay on Caitlyn's bed and talked about Vi's past while making significant eye contact and holding hands and Caitlyn pet Vi's face? That scene where they hug on the bridge and Vi does that like, face pet thing before walking off and they're clearly both in AGONY at being separated?! Are you really that fucking oblivious??? Jesus H Christ. Yes She-Ra made it SUPER OBVIOUS because some people are BAD AT PICKING UP THIS SHIT also She-Ra is aimed at kids and they haven't learned subtlety. Arcane was aimed at adults.)

no really I've seen people express surprise that people think they're going to be a couple. when that ^ was after they'd known each other like two hours

(seriously tho, if you can handle violence (there's a LOT ngl, it is not a show for kids) then you should watch Arcane, the people who make it have made it pretty clear that it's gonna be canon, and the next season is out in November; but also leaving shipping aside it's just REALLY, REALLY GOOD)

ANYWAY back to other animated lesbians

lol Glimmer teleports them all again without warning and Catra really does look like she's gonna hurl

And Erelandia ain't looking so good, oops

(but also yes Adora helped Catra up again)

intro is the same as the last episode

AHAHAH a dozen planets are rebelling against Horde Prime he's so pissed. And they apparently all mention She-Ra

yeah I am again surprised at how much of the actual plot I forgot lol (but I remembered that Glimmer liked to sneak into the kitchen to eat cake with her hands. Y'know. Important things.)

given his tiny facial reactions I think that's Hordak-Hordak. Our Hordak. Not the Wrong Hordak. I think.

once again I ask myself: where did y'all get those outfits

Entrapta teaches Wrong Hordak how to wink and it's so cute. I also love that she explains what it means--because I'm sure she had to consciously learn it, too: "It signals unspoken intent behind my words. In this case, our mutual deception of the Horde. Now you try."

awww

but yeah everyone in town is terrified and won't talk to them, and especially doesn't want to talk about any princesses

"should I buy property here?"

"...go team."

C'MON THAT WAS FUNNY, GUYS

Also, note to self, Melog definitely understands human speech--they split up, Catra is told to stick with Entrapta and Melog (and Catra frowns at this, just barely) and Adora tells Melog to keep them safe and it does a little noise of affirmation. (wait is Melog a he or a she or a they?)(fan wiki says it's an it but dang I feel weird using "it")

Okay so the scene where Glimmer, Adora, and Bow hide in a shop and then end up arguing with the shopkeeper is like, fascinating on multiple levels

Because on the one hand: I can't blame the townspeople for just keeping their head down and trying to get out alive. On the other hand, reporting them to the Horde isn't cool; they could just pretend not to be suspicious of these guys; there are in fact lots of places on the spectrum between "actively collaborating with one's oppressors" and "mounting a full-scale armed rebellion."

But on the other other hand I also think it's interesting that Adora's the only one of the three who's like "nah dude just let these people live their lives omg," something about Adora having lived in an oppressive environment for her whole childhood maybe

poor Adora someone get her an ibuprofen

Anyway Spinerella found them ack

Also Melog steals an apple for Catra, just magically takes it from someone's basket and into Catra's hand, which implies they're communicating non-verbally more than just moods, though I suppose "hungry, that apple looks good" is a mood

speaking of things that would make ANYone motion sick--

(Adora is saying it) Catra's right there, dude. You spent the last four seasons fighting her. lol.

Oh I paused it too soon lol Catra says this line:

LOLOL

Back on Horde Prime's ship, Hordak keeps looking at the chip thing Entrapta gave him and gets caught by Prime, whoopsie

oh hey, lore: Horde Prime can't access ALL the memories in his previous bodies without going into them, and he keeps his old bodies around in that green goo, that's fucking weird and gross, anyway he plugs a connection into his old body

Horde Prime: "The First Ones sought a new source of power of ancient worlds. Why? Why bend themselves to the whims of magic and myth?"

Poor Hordak has flashbacks to Entrapta and the Fright Zone. Mostly Entrapta. Including a moment of her looking at him fondly--I think it's the moment when she says "Imperfection is beautiful."

Horde Prime: "The fools took their secrets with them when they died. But I will find another way."

(I've seen a fan discussion suggest that there aren't actually any First Ones left--that when Light Hope made it so Adora came through the portal, the portal itself went back in time. I like that explanation in part because it means in my fic I don't have to figure out why Adora doesn't go looking for her birth family. Which tbh most fic-writers don't worry about anyway lol.)

Back with the rebellion, poor Catra is once again trying not to lose her lunch because they've all teleported.

And Netossa is like WTF IS THAT BITCH DOING HERE

Melog doesn't like that

Adora: "It's a long story, but she's with us now" Netossa: "...really??" (Catra in the background: hisses)

BAHAHA and then Netossa spots Wrong Hordak and they have to explain, no that one's with us, too 😬

But yeah p much the entire rebellion has been chipped except like Netossa and Perfuma

Adora and Bow have a guilt trip about having been gone for so long (...to rescue the queen! and also Catra)

and Catra's remembering what it's like to be chipped :(

Glimmer gives them all a ra-ra little speech

Adora just makes the sword appear in her hand without transforming lol that's cool

but they're doing the "I'm in" "yeah me too!" thing and

like, on dates?

(lol)

yayyy

Anyway the team heads back to Erelandia and starts kicking some ass

there's a great moment when Catra's like "you go deal with Spinnerella we'll take care of the bots" and Adora says "be careful" and Catra grins and says "always am!" like ma'am that is a LIE

Spinnerella is torturing some poor villager, and Netossa is worried her wife isn't still "in there"

Adora would know. From literal, personal experience. ;_;

She transforms into She-Ra and Netossa literally does a whistle of appreciation and says, "New look?" and She-Ra grins back. And somehow that is, like. Super queer. Like literally just one lesbian to another, in a flirty-but-not kinda way. Like I have *had* those interactions, where the underlying meaning is "I know we're each in a relationship, so I'm not actually hitting on you; but as one queer woman to another I want you to know that I see what you're putting out there and I like it." It's one of the best things??????

Netossa gives a little speech to Spinnerella about how she loves her and Spinnerella actually comes back for a few seconds ;_; but then she's gone again, but She-Ra and Netossa convince her to disappear for a while at least? And the locals rejoice.

And Catra would know. ;_; (She rubs the back of her neck after saying this.)

Anyway word gets back to Horde Prime that She-Ra is back on Etheria :D and he's so fucking pissed he's going to go there

...and Hordak spends a long moment looking at that chip from Entrapta again

They go to where the rebellion is actually hiding out, Glimmer and Catra recognize it

and I'M BLANKING ON WHY THEY'RE REACTING THIS WAY HELP seriously I have spent like ten minutes trying to figure it out, I don't think they talked about it while on Horde Prime's ship? Fuck!! IF YOU KNOW PLZ TELL ME

Any Perfuma ties them up and makes sure they're not chipped and then it's Happy Reunion Time with everyone :D

Adora to Catra: it's time for you to meet everyone Catra: are you sure??

I got that one without trying I didn't know it was coming lololol I was trying to get a shot of Catra looking hopeful

poor thing

Adora: long story but she's with us now!!!

Adora (well, as She-Ra) gives them all a little pep talk

ANNND EPISODE OVER

and I don't have time to do another one tonight and I won't have time tomorrow until like after 6:30pm aaaaaaugh

ON THE UPSIDE I only work two days this upcoming week.

Because it's Holy Week. I'm going to be in church like every day starting Wednesday and twice a couple of days ahahaha including an hour in the middle of the night on Thursday.

It is DEEPLY HILARIOUS to me that I'm going to end up watching the last episodes of She-Ra mere days before Easter. Like I literally have four left. Assuming I watch one tomorrow, I could end up watching the next one Tuesday night and watching the last two BEFORE GOING TO CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY how tf am I gonna focus for SHIT lolol

[marcothephoenixhusband]

Part 2 Your Isekaied to the one piece world

>18+<

Marco x F!Reader

PART 1 IS ON MY FEED

You bit into a golden devil fruit making you a full blood angel

Your age is 31 and Marcos is 45 after the two year skip here. Some plot errors sorry this has gotten too long.

Marine Ford

Sphinx Island

Warnings: Hard sex?, Soft sex?, Marriage, Pregnancy, pregnant sex, angst

Marineford

~

After coating the entire Moby Dick with the underwater coating its surfaces in a surprise attack in the Marine Ford bay along with three other ships belonging to Whitebeard. Standing beside Marco you both watch as Whitebeard uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit to summon a tsunami.

"Pops!!" You hear Ace yell from the stage.

"I told you to go, Ace was only following my orders isnt that right Marco" Pops says.

"Yep I heard it myself then you left. Sorry to give you so much trouble. Teach broke the rules on our ship, you were only seeking justice. Everyone in the world knows what happens when they mess with one of our crewmates. If they do then their gonna pay the price Yoi" First commander Marco says. As Aikeigi freezes the tsunami, a lot of the commanders jumped onto the frozen iced over water running to fight the marines. Suddenly Kizuru teleported to in front of Pops.

"Yazikani sacred jewels!" Kizuru yells. As his attack gets closer to Pops as you feel Marco transform into his hybrid form and fly to block the attack.

"Huh well fancy that" Kizuru says.

"Its Marco the Phoenix!" A grunt yells.

"The kings off limits if you wanna reach him you gotta go through me first Yoi!" Marco says as he transforms into full Phoenix and flys into Kizurus bolts of light and kicks Kizuru in his arm.

"Well now thats quiet the painful kick" Kizuru says.

"Now your lieing Yoi!" Marco yells as he kicks Kizuru into a wall hundreds of feet away. Kizuru teleported back to the ground and said

"My bad I really should have know better if your boss was that easy to kill he wouldnt be here right now" Kizuru says.

"Gaint squad keep an eye on the sky from now on" Kizuru says. As you see the line up of gaints.

"Make a path!" Jozu yells as he punches the ice which breaks in a circle he picks it up and chucks it at the vice Admiral on stage.

"Damn those two cocky hot heads abandoning their posts like that" Akainu says.

"Great eruption!" He yells as he evaporated the gaint ball of ice. He started shoots balls of magma into the lower section on the ice. One goes hurling towards Pops as Pops used his glaive to stop the magma ball onto the tip of his glave.

"This ill have you light the candles on my next birthday you magma punk" Pops says.

"Ha id rather provide the lighting for your funeral how about it old man?" Akainu says. You stand to the side of Pops and say

"Heavenly Prayer!" As a ball of light encompasses you and Whitebeard granting healing, attack, defense, and ups devil fruit abilities as you put your hands together praying eyes open you transform into your hybrid form just in case. Orz Jr. came from the sea reaking havic on the other gaints. As marines and pirates fight theres only more blood shed. Orz Jr. Talks with pops about saving Ace. Suddenly the pirate empress goes into attacking the marines and pirates. Then as Orz Jr. is walking up to ace. Kumas building up an attack

"Prepare yourself for the Erzas Shock" and it released into Orz Jr. knocking him down. After he gets back up he continues to walk towards Ace Doflamingo cuts off Orz Jr.s leg. Then Moria uses

"Shadow Spike!" Drilling into Orz Jr.s throat sloshing out blood.

"Orz Jr. No!!!!" Ace yells out as Orz falls to the ground defeated just out of reach of Ace.

"Shouldnt drop your gaurd Whitebeard!" A gaint attacks Pops. Pops used his ability to crush the opponents weapon and then his helmet and head as the opponent falls off the Moby Dick you look while still praying.

"Go over the bridge Orz made!" Pops yells as all the pirates run through fighting.

"Of course hes got a plan up his sleeve" you hear Pops say. Suddenly Luffy, Jimbe, and others fall from the sky as Luffy yells

"Im here Ace!!!" Aces eyes open wide as he sees his brother.

"Go fly my child" Pops says to you as you stop praying and join the fight in the sky shooting laser beams from your beak at marines. You glance at Macro who noticed you leave Pops but he continues fighting.

"Heavenly Rail Gun!" You call it into existence it over your shoulder like a rocket launcher and start shooting railing away gaint chunks of the marine base.

"Whose detroying the island?!"

"Look up its that woman!"

"Who is that?!"

"Its (n) the Angel shes wanted for 700,000 berries in just two years!"

Akainu yells

"Stop that gold bird!" With bullets and cannon balls flying your way you skillfully avoid them all and use your light to make a sheild for yourself. Meanwhile Crocodile flies over to Whitebeard attacking him but Luffy stops him.

"Hey squirt that strawhat your wearing it looks like the one red haired Shanks wore" Pops says

"Your right it was his hat he left it to me" Luffy says

"You came here to save your big brother?" Pops asks

"Thats right" Luffy says

"A squirt like you is gonna get slaughtered easy do you know what were up against?" Pops says

"Shutup you dont even know me!" Luffy yells.

"Ah so it runs in the family Yoi" you hear Marco say.

"I know what your up to you want to be the king!" Luffy yells as Whitebeard swirls his glave then pounds the tip on the ship.

"You cheeky little punk, dont come crying to me if you get a few boo boos" Pops says.

"Ya right im not old like you!" Luffy retorts.

"Old man I heard on the marine ship-" Luffy explains

"So their moving up the execution"

"Just thought you should know since your friends with Ace" Luffy says.

"Allright thanks kiddo"

"No problem" Luffy says as he runs off with many pirates following his lead. You see Marco fly down and says to Pops

"Hey Pops in case you didnt know word on the street is their expediting Aces execution Yoi"

"Strawhat told me. How are Squire and the others?" Pops asks.

"Their tangled up pretty close with the vice admirals at the bay. I was just about to fly over there and lend them a helping hand Yoi" Marco says to Pops

"No wait not yet something tells me Sengoku wanted that information to get leaked so we would advance. That old bastard is too clever to let his strategy get out" Pops says.

"Huh Yoi" Marco pauses.

Suddenly you hear a commotion about Luffy and Akinu. Looking over to Luffy he dodged Akinu then Hina as he pummels marines. Then you hear.

"Stay away Luffy!! You only wanted to be a pirate and go out to sea because I wanted too!! Your such a wimp what makes you think I want you to save me huh? Go home Luffy!!" Ace yells to Luffy.

"Ace Yoi" You hear Marco say loudly.

"Say all the mean stuff you want im still going to save you!!" Luffy yells to Ace.

"Hey Marco dont let that kid die no matter what" Pops says to Marco.

"You got it yoi" Marco says back. Akinu used his light beams to penetrate your sheild luckily your like Marco and regenerated.

"Ill have to make a note of that" Akinu says as you lock on to him powering your Rail Gun with Haki you shoot lasering his right wrist off. He grunts in pain as you redirect your attention to Pops and Marco. You fly back to them to rest on the head of the Moby Dick. Using a snail Pops says

"Come in this is Whitebeard put Sqhire on the line now."

"Oh pops he was right here a few minutes ago but the thing is I cant see him anywhere"

"Ya go figure all that tough talk then hes not even around when you ask for his help Yoi" Marco says as you all face the battle field.

"Hm well so it goes get me the Decalven brothers then" Pops says.

"Hey Pops whatsup? Yea Pops whatsup?" They say

"I want you to follow my lead take command of all pirate devisions around you"

"You got it and whats the command?" They ask.

"Just focus on sinking all the Navy's ships just trust me on this one. Ive got a bad feeling about those ships" Pops says

"Well you can count on us Pops. Thats right!" They say. Soon the word spreads as the different devisions attack the Navy ships. You say

"Heavenly Rail Gun!" And lock on to a Navy ship

"Boom" you say as you pull the trigger blowing up an entire ship. Huffing as you fall to your knee and drop your Rail Gun out of existence sparkling away.

"You need to save your strength my little bird Yoi" Marco calls to you as you just nod feeling hot headed. You put a hand to your head and slide the sweat away.

"Are you all right Yoi?" Your Phoenix asks you.

"Dont worry about me Marco ill be okay" you reassure him as your transform back into human form. He nods not convinced and redirects his attention to the battle. Suddenly your hit with a light ray with Haki in the stomach coughing up blood. Marcos to your side in a flash with his healing flames you try to regenerate but its slow. Huffing hard Pops glances at you.

