General Warnings: Language, some violence, time travel

Disclaimer: I don't own or will ever own One Piece (unless Oda-sensei will give it to me, and in that case, One Piece will turn into crack). I only own the some of the plot and any (or non) of my own original character/s.

No romantic non-cannon pairings (actually the whole story will be centred around my OTP: LuffyxMeatxStrawhatxNakamaship, which is basically cannon!)

Author's Notes:

Hi! So this is my first fanfiction, so please be kind! This idea has been stuck in my head for too long, so without further ado, here is the first chapter of Me and Myself, Brothers!

EDIT (23-4-2015): I got a beta reader now, and she/he had volunteered to help me fix up this chapter even though I already publish it. So kind! So remember to thank Black Night Wolf

Chapter One: The Pirate King and the Mystery Well

Chapter One: The Pirate King and the Mystery Well

"If I jumped into here, and if the mystery signpost was lying I might die drowning." Wide brown eyes stared into the inky black water that seemed to absorb even the glinting sunlight above.

"But if nothing does happen and I do die, I don't have much to risk. And I really want to find out what will happen if what the sign post said was real… Meh, whatever, if I never try I won't find out!"

With that, Luffy jumped into the darkness, clutching onto his hat to make sure it doesn't fly away.

~FlashBack~

All his nakama's dreams are already achieved.

Zoro has beaten Mihawk in a one-on-one fight to the death and became the world's greatest swordsman.

They had been to all the islands, discovered new ones and sailed across all the seas. Nami drew her map of the world, made many copies of it and sold them to people they met on their journey; she made lots of money.

Ussop was known for his skills as a sharpshooter around the world and his dad sent him many letters and called him many times on the Den Den Mushi, telling him how proud he was. Ussop constantly replied back enthusiastically. He also phoned Kaya and told her all about all of his adventures (that were all true with only tiny bits of lies in them) with the crew.

They had sailed over parts of the All Blue and found many new species of fish and other sea creatures. Sanji had cooked many new foods for his crew and wrote a cookbook filled with his new recipes.

Chopper had, after learning many new healing methods and medicines from the different islands, made a medicine that can cure all diseases and illness.

Robin had learnt of the history of the islands they had been to and found the Rio Poneglygh.

Franky had been sailing on his dream the whole time and took the Thousand Sunny to many new extremes every time they met a new danger or adventure.

They had returned to the Reverse Mountain and Brook finally reunited with Laboon after all those years and was delighted that the whale still remembered him and his songs.

All their dreams are already true, the only thing that was left was Luffy's dream.

"Ah! It's there! We arrived!" Luffy grinned as the Thousand Sunny drew closer to Raftel, the island said to hold the One Piece. "But it seems like we're not alone"

There were several ships along the coast of Raftel, each of them bigger than theirs. Among them Luffy spotted the flag of the traitor to the Whitebeard pirates and the one who brought his big brother to Impel Down.

The smile under the straw hat turned into a frown. The fight for the One Piece and the capture of the Straw Hats had begun.

~XXX~

Nobody kept track of the time since the battle started, anyone who did didn't care anymore as they fought for their lives. The Straw Hats, Blackbeards, and the Marines had fought for god knows how long. The number of their fighters decreased as the number of the dead grew.

A lone man stood above a bloody sea of bodies. Not one of them twitched as the blood and sweat covered man bent down to pick up something. He held the thing that had caused so much pain and grief, as well as hope and dreams in his hands.

"So this is the One Piece huh? Doesn't look like much, but then again, I never looked like much either." A weary grin graced the man's bloody face. He held the One Piece high above the dead bodies and the straw hat that rested on his head, took a deep breath and roared out.

"I am the Pirate King!"

~XXX~

The straw hatted man buried his nakama on the same island where his brother and Whitebeard was buried.

The swordsman's three swords were sheathed and the blades stuck into the top of his grave.

The navigator's Clima-Tact, log pose, and the original map of the world laid on top of her grave.

The sharpshooter's weapon hanged from a stick on top of his grave.

The cook's cookbook was closed and propped on a bit of his grave that stuck out on top.

The doctor's hat hanged off a cross on his grave.

