Enter Usopp! The Brave (Lying) Pirate with over 80 million followers!

"W-Whoa…I-It's so...soft."

"Ahhh~ This feels nice~"

"...You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

"I can't help it…You're touching a sensitive part of me…"

"Oh really?~ And if I do this?~"

"Ahhhhhh~ I'm in heaven!~"

"Hehehe…You're such a baby."

A tick mark appeared in the head of a green-haired man, "OY! Could you cut-off?! You're giving a wrong image with those sounds!" Zoro yelled at Seth and Nami.

The latter blush as she remembers she had her hands on the former's cat ears, she quickly took them away, much to Seth's disappointment.

"A-Anyway!" Nami shook her blush off and put a serious expression. "You guys have a serious problem here, these boats aren't going to be enough for the Grand Line, and we don't have supplies for the journey."

"YEAH! We need more meat!" said Luffy while eating an apple.

"And booze, I want one," said Zoro.

"Those things can wait!" Nami yelled at them, "Don't you guys know?! The Grand Line is the most dangerous place in the world! Pirates go there with bigger ships, so we need a bigger ship!"

Seth raised an eyebrow, "We? Miss Navigator finally chose to join us?"

"Yes! Nami is part of the crew now!" that made Luffy super-happy.

"No I have not!" the orange-haired denied, "I only looked up for myself! If this ship goes down because of a storm or a pirate raid, I'm a goner too!"

"I'd protect you. Just like I did before." Seth answered with an obvious expression.

The thief had a heavy blush in her face before stomping her foot on the floor. "Sh-Shut up! I don't need protection!"

"She likes us! Shishishishishi!" Luffy laughed out while staring into the ocean.

Zoro rolled his eyes before closing them, "So, any idea where are we going now?" he asked.

Nami slaps a hand on her face and growl at them, "You guys didn't hear what I say a few hours ago, did you?"

All three of them stood silent with blank faces before simultaneously saying, "Yes."

"No, you don't..." Nami grumbled.

"No we don't," they answer with a laugh.

Nami grumbles at their stupidity, "As I said before, there's an island with a village up ahead, we can get some supplies and maybe a new ship!" she told them again, hoping that they remember about it this time.

"Okay, you're confusing me with the 'we' part, are you joining this crew or not?" Seth asked her.

"THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?!" she yelled at him. "I said no! Why would I join you guys anyways?!"

"You can keep touching my fluffy ears. I can tell you were enjoying it." Seth says, making the orange thief blush and grumble at him. "Yeah…I don't know why, but I have a feeling that in the next few days, she will fall in love with me," he says with an innocent smile on his face.

"I-In your dreams!" Nami yelled, a heavy blush present.

"I'll take that bet," Zoro grinned.

"Oooh! Me too! Let's bet meat!" Luffy raised his hand in the air.

"Is not going to happen!" Nami denied the possibility.

"Hahaha! Don't overwork yourself, I was just kidding," Seth laughs out, making the orange-haired girl huff away in annoyances. "Could you please pet me again? It feels nice when you're doing it." She blushes even more.

The life of a pirate sure is relaxing…

After a while, they reach the island that Nami spoke about. Once the boat hit the land, Luffy jumped off it, "Yahoo! We're finally here! Let's get something to eat!"

"You just ate a barrel of apples, how are you still hungry?" Nami asked him.

Luffy began to ponder his head, "That's…um...asked Seth, he can explain it."

Nami turns to the lion boy, who let a breath out for been put on the spotlight and explain out, "You see because his body is made out of rubber, his organs are also rubber, which needs more food since it will stretch out, and apparently, only meat can do the trick on his hunger."

Nami blinked in surprise at his thinking, "Well, that explains his constant eating."

"We should try to get as much meat as we can. After all, we can't have our captain going to pieces on us." Zoro commented.

"Agreed," Nami said. "But we can't use all our money here just for one person."

"And this idiot can't control his hunger, so is going to be difficult," Seth said.

"Hey! Are you saying I can't control myself?!" Luffy yelled at him, at the same time his stomach roared for hunger.

"The barrel of apples and your growling stomach tells otherwise." the three of them said to their captain.

