Yay! First chapter! This is really exciting!
Brook: Yohohoho! And I'm Brook! Miss Cupid?
Hm?
Brook: May I see your undies?
No! I thought we went over this the other day!
Brook: Yohohoho!
(sigh) Well, like in my other fics, we'll be doing the 'Reviewer's Reply'!
Brook: (looks at basket) Ah! I see! Though… I don't have eyes to 'see' with! Yohohoho! Skull joke!
(giggles) I get it Brook…
Brook: (grabs first review) This is a very special moment as a co-host for this fic! I'm getting goose bumps… But I don't have skin!
Brook!
Brook: Oh, right, forgive me. From Lectori Salutem…
Thank you. To be honest I was afraid that it would be too sappy or not enough emotion, so I'm glad it worked out.
Brook: Yes… such sad emotions… Makes me want to compose a song to such a moment!
First, you do the reviews and then we'll talk about the music thing.
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Blu-san! Thank you!
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Gene-chan! Haven't heard you in awhile! And I put that in because I thought it would be so cute!
Brook: I'm surprised Zoro-san has yet tried to harm you.
He doesn't know.
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Dream-chan! Thank you!
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Ookami-san! You're gonna figure that out, won't ya?
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Yes! I feel loved!
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Mimi-chan! I'm glad it got your attention.
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Kyo-kun! Haven't hear from you in awhile either!
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Oh! New one! You're just gonna find out.
Brook: That is all, would you like to start?
Duh! Enjoy everyone!
Chapter 1
Ten Years Later
It was raining in a city town-like area where most buildings are apartments, orphanages, schools, churches, or food marts.
In one such apartment is a dark room with it's curtain closed and the only light were the numbers of an alarm clock. When the said alarm clock turned to seven o'clock, it let out an alarm, making the occupant in the bed reach out and slammed his palm on the device, silencing it immediately.
The occupant groaned and turned on the light on the nightstand, showing a man with a light tan skin, short light green hair, light green eyes, and his face showed that he wasn't a morning person. He got up from the bed, revealing that he was very fit and muscular in a way that any guy would die for and certain girls would drool over. He walked to the bathroom, did his thing, walk out to get dressed in a simple black tee shirt, long roomy jeans and his black boots before grabbing a dark green coat, filled the dog bowl for the puppy, who was caught in a good dream, and headed out in the rain.
After sometime, he headed to a building that was known as a library and went up to the desk. "Morning, I'm Roronoa Zoro, is Miss Nico Robin in?"
"Yes, she is…" Said the old woman behind the desk. "She's over in the children's section, it's story time…"
"Thanks." He said as he went in.
He found the area and waited for the woman to finish.
The woman of twenty-eight had black-bluish hair that was straight and went pass her shoulders, a darker tan than his, clear yet sharp light blue eyes that conceal many emotions before.
'Dear Luffy, …' He thought as he caught her eyes and she nodded to him, a signal that she knows he's here, thus allowing him to go to the back room. From there, he went ahead and sat down in a chair in the small multi-use office, grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and went ahead and wrote down.
'Dear Luffy,
It would be ten years within the end of this week that you left this planet and into space with your brother, Ace. Nothing much has happened like in my last letter… Robin is working in the library until she's called up to do something for some kind of research. Franky owns his business in creating ships, houses, cars, you name it, course you know about that by now. Sanji, the one who was adopted by that top chef in the whole damn state? Yeah, talked to him, got into our usual argument, seemed to be okay far as I know about that shit bastard. Nami, she and her adoptive sister, Nojiko, help out with the tangerine grove business ever since their adoptive mother passed sometime ago. She's still getting over it, but she seems to do fine. Usopp is in school still, still being himself with his lies and tales, and now he has a girlfriend, Kaya. Don't know much about her other than that. Brook is still appearing in the orphanages to play music with them. He's doing okay… still plays your favorite song on your birthday. As for me, I have a puppy named Chopper. You would love him, he has a soft light brown coat, dark eyes, and, get this, a blue nose, I'm not kidding you. As for me, well… Nothing much really changed for me. Just… waiting for any news of you, ever since those bastards ditched the project and getting arrested for some kind of conspiracy. I don't really remember anymore. Well, Robin should be done with the story she's reading to the kids, I'll write to you again soon.
