With everything there is a shadow it is the duty of those cursed by the shadow fruit to become that shadow to those they see unjust to become the opposite yet similar, a shadow. I am one of these cursed people for unlike most cursed fruit, the powers of the shadow fruit travel from the generation who ate the fruit to the next until one generation eats the shadow fruit again then the powers will seize to travel to the generations later on. And as fate would have it only two shadow fruit have ever existed the one that my ancestor ate and the one my father hid along with his captain for he was a pirate and to be more exact he was the first mate of the one and only king of the pirates so if you're not putting this together yet the only other shadow fruit left in existence is with the great treasure ONE PIECE.
My name is Kuroichi D. Ryu though some call me K.D. only people I really trust call me by my name, aka Ryu. Oh and just so you know if you're ever asked how to pronounce my name the Y sounds like an E ok.
Any ways, everything started out fine as I was on a pirate ship at the moment though I hold no fear of or loyalty to the captain of the ship for she's an ugly little woman with the biggest attitude ever and because of the way I look and dress they all think I'm a boy, yes that's right I'm a girl though I barely act like it. My current captain, Alvida, would have a fit if she realized I was a woman. But whatever right now we were raiding a cruise ship Coby a little boy who was practically forced in to joining alvida's crew out of fear was over on the other ship but me being me I decided to go see if he was ok or not for even if I hadn't known him for very long he grew on me like a brother of some sort but when I found him in the cruise ships food storage he was with a boy with black hair wearing a red vest, blue jeans that were rolled up to below his knees, and a straw hat.
"Coby who's your new friend" I asked walking to him
"Oh uh K.D. this is uh" Coby said nervously
"I'm Monkey D. Luffy" the other boy said and I smiled
"It's been a while" I said smiling at Luffy
"RYU" Luffy said hugging me and I laughed a bit smiling of course
"It's been a while aye Luffy" I said as he let me go
"Man how I've missed you" Luffy said laughing still
"So how have your travels been treating you so far?" I asked him
"Oh great except for my ship got sucked in to the whirlpool" Luffy said and I laughed
"You never change do you" I said laughing as I patted Luffy's shoulder
"Um K.D. you know him?" Coby asked
"Huh, oh yeah Luffy and I go way back" I said smiling as I put an arm around his shoulders "He's practically my brother" I said smiling as Luffy smiled beside me
"Wow" Coby said in shock "wait your friends with someone who wants to become King of the Pirates!"
"Yeah since his dreams not that far off from my own" I said smiling
"Huh what's your dream?" Coby said
"Simple to find the last shadow fruit that was hidden away with the legendary One Piece" I said smiling
"WHAT?" Coby said confused
"It's a dream I'll risk my life for and if I die well I die" I said smiling
"Then do you think I could" Coby started "do you think I could join the Marines"
"I don't know that's up to you" I said with a shrug
"Your right I'll join the marines then I'll even catch Alvida myself" Coby said but then Alvida smashed thru the ceiling
"Who did you say you were going to catch Coby" Alvida said then as Coby trembled in fear Alvida looked at Luffy "so my guess is that you're not Zolo the pirate hunter" Alvida said as swords sliced through the walls "And you" she said as she noticed me "What do you think you're doing" she yelled as I blinked
"Who me?" I asked tilting my head
"Yes you what the hell are you doing down here talking with these idiots and not doing as I ordered" Alvida yelled
"Simple I don't fear you, nor do I hold any respect or loyalty to you so I merely think of your "orders" as mere suggestions of what I could do" I said with a shrug
"How dare you" Alvida said about to whack me with her iron club that had spikes on it but I merely sighed as the shadows formed into a fist and caught her club as my eyes turned purple
"Do you really expect to defeat a shadow with that?" I asked
"Hey, Ryu, who's the fat lady?" Luffy asked pointing at Alvida and I tried to hold back my laughter which somehow I managed as the rest of Alvida's crew stood in silence and my eyes returned to normal
"Why you little runt" Alvida said smashing her club in to the wood where Luffy was standing but he dodged just in time and landed by Coby then he jumped out of the storage to the deck where he managed to defeat most of Alvida's crew in under a minute which wasn't that big of a challenge to begin with since he is a rubber man. I of course didn't expect anything less from someone I practically considered a brother.
But then Alvida rejoined the fight to some degree but then when Alvida asked Coby who's the most beautiful person on the seas he said that it wasn't her and he insulted her a bit too but needless to say Alvida didn't take a liking to it especially since Luffy was laughing and I was trying not to laugh. But in the end Luffy managed to send Alvida flying then he ordered her crew into letting him and Coby have a ship while I ordered them to get my glider or at least that's what I call it, it's more of a board that I use as I use the shadows to create a wave that takes me to my destination or in case of a storm I can create a shadow orb around me and my board and control my direction under water since I didn't eat the cursed fruit I can still swim in water unlike Luffy who will sink like a stone because he ate the gum- gum fruit that caused him to become a rubber man.
Any ways after that the marines showed up so it was time to abandon ship so to speak as we headed out somewhere else, yes I was traveling beside Luffy and Coby in a small and I mean small ship more like a life boat then a ship but oh well. I still road beside them with a back pack on my back, my eyes currently purple again and my hands in the pockets of my dark blue jeans as I stood on my blue board that faded to black from one end to the other, while my baggy black t-shirt flapped every now and again in the wind revealing my eight pack abs every now and again, oh yeah I have muscles, and they're not just for show ether I'm actually pretty damn strong for a girl.
My name Is Ryu though most call me K.D., I am a shadow in more ways than one, I'm 18 years old, I have short choppy dark brown hair and ember eyes while my tanned skin from being out on the sea for days seems to complete the look. I have a few small silver hoop earrings in my left ear while I had one small silver hoop earring in my right ear as well as a silver ear cuff. And I kick ass.