Usopp's master plan of love!

Reading the newly received letter for the 16th time, Usopp finally put it down and sighed happily, grinning widely as he thought over it in every way possible.

Seeing his strange behaviour, Zoro piped up, "What're you sighing about?" he grumbled. Since Usopp ignored his question and continued to daydream with a slight blush on his cheeks, Sanji decided to try next.

"Oi, Pinocchio. What's up with you?"

"Oi, Usopp! Hello? Are you sick!? SOMEBODY GET A DOCTOR!" cried Chopper, arms flailing hopelessly in the air.

"You're a doctor!" everyone said in unison, sweat-dropping at Chopper's ever-recurring mistake.

"Is there something wrong, sniper-san?" Robin asked.

"Yohohoho," Brook laughed, getting the attention of the eight other pirates in the room who were concerned for the curly haired liar. "It seems he has something in his hands." Brook revealed, pointing a bony finger at the object in question.

Usopp was clutching a creamy coloured letter with his name in fancy handwriting on the front, decorated with a few small hearts around the 'P'.

Luffy, who had obviously ran out of self-control and patience, stretched his hand out and swiftly took the envelope, causing the now back-to-normal Usopp to yelp and protest. Franky easily held him at bay while Nami took the letter from Luffy's hands and began to read out loud.

"Dear Usopp-san," she began. "I hope that you are doing well with Luffy-san and the others, and are having fun on your journey. It's been such a long while since I've seen you in person, but I know once you have accomplished what you and your crew have set out to do, you will visit me again. I cannot wait to see you! I've slowly been getting better and I am allowed to go outside and talk to the locals! I give you, Luffy-san, Zoro-san and Nami-san my sincerest thank you again for what you did. I smile a lot more now. I hope I will see you again soon. I can't wait to hear about all of your amazing stories from your adventures!

Love, Kaya."

"Oh, so pickle-nose has a girlfriend." Sanji said, taking out a fresh cigarette and placing it in his mouth. At this comment, Usopp blushed furiously.

"No! She isn't my girlfriend!" he shouted, waving his hands around in denial.

"Wait, she isn't? She sure seemed to like you back on your island…" Zoro smirked, crossing his arms in satisfaction as Usopp began to blush more.

"And you obviously like her back…" Nami laughed, grinning deviously at her helpless best friend.

"Oi! Shaddup, Nami! It's not like that!" he cried, backing away from his friends, who seemed to be closing in on him.

"I had no idea sniper-san had a crush." giggled Robin.

"Wait to go! She sounds beautiful!" Franky proclaimed, earning a jealous glare from the sharpshooter. This did not go un-noticed by Brook.

"Do you think the lovely lady would be kind enough to let me see her pant-" Brook was cut off by Nami's fist pounding into his skull, sending him all the way to the other side of the ship.

"USOPP! ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE CHILDREN WITH HER? KIDS ARE AWESOME!" Luffy exclaimed, grinning stupidly.

Usopp, though not thought possible, somehow managed to blush more, grabbed the letter from Kaya out of Nami's hands and ran into the bathroom.

"Maybe we teased him too much?" Chopper said, a slight frown grazing his furry face.

"Nah, we're just… pushing him in the right direction! Yeah, that's right!" Franky answered.

"Yeah, that's what we're doing! You can see as plain as day that Usopp was feelings for this Kaya girl!" Sanji said, frowning only slightly that he could not meet this beautiful sounding lady immediately.

Everyone laughed, (save for Zoro, who gave an impartial grunt), and soon dispersed to do their usual hobbies, Robin reading a book out on deck, Nami along-side her, Zoro sleeping loudly against the mast, Luffy sitting on top of the figure piece staring out into the ocean. Sanji entered the kitchen and began preparing for lunch, while Chopper went inside the sick bay to clean up any mess there could be. Franky went to check on his cola supply while Brook played a random song on his violin, entertaining the people on deck.

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After calming down the colour on his face, Usopp sat quietly on deck, thankful that no one was deciding to tease him more, and thought about Kaya.

Oh, Kaya. To say he liked the girl was a definite understatement. Her gorgeous blonde hair, her laugh that lit up a room, all the way to her perfect pale skin. She was the girl for him. Just thinking about her made him giddy. He loved this feeling, being in love. This feeling was the best kind of feeling you could have. He felt like he was floating on air.

He felt happier than Luffy with an endless amount of meat, happier than Zoro with being able to sleep in peace! Happier than Nami finishing another map! Happier than Sanji when he talked about 'All Blue'! Happier than Chopper was when he told him a lie-encrusted story that sprang to mind! Happier than Robin with a brand new set of books! Happier than Franky with more cola than needed! Even happier than Brook was when he told a skull-joke that everyone actually found funny!

Everyone deserved to feel this happy!

His thoughts were interrupted however, when he saw Nami. She looked incredibly calm… Wait, what was that, she was smiling?!

It wasn't one of those 'You're going to owe me so much you won't have the clothes on your back' type of smiles, yet he recognized this grin. Oh yes, it was the kind of smile he'd give when he thought about Kaya! But, why was Nami smiling like that?

Curious to find out what was causing Nami to act like this, Usopp decided to follow her eyes to find that she was staring at none other than Monkey D. Luffy.

"Eh?!" he whispered, staring intently at the both of them.

If he didn't know any better… it almost seemed like Nami… No! Impossible!

Although Nami was his best friend, there was no way Nami could have these kinds of feelings about anyone! Especially Luffy of all people! She just didn't seem like the kind of person! Always hitting people, finding Sanji's endless shower of affection annoying (although he could see why…), never even blushing once! Yet, there she was, staring lovingly towards the captain, who sat ignorantly on the side of the Sunny. It seemed even Nami had fallen into love's trap.

Grinning widely, Ussop knew what he had to do. Like he said, everyone deserved to feel this way! So now, Usopp's Master Plan of Love was now under way! All he needed was a little help…