Moderate blood warning from this chapter
"Welcome to the Science lab!" Said a weird pale faced man with black hair and weird clothes that looked like they were made of coloured smoke. "I am Caesar, your science teacher! Shirorororo! You can choose where you sit." Luffy, Usopp and Chopper, still in their formation, found an empty table. The tables were set for four. Luffy and Usopp sat down on a seat. Chopper, who was off the edge, sat on thin air, and fell onto the floor, causing a burst of hysteria from all three of them. Chopper went around the table and sat on the seat opposite them. The pink haired boy, Coby came and sat down next to Chopper, shifting away from him. Luffy and Usopp glared at him.
"What?" He asked. "Oh. Sorry, is this seat taken?" He got up.
"Yes," Luffy replied. Coby frowned and walked away. Rebecca walked into the classroom.
"Hey! Rebecca!" Luffy called. Rebecca saw Luffy and smiled at him.
"Hi, Luffy. Is this seat taken?" She asked, indicating the seat Coby had tried to sit on.
"No! Of course not!" Luffy grinned.
"It's all yours! Usopp replied. Rebecca sat down, without moving away from Chopper
"Hey!" Coby objected coming back to their table. "You said it was taken!"
"Yeah," Luffy replied. "Taken by her. Go away," Coby glared at them then walked away again. Rebecca looked at Luffy, surprised.
"Why were you so horrible to him?" she asked. Luffy realised that Rebecca felt like he was treating Coby the same way the other students treated her.
"He's an idiot," He explained. "He won't leave us alone. He keeps following us around like a weirdo, because "we share the same dorm"."
"And did you see the way he shifted away from Chopper when he sat down?" Usopp added. "He's a clown. Just trying to get some popularity by joining the group." Rebecca looked relieved.
"So, you made some new friends, Luffy?" She asked him. Luffy nodded.
"This is Usopp, and you already heard Chopper's name." Usopp put a fist to his chest.
"I'm a brave, mighty warrior of the sea!" Rebecca looked impressed.
"Stop lying!" Luffy butted in.
"Shut up! I'm not lying!"
"Yeah, you are!"
"Alright, students. We will begin the lesson. On my desk, there is a bulk of science lab equipment. You will be working in pairs with the person beside you. Your task is to make whatever you can from whatever substances you choose. The substance you make must have a use, however." All the students rushed to select their ingredients, Kid pushing his way to the front. Luffy was also at the front. He grabbed a massive handful of random ingredients and ran back to the table. He and Usopp immediately began pouring random stuff into a big pot and mixing them together, while clowning around and laughing. Chopper and Rebecca, however, were more sensible with their choices, chose their ingredients carefully, and discussed on how to make whatever they were doing. Bartolomeo just drank whatever he had made and collapsed onto the floor, unconscious. Luffy also saw the boy with the white and black cap, who was working alone. The girl in the maid costume, was working with a skinny boy with high heels and weird clothes. While they were working, a loud explosion shook the whole classroom, followed by a wave of laughter. Whatever Kid and Killer were making had just let off a huge explosion.
"Now, now, students" Caesar spoke. "I know science is very interesting, but safety is important as well! Try to refrain from explosions."
"Ok, we'll try," Kid lied.
The substance Luffy and Usopp were creating was now turning a dark, murky colour and an awful odour began to ooze from it.
"This is looking good, Usopp!"
"Yeah! Sure is! I could use this as one of my special attacks!" Rebecca and Chopper did not share their enthusiasm.
"Luffy, Usopp, could you move that somewhere else" Chopper was struggling doing his work with one hoof, as he was forced to hold his nose. "It reeks!"
"He's right," Rebecca agreed. "We can't take the stench!" Luffy sniffed it.
"You're right! It smells even worse than Shanks!"
"HEY!" Shanks' voice came from outside the room.
40 minutes later, everyone was finished with their experiment. Kid had some red liquid which was encased in glass balls, with metal strips wrapped around them. Caesar gave him an A- when Kid told him they detonated in contact with the air. Luffy and Usopp had their foul-smelling liquid, which earned them a D-. Chopper and Rebecca had created a special medicine that could cure wounds, earning them an A*. The white and black cap boy had also made a medicine, but he didn't say what it was for, so he got a B-. The maid girl and the high heels guy had made nothing. (The maid girl had just been sending notes and the high heels guy had just been sleeping with his eyes open. They had both relied on the other person to do the work for them). A furious Caesar granted them an F-. Luffy also saw the guy with the white horse. He had made what he called "men's perfume" which causes most of the girls in the class to collapse.
