Hey there followers of this story! Welcome to the 11th chapter! I am so happy that I've finally able to make it thi far into this story and already have 5,000 views! My last story (Which I have taken down) was only able to make it to the 9th chapter before I took it off. There were simply too many writing problems and plot holes in it for it to ever work out, so I'm really glad I was able to make it here. I thank all of you for staying onboard with me on this journey.

That is all I wish to say. Thank you, let's go.

Chapter 11: The greatest coward

I had to say. This was not how I thought I would start this day out. Even when Luffy was annoying as always, things were still slightly calm. But I learned one thing though.

Never trust Nami while trying to sleep.

My tired eyes scanned over to Nami, who was on her own separate boat. I stared at her with slightly narrowed eyes. It was because of her, my peaceful morning had been ruined. Sure she looked fine from this angle, but I knew the damage I had done would be clearly visible if she were to turn. It seemed that female dog had caught my spying eyes and turned in my direction to glare fiercely at me. This act had revealed a nicely swollen, black eye.

We stayed like that for a moment, leveling our hate-filled eyes towards each other. Nami then broke our eye contact by closing her eyes and swiveling her head in the opposite direction with a 'humph'.

"Sweet mother of god." I sighed out while closing my own eyes and leaning back into my spot. "I never thought she'd pull something like that." I mumbled while pinching the bridge of my nose.

"Hey, did you and Nami get into a fight or something?" I heard Luffy ask. Opening my eyes, I turned to my left and saw Luffy standing over me. I gave him a sigh before shaking my head.

"Or something." I said, remembering just how my day had taken a turn for the worse.

It happened early in the morning; it had to be around 5:00 AM. At the time, I was trying to get some more sleep because Luffy and Zoro had decided to make me work for my ticket to the land of Nod. The two knuckleheads were snoring and snorting all throughout the night. That meant that when I actually did manage to fall asleep one of them would be kind enough to wake me up again. That left me in a zombie-like state trying to keep each eye open.

Sadly, because of this, I was also left bored. It wasn't very entertaining having to sit still in one single space for hours on end; nearly wanted to tear my own hair out. I was able to keep myself sane through the process of lazily sifting my hand through the ocean water every once in a while, but that could only last for so long.

In the end, I went back to trying to sleep. Who knows, maybe I'd try to sleep through the day like Zoro does every waking moment of his life.

I believe that was the moment Nami made her move.

It was extremely hard telling the difference between the boat's swaying motion and feeling of extra weight being put upon it. But when I heard the boat creek softly from soft footsteps, I knew something was happening. I let it be though, thinking that it could've been Luffy getting up or Zoro just shifting around to get into a better sleeping position.

But when I felt a hand softly touch my chest, I knew something was up. There was no way Luffy or Zoro would do something like this. Zoro wasn't gay, and Luffy's IQ was too low to comprehend things like that.

Suddenly I felt the chain ran around my neck being tugged and messed with. So seeing as that was annoying me, I decided to check out just what the heck was going on.

Oh look! There was Nami's face! Barely an inch from mine!

Nami, for some reason, was crouched down right in front of me. She was so close to me in fact that I could feel her breath on my face; she needed Colgate. Her hand was placed right against my chest. More specifically, right on top of my fabulous amulet, which I had claimed not too long ago.

We stared at one another in shock. My eyebrows were raised all the way and a confused frown marred my face. Nami on the other hand was completely stone-faced with a slightly opened mouth. We stared at each other for a few moments longer before my cognitive senses caught up with what I was seeing.

So I punched her. I punched her straight in the face.

Not only had the punched connect, it had enough force to throw her into the ocean with a –splash- that sent a small drizzle of seawater raining down upon me.

After a soaked Nami struggled to get back on her ship, she had yelled at me with the force of a hundred sirens. Me, I roared back in shock and anger because I had absolutely no idea what she was doing. All the while, she tried to make it sound like this was my fault while I screamed back at her about how she was trying to steal my treasure (It wasn't hard to figure out; hell, her hands were on the amulet).

In the end, we had ended our argument in grumbles as we both sat quietly on our individual ships. In the end, I was angrier over the fact that I was barely able to sleep. I was not a happy camper when I had no sleep. Actually, I wasn't even a camper, more like Satan. I was grumpy, I was rude; I became a giant rectum of rudeness and obscenities.

