Author: Yep, this is an Ace X Robin fic. It's an obscure pairing, but I'm writing it anyways :D
I would love to hear your comments on this pairing, so don't be shy. It's an AU fic, because it's a bit easier for me to work with. They are Oda's characters, and I can't even dream of owning them. BTW, this is all from Ace's POV because Robin is too hard for me and I have no experience with writing her. These are everybody's ages: (they're all in HIGH SCHOOL!)
Ace: 17
Robin: 16
Luffy: 15
Nami: 16
Usopp: 15
Zoro: 15
Sanji: 15
Chopper: 14
Franky: 16
Marco: 17
Kuina: 15
Kaya: 15
Hancock: 16
Vivi: 16
First day of school. I was entering eleventh grade. One side of me was excited, as I'm one year closer to finishing, but the other just despises it. Another year full of crappy homework and project. Also having to beat the shit out of cocky small fry. Luffy was having his first day of high school, and he was bouncing excitedly next to me on the bus. The guy had so much energy, I don't even want to imagine him on steroids.
"I'll finally have Shanks for my classes! I'll have him for homeroom too!" Luffy said with twinkling eyes. He adored the red-haired teacher, who was always jolly and never gave homework. He was so popular, much to the envy of Buggy, Spandam and Enel. The guy used to be our neighbour, but he moved away when Luffy was eight. Even though he only lived next to us for two years, he was Luffy's idol. He had bought Luffy a simple straw hat with a red ribbon, and Luffy always wears it.
"You don't know that yet." I told him with a smirk.
"I'll have him! I know it."
"You barely know anything Lu."
"Shishishi...We'll see nii-chan, we'll see." He grinned.
The bus pulled over at the school's entrance. Everybody was flooding there, the slutty girls in outfits that left little to imagination. The patent leather shined in the sun, and the geeky guys were staring and drawing them, most likely naked. The goths were dressed in full black garb as usual. No matter how hot the day, they would be dressed in black. And they never sweated too, which creeps me out. The many cliques in Mariejois High all had their own dressing styles, causing the school to look like a big packet of Skittles. Or maybe like a rainbow threw. My black shorts and unbuttoned white shirt showed exactly where I belonged: the gangs. A tattoo spelling my name (although with a mistake, a crossed out 'S') added to that image, and as a result, I had more than enough attention from girls.
With my thumbs in my pockets I slowly strolled outside into the summer sun.
"Yo Ace!" Marco called. The guy still had the hilarious pineapple cut.
"Hey dude." I responded. "How was summer?"
"Got a lot of chicks in bed, slept, trained. The usual. You?"
"Had to clean and repair the house, go to military camp. The damn old fart will push me into the military even if it will be his death." I sighed.
We entered the school, and everybody moved aside for us. Our gang was known to easily beat the shit out of everybody, the muscles showed off by our clothing attesting to that.
"Hey Ace." Kalifa flirted. She was sexy, but I had no interest in hooking up with her. "Want to have some fun this weekend." She said suggestively, her boobs almost falling out of her slightly transparent top. The patent leather skirt she was wearing showed off her ass.
"Nah, I can get better."
I didn't look back to see her expression.
"Still rejecting everybody?" Marco teased. "You sure you're not gay?"
"Pretty sure asshole. I don't need some easy chick."
"What about that new girl? She's swatting off guys like flies." He said whilst pointing at somebody.
I looked over and saw a girl with olive skin, black hair with bangs and blue eyes. She was wearing a dress that hit at about mid thigh with horizontal green stripes. The deep V allowed me a glance at her chest. She looked at me, and I broke off my gaze after flashing her a sexy grin. Her smile was sexy as I expected. I hope she doesn't have a boyfriend.
"That I can make an exception for." I laughed.
"She already joined up with Nami. Doesn't your kid brother hang out with her?"
"Yeah." I've seen them hanging around the apartment, Luffy not noticing the blush that forms on her cheeks when he casually drapes his arm over her should or around her waist. I should talk to him, they'd make a good couple. But my dumb little brother was dense and didn't notice any of the effects his behaviour had on girls.
