We started this on a whim guys.

NOTE: This story will contain manga spoilers, so you've been warned.

Disclaimer: I/We do not own any of the characters used in this story. All situations and events are of our own creation, however certain aspects and people of the story come from Eiichiro Oda's One Piece.

6 MONTHS AGO

Luffy was playing Super Mash Bro's after waiting months for it to be released, only to be interrupted by the annoying combination of buzzing and ringing coming from his phone. Luffy kept playing and tuned out all irrelevant noises as he was more determined than ever to kick his two older brothers asses for once.

"Luffy! Get your damn phone it's annoying!" Ace shouted at him from the other end of the couch. "Nhhh! Fine! But pause the game! You and Sabo always cheat and play when I'm not looking you bastards!" His older brothers looked at Luffy who jumped off the couch to get his phone on the table, and then back at each other before laughing. Luffy hadn't seen Sabo and Ace in over 8 months and it felt like old times having them back at the house again.

Luffy quickly picked up the phone and answered without looking at the caller ID, too eager to get back to the game to be bothered. "He-" "LUFFY!" a man yelled into the phone loud enough for both Sabo and Ace to hear from the couch. "Shit…" Ace whispered to himself and Sabo as they looked over waiting for Luffy's reply.

"G-gramps?!" He answered hesitantly. "How is it you have a phone but never answer any of my calls?! I've been trying to reach you for weeks!" he bellowed into the phone causing Luffy to pull the phone back from his ears as his lips pursed up trying to think of a lie to excuse the fact he had been purposely ignoring his Grandfather Garp's continuous string of phone calls.

"I uh… was busy… with stuff!" he stuttered. Sabo and Ace laughed from the couch while Luffy glared at them for being amused with his pathetic attempt at lying his way out of getting yelled at by his Grandfather. Garp sighed into the phone, "Well, I assume you're still staying at that damn Red Head's place?" "Hey Shanks isn't-" he started before being cut off once again. "Are you or aren't you?!" "Y-yeah! I am! Why gramps?" Luffy asked nervously.

He'd always been afraid of his Grandfather ever since he was young and Garp would discipline the three brothers whenever they fooled around too much. "I'm going to drop by. I have some important things to discuss with you. I'll see you soon. Say hello to Ace and Sabo for me too." And with that the line went dead and Luffy stared at his brothers while putting his phone back down on the table. "Well? What'd he want Luffy?" Sabo asked while Ace swung Luffy's controller in the air signalling him to come back so they could get back to the game.

"He said he was going to come by" he said while jumping over the back of the couch and making himself comfortable in his spot again. He took a handful of chips from the bowl on the coffee table in front of them before opening his mouth to continue. "He said he had something important to talk about." Luffy mumbled with his mouth full of chips. They got back to their game while keeping up their conversation with one worded questions and answers.

"About?"

"Dunno."

"Weird."

"Yeah."

They went back and forth while vigorously slamming their thumbs on the controller keys.

Shanks put down a few bags in front of the door he had just filled with enough groceries to last him and Luffy a good week or two, depending on how Luffy's appetite faired and reached into his jacket pocket to take out his keys and unlock the door.

"Luffy, I'm home!" he yelled through the corridor loud enough for Luffy to hear and added "I've got groceries!" immediately making Luffy pause the game and jump up to go assist him. "Food?! Oh shit this is a lot Shanks! I love you! MEAT?! I LOVE YOU!" He said while looking through the bags Shanks had put on the floor, expecting Luffy to at least bring them to the kitchen before eating it's contents.

"Bring it to the kitchen and I'll make all of us a nice dinner yeah?" he told him as he took off his shoes and carried the other bags into the kitchen. "Hey boys." He addressed Sabo and Ace who had, as Luffy expected, continued the game without him and were shoving each other and yelling curse words at the TV. "HEY! YOU ASSHOLES WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO PLAY WITHOUT ME! WHAT THE HELL?!" Luffy shouted as he placed the bags on the kitchen counter while sulking.

"Sorry Luff, I just- I'm gonna kick Ace's ass look look look… FUCK!" he yelled. "WHAT THE HELL?!" he said as he threw the controller onto the couch across the room. "YOU" he turned and pointed at Ace "ARE DEFINITELY A CHEATER." "HAH! don't blame me, you just suck ass Sabo." Ace said proudly. "Not my fault you and Luffy don't know how to use smash balls!" he said stretching his arms behind his head. "I'm gonna smash YOUR balls you asshole!" Sabo retorted as he angrily put groceries that Luffy wasn't busy eyeing, into the fridge.

Shanks, Luffy and Ace all broke out into laughter at Sabo's inner poor loser came out. "So boys, what do you guys have in mind for dinner?" "MEAT!" Luffy told him instantaneously. "Mmm yeah, anything with meat sounds really good. But you'll have to make extra, Gramps is coming by." Ace added. "Oh?" Shanks questioned as he looked up to make eye contact with the oldest of the three brothers. "Yeah" he made out while biting into an apple "He said he had stuff to talk to Luffy 'bout."