Besides that, the only thing that I found the slightest bit interesting was the fact that neither Zoro nor Luffy had woken in the middle of our shouting match. Deep sleepers I guess.

Honestly, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up too quickly. And to think, my thoughts on Nami being a complete bitch were just beginning to lighten a little. Well, I guess I can throw those ideas out the window. I told myself while leaning my head back. My body felt tired, and doing anything physical felt exhausting.

"Hey Nami!" Luffy called out to the pain in my side. "What happened to your eye? It's all swollen and black." He called out.

"Shut up!" Nami yelled back angrily, not that it bothered my idiot captain. "Nothing happened!" She told Luffy with a growl.

"Oh ok!" Luffy said before sitting down against the boat's mast and began humming.

"Geeze what's wrong with you Patrick? You look like crap." Zoro commented with a frown. He was right, I probably did look like crap.

I gave him a yawn first. "No sleep." I answered in a mumble. He gave an understanding look before going back to laying back down. The lucky bastard quickly fell asleep after, drifting off into unconscious; I wish I could do that.

"Nami! I'm hungry! Feed me meat!" Luffy yelled at our navigator.

Nami sighed while pinching the bridge of her nose. "Listen here you moron. Because of you three's eating habits, we're almost out of food!" Oi! Don't lump me in with those two shit heads you ungrateful bitch! "We need to be better prepared!" She told us.

"Huh? Whad'ya mean?" Luffy said with confusion.

"Are we going to the grandline like this!?" She asked rhetorically.

"Oh right!" He said with a grin of realization. "You said we were low on food, so we need more food!" Luffy you moron!

"Luffy you moron." I groaned out quietly while lying down on the wooden floor. It was more comfortable than sitting up. Warm…

"I'm not talking about the food supplies!

"And we don't have any sake or rum to drink either! How boring!" When the heck did Zoro wake up? Why did Zoro wake up? Didn't he just fall asleep.

"You two are such morons! Let's worry about the food and booze problem later!" As Nami left, I could feel my last nerve instantly crushed. Instead of going batshit crazy, I took a deep breath a sat up.

"Look you two, shut up and let me explain to you what she means because frankly, everytime you speak I can feel my blood pressure go up a little." I took a deep breath before continuing. "The grandline is called the most dangerous place in the world, and if you wish to obtain the one piece, you gotta' go through it. So if you want to actually survive through it, we are going to need a ton of things." I told Luffy who was listening rather intently.

"Yeah like what?" He asked me.

"Well for one thing, a new ship. I really doubt these two things will survive a day in there." I started. "Some equipment for the ride there would be great too. And maybe some new crew members; a doctor, or a cook." Oh wait, Sanji is coming after this arc. I was not a fan of him. I turned my drowsy eyes on Nami. I was too tired to be angry right now. "Nami, are there any islands close by?" I asked her.

She looked at me with her one good eye. "Yeah." She said while holding up a map to her face. "There's a populated island due north. We should head there first." She said before putting it down. "When we get there, we should really look for a better ship." Damn straight! I couldn't wait to get on the Merry! So let's kick Kuro's ass and get it over with.!

"AND GET MORE MEAT!" Luffy cheered. Luffy and Zoro began to throw out several other things they would want, and Nami began working her magic while turning the sail and doing other stuff. It seemed I was no longer needed, so I laid back down and closed my eyes. Maybe I'll fall asleep.

I didn't fall asleep. Between Luffy's usual annoying attitude, Nami's yelling at Luffy and Zoro, to do certain things like turn the sails and stuff, and Zoro yelling back at Nami for being a bitch, sleeping was not in my options. So all I could really do is curl up into a ball and try not to have an emotional breakdown. I was not fully capable without sleep.

In the end, I couldn't lay down. Zoro had told me to get off my ass and help. And while I would've loved to tell him to take his command and shove it in a place where the sun's rays could not reach it, that would've been rude. So I gave in and gave a hand in directing our ships towards Syrup village.

At the time I was no longer seated in my usual spot. Now, I was seated at the front of the boat staring at the incoming island with tired eyes. Actually wait, the Gecko islands were an archipelago. So islands. Anyways, Luffy was seated on the small bowsprit of the ship, somehow keeping balance. Zoro was seated at the back, his eyes closed and swords by his side. Nami was staring through a small telescope, peering at the far off island in the distance.

