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[ No one's P.O.V ]

He grinned. The rush in his blood intensified . Everything around him was red. There weren't restrictions bonding him anymore. His heart was pumping with full power, lungs bursting...Kid's body screamed for more.

"Wire, please, get Bonney. Forget about me." A feeble voice cried out, pleading the familiar name.

Wait isn't that...?

Something struck him.

Y/n.

She was also here.

Shit.

The bloodlust ferociously dispersed into nothingness. Kid savagely turned towards Killer, shouting, half out of his mind with fury and horror. He absolutely disregarded the bloody mess splashed on his cheeks. "Y/n! Where the hell is Y/n?!" The blond leaped to his side, avoiding the creature's hit by inch and slightly dodging the second fist. "The last time I saw her she was with Bonney!" Killer said, sweeping his gaze toward the balcony.

"Fuck!" Kid's swearing was quietened by the sliding blade, which dived itself into the dissolving body.

Where is she? That moron!

A subconscious picture appeared in his head, a pouting Y/n standing in fort of him, again disagreeing with him. Her y/c eyes mischievously shone, her attitude more relaxed than from the first day she came.

She has changed. He thought-

"Are you ok?"

"Go away-"

"Kid! Watch out!" Before the redhead could even comprehend what was happening behind his back, Heat fiercely yanked the attention from the other mad attacker, reaching for his gun and blasting the man four meters away.

"Damn, I got distracted." Honestly surprised but nevertheless pissed, he turned, slower than normally. When he spoke his voice trailed, like the spoken words weren't entirely his.

"Are you alright?" Questioned the bluenette, running towards the boss, visibly relieved for the quick response that occurred in their vicinity. Convincingly enough, he wasn't scared for the boss's life but the safety around him. This kind of monsters were nothing compared to the red head. Just puppets without any real strategy, running only on instincts, which in their case, wasn't appreciated.

No, Heat was primarily alerted for the after-happening.

Yes, it is true that the beast would have made a scratch on him. But nothing more than that. However, Kid's rage held all the power of a wildfire, flames roaring in his eyes, prepared to ignite, kill anything that came in contact with him. He would become a real monster.

The red head just nodded in response. His assassin eyes shone through the illuminated space, red and menacing.

"Wait, I see Wire!" Heat suddenly stammered, reverting his gaze towards his friend. Kid did the same thing, his mouth beginning to set in its familiar, firm straight line, while his breathing became rigid. The face fell faster, his pale skin even paler, black-colored lips slightly parted and his eyes as wide as they could stretch.

Bonney was sagging limply in Wire's arms, her face twisted in immense pain. Kid savagely yanked his attention from the pinkette, now frantically searching for Y/n. He spotted her a second later, moving between the gaps of hustled bodies.

"Y/n!" He shouted, the name slipping out before he could stop it, a deep scream resonating from his throat. It was strong enough to turn the girl's attention towards the redhead.

Their gazes met. For a moment the noise, the stench of blood vanished away, and they were alone in a soundless place.Her eyes, full of unknown mixed emotions, widened at his enraged face. His muscles even crumbled even deeper into the flash when a feeble light of metal reflected from the chandelier.

"Y/n! Run!" The moment passed when Kid again yelled. But she refused to obey. It was obvious from the way how her lips clenched together, and the grip became stronger on the trigger.

"Fuck everything..." Kid spun around, slamming his knife upward to the victim's main vein. The blood spurted around, even reaching the redhead's torso. Still holding onto the weapon, he swiftly extracted the stab and threw it. It precisely hit the target, embedding itself in the lower abdomen.

He made himself a free passage to Y/n.

"Y/n!" He screamed, hitting every obstacle with the side of his knife. Kid stretched out his hand, hoping to swiftly grab the girl. But Law was already before him. He took Y/n's hand, swiftly throwing her on his shoulder. She of course didn't oblige to that idea, showing signs of non-participation, even hissed and threatened to bite the raven if he refused to release her the same instant. Law's eyes made quizzical peaks and seemed like he wanted to grin but was too tired for it. There was less tainted blood on the raven mafia's boss, but of course that was because he rather used his sword than literally force the pain with his bare hands.

The red head hurried towards them, then slowed as he approached. His face, under the swirls of flaming hair, matted with sweat and the red liquid. He noticed the struggle Y/n was putting up with.

"Y/n."

