Chapter 2: On the Roof
Marco sat on the roof of the school opposite of where the supposed band of 'pirates' were to be. They were positioned so that they could hear them, but the teen couldn't hear their watchers. Marco wasn't too worried about it but Thatch, who had come with him, said that he felt like a stalker. Marco had assured him that only one was a girl and that the other looked more like a boy than a girl. It didn't make the other blonde feel better.
"Found them." Marco said as he watched the one from the day before climb up the side of the building.
"He's pretty agile." Thatch said watching him closely.
"It's she, according to Ace, that's the girl we want. She can hide herself as a boy pretty easily." Marco said continuing to watch as the teen easily jumped over the fence, squarely landing on the cement ground of the roof. The fence itself was ten feet but a cement block gave the overall jump about twelve feet down.
"So, we are here to watch a monkey in human form?" Thatch corrected what he had said earlier.
"And her little crew of nakama." Marco said watching as five others came out of nowhere. Marco looked around the roof. There was a storage shed, but the teens had come from a different direction. One with a long nose walked over to it and pulled out a rather expensive looking stereo. He popped something on it and music began to blare.
"This school must be sound proof if the classes can't hear that." Thatch said liking the song that was chosen to be played. "Either that or they are used to it."
"I don't think the kids really care either way." Marco said watching as a blonde haired man passed out bentos to everyone. The one who had climbed the wall grabbed hers and went over to the fence. Clenching the red cloth in her teeth, she climbed to the top. A green-haired man followed her and they sat together.
The blond sat with the red-head while the one who had brought out the stereo and a reindeer began to chat. They could hear that the story was a load of bull, but still entertaining.
A softer song came on and the black-haired girl complained. "Oi, Usopp, change it to something else, we don't come up here to hear about romance, put on the good songs!" the girl said pointing a pair of chopsticks with octopus wieners in it at the long-nosed boy.
Marco noted that Usopp was the boy that originally started the music as he changed it from one song to the next until it began to play Let's Start A Riot. The girl on the fence instantly shot up and stood very easily on the thin metal bar. Marco noted that she had no shoes. The green-haired boy next to her caught her bento easily and made sure none spilled. The girl began to sing with the song perfectly:
Show me how to lie
You're getting better all the time
And turning all against the one
Is an art that's hard to teach
Another clever word
Sets off an unsuspecting herd
And as you step back into line
A mob jumps to their feet
Now dance fucker dance
Man he never had a chance
And no one even knew
It was really only you
And now you steal away
Take him out today
Nice work you did
You're gonna go far, kid
With a thousand lies
And a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away
Nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See 'em running for their lives
The others began to sing along until the song ended. The one who started sat back down on the fence with ease and took her lunch back from the green-haired man. She smiled and quickly kissed him on the lips and went back to eating.
"Hello." Marco said staring at the two. "Maybe we should keep that from Ace."
"He would go berserk if he knew that she had a boyfriend." Thatch said in agreement.
"Oi, Luffy, why aren't you wearing shoes again?" the blond asked the black haired girl.
"I couldn't find them Sanji; you know how my house is. Shoes aren't allowed because it's a dojo and Makino hates it when I take them to my room. I came down this morning and they were gone. The guys are probably using them for target practice." Luffy told the blonde.
They noted down the name. For the rest of the hour, the two listened to normal high school gossip and saw a few kissing scenes. They got the names of each kid and pretty much guessed their major. They watched as the teens cleaned up and began to head down. Luffy kissed the one called Zoro good-bye and jumped down the side of the building gripping a window sill four stories down then, jumping in.
"She really is a monkey." Marco noted and Thatch chuckled.
"We were to ld to watch until they left and see what they did after school." Thatch said as they began to see students swarm into the hallways. The monkey girl long since disappeared.
7 elsewhere 7
Zoro walked towards his second to last class. He would get to see Luffy in the last class of the day. The school made all the classes that the kids majored in as the last period of the day. This made him happy because he had Luffy to himself for the last block. They were the only two in the sports major even though there were plenty of all-stars. This was mainly because they had decided to drop out after he and Luffy creamed them in a two on about thirty dodge-ball match.
The coach said that if they can't stay in the game for longer than ten minutes with the two of them, than they were out. Half were kicked out; the others said that staying in the class was suicide ready to happen. The two had laughed and enjoyed the rest of their days together. The coach was strict but since Luffy was boy, she had to go into the boys' locker room. She really didn't mind since she lived with fifty something guys and one girl. She was used to it.
