At a stone by the shore on a island, there was sitting a really reindeer looking out on the blue ocean. The weather was perfect, perfect blue sky, perfectly blue ocean. But none of that mattered to the young doctor, he was crying his eyes out. "Usopp." Chopper sniffed as tears ran down his eyes. "Why.. Why Usopp?" he asked in a hiccup, so busy was he crying, that he didn't even notice the shadow, silently sneaking up on him. Chopper didn't realise at all.. before a voice started calling out, a horrible voice that sounded hoars, hollow and echoe. "Chooppeeer.. Chooooppeeer…. CHOOOOPPEEEEERRRRR."

"ARGH!" Chopper jumped up in a frightening scream as his fur stood straight up all over his body. "Who's there?" he asked staring all around him with big wide-eyes… except right behind him.

"It is I! Usopp!" The hollow voice spoke in a deep dark tone.

"ARGH! USOPP!" Chopper screamed, suddenly recognising the voice. "Are you… are you a ghost?" he asked a little frightened.

"YES, I am the ghost who has come to punish you for all your miss-deeds." Usopp's voice hauled.

"NOOOOO!" Chopper exclaimed then fell down on his knees as he sniffed. "All-right. You gave your life for mine Usopp, what-ever punishment you see fit, I'll take it, for your sake." Chopper looked up with tears in his eyes. "What-ever I can do to give you peace Usopp! I'll do it! I promise!"

"There is only one punishment fitting for this, it is a dreaded and scary punishment, even the great admirals whom cheated on their men, had to endure it, and so many was driven insane in hell by this punishment I shall now have to bestow on you." Usopp's voice whispered.

Chopper swallowed then fell over resting on his stone on his fore hooves. "Okay, that's fine." He told.

"Are you ready for this punishment?" Usopp's voice asked.

"Hai." Chopper answered squinting his eyes close.

"All-right, this will hurt my soul deeply." Usopp's voice told. "The punishment I shall now bestow on you is…. TICKLING!" And by that last word Chopper was attacked by some-thing that felt way to solid to be any ghost, some-thing big and strong, that now tickled Chopper all over his tiny furry body, making Chopper screamed in sheer laughter as tears rolled down his hairs.

"Stop, STOP IT!" Chopper cried in laughter. "I can't take it! I can't, I can't!" he laughed as the thing kept tickling him all over the body.

"Oh Chopper." A person laughed wiping away a tear. "You are so naïve some-times." He grinned ruffling up Choppers fur before he sat back. "What miss-deeds have you ever done?" he asked in a wink.

"Huh?" Chopper looked up, then he looked up and his eyes widened. It was Usopp! And he looked incredible well and happy for a ghost. For some moments Chopper just starred at Usopp, before carefully stepped forward, and then as if Usopp was some kind of an abnormality, tried to poke Usopp's arm, just slightly poking it, then again, the over and over. "You seem very solid for a ghost." Chopper pointed out as he kept on poking Usopp's arm.

Usopp laughed. "That's because I am not a ghost baka." Usopp laughed pulling down Chopper's hat so the reindeer couldn't see. "I'm not a devil fruit user remember, I was able to swim to shore and lend a boat to get back to the sunnys next destination, my row-boat is right over there." He pointed to his left, where true enough, there was a row boat, and then Usopp laughed.

Quietly Chopper pulled up his hat, then looked up at Usopp with big eyes and then he brightened up. "Huh..USOPP YOUR ALIVE!" Chopper laughed jumping up embracing Usopp's neck. "I knew you would be! You would have to be! Usopp! Usopp!" he laughed clinging to Usopp's neck.. almost choking the young man.

"Easy Chopper, I sure am happy to see you to." Usopp assured as he choked. "I would also love to be alive long enough to see the others again." He stated as his head was turning blue.

"OH!" Chopper exclaimed as he loosened his grip and Usopp gaped for air.

"Much better." Usopp grinned. "Care for a ride back to the sunny?" he asked.

"YAY!" Chopper exclaimed as Usopp firmly placed the little reindeer on his shoulders where Chopper could grab his head, and then holding Choppers feet's closely, Usopp started running as both of them yelled together.

"GUYS! GUYS! EVERY-BODY COME QUICK! IT'S USOPP!"

