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Usopp fell, bloody and weak, to the ground. He was no match for Kuro, and the battle was proof.
"Don't. Hurt. Her." Usopp wheezed from the ground.
Kuro laughed, "And who's going to stop me?"
"We are!" a man said.
Kuro and Usopp turned to see half the village standing there, with pitchforks, spears, frying pans and any other tool of daily life that could be used for battle.
"It appears the village liar was telling the truth," one bar owner said, "I guess miracles can happen!"
Usopp tried to shout, "Go away! He's going to kill you!" But he couldn't saw anything. His strength failed him and slowly he felt himself fading away. He couldn't die! He was too young and he failed! He didn't protect the village! Kuro was going to get them! They were going to die! All Usopp could do was mutter as the world disappeared from around him.
- [Scene change] -
Kuro knew his plans of living in peace were then shattered. How could he live out a peaceful life if everyone in the village knew that he was a pirate? It would be impossible. They had seen him beat Usopp to the verge of death and threaten to go after Kaya. He had shown them through his actions that he was a liar, a malicious liar.
"Let's get him!" one villager said, "Mr. Jack from the shoe shop is calling marines on a den-den mushi, they should be here any minute to help take him away!"
"The marines stand no chance against me," Kuro said calmly, "You all will die, like this liar boy."
Nami, being the sneaky little rat that she was, somehow managed to tie Kuro's shoes together when he was distracted with the villagers. She didn't survive years as a pirate thief by standing around doing nothing, after all.
"Out of the back attack!" Kuro shouted, rocking himself back and forth. However, he tripped and fell the moment he tried to move for the attack. The moment he hit the ground, the townspeople crowded around him and knocked him out.
"I'm going to go find Kaya," Nami said, "You should probably treat Usopp!"
Nami then turned and ran into the woods without another word. She knew the pain of losing someone to pirates, and she would not let Usopp feel the same pain.
- [Scene change] -
"Run Miss Kaya!" The Usopp pirates shouted, "He's going to get you!"
"Too late, runts," Jango said, pulling Kaya by the hair, "I'm going to have you write your will, then I will kill you."
Kaya struggled to get free, but Jango held a tight grip. She had to break free! Usopp was fighting for her! She kicked her legs, and after several misses, managed to kick Jango right in between the legs, causing him to loosen his grip, allowing her to escape. The mad run to stay away continued.
Unfortunately, the Usopp pirates were being held hostage, and Kaya agreed to do whatever, just so long as Jango didn't hurt the children. Slowly, she took the will. Once she signed it, she knew her life would be over, but she knew that was the only way to protect the children, Usopp's friends.
During the time Jango was distracted with Kaya, another girl came into the woods. Slowly, she crept towards where Jango was. Kaya was taking her time. "Hurry up girl!"
The young Usopp Pirates saw Nami creeping her way towards Jango, but Nami motioned for them to be silent. She didn't have strength on her side, so she only had one shot. After making her way all the way towards Jango, she pulled put her stick and bashed him over the head, hard enough to knock him unconscious.
Kaya was safe, now Usopp just needed to recover.
- [Scene change] -
"This is ours?!" Luffy asked, his eyes wide with excitement.
It wasn't large, nor was it a new model, but it defiantly had its charm. It was an older, caravel model, but Luffy never really cared for details. He was more excited about the polar bear head at the front of the ship, and had already determined that it was going to be his special seat.
"It's all yours," the shipwright said, a little upset that he was going to give the ship away for free, "It has a large kitchen space, and Jenny said that she was going to provide a couple weeks worth of rations. There are two large rooms, which you can use as the men's bedroom and the women's bedroom, and several other nice features."
Bonney nodded her head in agreement.
"An interesting fate awaits us," Hawkins said.
"Please don't let me regret this, please don't let me regret this," Bonney kept repeating over and over to herself.
"Big bro Zoro!" Johnny shouted, trying to get his attention.
"Hey Johnny," Zoro said, "What's up?"
"Well, we lost our ship," Johnny said, frowning, "Yosaku and I were wondering if we could sail with you and Big Bro Luffy for a while."
Luffy grinned, "Sure!"
"Thank you so much Big Bro Luffy!"
"Alright!" Luffy smiled, "Let's go!"
And so, they sailed off.
- [Scene Change] -
Usopp awoke with a start. He thought he was a goner! But Kaya! She had to be alive, right? She couldn't have died!
"You're awake," a beautiful voice said, a smile in her voice.
"Kaya!" Usopp shouted, filled with relief and overwhelming joy, "You're alive!" He almost had to fight back tears of joy that they were both alive. A question then began to fill his mind, "What happened?"
"Usopp's alive!" a familiar female voice shouted, and a slim figure entered the room.
"Nami!" Usopp said, recognizing the girl, "Could you fill me in on what happened after I blacked out?"
