Merry Dance Sunny Go School for Young Adults.
The girl ran. She ran like her life would end if she didn't. she rand blindly, not noticing the foot waiting for her at beside the schools fence. She tripped and the world seemed to move in slow motion. That is until she hit the ground with a hard thump.
"Ouch, ai, ai, ai." She hissed searching for the graze she knew she'd find under the school gym uniform. It was stinging like hell.
"oi." Growled a deep bass voice behind her. She started and looked up at the imposing silhouette behind her.
"Tziganu! Why aren't you running!" it was not a question, but an accusation. The girl had stopped running.
She flinched. "Roronoa san, I swear it wasn't my fault, i… i… tripped." It sounded lame, and she knew it. The gym teacher, Roronoa Zoro was not a man to go easy on his students, and reknown for his green hair. Most of the kids called him Marimo, due to the fact that his hair greatly resembled on of Japan's local treasures, the sea moss.
Zoro leered over the trembling girl. "Tziganu, for that "trip" of laziness, I'm adding another hundred to your thousand laps. The gym cycles changed every month, one month it would be jogging around the school, the next would probably be basketball, or some other sport. However, in all of these sports, Roronoa Zoro was merciless. When they had to run, it would be a thousand laps around the enormous school.
"Please, sir, it isnt laziness it was…"
"Tziganu Eli, another word from your mouth, and it'll be another five hundred laps."
Eli shut up quickly, Zoro never went back on his word.
"Yes sir, I apologise, I'll do the extra hundred."
The nightmare teacher nodded, grunting and turned to find another innocent to go and scare the shit out of.
Once he was out of sight, another girl stepped out of her hiding place between the gym hall and the fence, where the two happened to be at the time.
"Poor little Eli-chan." She leered, leaning over to look at her prey. "What happened."
"As if you didn't know, Nami-san. You deliberately got me into trouble with Marimo again didn't you."
The other girls smile widened. "Maybe."
Nami, the biggest bully in anime high. She was something along the lines of the perfect woman. Or what men would consider the perfect woman. Fine, what certain men, ok ok, what perverts would see as the perfect woman. Cruel, manipulative and with a chest that could be used to smash down a building, Nami was the most popular person, in that you sure did not want to be her enemy.
"If you don't mind, Nami san, I'm gonna finish these laps."
Nami's leer grew even wider. "You do that."
Eli turned and ran off into the distance.
The bell rang, signalling the lunch break. Eli changed into her school uniform. It wasn't a dull one, one of thos horrid skirts with blazers or stupid neckercheives. In the Merry Dance Sunny Go School for Young Adults, the uniforms were designed by the individual student, but the school crest, a ship with a crazy looking lion's head with a dancing wooden man on it's deck, had to be sewn on the back. Eli had chosen a long flowing dress, she had several of varying colours. It was so nice to be able to choose.
After changing into the bright red dress, Eli made her way to the cantine. What delicious food would be on the menu today?
The girl in the black dress opened the door to the canteen. The crowds were milling. Good not many people yet. She hurried to get her lunch and find a table away from the creeps that populated this cursed school. She walked up to the counter, fidgeting in her school bag for her wallet. She looked up. AW SHIT. The student cook was there again. For some reason, this school offered jobs to students, paying them a salary and donating a few shillings to their university fund. However, this only happened to students who were allowed to continue with their studies by night.
"Hai, another beautiful girl has come to my food heaven." Yelled the student cook. He was blond, almost half his face hidden beneath a fringe of his hair. He had curled his eyebrow in a weird way and his beautifully blue eyes had a nasty habit of turning into hearts when a girl walked by, particularly that bitch Nami.
"Um, hi, uhh…" it was only then that the girl realised she didn't know his name.
"Sanji." Said the student, holding out a hand.
"Sanji." Said the girl, taking it in her own. The student took the hand that he now grasped, turned it at a ninty degree angle, and pressed his lips to the skin. The girl pulled her hand back, disgusted. What did this guy take her for? Another Nami whore?
