Sitting in the cafe you watched as couples walked by, frowning whenever your 'friends' cooed over them and complained like a bunch of bitches who needed a good fuck, which you often found they were.

They are animals after all.

"Baby 5 must you always do that?" Squinting your eyes and glaring at the woman as she took several photos of single men that passed by, you eventually settled for closing them and turning your nose to the air like a disgusted noble, "what? They might come in handy later, ooh, looky at this one! Isn't it Law?" Finally listening for once, you opened one eye to see her flashing you a photo of the raven, seemingly walking somewhere in a hurry, wonder what he was up to?

"I heard from the rat's 'telephone' he has a cutie to take to bed now! Perhaps even ring material?" Snorting at the suggestion, you merely turned away and went back to your coffee, "you know I hate that kiddie 'telephone' shit, deafs and little shits always meddle with the information so you can never tell whether it's fact or fiction" slurping the scalding liquid down, your (H/C) hair frizzed in irritation, knowing that the rat's information was never wrong despite what you said, besides, Law would never invite you to such an important moment in his life even if he really was planning on getting hitched.

We never had a bond like that to begin with..

Rolling her eyes at your conversation, Violet bitterly slammed her coffee cup onto the table, "would you two stop talking about who's getting hitched and who's gotten with who? It's really making me feel left out!" Baby 5 smirked at the Hispanic woman, "aww is someone just jelly 'cause some hot blonde they fancied recently found their soulmate?" If glares could kill, the girl would have been already six feet down under.

"You two, are just sad, sad creatures" both of them turned to you, gasping at your words, "you can't just say that!" Violet whined, "yeah! (Y/N) you can't blame god for making us need sexual stimulation to be content with our lives!" Sweat dropping at her words, you glanced around embarrassed, seeing multiple people stop and stare at you all like a group of circus freaks.

Damn.

"Stop causing people to pay attention to us, I don't want parents to be complaining to me if their children catch onto your disgusting habits" turning red faced from your comments, Baby 5 puffed her cheeks and turned away, glaring into a wall on the other side of the building.

Finishing your drink, you pulled out a wad of cash and stood from your seat, "wait! You're going already?" Violet frowned as you gathered up your things, "I just came to do some shopping, not listen to you two prattle on and on all day about 'the ones that got away' and shit, I don't need people thinking I'm associated with you" sending glares into your back, you heard Baby 5 whisper to the princess, "I told you she'd ditch us, she's such a cold bitch" that didn't hurt you in the slightest.

You wanted to be seen that way.

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Drake moved about among the masses of innocent, oblivious people, searching each face that passed him for the one that belonged to Trafalgar Law, they were just in the middle of a heist when the raven's crew came out of nowhere and stole the goods from right under their noses, and his gang was only able to tail Law to this dense mass of pedestrians.

Although he already knew the capped enigma surely got away by now, he just couldn't help but refuse to give up the search yet, it was like some primitive part of his mind still believed there was something waiting for him here, just laying around to be found.

Huffing when he saw the tired look in his men's eyes, he decided it was finally time to call it off, if just to keep them from making a scene here, turning to the grunt closest to him, Drake clasped a hand onto his shoulder, "call the others back, no doubt in my mind Trafalgar's gotten away by now, I'll stay back a bit...I have a few things I've been meaning to get" inwardly feeling his lips have the urge to curl up from the pride he felt in coming up with such a lie, the goon merely nodded his head obediently and motioned to the others, soon causing all of them to leave.

Standing in the middle of the crowd, the strawberry boy gazed at all the shops around the area, orbs ghosting over the signs before moving on to the next, not really paying attention to what he was reading, but then he blinked and brought his eyes back to one that somehow caught his interest, 'Slicer's Papepizzaria?' Why in god's name did some family restaurant catch his attention, but before Drake even knew it he was already walking in.

What is happening?

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Softly smiling from the third floor table you sat at, you fondly watched all the small children run amok, torturing the mascots and horrifying several parents at the behavior their own children didn't show, causing them to gossip and give glares at other couples.

Ah, life at it's finest.

You loved kids, there were two kinds of children in your mind, evil little bitches, or sweet innocent smols, and you loved both kinds, sometimes you swore you should one day strike up the nerve to either kidnap one from the closest orphanage, or just yank a runaway off the streets, but your line of work always stopped you, the risk of exposing such easily corruptible, weak children to the underworld was out of the question, you'd never forgive yourself if you made the same mistake your parents did.

A criminal's life was one to be chosen when there were no other options, not forced upon them at such a young age, you watched the parents chatter in envy, knowing they had no idea how precious those little bundles of joy were.

Miserable fuckers.

Sighing at what could have been, you perked up when a familiar waitress arrived at your table, finding something to get your mind off your sad fate, feeling bemused seeing a bored scowl on her scarred face that reminded you of your own, you winked, looks like she hasn't been sleeping much, though that didn't surprise you much considering what she did outside of work.

