Okay! Here's chapter two! Thank you all SO much for the reviews! :D

Also, I suck at teacher talk. And again, tell me if I did any of this high school stuff right. XP


Usopp has been sitting in his third class for a while now, which was science. He was listening intently to the teacher, Mr. Hiluluk - or Dr. Hiluluk as he wanted to be called - , as he taught the class on the three different types of blood cells in his strange excited way.

"Think of the white blood cells, or leukocytes, as cannibalistic fighters from a different part of your body, which is the immune system! They fight diseases and infections, and then they eat them! They eat the bad bacterium that tries to harm the body, claiming their own territory, which is your immune system!"

Usopp chuckled at the interpretation Dr. Hiluluk was giving. Science has always been a joy to him; it made him think of possible ideas for his Sniper King superhero concept, using made up chemicals to enhance Sniper King's vision and to make him, along with other characters and villains, super strong. Plus, Dr. Hiluluk was an entertaining teacher to watch. He really does love what he teaches. Another thing that makes Dr. Hiluluk quirky was that he sometimes brings his young pet reindeer, Chopper, to the school. Chopper was actually a well trained and behaved reindeer, who's also very friendly. The more interesting trait about the male reindeer is that he has a blue nose, making him a unique sight to see. Whenever the pet reindeer was brought to Hiluluk's class, the students always had the opportunity to pet Chopper whenever they could. The funny thing is, Chopper usually sits on the floor while Dr. Hiluluk teaches the class, like he's actually listening to his master. Chopper loves the attention from the classmates, but he mostly gets along with Usopp better, and the boy loves the attention as well, making him kind of his second master.

Sadly though, Chopper is not in the class today. Maybe another day. Usopp really does love that reindeer.

As Hiluluk kept teaching the kids, Usopp glanced around the classroom a bit. He was in the second row of three tables in the class and was pretty much in the center. He's sitting next to Sanji, who was also in his science class as well, but instead of listening to the lesson, he was admiring the pretty girls that are in it. The blonde boy had his eyes on two girls, one that's in their school, and one particular newgirl that was at the right back row table.

Sitting next to the girl whose hair is blonde and has two pigtails, along with two-looking antennae-looking bobs on her head, the new girl Perona was sitting at the table, looking out of the window next to her with a hand propping under her chin on the table. She seems to be in her own world, staring outside with a blank look on her face.

It would seem that this was the second time Perona was in another class with Usopp, with the first class being History. Although he wished that he didn't have any classes with her, she was actually tolerable during the lessons. All she ever really does is sit at the back of the class and not say anything.

Usopp frowned at Perona, but it was not in disdain; it was more of pity. She didn't raise her hand to answer a question or anything. He turned back to the teacher to try to hear the rest of the lesson, but his mind was now lost in thought about the new student's quiet behavior.

He's actually been in that situation before. Although he'd never been at the back of the classroom, he was once a new kid when he was little. His dad was transferred to the police department of the city of Loguetown when Usopp was six. The move was also timed perfectly as Usopp's first year of elementary school was around the corner. It happened a little bit after his mom passed away…

Maybe the reason his father decided to go with the lateral transfer was because he wanted to move out of the town where he and his mother grew up…to forget the pain of never seeing her again…

'Eyuck. Don't be depressing, Usopp. Dad and I don't need more pain.'

Anyways, when he went to his new school, he, of course thanks to being the new kid, wasn't considered 'cool'. Before he was friends with Luffy and the gang, he made up big stories about himself, saying that he was brave enough to wrestle snakes and bears like his dad, which in reality, his dad was just a good marksman. Of course, everyone called him out on his lies, some even testing him, which let Usopp find a way to lie about getting a cramp or getting a rare disease that he got.

But ever since he met Luffy, Nami, Zoro, and Sanji, he's been best friends with them since. He told him his bizarre stories about how he fought lions and bears, and it really entertained them, especially Luffy. Although Zoro, Sanji, and Nami that knew they were all lies, they didn't say anything, because the way Usopp was telling them made him feel great. It got his creativity out…which made him realized he could make a comic book hero out of his stories around the age of ten.

