When the cherry blossoms fall to the ground...
And the scent of perfume fills the air...
The air sparkles with a new life and light...
As the gates of Whole Cake Academy open for the day...


It was finally happening, Monkey D. Luffy didn't think such a day was possible.

He was going to have a normal day at school for once!

After the incident at the gate, he and Bonney went their separate ways, promising to meet each other at the same lunch table they sat at yesterday. He pulled out his class schedule, silently singing praises to Robin and her mother for all their help, and went to his first class of the day; science.

The second he walked into the classroom, he was immediately glared at by the entire class.

Most girls moved their spots in order to avoid messing with him. Some downright ignored the fact he was there in the first place. They had all moved to the sides and back of the classroom, leaving Luffy a spot up in the front. He sighed, still having hope to make a couple of friends to study with and maybe hang out after school.

As he was bringing out his materials, one of the girls sat down next to him, much to the shock of the others. She had short green hair and dark purple eyes, which were scanning the contents on his desk. In her hair was a starfish hair clip. Her school uniform was decked with sparkly buttons, cute pins, and other baubles. Her backpack was decorated the same way, being an ocean blue color and having a mermaid theme.

"Hiya Luffy-chin!" She said enthusiastically, surprising Luffy with her peppy voice. "My name's Camie, and I wanted to meet you yesterday, but I got lost in the school."

"You already know who I am?" Luffy asked her, getting a nod in reply.

"All the girls know about the boy who came into the school. You should've seen their faces when the rumor went around!" Camie made a stunned look on her face before giggling. "Anyways Luffy-chin, if you need a club to join, why not try the fashion club? I run it and think you'd be the perfect male model for some of my clothes!"

So that's why she came over, for recruitment purposes.

"I'm flattered Camie-san, I'll think about it for when I sign up later." He got out his textbook, which was about as thick as the table. "Say, would you like to study with me sometimes? I heard Ms. Monet can be pretty tough."

Camie gave another stunned face, her eyes bulging out before blushing madly. "Of course Luffy-chin, I would love to study with you sometimes."

Luffy heard some girls whispering behind him, calling him names like "pervert" and "he probably seduced poor Camie". Rolling his eyes, he brought his attention to the front, eyeing the doodles that Camie was doing in her notebook.


Ms. Monet's class, for the most part, wasn't that hard at all. Luffy caught on with all the terminology she was spewing and her icy cold stares were always on him, as if daring him to get a question wrong. She hardly picked any of the other girls and focused all the questions on him. He thanked his lucky stars that some of the lessons Rayleigh taught him stuck in his head enough to appease the cold woman and gain some respect.

Camie promised to meet and chat some more at lunch as she had to go to Design 101. Luffy looked at his schedule to see that he had mathematics next with Ms. Bellemere. The name sounded familiar to him as he searched the hallways for her door. Eventually he wounded up on the other side of the school before opening the door and walking in.

"If it isn't Monkey D. Luffy in the flesh." A feisty lady voice called out to him, breaking the trance he was under.

Now he remembered why the name sounded familiar to him. Bellemere was a former cop that worked at his grandfather's police force when he was a kid. She was stationed in Cocoyashi Cove along with her two daughters.

The lady behind the desk was a relatively slim woman with long fuchsia hair tied in a ponytail, grey eyes, and a rather unique hairstyle similar to a mohawk. Her clothes were business casual, mainly a light blue top, blue jeans, and brown boots. She walked up to him and ruffled his black hair.

"You've grown a bit since your last visit! How come you don't come by Cocooyashi anymore?" She asked, laughing at his pouting face while he fixed his hair.

"I didn't know you were a teacher here. It's great to see you again Ms. Bellemere." He genuinely said, feeling happier to know a teacher here besides Headmistress Shakky.

"Nami wouldn't stop talking about you last night. When I heard a young man was going to attend Whole Cake, I was rightly suspicious because both my daughters attend here. When she said it was you, I couldn't wait to see Garp's precious grandson again." Bellemere joked, knowing that Luffy hated to be called precious.

