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Every time his agent convinced him to join a new team, he'd always ended up wanting to kick the man in the balls by the end of the first practice. It had always seemed as if that idiot went out of his way to find the biggest assholes in the league to stick him with. This bunch had seemed to be no different, but they had some real skills on the ice. That Eustass guy in particular was a helluva power forward; it almost seemed as if he had an unnatural pull over where the puck went. His boy Killer, as if his name fit like a glove, showed no mercy in the game but seemed to be a little more calculating and aloof than his friend; in addition to ...

Long ago, a tribe of people crossed into what was then the land of Men. The Elves, as they were to be called in the Common tongue, settled in the eastern forests, where sunlight gleamed like jewels among the branches of the ancient wood. Gifted with long lives that rivaled that of the Dwarves that lived in the mountains, they spent their innumerable years pursuing knowledge and culture. They lived in isolation from the other societies for some time, only interacting with their neighbors after the other races had sent emissaries to their capital city. That is where it all went wrong. While the Dwarves were satisfied with the opportunity for...

Chapter One: The Bombshell set off in Your Heart A light mid-afternoon breeze flowed through the workshop of Tom & Son's Boat Repair on what had turned out to be a sweltering summer day on the island. A tall, blue-haired man fanned himself as he walked out of the cool store front and into the work area, feeling a little perturbed that he had to wear a suit. He rounded the side of a particularly large fishing boat that floated in the water of the indoor marina and looked down from the upper deck to the lower platform next to the small craft he suspected was his target. Sure enough, he saw a bit of the tell-tale open Hawaiian shirt and th...

He felt like he was falling through the ocean. It was very different from the searing pain that had overwhelmed his senses only moments before. He had a vague memory of smiling through his tears before finally letting go, and now he felt as though he were surrounded by them. The sensation of sinking had made him reopen his eyes, and he was amazed that he was no longer in the middle of a battlefield, but in a vast sea. A sea so blue it could put any tropical paradise to shame. If he looked beyond the surface, he could see clouds nestled in a cerulean sea of their own. He vaguely recognized the fact that he was no longer wounded. The only th...

Chapter Two: Rise to the Occasion Sanji woke early the next morning to his phone's loud rendition of Jesse's Girl . He groaned as he rolled over, mumbling a few explicatives in French while reaching for the device. In his groggy state he cursed whoever woke him before sunrise on his rare day off, not recognizing exactly what the ringtone implied. " 'allo?" he murmured sleepily, irritation seeping into his unchecked accent. "Oh! I'm sorry Sanji-kun, did I wake you?" exclaimed the voice of an angel. Now fully alert, Sanji sat up in bed. "Nami-swan! Not at all ma chérie, but to what do I owe the pleasure of hearing your lovely voice so earl...