Tally Mai-chan: Chapter three! Whoo! So much fun. More characters and more plot! Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Day two, halfway there


Two boys, ten feet apart sized the other up. One with long blond hair, wearing a cracked mask, tested his footing in the short grass between the two dorms of Marineford Academy. The other, a boy with short black hair, waited with fists in the air.

It was a breezy August day, the wind still warm with summer and the leaves painted with the slightest hint of red and orange. Clouds drifted past the sun, casting them in shadow.

"Pirate king?" Killer laughed, cold and humorlessly. "Are you retarded?"

Luffy clenched his fists, breathing deeply. Gramps told him the reason he lost so many fights was because he let himself get riled up.

Killer took a step forward his knife held parallel to his chin. "A pirate! You should have been a clown, that suits you much better. Not that it matters any more for you-"

"Are you going to talk, or are you going to fight!" Luffy shouted.

"If you insist." Killer laughed, and attacked.

There was no fear or hesitation in Luffy as he dodged each swipe of the knife, coming dangerously closer and closer to hitting. Killer curved the blade down into a diagonal cut, and left his side open. Luffy took his chance, punching hard at the opening. Killer twisted with the punch, and cut Luffy across the shoulder.

Blood spattered off the knife and the two boys stepped back from another panting, preparing for the next round.

Luffy attacked first, pushing Killer into the offensive. Each of his punches pulled back at the last second as Killer countered with his knife. Luffy tried a kick and Killer dodged, cutting Luffy on the front of his shin. Droplets of blood splashing across the white steel. Luffy punched for Killer's chest and Killer ducked under with alarming speed and pulled his knife of.

'Shit!' Luffy couldn't dodge it. The flat of the knife dug into his chest, and using his momentum Killer forced Luffy to the ground, and pinned him.

"Do you want to know what it's like to be decapitated by a dull blade?" Killer asked him, the edge of the knife pressed into Luffy's neck. "Even if you don't you'll soon find out, and it will be the last thing you ever learn."

Luffy struggled under the taller boy, bucking his hips. Killer jerked to the side, and Luffy pushed off the ground, simultaneously pushing Killer off him. He was free but Killer was already up, and beside him. The knife slashed through the air, aimed right for his heart.

And then it stopped.

"Who are you." Killer sneered, a light tan, wooden kendo sword suspending his arm in the air. The tip of the blade inches from Luffy's heart.

"Roronoa Zoro." The new boy said, he had light green hair resembling the moss that grows on the sides a trees and tan skin. His school uniform clean, but his shoes were caked in mud. Zoro's eyes narrowed, arms taunt with effort to keep Killer's arm in place. Killer backed off, taking several steps away from the two boys.

"Zoro!" Luffy laughed, standing up on his feet, never more thankful to see the green haired captain of the kendo team. "Thank's for helping me out, I was starting to get worried there."

Zoro frowned, smacking his sword across Luffy's head. "Jeez, I was trying to get some sleep when I heard to idiots fighting in front of the dorms."

"Eh, did you forget there was school today?" Luffy asked. Zoro grimaced and looked away.

"Yes," He said, maintaining as much dignity as he could.

Killer pocketed his knife, standing stiffly. " Che, I'll deal with you later Luffy. I don't feel like fighting you anymore." Even though they couldn't see his eyes they felt the icy glare he gave them as he walked off, heading towards the school.

"Hey!" Luffy shouted after him. "Let's have lunch together sometime! Because we're nakama!"

"You make strange friends." Zoro mused, a small grin on his face. He let his sword drop the grass and followed after it relaxing in the cool grass, debating whether it was worth it to go to school for the rest of the day or not. "What'd you do to make him pissed off at you anyways."

Luffy sat down beside him, rolling in the grass. "He wouldn't show me his scar. I think he lied about it."

"A scar? Heh, that's pretty cool if he has one." Zoro traced his own scar, the dark line connecting his left shoulder to his right hip.

"Right! Hmmmmm...?" Luffy felt like he was forgetting something, something important. Fourth period. "Shit! I forgot! I need to get back to class! You should too Zoro!" Luffy crawled to his feet, dashing to the school gates.

