01 Wandering Spirit

"Man I can't believe I'm dead."

"The afterlife sure is bizarre." thought the will-o-wisp. The will-o-wisp is a yellowish green spirit orb. It appears to be hovering in deep thought above the sea, with an almost completely opaque, grey fog surrounding the area.

"Think... what was I doing before I died..." said the wisp

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"Arther, dinner's ready!" said a womans voice.

"One sec Ma! Lemme just finish reading this chapter!" replied a young man.

"I can't believe it! Chapter 1000, really is here! Even re-reading the chapter for the 4th time is almost as cool as the 3rd!" thought Arthur

As he finished reading he put down his tablet and headed towards the stairs.

"I wonder what's f- AAAAAAAAAH!" he screamed

As Arthur was falling head first towards the ground it was almost as time froze. "How could I have tripped over... MY OWN SOCKS!"

time resumed and his life began to flash before his eyes.

"Well my life wasn't that bad. Yes it was a good life even." said Arthur as he floated in an ethereal white plane of existence.

But there was a certain sound in the back of his mind, a laughter.

"Yohohoho..." laughed a familiar voice.

Suddenly all the memories of the series he loved so much, One Piece flashed through his mind.

"That's right, I wish I could have seen Brook do more..." chuckled Arthur as his humanoid form began to break down. but before he could completely vanish...

"Waaaaaaaaah! No Way! Brook's my favorite too!" said a voice that sounded like it was coming from all directions.

Reality began to form around what remained of Arthur and he found himself sitting in what looked like an office with an old man sitting across from him.

The old man was hard to look at, all of his features were abstract the only distinguishing details were his classic grandpa old man voice and the fact he was pointing at the latest One Piece chapter with his own tablet in his other hand.

"Yeah that last chapter sure was amazing for all the Luffy Stans out there!" said the old man

"Yeah, it sure was..." said Arther with tears in his eyes knowing that his family, and friends are gone, knowing he'll never eat his favorite foods and knowing he will never read One Piece ever again.

"Ah! Don't cry! What you said caught my attention. Brook is my favorite character too, what you humans write sure is fun! although I think like you I wish Brook did more." said the Diety. "but don't worry I've got big plans for you..."

"Big plans? What do you mean?" said Arthur.

"You will know"

Reality then began to shift again. Water began to form beneath Arther and fog from above. Unbeknownst to him his spirit was wandering the Florian Triangle!

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As Arthur was remembering how he had arrived that familiar sound broke his concentration again.

"Yohohoho..." chuckled through Arthur's mind.

"Why do I hear Brooks laugh everytime I concentrate? Better yet why does it feel like he's calling me?" question Arthur. "It feels like my body is been drawn this way."

Arthur began drifting any direction his hollow form guided him towards. All the while that laughter was echoing through his mind as he wandered, growing louder, more boisterous.

"YOHOHOHOHO!"

"I'm getting closer." he said and as he was doing a scan he saw it.

"So it's true I really was transported into One Piece!" as he looked at the beaten and battered ship of the Rumbar Pirates.

Arthur flew at max speed towards the vessel taking in the absolute size of this ship, and the extremely damaged rudder. Eventually flying to the deck and that's where Arthur saw him.

There in all his boney glory sat a skeleton drinking tea in his torn black suit with orange dress shirt, blue frilly bow tie, black top hat and purple cane.

"Brook of the Stra- no Rumbar pirates worth 33 Million, my favorite character." thought Arthur.

"A G-G-GH-GH-GHO-GHOST!!" screamed Brook as he spit his tea through the astral projection.

"Ah I guess he can't hear me I can only think as a spirit." thought Arthur as he clapped two ghostly appendages together in approval.

"I can hear you just fine." said Brook as he calmly took a sip of his tea.

"Oh... WAHHHHH!" screamed Arthur as he sunk through the floor boards.

"Wait come back! it's been 2 decades since I've had human contact. well not that I can feel on account of being as dry as a bone for 20 years." Brook said as dry as a bone.

"YOHOHOHOHOHOHO!" he laughed.

"My apologies I've been awfully bored lately, I've done everything someone can do on a ship all on his own: rolling on the deck, jumping around, leaning against the wall at a 45° angle and singing alone." said Brook sorrowfully.

