This situation.. had become entirely way to familiar!
The straw-hat ship had entered a strange island, no one knew nothing about.
The log-pose on Namis wrist went nuts, so it was definitely a dangerous island, which for Luffy was just another word for 'interesting' and there-fore Luffy had demanded they all went to the island.
In no time, they had ended up being split up, getting into danger… and now Usopp was running for his life side by side with Nami.
Why did any of them even bother any longer?
"USOPP THEY ARE GAINING ON US!" Nami shouted.
"Then don't waste your time looking behind your back and talking!" Usopp returned.
"You are talking to!" Nami pointed out.
"To answer you!" Usopp replied. "Why does this stuff always happen to me?" he asked in a cry.
"Would you quit complaining!?"
"YOU QUIT COMPLAINING!"
Yes, Usopp and Nami was running, from an entire bunch of blood-thirsty creatures.. they had no idea what these creatures were exactly.
They all looked different from each other, but didn't look like any specific animals. The one closest to them sort of looked like a big cat, but it had panzer on it's back like an armadillo and it's behind legs looked like a rabbits, so it could jump extremely high.
Another one looked like a giant spider but had a head like an alligator, and a brood like a bee.
It was enough to make both Nami and Usopp squirm.
"Why don't you stop and shoot them?" Nami asked.
"Why don't you stop and strike them with thunder?" Usopp returned sourly.
"I need time to make any thunder, you build the bloody thing that way." Nami hissed.
"Hey, without me helping you out, you wouldn't have any-thing at all." Usopp muttered, just as they ran into a blind end, into a rocky wall. "Shit." Usopp hissed.
And Nami swallowed as she pulled out her clima-tact turning to all of the weird monster hybrid animals around them.
Usopp as well had pulled his green Kabuto and looked wide-eyed at the slowly advancing animals. "What do we do?" Usopp asked in a whisper.
"Buy me some time." Nami requested. "I'll make a thunder cloud behind them."
Usopp nodded as he swallowed, then loaded his Kabuto, before he yelled. "SMOKE STAR!" and as the pallet landed, it send out a sky of smoke, frightening the animals, as some of them jumped up, and some of them seemed to run a little in circles.
One of the animals, a badger looking thing that was apparently blind, didn't seem to be affected as it just stepped forward, and Usopp send a flying bullet, right into its face to make it step backwards. "This wont last long." Usopp told. "There are way to many of them."
"Then it's good I'm almost there." Nami told as she bit her lip. "Can you drive them backwards?" she asked.
"What?" Usopp asked looking at Nami.
"Drive them backwards!" Nami demanded.
"Okay-okay!" Usopp exclaimed, then loaded his Kabuto and yelled. "FIRE-BIRD STAR!" as a big flame drew a half circle between Nami and Usopp and the animals, driving the Animals backwards, just in time for a big thunder clap to go downwards and land right on the animals, making them all roar in apparently pain, before they landed on the ground in a big pile.
Nami breathed deeply as she wide-eyed looked at their handy-work. "Usopp." She swallowed. "I am so glad you made me this clima-tact." She finally admitted.
"Me to." Usopp stated. "Come on Nami, some of them are all-ready waking up!" he stated grabbing Namis wrist and then dragged the navigator with him.
Nami nodded. "Hai!"
And they would have run, if they didn't both stop in shock as suddenly, right in front of them, was a woman, that neither Nami or Usopp knew.
She seemed to be in her early thirties, tall, slender, long purple hair, and surprised brown eyes. "Are you okay?" the woman asked the two.
"Who are you!?" Usopp asked pointing a shaking finger on the woman. "What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Easy." The woman spoke. "My name is Livian, I'm a friend." She told in a vague smile as she slowly neared the two. "Do I look like some-one out to hurt you?" she asked.
Slowly Usopp lowered his arm. "no." he admitted, as Livia stepped right up right in front of them. "No I guess not."
Then Livia smiled lightly, before fast as a bolding light, her hand raised up and she pressed a thumb against Usopp's forehead.
Usopp blinked. "Urh.. what?" he asked looking up at Livians hand.
And Livian smiled. "You'll see."
At that Namis eyes widened and she took out her clima-tact to beat Livians leg away from under her, so she fell down on the ground.
"Nami what did you do that for?" Usopp asked confused.
"Look at the animals around us!" Nami hissed. "They are all awake, but none of them are moving to attack.. Attack her!" Nami pointed at Livian. "It's a trick."
"What!?" Usopp asked wide-eyed.
"COME ON!" Nami shouted and this time she was the one to grab Usopp's wrist so they could start running.
At that Livian hissed as she raised her head. "Oh you better run, but trust me girl! YOU WONT GET FAR!"
"What the hell was that?" Usopp asked as he and Nami ran through the forest.
"How should I know?" Nami asked. "But it seems what-ever she was about to do, we managed to stop it just in time." She sighed deeply.
"I sure hope so.." Usopp hesitated.
"What do you mean hope so?" Nami asked. "You're a fine aren't you?" she asked as she turned her head to look at Usopp, then she blinked. "wow, you erh.. you look a little green." Nami noted.
At that Usopp held a hand to his stomach. "I don't feel so good." He admitted, then tripped to fall head-first on the ground.
"USOPP!" Nami exclaimed as she turned around and fell down on her knees, supporting the fellow teen. Swallowing Nami looked up, but then realised.. none of the hybrid animals had been following them, in fact.. except for the wind in the trees, it was surprisingly quiet.
"Urgh.." Usopp groaned from where he laid, and Nami had to turn him around on the back, then she touched his forehead with the back of her hand.
