A/N: I'M NUTS! BABY I'M MAD-- THE CRAZIEST FRIEND THAT YOU'VE EVER HAD, YOU THINK I'M PSYCHO YOU THINK I'M GONE-- TELL THE PSYCHIATRIST SOMETHING IS WRONG! OVER THE BEND, ENTIRELY BONKERS-- YOU LIKE ME BEST WHEN I'M OFF MY ROCKER-- TELL ME A SECRET, I'M NOT ALARMED, SO WHAT IF I'M CRAZY? THE BEST PEOPLE AREEE!
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"You want to make me pay? For what I did 13 years ago?" Doflamingo played dumb.
"You know what I'm talking about."
"What are you gonna do with Goilla?" The Warlord looked at his crewmate we were holding hostage. "You know what kind of family we are."
"He's right, Law!" The woman spoke up. "I don't mind sacrificing myself for the Young Master!"
Law quickly teleported her away, swapping her with a rock in the area. "You better run as far as you can."
"I'm not gonna leave the Young Master and run--!"
"I don't need you." Doffy cut her off. "I don't need you here. Just go." He ordered, and she quickly ran off into the fog in the distance.
I'm, uh.. standing in the middle of a personal grudge right now..
"I saw Black Foot earlier, which means our plan is not going so well." Doffy fiddled with his fingers, meaning he was preparing to use his devil fruit power.
"You lost your trump card, Caesar. You will lose the SMILE factory while you're fighting me here." Law informed. "This will be your end."
The Warlord kept the smile on his face. "It is unreasonable for you to hold a grudge against me, Law!"
"It's not a grudge." My captain corrected. "I've been living my life until today.. to attain that man's long-cherished ambition!" He activated his devil fruit and unsheathed his sword, sending a cut directly towards the Warlord. Doffy sent out a blast of strings in order to counter that attack, slicing up all the Fighting Fish that leaped out of the water.
I feel like I should just sit back and watch for now.. Law probably will be so hung up on Doflamingo that I won't get a chance to hit him myself.
Law began running towards Doffy, who aimed multiple hard strings in his direction. Law quickly avoided the attack and appeared behind the Warlord, surprising him as he tried to cut him in half. Doffy quickly avoided the slash, flipping through the air in order to not get hit. The duo clashed, breaking the entire bridge around us due to the force of their battle.
"Whoa--!" I stumbled, jumping onto a part of the bridge that was stable still. "Good god.."
"This is intense." A voice spoke from behind me, making me squeal.
"Cora!" I regained my breath from the scare. "I told you to stop sneaking up on me like that! Not cool!"
"Ouch!" He felt like an arrow just hit him in the heart.
"Well, anyway.." I sighed, watching as Law and Doflamingo just continued fighting. "Where have you been this whole time?"
He smoked from his ghostly cigarette, and put on a serious expression even though he was just trying to act cool. "So you know how devil fruit users can't swim, right?"
"What about it?"
"When you're a ghost-- you can fly through the water! It's awesome! I was taking in all the sights of the reefs and marine animals." He smiled. "So basically, I was traversing the underwater world."
"Oh! Does your cigarette still work when you're flying through the water?"
"Yeah." He nodded. "Cool, right?"
"Well--" I started. "YOU'RE ON FIRE!"
"It's fine, it doesn't hurt."
"How do you even catch on fire as a ghost?!"
"No clue! But it's cool!"
I looked back down at the battle taking place, lots of wind coming my direction from it. "What are your thoughts on this?"
The ghost just sighed. "I've been by Law's side for years now, I knew this would happen. It's not like I can do anything about it though. I can only spectate. But.. I wish I could do something."
"Don't make me cry..!" I wiped the slight tears from my eyes, making Corazon smile.
"Sorry."
Law wasn't looking too good. He was almost getting bullied by Doflamingo, and was slowly losing his energy. The Warlord sent a heavy blow to his leg, making it hard to stand as he squirmed on the ground in pain. Doffy walked up to my captain, and ended the battle with one final strike of strings.