"Well alright." Shanks turned to address Luffy and cocked his head to the cabinets that had the plates. "Be sure to set the table for five Luffy." He told the youngest of the three boys before looking out to the patio. "How does barbecue sound?" he asked to which all three boys immediately turned and stared at him with their mouths open and he saw something that looked a lot like… drool.

"I'll take that as a yes then…" he chuckled to himself and took the meat out on the patio. "Ace, mind giving me a hand here?" "Yeah I got it." Ace and Shanks went out back to start up the BBQ while Luffy challenged Sabo to another round of Smash Bro's before dinner.

They played for what was about two minutes before a loud banging came from the front door. Sabo quickly paused the game and turned to Luffy with a devilish smile on his face. Everyone knew that whoever answered the door when Garp was behind it was always the first to get a taste of his "fist of love". Which was a bullshit name for it really. There was no love. It just hurt. "Well?" Sabo snickered at Luffy who just sat there whining.

"Saboooo… I ALWAYS get the door you go get it this time!" he complained and whined some more in hopes of getting his older brother to go and answer the door when they heard more pounding followed by Luffy's name being shouted loud enough for what Luffy felt the entire neighborhood could hear. "You're an asshole you know that Sabo? Have I ever told you you're an asshole? Because you're an asshole!" Luffy said as he stormed off to answer the door, not looking foreword to the smothering of what his Grandfather called love.

He unlocked the door and was greeted with Garp's shouting and a punch to the shoulder. "Gramps! What was that for?!" he stepped back and rubbed his shoulder, groaning in the sudden sting of pain that grew more and more evident as seconds passed by.

Garp slammed the door behind him and walked past Luffy while lecturing him as he walked towards the living room, with Luffy following not far behind. "That's what you get you brat! Do you not know how to answer a damn phone call? Jeez you damn kids are going to drive me crazy up until I croak, is that it?!" Sabo laughed then quickly covered his mouth when he saw Garp turn to glare at him. "Sorry Gramps! I really was busy!" Luffy told him as he broke out into a cold sweat.

"Luffy you're a horrible liar." Garp sighed as he sat down on the couch across from Sabo, who was busy laughing and being stared at by Luffy with a "I'm going to kill you later" face. "Anyway Luffy. I'm here because-"

"FOODS READY!" Ace shouted as he walked back into the house and set down a big plate of barbecue meat on the dining table. Luffy immediately jumped up as his eyes fixated on the large plate of food he couldn't wait to stuff down his throat. He and Sabo raced to the dining table quicker than Ace could even call their names.

"Gramps?! I didn't think you'd get here so quick." Ace said with a huge grin on his face. Garp was about to speak before Shanks walked in behind Ace yelling at the other two brothers to get their asses to the table so they could all dig in when he saw Garp glaring at him from the living room.

"Oh well if it isn't Monkey D. Garp. Come on," he waved at him to the dining table "We made enough for you too." Shanks said as he sat down at the head of the table while Luffy and Sabo fought over the seat closest to the big plate of meat. Sabo won. Luffy grumbled as he walked to the seat next to Sabo and Garp got up from the couch to go sit in the empty seat next to Ace.

"You're annoying as ever, Red Head…" Garp groaned as he ran his hand through his hair before sitting down as Shanks simply chuckled and put food on his plate. "Nice to see you again too Garp." He said as they all began to eat.

All of them stuffed their faces as if they'd never seen food before or had for some reason been starving for months. Not a single piece of food or drop of BBQ sauce was left on their plates once they were done. It was as if it was a buffet for the biggest carnivores in the world.

"Ahhhhh" all of them let out at the same time. "That was so good Shanks!" Luffy said while leaning his head back off the chair, patting his stomach. "We should start visiting a lot more Sabo." Ace told him while stretching his arms and Sabo nodded and let out an "Mhm" as he closed his eyes and smiled.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it boys, and you know you're welcome here anytime. Plus it'd be great for Luffy to be off my back every once in a while."

"HEY! I'm not always on your back!" Luffy retorted before hearing Garp clear his throat.

"Luffy. I came here because I needed to talk to you, and while the meal was…" he turned to look at Shanks, "mediocre at best…" before turning back to Luffy, "There's something we need to discuss."

Luffy stared at his Grandfather quietly waiting for him to continue. He saw him reach into his jacket pocket and took out an envelope that had been folded a few times. "What's that?" Luffy asked curiously, impatiently waiting. "This" Garp began as he unfolded the envelope and took out the documents inside "Is your enrollment papers for Grand Line University, where Sabo goes. You'll be going there starting September." He told him.