"...Shut up." Luffy pouts while looking on the ground.

Zoro looks at Nami, "So there's a village here, right?"

"Yep, that's what the map says," she confirms while pointing at her map.

"Thought so. I notice those guys over there looking at us." Zoro points at a bush up the hill.

"Huh…I was wondering about the smells I was getting." Seth crosses his arms together.

"AAAAAAAAA! THEY FOUND US!" three small kids scream in fear before running away, leaving a fourth person alone.

"HEY! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE!" yelled a young man with curly black hair in a bandana and a long nose, brown overalls, a backpack, and yellow leather boots.

The boy slowly looked at the four of them with a scared expression before composing himself, "I am the great Captain Usopp! The most feared pirate, and ruler of this village!" he yelled while crossing his hands on his chest, "You pirates better turn around and leave, or my 80 million men will stomp you good!"

Luffy, Zoro, Seth, and Nami look at him with blank stares before the orange-haired says, "You're lying."

"Gah! She knows!" Usopp screamed in shock.

"Well, now I do," she says with a smug smile.

"Gah! I admitted it! She's a master interrogator!" the long nose yelled once again.

"It was pretty obvious. If you did had 80 million men, wouldn't that mean that this island is overpopulated? And why would you only rule this island?" Seth asked, making Usopp cringe out.

"Hahahaha!" Luffy began to laugh at his action, "This guy is funny!"

"Shut it! I'm a proud man, that's why they call me Proud Usopp!" the curly-haired boy yelled out.

"Jeez, calm down Pinocchio. You don't need to keep making your nose longer than it needs to be." Seth says.

"What?! My nose is getting longer!?" Usopp touches his long nose.

"So easy," Nami says with a droplet on her head.

"H-Hey! Shut up!"

"Make us!"

"...O…Owwww, I suddenly have a stomach ache…"

"Again, so easy…"

After explaining to Usopp that they weren't here to cause trouble, you can guess what he did and said. The Pinocchio man took all four of them to eat in a small tavern as an apology. Luffy began to eat his food, followed by Seth and Zoro. Nami eats her food as well, but lost her appetite when Luffy commenced showing his 'true manners'.

"So you're looking for a bigger ship and crew members, huh?" Usopp asked the straw hat captain.

"Yep!" Luffy says. "Do you know where we can get either of them?"

"Well, I don't know a ship, but if you're looking for people," Usopp stood up and thumbs up at him, "Make me Captain, and I'm your man!"

All four of them put a serious face and eye contact with each other, and after a few seconds, they answer, "We pass."

"You didn't even think about it!" Usopp screamed at them.

"Yes, we did," Usopp grumbled at their response.

"By the way, what about that mansion over there?" Usopp turn to where Zoro was pointing up a hill was a big mansion, "Don't you think they have a ship?"

"Uhh…I don't think so…" Usopp says while sweating uncomfortably. "Ah! That's right, I have to leave now!" he stood up from his seat, "See you guys later!" and with that, he took off.

Nami looked at him in confusion, "Is it just me, or did he sound unsure about there being a ship here?"

"Yep," Seth says while eating a chicken leg.

"Shall we go there and ask?" Zoro suggested.

Before anyone could answer him, the tavern's door slammed open.

"THE USOPP PIRATES HAVE ARRIVED!"

Three children that resemble vegetables came in.

They march up to the table where the pirates were eating and point their wooden swords at them, "Fess up, you filthy pirates! What have you done with our beloved captain!" the one that looked like a pepper shouted.

Luffy didn't pay attention to them and slapped his belly, "Ahh, that was some good meat!" he says out loud.

"M-M-Meat!?" the kid that looks like a carrot says.

Seeing what Luffy unintentionally made, Seth said, "I agreed with Luffy, that dark meat was sure delicious!"

"D-D-Dark M-M-M-Meat?!" the kid that looks like an onion says.

Nami started to chuckle at how they were believing this, and Zoro…he just decided to bring them the truth. "If you're looking for your captain…" his expression turned dark, "We just ate him."

"GAAAAH! CANNIBALS!" the three kids scream in terror while looking at Nami.

"WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME?!" she screams to them, slamming her fist in the table before looking at the laughing swordsman and lion man. "STOP IT! IS NOT FUNNY!"

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After explaining to the kids that Usopp was not eaten, they took them to where he might be. They stood in front of the mansion that they saw before.

"Whoa, this place is huge," Luffy exclaimed.

"If our captain ran out at this hour then this is where he's gonna be," the kid Onion said. "See inside the mansion is a girl named Kaya who's been very sick from depression since her parents died a year ago. She's very rich but all that money can't heal her heart."

"So the captain comes up here to tell her funny stories to cheer her up," the kid Carrot continued. "When it comes to telling lies, our captain is the best."

"Well what you know, a liar lying to bring happiness," Seth says, "Go to say, that's new to hear."

"That's nice of him," said Luffy.

"So how are we gonna get in? Guards are blocking every entrance," Nami asked.

"No problem!" Luffy said after thinking a while. He suddenly stretched his arms, shocking the small kids. "Okay, grab on!" The older ones grab a hold of his shoulders while the kids grab his legs.

Zoro grunt, "He's doing it, isn't he?" he felt a hand on his shoulder and saw Seth releasing a sigh.

"Welcome to the crew," Seth says.

"We can't stop him, can't we?" Nami says in defeat, in which Seth shook his head.

"Again, welcome to the crew."

"I'm not part-!"

"All right, Gum-Gum…Launcher!" Luffy shot from his position into the air. Everybody, except Seth, was screaming the air out of their lungs as they flew into the air.

In a few moments, they crash-landed in the backyard, where Usopp was telling a story to a young blonde girl with a white blouse.

"Woah! What the eff?!" Both of them were surprised when they heard a crash of several bodies in the ground.

"Shishishishishi! Perfect landing!" Luffy said.

"No, it didn't!" Zoro yells at him.

Nami wanted to say something else, but she noticed that she landed on top of Seth's stomach, who was grunting in pain. "My back…"

She quickly got off him and apologized to him, "Sorry," she said to him, in which he simply said to not worry about it.

"My goodness, are you alright?" asked the girl in concern to them.

"Don't worry. We're okay." Luffy said with a smile.

"Maybe you are!" screamed Nami, Zoro, and Seth.

"Who are you all?" Kaya asked.

Before they could answer her, Usopp immediately went to Luffy's side and wrapped his arm around him, "These guys? They are my admirers, Kaya! They all heard of my reputation and traveled far and wide to see me here!"

"No, we didn't!" All four of them said.

Luffy looks at Kaya, "We came here to see you, miss!"

"Me? What can I help you?" Kaya asked.

Before Luffy could speak, another voice spoke up, "What is the meaning of all this?!" Everyone turned to see a slim man with glasses and slicked black hair, wearing a black suit with two golden markings on it over a white shirt with a curious collar, with spiral-like protrusions on the edges, a standard black tie, and sports striped shoes. "You people shouldn't be here!"

"Klahadore, these people are-" Kaya tried to speak but Klahadore interrupted her.

"Not now Miss Kaya. We'll talk after this rabble has left," he answered back before she finished. "Now all of you. Leave the grounds unless you have-" he then noticed that Usopp was among the group, "Hmph, to think that you came back here Usopp." he says with a bored tone.

As Usopp answers with pride to him, Seth notices how this butler pushes his glasses upward with his palm and not his fingers. He used his animal scenes and was shocked at what he felt…a dark evil aura. ('This man…he is no ordinary butler…')

"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY FATHER?!" Seth was brought from his thinking by Usopp outburst. The curly-haired boy was shaking in anger.

"You hear me," the butler smugly says, "You're just the son of a low-class pirate; a filthy grow up man that's on a 'stupid treasure hunt'."

"Klahadore stop!" Kaya exclaimed.

"Is the truth Miss Kaya," he looks at Usopp more smugly than ever, "I do sympathize with you. You must hate your worthless father who abandoned you and your mother in favor of life as a filthy pirate."

"Damn you bastard! Stop insulting a father!" Usopp yelled.

"Oh, don't be like that, why don't you go and do what you're good at; lying. Just say that you're an orphan and that man isn't your father-"

*WHAM*

Without a second thought, Usopp punched the butler hard on the face, sending him into the ground.