"Are you going to be all right child?" Pops askes as your wound closes up.

You just give him a thumbs up. Marco turns back into human form and notices now that luffy is having a hard time with Mihawk.

"Vista Pops said to make sure Aces brother doesnt get killed go back him up Yoi" Marco yells.

"Got it!" Vista yells back. Marco jumps down onto the ice and observes everything once your healed. He looks up at you and Whitebeard and says

"Pops.. Yoi" suddenly you hear a lot of laserbeams behind you and Pops attacking the pirate ships.

"Sick bastards are willing to sacrifice their own men... Dont loose faith march on charge the enemies with all your might!" You hear Pops yell.

"The only retreat I know is death but ill rescue Ace before they can send me down that road" you hear Marco say.

You redirect your attention to Luffy as Vice Admiral of light kicks Luffy way back. You call on your Rail Gun and transform into hybrid form, fly above the many Kumas that appeared behind the pirates and lock on squeezing the trigger you managed to take out four of them before they looked up and locked on too you. You dodge every beam except one goes through your wing.

'Dammit they can use Haki?!' You think as you fall then transform again into Angel Bird form keeping them busy while you fly around. Your close to the Moby Dick and hear a

"Hey Pops"

"Oh Squire good to see your alive" Pops says as the Kumas redirect their attention back to the pirates you transform into hybrid form calling

"Heavenly Rain Light Arrows!" As hundreds of light arrows fall from the sky over the Marines.

"Yea barely" Squire says

"Is that so I was trying to reach you earlier. How are things looking at the bayhead now?" Pops says.

"Im sorry to say but your allies were beaten pretty badly. As for me I only managed to get out through shear luck" Squire says.

"Sengoku is one merciless bastard hes pulling out every dirty trick he can think of" Pops says.

"Judging by your shift in tactic im guessing you picked up on the Navys plan?" Squire asks.

"Little does he know it works in our favor to attack from the rear. Im joining the fight. Our only chance is to keep pushing forward" Pops says

"I couldnt agree more" Squire says. You and Marco notice Squire standing next to Pops.

"Whats Squire doing up there Yoi?" Macro asks himself but your close enough to hear them all flying in the air observing everything.

"You have forty-three allied Captains willing to die for you. We are all in your debt for now and always. We consider it a privilege to risk our lives for you and your crew" Squire says.

"And im greatful but this is-"

"Yes I know this fight is to save a member of your family. The great pirate Whitebeard is a man who would do anything for his family. And your loyalty inspires loyalty. Thats why everyone followed you to this hell." Squire states as Whitebeard steps forward about to join the fight.

"I do wish things were different but at the end of the day... im not apart of your family." Squire says as he unsheathed his sword then slices Whitebeard through his core out through the other side. Everyone looks in disbelief at Whitebeard.

"Pops no!!" You scream and fly over jumping into human form. Marco looses his cool and jumps on Squire

"How dare you Squire!!! Why the hell did you attack Pops huh?!! Answer me now or ill kill you!! Yoi" Marco yells while pinning him down on the head of the Moby Dick.

"Yea well this whole mess is his fault anyway!" Squire yells back.

"What do you mean? Do you even realize what youve just done?! Yoi" Marco yells. Pops kneels on one knee as Marco gets up and goes over to Pops and says

"Dont move Pops youll make things worse if you keep squirming Yoi" Marco yells.

"Heavenly Grace!" You yell as tears stung your eyes you put your hands up to Whitebeards wound and start healing as much as you can.

"Im telling you this battle is a fake! You made a deal with the government to have assurance that none of your crewmates gets scratched. Theyll just go after your allies!" Squire yells.

Squire goes on and on about how Pops kept it a secret that Ace was Rogers son and how Squires whole crew was wiped out by Roger.

"It was a miracle that I was able to stab you. I didnt want to believe it, were all sons to you. But I guess some kids are just worth more than others-" Squire says but is cut off by Pops

"Your a dam fool the Navy is deceiving you Squire why trust them instead of Pops?! Yoi" Marco yells as he grabs Squires shirt.

"I know your in the deal dont play dumb with me! Your the First devision commander your basically Whitebeards right hand man! If anyone knows about his deal with the Navy its you!" Squire yells in Marcos face.

"Its not Aces fault what happened to Squire but it is mine. And I can only blame myself for keeping it a secret for all these years. The Navy made the right move" Pops says. You can feel Marcos eyes on you he seems to be thinking as you glanced back then back to healing. Pops gently makes you move aside.

"But Pops im not done healing you im barely one third of the wa-" you were cut off by Pops saying

"I dont know if you realize the magnitude of what youve just done Squire. You thrust a sword into your fathers body trying to kill him. Youve lost your way my poor stupid son!" Pops raises his hand then embraces Squire in a hug.

"But I still love you even if you are a dam fool" Pops says.

"Cut the crap you sold us out all of us" Squire responds.

"Who took your steadfast heart away from your father and delivered it into the hands of our enemies? Now you tell me his name" Whitebeard says to Squire.

"Aikainu.. he said if I killed you he would save all your new world allies" Squire says.

"I understand your pain. But its ridiculous to blame a child for the sins of his father. Did Ace ever do a thing to hurt you? I never gave a dam who Aces father was and I still dont. And where ever the hell we came from doesnt mean a thing anymore. I dont love Ace anymore than any son of mine. On that you have my word. Every single one of you is part of my family!" Pops explains as he lets go of an emotional Squire and walks forward as you just sit next to them. Pops uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit in both fists and crushes the gaint ice walls that were built up. Pops stands after breaking up the ice so the path to leave isnt blocked anymore.

"If your a true pirate then you choose which path to take on your own." Pops yells as Squire starts crying.

"Those of you who will still follow me put your lives on the line!" Whitebeard yells as pirates cheer. Pops runs off the Moby Dick and lands on the ice pointing his glaive at Sengoku making pirates run towards Sengoku. Pops uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit to blow back cannonballs and they explode on the Marines.

"Dam I bought that story fish line and sinker" Squire says as you look to Marco whose standing close to you. Marco just looks at Squire with a frown. Squire crying says

"What have I done? Im so sorry Pops please forgive me Ace!" Squire yells.

"Hey Squire pull it together tears wont fix what youve done Yoi" Hearing Marco say to Squire you stand. Looking for Luffy. Pops uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit to tilt the land and seas splattering the Navy ships into splinters. As you and marco flew up waiting for the tremor to be over. Pops engages in battle useing his fruit sending a shockwave into the scaffolding but the three Navy Admirals blocked Pops attack. Suddenly the Marine Ford inner walls came up blocking most of the pirates attack.

"Now thats a noble death" Squire says kneeling on the head of the Moby Dick talking about Orz with you and Marco.

"He may be dead but hes still fighting impressive huh? Yoi" you hear Marco say. Akainu shot up magma meteors into the sky. You all wait for a minute as they come flying down attacking the pirates and the ice trying to drownd them. Once the meteors fell down they broke the ice and started melting everything making the sea boil.

"Hurry get on the ice!" You hear a pirate grunt yell. Then the walls shot cannonballs at the pirates and when they retreated all of the Kumas started firing their lasers. Pops used his fruit ability to punch the wall but it stayed standing.

"How is it still standing after Pops?!" A pirate yelled. You hear Pops give a small growl as the meteors destroy pirate ships. Suddenly some meteors crashed into the Moby Dick.

"Hurry put out the fires!"

"It just wont be the same sailing with Ace without the Moby Dick!" Another pirate yelled as they splashed water everywhere. You fly off in hybrid form use your light like a bucket thats huge then splash the Moby Dick putting out some of the fire while your doing that Akainu says

"Whitebeard watch your legacy go up in flames" you cant put out the fire so you just stay put by Pops transforming back into human form. Pops turns to the Moby Dick and says

"Im sorry .. old friend" suddenly you hear

"Phase two execute Portgas D. Ace" from Sengoku. Causing Luffy to run wild on top of Orzs dead body but two surprise cannon balls hits Luffy sending him flying into the water. You hear Ace cry out

"Luffy!!!!!" As soon as someone dives in to save Luffy. Little Orz braces himself on his elbows

"Im here Ace ill save you!"

"Little Orz no!!!!" Ace screams seeing all the bloodshed.

"And fire at the gaint!" Sengoku commands as the marines fire away causing Orz to fall again.

"I gotta do something. Jimbe I need a favor from you" Luffy huffs on the ice. Kizaru points a finger at Orz saying its one hundred percent effective to do it his way. Then you hear Jimbe yell

"Ocean Current Over Flow!" Then Luffy pops out in front of the three admirals.

"I see so you found a way up" Aokiji says.

"Youve done well son of Dragon" Akainu says. Your hear Pops say

"Well done brat"

"Its a fluke youve gotten this far and your too green to get any farther" Aokiji says to Luffy.

"He and his brother are two of a kind they just dive right in without even thinking" Whitebeard says next to you.

"Orz stay put I need your help one more time!" Pops yells.

"Sure Pops" Orz says.

"Jozu the trump card!"

"Yes sir!" Jozu yells.

"We need to move everyone were charging straight into the plaza!!" Pops yells as you follow behind.

"Jet gatling!" You hear Luffy in the distance. After that you all hear Sengoku yell

"Go do it!" As the executioners raise their swords

"Ace no!" Pops yells.

"You monsters!" Jimbe yells.

"No stop!!" Marco yells. In slow motion everyone is watching. Suddenly the executioners were blown away at the last second. Sengoku looks around yelling

"Who did that?!" Then a figure shows up on the battle field. Sengoku gives Crocodile an earful. You fly up to where Marco landed on top of the wall.

"Whats goin on I didnt have a chance to show off Yoi" Marco says.

"Just a short while ago Crocodile was trying to murder Whitebeard, wonder what transpired to make him change his mind" you hear Jimbe say.

"I can kill that old dying buzzard whenever I feel like it but as of right now im not gonna let you tatse victory you and your crooked operation" Crocodile says.

Doflamingo and Crocodile exchange words. Then while everyone's distracted Luffy runs to Ace kicking and punching Marines left and right. Hes stabbed in the shoulder by Aokiji with an ice spear.

"You feind I wont let you hurt my darling!" Snake Princess yells but Marco beat her to it. Marco swipe kicks Aokijis side knocking him into rubble.

"Ah crap! Whitebeards first division commander Marco!" A marine yells.

"Thanks buddy you saved me" Luffy says.

"Ah dont mention it pal Yoi" Marco responds. You fly up above Marco staying put just in case. When you hear a commotion of pirates from the Moby Dick thats sinking swimming across the bay to Orz. The marines use cannons to fire into the water killing more Whitebeard pirates but they keep going. Suddenly a coated pirate ship came up from the depths and saved the pirates who were swimming. The battle boat was too fast for the Navy. As it reached the plaza Orz picked it up and put it into the plaza. With a shimer of hope all the pirates cheer.

"Thats enoughh!!!!" Ace yells on deaf ears. As Orz was speaking the Marines shot him with cannonballs.

"Orz noo!!" A pirate called out. Whitebeard walks forward onto the tip of the boat then jumps off.

"Its Whitebeard hes entered the plaza!" A marine yells.

"My sons stay back" Pops says as you fly behind Pops with Marco. Pops uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit on his glave blade then throws it forward cracking everything. Marines go flying away as the Vice Admirals stay put. Then Whitebeards commanders jump down next to him. As you go with Marco and you both transform into human form he says to Orz

"Orz thanks pal Yoi" as you both turn your attention to Pops.

"Clear a path for me and hurry up!" Pops yells.

"Sure you wanna do that Aokiji says as he turns some of his body into ice. Pops uses his fruit on his glave but then Aokiji uses

"Ice Wall!" And encompasses Pops in ice.

"Whitebeards a popsicle we got him!" Some marines cheer. But as soon as they do Pops breaks out and Aokiji jumps forward getting stabbed by Pops glaive. Aokiji freezes his glaive then makes four spears to throw at Pops at face range but Jozu tackles them all.

"Go ill fight" Juzo says to Pops.

"Im counting on you son" Pops says. You watch the battle with Marco. Luffy keeps running then runs into a Vice Admiral with a sword and gets cut but not bad. Suddenly theres two Vice Admirals. Luffy gets tossed around like a ragdoll. You see Kizuru shoot a beam of light at Luffy so you fly up in hybrid form, call apon your Rail Gun lock on and slice his whole right arm off as he had one finger before. Luffy lays on the ground as the Admiral yells in pain but kicks Luffy into Whitebeard who grabs Luffy. As you fly back down to Marco Ivanka and Jimbe are on top of the wall now.

"See I told you he was in trouble!" Ivanka says to Jimbe.

"I think this little fellow belongs to you" Pops says

"Old man let go of my legs im so close!" Luffy yells

"Hes done his fair share now treat him!" Pops says throwing Luffy gently onto awaiting arms of Whitebeard pirates. He squirms out of their reach though.

"Hes my only brother I have to save him!" Luffy runs off but collapses.

"Hurry treat him!" Jimbe yells at the medic. You fly over and say

"Let me help!" As your hands begin to glow. He has multiple broken bones and muscle tears but you try and heal him regardless. Akainu and pops block eachothers attacks while your trying to heal Luffy. You can feel Marcos eyes on you knowing hes watching just in case his little bird gets hurt. Suddenly Akainu and Pops go at it while the warlords go in fighting now. You look around only to see Marco running towards Ace then transforms into full Phoenix.

'Please be careful my love' you think as you move your hands to a different section to be healed. You feel something off. Looking to Marco, Garp uses Haki and punches Marco into the ground fast.

"Marco!!" You yell as you see him stand.

"Im fine little bird!" Marco yells to you which relieves some tension.

"If you want to reach the scalft youll have to go through me first!" Garp yells.

"We didnt make it all the way here just to loose to an old man, legends ant nothing but words!" Pops yells.

"I might say the same thing to you Whitebeard! Your glory days are just a dieing memory now!" Akainu says as he punches with magma. As thats going on theres fighting all around you and Kumas who are lasering your friends. Back to Luffy the medic says

"It isnt good first aid isnt going to cut it im afraid"

"I cant continue either theres just too much thats broken" you admit as your glow stops.

"Its not ideal but take Strawboy back to the ship!" Ivanka says. Luffy grabs Ivankas ankle

"I need one last favor from you"

"Dont say one last anything were getting out of here alive darnit!" Ivanka yells at Luffy.

"You realize what the reprocutions would be dont you?" Ivanka says with Luffy panting hard on the ground. Looking back at Pops you see Marco a little bit away from him. Then Akainu shot magma at Pops which Pops deflected. Whitebeard put a hand to his heart falling on his knees. As you and Marco make eye contact then look at Pops. Pops spit up blood then said

"Son of a"

"Are you okay?!" The closest devision commander's ask.

"The ravages of time humble us all even you" Akainu says pumping out lava and magma.

You hear Marco running turn to look and get your Rail Gun out transforming into hybrid form you lock on to Akainu.

"Screw the fight this is what I was afraid of Yoi" Marco says.

"Wouldn't turn my back on me if I were you!" Kizaru says to Marco as he blasts two rays of light through Marco causing him to spit up blood.

You turn your Rail Gun on Kizaru and fire cutting him using you haki with your light but he teleports.

"Marco!!! Pops!!!" You scream.

"You gonna make the same mistake?" Aokiji says as he freezes Jozus left arm and leg.

Then Akainu uses his magma to punch Pops in the guts.

"Pops no!!!" Ace cries out.

"Another hormone shot do you want to die?! Your passed your limit!" Ivanka yells at Luffy as you teleport to Marco, you start to heal his wounds. You put a lot of power behind healing as hes your mate.

"Im begging you, you have to let me fight!" You hear Luffy yell at Ivanka as you start healing Marcos second wound.