The archeologist's book that she wrote containing true history propped on top of her grave, in a way much similar to the cook's.

The shipwright's blue print of the ship he designed and built from scratch laid spread opened, covering almost the whole top of his grave.

The musician's violin was on a stand on top of his grave.

The crew's ship made her last journey when she carried the weeping family and friends of the dead to their graves, before she was anchored forever by a cliff near the graves.

All the people that took part of the battle died, both good and evil, except for the straw hatted man. The man had personally killed the captain of the Blackbeard pirates and the Marine that had shoved a fist of magma into his brother's chest from behind.

The Straw Hat pirates were no more, 'cause, how could there be a crew when every crew member was dead, except the captain?

~XXX~

The news of Straw Hat Luffy finding the One Piece and becoming the Pirate King had spread faster than Luffy expected. After his nakamas' death, he traveled around the world alone on a small ship built by the shipwrights on Water 7. None of the people close to his dead crew were angry or mad at him -which he didn't get, he failed them- and he was secretly glad for that.

He took the pirate flag from the top of the Thousand Sunny. Just because the Straw Hat pirates was dead doesn't mean that he would give up on their flag -their very thing that had made them pirates-, it would be the biggest disgrace to them.

Luffy kept grieving about his crew's death -and how it was his fault- as he sailed the New World, which he hid behind a 'Shishishi' and a grin that seemed a little too big, before he met Shanks again for the first time in more than 10 years.

He kept a false smile as he gave the red hair his hat. Shanks, however, noticed his facade, and saw his grief. He refused to take the hat, claiming how could Straw Hat Luffy be called that without his signature hat that had saw through Luffy and his nakama's journey from the very beginning. Luffy then stood still with his eyes wide, before he buried his face in Shanks' chest and wrapped rubbery arms around him while clutching tightly at the straw hat, and for the first time since his crew's death, cried out the tears he hid from the world. Shanks just stood there and gently patted Luffy's head with the only arm he had and told Luffy that it wasn't his fault. That his crew would be thankful that he helped them with their dreams. That they would be happy to know that they died helping Luffy become the Pirate King. That they would risk everything, like how he'd done so many times for them, to make sure that their captain was king.

Luffy left the island that the Red Hair Pirates were staying at with a new mindset. He had thought of how his crew would react if they saw how he was like now and decide Shanks was right, his crew wouldn't want him grieving, just to live his life freely as the Pirate King, the title they fought for him, and the reason that vastly different people banded together to become the Straw Hat pirates.

He sailed away smiling with the flag of the Straw Hats once again flying above Luffy's head that carried his nakama's soul and spirits with him on his journey.

~XXX~

With the straw hat placed firmly on his head and his crew's flag flying proudly in the air, Luffy continued his journey around the world.

He had placed territory of villages and towns that were pillaged and ruined under his name, so that the people would be safe -he somehow made bonds with the people there and the people now taught their children about the great man that the Pirate King was.

He had ran away from the marines that were chasing him before turning around and laughing as they paled, frozen from fear, and ran away screaming that the Pirate King was after them.

He had anchored his ship down at the entrance of the Grand Line and scared all the rookies that came down the Reverse Mountain. When Luffy gave them an emotionless stare, they nearly pissed their pants -some really did- before Luffy 'Shishishi'ed and invited them over for a drink.

He had sped away on his ship when his grandpa came after him with his Fist of Love and a whole fleet of ships, wanting to 'teach him a lesson' for becoming the King of the Pirates.

He had met up with Marco, the captain of the White Beard pirates, to have random parties (Marco denied he liked the parties, but Luffy knew otherwise) from time to time.

He had visited Coby at the Marine HQ to celebrate his 'promotion from a cabin boy to a marine' as Luffy liked to call it, while the Marines nearby gaped at the sight of the Pirate King being friendly with an Admiral, of all things.

He had went back to his hometown in East Blue to see Makino, the woman who was like a mother and a sister to him and Dadan and the bandits who had taken care of him, even though they tried their best to not show that they cared.

He met up with Sabo and they exchanged story's of their childhood and well as all they have achieved during their time apart.

He had visited Ace's and his crew's graves and poured sake on their graves, while drinking some himself and told them about the adventures he had been on as the Pirate King.

