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Chapter 28 - The Crescent Moon


~Nighttime~

"You guys... are willing to fight with me?! Why...?" Usopp asked shocked. "Because the enemies outnumber you!" Luffy replied. "You never fought against real life pirates." Roger commented. "You have the words 'I'm scared' written all over your face." Zoro answered. "IDIOTS! ME? SCARED? SO WHAT IF THEY OUTNUMBER ME!? THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH ME! I'M CAPTAIN USOPP! IN MY VEINS FLOWS THE BLOOD OF A COURAGEUS WARRIOR!" Usopp shouted.

After that they all stared at Usopps shaking legs. "Stop shaking! Stop it! Stop it!" Usopp shouted beating his legs. "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT!? THEY'RE CAPTAIN KURO'S FLEET! OF COURSE I'M SCARED! I DON'T NEED YOUR SYMPATHY! GO AWAY! NOW!" Usopp yelled at them. "We're not sympathizing for you! But rather we're commending you for having courage." Zoro replied. "Why else would we risk our own lives?" Roger growled. "! You...you guys... I'm so touched!" Usopp sniffled.


~A bit later~

"They're going to attack from this shore. Because, this is the only way into the village. There's only one slope, the rest is just cliffs! This means, as long as we guard this slope with our lives, the village won't be harmed!" Usopp stated as he showed the slope. "Sounds easy!" Luffy replied to that.

"Easier said than done... what are you guys good at?" Usopp asked the five. "Cutting!" answered Zoro. "Stealing!" answered Nami. "Magic!" Answered a smirking Luffy. "Dismembering.." muttered Shiro. "Close Combat." replied Roger while smiling. "Hiding!" Usopp resonded. "You have to fight too!" The others all shouted.


~At Kaya's mansion~

"Where is Ojou-sama?" Calhador asked. "She's already asleep. She looked very tired." The butler answered. "I cannot believe all this happened when I was away... that Usopp kid is quite a troublemaker." Clahador commented. "Yes, I know. I can't believe that he would even claim that you are a pirate...it's not even a good lie..." The butler answered goodnaturly. "Yes... only an idiot would believe a thing he says..." Clahaodr said, turning away from the butler he smirked darkly.

"Hm? What's this?" Clahador asked, noticing a wrapped present on a counter. "Oh...that... that's a present from Ojou-sama. She said it's because tomorrow will be exactly three years since you first came to work at this mansion. She says it's an anniversary." The bulter explained. Clahador opened his present and pulled out new glasses. "Anniversary..." he muttered. "Because your glasses often slip... so Ojousama went to the next town personally and ordered this special pair of glasses! She is so nice and caring.." The butler commented, as he wiped away his tears.

"She calls it an anniversary... indeed... tomorrow really is a special day..." Clahador said darkly. "Tonight's moon, it's crescent... on a night like this, every cell in my body becomes excited..." Clahador continued dropping the special glasses and stomping on them. "What!?" The butler shouted. "Clahador-san, why did you break the present? Ojousama went thorugh so much trouble to get it for you!" he continued screaming.

"I will ask her for my own presents but it won't be a small present like this... I want...everything in this house." Clahador exclaimed looking like a mad man. "There's no need to continue this act... because in just a couple of hours, this village will be overtaken by pirates. Three years.. is way too long..." Clahador said as he got ready to do serious harm. "...! Ojousama! Run..." Was all the butler got out before he was lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood.


~ Pirate Ship~

"Captain Jango! It's morning already... Time to wake up!" A crewmate knocked on the Captains door. Jango walked out of his room and was greeted by the other crew members. "The moon is still out, it's still midnight!" he scolded them. He went a few steps backwards. "My men... mornin'" He greeted them. With these words said they were ready to invade the village.


~With Luffy and the rest~

"Okay! We're done! We've sprayed a massive amount of oil here! Now those bastards won't be ale to get up this slope. This is the most effective way to battle them! No matter what, we must guard this slope with our lives." Usopp said. "Roger, I got a bad feeling..." Shiro muttered looking at the crescent moon. "You, too? Something is going terrible wrong." Roger commented quitly.