"You moron! You're covered in blood! At least change first!" Zoro shouted but Luffy was already gone. "He's going to get into trouble again."


Luffy ran into his fourth period, panting. "I'm sorry I'm late, I have a note!"

"My, My." Science teacher Shakky hummed. She leaned against a pulpit, a black dressy sweater hugging her hour glass figure reaching past her hips. Her long legs covered by black tights and wore ankle high boots. A blackboard with various questions on the chapter being studied behind her. "Why are you bloodied Luffy-chan?"

"Eh? Blood?" Luffy looked down his shirt and sure enough saw the trail of blood originating from the cut on his shoulder.

"On your leg too." Shakky pointed out, to which Luffy shrugged.

"It doesn't hurt."

"Here, let me save you a trip to the infirmary and clean you up myself." She left her desk in the middle of the lesson she was giving, the other students to scared to say anything. A member of the school gang just walked in covered in blood after all.

Shakky searched through plastic cupboards at the back of the room, extracting a red first aid kit from the top shelf. "Now take your shirt off.

"Miss. Shakky!" The girls blushed, as Luffy pulled his shirt off. "He can't-"

"Now sit still." Shakky ordered Luffy, ignoring her class. She opened a bottle of anti-inflammatory. "This should help", and dabbed it on his shoulder after washing it with wet paper towels, and then wrapped it in bandages. "There, now for your leg."

Luffy let Shakky lift his leg and clean it. He had Miss. Shakky last year for science too and she was the best science teacher in the whole school, at least in Luffy's opinion. She liked to dote on him, something that was not particularly hated or loved. Luffy just let her do as she wanted.

"Miss. Shakky" A boy spoke up, "Are you going to finish the lesson?"

"Yes, now that I know my cute Luffy-chan is taken care of." Shakky winked, bushing her fingers across Luffy's cheek.

"Scandalous." A few girls whispered.

"He's way too young for you teacher." A boy joked.

"I just want to lock him up in my closet." Shakky said.

"Hey! He's asleep!" The class shouted. As soon as Luffy got into his seat he fell right asleep. "He was sleeping this morning too." "How come teacher never lets us sleep in class. He falls asleep and teacher thinks it's cute, I sleep and I'm fined ten bucks!"

A camera flashed and Shakky smiled behind her blue camera. "Another picture for the collection."

"Teacher... you're creepy."

Shakky laughed, continuing her lesson. "Luffy-chan is just too cute for his own good."


"Luffy-chan" Shakky gently shook the boy awake. The class room empty. "Luffy-chan it's lunch time."

"Lunch!" Luffy's eyes snapped open, "I can't believe I almost missed lunch! Bye Miss. Shakky! And thanks!"

He sprinted down the hall, a few teachers shouting at him to slow down from their class rooms. Luffy didn't heed their warnings and kept going. He just passed the principles office as the door to the left opened and-

"Stop right there!"

Luffy bolted down the hallway, not daring to look back at the face of the man who was the sole source of all his school suffering.

"I told you to stop Luffy!" Grandpa Garp bellowed, chasing after Luffy, leaving the door to his office wide open. "I want to know about your detention!"

"How do you know? I just got it!" Luffy put on a burst of speed, but he knew it was useless. He couldn't win against his grandpa in a fight and he couldn't outrun him forever. He had to get away somehow.

"When I catch you Luffy..." Garp trailed off, leaving room for Luffy's overactive imagination to fill in the rest of the sentence. The old man caught up to Luffy, reaching for the boys shirt. Luffy turned sharply to the left, doing a U-turn, and running back the way he came.

Garp was right on his trail and before he knew it a strong hand jerked Luffy to a stop, the white shirt ripping down the front. Garp let him go and Luffy collapsed to the ground.

"Why did you get a detention Luffy?" Garp asked none too nicely.

"It wasn't my fault!" Luffy defended. "I wasn't doing anything when the teacher just gave me a detention! I swear I didn't do a thing!"

