Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece in any way, shape, or form. It's Oda's masterpiece. I'm just borrowing the characters to tell a story.

My first One Piece story. I love the series so much I couldn't resist writing one. Just took me a while to figure what to write about haha.

First Impressions

The sun shined its radiant light across the blue sky over the Grand Line: the place where the oceans are roughest and the sailors are the toughest.

A rough wave crashed against the large ship that carried a young man of nineteen years old.

Monkey D. Luffy, an eccentric, adventurous, and headstrong lad had boarded this vessel about a week ago. He was soon to arrive at the largest college in the world which was located right here in this vast ocean.

Of course, he didn't really want to go to college, but with inspirational words from the lovely Makino, a bar owner back in his hometown, and much more forceful ones from his grandfather, he decided to give it a try. After all, what else would he do with his time since graduating high school?

His older brother, Ace, had already enrolled as a part time student two years ago, meaning he would be a junior this year.

The two weren't related by blood, but they had practically been together since birth so they considered themselves nothing less than family.

And even though he wouldn't admit it to Garp under any circumstances, Ace was the main reason he went along with the idea of attending college.

Now, as the peninsula came into his sight, he smiled because he knew he'd see him on the large campus soon.

However, no matter how close the two were, Ace was bound to have his own crowd and probably wouldn't want his kid brother constantly around.

"That's why I'll make my own friends. A bunch of 'em too. After all, college is supposed to be a social thing as well as an academic organization." Luffy smiled.

The thought of all the new people he would meet kept him on his toes as he gazed out at the approaching school.

As of now, he was an art major. To Garp's disappointment of course, but Luffy knew better than to try his hand with anything else. There was no way he thought anything else would suit him. Though, his assumption that being an art major was easy would definitely come back to bite him if he kept that idea in mind.

But the school had a multitude of majors and concentrations. It was the largest and most revered school in the Grand Line so of course it had to be diverse. It also prided itself in having the most diversity among races that comprised the student body.

There were giants, mermaids, talking animals, people who hailed from the skies, and so many other different races that could be seen around the campus on a regular basis.

Luffy smiled widely when the ship docked and began letting the other new students exit. It was time to meet new people.

Strangely enough, a girl with long orange hair and very large, practically exposed breasts bumped into him on his way down the ramp.

"Excuse me." She said as she hurried past him without any bags.

Despite her lack of luggage, the boy responded, "It's fine! Hey, don't go! Let's talk and be friends!" he said eagerly.

His words were in vain though. The girl was much too far ahead and there was no way of catching her now. There was also nothing to grab a hold of to stretch himself up to where she was through the crowd of students.

"She looked so nice too…" he sighed.

Oh well, there would surely be other people to befriend. He just had to know where to look.

As the students entered the main entrance lobby that led to the campus, they were asked to show their identification cards from orientation.

Once he reached the desk and went into his pocket, Luffy immediately froze.

"My-my wallet! It's gone!"

"Oh dear! It seems you've been pickpocketed…" the girl behind the counter said.

"Pickpocketed!?"

"Yeah. There's been a lot of that going on on the first day of the semesters since last year. Luckily, we have an alternative solution. You can go to the police department a just behind this building. Of course, you'll be escorted by a guard to make sure you're not pulling a fast one."

"Fine…"

Damnit all. Not even before moving in fully had things turned out so terribly.

"By the way, do you remember being bumped into? That's usually when the thieves strike."

"Hm… Yeah! There was some girl who bumped into me and ran away! Think it was her!?"

"Could be… Give a description of her to the officers and I'm sure they'll document it."

"Okay."

Sitting alone in handcuffs in a holding cell was a man by the name of Roronoa Zoro. All of his life he had tried to stay out of trouble, but trouble seemed to find him wherever he went. The universe just seemed to have it out for him.

It was a shame because he meant well and honestly had good intentions towards the people around him.

He was here on an athletic scholarship, although what he was best at was not offered as a major. Well trained in the art of bushido from early childhood, he excelled nicely in any class related to it that he found himself in.

Annoyingly enough, he had a rival.

A girl by the name of Tashigi who was more talk than anything. For some reason, she insisted on challenging him when she got the chance and always made a point to say she was improving more than he was.

She reminded him of an old friend which is why he avoided her at all costs.

When it came to his major, he had decided to major in kinesiology since he was practically a body builder. He spent most of his freshman year in the activity center pushing himself hard every day after class.