He had sailed everywhere and anywhere to make his name known and fought many pirates that thought they could take him down. He had been on adventures that made the name of his crew proud.

~XXX~

It had already been two years since the death of his crew mates and him becoming the Pirate King. A year and eight months since meeting Shanks again and getting his head right.

"Ah, I arrived here, it took forever!"

Luffy was standing behind the wheel of his ship, grinning at the island that was rapidly getting closer. The ship stopped by the coast and Luffy dropped down the anchor. He hopped off the boat, taking care not to step into the water, and onto the shore. It had been the first time in two years since he was on the island that held the One Piece. The island hasn't changed much since the last time Luffy had seen it, except that it was missing the dead bodies that were littered all over the place before.

The weather had already washed away all signs of the battle, but he could still somehow smell the rusty coppery smell of the blood that had stain the soil and dyed the sand red. He shook his head a few times and looked around the small shore a few times to get the morbid thoughts from his head, before starting to slowly walk over into the forest nearby. But he couldn't help but think about who -or what- removed the other bodies from the island and he didn't think anyone would give Blackbeard a funeral or even pick up the bastard's dead body.

Into the forest he trudged deeper, towards the centre of the island, swatting at the branches and leaves blocking his way. Walking through the forest was not a pleasant thing as the heat was almost unbearable for the rubberman, and when his stomach grumbled loudly, for the first time in his life he paid no attention to it. There weren't any signs of living beings around, whether that was because they feared him (and his hunger) or because the battle had wiped them all out Luffy didn't know. He walked further in the dark forest and it was only natural that he sighed in relief and took a fresh breath of air when he got out of the forest that was humid; heated to a degree that could give a normal person a heat stroke.

The centre of the island was a rocky, barren terrain of what was a volcano before and was the goal of his journey. Although relieved that he was out of the heat, he frowned as he glanced around. He could still remember clearly where exactly he'd last saw them alive, and where he had found their dead bodies limp on the ground.

With his eyes set on each spot, he walked over to the places his nakama died, his eyes blank as they were glazed over. Soon he moved on, 'cause he promised that he wouldn't grieve, walking to the centre, which was where the One Piece was and was the tallest point of the island.

Once he arrived there, he squatted on the soles of his feet before sitting down cross-legged on the very place he had his showdown with Marshal D Teach and Akainu. Pausing suddenly as he didn't quite know what to do once he reached the very top -he just felt like he needed to- he settled down looking at the horizon. The view was wonderful despite the island being a battlefield just two years ago and was filled with bitter memories; Luffy suddenly thought how he wished to share this view with his nakama.

Shaking those thoughts from his head -he knew his crew were dead and he knew his nakama would just want him to explore the world for them- his sharp eyes caught onto something just at the corner of his vision. He blinked, that wasn't there before, he was sure of it. Focusing his gaze -it helped that he was using observation haki- he could make out a cylinder shape that jutted above the ground. Leaning forward, his neck stretching a bit, he found that it turned out to be a well.

"Whoa! What's a well doing here? I didn't see it before. Should I go check it out?" Luffy paused, a second passed, before answering his own question. "Okay! I should go take a look at it!"

He bounced up to his feet, stood straight before running towards the well. The rubberman laughed as he skidded to a halt just as his feet touched the well, and his body bent to balance himself before he snapped straight again.

The well looks like an ordinary thing, nothing special. Moss was growing in between each of the stone bricks the well was made of, and the well almost looks like it was about to crumble away.

Despite it being so plain, he curiously peered into the well, wanting to find out more about his 'discovery'. Luffy craned his neck forward, hands on the edge of the well to stop himself from falling in. Squinting into the darkness, he tried to make out what could be in the well.

He frowned when all he could see was black that was darker than the night sky without stars. Even using his observation haki was no use. Determined to find out what was at the bottom, -because the well wasn't deep enough so the sun couldn't reach the bottom, and if there was water at the bottom it should have at least reflected the sunlight above- he looked around for anything that could help him solve the 'mystery of the well'. His gaze landed on a tree.

