I am sooooo sorry for not updating this in months! Even this chapter "which is what happened while Kid's situation was happening" I actually had this chapter done for a while but never got around to adding the finishing touches or deciding to add the best part which would have made it really long. So I hope you guys keep reading this and hopefully I will have more time to write this now that the school sports season is over for me. also. Reading the reviews for this story really pushed me to hurry up and finish that next chapter so thanks for anyone who reviewed!

FYI: I plan on continuing this story throughout till the end including my only other story "luffy comes to visit" so I will try to get that out soon before i publish the next chapter of this one. Enjoy!

Chapter 4

Previous to Kid's encounter with Crocodile

"Oi you. Take him to class before he's late." Kid directed the command to Zoro then turned his attention back to his friend. "Get someone to walk you back here when you're done. I'll have class by then." With that the door was shut in the two student's faces.

Second bell rings

"Come Zoro! We gotta get to class!" Luffy grabs the green-haired student's hand and sprints off down the hallway ignoring the fumbles his friend is making.

"Luffy! w-wait! Slow down!" Not taking off correctly, the older student had a hard time keeping up with his friend. On the other hand the smaller student, dragging the broken compass, just laughs all the way to his first class.

After a few more moments of scrambling, they somehow made it to class just before the teacher called attendance. By this time most of the other students had already arrived so they had to sneak to their seats by their friends quietly. The teacher was busy correcting some papers so pretended to ignore the late students walking in until they reached their seats.

Luffy, still pulling Zoro, climbed the rows to the only empty chairs usually reserved for them. Beside the seats were two other students, a blond smoking a cigarette right in the middle of the classroom and a curly haired boy with a rather long nose. When they finally arrived they sat down quickly.

Sanji, the blond student said hello by giving his usual glare at Zoro who responded with the same greeting. 'Where the hell were you guys?' Sanji didn't even need to speak, the message was obvious. Luffy whispered back before an all out war erupted from the two delinquent students.

"I woke up late and Zoro got lost again!" Luffy fought back a chuckle as he mentioned the other student's "problem". Zoro just turned away a bit flustered.

"Nice of you to finally join us, straw-hat-san, swordsman-san. " Just as they thought they were in the clear, the said students became quiet for a moment as the their teacher, Robin, singled them out. The rest of the class turned their attention to the late students in the back of the class. Luffy and Zoro looked to their blond and long-nosed friend for back-up but were given the cold shoulder in fear of getting into trouble also.

Luffy turned his head slightly while trying to whistle as if he was trying to tell a bad lie and Robin just giggled. Zoro on the other hand lowered his head into his palm muttering profanities.

"This is going to be a long day."

The next few classes went by quite fast. After history with Robin, Luffy had music class with professor Brook, health with doctor Chopper and personal finance with Nami. It was never too boring since he had Usopp in all his classes but Sanji, being a year older than him, only had that one class with him. The same went for Zoro however he did have the same last class as Luffy.

While going from class to class the small student couldn't help wonder why Kid hadn't come to pick him up for any of them. He was usually waiting to walk him to wherever if he didn't have a class of his own. Oh well, Luffy forgot the subject quickly as Usopp was started talking about some strange adventure including a giant goldfish and island made his poop.

When the last bell rang signaling the end of his lessons for the day Luffy was already bouncing with excitement for that meal Kid had promised him. However the joy ended when Zoro came up to him.

"Hey your roommate said something about walking you back to your room right?" The swordsmen could help feeling a little guilty for breaking the news.

"Yeah." Luffy and Usopp were barely listening since they were preoccupied with another one of the curly-haired boy's stories.

"Well I have to meet up with my 'family' for some kendo practice. Usopp, mind walking him home? I don't wanna hear it from that roommate of his." It was more of a demand than a request but the student looked terrified at the thought of it. Did Zoro really want him to go anywhere near that redheaded monster?! Just the thought of that last confrontation with him sent shivers down his spine. Thank goodness he had just overheard that rumor about the hyenas from another group of students but it wasn't really like he had actually believed it. I mean who could actually take out an ENTIRE gang in one night?

"U-uh. You m-mean you w-want me t-to walk Luffy to h-his dorm? T-he dorm E-eustass K-kid is in?" His stuttering was cut off as Zoro just gave his reply.

"Thanks. I gotta go, have fun." With that the green haired male left leaving behind a shaking Usopp. Thankfully Luffy sensed his friends discomfort and made an easy decision.