School was about to begin tomorrow ushering in a new semester and chance to keep improving himself. He simply couldn't wait to get back at training. As a sophomore, he was more than familiar with the whole place and had practically made it his second home.

That would probably be an issue though, given his current situation.

Earlier today, he had gotten into a fight trying to defend a little reindeer that was being bullied by a few of the human students.

Just because he had eaten a Devil Fruit didn't mean he was a horrible person and deserved to be treated as such. Frankly, he seemed quite nice.

After thanking him sincerely, the little guy had run off retreating to the safety of the medical studies building. It must have been where most of his classes were. He was probably trying to get acquainted with it for tomorrow.

That was a chance to make a new friend while doing a good deed as well. Zoro didn't get out much because he had a hard time making friends since he was naturally a loner.

The action of him saving the kid was, of course, the part the cops missed when they ran over. The only thing they saw was him giving the business to the bullies in the harshest manner he could administer.

Thus, he was seated quietly in this holding cell awaiting his punishment.

He turned a quick glance when the doors opened and a boy, most likely a freshman, came barging into the lobby screaming he had been pickpocketed by some girl.

"The burglar cat strikes again…" he said quietly.

This happened in the beginning of every semester since last year. The girl who no one could catch had seemed to take interest in stealing wallets and purses for the money and then mailing them back to the person's home address. At least she had the decency to return everything that wasn't money.

He had been interested to find out who it was, but she was so slippery on one could pin her down.

"I demand a new wallet and all of my money back! Not a single beri short either!"

"Sir, please calm down. We'll do all we can to help but we need your cooperation." One of the front desk workers said calmly.

"What a way to start my year!"

"Hey kid, shut it up!" Zoro yelled from his cell.

"What? Who do you think you are!?" Luffy responded angrily.

The nerve of this guy! Sitting in his cell and giving orders like he owned the place!

"I'm tired of hearing your voice! Shut up already!"

"I'll make you shut up! Gomu gomu no-Pistol!" Luffy shouted.

His arm stretched a total of three feet before it fell helplessly to the ground.

"What the-!?"

"The walls of these buildings are infused with Sea Prism Stone… Don't you know anything?" Zoro asked.

"I'll-I'll rip you apart piece by piece!"

"Stop it! Stop it!" the girl shouted from her seat at her desk.

"He started it!" both boys yelled in unison.

"Mister with the missing wallet, please follow me to the back room and you can tell me everything that happened in there."

Luffy sighed and did as he was told, not forgetting to stick his tongue out at the incarcerated green haired man on his way.

This was great. Just great. After all that nonsense at the police station, all the jerks could do was charge Luffy for a new id and send him on his way. He had spent a whole four hours in that place just to try and sort things out and still no luck.

He was now headed to his dormitory with the rest of his belongings. The freshman were permitted to move into their rooms a week ago which is why he wasn't carrying anything but a booksack. Garp insisted he stay with Dadan until the day before classes began.

Once he reached the fourth floor of his building, he carried on until he reached his room.

Just as he put his key in the door, a girl passed him with long orange hair.

"You!" he shouted.

"Tch!" the girl said before making a break for it.

"Get back here!" he shouted angrily as he chased her down the hallway.

He tried stretching his arms out to catch her, but like that guy had said, the walls had been infused with Sea Prism Stone, rendering his powers almost completely useless.

"You can't catch me!" the girl shouted as she rounded a corner, "Eek!"

Luffy heard her shriek and it sounded like she hit the ground so he sped up to try and catch her while she was down.

"You brick wall! I would've gotten away if it weren't for you!" she yelled while rubbing her rear end.

"It wasn't my fault you weren't looking where you were going." Zoro said, uninterested.

"Jerk!"

Luffy finally caught up and gasped in surprise, "You! And you!" he said, pointing back and forth between the girl on the ground and Zoro.

"Great. It's the annoying kid from earlier…"

"I'll deal with you later green hair… But you," Luffy shouted to the girl , "Gimme back my wallet, thief!"

"H-how could you accuse me of being a thief!" she asked before getting teary eyed.

"You bumped me earlier and took it that's how! Now give it back!"

"There's no way I could do something so terrible!"

Zoro, seeing that he was in no way involved in this mess, walked right past the girl and the screaming boy to get to his room.

When he saw the door was open and keys stuck in the knob, his eyes went wide. No way in hell could that kid be one of his roommates.

"Hey, whose there?" a boy with a long nose asked as he emerged from the back of the apartment styled dorm.

"Who are you?" Zoro asked.