You hear Luffy get up and scream a scream as if he was healed. Then he starts running beating up marines left and right while Ivanka follows him. Suddenly the Kumas lock on to Luffy and Ivanka. But Hancock gets in the way letting them pass by while she beats up the Kumas. Marco gets up and says

"Hold on Pops im coming to save you.. Yoi" but he gets hit with Kizarus beam of light again. As you stand.

"Wow it went straight through" Kizaru says as Marco starts running with his flames appearing.

"Yea just try and stop me!" He yells.

"Ah well that certainly throws a wrinkle into my plan regeneration. So thats why they must call you the Phoenix. Hey give me a hand will you?" Kizuru says calmly. Suddenly a Vice Admiral uses black arms to pin Marco and shackle one wrist with sea prism cuffs. Two more beams are shot through Marco as he falls to the floor.

"Commander Marco noo!!" Everyone yells. At this you turn your weapon and slice the Admiral who pinned him in half.

"Marco!! Nooo!!!" You teleport to him.

"Jozu is frozen soild too!" The crew yells. As you get to Marco you say

Heavenly Chainsaw! And start cutting away at the sea prism cuff. While your doing that you hear Jimbe say

"You fools I will not be chained!"

"Now take out the head!" Sengoku yells to Whitebeard. As four Admirals charge towards Pops he takes all the blows and stabs.

"Pops!!" You and the crew yell. As pops falls backwards he grounds himself with his other foot.

"No stay back! You really think thats all it takes to defeat me?!" Pops yells. Pops uses his glaive to slash marines away into the sky. Pops leans down in pain. Sweat all over your face from fighting.

"(N) you cant cut through sea prism just go help Pops Yoi" Marco looks at you as he gets up. Since your mainly a long ranged attacker this war is doing a number on you.

"You think this will stop me? That ill lie down and give up?! Knowing that cold truth I cannot allow myself to submit not until the bitter end. So ill wait until ive taken care of the future for my sons.. got it Ace?" Whitebeard yells.

"Concerned about the future ill be happy to show you, execute him now!" Sengoku says. The whole crew yells

"Ace no!!!"

"Dont make me laugh you think I cant stop those runts from doing it?" Pops yells then falls on both knees coughing up blood.

"From the start this was the only way!" Sengoku yells. As they swing the swords about to execute Ace. Luffy yells

"Dont do it!!!" Using the conquerors spirit. Then running with Ivanka.

"Dead or alive you cannot let him escape take him out we cant afford to let him go!!" Sengoku yells as marines cheer.

Pops uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit to knock away the marines.

"Focus on Whitebeard first then go for the kid!" A Admiral yells.

"Crap come on, I cant help them as long as ive got these things on Yoi" you hear Marco say as he kicks a marine. You fly in your full form to Pops side.

"Stop everyone theres a new plan. Im either gonna live or im gonna die so help out Strawhat with everything youve got!" Pops yells.

"What the hell? Yoi" Marco says.

"Stop your gawking and take out Strawhat allready!" Kizaru says. Everyone is lending Luffy a hand running towards Ace.

"Maybe we should change up our tactic?" An Admiral asks another.

"No we must defeat Whitebeard!" Another retorts.

"One or one hundred it doesnt matter!" Pops yells as he charges he blade with Tremor then swipes in a circle blowing everyone away.

"Dam hes still standing what will it take to put him down?!" An Admiral yells.

As Luffys running Mihawk clashes with Crocodile and lets Strawhat pass. Luffy eventually makes it up the ramp to the stage but Garp stands in the way.

"Come on grandpa let me pass please?!!" Luffy yells.

"The bridge is gonna give out Strawboy!" Ivanka yells. As Garp punches Luffy hes over come with emotions letting Luffy punch him off the walkway. Luffy keeps running as you teleport next to him.

"Ive got your back Luffy im from Whitebeards crew names (n) Marcos partner" you say as you both asend.

"The bird guy oh yea thanks (n)" Luffy says to you. As the bridges gives way your in your hybrid form, you grab and swing Luffy up onto the platform where Ace is. You just fly up higher a bit and watch them. Then you hear a commotion downstairs that Pops got hit by Kizarus light finger. All you manage to make out is

"Pops noo!!" By the crew.

"Finally I told you id do it!" Luffy huffs as Ace replys

"Luffy? You really are crazy"

"Ya well" Luffy just smiles as you get out your Rail Gun surveying the area. As Luffy tries to unlock Aces cuffs Sengoku grows in size turning gold all over.

"Struggle all you like your trapped in the palm of my hand!" Sengoku yells. You lock on to him and *click*. Your beam shoves him back as you hold your position waiting for Luffy to unshackle his brother.

"Thats not something you should have Strawhat" Kizaru yells as he beams of light the key in half.

"Ive had enough Strawhat ill execute the both of you right here and now with my own two hands!" Sengoku yells as you run out of Rail Gun power you drop it out of existence it shimmers away. Suddenly mr. Three plops down from the sky as Sengoku punches down, Luffy creates a balloon while Mr. Three creates a wax wall for him and Ace. Mr. Three creates a wax key and throws it at Strawhat.

"Thanks three!" Luffy yells as he unlocks Aces shackles right when the cannonballs come flying down as the staged had collapsed. You fly down to the side of Luffy and Ace.

"Ever since you were little youve never listened to a word ive said have you? Then you run off and do something crazy. Like old times huh Luffy?" Ace says.

"Yay Ace!" You cheer as everyone looks up to the scene. Everyone cheers.

"Their alive!!"

"You did it Strawhat!" Everyone cheers.

Suddenly you hear Sengoku yell

"Dont let those three escape they all must die!"

Marco looks over and yells

"Nooo!! Yoi"

"Lets split up for now" Ace says to you, Luffy, and Mr. Three.

"Got it!" Luffy says as you hover in the sky above them.

"Flame commandment!" Ace yells as marines are flung about.

"Can you still fight Luffy?" Ace asks

"Of course I can!" He replys.

"Luffy, Ace!" Jimbe yells as Whitebeard smiles.

"Never thought id need my little brother to save me. Guess ill swallow my pride this time I owe you one Luffy" Ace explains as Luffy laughs.

"Thanks but I sure couldnt have done it if Whitebeard hadnt have shown up" Luffy says.

Marines attack Luffy but Ace jumps upside down with one hand on Luffys head causeing the marines to miss their attack through Aces flame body as he jumps of flaming the two marines.

"Thats my little brother your trying to attack. Ill have to ask you to stop! Fire fist!" Ace yells as he blows away marines.

"Fire gun!" Ace attacks while Luffy holds up the rear.

"Their a fine team dont I say" One of the commanders says

"Were pulling out make a path!" Another commander says. As Luffy and Ace attack running towards the exit they smash and light up marines one by one.

"Ive gotten to admit, you've gotten pretty strong Luffy" Ace says to Luffy. Suddenly Aokiji shows up as Ace puts an arm up to Luffy to slow him down.

"Ill take care of this" Ace says.

"Your not gonna survive to see tomorrow im afraid" Aokiji says to Ace and Luffy.

"Stand back Luffy" Ace commands and Luffy obeys. As Aokiji throws a gaint ice bird Ace counters with a gaint flame wall evaporating his ice. Soon their back on the run. Then the last boat starts running on land.

"Who is running the ship?!" A crewmate yells

"Its Squire and his crew!"

"Make a break for it Pops will guard you!" Squire yells.

"Dont be an idiot Squire you got a death wish or something?!"

"Of course, after what ive done to Pops this is the least I can do!" Squire yells back.

"Squire no. Think anyones gonna be happy with a plan like this? Hey hurry up and get these cuffs off of me!" You hear Marco yell. So you fly lower to the battlefield between Ace and Marco.

"For Pops!" Squire says. But pops stops the landboat with one hand.

"Dont you know how cruel it is to force a father to bury his own sons! And show some humility. You think im on my last legs because of one meesily poke? It was settled long before I came here. Everyone has to grow old and die some day" Pops says.

"Listen up Whitebeard pirates and listen well, these are my final orders as your Captain so you better follow them. Even family must parts ways now and again. You must survive continue your legacy without me!" Pops says as he uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit on the base which makes it crumble.

"Now go and forge your own path!" Pops yells.

"What are you" Ace yells.

"Lets finally put an end to this, you Navy bastards" Pops yells. You fly down since your tired inbetween Ace and Luffy.

"Commander Marco lets head back" one of the other commanders says to Marco.

"Pops" You hear Marco say.

"Hurry Strawhat weve got to move on the double!" Ivanka yells.

"Ace hurry up the old guy made up his mind weve gotta go" Luffy yells to Ace but Ace just stands back to us all looking at Pops while your in the middle.

"I know this is it. Back off you bastards!" Ace yells while throwing a firebolt towards the marines that were behind Pops.

"The time for words has passed my son. But tell me one last thing.. are you happy to have this old fool as your father?" Pops says to Ace.

"Of course Dad!" Ace cries tears down his face. Bending over. He gets up and we all start running along with Jimbe.

"As soon as they rescued Fire Fist Ace they fled what a cowardly crew along with their Captain. Its not your fault thats just your Captain a washed up failure" Akainu says to Ace.

Ace stops making you and Luffy stop, you in the middle.

"Take it back or else" Ace turns to Akainu.

"Ace no dont just keep moving!"

"He can say whatever he wants lets go" a crewmate says to Ace. Ace shrugs off the crewmate and says

"No one gets away with mocking Pops!"

"Ace stop!!" You and Luffy yell but it falls on deaf ears.

"Take it back huh? Its not an insult its the truth" Akainu says then mocks Pops more.

"Shut it!" Ace says

"Leave him run!"

"Ace!" Everyone yells as Ace and Akainu go toe to toe throwing a magma punch and a flame punch. Ace falls back on his stomach in pain holding his hand as Akainu mocks him now too. Luffy tries to walk forward but falls on his knees trying to grab aces vivre card Ace yells

"Wait Luffy!!" As Akainu jumps up with a magma arm you teleport in front of Ace trying to use iron body haki but you were too slow as Ace protects Luffy. Akainus arm goes straight through both of you and Ace as you have your arms raised. Everyones mouths are agape. Both you and aces back to back spit up massive amount of blood.

"Ace! (N)!!! Noo!!! Yoi" You hear Marco yell. As everyone runs to get revenge you hear Marco yell

"Hurry up get these dam things off me!! (N)! Ace! Yoi"

"Im trying my best but there just too strong!" A crewmate yells back.

"Hey wait a sec, he can help us, you know the guy who opened Aces cuffs!" Another crewmate says. Akainu jumps back as you fall on the floor regenerating but slowly the pain is overwhelming. You cant see Marco anymore as you just lay there next to Ace bleeding out eyes closed listening to the battle. You hear Akainu say as he walks back over after a failed attempt to fire missiles at Akainu from your crewmates.

"Dont do it!" You hear Luffy yell at Akainu.

"Ace!! (N)!!" You hear Pops yell but when he goes to throw a Tremor a light beam goes through his arm at least thats what it sounds like. With all you can muster you teleport onto the ship where Marco is on deck a gapping hole in your stomach gasping for breath as you cough up blood. Marco notices you and crawls over to you.

"My poor sweet little bird Yoi" tears stung his eyes as he says to you not daring to touch you lest you might die. Slowly you try to get up but Marco gently pushes you down.

"Just rest (n) youve done enough Shh dont try and talk Yoi" Marco says as you open your eyes to look at him. Hes tearing up just looking at the hole in you petting your hair as hes still shackled to sea prism with holes in him still. You turn your head to see whats going on. Jimbe had blocked Akainus magma with fishman karate as Ace just stood there with luffy in back. Marcos tears stop as he says

"Jimbe Yoi"

"Marco we got the key guy!" A crewmate yells to him.

"I thought I was dead but you saved me" Mr. Three says.

"Save it for later unlock these cuffs!!" Marco yells at him.

"Seems my job is never done" Akainu says. As a commander yells

"Jimbe get down!" As Marco and the lower ranking commander slice Akainu Marco with his talons and the other commander with swords.

"Haki users what a pain. But your far too late" Akainu says.

"We were so close!" You hear Marco say.

"Dont give up yet theres still a chance" the lower commander says.

"The battle has ended Fire Fist is done for and I got (n) the Angel as well now its time for this brat" Akainu says as he regenerates himself. Ace exchanges some words then Luffy throws a fit yelling at everyone to help Ace. Then they exchange some heartfelt words. As everyone looks to Ace he collapses on the ground. Everyone starts crying but you can barely breath let alone keep your eyes open. As your blood pools around you. Your getting slower and slower at regenerating. Luffy goes straight into shock as Akainu says

"I wont miss twice!" Suddenly Marco flies straight into Akainus fist attack.

"Ive seen enough death for today! First Ace then my mate! Back off! Marco yells as he flares in a circle to keep Akainu away from Luffy.

"Luffy wake up weve got to go!" Jimbe yells but to no reply.

"Listen we can not give into despair! Go carry Strawhat if he wont run hurry! We may have lost Ace and (n) today but hell live on through Luffy!" You close your eyes and listen to Marcos words.

"If Ace cant protect him than as his family we have to step up! Ace is our brother! Fight like your prides on the line in his honor!!" Marco yells.

"When I hold an execution I make sure to dam well finish the job!" Akainu yells and blasts crewmates and Marco away.

"Mmm-" you try to yell Marcos name but almost nothing comes out.

"Shh (n) dont speak your barely alive"

"I dont think shes gonna make it look at that gaint hole!" some of your crewmates tell you on deck.

"Look behind you Akainu sir!" Some grunts yell as Whitebeard appears behind Akainu using his Tremor-Tremor fruit smashing his head into the floor clearly pissing off Whitebeard.

"Come on we gotta get outta here! All the pirates left on the ice yell as they run. Whitebeard throws a series of blows to Akainu but Akainu uses a surprise attack thrusting his magma fist into Pops core.

"Oh no!!" You hear your mate yell. As you turn your head eyes blurry you make out that Pops wasnt going to live but you all ready knew that since your from the future you almost forgot. As Akainu withdrawals his punch everyone yells out

"Pops no!"

Suddenly Pops grabs Akainu by the collar and raises him up then throws him up as he falls Pops uses his Tremor-Tremor fruit to shatter Akainu and Marine Ford causing massive titanic earthquakes splitting apart from his sons so a massive gap appears.

"Dammit why?!" Marco yells as Pops says on the other side.

"I am your enemy should you have the resolve come and fight me!"

You suddenly hear your first commander yell

"Retreat get back to the ship!Yoi" Pops fights off hundreds of marines as you see Marco pull out a vivre card while watching the battle.

'He seems tense too tense' you think as you spat out more blood barely breathing.

"Hang in there (n) Marco will be back soon" your crewmates reasure you. Suddenly Blackbeard appears from behind the building of the Navy stepping onto the battlefield.

"Hey Pops glad I could make it to your funeral haha you miss me?" Teach yells to Whitebeard.

"Lets finish this you dam traitor! Teach!" Pops yells back.

"Marco!!" Pops yells to him as he transformed into a Phoenix.

Marco turns back into a human and yells to Pops

"Let me help you!! Yoi"

"Listen you stay out of this one boy!" Pops says to the First commander.

"But your hurt! Yoi"

"Didnt you hear me?! Go take care of (n) she suffered a great blow" Pops says back.

"Now lets finish this!" Pops says looking at Teach. As Teach coats the battlefield with darkness you allready knew how it would end. They exchanges insults as Pops attacks with his Tremor-Tremor fruit teach says

"Vortex!" Sucking up Whitebeards power. Teach punches Pops easily once hes grabbed onto Whitebeard. Suddenly Pops caught his glaive and slashes Teachs shoulder.

"You know when I captured Ace I almost got that Mate of yours too Marco too bad, I was plannin on havin some fun with her before turning her over too" Teach yells. Which you could tell it pissed him off.

"I wont let you ever touch her!! Yoi" Marco screams.

"Your a fool you were never fit to be in my crew!" Whitebeard clutches Teachs face with his hand. You feel like your soul is slipping away but you stay conscious to watch this play out. Pops used his power and crushed Teach while everyone cheered but then stopped as they noticed Teach was still alive.