"Wow!" Luffy remarked. "It really smells that bad, Cabbage?"
"My name is not Cabbage!" He replied furiously. "And it smells beautiful, just like me" He grinned.
"It smells like Cabbage to me," Usopp smirked.
"I'LL CUT YOU DOWN!" Cabbage yelled. Usopp shrieked and ran behind Luffy, who turned his head around in a 180 and grinned at him
"Thought you were a brave warrior, huh?" He grinned.
"Fine! Whatever!" Caesar gave Cabbage a C+ for his work. He then left the classroom, saying he needed to do some quick business
"This is boring," Luffy heard Kid mutter. Luffy looked at him. Kid caught his eye and grinned. Next thing he knew, glass was flying at him, and he was blasted away by an explosion.
"LUFFY!" Usopp cried out. Rebecca and Chopper jumped up in shock
"AAH! WHAT THE HELL!" he screamed at Kid. Kid laughed and threw another.
"Don't worry, these explosions won't kill you" He reassured. "They'll just leave you in the sick room for a week this time!" his gang laughed at this. Enraged, Luffy grabbed a test tube, filled it with his black substance, and threw it at Kid.
"How d'ya like this, huh?" He shouted back.
"What the hell is this crap?" Kid yelled, "Stinks even more than Blackbeard!" He dropped one of his glass balls and created a large explosion, sending his gang flying back. Luffy saw one of Caesar's cupboards were destroyed and a rat walked out of it. He stretched his arm and grabbed the rat.
"Let's see how you like this rat after it stinks like that!" He dunked the struggling rat into the pot of black liquid, threw it at Kid. Many people screamed as the rat, instead of simply landing on Kid, grew, until it was the size of a bear, and slammed into Kid.
"What the hell?" Kid screamed as a bear size rat was on top of him. He struggled to get it off. Tons of people ran from the classroom, Cabbage included. Coby was at the front. Caesar walked back into the classroom to find people swarming out, his classroom destroyed and a giant rat sitting on top of Kid.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" Caesar yelled in horror. The grey guy in Kid's gang spoke up first. He pointed at Luffy.
"Sir, it was him! He stole Kid's experiment and blew up the classroom!"
"Liar!" Luffy yelled.
"Kid attacked him!" Chopper added. "He threw them at him, and they blew up!" Under the giant rat, Kid was yelling something. Caesar turned his attention to the rat.
"And how did my lab rat grow so huge?" He demanded. All Kid's gang pointed at Luffy.
"He put the rat inside his nasty liquid thing and threw it at Kid, then it turned giant and crushed him." Caesar stared at Luffy, the substance and the giant rat and back again.
"Ok," he said, coming to his senses. "No one will be punished. It's my fault for allowing you to mess around alone with dangerous chemicals. Luffy, since your substance actually has some use, I will change your score to an A*."
"Yeah! Let's go!" Luffy exclaimed in joy, smacking Usopp's back. "We got the top grade, Usopp!"
"Yeah, I'm happy, but could you stop smacking me! It hurts!" Usopp protested.
"Well, you all had better be ready for your next lesson. It's in 20 minutes," Caesar muttered. "This mess is gonna take days to clean," he groaned to himself.
The remaining students left the classroom, some students praising Luffy for beating Kid again, others angry about him scaring them with the giant rat
"C'mon, don't be such wimps" Usopp gloated. "The brave mighty Usopp was there! No one was really in danger."
"You will if you don't shut up!" A blue haired girl yelled at him. Usopp flinched at the sight of her. She wore a mask over the bottom half of her face and had horns on her head.
"AAH! DEMON!" He screamed. Luffy looked fascinated. The girl carried on, glaring at Luffy.
"You scared my dear Pay-Pay with that fat beast! I would have killed it, but I got to keep my little brother safe, or no one else will!" Beside her was a boy with purple hair which covered one eye. He had a mask like his sister and horns as well. He also had a black and white hat on his head.
"TWO DEMONS!" Usopp shrieked.
"Don't worry!" Luffy smiled at them, ignoring Usopp. "I know how it feels having to protect your little brother. My older brothers had to do it all the time." Ulti was still furious at him.
"Shut up! I don't care! You're gonna pay for scaring my Pay-Pay!"
"I wasn't even scared," Pay-Pay muttered. "And my name's Page One."
"That's a really bad name," Luffy told him. "Pay-Pay sounds way better!"
"No, it doesn't!" Page One yelled.
"Now you're making him mad!" Ulti yelled. She charged at Luffy ramming her head into his body, ad sending him flying back into a wall. People started to gather around the scene.