"See that, he resorted to violence." he says while spitting blood to the side, "The old saying is true; 'Like father like son'. You're nothing more than scum."

"SHUT UP! I'M PROUD THAT MY DAD IS A PIRATE! I INDEED LIE ABOUT LOTS OF THINGS, BUT THERE'S ONE THING I'LL NEVER LIE ABOUT AND THAT IS MY DAD! HIS BLOOD RUNS IN MY VEINS, THE BLOOD OF A BRAVE WARRIOR OF THE SEA!" Usopp screamed out of his lungs.

Luffy looks at him in surprised, ('Hey…Could it be?')

"A brave warrior of the sea, eh?" Klahadore stood up, "That's a pretty naïve ideology. The only reason you want to get close to Miss Kaya is for her money," he continued. "You're the son of scum; period."

Usopp grabbed Klahadore by the collar and got ready to hit him again.

"Usopp, please stop! Don't resort to violence again. Klahadore isn't a bad person, he's just being overprotective of me!" Kaya pleaded with her hand on her forehead.

Usopp began to hesitate on punching this asshole unconscious, but for Kaya, he let go of him.

"All of you, leave now and never return," Klahadore ordered.

"Fine, you don't have to tell me twice. I'm never coming back," said a very angry he walked away from Klahadore.

"You bastard! Our captain is not that kind of person!" Onion screamed towards the butler on behalf of his friend.

"Yeah! Stupid!" Pepper followed up afterward.

"Idiot!" Carrot shouted with them.

"Yeah, you stupid idiot bastard!" Luffy screamed at the top of his lungs until Zoro whacked him on the head for letting his mouth run

Klahadore turned to them, "Why are you still here? GET OUT NOW!"

"Why you…!" Before Luffy could explode, Zoro dragged him away. The kids were about to do the same, and both Nami and Seth dragged them away.

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After that, Usopp disappeared somewhere, Luffy went after him. Leaving Seth, Zoro, and Nami alone with Pepper and Carrot. The former and two latter were resisting against a fence, Seth was resting in the ground, looking up at the sky and Nami was sitting on the fence.

"Hey, weren't you guys three?" Zoro asked the two kids while resting against a tree.

"Yeah, Onion always disappears and comes back screaming," Pepper says.

"AAAAAAH! Is it the end!"

"There he is." Carrot points to his running friend.

"Bloody hell, he did come running and screaming," Seth comments while looking to the side in amazed.

Onion reached his friend and began to yell, "A backward man is coming our way!"

"Liar." His friends didn't waste in calling him out.

Onion simply pointed at the road, and sure enough, a man was going backward.

"Hey! Who are you calling a stranger?! 'Cause I ain't one!" the man said.

Up closer, he's wearing a black hat that concealed the top of his face, a dark blue jacket, and green dress pants. He had red-tinted sunglasses that had lenses shaped like hearts and grey hair.

"You sure are pretty weird to me," Nami says with a blank expression.

"Wrong! I'm just traveling hypnotists!" the man says.

"Sure, sure, whatever you say…Michael Jackson stunt-double." Seth says, muttering the last part.

"Really!? Show us something," the three kids exclaimed.

"What? You expect me to show my hypnotic skills to some random strangers?" the man asked with a glare. Nevertheless, he pulled out what looked like a hypnotic ring on a string and began to swing it back and forth in front of the three kids who followed the ring's movement with undivided attention. "When I say 'One, Two, Jango' you will fall asleep. 'One…Two…Jango!"

And with that, all three kids and the man himself fall to sleep.

"Are we all in favor that he's a weirdo and an idiot?" Seth asked.

"Yes," Zoro and Nami agreed.

After a minute, the man woke up and excused himself, the kids were still sleeping. Zoro was getting bored of waiting for Luffy, but he noticed that Seth was looking at the sky, more worried than ever.

"Oy Seth," the auburn-haired boy turns to him, "Is something bothering you?"

Seth stands his upper body up, "...Is that butler," he says.

"The girl's butler? What about him?" Nami asked, her curiosity kill the cat.

