Oh lord, I'm so sorry it's taken so long for me to upload chapter two!! D: I got grounded, had writers block, and wnet out of state all at once and it was so draining. _ I trully apologize, and I hope you forgive me!! And no, I'm not dead! I just sometimes take a while to write something! SOOOORRRRY!!
And now for the disclaimer! One Piece does not belong to me, though all OCs and the plot do.
Thank you for reading. =D
It had only been two weeks since Luffy's first day. He had gotten to know all of his teachers, two who he didn't like. (Art teacher and Geometry teacher, Amy (she went by a first-name basis, not last) and Woodcock (no one knows his first name)) Yowane, the theatre teacher was his favorite teacher, though. His P.E. teacher, Dave, was pretty cool, too.
Luffy walked out of the geometry class, waving to Sanji and Nami, as he headed for second period. He grinned, glad he would be able to see Usopp again, since he hadn't seen him all weekend. It was raining all weekend long, and still today, it was even raining.
Luffy walked into the class, only to almost be run over by Karin. He blinked and looked back at her, as she turned down a hall.
"Karin, wait!" Luke ran by Luffy, followed by Hiro.
Luffy followed both of them with his eyes, as they turned the corner.
"Luffy, are you okay?" Luffy turned to see Usopp running towards him.
"Yeah but... What's going on?"
"Oh, it's just Lea. She's apparently getting into another fight with some senior."
"A senior?"
"Yeah. And he's one of those big guys, too…"
Luffy frowned. "What'd she do to make him want to fight her?"
"She insulted him, like she does everyone else," Usopp rpelied.
Luffy thought for a moment, then began walking to where he had seen the other three run off.
"Luffy?!"
"I'm going to go stop the fight."
"Are you crazy?! Well, I knew you were crazy, but… Are you crazier than I thought you were?!" Usopp snapped, following him, and grabbing Luffy's shoulder, trying to stop him. "You don't know the people at this school, like I do, Lu—"
"I don't care." Luffy glared at Usopp, who immediately cringed back. "I'm going to go help her!"
Usopp was silent, then he sighed. "fine, if you want to… Be my guess.. But I'm warning you, he's—" Usopp stopped, when he had seen Luffy had already run off. "W-wait, Luffy!!" he snapped, running around the corner.
It took Luffy a while to push through the crowd, who had made a tight circle around the scene. "Fight, fight, fight!" they chanted over and over; to Luffy, they sounded like idiots. He was near the front, when he heard Karin screaming.
"LEA, DON'T JUST SIT THERE!! SOMEONE, MAKE HIM STOP!!"
Luffy finally got through the last layer. He stepped in a small amount of blood as he stepped forward, looking down at Lea, who was sitting on the ground, her face bruised and bleeding, obvious cuts on her arms and shoulders. He looked up at the tall man that had been the one 'fighting' her; his hair was black, and his eyes seemed even blacker than his hair. He stood a good two feet taller than Luffy. He laughed, when he kicked Lea in the side, making her fall completely on the ground. Luffy clenched his fists, and glared at the man.
"Good job, Austin, you showed her!!" someone in the crowd laughed.
Karin ran over to Lea, who was sprawled on the ground. "Lea! Lea, are you okay!"
"I'm fine!" Lea hissed pushing Karin away. "Stay back," she whispered, afterwards. "I don't want him to hurt you."
Karin shook her head. "No…" she whispered back. "We need to get you home."
Luffy fumed with anger. "HE, YOU!" he snapped, through clenched teeth. Austin turned to Luffy, a grin on his face.
"What is it, kid? What do you want?" Austin flashed his little pocket knife, before dropping it in his pocket. "You got some business with me?"
"Yeah, I do!" Luffy walked up to Austin, pulled his fist back, and slammed it, hard, into Austin's stomach, then another fist into his face, possibly breaking his nose. "DON'T SCREW AROUND WITH MY FRIENDS!!" he shouted, as Austin hit the ground with a loud thud, already knocked out.
Karin stared up at Luffy, dumbfounded. "Two hits…" she whispered.
Usopp had pushed through the crowd, just in time to have seen Luffy take out the large bully. "L-Luffy.. You just…"
Luffy looked around, confused why everyone looked so surprised. He shrugged, dusted himself off, then walked over to Lea and Karin.
"Hey, Le—" A fist met Luffy's face, as he began to talk.
"WHO THE HELL GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO CALL ME YOUR FRIEND?!" she snapped. She struggled to get up. "I never said… that I would…" she choked, before she just stormed off.
Karin quickly got up. "Lea, wait, come back here! I SAID COME BACK HERE, DAMNIT!" she snapped. She huffed, when she saw that yelling was useless. She turned to Luffy. "I'm sorry, Luffy..."
Luffy, rubbing his face, gave a small shrug. "Don't worry about it," he muttered. "But why'd she have to hit me in the face?"
"She's just like that," Karin sighed.
"L-Luffy, quickly, get to class, before someone finds out you were in a fight! You'll get in a lot of tro—" Usopp was cut off but stomping.
"Monkey. D. Luffy!!" Yowane was already on her way to the crowd, which was starting to disperse, quickly. About three other teachers followed behind her. "I expected better of you!!" she snapped.
"Y-Yowane?" Luffy looked over at his Theatre teacher.
"Not even at the end of your second week here, and you're already causing trouble! I am disappointed in you, Luffy!!" Yowane snapped.
"But that ol' fart was—"
"I don't care!! You're not supposed to fight on school grounds!!"
"Y-Yowane, please, just listen to Lu—"
Karin but in, "I'm sorry, ou two, but Luffy… You're going to have to be suspended.
