Kura: Okay first, I wanted to put this reply to a reviewer. The comment made me think, "What~? I really wrote that~?" And I checked...and by golly, I did! I was so shocked! My expression literally was: (ㆆ▃ㆆ) Then I started laughing to myself.
Berry: :P It was the -he heard Luffy blink- part. We decided to just leave it. It made us laugh :)
Kura: Yeah! :) Reviewer person; you know who you are! XD
Berry: Anyway, continuing on, this oneshot is about Zoro.
Disclaimer: HP belongs to J.K. Rowling; OP belongs to Oddachi
Kura: Start!
1.7 A Regular Day: Zoro
A yawn escaped his lips before he looked at his alarm. Hmm...he woke up five minutes before the alarm. That's no good...he should be waking up earlier.
Getting up, he shut off his alarm clock and stretched. Looking up at the ceiling, still half asleep, he could hear the sounds of wooden swords clashing with one another. He could hear a soft tone, the mother of the house, drinking tea made by her daughter who would soon be going to her own practice. He could hear the younger students, clamoring happily about the day's lessons. He could heard the teacher walking through the house, ready to start the day.
But then he was snapped out of it when he heard a groan and he turned to see his roommate...uh...what was his name?
Meh, forget it. A waste of his time to try and remember.
They all looked pretty much the same anyway.
Just like curly brow and...Malfie? Luffy called him that right? Meh, they both had blonde hair. They're both stupid and cocky in a sense. They both love themselves - after all, Malfie's just love themselves - and they must be related. The only difference was that curly brow was a Gryffindor and loved girls. Malfie was a Slytherin and could probably care less.
...Maybe they were distant relatives...?
Standing up, he left his room to go to the bathroom, bringing a change of clothes. The water was warm. It was blissful. And while cold water was good, it was good training after all, warm water like this once in a while was great. Stepping out, he dried himself, changed, went back to his shared dorm room to grabbed his swords, and left the Slytherin dungeons.
It was five in the morning and lessons doesn't start for three more hours.
And to his - unpleasant - surprise, his childhood friend was awake and training herself...along with her younger sister who was the same age as him and in Hufflepuff.
The girl, Tashigi seemed to grimace at the sight of him and hid herself behind her older sister. "What are you doing here, Roronoa!?" She cried, her glasses reflecting off light as she glared at the green haired boy in front of her. Then she noticed a certain sword strapped on him and her glare darkened. "When will you give back sister's blade!? It isn't yours to begin with!"
He groaned. "How many times do I have to tell you!? Kuina gave it to me, dammit!"
"Yeah right! That blade is too good for you!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"
"YOU HEARD ME!"
"Both of you, stop!" They both froze and looked at the fifth year Ravenclaw who sighed in annoyance. "Gosh, both of you are in your third year already! Stop acting like children! Or at least, stop acting like a typical Gryffindor and Slytherin!" Kuina cried. Then she groaned. "Makes me wonder why Tashigi isn't a Gryffindor..."
"S-Sorry older sister..." Tashigi said with a slight blush. "I guess I should stop...even Smoker-san, ah, I mean...Mr. Smoker said that I should stop acting childish..."
Kuina stared at her with a blank face. "You can ignore that idiot Smoky."
"Eh!? But Mr. Smoker is a good person! Unlike that stupid, brainless-"
"I'm right here!" Tashigi merely stuck a tongue out as a response.
Kuina smiled. "Well, enough of that. Let's get back to our training. Zoro, what are you going to do?"
"I'm gonna run a few laps first." Kuina nodded, urging for more information. "...Maybe...a hundred laps around the ground..."
Tashigi gaped. "What?"
"Yeah, your right. Hundreds too small-"
"No, I mean, won't that put too much strain on your body?" She asked, actual concern laced onto her tone. "We still have lessons and everything, you know. You don't have to push yourself too much-"
The boy nodded. "I know. But I want to. It'll be good for me. Also, if I don't train, I'll never catch up to Kuina." Then he turned and smirked at her. "In fact, I'll beat you tonight! Just you wait!"
"Yes, yes. I know. It'll be my two thousand three hundred and forty fifth win." She added with a smile, making the boy blush angrily while Tashigi cheered silently for her older sister.
"S-Shut up! I'll win this one for sure!" The boy cried, determination clear in his voice. Turning away and setting his swords down - he knows that Kuina and Tashigi would watch over it - he went off to start his laps. Meanwhile, the two sisters went back to their daily training. Then attacked each other with their wooden swords with enough power to knock out a grown man with one strike.
~.~.~
"Mornin' Zoro!" He turned to see the straw hat boy bouncing towards him with a wide grin, despite all the glares and hisses the Slytherin table threw at him. He merely smiled and nodded.
"Yo Luffy. What do you want?"
Luffy grinned. "Come on! You're done eating right? Let's go visit Usopp! Nami, come too!"
The girl sitting across from Zoro raised a brow before shrugging. Then she smiled. "Sure. But it'll cost you 10 galleons."
"EH!?"
"You want me to come or not?" At that, Luffy wilted as Zoro scowled.
