Everyday Life with the Straw Hats
Author's notes: I'm finally back off my long hiatus, been busy with a lot of school and family-related things the last couple of months. But I'm hoping to get out more chapters on a regular basis. I really means a lot to me that so many of my readers have still been sticking around with my story even though I have had a bad habit of posting irregularly. I know there have been some people asking for me to make my chapters longer, but unfortunately that is just not my style of writing. I do better at writing shorter chapters that focus on 1 or 2 plot points at a time. I've tried writing long chapters before in other stories, but it becomes hard for me to keep track of everything. And again, I'm hoping to upload more to compensate for short chapters. Thanks again for everyone's continuous support!
Mariejois arc: part 15: Usopp the brave!
As Usopp was walking through the streets to check on the thousand sunny, he heard shouting and the sound of various sounds of wood and metal banging against each other. "What on earth could that sound be? I better pick up the pace." Usopp began to break into a run to reach the ship. Once the ship was insight, he saw a group of thugs smashing metal pipes and crowbars against the side of the thousand sunny. They were none other than the Street badgers that Luffy and Miia encountered before.
"Hey! Leave that ship alone! Do you guys have a form of decency? You lowly punks!" Usopp shouted in rage. Usopp already had to endure losing the Going Marry, he wasn't going to let them damage the Thousand Sunny.
The thugs turned to face Usopp and started laughing at the sight of Usopp's nose. "What the hell is wrong with this guy, he looks like freaking Pinocchio! Let's see if that nose grows the more we pound him." The leader stated. They began to approach Usopp menacingly. Usopp knew he would have no trouble taking these guys on, he's dealt with much tougher opponents before. Usopp loaded his slingshot with a small pouch of marbles and launched them right at their feet. "Special attack: Rolling pain!" Usopp shouted as the sack of marbles burst open at their feet. Two of them moved swiftly out of the way, looking more confused than anything. The third one slipped completely on the marbles and fell face first on the pavement and busted his jawbone. Needless to say, he was out for the count.
"Damn it! You are gonna die now, flute-nose!" the third one took out a short knife and went full on running while shouting a battle cry. Usopp took advantage of his mouth being wide open and shot his signature Tabasco star right into his mouth. The guy started to tear up and cough, begging for water. Usopp grabbed one of his pocket hammers and chucked it right at his face while he was distracted by the heat in his mouth. The hammer had smashed him into a couple of crates behind them. it was down to just Usopp and the leader.
"You think you're a tough guy? Huh! Is that it?! I won't lose another fight to some random newbie on the street. You hear me?! I'm the king of the street badgers!" the leader grabbed a gun from his back pocket and pointed it right at Usopp. Usopp didn't have enough time to load in another shot into his slingshot. "I'm taking you out right here right now, got that?" he hissed at Usopp with sheer hatred. But as he started to pull the trigger, he got hit by something that neither Usopp or the thug could see. Before anyone knew what happened, the thug was pinned against a wall, covered in what looked to be some sort of sticky webbing. Usopp walked up to approach the substance, Usopp heard light footsteps behind him, when he turned around to see who is was. He was quite surprised to see a women with short light-purple hair, a nice figure to say the least, but most noteworthy was her spider-like lower body.