(Those idiots tricked me!) You thought biting your lower lip, when you returned to the classroom all the class looked at you curious but you couldn't care less, you were too angry to give two shits, the thing was that if unknown people requested you at least you could beat them to death for daring to, but things changed if they were the brothers of Luffy and Luffy himself
''_, _, its lunchtime ... '' Shirahoshi said
''Oh, sorry Shirahoshi, you want to go to the cafeteria?'' You asked, it seemed like she were calling you for a while
"I would like to ... but I have some things to do'' She said in a distressed tone
''Don't worry, when you have free time tell me, okay?'' You said smiling
"Thank you _, you really are kind'' She said smiling, you caressed her head and went out of the room
When You arrived to the cafeteria you hurried to buy a bottle of water, when you were nervous cold water was perfect to make you feel better, you preferred a cold shower but you couldn't just go and jump into the school fountain and it wasn't was like you want to, you walked out of the cafeteria but before you could get out someone called you, you recognized the voice and decided to do the most mature thing, ignore it before you ended up hitting him
'' _ ! '' The voice called you again louder , you hold your breath and turned to see Luffy waving his hand frantically to get your attention, you gave a sigh and walked to where he was
"Do you need something from me?'' You said glaring at him like he was alone though you were aware that there were three other people present
''I wanted you to meet Nami, Zoro and Sanji, we are in the same class and they are pretty funny'' He said, smiling, that smile that normally would have brightened your day now was provoking you to hit him, you turned to see others at the table, the first one was a woman with long orange hair and she was really pretty in your opinion but you realized immediately that she felt intimidated by you and with good reason, since you were looking at them coldly on purpose, you were not in a good mood, you turned around to see the others , your eyes caught a blond man, and this one dedicated you a spellbound look, noticing his perverted stare you frowned slightly at him, you turned again to see Luffy, you were not going to even bother looking at the last one , you knew he had green hair because you saw it from the corner of your eye, you could feel his thirst of blood, he was just waiting for you to provoke him so you two could fight and you were not willing to extend your punishment
'' I'm Dracule _ '' You said dryly
"hmm… _ is something wrong?'' Luffy asked confused
"Why did you requested me to be your partner?'' You asked bluntly
"Oh!, that's because Sabo and Ace said they would ask for you as their partner but they can't'' You looked at him confused
"What do you mean they can't?''
"They can't because I decided that you're going to be my partner of course'' He Said smiling making you cringe
''Don't decide that on your own, I don't want any of you to come near me'' You said blushing, you felt somewhat used "besides why would you want me to be your partner? You're strong on your own'' You asked, you needed to hear it from Luffy -because of your ability- disappointment would be good to not feel attachment to him anymore
''Because I met you first, I don't want you to share your meal with someone else, besides you always make me laugh, Sabo and Ace can find someone else but I already decided that you're going to be my partner'' He said in a serious tone, you looked surprised for a moment and then felt your heart beat get faster
''Luffy, you don't know what a partner is, right? '' You questioned
''It's like being friends, isn't it?'' Luffy said causing you some serious laughter but you kept calm
"Not exactly, anyways when you see your brothers tell them that i don't want to be their partner'' you sighed
''All right!'' He said, smiling excited
''Neither yours '' You said pinching his nose smiling, really Luffy always surprised you
''Why not?!'' He said frowning
''Because I don't want to" You said smiling, he sulked "And besides, we're already friends" He looked at you and smiled "see you later '' you turned to the orange haired girl and looked at her apologetically, after all she was not guilty of anything, and for the green haired dude and the blonde , you would not hesitate to stab both of them if they didn't stop looking at you
You walked to your locker to store some books, you were late to the class because you were walking around the school and when you noticed you had already lost track of time, so at this point there were no one else in the corridors, the good thing is that you knew that the Professor Rosinate was always late because he tripped at least five times before reaching the class room, when you closed the locker there was someone standing in front of you, you would had jumped of fright but your pride didn't allow it, when the surprise dissipated you identified the person, he was the handsome guy who had made the car float in the power placement
''Do you need anything?'' You asked, not liking his smile
''Not particularly, but I thought it would be polite to introduce myself, after all you are going to be my new support hero'' he said, smiling wider, making you frown
