Wow, it's been a long time... I totally neglected this story and my other one... but I'll try to get back to it... Uhm... since I haven't wrote this story in a while, forgive any mishappenings that don't go along with the story- gotta refresh my memory in this. Well... Here's the next, long awaited (?) chap!
Chapter 7: Luffy's and Zoro's Story
The next day at school, Ayaka was all ears and eyes. She frequently looked around and wached people closely and carefully. However, it was too obvious on her part.
"A-Ayaka? What are you doing?" Azusa questioned, raising her eyebrow. "You've been acting very weird since you've come here."
"E-Eh?" Ayaka snapped her eyes towards Azusa and chuckled. "Sorry! I told you about getting that job, right? Well I got a case-"
"Oi. You're not allowed to reveal information like that to anyone." A familiar grouchy voice interrupted Ayaka. She sighed and saw no other than Zoro glaring down at her.
"My bad." She grumbled and apologized to Azusa before heading towards her own classroom. "Sheesh, that bastard is keeping his eye on me too! Dammit, as if living with him isn't enough."
"Living with who?" A new voice questioned making Ayaka jump. She turned to see her rival smirking at her.
"None of your business, Law." Ayaka replied. Law was a medical genius. He knew everything and anything about medicine at the top of his head- even more than Tony-kun. Those two were at the top, and she was third, right after them. However, everytime she talked to Law, Ayaka always was nervous. He was always looking at people... sadistically and it seemed like he could kill anyone in a second. Well, him being a medical student, it wasn't possible. "Oh?" He smirked again and walked in the classroom before Ayaka could take another step.
The girl shivered and continued her way to her seat. Next to her, sat a tiny Tony-kun. "Yo, Chopper!" She greeted, calling the kid by his nickname.
"Oh! Ayaka! Look!" Chopper raised his head from his book and showed her a diagram. "Isn't this interesting?! I didn't know this was possible!" His tiny eyes gleamed in delight.
"Yeah, yeah Chopper. It's amazing." She chuckled as she patted his head. He giggled and glued his eyes to the book once again.
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Zoro examined the whole school quietly and swiftly at least 7 times; each time he would wear a different disguise. Sighing, he sat down at a lunch table in the empty cafeteria and demanded Sanji to give him some food. "OI! Ero-Cook! Gimme something to eat! I'm tired of being in this shitty place."
"Ah?! Who the hell are you talking to Marimo?!" The cook snapped. "It's not lunch time yet, so fuck off!"
"What was that?!" Zoro growled and got up.
"What are you two doing?" Ayaka's voice filled the cafeteria and the two looked to the side.
"AYAKA-CHWAAAN~!" Sanji spun and bowed towards the lady. "I missed you~!"
"Uh-huh... Uhhh... Zoro." She turned her attention to the marimo, much to the cook's dismay. "Find anything yet?"
"Nope." He sighed once again and sat down. "No luck. It's not even guaranteed that the culprit is still here- we're here 'cause we got no leads."
"Well, at least we know it's a devil fruit, for sure." Ayaka sat down next to Zoro and covered her mouth when she realized she said that aloud for Sanji to hear.
"Oh, Ayaka-chwan knows about the Devil Fruits now?" Sanji looked at them surprised. Ayaka blinked and looked even more surprised then the cook. "Wait, you know about them too, Sanji?!"
"Of course, my princess! I'm a good friend of Luf-"
"Let's get back to what we were talking about." Zoro growled, annoyed at the mention of the almost-said name.
"Y-Yes..."
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Ayaka was now at home, waiting for Takao so that she can talk to him. Zoro was still at the university due to most classes not being over, so Ayaka decided to take this to her advantage. As soon as Takao sat down on the living room couch, her questions started.
"Hey, Takao-san? What's up with Zoro and this person called Luffy?" She blurted out.
Takao blinked twice at the sudden question and smiled weakly. "You must be hearing a lot about him?"
"No, no! I just know that Sanji, a cook in my school, knows him... which is weird... but I mean... who is he exactly? All I know is that Luffy used to live here and be an officer but disappeared. But Zoro acts really weird when someone mentions him!"
"Ahh... yes." Takao had that sentimental look on his face that Ayaka couldn't make out. "Luffy was an amazing person. The reason Zoro's so hung up on him is because Luffy is the one that got Zoro to come out-"
"Wait! Zoro's gay?!" Ayaka interrupted in shock.
"No! No! Let me finish!" Takao laughed while Ayaka sunk down. "Luffy is the one that got Zoro to come out of his gang!" He finished.
