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He landed on his feet on rotten, old wood after he jumped from the small harbor building that just collapsed in front of him. The debris and ropes falling into the deep water around him. He was lucky that there were a few old boats floating around the old dock, he thought.

He never would have imagined that the young boy would hold that much hatred inside his heart. No, that`s not actually true - he hoped with every fiber of his body that the boy would at least stop and listen to him.

Not that he could blame him after all...

"Listen to me!"

It wasnt a shout. The words werent giving any trace of anger of irritation. It was a plea. It didnt help Law that the rotten boats around him didn´t seem to hold for long until they started to sink into the ocean.

It also didn´t help that the colors of the deep blue water slowly turned into a toxic green. Whatever the liquid inside the glassy bottles were - it reeked of a mixture of metal and acid. He had no clue what it was, but when he saw countless of fishes and sea organisms started to float at the surface of the ocean, he could only guess just how deadly it was.

And it only raised his worry deep within his chest. He couldn´t imagine that the poisonous liquid wouldn´t affect his son whom stepped out of the debris, joggling with the various glasses with an invisible ability Law was all too familiar with.

Of course he wouldn´t listen. His brown eyes - a color which reminded him so much of the person he once loved - a person whom he tried his hardest to find after she was taken from him almost three years ago by that fearful cyborg.

He didn´t know if he could ever see her again.

He didn´t know if he would survive this.

The brown eyes darkened as he stepped closer, hopping from debris to one of the floating boats. His hands - knuckles tattooed like his own with the letters "Love" and "Life" (irony given the fact that his hatred-driven son actually tried to kill his own father) - grabbed another pair of glasses. Filled with a bright blueish liquid this time. He stopped on the edge of the boat, not caring in the slightest that the splinters of the rotten wood dug into the skin of his naked feet. His dark brown eyes simply stared to the man only 20 feet away from his spot. The man who dared to leave him and his mother behind in that place.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, his brows furrowed as he grabbed Kikoku, leaving the sword still sheathed. He narrowed his eyes at him when he noticed that the boy had stopped his actions. Hope started to rise in his heaving chest again. He started to feel the effects of the fog that formed on the surface of the greenish ocean.

"I don´t want to fight against you" he started slowly and cautiously, as if he was facing a wild beast baring its fangs at him.

His hope didn´t fade away when the boy still didn´t move a muscle, eyes staring at him intensely. Law swallowed.

"I don´t know what the world government had been telling you.... When I lost her..." he paused, noticing the boy´s mouth turning into a snarl. One wrong word and he knew that he was done for. He knew that he was the only one who could help finding the love of his life and the mother of this boy.

"I spend all the time to try and find her... In those three years, I couldn´t find a trace of where she could be" he stopped when he saw the boys brows narrow further while a faint glimmer could be seen from his left eye. This boy fought hard to not shed a tear. His heart felt the same - empty, angry, desperate, irritated, sad. Hopeless.

"I will save her" because he knew that she couldn´t be dead. She couldn´t be. The boy winced. "I will do all I can to find and save her" he finished.

The boy´s snarl grew bigger when he growled out for the first time of their meeting.

"Trafalgar Law... Do you think I am stupid?" his heart skipped a beat and his breath caught in his throat when his son lowered his face, the shadow of his old furry spotted hat hiding his eyes. The hat he had given to Nami before they were attacked by the world government on that fateful night.

"Three years...." the boy continued. "I am not a fucking toddler anymore" he raised his head and bared his little fangs. He didn´t know what they did to Nami when the government had captured her, but he was sure that it also affected his son. His strong guess was that they had forced her to eat a Zoan fruit. Although the most disturbing fact was that his son could obviously use his own abilities - at least to some extent - and was able to withstand water without the slightest sign of weakness. He had heard about the rumors, although they tried to keep it top secret about what happened in the deepest floors of Impel Down. He just hoped that they wouldn´t succeed to create a new form of devil fruits that fast.

"It´s not like I am growing faster than any normal person" his son continued with a low growl, snapping him out of his thoughts. "In fact, she has waited for you for 18 years".

The world around him seemed to still. 18 years? The boy in front of him looked in fact like a boy in his late teenage years. How was that possible? Did Kuma send her into another time? Or into a place where time went by different? How could she wait this long? What left a deep hole inside his heart was the thought that she might indeed be dead by now.

His vision started to spin. The fog became thicker around them, though it clearly didn´t affect the boy. His time was running out. As a doctor he knew that his slowing heartrate was a sign that the poison of the fog wasn´t just making him dizzy or sleepy - it was killing him slowly. A painful reminder that the chances of getting to know his own son were dimishing.

The sight of his fathers shock did surprise him. They had told him about the dishonorable, cold-hearted, selfish, vicious and cruel Surgeon of Death. He wasn´t expecting to meet a man that actually showed signs of interest.... and was that affection? He shook his head, not letting uncertainty cloud his mind. His only goal was to get his revenge on the Surgeon of Death for having left behind the very person that filled his life with love in a dead, toxic environment where despair, hunger and close death accompanied their daily life.

A bright face of a 23 year old beautiful woman with long, curly orange hair and white teeth appeared in his vision. Her smile was geniue and infectious, infecting everything touching it with life. "I love you....."

His eyes opened wide and with a loud, horrific roar he jumped forward, summoning a small ball that sucked in the gases of the liquids leaving the glasses that still floated around his body in a safe distance.

Law´s eyes widened as his weakened body instinctively readied itself to defend.