'' Traflgar Law ...'' You said testing the name, since his smile didn't fade you thought that you were right, after all there were only two names on the list that you did not recognize and this guy didn't have a -Kid- face, you observed him in silence with a frown, you walked slightly away from him but this made him come closer to you for your displeasure
''is there a problem? _-ya'' He asked, he seemed entertained what made you angry, this was the kind of person you wanted to avoid
''I'm sorry to break your bubble Trafalgar Law but I haven't agreed to be your partner, so if you'll excuse me '' You said as you disposed to go but his arm was put in your way cornering you against the lockers, you lifted your face to meet his gaze, you were now looking at his stupid smug face really close
''If you want it or not is irrelevant, for what i know you have no choice in the matter'' He said removing his arm and leaning against lockers
''That's not my case, after all you're not the only one who requested me'' You said glaring at him, for a moment Law's smile faded but then returned and this smile caused you chills
''That's not a problem, if those who asked for you had an accident or simply decided not to attend this school anymore I would have clear path'' He said and started walking, you were worried about the safety of Luffy, that was clearly a threat but you were not going to show weakness, not to this arrogant jerk
''That just would make things easier for me, if you accomplish it I would only have to take care of one person'' You said containing the urge to stab him in the face, he turned to see you with an entertained face and turned back
''Good luck with that _-ya''
''Who does this moron thinks he is anyways? With his stupid smug face and ugly hoodie'' You murmured as you entered the class room but to your surprise only Shirahoshi was present "Shirahoshi ¿where is everybody?'' –You asked approaching her, when she saw you her face lit up
'' _ !, I was worried you were not coming'' She said, smiling
''hmm?, why wouldn't I?'' You asked bit confused
''You looked a little worried when you came back to class this morning so I was afraid that you were feeling bad also your face ... well, I wanted to talk to you at lunch but I couln't ... '' She said looking somewhat sad, you smiled and stroked her head
''Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with me, but what are you doing here alone?'' Shirahoshi looked at you with bright eyes
''Ah, they told us that our classes were canceled today because the teacher Rocinate fell off the stairs while carrying a box with chemistry utensils '' You were dumbfounded for a second, honestly you were starting to worry about that man, in any moment natural selection will come for him ''They came to tell us that we could go to the gym but since you weren't here to listen I stayed to give you the message'' Shirahoshi explained smiling, you felt warmth filling your cheeks
"Thank you ... then, shall we?'' You said smiling, Shirahoshi nodded and you both went to the gym
''Ehhh, so you were asked for five people and the year has just begun, that's really are amazing _ '' Shirahoshi said excited
'' hhh ... well actually I'm more of a loner so that doesn't make really happy to be honest'' You said embarrassed , you didn't want to sound arrogant in front of Shirahoshi but just the idea of having to be bodyguard of someone didn't caught your attention, and less if you were forced to do so, when you both arrived Shirahoshi asked you to accompany her to the dresser, she changed to a swimsuit and you to your sport shorts and blouse
When you both got outside the dresser you got near the pool with Shirahoshi ''Need any help?'' You asked Shirahoshi, she was quite thin and you were strong so you wouldn't have any problem to lift her, you thought she wanted to get her feet wet but she shook her head and then jumped into the water ''Shirahoshi'' You spoke softly feeling like your heart had stopped, you were about to jump into the water when it began to glow, when the brightness stopped Shirahoshi came out of the water and she approached you, her bathing suit was gone, now she had the top of what looked like a bikini and in the bottom ... ''A mermaid ...'' You murmured softly while watching Shirahoshi surprised ''Your ... your tail, is beautiful'' You said admiring her tail, it was long scaly pink shining underwater Shirahoshi moved her tail happily for the praise
''This is my ability, I can transform my lower body and I can breathe underwater, ah! And I can also talk to fish but my brother don't believe me'' She said animated
''That's awesome'' You said getting your hand closer to her tail, at first you doubted but seeing that Shirahoshi agreed with a nod you continued ''Ohh it's quite slippery'' You said smiling, when you were little you had always liked stories with fairies and other mythical creatures but by far mermaids had always been your favorite, when you moved your hand Shirahoshi sank into the water and began to swim to an amazing speed, you observed her enthralled, soon several people in the group came to see her swim but you felt that they were afraid of you, you just ignored it, you were busy watching Shirahoshi twirling under water, a few minutes later she came back to you, you received her with applause and several people did the same ''If you participate in a swimming contest there wouldn't be anyone who could stand a chance'' You said cheerful, Shirahoshi let out a giggle