"Jesus Christ Usopp, you're burning up!" Nami exclaimed.
"Oh, so that's what.." Usopp blinked groggily, though his eyes looked pretty glazed and distant. "You think she's a devil fruit user?" he asked weakly.
"Probably." Nami swallowed. "Come on, we need to keep on moving, stand up now." She asked pulling in Usopp's arm.
And clearly Usopp did what he could to help, but he didn't make it far before he fell over again, and then laid on the ground shivering.
"Oh no don't do this to me Usopp!" Nami asked shaking his shoulder. "Stay with me okay?" she asked. "We just have to make it out safely, so just hold on for a little longer!" Nami begged. "Just until we find one of the others! Some-body whom can carry you!" she stated.
Usopp grunted, as he lifted an arm, it was clear he used all of his strengt for just that little gestured, as he buried his hand in the dirt, and then tried to pull himself forwards.
"God Usopp, don't be an idiot like that!" Nami exclaimed. "Take better care of yourself! Come on Usopp!" she hissed pulling in Usopp's arm, and then finally pulled Usopp all the way up, to lay his arm around her shoulder. "Man." Nami hissed. "she couldn't have taken me so you could have carried me, could she?" she asked.. and then wondered if this was what Livia had meant with Nami wouldn't make it far.
"Sorry…" Usopp managed to say in a rasp hoarse voice.
"Shut up." Nami replied, and then dragged Usopp with her like that.. unfortunately, it wasn't to long before Nami was out of strength, and she had to put Usopp down by a tree. "Rest here." Nami asked. "I'm going to climb a tree and see if I can see any of the others from up there."
Usopp barely nodded his head, and Nami took that as a sign that Usopp was okay with it.
Quickly Nami climbed a tree, determined to return as quick as she could to Usopp, and scouted around in a frown.. dammit, no other straw-hats near, at least not as far as she could see.
Sighing deeply Nami climbed down again, to get back to Usopp for a little more dragging.. when suddenly, a noise sounded from the direction Usopp was in.
Nami frowned. "Usopp?" she asked. "Are you feeling better?" the scrambling became louder, then closer. "Erh Usopp, could you answer please?" she asked. "This is creeping me out quite honestly, I.."
Then from behind the tree, came jumping, another one of those massive creatures, this time it looked kind of like a bore with sharp foamy teethes and red eyes, and kind of like an armadillo with its panzer shield and prolonged snout, it had a giant bushy tail and claw-like feet's that looked like they could tear a body apart, and then it jumped straight for Nami with wide open mouth show-casing all of its teethes and it's claws open for attack.
Nami screamed as the creatures landed on her, and then its teethes.. Nami felt it as its teethes went straight into her shoulder, and she screamed in pain. "SOME-BODY!" Nami screamed. "SOME-BODY HELP ME!" she was convinced that she was going to die in that moment, and sure she would have.
If not for the lighting sword that came from above throwing the creature away.
Wide-eyed Nami looked up and saw a green-haired swordsman standing above her. "ZORO!" Nami exclaimed. "Oh thank goodness."
Zoro how-ever was quiet as he looked at the bore like creature with squinted eyes.
The Bore looked back at Zoro.. then it looked at Nami.. and then it turned around and ran screaming away.
Nami exhaled deeply. "Oh thank goodness." She sighed. "I thought I was going to die." Then her eyes widened. "USOPP!"
"He's here?" Zoro asked.
Nami didn't even answer as she got up and ran for the place she had left Usopp, right where the bore-creature had come from, biting together as she held her wounded shoulder, then her eyes widened. "Oh no.." she whispered.
Right behind her came Zoro running, and he stopped also by the sight that met him, his eyes slightly widening.
For in front of them, was there a very well known yellow satchel, a green Kabuto.. a pair of goggles.. but no Usopp.
And the place, was covered in a red thick substance. Nami held a hand towards her mouth. "Oh no." she cried. "Usopp?" she called, and then called even louder. "USOPP!"
Quietly Zoro laid a hand on Namis shoulder.
"Oh no." Nami cried. "What have I done?" she asked turning to Zoro with big wet eyes. "How could I leave him like that? Even if it was just for five minutes."
"Calm yourself." Zoro asked. "There is no body, so we don't know, he might only be wounded."
Nami swallowed. "He couldn't even walk when I left him." She told. "And he would never leave his Kabuto or Satchel behind." She whispered.
"All I am saying is that, we don't really know what happened." Zoro replied calmly. "Let us keep looking for him, okay?" he asked.
And Nami nodded. "all-right."
Usopp, was running. He was so confused, what happened? last thing he remembered was that he was laying under a tree, trying to collect some energy since he felt so terrible, as in really ill.
The next moment, he was above Nami, he had a weird taste in his mouth, a taste of Iron.. and then Zoro had attacked him!
Nami had gotten hurt, and Zoro had attacked him, what was going on!?
Usopp didn't even look where he was running, and thus became surprised as he felt head-first down a lake. Raising up and shaking his head for water, Usopp gained a glimpse down, and then he got the shock of his life as he screamed in surprise.
Then he looked down at himself.. no… no.. no-no-no-no!
He ran around in circles around himself to get a glimpse of what was behind him, he screamed, and he rolled around, but nothing would change that image.
His own reflection, of a big animal hybrid, a bore-armadillo like thing, but with sharp nasty teethes, red eyes, a black bushy tail.
The taste in his mouth, it was blood, Namis blood.
And Usopp screamed up in the air, though all that came out of his mouth was a roar. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME LIVIA!?"