Chapter 4: end of day one (I couldn't think of a better name)

Authors note: I decided to change the story up a bit, it's still basically the same principal only wild animals are rumoured to roam the grounds, but they're just rumours; right?

The girls walked into class realising that Hancock wasn't there "Girls, you're right on time, I'm your biology teacher Ms Suede (My biology teacher) and we are doing cell biology this term, come on in" the girls do as they are asked "Ok, roll call; Ace?"

"Here" Ace responded.

"Brooke?"

"Here" Brooke called.

"Charlie?"

"Present"

"David?"

"He's absent miss" Ace responded.

"Thank you Ace; Emerald?"

"Over here miss" Emerald sighed bored.

"Franky?"

"OVER HERE MISS" Franky yelled

"Gage?"

"Sup" the guy called Gage said tiredly.

"Hancock?" no response "Hancock?" She repeated for the same response. "Ace I know Hancock is in the school grounds so can you go look for her please?"

"Sure"

"Thanks, Indie?"

"Present" a female replied.

"Jozu?"

"Here"

"Katie?"

"Here"

"Luffy?"

"Huh, is it dinner already?" Luffy asked waking up from a cat-nap.

"Ok then; Marco?"

"Here miss"

"Nami?"

"Present"

"Owen?"

"Here miss" a fat guy replied.

"Peter?"

"Present"

"Robin?"

"Here ma'am"

"Sanji?"

"Here miss" Sanji groaned from a headache.

"Sapphire"

"Here miss"

"Trafalgar Law?"

"Present"

"Usopp (I realise I have been spelling Usopp wrong)?"

"Here miss"

"Vivi?"

"Here miss"

"Zoro?" all the class hears is snoring, the sound of fist colliding with head and infuriated yelling.

"He's here miss" Emerald said dusting his hands

"Ok, that's all, Ace you may take two people with you too look for Hancock"

"Ok, Luffy, Emerald let's go" Ace said picking up his little brother and getting Emerald.

-Down at a nearby creek/ river system-

We see Hancock swimming trying to drown the thoughts that she may actually love a man 'What's so special about him' She thought as she felt something brush past her leg "What was that?" it brushes past her again; she looks frantically until she sees a fish, she then gets out and hears someone calling her name.

"HAMMOCK?" Luffy called

"IDIOT IT'S HANCOCK; HANCOCK" Emerald yelled not knowing they woke up a crocodile near Hancock's location

'Idiots' Hancock runs towards the calling with the crocodile close behind and she sees the group and unwillingly crashes into Luffy "Sorry" she says getting up and dusting herself off. Luffy just smiles.

"No worries; HEY GUY'S I FOUND …" Luffy's voice was muffled by Hancock covering his mouth.

"Idiot, there is a crocodile right over…" She points to where she last saw it "Where'd it go?" her question was soon answered by the following hollers and a guy riding on the back of a crocodile.

"YEEHAW"

"RIDE IT EMERALD; HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE YOU'RE A NATURAL"

"THANKS, WHOA" Emerald falls off the crocodile and it goes for him until it sees its old 'prey'

"OH SHIT" Hancock screams as she runs only to realise Luffy wasn't following "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Luffy was angry at the crocodile because it 'bucked' Emerald off.

"That bastard" Luffy charges the crocodile "YOU'LL PAY FOR HURTING MY FRIENDS" Luffy jumps on the back of the crocodile, rips his shirt off and uses it to hold the crocodiles jaw open. Then with a quick jerk the jaw snapped and the crocodile walked off injured. Emerald then got up to see the crocodile walking off, he then followed it "Where are you going?"

"To fix up an old friend of mine" Emerald replied as he continued walking.

"Eh?"

"That croc is a friend of mine from way back, I recognise the scar on his left eye anywhere" Emerald explained as he caught the crocodile and fixed a splint up for its jaw, built so the crocodile can still feed, but it also holds the jaw in correct alignment until it heals completely (He learnt a few things from Franky). "He was coming towards me to say g'day"

"Oh, that makes sense" Luffy says smiling.

"What doesn't make sense is the fact that you became friends with a wild animal" Ace said confused.

"I'll explain another time, but now we've got to go to class" Emerald said with confidence.

"Emerald is right" Luffy said "It's already half way through the lesson"

"Then let's go" Hancock said brushing herself off. The group then heads back to class.

-In the classroom-

Everyone was copying down notes from the board, only Hancock found herself to be staring at Luffy more than she had bargained for because Luffy suddenly whirled around and caught her staring, he didn't say anything though; but the teacher however "Hancock, since when do you like men?"

"I DO NOT LIKE HIM, were you not listening when Ace said we encountered a crocodile near where I was found, he saved my life, I feel as though I owe him a debt of thanks; it's only fair" Hancock fired angrily.

"NO worries, I was only doing the right thing" Luffy grinned leaving Hancock unaware of a blush creeping up her face "Hey are you sick, your face looks red?" Luffy asked concerned. Hancock finally realises she's blushing and shakes it off.

"I may have picked up a bug from the creek system" Hancock lied nervously 'what is happening to me, I'll just follow my life where it takes me even if it means I like a man'; the whole class could tell she was lying, all except…

"Oh, ok you should see a doctor about that" Luffy responded. The jaws of the whole class dropped.

'How could he be so stupid as to believe that?' Vivi thought. Ms Suede snapped back into reality and reclaimed the class's attention.

"Ok, now we were listing the similarities and differences between animal and plant cells, can anyone give me a list?"

"I can explain without a list miss" Emerald called

"Ok go for it"

"Although, the overall function of the cell is the same, there are some important differences between animal and plant cells. The most notable difference is that plant cells have an organelle called chloroplast. Chloroplasts contain a pigment called chlorophyll" Emerald explained "Chlorophyll gives the plant its green colour"

"Good enough" Ms Suede said as the bell rang "Ok class your homework is to research the primary components of cells" She called as the class left. Vivi runs straight to Hancock.

"You realise you may have saved yourself a lot of embarrassment, with that lie" Vivi said.

"I don't know what you're talking about" Hancock said focusing on the road home.

"Hancock listen; how long have we been friends?"

"Years I guess, almost our whole life"

"I think I would know what's going on in that head of yours"

"Hey girls" Sapphire called with the rest of the group close behind "What're you talking about?"

"I think Hancock likes Luffy"

"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN"

"Hancock calm down, it's only natural" Nami said. Hancock is fidgeting with her hands now. "You do don't you?"

"What makes you say that?"

"Come on, last time someone saved your life you walked off acting as though nothing happened, this time, you felt as though you should say thanks" Sapphire said. Hancock starts feeling weird and the others notice "You okay Hancock?"

"I'm fine I just need some rest"

TO BE CONTINUED

THANK YOU FOR READING I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE STORY SO FAR NEXT CHAPTER SOULD BE UP SOON. I may increase the rating for next chapter.