"What do you thinks gonna' be on the island?" Luffy said in excitement, literally hopping in place. "Maybe some meat!" I wonder how you haven't had your stomach pumped yet Luffy. At most, you've gotta' have high cholesterol.

"Don't know. Maybe a bed." I said followed by a yawn. "Maybe a new ship also." Maybe an evil cat-themed pirate whose ass we have to kick. "There could be anything."

"I hope the have some meat!" Luffy cheered as some drool leaked from the side of his mouth.

"And some booze; let's not forget about booze!" Zoro chimed in from behind us.

"Geeze, don't you three idiots have anything better to do than just sit around like that?" Nami sighed from her ship that was trailing a tad farther than us.

I snapped my fingers in fake resolution. "I have an idea. Maybe we can get you an ice-pack for that swollen eye of yours?" Though I didn't look at her, I could here a feminine growl. That'll teach that stupid bi-.

-BAM-

I let out a squeal of pain as something collided with my face with sufficient force to make me fall over and hit the back of my head.

"How's that for swollen you ass!" Oh you greedy bitch!

"Come over and say that to my face!" I yelled while getting up and glaring at her. I was well aware of my bleeding nose, but the priority of beating Nami into a blood pulp needed to be taken care of first. "I'll rip your heart out with a fuckin spoon!" Ok, don't know where that came from.

We glared at each other; I hoped she caught fire. I'm sure she was also wishing for some terrible fate to befall me as well. But before anything could happen, Luffy called out.

"Hey guys, we reached the island!" He yelled out with excitement.

Our anger was momentarily stunned as we both turned to look in the direction of the Island. It wasn't so far off like the last time I was peering at it. If I had to guess it had be quite a few meters away. We'll probably arrive in like the next 10 minutes or something.

"Ok guys, let's start rowing!" Nami hollered. My quelled rage instantly returned at a lower level.

"Why the heck do we have to row?" I questioned her.

"Because, I'm not strong like you freaks!" Oi! I am no freak! "Besides. If we row there, we can get to the island quicker and get a new ship." Well yeah! But-.

"Alright let's do it!" Luffy cheered. While I was blinded by my rage, Luffy had gotten passed me picked up the oars. "For the meat!" Luffy! You are way to influence by your lust for meat! Control yourself!

"She's gotta' point." Zoro commented. I sighed while pinching the bridge of my nose.

Ok. Calm down. I told myself while taking a deep breath. Logically, she's right. I was not going to agree with her often. So let's just get this over with now. Yes; we'll meet Usopp, get some food, and kick Kuro's kitten-themed ass. All will be well.

"Fine. Let's just get this over with." I grumbled while taking one of the oars in his hand and plopping down in the middle. "I wanna' be on that island sitting and eating. Fucking tired of seeing only blue." My life on the see was not looking bright.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Luffy took a seat right next to me, and we instantly began rowing like our lives depended on it. With our combined strengths, our ship had superseded Nami's, and soon her ship was following us. I was sure me and Zoro heard her call for us to slow down, but Zoro wasn't in control and it wasn't possible for me to care less. As for Luffy…well meat.

In the end, Nami's idea had actually worked. We had reached and docked at the beach within 10 minutes or something.

I had to say, the beaches of Syrup village were rather nice. And if I wasn't a cranky ass at the moment, I'm sure I would've wanted to stay here. There were tall cliffs that lead to the beach. On these cliffs was a thick forest, with a large slope, which was sure to lead to the Syrup village.

"Oh man!" I grumbled while stretching upon the beach. "It's finally good to be on land again." I wasn't seasick, but I sure as hell didn't like sitting in the same spot every hour of the day. The only reason I hadn't gone insane was because I was asleep or Luffy's stupidity.

"Your gonna' have some trouble as a pirate if you can't take a little sea travel." Zoro commented jokingly by my side.

"Oh shut up." I mumbled.

"There's a village around here or something right!?" Asked while looking both left and right.

"Yeah, but it looks like a small one though." Nami answered. But she was suddenly mobbed by a drooling Luffy.

"So there's meat! If there's a village there's gotta' be meat!" He said with a hungry grin. There has to be a place to eat in this village!" Luffy took off towards the village as if his life depended on it. "Come on guys!" Oi Luffy! Not all of us are as energetic as you are!