Garp wasn't buying it. "You had to have done something boy! Honestly, how are you going to become a great Marine like your grandpa if you get detentions all the time!"

Luffy's anger flared. "I told you! I'm going to be a pirate! I'm never going to be a Marine!"

"Insolent boy..." Garp growled, "Bah! Forget it! I don't have time deal with this... Actually I had something I wanted to talk with you about, come walk with me."

"No way! It's my lunch time and I'm hungry." Luffy said defiantly walking to the cafeteria. He was quickly swayed to Garps side when the man said he'd buy him lunch in the teachers lounge and everyone knew the food in the teachers lounge was the best. "Okay, let's go."

"Hah! You're so easy." Garp laughed as they walked down the hall, a comfortable atmosphere between them. They really did get along, whenever they weren't arguing about Luffy's future that is. But they had a special relationship that could only be forged by years of time and understanding.

That easy atmosphere quickly changed as Garp snarled, and his eyebrows pushed together, like he was working through a difficult math problem with an elusive answer. Luffy knew his grandpa well enough to know there was something serious on the old man's mind.

"Last year a lot of things happened Luffy, even the year before that. A lot of those things matter a lot now. I need to talk to you about... It's about Eustass Kid."

Luffy looked at his grandpa with wary curiosity. "What about him?"

"The, no I'm not going to beat around the bush anymore. Luffy, where is he."

Luffy looked down to the floor, not finding it possible to lie, but he promised... "I can't tell. But... he said he'd come back, and he will."

"You know everything Luffy, Kizaru didn't want me to tell you but I did because you had every right to know. So you understand how serious this is, the gravity of his situation."

"He said he'd be fine. I have complete trust in him."

Garp nodded his head, looking at no particular thing in the empty hallway.

"I'm going to lunch." Luffy said, "I promised Robin I'd have lunch with her."

"I'm not going to talk about it any more." Garp said, "If you trust him then so will I. I'm afraid I just don't have enough patience. Don't get anymore detentions Luffy! Or you'll really get it."

Luffy grinned, "See ya Grandpa!"


Hancock walked into her room, subconsciously reaching out for her chair, and groping empty space. She blinked, shocked at the absence of her comfortable chair. That's right, she thought, the consequences of her actions that morning finally catching up with her, she smashed her new chair. She looked into the trashcan and saw the shattered pieces of wood, an undeniable confirmation.

The afternoon classes, periods five through seven were the special classes that focused on the students interests or desires. These classes include, but not limited too, P.E, art, music and such forth. Thus she only taught for four periods, giving her a few hours of free time.

She just came back from the teacher lounge, and a long talk with Principle Kizaru. The man rambled on and on about various things, she didn't pay any attention.

Now fighting a headache and nothing to sit down and relax in she had started to gather her papers for the trip home when that boy walked in.

"I'm here for my detention." Luffy said and sat down at his desk.

"Right." Hancock sat on her desk smiling deviously, she had almost forget about him. She spent her whole lunch hour thinking through her plan to make him fall for her. Detention was so convenient, no one would question it and it created an opportunity to be alone with him. Funny, she couldn't remember ever trying so hard to seduce a man. They would naturally fall at her feet, all but this boy, with no effort on her part.

Muddled feelings welled inside her heart. Hatred, malice, curiosity, and even uncertainty. She pushed them aside, for such emotions would only serve smother her resolve. It still raised a curious question, why was she trying so hard? She didn't answer.

Luffy watched her, his face stupidly blank. The cliché of "the lights are on but nobody is home" flashed through her mind.

"For your punishment," She smiled, tilting her head to look more seductive, "You must love me!"

"Ehhhhhh?" Luffy's face twisted with confusion. "What kind of punishment is that? Aren't you going to make me 100 laps? Do 100 situps? Read books?" Those were the punishments Mr. Drake and his grandpa gave him, but to love his teacher?

"Your punishment is to love me." Hancock repeated, playing with the buttons on her black blouse. Methodically undoing them past her breasts and stomach.

There was no reaction from him.

"Hmm? Teacher, what are you doing?" He asked, perplexed by her odd behavior.

