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"Leah, what are we gonna do?"

"I don't know Luffy!"

"OOH, lets hide in that barrel."

"Will we fit?"

He gave me a stare as if to say, duh why wouldn't we.

"Fine."

I sat down in the barrel next to him, as he pulled the lid on tight and tried to position him self comfortably. I don't know why I did but for some reason I let him move my limbs around as he pleased. I was too busy wondering how we would get out of the whirlpool. Yet, somehow he managed to get us into a very embarrassing position. He was sat kind of cross-legged while I was in his lap with his arms rested around my waist.

"You do know how embarrassing this is Luffy." I said without blushing because I knew his intentions were innocent.

"Yeah it's how couples sit, isn't it."

"Yes, so…" I was starting to blush because I know that he knows what I'm going on about and that he's just playing with me, well two can play at that game.

"Fine then, but I'm going to sleep." I said as I lent my head back into the crook of his neck.

The next thing I know a huge wave hits the barrel and we get flung to separate ends. When we tilted back together though Luffy's forehead hit the back of mine.

"OW!" we said in unison.

"JINX!" we said again.

"DOUBLE JINX!" again, in unison.

We burst into bubbly fits of laughter. "It's like we can read each others minds!" he said.

"Agreed!" I laughed.

I turned to face him as he gave me a face splitting grin. Then I noticed something.

"HEY! The barrels stopped rocking!" we said in unison.

I've known Luffy for a long time now. And we are more than just friends; I was a part of the family that he started with Ace and Sabo. We are family on sake. And let no one tell us other wise. I'm not blood related to Luffy but I am to Ace. Yeah, you heard me. I'm the blood relative of Portgas D. Ace. I also have devil fruit powers. I ate the gum gum fruit as well, because Makino found me when I was only a at a young age, mabey 5, and I ate the flame flame fruit, Ace shared it with me.

We heard splashes next to the barrel and Luffy held me closer to him. Suddenly we were being pulled up. I put a finger to my lips to say be quiet, and Luffy nodded. Some people, from what I could tell, were carrying us. We were then suddenly dropped and heard some yelling. Then I could hear screaming and 3 cannons I think splashed around the boat we were on. The boat was rocked.

"What's going on?" I whispered

"I dunno" typical.

There was then a lot more cannon fire. We then started rolling down some stairs. We changed from our original position and were now a tangle of limbs inside a small space. The barrel hit something and sent us spinning out of control. Someone who thought we were beer was then rolling us, we couldn't help but giggle at that. We then heard some people being mean to him and calling him Coby. And the same people put us upright. One of them said that they would open the barrel the old fashioned way. So I quickly pocked Luffy and signalled for him to break the barrel. He jumped up screaming, god did he love a fight. We both jumped out of the barrel and completely ignore the 'pirates'.

"Got any food?" we asked in unison, we then began snickering at the old joke of 'jinx'.

The two pirates still awake pulled out some swords on us, so I caught them and melted them with my flames. The boy with pink hair was crouched down on the ground and didn't see anything. What a coward. The two pirates asked us who we were, so we gave them an introduction. Then they ran off scared. The boy called Coby then told us to run to witch we answered,

"We don't care about that."

Luffy sniffed the air and looked at me pointing towards a set of doors. I followed him towards the doors dragging Coby behind us. We were in the storeroom eating away at some apples when Coby filled us in on where we were. He then went on rambling about some old story, of how he became a pirate. Luffy and I sat there back to back. When the story was finished Luffy told him that he was stupid.

"Why don't you just leave?" He asked Coby curiously.

"I can't nu-ah, no way, the thought of them finding me would be too much!" He shouted.

"Hahaha, you a coward-"

"And a moron." I finished for him.

We looked at each other and then at him and said, "We hate people like you! Hahaha!"

Coby turned his head away from us with comical tears running down his face.

"If I had the courage I could drift in a barrel like you did Luffy and umm-"

"Leah." I finished for him.

"So what is it for you two what made you two set sail on these seas?"

"Well I'M gonna be king of the pirates!" Luffy said.

"I'm gonna be the King's queen." I added.

"K-k-king and Queen?"

"Yep" Luffy answered.

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah." I answered.

"B-but that would mean that you're pirates too."

"Right"

"Your crew?"

"Only me and Leah but were looking."

"King and Queen of the pirates means obtaining everything this world has to offer, your talking about seeking the grand treasure of wealth and fame and power, the treasure you seek is the One Piece!"

"Yeah!" we answered.

