I am so sorry guys! Its been quite a while since I last updated, I'm not gonna give any excuses so lets just say I've been having a small writer block recently, got into a car crash, and overdrew my account. The high point however was finally getting a job! ... at McDonalds... Well hopefully this chapter will be enough to make up for my sporadic updates I'm also about to start a new fanfic with a LuffyxRobin pairing! Don't worry fans, if I still have any..., I definitely won't be abandoning this one anytime soon. Thanks for reading this ridiculously long A/N, and without further ado lets start the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.

Chapter 8: Welcome to the crew Usopp!

"What a bastard!" Usopp growled clenching his fist tightly, and gritting his teeth. He stalked angrily away from the mansion the butlers cruel words still ringing inside his ears. "Who does he think he is!? My father is a great pirate!"

"Yep, you're definitely right there."

"Yeah! In fact I know for a fact that weak old guy is half the man my dad is!"

"Tell'em Usopp!"

"MY DAD IS AN AMAZING PIRATE... wait L-L-Luffy?" He jumped back startled at the strawhat wearing pirates appearance, he had been so caught up in his ranting he had failed to notice him catch up.

"W-When did you get here?" He stuttered slightly embarrassed that he had failed to notice him.

"Oh, I've been here the whole time." Luffy grinned, and Usopp blushed the tip of his nose going completely red "You're right though you know, you're dads probably four hundred times better that that guy could ever be. After all he's sailing with Shanks!"

Usopp's mouth dropped open and his eyes bulged out comically, "Y-Y-YOU MEAN S-SHANKS AS IN THE Y-YONKOU! Really?" Luffy nodded, and the young sniper's eyes sparkled in amazement. His father in the crew of such a famous pirate... it didn't get much cooler than that. After all the Yonkou were legendary their names being known even in such a secluded place like the East Blue. Legendary Pirates who could destroy mountains with ease and defeat entire armies with just a glance. Shanks however was rumored to be strong enough to match Whitebeard The Strongest Man In the World.

"Wow, my dad is so cool!" Visions of a long nosed man like himself toppling giants with a single blow played through his imagination. "One day I'm gonna be just like him, my name will be known throughout the whole world as the legendary Captain Usopp!"

Luffy was about to respond before he stilled and quieted sensing something close and with a very sinister aura. He raised a lone finger to his lips causing Usopp to go silent and crouched down behind some conveniently placed bushes. The two boys had come to the beach where the small Strawhat crew had landed. They sat on the cliff overlooking two men talking one very familiar.

They heard snippets of conversation down the cliff, Klahadore revealed that he was once the imfamous pirate Captain Kuro, Luffy was not very impressed having seen his bounty before, it was nothing especially when compared to Aces and Shanks' bounty made his look like pocket change, and the other man was revealed to be some guy named Jango the Hypnotist, neither of them had heard of him. The two of them had apparently been conspiring to kill Kaya for the last several years and steal her fortune, Luffy was actually feeling slightly embarrassed for the guy spending the last eight plus years creeping on Kaya to steal her money, maybe his bounty would be respectable if he had been doing something worthwhile, like fighting marines or sailing the Grandline. they talked casually about how they were going to enact their plans at dawn the next day when a ship filled with Kuro's old crew would arrive to pillage the town.

Usopp stood up defiantly, he would take no more of this, conspiring destroy the village was bad enough but tricking Kaya for the past eight years?! Unforgivable.

"YOU DISGUSTING BASTARD WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE! TRICKING KAYA INTO THINKING YOU WERE A GOOD GUY WHILE PLOTTING TO KILL HER, I SWEAR TODAY YOU'LL NEVER GO ANYWHERE NEAR HER AGAIN OR I'LL GIVE UP MY DREAM OF BEING A PIRATE!"

They looked barely surprised to see him, "Oi Captain who's this brat?" Jango inquired lazily

Klahadore snorted with disdain, "No one of importance, So you heard. If you're expecting me to take back what I said and beg for forgiveness, forget it. You're just some punk-ass kid trying to be a pirate screaming about how he'll live up to his daddy's name, how pathetic pirates are! An outdated fad that briefly caught the attention of men. Look around you at the world where is the pirate king? Gone dead and its been twenty one long years with no successor to the throne. The One Piece doesn't exist its just the half crazed idea cooked up in the mind of a dying old man."

"Shut up."

Even though he wasn't being targeted Usopp felt it. Death, the feeling of hopelessness and despair utter nothingness. He shakily towards Luffy, all the happiness usually present was gone replaced with a look of utter rage his one visible eye promised a very painful death to Kuro and the discount Hypnotist should they speak. He leapt down from the cliff gracefully like a cat ready to kill its prey. The pressure increased dramatically and Jango collapsed foaming at the mouth.

"One piece doesn't exist, an outdated fad, blah blah blah. I've got news for you old man One Piece does exist." He looked up grinned ferociously, "I'm going to become the Pirate King! Wait and see it might be when you're old and weak or even within the year, but remember this you've met the future King of Pirates!"

Kuro fell to his knee's sweat pouring down his face his eyes shaking in fear as the full force of Luffy's will came crashing down on his shoulders. The waves behind him shook the very sea trembling from the force of Luffy's Haki before the darkness overcame him his last thoughts were of a mustached man grinning like a demon and telling the world of his treasure, before dying looking like a man with no regrets.

The pressure receded leaving a stony silence hanging over the beach, Usopp stared in open awe and fear definitely not thinking this short smiley kid would be this strong. Luffy turned to him his face clear of anger now filled simply with determination.

"Usopp!"

"Y-Yeah?"

"Join my crew!"

There was really only one option.

Chapter End

Phew I'm back! Thanks for reading guys, I promise i'm not done yet this is the second to last chapter of the syrup Island arc so we got to see really mad Luffy this time! I hope it wasn't rushed, next chapter were gonna see a little of Zoro fighting :) And probably get an explanation on Haki!

Thanks So Much!

See you next time.