On the way home, Lucci continued to talk to Usopp and Sekhmet.

As they walked back to Galley-La, Sekhmet said, "You know, I'm going to be a big sister soon."

"Oh yeah, I keep forgetting that Kaku is expecting. I can never tell because he always wears that jacket," Usopp said.

"Wait, Kaku is expecting? How is that possible?" Lucci asked.

"He's a bearer," Sekhmet stated. "Why do you think my dad, Jabra, was ticked off when you nearly drove your car into Kaku?"

"I thought they were good friends," Lucci admitted.

"Well, they're more than friends. In fact, they're married. They had me first, and then 16 years later, there's going to be a new kid in the town," Sekhmet explained.

"16 years later? How could Kaku have had you 16 years ago? He looks young," Lucci said.

Sekhmet laughed and said, "He does look young doesn't he. Some people assume he's 25 or something, but he's actually only a year younger than my dad, who's 37. Strange how someone looks so young when they're so old."

"Sekhmet, don't call your parents old," Usopp said.

"So, if you call Jabra dad, what do you refer Kaku as? Dad #2?" Lucci asked, curious.

"Promise you won't die of laughter," Sekhmet said.

"Um…I promise?" Lucci said, confused.

"I call him mum sometimes, but not when he's around. He hates it," Sekhmet said. "My dad doesn't like it when I call him mum either. I only refer him as mum when I'm around friends."

"Okay, hey Usopp where are your parents?" Lucci asked.

"Well, my dad left town after people stopped coming to it, and my mother…" Usopp said, getting a sad expression.

"Oh, I'm sorry I brought it up," Lucci said apologetically.

"Don't worry; I get that question all the time. I just hate it when I have to answer," Usopp said.

"It was the only way to keep Child Services from taking him away at the time," Sekhmet explained.

"So, how old were you when you lost your parents?" Lucci asked.

"Um…4, I think. Sekhmet was only 1 when that happened," Usopp stated.

"So, if your parents weren't around anymore, who took care of you?" Lucci asked. "Basically everyone around. Robin and Franky, who were 15 and 21 at the time, were like my older siblings. Kokoro was pretty nice to me too, and also Paulie and Iceberg," Usopp said with a smile. "Everyone in this town is like a big family. Even Luffy."

"Who is also a bearer," Sekhmet added.

"Luffy is a bearer too? Interesting," Lucci said.

At the Foosha Motel, Luffy was sitting at a desk, looking at some papers, when he heard voices. "Customers?" he said. He went outside to see Usopp, Sekhmet and Lucci coming up the road. Usopp and Sekhmet were sitting in the motorbike and Lucci was back to walking alongside them.

"Now, again, don't tell anyone of this," Usopp said.

"Yeah, you don't want to get disowned from this big family you have," Lucci said smartly.

"Hahaha," Sekhmet laughed.

"Cute, cute joke," Usopp said sarcastically.

"Hey, can we look for the ghost light tomorrow?" Sekhmet asked.

"Sure!" Usopp exclaimed.

"I can't wait," Lucci said sarcastically.

"Wow, you got to admit, that was fun!" Usopp exclaimed.

"Oh yeah…yeah," Lucci said.

"Well, we better get you locked up in the impound lot. Your car is already there," Usopp said.

"Actually, Luffy's letting me say at the motel," Lucci stated.

"Oh, getting cozy at the motel, are we?" Usopp said.

"Oh, come...No. No, are you kidding? Besides, he can't stand me. And I don't like him, to be honest," Lucci said.

"Yeah, maybe you're right," Usopp said.

Then, Sekhmet looked in a random direction and said, "Look, there's Luffy."

"Where?" Lucci asked.

Usopp and Sekhmet then burst out laughing. "You're in love with Luffy!" Sekhmet exclaimed.

"No, I'm not," Lucci said.

"Yes you are!" Usopp said.

"No way."

"Way."

"You're in love with Luffy! You're in love with Luffy!" Usopp and Sekhmet sang as they started to drive the motorcycle backwards.

"Wow, that's really mature, you two. Really grown up," Lucci groaned.

"You love him. You love him. You love him. You love him. You love him. You love him. You love him." Usopp and Sekhmet repeated.

"Alright, Ok," Lucci said. "Will you stop that?"

"Stop what?" Usopp and Sekhmet asked, confused.

"That driving backwards thing. It's freaking me out. You're going to wreck or something," Lucci explained. "How can you do that on a motorbike?"

"Oh, this isn't just an ordinary motorcycle. It's kind of a combination of a motorbike and a car. You can drive forwards and backwards on it," Usopp explained. "And as for wreaking? I can't wreck. I'm the world's greatest backwards driver. Just watch this, lover boy."

Usopp then revved the engine for his motorbike and started to drive very fast backwards. "Woo-hoo!" Usopp shouted as he drove backwards toward the motel.

"What are you-watch out!" Lucci shouted.

Usopp drove around each motel building perfectly, avoiding crashing into each building.

"Usopp! Sekhmet!" Lucci hollered.

"Woo! Hahaha!" Sekhmet laughed.