"Are you a robber!? I've got eight thousand contacts on my phone who can be here in a heartbeat and take you out!"

"I'm no robber. I have one of the bedrooms in this suite."

"Oh, well… In that case, the name is Usopp. Nice to meet you!" the boy with the afro ponytail said in relief while extending his hand.

"I'm Zoro. The only reason I'm in one of these suites is because the cost of the private ones skyrocketed this year but my scholarship didn't."

"Well, that's cool! You look tough! Maybe no one will break in this place!"

Luffy entered the suite with a grip on the girl's arm he had caught thanks to Zoro.

"You're not leaving until I have my wallet back!"

"I'll call the cops if you don't let me go!" she yelled.

"Call 'em! They won't do anything but question you and then send you on your way!"

The four in the suite could be heard all the way down the hall. A blonde boy with a curled eyebrow, same year as Zoro and the redheaded girl, slowly walked down the hallway and stopped when he reached the room with the open door. Once he saw that it was his room, he sighed.

"I don't know if this is a good sign or a bad-"

Usopp, Luffy, Zoro, and the girl all turned to face him as he stepped into the room.

An awkward silence prevented any of them from making any sudden movements.

He observed each one of them closely. A boy with a long nose and puff ball at the back of his head. A guy with marimo hair. Another guy with scar under his left eye. And then…his eye landed on the girl.

"WHOAH! What's a sweet beauty like you doing in this room!? Are you a roommate!?"

"No way! This is a coed hall, not coed rooms!" the girl shouted.

"I'm Sanji! Pleased to meet you!" Sanji said eagerly as he immediately dropped his bags and ran over to her. When he noticed Luffy's grip on her, his sweet persona vanished, "Hey kid, let the lady go."

"No way!" Luffy yelled.

"You heard the man! Let me go!"

"If you promise to give me back my wallet then I will!"

"Help me, Sanji-kun! I didn't steal his wallet!"

"You heard her. If she didn't take your shit, she didn't take your shit!"

Usopp stepped back a few paces and fell to his rear.

This was what he'd have to deal with? A monkey like fellow, a womanizer, and a jock? On top of that, thieves as well!?

No way. He would definitely be going to get a private room in the rumored safer hall.

Wait, they were too expensive for students without a housing scholarship… Dang it!

Luffy released the girl and she hurried over to Sanji.

"I'm Nami by the way. You can call me Nami-san." She said to him.

"Nami-swaaaan, promise me you won't run away after we just met! Stay by my side always!"

"She's not going anywhere until I get my-"

"Ugh! Take it!" Nami yelled, pulling the wallet from her bosom and tossing it in Luffy's face.

"So it was her all this time…?" Zoro asked himself.

This girl was the infamous cat burglar?

"Nami-san, please say you'll stay for a while! I'm majoring in culinary arts and am really good at it so I can make you a nice meal if you'd like! Anytime you'd like!" Sanji pleaded.

"Cool! You can make food for us!" Luffy grinned happily.

"The offer was for Nami-san." Sanji retorted.

The girl carefully glanced at the four men in the room. At least two of them seemed weak in physical strength. She turned her attention to Zoro. He would be a problem for her. No way she could take him on in a fight. But perhaps she could outwit him or go for the crotch if he came at her.

Then there was Sanji standing right next to her. He seemed harmless enough.

A girl's gotta check her surroundings to ensure her safety in a room full of men.

"Sure, I'll stay for a bit I guess."

"Don't bother!" Luffy said after checking his wallet and seeing that all of his money was gone.

Zoro offered no response. He simply turned and left the other four for his own room.

These people were way too noisy for his taste. A peaceful evening of napping would do him wonders.

Sanji closed the front door and smiled at Nami before gathering his things from the floor and taking them to the last empty room in the suite.

Luffy turned to the boy on the floor, "I'm Luffy by the way. Nice to meet you!"

"Heh, I-I'm Usopp. Nice to meet you too, Luffy. I hope you and I will get along well."

After getting up off of the floor, Usopp turned and headed for his own room. Hopefully no one would be interested in stealing from him. Especially not that Nami girl.

Luffy smiled. Usopp, Nami, Sanji and Mr. Grumpy in his room. They weren't exactly friends, but they weren't enemies either. It was the start of something awesome, he could tell.

Ace would be proud if he knew his little brother was already making friends… or… acquaintances.

Review and tell me what you think please. I'm not sure if I should make it long or not... I think I'll let the characters write it themselves and see what happens. More of them and events on the way!