"Don't worry you won't be alone anymore." said Arthur. "You see I don't have anywhere else to go."

"Seriously?!" Brook screamed in excitement. As he jumped towards the wisp for a hug a thought escaped his mouth. "The Grandline sure is bizarre this is my first time seeing another spirit." As the spirit touched Brook's boney ribs Arthur was sucked into Brook's body.

Brook suddenly dropped to his knees as if his was a robot that had just been powered off.

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Inside of Brook's mind a conversation neither party was expecting to happen was taking place.

"Where are we exactly?" Arther said

"My psyche." Brook responded "Although I've only been here once on accident when my soul left my body."

"So I guess we both reside in this body now?" said Arthur.

"It would appear." said Brook.

"How do we control the body?" They said in unison.

"well if we're going to be working together from now on I guess we should get to know each other, and the situation we're in." said Arthur.

As they began chatting internally, they slowly learned more and more about each other, like each others likes and dislikes. as the conversation progressed they both began to realize something, this is forever, they are permanently fused and might as well trust each other completely.

"So Arthur what is your dream?" asked Brook.

"My dream? well I dream of the day I see a certain someone become the King of the Pirates! Until then I will help you and anyone on our future crew achieve their dreams!" said Arthur. "And in order to do that I need to be the strongest... ever."

"To help someone else? why not become Pirate King yourself?" asked Brook.

"That would just ruin the whole story." said Arthur in a huff.

"Story? What do you mean?" said Brook.

"Nevermind since I'll be making waves of my own I won't fear change, I'll embrace it." replied Arthur. "So what sh- Uh!" Arthur was struck with an idea.

"Yo Brook, do you think you can help me move this bone socks arms in a praying position?"

"Why? well yeah probably if we both concentrate we might get some functionality back." stated Brook.

Both astral beings sat back to back and began meditating slowly but surely the bones of Brook began to move. The bones were raddling it was near impossible for the 2 inhabitants of this vessel to move it. The arms were barely able to move but as soon ask the fingers made contact with each other...

"Dear lord..." -Kalick- "Yo Arthur!" said a familiar old voice.

"God! thank goodness it worked!" echoed Arthur's thought.

"Congratulations Arthur, you completed my task without any guidance if you have any logical questions feel free to ask. Just know this is a one and done type opportunity, I don't normally answer prayers you know." said God.

"Alright I guess I'll ask some useful questions for this last meeting. How do Brook and I move our body?" asked Arthur.

"Oh that's easy you use the Yomi Yomi powers to fuse you souls, although with Brooks current proficiency that will take at least 10 years." said God

"Jeez ten years... well then tell me was Brook being serious about the 2 decade thing? I mean 30 years before the story!" screamed Arthur.

"Know your place boy! Yes be happy I gave you a body that won't starve, doesn't need sleep, doesn't need water or go to the bathroom! You can even eat another Devil Fruit! God screamed back striking fear and awe into the young man turned undead.

"I can eat another Devil Fruit?!" Arthur asked in complete shock.

"Yes for each soul possessing Brook's body another Devil Fruit can be consumed. In other words that body possessed by two souls can hold 2 fruits! God stated.

"With this information this changes things completely." Arthur said under his breath while completely reworking his master plan.

"Thanks God that's all I need." said Arthur.

"So you don't wanna know what the One Piece is?" said God.

"Weren't you listening to me talk to Brook? I don't want to ruin the story... well I don't wanna spoil the end for myself." said Arthur.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That why I chose you! and it's not like I know anyways!" laughed God. "I hope you enjoy yourself above all else!"

"Goodbye God"

Our body suddenly slumped back over. His hands returned to his sides and once again Brook was completely limp. Internally some more conversation continued.

"I figured out how to move" said Arthur

"Yohohoho... and how do you suppose we fo that?" asked Brook.

"We use your Devil Fruit powers to fuse our souls." said Arthur.

"How did you know I ate a devil fruit?" Brook questioned.

"Your a living skeleton." said Arthur.

"Ah, that's true so I guess I start the fusion." said Brook as he pressed our spirits together.