The gym was the only place that Zoro needed no help getting to. He had found a person to follow for each class so he never got lost. People seemed to avoid him but that just made it easier to follow the unaware victim. Zoro wished that he could go with Luffy when she climbed the school wall and jumped down it, but he wasn't as fast as she was and his history class was on the opposite side of the school where Luffy jumps. They didn't question the girls' love of thrills and danger, they just went with it. It was Luffy for Pete's sake, questioning that teen and, okay, you don't question her and that's final.
Zoro entered the class and nodded towards the teacher. Robin smiled back and he took his position at the back of the class by the window. The view was of the front of the school. Zoro could see Luffy's truck perfectly. The wind blew their mark as 'pirates'. He smiled at it and then was brought to attention by the teacher standing above him.
"Tutoring?" Nico Robin asked in her sweet deep voice. Zoro shook his head. The other kids looked confused. They knew that Zoro wasn't one for tutoring since he actually did fairly well, especially when it came to certain eras.
Zoro went back to gazing at the vehicles. The question was whether or not they were going to be having a meeting up on the roof after school. That was where they went. The one sanctuary they had in this school. Teachers were usually against this sort of thing, but thanks to Luffy's little ability to persuade anyone, she had gotten three on her side.
Usually there was a meeting almost every day, but Luffy had said that she had to go home and since she was the leader, they had decided that there weren't going to be any meetings if she didn't come. When a member didn't come, they were briefed at the next. Usually Zoro would leave a slip on her desk with the time and everything, when he didn't she would ask a random question.
Most of the time their meetings would consist of what was new with them and whether there would be a riot, raid or street race coming up. The rest of the time they would play video games and listen to music. That was the way it went with the group. Never fight unless given reason to.
The class ended and Zoro waited for everyone to leave. He stood up and robin leaned against the wall.
"Does Luffy-san have something important to do?" Robin asked wondering if something was wrong.
Zoro shook his head, "She needs to claim her shoes and Shanks probably asked her to come home early for something. Probably something stupid that could get him trouble with Mihawk again." Robin nodded and Zoro walked off to his next class.
He walked into the boys' locker to find Luffy already partially dressed in her regular clothes. And Ace-Bandage bound her chest flat. She didn't need anything over it and her pants were undone. He went behind the girl and wrapped an arm around her waist. Luffy flinched and looked up at her man. She smiled and he gently kissed her on the lips.
"You are later than usual so you better get dressed." The girl said slipping down and getting out of his grip. It still amazed Zoro that she could do that.
"Hurry up you ladies!" their coaches voice boomed through the locker. Luffy finished putting her shirt on and walked out bare-foot. Zoro soon followed.
"How did he know?" Zoro asked the girl as they walked towards the exit. Luffy punched him in the shoulder and ran into the open gym. Luffy could run as fast as any guy and Zoro was always right behind her.
They both stopped in front of Mihawk. The man knew about Luffy's secret about being a girl but still allowed her into the boys' locker so it didn't cause confusion.
"Yo." Luffy said carelessly. Mihawk was Luffy's father, Shanks's guy, so he also knew about their little gang of 'pirates'. He had no problem with it but did question some of the not-quite-legal stuff.
"Is Shanks asking you to come home after school?" the gold-eyed man asked rather seriously. Luffy nodded because lying to this man was dangerous.
Mihawk sighed; he had to stay after for a conference and figured that something was wrong. "What did he do this time?"
"I am sworn to secrecy and the guys took my shoes again, so I need another pair." Luffy said smiling. This was normal talk between the two of them. Even though Luffy was their adopted son/daughter, they had a pretty good relationship.
"Ten mile run and no sea trip this weekend." Their coach said. Luffy had a shocked look on her face. The run wasn't the problem. Luffy loved the sea almost as much as she loved Zoro. And she had planned on bringing her crew with them.
"Okay, sheesh, always have to blackmail me don't you?" Luffy said. Mihawk nodded as an answer. "He broke the washing machine again and asked me to come and help him fix it since the guys can't." Luffy said quickly so that he didn't dump anything else on her.
Mihawk sighed and waved them off to do stretches as he went to his office and decided to call his husband. Luffy muttered that it wasn't her fault and began to stretch her legs.
Zoro chuckled and began to do arm stretches. Mihawk was the one who taught him swords-play and the arm stretches were the most important. Luffy was on the ground doing the splits and reaching to both feet at the same time. She leaned forward while still clinging to her feet and touched her chin to the floor.
"Is that your rubber ability or your own flexibility?" Zoro asked as Luffy stood up and reached her leg into a yoga style stretch behind her head.
"I'm not allowed to use my ability in school." The girl said sighing as she began to stretch her arms.
