Hey guys, this is my first fanfic ever. I reformatted the structure a bit but I beg of you to give this story three chapters before putting it down. I don't own the masterpiece of a story known as One Piece. Now the story will begin.

Beneath Her Cold Heart

The Beginning

It was a beautiful fall morning, gold leaves covered the streets emanating a very calm atmosphere. This was only disturbed by some a young boy sprinting down the street to make it to class on time. He was a new transfer student that was going to be attending the prestigious marine sciences and shipbuilding school-Grand Line High-starting the second quarter of the school. He stumbles up the stairs to his new class and runs into it right as the tardy bell rings. He stands at the doorway panting for a few seconds until he is told by the teacher to introduce himself to his fellow classmates. He stands in the front of the class and begins.

"HI, my name is Monkey D. Luffy but you can call me Luffy. I'm a sophomore and I transferred here from Fusha High cuz my grampa had to relocate to a military base near here. My dream is to become King of the pirates and find the legendary One Piece" I says with a huge grin on my face.

The teacher then instructs me to take a seat and hands me my coursework for the remainder of the school year. The courses contain some relatively average classes but one of the classes is a senior level course. The teacher explains that on the placement tests I achieved an exceptionally high score in maritime technology and rather average and some poor scores in the other categories, thus placing me in a senior level course for that specific course. I was able to makes my group of friends rather quickly both since they sat relatively close to me in class and because I somehow managed to get involved in some crazy events a bit too easily. I first befriended Zoro when I helped get his swords back from a guy named Morgan through a boxing match. I then became friends with a very greedy but sincere girl Nami after standing up to some guys that were blackmailing her by threatening her family. I became acquainted with the class liar Usopp after helping Usopp when his crush when was being extorted by her butler Kuro in a scheme to rob her family. I became good friends with the class's top chef and pervert Sanji when I protected Sanji from sabotage in culinary class by the hands of a bully called Don Crieg. The class doctor, Chopper, and I became buddies after I helped Chopper by exposing his landlord Wapol for being corrupt. The class history jock, Nico Robin, became a good friend of mine when I learned of her past and reminded her that she was important. I became good buddies with Franky, the class mechanic, when Franky was unjustly framed, and I was able to prove his innocence with the help of my other friends. We also showed that a creep named Spandam was the fraud. My last groupie was the wise and shameless musician, Brook, who became friends with me after I helped Brook get his lost self-confidence back by standing up to an upperclassmen named Moria. This would all happen in the future, but right now I needed to find my classes.

As the school day was almost at a close I was somehow able to make it to the last period of the day- Advanced Maritime Technology II. I gave my sixth introduction of the day and the teacher instructed me to sit at an empty seat. It was the farthest table in the back but it was roomy. I could probably sneak a few naps in without his teacher noticing. The classroom had dark walls and three rows of long tables with enough room to allow students to get around the room without too much trouble. As I plopped down in my seat I was unaware of a menacing aura being directed in my direction by none other than the school's idol Boa Hancock. She was undoubtedly the most beautiful girl in the school. She had dazzling dark blue eyes with voluminous eye lashes, raven black hair that reached down to her waist, pale white skin with no blemishes whatsoever, and a voluptuous pair of breasts. However, completely oblivious to her beauty, my thoughts were consumed by delicious foods and my ambitions. Upon sitting down, she gave me a warm smile and stared into my eyes. I stared back and also smiled.

"Drop this class you dirty monkey, and give me back my leg space." She said with a puppy dog pout.

"Huh? No way. I can't do that, my grampa would throw me into a jungle again if I dropped any of my classes." I replied with a blank look.

Hancock's veins began to pop as she heard the defiance. Nobody had ever been able to resist her charm until now. This ingrate had refused a goddess' request, she would make him pay dearly. She raised her hand to speak to the teacher. Following the same routine, she began to coerce the teacher into removing her tablemate from the class or better yet to expel him from the school. The teacher, with a huge blush across his face, stated he couldn't. As much as he would like to he couldn't, Luffy's grandfather was a vice admiral in the marines and had quite a bit of authority. He informed her that the school would be unable to fulfill her request.

Such insolence. Hancock had never had to tolerate such acts of rebellion from anyone before, yet this boy was defying all her wishes without so much as batting an eye. She was determined into making my life a hell. As a month passed she took every opportunity she had to cause me pain including intentionally tripping me, stepping on my feet, ratting me out to teachers for things I may not have done, and persuading teachers into failing my tests and more. However, despite all this foul play I didn't suspect anything. All this happened commonly, and I was also pretty stupid in my studies as well. Each day I would come to class and greet her with a jubilant.

