Last Time

There was silence. The memories of my first love was to painful. I felt my heart being get twisted again. I couldn't help it and started to cry. I started to scream as well.

Then I felt two arms wrap around me. Squeezing me so much that I felt trap. Restricted. Constrain. But I also felt the love that they were trying to convey. I sob into the shoulders, just hoping that they can take the pain away.

Now (and I'm switching to Zoro's POV)

When I let Luffy go, I notice her trembling, but suddenly she takes a deep breath. Her shoulder falls down as she seems to let her whole body relaxed.

"Hey, do you remember how we first met?" Her eyes piercing me, not letting my soul move.

"Uhhhh..." Why is she asking me this right now. "Of course I remember. But what does that got to do with this!?"

"It just that..."

Flashback

In East Blue elementary school, it was recess time and kids are running everywhere. Teachers screaming at students as well as students' laughter filled up the atmosphere. Today, was Monkey D. Luffy's first day at school. Her caretaker, Dadan, happen to be caught up some business so she couldn't take care of Luffy.

In the sand area, Luffy was walking around with Coby, a boy she first met. They were trying to decide what to do, when Luffy saw a green haired boy hanging upside down in the monkey bars. She then dragged Coby towards the boy.

"What are you doing up there?" Luffy asked the boy.

Opening his eyes, the boy turned his head to Luffy and says, "None of your business." Then closes his eyes again.

Suddenly a small preschooler girl ran in front of Luffy. "Hey, Zoro! Look what I got you." Her hand holding out a cookie.

He reopens his eyes and just stares at the cookie. Then he turn his head.

"I don't want it." Zoro said to the preschooler.

"But I want you to have it." The preschooler whined. "It's not fair."

"It's not fair," a mocking voice came behind the group.

Everyone looked at the new voice in the area. There were three fourth graders, a brunette, a black-haired boy and a blond. The short blond boy stepped in front of the other two and looked at the girl, Luffy and Coby.

"And who says you can be here?" He demands them.

"Well you put Zoro up there and I want him down here!" The preschooler shouted.

"But I like the moss hanging there. Get these bozos out of here."

His lackeys started to move towards them.

"HEY! If you want a fight, THEN FIGHT ME!" Zoro shouted with his arms waving around, upside down.

"Shishishishi." Everyone turns to Luffy and Coby direction. Everyone watches as Luffy holds her stomach with a great big smile on her face. "You guys are so funny." Luffy tells them with tears in her twinkling eyes.

The blond boy face started to turn red like a tomato, so he opened his mouth and screamed, "You know what go for that girl first." Angrily pointing his finger at Luffy.

The two boys put their focus on to Luffy instead. Once they got closer, one of them tried to grab Luffy, but she slipped under him. Then she grabbed a bar and climbed it till she pulled herself to the top.

"Is that all you got?" Luffy taunted, pulling her tongue out afterwards.

Instead of climbing as well, they each went to the opposite side of the monkey bar and started to shake it. Zoro was okay, because he was tied to the ropes. But Luffy wasn't fast enough to hold onto anything. Instead she started to fall. She closed her eyes and put her hand out hoping to grabbed onto something. At first it felt like all the air escaped from her lungs, but when she was able to breathe again she noticed that she was in air still. Suddenly she felt a tightness on her waist and open her eyes to see another pair of eyes looking right back at her.

"Hey what is going around here?" An adult voice called over.

Present TIME! (Still Zoro's POV)

"... then teacher were screaming at Helempoo and those other two. Thank god Coby took that time to go get the teacher. Or else that would be my third fight that week. But thanks to that, we became best friends right afterwards" I said.

Her face had this serene smile and I can't help to think When was the last time I saw her like this?

"Man, those were the times. Yet when you were hugging me, I just wanted to punch you in the face. Because I could've have beaten them up." She had this angry look with her hand in a fist.

"But afterwards you gave me that cookie from Rika, I forgave you." She put her fist down and put a great big smile on her face.

"Zoro," she looks at me with huge puppy eyes, "will you give me a hug? (I promise I won't want to punch you.)"

I'm such a horrible person. Do people even read this story? Even if nobody does, I am determine to finish this story. (I hope people are still reading this story.) This chapter is actually thanks to KarouUchiha, who gave this idea.

Oh yeah, so I was looking up their eye color and I just realized all the guys in the strawhat (or maybe all guys) have black dots for their eyes. - Just a fun fact!

Rewrite 7/21/15 ~ Just fixing this chapter to fit with the rest. Major changes were in 4 & 5. Read those. Also heads up the next chapter will be the last one. I'm actually working on it right now. I kind of have this ending plan out so hopefully it won't take that long. But sorry it's not really an update.