"Then you'll most probably see her around your house. You're so lucky that Garp barely ever comes. The place is basically yours."
"The old man comes at random moments. If he catches me doing anything that is out of line I'll go straight to military school. Forever." I told him, with the emphasis on forever.
"Pops doesn't care what I do, as long as I don't get anybody pregnant." Marco laughed. We sat down in the auditorium, all the way at the end. My backpack was filled with empty beer cans. The concrete floors would allow any can rolled down to produce a heavy racket. Sengoku would lose his thought
Luffy and his band of friends consisting of Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper. Franky, Kuina, Vivi and Kaya, sat down on the row below us. As Marco had predicted, she sat down dirctly in front of me. The slope of the floor allowed me a good view of her chest. Marco was chatting with Jozu who had sat down, and I looked for more newbies.
"Who's the tattooed guy behind me?" I heard her ask. They both looked at me and I grinned back. Her voice fit her, husky and melodious. I hoped her moans were like that too.
"That's Ace." Nami replied with a roll of her eyes. "He's Luffy's older brother, and nicer than he looks. And acts."
"I'm so honored you think so well of me Nami." I told her. "So what's your name?" I asked the olive-skinned girl.
"I'm Robin, nice to meet you." She pleasantly responded. Robin then smiled. "Please stop staring at my chest."
I just grinned and looked some more.
"Attractive girls catch my eyes."
Nami laughed. "I think you caught his." She added.
"He has a niche for annoying people. Ask him to not do something and he'll do it some more. Just ignore it, he just can't get anybody to sleep with him." She told Robin. "He only dreams of having a girl with your looks glance at him."
"After you were so nice about me, now you're making me look so bad. I think you have heard the sounds coming from my bedroom about as often as Luffy."
"Which means you jack off a lot." She pointed out with a smirk.
"I don't think I moan like a girl." I cleverly responded. I didn't sleep with anybody, but that doesn't mean I'm a saint. I've had my fair share of girls over.
They both turned around as Sengoku had taken the podium. Marco and I both winked at each other. We had to wait for a crucial part to interrupt him. Marco and I had pulled this prank since tenth grade when the leaving twelfth graders had taught it to us. It was a school tradition.
"Welcome back to Mariejois High. I welcome the new members of our community, the ninth graders. Now for the new rules. There will be no more kissing or any intercourse at school grounds."
Marco and I snickered as people started booing.
"The janitor refuses to clean up used condoms. Also, -
We rolled down two cans and he immediately stopped talking. Almost everybody started laughing, as we had pulled off this prank many times before.
"Also," he restarted, scanning the crowd for the prankers . "Cameras have been placed strategically as to keep a closer eye on troublemakers."
Sengoku looked at us. At our two rows were the delinquents of the school, the ninth graders already having a social status higher that the normal people in twelfth grade.
"Also, Mr. Portgas, we would advise you to button your shirt. We are not at the beach but an institute of learning." He said, looking directly at me. I just smirked, and made no move to button it.
"No smoking or the consumption of alchol, as many of you should know, since this is not a new rule. Now, the list of people who are under probation for various reasons. Mr. Rob Lucci, Ms. Kalifa, , Mr. Kaku, Mr. Fukurou, Mr. Blueno, Mr. Portgas D. Ace, Mr. Marco, Mr. Jozu, Mr. -"
Again we rolled down some cans.
"Mr. Kuro, Ms. Boa Hancock, Ms. Sandersonia, Ms. Marigold, Mr. Bentham, Mr. Sanji, Mr. Franky, Ms. Nami, Mr. Monkey D. Luffy, Mr.-"
Three cans this time rolled down. What the hell did Luffy do in the first ten minutes of school to have him on probation? He was a fucking ninth grader!
"Mr. Roronoa Zoro, Mr. Sanji and Mr. Usopp. The ninth graders have been put on probation as their eigth grade year has been stained by the breaking of school rules. All others are on probation for things such as fighting, smoking, abusing the dress code, poor grades, and attending class under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Do remember even though this is a public school, nothing goes unnoticed. Our -"
We rolled down all the cans, causing a great noise.
