Hello everyone! So, now that the Strawhats have a navigator, maybe they'll get to where they want to be!

Koe: I wouldn't count on it.

Nami: What did you say?!

FM13: You two... Get along. Nami, Koe already fights with Zoro, so please try to get along. Otherwise, this story will be chaos.

Koe: Alright... Truce?

Nami: Truce.

Koe: Frostmoon13 doesn't own One Piece. She only owns her OCs and this fic.

FM13: Thanks to those who reviewed and favorited!

Chapter 13

It was just another beautiful day. The sea was calm, the gulls were screaming, there wasn't a cloud in the sky, and - "I'm hungry..." I felt a vein on my temple throb. "Stop complaining, Luffy." I said. "Besides, you're stuffing your face already."

Nami, who had the larger boat all to herself, said, "There's no way we can make it to the Grand Line like this." Luffy nodded, taking a bite out of his apple. "Right. We need more meat. Eating fruit every day is for the birds." Zoro, who was leaning against the left side of the boat, smiled at that. "We also need some booze." An apple hit him square in the forehead. I chuckled.

"Shut up, you morons!" Nami shouted. "We'll need more that meat and alcohol to survive out here."

"You mean we need a ship." I said. Nami nodded. "We need to stop and get a ship on the next island."

"Yosh!" Luffy said. "Let's go get some meat!" "And some booze." Zoro added. "Shut up!" Nami shouted. I laughed so hard my sides hurt.

I raised my eyebrows. "Oh, yeah!" I turned to Luffy. "We need a compass, too!" Another apple hit me in the back of the head, courtesy of Nami. "YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN HAVE A COMPASS?!"

A few hours later, we made it to the next island. It was a nice little island, with a sandy shore surrounded by sheer cliffs. The bay we docked in was crescent moon shaped.

I took a deep breath of air. "Ahh... This is so-" I stopped, and ducked to avoid something that would have hit me if I'd stayed put. "What the-"

"What's going on?" Luffy shouted.

Then, pirate flags rose out of the bushes. There were at least fifty of them. Someone shouted, "Ha! You people stay off this island! It is the territory of pirates under the notorious... Captain Usopp!"

I paused. Usopp? Where had I heard that name before?

Standing on the ledge was a skinny guy, about Luffy's age. He had really curly black hair, long limbs, and a very long nose. He wore brown overalls, a grey t-shirt, and a brown bandana tied around his head. There was a pair of goggles over his eyes.

"Beware!" Usopp shouted. "My fleet of eight thousand men will massacre you!" "Eight thousand?!" Luffy shouted. I rolled my eyes. "No kidding, that's-"

"That's so awesome!" Go figure... That simpleton.

Nami grinned. "Do you seriously expect us to believe that?" she said slyly. Usopp clapped his hands over his head. "Oh no!" he shouted. "She knows!" Nami smirked. "I do now."

Usopp stood up a little taller, and said, "Okay, I might've stretched it a little, but I have a great many men under my control!"

I took a look around. The flags were moving in a few different patterns, and judging by the size of the bushes... "Let me guess..." I said, smirking at the black haired boy. "Three little kids?"

Right away, three little boys, about nine years old, appeared over the bushes.

One of them was a full head taller than his friends, with shaggy purple hair that covered his eyes. He wore an orange vest, purple pants, and an orange toque.

The second one had green hair shaped like a bell pepper. He wore a dark green t-shirt.

The last one was a short kid with blond hair that stuck up at the top in a kind of funnel. He wore glasses, a brown vest, and blue shorts.

They all looked at me with absolute terror. "THEY KNOW!" They screamed. They turned and ran, crying. Usopp shouted after them, "Hey, guys! Where are you going?!"

Nami stepped forward, bent down, and picked up a small sphere. "A pirate using a slingshot, eh?" she said.

Usopp raised his slingshot. "That's right. You've seen me use this thing. You know I could rival anyone with a pistol!" He pointed it a us, a slingshot ball loaded and ready to fire.

I looked at Luffy. He smirked. Oh, boy. I knew what he was thinking. Good going.

Luffy put his hand on his straw hat, looked up and said, "Now that you've drawn your pistol, are you willing... To use it?" Usopp flinched. Luffy grinned and continued in the same solemn voice, "It isn't safe to point guns. Are you willing to risk your life?"

Zoro stepped up, smirking. He shifted his white sword in it's scabbard. "I assure you, we're real pirates." he said. "If you want to challenge us, then shoot." I stepped up beside him. I fixed Usopp with the most icy stare I could."Every one of us are hardened fighters." I said. "Consider your next move very carefully."

Usopp trembled, and let go of his slingshot. He slumped to the ground. "Real pirates are so much better at threats 'cause they can actually back him up... That's so cool!"

Luffy, Zoro, and I looked at each other. Then, we all burst out laughing. "You got that from Shanks, didn't you?" I said to Luffy, wiping a tear from my eye. Luffy nodded. "I stole that!" he said to Usopp. "I got that from my friend, Red-Haired Shanks!"

