Arrival

On the golden grains of sand, the beautiful sky, adorned with flashes of orange and red, reflecting the shades of a seasoned peach. The sun hanging on the fingertips of the skyline.

The soft light of the sun shining its way towards the expanse of a beach. The waves break gently into foamy water against the golden beach. The scene looks so ever peaceful but if one glances the surrounding, there lies two small humans, sprawled on the sand, unconscious.

The two humans, being males, look around the age of 13. One of them has a wild face, light brown hair, wearing a yellow striped, red shirt and black shorts. The other kid has a delicate face accompanied with lustrous silver bangs covering a large portion of his hair. He wears a dark blue full-sleeved shirt and white shorts.

"Ugh..."

The brown-haired kid was the first to open his eyes slowly. Feeling a rough taste in his mouth in what could be described as sand, he lifts his head and spits the sand out. He picked himself up from his previous sprawled-up state, and let his eyes adjust to the brightness surrounding the area.

*cough cough*

Distracted by the sound of someone coughing, the brown-haired kid saw the other boy slowly coughing, struggling to get up. He walked over to the struggling boy with the intention of helping him. The struggling boy noticed but didn't require his help as he soon got himself on his feet. The bright sun light kindled their senses, and everything felt like it came to a standstill.

"Z-Zeke?" Questioned the brown-haired boy. He saw the silver-haired boy and felt like he saw him somewhere before. He realized he looked like his best friend, Zeke Chase.

Zeke, on the other hand, was shocked at where they were. He was trying to figure out how they got here with seemingly no sight of any other civilization. At this point, he heard the other boy utter his name with a questionable voice and wondered why the boy knew his name. Looking closely at him, he saw why the other boy knew his name. He was his best friend, Ray Angelo.

"Ray?" Asked Zeke, silently agreeing to his identity.

"Motherfucker! It's actually you." Ray pointing at Zeke.

"Yes, idiot. It's actually me." Zeke casually answered.

"Wait-wait, why in the fuck do you look like you're a 13-year-old kid? Did you actually grow younger?"

"You idiot, how can I grow younger? I could ask the same question to you. Why do you look like a 13-year-old buffoon?"

Ignoring Zeke's jab at him, he looked at his young bony arms and realized they both have somehow reverted to their younger selves. Confused and utterly bewildered at the current predicament of their situation.

"Ray, not only are we back to our more youthful selves, but we are also in the middle of nowhere. Also, we are stranded here with just the two of us without any help." Zeke wondered if someone plotted against them.

"Ahhh, it's gonna be fine, Zeke. We have each other." Assured Ray.

Zeke smiled. He and Ray have been friends since forever, so they know each other like the back of their hand. He'd rather have Ray than anybody else, that includes his own parents. As he was thinking this, he noticed something glinting in the corner of his eyes.

Looking down, he saw two funky looking fruits beached in the sand. The first fruit was shaped like a slender papaya, a mixture of yellow and orange, embellished with bright red swirls encompassing the whole fruit, and has a stem with two wavy circles on each end point on the top.

The subsequent fruit is a translucent spherical fruit, within it glows a violet hue, where portions of the fruit have uneven protruding ridges, and the top of the fruit contains a solitary dark violet stem pointing upwards.

"Although I did say we have each other, what the fuck do we do?!" Complained Ray.

"Oi Zeke, do you have any ide-"

Zeke interrupted him and said, "Ray, shut up for a second and look at where I'm pointing at." Subsequently pointing at the two fruits that he discovered.

Ray followed the direction of Zeke's finger and saw two inconspicuous fruits half-buried in the sand. He walked towards the fruits and took a closer look at them. After a solid minute of looking, his eyes slowly widened.

"Dude!"

"Yes."

"Duddee!"

"I know."

"I-Is that what I think it is?" Ray exclaimed in wonder and shock.

"They are indeed what you think it is."

"Motherfucker, they are fucking Devil Fruits. What the fuck?!"

Zeke ignored his vulgarity and questioned, "Do you know what this means, Ray?"

"D-Does this mean that we have somehow, only the two of us, been transmigrated to the world of fucking One Piece?"

"I cannot 100% say that we are right now in the world of One Piece but seeing those two Devil Fruits make it a high possibility."

"I'm still in disbelief. I still can't believe those are fucking Devil fruits. Yo Zeke, how the fuck are you still so calm?"

"Even though I don't look like it, I am a bit surprised." Answered Zeke with a blank face.

"You sure could fool others, you emotionless bastard. Hahahaha!"

Beyond the horizon, the sun was slowly setting, the golden rays slowly departing into the shadowy night. A dark red glow extending its reach towards the sky.

"If this is the world of One Piece, then we can learn Haki and shit. We're actually going to get fucking powers. Woooooohoooo!!" Ray shouted in joy after quickly getting over his amazement.

"Haki and shit?! You stupid fool. Y'know, we have to train really hard to acquire the power of Haki and you should be lucky that I at least know the basics of the six Martial Arts techniques of the marines."

"Yeah yeah, I know, Zeke. I'm glad that I have you."

"You better be."

"Hahahahaha!!" Ray laughed in excitement.