He would have made it onto the slope. If it weren't for the fact that someone was shooting at his legs. A small dust of sand was around Luffy's feat as he danced around not trying to be hit. While Zoro gripped his swords in preparation for battle, and Nami ran to the boats for cover, I just stood there with an annoyed look on my face.

I was so done with this shit.

When the attack finally ended, dozens of black flags rose up from bushes and trees, each with a jolly roger imprinted on them. As they waved around spastically, I could only stare with a look that said 'I'm so done with everything today' because yes, I was done with everything today.

"HA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM CAPTAIN USOPP! LEADER OF THE INVINCIBLE NATION OF PIRATES WHO RAIN OVER THIS ISLAND!"

We all glanced upward to where the confident voice had come from, which was atop a part of the cliffs that jutted out slightly more than the rest. For me, I had to squint a little, but I saw him. He stood there with his arms crossed, looking down upon us with a confident grin. He was a little tan, with mid-length, curly black hair. He looked rather normal I suppose.

On his head was an olive green plaid bandanna and a pair of goggles on his head with a blue and white striped armband on his left arm. He wore a pair of brown overalls with a white sash and no shirt. Hanging from his right shoulder was a large satchel. Yes, very normal looking compared to other people I've seen.

Well except for his long nose.

But I suppose that's what makes Usopp, Usopp. I thought to myself while staring up at our soon to be coward of a sniper.

Now most people like characters such as Luffy, Zoro and Sanji because they were extremely badass. I do too, but Usopp holds a special place in my heart. He is that awesome character that starts out weak and soon becomes this awesome warrior through the many trials he faces, like Shinji from Evangelion.

"YOU STAND BEFORE A LIVING LEGEND; THE MOST REVEARED PIRATE TO EVER LIVE! I AM THE GREAT CAPTAIN USOPP!"

But now, I found him annoying. His scraggily voice squawking at us, along with 24 hours of no sleep, was not only enough to get on my nerves, but cause an irrational rage to burn up inside me. Like I said before, me and no sleep do not mix well. It's sorta' like toothpaste and peanut butter.

So while he yelled at us with false bravado, my hand had already went into my pocket and picked out my combat-pass.

"SURELY YOU KNOW PLOTTING AN ATTACK ON THIS ISLAND WOULD MEAN DEATH!? MY ARMY OF 80,000,000, SUPER MEAN PIRATE SOLDIERS WOULD SQUASH YOU LIKE BUGS!"

"AWSOOOOOOOOOOOME!" Luffy screamed out. While this was happening, I had activated my fullbring. It seemed Zoro had saw my activated weapon, coupled with the look of uncontrollable rage, on my face and promptly took a few steps back.

"A-AND THAT'S NOT ALL! WITH ME MY SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA-CANNON, I CAN SIMPLY BLAST YOU TO SMITHERINS!" Usopp's shining bluster dulled at the sight of my spiritual weapon. Yet he kept going, even as I began to charge up its power. "FLEE NOW FOOLS OR TASTE THE WRATH OF THE USOPP PIR-!" Ok. Enough is enough!

"SHUT UP!" I yelled while sending a spiritual energy disk at him. Sure it would hurt him, but I'm sure he wouldn't die from it.

But it did not hit my intended target. Instead, it had turned, and curved off to the left where it had impacted the cliffs with a mighty –kaboom-. The force behind it had made an explosion of dust and sent small pieces of rock drizzling onto the beach. A large portion of the cliff had been destroyed, not that I cared. At least Usopp had shut up. Finally! so peaceful and quiet.

"THAT WAS SOOOO COOOOOOOOL!" Luffy yelled in excitement at my attack. His eyes were literally gleaming (Literally! Freaked the hell out of me) and he had a large grin on his face. I turned back to glare at him for a moment, before my eyes locked onto Usopp.

Usopp…well I was sure he crapped himself. He was standing there, his jaw dropped at an unnaturally large length, and his eyes bulged. A loud, high-pitched gurgling sound was coming from him.

I was tired, annoyed, and I could feel a headache coming about. I was not going to deal with any of this crap today!

Usopp still looked completely terrified of me, but it seemed he grew some sort of backbone. Because he quickly pulled out a slingshot from his satchel and aimed the thing at us, a metal ball loaded in it. He looked at us fiercely.