It was sometimes hard making friends, especially when you're now in a new high school. Heck, maybe she left some good friends back at her old school. Maybe she acted differently at her old school and she's in a very foreign environment. It actually almost made Usopp feel a little bad for snapping back at her.

Maybe he shouldn't have been too harsh on her…

Usopp frowned at the thought. 'Wait, what am I thinking!? She was the one who started it!' He slightly shook his head, 'Even if she is new, she needs to learn to respect others.'

"Alrighty everyone!" said Hiluluk, breaking Usopp out of his thoughts, "Now that class is almost over, it's time for us to partner up for your two week assignment!"

Everyone except Usopp and Perona groaned slightly.

"I know, exciting isn't it!?" Hiluluk said with a grin, oblivious or either ignoring their complaints. "Now, time for me to call out who should be pairing who." He put a hand to his chin in thought as he looked around the room. "Hmm...Buggy, Alvida!"

The big red nose boy known as Buggy looked at the raven haired beauty known as Alvida from another table, as did she looked at the red nosed boy. Buggy shrugged, as well as Alvida, not really showing enthusiasm.

"Alright! And let's see…Sanji and Conis!"

Sanji looked like he won the lottery as he turned to look at the blonde beauty with hearts in his eyes. Conis blinked and looked at Sanji, smiling awkwardly at his eagerness.

"Hmm…" Hiluluk glanced at Perona, who was still looking out the window. He twisted his lips in wonder, 'Hmm…it seems the new student can't concentrate. That won't do! Maybe I can pair her up with some of my best students! Hmm…" He took a quick glance at Usopp and smiled. 'I got it!' "Usopp and the new student; Perona!"

Usopp's eyes widened in shock at the news, while Perona snapped out of her gaze and turned her head to look at the teacher in confusion. "Huh? What now?" Perona asked.

"Well Perona, I was just pairing you up with Usopp, one of my best students!" Hiluluk told her.

Perona blinked and turned to the long nose boy curiously, whom the boy himself turned to the pink haired girl in disbelief. The girl looked at him in surprise, but then pouted and turned her head away to prop her chin on her hand again as she looked out the window.

Usopp cringed. 'Well…terrific. It seems like fate likes to torture me once more.'

Seeing that that was all settled, Dr. Hiluluk nodded with a smile and called out more names to be paired.


A few minutes after the students were paired and Dr. Hiluluk hands out copies of the rules, the bell rings. Usopp and all the other students got up from their tables, putting in their supplies in their backpacks.

Usopp was still feeling a little annoyed at being paired up with the new RUDE student named Perona. He needs to ask Dr. Hiluluk about that. Why did he have to choose him? He said Usopp was one of his best students, and although he was flattered by that, did he really have to pair him up with that girl?

He saw a brief glimpse of pink slip past him, seeing that it was none other than Perona. She passed him in front of his table, carrying her books with one arm, her head held up high as she ignored him, carrying an air of arrogance around her, making her act like she's some sort of snooty socialite. Her back was also straight, looking like she's forcing herself some posture, which she was succeeding, but was making her full breasts stand out while doing so…

Usopp blinked in bewilderment at the thought, 'What the…where the heck did that come from!?'

…Actually, where did those come from?

Now let's get one thing straight here; Usopp is not a perv like Sanji – thank goodness. He's actually very gentlemen-like when it comes to girls that he likes. Take Kaya for example; he holds the door for her, he pays for their food whenever they go on their little fast food dates, and he attends to her needs. But he never once tries to lay a move on her. In fact, Kaya is basically the only one who would give him kisses. Usopp isn't exactly brave when it comes to making advances, as he doesn't want her to think that he's a horn-dog. That, and he thinks he would suck at trying to make a move on a girl.

But either way, Usopp does NOT stare at women creepily or fantasize about them. That's Sanji's job.

Still, he hadn't noticed them before when he bumped into her. In fact, her eyes were what distracted him…well, that and he was ticked off at her insulting him.

All in all, it seems she has quite the chest on her…

…Usopp felt very unclean thinking that.

