HI! I'm Silverbirch, an unknown aurthor in the ONE PIECE section. But I will try my best! Please read this story and tell me what you think. I basically came up with it by wondering what would happen if two people ate the same devil fruit. Any way, ENJOY!

We have all heard that if one person eat two different devil fruits, the power will kill them, right? But have any of you ever wondered what would happen if two people ate the same fruit? Well this story is about two teenagers who have been together since they were six-years-old, because of an incident where they were unexpectedly bound together not only by a curse, but also by an innocent promise. But could this so-called curse also a blessing?

The barrel jerked roughly from side to side, the waves carelessly tossing it's contentse about. Beside it, the metal hook made a loud splash as it missed said barrel. The rope tied to the hook lead back to the passing carrier ship, the other end of the rope being gripped tightly by one of the more larger sailors, as he listened to the others humorous remarks about his aim.

"Here! Give it to me, you'll never get it if you keep swinging it around like that" his Conrad offered. He handed the rope to him wordlessly. He watched as he pulled back his arm before quickly flinging it in the barrels direction, successfully catching ahold of its rim.

"You got it!" he declared in awe "I wonder whats in it? Beer?"

The two of them reeled in the barrel, it taking the both of them to heave it aboard due to the sheer weight of it.

"Well it's our beer now" his mate said with a smirk.

"Ship approaching off of the starboard bow! And it's sporting a pirate flag! Pirates are in pursuit!" a voice bellowed alarming the two sailors and everyone else on the deck. In their hurry to run they dropped the barrel allowing it to roll carelessly against the deck railings.

The two dashed into the main hall, being greeted with shrieks of terror as the boat tipped to the side due to the cannons being fired at the ship, curtsy of the pirate captain Alvida.

On the enemy ship, the sound of unruly laughter could be heard as the crew watched the passenger ship they were soon going to be raiding.

"Coby!" a voice barked silencing the men. A young chubby boy stepped forward, his knees noisily knocking together.

"y-y-yes, ma'm?" he stuttered.

"Who is the most beautiful in all the East Blue?"

"Er, um, that wouldn't happen to be the captain of our ship would it?" he asked, his voice filled with fear. The woman laughed.

"Good answer" the women before him was round and porky. Her skin a sickening shade of yellow mixed with white and covered completely with freckles and blemishes. In her hand she held a large club made of black steel, silver spikes sticking out every here and there all across the surface.

In short, she was ugly.

"Take down that ship! Hit them with everything you've got!" she barked, the men resumed their laughter.

The barrel rolled along the whole length of the deck, then haphazardly fell down the steps leading to bellow. At the bottom of the steps it resumed it's fast paced rolling until it was jerked into an empty kitchen tucked away from peeking eyes.

At this time, the Alvida pirates had already began to over run the ship. Inside the main ballroom, they robbed the passengers of gold and silver, anyone who was foolish enough to try to stop them was ether killed or thrown over the edge of the ship.

Back in the kitchen, the small boy from the pirates crew was hiding from both his crew mates and the passengers. Double checking the corridor he closed the door.

"thank goodness, there's no one here" he let out a deep breath and looked around. He walked over to the corner where several barrels had been tossed aside during the attack.

"What a big barrel, I bet if I took this back to the ship they wouldn't pick on me for another day or two" he muttered, maneuvering himself behind the barrel and attempted to push "But it's so heavy!"

"Coby! Your not trying to hide and get out of the action again are you?" a voice questioned startling the boy. In the doorway stood three robust men, each of them obviously being pirates from what their demeanor and clothing told.

"No way! I was just trying to carry this barrel of beer over to you guys" he said shakily. The men laughed.

"That so? An' where'd you find this her' barrel?" he quires "I hav' ta say, It's good timin, I was just getting thirsty"

Coby's eyes widened behind his blue rimmed glasses.

"We can't! Alvida will kill us if she finds out!" he protested only to be ignored.

"Well she ain't gonna find out as long as you keep your mouth shut" one of the other men threatened.

"OK! Stand back boys, I'll smash it open" one of them said, cracking his knuckles in preparation. Pulling his arm back, he made a large arc and... got hit in the face by a kid jumping out of the barrol.

"I SLEPT SO GREAT!" he exclaimed, his eyes still tightly held shut. The remaining men fell back in surprise. The large man who had been hit landed the loudest, his body remaining lifeless.