"Our new teachers are-"
This time the bell interrupted him, and everybody got up and left. The whole crowd slowly moved, allowing nobody more than a millimeter of private space. The dirty guys were on purpose feeling up girls and they didn't care. It was sad to have to do it that way.
"OUR ASSEMBLY IS NOT YET OVER!" Sengoku shouted angrily. Eveybody ignored him and soon everybody went to the appropriate classrooms where they would receive their schedules. Then they would move to their homerooms and the official day would start. This school made us work hard on the very first day. Some teachers even gave pop quizzes on things they taught last years. Newcomers would often fail these, no matter how smart they are.
"Hey Ace!" Luffy asked me. "What's probation?"
"I'll explain in lunch. You and your friends can sit with us." I told him, also nudging him into the proper classroom. Soon I caught up with Marco and we sat down in the classroom full of eleventh graders. In alphabetical order our names were called. After an half hour I received my schedule and I joined Marco in homeroom.
"Pops made sure we were put in the same class." Marco grinned. His adoptive father Whitebeard was quite influential, and did everything for Marco. The guy was on the board of directors of basically everything. He swam in money because of a cruiseline he opened. The guy loved ships and the sea. Before he had been in the navy.
"Our homeroom is Hina." Jozu added. "Lucky us."
"Just because we have eye-candy for homeroom doesn't mean it's lucky." I told him. "She's strict as hell!"
"Her body makes up for all that." Marco grinned. I did not want to know what he was picturing in his mind.
I rolled my eyes and studied my schedule.
"Who the fuck put me in advanced Algebra 2?" I cursed. What's with the math, I barely passed last year, and that's because I slept with the teacher. She quit, so I couldn't pull that trick again since Crocodile teaches it.
"And Crocodile teaches advanced Math!" Then I looked at Marco.
"Did Whitebeard do that?"
"Yes." Marco said boredly. "I'll let you copy so don't worry."
"Yes, and then they put us on opposite sides of the room and I fail eveything. The guy loves to ruin us!"
Marco laughed. "You're fucked there!"
Grabbing his schedule, I started laughing.
"Dude, you have etiquette with T-Bone! Maybe you should buy him a steak as you don't have an ounce of politeness!"
Marco looked and then frowned.
"I have him too." Jozu said.
"Guess they want to put all the fighting gangs in there." Marco sighed, as he heard other members of our gang curse. I'm happy I'm not in that class, I would curse in the first five minutes. T-Bone was all big on honour and honesty and was just creepy. Girls were convinced he's a pedophile.
"Thank God I don't have fuckin' etiquette with that freak!" I laughed.
"Portgas, watch your language." Hina warned me, lighting up a cigarette.
She almost never went easy on anybody. Hina loved to catch peope doing stuff that's against the rules. So that meant she liked me. I could sleep with her to keep up my Business grades. Everybody said it was the hardest class an eleventh grader had to take. I flashes her a sexy grin and she smiled back.
"You warming up to Hina?" Marco noticed.
"Never hurts, and I bet she'll be good in bed." I said wagging my eyebrows suggestively.
"That's going to be a tough one."
"I got Tashigi in bed."I smirked.
Marco rolled his eyes. "How can anybody sleep with you?"
"Good looks."
"I thought girls are all about intelligence yet everybody crawls in your bed." He muttered. "Must be the freckles."
I grinned, and then the bell rung. I had a study hall, but with none of my friends.
"Well, see you in algebra." Marco said as he walked in the opposite direction of me.
Waving, I easily walked to the library despite the big crowd. They forced us to be in the library if you didn't have class, which I think is just to annoy us. As soon as I entered the dusty library, all the way in the back I spotted Robin, who was wearing rectangular glasses. Most people who were glasses looked dumb, but she just looked sexier.
The dusty books which nobody read towered high, and the ugly librarian was already giving us the stink-eye for entering when we obviously didn't want to read or be quiet. Her mousy brown hair looked like it was last washed five years ago, as weird white flakes decorated it. The sweaters she wore were just fugly, even Ronald McDonald has better fashion sense. Her big white sneakers always stayed snowy white, and the plastic soles squeaked as she slowly walked through the aisles, hoping to kick out couples that are making out.
