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It was a sunny day, not a cloud in sight. Everyone had just been called in for lunch. Everybody stormed inside, not wanting to be last. Ace was in the lead, obviously. Thatch, the one who called, was nearly trampled on by the stampede. Luckily, he made it back inside alive, thanks to Marco.
Now that everyone was inside, the deck was empty and silent. The seagulls were cawing in the air and the waves were crashing softly against the hull of the ship. Yup, totally peaceful. Except for one minor detail.
A single boy was falling through the sky, and was nearing the deck closer and closer. The boy would have probably screamed his head off at the speed he was coming down at the deck, had it not been for the fact that he was sound asleep. So, sleeping blissfully, he crashed onto the deck. Fortunately, he was still alive for an inhuman ability of being rubber.
His landing area was actually on the head of the whale, the Moby Dick figure at the front of the ship, and there was an indentation of a human body. 23, now waking up, pried his head from the wood. His eyes still fuzzy, he looked around. At first, he didn't understand the problem, until a few seconds later. His eyes widened. He looked back at himself and saw that he was stuck. Pulling his limbs out one by one, he got out of the hole and stared back at it. "Did I do that?" He whispered to himself.
Breaking himself from the view, he looks around and finds himself on a ship. 'Where the hell am I?' he thought to himself, as he began walking around. He started his way towards a door, but stopped right before he entered.
Listening closely, he hears loud yelling and laughing. 'What are they doing down there, killing each other?' He thinks to himself. Not wanting to join the noise, he skips the door.
He was about to continue on, till he started to smell something. Going back to the door, he smells food, then remembers he still didn't have lunch. Carefully, he opened the door and quietly went down the stairs. Before he walked through the door, he carefully peeked.
Looking around, he sees many people, sitting at lots of tables. All of them were eating loudly and drinking beer or some other drink. On one of the tables closer to him, he spots a large piece of meat on some guy's plate.
He licked his lips and waited for him to look away from his plate. As soon as he looked away, he quickly stretched his arm, grabbed the meat, and quickly pulled it back. It was so fast, it looked like nothing happened. 23 smiled at his prize, before instantly eating it. He smacked his lips at the taste. He put the bone on the floor and looked back at the tables.
The man he took it from was furious and was trying to find his missing meat. After a few seconds, he looked at one of his friends around him, and started questioning them if they took his meat.
23 snickered quietly to himself as he watched the funny scene take place.
After the man stopped asking, he grabbed for another two pieces. He ate his first piece pretty fast, and was about to eat the second one, till he fell face forward onto the plate.
23's eyes widened at the man's actions, but relaxed a little when he heard a soft muffled snore come from the man. 'So, the guy is narcoleptic?' 23 simply smirked, and got ready to steal the unfinished piece of meat from the man's hands.
He waited for the guy's friends to turn. The second they turned away, he shot his hand towards the meat. He grabbed the meat, but when he pulled it, it was stuck in the guy's grip. 23 tried pulling harder but it was stuck. He sighed, then was about to let go of the meat and let his arm recoil back, if it wasn't for someone holding his hand.
His eyes widened and he gulped. The guy that was supposedly asleep was holding onto his hand, tightly. 23 tried to pull out of his grip but couldn't.
The man's friends at the table had already turned around and were watching the small scuffle between the two. The man that was supposed to be asleep lifted his head from the table, and would have probably smirked, had it not been for the fact that there was an outstretched arm coming from the doorway. 23 couldn't be seen because he was hiding behind the door, but his arm was still in the guy's grip. The man frowned and with wide eyes, he pulled the boy out into the open, having him land in front of him with a crash.
By now, everyone had turned around and was facing towards the two people. The man let go of 23's arm with a small gasp.
23, not knowing what else he could do, stood up, dusted himself off, and waved at the crowd. Right after he waved politely, he quickly turned around, and ran out the door.
The guy that was holding 23's arm earlier ran after him and called out. "W-wait! Stop! Luffy!"
23 didn't stop as he ran up the stairs. He didn't know where to go, he was on a ship after all, but anywhere away from him was fine. 23 came up to the deck and quickly looked for a place to go. He looked one way and ran there.
The guy behind him was already bursting through the doors, yelling to him. "Luffy! Wait up! It's not like I'm gonna kill you!"
"Yeah right! No way am I gonna wait! And who the hell is Luffy?" 23 screamed back at him.
hThey continued to run around the ship, with the chaser getting closer and closer to 23. Pretty soon, the guy had caught up to 23 and tackled him. Panting and out of breath, he pinned onto the ground. "Finally..Huff..I got you..Huff..."
