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Funny how this idea came to me in a dream. Well, hope ya like it!

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Disclaimer- One piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda. But, the rest belongs to me:))

Prologue-

Somewhere in the South Blue lay an oval shaped island which had an unusual rift stretched across the middle of the island. If one looked at the rift from atop, a sliver of blue could be seen from the depths of it. The rift served as a border between two rivaling areas. The left half of the island belonged to an area named "Rain Village," and the other half belonged to one named "Shine District." These two areas were complete opposites in almost everything, and because of this, tension and hate formed quickly. Only near the borders, would people act on their differences. This area was known as the Outlawed Area. People who lived there, were constantly in danger of being raided from each other during the night. The only obstacle that stood between the outlawed area and the town was a huge wall that stretched across island, parallel to the rift. Both areas had a wall, because it had served as a remedy to their differences, an area for dangerous beasts to roam, and a jail for criminals. Most people were fortunate enough to live behind the walls, in the safe and secluded area as long as they obeyed the laws. The others had been thrown out of their respective town for disrupting the peace, and causing havoc within the walls. But, there were an unlucky few who had been born from criminals residing in the Outlawed Area. Their miserable fates had been decided from the moment they were born, for they were condemned to that area, criminal or not. In most of these cases, the child would be abandoned, and left to starve. Rarely, would parents bring up the child, considering resources were scarce or very difficult to obtain in the area. Life was peaceful within the walls because citizens feared of being thrown into the Outlawed Area.

Ten years ago...

The sun shone brightly in the mid afternoon sky. "Ced? "Where are you?" called a boy wearing torn navy pants, a plain white shirt and a pair of sneakers. His shoes were covered in clumps of mud from running around. Sketched onto his worn white t shirt was a neatly inked marine logo. He wore a white cap, dirtied from overuse, covering his short, matted blonde hair. His attire seemed to mimic a common marine uniform, yet it matched perfectly with his clear sea-blue eyes.

"I'm here, Eru!" a younger boy cried jumping up and down joyfully, covered in mud from head to toe. "Hah! I found a boar!" he laughed wildly admiring the slain boar that lay beside the pool of mud.

Eru sighed. "Ced...You're freaking crazy." he almost face palmed himself as the tanned brown haired boy from head to toe as he began wiping the mud off himself with little effect. The boy wore tattered khaki shorts, that camouflaged with the color of the mud, and a maroon colored sleeveless shirt. A black bandanna hung around his neck and unlike Eru, he had no shoes. And then, there were his golden mismatched eyes, that oddly matched his outfit.

"Haha. Well we have dinner now, don't we?" he said smugly, as he headed for the river bed to clean himself off. Eru followed, carrying the boar and listening to his story of how Ced had "bravely" slain the boar.

As they neared the river, they heard a cry getting louder and louder. "Ced. You hear that?"

"Yeah. I see THAT." Ced pointed downwards towards a little crying baby girl. "It's a baby."

"It seems like she's been abandoned." he replied sadly looking at the baby on the other side of the ridge.

"Eru..."he began.

"NO."

"We HAVE to take care of her! PLEASE!"

"No. You know it's a crime to cross the ridge."

"I'll be fast! I just have to jump it and carry her back here. She's been abandoned, Eru. I HAVE to." he begged.

"Ced..."

"C'mon! She's just like us! She's been abandoned."

"Fine. I'm getting her, though." Eru ordered as he jumped to the other side onto the Sunny District area. Little did he know, bordering thugs had seen him cross, and as he neared the baby, they were preparing to kill him for crossing their borders. He took one close look at the baby girl, and she stopped crying, and smiled. 'Wow. Gotta admit...she's cute.' He quickly scooped her up, but as he was about to head to the rift, Ced yelled.

"They saw us!" Ced shouted and pointed at the few thugs that were approaching Eru.

By the time Eru had realized what kind of predicament he was in, the Outlaws had already surrounded him.

"Well, well, well. Look at what we have here." one chuckled evily.

"Seems like a lil rat crossed da' line!" he laughed. The others began laughing at his horribly intended joke. Eru figured that he was the leader. While they were distracted, Eru tried running for the rift, but the baby slowed him down dramatically. The leader had caught him by his shirt, just as he was about to jump across. "ARGH! Let me go!" Eru spat out.

"Shaddup brat. Didn' ya hear me?" he questioned. "Ya crossed the line, kid. An' yer gonna pay fer it." Everyone had completely forgotten about Ced at this moment, and as the leader was about to drop the kid into the rift, Ced jumped and head butted him to the ground. "EEEEKK!" he yelped in a high pitched voice. His followers were standing motionlessly as they watched the scene, unsure of what to do.

"Get up, Eru!" Ced exclaimed as he grabbed the baby girl who was now crying from being dropped so suddenly, and jumped across the rift. Eru followed quickly, before the leader could get up. He noticed the men had done nothing to stop them. "Looks like you guys are nothing with him down!" he shouted while pointing to the leader.

"Haha! Not much of a leader is he. What kind of a thug screams like that? Even the baby is manlier!" Ced mocked as he and Eru ran off into the forest carrying the baby girl.

"Ced. We were just lucky they underestimated us." he said and paused to think for awhile. " And did you just call this baby girl manly?" Eru said protectively.

"Ehehe... you get what I mean, right? And when did you get all..." Ced stopped and made an exaggerated confused face. "Weird."

"I'm not weird! Anyways, you wanted her!" he glared and shoved the girl onto Ced.

"Woah Woah! That's mean! She's heavy!"

"Heavy? Are you serious, Ced? That dang boar was heavier th-" Eru stopped. "Oh crap." Both had realized they had forgotten to get their boar.

"Just forget it." Ced sighed. "Someone probably took it by now." he frowned.

"Ah man! No dinner tonight." he cried. " Oh well." Eru said optimistically. "We have a new addition to our group. Now we are sort of like a family, eh?"

"Yup. Now there's three of us." he laughed as they neared a small cave. "Home, sweet home."