AUTHOR'S NOTES: Sorry I haven't been able to update sooner, it's just that I had a lot of things to take care of (relatives coming over, work etc.) but I still managed to get something out. I will be trying to update more regularly, I will be going for weekly or bi-weekly, and just know, that this story is probably never going to be abandoned, I just haven't been able to find time to write it. Hope you guys enjoy :)

DISCLAIMER: All rights go to Eiichiro Oda for the creation of One Piece.

Chapter 4: Kuro and Jango's Evil Plot!

Kaya noticed the person was one of her caretakers. He had a black suit on. His glasses were round and kept sliding down his nose and he was readjusting them regularly.

"Oh Kurahadol these people were just asking me a favour please don't mind them." Kaya explained to Kurahadol from the window.

"You don't need to tell me. I will listen to your explanation later. For now… I would like for all of you people to leave this property at once. Or do you people have something you would like to say?" said Kurahadol while walking up to the group.

"Well duh… we wouldn't be here if we didn't need something. We want a ship for- Absolutely Not!" Kurahadol cut Luffy making him pout and slouch to the ground depressed.

"Usopp-kun!" yelled Kaya to Usopp whom almost fell off the tree.

"It's okay Kaya I just slipped." Said Usopp while climbing back up the tree.

Kuro looked up at Usopp in the tree. "I've heard a lot of stories about you. I heard you're pretty famous in the village."

"Well I wouldn't be surprised, the tales of my adventures have probably reached the grand-line." Exclaimed Usopp.

"Oh so you have faced dangers before, that's quite something at such a young age." Said Kuro with a blank face.

Usopp grinned and placed a fist to his chest and said, "You can just call me Captain Usopp, that will help spread my name around."

"I've even heard stories about your father…" Kurahadol calmly stated while pushing his glasses back up to his eyes with his palm.

Usopp clenched his teeth in anger. "Nani?" Usopp asked while glaring daggers at Kurahadol.

"Kurahadol stop this right now!" Kaya exclaimed after seeing Usopp's hurt expression.

"You're nothing but the son of a low class pirate! Although anything you do won't be much of a surprise to me… but would you stop bothering ojou-sama!" Kurahadol exclaimed at Usopp which earned him 2 glares from Luffy and Usopp.

"You dare make fun of my father!" Usopp growled at Kurahadol.

"You come from a totally different world from ojou-sama! If you want money then name your price!"

"That's enough Kurahadol!" Kaya yelled.

"Apologize to Usopp-san right now!" said Kaya while leaning out the window.

"Why should I apologize to such a barbarian as him ojou-sama?" Kurahadol asked, readjusting his glasses.

"I'm only speaking the truth, nothing more. However I do sympathize for you. You must feel hatred towards your stupid father who abandoned you and your mother to search for treasure as a filthy pirate!"

"Bastard, stop insulting my father or else!" Usopp growled at Kurahadol with clenched teeth and shaking fists.

Usopp jumped off the tree and stood in front of Kurahadol while glaring daggers.

"Why are so agitated? This is the appropriate time to do what you do best; lie. Just say you have nothing to do with your father, or he's not your birth-father…" Kurahadol said nonchalantly.

This comment made Usopp snap and he ran to Kurahadol and punched him square in the side of his jaw. "Shut up!" Usopp yelled as Kuro was sent backwards.

"See that, he immediately resorted to violence, my point was proven. I guess it's understandable since his father is a pirate." Kurahadol said.

"Shut up! I'm proud that my father is a pirate! He is a brave warrior of the sea and I'm proud of that. Although it's true that I'm a plain old liar, but the blood of a pirate flows through my veins! That kind of honour can't be simply imitated!" Usopp yelled at Kurahadol.

"So… pirates are warriors of the sea eh…? That is a pretty naïve ideology. But this proves that you have the blood of a barbarian in you. You enjoy lying and resort to violence whenever something upsets you. Your ultimate goal is to acquire our ojou-sama's wealth and that's why you got close to her!" Kurahadol stated while once again, readjusting his glasses.

"Whether or not you have ulterior motives… just the fact that your father is a pirate is proof enough!" Kurahadol yelled

Usopp grabbed Kurahadol by the collar and yelled, "You insulted him again!" Usopp was about to hit him again until Kaya intervened.

"Stop it Usopp-san!" yelled Kaya from her window. "Please don't resort to violence again… Kurahadol is not a bad person; He's only being over-protective of me."

Usopp was hesitating but eventually loosened his grip and let go of Kurahadol.

"Please leave this property and never come near it again!" Kurahadol exclaimed at Usopp.

"I get it… I would've left even if you didn't tell me to. I'm never coming back here again." As he said that he ran away.

The kids began yelling at Kurahadol and saying things like 'stupid' and 'asshole'. Kurahadol just glared at them and the kids all ran and hid behind Nami.