"I don't like him," his expression turned serious, "And I'm not talking about 'he badmouth Usopp's father' like…Is a 'that man is dangerous' like."

"Dangerous?" Zoro was more curious now.

Seth explained, "You guys saw how he uses the palm of his hand to push his glasses upward, right?"

"Yeah, so?" Nami says in confusion.

"From what I was taught, people who do it are for only two reasons for it, either they feel comfortable like that…or they know how to kill."

Upon hearing the word 'kill', Nami almost fell from the fence and Zoro's eyes hardened. "Kill…That girl has a butler that can kill?"

"N-Now, now. May he have been overprotective, you heard what Kaya said." Nami tried to explain.

"I also felt a dark killing aura around him," Seth responded, making Nami flinch. "And it was not ordinary."

"...You think that butler is hiding something?" Zoro asked.

Seth nods, "Something big…Very big." he looks up into the sky, "And I don't think that little girl knows about it either. She doesn't look like the type of girl that would accept professional killers."

Which leaves them thinking, who the hell was this Khaladore man?

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After a while, the kids finally woke up, and now they were waiting for Luffy and Usopp.

"What's taking that idiot so long?" Zoro asked.

"I don't know, but he should have been back by now," replied an equally frustrated Nami.

"Wait someone's coming this way!" Onion exclaimed.

They all looked in the direction Onion was pointing and sure enough, Usopp was sprinting towards them in a panic.

"Usopp?" Seth stood up.

"What's this…? Luffy isn't with him," Zoro said as Usopp came closer.

"Captain!" the kids called. The long nose pirate didn't stop sprinting as he went past them, going directly at the village.

"Something is wrong," Seth says, before running at the direction Usopp came from.

"Oy Seth! Wait up!" Zoro grabbed his swords and began to follow the battle cat. Nami went after them, the kids as well.

(Five minutes later)

Usopp's trail led Seth to a nice coast with a view of the ocean and a cliff. He began to smell Luffy's scent.

"Hey! This is where the captain always comes when he needs to be alone," Onion said.

"But Straw hat isn't here…" Pepper says.

"Oy Seth, are you sure Luffy? Is it here?" Zoro asked the lion boy.

He didn't get an answer.

"Seth?" the swordsman turned to see Seth looking down the cliff. Being curious, he looked down as well, his eyes widened. Nami followed their action and placed a hand on his mouth in shock.

Right down below the cliff was Luffy, head first in the ground and not moving. They all ran down for a better look, his straw hat was next to him.

"He…He fell down the cliff and died!" the kids yell together.

Nami felt dread at seeing Luffy not moving, but more importantly, she noticed how Seth was trembling as his hand turned into a fist. She had heard what the auburn-haired dream is and how he and Luffy promised to help each other gain them.

('He must feel devastated now that he's gone…') she thought. It was weird for her to say that, but these guys were...a little different than the other pirates she met. They fought for others' treasures and have each other's back.

Maybe…she could at least show her condolences to him.

However, before she could say anything, Seth walked up to the body and in an instant, kicked it in the stomach. "Luffy! Wake up already!" he yelled out.

Moments later, the straw hat boy let out a big yawn as Nami and the kids were startled to see him move, revealing that Luffy was very much alive. Zoro laughed at their reaction.

"Oy Nami, you didn't forget he's made out of rubber, right?" the swordsman asked her.

It took Nami a full minute to actually remember that before her face turned into scarlet. ('HOW THE HELL DID I FORGOT THAT?!')

(Fanfiction Writer Dimension; Room 343; Eternal4Ever)

"Guilty as charged bitches!"

*insert cheers, whistles and clap sounds*

"Thank you, thank you!"

(Back to the story)

"Anyway," Seth turned to Luffy, "Could you explain to me why you tried to meet Satan in person?"

A question mark appeared on our innocent captain's head, "Why would I go to meet Satan? Who is Satan anyway?" he asked.

A droplet appeared in everyone's head, "I was being sarcastic Luffy; what I mean is, why were you sleeping down here?"

"Oh, then why didn't you say that?" More droplets appear on their heads.

Luffy explained that he and Usopp had heard Klahadore, saying that he's real name is Kuro, and Jango, the name of the hypnotist, and how the latter had tried to kill him by hypnotizing him to fall asleep and fall off the cliff. Of course, Luffy was okay because he was in his rubber form.

