Wow! I'm on a roll tonight!
Vivi: Four chapters!?
One's a prologue and the other three were the chapters.
Vivi: Shouldn't you be asleep?
It's the weekend! No way am I going to sleep until I feel really tired!
Vivi: So you're a night owl?
And proud of it! Any way… Let's get this fic going! Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Aristocrat Outcasts
As the ships landed: O'Grand, Baratie, and Truehist, on a port that looked like any port in a marina, only with three spots for the ships, Luffy practically ran out of O'Grand and jumped excitedly for the others.
Nami and Sanji came up to the energetic boy, which they were greeted with a huge hug.
"I missed you guys!" Luffy said happily.
"We missed you to Luffy!" Nami said.
"Now let us breathe!" Sanji joked as Luffy let go with a laugh.
"Luffy!" A child-like voice called out as a young boy of fifteen, though looks like seven, ran up.
Luffy opened his arms and both hugged. "Chopper!" He called as he spinned a few times before looking at the other in his arms.
Chopper had soft, straight, short light brown hair which was covered with a big red hat with a white 'X' on it. He was also holding a reindeer plushy that was handmade with a blue nose.
"How's it going?" Luffy asked.
"It's going great!" Chopper said, his big, brown doe eyes seemed to shine.
Then they heard a womanly giggle. "Seems like everyone's accounted for." A woman of twenty-eight said.
"Robin!" Everyone said as they did a group hug.
Robin had dark tan skin, straight raven black hair that went past the shoulders a little and has sharp, light blue eyes. She's also tall and elegant like with a hint of mystery.
The rest of the ships inhabitants came out and greeted each other.
"Zeff! My good man!" Shanks called as he patted a man a little over half his size in a chief's outfit.
"Ah! Shanks! Seems like you made it here first as always."
Shanks shrugged. "Luffy wanted to leave a month early."
Zeff laughed. The man had a braided pale blonde mustache and beard, and has a peg leg on the right leg. "Same with Eggplant! He wanted to see if he could beat you guys first, for once!"
Both men laughed.
"They've been together for so long, they're starting to have a psychic connection!"
"Let's head in!" Luffy said. "I bet Usopp, Franky, and Brooke are wondering when we're coming!" He laughed as everyone laughed in agreement.
"Oi!" Ace called as he put on a white shirt with a symbol of a fist covered with flames. "How about waiting for the rest of us!"
"Well hurry up!" Luffy called back.
Ace sighed. "Geez…"
Shanks shook his head in amusement. "Go on ahead." He told Ace.
"Dad?"
The red-haired man just patted his shoulder. "We all know how Luffy is when he hasn't seen his friends in so long."
Ace sighed. "I know…" He said with a grin as he grabbed the straw-hat from the man's head. "Luffy's gonna need this then!" He then ran towards the peanut group.
"Oi!" Shanks started to say, but grinned and shrugged. "It's true."
Ace ran up to Luffy, only to place the hat on his little brother's head and went past him and the group. "Last on in eats slugs!" He joked.
"ACE!" Luffy called as he chased his brother, followed by the group towards the Grand Lobby doors.
Grand Lobby
The doors burst open and cameras started to flash like crazy.
"Usopp! Franky! Brooke!" Luffy called out as he gave them a group hug. "How's it going?"
"SUPER!!" Franky said as he did his favorite pose.
"Energetic now that you're here! Yohohoho!" Brooke said.
"I'm just glad to see you!" Usopp said as he started to tear up.
Luffy laughed when he looked around the lobby to see the old faces he'd seen last year. Then dark brown eyes saw something green by the wall, almost being crushed by the media. 'What's that?' He thought, but decided to wait until the people settled down.
Zoro was taken completely off guard when the media and paparazzi pushed him back to a wall. All he could see were camera flashes and the dots in his eyes that the flashes created he put his head down so his eyes could have a break. 'This place is a nut house!' He thought.
Half an hour later
Zoro, being the man of his word, looked for Usopp within the crowd as he was being led to a place where the hotel was serving lunch.
He looked to see that the whole place was half as big as the Grand Lobby and could fit everyone in and still have an ocean view. The room was a pale blue and vanilla color, pale blue on the walls and ceiling, and vanilla with the Roman pillars and tiled floors that you could see your reflection in. There was also a semi circle of windows that over looked the ocean, it almost looked like the room itself was made of glass.
