Warning: Mature Themes ahead. As well as possible triggers of various types.
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All you heard were screams.

All you saw was blood.

And all you can think of, was how your nightmare held some truth in it.

"Marines don't kill silly girl. Not as much as you anyways...I wonder," Smoker sang, "how many children you've killed?"

Why are there so many kids? So many innocent and oblivious children. Young children. Who had families, parents, dreams of their own. Who hold no sin. They don't even know...they have no idea. Why are there so many...?

They were everywhere.

And not only that, it was the whole island that was suspected, not a village. An island. Spandam lied. That vile, horrible, monster lied.

You and Lucci were expected to eliminate everyone. Everyone. You...can't! You...! You can't even focus on the fact you were trying to find the pirates at the same time.

This...this! You couldn't!

You knew if you did this...instead of being the strongest woman marine you always wanted to be, you would be the one with the most blood on your hands. You didn't want that.

All you would be... is a mindless monster.

"You're nothing but a monstrous pirate who knows how to kill! You've killed so many innocents! Hahaha!"

You couldn't.

You wouldn't.

And when you were faced with a crying child in front of you, them expecting to be killed by you as Lucci effortlessly moved this way and that with Soryu behind you, you lowered your black sword. When you felt a sudden presence behind you, you lifted it again to be met with claws. Your eyes meeting feline dark eyes which were narrowed. You heard the sobbing kid run away from the scene, which you were thankful for.

'No more.'

But, your eyes narrowed like his, you have more pressing matters to attend to. You pushed him back and landed a few feet away from him as he slid back and slowly stopped with his claws from his transformed legs.

"What's this? The pirate's daughter finally showing her true colors?"

You didn't want to flinch, but your hand tightened against the hilt of Karasu's sword at the words you hadn't heard in years. And it was from the person you considered your comrade.

How typical.

Your eyes narrowed at Lucci.

"You know I wouldn't be able to do this. This is not right. This can't be—"

"And I thought you got rid of that naïveté. I was wrong. This is Dark Justice. This island shouldn't have hidden pirates that was owned by the World Government either way. If they just reported them, they would've lived."

You clenched your teeth and bit your lip, like you always did when you wanted to hold back on your words. Your lips split open and blood came down your chin by how hard you were biting them. Lucci looked at it, and smiled wickedly.

"If you have something to say, say it. Comrades like to talk between themselves don't they?"

'You wouldn't know,' you thought, 'You never had one. Not before me.'

But at his statement you snapped, your eyes wide with open rage and fury, your aura seeming to fly out of you in waves. Lucci's expression didn't change, but a spotted tail twitched and Hattori flying away from his shoulder.

"You...YOU! 'Dark Justice' my ASS! This isn't justice! This doesn't fill the meaning of the word at all! You guys aren't any better then pirates—!"

You got met with a claw in front of your face which you dodged effectively with Soryu, landing once again on the ground with a glare towards Lucci. Your hand tightened against the sword. You wanted him to see what they were doing, but he's followed Dark Justice so long... Your eyes turned determined. A look you haven't given to anyone since your fun and exciting days with Smoker, Garp, Hina, and the other marines you befriended. Where you would laugh at how Smoker started to live up to his name as he had a cigar in his mouth, while he just had that serious and constant scowl on his face when Hina joined you. And Garp would guffaw a strong and unique laugh at what was happening, his marines who followed him as well as others smiling and chuckling in Marine's HQ.

Oh, how you missed those days. Those wondrous happy days.

You wanted to show him. You did.
You wanted him to believe in something else, but you didn't know how.

You just knew you had to.

"I suggest for you to not say that if you still want to get out of here alive."

'Was that a proposal?' You thought cautiously. He would never do that, then again...Spandam isn't here to tell him what to do or not to do. They got separated from the Director an hour ago, you could care less about his wellbeing as of now. The wicked liar. But you'd expect him to give you relentless attacks for your so called 'weakness', not this.

...what exactly is he trying to say?

Too bad you spoke too soon, for Spandam came out of nowhere and ran towards the two of them with his sword out and had sweat dropping down his face. Him seeming to say there were villagers attacking him. You could honestly care less if they were or not, that's what he gets, but your eyes narrowed when you noticed that the villager's that were attacking the cowardly Spandam didn't seem to be 'villagers'.

Your eyes narrowed.

Bandits.

But why were bandits here? Where did they come from?

