Hello, hello!
Usopp: Aaaahhh! Kira!
Hmmmm?
Franky: Where ya been, Kira-sis?
Well, my laptop was being mean and decided not to upload things.
Usopp: How did you get this posted?
Simple... I got a new laptop.
FraUso: -deadpanned-
Shishishi, well this is a new story that i am finished with and probably will just post all of it today.
Franky: So this is to make up to the viewer sis' and bros'?
Yup!
Usopp: So, this is the only time we are going to talk?
That's the plan!
Franky: Well, Kira-sis owns nothing!
Usopp: That is all!
Hope you enjoy!
Perfect Twin?
Chapter 1: Meeting Her
It's just a normal day here in Grand Line City. Kids and teens at home because of the weather. The city was a busy one, at that. I mean come on it was so noisy when it came around seven in the morning, and just as noisy when it got around to five in the evening. This city does wonders, from how many people actually live here to how many stores there are. Though that is not important, but don't get me wrong I love the city. The cold night revealed this new information. Which was the important fact; I found out a deep secret and was hoping that it wouldn't make it weird for me and them.
Four Days Ago In The Morning…
"Ace! Stop spacing out! Smoker-sensei is going to introduce the new girl!" I snapped out of my thoughts and looked to the front of the class.
"Today class I present to you our new student." Smoker-sensei wrote her name on the board. "Aijou Lurina."
Lurina, she was something different from the other girls; own style and everything. Her hair was brown and cut short like a guy would style their hair, but looked good on her. A bobby pin held it out of her face. Her calm, chocolaty-brown eyes looked delectable. Her full lushes lips that were like two Sakura petals, showed a beautiful smile that shined. Her shirt was a tight shirt, though she had a small chest, that had a red line across saying in white letters in the line 'Do not cross'. A yellow, yes yellow, jacket was covering her arms and was sort of puffy; it set unzipped. Her hip-hugger jeans were black and came low enough to see her skin. The jeans flared over her shoes, which I have no clue what they look like. Chains connected her belt loop from the front to the back belt loop. Her belt was red with skulls on it, and matched with her belt buckle that was a skull as well. I seemed to be really fascinated with her, something about her made me think I knew her.
"Hello! Nice to meet you all!" She giggled. Her pose was hands behind her and she tapped her foot, looking bashful.
"Welcome Lurina!" The class announced back, as well as I did.
"She's hot!" I turned to my friend, Kohza. He was leaned over to my desk. "Don't ya agree with me?" I nodded slightly.
"Yeah, she is cute."
"Not cute! She's sexier, hot, fuck-able… ya know?" He smirked as he looked up at the new girl. I punched his arm.
"Don't make me tell your girlfriend you are saying that kind of stuff about other girls besides her. Anyways, Lurina isn't your type." Kohza rolled his eyes.
"And you suppose she is your type?" I snapped my head at him.
"I didn't say that."
"Doesn't she look familiar to ya guys?" I looked ahead of me to Tashigi. She pushed up her glasses.
"That's what I thought…" I told her as I examined Lurina again. She was talking to Smoker-sensei, acting clueless; from where I was it looked like it. Her finger to her mouth, head tilted, eyelashes battering, and her body rocked back and forth on her feet. Making her cute, even though she was totally clueless and was making sensei frustrated.
"Reminds me of your little brother, Ace." Kohza spoke up. I turned to him.
"My brother has been missing for a year." I pointed out.
"Well I know that! I am just saying…" Kohza trailed off into his thought.
"Alright! Just share a book with Ace!" My friends and I snapped our heads to the front when we heard sensei shout.
"Ace?" Lurina looked around the room confused, well not too confused. She seemed to look around but her eyes kept landing on me. "Who's that?" She said as she looked at sensei.
"Portages! Raise your hand!" I raised my hand. She made an 'o' shape with her lips. She smiled and started coming down the row.
"Lucky…" I heard Kohza say before she reached me.
"Nice to meet ya!" She showed a silly grin, which was like my brothers. I smiled back.
"Same to ya, too."