"Eustass-ya, I've got her." The man reassured, however Law mutely challenged the red head, which was obvious for the latter, as he knew what game Trafalgar played and sadly enough, he was forced to take the bait. He hissed, a low groan produced from the bottom of his throat: "I understand, but if you just touch her-"

"Like you did, Red-ya?" He wickedly smiled at him. "Don't sweat over it. She is safe." A bright malice shone in his eyes.

"She better be alright. Or you'll be then next one for demolishment, bastard."

Y/n couldn't look up entirely, neither really hearing their whole conversation. But her head jerked up when Law remarked something.

"Don't make promises if you can't keep them. じゃあね."

"Back, at ya."

~~~

[ Normal P.O.V ]

"Let me down!" I cried, my head rolled back between my shoulder blades as he staggered up the stairs with my weight.

There was no reply whatsoever. However a few hits in the back made him straightened up, stroking his goatee before finally retorting, blank staring at the corridor. "Not until I bring you to safety, Y/n-ya."

"I don't trust you." I blurted out, not even thinking first about my words of contempt. I immediately bit my tongue.

"That hurts, ya know-" "Evacuate the Hall! We'll deal with this shit!" Voices called, everything already engulfed into a huge riot.

"What about others? Where are they? And Kid?" My eyes widened. With all of the commotion, Kid almost got lost from my sight. The area around him cleared, as well as some nobleman had been successfully evacuated. I only saw a glimpse of a man, a familiar bandana wrapped on the head, leisurely taking to the red head .

And that voice.

~~~

[ No one's P.O.V ]

"Kid Fucking Eustass." The blond staggered before the red head, his breath barely catching up with the normal rhythm, however the voice was still determined, a bit rough on the edges.

"Oh, it's the shitty... By what name do you go again? Mr. Strom?"

Enel was preparing himself to roar at the red, his eyes lit with madness. "Always an Idiot, stays an idiot, Enel." Kid grinned: "You still haven't dropped dead by this time." He raised his gun, just for a fraction. "Well, let me do it for you. I don't really have time for games."

The blond didn't expect such blow to his dignity. Moreover he was damn sure he would be the one saying those things. He twitched, and his breathing was a little faster. "You think you are funny, huh, Eustass Kid. All mighty and untouchable?" He spat, face almost unrecognizable from rage. "Please."

From either corner you looked at, Kid felt an amusing tingling as he had managed to enrage someone without even lifting his finger. "Oh, really? How insignificant of me to not notice such a thing." He mocked.

"You've been laughing for too long, you son of a bitch. I'll be the on who'll crush you."

"Calm your tits, will ya? Tch, so sad...you still bark more than bite, Elen." Kid's signature grin disappeared from his face and was replaced by a vicious glare. His facial muscles tightened, as the veins popped. "You are dead." He placed a gun in front of him. "I would kill you slower, but I still have some errands to attend to. I guess today is your lucky day."

"How splendid! But unfortunately, your isn't."

Everything from there on was just a blur of rapid movements.

Kid, still holding his gun, leapt from his spot, a chain lashing out from Enel's suit and aiming directly at his face. Such a hit would have definitely tore the red's flesh if he hadn't moved from the previous state. The chain still fired wildly in air, the sharp edges slashing into the nearest objects and breaking them.

"You can't run away." The skin changed. It was more defined with blue and red, like it was a see-through mash paper. The flow of blood in his veins wasn't anymore invisible like before.

"Bastard, you too took the pill..." Kid groaned in between his teeth.

"With Doflamingo's help, I'll be finally able to make you crumple on your feet and watch you slowly suffer, until you cry from agony."

"I beg to differ." Said Kid warningly.

"Fine by me." The gun dropped and both of his hands were around Kid's throat, using speed of lighting to surprise the red head. "Off you go, Eustass." As if it was a light object, he threw the male out of the window, the fragile glass smashing under the force. Kid anticipated the damage, so he threw an arm up to protect himself, small amount of blood splattering from the cuts on exposed pale skin.

The red head didn't spear any unnecessary time standing up from the impact. He swiftly grabbed his gun from the jacket, redirecting his gaze at the direction he had been thrown. Elen, slowly approached him, grinned from the small victory he had won over.

"I'm still alive as you can see." Kid sneered, not minding the pain. After almost a minute of only staring, they both launched themselves at each other. A meter of distance, Kid quickly grasped the attacker's head in his hands and brought the knee cap up to his nose, there was a blunt crack and he released the blond haired head.

Elen coughed a decent amount of blood, rage enveloping both sides. "Too slow." As if it was a payback return, he punched Kid right into the wall, a deep hole made from the impact. The red head groaned from the sting pain.