"Come on finish him Pops!"

"One more time Pops!" The crew yelled.

"Hes not budging Pops!" A crewmate yells.

"Hes taken on a lot of damage today. On top of his worsening health. All this fighting is starting to take its toll. Pops is still strong but his body is..." you hear the Phoenix say.

"Stay away from me you monster!" Teach yells in fear and pulls out his gun. Firing at the same time Pops would have hit him with a tremor but his Tremor disappears.

"No!! Dont do it!! Yoi" Marco yells.

"Finish him off hurry!" Teach commands. As his crew come together they relentlessly attack Pops continuously but Pops just laughs.

"Nooooo!!!!!" All the Whitebeard pirates yell. Whitebeard says a lot about a war thats going to happen in the future.

"The One Piece!! The One Piece is real!!!!" Pops screams as you see everyone crying especially Marco. You would cry but you could barely breath or keep your eyes open but a single tear managed its way out.

"Hes dead I cant believe that bastard! He just died on his feet!" Teach yells. You see Marco fall to the ground crying. Of course even though you were with them for a short time you finally found a family. You shared in your lover sentiment for Pops though you knew it cut your Phoenix deeper than you could imagine. After the tears everyone started to escape on ships.

"Thats bastard! Yoi!" You hear Marco curse.

"Marco for what its worth we all share your sentiment. But its not the time for revenge" A commander says putting a hand on Marcos shoulder.

"Ya I get it lets go Yoi" Marco said as they ran off towards the ships him looking at a vivre card. Suddenly Aokiji froze the ocean and Akainu popped up in front of Jimbe having a little chat with Akainu while things get more heated down there they move out of your line of sight. As you see Marco running to your ship you also see Teach use his Dark-Dark fruit then use Pops Tremor-Tremor fruit in his other hand.

"Ah no it cant be Yoi!" Marco yells.

"He stole that power from Pops!"

"I know but how that isnt normal is it?!" Crewmates yells panicked.

"I thought if you tried to get a second devilfruit power then your body would like blow up?!"

"Yea for normal people thats how it works. But you know as well as I do that Teach is anything but normal. And with that body of his he could pull a trick that we couldnt even dream of. Hes probably been planning this thing for ages now Yoi" you hear Marco say. Teach gives a speech which you cant follow. Suddenly you hear a loud collision. Followed by meteors falling from behind you on the island. Suddenly Crocodile unleashed a twister making Jimbe and Strawhat fly up in the air Buggy cetches them and flies away from Akainus magma fist.

"Noble sentiment from a bunch of criminals, but in the end its just empty talk. I wont hesitate to strike you down" Akainu says.

"Same here, your insistence on killing Strawhat just proves to us how much you fear him and if a tough guy like you is scared of a boy like him then that means hes worth protecting to the death if need be! Yoi!" Marco yells. As a submarine surfaces you hear a voice yell to Buggy

"Strawhat may be my enemy some day but ill let the fates decide that one. Either way would be a waste to let him die here. Hand him over and we can escape! Hell die without my help! Trust me im a doctor Ya" you hear a familiar voice say as you then pieced it together.

'Its Trafalgar law' you think to your self as your vision began to get blurry. You see Marco fly up and block Akainus attack.

"Thats enough your not laying a finger on Strawhat or anyone else Yoi!" You hear your Phoenix say to Akainu. You hear a bunch of marines join the battle.

"Youve done enough!!!" Koby screams.

"A marine? Yoi" Marco says. Koby gives a speech and as Akainu uses his magma arm to punch Koby but Red Haired Shanks blocks his attack with his sword.

"A splendid speech touched my heart, and they were few those small moment of courage will change this world though only the future will tell if its for the better or for the worst" you can make out what Shanks was saying here and there.

"Its Red Haired Shanks oh no!!" Marines shout. As battles go on around you. Your lulled into unconsciousness. As your regeneration slows even more agaping hole in your stomach. You bet your vivre card was slowly disintegrating.

~

End Of Marine Ford

~

Eventually you feel warmth after the long embrace of coldness and maybe death. Your grogginess feels lighter and lighter as your brought to the surface of life again. Hearing a heart beat monitor getting faster paced you felt so heavy but your eyes flicker open, blurriness as the hear beat monitor increases in bpms. You hear a man exit the room yelling

"Marco!!" Soon you hear the door open hastily and you see Marco in front of you. You try to get up but Marco comes round the med bed and gently pushes you down.

"Not yet my little bird. I was so afraid that I was going to loose you too. I managed to get to you in time to boost your regeneration, but youve been out for a week soild. At one point you did.... die.. I dont even know how you came back... Yoi" tears forming in his eyes as he sat in a chair. The two of you were alone in this room full of medical equipment. You use most of your strength to lift you right hand to his cheek wiping away his tears. Soon his tears subsided. He takes off his glasses to wipe the rest of his tears away then puts on his glasses again.

"Let me do an examination Yoi" he does the full examination then says

"You just need rest, but ill use my restoration flames to help you again my little bird Yoi" your Phoenix says to you as you gasp at his flames feeling strength return to you.

"Are you in any pain dear? You shouldnt be I made sure you have IV drips Yoi" Marco says concerned. You swallow hard and he hands you some water supporting your back so you can drink some water. After he lays you back down you manage to get out.

"Mar... co..."

"Yes mate Yoi?" Marco answers.

"I blacked... out.. what... happened..?" He fills you in and after some time of getting used to talking again you say

"I couldnt leave you even if I tried im yours Marco from the begining to the end. Though I will admit death is comforting. But when I could I would dream about you" he cups your cheek and says

"Dont do something that stupid ever again Yoi" Marco seriously says. You just say

"Yes Marco I promise... I just thought I could save him..it was just instinct." you both sit and lay in silence for a few minutes thinking back. To that time.

"The past is the past for a reason (n) ..... lets leave it there Yoi" he responds and you nod slowly.

"Oh thats right it must feel like minutes ago the war was going on for you. I cant believe I overlooked that fact. Im sorry (n) Yoi" he says as he pets your head.

"Yea it feels like the battle is still going on I lost dad and my best friend...." You say trailing off as you notice its night time.

"Were taking people home now itll probably take a long time. Ive been charting everything out for the past week. Yoi" your Phoenix says.

"Captain we need you about some of the restoking" you hear a crewmate behind the curtains.

"Captain??" You question Marco. He looks a bit flustered behind the curtains.

"Ill be right there Yoi" he replys to the crewmate.

"Allright Captain" and you both hears footsteps going away. Looking at you again he explains.

"When Pop's died I had to take over as Captain to make sure everyone gets home safely. Yoi" he says.

"Then wheres our home...?" You question.

"Were going to end up on Sphinx Island we will call it home. Its where pops grew up well bury them there. Itll take about a couple weeks to get there with all these stops but once we get to our island theyll take the remaining people home Yoi" the Phoenix explains as you nod.

"Wait your disbanding the Whitebeard pirates?!" You sit up fast and gasp in pain. He gently pushes your shoulders downback onto the bed.

"I have to go now, will talk later but youll be happy about this Yoi" Marco hands you a wanted poster

"Its me..." you read the bounty

"1,100,000,000 wanted dead or alive (N) The Angel ahh thats so cool! Yes!" You chimed happily which made Marco chuckle and pat your head.

"Your almost up there with me but im retiring from piracy. I just want a family and to help others Yoi" Marco smiles at you and you nod in approval.

"I guess that means im retiring also" you didnt know what to express.

"Allright I have to go now, just rest and gather your energy back my little bird Yoi" Marco says as he turns and walks out dimming the lights for you.

~

Three Days Later

~

Marco has been checking in on you and likes your steady rate of improvement he discharged you today. Saying no heavy lifting until your completely healed.

You go to the cantina and pick up a banana and start eating as you havent eaten in a long time. It takes you a long time to eat it but you do. You decide to go up to the crows nest so you fly up there perched at first then transform back into a human and layed down eventually falling into a deep sleep. After a long time you open your eyes only to be met with Marcos Phoenix form staring at you up close.

"Uh hi..." you whisper as he transforms into human form and stands above you.

"Shes fine shes up here everyone! Yoi" Marco yells down to the crew.

"Okay good Captain!" The crew yells back.

"Huh?" You just muster.

"Weve been worried sick that something happened to you mainly me so I had the crew search the ship but you were no where to be found. So what are you doing up here Yoi?" He asks crossing his arms while you lay down looking up at him.

"Remember how we used to perch up here sometimes on the Moby Dick? I just missed it.." you say tears tugging at your eyes as his gaze softens. He kneels down and wipes your forming tears away.

"(N) you know we have a bed on this ship in the Captain's quarters. Yoi" he retorts back.

"Its just not the same without them..." you start crying then Marco picks you up and flies down to the deck transforming into human form again holding you bridal style.

"Hey Captain is (n) allright?" Some people made a semi circle around you and Marco.

"She hasnt had time to grieve yet leave her alone just bring her food and only water to the Captain's quarters. Yoi" your Phoenix says to the group as he walks to the Captain's quarters enters and lays you on the bed.

"Ill be back soon I have some things to take care of first. Yoi" he says and you just nod on the bed tears streaming down your face.

'I prefer it this way, where no one can see me cry for now' you think.

~After Awhile~

You hear the door open as you reach for a lamp and turn it on.

"Oh your still awake Yoi" Marco says seeming exhausted. He crawls into bed with his clothes on looking at your eyes. You reach over and touch his clothes teleporting them to a chair then his shoes.

"Being Captain doesnt seem to suit you Marco look at you, your exhausted all the time." You say concerned.

"Someone has to do it, and besides after this is all done we can finally make a happy family in peace. Yoi" he says with a smile.

"Wait why did my bounty go up if their supposed to think im dead?" You question.

"Its because you teleported away so they couldnt finish you which was a smart thing to do or you would have ended up like Ace ..and Pops... and I would have lost the love of my life forever. Yoi" Marco says saddened.

"Well im right here so quit mopping my Phoenix" you roll over and hug him close kissing his faceand neck, nuzzleing his neck as he wraps his arms around you.

"How about a quicky? Yoi" Marco looks at you with lidded eyes and you felt his bulge against your stomach. You put a hand on his bulge making him moan softly then you tlelported his boxers off onto the chair along with your clothes too. You kiss him passionately as he does you. Then he flips you on your back pumping his dick with precum leaking out. He gets his dick wet as he feels your slit.

"I love how your pussy always wants my cock Yoi" he says as he positions his cock at your entrance then slowly slides in then out then in further repeat until he reaches your wall stretching your walls for him to fit

"Oh MarcoOO!!" You yell in a moan as he moans in your ear.

"Ill never get over this Yoi!" Moaning he slides in and out while rubbing your slits button making you cry out in ecstacy

"Oh Captain!!" You moan loudly. His balls slapping your ass. He slaps your ass hard making you gasp and moan sultry like and very loud. Everyone knew not to interrupt you both while love making was going on. He started relentlessly pounding you sucking on your neck everywhere giving you hickeys to show others who you belong to.

"Oh Marco your gonna make me cum!" You yell as he takes a deep breath from your hickeys as hes pounding you in your g spot.

"Your gonna make me cum too (n)! Cum with me my sweet bird Yoi" Marco yells not giving a fuck who hears. After some more minutes of pounding you moan

"Marco im, im cumming my Phoenix im cuming!!"

"Good girl! Im cuming with you (n) my Angel Yoi" he moans. As your pussy sucks his cock in more and he creams deep inside you. You both riding out this high then slowing down and stopping. Hes bent down on you hugging you.

"Did any of that hurt my sweet little bird? Yoi" he asks and you just shake your head no.

"Good my love. Hang onto me my mate Yoi" he says as you teleport upright in the shower. His back against the wall with thud. He slowly lets you down as you whimper at his missing girth. He turns on the water as you see yours and his cum flowing down the drain. You both get cleaned up and wash your hair. You run shampoo then conditioner through Marcos hair giving him a head message. Once your both clean you exit the shower but theres one towel left. He wraps you up in it and turn into hybrid form hugging you close wrapping his wings around you getting you dry first. Then he dries off and hangs up the towel. Turning back into human form. You both put new underwear on and crawl into bed.

"Are you feeling any better?" You ask your Phoenix to which he replies

"Yea actually I might have been pent up from not having sex while you were out. I mean once we started we did it everynight. Yoi"

"Well just let me know next time and ill help you out" you say with a wink. He just kisses you, biting your lower lip then releasing you.

"Come here im cuddle deprived Yoi" he whines which made you giggle. You wrap your left arm around his waist as he wraps an arm around yours and pulls you closer into his arms. Both of you smiling.

~

Wedding at sea

~

"Land hoy Captain!" A crewmember yells from the crows nest.

"Got it thanks Yoi!" Marco yells back as you teleport and try and sneek up behind behind Marco almost there to surprise him but then you hear

"You know I can sense your presence. Its hard not to my little bird Yoi" Marco says to you. You stand and go

"Ahh dammit guess I have to work on it!" You pout go up behind him and hug him while hes helming the top deck.

~Once On Land~

"Ah sweet land!" You exclaim as you jump over to land.

"Hey! (N) dont stray to far. Keep your gaurd up! Yoi" Marco yells after you as you wave at him as a yes sir. Then you run off too the shops. First the jewelry shop as you enter you hear a jinggle of bells and a

"What can I do for you miss?" The keeper of the store asks.

"I need a sapphire ring." You say.

"Ah over here miss. If I may be so bold whats your name? Our finest sapphire rings." You ignore the name question not wanting to draw attention to yourself. He brings out the case so you can see them. One cetches your eye its a circle gold ring with a good sized sapphire with a gold Phoenix feather curled like its fallen onto the gem.

"Oh I see this one tickles your fancy this one runs 100,000 Berries" he says. You turn on your glowing eyes and look him in the eyes after a minute you speak.

"So how much was it again sir?" You speak softly and seductively.

"Uh oh 60,000 Barries right?" He says hypnotized. As you pull out of thin air a golden bag you start setting down gold objects until it reaches 60,000 Barries then take the ring. You drop the bag out of thin air as it dissapears out of existence. Its also where you hoarded all of your items and gold. You quickly run out of the shop and place the ring in your golden bag in an alley then it dissapears again. Soon after your sure the shop owner wont come after you, you walk out of the alleyway and spot some crewmates at the bar. You go over as they greet you sit on a stool by the bar and order a cherry soda paying with some Barries you have on you. Soon you sense Marco come up behind you and hug you then releases.

"What are you doing at a bar (n) thought you were allergic? Yoi" he asks.

"Barkeeper whats in the drink she ordered?" Marco asks.

"Ah soda cherries and some vodka" he replys then you just get up and walk to the ship with Marco following.

"I swear it didnt have alchohol in it but better safe than sorry." You yell back to your Phoenix.

"(N) what happens when you drink alcohol? Yoi" he asks you.

You look back at him.

"I throw up real bad" then you turn looking forward again. Once to the ship you go to the Captain's quarters and throw up while Marco holds your hair and rubs your back. Once your sure your done you brush your teeth and gargle then spit in the sink.

"Ugh thank you my mate im better now" you say to him. You feel his hand on your forehead.

"You seem to be doing fine now. Dont ever just assume something doesnt have alchohol in it! What if your symptoms were life threatening? Yoi" Marco says almost yelling but not.

"Your right I should have told you Doc but you never asked either." You reply as his expression twists into ah right. He takes off his glasses and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"So are you fine now? Yoi" he asks again and you just nod. He sighs in relief. Putting his glasses back on.

"Its close to the departure time. Time to wait for the restock... Yoi" Marco says as he glances at the closet then back at you. You unaware of his sight as your thinking about the ring.

"(N)? (N)?Yoi" Your snapped out of your thoughts as Marco waves a hand in front of your face.

"Lemme guess daydreaming? Yoi" he chuckles as you blush red and nod.

~The Next Day~

You wake up the next day, back on the ocean, but you only feel covers around you making you pout.

'He must have gone to work allready.' You think and curl up in the blankets. Just not feeling it. Eventually you turn a see a white dress with a pinned note.