"Who's that? And who are you guys?" The boy asked. Coby stared at him, he didn't seem that much older than him, though he was obviously much taller. He was wearing a worn straw hat atop his unruly black hair. His top was red and around his waist was a... red panda?

Looking closer, Coby realised that around the boy's waist clung a girl sporting the same clothing as the boy, only without the hat and red hair. Coby could tell just by looking that she was still asleep, though how she managed to stay attached to the boy even in unconsciousness was a mystery to him.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" the pirates screamed. The boy ignored them.

"Your friend will catch a cold sleeping on the floor like that" he stated matter of factly.

"Your the one who knocked him out!" The one of them drew their sword. "Hold up, are you messing with us even though we're merciless pirates, huh!?"

The boy once again ignored them. Opting for stretching and asking Coby for food.

The men charged aiming to maim the boy. Coby closed his eyes. Several minuets later when he didn't hear the sound of pierced flesh he opened his eyes, only to see the blades of the swords stuck in the ceiling and the boy standing there as if nothing had happened.

"What is wrong with you two? You could have accidentaly cut her you know?" he said, his hand placed gently on the sleeping girl's head.

"Who are you?" the two pirates asked in terror.

"Me? Oh, my names Monkey. D. Luffy, and this here is Jumi. Hi!" he answered a carefree smile gracing his face. The pirates grabbed their friend and quickly fled, their screams echoed down the hallway as they made their escape.

"what happened?" Coby asked quietly. Luffy shrugged.

"You got me"

"Wait! You gotta run! If those guys come back here with their buddys they'll kill you on the spot!"

Luffy grinned.

"I don't care about that, I'm hungry"

"How can you just..." A loud yawn interrupted him, attracting both of their attention to the girl clinging to Luffy.

"Morning.." she muttered sleepily. Luffy smiled down at her.

"You slept for ages Jumi, I woke up a while ago" he responded. The girl sluggishly let go of the boy and stood up to her full height, just coming up to his chin. She rubbed her eyes before lazily opening them.

"...I'm hungry" she stated, looking up at him expectantly. Coby stared at her wide eyed.

"Pretty.." he muttered, unknowingly erning him a small glare from Luffy.

The girl was petite, and pale skinned. Her exposed arms skinny but not really scrawny like Coby's. Her shirt and shorts both a carbon copy of Luffy's, however they fit her more in the chest department than in length due to their difference in height. Not that it was considerably large, just big enough to notice. In addition to that, her bright red hair only reached the nape of her neck, the fringe tucked carelessly behind her left ear, exposing bright baby blue eyes to the world. Full of curiosity and knowledge. The only thing ruining her image was the single red scar through her left eye verticaly, and the black ring of skin around her neck.

"who are you?" she asked just noticing his presence. The boy jumped. Luffy's eyes narrowed before he turned away and started in the opposite direction.

"I'm.." he started

"It's a goldmine!" an obnoxious voice sounded from behind the closed doors of the parlor "FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD!"

As if a hound being summoned for dinner, Jumi ran towards where she heard the boy calling out, leaving Coby to stare after them.

"Apples!" she declared, jumping down into the hole where Luffy stood scoffing down several of them at once. Hearing her he soundlessly stepped to the side slightly allowing her access to the crate full of food.

"So are we on a pirate ship or what?" Luffy asked, turning to the boy, his cheeks swollen like a chipmunk storing food.

"We're on a passenger ship being raided by pirates" Coby explained "the pirates are the crew of the notorious pirate Lady Alvida"

"Who cares about that?" Luffy had once again gone back to filling himself with the apples "what I want to know is if there are any boats on board?"

Coby looked thoughtful for a moment.

"I think are a few"

"That's great" Jumi declared looking at them both with a smile on her face. "Since our boat got sunk by a whirl pool not too long ago, that's why we were in the barrel." She paused and looked around "Hey Luffy, wheres the barrel?"

"You mean the whirl pool just outside? No way nobody could have survived that" he shouted. Jumi laughed.

"Yeah. It was a big surprise to us as well"

"So are you one of the pirates or one of the passengers?" Luffy cut in.

