Usopp looked out over the ocean. He had just gotten a call from Nami and Sanji saying that they were coming. That would be a first. They had tried to write to him but they never made an attempt to come and see him. He could faintly see a ship. He guessed it was them . Seeing as how no pirates ever came here. Hardly any marines came here either. Kaya was standing next to him and on the other side was Chopper. Usopp could remember how they had sounded on the den den mushi. Sanji hadn't told him what she really needed to talk to him and Chopper about. She sounded desperate like she really had some thing important to say. It drove him crazy when she did that.
"Well look who we got here. It's Usopp and Chopper." said Sanji as he helped Nami down. "Yea and look who we've got here Nami and Sanji. I haven't seen you guys in forever!" "Yea I really missed you two!" said Chopper coming out from behind Usopp. " I've missed you too Chopper." Said Nami bending down to give the reindeer a hug.
"So what's this all about? You sounded like you were going to have a heart attack a while ago." Said Usopp. "Heart attack!" squeaked Chopper. "Calm down it's just an expression Chopper."
"The reason we called you is this." said Nami handing overt the picture of Maximum. "Who is it?" asked Kaya leaning over Usopp's shoulder to read. "It says Monkey D. Maximum wanted alive." Usopp read. "You came all this way to show us a picture?" asked Chopper obviously missing the name.
"No. We came all this way to show it to you and ask you something." Nami said walking away from Chopper. "Will you come with us?" She looked over at Usopp. He seemed confused. Come with them? What in the world did that mean? "What do you mean? Come with you?" Usopp said as he looked over the picture one more time before handing it back to Sanji.
"Well of course to come back with us. To go out on the ocean. You know, to complete your dreams?" Sanji said. The way he said it reminded Usopp of all the times something obvious had happened and he had missed what happened. Usopp stared at him. Leave Kaya? How in the world was he suppose to do that? They show up after thirteen year and expect him to just go back like that? " I can't just leave." Usopp said deciding that was probably the best thing to say to them right now.
Nami looked at Kaya. She understood. How could they ask him to come with them whenever he was with the person he needed to be with, who he wanted to be with. Nami nodded her head sadly. She was hoping they could get the whole crew back together. She had thought the hardest would be Zorro to convince to come along again. But she had thought wrong about that. After all how could she really ask him to leave when he wanted to be here with Kaya?
Kaya sensed they were all thinking about her. "Why not?" Kay whispered softly. She knew why but wanted to hear him say it. "Why? Well because I need to be here with you!" Usopp said. 'Honestly' Usopp thought 'how can the girl not notice?'
"But I want you and Chopper to go." she said. She held up her hand to stop Usopp from talking. "Because if you guys don't you'll be wondering what could've happened. And I don't want you to wonder." She said. Kaya always had a way to tell what people really wanted to do. She always knew that her butler hadn't been the nicest person but when he was the closest thing you had to family you kind of tell that instinct to shove it.
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Three days later and a thousand more convincing words Usopp and Chopper were ready to go in the ocean. I won't go into the details seeing as how it will annoy the heck out of you. Usopp looked up at the ship. It didn't look like the Going Merry. And it certainly didn't remind him of the Strawhat crew. After all they had been famous. They wouldn't have had a small ship. But after all Nami said she had stolen it from some drunk guy who couldn't even remember his own name.
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Maximum looked out at the water. She had been told about her father. She wanted to be a pirate more than anything. After all she was already on the run all the time. She stared out at the ocean. She never could see why she had to stay on this stupid little island named Fargapay. The word of Maximum's wanted capture hadn't reached this island yet. She was friends with the island kids. Some say that her capture might never reach Fargapay. She only told certain kids, the ones she trusted, who she really was. They said if she really needed to run that they would run with her.
That's what she always pictured her dad's crew, the Strawhats, to be like.
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Okay this was the second chapter of my first fanfic. Please review!!! Or I won't continue !! Lol just kidding I can't not continue or else it will drive me crazy!!! See ya!!
