A/N: Ok, I'm gonna leave this short and simple, but... THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REVIEWS, FAVORITES, AND FOLLOWS! It means so much to me and made me excited to get this next chapter out for you, so I hope you enjoy it, though not much happens, but I assure you, next chapter will definitely be more exciting! So without further ado, lets move on with the chapter!
"Lets have a fun time Ace!"
"Yeah!"
As everyone cheered to the arrival of their Captain's brother, clanking mugs together, they didn't expect the loud crash to occur behind them on deck.
"An enemy?" Zoro asked, hands going to his swords immediately. Everyone got ready to fight, Ace frowning and glancing towards his brother, ready to help if necessary.
"Is that a person?" Vivi asked cautiously.
"Agh! They could be hurt! We need a doctor!" Chopper screamed, running in circles, panicked.
"That's you Chopper." Usopp said, though he was scared of what this attack could be.
"Where do you think they came from?!" Luffy asked cheerfully, running over to them in curiosity.
"Oi, Luffy, get back, you don't know who they are!" Nami screamed, partially in anger, partially in fear.
"Listen to Nami-San you idiot." Sanji scolded, going after his Captain. Ace shook his head, a small smile on his face.
"He never changes." He said, also following, Chopper coming to make sure the person was alright.
"No one ever listens!" Nami said in frustration, hiding behind Sanji as she, too, followed, along with the rest of the crew, including Vivi and Karoo. Usopp was a little more hesitant.
"O-Oi, I think I have the, 'I can't go closer to the mysterious person' syndrome!" Usopp said, only to be dragged along by Zoro.
"C'mon you scaredy cat!" Zoro said, an almost evil grin on his face as Usopp cried.
"Hey! My hat!" Luffy said, slight anger dripping into his voice as he noticed his hat on the head of the stranger, though they were face down so he couldn't see anything else except a red cardigan with long sleeves, jean shorts, a yellow sash around their waist, and sandals in their feet.
"Your wearing your hat, idiot." Sanji grumbled. Luffy felt his head.
"Oh, I am." He said, a smile appearing once more.
"Shishishi, we have matching hats!" He continued, laughing. Chopper rushed forward, checking the persons back first seeing as he was already laying on their stomach.
"Nothing seems to be wrong with them yet. Luffy, help me flip them over, carefully." Chopper said, emphasizing the word carefully. Luffy nodded, kneeling down and helping Chopper flip them over. Everyone's jaw dropped in shock though at what they saw.
"O-Oi, isn't that-" Usopp was cut off by everyone else, all screaming the same name.
"LUFFY?!"
"Hey, its me!" Luffy said, a grin still plastered to his face.
"You didn't tell us you had another brother!" Nami screamed in shock. Ace and Luffy shook their heads, almost sadly, though only Zoro and Sanji noticed.
"We don't." They both replied simultaneously.
"Then who is this? And how do they look so much like you Luffy?" Sanji asked. He shrugged.
"What if its Mr.2?" Vivi asked, anger blossoming on her face. The crew frowned as well.
"Mr.2?" Ace asked in confusion, looking between his Luffy and the new Luffy.
"A Baroque Works agent. He can change himself to look like anyone he touches." Zoro informed Ace, who nodded.
"But if this was him wouldn't he look more like Luffy? This ones got a giant scar on his chest, and he looks a little bit older. He's also wearing different clothes." Chopper informed, finishing his examination.
"Also... He's got Luffy's devil fruit too." He finished, pulling at the new Luffy's cheek and they watched in shock as it stretched.
"W-What?! B-but that can't be possible! Only one person can have a devil fruit at a time!" Nami said in shock, pulling their Luffy's cheek, watching as it stretched as well.
"I know! So how is this possible? Its a good thing this Luffy had the fruit too though because otherwise he would have more injuries. He's perfectly healthy but he's unconscious." Chopper said.
"This is so cool! Look Ace, there'r two of me!" Luffy said in excitement. Ace nodded, though he was eyeing the second Luffy skeptically.
"We can put him in the guys' room for now and when he wakes up we'll question him. Sanji, be a dear and help Chopper bring him below deck." Nami said. Sanji agreed, dancing around Nami before helping Chopper pick the new Luffy up. As they left Zoro grumbled, calling Sanji a stupid love-cook before going to nap.
"Well... I guess now's a good time to ask then, Nami-San, I'd like to land the ship here for a moment." Vivi said.
"Eh? What for?" Nami asked.
"I have an important task for Karoo." Vivi informed, pulling out some papers. Karoo perked up from where he stood beside Vivi, cawing.
When Nami docked shortly after Vivi sent Karoo off to the castle with the notes to send to her father, wanting to inform him of everything she and Igaram had collected over the time she was gone. When they got back onto the ship Sanji called everyone in for a snack, mostly because everyone wanted to talk about the events that had just taken place.
"So... Anyone have any clue as to what's going on?!" Usopp asked, shouting in fear. Everyone stayed silent.
"Well, better question is, what do we know?" Nami asked.
"It could still be Mr.2." Vivi replied venomously at the thought.
"But wouldn't he look more like Luffy?" Chopper asked. Vivi frowned.