"Please don't mention that so easily, Roronoa." Mihawk said coming back into the gym. Zoro nodded an apology and went back to stretching.
"You don't have to go straight home anymore." Mihawk told his daughter. Luffy smiled and looked at Zoro. He smiled and Mihawk sighed. "Don't wreck the truck."
"Dear Father, I have never wrecked it, gotten away from the police in it, yes." Luffy said shocked that her father would even think that. Mihawk smiled and told them to do one on one sparring. Zoro grabbed his swords and Luffy began to pace herself.
7 after school 7
Luffy ran to her truck and jumped into the bed. "Who's driving?" she asked. They all looked at her and smiled.
"If we are going down the highway, you are the best choice." Nami said as she got into the back. Luffy got into the driver seat and Zoro got in next to her. The rest got into the bed.
"To bad Brook, Robin and Franky couldn't come." Usopp said sitting with his bag under him so it wouldn't fall.
"They said there was a conference that was mandatory." Chopper said keeping his bag on.
Sanji got in last after helping Nami up. He locked the bed door and knocked on the window. Luffy grinned and began to roll out of the school parking lot. She turned on the stereo and I Will Not Bow began to play. The teens drummed to the beat and some began to sing along.
Once Luffy was off of school property, Sanji lit a cigarette and Luffy sped up as they entered the highway. They were above eighty when the cops began to chase them. She had been chased many times before, during street races, after riots and raids, and whenever her and her crew decided to have some fun.
They couldn't find her by her license because it was confidential information. You gotta love connections. The worst she ever did was the street racing and she never crashed, that was just how awesome she was at driving.
They had the windows open and the four in the back were howling at the speed and they all ended up laughing when Usopp stood up and almost fell over backwards. Sanji and Nami had grabbed his belt while Chopper grabbed his ankles. Nami took a quick look at the cops behind her and noticed that they had a terrified look on their faces.
"Cops inner thought," she said over the music and wind, "These teens are one-hundred percent complete idiots!"
Luffy burst out into a hysterical laughter at this and sped up down the road. She changed the song and The Offspring began to play. They turned off on a certain road and the cops stayed behind them. Usopp looked carefully at the one at the front.
"Shit, Smokey is in the lead!" he said leaning over to tell Zoro. Zoro looked at Luffy and the girl smiled.
"Hold on! Luffy's gonna go fast!" the green-haired teen hollered back at the four in the bed. The nodded and sat on the bed instead of the sides. Luffy cranked into fourth gear and ran down a small city street. She quickly turned, barely making the red light and got into a neighborhood.
She slowed down to reasonable speeds and stopped in front of a small village style house. Usopp got out and waved good-bye. Luffy drove away after making sure that the cops hadn't seen where Usopp lived. She got back onto the main road and drove down to a restaurant. Nami and Sanji got out here. They didn't live together, but Nami always stayed after school with the blonde since her sister wouldn't be home for a while.
Luffy dropped Chopper off at a castle. It wasn't the only one in Raftel, but it was the only one that only had two people living in it and was the scariest hospital known to man. Dr. Kureha worked there. She was Chopper's adopted mother.
Luffy kept on driving until she reached a small dojo. The one she lived in was bigger, held more people and was a hell of a lot noisier. Zoro looked at her and grabbed her face. Luffy smiled and rested her head on his shoulders. She wasn't tired at all; Zoro's shoulders were just very comfortable places to lean against.
The green-haired teen kissed her on the head. Luffy looked up at him and continued to smile. Zoro lifted her chin up and kissed her carefully on the lips. Zoro was careful at first, but then got a little rougher. Luffy had her eyes closed and Zoro stared at her face with his black eyes. She could fool almost everybody that she was a boy, but there were times when, she was nothing less than a girl.
Zoro leaned out and Luffy pouted about the kiss being over. Zoro smiled and leaned in so that his mouth was right next to her ear. Luffy could feel Zoro's warm breath on her neck and she shivered at the feel. "How long, till you can finally be a girl?" the boy asked her and Luffy sighed. Zoro sat up and looked her straight in the eye.
"I don't know. Right now, there are only a few places that I can be a girl. It all depends." Luffy's dark chocolate eyes were filled with sorrow and Zoro decided not to press the matter. He got out of the truck and looked at Luffy one last time.
"Bring fireworks?" the girl lit up and smiled.
"Hell, ya!" she said as he closed the door. Luffy drove off down the road. Her house was on the other side of the neighborhood, walking distance from Zoro's.
She parked it in the garage her dad had made for it. Only he, her father, Luffy and Zoro had the keys. Ben was permitted to enter, but not allowed to touch.
