Lies
Pre-School
It was Friday of the first week of school; Usopp didn't want to go.
The others stayed away from him since that one kid say something on Thursday.
He wasn't anti-social; he loved talking, but he mostly told fables.
Since he told these epic lies, he gained many gullible followers on the first day; which was all of the class.
All of the kids circle him as he told them of his conquest in the Middle East.
One girl seat to his right with sparkling brown eyes that followed all of his movements with such a huge smile planted on her face.
Every tale he started, he would use hand gestures just like he seen from his father.
Her unruly black hair would bounce as she listened to his stories.
He didn't know why he paid attention to this one girl, but it made him happy each time he started a new story.
Like the others who listened to his 'lies', she believed them were true as the Teacher's Lessons.
It stayed like that till that fateful day when one of his classmates stopped him before he could establish the story.
"My father says that's a lie!" shouted the boy.
"A lie?" shivered Usopp; since he had been found out.
His eyes widen in shock and guilt and sweat formed on his forehead.
And after that, the other followers discuss his stories and came to the conclusion of them being false as the Ancient Bubble that never popped.
Even the girl looked at him with a slight frown and eyes of what he thought were filled with pity.
And now it was Friday morning, and Usopp was standing behind the wooden door; not wanting to enter the room.
The wooden door moved by itself and he froze.
A black haired girl peeked out over the side of the door.
Luka, the girl, smiled and grabbed his hand, pulling him inside of the classroom.
'What's she doing?' thought Usopp.
Shouldn't she be shunning him.
His eyes wondered around the rest of the class which should be judging him for his actions.
None.
"Tell me a story!" Luka said as she shooed him into his usual seat.
"What?"
"I want to hear a story!" she declared, "They sound better coming from you."
Usopp smiled, maybe lies weren't all great, but someone enjoys them.
Even those who turned away from him yesterday couldn't help but slide closer and listen to the tale.
The longnose boy smiled as he told his tale.
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Usopp slide into his seat beside his best, and only, friend, Luka.
It was lunchtime at this small school made for small people, kids, like himself.
They were having pop-shrimp, brownie, and a few soggy fried fries.
He chose the french fry that was least soggy and covered it with ketchup.
Luka did the same thing; well her fries were drowned in ketchup.
Her smile rose as she pointed to something behind Usopp, "Look!"
Usopp turned around, the one thing he shouldn't do when Luka was around.
All he seen was kids, like himself, getting up and moving seats, the teacher walking down the lanes to address students, and the lunch-lady picking her nose.
"What is it?" he questioned since he couldn't find anything that had the value of looking at.
He turned back again, looking at a Luka with her mouth filled.
He sighed; this girl didn't have any manners, and went to pick up another fry.
His hand grouped the air, and he looked down.
There weren't any fries on his plate.
There weren't even food on his empty plate.
His head imminently turned to Luka who was smiling since she got caught.
She gulped the food down, not chewing it, and gave Usopp an innocent smile.
He hit her on the head, and Luka just pouted.
His stomach growled, his plate was empty but Luka's wasn't.
She was too busy eating his food.
He gave her a sneaky glance and did the same trick to her, "LOOK!"
She turned around and Usopp grabbed her plate and switch it with his own.
When he looked down, to his horror, that plate was also empty.
He looked up again and Luka, again, had her mouth filled with food.
Charming
The students circled around the teacher.
They were into the story she was reading, a classic fairy tale.
The girls would squeal at certain parts; while boys stayed together, they wasn't liking the ideas the girls thought of.
Luka seat the farthest away from the teacher.
Most of the story was boring for her, the only part she liked was the Prince fighting the dragon.
Other than that, it was boring.
The Princess was weak, the fairies weren't helping, and the Prince was going all of the work.
Usopp seems to notice her actions throughout the story.
Unlike other boys, he went up to Luka and nudged her.
"What's wrong?" he asked with corcern in his voice, "Don't you like stories?"
"I do, but I hate weak people."
"What do you mean?"
"The Princess isn't doing nothing, she's a weakling."
Usopp sighed, "She was asleep."
"Yeah, and?"
Usopp shook his head, "What about a strong Princess and a weak Prince?"
Luka's face lit up, "Oh, so you're my Prince Charming?"
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After School
No!
NO!
This couldn't be happening!
Not now!
Not to his baby!
She wasn't even seventeen!
Let alone six!
And let she brought a boy home!
Shanks was beyond depress.
This was his angel, and she was too young to come home with a boy.
TOO YOUNG!
Let, here she was, in the doorway showing that boy around.
She was even touching him!
No, this couldn't be happening!
"Luka...who's your friend?" Shank spitted the word, friend, out with hatred.
She quickly turned around, barley taking notice of her father since he was in the background grunting.
"Oh, hey dad!" she turned around and grabbed the boy's arm.
Now Shanks was giving off an evil aura.
"This is Usopp!" she introduced her friend.
Usopp gulped, taking notice of the father's evil aura.
"He-ll-o," Usopp shivered.
"Usopp? That sounds familiar..." said Shanks; he tried to recall it.
Where did he hear that name, doesn't it sound like...
"Wait, are you Yasopp's boy?"
That changed Usopp's attitude.
So this monster knew his dad, maybe which was good thing; maybe he wouldn't be killed by the strange Red-Haired Devil.
Expect Shanks didn't like that fact.
To him, this was the boy was tainting his daughter, and also the cause of his ear getting numb from a certain worker rumbling off about his wonderful boy.
Talking about tainting his daughter...
"Remove your filthy hands off of her..." Shanks demanded.
And this was the first and maybe the last time Usopp went to Luka's house.
This is a reboot of Through Thick and Thin. The original draft was too...confusing to understand, and has been deleted in favor of this draft. The story is set in modern time and we will see the relationship between Luka and Usopp in their school years. The last chapter is set in their Senior year, and there is no main plot.
This is one of my favorite pairings, and so I hope you enjoy this little story.