"YOU WILL FEEL THE PAIN WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH EVERY DAY"

Description

He landed on his feet on rotten, old wood after he jumped from the small harbor building that just collapsed in front of him. The debris and ropes falling into the deep water around him. He was lucky that there were a few old boats floating around the old dock, he thought.

He never would have imagined that the young boy would hold that much hatred inside his heart. No, that`s not actually true - he hoped with every fiber of his body that the boy would at least stop and listen to him.

Not that he could blame him after all...

"Listen to me!"

It wasnt a shout. The words werent giving any trace of anger of irritation. It was a plea. It didnt help Law that the rotten boats around him didn´t seem to hold for long until they started to sink into the ocean.

It also didn´t help that the colors of the deep blue water slowly turned into a toxic green. Whatever the liquid inside the glassy bottles were - it reeked of a mixture of metal and acid. He had no clue what it was, but when he saw countless of fishes and sea organisms started to float at the surface of the ocean, he could only guess just how deadly it was.

And it only raised his worry deep within his chest. He couldn´t imagine that the poisonous liquid wouldn´t affect his son whom stepped out of the debris, joggling with the various glasses with an invisible ability Law was all too familiar with.

Of course he wouldn´t listen. His brown eyes - a color which reminded him so much of the person he once loved - a person whom he tried his hardest to find after she was taken from him almost three years ago by that fearful cyborg.

He didn´t know if he could ever see her again.

He didn´t know if he would survive this.

The brown eyes darkened as he stepped closer, hopping from debris to one of the floating boats. His hands - knuckles tattooed like his own with the letters "Love" and "Life" (irony given the fact that his hatred-driven son actually tried to kill his own father) - grabbed another pair of glasses. Filled with a bright blueish liquid this time. He stopped on the edge of the boat, not caring in the slightest that the splinters of the rotten wood dug into the skin of his naked feet. His dark brown eyes simply stared to the man only 20 feet away from his spot. The man who dared to leave him and his mother behind in that place.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, his brows furrowed as he grabbed Kikoku, leaving the sword still sheathed. He narrowed his eyes at him when he noticed that the boy had stopped his actions. Hope started to rise in his heaving chest again. He started to feel the effects of the fog that formed on the surface of the greenish ocean.

"I don´t want to fight against you" he started slowly and cautiously, as if he was facing a wild beast baring its fangs at him.

His hope didn´t fade away when the boy still didn´t move a muscle, eyes staring at him intensely. Law swallowed.

"I don´t know what the world government had been telling you.... When I lost her..." he paused, noticing the boy´s mouth turning into a snarl. One wrong word and he knew that he was done for. He knew that he was the only one who could help finding the love of his life and the mother of this boy.

"I spend all the time to try and find her... In those three years, I couldn´t find a trace of where she could be" he stopped when he saw the boys brows narrow further while a faint glimmer could be seen from his left eye. This boy fought hard to not shed a tear. His heart felt the same - empty, angry, desperate, irritated, sad. Hopeless.

"I will save her" because he knew that she couldn´t be dead. She couldn´t be. The boy winced. "I will do all I can to find and save her" he finished.

The boy´s snarl grew bigger when he growled out for the first time of their meeting.

"Trafalgar Law... Do you think I am stupid?" his heart skipped a beat and his breath caught in his throat when his son lowered his face, the shadow of his old furry spotted hat hiding his eyes. The hat he had given to Nami before they were attacked by the world government on that fateful night.

"Three years...." the boy continued. "I am not a fucking toddler anymore" he raised his head and bared his little fangs. He didn´t know what they did to Nami when the government had captured her, but he was sure that it also affected his son. His strong guess was that they had forced her to eat a Zoan fruit. Although the most disturbing fact was that his son could obviously use his own abilities - at least to some extent - and was able to withstand water without the slightest sign of weakness. He had heard about the rumors, although they tried to keep it top secret about what happened in the deepest floors of Impel Down. He just hoped that they wouldn´t succeed to create a new form of devil fruits that fast.

"It´s not like I am growing faster than any normal person" his son continued with a low growl, snapping him out of his thoughts. "In fact, she has waited for you for 18 years".

The world around him seemed to still. 18 years? The boy in front of him looked in fact like a boy in his late teenage years. How was that possible? Did Kuma send her into another time? Or into a place where time went by different? How could she wait this long? What left a deep hole inside his heart was the thought that she might indeed be dead by now.

His vision started to spin. The fog became thicker around them, though it clearly didn´t affect the boy. His time was running out. As a doctor he knew that his slowing heartrate was a sign that the poison of the fog wasn´t just making him dizzy or sleepy - it was killing him slowly. A painful reminder that the chances of getting to know his own son were dimishing.

The sight of his fathers shock did surprise him. They had told him about the dishonorable, cold-hearted, selfish, vicious and cruel Surgeon of Death. He wasn´t expecting to meet a man that actually showed signs of interest.... and was that affection? He shook his head, not letting uncertainty cloud his mind. His only goal was to get his revenge on the Surgeon of Death for having left behind the very person that filled his life with love in a dead, toxic environment where despair, hunger and close death accompanied their daily life.

A bright face of a 23 year old beautiful woman with long, curly orange hair and white teeth appeared in his vision. Her smile was geniue and infectious, infecting everything touching it with life. "I love you....."

His eyes opened wide and with a loud, horrific roar he jumped forward, summoning a small ball that sucked in the gases of the liquids leaving the glasses that still floated around his body in a safe distance.

Law´s eyes widened as his weakened body instinctively readied itself to defend.

"YOU WILL FEEL THE PAIN WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH EVERY DAY"