"How did I not see this?" You say outloud. Unpinning the note it read

-My Dear (n)-

When you wake up get ready and wear this dress and accessories. Open the door slightly and say Im ready! Count to thirty then come outside.

-Love Marco The Phoenix

'Awe how sweet but this is a ... wedding dress!' You think loudly in your head. Once dressed you poked your head out the door and yelled

"Im ready!" Then closed the door hear a commotion outside.

"Hurry (n)s ready! Captain"

"Yes I know get into position" you hear Marco command. After thirty seconds you walk out slowly walk onto deck to see flower petals scattered everywhere and an alter. But mainly its Marco dressed up in a white wedding suit it took your breath away. All the crew was there

'They must have set anchor. Ahh my darling is so handsome!' You think as you walk between rows of crewmates up to Marco with your veil covering your face. Once to the alter Izo begins speaking.

"I became an ordained minister because of this dont you dare break up." After some time of him going through texts he finally gets to the good part.

"Now do you Marco The Phoenix take, (N) The Angel as you wedded bride through sickness and in health?" Izo asks him. Marco smiling says loudly

"I most certainly do! Yoi" he says smiling from ear to ear. Which made your eyes glow bright smiling wise as well.

"And do you (N) The Angel, take Marco The Phoenix to be your wedded husband through sickness and through health?" Izo asks.

Smiling from ear to ear you happily say

"Yes yes I do"

"Do you have the rings? You may now put them on" Izo says as Marco pulls out a beautiful ring a sapphire one with a gold feather on one side and its in the shape of a heart and slips it onto your finger.

"Its beautiful Marco a perfect fit" tears starting to form but you wipe them away and dig in your golden infinity bag finally you find it but it was less than thirty seconds. As your bag dissapears you slide the ring onto Marcos finger using your glow to reajust the ring till its perfect. Marco cant help but tear up too but keeps it to a minimum he examines the ring saying

"Its perfect (n)" Marco tells you.

"With the power vested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife you may now kiss the bride!" Izo and everyone cheers. You both lean in giving eachother a warm gentle kiss appropriate for the occasion.

"Youll have the sign this to make it official official" Izo pulls out a marrage certificate and you both sign it.

"Ill save this in my bag" as you put it away then your golden bag dissapears. The crew cheering for you both then bring out a largish white cake and sets it on a table on deck handing Marco the cake knife.

"Ready (n)? Yoi" and you nod holding his hand on top of his to cut the cake you both take a small piece of cake loop your arms and feed the other a bite of cake, un looping then put the cakes on one plate for you both to enjoy with the crew. Everyone gets a piece of cake and sits on deck with tables and chairs chatting and congratulating you and Marco. You both happily accept as you feed eachother with forks now. Once done you both get up and Marco says to everyone.

"Now to seal the deal Yoi" as the crewmembers all knew what he ment. Suddenly he says

"Come here you gorgeous woman you Yoi!" He yells as he picks you up bridal style. You blushing hardcore with him being so direct about your love making time. He opens the Captain's door and slips you and him inside where he lays you on the bed. You both hear hollering and whistling from outside, as the crew enjoy refreshments.

"This is going to be fun Yoi!" Marco gives you that devilish look as you dont realize the magnitude of what your about to go through. You hear the door lock. As he slowly undresses jacket, vest, shirt, pants, shoes, socks. He crawls on top of you and rips your dress down the middle from the front making you gasp and look at him in awe.

"I told you little bird im stronger than you Yoi" he chuckles as you get the wedding dress of laughing throwing it on the floor revealing your wearing a black body harness with your pierced breasts pointing through, fishnet tights with a hole in your pussy area. With no panties or bra. He blushes cherry red as you touch yourself rubbing your legs together.

"Oh MarcoO I need you Mate" giving direct eye contact. Making his bulge twitch. You touch his boxers and teleport them away on the floor.

"Dam! (n) your so sexy like this Yoi" marco says as he pumps his cock lots of pre cum flowing out as he gets his dick wet.

"These are future love making clothes hehe" you say. He uses his other hand to check your wetness

"Dammit love your dripping like a waterfall over here Yoi" You hear Marco say as hes found your button and started swirling around it seductively making you moan loudly. He bends down to kiss you. Opening your mouth you both make out using tounges fighting for dominance breaking for air leaving a saliva string on you. You flip on top of him using both hands up above your head to glide down his abs then go down his V and pelvis to his cock were your mouth was waiting. A massive glow in your eyes piercing into Marco blue flaming ones. As you made any movements your glow traced them. Taking his tip in your mouth you suck harder than usual causing him to moan loudly enough to be heard by others. Then you go deeper, suck and repeat until your deep throating his hard cock making him moan your name.

"Shit your gonna make me cum (n)!! Yoi" Marco is alerted but that was the whole point, was to get him to cum. You go harder suppressing your gag relax. His hot cum shooting out.

"(N) Im cumming! Yoi!" You hear Marco yells mainly to you but I bet the crew heard too. You keep pumping through his high swallow then are shoved onto your back gasping for breath.

His eyes has that blue fire in them as if your his prey now. Your eyes glowing gold as he uses his hands to pin you then raise them above your head pinning you with one hand hard as you squirm he goes down to your ear and whispers

"Your in for it now Yoi" using his deep voice which made you shiver as his breath cascades down your neck only making you wetter.

"Captainnnn" you moan teasing him. As he goes straight for your neck sucking extra hard making you surprise moan very loudly.

"MARCOO!!" which surprised even you. As he sucks hard all over your neck he uses his free hand to play with your button deliberately edging you on. You whine at his teasing which makes him chuckle.

"You doing all right my sweet little bird? Yoi" he asks. You whine his name

"Marcoo stop teasing me I didnt tease you. Fill me up put a baby in me!" You moan loudly the second part.

"Fine you want it that badly Ill put a baby in you then! Yoi" He yells as he keeps you pinned his other hand slides up and down on your slit making you moan uncontrollably very loudly legs twitching. He rubs his cock with your liquids and presents himself at your entrance. He at first slides in slowly then forces the other half in hitting your back wall making you scream

"MARCOO!!! CAPTAIN CUM IN ME FILL ME UP!!" As tears form in your eyes, he pounds you relentlessly as you moan trying to remember to breath. His sweat drips onto you as he grunts and moans your name very loudly.

"(N)!! You feel so amazing!! Yoi!" He lets your pinned hands go and pulls out making you whimper and commands you

"Turn over on all fours on your hands and knees! Yoi!"

"Yes Captain!!" You yell and do so then you moan loudly as he shoves his cock back into you hitting your g spot making you see stars

"OH MARCOOO!!! YES RIGHT THERE!!!" You huff as he continues his old speed which is fast and hard in to your g spot making you see stars. He grabs hold of your thighs to pound you harder. Eyes swirling tounge out.

"OH MARCO YESSS!!" you scream faceing the bed ass in air with Marcos fucking your pussy so good.

"MARCO IM GONNA CUM! I CANT STOP IT!!" You yell

"Cum with me my little bird!!! Yoi!!" Marco dam near screams. He keeps hitting your g spot making you arch your back.

"MARCOOO im, im cumming!!!

"(N) im .. cumming!! Im gonna put a baby in you!!! Yoi"

"Do it!!" You yell. As you both orgasmed at the same time your walls constrict making all his sperm shoot out into you filling you up. He contines to pound you through your and his highs then slowly pumps until he comes to a stop. Huffing both of you he asks.

"How ...*huff* was.*huff*.. that? Yoi" your Phoenix asks.

"*huff* It was *huff* mindblowing Marco" he stays inside you while you both cetch your breath. You teleport your future clothes off you onto a chair. After you do you tell him

"Grab my stomach and hold me up lover~" he does what you say and you teleport to the shower then he slowly pulls out holding your whole body since hes just that strong. After hes out he lets you down shaking legs you turn around hugging him for support as he holds your arms up to support you.You whine at his missing girth seeing both of your cum going down the drain. After you can manage to stand you both get cleaned up. As you hear hollering from the deck. You just rest on your lover him hugging you the shower cascading down you both. After five minutes he turns of the water which was sea water because its most efficient but it weakens both of you everytime you shower.

"Here lets dry off my cute sexy bird Yoi" he wraps a towel around you as you dry off somewhat then try to dry him off. He chuckles using his wings to dry you both off outside the shower now as you wrap the towel around him he hugs you close.

"I love you my wife (n) Yoi" he coos making you blush bright red.

"I love you my husband Marco!" You reach up on your tippy toes as he leans down to kiss you tounges playing around then breaking for air.

"Your still as cute as the first time we met Yoi" Marco says suddenly you grow bright red more than before.

"You thought I was cute back then?!" You say startled as you put a hand on your face bending down.

"Oh do tell more" you acting dramatic then stand hugging him.

"I thought you were cute too back in the future im so glad you brought me here Marco thank you again" you say softly breath on his neck him gaining goosebumps.

"No thank you (n) without you I wouldnt have a family Yoi" Marco says while throwing the towel over the shower to dry. You both get dressed in sleepware and crawl into bed cuddling as close as possible. While drifting off to sleep.

~

Months Later At Sphinx Island

~

"Your sure your just sick? Yoi" Marco asks not buying it crossing his arms. Youve been puking everyday lately.

"Yea im just sick I swear doctor" you lean over to him on the bed sitting up and clutch his shirt ploping down with him. You resting halfway on him.

"Im so tired.... Marco" you say softly as you hear him sigh then sit up you laying on his lap now.

"I think its time my little bird" you look up at him confused. He just gently slid you off him as he goes into his office for five minutes.

"Ah here they are!" You hear him say as he walks back out holding a rectangular box.

"Sweetie its time Yoi" he says again as he walks over and hands you

"A pregnancy test? I dont think I am but I mean I could be I dont know. Okay fine but come with me please?" You question.

"Allright lets go to the bathroom Yoi" he says picking you up and going to the bathroom then sets you down on your feet. You pull up your shirt and pull down your pants and panties sit on the toilet and open the box reading the instructions. As you pee on the stick you shake it off and put it on the counter to develop. You wipe and pull up your panties and pants pulling down your shirt starting to over think. You wash your hands. You set the toilet top down and sit hands in face after a couple minutes you look up to Marco whose smiling ear to ear at you.

"What?" You ask.

"Take a look my little mama bird Yoi" what he said made you wip around holding the instructions and stick

"Im pregnant..." in shock you drop both things and look to him

"Im pregnant Marco!" You repeat as he nods and just smiles wide chuckling at you waiting for it to sink in for you.

"Im gonna be a mom... your gonna be a dad" you say pointing at you then him then stand and jump on him wrapping your arms and legs around him.

"Marco were gonna be parents!" You say happily as he chuckles holds onto you and replys

"Im gonna be a father im so happy! And your the mother of my child!! Yoi" he yells wrapping his arms around you hiking you up so your eye level with him. Your lips meet his as your both embrace eachother. He walks into the bedroom and lays you down on the bed

"Now what about twins? Yoi" he asks as you stare at him like no way which makes him chuckle.

"What twins too much for you? I can understand my sweet little mama bird Yoi" Marco states.

~

A Two And A Half Months Later

~

"Let me go too I have the infinity bag anyways and im not too far along and I know how to protect myself and youll be there to protect me too." You whine at Marco whose in Phoenix form hugging him begging him to let you go.

"Huhhh allright Yoi"

"But you better stay on my tail Yoi" hugging him tighter then releasing. You transformed into full Angel form with a bulge on your stomach which you caught Marco smiling at.

"What?" You ask. He just embraces you in a hug in bird form.

"Its just my baby is inside my Mate I love you both so much Yoi" your Phoenix says and you giggle, him releasing you.

"Its time lets go to the nearest island Yoi" he states and you nod some of the villages kids say goodbye to you both as you both fly up high and away. Half a day later you arrive at the medium sized island.

"Marco theres a Navy ship docked there" you say through telepathy.

"Lets get lower to the water and land over there behind the wall hopefully no one will notice Yoi" he says back. As you do you hear some marines yell

"Thats Marco the Phoenix and (N) the Angel we must report this in!" As they run towards their boat, Marco flies off quickly grabbing the two mens heads with his talons flying back to the wall knocking their heads together knocking them out. As you both land and transform behind the boarder wall of the town where its non accessible you hold Marcos hand and teleport forward into an empty alley way. And then holding hands blend in with the crowd. First you both go to the maternity shop and buy pregnancy clothes for you, baby clothes, a crib, some more necessities. Your stomach rumbles as you both exit the shop.

"Looks like my babies are hungry. Come with me I know a great restaurant youll love it Yoi" your Phoenix says as you nod grabbing his hand letting him lead the way. Once at the restaurant you say to Marco.

"Theres Marines everywhere I wonder who their commander is"

"Dont worry little bird I can talk my way out of things if necessary Yoi" Marco whispers to you as he glances at you and you nod. You get seated in a booth with him across from you. A server comes quickly to take your orders. Marco chats with you as they bring your drinks and food. A cherry soda non alcoholic drink for you and a pineapple smoothie for him. He smilies to you as you looked at your food crab legs and fries with lemon and melted butter sauce. For him he ordered cooked meat and steamed vegetables.

"Lets dig in as Pops would say Yoi"

"Yay! It looks so yummy thank you Marco" you chimed as he was sipping his smoothie.

"Of course my little bird Yoi" he smiles at you happily.

"So can we call this a date? Hehe" you joke.

"If you want it to be then it is Yoi" he replys as you struggle to crack open the crab.

"Here give it to me Yoi" he says so you slide the plate over to him as he cracks all the crab for you then slides the plate back to you as he digs into his food.

"There you go love, Yoi" Marco says to you. You smile at him and say

"Thank you my dear husband" you tell him and he nods while wiping his mouth occasionally. After eating he pays the bill you both leave the restaurant only to see.

"Hina!" You run up arms out for a hug but she puts up a hand block you on your face.

"What are you doing here (N) dont tell me your causing trouble again?" She says as Marco seems tense and walks up to the both of you over hearing you guys conversation.

"No of course not im here with my husband doing traveling all over" you say as she lets her hand down.

"Husband noo! You won the bet dammit! And your pregnant?" She replys

"Yup expecting our first" you say proudly. Rubbing your stomach.

"Uh (N) should you really be telling a Vice Admiral all this? Yoi" Marco says frowning slightly.

"Oh dont worry Marco the Phoenix we once spent three days and nights on a deserted island fighting then we talked it out and made a bet before we were found. I ran into (n) a lot in the past on patrol. I wont say anything out of respect and she won our bet so.." Hina says in the crowded square.

"Well we should be going, safe travels Hina and also there are two knocked out marines around the boarder of town sorry!" You say waving at her bye as she does the same then facepalms. Walking back to the alleyway then teleporting behind the wall onto grass and a beach.

"Ready my little bird Yoi?" Marco asks and you nod. Both of you transforming into full bird forms.

"So what was your guys bet? Yoi" Marco asks you.

"We bet on who would get married first if its me then she must protect mine and your whereabouts but if she won id let her take me in as a prisoner. It was rather easy to be honest she shes such a hot head id figure I win" you laugh and look at Marco who looks shocked mouth a gape.

"You bet your life on if I would marry you or not?! Yoi" he says seriously giving you upset Marco vibes.

"I never said I wouldnt fight back silly" you state and he sighs in relief.

"Stay on my tail now or on my side Yoi" Marco thinks to you and you reply

"Yes sir hehe lets go babe" you both take off its sunset now as you both shimmer in the sky away from the island.

~Once Back Home~

You both circle and land in front of your cabin. Once inside you start pulling out things of your infinity bag as Marco places everything in its proper place. Once done he grabs you gently and kisses you. Spinning you around so his front is towards your back he places his hands on you small swollen belly, whispers in your ear

"Who do you belong too my little sweet bird? Yoi" he huffs slightly you feeling his bulge in your lower back.

"I belong to you Marco the Phoenix" you state as he turns you around, leans down and kisses you with such warmth and passion making you moan softly. His bulge hardening.