"Ohh! Eh?! Zoro was in a gang?!" Her mouth dropped.
"Yes... it was a few years ago. Back then, Zoro was a horrible person. He would get in fights with anyone and would half kill his opponents. But Luffy saved him."
FLASHBACK: (A/N: Let's give this a shot!)
"Oi, where the hell do you think you're going?!" A few of Zoro's followers asked a boy with a strange strawhat.
"Ah? I'm walking to school." The kid replied.
"Well, don't you know this part of town is run by no other than Roronoa Zoro?!" One follower smirked, anticipating the reaction of the kid.
"Who's that?"
"WHAT?!" Five of them shouted in surprise. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHO RORONOA ZORO IS?! HE'S THE MOST POPULAR DELINQUENT IN THIS WHOLE TOWN! Are you new here, brat?!"
"New? No... I've been living here my whole life." He answered, tilting his head in confusion. "But I've never heard of a guy called Roroloa Roro."
"IT'S RORONOA ZORO!" A guy named Johnny, with sunglasses grabbed the Strawhat kid's collar in anger. "Guys, let's show this guy who Zoro-aniki is!"
"Good idea, Johnny-Aniki!" Another named Yosaku with a weird headband agreed.
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As soon as Strawhat was brought to Zoro's hide-out, everyone left in a hurry telling Zoro that the kid didn't know who he was. Zoro looked down at the boy and Luffy stared at the guy in front of him with a poker face. Then finally, Strawhat broke the silence, "Is that hair fake?"
A vein popped on the side of Zoro's head. "NO!" The repeated question that no one dared to ask anymore, was back once more.
"Ohhh..." The kid got up and dusted himself off. "So you're Zoro?" Luffy raised his arm for a handshake and smiled a goofy smile. "I'm Luffy! Future Police Officer!"
Zoro almost fell to the ground in surprise. "Oi, oi... is that alright? Telling me that you want to be a future police officer like that? You know who I am right? Is that supposed to be some sort of threat?!
"Mmmm... not really. But if you wanna fight... I'm strong." Luffy answered with the same face. Zoro raised an eyebrow and laughed.
"Alright, how old are you kid?"
"I'm 17."
"... WHAT?! YOU'RE THE SAME AGE AS ME?!"
"OH! That makes us buddies, then!" Luffy gleamed and wrapped his arm around Zoro's neck. "I thought you were some old guy, but looks like you're not!" He laughed heartily.
"Wait a minute! How the hell are you-"
"Though I'm suprised." Luffy interrupted, putting his finger on his chin. "I thought you were going to fight me without saying anything or try to kill me."
"Ah? Oh... I don't care about shit like that. I only fight if someone starts the fight first. Those guys over there know that but they still get angry when someone doesn't know me. Doing unneccessary things..." Zoro muttered, embarrassed.
"Ehhh... that's too bad!" Luffy laughed, making Zoro even more surprised. "I wanted to see how strong you were!" The strawhat kid put his hands behind his head and turned around. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow then!"
"What the hell was that...?"
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Sure enough, Luffy came the next day, and the days after that. He followed Zoro around, waiting to see how strong he was- but somehow Zoro never got the chance to show off his strength those days. Until, a week later.
"Zoro-Aniki! There's trouble! Yosaku-aniki, he-!" Johnny came running towards Zoro and Luffy in fright.
Zoro ran quickly to where Yosaku was being held hostage and Luffy followed behind. "Oi Zoro. You okay?"
"Yeah..." He grunted. "Stupid Yosaku. What the hell was he thinking picking a fight with those bastards from another town?!"
"What was the guys' name again? Uhhh..." Luffy put a finger on his chin.
"Buggy." Zoro's eyes narrowed. "Apparantly he's called Buggy the Clown because of his nose or something- so he'll be easy to spot."
"I see. Well we'll just have to kick his butt!" Luffy laughed, punching his fist into his other hand. Zoro skidded in a stop.
"Wait, Luffy. You should just stay here! Those guys are strong! They're more known than I am!"
"So? I told you, I'm strong! Besides! I'm supposed to be a police officer! I can't ignore this!" He smiled.
"Luffy..."
To be continued? Yeah, I'm leaving the flashback at a 'cliffhanger'? Hahaha, well I did it! I hope I didn't make too much mistakes because this doesn't have spell check or anything... But I'll really try my best to update more... I apologize for that 'hiatus' lol. Until next time~