"Sit down!" Smoker-sensei startled her a bit, but she quickly recovered and giggled an okay. She sat down in the desk next to me, after she moved it. She leaned near me and was looking at the book; though it wasn't open, yet. "Now turn to page thirty-four!" Sensei spoke with a grumble and turned to the board erasing her name.
"So what grade ya in?" I turned to Lurina. She peered up at me with a cute smile. She was wearing make-up as I could tell close up. "Because you look older than a sophomore." She commented.
"Oh, well… I failed this class…" I spoke in a whisper back and scratched the back of my head. Kohza, Tashigi, and I all failed this class. She giggled quietly.
"Sleep too much?" She asked.
"How'd ya know?" I asked more serious now.
"Guessed." She poked my nose.
"Good guess." I poked her nose back. She gave a little, irresistible pout. I couldn't help but want to hold her; which I didn't. One: we were in class. And Two: I didn't want to scare her on her first day here.
The rest of the hour included us talking and giggling, also getting caught by Smoker-sensei. The next two hours I didn't see her since she was a sophomore and I was a junior. I was bored the next two hours and wanted lunch to hurry. She told me that she would eat with me at lunch, since I was the first friend she made. That made me feel special hearing I was her first friend; two more minutes until the bell rings. I am so excited! I looked away from the clock and down at my book, we were supposed to be working on a packet but I didn't feel like it, and I am too eager for this class to end. The bell rang and I waited for Robin-sensei to release us. I had my stuff together and was ready to get out of my seat. She added something about lecture tomorrow then released us. I got up and made my way to my locker. I put the books in then grabbed my bento. As I closed my locker I was attacked.
"ACE!" Lurina tackled me to the floor. I lay sprawled out on the floor with my bento securely in my hand.
"Oi, Lurina! Don't tackle people!" I heard a husky voice.
"Hehehe~! It's okay! I know Ace! He was my first friend when I got here!" Lurina giggled. "Sorry, Ace!" She looked at me with a grin.
"Alright, Lurina let me up." I told her. She nodded and got up. I sat up and her hand was stuck out before me. I smiled and grabbed it. She helped me up. "Damn, your strong, girl." I punched her arm playfully. She giggled and playfully punched back.
"You're just so attackable." I sort of blushed on that part. Her face was covered with a light pink tint.
"Oi, Lurina! Are you coming?" I looked up to see a green haired boy, a blonde haired boy, a red head girl, a blonde haired girl, and a long-nosed boy.
"Yeah! Come on, Ace!" Lurina grabbed my hand and started to carry me off.
I just followed behind her. We had our lunches already, so I was dragged to sit with her and by her other new friends. Which they were all sophomores like her, so I was the only Junior, well except Kohza who sat by his girlfriend, Vivi.
"Alright, Ace!" Lurina began. "This is Zoro," green haired lad. "Sanji!" Curly-brow, blonde guy. "Usopp!" The long-nosed boy. "Nami!" Red head chick. "Kaya!" Blonde girl. "And Vivi!"
"Which you should already know her." Kohza pointed out after her name was said. Vivi giggled.
"I hope you would remember me, Ace." Vivi said while still giggling.
"Of course! We met that one time when I came over to Kohza's." Thinking back to where my little brother was still here. I shook the thought from my head. "So… How has been your day, Lurina?" I asked. Lurina looked at me and smiled with a noodle in her mouth. She slurped it up and giggled.
"It was great! Oh! Oh! Ace~! Can I have your brownie? It looks good~!" She whined. I only chuckled at the sight; she really did remind me of my little brother.
"Only half." I pointed out. She gave me a puppy-dog-pout-of-doom. I was withering under the look and thought do go ahead; it's not like I eat chocolate anyways. "Okay, the whole thing."
"Yay!" She took the brownie with her chopsticks. Quickly she gulped it down.
"You have some appetite." I playfully punched her arm for the second time today.
"Well… I guess I get it from someone." She giggled.
"Wh-" The bell rang and that Zoro guy asked to escort her to next class, since they had it together. She agreed and began to walk off.
"See ya later, Ace!" She hollered to me.
"Alright!" I hollered back and sighed.