Ray bent down and picked up the two Devil Fruits with each hand. And walked over to Zeke. Holding out both his hands, Ray asked Zeke, "Which one do ya want?"

"Does it matter? I already know which one you want, dumbass."

"Hehe, you sure know me." Ray embarrassingly laughed.

"My favourite fruit is the papaya. So, I'm gonna pick the orange looking papaya Devil Fruit. And I know you love the colour of violet, Zeke. You pale bastard, Hahahah!"

"Tch!" Zeke expressed his annoyance and picked up the round violet Devil Fruit. Ray just laughed in response.

"Let's hope they give us some amazing abilities."

The two of them were in high expectation of eating the Devil Fruit. They both glanced and nodded at each other. Slowly taking the fruits to their mouth, Ray gnawed off a large chunk of the fruit and Zeke took a gentle bite snapping the fruit.

After the initial bite, Ray instantly felt like puking, the abominable taste of the fruit assaulted his whole body with disgust and rejection, but with great difficulty, he managed to swallow the nasty that was in his mouth.

"Aack argh! Fuck me, that was fucking disgusting."

In comparison, Zeke didn't show any expressions while he was chewing on the fruit, but Ray could see Zeke perspiring heavily on his face, demonstrating he without a doubt also didn't enjoy the horrible taste of the Devil Fruit. The rest of the Devil Fruit transformed into blinding energy that entered their body.

"That was truly the most awful fruit I have ever tasted." Zeke stated.

Ray put his hand over Zeke's shoulder and acknowledged him, grinning, "Well, at least that is over and done with."

"Yeah, the worst is over. Any idea what power you gained?" Zeke asked while at the same time, figuring out his power.

"No idea. I guess we-" Ray was interrupted mid-sentence, when suddenly a bright light bloomed from within his body. The bright light intensified with a blinding radiance and scorching heat radiated from his body spreading out wildly.

Zeke noticing the sudden change, quickly ran away and put a few metres of distance between them. It was a smart move from Zeke as the surrounding temperature suddenly started getting hotter and hotter. It was hotter at the core where Ray was currently in stupor at his appearance.

"Ray, you idiot. Before you destroy everything else, use your will to control it."

Hearing what Zeke said, Ray tried to control his powers from going out of control. He was energized at the possibility of his powerful ability and scared that he might Zeke, so he focused on controlling it for now. After a few moments, Ray controlled his power from bursting out and contained it.

"Phew!! That was dangerous and awesome at the same time. I think I got the power of the Sun-Sun Devil Fruit. What about you, Zeke? Are you okay?" After calming down from the display of power, he looked towards Zeke and was stunned.

After advising Ray to control his powers, Zeke felt something brewing from within and slowly could feel something slowly spread all over his body. A dark translucent substance took over the form of his body and started spreading slowly around him. He could feel the durability of the form he is in right now.

'Is this Crystal?' Zeke inwardly thought. His whole body was crystallized with a dark violet hue glowing around him. The small area around him crystallized, sharp and glistening with immense sharpness. At this point, he felt the temperature around him decrease and saw Ray's stunned face.

"Zeke, a-are you a crystal man?" Ray questioned Zeke as he looked like a divine being.

"I think I ate the Crystal-Crystal Devil Fruit. I can feel my whole body has been transformed into Crystal. This.....also means that I ate a Logia Devil Fruit!" Zeke thought out loud and smirked in excitement.

"Woahhh!! That's so fucking cool, man." Ray happy for his friend.

"I heard you say that it's a Sun based Devil Fruit that you ate? Did you feel like you could transform into one or did you feel like every part of your being became that of a Sun?" Ignoring his initial excitement about his Devil Fruit, he wondered if Ray also ate a Logia Devil Fruit.

Ray examining himself, "Yea, Zeke. I could feel that I could turn into the Sun. If I haven't controlled myself, I'd probably have gone haywire."

"Interesting, so we both coincidentally ate Logia Devil Fruits. Is this what fate entailed us?" Zeke questioned with worry. .

Ignoring Zeke, Ray noticed it was going to be dark soon, "Zeke, it's getting dark soon. We should scout out for some food and make a shelter for us."

"Ohh? It seems you have a brain, Ray." Zeke sounding a bit surprised, as he knew Ray was all brawn and little brain.

"After acquiring and witnessing the power that I've got, I've realized that it's not going to be an easy ride for us. The world of One Piece is brimming with brutality and savagery. We have to get stronger quickly to fend for ourselves."

Zeke looked at Ray, solemnly nodded, "You're right. We don't even know where exactly we are, let's hope it's neither the North Blue nor the West Blue. But we have an advantage with us."

Ray curiously asked, "What is it?"

Zeke deviously smirked, "We know what happens in the future. We can use that to our advantage. But first are we making a pirate crew?"

"Fuck yeah man. There's no way I'm joining the Marines. It's not my style."

"Expected as much. Let's train here and get stronger first before we embark. We don't what year it is but until we're satisfied with each other's strength, we keep training here."

Ray excitedly laughed, "Can't wait to get strong as fuck."

"You really need to chill with that word."

"Hahahaha!"