''Do you want to swim _? '' She asked moving her tail entertained
''No thank you, I really don't like water'' You admitted Distressed "I'll go for something to drink, what do you want? '' You asked smiling
''peach juice! '' She said joyfuly
''Well, I'll be right back'' You said and left the gym
When you got some drinks and snacks from the vending machine you felt a little dizzy so you decided to sit on a bench that was near, the place was completely empty but at least you knew you wouldn't pass out, the shock of a moment ago had left you a bit exhausted, even though you could swim for some reason seeing so much water scared you , especially you frightened to see that Shirahoshi had done that, you let out a sigh and when you were going to stand up arms tangled on you from behind, quickly you tried to shake the person who clearly was a man but he was too strong, you slide a hand through an opening of the arms and broke the grip, you turned around quickly to meet who did that only to find a known face ''Portgas!'' You growled angry, you cursed yourself for letting your guard down and especially cursed that you left your knives in the dresser, Ace raised his hands in surrender
'' Sorry ~ I didn't think you'd get that angry'' he said, smiling
''Seriously what the hell is wrong with you, stupid brothers doing this to people without their consent'' You said crossing your arms
"Hmmmm'' Ace hummed watching you like he was analyzing something
"What?'' You asked uncomfortable
"So it's okay if Luffy does it, but I can't?'' Ace said causing you a slight blush, if you let Luffy do that it was because you trusted him and knew he wasn't the kind of person who would take advantage and Ace insinuation irritated you
"If it's like that, what's the problem? it doesn't have anything to do with you'' You said glaring at him, Ace face seemed serious and slightly surprised, then he started walking towards you ''What do you want?'' You asked a bit more nervous than you would have liked, Ace lowered a bit his face getting it close to yours, enough for you to feel his smell, you contained your breath, you were too shocked and too nervous to do anything
''If that were the case it would make me jealous'' he said, smiling, your heart started beating faster, and with good reason, Ace was really handsome now that you looked more closely at him but your common sense and your anger were stronger than any possible attraction ''Jealous of being treated like brat? If that's what you're looking for, well, you got it'' You said gaining a surprised look from him that later became a grimace when you started to pull his cheeks
''Ah! Ah! Ah!, _ I'm sorry I was joking!'' He said with difficulty because you kept stretching his cheeks
''Then when you feel like -joking- go and victimize another person, you better respect my personal space or next time I'll kick you in the crotch'' You said releasing his cheeks leaving him rubbing them, it was convenient that he bent his head, if he didn't have done that then you couldn't had reached his cheeks
''You have no mercy, right?'' He said letting out a giggle, he didn't seem the least bit remorseful for his actions, you gave a sigh and took the snacks and drinks
''Not with the people that disrespect me'' You said and started to walk, to your bad luck Ace was following you
''Honestly, is my touch that unpleasant to you?'' He said settling next to you and taking your stuff carrying them for you, you let him do a good deed at least
''It's just that I don't know you enough, and before you drag Luffy into this I clarify that he is an exception because his presence doesn't affect me'' Ace looked at you curious
''Why does my presence affect you?'' You turned to see him for a moment and then you turned into the hall
''Because you have a playboy face, you invade my personal space, you are also good looking so probably you're used to dealing with women, in few words you're dangerous to me'' You said in a casually tone, Ace let out another chuckle
"You really think that I'm good looking?'' He said playfully, you looked at him again, why he wanted you to repeat it? He shouldn't ask questions he knew the answers to, it wasn't polite, and if what he wanted was to satisfy his ego or something you were not the right person
''Yes, I do'' You said carelessly and kept walking, Ace blushed and turned his eyes away from you
''And you say I'm dangerous'' He muttered still looking away
''Did you say something? '' You asked turning to him, Ace didn't turn to see you
''No'' he said and continued walking, for a moment there was an awkward silence, the air was heavy because Ace looked uncomfortable as if he wanted to say something more but he didn't, he just looked at you occasionally for a while then decided to speak ''So… are you going to be Luffy's partner?'' He asked, looking down as if he was avoiding your stare
"No, I don't want to be anyone's partner'' You said frowning
"I see ...'' He said, and you turned to him, for some reason he was smiling again but this was a real smile or at least that's what you thought