"You totally dig her." I looked beside me to see Kohza smirking at me.
"D-do not!" I seemed a little flustered at the thought.
"I knew it!" Kohza leaned down to Vivi and whispered; she giggled and nodded. "See ya later, Vi."
"Bye, and I will make sure to do that!" She skipped away.
"What was that about?" I asked Kohza. He looked at me and grinned.
"Trust me! You will be thanking me." He started to walk off to class. I followed with horror on my face.
"You didn't!" I said hoping this was not happening!
"I did!" He smirked at me.
"I can't believe you did that! She just got here! She is going to hate me now!" I pulled at my hair. Kohza just chuckled.
"Trust me, man. She totally digs you!" He crossed his arms over his chest and nodded in a matter-of-fact way.
"I am going to kick your ass if she hates me."
"Alright, you have to praise me, my man, when she likes you too. Deal?" He stuck out his hand as we stopped in front of our lockers. I grabbed it.
"Fine, deal!" We shook and grabbed our books for next class.
'I am going through hell!' My hands were clamped on the back of my head when I just got smacked in the head with a book by Smoker-sensei. I have him for two hours during school; first and last hour. He smacked me because I fell asleep again. Which I can't really help my random sleeping problems. He ranted about my sleeping issue then continued class. I look to the clock see we had a minute before class was over; which I was happy. One: I got out of this hell hole called school. Two: I have been really anxious to know if she likes me too. The bell rang and I felt my stomach flip. 'What if she said no though? Ugh! This is not the time to think negative!' I ruffled my hair then got up and out of my seat with my possessions. I opened my locker threw the books in, took out my bag and stuffed my bento box into it. I shut my locker.
"ACE!" I was prepared this time. I stabled my legs and Lurina attacked me with a hug. "Of course I will!" She grinned happily at me.
"You will?" I asked, confused on what the hell Vivi told her.
"Of course I will go out with you, silly!" She hugged tighter around my waist.
"But you barely know me." I told her, which was true. She has been her for a day.
"Okay then… hmmm…. What's your favorite color?" She began with questions, we walked on down the hall and out of the school. "Orange?" I flinched at the color choice.
"Yeah… how'd you know? Did Vivi tell ya?" I asked quizzically. She giggled.
"Guessed!" She grinned at me.
"Let me guess… Yours is..." I was going to us my little brother's color. "Red."
"How'd you know!" She asked in shock.
"I got it right?" I was dumbfounded.
"Yeah! What is your favorite sport?" She continued on with the twenty questions. We walked out of the school building into the parking lot.
"Hmm, football I guess. Yours?" We walked out of the parking lot and out of the school perimeters fence line.
"Defiantly football." She grinned at me and twirled around. We stood there for a second.
"So you're the kind of girl who likes guy stuff?" I asked next.
"Yup! When girls play, they play too girly." She shuddered at the thought. We both laughed.
"Well I got to go that way, so see ya tomorrow?" She nodded and grinned.
"See ya tomorrow!" She quickly gave me a hug and twirled off down the street. "Bye, Ace!"
"Bye, Lurina!" I waved back as she walked backwards and waved from the distances then turned to run.
I stood there as I watched her leave. She rounded a corner and disappeared. I sighed and turned to walk home. Walking down this familiar street brought memories back, but memories I did not wish to think of right now. Usually my memories almost bring me to tears and I am a man and men don't cry! I began passing the apartments that were a shade of light red. Red. His favorite color, which is also Lurina's favorite color. The paved road went on a little longer, apartments and many houses turned into little houses here and there. The pavement stopped and turned into a rocky road. I passed many trees then a rocky driveway lead to a nice size house. When I arrived home I was met with Shanks standing on the lawn.
"What's wrong, Otousan?" I went up to him and looked at him in the eyes.
"I've been getting this odd feeling ever since s'morning." His hand was under his chin in a thinking pose. Eye burrows furrowed, nose flared, and his foot was tapping lightly on the grass.
"Like what odd feeling?" I asked with an eyebrow raised. 'Is he worried about me again?'
"Don't … know. Anyways!" His face changed and he was grinning. "How was school?"
