Author's Note: Hi everyone, a lot of shit went own recently, and to get to the just of it I'm staying at a shelter at the moment. Until I get my own place (since the shelter has no internet, only a coffee shop ten minutes away does) I'm putting my story "One Piece In The Wind" on hold. I love that story and because I want it close to the anime I won't have anytime to write it, so this is a new little story (I pulled out of my ass T_T) to keep you guys at least entertained until I do get my own place (and my own internet). Kuki is in here but she is not the main character, some of the things said in this story are hinting at things that will happen in the other one ;) only some though, I'll let you try and figure out which haha. Well just reminding you the "One Piece In The Wind" is NOT cancelled and I will continue to write it when I get my place. Thanks for all my readers and faithful reviewers, I hope you enjoy this story! ^^ 3
"Fuck genetics…" Roza sighed, falling down on her new bed, which as placed against the wall of her new room that was contained inside the barriers of her new school. The bandage wrapping around her upper chest was bound tightly, making the seventeen year old gasp, slightly, for breath. For some unknown reason, Roza had thought that she could use the wrapping to squeeze her 'D's into nothing. Her plan was ruined in the first five minutes of arriving. She undid and threw her red, dress pants to the side in failure. "Guess I gotta go get the female uniform…" the black-haired girl sighed in frustration. Roza had planned to pose as a guy at this school, since no strong, worthy crews wanted female members among their ranks…usually…and she didn't want to be some 'plaything' to the crews that did take women. As Roza re-dressed into her casual wear she glanced out the window, the bubbles from the island floated in their usual manner among the group of students out in the front of the school that had arrived, tomorrow was the first, official, day of teaching. The 'School for Advanced 'Sailors'' was the most prestigious training area for pirates in the world, prepping many crews for the harsh environment that awaited them in the 'New World'.
The Campus was placed on Yarukiman Mangrove number one in the Sabaody Archipelago, while having a equally great school for the Navy on the number sixty-nine Mangrove, the 'School for Advanced 'Sailors'' couldn't just come out and say that they were training pirates, no that would be plain crazy. So, hence the name, the school doesn't make it public that it does train criminals, some already with bounties, even though everyone can already guess. The students all get the same style of uniforms, males receive dress pants, a button-up undershirt, an over coat, and black dress shoes. Female students wear pleated skirts, button-up undershirts, over coats, black knee-high socks, and dress shoes. Though, every student can add their own personal touches to their uniform. This school had a very unique way of doing things, captains that sign up their members for schooling all get black uniforms, along with their underlings, symbolizing that they are already part of a crew. Captains get red under shirts as their crew members receive white. People who get accepted into the 'School for Advanced 'Sailors'' and aren't already in pirate crews fall into one of either two existing categories.
Non-Devil Fruit users and Devil Fruit users, Non wear white uniforms with black under shirts, and those few people with Devil Fruit powers and aren't in crews have red uniforms with black under shirts. This was to help other captains to see the potentials of the 'freebies', which is a slang word commonly used to name the un-crewed members of the school, because the only reason to enter this school is to either heighten the power of yourself before you go to the 'New World' or to join a pirate crew. The students who aren't officially pirates yet also get a plain black, over the shoulder, book bag. Each pirate crew has its own patch, which is the pirate's flag symbol, to give to those 'freebies' that they have their eyes on, to be sewn onto the book bag. At the end of the year a type of auction goes on, dispersing the 'freebies' among the crews, the captains place bids on the students they want as their new Nakama and, in the end, the person may choose what crew to join from the bids they receive. The schooling takes two years to accomplish, juniors and seniors, after a crew 'graduates' their boat is coated, free of price, prepping them for their trip.