But hey, could you blame him? He is a guy after all. I mean, Kaya was beautiful as well, what with her cute figure, pretty face, and silky blonde hair. He was certainly physically attracted to her tenfold. Of course, Usopp doesn't go by looks, he goes by personality…and Kaya seems to have the most beautiful personality ever…

Usopp shook his head, 'Damn, I got to get it together.'

"Wow, talk about luck huh?" said the voice of Sanji next to him.

The long nose boy turned to his friend with a raised eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

"Well, you can take what I said in two ways; you're lucky that you get to have such a hot and cute girl as your science partner, or you can see it as sarcasm since you two had a rough start. Take your pick." Sanji said with a smirk.

Usopp just looked at him with a deadpan expression. "What about you? Aren't you happy about your partner?"

"Of course I am!" Sanji happily said as he swooned at the thought of being partners with Conis. "Conis is so precious! Such a pure beauty! Beautiful figure, sexy legs, gorgeous complexion! Plus her lips are so full-"

"Okay, I don't need to hear this." Usopp said, rolling his eyes as he got up and walked away from Sanji, who believe it or not, is still naming the good qualities about his partner. He went up to his science teacher Dr. Hiluluk's desk and said, "Um, Dr. Hiluluk?"

Dr. Hiluluk glanced up at the papers he was grading on and smiled at his best student, "Ah! Usopp! What can I do for ya!?"

"Uh, hey. Yeah, um…no offense, but…may I ask why you paired me up with Perona?"

"Why?" Hiluluk questioned with a confused raised eyebrow. "Well, she didn't look like she was paying attention in class, and I thought that maybe since you are my best student that you would help her out?"

"Oh…well, I noticed that she did look distracted, so I guess that's true when you put it that way, but…well…we didn't really hit off to a good start when we first met." Usopp explained.

"Oh? You didn't?" Hiluluk asked curiously.

"Yeah…" Usopp sighed, "It's a long story, but short version is, is that we're not on good terms."

"Oh…well, I can't change who your partner is now. I mean, whoever I paired you up with, you're paired up with that person. Sorry…" Hiluluk shrugged apologetically.

Usopp sighed again, miserably this time, "It's alright. Maybe it won't be too bad…"

"That's the spirit!" Hiluluk said with a grin. "Who knows? You two can be best friends before the end of the day!"

Usopp chuckled, "I can only hope."

He was heading to the door to leave the class, only to be stopped by Hiluluk, "Actually, my boy, how are you doing?"

Usopp turned to look at his science teacher with a puzzled look, but figured out what he meant by that. The class was empty as well, so there were no eavesdroppers around. "Oh…I've actually been doing fine recently. Just…you know, hanging in there."

Hiluluk nodded understandingly. "That's good. In that case, just keep hanging in there, Usopp."

Usopp smiled and nodded, "Thanks Dr. Hiluluk. Tell Chopper I said 'hi' for me! See ya tomorrow!" he then exited out of the class.

"No problem! And I will! Goodbye!" Hiluluk said as he waved back at him with smile. As Usopp left, the teacher thought to himself with the same smile, 'That boy sure is strong. One of my best students indeed.'


It was lunch period, and many students have lined up in the cafeteria. When Usopp got his meal of choice – sliced roasted turkey and veggies - , he went to find the table that he and his friends usually sit. Finding them, he went over and sat by them, "Hey guys. So how were classes?"

"Eh, decent." Zoro said nonchalantly.

"Not too bad." Sanji said nonchalantly as well.

Luffy, who was stuffing his face with turkey – he had extra, thanks to him being the school's star basketball player. - , said with his mouth full, "Oh mahn, cwasses were hawrd! I-"

THONK!

"OW!"

"Luffy, don't talk with your mouth full." Nami said as she went back to cutting her turkey.

Luffy swallowed his food and said with sheepish "Sorry Nami…", and went back to what he was saying, "Anyways, classes were hard as usual! I have to do ratios in algebra. Man, I don't know any of that stuff! I wish they scheduled algebra as my last class. That way I can get it over with."