"Zoro!"
He turned to see Usopp in a table with the others, waving.
"Come over and eat with us!"
Zoro's POV
I walked over, since I did agree with him that I would meet these people. I noticed that their table is different from the rest.
When all the other tables were square with a white cloth over it, they have a huge round table with a pirate flag on theirs.
'What the hell?' Was the thought that came to mind as I was two steps away from the table.
"Everyone, this is Zoro," Usopp started to introduce. "Zoro, this is Nami,"
"Hi." Said the girl with the orange hair.
"Sanji,"
"Yo." Said the blonde next to Nami coolly.
"Chopper,"
"Hello!" Said the kid next to the Franky who was next to Sanji.
"Robin,"
"How do you do." Said the woman who was next to Usopp.
"This is Ace, Luffy's older brother,"
"How's it going?" Said the guy who looks a bit older than me.
"Speaking of Luffy, where-"
"Where else!" Everyone said in unison as they pointed to the food table.
I looked over to see a sign that says 'Luffy's Corner'. I looked under the sign to see a figure in a straw-hat piling one plate after another on a tray.
Usopp sighed. "And the crazy guy I told you about earlier is Luffy."
"Oi!" Ace called. "I think that's enough for a first round!"
I looked at the man in confusion and looked at the other, who I couldn't see his face due to be hidden behind the stacked up plates of food. 'There's no way could eat all that.' I thought.
"Oi! Luffy." Usopp said, gaining the other's attention before he could take a bite of whatever he was about to eat.
"Yeah Usopp."
I got a good look at the boy's face. 'So this is Luffy?' I thought.
"This is Zoro, he started to work here."
'I started yesterday.' I corrected in my mind.
The guy, Luffy, looked at me and looked excited. "You're that really cool guy back in Grand Lobby!" He announced loudly that it could've shattered the windows.
'Cool?' Was the only thought I had when he looked at me with such a child-like manner.
"Luffy, can't you be a little quieter?" Nami said.
"But don't you think he's cool?"
"No." Sanji said. "What's so cool about him?"
'Bastard.' I thought.
"He has green hair."
I looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Never in my life was I told that I looked 'cool' because of my unnaturally colored hair.
"Is it real?" Chopper asked.
"Yeah… It's real." I answered when I felt someone rubbing my head. "What the hell!?" I snapped and looked to see Luffy, who grinned like an idiot.
"Your hair is spiky." He said.
I could feel my eye twitching. 'What's with this guy?'
"Roronoa!"
'Shit…' I looked to see that dumbass head manager. "What is it?!"
"You have duty in the top floor!"
I was about to leave when Luffy wrapped his arms around my arm. "Luf-"
"But he's eating lunch with us!"
I thought I was going to get in trouble for this. I looked at the dumbass, who sighed and shouted at someone else to do my job. 'What the hell…?' I thought as the guy did a small laugh and started to tug at my arm.
"Come sit with us Zoro!" He said as I found myself sitting next to him and Chopper.
"Roronoa Zoro…" Robin said. "I've never heard that name around before."
"I don't get out to 'this side'."
" 'This side' ?" Nami asked.
"Well… you see…" Usopp was about to explain, but I'm not going to allow him. He tends to sugar coat stories.
"I live at what you call 'Thief Street'. I'm working here as community service by the Judge himself." I got up. "Sorry to be rude, but I believe I'm just ruining your meal by being here." I reluctantly bowed. "Excuse me." I said, since these are people of fortune, except for Usopp, and was about to walk away when Luffy grabbed my arm again.
I looked at him and I noticed that everyone in the room was dead silent. "What?" I said as that intense gaze made me feel a little uncomfortable.
"So what?" He said as he arranged his hat, which made him less intense then before, then he smiled. "We don't care if you came from Hell."
Ace chuckled at this point. "What my little brother is saying that we're all pretty much like outcasts in a place of aristocrats."
That much was true, besides that bastard Sanji and Brooke, everyone seemed to be dressed like any beach or town goer would wear.
"Besides," Ace continued. "Luffy decided to be your friend." He laughed.
Luffy just smiled.
It was from that point on, I was going to experience a summer in a whole new light.
How was that? R&R please!
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