"...Damn greedy witch..." He muttered under his breath as Nami stood up to join the two. Not too far behind them was Sanji, hearts in his eyes as he ran towards them. Soon, they were all walking towards the Hufflepuff table. Kuina had joined them as well but stood far from Sanji.
She was rather uncomfortable being treated with such care like that. Especially since she always hated being a girl for the weakness she would obtain in the future as she grew.
Every Hufflepuff looked at the newcomers with a bit of nervousness in their eyes. They made room however when Nami asked politely if they could sit with Usopp and Tashigi, both who eagerly made room for their friends. Tashigi however, glared hatefully at the green haired Slytherin who rolled his eyes. Sanji asked Tashigi how her day was with hearts in his eyes, making the girl cringe back a bit before smiling uneasily.
Luffy laughed and began to eat when Usopp hit his head. "You already ate!" And thus the straw hat boy began to whine unhappily.
The green haired Slytherin merely chuckled before sipping pumpkin juice. He liked butterbeer better...but...oh well. Pumpkin juice will have to do.
~.~.~
The classes were finally over. He couldn't stand sitting still for so long, going without any training. It was ridiculous.
Now, sitting to relax was something he could do. He laid against the grass, his eyes closed and his swords leaned against his body as he felt himself slowly drift away. The squid was playing with the water while Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were talking to themselves, going to visit Hagrid and his dog. The three loved the giant.
As he drifted off, his mind started to dream. He saw himself on a ship, looking out to the ocean. Behind him, Usopp and Luffy were chatting as they tried to fish. Both wore different outfits, a red vest with shorts for Luffy and Usopp with overalls. He supposed that Usopp would never be rid of that long nose, even in a dream.
Elsewhere, Nami was reading a newspaper while a seagull was waiting to be paid for the last thirty minutes while he smelled whatever the swirly brow was cooking up for their lunch.
Their ship was called Merry Go.
And they were the Straw Hat Pirates with Luffy as their captain, soon to be the Pirate King.
And he himself, was aiming to be the greatest swordsman in the world. Each one of his friends had their own ambitions as well. Nami wished to be the first to complete the world map. The curly brow wished to find the legendary sea, All Blue. And Usopp...well...he didn't exactly have a dream yet. But he'll find one as they go about their adventures.
Their crew was small. But it was all they could hope for. It was like having a family, going on many adventures.
He could feel himself smile. He liked this world, despite being made-up.
He almost wished it were real.
"Oi, Zoro! Wake up!" He blinked and looked up, a small train of drool going down to his chin. Luffy was peering at him with a smile. "Come on! It's time for dinner!"
Yawning, he sat up and looked around. He could see Ace and Sabo walking over, eager to get to their dinner as well. They were both smiling and talking about the class they had together.
Luffy tilted his head as the green hair teen stood up. "What were you dreaming about?"
Zoro looked at Luffy before he saw the 17 year old pirate Luffy in front of him. The boy was grinning and holding a thumbs up, his mouth moving to say something that he couldn't hear. But he knew what he said. And Zoro smiled.
"Not much. Ah, but you were a pirate."
"Eh!? So cool! What kind of pirate!? Was I strong?"
"I guess. You managed to convince me to join. So I guess you were strong."
"Ah, Zoro, Luffy! Hurry up! Oh, and Zoro, I heard you have a match with Kuina. Good luck, man."
"Sabo, let's bet on who'll win. I'm betting for Kuina."
"HEY! That's a cheaters bet, Ace!"
"I AM GOING TO WIN, DAMMIT!"
"Shishishishi! Good luck Zoro!"
Kura: ...
Berry: ...
Kura: Well...in all honesty, this wasn't how it was originally supposed to go... (o.o) I was actually planning to put the sword spar here...but then I realized...I was terrible in writing swordplay. I would suck like seriously.
Berry: Indeed.
Kura: Shut up! Anyway, somebody mentioned to add Usopp and here ya go! XD Usopp came aboard! And don't worry! Usopp will come in alot more soon! And for Chopper...he's younger than Luffy by two years so I'm not sure if I should bring him with Vivi or not...anyway, I'm doing this little "Regular Day" thing for a bit. Next is Nami, since I'm going in order of the crew joining...or maybe Usopp...Nami officially joined after Sanji so...hmmm...
Berry: Either will do, I think...But if anybody has a preference, we'll go with that instead :)
Kura: Oh, and about Kuina and Tashigi, I know that they're not related and that Tashigi is older than Zoro by two years...but I put it like this because it seemed alright. In here, Tashigi is the same age as Zoro while Kuina is two years older. And honestly, I have no idea on the age difference between Kuina and Zoro...
Berry: And so...it came out like this :) Anyway, we hope all of you enjoyed this. And thank you to all who have continued to read this, despite not being able to update in a while. We also plan to update Angels and Demons soon. We're almost done with the latest chapter after having a writer's block for so...damn...long...
Kura: Dang...I wonder if I put too much spotlight on Zoro. I feel like I did...continuing on, please do review everybody! :D BYES!