"Well lucky for you, I'm in the same algebra class as you, Luffy. And I'm also your math tutor after all." Nami said with a cute smile.

Luffy smiled back at his girlfriend, "Shishishi! Yeah, that's right! You always help me try to concentrate on my studies!"

"Yes, and I always give you an award afterwards." Nami slyly smirks.

"Um, in case you two have forgotten, this is the lunch table, not the taxi cab confessions." Zoro said sardonically.

"I wish Nami was my math tutor." Sanji whimpered.

Usopp chuckled at his friends conversing. He was glad to have such fun friends to hang around with. After a while of talking and eating, Sanji went on saying, "You know, they need to use a little more salt in this."

"Huh? But I think it's good!" Luffy said in confusion.

"Don't mind him, Luffy," Zoro said, eyes rolling, "He's just being picky cause he thinks he's an expert cook."

"Cause I am one!" Sanji snapped, "I'm not the son of an expert chef for nothing! And I'm not saying it's bad, I just think it needs more salt to add a more fantastic taste to it!"

"Well, if you think it needs something, then tell the cooks. It's better if you did instead of complaining on how you would do it." Zoro said aggravated.

Sanji put a hand to his chin to think about it, "Hmm…maybe I can volunteer for lunch duty…"

Zoro raised an eyebrow, "You're actually taking what I said into account?"

"Kind of. I won't bother them with my complaints; I'll just volunteer and put my touches on the food. Maybe then they'll be impressed by my workmanship, they'll use my ingredients to serve the food in the cafeteria. Heck, they could even suggest me to a culinary arts school! And I bet the ladies would love what I serve…" Sanji sat there and daydreamed about the number of hot girls complimenting his food…along with other fantasies.

"Like your 'ingredients' would improve the food at all." Zoro scoffed.

"It can and it will!" Sanji retorted.

"Anyways," Usopp interrupted their feud before it got out of hand, "apparently in science, I was just absolutely lucky enough to partner up with that new girl, Perona."

"Lucky?" Luffy asked in question. "But I thought you didn't like her?"

"He was being sarcastic, Luffy." Nami deadpanned.

"Oh! Shishishi! Of course! Sorry!" Luffy chuckled.

Nami sighed and muttered, "You big dope."

"Huh, well that sucks." Zoro said, "What're you going to do about it?"

"What can I do? Just suck it up and deal with her." Usopp said with a shrug.

"Well, maybe she won't be too bad? Who knows? You probably might get to learn something about her." Nami suggested.

"Yeah…you're probably right. I mean, I don't really know too much about her. She could be kind of okay, for all I know." Usopp speculated.

"Hey, that Perona girl is coming this way." Luffy said as she pointed over to a direction.

"Huh!?" Usopp said as he turned to where Luffy was pointing.

"Luffy, don't point!" Nami said as she lowered his arm down.

Sure enough, it was Perona walking over to where they were sitting, still carrying poise as she walks – which still makes her breasts poke out. As she went up to where Usopp was sitting, she cleared her throat and said in a haughty tone, "Hello, Usopp is it?"

"Oh! Hi Perona!" Sanji snapped out of his daydream to finally notice Perona, hearts in his eyes.

They, including Perona, just stared at the blonde boy for a second…

…Usopp turned back to Perona, "Um…yes, that's my name."

Perona nodded and continued, "I came over to your table to say that I forgive you for calling my eyes creepy."

Usopp looked at her suspiciously. "Okay…" …Pause… "…aren't you going to apologiz-"

"Now that we got that out of the way," Perona interrupted, "I heard that you're an expert on science."

Usopp frowned at her interrupting him, but answered nonetheless, "Uh…I guess you can say that."

"Nami is actually an expert on science as well!" Luffy grinned as he boasted about her, "She's really smart!"

"Luffy…" Nami said as she blushed lightly with a bashful smirk.

"I wasn't talking to you!" Perona exclaimed at Luffy, who he and Nami blinked in returned. She turned back to Usopp, "Look, science isn't my favorite subject, so I was thinking if you could help me out with my homework and teach me some of the 'cellular systems' and the 'basics of atoms' or something of the sort."