"WHAAAAAAAAT?! MISS KAYA IS GOING TO BE KILLED?!" the kids yelled.

"Well, looks like Seth was right," Zoro said. "That butler was hiding something big."

"This is bad! We need to pack our stuff!" Carrot says with the other kids nodding before sprinting into the village.

The others stood there before Luffy shouted, "OH NO! I NEED TO BUY SOME MEAT BEFORE THE BUTCHER LEAVES!" and began to run.

"...A reminder that we are following an idiot." Seth commented. Both Zoro and Nami nodded at this.

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('I should have known no one would believe me,') Usopp thought sadly as he clutched his right shoulder where he had been shot. Slapped in the face by Kaya and chased out of his village, Ussop was sure he had lost everything. Tears filled his eyes as he knew his village would never be able to handle the pirates.

This island is one of the few where pirates don't bother raiding in since the village is located way far from the ocean.

As he was walking, he saw the four pirates and his 'crew' coming back from the cliff.

"What the fuck?! Usopp points at Luffy, "You're alive?!"

"Shishishishi! Yep! No stupid cliff is going to kill me!" Luffy says.

"Yeah, yeah…Gummy man."

"Rubber man!"

"You ate the Gum-Gum fruit, not the Rubber-Rubber fruit, idiot!"

"Shut up! I call it whatever I want!"

Both Luffy and Seth head-butted each other, causing sweat drops on the rest of the viewers before the kids returned to the real topic.

"Captain, we heard about what happened!" Pepper said.

"Kaya's life is in danger!" Carrot said.

"Let's fight together!" Onion declared.

Usopp had his head down as they said this and was silent for a little while...

Before laughing out loud. "Hahahaha! Come on you guys, that was just a bunch of lies, just like always. I was really mad at that butler since he insulted my father so I decided to get back at him!"

It took a moment before the kids laughed in relief that it was all a lie…until they walked past him.

"I'm disappointed in you, captain."

"Sure that butler was mean, but we never thought you'd try to hurt him."

"To think we respected you so much."

With that, the kids walked away as Usopp watched them sadly.

(Later, at the horizon)

Nami was applying first aid to Usopp's wound on his arm. After she was done, Zoro broke the silence.

"That was brave of you; sending your crew away," he says.

"So there will not be an evacuation I presume?" Seth asked.

Usopp didn't need to explain it but then, he spoke up, "...Because I used to lie all the time, no one believes a word I say now…Even so…the fact that those pirates are going to attack is the truth, right? They're going to attack. Tomorrow morning at the latest. But no one believes me! They all think tomorrow will be another peaceful day!" Tears were swelling around his eyes…

Only to wipe it away quickly. Teeth gritted and his eyes full of resolve. "Since everyone thinks I'm a liar, I'll protect this village myself and prevent the pirates from attacking! To protect the village, then this will become one of my lies!" The long-nosed liar shouted out with a forced smile. "Hehe…even though they shot at me…and threw stones at me…and called me a liar…I love this village! I want to protect everyone!"

A small image of a bed driven woman with a long nose appeared in his head, weakly smiling fondly at him. Then, it changed into a darkly tanned man holding a pistol in hand and smiling proudly.

"I…I want to be a brave warrior of the sea…like I promised my mother! I want my father to be proud to have a coward like me as a son!" He said, his lips trembling and covered his eyes with his hands. "How can I…how can I just watch…as everyone I love gets killed?"

The group of four has a poker face before Seth smirks at him. "You have a golden heart Usopp, burdening your shoulders alone for this."

"Agreed, I just got pumped up at this." Zoro grinned.

"Let's not forget boys, all the treasure is mine." Nami put on an okay sign.

"Okay! We're kicking some serious ass!" Luffy cracks his knuckles.

"H...Huh?" Usopp looked at them in surprise, "You guys...are going to help me? Why?"

"Because the enemies outnumber you! That's not a fair fight!" The straw hat captain replied.

"Besides, you have the words 'I'm scared' written all over your face." The green-haired swordsman told the trembling liar.