"What?" Hancock fell off her desk, landing in an undignified heap on the ground, too stunned to correct herself. Did she hear him correctly? No, she must have misheard him.

"Are you changing? Shouldn't you do that in a restroom or something. Last time I tried to change during detention I another detention."

She crawled to him, pushing her chest out, her black blouse barely containing her bosom, and gave him her most seductive glance. "I'm not changing boy, you know what I'm doing"

"I do?" Luffy said, secreting pure naivety.

Hancock bit her lip, she climbed half on the desk and half onto him,stroking his face with her hands. Her touch was unwanted by him and he tried to push her away but she was relentless, stroking his face and chest. Luffy had enough of it.

"Teacher I would like to ask for a different punishment." He said, pushing her off him.

Hancock squeezed his arms, hurt and rage burning in her heart. "What are you? Are you even human? You are a man yet you won't even look at my naked chest!"

"You said to love you right?" Luffy said. "If you love someone then you don't abuse that love!"

"You stupid boy!" Hancock cried, slapping him across his cheek. "I won't forget this!" Her fingers fumbled as she re-buttoned her shirt. "Just go! Get out of my sight you... you stupid boy!"

"Eh?" Luffy didn't understand. He did what teacher asked him so why was she so angry?

"Go!" Hancock cried when Luffy didn't move, and seized a desk, and hurled it at him.

Luffy ducked backpedaling away from his teacher. She turned her back to him, her whole body trembling. "Just... go." She sobbed, "leave me."

"Then, I'll be going teacher." He bowed and left.


Cutty Flam, or Franky as he called himself danced down the halls, psyched for the new dance club starting that year. For two years he's tried to start a club but none of the teachers would sponsor him. But this year a teacher was actually starting one! This school year was going to be suuuuuuper!

Luffy came out of a class room down the hall and he ran to the boy shouting, "Hey! Luffy! Are you feeling suuupa!"

"Franky." Luffy said blandly, giving Franky a sad smile.

"Oi, oi, oi" Franky walked up on him. Luffy wasn't his normal high energy self, he actually seemed... depressed. And the splotches of blood on his shoulder didn't escape his attention either."What's up Luffy?"

"Well..." Luffy glanced at the room behind him, the door closed. "I think that there's something wrong with teacher. I think she's crying."

"Eh!" Franky shouted a little too loudly, "A teacher is crying? Who," He looked at the name plate beside the door. "Boa Hancock?"

"I can't tell if it's something I did or what... I got it!" Was all Franky heard before the boy raced down the hall, stopping for nothing.

Franky ran after, slowing down as he passed the principles office then charging full blast after Luffy. The boy turned the corner into the top line the E that the school was shaped in. And followed Luffy into the infirmary.

The school infirmary was located at the end of the hallway, and had big, wide windows that let in ample light. Rows of cots with white sheets and thin mattresses, took up most space, curtain lines hanging around each to allow for privacy when necessary.

The nurse Kureha, an old woman who dressed like a twenty year old, skinny jeans and a deep cut pink shirt over which a white doctors coat, was an eccentric woman.

"Hmm? Luffy! Haven't seen you for a whole summer!" Kureha brightened at the sight of the energetic boy, "and... Franky right?" Not quite remembering the buff, blue-gravity defying hair boy's name.

"Yeah." Franky shifted uneasily on his feet. While never personally receiving injuries serious enough to warrant a trip here, he's heard stories of the school's infamous nurse. She was impossibly old. 139 years old which to her was "too young" and then there were the stories of her... treatments. If you broke your arm she would twist it to check it and knock you out afterwords so you didn't feel the pain.

"Grandma." Luffy sat down on the cot closest to the nurses desk. "How do I know if I've made someone mad?"

Kureha blinked in surprise, "Did you do something? Good god Luffy it's only the second day! Then again it only took you four days last year to get into trouble. Tell me the whole story boy."

"Well," Luffy began, taking a moment to remember everything. "Yesterday I was sleeping in class and the teacher got really mad at me. And today she called on me for questions I didn't know the answers to anything and when I asked a question she gave me a detention. If I gave her meat would she forgive me?"

