I do not own One Piece.

Sorry for taking so long to get this one out, a lot of things have been happening these last few weeks. This is also may not be great, I'm sick at the moment but felt that I needed to get a new chapter out.


It has been decided. We were going to attack the ship Sanji is currently on and take Sanji back, regardless of if he wants to come back or not. We are currently preparing everything. We are going to take Sunny with us so that once we have Sanji we can get away with a quick Coup de Burst. Everyone, save for Franky who is checking that the cola barrels were full, is standing out on deck, weapons at the ready. Despite the fact that my knees are shaking slightly, I feel pretty calm. I know that as soon as I see Sanji, I won't really be as calm. But if there is one thing I am good at, it is being a liar and part of that is being able to pretend that I am someone I'm not.

Franky comes back onto the deck and we set sail. Luffy is standing on the figure head, his hand firmly holding his hat in place as he stares out at the horizon with a look of determination. I look around, noticing similar looks on everyone else's faces as well. They all seem to be certain that they will get Sanji back and that it will all turn out to be some kind of misunderstanding…But I can't bring myself to believe that. I can't bring myself to believe that we will get Sanji back and everything will go back to normal…like this never happened at all. Even if everyone else can pretend….I don't think I could, which feels kind of odd for me to admit considering the only thing I am really good at is pretending. If Sanji does come back…I can at least pretend to be a friend, though nothing more. I will not allow myself to be used anymore.

Letting out a sigh, I break out of my thoughts to find us several feet away from the ship. I look around, finding some of the crew staring at me in concern. Cursing myself slightly, I steel myself, hoping to put on a brave front. I look towards the front of the ship, where Luffy is still standing on the figure head, but has turned to face us. He his head is tilted down slightly, causing his hat to cast a shadow over his eyes. He puts a hand on top of his hat before raising his hand and staring at us.

"Let's go save our nakama!" he yells before jumping down on to the deck. A few of the members yell in agreement as we all ready ourselves for battle. Suddenly starting to feel nervous, I close my eyes, clutching Kabuto tightly, and take a deep breath. Opening my eyes, I stare at the ship that we are quickly approaching.

"Are you alright, Usopp?" Nami whispers from my right side, also staring hard at the ship. I glance over at her quickly, before turning my gaze back to stare ahead of me.

"I'm fine," I state, sounding more confident than I felt. The look she gave me told me that she had seen through my lie.

"It is okay you know…You can watch the ship instead…You shouldn't push yourself." she replies, glancing around at everyone. I shake my head, letting out a bitter laugh.

"No…I need to do this, Nami." I state firmly. She lets out a sigh before nodding her head. We both turn back to face in front of us. My grip tights on Kabuto as the ship comes to a stop right next to the enemy ship. I still find it weird that there is no one outside. They knew we would be coming, so shouldn't there at least be a few people guarding the deck? But everywhere I look, I see no one. It is like they don't see us as a threat. Which might be true, since last time we were here, Luffy knocked out all of the lackeys but none of us did anything to any of the main people.

Letting out a sigh, I begin following everyone else, Franky stepping up behind, taking up the rear. I hesitate slightly as I start to step onto the other ship. Franky lays his large hand on my shoulder giving it a gentle, well gentle to him, squeeze. I look back and smile slightly at him before taking a deep breath and stepping onto the ship. I look up to see that most of the crew had already proceeded below deck, leaving just Nami, Franky and I. I send Nami a quick smile as I notice her staring at me in concern.

We make our way below deck, once again stepping over the unconscious bodies of the ship's crew before reaching the same area we talked to Sanji at yesterday. There was the rest of the crew, once again facing the same woman. She looks over at us as we enter the room, smirking at me before turning her attention back to Luffy.

"What are you doing back here? Didn't Sanji make it obvious that he wants nothing to do with you?…With any of you?" she sneers, turning her gaze back to me. I feel tears begin to gather in my eyes, but I blink them back…I had promised myself that I would be strong through all of this…I wouldn't break down again.

"I don't care," Luffy declares. "If he wants to leave the ship, he can tell me so after we get him back." She lets out a soft laugh staring at Luffy as if he were an idiot.

"What makes you think that kidnapping him will make him want to stay with you? He has everything you could never give him." she opens her mouth to say something else, but is cut off as a rubber fist connects with her stomach, sending her backwards.

"Franky! Usopp! Chopper! Go find Sanji," he orders as he walks towards her, pulling his fists back again.