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Chapter 2 of Thousand Sunny high: May 5th
Ace's point of view
Not being able to find things you once had in your grasp makes you want to go insane. Every year, on the same exact day, I go looking for him. But every year, on the same exact day, I finally think that maybe I'll finally find him this year. I get my hopes too high, but then, in the end, I end up failing miserably.
The day that I get my hopes so high, the day that I ditch everything for, the only day that I look forward to, that day is May 5th, my brother's birthday. Sometimes I wish I could just spend everyday looking for him, every single minute of each day, looking desperately for him. But I can't, I can't because I'll be breaking my promise that I made with pops.
I took a quick glance at the clock on my wall, it was already six o'clock. I guess it's time to get ready for my first day as a junior. I sat up in my queen sized bed and began stretching, a knock on the door interrupted me, "I'm sorry, master, I was just checking if you were awake." Whitey said.
"It's fine, Whitey." I replied, "Oh and breakfast is prepared for you downstairs, pops is a little tired, so he'll be sleeping in. He told us to tell you that you have to be ready by 6:30." She walked away, without another word.
I pushed the blankets off of my body and stood up. I approached my school uniform, it was a rather average uniform, a plain white blouse, a black blazer, that had my school's logo on top of the pocket, with two buttons that had a certain pattern, gray pants that came with a black belt, and a plaid blue tie.
I picked it up and set it on my bed, then I headed to my bathroom. I opened the door, and felt for the light switch, when I stepped in I examined the clean sink and the spotless toilet. I only needed a sink, shower, and a toilet, nothing more, nothing less.
There were two knobs, cold and hot, I turned the hot knob two times, then turned the cold knob once. As I waited for the water to warm up, I looked over to my clean and organized sink, and my clean looking toilet. Of course I didn't clean them, one of the maids probably did, they clean it everyday, but for some reason I always mess it up. I stared at the shiny tiled floor and began rubbing my eyes, it was too early for brightness.
Once the water finally warmed up, I stripped off my pajama pants, then my boxers, I slid the glass door open, and when I stepped in, I slid it closed.
As I waited for the water to soak my hair, I closed my eyes and began thinking of him, of Luffy.
When I opened my eyes, it felt like only 1 minute had passed, I heard someone lightly knocking on my bathroom door, "Ace, Ace! It's already 7:00! You're 15 minutes late for your first day as a junior! What's wrong?!" It was Whitey, I turned both of the knobs off, then I took a folded towel from the closet bathroom. I wrapped it around my waist and turned on the sink, I rinsed my toothbrush and put a squirt of toothpaste on it, "I'm hurrying!" I said before I began brushing my teeth.
When I finished brushing my teeth, I opened the door and grabbed my uniform off of my bed. I looked around the room, know one was here, so I locked my bedroom door and began changing. I pulled on a pair of boxers, I shoved my arms in to my white blouse and began buttoning it, as I buttoned my blouse, I pulled on my gray pants, then I quickly put of my black belt. I grabbed my plaid blue tie, my shoes and white socks, and opened my door, I kept on going straight until I passed 5 hallways, then I saw a newly polished staircase, I stomped down the wooden stairs as fast as I can.
When I reached the bottom there were all of the house's maids lined up in one line then the butlers across from them, "Master Ace, have a safe trip!" They all said in sync. Whitey approached me right away, "Pops wanted us to prepare for your departure, so we've all gathered here to see you off." She said while smiling, "I'm only leaving for school though..." I replied, a little bit confused.
"Well...yes, but we're just worried for you." Whitey replied, "Carrying on, we've prepared your lunch and here's your backpack." She handed me a black Japanese styled school bag, "Master Ace, have a pleasant day!" All of the maids and butlers said.
I smiled at them and waved, "I'll be leaving now." I opened the expansive looking door and opened it, then stepped outside, when I stepped outside Whitey closed the door.
An old look man opened my car door, "Thank you." I slid into the car and put my school bag next to me. I looked at the beautiful blue sky from my window, and closed my eyes.