Nami nodded, "The villagers heard all the noise we were making and came to investigate. I tied Kuro's shoes together, so he fell when he tried to attack, and we all overwhelmed him with numbers and knocked him unconscious. Your little pirate friends ran around a forest, I beat up Jango with my stick, Kaya's safe. Now here's a much more important question," her eyes had changed to Beri symbols, "Is there some form of cash reward for saving the village?"
Kaya smiled, "Of course, if you want. You saved my life! How does three million beri sound?"
Nami's eyes turned to even larger Beri symbols and she glowed with happiness, "That sounds great!"
- [Scene change] -
"We need a name for the ship!" Luffy determined as soon as they set sail.
"How about Sweet Charm?" Bonney offered, "Or the Pizza Boat."
"How about the Meat Ship!" Luffy said, continuing the chain of food.
"May I inquire as to why you two are listing foods?" Hawkins asked.
"How about the Master Polar Bear of Awesome ship?" Luffy asked, filled with excitement.
"No!" Bonney said, "Idiot! We need a cool name!"
"Lion beast Polar Bear!"
"No."
"What if we were to name the vessel The Journeyer?" Hawkins suggested, "As it shall be accompanying us on many journeys."
"Ok!" Luffy grinned, "The Journeyer! Let's go!"
- [Scene Change] -
"Nami!" Usopp shouted, approaching the ship Nami was about to leave in.
"Yes?" Nami asked, somewhat impatiently; she needed to get back to robbing ships. The Black Cat Pirates had quite a bit of treasure, and the reward money Kaya gave her was quite a large sum, and on top of that, she had Buggy's money, but she needed more.
"I was thinking about going out to sea," Usopp said, staring off out to the large open ocean, "To become a brave warrior, like my father."
"Good for you," Nami replied, not particularly caring.
"I told Kaya. She and one of her servants gave me a ship. It's called the Going Merry."
"Um hum," Nami nodded, not paying too much attention as she prepared to set out for sea.
Usopp swallowed. "I can't navigate and I was wondering if," he took a deep breath, "Do you want to travel with me?"
Nami looked up at him in complete shock, but didn't answer.
"It's okay. Nobody wants to travel with someone weak like me. I'd just tie you down. Never mind."
Nami blinked, "No. That's be great. I'll travel with you."
"I call captain!" Usopp smiled.
"I'm fine with that."
- [Scene change] -
"I'm so hungry!" Luffy complained.
"You just ate an hour ago!" Bonney shouted in reply.
"So did you! But you're eating another slice of pizza!"
"I'm the cook! I get to do that!"
"But I'm the captain!"
"Where do you keep the stash of sake?" Zoro asked, interrupting the argument.
"Idiot! I'm not going to tell you that!" Bonney said, "Seriously! Is sake the only thing you ever want to drink?! If you're thirsty, just drink some water!"
"HUNGRY!" Luffy shouted.
"Why the hell did I join these idiots?" Bonney asked, burying her head in her hands.
"We appear to be approaching an island," Hawkins said from where he was sitting silently the entire time.
"Thank goodness! I can finally get some time away from these idiots!"
Johnny and Yosaku came up from bellow deck. Bonney had forgotten about those two idiots.
"Big Sis Bonney," Johnny said, "How are you?"
Those two had gained nothing but her annoyance since she met them, an annoyance that just seemed to grow larger and larger with every word they spoke.
"Fine," Bonney replied through clenched teeth, "And don't call me Big Sis Bonney!"
"When's dinner?" Luffy asked.
"ASK ME ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL THROW YOU OVERBOARD!"
"But I have a devil fruit power," Luffy argued, "If you throw me overboard, I'll drown."
"THAT'S THE POINT CAPTAIN IDIOT!"
Zoro laughed. His captain and the cook would definitely get into a lot of arguments in the future.
It wasn't long before Bonney stormed off angry; leaving behind a toddler aged Luffy.
It was amazing how similarly toddler Luffy acted compared to regular Luffy. He simply ran around shouting about being pirate king, except he was clumsier. He fell on his face and Zoro chuckled.
The effect wore off after only five minutes, so soon Luffy was back to his teenaged self, but it was still a very amusing five minutes.
"She's mean," Luffy said, rubbing the injuries he gained from falling on his face several times.
"Idiots! Dinner's ready!" Bonney shouted from the kitchen.
"FOOD!" Luffy shouted, jumping up and running to the kitchen.
- [Scene change] -
Nami and Usopp had been sailing a couple days on the Going Merry, and they had learned pretty much how to get along and how each other behaved.
Which is exactly why Usopp worried one morning. After Nami had eaten breakfast and read the paper, her mood suddenly changed, and she changed course.
"Where are we going?" Usopp asked.
"None of your concern," Nami replied coldly.
AN: I hope you are enjoying...Don't expect too many updates in November...I'm a very busy person this month..
Please add your thoughts in the reviews...I need advice on my story, because this is still my first fanfiction, and I want to know if I'm doing a good job