The campus is divided into thirteen buildings, most with their own specialty in training that consists for the norm in a crew, navigating/weather, helmsman/sailing, medical, construction, marksmanship, history/archaeology, cooking, musical/entertainment, leadership, dorms, the cafeteria/main building, strength/fighting, and advanced strength/fighting. Each student had the first part of their school day, four hours, in the building they specialized in, after that they could choose which extra two classes to take, meaning there was four classes a day, each taking up two hours, with a hour break for lunch, school starts at eight o-clock in the morning and ended at five, which after that each student was allowed to do as they pleased, only having a curfew of two am. This year was especially 'hyped' about, with the 'twelve supernova's' attending, Eustass Kid, Monkey. D. Luffy, Basil Hawkins, X Drake, Trafalgar Law, Scratchmen Apoo, Killer, Jewelry Bonney, Capone Bege, Roronoa Zoro, Urouge, and Akuma Kuki, all of which, are rookies with a bounty of a hundred million berris or higher. Roza had built up her strength, training everyday for twelve years to be able to come to this school. She needed to join a pirate crew to accomplish her dream…so she could get to Raftel, the 'last' island on the Grand Line, where Gol. D. Roger hid all his treasure. "I will be the one to finish…" Roza mumbled, checking herself in the mirror before she left the room.
Roza had a very curvy frame, and now, for almost the first time in her life, she detested it. From watching way too many shows and movies the girl had actually believed she could have pulled off being a man. "At least I don't have to cut my hair now." Roza smiled, running the tips of her fingers threw her straight hair. It was black, for the most part, with bright red ends, the length just brushing past her shoulders. Roza's eyes were her family's trademark, emerald green, and with that green came a great weight, the weight of her family's name. Sparks, the family that was known in history books, a family member had even fought with the late Pirate King, losing to the pirate the ancestor expected death, but when Roger didn't kill him her ancestor gave Roger the family's greatest possession, a belt decorated with red jewels and the family's crest. The belt was usually worn by the head of the family, which was chosen by the fighting ability. Now with no belt, the 'Sparks' made it their mission that whoever took back the belt became the new head of the family, as well as bringing the family back from their greatest disappointment, losing their family heirloom to a pirate. With the 'King's' death, every member of the Sparks knew where the famous belt was…with the rest of Gol. D. Roger's treasure. When Roza found out about this, at the young age of five, she made it her dream to get to the end of the Grand Line to become the very first female member to be the head of the family by bringing the belt back.
Roza was one of the first students here, which made it a lot easier when she got her 'male' uniform, earning a strange look from the secretary but nothing else, now what? She had to walk up to the office asking for a female uniform, explaining why she didn't want that male one anymore? In front of all the students that would now be there? This school demanded reputation, since you were trying to impress the best captains, and messing up on the first day was going to suck. The girl fixed her clothes, wearing a pair of heavy lace up, biker boots, dark blue, worn skinny jeans, and a black, lacy tank top, she pulled her hair back into a pony tail, letting the stray strands of her bangs fall down in place. Roza grabbed her wallet and left her room, number 109, and started down the hallway. The dorms were beside the Main Building, which housed the front office, the cafeteria, the Principle's, as well as the Vice's, office, and the nursing section…for any mishaps. The Building where the students were housed was divided in half, one side for Devil Fruit users and the other for non. Rumours about why, apparently, go around all year, most having to do with hidden sea-stone…just in case something, or someone tries to disrupt the 'balance'. Roza defiantly hoped they were false, she hated sea stone, during her training while at the family dojo, her trainer used sea stone as a disciplinary object, she hated the feeling of being drained or all her energy, as if it sapped the life out of her.
