A/N: sorry, I meant to get this done a week ago... anyways, just here to say the next update will be the traditional update day of August 12th... which is this upcoming Sunday... so yeah... enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 216: Usopp… Quits

After all that happened with Usopp. Everyone was worried. Sure they got their revenge but Usopp was an extremely bad shape.

Kiba sighed as he waited for news.

"You're worried about him, aren't you?" asked Gaara.

"He can be annoying sometimes, but he's still my brother." Said Kiba as he petted Akamaru.

"I see…" said Gaara.

"Hey! Usopp's awake." Said Chopper.

They went to see Usopp who immediately began to cry about he lost the money.

"Usopp… the money doesn't matter." Said Luffy.

"But…" cried Usopp.

"For one thing, Gaara's our bank and if we need more money we can just ask him." Said Nami.

"What?" asked Gaara.

"It's true." Pointed out Naruto.

Gaara rolled his eyes.

"Look right now it doesn't matter you're alive aren't you?" asked Kiba.

Usopp sighed when he said that.

"So we'll be able to save Merry?" asked Usopp.

"Actually." Said Luffy with a bit of a smile, "I've decided to switch ships. We a lot to Going Merry but this is as far as she'll go."

Usopp was stunned… he couldn't believe it.

"I've been looking at ships and we can get an even bigger one which is good since the ship is pretty crowded."

"Wait… wait… you have to be kidding, right?" asked Usopp.

There was a silence.

"But I thought we had enough money to repair her." Said Usopp shaking.

"We do!" said Luffy.

"Then why are we changing ships!" yelled Usopp, "Be honest."

Luffy was about to yell something out when Isaribi grabbed him and said, "The ship can't be repaired, I saw the damage myself."

What?" asked Usopp.

"It's true the ship can't be fixed." Said Luffy as Isaribi let go of him, "We have to switch ships."

Usopp was frozen as he complicated what was just told to him.

"But we're not the ship right now." Said Usopp.

"It's going to sink soon." Said Kiba.

"What?" asked Usopp.

Usopp began to shake.

"Just because a bunch of supposedly first rate shipwrights told you it's going to sink you just believe them!" yelled Usopp.

"I said I saw the damage myself." Said Isaribi.

"What would you know about building ships?" asked Usopp.

Isaribi gritted her teeth, "I don't want to talk about it…" she mumbled.

"Oh I see." Muttered Usopp, "You're going to also trust the one who used to sink ships."

Isaribi froze when he said that.

"Calm down Usopp!" yelled Luffy.

He looked at Isaribi who looked like she was about to cry.

"I'm sorry." He said, "Here's this I'll fix the ship, I'll by the lumber and it will be as a good as new!"

"You're not a carpenter." Said Luffy.

"That's true! But they just brush people off. It's someone else ship…" said Usopp, "They'll write it off with a second thought and…"

"Look this was a hard decision." Said Luffy, "I still care about the Going Merry."

"Then why are you abandon her?" asked Usopp.

"I didn't want to!" yelled Luffy getting upset again, "But I had no choice!"

"I can't turn my back on an injured comrade on this sea!" yelled Usopp.

"Don't compare Merry to a Human." Said Luffy.

"She has an inner strength that lets go on to live! But knowing you probably can't wait for the new ship! I bet you don't even care."

This was the straw that broke the camel's back for Luffy.

"Cut the crap!" yelled Luffy, "You think you're the only one taking this hard!"

"Then there's no way you'd abandoned her." Said Usopp.

"All right then if you don't like my decision then you can just…"

However Luffy wasn't able to finish that sentence as Naruto grabbed his brother.

"We all need to calm down now." Said Naruto.

"Please Luffy… don't say it…" said Hinata.

"Why shouldn't he?" asked Usopp, "That's how he really feels!"

"Hey!" yelled Luffy.

"If you're just getting rid of one weak crewmate after the other then I should leave!" yelled Usopp, "I couldn't even guard the money! And…"

"IS this what this is about!" yelled Kiba, "Because you're weaker than everyone else!"

Usopp remained silent.

"You're just taking pitty on yourself because of what happened today and what's been going on! Have you ever tried to get stronger?" asked Kiba, "Have tried to obtain new skills? Have you tired new moves beyond creating new bullets? No! THEN SHUT THE HELL UP AND LEAVE"

"I was planning on to." Said Usopp.

"As long as I'm concerned, I don't have a brother." Said Kiba.

Usopp's eyes winded, but remained silent about it.

"I'm quitting this crew." Said Usopp.

"WHAT!" yelled Nami.

"Please don't leave!" yelled Chopper.

"Let him go…" muttered Kiba.

"I can't follow you anymore. Sorry to be such a burden. However you're still captain and the ship belongs to you. So fight me for it. If I win I'm taking Going Merry." Said Usopp

There was a silence.

"Monkey D. Luffy! Fight me!" yelled Usopp.

There was another silence.

"I will come back here at 10 o'clock, we'll duke it out with the fate of the Going Merry at stake" said Usopp, "It's all over between you and me."

Sometime later Naruto and Hinata were talking to Kiba.

"You didn't mean that, did you?" asked Naruto.

"I'm tired of HIM." Said Kiba, "He's nothing nut a braggart who sinks away when the going gets tough. On the other hand me and Akamaru have been working our butts off with a new move… I don't see him doing that."

Naruto sighed…

"Okay… we'll stop bothering you." Said Hinata.

Outside on the deck, Isaribi sighed.

"What's wrong?" asked Gaara.

She looked at up at him.

"I know he didn't mean it… but he's right… the only reason I can understand the damage because I did the same damage to other ships." Sighed Isaribi.

"Don't let it get to you." Said Gaara, "It could be worse."

"How so?" asked Isaribi.

Gaara remained silent as Isaribi realized what he meant.

"We all did things we're not proud of." Said Gaara.

"We did." Sighed Isaribi.

Inside the galley they heard Zoro and Sanji fighting.

"If you fought the Franky Family why didn't you crush them!" yelled Sanji.

"Oh really why didn't you help by staying on board!" yelled Zoro.

That was when Sakura lifted the two by their collars.

"Stop fighting!" yelled Sakura.

Both glared at the pink head.

"We don't need fighting right now." Said Sakura as she dropped the two.

"We still need to find Robin." Said Naruto entering the galley with Hinata.

That was when Nami came into the Galley.

"He won't budge." Sighed Nami.

"Of course not. Usopp's being irrational about the ship." Said Naruto.

"Even if Luffy could talk to him, Usopp wouldn't listen." Said Ino.

"And it doesn't help he smiled when he announced it." Said Sasuke.

They looked at Sasuke.

"None of you noticed it?" asked Sasuke.

"I did." Said Kyubi.

Naruto sighed.

That was when Chopper came into the Galley, crying.

"What's wrong?" asked Sakura.

"I went after Usopp… since he need his wounds treated…" cried Chopper, "But he told me that he and I weren't crewmates anymore and I should go back to ship."

Sakura hugged him, "Don't worry, everything is going to all right."

Chopper began to blush.

The crew remained silent until 10 o'clock.

They knew that whoever won the fight… nothing would ever be the same again…

Next Time: Usopp and Luffy's dual begins! Will Usopp defeat his now former captain and claim the ship or will Luffy defeat him like his other opponents? What will happen? Find out next time!