Luffy just shook his head and took a seat once more up front. Since he was the first in the classroom, he figured he sit closer to the board, being that math was not his strongest subject. A few moments later, Nami walked in the door and waved at her mother. Seeing Luffy in the front, she blushed a bit, taking a seat next to him.

"Hey..." Nami started to say before biting her lip. "It's good to see you again. After yesterday I thought you might've left the school in shambles or something."

"No I decided to stay and prove Linlin-sama wrong. I'm going to stick in out to the end." Giving her a determined look, he flashed one of his big smiles. "After all, one day I'm going to rule this school."

Nami beamed with happiness at the prospect of someone like him ruling the school. For as far as she knew, Charlotte Linlin had been the top dog of the school for semesters now that many forgotten who the one before her did. In some ways, Nami respected the class president for tampering down her money making schemes and her spending habits while on the other hand she could see Luffy succeeding where she fails. Being the person he was, Nami could tell that Luffy cared about everyone and everything around him.

If he did do such a thing, Nami wanted to be the first one to support him.


The rest of the class was hard-work. Bellemere was a very strict teacher who expected much from her students and daughter. Luffy was really grateful that Robin offered to tutor him beforehand because even he was struggling hard with certain equations and formulas. Nami asked if she could join him for lunch, which Luffy was happy to oblige her request. The more people he got to talk with, the better.

The Club Fair would be after lunch, so Luffy hoped his next class was somewhat merciful with the workload. Glancing at his schedule, he noticed that he had gym before lunch. Good, he could workout just before he had to eat.

The only problem was with how large this school was, he couldn't find the gym. He tried asking some passing girls, but they would just laugh and scoff at him. Not one to give up, he noticed one girl lugging around a bag of balls before stopping her.

"Hey excuse me, but do you know where the gymnasium is?" He asked her, seeing her face full of curiosity. Luffy had to admit that she was pretty in a tomboyish way with her short, unruly blond hair, long slender legs, and a slim, curvaceous figure. On her school uniform was a small flower pin.

"Oh, do you need directions? I can help you with that!" Fumbling with the bag, she tossed it over one shoulder and gestured Luffy to follow her.

"Thank you Miss-?"

"Marguerite."

"Nice to meet you, and what a lovely floral pin you've got there." He complimented, making her blush a bit. "I'm pretty sure you've heard of me already."

Marguerite shrugged. "I've heard from some girls that a man walks the halls of our school. I thought they were crazy to believe such a rumor. Seeing you now..." Her eyes drifted at his body, making her cough in embarrassment. "I don't think you look that bad. You're also polite, which is rare in a man."

"Well I was raised by a manner oriented woman." Luffy smiled softly, causing Marguerite to notice. "I wish she could see me now, at her Alma Mater of all places."

"Wait...your mother attended Whole Cake? Wow, do you know who she is?"

Before Luffy could reply, they had reached the gymnasium and a shrill whistle sounded off in front of their faces. There stood Coach Viola, a slender, well-endowed, and light olive-skinned woman of average height. She had her long, slightly wavy dark brown hair pulled back and held in place by a rose, with a lock hanging to the left of her face. Her coaching attire consisted of a white shirt, red shorts, and white sneakers.

"Marguerite, nice of you to finally get those supplies for the closet. Go head on to the dressing room and get ready for class." Her voice was as sharp as a dagger and her eyes were narrowed too. Marguerite gave Luffy a quick smile before dropping the bag and heading towards the locker room. "As for you Mister Luffy, I have a special place for you to change. Here's your school uniform, you have five minutes starting now."

Luffy hastily placed his bag on the bleachers and ran towards the outside of the gymnasium. Of course there were no locker rooms for males here, no other guy besides him attended here! He found himself face a doorless changing room that sat on slits while an open window was nearby that smelled of shampoo. There was a tiny showerhead that constantly dripped water, a clogged drain, and rusted pipes.

Just one of the many perks of being male.


"Marguerite, did you actually get to see the new boy?"

"What was he like? Was he as barbaric as the ones at the juvenile center?"

