News About Usopp
Chapter 1
It was an unusual morning in the Syrup Village. Normally the village's troublemaker Usopp would had run across the village, shouting that pirates were coming. After this he would reveal that it was just a lie and then angry villagers would chase after him. But there were no sign of Usopp this morning. What could had made him skip his every morning commotion?
"Pirates are coming!"
Most of villagers frowned in confusion. That was exactly what Usopp shouted every morning but it wasn't his voice. Actually there were three voices and they belonged to much younger boys.
"Pirates are coming!"
Villagers glanced out to notice that the commotion was caused by Piiman, Ninjin and Tamanegi, boys who were always playing with Usopp.
"Pirates are coming!"
"Stop that!" shopkeeper Brett shouted at a door of a shop. "Why are you shouting and where's that lying brat?"
Boys stopped and stood still as the villagers began surrounding them.
"What should we do now?" Ninjin asked from his friends.
"Captain always ran away after shouting," Tamanegi recalled.
"No, after shouting Captain always told villagers that he was just lying. Only after that he ran away," Piiman knew.
Boys turned to face villagers and shouted in unision: "We were just lying!"
"We know!" fisherman Joe snarled. "But where's that brat? We have waited hours for him."
The boys glanced at each others. This didn't go as planned. But since they had got villagers' attention, they decided to tell their news.
"Captain isn't here anymore," Piiman told.
"He told us that he has decided to become a pirate," Ninjin explained.
"He left this morning," Tamanegi said.
Villagers stared at the boys with sceptical expressions.
"Do you really think that we would believe that?" bartender Matthew asked with bored expression.
"That's as ridiculous as Usopp's lie yesterday," woodcutter Hugh snorted.
"This is one of his many lies, right?" Joe asked.
Boys couldn't believe what they were hearing. Nobody believed them!
"But it's true!" Ninjin shouted.
"Yeah! Captain became the pirate this morning and sailed away," Piiman and Tamanegi shouted but to their frustration, villagers looked still sceptical.
"It's true," a soft voice said.
Everybody turned towards the direction of voice and noticed Kaya and her servant Merry walking to them.
"Kaya-san?"
"Are you feeling better?" cobbler Toby asked from her.
"You still seems to be a little bit pale. Shouldn't you be resting?" seamstress Liane asked with worried expression.
"I'm feeling better, thank you for asking," Kaya answered with a friendly smile. "But that what boys told about Usopp-san is true. He really has become the pirate and left. Merry and I were seeing him off short time ago."
Villagers went silent and stared speechlessly at Kaya, Merry and the boys. Then...
"Is he out of his mind?!" Brett shouted.
"I knew that boy was a similar dreamer like his father but I wasn't excepting him to do the same mistake," pharmacist Andrew sighed.
"Why must he did something that stupid? And all alone?" Brett's wife Millie asked.
"He didn't leave alone," Kaya told. "He befriended with three youths who arrived here yesterday and became their comrade."
"You mean those three who were eating in the restaurant?" cook Helen asked with shocked expression as she remembered a straw hat wearing boy with huge appetite, orange haired girl and green haired young man with three swords. "But they were so young! They couldn't be pirates!"
Villagers started to mutter with each other.
"What's wrong with kids these days?" baker Kelvin asked.
"In the old times people used to disapprove the idea of becoming a pirate but nowadays they become criminals without further thinking," Brett snarled.
"Everything is that Roger's fault. He filled people's minds with his speech about his treasure and encouraged them to become pirates," Joe said.
"I'm sure that Usopp-kun had thought this thoroughly before he made his decision," Merry said with a smile. "Who knows, maybe someday he will become a famous pirate."
Villagers stared scpetically at Merry, which annoyed boys.
"Don't look like that!" Piiman snapped.
"Captain's friends are very strong and Captain himself is amazing shooter!" Tamanegi shouted.
"Our captain can make lies into reality!" Ninjin informed.
But villagers were already leaving, going back to their morning routines.
"I really hope that Usopp remembered to take enough clothes with him," Millie said with worried expression.
"It's going to be much quieter here now that he's gone," Matthew sighed.
"Dear, we need to get an alarm clock now," Kelvin's wife Macy said to her husband.
Kaya, Merry and the boys watched as villagers scattered. The boys seemed still upset.
"Unbelievable! Captain became the pirate and this is their reaction?" Piiman snorted.
"I excepted them to burst into tears," Tamanegi said with disappointed expression.
"Looks like they don't understand Captain's dream," Ninjin said.
"Don't worry," Kaya said to the boys with a smile. "I believe that villagers will respect his decision little bit more when Usopp-san become a brave warrior of sea."
The boys were visibly cheered up by Kaya's words but then Ninjin asked: "By the way, Kaya-san... What are you going to tell to villagers about Kuro? We promised to Captain that we won't tell them about that pirate attack."
"I'm not sure what should I tell them yet," Kaya said after thinking for a while. Then she smiled. "But looks like I need to do just like Usopp-san and make a good lie."
"We can help you," Tamanegi promised.
"Yeah. Captain teached us to lie, so we can teach you lie fluently too," Piiman said.
Kaya laughed softly and Merry looked at boys with half-disapproving, half-amused expression.
To be continue...