"Enchate, mademoiselle…" he looked at her expectantly.
"Tsuki." She replied, annoyed that she couldn't treat the school's adults as she did her fellow classmates. Which was to ignore them completely so that they left her alone. They only knew her name because of the register.
"Tsuki, the star." Sanji grinned. "and you sparkle like one"
Tsuki rolled her eyes. This guy was a complete idiot.
Sanji pulled out a cigarette, stuck it in his mouth and lit one end. "want one."
"I don't smoke, thank you." She said coldly.
"suit yourself. Well what can I offer you from SANJI'S SUPER AWESOME SPECIAL MENU OF THE DAY."
Tsuki glanced at it. "Ummm, a small portion of the onion salad."
"Coming right up, Tsuki star." If he didn't shut up soon, she was gonna punch him.
What must be understood about Tsuki is that she was an orphan, like a lot of the kids here. But unlike them, she had actually known her parents, or at least her father, until fairly recently. Her mother had died of Pneumonia when she was about eleven, and her father had been killed before her very eyes by the Black Beard Mafia, a group of roaming mafiosi who killed anyone who walked down the same strip of road as they did. They'd set the whole town ablaze just so that it wouldn't proove that they were as ugly as hell. Her brother had then been taken as a hostage in an attempt to try and wrangle some money out of the survivors, that meant Tsuki. She had been the sole survivor, and social survices had rallied up the money to put her up in a boarding school. This boarding school. Like most of the other orphans that were sent through social services.
"Here you are, Tsuki-chan, one onion salad made with never ending love."
Tsuki tried not to roll her eyes. "arigato."
She walked off in search of a table. She found a nice one, a corner one which seated two. Knowing the people in this school, she'd probably be left alone. At that moment, the crowds surged.
Two boys entered the room first, one clutching a hat, both trying to make a dash to the hole where the students were served their food, so that they could get some good stuff. The new chef didn't like precooking meals, and so the food was always fresh, which suited all the kids just fine.
"Oh, if it isnt Luffy, the kid who'd eat anything." The boy with the hat grinned cheekily. "ok, everything on a plate, right." The boys grin widened and he nodded. "coming right up." Said the chef, annoyance clearly colouring his tone. Half an hour later, he came out with a plate piled with so much food, it brushed the door frame as he exited.
"Wait for me Luffy. I'll have the chicken curry, please."
"coming."
"Ne, Usopp! Hurry up, or I'm gonna finish before we find a table."
"YOU'RE EATING ALREADY!"
"duh, I'm starving."
"Here you go." Said the cook, handing the second boy a plate of marinated chicken.
"now where do we sit." He said, squinting around for a free table that wasn't Nami's personal zone. The bully had hogged a table all to herself and her cronies.
"Lets go over there." Said the one with a hat, called Luffy. He was pointing to the far corner, wher a girl in a black dress was sitting on her own, with another table next to her free.
"Are you kidding, that's Tenshi no Tsuki!"
"So? And who is she?"
"are you serious Luffy, she's been in our class for nearly two years."
"hey, she always sat behind me. I don't look around."
"you narcolep, you always fall asleep in class."
"not my fault. Ah well if you don't go and sit there I will."
"Oi, Luffy, wait." Usopp's words came too late, luffy had already plonked himself down beside the frightening looking girl.
"Hi, I'm Monkey D Luffy, nice to meet you." He offered his hand. Tsuki, for that was who the girl was, just glared at him. He laughed. "You're funny." Tsuki just glared at him even more.
"I'm Usopp, I'm in your class, nice to meet you…"
"I know you two, you're in my class. You're the excuse maker, Pinocchio, and you're the narcolep, Strawhat."
Luffy chuckled, "Yep that's us." At the same time, usopp had yelled "Pinocchio!" he clutched his overly long nose.
"Oi, Chopper!" Luffy suddenly yelled to a short guy with a pink top hat, clutching a tray and looking fairly lost. His anxious face broke into a smile.