The girl breathed in a breath of fresh air as she stepped out, being on the first floor had its advantages…easy escape. She loved being out doors, especially on days like this, sunny with the perfect amount of wind to keep it cool enough to not sweat. Student after student walked past her, most wearing white uniforms, none of which she gave any attention to, they didn't matter, what did matter was the group of black, uniform wearing students walking up the path towards the dorms. The one in front caught her mind right away, instantly recognising his face. The boy looked to be in his late teens, having a book bag over his shoulder with his over coat undone, revealing a red undershirt and a childish smirk playing across his face, accompanied by many freckles. Fire Fist Ace, the Second Commander or White Beard's fleet, there had been talk about him and how he signed up his fleet up for training, no one understood why, since the White Beards had gone to the New World many times. Some, whispered about them wanting new crew mates, but that didn't effect Roza, she was here to join a crew with a captain that wanted to become the Pirate King, White Beard did not, since he could have ages ago. The Fire user ran his eyes over her, smiling and nodding in a friendly manner before walking past her, soon followed by his underlings, some giving her goofy grins or greedy eyes.
"Men." Roza scoffed, stomping forward towards the Main Building. Without caring, she shouldered many unsuspecting people out of her way, all of who sharply turned to say something to the rude person who had knocked them aside, but shut their mouths as soon as they saw the girl, she looked mean, tuff, and especially angry. Roza knew how to play her cards; she wanted a reputation, a bad one, since it would do more good to achieve her goal. "Oi, girly! Come back here and say sorry to my Captain!" A voice yelled. The girl stopped and turned on her heels, glancing at the man who said that to her. He was just a normal looking pirate, nothing special, but the man beside him looked more like a performing clown then a captain. "Freebies, as yourself, should be treating me, Captain Buggy, with more respect if you want to get anywhere!" the clown laughed. He had a large, circular, red nose, bright face makeup on, and out of style, tattered clothes. The surrounding students paused, wanting to know what was going on. "I think you're at the wrong school big nose." Roza waved off, about to turn around and walk away. She had never heard of Buggy so it didn't matter to her. Suddenly, the clown was in front of her, or well…the top half of him was. "What did you call me!" The man spat, holding onto the girls shoulders while shacking her.
Roza glanced at the man, getting irritated. "Don't…ever…" she started to say, gritting her teeth together. The crowd around to two people almost doubled in size, a lot of them chanting for a fight they knew was going to happen. "What?" Buggy asked, still having his hands on her shoulders. "Touch me!" she screamed, pulling away from his grip and punching his straight in the face. A loud, disgusting crunch filled the area as Roza's fist broke the clown's jaw. The floating 'upper body' of the captain was sent flying back, making his legs chase after him. After a silent pause the girl cracked her knuckles, moving her fingers after to loosen them up. The circle of people opened up, allowing Roza passage to the Main Building. "What was with that force?" one guy asked, watching at the girl walked away. "I don't know but it wasn't normal." Another answered. "Captain buggy!" the crew yelled, finally running to the clown after the woman left, making sure they didn't get into the same position he was in. Ace grinned as he watched the girl from earlier stomp away, another option for a recruit there, but he didn't know if he could handle all that personality. With a shack of his head he focused on the real reason of being here… to see how The Straw Hat's would do in 'school'.
"Miss…Roza Sparks? How can I help you today?" the secretary asked, she had black, slick hair framing her face, and a cigarette in the hand not holding up Roza's papers. "I need my uniform…there was some sort of…misunderstanding." The girl tried explaining, rubbing the back of her neck. With a nod of the head, the secretary walked to the back of the office, looking for a uniform. Roza let out a sigh of relief, seeing how easy this was going; no other students were even in the office thankfully. Suddenly the ring above the entrance went off, signalling a person's entrance. The girl turned to see two people enter, filling the small waiting space with a creepy vibe. "I don't give a fuck what Law thinks. No one has any fucking respect these days." The red haired boy smirked, looking at his partner. He had heavy eye make-up on and had his red undershirt un-tucked along with his overcoat unbuttoned. Captain Eustass Kid, this was the one crew Roza had thought about most for joining, since his bounty was the highest out of the rookies. So why did she feel like she had to be watchful? The other guy, had a blue and white, stripped mask covering his face, with long, wavy blonde hair and only his white undershirt on with a pair of the black slacks, missing his overcoat. Both males seemed to notice Roza at the same time, an evil smirk finding its way to the captain's face. "Who the hell are you?"