"Hey." I greeted her as I plopped down onto the chair next to her. "What are you working on?"
She was quickly writing something with a textbook open.
"We have Ms. Tsuru, and she already gave us homework for government." She sighed. "And we didn't even have it."
"You want help? I'm pretty okay at that."
"I would appreciate that." Robin told me with a charming smile.
Quickly we worked through and soon she was finished.
"You are quite good, without you I wouldn't have finished that."
"Thanks." I said with a lazy grin as I scratched the back of my head.
"So where are you and Luffy-san from?" Robin asked.
"Brazil. I left when I was fourteen."
I loved the colorful, high town houses that decorated the streets. People put up their laundry on lines above it, giving the town a homey air. Good Brazilian cooking always entered your nose, and it was great. The nightlife too, as nothing was ever boring. It may be hot and the air might be thick, but that's the one place I'll always return to. Home.
"Can you speak Portuguese fluently?"
"Yeah. So what are you, Italian?" I quickly answered, and I changed the subject. I didn't want to get all sucked in in my memories. There was a reason we left, and that's something I'd rather not recall.
"Yes. I only just transferred here. Nami-san and I are rooming together."
"She finally found somebody?" I said with a surprised look. "That room has species unknown to science! I think the last time it was clean was when she moved in."
"You sure know a lot about the conditions." She laughed. "I helped her clean it up when I moved in. Our neighbours are so noisy."
"We're your noisy neighbours." I laughed." Almost every night Nami comes over for the food."
"Do you and Luffy order out a lot?"
"I cook. Do I look like somebody who orders take out?" I asked her, supposedly offended.
Makino, who ran the local bar, had let me work part time, and I worked in the kitchen. She could make a dish with the cheapest ingredients and still impress a gourmet chef working in a five star restaurant. I don't have her skills, but I'm pretty close.
"Yes." Robin answered with a laugh.
"Come over with Nami tonight, I'll let you taste the best cooking in the entire country!" I boasted.
"We'll see that. My father was a professional chef."
"South American food is the best." I said happily.
The bell rung. Then I realized she said her father was. Is he dead or something? Better not bring that up.
"Well, see you later Ace-san."
"Call me Ace." I told her with a wink as I headed towards my Algebra class.
That friggin' asshole of a Marco totally ignores my lack of skill in any kind of math. So already I had a failing class for the rest of the year unless I pulled a hell lot of all-nighters. It tired me just thinking about it. Marco waved me in with a sleepy grin plastered over his face. Angrily I sat down next to him, getting ready to curse his face off in Portguese so that I couldn't be suspended.
"I'm going to be fucked in this class. You know Crocodile's teaching this class, and he hates your guts. He'll put us across the room in no time dumbass." I told him in English as Crocodile hadn't entered the room yet.
"I'll send you the notes. And you could try to sleep with him." He said laughing.
"I'm not a fag, no matter how much you like to think of me as one." I grumbled.
"We'll see Ace, we'll see."
I shot him an angry look as the teacher came in. His glasses were gleaming gold, his purple hair slicked back, and an ugly scar stretching across his face. One of his favorite pasttimes was to insult people who couldn't perform up to his impossibly high standards.
"I won't welcome you to this class you worthless punks." Crocodile started. "Anybody who thinks they can slack off or cheat will be punished accordingly. As all of you should know, I don't grade lower than an A. Anything lower than that will be a failing grade."
Looks like we're going to have a fun time with this tightass jerk.
"Look at what shit you brought me into." I whispered to Marco.
"And you Portgas, refrain from talking. I don't repeat what I say twice. No retakes, no late homework or projects. Everything I assign to you must be turned in by the beginning of the next class. Now, to start to our first section, the -"
I zoned out completely as he started drawing complicated diagrams and lecturing. Marco was easily keeping up. This class is impossible. I'm not dumb, but I'm not some genius like Marco. The guy easily keeps up with all the crazy schedules this school provides and finds time to bed several girls.
After a period of lecturing, I fled the class. The rest of my schedule too had me either writing notes or just sleeping with my eyes open. Then the lunch bell rang and I slowly sauntered into the cafeteria to the usual table, the one near the open glass windows. Sunlight streamed in and I stretched with a yawn. No teacher went easy on the first day, and my energy was running dangerously low.