As the ship came into sight, so did the two people on watch duty, Zoro sleeping up against a tree and Nami sitting on a beach chair, looking a little sad and thoughtful, though by Usopp's and Choppers call she slowly raised her head and looked towards them, then her eyes widened and she screamed. "USOPP!" Nami exclaimed as she sprung up from the chair and ran to meet him. "YOU'RE OKAY!" Nami exclaimed and then embraced him in a big hug hopping up and down. "YAY!"

"Oi Oi Nami, what kind of a man of the sea would I be if I couldn't stand a bit of swimming?" Usopp asked as Nami finally let go of him.

"We were under a storm you idiot!" Nami hissed hitting Usopp over the head. "What were you thinking?" she asked.

"Look, I can swim, Chopper couldn't, it was an easy choice." Usopp muttered rubbing his sore head after Nami's hit.

"So you really did just swim to shore?" Nami asked.

"Yeah." Usopp muttered rubbing his head. "I ended on another island, and you'll never guess whom I ran into there." He told looking up.

"Who?" Both Nami and Chopper asked.

"The crew of red-haired Shanks." Usopp told. "And my dad."

Wide-eyed Nami looked at him as Chopper yelled from his back. "WOW!"

Nami blinked, then shook her head. "Liar." She stated.

"IT'S NOT A LIE!" Usopp exclaimed. "I've just met and said goodbye to my dad I have never seen before, in just one day, why would I lie about any-thing like that?" he asked swinging with his arms.

Nami blushed deeply as she embarrassed looked down. "Sorry." She muttered. "That just sounded so unbelievable.. how.. how was it?" Nami asked looking up at Usopp. "Meeting him and all of that."

"It was…" Usopp hesitated. "Strange, and nothing like I could have ever imagined." He told taking Chopper of his back to then put the reindeer down on the ground in front of him. "But also great, amazingly great in fact, better than what I could have imagined!" He smiled. "To bad I had to leave so quick."

"How quick?" Nami asked.

"As soon as I was rested and nourished, then Shanks lend me one of his life-boats and I hurried here." Usopp told. "I just had to make sure that I would arrive before you all left."

"Baka you didn't have to hurry so much." Nami sighed as she shook her head. "We had all-ready decided to give you three weeks to get to this island before we sailed on."

"Hh well then, I can just leave." Usopp stated turning around.

"HEY!" Nami exclaimed.

And Usopp turned his head as he smiled. "Nami, it was a joke." He told turning around again. "I would have hurried back as fast as I could any-way, I wouldn't want you to worry longer than necessary." He told in a grin.

"You're such an idiot." Nami pouted.

"So, where are all the others?" Usopp asked looking around.

"Looking for supplies." Nami exhaled. "It would take for-ever to find them, they should be back soon on their own."

"Oh well." Usopp shrugged as he found two new beach chairs close to the ship. "I think Zoro might have the right idea, I'm exhausted." Usopp yawned putting up beach chairs for himself and Chopper next to Namis.

"You're exhausted!?" Nami exclaimed. "We have all spend days worrying sick about you baka!" she hissed.

"And I did my best so you wouldn't have to for long." Usopp yawned laying down in the shadow. "Which meant rowing sins sun-rise this very day, which means." He glanced towards the setting sun in front of him. "All day, I'm beat." He mumbled closing his eyes.

Nami exhaled. "When you are to tired to even lie about your big adventures, or tell how you beat a sea monster, I guess it must be true." Nami admitted laying down on her own beach chair as Chopper crawled up on his, holding a big candy floss for nippling.

It wasn't long before the first crew members came back from the scovering, it was Brook and Sanji, the two of them barely noticed the people that laid in the sun as they were involved in talk on the thing.

"You think Usopp san will come back?" Brook asked Sanji as the two men walked in front of the sun bathers.

"Who knows." Sanji mumbled. "Not that I care about that shitty sharp-shooter any-way , I mean." He mumbled in a even lower voice.

"Oh so sad." Brook cried. "To die so young at sea, well at least he lived his dream." He stated as he wiped a tear that wasn't even there.

Usopp glanced over his sun-glasses honestly wondering when the guys would even notice him, Nami seemed equally fascinated with this.

"Oh shut up will you!" Sanji hissed turning to Brook. "I don't care! Isn't that obvious?" he asked with a tear in his eye.

Usopp sighed deeply before he addressed them. "Oi Sanji, what's for Dinner, I'm starving." He asked.