"Don't take single step!" He warned us. "Or I'll show you why they call me proud Usopp, and not cowardly Usopp." The second name sounded better than the first, but that's just my to cents. "You've seen just how good I am with this thing. So you know that I can rival anyone with a pistol." True. Despite him being a coward, his skills with that thing were amazing.

Everything was quiet for a moment as we stood off. But when I saw Luffy come up from behind me, his eyes covered by the shadow his hat cast, I shut down the combat pass, and put it back into my pocket. I think that he was gonna' finish things.

"Now that you've drawn your pistol, are you willing to use it?" That was a slingshot you dipshit. "Guns aren't for threats they're for actions are you willing to risk your life?" Wait, didn't Shanks say something like that? Anyways, everything was extremely quiet as we prepared for whatever was going to happen next.

Usopp was sweating and shaking as he pulled at the pouch of his slingshot. He gulped while staring at us with fright. I let out a tired yawn. Usopp had best make a decision soon, or I'd make one for him.

A decision was made quickly made. Usopp release his grip on the pouch and it went slack. The metallic ball hit the ground and the coward of a sniper fell to his knees with releasing all the oxygen in his lungs. "Real pirates have a lot more power behind their words because they can actually back them up." He said in a whining tone. "That's so cool."

"God damnit." I mumbled out while rubbing my face. "I'm too tired to deal with this crap anymore." I had to sit down and relax, that was that. I looked back to the gang and then to Usopp before nodding my head. I began to travel up the beach and to the slope; that village probably had some place for me to rest.

"Hey Patrick, where 'ya going?" I heard Luffy ask. I termed to him and made a grouchy face because yes, I was grouchy.

"I'm going into the village." I answered him. "I'm too damn tired to be dealing with this crap." I answered before venturing forward again. "Meat again in the village." I answered while giving a backhanded wave.

"Ok bye!" Luffy's cheerful voice was getting on my nerves, creating some irrational anger. No no no! Calm down, just know that salvation is just right past this point! "While you go, I'm gonna' have a chat with Usopp!" Ok good for you. Just leave me the hell alone!

"Hold on wait! How do you know my name?" The topic of our conversation decided to ask, briefly forgetting that we were enemies.

"Well your name is Usopp right?" Luffy asked. "I knew your dad too!" Oh yeah, Usopp's dad was on Shank's crew. "Your dad's name is Yasopp right?" Usopp seemed relatively stunned in a mixture of shock and confusion.

Usopp suddenly let out a sudden cheer before he got up and slid down the cliff's side, where he reached the bottom and ran to Luffy, a big smile on his face. "You're right, my dad's name is Yasopp, but how do you know him?" He asked Luffy.

-GROOOOOOOOOOWWL-

A sudden roar came about that made everyone jump a little. When Luffy let out a soft chuckle while patting his stomach, it was easy to realize what it was. Luffy was hungry.

"While don't we talk about this over some meat!?" Luffy said while walking in my direction. I was wearing a look of defeat as Luffy pass me by, Usopp hot on his trail. I gave a small sniff when Zoro and Nami passed me by. I think Zoro gave me a look with some sort of pity in it, but I couldn't really tell at the moment, as my eyes were raised to the sky.

I sniffled one last time as a single tear of defeat rolled down my eye. Then I glared at the sky above.

"*sigh*. You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

I quickly caught with the group, and shambled behind them, trying to keep myself upright and not on the ground snoring. While Zoro and Nami stayed mostly silent while looking at the passing sights, Luffy and Usopp were working up a conversation. What it was about was beyond my brain's comprehending at this point.

Once we reached the small village, Usopp had led us into a restaurant with huge sign on it that read 'Meshi'. And since that means food in Japanese, I could only guess that this was some kind of restaurant that was well know for its meat products.

While everyone else ordered other food like meat, bread sticks, liquor, and fruits, I stuck with something simple. A good old pasta dish was good for me. Needed some carbohydrates to wake me up and shit.

"Are you sure you don't want any meat Patrick?" Luffy asked while holding out a chunk of meat on a stick to me. I probably would've taken it…if it weren't for the fact that he had already taken a large bight out of it. "It's really good!"

"Kindly fuck off." I mumbled while twirling the pasta around my fork.

Luffy either didn't here me or just didn't care. Instead, he went back to eating his meat and turned to look at Usopp who was eating some sort of potpie. He began to talk to him about how he met Yasopp and how he was apart of Shanks crew, something that Usopp was ecstatic about.

