(the Open Sea)
Luffy, Zoro, Cray and Nami were sailing on the open sea while eating some apples out of a Barrel, as they were eating Cray was expecting each and every apple he ate.
"Uh Cray why are you doing that?" Luffy said taking a handful of apples and shoving them in his mouth
"Just making sure that every one I eat isn't Rotten, The last time I had a fruit out of a barrel it was the most disgusting thing I ever took a bite out of." Cray said taking a bite of the apple.
"Listen, theirs no way we'll be able to make it to the Grand Line in this condition." Nami said
"your right were going to need A lot more meat, eating fruit everyday is for the birds." Luffy said
"we'll also need some Booze." Zoro said
"Shut up you boneheads thats not what I mean, The Grand line is a dangerous place we'll need more then just food to survive there, not to mention its crawling with more dangerous pirates that are also searching for the One Piece, And there ships are way better then this." Nami said
"And we don't have a crew." Luffy said
"We don't have a Crew, no Equipment, not even a real ship for that matter, there is no way we'll make it like this." Nami said
"Yep, we'll need a cook and maybe a musician to keep us entertained." Luffy said
"a musician, hahaha." Zoro said laughing
"Actually a Musician is not a bad idea, what better way to draw art then with some soothing Music." Cray said
"So Stupid." Nami said to herself
Nami then looked at her map.
"According to this map theres a little settlement a little to the south from here, and it looks like we might be able to get our ship and some of the supplies we need there." Nami said
"Fresh meat at last!" Luffy yelled
"And perhaps some Booze as well." Zoro said
"IS THAT ALL YOU THINK ABOUT YOU GUYS!? WHAT I'M A GOING TO DO WITH YOU TWO!?" Nami yelled
"My guess is nothing." Cray said
"That was a rhetorical Question Smart ass!" Nami said
(Half hour later)
The group have finally arrived on land, Luffy was the first one to Get off.
"Man it feels good to be on dry land again." Zoro said
"damn straight." Cray said stretching legs.
"Theres a village somewhere around here right?" Luffy said
"Yeah, although its a small one according to the map." Nami said
Big, small it doesn't matter to me, as long as they have some meat I'll be happy." Luffy said smiling
"Would you just forget about meat for just one second?" Nami said
"I hope the people here in this village is more welcoming to pirates then the last one we were at." Cray said
"Now thats a really stupid thing to hope for Cray, since when does any village welcome pirates?" Nami said
"You'd be Surprised, my village use to have minor pirates roaming around all the time and people didn't seem to mind well at least the ones that weren't violent." Cray said
"Wow your home must be a really neat place to live?" Nami said sarcastically.
"Thank you, Would you like to throw anymore unconvincing sarcasm or is that the best you can come up with?" Cray said smiling
"Why you little..." Nami said getting infuriated.
"Everyone be quiet." Zoro said ready to unsheathe his sword
"What is it Zoro?" Luffy said
"Were being watched." Zoro said looking at some bushes and tree
"By who?" Cray said
Then out of nowhere someone was shooting small metal balls continuously near Luffys feet, nami quickly rant towards the boat. and then a bunch of flags with crossbones started to emerge from the bushes.
"What the hell?" Cray said
"Woah so cool!" Luffy said
"The figure who was shooting now amerged out of the bushes that was on top of the hill. he was wearing brown overalls, and wearing a Brown bandana on top of his head, he had a long nose and was carrying a large pouch.
"hahahahahaha, I am Ussop leader of the invincible nation of pirates who rein over this island you stand before a living legend the most revered pirate who ever lived I am the great captain Ussop! surely you know that plotting an attack on this island means certain death, my army of 80 million super mean pirate soldiers will squash you like bugs!" the person said
"AWESOOOOOOOME!" Luffy yelled
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Cray said sweat dropping completely dumbfounded over Luffys reaction.
"You don't really expect us to believe that do you?!" Nami said
"Oh no she knows." Ussop said
"Yep now I know." Nami said
"Oh crap how could I be so dumb I just admitted I was lying, I'm so stupid." Ussop swaying around in fear.
"what you were Lying!?" Luffy yelled disappointed.
"Okay so maybe 80 million maybe an exaggeration but I still have a whole lot of men under my belt." Ussop said
Nami then took a good look at the flags that were waving right next to him.