"No way that's impossible, impossible, impossible! There's no way anyone like you could ever reach it in this pirate age-"

Luffy and I both punched him over the head. Coby got up covering his head and asked, "Oww, why'd you hit me?"

"Cuz we felt like it." We answered him.

Luffy gave him a little speech that I wasn't really paying attention to him until he grabbed my hand, pulled me to my feet and started to drag me telling me he wanted to find a boat.

Suddenly Coby had an outburst about becoming a marine. "Coby, you can do whatever you set your heart to." I told him with a smile that could give Luffy a run for his money. Just in the middle of his second outburst a fat lady came crashing down through the floor boards/roof. Luffy and I turned to look at her, when I felt his grip on my hand tighten slightly.

"Who is that you plan on catching Coby?" a gruff voice said from behind the smoke. Let me tell you I wish that the smoke had stayed because she was uuuuugly. Some swords appeared on either side of Luffy and I just missing us. The fat lady looked up at us and glared. She then turned back to Coby and yelled, "COBY! Who is the most beautiful pirate on the seas?"

"Umm, well I-I um, give me a second I know this one-"

"I can answer that one easily, it's definitely Leah, she's much prettier than you are and you're fat too."

I burst out laughing. The fat lady swung her club at Luffy and I as he grabbed Coby by his collar and jumped, we then had a small battle out on deck showing off a few moves. Luffy then used his rubber powers on them. While I flirted a bit making them all fall in love with me by playing innocent. Then I used my flame and rubber powers combined. Coby then walked up to us.

"Luffy, Leah what are you?"

"Oh we ate the Gum, Gum fruit and Leah ate the flame, flame fruit too." Luffy said stretching his cheek along with my arm. Then I turned my hand into flames causing Luffy to let go and blow on it furiously.

Alvida then came out and spoke to Luffy about the devil fruit powers he has. Coby then told Alvida that she was ugly causing her to be very pissed off. While she was pissed off Luffy and I were busy pissing our selves laughing. Alvida then swung her club at him and that's when Luffy and I stepped in. We stood in front of him and in unison said, "Well said!"

The fat bitch hit Luffy on the head hard with her club; Coby was so shocked I had trouble holding in my laughter at his face. Luffy then used Gum, Gum pistol and sent Alvida flying. I turned around to Alvida's crew and shouted, "Go get Coby a boat, he's leaving your ship to join the marines, that's final."

As if on cue the marines rocked up and Luffy and I bailed taking a lifeboat, Coby said that he wanted to come so we escaped together. Coby started to tell us about Roronoa Zoro as we finally cleared the marines. Coby then started to freak out making me and Luffy hit him again. "Why'd you hit me?"

"Cuz we felt like it." We said then laughed.

Xxx

A few hours later.

Xxx

The night is dark. The only light coming from the moon, high in the sky. Of witch I am sitting under right now. There is a fairly strong breeze blowing, so I have a blanket wrapped around me. I can hear someone approaching me from behind. I can easily tell who it is by listening to his sandals against the wooden deck. Yep, defiantly Luffy. Suddenly he stops, I spread an arm out holding onto the blanket as I do so. Luffy took a step towards me and then sat down. We were sat there for a few minutes before he spoke.

"Beautiful, isn't it?"

"Me, or the ocean?" I asked jokingly.

"The ocean." He said with a taunting voice.

Which earned him a light punch in the arm from me.

"See that star?" I nodded to the one he was pointing at. "It reminds me of Sabo." He finished.

I let out a small sigh.

"I miss him."

"Me too."

"The hardest thing I've ever had to do was leaving that damn island."

"Same."

"I miss him so much Luffy."

I buried my head into his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around me. It was a bit of an embarrassing position but it was comforting.

That's when Coby woke up and mustered up some courage. He asked us a very awkward question.

"Umm, well are you two, like a couple or something?"

Luffy and I looked at him with wide eyes and then burst out laughing.

"No!" I said through bursts of laughter.

"Then why are you hugging and stuff? It seems to me as if you cant last three seconds without the other."

Luffy pulled me closer with a pout. I gave him a questioning look but he just gave me his face splitting grin.

"Only I am able to hold her like this." Said Luffy, being protective.

"Ace!" I cough-said.

"And Ace. Because we became family on sake."

"I've heard of that legend before!"

Luffy laughed heartily, I could hear his heart beat against my ear. He still had me in his tight embrace; it made me feel warm inside. "I suggest we go to sleep now, we should be approaching Marine-base Island tomorrow."

I didn't need to be told twice, because before I knew it I was asleep against Luffy's chest.