Usopp blinked at Perona, "Really? Um…why me?"

"Well, you are my science partner after all, and we're probably going to get to know each other from here on in. So I thought we both get a fresh start on tolerating with each other."

"…No." Usopp simply said.

Perona was taken aback, "Eh!? Why not!?"

"Yeah Usopp, why not!?" Sanji exclaimed.

"Sanji, shut up." Nami said rolling her eyes.

"Yes Nami!" Sanji said as he went to swooning mode on Nami.

"Well, for one, you didn't apologize to me. Two, I didn't like how you acted towards my friend just now." Usopp said as he motioned to Luffy. "Also, I get the feeling that you'll be extremely hard to work with, so I'm sorry, but we'll 'tolerate' on working with each other when we decide on what we should do with our science project."

Perona huffed, her face cheeks getting a little red out of frustration, "You…you big meanie!" she turned around and headed back to her table – which also included two girls as well - , stomping all the way.

Usopp just looked at her unimpressed, "Geez, she's immature."

"Hmm…you might have your hands full on that one, Usopp." Nami remarked with a raised eyebrow.

Zoro sat there with his hand on his chin, thinking out loud, "Perona…where on earth have I heard that name before?"

"You're still on that?" Sanji said.

"Do you happen to know her or something?" Luffy asked Zoro.

"I don't know her, I just heard her name somewhere..." Zoro still sat there wondering.

Usopp looked at his green haired friend curiously, "Really? Where exactly have you heard her name before?"

"Hmm…I got to think about it for a while." Zoro said.

"That'll take days." Sanji rolled his eyes.

"Oh, like your crappy cuisine?" Zoro shot back.

"Don't insult my talent! I wasn't top of my cooking class for nothing!" Sanji exclaimed.

"So you get 'A's on how to bake cakes, big deal. By the way, real manly." Zoro said sarcastically.

"It is manly!" Sanji gritted his teeth, "Manly enough to let my future beloved know that I care about her when I cook for her!"

"Or she'll be wondering about your sexuality." Zoro said monotonously.

"YOU'RE SUCH A SEXIST!" Sanji exclaimed in rage.

"HEY, NO I'M NOT!" Zoro exclaimed back.

"Uh, guys…" Nami said, feeling embarrassed as she noticed some people were staring.

"Hoo-boy." Usopp began gobbling down the last of his food and swallowing it, "Welp, I'm gonna go to my math class early. I don't want to be stuck in the crossfire of this debate."

"Take us with you." Nami said desperately in joking way, while Luffy laughed at that.

Usopp chuckled, "Sorry guys, but you two aren't in my class. You're going to have to hold them off! See ya!" Usopp grabs his empty tray and dashes off.

"Tch, thanks." Nami sardonically, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, well you'll never get a girlfriend with that type of attitude!" Sanji yelled back at Zoro.

"First of all, I never said women aren't capable of being strong or doing anything else! Second, in case you have forgotten, I had a girlfriend!"

"Emphasis on had!"

"It was long distance!" Zoro stopped for a second as he had a look of realization, "…Hey wait, now I remember."

"Huh?" Sanji said, blinking in confusion.

"Remember what?" Luffy asked.

"That girl, Perona…she's actually the adopted daughter of Dracule Mihawk." Zoro told his friends.

"Who?" Nami asked.

"Mihawk. He's the expert swords-smith for the 'Bushido Swords' company." Zoro explains.

"Where the heck did you hear that?" Sanji asked, their argument long forgotten.

"I actually read it somewhere on an old issue of a swords magazine." Zoro answered. The green haired boy is known for his father's dojo that specializes in sword training, so naturally, he would like swords. Plus he's very skilled with them.

"Really? This magazine covers that type of stuff?" Sanji asked incredulously.

"Yeah, of course they do. They don't talk about swords all the time." Zoro said defensively.

"So, does that make this Perona girl rich?" Luffy wondered.

"Yeah, pretty much." Zoro nodded.

"How old was this magazine?" Nami asked.

"About two years old." Zoro answered.

"Two years? Huh…I wonder why she hasn't been to our school?" Nami asked herself.

