Hi, y'all~! :)
Are you excited as I am for this chapter? ;) I have a favor for y'all, by the way! If you could tell me which characters you'd be excited to see in this story, that'd be great! (I also just wanna say that I love comments, so you don't have to be scared to give me some! :3 B-but...if you could try to make them nice, that'd be great! Please!) Anyways, if any of you Robin fans are waiting for her to show up, don't worry, she's coming! :) You'll see! (Just read and you will!)
I also decided not to do LuNa! Just in case you were wondering! :) I wouldn't want to anger any of you. Tell me if you'd be interested in my adding any pairings in here!
Oh! Also, I've been thinking of changing the rating to 'T' because, ever since I started writing Reclaiming Life, I feel like the characters wouldn't use slang all the time, especially since they're in high school. Should I do that?
That's it for now! Bye, y'all! Hope you like it~! :D
Nami stood in the cafeteria in front of the large entrance to the outside area of the tables. She, as well as many other students, stared out at Zoro smiling and laughing with Luffy and Usopp. "Roronoa Zoro is eating at someone else's table?" she whispered to herself. "What in the world is going on?"
"Hey, Hancock!" Alvida ran up to Hancock and shook her shoulder. "Have you heard?"
"Huh? No, I don't think so," Hancock replied with a shake of her head. "What's going on?"
"It's Roronoa Zoro! He's eating lunch with those nerdy geeks!" Alvida cried. "Can you believe it, Hancock?"
Hancock stopped. She stood up and walked over to the window to see the wild, green-haired monster enjoying himself with his new friends. "What in the world? This is insane!"
"I know, right?" Alvida said. Actually, it had been just yesterday that Zoro had began eating with Luffy and Usopp, but today was the first time that anybody noticed the change. It scared the entire school, the thought of a monster like Roronoa Zoro turning soft. It was a bad omen, indeed.
Hancock looked over at Alvida and whispered, "What should we do?"
Alvida smirked at her. "Oh? And you suggest we change his new friendship with the geeks? Why should we do that? It's funny, watching this embarrassing scene. I quite like it, actually! It's fun!" They looked over at Luffy, Usopp, and their new friend, Zoro. The two girls watched as Zoro suddenly burst into a huge fit of laughter. Alvida frowned. "On second thought, it's kind of sad... I wonder what sort of hypnosis they got him under? Let's try and snap him out of it."
"How do you suggest we do that?" Hancock asked.
Her friend laughed lightly. "How do you think, honey? Plan A-Snap him out of it, Plan B-Make him stop, or Plan C-Blackmail him."
"Blackmail him?" Hancock stopped. "What do you mean?"
"What does it sound like?" Alvida said, "We're doing this for him! Do you want him to be living his life in embarrassment like that? For God's sake, he could have picked something better to get humiliated for! But, this? Oh, poor guy...!"
Hancock frowned and looked away. "I'll try my best, Alvida," she said quickly.
Alvida smirked and began to walk away. "Good! See you around, then?"
"Yeah..." Hancock mumbled.
Luffy turned the knob to the large library door. Usopp had told him to get books from the library on bugs, the animal that they had chosen to do their science project on. The young man walked into the school library. He stared around him in awe. Luffy had never before seen a room with so many books. He had been to a library before with Sabo, but that one was small. The library he stood in towered many feet above him, as did the enormous shelves. Books spread across the entire room. Desks lined the room, as well.
The black-haired teenager walked up to the desk where the librarian sat. She was a tall, slender young woman with jet black hair that she had pinned up into a bun. She was very beautiful; her eyes were a deep brown, and her skin was slightly pale. On her nose hung thin, rectangle glasses. "Hello! Is there something that I can help you with?" she asked.
"Um... Yes," Luffy replied, "I'm looking for books on bugs. It's for a science project."