"Yeah, remember when he was here, he looked exactly like me! It was so cool~!" Luffy cried cheerfully, shoving another pastry into his mouth, Sanji quickly replacing it with another.
"But... Who else would it be? And if it is a devil fruit, what kind?" Ace asked, interested in the suspicious man that looked like his brother.
"Of course its a devil fruit! How else do you explain a duplicate Luffy showing up?!" Nami asked, just hoping that they figured this out before the double woke up.
"If it was a devil fruit, wouldn't they look more like Luffy?" Zoro asked. Everyone was quiet again.
"That Luffy did have differences." CHopper said softly.
"Like that giant scar." Sanji added.
"And he looked older!" Usopp said as well. Everyone nodded again, having seen the changes.
"What if... They aren't perfect at handling their powers yet and they had flaws?" Vivi asked.
"Its not easy to control your powers right away." Ace added, Luffy and Chopper nodding in agreement.
"Shishishi, it took me forever~ to learn!" Luffy said, still cheerful, not at all perturbed by his double.
"I would randomly transform sometimes." Chopper agreed. Another lapse of silence as they thought, and/or ate.
"Well... We wont know until they wake up but... How did they get here? And what do they want?" Nami asked.
"From what I saw it was as if they fell from straight above us, but there was nothing up there." Chopper said, confused as he remembered the man suddenly landing on the deck. He had been facing him when he fell onto the Merry and saw him fly into the deck from the sky.
"As for what he wants, maybe he's a marine." Sanji said.
"It wouldn't be the first time they tried to attack us blindly." Zoro said.
"Yeah but wouldn't they... I don't know... Be more... Professional?" Vivi asked, cringing slightly at the memory of this 'marines' entrance.
"Marines can be unpredictable sometimes." Ace said with a sigh, thinking of all the times idiots with big egos would try attacking Pops' ship.
"They weren't wearing a uniform though..." Usopp said. Nami groaned, a headache going strong from the confusion. The only thing coming out of this conversation was more questions, and no answers.
"What do you think Luffy?" She asked, not expecting him to have much of an opinion. Luffy looked up, shoving the last of his snack into his mouth greedily, swallowing before speaking.
"I don't know, marine or not Chopper wants to help them and that's what we'll do. When he wakes up we'll talk to him." He said. Everyone thought that over, nodding their eventual agreement. Ace smiled a small smile of pride at his baby brother. He was acting like a Captain.
"That was delicious Sanji! When's lunch?" He asked. And there went that Captain appearance.
"You shitty Captain, you just ate!" Sanji shouted, kicking Luffy who laughed, running out of the galley with Usopp and Chopper to play tag. Zoro sighed, shaking his head.
"Im going to take a nap." He said, slightly grumpy at the thought of being pulled into a tag game.
"I'll be in our room." Vivi said to Nami who nodded. Vivi had a lot to think about, her kingdom, her father, the army, and now, another Luffy.
"Sanji, can you make me some tea please? I have a horrible headache from all of this, and I have a feeling it will not be my last." Nami groaned, putting her face in her hands. Ace smiled, thinking of all the headaches he had as a kid growing up with Luffy.
"Of course Nami-san!" Sanji said, smiling as he quickly cleaned the dishes, boiling water as well.
"Don't worry, after a while you get good at ignoring and embracing the headaches." Ace said, laughing as he left to make sure his brother didn't cause too much trouble. Nami shook her head.
"Sometimes I wonder what I got myself into joining this crew."
"But Choppperrrr~ I wanna go see him!" Luffy whined, officially bored, and a bored Luffy wasn't easy to handle.
"Sorry Luffy, but he's still resting, I don't know for how much longer, but I don't want you waking him up." Chopper replied sympathetically. Luffy pouted.
"But I'm booorrreeddd." He cried, sighing. Ace smiled.
"Hey Luffy, do you think we can see all the way to the other side of Alabasta from the crows nest?" Ace asked knowingly. Luffy spun, something shining in his eyes.
"Lets go see!" Luffy said happily, boredom gone and replaced with wonder and excitement. Chopper sighed in relief, mouthing a thank you to Ace as he was dragged away by Luffy. Chopper turned, re-entering the men's cabin where Luffy 2 was. He crossed the room to the hammock the raven haired man laid on and checked for anything out of the ordinary, fevers, bruises, lacerations, anything, but as expected, nothing was wrong, he was just sleeping. That didn't satiate the doctors need to help though so he stayed, fully intending to stay and make sure his charge was healthy when they did wake up.
It was about 10 in the morning on the Merry, a good 2 hours since Luffy 2 unceremoniously crashed onto the crews deck. Luffy's boredom was easily satiated by Ace, in which the crew was grateful for. It allowed them to rest. Ace was happy spending time with his brother and wasn't bothered with babysitting him for a while, knowing how hard the crew must work to keep him happy.
Everyone was doing their own thing, following their normal routine, while also worrying about the mysterious stranger in their own way, whether it be through napping, cooking, inventing, mapping, etc. Anything to get their minds off things. It was while they were doing these things that they heard Chopper's shout of surprise coming from downstairs, causing them to rush down to see what was happening, ready to help defend their cuddly doctor if he was being attacked. As they entered, though, they found that wasn't the case.
"He's waking up!"