Eventually Hancock, at the end of her wits decided to simply ignore him. Track season had started so she decided the best way to get rid of all the stress he was giving her could be alleviated by simply ignoring him. In this past month I had also found something to do after school and that was joining a marine engineering type of club. The goal of the club was to build a student-operated submarine for a competition in the spring. My skills had gotten me a lot of praise from both other students and faculty members, but too much praise wasn't necessarily a good thing.

Today after school I was given a task by the faculty to help fix the gym. They had heard of my skills through word of mouth and decided to enlist me. I was assigned to replace the shingles that had started to wear out and leak water. I groaned to myself, I really wanted to go home and eat dinner, but I couldn't exactly refuse the request. With my head drooping from my shoulders, I walked to the gym after classes had ended for the day.

I went around to the back and climbed up the roof with a bag full of tools. Upon reaching the top, I set down the tools the school had provided me with and began work. It had only been a few minutes since I'd begun work when a certain section of the roof caught his eye. The shingles in that area were severely cracked and had an ugly green color between them. I lifted the shingles to assess the damage to the area. I lifted the shingles and saw damage like that done by termites, but this case was very severe. I slowly put the shingle back and run away, but it was too late. Cracks rapidly began to form underneath shingles and the roof collapsed with a splintering CRACK. A huge hole formed, and I was taken down with it.

"UWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed as I fell into darkness.

As I opened my eyes all I saw was a blur of darkness. I felt around the walls and found a light switch. I rubbed my eyes as they adjusted to the light. Once I was able to see again I became aware of where I was. If had just been a locker room it would have been fine, but this was different, I was in the girl's locker room. I had to get out of here, if someone saw me and reported it, the roof would be the least of my troubles. I checked my watch it had only been 15 minutes since I began working on the roof, luckily, it wasn't too long, the girls were probably still in the gym making it an ideal time for escaping.

I ran towards an exit but stopped by some yelling.

"AAAAAAAAAH, WHAT IS THAT DISGUSTING THING"

"""EWWWWW…...""" A group spouted in unison.

I moved closer to the door leading to the gym and slightly open it. As I peek through the door I see a single girl being ridiculed by about twenty other girls. Aside from her bra, the lone girl is basically topless. The girl turns around with her back now facing me. I almost stumble a bit when I look at her back. On her back is a large black claw shaped mark surrounded by burned flesh. I almost vomit at the scene of the scarred flesh.

"WHAT A DISGUSTING MARK. HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE AROUND HERE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT!"

"AND YOU CALL YOURSELF BEAUTIFUL?!"

Girls continue to berate her one after another. Don't they understand what she must have gone through? All of them, they sicken me.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE HIDING IT ALL THIS TIME, YOU SLAVE. I'M SO GLAD WE FOUND OUT WHILE YOU WERE CHANGING. GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HERE."

"GET OUT OF HERE, YOUR KIND DON'T BELONG HERE"

"YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO TAINT THIS SCHOOL"

The other students all hurl insults at the lone girl and berate her to no end. She begins to reach her hand out to explain but it's to avail.

"Don't Touch Me" A student says as she slaps the girl's hand away with a baton.

"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF ME!LEAVE!"

"GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!" All the students chant in unison at the poor girl. The gym begins to resonate with that one statement and the girl begins to break down and cry.

"DIE!"

Finally, I snap. I'm enraged and I let out my emotions and I shout in anger. Unknown to me, this triggered my conqueror's haki to activate and target all the students that were berating the lone girl. The bullies all pass out leaving only the weeping girl standing. As they hit the floor I realize what happened and open the door to the gym. I walk to the fallen students and check to see if they're ok. After confirming they're just unconscious, I head to the girl with the scar.

"They're all just so mean, aren't they? Don't they're all just sleeping for now and they probably won't remember anything that happened recently. Your secret is safe."

The girl quickly puts on her shirt and turns to face me as I walked towards her. Durinig the exchange of words I was unable to figure out who the girl was, but upon seeing her face, I'm overcome with shock. The girl who was the center of everyone's insults was none other than the school idol, my table mate, Boa Hancock.

Her eyes are red and puffy, tears stream endlessly.

"...Thank you."

"Yeah...no problem. We should get out of here. Their memories may resurface if they wake up and see you."

I take her hand and lead her to a private place I'd accidentally stumbled upon. Hancock quietly went along with me until we arrived. It was a small, crystal clear pond surrounded by trees. We sat down in silence near the water. It was cold by the pond, so I gave her my jacket. After a few moments Hancock spoke up.

"I guess I should explain what happened huh." She said amid sobs and some lingering tears in her eyes.

After taking a deep breath Hancock regains her composure.

"It all started about 12 years ago."