One more guy, a blond, walked out of the door and noticed the two guys on the floor, by the railing of the ship. He walked closer to them and sighed. "Hey, you got him. I was wondering what took you so long." the boys on the floor continued to breathe heavily and were calming down. "Hey Ace. Isn't Luffy your brother?" The guy holding 23 down nodded. "Well, what's he doing here?"
Ace shrugged his shoulders and carefully got up, letting go of 23. 23 noticed this and also got up. Ace cleared his throat. "What are you doing here, Luffy?"
23 dusted himself off and started to take a few steps back, but the blond stepped behind and made him stop. 23 turned his head to the blond, seeing that he couldn't go anywhere. 23 sighed and faced back at the guy known as Ace. "Look, I don't know who you are talking about, but my name's not Luffy."
Ace's eyes widened. "Sure it is! You're Luffy. You look exactly like him. Black hair, dark colored eyes, you can stretch too."
23 rolled his eyes at the last reason. "I said I'm not Lu-"
"No! That's not possible! You're Luffy! You even have the same.. scar?" Ace yelled back at first but then questioned the last bit. The blond raised an eyebrow at this. "How?" Ace whispered, while pointing towards 23's face.
23 touched the right side of his face where his scar was and sort of sighed. "Oh this? I got it..um.. I just wasn't careful and I got this."
Ace, still wide eyed, touched 23's scar. "Wasn't it on the left?"
That got both of the other two to give a funny look to Ace. 23 grabbed Ace's hand and pushed it away. "Uh.. I'm pretty sure I know which side of my face it's supposed to be on." Ace put his hand over his mouth and thought for moment. 23 watched him pace around for a bit, then he sighed.
Ace stopped walking and came closer to 23 with a serious face. "If you're not Luffy, then how can you stretch?" He looked towards the blond and pointed at 23. "Isn't there like some sort of thing where it's not possible for two people to have the same devil fruit ability? Right Marco?"
Marco nodded. "Yes, that's true."
Now both of them looked back at 23, causing him to gulp. 23 held up his hands in protest. "Wait, I don't even know what a devil fruit is!"
Marco raised an eyebrow, but Ace just stepped forward and grabbed onto 23's cheek. "Then how do you explain this?" Ace pulled the cheek back, making it stretch really far. Then Ace let go of it and let it snap back onto 23's face.
The snap was so hard, it made 23 fall back down to the ground. 23 put his hand on his cheek and rubbed it. He stood up with an angry face. "Dude, chill out!"
That made Ace angry, even more so than he was already. "Chill out? My brother's look-alike is telling me to chill? A look-alike that not only looks freakishly alike, but also has the same damn power, and you just told me to chill?" By now, Marco was holding Ace back from attacking 23. Plus, halfway through the rant, Ace had burst into flames literally, and 23 was backing away from the fire, but had been backed up against the railing.
One of Ace's flailing, flaming arms had hit Marco in the face, making Marco stumble backwards a bit and lose his grip on Ace. Ace had pulled out of Marco's grip, and was charging towards 23, but suddenly had a narcoleptic attack. He stopped yelling, his flames were no longer burning, but he fell on top of 23, causing both of them to fall over the railing.
Marco's eyes widened. Then a splash was heard. "Shit!" Marco yelled and ran back inside to get help. He burst into the kitchen and looked around. He then spotted who he was looking for. "Thatch!"
Said man looked up from his plate and over to Marco. "Oh, Marco... What happened?"
Marco motioned for him to come over. Thatch jumped out of his chair and came over. "Ace.." No more explanation needed, both of them ran back upstairs. They came out onto the deck, but were surprised when they saw both of the boys on the deck.
Marco widened his eyes, but Thatch tilted his head to the side, confused. Thatch came closer to Marco and whispered. "I thought both Luffy and Ace had devil fruits."
Marco shrugged and shook his head. "I.. I don't know anymore."
Ace, now awake and wet, coughed up some water, but kept his eyes on the boy. Said boy sat up and leaned is back against the railing. "Damn, you're heavier than you look, especially in the water." 23 tilted his head to the side and got the water out of his ears. After, he took off his shirt and squeezed the water out.
The others still haven't said anything, they just continued watching the boy with disbelief. 23 put his shirt back on and half-smiled at the guy's, not aware of the looks. "I have no idea how you can put up with your narcolepsy. I'm just glad my case is more mild and not as severe as yours."
Ace blinked. "Y-you have it too?" 23 nodded and smiled.
Marco just scratched his head and sighed. "Things are just getting weirder and weirder.
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