Briefly he imagined all the things the tree could do to help him. But then his mind drew to a blank when he tried to think of anything useful. He looked around some more. Tree, tree, tree, tree, bush, tree, rock. Ah, that could work! His arm pull back, he aimed then he stretched his arm over to the rock. When his arm grabbed the rock, he withdrew and his arm snapped back into it's normal length. He dropped the rock into the well while staring at it the whole time.

The rock dropped with a plop into the well. Even though there was no ripple or any visible sign of there being any thing in the well, Luffy recognised the sound of the rock hitting and sinking into some sort of liquid. He tilted his head to the side and crossed his arms over his chest.

It was weird, because if there was water in the well -his simple mind concluded the liquid could only be water because it was a well- why didn't he find it earlier? He blinked at the well a few times, before he stepped back and hit his open palm with a fist.

"Oh I know! It's a mystery well!" Luffy nodded, pleased with himself for getting to the bottom of the problem.

He circled around it, admiring his well, -it was his because he figured out what it was first- but then something smacked him on the side of his head.

"Ow!" He spun around and glared at the unknown attacker. A wooden signpost stood in his vision.

"Oh, it's just a signpost, why didn't I noticed that before?" The rubberman stared at the signpost that was definitely not there before.

"Hmm, it's obvious!" He muttered. "There is an unknown signpost next to the mystery well. The signpost must be a mystery signpost!"

When he patted the signpost and claimed it was his, words started to appear on the empty signpost.

"That's so cool! I wonder what it says!" He spun around smiling. "Robin~ can you read-"

The smile on his face faded, just a little. "Oh yeah, they aren't here with me. Never mind, I'll read it myself!"

The archaeologist had taught Luffy how to read and to a much lesser extent write when he had showed interest in one of the books in the library of the Thousand Sunny.

Luffy squinted at the swirly text that reminded him of Sanji's eyebrow(s) and read out loud.

"A... treasure you have found, a treasure so... great. The dreams you have helped… achieve. Now the... leader of them all, what have you won and what have you lost? You can't change the… future, so what can you change? A... mysterious door will open, a… doorway to the past, for you and you… only. You can choose to enter or to not, choose wisely.

Question marks appeared above his head and he tilted his head.

"Ehh? I wonder what that means? It's all riddley and stuff, I don't get it!" Luffy bit his lip, deep in thought for 5 seconds before he gave up, head steaming and face red.

Just as he was about to turn his head and investigate the mystery well again, the words on the signpost disappeared and new ones took their place.

"Oh, you have something more to say, mystery signpost?"

The sign post said nothing, so he read the new words.

"You who have found the One Piece, a.k.a the... Pirate King can go into a… magical portal and... time travel to the past to change stuff. Jump into the… freaking well now, idiot!"

A look of understanding dawned on Luffy's face.

"Time travel! Woah, so cool! Why couldn't you have said that earlier, mystery signpost?"

If a signpost could sweat drop, it would now.

"So if I want to time travel, I just have to jump into the mystery well?"

Luffy stood on the edge of the well and looked down.

~FlashBack end, so back to the beginning~

"If I jumped into here, and if the mystery signpost was lying I might die drowning." Wide brown eyes stared into the inky black water that seemed to absorb even the glinting sunlight above.

"But if nothing does happen and I do die, I don't have much to risk. And I really want to find out what will happen if what the sign post said was real… Meh, whatever, if I never try I won't find out!"

With that, Luffy jumped into the darkness, clutching onto his hat to make sure it doesn't fly away.

And so, Luffy's new adventure began.

End of Chapter One

I haven't wrote much on how Luffy became Pirate King, due to it not being revelled yet (for like 10 or so years later). This chapter basically just summarises all that happened to Luffy, that leads up to him finding the well. The story is pretty choppy because of all the time skips, but it will be more consistent next chapter. Still, hope you enjoyed the story. I know that I probably have many grammar issues (english is not my first language), so I am looking for a beta! (Edit 23-4-2015: Black Night Wolf and PirateDragons121 had agreed to be beta readers! :D)

Reviews drive me forward and I might upload the next chapter in a week or so.

Oh and if you are interested in how Luffy learnt to read, there is a separate one shot that I wrote. Just visit my profile!~

See you next chapter!

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