The cafeteria was running full with people, and I saw some girls sigh and stare as I stretched. They weren't too interesting, as I could see the promise rings gleaming on their fingers. Never again was I dating anybody with those cursed rings. Damn parents, buying over daughters with jewelry.
"Ace! Ni-chan! Ace!" Luffy hyperly said as he shook me awake. "I don't have any money left, give me yours."
"Uh? Lu? Borrow some, I still need to get some grub."
Stiffly I walked up and joined the line. Soon I returned with some fried rice and shrimp, a hamburger, curry noodles and two bottles of water. With a record speed I shoveled everything into my mouth, not leaving a crumb.
"Hey Ace!" Nami asked when I was finished. "Robin told me you invited us over for tonight."
"Yeah, you guys can come."
"Ace, I invited over everybody okay?" Luffy said with his mouth full of stolen food.
"I'm not making dinner for over ten people! We don't even have that much food!" I angrily told him.
"I'll help you get groceries and prepare." Sanji offered.
"Luffy, can I come too?" Boa Hancock said. She was the most beautiful girl at the school, with creamy, pale skin, navy blue eyes and shiny black hair. Not to mention her figure, but she only had eyes for Luffy who was of course, completely unaware of that several girls are trying to win over his heart, including her. Keimi, Marguerite and Conis also immediately invited themselves over when they got wind of the dinner party, as Luffy told nobody no.
Nami was getting angry, so to stop the upcoming fight I agreed.
"Should we watch a movie too?" I asked hesitantly, looking at all the angry girls surrounding this table.
"Hey Ace, if all the ninth graders are coming, we'll join too." Marco said.
"We'll be there at six." Jozu added.
"I'm getting an action flick." I told everybody, getting angry at the now crowd of Luffy-lovers and all the others.
"But I thought we could watch some Grey's Anatomy!" Chopper interjected. The cute guy eared lots of coos from the girls with his baby blue eyes, messy brown hair and his naiveness. He was pretty smart, as he had skipped a grade.
"I'm making and paying for the food, I'm deciding what we'll be watching." I grumbled.
Luffy was laughing his ass of about something, and he casually put his arms around Nami and Hancock who were both furiously staring at each other. I seriously had to talk to him because these girls were going to kill each other pretty soon. Zoro was talking with Kuina and Usopp was making up some outrageous story and telling it to Kaya, who was giggling. Looks like there were going to be some new couples pretty soon.
"So Ace, what happens when we're on probation?" Nami asked.
"If you break any rules you're automatically suspended or expelled. They don't do shit, I've been on probation for forever and I only got suspension once." I told her whilst stretching.
Marco and Jozu then dragged me over.
"Stop playing the good old bro. Some assholes started a fight with us."
We walked over to the scene. Oars, a big burly American Indian was pummeling the twelfth graders who called themselves CP9. Quickly I grabbed one of them and delivered a punch that knocked the guy out. I started pummeling some other small fry. Oars had fallen to his leg, which looked broken. Kizaru, the teacher who taught physics, had just kicked him.
"BREAK UP THE FIGHT!" He shouted. His yellow striped suit and yellow aviators always prevented him from looking too scary, and his face never matched his words. It's like he's some emotional retard. Nobody payed any heed to him as a result, and some idiot actually punched him. Kizaru's face was hilarious though! I grabbed Lucci, the leader of the CP9 and delivered a punch to his stomach. Soon he retaliated, and he punched my nose. Brass knuckles covered his fists. A sickening crack was heard, but I took the opening to hit his glum face. Lucci had a look of surprise, and he took out a knife.
"Back up with big boy." He said with a smug smile. "Smoker gave me orders to get you in the hospital for some time. We could send your little brother and some of his friends with you if you keep on fighting." Lucci threatened me.
"You won't be able to lay a finger on him." I growled, and I knocked the knife out of his hands, resulting in a deep cut on my knuckles. Even though I was bleeding like a rund, I fought with all I had, and soon a black and blue pile lay neer my feet that once resembled Lucci.
