I am so sorry this took so long. I have been really busy for a while now, and I just got another computer.
I do not own One Piece.
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"Usopp?" I heard him ask hesitantly, peeking through a small crack in the door. I tense slightly, not wanting to to turn around and face him. Not wanting to face this man that I had met when I still lived with master...not this man who is, apparently, my father.
Sighing softly, I turn around as I hear the door close. I glance up at him quickly, noticing the pained look in his eyes, before averting my eyes back the the floor.
"It really is you, isn't Usopp?" He asks with a shaky laugh. "It is so obvious. You look a lot like your mother...Even back then I thought there was a strong resemblance. But...I thought that there was no way that it was you. That there was no way you were anywhere but Syrup, taking care of Banchina." I watch in shock as he covers his eyes with his hand as his whole body begins to shake. I open my mouth to say something, anything really, but nothing came out but a strangled sob, making his raise his head and look at me.
"How? How did this happen? How long have you been away from Syrup?" He asks softly, taking a couple of steps toward me. I back up a little, wringing my hands together.
Taking a deep breath, I begin telling him about mom getting sick and the pirates who had promised to help her. I was hesitant to tell him anything, but once I got started, I just couldn't seem to stop. I ended up telling him everything that had happened to me during the past few years. By the time I am finished, we are both crying, though I am a little louder than he is.
I squeeze my eyes shut as the silence stretches on. I begin to get nervous that I had said to much and that he would want nothing to do with me anymore when he finally speaks.
"I am so sorry, Usopp. I should have realized. I should have saved you. I should have checked on you and your mother...I should have never left in the first place." he whispers, walking towards me. "If I had been a better father. If I stayed to take care of you, this would never had happened. You wouldn't have had to suffer for so long. You wouldn't have had to endure any of this...and Banchina. Oh, Banchina. I should have been there for her. I should have been at her side through the whole thing. I should have been there for you after she...after she passed."
I stand frozen in place as he wraps his arms around me and pulls me into a tight hug, as he begins sobbing loudly. I tense slightly before relaxing, and sobbing just as loudly.