''Why are you smiling?'' You asked confused
''I just thought that it's better if you don't want to be anyone's partner yet, so I can convince you before''
''In Your Dreams'' You said grumbling ''Anyways, don't you have classes to attend?'' You said raising an eyebrow
"I fell asleep in class and the teacher got angry so he kick me out'' he said scratching his head, you smiled at the idea of Ace snoring in class like he did in the cafeteria
''It must be hard to have narcolepsy'' You said feeling a bit sorry for him
''Oh, is not like that, is just that the class was very boring, so I couldn't help but falling asleep'' He said smiling causing you to laugh
''You're such a shameless guy'' You said smiling
When you got to the gym you saw that Shirahoshi was still submerged and several people were watching entertained, when Shirahoshi came out and saw you she start waving her hand to get your attention, it took you by surprise but you did the same awkwardly greeting her, you sat on the floor next to a wall and Ace sit beside you leaving the bags snacks and drinks ''Portgas, I'll go to change my clothes, if you want to wait I'll be here in a moment'' You said getting up with difficulty but you will never admit it, you just told him that because it was polite
''Alright I'll wait here'' he said, and you started to walk ''_ wait'' He called you, you turned around a bit annoyed, honestly you were in a hurry ''Why don't you call me by my name'' He asked of nowhere
"... because I don't like you'' You answered honestly, You didn't intended to be rude but didn't neither feel the need to be careful with the feelings of someone who you didn't like, Ace's eyes widened
''What did I do to earn that?'' He said, it didn't seem like he were upset but rather it looked like he found it funny
''I just don't like you, there's something about you that I repel , you can call it instinct if you like because I really don't have a particular reason'' You explained and started walking to the dresser
When you changed to your normal clothes you felt a lot better, especially for having your weapons again, the reason of why you wanted to change clothes was because you felt quite cold despite the spring weather, between how badly you were feeding lately and the travels on the flying bus your body felt heavy, it was important for you to keep in good condition and it was one of the few things that your father was insistent of but self-destructive behavior ran in the blood, your father being an alcoholic and you skipping meals just for laziness or for your nervous breakdowns, if it wasn't for Shanks who kept your father too busy to drink and filling your mouth like a hamster both of you could have died by then, you took a towel and went out the dresser
''Need some help?'' You asked Shirahoshi, she nodded and although your body resented your bad habits you lifted her as if she weighed nothing but you knew well that her tail had added a good amount of weight, you put her up to the chair and gave her the towel
''Thanks _, I'll go dry myself in the dresser'' She said drying her hair with the towel
''You want me to go with you?'' You asked smiling
"Oh, you don't need to, I'll take me a little so you can go back with your friend, besides he seems anxious, I think he wants you to come back'' She said smiling and began to move, you turned to see this Ace and you saw that he was staring at you, you felt a chill, (Why was he looking at you like that?) reluctantly you walked to him and sat in the same place as before ''It's rude to stare people like that Portgas'' You said sighing
''What's wrong with you?" He asked confused while looking at you, you looked at him even more confused
''I'm afraid I don't know what you mean'' You said crossing your arms to warm your body, Ace sighed and lift you up with ease and placed you between his legs while hugging you "What the hell do you think you're doing you beast?! Let me go!'' You said while trying to shake him off
"Don't move so much, dammit you're freezing _'' He said a little worried, you stood still for a moment and suddenly realized his skin was quite warm and that the heat was coming back to your body quickly causing you shivers, feeling a little curious you stretched out your hand to touch his bare arm, his skin was actually hotter than it should
''Do you have a fever?'' You asked feeling more curious than angry
''No, it's because of my ability'' He said, you could feel his chest on your back and realized that his heartbeat was accelerated, the idea embarrassed you a little making your own pulse race
"Are you a walking heater?'' You said looking at his hands that were on your lap, Ace laughed loosening the grip, you felt his breath on your neck when he laughed causing you chills
"No, I'm made of fire'' he said and raised his index finger and of it popped a flare
''Walking lighter'' You said mockingly, Ace laughed again
''When you see my true power I'll impress you'' He said relaxing, your pride was very important for you but you wanted heat and being there was very comfortable so you snuggled ''N-no don't do that'' Ace said tensing with your movement
''Why not?'' You asked confused, after all he was the one who put you there, why was he complaining?