I stared at my mother, waiting for an answer, what was going to happen to pops? Is he going to be alright? I wanted to ask her a million questions, but I held my tongue.
"Yes, yes, I see. Thank you for informing me, goodbye." She put the telephone down and began walking towards me, "What's wrong with pops?"
"It's nothing much, Ace, you don't have to worry." She gave me a warm smile, "Then when is he coming back?" I asked right away.
"Pops just has chest pains, he'll be back in no time." She giggled, "When can we visit him?" I asked, "Whenever you want." She smiled.
"I want to see him now." I said selfishly, "Haha, okay Ace, we'll go see him now. I'll ask McGuy to drive us there."
My mother began closing the curtains since it was getting dark, "Okay, Ace, let's get going now." She smiled a smile that warmed my heart.
McGuy opened the door for my mother and I, "Thank you." I said as I got in, "Thanks." I heard my mother's soft and gentle voice say.
"How's school?" She asked, "It's fine, I guess." I replied, "How's it fine?" She giggled, "I don't know." I shrugged.
"You know, you don't have to be so worried about pops." She always had that sweet and gentle tone that makes me smile, "I'm not." I replied seriously, "Haha, okay Ace, okay." Her smiles, her laughter, her voice always made me feel so safe, so at home.
The car went to a sudden stop, which jerked us forward, "What's going on?" My mother asked worried, "Nothing you have to worry about." McGuy replied. As my mother sat back, I could see a black BMW coming straight towards us, "WATCH OUT!" I wanted to scream but my voice was choked up.
Our car began flipping over, crashing into the road upside down. The sound of crunching metal and shattering glass filled my ears. I kept on bouncing back and fourth in my seat.
When we finally stopped flipping, my ears were ringing, I felt so dizzy, it felt like the car was still in motion. "Mom?" No response, "McGuy?" Still no response, I looked around, I saw nothing but darkness. I took out a flashlight that I kept on my key chain and turned it on. What I saw was going to scar me for life. My mother was slumped over in her seat, her head at an irregular angle. The side of her head had a cut. "Mom?" I said once more. "McGuy?" I looked over to the front seat and saw McGuy's body crushed by the airbag. There was blood everywhere, on my hands, my clothes, my face.
I kicked open the door, there was no sight of anyone. Not even the man who hit us. I pulled out my cell phone and dialed 911.
"Hello, 911 what's your emergency?" A friendly voice said.
"We...we were hit by a car." I was trying to hold back the panic in my voice.
"Who's with you?"
"My mom and a friend, I need an ambulance! Someone help! My mom, she's dying! Help!" I didn't care anymore if I panicked, I just wanted someone to help my mom.
"Where's your location?"
"I'm not sure, it's too dark outside to see any street sign."
"Well that's no problem."
"Hurry, my mom is going to die, I need to help her." I kept on repeating.
"It's okay, young man, we're sending help right away."
An ambulance came, and they put McGuy and my mother on a gurney.
I sat at the back of the ambulance with a blanket wrapped over me, waiting for them to bring my mother over here.
I saw them walking over with my mother on a gurney, but they had the looks of empathy and pity on their face, I stared at them in confusion.
"I'm sorry, your mother has passed." My eyes widened with horror, "What do you mean?"
"She died from the impact from the car slamming into her." I frowned and looked at her, at least she looks peaceful. My vision began blurring, as each tear came down my cheeks they stung my eyes. The tears wouldn't stop and they hurt, it felt like nothing could make me feel better.
"Ace, Ace?" The old man kept on repeating. I opened my eyes and looked out the window, I was already at school, I must have went down memory lane too long, "Yeah, I'm sorry. Thanks for the ride Atmos." I picked up my school bag, opened the door, and got out.
I walked towards the front door, then I looked as the car got further and further away from me. Once I reached the door, I pulled the door open and started walking to the student council room.