"It happened on that faithful day long ago, I stepped onto a small fishing boat to go catch my dinner. But as it turned out it was actually Alvida's row boat heading back to her ship. That happened two years ago, ever since then I've been their cabin boy to stay alive"

"Your pretty stupid you know that?" Jumi said flattly, causing Coby to look at her shocked. "I have to ask, where your glasses on or off when you stepped on to that boat? How could you not tell the difference between the boat you've been using daily and one that had just docked that day? And if you hate being on the ship that much why don't you just leave?"

"Are you serious? No way! Not a chance, just the thought scares me so bad I wanna throw up!"

"Your a moron and a coward! I hate people like you" the two chorosed laughing at him. Coby turned away slightly, tears running humerously down his cheeks.

"Your right. If I had the corage I could float around in a barel and full fill my own dream. So what about you two? What was it that got you to set sail?" Luffy grinned.

"Well, I'm gonna be knig of the pirates" he boasted good naturedly. Coby's face turned white.

"The King?"

"Yep!"

"Are you serious?"

"Yep!"

"Your crew?"

"Jumi's all I have right now but I'm lookin'"

"But that would mean that your a pirate too?"

"Right!"

Coby froze. Jumi waved her hand in front of his face. He stood up suddenly.

"The king of the pirates is the titalgiven to someone who has attained everything the world has to offer! Your talking about seeking the treasure of fame, wealth and power! The treasure that you seek is the one piece!"

"Yeah!" the two said simultaniously.

"Pirates from all over the world are seeking that treasure as well you know?!"

"Yeah, So?"

"So, theres no way someone like you could find it in the time of the great pirate era! It's Impossible impossible impossible! Thare are just too many out there who are tougher, meaner and..." Two fists came down on his head stopping him mid sentence.

"Why did you hit me?" he whimpered

"cause I felt like it" they answered staring down at him.

"well, it's OK, I'm used to being bashed about alot"

"It's not about weather or not I can become the king of the pirates. I'm doing it cause I want to. I decided long ago that I would become king of the pirates. If I die fighting for that, I die." Jumi nodded as Luffy shared his knowlege. Coby looked between them before settling on Jumi.

"And why did you set out to sea?"

Jumi raised an eye brow at him.

"I have to stay by Luffy's side at all times. If I don't I die" She stated as if it were a well known fact.

"Alright. Now that our bellys are full, we gotta go get us a boat. Who knows, if we ask nicely enough they might even just give us one, they might be generous people." Luffy started walking towards the door, turning slightly he looked to Jumi who was still sitting by the boy's side. "Come on Jumi, we gotta go"

The girl followed him obidiently to the door.

"Hey Luffy. If I care about something enough that I'm willing to die for it, could I do something like that?" Coby asked. Luffy stopped.

"Something like what?"

"Do you think I could be in the marines?" The two pirates looked at each other.

"Marines?" they echoed.

"Yes! Catching bad guys is the only thing I've wanted to do since I was a child! Do you think I could do it?"

The two smiled at him fliperantly.

"How should we know that?"

"Then I'm gonna do it!" he yelled "I'm not gonna be stuck here as a cabin boy for the rest of my life! I'll break out and catch Alvida myself..!"

The cieling fell in, wood and tiles landing exactly in the spot the three of them had previously been sitting.

"Who is it your going to catch Coby? Do you really think that that dream of yours will ever come true? Well? Answer me!" The dust cleared, reviealing non other than Alvida herself, and she was livid.

Coby covered in the corner while Jumi and Luffy just stood and watched. A moment later several swords piereced the wall behind them forcing them to take a step away from said wall. Alvida looked over at them.

"My guess is that you two are not Zoro the pirate hunter" she muttered. "Coby! Who is the most beautiful on all of these seas?"

"Well, er um, give me a sec, I know this one" he stuttered.

"Hey Coby, whos the fat lady?" Jumi and Luffy chorosed

Everyones jaws dropped. Jumi smirked as she counted the veins that thropped at their question. 7 that's our newest record she thought proudly.

"Why you runts!" she screamed, swinging her club at them. Only the two of them were already on the other side of the room.

"Lets go Jumi" the girls nodded and propeled herself through the gap in the cieling.

Several of the pirates attacked the two of them, only to be knocked clean out by a single punch delivered by Luffy. At the same time, Jumi kicked a sword out of one of their hands at they tried to attack Luffy, then swiftly proforming an upper cut to his chin. Luffy bent backwards and grinned at her as a guy's sword jabbed at where his body had bent back from.