"What do you think about it?" The blond laughed, eyes gleaming with coldness while examining his masterpiece from afar.

"Heh~ bastard. No matter how many pills and shit like that you'll take..." Watching the mad man before him, Kid upturned the corners his mouth, dissolving into a confident smirk while pronouncing every word carefully with venom in his voice. "You will never beat me."

Losing his cool, Elen hissed, trembling uncontrollably. "Don't you dare get cheeky with me!" And as he had a split personality, a wicked side inhabiting his body, the blonde's psycho nature was released. It was like in those horror movies. Before you had died, the last thing you would remember was the maniacal expression on his face. "Then what do you think about this?" Lightning came like a rip in the inky night, as if behind the dark canvass was a brilliant light just waiting to flood through any crack no matter how small. The whole balcony area outside shone in the blue-white shine, like tentacles, working without any control whatsoever. "Let's try it out, shall we?"

Throwing his chain towards him with no way of moving, there was strong tingling where contact was made with Kid's skin, and crushing, stabbing pain across his arms and chest. Kid coughed blood, but didn't shout. "Electricity, huh." He concluded, the muscles underneath the scratched skin twitching from shock. His head was hurting like a bitch, he had to restrain all his powers into seeing sharp and not blurry images.

"You like it, don't you? Let's see what would happen if I increase the voltage." Eustass's mind screamed out as the pain drove his back to the concrete. The burning pain lingered up his torso like scorching fire. It seized his thoughts for a moment. The lightning seemed to attract the insiders as a smaller group of familiar inferiors came rushing outside, after the failed attempt to find their boss.

"Kid!" Killer's voice fell faster when he noticed the barrier between their group and the boss. They were charged with a glass window, now framed with the same electric voltage as the attacked male had received not even moments ago. The agony in everyone's eyes arose when they couldn't overlook the smoke up-rising from the red's body and the blond pouring from his wounds.

"You bastard!"

Elen, excited and thrilled as never before, placed his moves for his opponent to make one, knowing he wouldn't, while licking his slower lip in anticipation. "Your inferiors will have the best view...to witness the death of The Great Kid. Goodbye, bastard."

And then something unsuspected happened.

Something no one came prepared for.

Y/n did manage to escape from Law's grip when they were running for safety. Not knowing if it was luck or not, she lowered her head in suspicion to the bloody stains where she had lastly seen Kid. She staggered back at the sight of red liquid running all through the corridor, splattered on the walls. Her glistering eyes immediately followed the line, ignoring the hits from the scared crowd. Turns, smashed windows, burned lights... Y/n's body worked on it's own, thinking about the worst case scenario, subconsciously preparing her mind for the worst. But not even preparation couldn't help her in the moment when she set her gaze at the beaten mafia boss. Never suspecting the uncontrollable flow of salty tears, she was crying in the background like her heart had snapped in two.

~~~

[ Normal P.O.V. ]

Pounding throat, raspy throat, heavy legs, tears blinding me-nothing of above made me halt. I bolted down the stairs, reaching the free stone-pathed way, my shoes echoing and vandalizing the creepy silence, while the breeze collided into my face.

"No! Kid!!!" I finally pulled the trigger. I had never aimed at anyone before, so I was incredibly surprised at the pain that blazed up my arm as the force from the gun shot me aback. The bullet went right through Elen's leg, making him scream in agony. Without thinking any further and not minding the shouts from the other side but still had the ability to detect who it was, I clenched the blonde's suit and pushed him away from Kid, not really knowing what I aimed to achieve with the reckless stunt. .

The glass balcony burst from the weight, the slam was like a clash of boulders in a rockslide. The blond managed to untangle my clenching fingers and threw me backwards into the holy dark night, saving himself from the almost fatal death while my body was falling backwards from it. The wind in my face made it impossible to breathe, I felt like I'd suffocate before I ever got to detect the closing impact.

But somehow...death wasn't on my wish list.

I instinctively extended my arm for the closest thing, hoping for the smallest chance of success in surviving, as I grabbed for the balcony's handle, barely having enough strength to clench on it.

"Help!" There was no cure for the sick feeling inside my stomach. Every muscle in my body knotted up. I should have been paralyzed by the movement in the air and not able to talk nevertheless scream out loud. But the statistics were wrong in my case.

At least I gave him some time...

"Are you ok?"

"Go away-"

"Aren't you sad? Being all alone?"

"Go away..."

"You are sad-"

"Why do you care?"

"Cause you are hurt..."

What...? Why am I thinking about...this?

"I can't hold...much...longer!"