"Ah! So you're in Mr. Akagami's class, hmm?" she said, "Yes, I know. Many of your classmates have been coming in here, looking for books as well. Follow me, I'll take you to the bug section." She walked from behind the desk and led him to a section in the library. The librarian turned to Luffy and asked, "What is your name?"
"Luffy, Monkey D. Luffy," he answered.
"D, huh? Interesting..." she said, "My name is Nico Robin. I'm the librarian here, if you need any help, just ask, all right, Luffy?"
"Yes, ma'am," Luffy nodded. He watched as Robin walked away. Luffy turned to the bookshelf and choose a few books about several different insects. When he was finished, he took them back to Robin's desk and set them down. "I'm finished," he replied.
"Did you find everything you were looking for, Luffy? You didn't have any trouble?" Robin asked Luffy as she checked out his books for him.
"Nope! I found everything I was looking for, I think," Luffy said, "But if I need anything else, I'll come back, though!"
"I hope that we meet each other, again, Luffy!" Robin told him as Luffy collected his books again and nodded.
He pushed open the door with his back, his hands full with the large stack of books. Luffy stepped away from the large door as it shut quietly. He looked around, wondering where he had left his friend. Zoro had come with him to help him out if he needed any help carrying the books, but he couldn't seem to find him anymore. "Zoro?" Luffy called out.
"He's not doing anything like that!" Luffy heard Zoro's voice yelling in anger from behind the building.
Luffy felt a feeling of urgency. Was his friend in trouble again? He ran around the corner to see Zoro fighting with the girl everyone called Hancock. "Zoro! Z-Zoro? Is everything all right?"
"No! Luffy, help me get rid of this jerk!" Zoro said.
Luffy staggered over to a nearby bench with his enormous stack of books in his hands. "All right! I will! Let me just set this stuff down on this bench over here," Luffy told him as he stumbled on his feet.
Hancock walked away from Zoro and went over to Luffy. "Hello, Monkey D. Luffy," she said.
Luffy let out a sigh of relief as he set down the heavy book. He turned to her and smiled with a large grin on his face. "Hello! You're... Hammock, right?" Luffy said.
Hancock's eyes widened in shock. Zoro burst out laughing from behind her. Hancock whipped her head around and screamed, "You shut up, you arrogant man!" Hancock turned back to Luffy and hissed, "You think that you can call me that, you brat?"
"Oh! So that's not your name?" Luffy blinked.
"You're just a kid! You have no value compared to me!" Hancock growled, "I rule over this school! I do! Not you! So, stop acting all high and mighty!" Hancock threw her leg up and kicked over the books onto the ground. Luffy lowered his head, his long, black bangs covering his eyes. "Until you can prove to me that you even have enough worth to look at me with such confidence, you shall not even speak to me! I suggest that you quiet down, or else someone's going to notice you, and no one wants that." With that, she strutted away.
Zoro gritted his teeth and yelled, "Yeah! You better get lost, you jerk! Or else! I'll come after you with my friggin' swords! Get lost!" He turned back to Luffy and ran over to him. "Hey! You all right? You don't have to listen to her, Luffy! She doesn't have any idea what she's talking about!"
Luffy lifted his head up. "I don't care about showing my worth to her," he growled.
"Huh? What's that, Luffy?" Zoro asked.
"If she thinks of me like that, then I wonder who else thinks that way..." Luffy murmured. "I'll show everyone! I'll show them that they shouldn't ignore me, because I'm going to change this place... They'll see." Luffy turned to Zoro. "How about it, Zoro? Are you going to help me change this place?"
Zoro smirked. "Of course I am!" he laughed.
"Good!" Luffy smiled, "Hammock won't see what hit her, but more importantly: no one else will!"
Ba ba baaaaaaaa~! Hehe!
Sorry about that this chapter was so short, guys! I just know what I want to do for the next chapter, so I'm going to end it here. I'm going to publish a story really soon! Because I'm too excited for the next chapter! :D I'm going to get started on it right away! :D
I don't have much to say, so... Bye~! I hope you liked it~! :D