"Actually… It was great!" I shouted and threw my hands up, only to blackout.
"Oi! Get up! I wanna hear about it! Oi!" I was shaken awake, by Shanks, from my sleeping habit that is. I slowly got up into a sitting position. I scratched behind my head. "Let's go inside and then you have to tell me all about it!" He grabbed my wrist and yanked me up and dragged me inside. We didn't bother taking off our jackets, just took our shoes off and I dropped my book bag next to the couch before I sat down.
"You wanna hear all of it?" I looked to Shanks as he excitedly bounced onto the couch next to me. He nodded quickly and his hair seemed to flop in front of his face when I grabbed his shoulders to stop his movement. I swear he gets excited over everything. I guess that is where my little monkey got it from.
"You know it! Start from the beginning!" He raised his hands up and twirled them around then sat patiently. I rolled my eyes and sighed.
"Well this morning I fell asleep before school even started. I don't know how long I was out but when Kohza woke me up and told me that Smoker-sensei was going to introduce the new girl-"
"So it's about a girl? Are you two dating? Oh! Is sh-" I put a hand in front of his mouth; covering it. He nodded.
I continued, "When I saw her, my whole world turned upside down and I was in love." He grinned at how he was right. "She had to share my book and we got more acquainted with each other. Around lunch time I was sure that I was head over heels for her. At the end of lunch Kohza asked his girlfriend, Vivi, to do something; not sure what he said. Anyways, well I was like you just did not! He says I did! And I was like way beyond happy that I couldn't believe it!" I shouted the last statement.
"You are sounding like a girl… stop saying like." Shanks pointed out. I blushed lightly.
"I'm sorry that I am a teenager, it's not… li- Ugh!" I pulled at my hair. "Anyways! Vivi obviously asked her out for me and she said yes! So we are dating now!" I sighed in relief that it was out. I was acting like such a teen. Which I really can't help that.
"Oh My God! I have to meet her! She has to come over one day! Please, please, please, please, Ace~!" He had his hands together, pleading.
"Okay! Just wait until I make sure she is free, geez." I rolled my eyes as I tried to shake off the hug he just locked me into.
"Oh! Make it soon! She has to be a sweetie! Especially if you picked her." He held my shoulders and looked at me. I gave him a glare on the last statement that left his mouth. He just whole-heartedly laughed and squeezed me into another hug.
"You're choking me…" I coughed out the last bit of air I had in my lungs. He let go and grabbed my shoulders again.
"I am so proud of you! I have to tell L- Ben! Yes Ben!" He got up and went to the phone and speed dialed Ben's number. I knew what he was about to say.
"Ot-"
"Ben! You won't believe it! Ace has a girlfriend!… Her name? I don't know… Ace~!" He looked to me with a sad face.
"Lurina." I told him.
"Lur- Huh? Lurina?" He turned to me mouth gaped. "I know her! She works at the antique store on the other side of town!" He threw his hands up and the phone flew out of one of his hands. "Uh-oh!" He retrieved the phone. "Ben? … Oh okay! Well then! Don't be late for that meeting!" He hung up the phone.
"What have I told you about the antique store?" I had my arms crossed, face stern and serious. He whimpered and came to me on his knees.
"But! But! They had this cool looking thing and I went in to check it out! I didn't buy anything! I promise!" His bottom lip was jutted out and he gave apology full eyes. Then a flicker of something in his eye caught his attention. I looked to the item and then smacked my temple with my hand.
"You bought something! I knew it!" I walked over to the new side table and opened the drawer to find a stash of chocolates. "Oi! I told you these are off limits until… you know what I mean!" I got frustrated, at myself mainly. He knew exactly what I meant. His face was sorrowful.
"How can you go a year without chocolate?" I shrugged.
"Chocolate reminds me of him too much… that's why I give somebody else my brownie every time there are brownies or chocolate for lunch." I shrugged once more and closed the drawer, then made my way to my room. "And don't put chocolate in my bento again." I told him as I entered into my room and shut the door behind me. I tore off my shirt and plopped onto my bed; waiting for the next day to come.