Usopp's eyes widened. "You know red-haired Shanks?"

I smiled. "Yep. We know your dad too. His name is Yasopp, right?"

Usopp's expression shifted from confusion to pure joy in a split second. He leaned too far over the cliff and fell - well, rolled is probably a better word - down the cliff face, landing with a thud at Luffy's feet.

"Yeah..." he said. "My old man's name is Yasopp. But, how on earth do you know him?"

I grinned. "Maybe we should discuss this somewhere else. Also," I jabbed my thumb at Luffy. "He could probably explain better than me."

A few minutes later, we were sitting in a restaurant, eating and talking. "We knew Yasopp when we were little kids." Luffy said. "He was a member of Shanks' crew." Usopp looked so happy about that. He told us he was proud of his father for living a life of adventure. "But I'm surprised you remembered my name." he said. "Dad must have told you a whole lot about me."

I chuckled. "I couldn't speak your language when we knew him, but even I could clue in that he was talking about his son."

"Yeah," Luffy said, taking a big bite of meat. "I think I heard enough about you to make my ears bleed."

"Hey, Usopp, maybe you can help us." Nami said. "We need to find a place to get a ship. Do you know of any?" Usopp looked around for a second, then said, "Nope, I can't think of anyone who could help you..."

Zoro looked out the window, and said, "What about that huge mansion over there?"

Usopp's reaction surprised me. "Stay away from there!" he shouted. Then, he said, "Wow, look at the time! I just remembered I have something really important I have to do! You guys just enjoy your meal. Everyone knows me here, it'll be fine!" Then, he dashed off.

"Wow." I said, leaning out of the booth, staring at Usopp's retreating form. "You'd think we just said something that scared him..." Zoro shrugged and took another swig of his drink. "Leave him be, Koe. He's just jumpy." I shrugged. "Okay, then..." I took a big bite out of my salad.

We had been eating for maybe five minutes, when the door swung open and three kids shouted, "The Usopp pirates have arrived!"

For the second time that day, I looked out from our booth. Standing at the door were those kids.

They stomped over to us, pointed wooden swords at us - the short one pointed his at my nose - and shouted, "Fess up, you filthy pirates! What have you done with our captain?!"

Luffy patted his stomach. "Man! That meat tasted so good!"

The kids stared at us wide eyed. "W-what meat?" said the pepper head.

I smirked. "You're right, Luffy. There wasn't much of it, but it was marinated to perfection."

"Marinated?!" The tall one squeaked. "Not much of it?!" "These pirates are cannibals!" said the short one.

Zoro gave the kids his most demonic stare. "If you're looking for your captain..." He smirked evilly. "We ate him!"

The kids clutched each other and screamed, "AAH! CANNIBALS!"

Nami banged her fist against the table. "Why are you looking at me?!" she shouted, as the rest of us almost killed ourselves laughing.

"Wow, you guys really gave us a scare there." said the pepper head, who had - ironically enough - introduced himself as Pepper. "Since when have you heard of pirates eating their victims?" I asked, scratching my head. "Where I come from, it was ugly old witch hags that ate their victims."

"I told you!" The tall one, Carrot, said, flailing his arms around.

"So where did Usopp get to anyway?" Nami asked. Onion, the short one, pointed to the mansion out the window. "He always goes there this time of day. He goes to lie."

"That's terrible!" Nami said. "Not really." Onion said. "Kaya, the girl who lives there has been in a horrible depression ever since her parents died two years ago. The captain goes and tells her stories to cheer her up."

Luffy stood up. "Great! I think we should ask her for a ship after all!"

Zoro bonked him on the head with his white sword. "We don't make her feel better, Usopp does."

I got up. "I'd like to talk to Usopp again." I said. "I wanted to see how good a marksman he really is. Can you take us to him?" The three kids nodded. "Follow us!"

"Well, this is the place." Pepper said. We were at the gates of the mansion, which was a lot bigger than I'd realised. "How do we get in?" Luffy asked. "Well, the captain normally uses a secret entrance. There are usually guards at the gates." Onion said.

Luffy grinned. Uh-oh... I thought. I knew what he was up to. He grabbed the top of the fence, and pulled back."Pardon the intrusion!"

"Oh no! Luffy, no!" We all grabbed onto him, trying to keep him on the ground. "ROCKET!" We all flew sky high.

I hit a cement walkway with a sickening thud. I was about to move, when something landed on me. Hard. I coughed, painfully conscious of the loud cracking noise. I nearly blacked out.

"Oh, no!" Zoro got up, grabbed my shoulders, and propped me up against the side of the building. "I'm so sorry! Are you alright?!"

I opened my mouth to say I would be fine, but instead, something warm and wet filled my mouth, and I coughed. Blood splattered all over my shirt. "I think I'm alright..." I managed. I tried to stand up, but pain exploded in my chest. Half blinded, I sank back to the ground.