"Hey, you'll scare the kids with that look gunslinger" seeing an invisible smile dance on her lips when an excited gleam in her eyes hardened, you smirked as she discreetly handed you a phone number along with your ordered dessert.

Perfect.

Walking away without any small talk, you watched her back until she disappeared into what you believed was the kitchen, only hesitating for a moment when your heart suddenly picked up speed, you pulled out your phone.

It only rang for a moment until someone picked up on the other side, their voice sounding giddy yet professional at once, "this is the gunslinger, when you speak your only words will be the name of my target and when you want them dead, I guess for a dead-line, anything else, and I'll immediately cut the line and change this number" she only paused for a brief moment before breathing a yawn, "you can speak" she muttered.

Killjoy..

"Roronoa Zoro, tomorrow at high noon" oh you could just tell she heard the amused smirk you had on, immediately getting the joke with a groan, "oh har-de-har-har, what a comedian" before you could even get in a sarcastic remark telling her you were doing her a favor, she hung up on you, making you roll your eyes.

The only reason you got away with that was because you were her best customer, that, and you kept the secret of where she spends her life in the face of society.

You were just about to enjoy your treats when that feeling in your heart came again, although this time you had to instinctively grab the fabric over where your heart should have been from the intensity it was beating now, you almost felt sick, nauseous even.

This feeling..

Suddenly feeling no longer ravenous, you quickly packed the mouth watering dessert up in a takeout box and made a dart line out of there, only feeling slightly disappointed for some reason as the feeling faded, now standing in the middle of a two way crowd, you looked around until you gasped, your favorite store was here, they must have replaced that old vacant spot since the last time you were here.

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Drake darted out of the place right after he did a thorough search of the place, he realized he was looking for something specific now, but he still had no idea what, or when he would know when he saw it, but instead of questioning it, he just continued to let his legs move for him, darting an eye up to the name of the store he was now entering.

If he could only control his urges, he would have immediately turned away and put as much distance as he could from that place, it was the 'cool criminal', a place where civilians could buy merchandise for several underground names, they even had posters of their 'bounties' in there that kept on top of the updates so there would be no mix up, but the reason Drake didn't want to be there was because his powers recently made a lot of attention, thus making it highly possible to easily recognize him in there.

Lowering his head, the gangster tipped his head forward and slightly shrugged his shoulders, hopefully unrecognizable from another's perspective as he stepped inside, immediately being met with a room full of shelves stuffed with magazines, bobble heads, bounty posters and figurines.

What is so important that I'm after?

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After purchasing a plushie of Tony Tony Chopper in his 'brain point' form, you suddenly felt adrenaline pump into your veins from out of nowhere, causing you to suddenly whip your head around to find what could have instigated such a reaction from your body, but all you found was nothing.

Yet you felt cornered in a way, it was starting to scare you, these feelings that something predatory was drawing near, not being able to think properly, you didn't feel the hooked claws you had come out and dig into the counter, unfortunately drawing the attention of the man behind the counter.

"M-Mam are you okay? Wait a second, that..that..ability there?" Not letting him finish his sentence, you were quick to let yourself out of there, darting to the door, as you went you noticed a shadowed figure facing away from you near the entrance but shook him off, you just had to get out of there.

I don't like this.

Taking in a relieved breath, you almost wanted to run away from the mall altogether, but you felt as if you did, you'd ruin something, it was something that made you want to vent your frustration and reek havoc for once, you hoped this feeling would wear off soon, last thing you wanted was to end up like one of those reckless 'big shot' fools, always causing big scenes.

You never felt this muddled, it was disturbing, suddenly not feeling right, you stumbled to the rails on the edges of the higher floors, breathing uncomfortably while looking down on the second floor, seeing a calming fountain in the middle, you raised your head and immediately went off to the nearest escalator.

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The feeling didn't stop, it was as if your heart was trying to drive you into a corner, make you so unbelievably desperate, but for what? What in god's name was it? Thinking back to the things you've done today, you felt a nervous tingle go down your spine, this all started when you went to the pizza place to stalk kids.

Your heart wasn't actually trying to make you bring up the nerve to actually take a kid? Nah, that was crazy, just imagining how stupid that was you immediately dropped it, but the question remained, what was happening to you?

Looking at the little plushie in your arms, then to the shimmering water that streamed into the giant pool, you sighed in agony, no longer feeling that you could handle this much longer, unconsciously moving your hand into your pocket, you pulled out a single dime.

How coincidental.

Wishes, you never believed them, for you it was only hard work and determination, if wishes that only costed ten cents existed you'd be out of money and shoulder high in debt by now, although no matter what other options you had, this one was the only thing that called out to you the loudest.