"Luffy!" Usopp exclaimed. "Don't worry, I'll support you!" He said while running away.
"Oww…" Luffy felt a sharp pain in his stomach where the horns had struck him. Fortunately, she hadn't used enough force for them to penetrate through him. The spectators began to talk loudly.
"Another fight!"
"It's between Luffy and Ulti!"
"Is he crazy!"
"She's the strongest girl in the school!"
"No one can beat her! Not even him!"
"Shut up!" Luffy yelled. "I'm sick of people telling me what I can and can't do! I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES! NO ONE'S GONNA STOP ME!" A wave of aura burst from him, knocking out all the spectators, leaving his friends and a few other people standing.
"You have Conqueror's Haki?" Ulti asked him incredulously, while still angry.
"Yep." He replied.
"Well, who cares! Conqueror's Haki won't work on me, so it's useless!" She charged at him for another headbutt. Luffy also charged in for a headbutt as well. He clashed into her forehead and not her horns, fortunately. She glared at him, and he glared back. They both leapt back. Ulti charged again. Luffy dodged, and grabbed her by her horns and pulled back, causing her to topple over. He left her there and walked away, not wanting to fight her.
"HEY! WHO ARE YOU WALKING AWAY FROM, YOU ULTRA-IDIOT!" Luffy turned around, and his eyes widened. Ulti's legs and arms had turned yellow and grown rapidly. Her forehead and horns had grown as well. She charged at him, too fast for him to dodge to block. Luffy felt a sharp pain in his torso as he was thrown back into the wall. He heard screams from around him. His torso was raging with pain. He put a hand to it and looked at his hand, then realised with horror it was red. He looked down and saw a red patch spreading. He gritted his teeth. Ulti charged again, only this time to meet a wooden sword. Luffy was stunned to see Rebecca had protected him.
"Leave Luffy alone!" She shouted. Ulti attempted to headbutt her, but she dodged, and Ulti's head hit a wall.
"Kill Rebecca!" A student who had recovered from Luffy's Haki cried out.
"We want to see her dead!" Another one called. Distracted by the jeers, Rebecca was caught by Ulti's tail.
"Wha-? Let me go!" Ulti drew back a clawed hand. Luffy realised what was next.
"NO!" He cried. "STOP!" The crowd was cheering Ulti's name. Ulti slashed Rebecca's stomach, causing blood to splash on the wall of the hallway.
"REBECCA!" He screamed, letting out another wave of Haki, which knocked out the cheering spectators. Ulti threw Rebecca on the floor and raised her foot over her head. Luffy tried to intercept, but his injuries meant he couldn't get there quick enough.
"Heavy point!" A large brown creature punched Ulti into a wall. Luffy stared at it.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO REBECCA?!" It yelled at her. Luffy recognised its voice.
"Ch-Chopper?" Ulti got up again, and headbutted Chopper, knocking him out.
"CHOPPER!" Ulti glared at Rebecca again. She got ready to stamp on her head again when a black projectile flew at her. She screamed as the black substance Luffy and Usopp had made covered her face.
"WHAT THE HELL!" She yelled. "IT SMELLS LIKE-" She used a swear word Luffy had only ever heard his grandpa use when he was extremely mad. She left, dragging Pay-Pay with her, presumably to wash it off. Luffy breathed a sigh of relief, then remembered. He ran to Rebecca, who was lying on the floor. The whole bottom half of her T-shirt was red. Luffy thought hard what to do. He remembered a lesson Grandpa had taught him. He took off her bloodied T-shirt and used it to put pressure on her wound. Grandpa had told him this would prevent the person from bleeding to death and give more time to get help.
"USOPP!" He yelled. The long-nosed boy ran to Luffy's side.
"What happened to her?" Usopp exclaimed in terror. Luffy didn't have time to explain.
"Just wake up Chopper," he told him. "I need him. Now!" He said, more urgently. He continued pressing down on the wound, as the long-nosed boy attempted to resuscitate the reindeer. He looked at Rebecca's face. It looked much paler than normal. He was glad she had fainted from the blood loss because he didn't want her to experience the pain she would be feeling right now.
"It's all my fault," He thought aloud, tears forming in his eyes. "If only I had fought back properly…"
"Hey," He heard a deep voice from behind him. He turned and saw the white and black cap boy.
"What do you want?!" He yelled. He didn't have time for this, his friend could die!
"I'm Law," he told Luffy. "And I can help your friend,"
"How?!" Luffy asked, half interested, half desperate. Law pulled out a vial full of liquid. "What's that?" He asked, trying not to reduce the pressure he was still holding on Rebecca's wound.