"All of you leave right now!" Kurahadol yelled.

-One flashback about Kurahadol's past later-

Nami, Zoro and 'the kids' (A/N too lazy to find their name) were sitting by a fence in the village.

"Hey where did Luffy go?" asked Nami.

"Dunno, maybe he went to find the 'Captain'." Zoro said while leaning against the fence with his arms behind his head.

"The captain should definitely be there." Said one of the kids.

The other kid nodded and agreed, "Yea, he's probably at the coast, whenever he is troubled, he always goes there."

"Wanna go check on them" asked Nami to Zoro.

"No, I'll pass, besides Luffy can handle himself. I'm sure he's fine." Said Zoro as he closed his eyes and was trying to get some sleep.

"Also that reminds me, aren't you guys missing someone?" asked Nami to the two kids sitting down at the fence post.

"Ah… Tamanegi! (It was in the subtitles of the episode :P), he always disappears to god knows where. Then he'll come out, running into town screaming." Said both the boys.

And as if on cue, Tamanegi came running out of nowhere screaming things like 'it's horrible' or 'how could this happen'. He was running until he got to the other 2 boys and began panting to catch his breath.

"I saw a very weird man walking backwards." He yelled while pointing in a random direction.

"Liar" the two kids chorused with blank expressions.

"It's true! See for yourself!" exclaimed Tamanegi as he was pointed to the road.

Nami and the 2 other kids looked to where he was pointing and saw what he was and saw the reason of his outcries. There was a man approaching them but not in the normal way. No, this man was moon-walking towards them.

The man had a black hat concealing the top half of his face. He wore a dark blue jacket and a long green dress pants. He had grey hair and was rocking red tinted sunglasses with the lens shaped as hearts.

The man turned around and looked at the group. "Hey, who is it?" asked the man out of annoyance. "Who's the guy who called me weird?" he questioned. "I am not weird" he calmly stated while doing what looked to be a weird sort of dance pose.

Nami looked at the man with a blank expression. "You look pretty weird to me." Nami stated without any emotion in her voice.

"Hey that's not true, I'm just a hypnotist passing by."

"A hypnotist! That's so cool!" exclaimed Tamanegi.

"Show us something!" they all chorused.

"Nani…" said the man with a glare.

"You expect me to just show my hypnotic skills to a bunch of strangers I've never met…"

"Okay, just stare into this ring." said the man as he stood in front of the 3 kids.

"After I say 'One, Two, Jango you will fall into a deep sleep."

"Here I go" he stated before he started swinging the ring back on forth. The boys completely focused their eyes on the ring and were following its motion.

"One… Two… Jango!" the hypnotist stated before. After he said the last word the 3 boys were knocked out and sleeping in the middle of the road. Unfortunately, the hypnotist didn't look away from the ring when he hypnotized the kids and was also knocked out.

-At the Coastline-

Usopp was sitting at the edge of a cliff under a tree staring out into the ocean. He seemed to be deep in thought as he didn't notice Luffy climbing into the tree. Luffy stuck his feet on the edge of the tree and dangled upside down in front of Usopp's face. This startled Usopp as he fell backwards.

"So this is where you were." Luffy said in his usual cheerful voice.

"Hey! Can't you greet people normally? And what do you want?" asked Usopp with a sweat drop.

"Nothing really…" Luffy said as he dropped from the tree flat onto his face. He quickly recovered and sat down at the edge of the cliff with his legs dangling off the edge.

Usopp was looking at him then his expression turned sad as he was brought back to the focus of his thought before Luffy interrupted.

"That damn caretaker… how dare he insult my father."

Luffy looked back and stated, "Yea, I don't like him either, it doesn't matter what anyone says though, I know Yasopp and he is a great pirate."

"Isn't that right? In this pirate age my father fearlessly sails the seas in search for adventure, I'm really proud of him." Usopp said, his mood having turned much more cheerful.

However, his mood turned more angrier as he remembered Kurahadol. "But that, damn caretaker insulted my father, I can never forgive him."

"Oh yea, that reminds me… Will you ever get to see that girl again? I know you like her it's pretty obvious. Shihihi." Said Luffy laughing.

Usopp looked at him and blushed in embarrassment from the comment Luffy made and shouted back, "Oi!" while attempting to smack Luffy only to have him dodge the oncoming fist.

"Relax, I can kind of tell when someone has feelings for another (thanks to Haki)." Luffy said while giving his trademark grin.

"It doesn't matter if I like her, I wont be able to see her if that damned caretaker gets in the way all the time." Usopp yelled both frustrated and angry.

"Oh, you mean that caretaker right?" Luffy said while pointing down to a rocky beach just below the cliff.

"Yeah, that caretaker... What! What is he doing here?" yelled Usopp surprised as he ran to Luffy's side.

