Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, it's too epic for me.

Summary of Chapter 2: Usopp has to work his Wednesday-Thursday night shift. Can he get through it?

KittyLuffy: Hi peoples! It's the second chapter! I'd clap for myself, but I'm still tied up...
Nami: And she still hasn't told me where One Piece is located!
KittyLuffy: *Sob* I told you I don't know!
Nami: Are you sure?
KittyLuffy: Yeah... I think.
Nami: Ah! You said "I think"! That means you do know!
KittyLuffy: *shakes head furiously* Noooooo!
Nami: Wait here, I'm getting backup! *leaves, slamming the door behind her*
KittyLuffy: Please enjoy this really boring chapter! I think it's funny though...

Chapter 2. The Night Job is a Must-Have

Usopp had to walk to all three of his jobs because he couldn't afford buying or even renting a car. He couldn't even pay for a taxi anymore, not that he'd ever gotten to. He had his main day job he went to everyday and two totally different night jobs that he worked in two-day block shifts. Today was Wednesday, so for the next two days he would be watching over the city's biggest bank company building, the Grand City Bank, as a security guard.

Usopp had always wondered why he had chosen such a job, since he definitely wasn't brave or strong enough for it, or at least he agreed with what his friends said. Patrolling was for brave people who could catch the occasional thieves or robbers that tried their luck. But then he thought of his little Merry sleeping soundly at home and knew that the night job was a must-have to keep him and his child off the streets of the big, dangerous city.

To stop himself from freezing on the chilly August night, Usopp decided to jog to work. He realized, as he weaved quickly through the streets, that his jacket had gotten thin over the seven years he had had it. Maybe it's time to get a new one, he thought to himself, slowing to a walk as the big bank came into view. But where would the money come from? Food? Rent? Merry's merriment? Usopp brushed the thought of a new jacket away; there was no money for such ideas.

He soon made it to the back of the building by going through a small alleyway. A light shone white above the black, metal door, making it seem like a shady place, even at nine-thirty. Usopp still hadn't fully gotten rid of his shivers, but fumbled in his jacket pocket for the key to open the door to the bank's security room anyway. When he found his key ring, he brought it up to the lock and chose a silver key, sticking it in and hoping the door would open to let him sit in the warm room with the heat on. Maybe today was a better day to watch the monitors than patrol.

This first key went in, but it wouldn't turn the lock. Usopp quickly brought it out and tried the next silver key. This key wouldn't even go halfway. He knew it was a silver key that would open the door, but neither of the first two had worked and there was only one more silver key left. Usopp jammed his last hope and sweat dropped to himself. It didn't work either. Then he remembered his partner on the Wednesday-Thursday shift! Maybe Zoro was inside?

Banging on the cold door, Usopp yelled to a person who might be inside the security room, "Oi, Zoro! You in there? Oi! If you are, let me in!" Pounding on the door like a maniac for many minutes, Usopp finally heard the sound of footsteps from the other side of the door. The door handle jiggled, but didn't open as he watched. Then a voice from inside the building was heard – and it was annoyed.

"Why wont the door open? I know I locked it, but why wont it unlock?" Usopp grinned sheepishly as he yanked at the key stuck in the keyhole and jamming the lock. As soon as he was able to get the key out, the door slammed him in the nose, since Usopp's nose is especially abnormally long.

Rubbing at his comically bent facial feature, an angry looking man with green hair and three gold teardrop earrings on his left ear said dumbly, "Oh, Usopp, you're late."

"Zoro!" Usopp replied angrily, "Why didn't you open the door before now? I tried three keys and they all didn't work, but you should have heard me before now!"

Zoro gave Usopp a "You're stupid" look and told him in a blunt voice, "I was sleeping." Usopp sweat dropped as his night watch partner gave a large yawn and receded back inside the building, leaving the door to swing closed. Grabbing the door before he was locked out again, Usopp stepped in the security room and was met by warmth – and darkness.

"Zoro, why aren't the lights on?"

"Because, I couldn't find the light switch." No matter how Usopp looked at the situation, how hard was it to find a light switch right next to the door on the left after having found it around two hundred times before? Zoro was known to have a terrible sense of direction, but now a sense of memory too? Usopp hoped not. Turning on the lights quickly and easily, he found Zoro sitting in a swivel chair with three swords at his side. To Usopp's dismay, the green haired man was… sleeping.

How does this guy do it? Usopp took off his jacket and draped it on the chair next to Zoro, sitting down in it himself. He sighed as he watched some of the monitors as they showed video of no one breaking in, sneaking in, or even walking past the window of the Grand City Bank. Usopp was so bored, he kicked at Zoro's chair, making the guy snort in his sleep and slump lower in his seat.

As he had nothing better to do, Usopp's mind wandered to the thought of Merry and the tomorrow that already was today according to the clocks on the monitors. Merry had gone to preschool, so it wasn't as if the first day of kindergarten would be much different, but Merry was a quiet and shy boy at school. Unsocial, Merry would eat snack alone or play in a corner of the classroom alone. The teachers tried to get him to participate in group activities and games, but he'd always go back to himself when it was over.

Usopp's eyelids were drooping as he lazily turned his head to look at his sleeping partner. He became sleepy himself as the lights above his head flickered in a way that tauntingly told him it was the perfect time to get some shuteye. Getting out of his chair, Usopp pulled his jacket off the back of it and lay it down on the ground for a pillow. He curled up like a cat and slept without dreams, wishing for the morning to come when he could take Merry to his first day of school.

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KittyLuffy: I promise the next chapter will be better! I'm already working on it! Please review, it makes me happy \(0_0)/ Maybe if Nami isn't here, I can free myse-
Nami: Don't even try! I've brought someone to help me. Ta-da!
KittyLuffy: GASP!