"It's the medicine your reindeer friend Chopper made," Law explained. "He gave it to me, before attacking that girl. He told me how to use it as well."
"Use it then!" Luffy urged.
"Not so fast. We need to be careful. We must apply the medicine on the wound, then re-apply pressure as quickly as we can." Luffy nodded. He removed the T-shirt from Rebecca's wound. He saw the gruesome claw mark across her stomach. Law poured some of the medicine over the wound, and Luffy quickly forced the T-shirt back onto it. He heard a sizzling sound from under the T-shirt and wondered what it was. But he kept the T-shirt on her.
"It takes about 1 minute," Law told him. "That's how long it should take for the wound to close." Luffy nodded and kept the pressure applied. The he realised he should say something.
"Law…" he said quietly. "Thank you." Law made a sound but didn't smile.
"It's fine," he replied. "Chopper helped me out a lot in our Medicine class. Although I didn't show it, or tell him, I was very grateful. This is the least I can do." Luffy heard a sound from Rebecca. Law heard it too. "She's regaining consciousness."
"Rebecca…" Luffy said quietly.
"I'm sure it's safe to remove the pressure." Law told him. "Keeping it on will only cause her more pain." Luffy removed the T-shirt. The wound had completely closed, leaving only 3 slits.
"I'll bandage it up," Law spoke. "Chopper said it would completely close the wound, but there's still a chance of it reopening." Luffy watched Law take out a roll of bandaging and wrap it around Rebecca's now closed wound. "You should put some of the medicine on your wound." Law pointed at Luffy's torso. The wound that Ulti's horn had made was still there, though not bleeding anymore. He put some of it on his hand and held his hand against it. He winced in pain as he heard the sizzling sound again and felt a painful sensation. Luffy's wound closed much quicker than Rebecca's, probably because his skin was rubber, so could stretch much easier. He looked at Rebecca, who was now bandaged up. She was still stirring.
"She's OK, now" Law told Luffy, getting up and walking away.
"Where are you going?" Luffy asked.
"I'm not one for sappy "Thank you" s," He replied. "It's embarrassing." He left the hallway. Rebecca opened her eyes.
"Luffy?" Luffy pulled her into a hug, crying in joy. He couldn't believe how close he was to losing a friend. When he let go, she looked surprised.
"Are you OK?" Luffy asked, despite what Law had told him earlier. She nodded.
"Yes. But I remember her scratching me and bleeding…" She looked at the completely healed wound, then at the half-empty bottle Law had left beside her. Her eyes widen in realisation.
"Luffy you…saved me?" She asked. Luffy nodded. Rebecca stared at him in shock, then hugged him back. "Thank you," she said.
"It wasn't just me," Luffy replied. "Another guy helped me. You know the guy with the white and black spotty cap?" She nodded slowly. "His name's Law. He was the one who got the medicine and used it. I just stopped the cut from bleeding more."
"Where is he?" Rebecca asked. Luffy could tell wanted she wanted to do.
"He left already. Said he didn't want you to thank him." Rebecca looked confused.
"Why not?" She asked. Luffy shrugged.
"He said it's embarrassing." Beside him, Chopper began to wake up.
"Chopper! You're ok!" Luffy smiled. Chopper nodded.
"She didn't hit me with her horns. So, I just got knocked out. Is Rebecca OK?" Luffy nodded. "So, Law helped after all," Chopper smiled. "I'm gonna go thank him." He got up, but Luffy stopped him.
"Law said he doesn't want any thanking," Chopper was confused. "He said it was the least he could do after you helped him in your Medicine classes." Chopper stared at Luffy.
"The least?! He helped way more than I helped him!" Luffy shrugged. Chopper looked at Rebecca. "By the way, Rebecca, why aren't you wearing your clothes? We have more lessons." Rebecca went red with embarrassment when she realised Chopper was right. Luffy showed them her now unwearable T-shirt.
"Sorry, Rebecca. We had to use it to stop your bleeding," He explained.
"It's fine, Luffy. I can get another one before the next lesson," She replied. Just then the bell rang. "Or not," she said miserably, thinking of how much she'd be jeering for walking in the classroom in underwear. Luffy took of his red cardigan.
"Here. You can wear mine." He handed it to Rebecca.
"Are you sure?" She asked. Luffy nodded, grinning. He wasn't wearing anything underneath his cardigan. But he didn't mind being laughed at. He would rather be laughed at that watch his friend be laughed at. Rebecca put on the cardigan. They walked towards their next lesson, which was Cooking.
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