"Don't hold back OK?" he said. Jumi smirked at him.

"Is that an order?" she asked, as she dodged an attack from above and knocked the legs from a man to her right.

"Yep!" Luffy threw his body back up and head butted the man.

"Then how could I refuse Captain?" The two of them spun around now back to back, then jumped several feet in the air before giving two of the guys axe kicks to their heads. "Missed us!" they taunted landing in a crouch.

Luffy picked up the one guy and threw his at the unsusspecting group in front of them.

"Strike!" Jumi laughed, then gasped pointing behind him. Luffy turned to see anouther thirty men. Running he grasped the main sail not stopping, causing the men to freeze as they watched his arm stretch. Luffy smirked,

"Got ya! GUM GUM NO..." Jumi ducked "ROCKET!" His body propelled towards the now running men, knocking each of them down and leaving Alvida and Coby to gap at him.

"Luffy, what are you?" Coby questioned hesitently. Luffy looked over at him before stretching his cheek.

"Oh? I'm a rubber man" he declared. Alvida stood over them.

"So, you ate one of the devil fruits?" she asked. Jumi was now once again plastered to Luffy's side and glared up at the woman.

"Yeah, we ate the Gum Gum Fruit" We? the woman and Coby thought.

"Huh? I'd heard rumors that they existed. Your more talented then the average deck swabber, are you a bounty hunter?"

"We're pirates"

"Pirates? Ha! All on your own in these waters?"

"Today it's just meand Jumi, but we'll find ourself a crew tomorrow or next week or something, I mean we need about nine more guys. Nine"

"HA! Tell me, if we're both pirates and we're not under the same flag then that would make us enemys isn't that right?" she turned to Coby "Go on tell him who I am Coby"

"Your the most ugliest thing on the sea!" He yelled. Jumi clung to Luffy as they both doubled over laughing.

"Your dead kid!" The club came down. Coby covered his head in preperation for the club to hit home, but it never did. Opening his eyes Coby looked at his savior. In front of him stood Jumi, the club on the top of her head as she stood as though nothing had happened.

"That won't work!" Luffy and Jumi sang "I'm rubber!" Alvida's eyes widened.

"That's impossible! There's never been two people capable of having the same devil fruit powers!"

Luffy threw back his arm. Jumi tackled Coby onto the deck.

"GUM GUM NO BAZOOCA!" The hand came hurdling back, hittingthe overly large woman smack in her stomach and sending her flying through the air.

The crew stared open mouthed at Luffy, Jumi laghed at them while wondering how they managed to get their jaws to extend that low.

"Hey you, get us a boat and give it to Coby. He's leaving your ship to join the marines and yournot gonna stop him got it?"

"Yes Sir!" they ran off in search of a boat for them.

At that moment a canon came straight towards the ship causing it to tip slightly.

"Hey look! It's the marines, perfect timing. You go over there and tell them you wanna join. We're pirates so we're outa here" Luffy scoped up Jumi and started running in the oposite direction.

"No way! If I ask them right now they'll think I'm another pirate!" Coby chased after them.

"I can't believe we actually got away!" Coby exclaimed. Jumi smiled over at him.

"I know right? That was so much fun!" Luffy laughed along with her.

"If your searching for the One Piece that means you'll have to go to the grand line right? From what I've heard that place is like a pirate grave yard"

"Right. And that's why I need an extra strong crew" Jumi looked over at them.

"Those guys mentioned something about a pirate hunter. So what's he like Coby?"

"You mean Zoro? Last I heard he was being held at some marine base"

"Oh well, that means he's weak then, huh?" Jumi turned away disapointed.

"No your so wrong! He's as violent as a demon and three times as terrifying!" Coby hesitated "Why are you asking anyway Jumi?"

Luffy smirked at him.

"The same thing as me" he stated"If he's strong enough we'll ask him to join our crew" they said together grinning like fools. "You never know, he might actually be a nice guy who'll jump at the chance"

"He's a bad enough guy that the marines got him! No way! Not a chance!" Coby objected. "OW! Why'd you hit me?"

"Cause we felt like it"

I'm really sorry that my character didn't speak as much but there weren't many things that I could thing of for her to say. Hopefully I can get a bit more of her personality out in the next chapter.

Any way, review if you have any questions or if you liked. If not could you give me some points on what I could do better? Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you!

Signing off, XAcessX.