"Luffy!" he yelled, rushing over to meet his friends. Chopper was two years below the rest, who were all about to graduate and with any luck go of to university. Nevertheless, Luffy had been very kind to the poor boy, for his class shunned him for wanting to be a vet, and his love of animals made the guys fairly aggressive towards him, and his shy, gentle nature made the girls think he was cute. At least, all the girls except Nami, who had played him like a harp during his first year after discarding him. And nobody wanted to annoy Nami. Unless it was the slightly naïve and stupid Luffy.
"Wha' dig ya jus' 'av' Chopp?" asked Luffy full a mouthful of food. A translation for all those who don't speak mouthful : "what did you just have Chopp?"
"Biology. You?"
"Music, you'd be surprised how fun Brook san can be when he makes up songs."
"Maybe."
At Merry Sunny School, as the students had shortened it, one got to choose the subjects they were most interested in. English, a second language, a basic maths and gym were all compulsory. The rest was up to the students, as long as they had a minimum of five subjects.
"What subjects are you doing, Tsuki san?" asked Luffy, getting another dagger look from the scorching violet eyes.
"ok, ok, I was only trying to be polite."
At that moment a girl in a red dress sat down opposite Tsuki.
"oh, we've got company today?"
"Sho it would sheem." Said tsuki between clenched teeth.
"Hi, I'm Tziganu Eli, nice to meet ya."
"Monkey D Luffy."
"Usopp."
"Tony-Tony Chopper."
"Hi." Eli smiled, turning to each of them, and shaking hands. "what made you guys join us today?"
"No tables, except Nami's private area."
Eli's face darkened. "That girl! She's the reason I'm late. She tripped me up in gym and Marimo decided it was laziness, so another hundred laps."
"Ouch, poor you."
"Thanks Chopper!"
"can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Why are you sitting here with…" Usopp nodded at tsuki, who was making an effort to ignore everything around her.
"We're roommates, and she's always alone, and so am i."
"o…k."
Luffy laughed, "This is fun, we'll come and sit here tomorrow."
"Oi, Luffy don't just assume that."
"It's alright Usopp, we'd like the company."
Tsuki jerked her head up and looked at Eli. "Don't answer for me, Tziganu."
"Sorry, does that mean they cant?"
"Come if you wish, but don't expect my company to be any different."
Luffy laughed. "See you here tomorrow."
"Ok, see you then." Said Eli, as the bell went to signal the beginning of the afternoon. "come on, we've got free, let's go to the library. If we're lucky, Franky san might give us some cola."
"Whatever." Grumbled Tsuki following Eli to where the trays were stashed. "Thanks for keeping quiet about.."
"Don't mention it. But lets go!" the two girls left the cantine, each feeling like the world might not be so bad after all. That is until they saw Nami trying to seduce Ace.
Ace was Tsuki's boyfriend, of sorts. Being a student counselor, meant he didn't have much to do, so he basically just slept in his office. Charged with fighting with students and general antisocial behaviour, Tsuki had been sent to see him on several occasions, and recently Ace had revealed his affections for the girl. Being twenty years old, making him only three years older than she, meant that this could not be seen as child abuse, nor could it be seen as pedophilia, so the two had started going out.
"That bitch!" hissed Tsuki, preparing to attack Nami. She dashed towards the pair. Ace was grinning his stupid grin, and playing with Nami. He knew what she was doing, and he was playing back.
"Oi, Nami!" yelled Tsuki, her fist about to make contact with the girls "beautiful" face. That's when a hand came out of nowhere.
"Tsuki san," said a soft female voice. "Fighting is strictly forbidden, as I think you know well."
"Yes robin san."
A tall, beautiful woman was standing there, clutching tsuki's arm. Robin was teacher of ancient history at Merry Sunny School.
"Run along," she said
"Yes Robin san."
"Eli, I'd like a word."
"yes Robin san"
"it's about your visions."