Luffy stared at his Grandfather without blinking for what he felt like was an eternity. School? Him? In school? Luffy? No way. After high school, he had decided he didn't want to go to university because he wasn't sure of what he wanted to do. He figured it'd be a waste of time, money and effort to go to classes he'd only fall asleep in. And now his Grandfather was here, telling him, that he'd be attending the same school as his brother in September without even giving him a choice.

"No wa-" "LUFFY. You're going. You've already wasted an entire year doing what? Nothing. You've just sat at home on your ass and done absolutely nothing!" Garp roared at him from across the table, causing Luffy to flinch. It wasn't that he hated school per say. Well, it kind of was. But he just didn't have any clue as to what he really wanted to do with his life. Shank's had also tried to convince him to enroll, but to no avail, failed. No one could make Luffy do anything he didn't want to except… well… Garp. And his Grandfather very well knew that.

"Luffy, do you understand me?" he told him while handing him what looked like a very complex schedule. "I chose classes I know will help you in the future. And you will go to them. Am I clear?" Luffy knew he had no chance of getting his way out of this, so he simply nodded and took the papers from his Grandfather.

"Good. I know you don't want to go, but you don't have a choice. Sabo goes to school, Ace is a firefighter, and you on the other hand have just wasted your time. You have to do something!" Garp said as he slammed his hand on the table before taking a few breaths to calm himself down. Luffy sat there staring at the papers with a blank look on his face.

He didn't understand any of it. What the hell was MC1080? And SC1775? His brain hurt just looking at it. He blinked a couple more times before looking up at Shanks who winked at him, indicating they'd discuss everything once his Grandfather had left in a cooler manner than Garp.

Sabo turned to his younger brother, "Luffy don't worry, at least we're going to the same school!" he told him while patting his back. Luffy didn't respond as his eyes went back to the paper wondering how the hell he'd survive school again. It was already a miracle he had graduated high school considering him and his best friend Zoro used to ditch class almost all the time.

Garp pushed his chair back, thanked Shanks in a nonchalant matter for the food, and started saying his farewells to the other boys. "Now I want you two to make sure Luffy actually goes to school. I know ol' Red Head here won't do it so I'm counting on you. Ace, Sabo."

Shanks chuckled while Sabo and Ace frantically nodded. They didn't want to have a taste of the same treatment Luffy did when he answered the door. Garp walked out of the dining room followed by Shanks who showed him out.

"I know I told Ace and Sabo already, but you too Red Head. Make sure he goes, this is his future we're talking about!" he told him in a low voice so that only the guardian could hear. "I know Garp. Don't worry, he'll come around, just give it time." He smiled and Garp simply huffed before walking out the door.

Shank's walked back to the dining room where he saw Ace attempting to decode the class codes to figure out what they were but had no idea. He sat back down as Sabo snatched the schedule from Ace's hands. "Hey man-" "I go to this school Ace do you really think you'd know what classes these are?" Sabo snorted while taking a look at the paper. Shanks laughed and Ace gave him a "hmph".

"Alright Luffy," Sabo pointed at the first class on Monday. 8:30am. God, how was he going to wake up that early?! "This is a music class. I bet Gramp's thought it was something else so you lucked out. Seems like you've got it twice a week though so you'll have it Monday and Wednesday." He told him and Luffy's eyes widened. Music was one of the few things Luffy actually enjoyed. Next to eating and sleeping of course.

"Really? Awesome!" he said, his face lightening up a bit. "What about this one?"

"That," he said pointing at the class below, which was at 2pm, "is probably English literature. I took it last year, so I can give you all my notes." He said smiling knowing Luffy, he'd need all the help he could get if he was to pass these classes. "Thanks Sabo! This is why you're the cooler brother." Luffy said while grinning.

"What are the rest of them?" he asked. "Ah… lets see. On Tuesday, you've got sociology. Thursdays you've got Math and Intro to Politics" he finished while laughing. Luffy in politics was the biggest joke of the day. Maybe even the week. "WHAT?! Why the hell would I want to sit in such a boring class for," he looked at the time of the class, "TWO HOURS?!" he shouted while sliding down his seat.

Ace, Sabo and Shanks all laughed at Luffy's reaction. "IT'S NOT FUNNY! Why is this happening to me?!" he cried out, only his head was visible, the rest of his body on the floor under the table. "Luffy, you'll be fine. Don't worry about it so much now, alright?" Shanks told him as he got up to clear the table of the dirty dishes. "Sabo, mind helping me load the dish washer?"

"Yeah sure." He answered. "Don't worry Luff, you'll have a great time… in politics!" Ace laughed loudly and Luffy groaned. "Fuck you Ace!" he said as he got up off the floor and walked towards his room. As he walked up the stairs he was quiet and wondered how the living hell he'd survive university.