"It's ok Usopp. I can walk home by myself. Why does everyone assume I'll get into trouble if I'm alone?" He asked that last part seriously but Usopp could shake his head with a disapproving look. At the same time he couldn't help but feel a little relieved at the suggestion his friend made.

"That'd be great, well see ya tomorrow!" He waved goodbye as they parted ways to their own rooms.

Luffy made his way to his dorm rather quickly. He sure was hungry since the last thing he ate was lunch but that was almost an HOUR ago. Maybe he could fit in a quick snack before heading back. Luffy was contemplating his choices as he paced back to his room.

Even though Kid wasn't with him none of the other students dared to go up to the younger student. However that didn't stop the slightly longer glances he would get but it wasn't like he, being as clueless as he was, paid attention to any of them anyway.

Dressed in his uniform, Luffy had on his dark pants, dress shoes and his V-neck sweater that was just a bit too big. He had on his signature straw-hat that he seldom ever removed and a wide grin. When he started nearing his dorm he clumsily dug inside his pockets for the keys trying to fish them out but when he did he felt an unfamiliar hand grab his shoulder. Instinct kicked in and before he knew it there was a familiar sense of weight being thrown over his shoulder and a sickening crack.

"Damn, I did it again." Luffy slightly scolded himself before checking on his victim. Bending down he figured the guy must have smacked his face on the wall and was out cold…on the bright side at least there was no blood. Strike that, dribbles of blood were just now starting to flow from his nose.

After a minute of a staring contest with the unconscious form, it started to shift around. Still crouching down the small student watched intently as the other man, whom he presumed was another student, take in his surroundings. When irritated eyes finally landed on other student he jumped up quickly then lunged at him.

Luffy simply dodged to the side thinking he must have tripped while getting up. However when the man's attempt to grab hold of the kid didn't work, he tried several more times but in the end it was futile.

"Dimmit kid! Stay still for a second will you? I just came to drop you off somewhere!" Luffy had just been dodging the other man but stopped momentarily once his imagination began to work.

"Will this place have food?" You could practically see the drool pooling at the side of his mouth. His assailant wasn't quite sure what to say. 'Was this guy stupid? Who would go with their attacker just for food?' He blew it off and just played along.

"Yeah sure…just come quickly. Our boss has prepared a special banquet for you." Luffy's grin couldn't have gotten any wider as stars grew in his eyes. The other male was dumbstruck at the amount of stupidity being shown before him but couldn't help the snicker at his own success.

"Just follow me and we'll be there shortly." His unaware prisoner simply nodded. Not even after a minute of walking another man approached them, he seemed to be a student and began leading Luffy to Crocodile's warehouse.

"He came without a fight? What's taking you so long then?" Luffy wasn't really paying attention to their new company, he was still daydreaming about foods he would be able to have soon.

"It wasn't my fault. The kid was being stubborn!" The two of them were a few paces ahead of the smaller student occasionally glancing back at him.

"Well never mind, but you should have seen what was going on back at the base! Man, I wish I could've stayed." A cruel smile was visible on his face. His partner had an interested expression so he continued with the explanation. "The Boss had just brought in that good for nothing Eustass Kid and I'm sure he has something very special planned for him." Luffy's ears picked up the mention of Kid's name but kept quiet for the moment…something felt off.

"Oh right, did you check out the new weapons that were just shipped in? Apparently were gonna test them on the newbies but maybe we'll get the chance to use it on that bastard instead." Both laughed in unison but what they failed to notice was the sudden change in atmosphere.

They were all isolated from any public areas since they were in an alley nearing the hideout but the seclusion began to give off an eerie distant feeling. The two men started to notice and broke their fit of laughter and looked straight ahead to notice their captive suddenly standing in front of them.

"When the hell did you get in front of us?" 'What was wrong with the kid now?' Something had definitely changed. The clueless, light aura had disappeared and was replaced by something much darker. The younger boy just stood unmoving with his eyes just out of sight from his straw-hat but you could notice the obvious frown staining his face.

"Kid. Where is he?" Finally lifting his face into view, the question seemed simple enough but there was an unmistakable threat lingering in the words. In that moment the boy's eyes were completely glazed over with a look of death and disgust on an entirely different level then the two men had ever encountered. There was a numbing sensation revolving around their entire body, as they stood unmoving. It took a moment for them to recover from the shock before they returned to their former consciousness and resumed the mission.