"Then be patient Usopp, food takes the time it takes." Sanji hissed turning to him then halted as his eyes widened. "Wait, Usopp?" he asked.

"USOPP-SAN!" Brook exclaimed. "So alive and not bones at all! I'm so glad that I could die! YOHOHOHO!" Brook exclaimed. "though I'm all-ready dead." He pointed out.

"YOU IDIOT!" Sanji exclaimed hoisting Usopp up by the braises. "Here we walk around all worried for you, and then you just sit there sipping orange juice!?" he asked.

"OI OI! I WAS TIRED!" Usopp exclaimed. "I had been rowing all the way from another island to here as fast as I could!"

"That is pretty far actually." Nami noted. "You must really have put in some afford Usopp."

Usopp blinked. "Well, I am a strong man of the sea you know." He told, playing with his arm muscles just to show off.

Sanji sneered one last time before he dropped Usopp and was by Namis feet's. "Would you like any-thing Nami swaaan?" he asked. "A fruit cocktail? A smoothie before dinner?"

"I'll take two cocktails." Nami blinked.

"Two?" Sanji asked.

"Hai, for me and my friend whom hasn't eaten all day." Nami blinked. "You wouldn't refuse me would you Sanji-san?" she asked in a small pout.

"NO Nami-swan! Never Nami Swan, I am on my way!" Sanji told as he skipped to the deck.

"Yohoho, he never changes." Brook laughed.

"Ow guys!" Franky called from where he came with Robin by his side. "What's all the noise about."

"Sanji was just about to kill Usopp all over again." Nami sighed while Usopp was still composing himself from being dropped on the ground.

"Usopp?" Franky asked then his eyes widened. "wait, USOPP?" he exclaimed.

"Hai, hai." Usopp waved from the sand.

'"USOPP-BRO!" Franky exclaimed easily picking up the long-nosed sniper. "So glad to see you intact, we were worried bro." he laughed and gave Usopp a noddgie.

"Argh, put me down!" Usopp pleaded, only for Franky to snigger.

"Good to see you longnose-san." Was Robins simple greeting as she send him one of her smiles, which you could always tell were genuine. "Some of us really were worried, I'm so glad." She told and then wandered pass him to deck.

At last Usopp got back to his chair where he sighed deeply, just as Sanji came with the promised fruit cocktails. Usopp was usually never treated any of these between meal treats, they used to go to Nami and Robin exclusively, so as Usopp's stomach rumbled, he tried to tell how thank-full he was.

"Don't mention it." Sanji waved him off. "You must be starving." Was his final words as he returned to the ship to start cooking.

"Ahh." Usopp exhaled as he laid back with his fruit. "This is the life, now only Luffy is missing." He pointed.

"He'll come when it's dinner time." Nami shrugged.

"In the mean-time, I am just so happy that I have to play a tune." Brook commented as he found his violin, sat down on the beach beside the other crew members whom had decided to relax, and played a soft yet upbeat little tune, lifting the spirit even more by every-one.

Finally, just before dinner was served, as if Luffy had a sixth sense about these sort of things he came wandering, and was ones again one of those who passed Usopp.

"Oi Luffy!" Usopp exclaimed.

"Huh?" Luffy turned around and saw Usopp laying there.

"I'm back!" Usopp pronounced.

"So I see." Luffy smiled. "Great! Then we can set sail again tomorrow."

"Luffy, that's kind of a low reaction of seeing me alive again." Usopp pointed out.

Luffy shrugged. "I wasn't worried, I all-ready know every-body in my crew is very strong, they wouldn't be beaten by a tiny little storm." He stated and then simply walked on deck.

Usopp blinked as he looked after Luffy. "huh.." he noted.

As fun as the previous night had been with the red-haired pirate ship, being back with his real crew was even more fun. Sanji served up Usopp's favourite food, though he didn't say a word about it, and neither did Usopp, just showed his gratitude by smiling and giving the cook a thumbs up.

Chopper seemed to most happy about Usopp's return, and tried to hijack him for a check-up several times, just to make sure that he was all-right. They were all okay.

After dinner as usual, was the time the crew was the most silent, all of them trying to digest Sanjis wonderful cooking.

Usopp was out on the deck of the sunny breathing in the air, that's when he looked to the big lion head, where Luffy was taking his after noon nap on top of it looking to the stars.