"My guess is three." Nami said
Ahhh she knows!"
three kids then popped out of the bushes and they ran away dropping the flags they were holding.
"Hey Wait come back!" Ussop yelled at the kids
Cray then looked towards Luffys feet and noticed the projectiles that Ussop was shooting at Luffy. Cray picked it up.
"What is that?" Nami said
"A small metal ball." Cray said giving it to Nami.
"huh? these things are used for slingshots, I never thought I'd see the day a pirate use something like that for a weapon." Nami said blowing away the dirt that was on it.
"Ha thats pretty cool." Luffy said
"You shut your mouth Or i'll shut it for you I'm a proud man And I won't stand for it." Ussop said pulling out his slingshot, and readying it
"This is your last warning, Or you'll get to see why they call me...Proud Ussop and not Pushover Ussop, is that clear? you guys already seen how good i am with this thing so you know I can rival anyone carrying a pistol." Ussop said
Luffy then adjusted his Straw Hat.
"Now that you drawn your pistol are you willing...to use it." Luffy said
this Caught Ussop by Surprise.
"Guns aren;t for threats, there for actions, are you willing to risk your life." Luffy said.
Zoro and Cray knew what Luffy was doing so they decided to join in the conversation.
"I can assure you were real pirates, consider your next move very carefully." Zoro said
"And believe us, your not the first one to draw a deadly weapon towards us, so keep that in mind as well." Cray said standing his ground.
Ussop Still had he's slingshot Drawn struggling on what to do, he was sweating nervously. but after seeing what he was up against he slowly undrew his slingshot and let the metal ball fall to the ground. he then slumped to the ground.
"Uh real pirates defiantly have a lot more punch behind there words because they can actually back them up, that's so cool." Ussop said sadly
Luffy, Zoro and cray then started to Laugh slightly
" I stole those words." Luffy said
"Huh?" Ussop said
" I stole those words from red haired shanks a pirate I know." Luffy said
"What you know Red Haired Shanks!?" Ussop said
"Yep, I know your dad to its Yassop right?" Luffy said
Ussop was took by surprise and accidentally fell of the hill towards the three.
"Yeah, my old mans name is Yassop, but how in the world do you know him?" Ussop said
Suddenly Luffys Stomach started Growl.
"Ugh I'm hungry, hey Is there any place around here where I can get something to Eat?" Luffy said
...
(Back in town)
Ussop decided to bring the four of them to small restaurant that was in the village, While they were eating Luffy started to talk about Ussops dad.
"I emt your dad When I was jsut a little kid." Luffy said stuffing his face
"So your telling my dad really knows Shanks? "Ussop said
"Know him? When I met your dad he was part of Shanks Crew so they were probably pretty good friends." Luffy said
"I can't believe it my old man sailing the high seas with famous pirates." Ussop said
"I haven't heard from him in a while but i bet he's still with them, he was a heck of a sharpshooter...he use to go on and on about his son, I think I heard enough about you to make my ears bleed and let me tell you he was a great pirate." Luffy said
"yeah?! really?! I sure am proud of my old man, chose a life of real adventure." Ussop said
" Maybe you can help us, Do you know someone who could provide us with a descent ship or anyone with sailing experience?" Nami said
"Well its a pretty small village, I don't know if we'll be able to help." Ussop said
"What about that giant mansion on top of that hill, do you think they might be able to help us?" Cray said looking out the window
Ussop then had a nervous expression on his face.
"hey do you know them Ussop? with all that money surely they could help us get our boat." Nami said
You Stay away from there!...Er I mean i just remembered something i really got to do, everyone knows me in this place so eat as much as you want. Er Gotta go." Ussop yelled running out.
"that was weird, why did he run off like that?" Nami said
"The more better Question is what do we do now? without a proper ship we can kiss our trip to the Grandline goodbye." Cray said eating a piece of chicken
"Oh don't talk like that Cray, We'll figure something out..but until then lets just eat all of this yummy food." Luffy said stuffing his face.
Outside of the restaurant the three kids named Piiman, Tamanegi, and Ninjin from earlier were peeking through the window seeing the four Straw Hats.
"Are you Sure this is the place where they took him?" Piiman said
"Yes those terrible pirates dragged him inside and now its up to us to save our captian." Tamanegi said
"Right." Ninjin and Tamaengi said
All three of them took out there wooden swords.