It hurt to move, it hurt to breathe... Just my luck that had happened.

Luffy got up and dusted himself off. "Phew! That went well!"

"THE HELL IT DID!" Nami and Zoro shouted together. I chuckled, then coughed up more blood.

Luffy turned around and noticed me. "Oh man!" he shouted. "What happened to you?!" He turned to Zoro. "What did you do to her, Zoro?! Did you land on her?!" "It was your fault!" Zoro snapped. "I didn't fall on her by choice!"

I gently prodded my side. I flinched as my fingers ran over the side of my chest.

"Are you alright, Koe?" Zoro asked for the second time. I nodded half-heartedly. "I think I might've broken a few of my ribs..." I groaned. "No, I'm certain of it..."

"Goodness!" said a girl leaning out one of the top windows. "Are you alright?" Usopp, who was sitting in the tree, said, "Don't worry, Kaya. These people are just some fanatics who want to join the Usopp pirates."

Luffy looked up. "No, I came to see you." he said. "I was wondering if you could help us get a-"

"You there!" someone said in a clear, tone, ringing with authority. Walking towards us was the weirdest guy I'd ever seen in my life. That, by the way, is saying something. He had black hair, slicked down. His eyes were small and black. He wore a round pair of glasses, and a fancy looking suit with... Poop designs? He was looking at us like we were sewer rats that had crawled from the pipes. "Stop causing trouble and leave this place immediately!" he said.

Usopp glared at him. The girl, Kaya, leaned out of her window. "Klahadore!" she said. "Please take these people into the house! That girl needs medical attention!"

The butler guy, Klahadore - seriously, what kind of name is Klahadore? It's worse than 'Garp' -, fixed his cold gaze on me, eyeing the blood on my face and shirt. Then, he looked at the craters in the ground, and the rest of the group. He shook his head. "No. I will not allow riff-raff like these people to enter your house, miss Kaya."

Usopp jumped down from his perch in the tree. "Hey! Butler! The least you could do is help them!"

Klahadore, who I decided to call Mr. Poop, shook his head. "You, Usopp, are the worst of the lot." he said. "Not only are you an incorrigible liar..." he paused for effect. "You cozy up to the lady of the house to steal her fortune." He ignored Usopp's furious glare. "Perhaps this is a trait you inherited from your father."

"N-now just a minute!" Usopp shouted. He looked absolutely furious, and extremely hurt.

Mr. Poop pushed up his glasses. "Did I say anything that wasn't true? You could just do what you do best and lie. You could say that your father is really a travelling salesman, or how you're not really related by blood-" He didn't even finish his sentence. Usopp had punched him in the nose, sending him flying. His glasses skipped along the ground and skidded to a halt beside me.

"I may be known to exaggerate from time to time!' He shouted. "But I refuse to be ashamed of my heritage! I'm the son of a pirate!"

Kaya looked like she was going to pass out. "Usopp! Please stop!" Usopp lowered his fist.

"No more violence! I can't take it!"

Mr. Poop sat up. "Get out! Never come back!"

Usopp stood up. "Fine. I get it." He turned, and ran away.

I sighed, then gasped. It hurt to do that. Jeez... I was just a wreck ...

"That goes for you too!" Mr. Poop said, glaring at us.

Carrot shot up like a rocket. "You can't just do that, you mean old butler!"

Pepper and Onion followed his example. "JERKFACE!" They shouted.

"JERKFACE!" Luffy shouted. Zoro clouted him over the head with his sword. "You don't have a bone to pick with him." he growled.

Luffy bent down, put his arms under my back and my knees, and lifted me off the ground.

I winced in pain. I tried to hold it in, but with at least two broken ribs, it was hard to do.

"C'mon." Luffy said. "Let's go." He walked past Mr. Poop, to the gate. Zoro, Nami, and the kids followed us off the property.

I tried to shift my position. "Luffy..." I managed. "Put me down... I can walk..." A fresh bolt of pain shot through my side again. I gasped, which only made the pain worse.

Luffy raised an eyebrow. "You're a pretty bad liar, you know." he said. "Besides, what kind of brother would I be if I let you get any more hurt than you already are? Ace would kill me." He said the last bit in an undertone.

I sighed and relaxed into Luffy's grip, my head resting against his arm. There was no arguing with him. Before I knew it, I fainted dead away.

So, that's chapter 13!

Koe: Injured before a fight begins... That's a real pain.

Luffy: (snorts) Injuries are a real pain! Good one, Koe!

Zoro: You're accident-prone, Brat.

Koe: Whatever you say, Moss-ball.

Nami: Oh, not that again...

Usopp: It reminds me of the time I got into an argument with a fifty-foot giant-

FM13: Someone say the final words!

Usopp: When he tried to smack me over the head with his club, it was certainly a surprise! That didn't work though, because I-

Koe: Please review! XD