"You make me want to put another baby inside of you dammit (n) Yoi" Marco lets a small grumble in your ear causing goosebumps all over your body. He takes the invitation and kisses your neck sucking hard in various spots while rubbing your stomach turning you both on even more.

"Marcoo" you coo to him letting him know your turned on. You unbutton his shirt slowly planting kisses along his chest and abs he moans slightly as you unbutton the rest of his shirt as he tosses it on the counter. He slowly takes off your t shirt revealing your semi plump belly he leans down and butterfly kisses your stomach before taking off your shorts then sliding down your wet panties. His hand reaching under your belly to feel your slick.

"Looks like someone wants daddy Yoi!" Marco chuckles as he swipes you up goes to the bed room and lays you down. You grab onto his pants and boxers a teleport them on the desk. You stare at his erection with a smirk you say.

"Looks like someone wants mommy" you giggle as he hops onto your legs staring at you like your his prey. With one hand he positions his cock at your entrance sliding up and down making you moan his name.

"Marcoo! Fuck it give me twins!" You moan extra sensitive because of the pregnancy. He lickes your pireced swollen nipples as you wrap one hand around his neck and the other hand rubbing on his chest and abs.

"Ahh mommy bird your making me drip Yoi" marcos voice is deep and husky in your ear.

"So do something about it my Phoenix" you tease.

"Your going to be tighter than normal are you ready mama bird? Yoi" he asks your permission.

"Oh Marco pleasee~" you moan as he slowly slides into you stopping at times your face squints coming out then going back in for more wetness so he doesnt hurt you. After he hits your back wall you both moan eachothers name

"Marcoo!"

"(N) Yoi!!" As he starts sliding in and out you continously moaning his name being overstimulated as you allready are. After twenty minutes

"Marcooo im, im gonna cum!!" You yell fingers in his hair.

"Cum my little bird cum Yoi" He moan, yells as his pace increased from slow to medium pace.

"Ahh Daddy bird im cumming!! Ahh!!" You yell as theres noone around to hear you both.

"Good girl but im not letting you go from this bed until morning Yoi" he softly growls in your ear nipping at your ear and neck hot breath making you shiver as he continuously pumps in and out of you, proping himself up on his elbows and hands to avoid your belly. Sucking hard on your neck giving you all kinds of hickeys. While speeding up you yell his name more

"Marco!! please harderrr! deeperr! Ahh right theree!!!" You yell tears flowing down your face

"Pregnant sex is amazing!" You yell as he smiles

"I agree (n) Yoi ahh! Im close (n) Yoi!" Marco moans and grunts as he speeds up even more pounding you you can barely breath.

"Mar...coOoO ....yess!!!" You yell on the cusp of cumming.

"My.. Pho.. enix .. im... gonna cumm!!!"

"Just a few more pumps (n) im going to cum too little bird! Yoi!" He huffs as he pumps again and again till

"Marco im cumming fill me up with your seed!"

"(N) im cumming too my mama bird im filling you up dont worry Yoi!" He yells loudly as he continues to ride out both your highs then slowly comes to a stop. Sweating dripping from both of you.

"Luckily theres a towel right here. We cant just teleport to the shower anymore Yoi" he says

"How unfortunate hehe"

"Im going to pull out now okay Yoi?" He asks and you just whimper. He takes that as an okay. As he slowly pulls out you moan

"Marcoo" as he pulls all the way out he shivers and tries his best to clean you both up so you can shower.

"Come now lets get clean my darling little bird mama Yoi" he helps you up and you both make your way to the shower and turn on the water.

"Imagine when he comes out of you Yoi"

"Wait how do you know its gonna be a boy?" You ask quizzically.

"Just a hunch Yoi"

"Well I love you Marco my Phoenix"

"And I love you (n) my Angel" he leans down to kiss you with love.

~

When Its Time

~

It was morning time your nine months pregnant ready to pop. In the kitchen you feel strange then you feel your water break but Marcos at work. You wobble over to the snail phone and call him.

(N)? Whats wrong you never cal-" you cut him off

"Marco my water broke I need you now" you almost yell panicked. He knew you well enough to know what you were feeling.

"Be right there Yoi!" He didnt hang up the phone facepalm. "Im gonna be a father! I have to go!" And another voice says "Goodluck Marco!" *click*

'Oh thank god someone turned off the snail phone' you think as you start contracting but holding on the the kitchen table grip as hard as steel. You look to the window and see blue flames.

'He must have flew here ahh!' Another contraction. Gripping the table with all your might you hear the door open and your swiftly picked up and layed down on a medical bed. Marco had set up a whole half side of the babies room to give birth in the house.

"Ahhh!!!! Marco help im freakin out" you cry out while hes got a rolling tray he pulls it to you.

"Stay still for a minute Yoi!" You try your dammdest to not move as he injects you with three shots. Then goes down to your pussy thats birthing, sitting on a rolling chair.

"Breath in one, two, three, four, five in and out. Oh shit its crowning now. Ready one two three push (n)! Yoi" you just listen to what Marco says as you both hear a crying baby you immediately relax but then felt like pushing again. Marco cuts the cord properly and lays the baby on you.

"Marco! Im not done!" You yell as you push again holding your first crying baby.

"Its crowning! One more good push (n)" you hear Marco say as you do you both hear another baby crying. Your huffing dam near about to pass out. Marco cuts the second cord again and goes to clean up baby number two then switches with you and cleans up that baby. He grabs some pills and gives you water to swllow them.

"These will help. Let me also use my regeneration fire itll help ease the pain Yoi" he looks down at your pussy whitch was regenerating allready. He hands you baby number one as he takes off his gloves and doctors coat and goes to throw them in the hamper. Then comes back

"Let me put an IV in you dear, hand me our first born. Yoi" to which you hand the baby over and you glance back to see Marco put it into the crib

"Now baby two dear Yoi" you hand them over gently to Marco who put it in the crib as well. Babies calming down lulling to sleep thank god. As Marco cleans you up he puts an IV in you. As your clean you take of you maternity dress feeling hot.

As the panic dies down Marco says.

"Look at that mama bird you did so wonderful! Yoi!" He praises you petting your sweaty hair.

"So what are they boys or girls or what?" You question Marco whose staring into your eyes.

"Their both boys, twins! Yoi" he says happily with the hugest smile on his face while you give the biggest smile you could.

"What should we name them?" You question.

"Ill name one you name one Yoi" he says as you think.

"I want the second child to be named Kai" you state as he nods on his rolling chair.

"And id like our first child to be named Rey Yoi" you both hold hands and smile then he gets up and hugs you close.

"Let me just write up these birth certificates Yoi" he says as your still shaking.

"You can sign them later Yoi" Your Phoenix says.

~

Days Later

~

Your pussy is healed with the help of Marcos flames and your regeneration power you still feel exhausted because you both have to get up in the night in shifts to feed the babies. You finally managed to sign those birth certificates. Marco is ecstatic to be a father the whole village on Sphinx Island knows.

~

One Year And Three Months Later

~

You and Marco are sitting on the grassy ground watching your babies fly around as it was the first thing they did not even run or walk yet.

Looking up to Marco you nudge him and he turns his head to you raising an eyebrow.

"Remember when we met in 2023? You were unsure whether or not to take me with you?"

"Yes what about it? Yoi" he asks. As he picks you up and lays you on his lap kissing your neck.

"Are you happy Marco?" You ask bluntly. He uses his fingers to turn your head to look at him.

"I am immensely happy (n) thanks to you Yoi" he says as he kisses you deep and passionately then breaks for air after a good minute.

"What about you (n) are you happy? Yoi" you could feel his heartbeat rise. You just turned, wrap your arms around him fall backwards you ontop and kiss him deeply then say

"I could never be more happy than I am now Marco thank you for choosing me I love you my sweet sweet Phoenix~" you say sweetly making him smile from ear to ear.

"I love you too my little mama bird Yoi" he says as he embraces you while you both watch your kids play flying close to the ground.

[quinloki]

Some Direction

Fem Reader x Roronoa Zoro

CW: Language, stalking, violence, sexual themes and situations, ptsd 18+ only

Chapter 1 - Table of Consent -

Chapter 19: Lost v 2.0

***The following chapter is from Zoro's Point of View.***

"Zoro, I-." thump. "Huh?"

Both of us look around as a rain of Ping-Pong balls fall into the garden with a muffled series of thumps and a few splashes. Confusion strikes before we hear soft pops and there's an eruption of smoke that fills the whole garden. I pull (Y/N) to her feet as we both start coughing and start making our way back inside.

I barely get three steps from the bridge, and I can feel her sag and fall limp against me. I swear in frustration, but the smoke's blurring my vision despite my efforts to not breathe it in. I can't get us both clear of the smoke, but I won't leave her behind.

I can sense someone approaching, it's not my dad, so it's got to be him. The one harassing (Y/N) all this time, that bastard archer. I turn to attack him, to grab the mask off his face and expose him to the gas, but it's sunk into my body, and I can't put any strength behind my movements. He catches my wrist easily, and I sink to my knees. I need to move; I need to stop him. I can't let him hurt her and I can't let him hurt me – she'd never forgive herself.

There's a strange feeling as he forces a mask over my head, laying me down on the ground. I feel like I should recognize something about him, but even with the mask I've breathed in too much of the smoke. Vertigo steals the last my capacity and I sink into the ground, barely hanging onto consciousness, even though I can't will my body to move.

When I see him pick her up, I can feel my entire body panic. The surge of adrenaline is enough for me to stand, but even as I reach out toward him everything fades.

When I wake back up, I'm on the couch in the family room. My head's splitting, and my body aches. I recognize Dr. Marco and there's three sets of hands holding me down before I can even sit up.

"Roronoa," Mihawk says. His voice is sharp, sharp and pained at the same time.

"He took her." My voice cracks, I feel like I'm going to hurl, but I'm too mad.

"He did. Stay still." His tone is irritating, but if I sit up too fast I'll just black out again, and even if I could move freely, I'm outnumbered. Officer Smoker is at my ankles, Dr. Marco has my wrists, and my dad's hand is against my forehead. "You've been unconscious for a couple hours. The doctor has tended to you, and the police are here. You need to listen. Can you?"

I nod.

"We had a lead in the case," Smoker begins to explain. "I was on my way over already when I received a call from Mihawk that (Y/N) had been abducted. Look, I'm not going to piss you off with details, I just need to know if you know someone named Usopp."

I nod again and feel the hands twitch against me as I realize I had tensed up. "Did he take her?"

"I wasn't completely certain when I was heading over here, but there's no mistaking it now." Smoker says. "He left a note."

"I want to read it."

"Sure, he left it tacked to the gas mask he had put on you, and frankly, we wouldn't have a choice anyway." Smoker admits gruffly. "But you have to swear to do as I say, without exception, or we're going to have to come up with a plan B, and you'll be put under arrest for your own safety."

I'm certain I make a face. I don't want to promise anything without knowing anything first, but that's not the situation I'm in and understand that. Realization dawns on me and I sink into the couch, letting myself relax.

"He wants to trade, doesn't he?"

"... He does." Smoker admits, and three sets of hands let go of me at the same time. "You gonna listen to me, or not?"

"Yeah, I'll listen."

"Good. Rule #1 is you don't get to decide anything. We'll tell you what to say, and we'll tell you what to do, and you follow those instructions. With luck we'll come out of this with both of you alive." Smoker practically growls, but he's not nearly as intimidating to me as he's trying to be.

I grunt in response. It's not like I have a choice. Smoker hands over the letter, it's in a plastic evidence bag, but I can still read it.

Zoro –

I'll call tomorrow. You better be the one to answer. You for her. I'll prove she's alive when I call. Hope you still have those three swords you cherish so much.

~Sogeking

"We're going to train you on how to handle the call for tomorrow." Smoker explains. "The longer you can keep him talking, the better our chances of pinning down a location. We're also getting some other gear together. If he wants you, then he's not going to stop with the phone call."

I sit up slowly, there's a look on Smoker's face I don't like. "You're going at this heavy." I say, and even as the words come out, I can feel the room flinch. "... He's done more than just harass (Y/N)."

Mihawk sits beside me, and I don't want to hear what he's going to say before he says it. "Usopp has been killing people. According to what Officer Smoker has found, he's been behind some of the tragedies that had befallen the survivors of Kuro's attacks." Mihawk's eyes sharpen, and his tone demands my attention. "Zoro. He caused the wreck that killed (Y/N)'s adopted parents."

Confusion was first. Usopp was a good guy. A flake maybe, and certainly the biggest coward I'd ever known, but there was no way he could do something like murder. I was more likely to be a cool-blooded killer than Usopp.

"From what I could find, he's responsible for causing at least a dozen accidents in the last ten years." Smoker explains. "We went to his property for a follow up yesterday and he wasn't there. We had reason to enter, and we found... a lot. Piles of articles, maps of the city, photos of residences, and video feeds. He had been systematically stalking and keeping tabs on every survivor of Kuro's attack that was still in the area."

"Were you looking for cameras?"

"...Yeah."

"I'd be impressed if there were any in here." She says, sipping her tea and sinking into the couch. "A few years back I got really paranoid that someone was watching me, and I started checking for bugs every time I got home from anywhere. It was exhausting, but it turned into a habit and I still check every week."

"I thought you said this wasn't ongoing." I grumble.

"It isn't ongoing. That was like... six years ago. Today's the first time since then."

"... He didn't have a feed for her." I say, the memory of our conversation nearly three months ago coming to me.

"He did not. He had a monitor with her name on it, but it was broken. How'd you know?"

"She told me when we first met. She thought someone was watching her and got into a habit of sweeping her house for bugs every day. I've seen her looking around the dojo before, it's been a habit for so long." I don't know if I feel defeated or furious. Right now, I'm trying not to feel anything so I can keep my cool.

"That puts some stuff together." Smoker says finally. "He must've been stalking her directly. She's a librarian, so she was easily accessible to the public. He could've spent hours at the library as often as he wanted to, and no one would've thought he was out of place. With the windfall from the inheritance, he wouldn't have a need to work." The officer's scowl was deep. At least one of us could be angry about all of this.

Mihawk and Dr. Marco convinced me to eat, and Tashigi went over the basics of what I'd need to do during the call for the first time. I'd listen to her drill those instructions into my head over a dozen times between the evening and the next day. She looked so much like Kuina it had been haunting the first time I saw her, but she's been by with Smoker so many times at this point it doesn't bother me.

My only fear is, if things go wrong, will I eventually meet someone who looks like (Y/N)?

I will the thought out of my head and focus. The better I can do this, the better it'll go.

"Okay, repeat it all back to me." Tashigi demands. It's sunrise and I've gotten a little rest, but not much. There's a huge black box in the family room, and the call is going to be routed through it.

"Green answers the call and lets him hear me. Red mutes everyone on this side, but we'll still hear him. Nothing on my end will disconnect the call. Avoid yes or no questions. Keep him talking, even if the topic's unpleasant. Make sure we can verify (Y/N)'s safe. Avoid making any promises. Don't say anything to antagonize him." I stop and think for a second. "Don't panic if I mess up."

"Good. Take a deep breath, it'll be okay."

The waiting was the worst. There was nothing to do since a distraction could throw off the whole process but waiting without distraction meant that my mind wandered. I tried to focus it, I tried to will her safety into reality. She would come home. She would survive this. It would be okay. As long as she was alive, I could face anything.

Memories danced through my head, and it was better focusing on them, than worrying about the call.

"-your voice is like wisteria, or sake." I can feel the heat in my ears, and I don't want her to see it. Not yet, I want to be able to be cool for just a little longer. "It's calming."

"ANGRY." "... At me?" I could feel myself panicking a little. I didn't want her to be mad at me, I didn't want to be the source of any of her discomfort. She scribbled on the notepad and when I can read it, I laugh. I can't stop myself even though I try, I really try, but the words and her face have completely disarmed me.

"You were five." I was angry, angrier than I knew I could get. I wanted to go back in time and kill the man who had done this to her with my own hands. I didn't even want to use my swords, I wanted to literally tear him apart. Blood on my hands, to protect her, seemed a reasonable trade.

