Two years. She had heard nothing for two years. She had read that letter so many times because one thing gave her hope that Usopp was still out there, still on his adventure, and still coming home- their musician Brook who had discovered still alive after 30 years after his promise to return. Many men had come seeking her hand in marriage to gain her wealth, but not a single one seeking her love. Even if they had, she had made a resolute promise to herself, she would wait for Usopp to come home to her as he promised he would. She had given up hope that it was true, but never gave up her decision that she would be with him and him alone.

Then came the day she saw the package.

Much the same way as the letter had come two years ago, but in a much larger box.

Inside was a very long green slingshot with multiple elastic connections in the head. At the bottom was a much shorter letter, but one she looked forward to for two years. All prayers and hopes against all odds had been answered.

She rushed inside and informed Merry what had come and he rushed to the sitting room to hear the message.

My dearest friend Kaya,

No words can be enough to apologize for this absence, but I know you will understand. The very same day that I sent my last letter to you, the unimaginable happened. I know that I mentioned us meeting the Shichibukai, Bartholomew Kuma, and mentioned the island I sent the letter from. We made some costly mistakes that day.

Our friend, the mermaid, Camie was kidnapped and taken to a slave auction. We went to rescue her and ended up in a very physical altercation with one of the Tenryuubito! After that, all hell broke loose.

Our friend was actually rescued by a new friend of ours, and of all of the people we have come across, this might be the biggest one, so brace yourself:

"Dark King" Silvers Rayleigh- first mate to the Pirate King Gol D. Roger.

We went with him to a safe place and it turns out that this man was the very man that the fishman we had met, the one who we had defeated at the beginning of our journey- an octopus man named Hacchan- had promised us would give our ship a special coating to allow it to travel underwater to get to the Fishman Island.

But this incident with the Tenryuubito caused a different Marine Admiral to be sent after us than we'd met before. This one was made of light and shot exploding lasers at us! He also had a lot of giant robots that looked exactly like the Shichibukai Kuma, but Kuma himself was there too.

We did our best to flee for our lives, to disappear so that Rayleigh could have time to coat our ship so we could escape the island. But Kuma stopped us. He has some ability that sent all of us flying away, one by one. I don't remember what order we disappeared in, but I doubt any of us went to the same place.

I end up on an island that was one giant carnivorous plant, populated by billions of other monstrous man eating plants. I met a warrior named Heracles, and after some very poor decisions on my part, falling into the island plant's trap, he helped me survive.

I was planning to escape the island and try to get back, to Sabaody Archipelago where we'd been sent away from. But several days had gone by on that island and somehow a News Coo got to us and I saw the thing that caused me to not contact you these two years:

Luffy had gone to the place that the Marines make their base at- Marinefold- and caused a commotion of some kind. I don't know many details as I'm still yet to meet with the rest of the crew, I can only hope we all get back safely. But he had a mark on his arm, and if you saw that paper you may have seen the same mark I did- 3D (x-ed out) 2Y. We had planned to meet up after 3 days on Sabaody when the coating should have been done. Instead he was telling us to meet back there after 2 years. 2 years and here I am and it has been a gruelling time.

That Island was one big training course for me. For these past years, Heracles took me under his "wings" (he has big bug wings by the way) and trained me to be a real warrior. I have replaced my great slingshot, Kabuto, with a much smaller and more powerful version, the Black Kabuto. As I did with my last slingshot, I will send you Kabuto as a gift to remember me by, a piece of our legacy. I have become quite muscular and handsome if I do say so myself, but unfortunately have no means of showing you. I'm sure it won't be long until we get ourselves into more trouble and get new bounties which should give you a chance to see how much I've grown up since I've left. I can't wait for everyone else to see how strong I've become, especially if they've all found ways to train as well. If the incident at Sabaody taught us anything, it's that we were nowhere near strong enough to enter the New World, the second half of the Grand Line. I hope now after all this time we finally will be.

There isn't really much more to say, I couldn't begin to describe all of the plants I have learned to use as weapons, and I don't know how to show you how strong I've become. But I believe now more than ever that I will have the strength needed to become a brave warrior like my father, and will survive the world to be able to come back to you. I won't promise a swift letter like I did last time, just in case something happens. Just know that until the day I die, I will never stop trying to become the man I want to be, and to come home to you, Kaya. I may have lacked the bravery to do so last time, but I have no fear of it now.

/The last line was incredibly shaky and hard to read, as if someone was writing it with an earthquake going through their arm./

I still love you, Kaya. Please wait for me!

Your brave man of the sea, Usopp