"I sure am proud of my old man. He left for an adventurous life of a pirate at sea." Usopp, your dad abandoned you for a large mass of salt water. I think you need to get your priorities straight. "He chose a life of real adventure." Yes, over his own flesh and blood son.

"Maybe you can help us?" Nami said with a scamming smile. Well I think it was, my brain wasn't really in the position to be thinking right now.

"Huh? What is it?" Usopp asked confused.

"Do you know anyone who could provide us with a ship, maybe even someone who could know how to sail for that matter?" She asked him.

"Well, it's a pretty small village." He told us. "I don't think we can really help you. Sorry." Welp that wasn't true. Damn, this pasta was pretty fuckin' bland.

"What about that giant mansion at the top of that hill." Zoro pointed out.

Yes. Atop that hill was a large, luxurious mansion that looked to have taken millions in the making. Kaya's house.

"Hey do you know them Usopp?" Nami asked hopefully with hands clasped together. "Surely with all that money they can help us get our boat!" Usopp was had a coating of sweat on his forehead now and looked very nervous.

Fear turned to anger. "Look you! Stay away from there!" He yelled at us while getting out of his seat and putting his hands on the table. We a looked at Usopp in confusion. Well they were, I was pretty much in my own world at this point. Usopp's mouth opened for a moment before quickly snapping shut, sorta' like a fish gasping for air before he backed away from us with a skittish smile. "I'm sorry but I realized that there was something I have to do. Later!" With all that said, he sprinted out the front door.

"Why was he in such a hurry?" Nami questioned, still looking back at the door Usopp had left through.

"Who fucking cares." I mumbled while resting my head on the table. Pasta tasted like shit, so at least I could do is try and save my energy. "Let's just be quiet so I can sleep." Yes. Sleep.

"Not that I don't want to point this out, but you've been extra dickish today." Zoro said. "So what the heck's wrong with you?"

"What wrong with me?" I asked rhetorically while raising my head up to look at him. "Maybe it's the fact that I had absolutely no sleep last night!" I yelled in a whisper, as to not disturb anyone else eating here. Were their other people eating here. "Because of yours and stupid's snoring, I had to stay up the entire night!"

"Oh." Luffy said. The blank face that he made while saying that didn't really help the situation. "Sorry." You little prick… "Want some meat." I didn't answer, but instead shot him a murderous glare before slamming my had back down on the table.

"THE USOPP PIRATES, HAVE ARRIVED!"

WHAT IS WITH ALL THE FUCKING YELLING!

I didn't bother to raise my head off the table to see the source of this ruckus. Wasn't it those vegetable trio idiots who followed Usopp. Oh who cares. I heard a stampede of small footsteps run across the floor until they were in front of booth.

"Fess up pirates! What have you done with our beloved captain Usopp!?" The voice asking was high-pitched, squeaky, and getting on my nerves.

"Yeah tell us now!" The other two voices were equally as annoying.

"That sure was some good meat!" Luffy said. "Man I'm stuffed!"

"Meat? What meat?" A voice squeaked in fright. "Th-these pirates are cannibals!" I'm beginning to think that these kids were the idiot vegetable brigade. "W-what have you do-done you savages!" Savages? All show you goddamn savages!

I sat up and glared at the idiot trio with the utmost wrath. I think my excessive exhaustion had made my glare even more frightening because they were completely frozen under my sight. I let out a soft growl a narrowed my eyes further.

"Shut up. Or I eat your souls."

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! DEMOOOOOOON!"

The three buffoons were squealing like mice caught in a mousetrap. As Luffy and Zoro were laughing at the scene and Nami yelled at me for scaring them, I could only sigh. All I wanted was some peace and quiet, and yet I seemed to make things louder.

It took a good few minutes, but were finally able to calm them the hell down. And though they shot me un-trustful looks from time-to-time, everything was peaceful again. We explained to them what really happened they had become a little more helpful. They even offered to lead us there, an offering we instantly took up.

From afar, the mansion was huge, hell, in the anime it was huge. But in real life, it was fucking massive. We were talking about polished clean marble walls, lush gardens, big windows; it was the personification of wealth. And a giant fence walled it all off from the outside world.

"Wow! This place is huge!" Luffy shouted at the size of it all.