I slowly walked to room 225, but then I hid in a closet nearby. I didn't want Boa to start scolding me again, so I was going to wait until she left. But then this thought came across my mind; what if she doesn't leave until she sees me? I sighed and got out of the closet, I walked in front of the door and opened it.
Everything seemed normal, so far, so I sat at my desk and pretended to work. Boa's probably having a conversation with Sengoku or something, I shrugged. Since it was only 1st period still, I decided, maybe, I could fit a 20 minute nap in. I took out a sleeping bag from the closet in the room, and then I took a soft pillow that Robin hid, secretly, behind her book shelf, I crawled under my desk and began sleeping.
I woke up to the noise of footsteps, I shrugged. Probably just Law coming back early from vacation or Kid coming back early from vacation. They are just probably spending vacation together, doing you know what with each other. Yep, when I was ordered by Boa to go get some papers she forgot, I caught them on top of each other, everything but their pants were taken off. The worst part was that they didn't even notice I came in until my phone dropped onto the floor, vibrating. They immediately got off of each other, trying to explain what happened, with their faces flushed. I just smiled awkwardly and nodded.
A voice interrupted my memory of seeing Kid and Law on top of each other, "Hmm, who's Nico Robin?" I raised my eyebrow, who's this kid?
"Isn't he the student council president Nami told me about?" He asked himself, that orange haired girl, right? Maybe I'll introduce myself to this kid, he's probably that new kid everyone's talking about, "Why yes I am, I'm the student council president." I heard the boy jump.
"Who's there?" He asked, "I'm under the desks." I replied, he searched under a few desks until he found me, in my sleeping bag, "Hi, I'm Portgas D. Ace, who're you?" I tried to smile politely.
"I'm-" "Excuse me, but the president is very busy right now. You can come back later, okay?" Boa was going to scold him for coming into the student council room, I felt bad for the boy, but whatever. I decided to sleep, once again.
"LAZY BASTARD!" Someone yelled, "Huh?" I got out from under my desk and looked around.
"How was your nap?" Boa asked glaring at me, "Actually, my nap was pretty good." I said, teasing her.
"It's already LUNCH!" Boa's hands tried to reach my neck, but Robin pulled her hands away, "Let me go! He's not meant to be student council, I am! He's so damn lazy!" She complained.
"Hey, I didn't ask to be the president, Sengoku just asked me to, so I accepted." I smiled, then glanced at the clock, it was already 12 o'clock, "I'm going to get some lunch." I waved off and left.
I went to my locker and got my lunch before going to the cafeteria.
"Hey Ace." Robin approached me, "Where's Boa?" I asked, "Oh, she's just calming down at home, I sent her to her house." Robin smirked, "Why don't we go eat in the cafeteria?" She began walking towards the cafeteria, I followed, behind, her.
Robin chose the table furthest from the door, next to the window. No one really sat in the back, so a couple of tables near us were empty, the cafeteria suddenly hushed. I began hearing snickering, laughing, giggling, and whispering.
"I wonder what's going on." Robin began opening her lunch box, she took the lid off of her black lunch box. I stared at her lunch, the delicious dragon rolls, I could see the eel sauce on top of the avocado, I didn't have any control over my body, my mouth suddenly began watering.
"Ace do you want some?" She smiled, "It's fine, I have my own lunch." I opened my black lunch box, Whitey probably prepared my lunch because she left a note on top of the soup lid, Have a nice day -Whitey, it said.
I began eating the meat first, and in the middle of my meal, a boy with a scar under his left eye stole my drumstick. I was a little shocked, it's as if his arm stretched all the way here, he sat at least 2 tables away. Then he came over, again, to steal even more meat, before he could touch the meat, I tackled him.
"What, are you doing?!" I kneed him in the stomach, "I'm hungry though..." The boy replied, "You have your own lunch!" I managed to pin his arms down, "Shishishishi, your lunch looked good, and I wanted some." The boy smiled.
