The sun rose over Grand Line City, a place where dreams were endless and reality was chased away. The morning routines took place, each person getting ready for the day ahead.
Cherry blossoms bloomed, giving everything a pink hue. An open bedroom window let some of those cherry blossoms through, the breeze making them dance across the flipping pages of an open text book. The sound of flipping pages awoke Roronoa Zoro. He grunted and rolled over, too tired to get up. Then he noticed the time. Groaning, he rolled out of bed and stretched; bare back rippling with the effort. He stepped into the bathroom.
Nami closed the door behind her to the pink and blue bathroom. She unscrewed the mascara and applied it. She opened the cabinet door besides her to get the make-up remover.
Sanji closed the cabinet door, comb in hand and started brushing his pale blonde hair. He seemed satisfied with its smoothness and gave a happy flip and wink to his reflection, as though already flirting with the girls. He went over to the window and threw open the curtains.
The shower curtains parted and out came a sodden Luffy with a towel around his waist, shaking his hair out like a dog. He whipped water from his eyes and opened the bathroom door.
Usopp opened his bedroom door and sprinted downstairs, book bag over his shoulder and attempting to fix his tie. He tripped on the last step and fell to the ground. Usopp stood up, shook his curly black hair and headed into the kitchen where his mother was making breakfast at the stove while his father shook the newspaper out.
Sanji flipped the eggs in the frying pan and dumped them on a plate, handing them to old Zeff , who frowned and pretended to gag at the taste. He tied his bento in a blue cloth.
Ace tied Luffy's bento up, handing it to him as Luffy ran out the door, his book bag swinging and his tie crooked. His jacket caught a gust of wind, sending it whipping like a cape.
Zoro threw his jacket over his shoulders and slipped his arms through. Picking up his shinai bag, he headed out the front door where Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, Nami, Kaya, and Vivi were walking by, heading towards school. He jogged over to meet them.
Walking down the street, the seven of them laughed and talked about their nights. The cars in the freeway honked impatiently for the traffic to move faster, while the market place was bustling with early morning shoppers. They passed Bellamy, who was bullying Coby and Helmeppo ( the hall monitors) for money. They didn't give in, so he hung Coby on a flagpole by his underwear.
Dr. Chopper in his white coat finished wrapping up Jewlery Bonney's bite mark on her hand. She had been eating so fast she accidentally bit her own hand. He rolled over in his rolling chair to enter this into his log, closing the red book when he was done.
Principle Shanks slammed the black book he was reading shut and looked up at Bellamy, whom Benn Beckman had caught beating up Helmeppo. The morning sun shone through the large windows, reflecting off a French horn on his wall.
A French horn sat next to Brook the music teacher, as he practiced before school started on his violin, smile on his tan face as the beads of his glasses sparkled in the light. A strong gust of wind through the open window blew the pages of his book of sheet music, the pages dancing in the cherry blossom laden wind.
Nico Robin, the history teacher, closed the book that the wind had pushed open. She shook her head and smiled, the smell of blossoms bringing that smile to her lips. Ms. Nico then turned back to writing down facts on the large whiteboard, glasses sliding down her nose and history book in hand. A light in the back left corner flickered.
Franky using a blow torch finished up the car he was working on, bumper fixed and ready. Eustass Kid was smacked in the back of the head for trying to steal some parts.
The bell had rung and the class was full of jabbering students, all in their matching uniforms. With class starting, Ms. Nico talked of a war that had happened some thousand years ago, pointing to the diagram on the board of the ships they used.
Zoro had fallen asleep, earning him a terrible back ache from Nico-sensei's Hana Hana no Mi. His classmates snickered at him during break, as they gathered in clusters around the room. Luffy, Nami, Sanji, Vivi, and Kaya gathered around Zoro's and Usopp's desks (Usopp sits in front of Zoro) to just talk and hang out, Luffy imitating classmates and Sanji kicking him in the head for doing a terrible impersonation of Nami.
Lunch had come. They sat at their usual spot, passing food and trying to stay away from Luffy's hungry hands. He was whacked in the head by Nami when he tried to steal her mikans.
The end of the school day and everyone except for a selective few flooded from the main gates and went off to do extra-curricular activities, after school jobs, home, etc.
Zoro took down another opponent in the dojo and then beckoned Tashigi to come at him. She drew her shinai and attacked, the wooden swords clashing.
Sanji stirred the soup in the kitchen at the Baratie, tasting the creamy substance and nodded in approval. Nami took the completed bowl next to him and went out the OUT doors of the kitchen to the dining room, where Luffy, Ace, and Usopp at their fill.
Vivi was with her duck, Carue. She stroked his feathers as he gave a satisfied quack.
And out on a stone road lined with blooming cherry blossoms, was a girl weary of travel and had nothing but a guitar case laden with stickers strung over her back. The light shined down through the pink petals, giving a pinkish hue to her dark hair. We can't see her whole face, but she smiled, tight lipped yet happy. A strong gust of wind came and blew her long hair into her face, the cherry petals dancing through the waves as they lifted off the ground and up into the air, swirling around like a small vortex of pink as they rose into the air and blinded by the late afternoon sun.
The glow of the TV was the only light in the room while Zoro, Luffy and Usopp versed each other on the Xbox 360, Sanji bringing a plate of snacks in one hand and a platter of pale blue drinks in the other.
Nami dipped the pale blue nail polish brush back into the bottle, bringing it back up to paint her thumbnail. Vivi was painting her toenails a cherry red, while Kaya applied a clear coat over her healthy nails. The three girls were laughing about something that Kaya said as Nojiko came into tell them dinner was ready.
Ace and Marco closed the door of the bar behind them, coming back from a long day of work then a few hours at the bar with some work buddies. The silvery moon half covered by a dark cloud in the star-less sky. The city lights sparkled instead, replacing the lost space light. A sign in the distance advertised for Whitebeards' shipyard.
Moon rose higher in the sky, ending the normal day for Grand Line City, a place where dreams were endless and reality was chased away.