"If the captain ran off at this hour, than this is the place he has to be!" One of the kids said.

"What the heck does he come here for?" Luffy questioned with his arms folded behind his back.

"He comes to lie." The other kid said, this one whose head and hair made him look like a human carrot.

"Lie!? That's terrible!" Nami said in anger.

Another kid, who looked familiarly like a pepper, told us the tail of Kaya and how her parents passed away and she was in a depression, so Usopp came around and made up fake stories to tell her to cheer her up. Well, that was pretty nice of him!

"Great, I think we should ask her for a ship after all!" Luffy shouted while raising his fist.

"You moron. Usopp's the one that makes her feel better, not us." I told him with a shake of my head.

The kids told us how it was impossible to get in because of the guards she has. Well that was to be expected. Hold on wait. Where is Luffy?

"My 'Luffy is gonna do something stupid' senses are tingling." I said. And yeah it earned me some strange looks, but the minute I pointed to Luffy, who clinging to the top of the fence with both hands, they quickly understood.

"Hold on wait Luffy!" Zoro called out to our idiot captain. "Don't do what I think you're gonna' do!" Sadly, it was way too late for that though, as Luffy had already stretched his arms back already. Something that had scared the idiot trio to the core. "No! stop!" We had all ran over to Luffy gripped onto his body.

Sadly for us, it was to late.

"GUM GUM ROCKET!

-WHOOSH-

The next thing I know I was very high in the air, and I was spinning. The speed at which I was rotating made the ground and sky melt together in different colors of blue and green. I think I was screaming; it was hard to tell with such strong winds blowing in my ears. I couldn't tell just how high up I was, but I was sure that I had to be pretty fuckin' far!

-BOOM-

Apparently not.

I had slammed right into a something stomach first. All I knew was that it wasn't the ground because the ground wasn't blue, and frankly, it was way to solid. I let out a soft groan of pain as I stared up dully into the sky. Everything hurt. It felt like I just did a belly flop onto a solid brick wall.

"Luffy. I'm gonna kill you." I managed to mumble out through clenched teeth. I was more thankful that I was alive, and not a red stain on the ground. Thank god for One piece physics. "Note-to-self: Kick Luffy's ass."

My body gave a sudden twitch as I tried to sit up. No response. I did it again, and thankfully my body responded this time. Pushing through the aching pain in my body, I as able to get up into a seated position. And when I looked around, I saw a blue, tiled roof.

Did I…land on Kaya's roof? Well, seeing as I could see practically the entire village from my view point, I would have to say yes. Jesus, I must've been sent flying. And I would've probably died if I hadn't landed here.

"Ok, up we go." I mumbled to myself while slowly getting to both feet. I had to be careful, one misstep and I was going down faster than a bird with a fear of heights. From my position, I was able to here someone speaking, but it was a little muffled to make out the words correctly. I walked across the roof, careful of each step I took, and made it to the edge.

When I looked over, my eyes glued onto the forms of Nami, Zoro, and Luffy who were accompanied by the idiot trio. A little bit in front of them was Usopp, who was glaring at a man with slicked back, black hair, glasses, and was wearing a fancy suit.

So that's Kuro. Or Klahadore as he's called now. Damn. I had to say, he looked just as evil as he did in the anime. But except he was flesh and blood. But seriously, Kuro had to be one of the most evil, heartless son-of-a-bitch in One piece. He was around the level of Crocodile in evilness. So it seems that I haven't missed anything yet. So that's good. But how the hell do I get down.

I didn't have to think about getting down, because my course had already been set the moment I tripped and fell off the roof. My decent only lasted for a moment as I slammed back first into the ground with a –thump-. God…my back. Well technically my everything-but god my back!

"Hey Patrick are you ok?" I looked above me to see Zoro. He was looking down at me with moderate concern. My answer was to give him a small groan of pain.

"Hehehehehe! Hey Patrick! What were you doin up there!?" Luffy asked with his usual shit eating grin. It made my blood boil. My current anger, fused together with my already accumulated exhaustion and rage from earlier, turned me into one unhappy sailor.

So without a second's thought, I socked him in the nuts.

Luffy let out a squealing nose before falling over, clenching his manly pride as tears fell from his eyes. I gave him a solid glare before slowly returning to my own feet.

"What…the heck was that for?" Luffy squeaked out while looking up at me.