"Damn..!" I clenched my fists, getting ready to attack the bird.
"Don't!" Corazon stopped me. "You'll just end up in the same position as him."
"Now.." Doffy turned back to me with a menacing grin. "I just have to deal with you. I'm a fan, you know."
"Oh, really?" I grabbed the handle of my whip. "Then you must be one of those creepy fans that celebrities try to stay away from."
"You're just full of attitude, aren't you?"
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That obviously didn't go well.. I managed to beat up the Warlord quite a bit, but he still defeated me in a fight after a while.
I was too exhausted to even break out of the chains I was being held in. They were also heavily reinforced, specifically made for holding someone of my strength. It seems like Doflamingo was already planning to capture me, based on all these preparations he has.
Strength isn't the only thing that matters in a fight. He has more overall skill than me, even if his physical capability isn't even close to mine. He's faster than I am, and has excellent observation haki along with the ability to dodge.
The Warlord held Law and I hostage in the same room as the former King of Dressrosa. I think that bird broke one of my arms in our fight as well.. god, that hurt like a bitch.
Corazon disappeared after Doflamingo defeated me, leaving me confused as to where he went at a time like this.
"Damn! I knew my plot armor wouldn't be good enough!" I grumbled in annoyance, but it was hard to just speak from all the pain I was in.
"I'm surprised you aren't completely unconscious right now. You look like you were beaten to death." The King looked at me.
"Well, I actually was beaten to death." I shrugged. "My whole body is sore, and I have a broken arm.. plus several really deep cuts everywhere."
"..How are you still alive?"
"I have no clue!"
Doflamingo was watching the fight at the colosseum, which had Sabo disguised as Luffy on-screen. He was informed that Luffy managed to sneak in, and he was pissed now. A few of his crewmates were here as well, having to listen to his theories on what to do. Law was also being interrogated about what we were planning.
They could only watch after not getting any information out of Law, getting constantly informed that the Straw Hats were slowly defeating him. They managed to defeat Sugar, and every toy across the country turned back into humans.
"Damn those pieces of shit!" Doffy grit his teeth in anger.
Kyros charged into the room suddenly, surprising everyone there. He was a toy before, but now he's a human again, and was ready to fight for Dressrosa's freedom.
"You are..!" The Warlord recognized him, and started sweating.
"You're Kyros, aren't you?!" The King cried out.
"Yes, sir!" The man responded, still dashing forward with his sword. "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for a decade! Now, I'm here to save you!" He quickly cut off Doffy's head, making everyone even more surprised at how easy that was. "I'm here to take back the real Dressrosa!"
"YEAH!!" I cheered, even though it hurt to just yell. "Ouch.."
Luffy and Violet jumped into the room through one of the windows, here to rescue us. Luffy turned his head towards me and noticed how beaten up I looked, worry clouding his expression. "You--!"
"We can worry about these wounds later!" I interrupted him. "Right now, we need to focus on escaping!"
"Here's the key to his handcuffs! I'll help [Name]!" She handed a key to Luffy, and quickly ran over to me with another key. My handcuffs weren't made out of Sea Prism Stone, they were just reinforced to prevent me from using my strength to break free. She quickly unlocked them, allowing me to move around freely now. "You need to get out of here! You can't fight like this!"
"But--!" I started.
"--[Name]-ya!" Law shouted, interrupting me. "Go! That's an order! You can't fight in your current state, you've been weakened!"
I hesitated before walking towards the wall of the room. "Fine! Be careful!" I told them, and the trio all nodded. I kicked the stone wall down, allowing myself to have a full view of the landscape below. I slowly made my way down, enduring all the pain just from moving.
Due to being so weak right now, I accidentally tripped and face-planted on the ground. "Damnit.. how embarrassing.."
"Huh? Are you alright?" A woman walked up to me, outstretching her hand so she could help me up. "My god! What happened to you?!"
I accepted the help gratefully. "Thanks! And, uh.. don't worry! These wounds are noth--" I suddenly coughed out blood. "Um.. it's just hot sauce!"
