Nightmare

It had been five days since the incident had happened. Law was having a difficult time watching over himself. Luffy and Sanji were trying to help him out as much as they could. The others would help on occasions, as well. He had a few incidents were the girls were able to get a hold of T. Law. Those times made him more disturbed about them. They would even ask if the both of them wanted to bathe with them. That was where he drew the line.

Taking a deep breath, Law slammed his head on the table. It made everyone look over to him. "Torao, what's wrong?" Luffy placed a hand on his shoulder. It was just after dinner and he was exhausted.

"I'm just tired," was his simple answer. He had only felt this tired a few times in his life. One of them being when he was thirteen. Law had been ready to give up at that time. Maybe I should give yo now. Just sleep for a while. Maybe it will be better for me.

Suddenly, T. Law punched him in the arm. That got the others to look at them again. "Don't you dare think that way," he hissed at him. It was like they couldn't live without each other. It felt strange but was overall comforting.

"What the hell is happening between them?" Zoro asked. Law had hardly heard anything from the others since the incident.

Before T. Law could say anything, Law sat up and elbowed him in the side. "Nothing. We're just tired. I might turn in early tonight." A second later, the kid reached up, grabbed the sides of his face, and smashed their foreheads together. "Fucking hell!" he shouted at the pain in his head. "You didn't have to do that! I stopped!"

"Just making sure." Even the girls were giving him worried looks.

"What just happened?" Usopp asked. He sounded as worried as the women looked.

"Nothing. It's...nothing. Don't worry about it." He laid his head back down on the cool table. This time, less violently than before. Law was having a hard time keeping his eyes open. Sanji had been making him food and drinks to help give him energy during the day. It worked for the day but made him dead-beat at night. He was thankful that he was helping him out.

"Torao-san, how come you are getting so tired at night? Is there something wrong with you?" Law lifted his head to see that everyone was staring at him, waiting for an answer.

"Well, it seems that T. Law and I share the same reserves for energy. It takes a lot out of me to be two people at once." He yawned before laying back down. "Add to the fact that Straw Hat-ya plays with him during the day. Tire me out more."

"Sorry, Torao." Law opened his right eye to look at Luffy. The kid had a sorrowful expression.

"I didn't mean it in a bad way." He felt pressure on his side. Sitting back up, he looked to his left. T. Law was passed out, pressing into his side. Seems like his body can't handle it. Wish I could do that. "I'm going to bed. See you all in the morning." They all wished him a good night.

Getting up, Law held himself in one arm before walking to his room. Luffy followed after him. It had been routine for Luffy to sleep with him at night or when he took naps during the day. He wasn't bothered by it, but he did have one problem.

"Torao, will you answer me tonight?" Law put himself on the bed and sat down. The white splotches were still there. He had to tell the rest of the crew that he was fine. There was no problem nor reason to be concerned about him.

"Straw Hat-ya, I am still thinking about it. I don't want to upset you with my answer if you rush me," Law answered as he pulled off his shoes. Luffy had been asking if Law loved him back. He was still thinking about it. Law was trying to figure out his own feelings for the man.

"Okay. I'll wait." Luffy laid down next to T. Law. It was the way they slept together. Law would sleep near the edge with T. Law between him and Luffy. It was like a family, but that idea sounded strange to him. Family...What kind of family? Brothers?...No. Something else.

"Goodnight, Straw Hat-ya," Law said as he blew out the candle. He just wanted to sleep so bad.

"Goodnight, Torao." He was on his way to dreamland. "I love you," was the last thing he heard before the darkness of sleep consumed him. It was nice for only a short time.

...

Law stood in the mists of a battlefield. He looked around and saw bodies littering the area like they were petals from roses that were picked and thrown into the wind. Beside himself was his younger self. He was staring to the right of them.

Following the kid's line of sight, Law gasped at what he saw. He quickly picked up the child and hugged him to his chest. "W-What's happening?" he asked. Law felt the tears flow down his face.

"It's...It's nothing to worry about." That was a lie. T. Law started to shake and cry into his chest as he looked up to what made him feel so horrible, saddened, and fearful.

Sanji, Franky, Robin, Zoro, and Usopp were nailed to crosses like they were being shamed and shown to the world like trophies. It took all of his resolve to not burst into tears and help them down. They still looked alive, but he wasn't sure.

Holding T. Law's face onto his shoulder, Law started to trudge forward, away from the people he cared about and would do anything to actually help them. It hurt him so much to just keep going. "Wh-Where are th-the...the others?" T. Law asked. Law just kept walking.

"I...I don't know," he answered with a shaky voice. His whole body was shaking and knew that the other him could feel it. To be truly honest, he was fucking terrified about what was happening around them.

Walking a little more, Law's foot tapped a body that was in the middle of his path. Taking his eye off the view in front of him, he looked down to see who he had touched with his foot. Fear, sadness, and regret filled him as he saw who it was.

"L-Law...what's w-wrong?" He didn't have the heart to tell the other. He knew he would see at some point, but he couldn't voice his thoughts.

Law kept the other's head down. "Don't...Don't worry about it." He closed his eyes before carefully stepping over the body of the woman he called friend. "It's nothing to worry about." Law didn't want to see the glassy, empty stare of Nami as she laid on the ground, beaten and bloody from the battle. He knew she was dead because she never moved or acknowledged them. Her chest never rose or feel to show she was alive, either.

Opening his eyes, he tried to see where he was going through all the tears in his eyes. Law tightened his grip on T. Law. T. Law sobbed and fisted the neck part of his shirt. He understood his pain and shared it. Their friends, his friends, were being tortured and killed by God knew who.