"For being a god damn idiot and throwing us like that!" I yelled. "I mean really, can you be any more stupid?" I said with a sigh. I went to crack my neck, but the angle at which I turned my head had brought me in eye contact with Kaya. Actually, I never even got a good look at her before up 'till now.

She was fairly slim and pale, but in a gorgeous way. Her hair was short and blond and hat wide, brown eyes. In short, a 10/10 in looks. I'm sure she could give a few models a run for there money. And the fact that Usopp was able to get such a beauty to fall for him was beyond my mental comprehension.

We stared at each other full a moment before she finally spoke. "Who…who are you?" She asked in worry and confusion.

"Just some guy who wants to take a nap." Ok, I could've said something better than that, but it was that was pretty much the truth.

"But how the heck did it take so long for you to fall anyways?" Nami questioned in confusion.

I grumbled a little in annoyance. "Thanks to that idiot, I landed on the roof." I said. "Then I fell from the roof down here." Yet again the physics of this world have saved my life. "So yeah, I'm pretty pissed at Luffy." Everyone was staring at me strangely. Even Luffy, who was still rubbing his jewels.

But when I spotted Kuro, I frowned. Let's move things along shall we. I thought while staring him down. His and my eyes were locked on each other; we were in a stare down. There's no need to let things still when I can move them along. And I know just how to do it. Welp, time to go to work.

"Well, there's a face I thought I'd never see again." I commented while putting my acting skills to good use. It was surprising how many emotions played on his face, even as it stayed like a stone mask. I could see confusion, shock, and even a little nervousness. "So tell me. How does feel to be alive?" I asked while shifting my weight to my left foot because frankly, it was the only good posture I could take without feeling much pain.

"You seem confused. Come now Mr. 1000 plan-man, do try and keep up with the conversation." His eyes widened in shock. "You need to better tidy up your past Klahadore. Or should I say Kur-." Kuro cut me off.

"Enough!" He said with force. "I don't know who you are, or what you want, but I will not allow scum like you to get anywhere near lady Kaya!" He yelled out with fake passion. "leave this place immediately!"

"Well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black." I commented with a smile, which only seemed to aggravate him more. "But what I want to know just how you were able to make it away from the attack?" I wonder just how much I can piss him off before he snaps?

"ENOUGH!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. I could see veins bulging on his forehead as he tried to keep me quiet. If I had grilled him any more than I already had, than his already torn cover would've been ripped to shreds. "I want you all to leave the premises right now at this moment!"

"Well fine then." I turned my head around to peer back at everyone else. They were looking at me strangely. "Come on guys, I don't think we're welcome here anymore." I said while walking in the direction of Kuro. I didn't bother looking behind me to see if they were following me or not, because my attention was still on the dangerous man in front of me.

When I finally crossed Kuro, I felt a hand grasp my wrist. I turned my head to give a soft glare at Kuro as he glared back fiercely. His grip tightened and my eyes narrowed. He wasn't going to try anything here, would he? If he did, that would jeopardize his plans even further.

"I just have one question." His voice was edged and cold as he whispered in my ear. It was like a cold knife digging into my side. Fear, I felt fear. But even though I felt my heart throbbing the way it was, I kept my face like an unchanging mask. I couldn't show weakness, especially in front of this man. "Just who are you?" Oh ho ho! What a classic question to ask at a time like this!

I took a deep breath, thinking over the unlimited answers I could give him.

The first-mate of the Strawhat Pirates…

A Fullbringer…

A…well actually that was just it. Crap, i can't use that line yet. I guess I'll have to think of something else. How about…

"Currently…I am your worst nightmare."

We stared at each other for a little longer, testing each other. I yanked my arm away from his grip, before continuing on with my journey to the front gates.

I may have made things worse. Ok yeah, I could have handled that a lot better. Not only did I tip him off that I know who he is, but I made him believe I was a threat. Damnit all! Why do I always have to push my luck and get so full of myself!? I guess that was one of my less redeeming qualities, along with being a smartass and know it all. But really, I should have handled that better!

Oh well. Nothing I could do now but prepare for the oncoming shitstorm.

There it is, the 11th chapter! I am so proud of myself! To think I made it this far gets me all riled up! Besides that, there isn't much to say. I'll be getting the next chapter out as soon as possible, so until then, stay tuned! Kindly, review, favorite and Pm me. That would be nice!