She walked in and looked at the place where the shoes of the fifty-somethin' guys who lived went. Her sandals were not there. They all looked up at her and smiled. Luffy sighed and walked over to the living room where they all were.
"Where are my shoes?" she asked kinda playing with them. They all looked at each other and then at a pair of guys in the back. The two put down a pair of what used to be shoes. Luffy smiled and hit both guys in the faces with the shredded flip-flops. The guys began to laugh and Luffy started to climb the spiral staircase up to the fourth floor where her room was.
Her dad stopped her. Shanks looked at his daughter with hurt, betrayed eyes. Luffy looked at him feeling kinda guilty, because now he would get in trouble from Father.
"He blackmailed me Dad. It was either to tell him what you did or no ocean trip." Luffy said innocently and like she was the victim. Shanks lightly cursed under his breath knowing that that was all that was needed to get Luffy to say anything.
"Where to hide?" the red-haired man asked himself and Luffy smiled.
"You could always hide in the washing machine. He'd probably wouldn't think that you would hide in what you broke." Luffy said trying to be helpful.
The door open and Mihawk walked into his home. "Too late." Luffy said running upstairs so that she wasn't caught in the crossfire.
"H-hi." Shanks said to his lover before turning around and running back to the basement. Mihawk calmly followed him and smiled at Luffy who was watching from the stairs. Luffy giggled and went up to her room.
She had a decent sized room for the dojo. A queen sized bed and a flat screen TV that had a Wii hooked up to it. Multiple games, mostly fighting and racing filled a shelf including multiple movies. Her room seemed like it was meant to fit her disguise as a boy, but the movies and games were her own preferences. A stereo sat on a shelf that was also filled with random knick-knacks Shanks had brought back from his business trips.
The stereo hooked up to her i-pod and played the CD's that were on another shelf. Luffy sat on her bed and took her shirt off. The bondage she had to keep her chest flat was irritating, but had to be worn. She quickly took it off and put a bra on. Her chest wasn't small but it wasn't the size of Nami's or Robin's either. It was, however, big enough to need the binding.
Luffy grabbed a red vest style shirt and a pair of denim shorts. She put them on and hung up her uniform. She opened the door and walked down to the kitchen to get something to drink. Ben was sitting at the table with a bottle of booze.
"School going any easier for you?" he asked the girl as she got a soda. The teen sat at the table next to him and smiled.
"Well, I ditch the last bit of math. Get to climb up and down the school. Can fight with Zoro in the last class and can get a way cops pretty easily, I'd say it is going very well." Luffy said with a small laugh. Ben smiled and shook his head. How the girl could come home alive everyday was a mystery.
"So, how's Dad and Father doing?" the girl asked looking down at the quiet basement. Ben looked at it to and sighed. As he did, a dark green haired woman entered the kitchen. She smiled at the two of them and went to the cupboard.
"Luffy-san, can you go get you r fathers?" Makino asked as she pulled out plates.
"Eeehhhh! Why me?" Luffy asked not wanting to get involved. Makino looked at her with a now look. Luffy sighed and got up. Ben chuckled softly as she walked to the basement door. She opened it and yelled down that it was dinner time.
"Go down and get them Luffy." Ben said enjoying this.
Luffy looked at him and frowned. "Fine, but you had better make sure I get a good sized share." The teen said before descending the stairs.
The basement consisted of a laundry room, a wreck room and a small equipment closet. Luffy stood outside the door to the laundry room. Sounds of crashing were coming from the inside. Luffy banged on the door.
"Dinner! If you don't come up I'm gonna eat your guys' shares!" she said. The sound stopped and Mihawk opened the door. He smiled at his daughter and Luffy smiled back.
"Well, I guess we had better get going. Those ruffians up there are probably already eating." He said closing the door.
"What about Dad?" Luffy asked looking at the door.
"He'll be up when he can move." Mihawk said walking upstairs.
Luffy bowed in front of the door as if it was the resting place for someone and went upstairs.
Okay, second chapter uploaded. I have a quick question for those of you who are reading this. I completely suck at how to find things on my account. Do the reviews go to my inbox or is there some wierd place I have to go to?
Zoro: You are completely useless.
Saix: Shut up you swordsman.
Sanji: Don't tell that to a lady... you are a girl right?
Saix: I oughta hurt both of you.
*Bang on both heads*
Nami: It is very rude to tell that to a girl you assholes!
Sanji: Oh Nami-swaan! 3 Your fist of love breaks my heart.
Luffy: FIST OF LOVE!
*Cowers in corner*
Usopp: I think we broke her.
Saix: Well, till the next chapter ^^