After what felt like hours of walking, Law heard a noise behind him. Freezing up, he listened to what it could be. As it got closer, the noise sounded like footsteps walking slowly toward him. He placed his lips next to T. Law's ear.

"Don't open your eyes. Someone is following us," he whispered into the other's ear. He got a nod in response. He felt the wetness on his shoulder. It was tears and probably a little bit of snot and slobber.

Trudging on, Law could still hear the person following him. After a minute, he took off in a sprint. The person was still following him. It was making him freak out. What if it's the person that wounded the others and killed Nami-ya? He kept going.

Soon enough, he came to a dead end. It was a ledge. Beyond the ledge was the cold, dark, menacing ocean. Its waves crashed against the side of the island. Taking a deep breath, he told the younger him to keep his eyes closed. He was going to face the person who had followed him to this spot.

Law turned around with his eyes closed. Slowly, he opened them and tightened his grip on T. Law. He wanted to run and leave from there. This was something he didn't want to face. The person or people that stood before him disturbed him to great lengths.

The...thing that stood before him was a mixture of two people. It was a mixture of Doflamingo and Luffy. There was some parts that looked like Luffy and other parts that resembled the other man. It was a horrid sight to behold. It was like someone had taken bits and pieces of the men and sewed them together to make this...this monstrosity.

"Law/Torao..." The voice made him cringe with disgust and fear. It was a mixture of the sweet, innocent voice of Luffy and the deep, demanding voice of Doflamingo. Just the sound of the two mixing together made shivers run down his spine.

"What...What do you want?!" he shouted. T. Law tightened his grip on him. He felt a little safer with the smaller him so close to him.

The creature chuckled. "We want you. That's all we want." Law continued to cry as he glanced back down at the ocean water below him.

"Why? Why do either of you want me?" He made sure that his younger self was facing away from them. He knew that he could see him, but it was better to get flashes of it than to look at it directly.

"Because..." Both sides of the face smiled. One side of the face was that broad grin of Doflamingo's and the other was the sweet smile of the twenty-year-old boy. It didn't sit well with him. "You are my brother/friend." The two words were spoken by each voice. Luffy called him his friend while Doflamingo called him his brother.

"No." He backed up to where he was stepping right on the edge of the cliff. He didn't want to look at the creature back couldn't take his eyes away from it.

It was as if both Luffy and Doflamingo had both been blown to pieces. Someone went behind and picked up the pieces that were salvageable and sewn then together. One eye was a dark brown colour while the other was covered by the half of the sunglasses that the other wore. On the other side that had Luffy's eye, there was Doflamingo's mouth while Luffy's kind smile was on the side with Doflamingo's eye. Over the entire body, there was different pieces that were just sewn together.

"Come here. We will protect you." He closed his eyes. Law remembered the others from before. The ones nailed to the crosses and Nami's terrified, lifeless body.

"What...What did you...do to the others?" He wanted to know what happened. Which one's idea was it to hurt the Straw Hats.

"The others?" Law opened his eyes to look at them. They looked to be in thought. It was even more disturbing since they were two people. "You mean the crew/Straw Hats?"

"Y-Yes. Where...Where are Bone-ya and Tony-ya?" That seemed to anger the two of them. He saw the eyebrow lower on Luffy's eye and the veins pop out on Doflamingo's. He shuffled a little closer to the edge.

"Don't worry about that. What happened to the other? ...We punished them for being so close to you." Guilt hit him like a wave. It was horrible to know the truth. "As for the other two...they had a different fate. Now, come here. Don't make us come get you."

Law lowered his head to whisper into T. Law's ear. "Hold on tight. Don't let go." He got a nod in response.

"You are testing our patience." Law moved his foot back and felt the very edge of the cliff. "Law/Torao, what are you doing?" They took a few steps closer. Then, the both of them seemed to understand what he was about to do. "Don't you dare! You'll drown!"

"Better than here with you!" Law shouted back. He still felt the tears running down his face. It was probably a sad sight to see. He was not like this at all, but he was so scared, sad, and many more emotions. "I can't stand to look at you. Not like this, Luffy-ya..." He lowered his head. "Not this way..." He went to put his foot off the cliff. "Goodbye, Straw Hat-ya, my friend...my..." The tears came in copious amounts as he tried to get out what he wanted to say. "...my...my love..." With that, he stepped off the cliff and felt the wind whoosh around him as he fell with the other.

"LAW/TORAO!" The last thing he saw before he was consumed in the torrent of the water was the face of the creature. After that, he held on tightly to T. Law as they were thrown around in the water. He finally lost consciousness when he was slammed into the side of the cliff.

...

Shaking woke him up. Law felt the body on top of his and the wetness on his face and shirt. It reminded him of the dream that he had just had. Opening his eyes, Law looked down at his chest. T. Law was the one on his chest and the one shaking him. The kid's body was shaking with something kin to fear.

So...we both had the same dream, he concluded. He then realized that they were hugging each other tightly as if one of them would disappear if they let go. Law ran his hand through his hair as they laid there. He felt a presence next to him.

Looking over, law saw that Luffy was still asleep next to him. He was cuddled up to his side. It was heartwarming and at the same time, it made him feel kind of safe. He snuggled closer to Luffy and closed his eyes. He wanted more sleep and knew he needed it. Closing his eyes, he fell back into a peaceful slumber. No dreams plagued him this time.

Hope you like it. Did this in a few days. Not that great, in my opinion. Could've done better, don't you think? Let me know if I could've and what I need to work on. I appreciate the help that you all can give me. Have a spectacular day. Tatty-bye!