Bandits started to charge towards Spandam who shrieked an order for you and Lucci to help him, with Lucci immediately doing so while you stood there unmoving. It wasn't until you noticed the bandits were actually a little formidable did you decide to help the one you called 'comrade' out. Of course, when you got cut off guard when a sword caught your arm and made blood fall down did you begin to feel a little dizzy.

Poison?

The fight brought destruction to the houses around them, causing a cry to come out of one of them. This time, it was two girls and a woman.

"L-Lucci! What are you doing?! Eliminate everyone remember?! (Y-Y/N), defend me from the attackers!" Spandam ordered, but you had enough. And so, you appeared in front of the defenseless civilians with a defiant glare. Karasu in your hand with a stance ready.

Spandam growled at you and then gave you an ugly face that laughed, mocking you of your heritage like Lucci did. Except, the way Spandam said it infuriated you.

"I guess your bastard of a father and your whore of a mother blood finally reached to you."

He...! He didn't!

He called your mother a 'whore'.

Your kind and beautiful mother, who sang to you to calm and comfort you. Even when she needed the comforting, your poor ill mother, who would smile at you and sing Bink's Sake to you when the kids of Loguetown were cruel that day.

How...How dare he?!

And your father a 'bastard'! You knew he wasn't anything like that, your mother told you so. And you believed her. You didn't believe the other people in the town. You only listened to her, Smoker, and that man in the bar that also told you stories of the famous Pirate King and his crew. They would never lie to you! Never!

You were so consumed with rage, that when you stepped forward to attack Spandam, you forgot about the people you wanted to protect. You felt something splatter behind your back and onto your clothes, your eyes wide as you looked over your shoulder. Only to see three bloodied heaps of bodies—they weren't moving—and Lucci over them as he looked at you, his dark eyes forever judging. Face covered with blood—blood of innocents.

You wanted to yell, wanted to move, but then you coughed. Blood fell onto the ground from your mouth, covering the sand with the color of scarlet as your body suddenly felt that it wanted to just fall onto the ground and rest there.

The poison, you thought darkly.

"Well, well." Spandam said with that sick and disgusting happy tone of his. "Looks like you aren't as strong as I thought, pirate demon. You got poisoned." He began to walk towards you with confident steps, until you growled at him and used Geppo to get away from both him and Lucci who still looked at you with those disconcerting eyes of his.

What does he want? To kill you? Why is he looking at you like that?

Like...there was an emotion in his eyes?

"Well, no matter. We don't need people like you, who don't know how to simply follow orders. Unless..." Spandam gave you an arrogant and evil smile.

"Unless you say sorry to me and admit to what you are."

Your eyes turned icy, your eyes turning into just slits. Filled with only hate, despise, and loathing. Spandam flinched like the coward he was and moved towards Lucci, his eyes never taking off of your form and yours not taking off of Spandam's.

"I think it's best if we leave the traitor to die, Director. She'll just be a nuisance." Lucci, for the first time since Spandam's arrival, spoke.

And because of what he said, you didn't know what to feel. Shock? Hurt? Betrayal? You knew what would happen if you considered a man like Lucci a comrade, and yet...

'And yet.' You thought with you biting the inside of your cheek.

"Ah, good idea Lucci. Come, it seems everyone has been handled, let's go."

And so you watched as they both left, your eyes only on Lucci's back as he turned back to his human form. Wanting him to look back. To just look at you.

He didn't.

When you couldn't see them anymore, your legs finally gave out as you kneeled onto the ground with shaken arms that were going to weaken at any moment.

You didn't want to die.

Your eyes held back tears that haven't been released in years.

You finally defied them like you wanted. You finally spoke your emotions!

You still have your dream. You have to live, you have to. Smoker! Garp! You want to show them. You want to show the world who you'll become.

And that would be—

Your face planted against the dirt, and your eyes blurred, the last thing you saw and felt was you being turned to your back with gentle hands and a head of red hair with a straw hat.

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Silver Blood...hold on...

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Sorry for the lack of updates and communication. If you guys saw my message board, I'm basically a mess right now but I'm working on continuing to write for my stories in focused on right now.

Just know I haven't given up.

Can't comment much anymore about future fanart's anymore, but I want all of you to know I love all art from my readers no matter the style. So thank you. All of you.

The one who made this is of infinite talent and you know who you are. SB during the War at Marineford. Both PG version and PG-13 version.

Votes~

Main Pairings
Shanks: 94
Mihawk:104
Crocodile:49
Doflamingo: 37
Smoker: 55
Lucci: 33

Side Pairings
Kaku: 6
Paulie: 6
Buggy: 7

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