Luffy watched his friends from the window do their little trick. "Shishishi," he laughed.

Then, Usopp drove the bike out onto the dirt, and started to spin around in circles very fast.

"Hey! Take it easy, you two!" Lucci shouted.

"Whoooooooaaaaaa!" Usopp and Sekhmet screamed.

When they stopped, they drove backwards into a small acre of trees and eventually, Lucci saw the bike fly into the air backwards in front of the moon.

Lucci laughed, "They're nuts."

Then, Usopp and Sekhmet came driving back towards them as Usopp said, "Don't need to look where we're going." The bike turned around to face Lucci and stopped. "Just need to know where we've been," Usopp finished.

"Whoa, that was incredible. How do you do that?" Lucci had to know.

"Rearview mirrors," Usopp stated, pointing at the mirrors on the bike. "We'll put some on your car and I could teach you if you want," Usopp explained.

"Maybe I'll use it in my big race," Lucci said.

"What's so important about this big race of yours, anyway?" Sekhmet asked, curious.

"It's not just a race. We're talking about the Grand Line Cup," Lucci said. "I've been dreaming about it my whole life! I'll be the first rookie in history ever to win it. And when I do, we're talking big new sponsor, with private helicopters. No more medicated face ointment. No more acne scarred people-."

"What's wrong with people with acne scars?" Sekhmet asked.

Lucci looked at Sekhmet to see that the girl had a few acne scars along her hairline and near her ears. Why hadn't Lucci noticed that before?

"I'm not talking about you, I mean other people with acne scars. Not like you, I like you," Lucci said, before Sekhmet became offended.

"Ah, its okay, Luc. Hey, do you think maybe one day I can ride in one of them helicopters? Because I've always wanted to ride in one of them fancy helicopters," Sekhmet asked.

"Yeah, yeah, sure," Lucci said.

"You mean it?" Sekhmet said.

"Oh, yeah. Anything you say," Lucci said.

"I knew it, I knew we made a good choice," Sekhmet said as she nodded at Usopp who nodded back.

"In what?" Lucci asked, confused.

"Our best friend," Usopp and Sekhmet said simultaneously.

Lucci looked at the teens for a few seconds, surprised, until he smiled at them. The two friends smiled back. Then, Usopp revved the engine for the motorbike and started to drive backwards back to where he lived and Sekhmet walked to her home.

"See you tomorrow, buddy!" Usopp hollered.

"Lucci and Luffy sitting in a tree, K-I-S something-something-something-g!" Sekhmet sang.

Lucci did a small laugh and looked around at the motels, until he spotted #1. He was about to walk normal there until he decided to turn around and walk backwards. Luffy watched him as he did so. "#1…#1…ah, #1," Lucci said as he opened the door into the motel and saw the room. "Huh, this is nice?" he said.

"Hey Lucci," Luffy said, coming up behind Lucci, making Lucci jump, "AH!"making Luffy jump. "Huh!"

Lucci turned around to see Luffy. "Wohho, you scared me. You got to be careful," Lucci said, breathing heavily due to the sudden scare.

"I scared myself scaring you scaring me," Luffy said, laughing.

"Of course, I wasn't like 'scared' scared," Lucci added.

"No, of course not…I overheard you talking to Usopp and Sekhmet," Luffy said.

Lucci got a nervous expression on his face. Did Luffy hear Usopp and Sekhmet teasing him about him having a crush on Luffy? "When? Just now? What, what did, what did you hear?" Lucci stammered.

"Oh, just something about a helicopter ride," Luffy said.

"Oh, yeah, Sekhmet got a kick out of that one, didn't she?" Lucci said.

"Did you mean it?" Luffy asked.

"Pardon?" Lucci asked, confused.

"That you'll get Sekhmet and Usopp a ride," Luffy stated.

"Oh, who knows? I mean, first I got to get out of her and make the race," Lucci said.

Luffy was silent for a few moments before he said, "You know…Sekhmet and Usopp trust you."

Lucci got a surprised expression and said, "Yeah, ok."

"Did you mean that?" Luffy asked.

"What?" Lucci asked.

"Was it just a 'yeah, ok', or 'yeah…ok', or a 'yea-yeah, ok'?" Luffy asked. The boy was worried Lucci might let Usopp and Sekhmet down.

"Look, I'm exhausted, it's been kind of a long day," Lucci said.

"Yeah, ok. Good night," Luffy said, walking back to his office.

Lucci was about to shut the door to his motel room when he said, "Hey, thank you."

Luffy turned around and asked, "What did you just say?"

"You know, thanks for letting me stay here. It's nice to be out of the impound cell, and this is... It's great. Newly refurbished, right?" Lucci said.

"Yeah," Luffy said with a smile.

"Good night," Lucci said.

"Good night," Luffy replied as he headed back to his office.

Lucci shut the door to his room and went to bed.

Well, I added another extra scene for this story, explaining a bit about Usopp and Sekhmet. And then we got back on script.

I own Sekhmet

Oda-san owns One Piece

Disney Pixar owns Cars

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