"remember no Mercy." Piiman said raising his wooden sword
they barged into the restaurant.
" The Ussop Pirates have arrived." the three kids yelled out
The four of them looked and saw the three kids.
"Who are those kids?" Nami said
"Beats me." Zoro said
"I think these are the kids from the Beach that were holding those flags that you pointed out Nami, remember?" Cray said
"Oh yeah." Nami said
The three kids then went towards them.
"what have you done to our captain!?" the three kids yelled
Luffy then just got done eating his food.
"Agh man that was some really good meat." Luffy said rubbing his belly
"Meat!?, don;t tell me that he-" Piiman said shocked
Nami then looked at them and then started to hold a laugh.
"What did you do?" Ninjin said
you wanna know what happened to your captian...we Ate him." Zoro said giving them a dark stare.
"AHHHHH!" The three kids yelled looking at Nami
Why are you looking at me for!?" Nami yelled
"Cray, Zoro and Luffy then started to Laugh as the kids fell backwards in shock.
"You just had to say something stupid did you!?" Nami said
"don't worry you guys we were just kidding." Cray said
The three kids had a sigh of relief and slowly got up
"So does that mean you guys aren't going to eat us?" Piiman said
"Of course not, we maybe pirates but were not cannibals." Cray said
"Then What did you to do to our Captain Ussop!" Tamanegi said
"Nothing, he treated us with some food and then suddenly took off, your guess is as good as ours." Nami said
"Wait a minute? Ninjin what time is it?" Piiman said
"It almost close to noon...Oh wait doesn;t Ussop-" Ninjin said
"Yeah he's probably there." Pii man said
"Where?" Nami said
Piiman then pointed out the window at the Mansion.
Sometime later, the three kids led the Straw hats up the hill to the mansion to get a closer look.
"Whoah its huge!" Luffy said
"If our captain ran off at this hour he's probably here." Tamanegi said looking
"See there he is." Piiman said pointing at Ussop who was sitting on a tree branch outside talking to some girl in the mansion.
"What is he doing?" Luffy said
"He's lying." Ninjin said
"thats a bad thing." Nami said
"Hes not bad he's great!" Pii man said
"How is being a liar Great?" Cray said
"Kaya the girl who lives here, is weak and shes had depression ever since her parents died from an illness years ago, even though she has lots of money shes so sad so our captain tells her his special made up stories to make her laugh cause our captain the best at telling lies." Piiman said
"So thats helped her feel a little better?" Nami said
"Yes." Ninjin said
"Great, lets ask her for a ship." Luffy said
"Thats easier said then done Luffy, look at the front gate?" Cray said pointing at the guards.
"Getting in from the front is impossible." Piiman said
"Well then we'll just have to find another way." Luffy said climbing up the fence.
"Luffy what are you doing!?" Zoro yelled
"Gum Gum.." Luffy said pulling back with both of his arms.
"AHHHH his arms just Stretched!" the kids yelled in horror
PARDON!" Luffy yelled
"Luffy stop!" Nami yelled
Cray, Zoro, Nami and the three kids tried to hold him down.
"The Intrusion!" Luffy yelled
All seven of them were then Launched up high into the air.
...
"And so we escaped into the sky atop a gigantic slingshot ball." Ussop said finishing a story to Kaya.
"That was a really great story." Kaya said
as Kaya looked up she noticed 7 figures high in the sky.
"Ussop look." Kaya said pointing.
Ussop turned around and noticed the 7 figures coming down pretty fast.
"YAHOO!" Luffy yelled Crashing down into the ground along with the Zoro and Cray, While Nami and the three kids landed in a bush
"Uggggggggghhhhhh." Cray moaned in pain along with Zoro.
"That worked great." Luffy said
"IT DID NOT!" Nami yelled
"are you all all right." Kaya said
Ussop looked in shock realizing it was the pirates that he was with earlier.
"Yeah yeah there okay they're new recruits who heard all about me and want to join the Ussop Pirates." Ussop said
"Actually I'm here to ask a favor." Luffy said getting up.
"A favor?" Kaya said
"yeah we were wondering if you could give us a shi-"
You There! what are you doing!?
Luffy and the others looked and noticed a man who was wearing glasses and a black suit with two golden markings on it .
"Klahadore." Kaya said with concern.
"I don't appreciate you breaking in here without permission." Klahadore said adjusting his glasses.