What the heck is up with this kid? He's so cheeky and straight forward... I stood up and dusted off my gray pants, "What's your name, kid?" I asked, "What's your name?" He said back, "Portgas D. Ace." I replied, "Oh yeah, I met you earlier." He got up and dusted off his blazer and gray pants.
The boy held out his hand and smiled, "My name is-" I could see him speaking but for some reason, I couldn't hear him, something was preventing me from hearing him, "Excuse me, can you repeat that?" I asked, "I said, my name's-" There it was again, I could clearly see that he was speaking but what was that sound?
"ACEEEEE!" I heard someone yell behind me, I turned around and saw Boa charging towards me, "What?!" I yelled, as she punched me in the face, "You're suppose to be working! You lazy bastard!" I held my bloody nose, "You're suppose to be at your house!" I yelled, she replied by handing me an unrealistic amount of papers, "Robin made the mistake of not seeing me step into my house. Now, work on all these and you can go home." She walked away without another word.
"Do I really have to do all this work?!" I banged my head against my desk, "I came charging into the cafeteria, and broke your nose, yes you need to all that work." She replied, not looking up from her paperwork, "Urgg." I stopped banging my head, picked up my pen and began working.
After an hour, my hand was just about to fall off, and my throat was dying for water, "Boa can I take a-" "NO." She replied, "But you didn't even let me fin-" "NO." She said even louder, I sighed, and picked up my pen again.
After several more boring hours of paperwork, I was about to pass out, my body was so sweaty from all the paperwork I had been doing, "Boa, can I leave now?" "Go ahead, you'll need to work on the rest of these tomorrow then." She revealed a pile of papers that was so big, I almost fainted, "Wha-?" I was finished for the day, done. So I picked up my school bag and headed for the door.
By the time I was in front of my house, it was already 11 o'clock. I took out my keys and unlocked the front door, I opened the door slowly, and stepped inside the house. When I shut the door, quietly, Whitey was waiting for me, "Ace, are you okay? What happened?!" She stared at my swollen nose, "It's nothing, Boa just decided to break my nose today." I said jokingly, Whitey laughed, "Oh, that's all?" She sighed in relief, "I thought you got jumped or something." She put down the telephone she was holding, "But, Ace, why're you home so late?" "After Boa broke my nose, she gave me paperwork." I replied, Whitey laughed a laugh that reminded me so much of mother, "I'll see you in the morning then." She waved off and went to her bedroom. I slowly walked upstairs, until I passed 5 hallways and saw my bedroom. I open my door and went straight into bed, I didn't care about my uniform still being on, I was tired. I could hear the creaks, and noises the house made, I closed my eyes and began thinking about my day, I pushed the thoughts of my day away, I was too tired to think. But that boy with the scar under his left eye just really reminded me of someone, maybe it was an old friend? I still tried to push the thoughts away but the way he eats, reminds me so much of someone, what was his name? Natsu. I laughed to myself, why am I thinking about anime at this time of the day?
A/N: I'm SOOO sorry I updated this chapter 2 days late! I went on vacation and the hotel had no reception, I came up my laptop bag around my neck, I looked like a weirdo! Anyways, Boa loves cock blocking Ace! Carrying on, I was going to post this chapter on the 19th because I was already finished with it, but then on that day I got a review telling me that the 1st chapter was too brief. I re-read the first chapter and it was too brief, so I started all over on the 2nd chapter because the 2nd chapter was also too brief. I'm so happy I finished it on time! Also, I'm not going to use .oo0oo. anymore because I'm pretty sure I was using it wrong or something, at least that's what my friend told me, and she also told me to space out things more, so yeah, I hope you're satisfied. Thanks for all the reviews! Hmm, I'll make my next update April 6th on Whitebeards birthday, yes, yes, I know that Usopp's birthday is on April 1st and Brooks is on April 3rd but it takes time to write a chapter. So, leave a review telling me all my mistakes and what not but I'm only human so I'll keep on making mistakes, see you guys on the internet!