"Who's this teacher." Kureha asked. All of the teachers were savvy to the Vice-principle's grandson and his... odd behaviors. Unless it was-

"Miss. Boa Hancock"

-one of the new teachers. Kureha chuckled.

"Well then, you got quite the predicament on your hands. Did you apologize to her?"

"I did!" Luffy said. "But Nami told me it wasn't sincere and during my detention she acted really weird and yelled at me to get out."

"Weird? What did she do that was-"

"Nurse Kureha!" A girl screamed outside in the hall, "Please help! Nurse Kureha!"

Franky, Luffy and Kureha ran from the room. Rushing to the aide of two students struggling to carry a third.

A girl Luffy remembered from his English class last year, Conis limped down the hall, helping to support Chaka, carried by Pell on the other side. Blood dripped down Chaka's left arm and face, his clothes torn in several places, his right leg twisted in an impossible, sickening way. Conis had a dark bruise under her right eye and was covered in dirt. Pell looked physically better then the other two but his shirt was torn badly, hanging onto his shoulder by threads, and covered in dirt like Conis.

Luffy and Franky grabbed Chaka from the two, and carried him into the infirmary. Kureha glanced over Pell and Conis before running into the infirmary to take care of Chaka. Luffy and Franky laid him down on the nearest cot. She prodded his leg non-too gently, twisted around, his foot lodged behind his knee, the boy gritted his teeth, hissing with pain.

"It's definitely broken, this is too much for me. He needs to go to the hospital." Kureha sighed, wiping her forehead. "Luffy Franky, fill out the injury forms for me in the desk. Girlie, take a cot and rest, don't you dare move. Same goes for you boy." She instructed Conis and Pell. The two nodded, assured that their friend was safe and did as they were told.

Franky grabbed the green forms from the nurses desk and sat down with Conis and Pell. Luffy hovered around Kureha until the woman snapped at him to buzz off.

"What's the extent of the injuries?" Franky read off the card.

Pell answered first, "I'm fine, a few bruises here or there and Conis got hit hard below the eye. Chaka got the worst of it, he shielded Conis and that bastard broke his leg!"

"Wait a second!" Kureha shouted, looking at them while on the phone with the hospital. "Are you saying someone did this to you?"

Conis bit her lower lip. "We were hanging outside the school when he walked by. He, he looked so strange. He wore our uniform and had a strange mask over his face."

"A mask?" Luffy jumped into the conversation. "Did he look like a blonde hedgehog? Like in the Sonic games?"

"Yes, long blond hair. Yeah that was him." Conis confirmed. "Chaka was teasing him about the mask when he just attacked." She bit on her lip, too shaken to speak any more.

Luffy stood up, fists clenched tight at his sides. "Where is he." He asked.

Pell waved his hands knowing exactly what Luffy was going to do. "No Luffy! You can't fight him! He's dangerous! He fights to kill!"

"Where is he!" Luffy demanded, trembling with anger. "Tell me!"

Chaka coughed, "He... went back... to the dorms."

"Right." That was all Luffy needed to know and he ran from the nurses office.

"Will he be alright by himself." Pell asked Franky. The upperclassman shrugged his shoulders.

"If I know Luffy, then he'll find a way. It doesn't matter how many time he gets beaten. He just springs right back."

"That boy!" Kureha shouted, throwing her hands up in the air. The ambulance on it's way. "He knows I have to report all fights to Dean Akainu. If he gets caught fighting... he could be suspended! Or even expelled!"


Luffy stormed into the boys common room, fuming with rage. A heavy, painfully awkward silence smothering the room.

"WHERE'S KILLER!" He screamed, his voice heard through the entire dorm. "WHERE IS HE!"


Tally Mai-chan: Fuhahahahaha! Cliff hanger! Dun dun duuuun! Want to know what happens next? Then review! Review, review, review! 60+ of you read to the second chapter but there's only been three! measly reviews (Super special awesome thanks to those you did! You guys are great!)

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