Down on the beach was the caretaker from before, Kurahadol. But he was also with someone else. To his side was the hypnotist from earlier who bumped into Nami and Zoro. The meeting they had looked pretty shady and Usopp decided he would watch and see what happens.

Kurahadol stopped walking to check his surroundings and checking to see if anyone was watching. Luckily for Usopp and Luffy, Kurahadol couldn't see them above the cliff and turned to the hpynotist to begin talking to him.

"Jango, I thought I told you not to attract attention while you were going through the village. But there you were, sleeping in the middle of the village."

"What are you talking about, I don't attract any attention. I'm not weird either." Jango calmly replied.

"So are the preperations for the operation complete?" Kurahadol asked while readjusting his glasses.

"Of course." Jango replied.

"We can start at any time... the plan to assassinate Kaya... your ojou-sama."

Usopp was speechless couldn't believe his ears. Did he hear that guy correctly?

"Did he just say assassinate?" Usopp asked, mostly to himself.

"Dunno, keep listening Usopp, they might reveal more information." Luffy said now listening to their conversation with interest.

"Don't say assassinate Jango, that sounds to wicked." Kurahadol stated.

"Ah... sorry I meant accident." Jango replied correcting himself.

"We can't just kill her outright, she has to die from an accident. Don't ever forget that Jango!"

"Well anyways, we just wait for your signal to attack the village and then kill the ojou-sama. Then you will collect her inheritance." Jango stated while sitting down on a rock.

"Baka! Are you stupid? How can an outsider take her inheritance? Listen, this is the most important part." Kurahadol stated while raising his voice.

"Before we kill her, you will hypnotize her and make her write a will. In that will she will leave everything to the caretaker Kurahadol."

"I spent 3 whole years gaining trust from everyone in the village so no one would be suspicious, even if she leaves all her inheritance to me."

"You became a caretaker for 3 years just for this... It really surprised me back then... Captain Kuro." Jango said.

"You said you were going to quit being a pirate 3 years ago and then used a sub-ordinate to trick the marines into believing they executed the real Kuro."

"And now we're here at your last heist until retirement."

"Don't call me by that name again, Jango. I gave it up 3 years ago." Kuro said in a deadly tone.

"Alright Senchou, just give us the signal and we'll begin the operation. My men have been getting impatient."

"Okay Jango, I'll leave it to you."

"Oi, Luffy this is bad, they're going to attack the village, what do we do?" asked Usopp in a shaking and panicky voice.

"Hmm... I sensed an awful vibe coming from that Kuro guy when I first saw him, I knew he was no good. Listen Usopp, I'm going to dirupt their plan a little and buy us some time. Stay here and don't do anything if anything happens to me, I will be fine." Luffy told Usopp in a serious and commanding tone. Usopp just nodded and watched as Luffy got up and stood at the edge of the cliff.

"Don't you dare hurt Kaya!" yelled Luffy down at Kuro and Jango. Usopp sweat dropped from his simple, direct distraction.

Kuro and Jango looked up annoyingly at the two on top of the cliff. Usopp was shaking and looked like he was going to faint while Luffy just had the most serious expression on his face.

Kuro looked up and saw Usopp pulling on Luffy's arm. "Well, if it isn't Usopp-kun... Did you hear anything?" Kuro asked in a dangerously low tone that told anyone in their right mind to keep their mouth shut. However, Luffy is not one of those people.

"I heard everything!" Luffy shouted, still with his serious facial expression.

Kuro and Jango looked at each other and nodded. Jango sighed and brought out his hypno-ring (I honestly don't know what it is) and began waving it back and forth.

Luffy stood there calmly already knowing what he was going to try to hypnotize him. Luffy thought about it for a moment. 'If I let him hypnotize me I will probably fall asleep and fall down the cliff side. They would think I'm dead and not be expecting me to try and stop them when they invade. Or I could defeat these two guys now... But I still don't know where they're crew is, I can't sense them, so they must not be near the island. Hmm... I guess I'll just fight their crew when they invade, I bet Zoro is getting bored and wants something to do anyways.' After Luffy was done thinking he began staring at the ring swinging back and forth like a pendulum.

Jango said, "One, Two, Jango" and Luffy's eyes began closing until he was in a deep sleep. Luffy fell forward and off the cliff, plummeting until he hit the rocky shore face first.

Usopp was speechless and looking at the place where Luffy fell and saw that he wasn't moving. Thinking that he was probably dead, Usopp ran away trying his best not to throw up at the sight. He ran through the forest thinking one thing and one thing only, I have to warn and save everyone. But unknown to him, Luffy was just sleeping peacefully in an awkward position and was not even close to death.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Yea, sorry this chapter hasn't had much action in it and was extremely short (by my standards of course), but stay tuned for the next chapter, I assure you it will have lot's of action and some LuNa for spice. As always, review and give me feedback :) Hope to see you all soon :). BYE!~