Chapter 12: Good Night, Part 1

Okay, there may have been misunderstanding in the last chapter. Usopp was not trying to escape or hide. He really did get sent to deliver a package and got lost (Hey, it's a long walk and there's no road). There's nothing in the woods for him, particularly since there are guards and the camp is enclosed in an electric fence. I just put this notice up because one person who reviewed seemed to have misunderstood, but it's good that I've cleared that up now.
Now, as I was working on this chapter, I realized it was going to be long enough to cover three pages when I print it, so I split it into two parts.

Now, introducing Good Night, Part 1.
Disclaimer: If I owned One Piece, this wouldn't be a fanfic, would it? No, it would probably be a filler arc.Please review.

The time is 10:15. Nami had been waiting all day to talk to Usopp, and as she was walking down the pathway, there he was. She ran up to him.

"There you are, Usopp! I've been waiting to talk to you since lunch!"

Usopp kept walking with a bummed expression on his face and said, "Is this urgent? I'm not really in the mood to talk right now."

Nami started walking with him, "Is it because of that lunch incident? You should just shake it off."

Usopp replied, "That's not all. Right before dinner, one of the overseers told me to deliver something to Grim Kraken's office, and I got lost in the woods."

"Oh."

The two of them just kept walking.

"Well, I just thought you might be lonely, but if you don't want to talk, I'll leave right now."

"Yeah, that would be nice."

Then Nami walked away, and came back. "Where do the slaves sleep, anyway?".

All eyelids halfway closed, three bodies were layed in a circle.

"We need to get out of here" said Zoro.

"And how do we do that?" replied Sanji.

Luffy said nothing.

"...Damn fuckin' straitjackets!" yelled Zoro. "If only we were out, we could break the door down! Luffy! Do something!"

"Huh?" replied Luffy. "What do you want me to do?"

"I don't know!" answered Zoro. "But you can stretch your neck out, so do something!"

"Hmmmm..."

It was silent for a few minutes.

"Hey, I have an idea." said Luffy.

"You do?" Sani and Zoro replied at the same time.

"Gomu Gomu no Balloon!" Luffy began breathing in, but it was only a few seconds later when he had to blow all the air back out.

"Dammit, I can't get big because of this jacket!"

"Wait," said Sanji. "Keep doing that."

"Okay," Luffy replied. "Gomu Gomu no Balloon!"

"Do you think he might actually get out by doing that?" asked Zoro.

"Maybe," said Sanji. "I just like this breeze he's making."

Usopp lied down on one of the lower bunk beds in the cabin. He had split up with Nami since the men and women had different cabins. There were four men cabins and four women cabins. Usopp didn't meet any of the people in this cabin yet, except when he asked the overseer where he slept. He didn't really care about meeting any of theother peopleright now. After a miserable day, he just wanted to rest. Then he sees a pair of eyes peeking from the bed above him.

For a few seconds, Usopp just looked at the boy's eyes, and they stared back.

"I'm new here." said Usopp. The boy just kept staring, although his eyes slightly narrowed a bit.

"My name is Usopp". No change in the other boy's expression.

It was quiet for a few more seconds.

Then the boy poked his head out and said, "You might want to brush your teeth before you sleep." Judging by his face and voice, he seemed to have just started his teenage years.

"Yeah well, I don't have any toothpaste,"Usopp replied.

Then an overseer came over with a small sack, handed it to Usopp, and said, "Here are your night supplies. Almost forgot to give them to you."

Usopp looked inside the sack. There was a set of pajamas, a towel, a bar of soap, a toothbrush, and a tube of toothpaste. Glancing back at the boy, he said, "Well, then, I'd better brush my teeth and change into these pajamas now, don't I?"

The boy just lied down on his bed.

What's with him? thought Usopp.