"Hey Ace, I think this time you can't shrug it off." Marco joked. My shirt was almost completely red with my blood, as both my nose and hand were bleeding. Also, my lip was split.
"More like the fucking hospital. That idiot can't fight without metal." Jozu commented.
Then Luffy and his gang streamed in.
"Ni-chan, I heard there was a fight." Luffy called out.
"Yeah, we beat their asses." I smugly told him,
"Ace, we better get you treated!" Chopper squeaked. He took out a little blue backpack and started putting swallow's tails on the cut after wiping away the blood and disinfecting it.
"Stupid asshole had a knife." Jozu grumbled.
"Are you kidding me?" Nami exclaimed. "Don't they monitor that stuff?"
"Smoker asked him to do it." I told her. "He probably made sure Lucci got through without any difficulties. Fucking CP9, doing the teacher's dirty work."
"I don't think you need stitches, but your nose is broken." Chopper happily said with a sigh.
I put it back in place and everybody winced as again a crack was heard. I'd done it tons of times before, and I'm sure my nose didn't look much worse than usual.
"Broke it several times before." I said when they looked at me like I was a lunatic.
"Yeah, it doesn't hurt." Luffy said with a careless grin.
The bell rung and I slowly stood up.
"I look okay?"
"Your shirt is bloody, most people will notice." Robin said, pointing out the obvious.
I shrugged it off and threw it away, as it had holes. The thing wasn't expensive anyway. None of my stuff was. Except for my belt. Luffy got it for me for my birthday last year, and we had to eat baked beans for a month.
"Not buttoning is bad enough, but shirtless is going to get you sent home for sure." Zoro pointed out.
I got up and walked to my next class.
"See ya," I told Luffy and I walked to my next class, Business, together with Marco and Jozu.
Luffy probably didn't hear me, as they were walking in the opposite direction. When we entered the class, everybody stared. Hina looked over and then kept on talking.
"Portgas, I want to see you after class." She said facing the board.
Oohs were heard in the class, and after Hina told them to shut up the class was silent. Marco, Jozu and I had already sat down in the back and were now furiously writing notes. Class soon was over, and I walked over to Hina's desk.
"I'll be right to the point. Tashigi is a good friend of mine, and she told me about the special extra credit you did." She started, raising her eyebrows suggestivel. "Same goes for my class, as she told me you did a good job. As soon as the hand heals we'll get choose a day?" Hina asked me leaning forward. "Hina is disappointed. I wanted to get a sooner date."
So I could sleep with her to get up my grade. Thank God she told somebody as now I didn't have to do as much work as before. And Hina's figure was better than Tashigi's too. The suits she wore made people wish she would just come in a bra and miniskirt.
"Ok." I said with a grin.
"Now go to your next class." She ordered and she turned her back towards me and started typing on the computer.
Soon the day was over without any events. I didn't see Robin anymore either. After I finished my homework it was time to talk to Luffy.
"HEY LU!" I shouted. "COME OVER IN THE KITCHEN!"
Luffy ran over.
"What do you need?"
"Let's talk." I said with a sigh.
"Talk about what?"
"Girls."
"Huh" Luffy said with a confused look. "Why?"
"You know Nami, Hancock, Keimi, Marguerite and Conis right? And how much they like you?"
"Yeah! They're my friends!" He told me with a big, proud grin.
"They all like you."
"Duh Ace! They're my friends."
"They want to be your girlfriend." I said with an annoyed look. "They want to kiss you."
"Oh." He simply said.
"Do you want to kiss any of them?"
"Yeah, sure, Nami."
"Why?"
"Because I dream about her. They're nice dreams." He said again with one of his careless grins.
"Then kiss Nami. But not when all of the others are looking because they'll get angry."
"Can't I then just kiss all of them?" Luffy asked.
"If all of them don't mind you kissing the other then yes. Ask them." I told him with a sigh.
"I'll ask when they come over. Shishishi. Why did we need to talk about this anyway?"
"Because you're so dense you didn't realize any of that."
He laughed as he walked away to take a shower. The guy was so stupid. I hope I never sink that far.