Ferrum Eisen Arc

''Smoker's ship, headed towards Nekros, the next island, has had a fairly quiet trip. Actually, too quiet—the journey so far was devoid of any incidents or events. That is, so far.''

Alpha was seriously bored. To him the ocean seemed like an endless void, a vacuum, a vaucity. He took a telescope to scan the horizon; nevertheless, all that was within the vicitiny was salt water.

As always, he took out a fishing rod and started to fish. And likewise, the ocean held nothing but nothing. Well, you know what they say. A void is a void is a void.

"This is boring!!" yelled Alpha, "Why won't anything happen?!"

Just then the fishing rod snapped. A splinter of the wooden pole flew and provoked Alpha's wounds. There you go. Something to do—scream in pain.

Ned woke up from Alpha's yell. Prima facie, he saw that immediate medical attention was needed. He ran to Alpha and used the powers of the Ope Ope no Mi to remove the splinter and close the wounds. Luckily, no blood more than a few drops were spilled.

“Hey, Ned,” asked Alpha, “I'm just curious. Where'd you learn all this surgery and medical stuff?”

“Well, it's a bit complicated,” said Ned.

Eleven years ago, Cresceluna.

Suddenly a man fainted in pain. A while after that another fell. Then another, then another, then another. It spread like a virus, instantly consuming most of the population.

"Geez," said Trafalgar Law, "What a disease... Spreading and killing everyone in mere minutes."

Ned, concerned, asked his friend what to do. He came up with an idea—consuming the Ope Ope no Mi to preform surgery and operation on the people. And finally, the two split up to find it.

Three days later...

One day, after another failed attempt to find the Devil Fruit, Law came running. He took out, from behind his back, the fruit they were looking for. The Ope Ope no Mi. But they had a question in mind.

"Could it be possible," said Ned, "For two people to coexist with the same power?"

Though the two could possibly die from manipulation of the boundaries of the fruit, Law nodded. A great deal of anticipation came before the decision. And the two, bearing the atmosphere, ate a slice of the fruit at the same time.

With new powers acquired, Ned and Law exclaimed with excitment. They tested the powers of it. At first, all they could do was create a field of blue aura. But as days passed, they found its true powers. They could manipulate anything within that space—change the structure of a human, the environment, and so on—Ned and Law decided to study immunology and pulmonology extensively.

''Five years later... ''

Ned and Law decided to treat all the people of the island. They preformed numerous operations, surgeries, and check-ups. Eventually, the disease was exterminated. In contrast to Ned, who wanted to stay behind and help the island, Law wanted to be a pirate and left the island.