Usopp took offense to that remark and shouted back at the four while jabbing a thumb in his direction. "Idiots! Scared? So what if they outnumber me?! They can't compete on my level! I'm Captain Usopp and in my veins flows the blood of a courageous warrior!" He screamed at the four pirates…with his legs trembling like leaves.

The four just stared with deadpan looks…

"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT!? FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD, IT'S CAPTAIN KURO'S FLEET! A TACTICIAN PIRATE WITH HUNDREDS OF PLANS TO KILL US! OF COURSE, I'M SCARED OUT OF MY MIND! GO AWAY! I DON'T NEED YOUR SYMPATHY!" The trembling liar yelled at them.

Zoro began to shake his head at the nervous teen's shouts. "We're not sympathizing for you, but rather, we're commending you for having courage."

"Who the hell dies out of pity?" Luffy asked.

"Y...You guys…!" tears were falling off Usopp's eyes.

These pirates are nice people!

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"Alright. We have to get ready. They'll attack at dawn, so we have until then to prepare some traps!" They all then walked back up the slope as Usopp said that they would attack from this shore. They covered the slope with oil so that when the Black Cat pirates come, they'll slip and go down.

"This oil trap will slow those pirates down. This is the only path to the village so we can make a stand right here," Usopp said. "But we still need battle strength. What are you all best at?"

"Stretching."

"Punching."

"Cutting."

"Stealing."

"Hiding?"

"YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT TOO!"

"J-just kidding," Usopp wheezed out.

"I have to say, this is a pretty good plan, this slope is narrow, they'll have a hard time getting through with this oil trap."

"Of course! When it comes to snipping and planing traps, I have confidence!" Usopp crossed his arms. "Now we have to wait…."

(Dawn)

"Is almost time for the attack…where are those pirates?!" Usopp yelled.

They have been waiting until dawn, but there wasn't a ship or pirate in sight.

"Think they overslept?" Luffy asked.

"Not everyone is like you, idiot," Zoro remarked.

"...Hold your horses." Seth spoke up before summoning his cat ears.

"Gah! What the fuck?!" Usopp yelled in surprise at seeing, at first sight, Seth's power.

"...I'm hearing voices…from the north," he informed them.

"North?...!" Usopp's eyes widened. "Don't tell me they are coming from the northern shore?!"

"WERE IN THE WRONG SHORE!?" Luffy shouted at the long nose.

"I thought that they were coming through here since the meeting was here!" Usopp defended his reasoning.

"Ah! Our boats are there!" Nami grabbed her head in fear, "They're going to take my treasure!"

"We don't have time for this," Seth summoned his battle cat form (long hair, ears, arms, and tail only) and shouted, "Everybody, grab on to me and hold tight!"

Zoro, Nami, and Usopp look at him in confusion. Luffy however, began to smile like a little kid and immediately jumped on Seth's back. He turned to the others. "Come on you guys!" Luffy calls them. They hesitated for a moment before Zoro and Nami grabbed his shoulder while Usopp grabbed the tail.

And when he did, Seth yelled, "Max Speed!"

In an instant, the auburn-haired took off at the speed of light, only his zipping body could be seen and the screams of four people (three in fear, one in joy) could be heard. In mere moments, they all appear on the north side. Seth came to a halting stop, causing Usopp to let go and crash in the ground.

"That…was...AWESOME!" Luffy yelled out. "We were so fast! Let's do it again!"

"No!" Nami rejected, "I almost had a heart attack!"

"Sorry, I just wanted to hurry up here." Seth sheepishly says. "But in my defense, I said hold on tight."

"...I guess you have a point there." Nami said.

"Hey! What about me!?" Usopp appeared with dirt on his face and his nose twisted.

"...That's your fault for letting go."

"HOW THE HELL WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU WOULD SPRINT ALL THE WAY HERE?!"

"Again, I say to hold on tight." Before Usopp could answer back, "And as much I like to continue this debate, not only do we have a fight coming on, but we have little time for this chapter."

"Huh?" was the response of all of them.

"Seth, you're being weird again." Said Luffy.

"Ha! That's coming from the man who's made out of gum!"

"I AM A RUBBER MAN!"