Center it. Center iiit. Pull farther back. No, release on the strain. That's it. Now aim. THUD went the pebble, hitting its mark. Immediately, a fair-skinned blonde opened up the window, grinning widely.
"Hello Ussop!" said Kaya, waving at the long-nosed liar.
" Ms. Kaya!" said Ussop from his treetop perch; "Boy do I have a story for you today!"
"Is that so? Give me just a minute!"
Kaya walked to her desk and grabbed her chair and a white box. Dragging the chair back to the window, she threw on her sweater and took a seat, holding the box in her lap.
"Now what were you saying?" she asked Usopp, her eyes glistening happily.
"Right then! Well, once upon on time, in a land far away, there lived a man whose name was pretty similar to mine actually…"
The mighty Captain Usopp was sailing the seas with his 8000 men in search of a legendary treasure. He wasn't sure yet what he was looking for, but he would know when he found it.
"Captain! Captain!" yelled his first mate, Kuffy, "Land ho!"
Captain Usopp took to the crow's nest and pulled up his binoculars. Sure enough, there was a large landform up ahead.
"Alright you scallywags!" shouted Usopp, "Prepare for landing!"
"Hold on!" laughed Kaya, "Scallywags?"
"What about it?" groused Usopp.
"No one even says that anymore!"
"Fine then…"
"Alright you scumbags!" shouted Usopp, "Prepare for landing!"
"Aye-aye, Captain!" responded his crew, quickly attending to all the necessary preparations they would need. Soon enough, a rowboat was loaded with Pirate Bentos and cutlasses, ready for adventure. His swordsman, Yoro, his navigator, Mami, his cook, Tanji, and his firstmate Kuffy boarded the rowboat, chatting excitedly.
"All right, that's enough jibber-jabber from all of you!" said Captain Usopp, brandishing his almighty weapon: the White Jabuto.
"Now let's get going already! Yoro, Kuffy, take the oars!"
"Aye-aye Captain!" replied the two, who immediately began paddling.
"Idiots!" screamed Mami, "You're rowing us back towards the ship! Paddle the other way!"
"That Mami sure sounds like quite the bossy lady," said Kaya, giggling.
"Oh she is," said Usopp, "she's strong enough to even frighten the great Captain Usopp sometimes!"
Yoro and Kuffy quickly took Mami's directions, fearing her wrath. Since the two were incredibly strong, they reached the shore in only a few minutes.
"Nicely done, men!" said Captain Usopp. Mami glared at him. "And women."
The crew got off the rowboat, and Tanji anchored it to the harbour. Captain Usopp looked up towards the skyline, and saw something rather peculiar. At the very center of the island was a pink, layered mountain. Even more peculiar were the burning trees that topped it.
"Alright men and women, let's split up!" declared the Captain. "Mami, you and Tanji will cover the East side of the island."
"I'd be most happy to accompany our lovely navigator !" exclaimed Sanji, his eyes gleaming, and a bizarre smile adorning his face.
"That's a pretty weird reaction…" murmured Kaya.
"Oh it is," replied Usopp, "You see," he said, lowering his voice, "Tanji's a bit of a pervert."
Kaya placed her hand over her mouth in exagerated shock.
"Oh my! Will Mami really be okay?"
"Don't worry. Tanji may be a perv, but he's a gentleman at heart. Besides, Mami knows how to handle him."
"Oh Tanji-kun!" whined Mami, pouting, "My bag is really heavy."
"Not to worry Mami-Swan! I've got it!" said Tanji, immediately taking her knapsack from her.
"Oh thank you, Tanji-kun!" said Mami, giggling as Tanji beamed.
"Now," said Captain Usopp, "Yoro, Kuffy, and I will take the West end of the island,"
"I could do it myself, y'know…" grumbled Yoro.
"No, you couldn't!" chorused the crew.
"Yoro's kinda hopeless with directions," said Usopp.
"How bad is it?"
"Oh, you'll see."
"Alright-y then," said Captain Usopp, "we'll meet up in the center of the island in one hour. That's the big pink mountain."
"Roger that!" said the crew, and they set off.
"Yoro, get back here!" yelled Kuffy, "You're going the wrong way!"
"Eh?" said Zoro, looking back at Kuffy. Kuffy's arm shot out and grabbed the swordsman's collar.
"Gck!" gurgled the swordsman, a rocketing force pulling him backward.
"Don't wander off, Yoro!" scolded Captain Usopp, "We've finished charting this side of the island. Now, we go to the mountain!"
"What kind of weird ability is that?" asked Kaya, her eyes wide and questioning.
"Kuffy is really flexible. He ate this thing called the Angel's Vegetable, and he gained stretchy powers and stuff."
"That's… Interesting," said Kaya politely.
"Oh it's actually pretty useful! Captain Usopp likes to use Kuffy as a slingshot sometimes."
"Alright, so we've mapped out this side of the island," said Mami, folding away her beam compass and handing it to Tanji, who dutifully packed it into Mami's tool pack. "Is there anything else we missed?"
"Well, there was a fruit I kinda wanted to—"
"Alrighty then! Let's head up to the mountain, shall we?"
"Of course, Mami-Swan!"
"And so when they arrived at the mountain, they found that it wasn't a mountain at all, but a giant pink birthday cake!" said Usopp, spreading his arms to emphasise. "Of course, since it was Captain Usopp's birthday, he got to eat the whole thing!"
"And he didn't even get a stomach-ache?" Kaya giggled.
"Well, that's a story for another day."
"It's funny, I just so happen to have something that the great 'Captain Usopp' might recognize…" Kaya opened the box in her lap, and passed it to Usopp.
"I-It's my mountain of cake! But how did you know?"
"Oh, I just had a feeling," smiled Kaya. She'd sent Merry over to Usopp's to spy on him practicing his story telling. "Do you like it?"
"Yeah! I love it! Just enough to do this!" he said, flicking a glob of whipped cream at Kaya.
"You rascal!" she cried playfully.
"Happy April Fool's, Kaya! And thank you for the cake!"
A.N.: If I had to ship something non-canon in One Piece, it'd be KayaxUsopp. They're too cute! As well as it being Usopp's birthday, I thought I would do an Usopp "can read into the future" parody for April Fool's day as something a little out of my comfort range. Did it turn out ok?
Happy April Fool's! I am absolutely determined to keep a better writing schedule for this month. Last month was kind of a giant disaster and I really feel bad about it. So here's to April and punctuality! As it is the first of the month, here is the April List:
April 1- Usopp
April 2- Jinbei and Zeff
April 3- Brook
April 4- Shirahoshi and Foxy
April 6- Whitebeard
April 9- Marguerite and Caesar Clown
April 13- Hody Jones
April 14- Axe-hand Morgan
April 20- Blueno
April 22- Captain Kuro
April 23- Kalifa
As you can see, it's a pretty big line-up. Two Strawhats and some pretty big antagonists. I'm both anxious and excited to be tackling April. If I've missed anyone on the list, don't be afraid to point it out! I want to make sure I include everyone in this project! Thank you all for your continued support and please, Review, Favourite, Subscribe, or Request something of me! It's all welcomed, and it's all appreciated! See you tomorrow for Jinbei and Zeff!
I want to give a special 'Thank You' to the guest who reviewed on the last chapter. Your review really made my day, and made me recognize that I'm being appreciated. I sincerely take pleasure in knowing that you enjoy my content, and I hope you continue to.
-Angel