"Ah, Mr. Roronoa?" She called out, causing me to turn around. She smiled and pointed to the right. "Unless you're running errands, the dojo's that way." She disappeared into the library without waiting, and I stood on the library steps for a moment, dumbfounded. I wanted to see that smile again. I wanted to hear her voice, no matter what the words were.

The smile on her face twisted my heart. It wasn't anger, but the sadness in that practiced motion hurt me. "I'm sure you can petition for a Rematch because of this, if you want." Anger boiled in me, I couldn't hold it back. It seems there were some words I didn't want to hear come from her mouth. "Rematch? Over some stu-."

My phone rings, and the entire room is a flurry of activity. I focus on the phone and wait. I don't get to hit the green button to answer it, I have to leave that up to Smoker, and he needs to let the tech team get everything in place before the call starts.

Every second counts. Every word is one step closer to finding her.

He presses the green button and I steady my voice before I speak.

"What do you want, Usopp?" I ask, grimacing inwardly at the anger I can't contain.

"Ah, so you figured it out. It's been quite a long time, Zoro." He says. There's a madness in his voice I haven't heard before. "Did you figure it out first, or did the police?"

"... They did."

"Mm, but you remembered me once they did, didn't you?"

"Where's (Y/N)?" My throat almost dries up before I can get the question out.

"Oh, she's here, she's fine. Come on little warrior, speak up." My body tenses at him calling her a little warrior. She must've done something when she came around, and I'm caught between relief that she's fighting for herself, and fear that he's hurt her for it. "Oh, haha that look she's giving me, I think she wants to try beating me up again. Went a little poorly for you last time, didn't it? You should urge her to speak, Zoro, before I do it."

"(Y/N)," I feel my eyes sting, I just want to hear her voice. "It's okay. You can tell me."

There's the sound of a sharp slap and I can hear her grunt. My fists clench, but I can't lose my cool. If I lash out at Usopp then Smoker will end the call or take it over. Things could go bad quickly and the trace might not complete.

"No bullshit," he warns, his voice hard and stern. "Just say "I'm alive". They don't need to know any more than that."

"I'm alive." I can hear the anger in her voice, the energy. I can feel some part of myself relax.

"See now, she's alive. And she'll stay that way, all through this entire cursed ordeal, as long as you - Roronoa Zoro - come here and retrieve her. Bring police if you want, helicopters, snipers; the marines, for all I care. But if anyone comes in before you, I'll kill her.

"You, and the Wado Ichimonji, Zoro. That's what I want to see before I let her go."

I don't know what to say to this. I can't promise anything, but I want to give him everything he wants if he'll hand her over safely for it. Before I can even reply I hear her voice, desperate and scared, different from before.

"Zoro don't! He wants you to-oof!" The blow makes me flinch, I can hear her crumple through the phone, and my blood runs cold when Usopp speaks.

"You remember where you'd practice your Santoryu, right?" He says quickly into the phone, his earlier collected tone completely shattered. "She's here, so you'll find your way, I'm sure, but don't take too long. I'm not giving this ingrate the blanket back after that, and she'll freeze before the night's over."

"Usopp, don't hurt-." The line went dead. "... her."

"Was it enough?" Smoker asks one of the techs. I don't know what the response is, but it doesn't matter.

"I know where he is." I say evenly. "And you have to let me go."

There's a heavy silence, and after a moment Smoker sighs. "Yeah. Our chances of getting her out of there alive are better if you go in first. We'll get you protective gear-."

"No." I say it so harshly I surprise myself. "I'm safer if I can move freely."

"He's right." Mihawk asserts. "His reactions will be slowed by anything he's not used to wearing."

"Are you really advocating for me to send your son into a hostage situation without so much as a vest?" Smoker's tone was level, but he was clearly caught off-guard.

"I am. He's been training since he seven. Some faith must be put into more than twenty years of experience." Mihawk levels his gaze at me and I return it. I'm glad to know we're on the same page, and I'll have to thank him for his support later.

"... Fine. It's early. We're going to set up a perimeter and get backup in place for you. He said we could come and so we shall. You're going to go in first, with a wire, I want to know everything that's said. The more information we have the more we can control. I know you're not a chatty guy, but if you see something like explosives or traps you have to say so."

I nod.

Hang on, (Y/N), please. Long enough for me to find you.

Next Chapter

[mugiwara-no-toshokan]

Some Direction

CisFem Reader x Roronoa Zoro

CW: Language, stalking, violence, sexual themes and situations, ptsd -- surprisingly fluffy despite it all. 18+ only

Chapter 19: Lost v 2.0

***The following chapter is from Zoro's Point of View.***

"Zoro, I-." thump. "Huh?"

Both of us look around as a rain of Ping-Pong balls fall into the garden with a muffled series of thumps and a few splashes. Confusion strikes before we hear soft pops and there's an eruption of smoke that fills the whole garden. I pull (Y/N) to her feet as we both start coughing and start making our way back inside.

I barely get three steps from the bridge, and I can feel her sag and fall limp against me. I swear in frustration, but the smoke's blurring my vision despite my efforts to not breathe it in. I can't get us both clear of the smoke, but I won't leave her behind.

I can sense someone approaching, it's not my dad, so it's got to be him. The one harassing (Y/N) all this time, that bastard archer. I turn to attack him, to grab the mask off his face and expose him to the gas, but it's sunk into my body, and I can't put any strength behind my movements. He catches my wrist easily, and I sink to my knees. I need to move; I need to stop him. I can't let him hurt her and I can't let him hurt me – she'd never forgive herself.

There's a strange feeling as he forces a mask over my head, laying me down on the ground. I feel like I should recognize something about him, but even with the mask I've breathed in too much of the smoke. Vertigo steals the last my capacity and I sink into the ground, barely hanging onto consciousness, even though I can't will my body to move.

When I see him pick her up, I can feel my entire body panic. The surge of adrenaline is enough for me to stand, but even as I reach out toward him everything fades.

When I wake back up, I'm on the couch in the family room. My head's splitting, and my body aches. I recognize Dr. Marco and there's three sets of hands holding me down before I can even sit up.

"Roronoa," Mihawk says. His voice is sharp, sharp and pained at the same time.

"He took her." My voice cracks, I feel like I'm going to hurl, but I'm too mad.

"He did. Stay still." His tone is irritating, but if I sit up too fast I'll just black out again, and even if I could move freely, I'm outnumbered. Officer Smoker is at my ankles, Dr. Marco has my wrists, and my dad's hand is against my forehead. "You've been unconscious for a couple hours. The doctor has tended to you, and the police are here. You need to listen. Can you?"

I nod.

"We had a lead in the case," Smoker begins to explain. "I was on my way over already when I received a call from Mihawk that (Y/N) had been abducted. Look, I'm not going to piss you off with details, I just need to know if you know someone named Usopp."

I nod again and feel the hands twitch against me as I realize I had tensed up. "Did he take her?"

"I wasn't completely certain when I was heading over here, but there's no mistaking it now." Smoker says. "He left a note."

"I want to read it."

"Sure, he left it tacked to the gas mask he had put on you, and frankly, we wouldn't have a choice anyway." Smoker admits gruffly. "But you have to swear to do as I say, without exception, or we're going to have to come up with a plan B, and you'll be put under arrest for your own safety."

I'm certain I make a face. I don't want to promise anything without knowing anything first, but that's not the situation I'm in and understand that. Realization dawns on me and I sink into the couch, letting myself relax.

"He wants to trade, doesn't he?"

"... He does." Smoker admits, and three sets of hands let go of me at the same time. "You gonna listen to me, or not?"

"Yeah, I'll listen."

"Good. Rule #1 is you don't get to decide anything. We'll tell you what to say, and we'll tell you what to do, and you follow those instructions. With luck we'll come out of this with both of you alive." Smoker practically growls, but he's not nearly as intimidating to me as he's trying to be.

I grunt in response. It's not like I have a choice. Smoker hands over the letter, it's in a plastic evidence bag, but I can still read it.

Zoro –

I'll call tomorrow. You better be the one to answer. You for her. I'll prove she's alive when I call. Hope you still have those three swords you cherish so much.

~Sogeking

"We're going to train you on how to handle the call for tomorrow." Smoker explains. "The longer you can keep him talking, the better our chances of pinning down a location. We're also getting some other gear together. If he wants you, then he's not going to stop with the phone call."

I sit up slowly, there's a look on Smoker's face I don't like. "You're going at this heavy." I say, and even as the words come out, I can feel the room flinch. "... He's done more than just harass (Y/N)."

Mihawk sits beside me, and I don't want to hear what he's going to say before he says it. "Usopp has been killing people. According to what Officer Smoker has found, he's been behind some of the tragedies that had befallen the survivors of Kuro's attacks." Mihawk's eyes sharpen, and his tone demands my attention. "Zoro. He caused the wreck that killed (Y/N)'s adopted parents."

Confusion was first. Usopp was a good guy. A flake maybe, and certainly the biggest coward I'd ever known, but there was no way he could do something like murder. I was more likely to be a cool-blooded killer than Usopp.

"From what I could find, he's responsible for causing at least a dozen accidents in the last ten years." Smoker explains. "We went to his property for a follow up yesterday and he wasn't there. We had reason to enter, and we found... a lot. Piles of articles, maps of the city, photos of residences, and video feeds. He had been systematically stalking and keeping tabs on every survivor of Kuro's attack that was still in the area."

"Were you looking for cameras?"

"...Yeah."

"I'd be impressed if there were any in here." She says, sipping her tea and sinking into the couch. "A few years back I got really paranoid that someone was watching me, and I started checking for bugs every time I got home from anywhere. It was exhausting, but it turned into a habit and I still check every week."

"I thought you said this wasn't ongoing." I grumble.

"It isn't ongoing. That was like... six years ago. Today's the first time since then."

"... He didn't have a feed for her." I say, the memory of our conversation nearly three months ago coming to me.

"He did not. He had a monitor with her name on it, but it was broken. How'd you know?"

"She told me when we first met. She thought someone was watching her and got into a habit of sweeping her house for bugs every day. I've seen her looking around the dojo before, it's been a habit for so long." I don't know if I feel defeated or furious. Right now, I'm trying not to feel anything so I can keep my cool.

"That puts some stuff together." Smoker says finally. "He must've been stalking her directly. She's a librarian, so she was easily accessible to the public. He could've spent hours at the library as often as he wanted to, and no one would've thought he was out of place. With the windfall from the inheritance, he wouldn't have a need to work." The officer's scowl was deep. At least one of us could be angry about all of this.

Mihawk and Dr. Marco convinced me to eat, and Tashigi went over the basics of what I'd need to do during the call for the first time. I'd listen to her drill those instructions into my head over a dozen times between the evening and the next day. She looked so much like Kuina it had been haunting the first time I saw her, but she's been by with Smoker so many times at this point it doesn't bother me.

My only fear is, if things go wrong, will I eventually meet someone who looks like (Y/N)?

I will the thought out of my head and focus. The better I can do this, the better it'll go.

"Okay, repeat it all back to me." Tashigi demands. It's sunrise and I've gotten a little rest, but not much. There's a huge black box in the family room, and the call is going to be routed through it.

"Green answers the call and lets him hear me. Red mutes everyone on this side, but we'll still hear him. Nothing on my end will disconnect the call. Avoid yes or no questions. Keep him talking, even if the topic's unpleasant. Make sure we can verify (Y/N)'s safe. Avoid making any promises. Don't say anything to antagonize him." I stop and think for a second. "Don't panic if I mess up."

"Good. Take a deep breath, it'll be okay."

The waiting was the worst. There was nothing to do since a distraction could throw off the whole process but waiting without distraction meant that my mind wandered. I tried to focus it, I tried to will her safety into reality. She would come home. She would survive this. It would be okay. As long as she was alive, I could face anything.

Memories danced through my head, and it was better focusing on them, than worrying about the call.

"-your voice is like wisteria, or sake." I can feel the heat in my ears, and I don't want her to see it. Not yet, I want to be able to be cool for just a little longer. "It's calming."

"ANGRY." "... At me?" I could feel myself panicking a little. I didn't want her to be mad at me, I didn't want to be the source of any of her discomfort. She scribbled on the notepad and when I can read it, I laugh. I can't stop myself even though I try, I really try, but the words and her face have completely disarmed me.

"You were five." I was angry, angrier than I knew I could get. I wanted to go back in time and kill the man who had done this to her with my own hands. I didn't even want to use my swords, I wanted to literally tear him apart. Blood on my hands, to protect her, seemed a reasonable trade.

"Ah, Mr. Roronoa?" She called out, causing me to turn around. She smiled and pointed to the right. "Unless you're running errands, the dojo's that way." She disappeared into the library without waiting, and I stood on the library steps for a moment, dumbfounded. I wanted to see that smile again. I wanted to hear her voice, no matter what the words were.

The smile on her face twisted my heart. It wasn't anger, but the sadness in that practiced motion hurt me. "I'm sure you can petition for a Rematch because of this, if you want." Anger boiled in me, I couldn't hold it back. It seems there were some words I didn't want to hear come from her mouth. "Rematch? Over some stu-."

My phone rings, and the entire room is a flurry of activity. I focus on the phone and wait. I don't get to hit the green button to answer it, I have to leave that up to Smoker, and he needs to let the tech team get everything in place before the call starts.

Every second counts. Every word is one step closer to finding her.

He presses the green button and I steady my voice before I speak.

"What do you want, Usopp?" I ask, grimacing inwardly at the anger I can't contain.

"Ah, so you figured it out. It's been quite a long time, Zoro." He says. There's a madness in his voice I haven't heard before. "Did you figure it out first, or did the police?"

"... They did."

"Mm, but you remembered me once they did, didn't you?"

"Where's (Y/N)?" My throat almost dries up before I can get the question out.

"Oh, she's here, she's fine. Come on little warrior, speak up." My body tenses at him calling her a little warrior. She must've done something when she came around, and I'm caught between relief that she's fighting for herself, and fear that he's hurt her for it. "Oh, haha that look she's giving me, I think she wants to try beating me up again. Went a little poorly for you last time, didn't it? You should urge her to speak, Zoro, before I do it."

"(Y/N)," I feel my eyes sting, I just want to hear her voice. "It's okay. You can tell me."

There's the sound of a sharp slap and I can hear her grunt. My fists clench, but I can't lose my cool. If I lash out at Usopp then Smoker will end the call or take it over. Things could go bad quickly and the trace might not complete.

"No bullshit," he warns, his voice hard and stern. "Just say "I'm alive". They don't need to know any more than that."

"I'm alive." I can hear the anger in her voice, the energy. I can feel some part of myself relax.

"See now, she's alive. And she'll stay that way, all through this entire cursed ordeal, as long as you - Roronoa Zoro - come here and retrieve her. Bring police if you want, helicopters, snipers; the marines, for all I care. But if anyone comes in before you, I'll kill her.

"You, and the Wado Ichimonji, Zoro. That's what I want to see before I let her go."

I don't know what to say to this. I can't promise anything, but I want to give him everything he wants if he'll hand her over safely for it. Before I can even reply I hear her voice, desperate and scared, different from before.

"Zoro don't! He wants you to-oof!" The blow makes me flinch, I can hear her crumple through the phone, and my blood runs cold when Usopp speaks.

"You remember where you'd practice your Santoryu, right?" He says quickly into the phone, his earlier collected tone completely shattered. "She's here, so you'll find your way, I'm sure, but don't take too long. I'm not giving this ingrate the blanket back after that, and she'll freeze before the night's over."

"Usopp, don't hurt-." The line went dead. "... her."

"Was it enough?" Smoker asks one of the techs. I don't know what the response is, but it doesn't matter.

"I know where he is." I say evenly. "And you have to let me go."

There's a heavy silence, and after a moment Smoker sighs. "Yeah. Our chances of getting her out of there alive are better if you go in first. We'll get you protective gear-."