"Maybe she's been to those all-girls schools? …That would be sexy." Sanji remarked with a grin.

"Just stop right there." said a dull Zoro.

"Maybe…so…she was an orphan at one point?" Nami asked, trying to piece the puzzles together.

"Maybe. They didn't go into too much detail." Zoro said.

"Do we even have an orphanage here?" Luffy wondered.

"I think we do." Nami said, wondering herself.

"Actually…I think Mihawk adopted her in another city." Zoro informed.

"Huh?" Luffy, Nami, and Sanji all simultaneously said.

"Really?" Nami asked.

"Yeah. Mihawk actually lived in another city at one point before he got to be high status. He probably adopted her there. He moved over to where the company is, here in Loguetown."

"What city did he live in at that time?" Luffy asked.

"I think…the city was Thriller Bark."

"Thriller Bark? That dark looking city?" Sanji stated.

"Huh. That's interesting…" Nami remarked with a thoughtful look.

Luffy chuckled, "It's kind of funny that Zoro remembered who Perona was while arguing with Sanji."

"Yeah, that was kind of random." Nami agreed.

"Hey, it just came to me." Zoro shrugged.

"I wouldn't believe it. Maybe arguing with you jogs your memory." Sanji says.

"I'm not slow, curly brow."

"Do you want to start this again?"

Nami groans at the next coming argument while Luffy just laughs.


During the rest of the school day, Usopp completed his classes, and was about to head to his car to be on his way home. He hadn't seen any of his friends since after lunch, which they had different classes of course. That and each of them had stuff to do, like Nami teaching Luffy math back at his place – Luffy texted him saying that they couldn't go to the arcade today - , Sanji participating in cooking class, and Zoro training his swordsmanship. So that left Usopp to go to his home, do his homework, and see if he can finish a panel for his comic.

Humming along the way, he was outside and was about to reach to his car, when…

"Hey you!"

Usopp jumped at the sudden exclamation, but soon recognizes the voice. 'Oh no…'

With a sigh, Usopp turned to the source of the voice…to see Perona jogging up to him.

'Wow…that bra is not supportive enough.' Usopp thought, which made him mentally slap himself. 'Seriously, Usopp!? Get your mind out of the gutter!'

Perona, with her backpack in tow, went up to Usopp and said, "I'm not through with you!"

"Really?" Usopp said in a dull tone.

"Yes! You are going to help me out whether you like to or not!"

"May I ask why again?"

"Because I don't know anyone else here in this school who could be the best student in science class!"

"Well, go ask around some people. They'll probably help you." Usopp suggested.

"Do you really think they would help a new kid? That'll be too humiliating for me!"

Usopp sighed heavily, "Look, just suck it up. I got other stuff that I need to do besides homework, so I don't think I could help you."

Perona just stood with a shocked expression on her face and looked down.

A pang of guilt weighed on Usopp, but he ignored it…although he didn't want to make her feel sad, so he tried to at least say something to make her feel better, "Look, I-"

Sniff…sniff…

Usopp blinked, "Huh?"

Perona was still looking down, but she looked like she was shaking a bit, "I…sniff...I try to 'fit in' in this school…sniff…and I…sniff, sniff…and I can't even make friends!"

"Wha?" Usopp said dumbfounded.

Perona looked up at Usopp with sad tears in her eyes, looking very pitiful, "And now I don't have anyone to help me out with my homework!" after that, she started bawling.

'Oh crap!' Usopp winced. "H-hey, now…"

Perona turned away from him so she didn't have to see her crying. She kept sobbing.

"Whoa, whoa, hey…P-Perona, I-" Usopp tried to comfort her with a hand on her shoulder, but she nudged it away and kept crying.

'Well…great. Way to go, Usopp, you made her upset.' He thought with a frown. 'Maybe what I thought earlier was true. I guess she really does feel like the new kid. She was just trying to make friends in her own way.'

Usopp sighed and placed a hand over his eyes as he rubbed them, 'Well…I guess I can hold off my comic for a while…' "Okay."

Perona stopped sniffling and turned her head to Usopp, "W-what?"