''You have no delicacy ... '' Ace sighed, you turned your face to see his creating more friction between the two bodies Ace again cringed and when you saw his face he looked tense with a slight blush ''Because if you do that you're going to cause a very uncomfortable reaction '' he said avoiding the eye contact, you looked confused but when you realized what he meant you also noticed how near you were to his crotch, you gasped loudly and jumped off his lap
''You're an idiot!'' You said extremely flustered getting away from him, Ace for the second time in the day raised his hands defensively
''Sorry I swear that wasn't my intention, it's just that you looked a little pale and I ... '' he mumbled blushing
''Enough! I don't want to talk about it '' You said sitting and crossing your arms to keep the heat
''Ahhhh, did I lost points again?'' He said, lowering his hands and smiling embarrassed
"... No'' You said, you missed the heat, and you were not angry with him but with you for not having stand up when you had the chance , when Shirahoshi arrived there was an awkward silence between you and Ace but soon she made the atmosphere to relax a bit
When the bell rang for the second break all the students left the gym, the three of you separated, Ace went looking for Luffy, Shirahoshi was with his brother and you isolated yourself behind the school buildings, you needed a minute alone, you leaned in the building wall breathing hectic but then you reincorporated because you felt the presence of seven people getting close, you stayed still and waited until they got there
''Finally you stay in one place'' A male voice spoke, soon you were cornered, they were all men and apparently were from the category of heroes
''Go away, I'm not in the mood for this'' You said in a dry tone, one of them frowned deeply and was about to attack but another stopped him with his arm
''We been watching you for quite a while, and we realized that you have a really arrogant attitude'' The one that seemed stronger explained, you kept silent uninterested in anything he had to say ''Honestly it wouldn't matter in normal circumstances, sooner or later you would end up understanding your situation as sidekick but the thing is that you own us something'' He said getting a little closer, you raised an eyebrow ''It's because of your father Dracule Mihawk, he sent all of our parents to the hospital, some of them didn't even provoked him and he attacked them'' He said this time with a straight face, you snorted and crossed your arms, ¿so they came to seek revenge for something of the past and that also had nothing to do with you? Excellent, your day couldn't be better –''You know what we do with people like you? '' He said frowning
''Enlighten me'' You said with a smirk that seemed to anger the guy because he tried to attack but you sent him flying with a punch, with that action the other six jumped to attack, you were curious of their powers but you decided to attack them before they could use them, you knew well that you were weak and could even be in disadvantaged so you got out the knives of your boots and threw them into the hands of two of them passing through them, hit two in the stomach with your fists and kicked the last two, everything happened so fast after all you didn't want them to use their powers but for your bad luck four of them got up and looked very unhappy, you gave a sigh apparently it wasn't going to be as easy as you thought, when you tried to stand right your vision blurred a little and you even tottered a bit, your body was in a worse shape than you had calculated and the attacks at the speed that you'd done had only worsened the damage, you had to support an arm on your knee to not fall
''As expected of the daughter of the famous swordsman, but that is not enough'' Said one wiping blood from his lip and lifting you straight , you tightened your teeth looking at him with a threatening face, normally he couldn't had been even able to touch you but you were too exhausted ''It's time to stop with that attitude'' he said, raising his hand to slap you but before he hit you his hand turned into stone, that was going to hurt badly, when his hand moved to slap you someone kicked him in the back making him kiss the ground
''Don't touch her small fry''