Happy-Ah! What day is it...? Um... Oh! Happy Saturday, everyone! :D

Sabo...! All right, I'm just gonna say it: the first thing I thought when I saw his face was: "C-C-Coby?!" And then I felt weird that all of my fellow Sabo fangirls were doing was Sabo fangirls do best: fangirling about Sabo! So, the determination hit it! I thought to myself, "Strix, if you're gonna be a Sabo fangirl, you gotta like his looks, too! So, I've been rereading and rereading Chapter 744 and I've been looking at fanart about him for the past two days since it's come out and stuff... I'm almost there, though! Here, I'll prove it: He's got a magnificent mane. Aw, darn it! That won't prove ANYTHING! Besides, there wasn't even an swirly mark (~) or a heart, or even an exclamation mark, for that matter! Who am I kidding? I'm pathetic...

(I still love yah, Sabo~! )

DISCLAIMER~!: All characters belong to Oda.

(Finally...! Let's start:)


"So... um... You guys got anything?" Luffy looked around at his group partners. Their heads were down, either drawing, staring at the girl next to them, or asleep. Usopp was the only one paying attention to a word that Luffy said.

"We could do a project on plants?" Usopp chimed in.

"Or bugs!" Luffy grinned.

"All of those are boring..." Zoro muttered, half asleep.

"O-oh... Um..." Luffy stopped. It had been a week now since he had joined the school, and so far, no one in his science group had any idea what they were going to do for the Science Project. No matter how many times Luffy tried to make them interested in the topic, they would always refuse any kind or encouraging words he gave them. At this point, Luffy felt as if it was almost useless.

Luffy looked off to his right to see Law with two other teenagers and another dressed in a bear suit. He blinked at the man in the bear suit. He was the mascot for the Pirates, the soccer team at their school. For some strange reason, a polar bear was elected as the team mascot. The teenager that played the mascot, strangely, never got out of his polar bear outfit. It first started when he accidentally got stuck in it and was forced to wear it for a week until he could finally get it off. After that, he got so much attention that his friends told him to keep it on-which was a bad idea, really. The boy's name was Bepo. Everyone loved Bepo, because... you know, Bepo's a bear!

Law's group was working diligently on their science project about bears. They were almost close to being finished! The group made Luffy jealous. When he looked back at his, he noticed that they were still deciding on what to do for their project. This was getting them nowhere...

"Class is over," Shanks said impatiently as he played Minecraft on his computer, "Get the heck outta here... Lemme alone... now!"

Luffy stood up and gathered his stuff together. Usopp walked up to him and said, "Hey, Luffy! You wanna come over to my house after school to study for the History test tomorrow?"

"To your house?" Luffy blinked.

"Yep!" Usopp nodded, "How about it?"

Luffy looked down in confusion. He had never been invited to someone's house before. It felt strange... What should he say? Was it just a simple 'yes'? It made his heart fill with happiness to here someone want to spend time with him outside of class. Luffy looked up at Usopp with an enormous, toothy grin, "Sure! Thanks!"

Usopp grinned, "Awesome! Meet me after school, all right?"

After School...

Luffy and Usopp walked down Syrup Street to get to his house. The black-haired teenager looked around him. He'd never been down this road before; it was much poorer than his own street, East Road. Finally, they arrived at a small green house. Luffy blinked at it. It was one story and not very fancy at all. He felt strange when he looked at it, since he had such a large, beautiful house when Usopp's house was very tiny.

"C'mon, Luffy! Let's go in!" Usopp smiled.

"Are your parents home, Usopp?" Luffy asked, looking at the driveway to see not a single car there.

"Oh, no... They never are..." Usopp replied, "I live alone."

Luffy's eyes widened. "Y-you do?"

"Yeah, my mom died when I was very young and my dad doesn't live with us anymore. He has a job far away where he can't come home at all, since he lives there. So, it's only me and my little brother," Usopp replied.

He suddenly felt very guilty for bringing up the subject. It felt taboo, in a way. Luffy gulped as Usopp unlocked the door. He decided to change the subject, "You have a little brother?"

"Yes! You'll love-"

Suddenly, something sprang from the house and attacked Usopp's face. "Usopp~! You're home! I was sooooo lonely!" cried a little voice. Usopp laughed as he supported the little boy that was clinging onto him. Luffy widened his eyes in shock. 'This is Usopp's little brother?' The little boy was literally the cutest thing that he had ever laid eyes on. He had large, black eyes with a round face. He had stubby hands and tiny fingers. His hair was light brown, a pink top hat on his head, a white 'X' on the front of it. A headband with antlers clung to the top of his head, making him look ever cuter than before. Luffy felt like he was going to explode. Wasn't it impossible for something to be this cute?

"Luffy, this is my little brother, Tony!" Usopp smiled. "But, we call him Chopper; that's his nickname!"

"Yo!" Chopper giggled. He had a tiny, excited voice that was cuter or just as cute than his face.

"H-hi, Chopper!" Luffy smiled.

"Are you Luffy?" Chopper asked, "Usopp told me aaaaaaaaaaaaall about you! You're really cool~!"

Luffy laughed. "You think so?"