Your friend for almost ten years,
Zoro'
Robin entered the office in time to see him put the fold up paper into his pocket. "Hello Zoro, everything alright?"
"Just checking on how things are going with you."
She smiled and sat down in a chair as well. "There's still no news about the space craft or signs of it."
Zoro sighed. "Those bastards…"
"There was nothing we could do… They realized too late and they're already in space for three years our time." She said as she looked down at the table.
"How's your research going along for that one guy?"
"Very well actually, not quite as difficult as I expected to be though…"
Zoro shrugged. "Maybe it's just you…"
Robin smiled a small smile. "And you… Are you doing well these past few years?"
Zoro got up from the chair. "I'm not sure about being well, but I'm doing a little better."
"You still believe that Luffy and Ace are still up there…"
He shrugged. "No news is sometimes good news." He said as he walked out of the room and went out the back way.
From there he went to the school, where he saw a teen of seventeen with black, curly hair that was tied back into a low pony tail, almost the same tan as Robin's, thick lips, and a long nose, talking to a girl. The girl was pale compared to the teen boy, with ivory skin, pale blonde hair, and hazel eyes.
He continued on pass a police station and saw a man of thirty-five, silver hair, a bit more muscular, gray eyes, and manages to have two cigars in his mouth.
'P.S. …' His mind went as he walked on. 'Lt. Smoker, the same guy who Ace usually hangs with is also doing okay, if not being annoyed by the recent rise in crime lately.'
He stopped to see one of the many buildings, that stayed strong even though it was built in the last century or two, and entered to see a row of students warming up with bamboo swords and saw the man over looking them.
'And I've been helping out in the dojo with Mihawk since I turned sixteen. The guy still gives me the chills every time I look into his gold-yellow eyes.'
The man, somewhere in his late thirties and early forties with black hair and beard, and hawk-like gold-yellow eyes.
"You're late, Roronoa…"
"Sorry Mihawk-sensei, I was making sure how some of my friends are doing."
"And?"
"They are well."
"Why not call?"
"People can lie easily over the phone."
The man nodded. "Go change, you're in charge of the beginners."
"Hai, Sensei…"
'P.S.S: Don't worry about me, I'm fine really…'
Evening 6:30
He took Chopper out to the park and walked around. He looked up at the night sky and saw the stars. 'But…' He looked down at the puppy, which looked ready to go home and headed that way.
'Some times… I wish you were still here… on this planet… back home…'
He looked at his letter he created today and placed it in a folder in a drawer with the rest of the stacked up letters. After doing that, he went to the bathroom, turning on the light, which landed on a framed picture on his desk behind him.
The picture showed a huge group, mostly children, with the small, green haired boy being held up by a black haired teen boy with a strawhat on in the center of the picture.
'P.S.S.S: Before I forget…'
He looked at the shelf that only had one thing occupying it.
'Your 'Lucky Boshi' is still safe with me and in good condition.'
He smiled as he disappeared into the bathroom, where moments later the sound of running water was heard.
Somewhere Else
"Sir! I'm having a reading!" Said a man looking at a radar screen.
A man in a formal uniform went up to take a look at the screen. "Could it be…?" He whispered as he barked orders. "Find out where this thing lands!"
"It would land in a harbor of Grandville, is there something wrong sir?"
The man paused before speaking. "Ten years ago, two young men had been blindedly turned into astronauts, only for the program to be in the conspiracy of gathering intelligence."
"What kind of intelligence sir?"
He shook his head. "We don't know… the men responsible have committed suicide before they were questioned."
"And you think this object heading to the harbor could be that ship?"
"We can only hope… Hope that they're alive after all this time…"
How's that for a first chapter?
Brook: Yohohoho! See you in the next chapter!