"Is he cute? Did you get his number?"

Gossip was common in the girl's locker room, which was why Coach Viola made the class ten minutes shorter every day. The girls spent their time getting dress and chatting up their daily lives. The person in subject of their gossip being Monkey D. Luffy.

"Spill the beans! What kind of a man is he?" One of Marguerite's friends, Sweet Pea, asked.

"Well he was very kind and he even complimented by Kuja pin." Marguerite said, elicting squeals from the girls. "He's also handsome, you should've seen his hair. It was like silk!"

"What else did you gather? I highly doubt you just focused on what he looked like." Kikyo, another member of the Kuja gang wondered aloud.

Marguerite pulled her shirt over her head. "Well he did mention that his mother was an alumni here. I didn't get much more information since we reached the gym."

"An alumni student, do you think she joined the Kuja at one point?" Poppy, another girl in the class, thought aloud.

"Highly doubt it, all Kuja members only birth females." Pansy called out from behind one of the changing curtains.

"Well then, we have to keep a close eye on him then. Who knows what he might do to the leader if he ever saw her. He might try and seduce her or something!" Kikyo exclaimed, tying her hair up for class.

Aphelandra, one of the tallest girls in school, peered out the open window and started blushing madly. "Um...girls? I think I see the new student."

Almost instantaneously, the girls barreled over to the window before blushing madly themselves. Some had to fan their hands as their body temperatures rose up while others covered their noses to keep the blood from gushing out. A select few started screaming with shock.

"What is going on over there?" The proud voice of Boa Hancock asked from her private changing room. Her sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, were also curious to what the rest of the girls were screaming at. Boa opened her curtains to reveal her gym attire as she and her sisters walked towards the window. "Now what on Earth are you-?"

Apparently, Luffy's changing stall not only didn't have a door, but also a roof as well. So what the girls were seeing was Luffy getting undressed right in front of the open window, displaying his abdominal, muscles, and his sweet bottom for all the girls to see. Not even noticing the girls behind him, he continued to change, stretching himself and putting his body on full parade for the class.

Boa felt something stirring deep inside her chest as even her face turned red with infatuation and somewhat lust. This was the boy she heard about that was going to ruin the student body and destroy the school? He didn't look like some threat against girl's integrity or a rapist or even a pervert. In fact, to her at least, he seemed like a kind soul with a gentle heart.

Needless to say, Viola had to cancel gym class due to the entire class passing out from severe blood loss.


"A canceled gym class due to blood loss and fainting girls? Why do I think that Luffy boy is behind all this?"

Linlin had put the finishing touches on her student council table for the Club Fair thanks to big brother Katakuri. Said brother was currently helping put up Pudding's table a few down from where she was sitting. Linlin brought out her phone to check the school's notifications and saw that there was a massive increase in patients from a message sent by Kaya. Making her headache even more wide was the fact that Luffy had attended the class, thanks to intel from Kalifa.

"Why do you think he has a hand in all this? You can't blame that boy for everything, you know?" Pudding handed her a cream puff, which Linlin happily took. "He's just another student in this school that's trying to get by."

"That's the problem, he thinks he can run this school better than me! He's planning something, an uprising or takeover or something!" Linlin bit into the cream puff, allowing the filling to ooze out uncontrollably. "I need to get him scared, spook him out of trying to get along with everyone!"

Pudding sighed and rolled her eyes as she went back to setting up her cupcake display cases. Katakuri, however, stopping eating her donuts and walked over to his little sister.

"You want me to talk to the boy? I'm intimidating enough to scare even the toughest of men." It's true though, Katakuri had a stare technique somewhat similar to his sister.

Linlin tapped her chin before grinning evilly. "Yes...I think you would do just fine." Turning around, she gave him the best cutesy eye look. "Big brother, will you do me a favor?"


I thought the only thing to love was sweets and sugar, but maybe I can love something else for a change.

I believed that the only way to happiness was through money, but you changed my point of view.

Why do you make me so curious? Why does my heart flutter around you?

Men aren't meant to be trusted, so why does my heart keep pining for you?