"Can I?" Chopper blinked, "I mean, I just met you and stuff, but I think that you're still really cool, can I?"

Luffy laughed again, "You can think whatever you feel like, Chopper!"

Finally, they entered the house and were sitting down in Usopp's room with their History notes ready to study. The only thing stopping them from studying was Chopper. "Hey, Luffy! You look really strong!" Chopper said excitedly as he poked Luffy's arm, "Are you a superhero?"

"Um... Not exactly. I'm a martial artist," Luffy replied.

"Oh, wow! Can you teach me martial arts?" Chopper asked with stars in his eyes. "Then I can be a superhero, too~!"

Luffy laughed. "Chopper, you do know that just because I can fight, it doesn't mean that I'm a superhero, right?"

"Well, then, if you're not a superhero, then who is?" Chopper asked Luffy.

Luffy stopped. There was never an easy way to answer such a grand question. The only possible way to answer such a question as 'where are the heroes of the world', was to answer it with a reply grander than the question itself! (Author's Interruption: Prepare thy self:) "Chopper, heroes don't have to be people who can fight or the ones that get the girls and all the fame. Heroes are the ones that never give up, and will always be there for the ones that they care about most in the world. Anyone can be a hero, Chopper! Just so long as they try and never, ever give up."

There was a long pause. Chopper stopped moving. Luffy slowly turned to look at Usopp before waving a hand in front of Chopper's awestruck face, his eyes sparkling. "I-is he all right?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah, he's just dazed," Usopp replied, "C'mon, Luffy, let's get on studying for our test." They turned to their notes. Usopp read off his study guide, "Luffy, what happened during the One-Hundred-Year War during the Dark Ages 800 years ago?"

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Luffy stared off into space for a long time. It was almost... unanswerable! Only the Great Creator himself (Author's Interruption: *cough cough* Oda...! *cough cough*) would know the answer.

"Hey, hey! You don't have to give yourself a headache, buddy!" Usopp chuckled. "Here, I'll go get some snacks."

Luffy popped out of his daydream. "Snacks? Snacks! Ooh, lemme come with you!" With that, the two friends went into the kitchen to prepare themselves snacks while Chopper remained in his daze.


After two hours of being at Usopp's house, Luffy returned back to his house. He felt prepared for the History test that would be the next day, save for the fact that he still had no idea what happened during the One-Hundred-Year War during the Dark Ages 800 years ago...

"I'm home~!" Luffy announced as he entered his house. He looked around to see not a single person in view. "Ace? Sabo? Where are you guys?"

"I'm in here, Luffy!" Sabo's voice came from the bathroom. The door was open, shining yellow light down the dark stairs.

Luffy's face burst into a huge smile. He sped up the stairs, falling down them two times before he finally reached the top. The black-haired teenager ran into the bathroom to show Sabo that he had completed all of his homework and deserved something amazing. Luffy's eyes burst open in shock when he saw he brother looking over his new outfit in the mirror.

Sabo turned to Luffy and flashed him a cool grin. "Hello, Luffy! How do you like this outfit? I'm going to wear it to work tomorrow!" (This is for all of my fellow Sabo fangirls! ;) SPOILERS:) Sabo was a lean, yet muscular, man standing a few inches above average height. His eyes were large just like Luffy's. He had a large, deep scar across left eye. His hair was at medium-length so that it touched the collar of his shirt. It was wavy, and was blonde enough that shone brightly in the lights above the mirror as if it was a light itself. His outfit composed of a dark vest and a white dress shirt with white frills hanging like a tie around his neck. His pants were slightly baggy as they continued down into his tall, black boots. On his hands were dark gloves, a dark jacket around him, and goggles hanging from his neck. "I did my hair and everything! I don't know, but I think I look pretty good!"

"S-Sabo! W-what did you do to yourself!" Luffy exclaimed.

Sabo ran toward him and threw his head in Luffy's face. "Come here, Luffy! Touch my hair! It's really soft!"

"I don't wanna touch your hair!" Luffy cried. He grabbed his older brother's head and pushed him away, suddenly stopping and saying with an impressed grin, "Ooh! It is soft!"

"I know!" Sabo grinned with wide eyes. "That's why I did it!" Sabo looked back at his reflection in the mirror and winked at himself, "I'm gonna keep it like this from now on! Then maybe I'll get that cute revolutionary I met to like me? What do you think, Luffy? You think cute revolutionary girls will like me?"

"Sabo! What has Ace done to you? You became a monster!" Luffy screamed. "No girl will like any guy like that!"

Sabo burst out laughing. "Hey, hey! I was only kidding! You know that I'm not like that!" There was a long pause. "But, she was cute."

"Sabo!?"

Laughing again, the blonde-haired man looked at his outfit and back at himself in the mirror. "I wonder what Ace will think of my new look? Think he'll like it, Luffy? C'mon, tell me the truth!"

After Ace Got Home...

"Aah! Sabo! You stole my hairstyle!"


Meh! That was all fluff. :)

The next chapter is where Luffy's plan sets into action! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I like Sabo with his top hat! :) Sabo + His Top Hat = Sabo With His Top Hat On. :| What? What were you expecting?

-Valete, amici~! :D