"No." I say it so harshly I surprise myself. "I'm safer if I can move freely."

"He's right." Mihawk asserts. "His reactions will be slowed by anything he's not used to wearing."

"Are you really advocating for me to send your son into a hostage situation without so much as a vest?" Smoker's tone was level, but he was clearly caught off-guard.

"I am. He's been training since he seven. Some faith must be put into more than twenty years of experience." Mihawk levels his gaze at me and I return it. I'm glad to know we're on the same page, and I'll have to thank him for his support later.

"... Fine. It's early. We're going to set up a perimeter and get backup in place for you. He said we could come and so we shall. You're going to go in first, with a wire, I want to know everything that's said. The more information we have the more we can control. I know you're not a chatty guy, but if you see something like explosives or traps you have to say so."

I nod.

Hang on, (Y/N), please. Long enough for me to find you.

[kireoppi]

thinking about that blood test that said i dont have arthritis while staring at my very arthritis like symptoms and im gonna hurl myself off a bridge

[colonel--sarge]

i ended up leaving work early today. i came home, made some toast, and now im curled up in my cozy blanket nest. if my migraine doesn't fuck off after my nap, im gonna hurl myself off a bridge

[queerbuckleys]

Why do they always do health and safety checks at the worst possible times. Like besties it is the week before spring break i am not in a mental state to have a clean apartment.

[hanjisungz-archive]

only a week until jisungs next solo live yall ✊🏻😔

[neostrology]

scarlet, 19, found dead in a ditch cause of death:

[screaming-gently]

morgan : that doll is gonna come for me in my sleep. i don’t wanna get killed by a doll. can you imagine? my grave is gonna say ' rest in peace to the idiot who got killed by a freakin cabbage batch kid!

rossi : i'd just accept my fate. why drag it out? just stab me and call it a day, yeah?

spencer : whenever i read the word ' homicide ' my brain immediately goes ' homie-side ' and i don't know how to stop it

jj : everyone is always freaking out like ' oh my god what if the robots take over !!! ' like just push it into a water fountain or something you'll be fine

garcia : i have to pee but what if there's a murderer in the bathroom

emily : you know what i've learned ? routine sucks. schedule sucks. you're gonna get murdered easier if you have one. that's why i have absolutely no idea what i'm doing each day or what time i'll wake up. i'm protecting myself

hotch : some cases make you wanna hurl yourself off the golden gate bridge, but others are bearable, so it’s fine. 

[drivemysoul]

if i get called she/her one more time i’m gonna she/hurl myself off a bridge

[spacetimewraithwrites-archive]

Excerpt Thriving: Meridian

(tw: sadomasochism/brutality/some combination of the two)

↳ The trip back to Tournaltis was a blur. Thrive made it very clear that he was distancing himself from Warren, and whether that was to grieve or because he somehow put him at fault, Warren wasn't sure. Either way, it made him feel more hollow than he already felt.

On one of the last nights in the Rodedra before Tournaltis, Warren set foot onto the bridge, not expecting Thrive to be the only other one there.

He stood by the door for a moment, watching his profile staring through the viewscreen from his seat at navigation.

"Are you blaming me for this?" Warren asked, his voice quieter than he expected. "...Because I know I am."

Thrive dropped his gaze to the console. "...It's taking all my strength not to."

"I'm sorry." Warren let his shoulders slump. "That's all I can say. This whole thing is a nightmare for me, too."

After an unsettling pause during which Thrive picked at his fingernails, he took a breath. "If you'd known this was going to be the outcome in the Meridian...would you have made the same decision?"

Warren felt an icy hand clamp around his heart, and he clenched his fists. "I thought you said it's no good to dwell on things that have already happened."

Thrive got to his feet, grabbed the back of the chair, yanked it out of the floor, and hurled it at the viewscreen. It bounced off, ricocheting into a bulkhead, and he turned to Warren with barely-restrained fury in his eyes. "That was before I lost ——— to a meteor!"

"So when ——— loses ———, I shouldn't blame myself, but when we lose ——— it's all my fault?!"

"Answer my question," Thrive said, and the way his voice had lowered sent an unwelcome chill down Warren's spine. "...Would you have made the same decision had you known this would happen?"

Rage bubbled up within Warren and he jabbed a finger in Thrive's direction. "I'm not gonna fucking answer that. You know why? Because it doesn't fucking matter. It doesn't matter anymore what I would or wouldn't have done, because it happened, and there's nothing any of us can do to get ——— back! They're dead, Thrive! They're dead!"

Thrive's face contorted into an expression of agony and his eyes welled. He turned away, pacing the length of the viewscreen before stopping at the other end, head down and back straight. "...I'm sorry, Warren."

Warren couldn't say anything for a minute. "The question isn't fair."

"It's not. I'm sorry." Thrive cleared his throat. "I know you're hurt, too. I'm...tired."

"Let's sleep. It won't make it go away, but...it helps. Trust me."

Thrive conceded, following Warren to the commander's quarters. Once the door locked behind them, however, Thrive took hold of his throat and slammed him into the wall.

Warren, oddly, was unsurprised. He watched the fire in Thrive's eyes as he tightened his fingers, and despite this, he maintained his trust. It would end in one of three ways. A sudden stop, total domination, or death. So he patted Thrive’s wrist, his back pressed painfully to metal, and he waited for a decision.

Thrive's breathing was ragged, heavy, eyes dark. Warren could tell that some parts of his brain were alighting wildly and inappropriately by this, and those were the parts he knew could keep him alive. The internal misery, the lines between pleasure and pain that they had no other bodies to blame but themselves and each other for blurring so radically over the years, all ignited by their shared grief and crumbling foundations.

But when the firelights started manifesting into Warren's vision, he almost wished Thrive would kill him, even if it was beyond his control.

At that thought, Thrive let go, and he quickly pulled Warren close as he choked and coughed into his arms. Warren gasped, lightheaded, and Thrive curled himself around him, leaning their shared weight against the wall. Warren clutched at him, shaking, taking comfort in his embrace, noting with some annoyance that he'd have to put on a topical bruise alleviant before disembarking. They stood in silence only broken by Warren levelling his breath, and Thrive buried a hand into Warren's hair, sending calm and love to him as hard as he could. Reassurances, softness, everything that was expected. He loved him, and this wasn't real. It could never be real.

Warren eventually peered up as Thrive smoothed a palm across his forehead, and displaced with a small nod the unease veiled beyond his stone expression.

[missinghan]

broken umbrella ⤖ han jisung

❖ genre : high school au; fluff

❖ word count : 1,6k.

❖ warning : explicit language

❖ summary : a typical day in your life starts with having candies poured over your head and ends with breaking han jisung’s umbrella. 

❖ note : I wanted to write smth dumb okay-

one.

Jisung gives his desk a harsh kick, one that does no good in releasing his inner storm, only to wince in pain later because he’s an idiot. 

Classes have been somewhat less than boring these days, partially because his mind is occupied with thoughts of you half of the time and partially because…well, more thoughts of you. Oh wait, today is a little different than usual considering the fact that you did not give him a proper response. 

To what?

Putting it simply, he woke up early this morning to go over his routine more thoroughly—styling his hair, making sure that his tie isn’t sloppy-looking, and spraying himself with his brother’s cologne. He doesn’t usually care for any one of those things until junior starts and you show up. Call him desperate, or delusional, or childish even but it truly felt like fate when you two first encountered each other. 

“Yeah right, fate,” Hyunjin snickers loudly, swirling a strawberry-flavored lollipop inside his mouth. “You meant when you fell on your ass on the bus the other day and you accidentally grabbed her collar?”

Jisung feels his cheeks heat up thanks to his friend’s less than necessary comment. “Shut the fuck up, you’re just jealous.” It was great. Not only did he fall head over heels for you, but he also left a bad impression. 

Back to the point. All of his hard work this morning is reduced to nothing because of the rain. His hair is messed up, his uniform looks sloppy, and his shoes are covered in mud from skipping through puddles. Not to mention, he showed up timely enough to be there when you opened your locker, having various candies and sweets poured down your head, scattered all over the hallway. 

Yeji should have told him you didn’t like sweet things yesterday, damn it. Because he’s never seen you giving him that look before. The look that makes him believe you will make him experience torment and pain, begging for the mercy that never comes—make his life a living hell basically. 

“How did your plan go, by the way?” His friend asks out of boredom. 

“Fantastic,” he replies under his breath when everything is, in fact, not fantastic. 

Hyunjin tilts his head. “Did she know?”

“Know what? That I’m in love with her? I mean I wasn’t trying to be subtle or anything-“

“No, did she know that it was gonna rain today?”

Shrugging, he closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his nose in exhaustion; forty-five minutes periods should be illegal. “Why does that matter?”

“Hey, Han!” 

Jisung turns his head to the voice and sees Felix sliding the door to his classroom open, uneven breaths as if he’s been running for his life while holding two umbrellas in his arms. He glances at his friend’s state with a grimace, head cocked to the side in confusion. Luckily, no one really spends recess in class except for loners like himself anyway. “What are you doing?” 

“Y/N didn’t bring an umbrella!” The freckled boy exclaims with excitement, only able to coax an amused hum from Hyunjin. “But you have an umbrella, and it’s still raining! Which means…?”

A comical silence falls upon the three of them. It takes Jisung approximately five taps of Hyunjin’s finger on the table to fully process his friend’s point. Realization lights up in his eyes like a candle but dies down with a pout on his face. “But she can just go with her friends?” he says with expressive hands, though a little disappointed. 

“I’m not gonna half-ass it if I plan on helping you,” Felix gives the two umbrellas, a white one and a pink one, in his hands a slight jerk, looking oddly proud. 

This time, Jisung catches on immediately; his eyes go wide in shock as though his friend has committed the greatest sin. “Yeji and Lia are so gonna kill you.”

two.

“Did you bring an umbrella?” Lia asks while hopeless rummaging through her stuff. “I swear with my own eyes I saw myself putting one in my bag this morning.”

Yeji shakes her head in defeat, tugging at the straps of her backpack. “I was pretty sure I brought one too. I even used it to walk to the bus stop this morning! Someone must have taken it during recess,” she sighs, dreading the pouring rain and grey clouds. 

It’s raining again. It’s only been raining today, the weather forecast did predict that it’s most likely going to last for a whole week too (not that you bothered checking). You don’t mind the rain, though. You like the fact that they make the world appear mistier, hazier like a fever dream. 

What isn’t good about the rain is the fact that your parents won’t be too happy to see you come home looking like a wet rat. Or the fact that you’ll probably get a really bad cold, and that won’t be pretty during midterms week. Or the fact that most students are absolute idiots and didn’t bring their own umbrellas either. Everyone is shoving each other for space under the canopy at the main gate so the rain won’t soak their clothes. 

You’re not having it. At all. 

“Yeji, Lia. I’m going home,” you purse your lips together and take a breath. 

Lia frowns at your particular solution. “Already? But you’re gonna get wet.”

“My house is a ten-minute walk away. Shouldn’t be too bad,” you say lowly in faint annoyance, eyes squinted from the discomfort of lack of space; these students have no manners whatsoever, you’re getting claustrophobic. 

With a determined huff, you pull the zipper of your jacket up and throw the hood over your hair. “I’ll see you guys tomorrow.”

Shadow suddenly looms over the top of your head, warmth radiates to your clothed arm. In the corner of your eyes, a familiar face comes into view and forces a heavy exhale from your lips. 

“Hey, do you wanna go with-“ Jisung pauses midway when you take off running, shattering his fantasy of living in a drama into bits without mercy. “Y/N! Wait up!”

three.

“Come here! Or you’ll get sick!”

“Why the hell do you care?”

“Y/N, stop being so stubborn! You’re gonna catch a cold!”

“It’s none of your business.”

After walking down several blocks down the road, past nothing but empty plazas and mostly closed café, you even take an extra U-turn, going through a skeptical alley just so Jisung will get tired and stop following you. Your effort doesn’t not prevail so you give up eventually, deciding to take the proper turn to head home before it’s too late to prepare dinner. 

The poor boy can feel the rain drizzle down his black umbrella before falling onto his windbreaker, soaking through the fabric to stain his senses with a chilling sensation. He has already calmed every racing thought that ceases to ease his erratic heartbeat but no matter how hard he tries, there isn’t one second where he isn’t thinking about your well-being.

“Hey,” he calls out; when you turn around, he’s closing his umbrella and tossing it to the ground, leaving it to graze the tip of your shoes. “Take it and go home. I won’t bother you anymore.”

You roll your eyes before picking it up, mercilessly letting it flop right in front of him. “I don’t need it.”

Jisung clicks his tongue in irritation, not caring that droplets are falling from his head and his skin is crawling from the cold. Somehow, he’s starting to become baffled for no reason. Perhaps it’s because of your nonchalance about the current situation; you shouldn’t be so apathetic when he’s genuinely worried sick for your health.

His eyes are heavy with rain droplets so he blinks them away before glaring at you slightly. “You need it more than I do. Would you please stop acting irrationally, take the umbrella and head home? The rain isn’t stopping anytime soon.” His leg jerks up to kick at the innocent object; still isn’t enough to relish the turmoil hurling his innards.

He brushes past you, shoving your shoulder a little while expecting you to finally accept his offer. To his dismay, you once again grab at the poor, poor umbrella, and throw it at his leg with more force this time. When it drops to the ground with a small thud, his heart pauses awkwardly in disappointment. 

The sun is going down by the second but you can still see the faint outline of his scowl. “Go home, Jisung. It’s getting late,” you remark coldly, stuffing your freezing hands into your pocket. 

With a loud groan, he marches back to where you two were originally standing, a curse word lingers on the tip of his tongue. But he manages to swallow it back down before gently tugging at the sleeve of your jacket. “Take the umbrella at least,” he voices softly, the crack more evident than anything at the end. “Look, I know I’ve been nothing but a nuisance since we first met. I just really like you and I care for you okay? Go home, Y/N.”

“Please.”

You look at him after moments, your once hateful eyes finally glinting with something else other than general distaste and annoyance. It only takes one glance of his tired eyes to pierce through your phlegmatic front, leaving your raw emotions out in the open. Before Jisung can say another word or take notice of the rare warmth creeping in your gaze, you take his hand in yours and pull him toward a nearby apartment complex to not wait out in the downpour any longer. By the time that you’ve released the grip, he’s still staring into the nothingness, eyes slightly wide in shock.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you gonna go home?” he blurts out finally after snapping out of it.

“This is my apartment complex. But I must have dropped my card somewhere. So I can’t go inside.”

A sigh. “Is anyone home right now?”

“My phone is dead.”

Jisung perks up and his hand fishes inside his pocket. “You can use-”

You inhale deeply, looking away. “Enough is enough, Jisung. Go home.”

“You broke my umbrella,” he mentions, blinking rapidly to bat the droplets away from his eyelashes. “I can’t go home like this.”

Few beats of silence later, a middle-aged woman dressed in a beige trench coat walks past the both of you, two high school students pathetically standing under the canopy like wet rats; she swipes her card against the security lock and the glass door pops open without much effort. Sparing you the last look, she’s probably thinking ‘kids these days’ before heading inside with a roll of her eyes. 

Jisung hurriedly skips over to hold the door open for you, motions for you to walk in with his head. To his surprise, you comply but bring your steps to a halt to situate yourself in front of him. His lashes are wet and heavy; that’s when you realize how soaked you both are and how terribly cold the temperature it’s getting. Your hand reaches out to brush the raindrops away softly, shaking his heart to the core. 

The silence is graceful in the wake of the moment, the rain in the background just makes everything that much more cinematic. However, Jisung isn’t in the right mind state to fanboy over the fact that his drama fantasy is one step closer to reality. He wishes to cling to this moment forever because he just can’t get enough. He can never.

“I’ll get you a towel,” you pull away calmly, thinking how cute he sort of looks when his cheeks are three shades redder. “And a new umbrella.” 

His smile has never been brighter, you notice. Even when he’s out in the brutal cold and completely drenched from head to toe. And wait...have his eyes always been so pretty?