A birdcage of strings suddenly came down over the country, surprising everyone around. A little string was aimed at me from behind, but I luckily caught it. The strings slowly closed in around the country destroying every solid thing in its path.
"That little--!" I began ranting.
"Citizens and guests of Dressrosa." Doflamingo's voice was heard from across speakers on the country. "I could have reigned over you all with terror from the start. After finding out the truth, I bet a great number of you want to kill me now. That's why I prepared a game for you. It's a game to kill me. I'm in the Royal Palace. I won't run or hide. If you can take my life, the game ends there, of course. But there is another way to finish the game. Here is how. You kill all the people that I'm going to name now. Also, I will award a large prize for killing each one of them. Kill or get killed. Everyone in this country will become hunters! The only way for you to survive is.. to kill somebody!"
Uh oh..
"Even if you run or hide, there is no safe place in the cage. The terror of the birdcage will go on for days." The Warlord continued. "It's a matter of which happens sooner. You all die or you finish the game. Think! You either come to kill me or side with us Don Quixote Family and punish the 13 fools who rebel against me. If you make the wrong decision, the game will not end. I'll pay 100 million berries for each star rating! These are the criminals in Dressrosa! First, the one-stars.."
He showed Rebecca, Robin, Kin'emon, Viola, and Franky on the screen for the one-stars. The only two-stars were Kyros and Zoro. Next, there were the three-stars. The three-stars were Sabo, Luffy, Law, ..Me, and King Riku.
"What?! I'm a three-star?!" I sobbed at the sight on the screen in front of me. "This is hell! I can barely even walk properly!"
Usopp was then shown on the screen as a five-star, and I laughed after imagining his reaction.
"You're.." The woman looked at me, and my laughter was quickly cut off. I began to sweat nervously.
"N--No.. I'm just a cosplayer..!" I stammered and started taking a few steps back.
"GET THEM!!" A hoard of people recognized my face, making me scream. I started running with all the strength I had, trying to escape the angry civilians.
"AAAH!!" I shouted, running around the whole country with the people behind me. "GO AWAY!!"
I was too focused on getting away from these guys to care about what was going on around me.. I literally ran through fire by accident multiple times.
"RUNRUNRUNRUN--" I chanted before accidentally bumping into someone. I was about to fall to the ground, but the stranger caught me like a gentleman. "--Uh, thank you.."
"Oh! [Name]?" Sabo smiled at me, and my face quickly turned red.
"S--Sab--" I stuttered. "Uh.. hey! You look--" I suddenly collapsed, making him sweat-drop.
"You're injured." He carried me over to the wall of a building, setting me down next to it. "Stay here, I'll make sure you don't get hurt."
"Ehehe.." I quietly snickered to myself, literally dizzy as Sabo walked away to continue his battle with Fujitora. "I'm literally in love-right now.."
"Is that [Name]?!" Some of the marines looked at me.
"Shut up! I'm having a moment!" I shouted, making them step back in fear.
Fujitora and Sabo's fighting eventually ceased, even though the whole area around was like.. destroyed and burned. The blonde walked over to me, picking me up so I wouldn't have to push myself to walk.
Koala ran over to the battlefield, looking at the two of us. She noticed me, and raised an eyebrow at Sabo. "What're you doing?"
"[Name] is wounded." He explained, looking down at me. "Look, one of their arms are broken."
"Oh! I remember them! They are the one you met before, right? You didn't stop talking about them for weeks--"
"Hey!" Sabo quickly cut her off. "That was two years ago, I'm over that now!"
"Liar!" She shouted at him.
"I'm not lying! That was a phase!"
"Thank you..!" I weakly muttered with a smile, and Sabo's face quickly turned red.
"Oh, yeah. A 'phase', huh? Looks like it was just triggered again." Koala teased.
He was quick to pretend that didn't happen. "No problem!"
My eyes were getting heavier and heavier as each minute passed. Soon enough, my body couldn't take being this beat up anymore.
I quickly closed my eyes, and allowed myself to rest for a while.
Everything hurts..