"Just don't fall down there yourself! Or else you're screwed!" Nami commented to the boys. None of the others noticed Rogers and Shiros conversation. "Yepp!" Luffy said cheerfully splattering with one foot. "Don't worry! I have a lot of confidence in myself!" Usopp said confidently. The sun was rising. "The sun is up." Shiro commented. "The pirates are going to come soon..." Roger said with a serious face.


~With the pirate ship~

"We've Reached the Shore!" was heard shouting. "Le'ts go, everybody!", "Our plan is to destroy the village!" Jango shouted. His crew was geared up. "Captain! There are two strange looking ships over there!" a crew member shouted. "Don't mind them, they wouldn't have treasure anyways." Jango replied.


~With the strawhats~

"Where are they... it's already morning... you don't suppose they slept in?" Luffy and Zoro stated. Shiro suddenly looked up and after a moment Roger too. "Are we just overly sensitive? I can hear "Go!" coming from the north direction." They said in unison. "The north!?" Usopp asked shocked. "We're positive!" was the answer. "What's going on?" Zoro asked. "There's another entrance into the village in the north... but..." Usopp said. "Don't tell me you got it wrong!" Luffy shouted. "they talked about the plan here... so I thought they'd attack from his side!" Usopp defended himself.

"Hurry! Which way are they going o attack he village from?" Luffy shouted. "Going in that direction it'll ake 3 minutes! The landscape on that side is basically the same as his one! All we do is prevent them from coming on top of the slope." Usopp plotted. "Oh no! That's where we docked our ships! My treasure is going to be robbed!" Nami realized. Luffy speeds ahead of them. "I only need 20 seconds to get there!" He shouted. Shiro sighed. "You? Or me?" He asked Roger. "I'm going to follow him..." Roger answered.

"Damn! Then our oil trap and preparaions are useless!" Roger heard Usopp shouting as he run after Luffy. "Damn it!" Nami shouted and tripped. "Nami! What are you doing!?" Zoro asked shocked at the slipping girl. "Help! I'm slipping!" In her panic she grabbed onto Zoro and dragged him ono the oily surface. "Waah! Let go! Idiot!" Zoro shouted. "Oops! Sorry!" Nami exclaimed as she used Zoro as a stepping stone. "I got up... thanks!" She shouted and landed on the dry ground. Shiro watched that all bemusedly. "Sorry! But my treasure is in danger!" Nami gave as an execuse. "You find your own way up!" She shouted. "Nami! I'm going to kill you!" Zoro shouted.


~Usopp~

"I won't let them get to the village...those guys run so fast, I lost sight of them already!" Usopp panted.


~Luffy~

"Run North! Run North!" Luffy panted.


~Roger~

"Now where did he make a turn?" Roger asked himself as he stood before a fork in the road. Shrugging he took the left one.


~Nami~

"If they dare touch my treasure, I will never forgive them!" Nami hissed.


~Pirates~

"Goooooooo!" was shouted. "Ahahahaha! Don't let anyone live!" the instructions were given.

"There's someone... up on the slope!" Came the reply as the first battalion was knocked back. "You are..." Jango began to speak. "I'm Captain Usopp! I've been waiting here for you guys! I've made all peparations! I you don't want to die, then retreat at once!" Usopp shouted, standing atop of the slope.


~Other side of the beach~

"Damn! I can't get up there! Don't just look! Help me!" Zoro shouted at Shiro as he tried to run up the oily slope. "Well at the least the trap would have worked... You are out of my reach and have three swords you do it!" Shiro said lazily.


~Village~

"Eh!? I reached the village? I thought I was running to the north shore?" Luffy oogled the little village.


Shiro: *facepalm* Do you have any idea how embracing you two are?

Roger & Luffy: Hey!

Ygg: He's right... why didn't you go North?

Shiro: and how come you lost Luffy?

Ygg: You just guessed which turn to make..

Luffy: What about Shiro not helping Zoro

Shiro: I didn't want to get dirty besides he was out of reach and he had three stabile swords he could grab.

Luffy: oh...

Ygg: You know what I think you just enjoy being superior to anyone else in the Story...

Roger: Well, he apparently is a Walking dictionary on criminals..

Shiro: I Keep an eye on the competition!

Luffy: Doesn't matter! *laughing cheerily*

Ygg: Hope you enjoyed it. Till next month :)