Usopp shook his head as he walked towards that lion head and started crawling, before he could see his Captain laying there with open eyes looking up at the sky. "Luffy." Usopp called getting his attention.

"Huh?" Luffy asked turning his head.

"I got some-thing to talk to you about." Usopp told as he climbed up beside Luffy at the lion head.

"Hm hm." Luffy turned to him. "What?" he asked.

Usopp exhaled. "When I fell over-board, I didn't just float up on mango-island you know." He told. "I just swam as good as I could, and ended up on that island, but I wasn't alone there I met some-one."

Luffy blinked. "And so what?" he asked.

Usopp shook his head. "I meat the crew of red-haired shanks." He told making Luffy's eyes widen. "All of them, including my father." He admitted.

"Wow." Luffy blinked as he sat up. "Well, congratulations!" he grinned. "You finally achieved one of your goals!"

Usopp blinked. "You're not mad that it was me and not you?" he asked. "Shanks was there." He pointed out.

"Njah, we'll meet soon enough any-way." Luffy shrugged. "Beside, I've all-ready met all of them in a age so I can remember it, you didn't even have a memory of your father, so you deserved this for sure." He told.

"Thanks Luffy." Usopp smiled thankfully. "I also told Shanks that our crews would met very soon again, so we better keep that promise." He pointed out.

"Of cause!" Luffy grinned. "He is really that close? Yeah, then it could happen any moment." He grinned laying down on the lions head. "So how did it go with your father?" he asked.

Usopp smiled to himself. "I realise now, part of the things I did was things I did, because I wanted to become a person my dad could be proud of ones he met me." He told as he also laid down beside Luffy, though on his tummy resting his head in his arms. "And he was so proud!" Usopp grinned. "He couldn't stop praising me and claiming me his son, no one has ever treated me like that before." He told in a wide smile. "It was absolutely amazing. I really did it didn't I Luffy?" Usopp asked. "I became a great warrior of the sea."

Luffy grinned. "Sure did! So what are you going to do now you all-ready have met both your dreams?" he asked.

"Pff, easy." Usopp snorted as he turned to his back looking up in the sky. "I am going to sail under the next pirate king for a while. I'll sail the entire world so I can see the creation of the worlds first world map, I am going to revisit a giant whale, I am going to see some-thing called the all-blue where all the fish's in the world swim at the same place. And after that, who knows?" he asked as he shrugged. "I haven't really thought that far."

Luffy grinned as he turned his head. "Sounds like an amazing idea." He told and reached out a hand, which Usopp grabbed, only for them to let go and then fist bump together as they both grinned. "You are going to see all of this through to the end with me aren't you?" Luffy asked in a grin.

"What are you kidding?" Usopp asked. "Of cause I am! I was there in the beginning I will be there by the end! I need to have the entire story with me for later."

"Good." Luffy nodded and then fell back on his back as he closed his eyes. "Then every-thing will be just fine." He smiled to himself and then seemingly fell a sleep with a snot bobble coming out his nose.

Usopp shook his head as he looked up in the sky. "You are so naïve Luffy." He whispered more to himself than any-one else. "Havn't you figured out yet, that our line of work is very dangerous, we don't know if every-thing will be just fine." He sighed deeply. "But oh well, as long as we all life every moment we have to the fullest and pursue our dreams as good as we can, yeah.. yeah I guess it will all be just fine." He shrugged as he laid side by side with his captain, the first person to believe strongly enough in him to take him with him. To let Usopp grow and archive a greater potential, to let him become the man he always wanted to be. His friend, his captain, his brother his family.

All though, his family had just extended a nudge, as was evident when a big yell sounded from the Red haired pirates ship at a otherwise very ordinary random day.

"THE STRAW HAT PIRATES HAVE STRIKEN AGAIN!"

The pirates rolled their eyes, excited by the news sure, but not that excited.

"And look at this!" Yasopp exclaimed folding out the newspapers. "Hit a marine from a one hundred food distance, that has to be Usopp! My son! Shooting at the marines. HAH!" he laughed. "Isn't it great!?" he asked all the others.

"Yes Yasopp." A pirate muttered in a yawn. "It's great."

But Yasopp didn't care as he in a grin read through the news paper article for the tenth time, as he always would when the straw hats were mention in the newspaper. With a happiness so big that it was hard to contain.

And soon, soon enough. They would all meet again. Both Usopp and Yasopp knew that, they had made a promise!