I know that I have some stories in-progress but I couldn't resist to start writing this :).
News About Usopp
Chapter 1
It was an unusual morning in the Syrup Village. Normally the village's troublemaker Usopp would had run across the village and shouted that pirates were coming. After this he would reveal that it was just a lie and then angry villagers would chase after him. But there were no sign of Usopp this morning. What could had made him skip his every morning commotion?
"The pirates are coming!"
Most of villagers frowned for confusion. That was exactly what Usopp shouted every morning but it wasn't his voice. Actually there were three voices and they belonged to much younger boys.
"The pirates are coming!"
Villagers glanced out to notice that the commotion was caused by Piiman, Ninjin and Tamanegi, boys who were always playing with Usopp.
"The pirates are coming!"
"Stop that!" shopkeeper shouted at the shop's door. "Why are you shouting and where's that lying brat?"
Boys stopped shouting and stood still when they were surrounded by villagers.
"What should we do now?" Ninjin asked from his friends.
"Captain always ran away after shouting," Tamanegi recalled.
"No, after shouting Captain always told to villagers that he was just lying. Only after that he ran away," Piiman knew.
Boys turned to face villagers and shouted in unision: "We were just lying!"
"We know!" fisherman snarled. "But where's that brat? We have waited hours for him."
Boys glanced at each others. This didn't go as planned. But since the boys had got villagers' attention, they decided to tell their news.
"Captain isn't here anymore," Piiman told.
"He told us that he has decided to become a pirate," Ninjin explained.
"He left this morning," Tamanegi said.
Villagers stared at boys with sceptical expressions.
"Do you really think that we would believe that?" bartender asked with bored expression.
"That's as ridiculous as Usopp's lie yesterday," woodcutter snorted.
"This is again one of his many lies, right?" fisherman asked.
Boys couldn't believe what they were hearing. Nobody believed them!
"But it's true!" Ninjin shouted.
"Yeah! Captain became a pirate this morning and he sailed away," Piiman and Tamanegi shouted but to boys frustration, villagers looked still sceptical.
"It's true," a soft voice said.
Everybody turned toward the direction of voice and noticed Kaya and her servant Merry walking to them.
"Kaya-sama?"
"Are you feeling better?" cobbler asked from Kaya.
"You still seems to be a little bit pale. Shouldn't you be resting?" seamstress asked with worried expression.
"I'm feeling better, thank you for asking," Kaya answered with friendly smile. "But that what boys told about Usopp-san is true. He really has become a pirate and left. Merry and I were seeing him off short time ago."
Villagers went silent and stared speechlessly at Kaya, Merry and boys. Then...
"Is he out of his mind?!" shopkeeper shouted.
"I knew that boy was a similar dreamer like his father but I wasn't excepting him to do the same mistake," pharmacist sighed.
"Why must he did something that stupid? And all alone?" shopkeeper's wife asked.
"He didn't leave alone," Kaya told. "He befriended with three youth who arrived in this island yesterday and he became their comrade."
"Do you mean those three youth who were eating in the restaurant?" cook asked with shocked expression when she remembered a straw hat wearing boy with huge appetite, orangehaired girl and greenhaired young man with three swords. "But they were so young! They couldn't be pirates!"
Villagers started to mutter with each other.
"What's wrong with kids these days?" baker asked.
"In the old times people disapproved becoming the pirate but nowadays people become criminals without further thinking," shopkeeper snarled.
"Everything is that Roger's fault. He filled people's minds with his speech about his treasure and encouraged them to become pirates," fisherman said.
"I'm sure that Usopp had thought this thoroughly before he made his decision," Merry said with smile. "Who knows, maybe someday he will become a famous pirate."
Villagers stared sceptically at Merry, which annoyed boys.
"Don't look like that!" Piiman snapped.
"Captain's friends are very strong and captain himself is amazing shooter!" Tamanegi shouted.
"Our captain can make lies into reality!" Ninjin informed.
But villagers were already returning back to their works.
"I really hope that Usopp remembered to take enough clothes with him," shopkeeper's wife said with worried expression.
"Here's going to be much quieter now that he is gone," bartender sighed.
"Dear, we need to get an alarm clock now," baker's wife said to her husband.
Kaya, Merry and boys watched as villagers scattered. Boys seemed still upset.
"Unbelievable! Captain became a pirate and this is their reaction?" Piiman snorted.
"I excepted them to burst into tears," Tamanegi said with disappointed expression.
"Looks like they don't understand captain's dream," Ninjin said.
"Don't worry," Kaya said to boys with smile. "I believe that villagers will respect his decision little bit more when Usopp-san become a brave warrior of sea."
Boys were visibly cheered up by Kaya's words but then Ninjin asked: "By the way, Kaya-san... What are you going to tell to villagers about Kuro? We promised to captain that we will not tell them about that pirate attack."
"I'm not yet sure what sould I tell them," Kaya said after thinking for a while. Then she smiled. "But looks like that I need to do just like Usopp-san and make a good lie."
"We can help you," Tamanegi promised.
"Yeah. Captain teached us to lie, so we can teach you lie fluently too," Piiman said.
Kaya laughed softly and Merry looked at boys with half-disapproving, half-amused expression.
To be continue...
Alright, this was the first part this fanfiction. Hopefully you liked this :).