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One of Our Own

Chapter 8: Hatred

Summary:

Sanji and Law spar.

Notes:

Short chapter.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Law narrowly dodged a kick, slicing Kikoku upwards, his long sword cutting the air by his guest’s ear.

 

I’m sparring Stealth Black!

 

Law dismissed any useless thoughts from his head and kept his expression blank. Clione was standing at the edge of the room, and he had to keep up his appearances. They exchanged blows for a couple of minutes, the Heart Pirate Captain not using his Devil Fruit abilities and instead relying on his sword techniques.

 

He always relied on his Devil Fruit in a fight, keeping his sword skills secondary. It was good to be brushing up on his skills, in the meantime, and he felt a small amount of thrill rising in him as he fought the Straw Hat’s former cook.

 

Law grunted as he was pushed back by the blonde, going on the defensive as the hits from the leg got heavier.

 

He’s trying to get his frustrations out.

 

It was nothing the captain couldn’t handle- he’d already fought against Kaidou and Big Mom. Law responded to the attacks in kind, making his sword move more aggressively as they got into the rhythm of their fight.

 

~ . ~ . ~

 

Sanji looked around the room, doing various handstands and kickboxing moves against Law. They were in a training room that looked modeled after a dojo, with padded floors and mirrors surrounding the walls.

 

Law was keeping up with his angry kicks, something expected of a Captain of the Worst Generation. Law’s eyes momentarily widened when Sanji lit his leg on fire, making it turn from orange to blue, and flying through the air to do more aerial attacks.

 

“Room.”

 

So, he’s finally using his Devil Fruit ability.

 

Their fighting escalated, and both men found themselves smiling at the thrill of sparring at full power against relatively new fighting styles.

 

Sanji thought back to his newest attack, Hell Memories . The power behind the move was from remembering a painful memory and letting the emotion take over.

 

What if, instead of a sad memory, I feel rage? Sanji dully wondered, gazing down at his fiery blue leg.

 

He didn’t have a lot of memories where he had felt hateful. Even locked up by his father in a dungeon at 8 years old, he had only felt sadness.

 

Sad memories were easy enough to remember. Hatred, however, …

 

Sanji thought back to Estelle. No, I couldn’t hate a woman.

 

He thought of himself, falling head over heels for her and leading her thoughtlessly to his ship, directly to his captain. He remembered his captain suggesting for her to try the other pirate groups, then getting hit on his head in response.

 

This is all my fault.

 

An ugly emotion pooled in his stomach. His leg turned brighter, and both men were taken aback when the color changed from blue to a blinding white, making the ends of his dress-pants disintegrate completely.

 

“Hold on, this is just a sparring match. No need to get so-”

 

Mépriser Shoot - Sanji launched himself towards Law, white flames engulfing his leg as he threw a kick at the captain. Law’s eyes went as wide as baseballs, and he ‘ Shamble ’-d himself away at the last second, replacing himself with one of the swords hanging from the wall.

 

Both men fell to the ground at the same time, Law against the far wall and Sanji in the middle of the room. Clione ran to the deteriorating sword, expressing his disappointment. “That was one of my favorite swords!”

 

Clione got to his knees and pouted as his sword faded to ashes on the floor.

 

“I’m sorry about your sword. Got in my head for a second.” Sanji lamented.

 

Clione continued to whine. “That sword was so expensive! Umiishi !”

 

Law got up, then walked up to Clione. “ Umiishi , the sword with the sea stone blade?”

 

The three took a moment to process the statement, then Clione’s jaw joined the ashes on the ground.

 

Sanji had broken through sea stone.

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