Taking a moment to rub it fondly, as if it was something precious to you, glancing into the clear waters, you flicked it into the air, hearing the tiniest 'sploosh' before whispering like a fool, "please just make this feeling of emptiness go away" the fountain weakly rippled, as if your wish was merely nothing against the tides made by the waterfalls constantly streaming down.

At first nothing happened, which you only expected after all, fairytales and wishes and happy endings were garbage after all, nobody ever came to save you, none of your wishes were ever granted, you weren't living some fantasy, you weren't ever going to find a soulmate, have kids, like you always dreamed, that door was closed for you for a long time, ever since you first took a forced step into the underground world and became addicted to the excitement it gave you, settling down with a nice man was no longer able to satisfy you.

Seeing a weak ripple in the water from the corner of your eyes once you looked away, you only continued to mull in your unhappiness, unaware of the thin tears moving down the path of your neck, you hated it, having no one else to rely on, not being able to rely on anyone else anyway, the moment you relied on someone other than yourself was when you fucked up and got killed.

A ripple stronger than the last appeared in the water, making you unconsciously draw your eyes onto the water, not being able to notice it yet you continued to loathe in your self pity, you hated the life you drew out for yourself, even if it was the only option you had at the time, you still regretted it, every single day, because it still hasn't brought any good upon you yet.

Now a huge rumble resounded, making you finally become aware of the ripples that were growing larger and larger in the fountain, pausing in confusion you weakly brushed off the tears in your (E/C) eyes, keeping yourself from jumping when another ripple came, hearing a loud rumbling sound echo through the mall.

As civilians all around paused at the strange occurrence, you felt the adrenaline in your blood become more and more concentrated until it was practically all you were beating through your veins, your mind was in an overloaded state, causing you to accidentally drop the stuffy of Chopper.

Hearing a woman shriek, you turned in her direction, practically feeling like having some cardiac arrest then and there, seeing a fucking green Tyrannosaurus Rex staring you down from the second floor, out of nowhere, the crowd immediately lost their shit, screams sounded everywhere, people were going this way, people were going that way, everything just became a mess.

What the hell?!

To your pleasure and complete horror, the beast stomped down it's foot, causing the rails of the edge of the floor to completely break, and roared up towards the ceiling, making the glass window above shatter from the intensity of it's brute force, and the monster was still staring you down.

Not having moved an inch from the fountain, you almost went tumbling in a panic when it suddenly jumped down and immediately darted in your direction, staring you down with it's hungry gold eyes, feeling fear coat you like a second layer of skin, you shifted and ran.

Fuck this!

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Drake speed walked out of the shop, he was nearing a breaking point, this wild goose chase was going nowhere fast, and he feared that this could be kept up all day, and at the rate this was going it just could.

Feeling frustration and desperation begin to get the better of him, the strawberry boy darted to the rails of the floor and exacted his annoyance on it by squeezing it with his claws until it cracked under the pressure, his eyes because slotted with a golden sheen as he glared down at the innocent mass below, absolutely hating how ignorant they were to his problems.

But then his eyes flashed over something, something that he never wanted to miss ever again, leaning right on the fountain lying in the middle of the mall, was a lone female playing with some sort of plushie in her hands, almost glaring down at it as she ventured through her thoughts.

She was alluring, no doubt a fairy from some children's tale, his lungs begged for air but he just couldn't help but feel empty at the sight of her dejected (E/C) orbs, the strawberry boy thought it felt as if he was dying inside, the contents in his stomach wanting to hurl at the thought of something making her feel so betrayed.

No longer being able to contain any of the passionate urges within him, feeling his powerful heartbeat cause the ground around him to slightly vibrate, Drake barely felt himself shift into his full glory, only just being able to take in as much air as he could carry before roaring it all out in one clear shout.

I will save you.

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You ran, and damn if you ever said you weren't stuck in between having a heart attack or falling unconscious that time, you'd be lying right through your teeth, never have you felt so torn, and nauseous, and scared all at once, it made you just want to give up on life then and there just to try and get all your emotions in check.

Why is this happening?

Even though you were a velociraptor, somehow the monster that was your soulmate was still one step ahead of you, and damn did finding out who he really was scare the ever living crap out of you.

Taking a chance in the chase, you turned your head, seeing that the now abandoned mall was a mess, especially since your soulmate found it a good idea to knock shit over to block your exits, gradually driving you into a corner which you really didn't want to be in.

But it seems you messed up, slipping over the very same plushie you left on the ground, you froze up in horror, watching in slow motion how the Tyrannosaurus Rex got so much closer as you went down, and once you hit the floor, he was already hovering over you.

Fuck.

Before you could even devise a plan in order to escape, the dinosaur suddenly shifted out of nowhere, leading the strawberry blonde man to land right on top of you, resulting in a very hot guy straddling you from above and kissing the ever living daylights out of you, almost as if he thought you were going to go all ghost on him, did you forget to mention he was hot?

Hot damn, where has this been all my life?