"I said okay…I'll help you out." he said with hand still covering his face

And almost like a switch, Perona turned back at Usopp and smiled widely saying, "Really?"

"Yeah…"

She then jumped in the air with joy, "YAY!"

Usopp sighed heavily once more, "Yeah, yeah. So, what are the directions to your house?

"Oh, no need." Perona said as she turned away from Usopp started to flag someone down. Usopp blinked in puzzlement when a black limo came up to the parking lot.

"Wha…?" Usopp said in shock.

She then opened up the limo's side door and was about to get in when she remembered something, "Oh! I guess I can give you my phone number." Perona then got a pen out of her backpack and grabbed Usopp's right wrist to let him open up his palm. She grabbed onto his hand and wrote down the digits.

"Wha!?" Usopp blushed at the contact.

"Hold still!" Perona then wrote down her phone number on Usopp's open palm. "There. Call that number if you somehow get lost. You have a phone, right?"

"U-uh…y-yeah." Usopp stuttered, the blush still evident on his face.

Perona nodded. "Good. For now, try to follow my limo." She then went inside the limo, but before closing the door, she poked her head out of the frame and said with a scowl, "Seriously though, don't get lost!" and with that she close her door, and the limo drove off, but not until it stopped at the exit of the parking lot so they can wait for Usopp to go in his car.

Usopp blinked in perplexity, stared at his hand with the phone number on it, and looked back at the waiting limousine.

One thought was in Usopp's mind.

'Just what have I got myself into here?'

"…Did a girl just gave me her phone number?"


"Yes! Hook, line, and sinker!" Perona said happily in the limo. "Hororororo!"


oOo

[SPECIAL: Perona makes friends! (Sort of…)]

oOo


As soon as she left science class, Perona went to her locker to opened it and put her books in.

'Great. Now I have to be partners with that meanie! This day is turning sucky by the minute!'

Perona sighed, and closed her locker. Her eyes widened as she thought of something, letting her form a sly smirk, 'Hmm…since science isn't my forte, maybe I can use some help…'

"Hey, are you the new kid?" said a feminine voice.

Perona looked at her left to see that it was a girl with a dirty blonde bob cut. She was wearing casual clothes, but looked a little gothic, thanks to her near pale complexion. She also had a blank look on her face.

"Um, yeah…?" Perona said with a raised eyebrow.

"Name's Cindry. I like your fashion style." The girl named Cindry said, her expression never changing.

"Uh…thanks."

"So, you're the new kid, huh?" said another feminine but rough voice.

Perona now looked at her right to see a bright pink long-haired girl leaning against the locker, and chewing bubble gum. She was wearing a punk rock getup, complete with a chain hanging from her jean shorts.

"Name's Bonney. What's yours?" Bonney said bluntly.

"Um…Perona."

"Cool." Bonney simply said with a nod.

"We're heading for lunch, where thankfully there are no plates there, just trays. Can we guide you to the cafeteria?" Cindry asked politely, her face still unchanging.

"Yeah, let's hit the food! I'm craving for some of that turkey! Damn, that stuff's the best!" Bonney said loudly.

Perona sweat-dropped, "Um…okay…"

"Follow us then." Cindry said as she walked ahead of Perona and alongside with Bonney.

Perona just stared at them strangely for a bit, but soon followed them to the cafeteria.

'Sheesh, what freaks!' Perona thought with a grimaced, 'Well, I guess they're better than having no friends at all, I suppose. Still, they could've heard about my status…whatever, it's better than sitting alone at a table in the cafeteria. I got to find that long nose guy…what's his name? Usopp? Anyways, I need to find him so he can 'help me out' with my science homework...hmm…who knows? Maybe he can help me with my other subjects while I'm at it!' She thought that last thought with an impish smile on her lips as she walks into the cafeteria.

And with that, Perona goes on throughout her day at her new school.


Alrighty! Next chapter will be about Perona's home life! Do tell me what you think of this chapter and this story so far! Is it unique? Is it different? Then tell me! Those type of reviews make my day! :)

Keep on rocking everyone! 8D