Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece

School AU featuring them as kids.


"I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!"

"Waaah! He looked at me!"

"EEP! Everyone run! It's him!"

*cries loudly*

This pretty much sums up all of Zoro's interactions during his early childhood. Somehow, before he even reached the age of ten, he'd gotten expelled from two schools and held back once. With a reputation such as this, word got around very quickly and kids around the world created a story about 'The Scary Kid.'

"They say he once lifted a teacher and threw him out the window because he said he got a question wrong!" Well that one just wasn't true.

"I hear his real form is a hairy green grinning demon!" Now that one sounded cool in his opinion...

"I heard he grew up around moss and that's why he has green hair!"

"Not that one's not true at all!" He yelled outloud, causing the nearby students to scatter in fear. He scoffed, why was everyone his age such wimps? Whatever, the less people that talked to him, the better. Besides, who would wanna mess with 'The Scary Kid' anyway?

"No way she's going to do it!"

"She's going to get herself killed!"

"Rest in pieces..."

"Hey, you green brute!" Zoro stopped upon hearing the insult. Jaws everywhere were nailed to the floor, no one could believe the audacity of this student.

But Zoro smirked, he was actually proud to hear someone grow the courage to talk to him like that. Too bad he was going to beat the crap out of them now-

"Ahh?" He growled out menacingly, this was usually the part where the person would turn tail or go on their knees to apologize or-

"You're in my way, move." ...Well that definitely wasn't it.

Zoro took a good look at this... girl. There was only one other person who talked back to him like this... Now wasn't the time for that though, who did this girl think she was?!

"Huh? And why should I-"

"Because if you don't, I'll tattle on you saying you're going around bullying kids. Which of course would result in suspension," she cut him off, and threatened him on top of that. But Zoro doesn't bully anyone, that's just a stupid rumor!

"I don't bully anyone, they won't believe a stupid lie like that! And- hey, what are you doing?" She crouched down and clutched her stomach, moaning like she was in pain.

"O-oww... I can't believe you would really hit a girl... you really are a bully...!"

Zoro's mind went blank, she wouldn't!

"Ahh! Someone call a teacher!"

"She's hurt! Zoro hurt her!"

"He hit her, I SAW it!!" OH COME ON!!

"...ARGHHH FINE!!" Zoro moved to the side, Mihawk would literally kill him if he had to find another school for Zoro to attend.

"Great~ thank you!" The girl got up, showing no signs of any injury whatsoever. He grit his teeth, maybe he really should hit her.

He watched her walk past him, not sparing another glance. Her and her stupid orange hair...

"D-did you see that?!"

"Yeah... Zoro listened to her!"

"Could it be that perhaps we were all believing rumors under false pretenses that led to us to be blinded to the fact that we don't truly know him? That maybe he really is just another kid among the rest of us who attends the school for the same purpose?"

"...I think he likes her!"

"WHAT! N-No Way!-"

"Ehh? You like me? Oh my... you could've just said that from the start..." the girl cupped her tinted cheeks and swayed back and forth. What. The hell, was going on!?!

"...I HOPE YOU ALL DIE SOME VERY PAINFUL DEATHS!! RAH!" Zoro took off in the opposite direction. It would've been dramatic had he not ended up in the same spot again.

"DAMN IT! DAMN THIS STUPID SCHOOL!" Everyone then went about their day. Zoro shouting and running in circles was something they are used to.

"Hahh... back here again..." Zoro growled through gritted teeth. He can't be late again...

He felt someone take his hand and pull him.

"Wha-?!"

"We have the same first class. I'll get you there so you can stop running in circles." He murmured something under his breath but obliged. Better than suspension...

"By the way, I'm charging you 50 berries for this. Tax y'know?" Tax?!? They weren't even ten yet!

"You're crazy! I refuse to pay!"

"Ahh... my stomach pain that-got-hurt-from-you-hitting-me is coming back..." ARGHH!!

"...FINE!" He'll just agree but won't actually do it, he wasn't stupid.

"Good! And if you don't... I'll just have to keep multiplying it! And if you never pay... I'll marry you so you can never leave me!" OH NO. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY THOUGH! NONONONO HE DOESN'T WANT TO MARRY THIS CRAZY GIRL.

This was the fateful day, where Zoro would meet,

The(real)Scary Kid.


...Who eventually became his scary wife lol. This was such a joy to write, even though it kind of feels like crack. I do imagine that the shenanigans these two would get up to during their childhoods would be quite hectic. Maybe not to the extent I wrote but still drastic nonetheless. Maybe I'll write something serious in the next chapter, maybe something sad? Let me know, see you then.