"Damn, I think he heard us." The first man tried sounding annoyed but you could just barely make out the tint of fear at the edge from the previous experience.

"Whatever, it doesn't matter. Let's just bring him in by force… They can be tortured together." The second man had a hard time keeping back his sadistic smile as he made a grabbing motion toward the smaller student.

The next few moments happened in just seconds. The man's attempt to grab Luffy was stopped when instead apprehending the boy, his arm was gripped tightly by the younger student hard enough to splinter to bone. Eliciting a scream from the second man, Luffy threw him behind his shoulder only to have him crash violently into a fence.

The first man was too stunned to do anything but charge forward in an attempt to overpower the smaller figure. However that ended horrifically when his opponent ducked down and made lunge at his knee causing it to bend in a wrong way thus earning himself another scream of pain.

By this time the man who fell into the fence gained consciousness and frantically searched for his cell phone to contact the man he called boss. He fumbled with the buttons as he watched in terror as his friend's leg brake.

'One ring…two rings… just answer the goddamn phone already!' As the phone started ringing he decided in the spit second to try and save his partner from the monster in front of them but their captive was already expecting him. In one swift motion Luffy turned to his oncoming opponent and made his move.

"What is it? You should be here by now…" The voice on the other end of the phone made an annoyed remark but the man who had called him didn't have a chance to reply when he was slammed forcefully to the other end of the alley making him drop the phone. He yelled quite loudly just before he made a crashing sound going through a glass window. The only other man was left lying on the ground still in pain from his leg injury but he was able to notice the cell phone and picked it up quickly.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SEND US BOSS?!" He screamed loudly into the device demanding an explanation but wasn't given a chance to hear it. The only other student there crushed the phone in his hand and the man was knocked out by a quick impact to his head.

The devastation to the surrounding area actually wasn't as bad as he thought it would be. A few broken fences, a smashed window and a dent or two in the concrete walls. All in all it could have been much worse.

Coming down from his high, Luffy was left standing there in a panting mess. He never enjoyed doing this too often except for cases of self-defense. He needed to control his strength, at least for now but he couldn't help it. He may have seemed like it but he was no airhead, those guys were speaking about Kid, one of his good friends here.

Weapons. Torture. Kid. It was easy enough to figure out these guys weren't planning a banquet…unfortunately. Damn his stomach. Like hell he would let anybody hurt his best friend here!

He felt the need to hurry now. Not wanting to leave to the two men he had just brutally beat up behind Luffy picked them up with ease and made his way to the only opening in the dark alley. Within a few feet the passage opened up to reveal a moderate looking warehouse that still looked in use.

This was it. The raven-haired student couldn't help the smile crawling its way up to his face. He was gonna get to see Kid again but more than anything he would make sure he was safe. Just by physical appearances Luffy knew Kid was no pushover…but if he guessed right he knew that his friend was admirable and would selflessly jump in front of the bus the save a friend. It was a bit of shame that he had never known what Luffy was truly capable of. In fact once he was through with kicking the ass of whoever's plan this was, he and his roommate would be able to have a spar every now and then.

Walking up to what he assumed were the main door of the warehouse the small student took one large breath of air before lifting his leg and bringing it against the door with a considerable amount force. The effect was immediate. The double doors came crashing down sending up a good deal of smoke but not enough to suffocate in. So with that Luffy walked in with his two assailants from earlier hung on his shoulder and a determined smile.

Once most of the smoke cleared out a bit he noticed a few figures near the center of the area, one standing while the other kneeled. There were also a few other figures surrounding them. Wait a minute… something about this felt eerily familiar. What was it again? He just couldn't put his finger on it.

"Huh? Feels sort of Déjà vu." By this time the other people in the room had no choice but to notice him especially with his grand entrance. On Luffy's end, the situation was likewise, he saw a lot of people in the room he didn't recognize. Wait… Kid is here! 'I found him! I found him!'

With his signature grin Luffy tried getting his friends attention by waving his hand excitedly at him, though it wasn't really needed, and dropped the two men still resting on his shoulders ungracefully. 'Oops, I hope that doesn't bruise too bad, shi shi.'

The look on the red head's face was priceless. In fact he looked really funny! Finally getting to point why he came there in the first place, Luffy called out to him.

"Hey Kid! I came to get you! …. And to beat somebody ass."