Luffy blinked. "Suspended?"
Karin sighed. "But, Yowane."
"No Buts." Yowane shook her head. "Luffy, let's get to the office… Then later, we'll deal with him." She gave a small glance to Austin, then took Luffy by the arm, and began leading him to the office.
----Later That Day----
Karin sat beside Rachel, poking at her food.
Lina sighed. "I guess Lea went home early…"
"Of course she did! Would you still be here if you got beat up that bad?!" Rachel snapped.
"She probably didn't go home, actually... You know how her family it." Lina looked at Karin. "I guess you're bored, huh?"
"It's not that…" Karin muttered, still poking at the food. She looked over at the table where Luffy and his friends would sit; they had already left the table, mainly because Luffy wasn't there to stuff his face. "Luffy… He stood up for Lea."
Lina blinked. "Your point? So what, he's a nice kid, apparently. If he's going to be like that, he'll never last!"
"I wouldn't say that if I were you," Rachel muttered. "I heard the kid took down Austin in only two hits."
"He did." Karin put her elbow on the table and rested her chin on the palm of her hand. "Two hits and Austin was KO'd. Luffy's pretty strong, to come from where he did… It's amazing…"
Lina sighed. "Well, I'm going outside."
Rachel blinked. "Karin, if you're not gonna eat your food, I'm taking it."
"Go ahead. I'm skipping third and fourth, today. I'm going to go see if I can find Lea."
Lina waved, as she stood up. "Have fun with that.
----
Luffy frowned, staring at the TV that was against the wall opposite of him. He sat on the couch, looking somewhat impatient.
"Luffy, how long are you going to be like that?" Ace asked, from the kitchen.
"I'm mad."
"I figured as much." Ace chuckled. "Why'd you come home early?"
"they suspended me."
"Susp—FOR WHAT?! You're already causing trouble?!" There was a crash, as a plate was dropped to the floor.
"I only got suspended, because I tried to help out a friend." Luffy growled. "I didn't do anything wrong."
"… What did you do to help your friend?! And what friend?!"
"Oh, I just beat up some jerk that was beating her up. And Lea."
"… Isn't Lea the girl you said punched you I nthe face on the first day of school."
"Yep."
Ace was silent, but then he sighed. He made his way out of the kitchen, to the couch. "When did you suddenly become her friend, then?" he asked, sitting down beside his brother.
"We've been friends. That's why I helped her!"
Ace blinked. "Well, if you say so." He laughed a bit. "You're weird, at times."
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are."
"… I'm hungry."
Ace sighed. "Okay, let's go out, somewhere. I don't feel like cooking."
Luffy grinned. "Okay, let's go!!"
Luffy ran to his room, to get ready to go out.
Ace stood up, and scratched the back of his head. "Okay, where did I put that umbrella?" he muttered, looking out the window. "Stupid rain needs to hurry up and go away…"
It was a little while before the brothers were out of the house. They were both under the large umbrella, on their way to town, when they heard someone yelling.
"LET ME IN, DAMN IT!!!" was heard, followed by something hitting a door. "WHY WON'T YOU LET ME IN?!"
Luffy blinked. "That voice…" he muttered, hurrying ahead, leaving Ace behind.
"Oi, Luffy! Where are you going?" Ace followed after his little brother.
Luffy made a corner, and saw a driveway leading to a small house; a red-headed girl stood there, with only one shoe on her left foot.
"WHAT KIND OF PARENTS ARE YOU?! Damn bastards, need to learn to get a—" she stopped, midsentence, when she had turned and saw Luffy.
"Lea?"
Lea was hesitant to speak. "What… are you doing here?"
"I was going to go get something to eat, but then I heard you yelling."
"Luffy, who's she?" Ace finally caught up, and looked curiously at the young girl.
Lea sighed. "Damn, just what I need, to run into you at a time like this."
Luffy smiled a little. "Ace, this is Lea, my friend from school!"
"Oh, so she's Lea."
"WHOEVER SAID I WAS YOUR FRIEND, DAMNIT?!"
Ace chuckled. "You're missing a shoe, you know."
"Oh, shut the fuck up, shirtless bastard," she growled stomping over to her shoe. As she picked it up, she examined that damage that had been done to the door. "I hope it costs them more than they can afford!" She slipped her shoe on over her wet sock.
"So, Lea," Luffy said, walking over to her. "what are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be inside your house?"
It was almost as if a vein popped out of her forehead. "Hell no."
Luffy blinked, suddenly confused. "Why not?"
"I'd rather not."
Ace sighed. "Come on, Luffy, maybe you should just leave her alone. She'll kick your ass if you keep bothering her."
"I doubt it," Luffy laughed.
"You wanna say that again, dork?"
"You're more of a dork than me."
Lea was silent for a moment, then she punched Luffy in the face. She began to walk away. "Damn boy. You're so annoying…"
"Ow!" Luffy snapped, rubbing his face. "What the hell was that for?!" He turned to grab Lea's shoulder. "You wanna fight?!"
"Maybe I do!" Lea snapped, turning to Luffy.
"Cut it out, you two!" Ace snapped, taking them both by the forehead and pushing them back. "Luffy we should get going."
Luffy frowned. "Okay," he muttered. Ace began to walk away, under his umbrella. Luffy glanced at Lea, who stared back, then he hurried to follow his brother.
Sorry for ending way out there, but I couldn't find out any other method of ending it, and it was becoming too long for my likings in the contents of being fan fiction. D: But here it is, the second chapter. Hope you enjoyed. =D R&R is apprecieted~
