"So you want to talk to Usopp again? " asked the man in the mansion outside the village. He was in a fancy black suit with golden emblems on the side of the jacket's breasts in a shape which resembled piles of poop. His hair was a dark blackish-green, pulled back into a ponytail. On his face were circular wire glasses, as a towel hung from his right arm. His collar ended in a curl with his black tie around his neck and his socks were stripped black and white.
The young owner of the manor asked him, "What's wrong with that? I want to talk to him.
"No! How many times have I told you, he is the biggest liar in the village! If you talk to him, you might catch his bad influence!" continued the butler who name was Clahador.
"Petty! " commented the owner of the village who was named Kaya as she lay in her bed in illness.
"Yes, call me whatever you want, but I am not changing my mind," he said as he turned away to make up some tea for the lady of the manner. He continued his comments, "Usopp's weird stories are just too exciting to a weak young mistress like you..."
"But I am feeling okay! " answered the young woman as she tried to counter the lecture of the house butler.
"Listen to me please... when your parents passed away, the specifically instructed me that I must protect Mistress Kaya. That is why I hired the guards, they are there to ensure your safety from dangers and bad elements." continued the butler as he moved his glasses into position, as Kaya looked out the window at the men in black suits on her mansion's grounds.
"All of this is for your own good, mistress." said the Clahador as he played with his glasses until they moved into position.
"Yes, I know..." said the girl as he voice turned down and soft and she looked away to the sheets on her.
"I'm glad you understand. I will put your medicine here, please take it." he said as he finished up with what he was doing. He left with the slamming of the door as she said "Okay".
Minutes passed before there was a voice calling out, "Knock knock."
Kaya looked out to see a familiar face and voice, "Usopp-san."
"You have that depressed look again." said the voice of Usopp as he sat under a tree in the landscaped yard outside her window.
As she looked out her bedroom window on the ground level at him she said, "I'm sorry. I wanted to treat you like a proper guest, but Clahador will not allow it. It's not like you are a bad person."
"Never mind, I feel comfortable here. The somberness of the room will suffocate me. Because I am a brave warrior of the sea! " answered the young man as he sat on the green grass before the window.
"So which adventures are you going to tell me today? " asked Kaya as she smiled and got excited.
"Let's see, today I will tell you... about the time when I was five and fought with a southern giant goldfish! " began Usopp with his tall tale which caused the girl to question it with one word.
"Goldfish? "
"The most amazing thing was its poop, it was very big and very long. I thought it was land and even docked there..." continued the boy as the girl laughed at his strangely amusing story.
Back at the restaurant...
"Wow, he is a great guy! " shouted out Luffy as he learned of what it was that Usopp was doing.
Nami leaned on her fist as she said, "So to restore her spirits, he is been going for a year to amuse her with his made up tales? "
"Yup." said Piman as he continued to stand in his line.
"I like his 'Nosiness'. " answered Ninjin, speaking of the quality of his captain which he liked best.
"I like the Captain's 'Cowardice'. " answered Piman as he continued with this line of thought.
"I like his 'lies'. " said Tamanegi, as the final boy gave his answer.
"What kind of strong points are those? " asked the swordsman as he looked at the negative aspects being spoke as positive ones.
"So the lady is feeling better already? " asked the boy in the straw hat, getting more interested in the matter for some reason.
"Yeah, and it's all thanks to the captain! " Ninjin answered the unusual boy.
"All right!! Then we shall go to the mansion and ask for a ship! " shouted Luffy in a booming voice as he posed with one hand on his hip and one pointing a fist in the air.
"No!! Did not you just say you had give it up? " screamed out Nami as she nearly popped a vein at the sudden mental shift of this pirate captain and strangest man she met.
At the mansion...
Luffy and the three boys who made up the Usopp pirate's stood before the gate, as Nami and Zoro stood more behind them. Luffy began to speak, "Good afternoon, please lend us a ship."
Luffy waited a minute before he started to jump on the metal gate with, "Let's just go in..."
"Then what is the use of that greeting? " asked Piman as he started to sweat with his fellow pirates.
Nami sighed as she asked with his hand on her face, "We cannot stop him, can we? "
"Since we cannot stop him, we will have to follow him." said Zoro as he looked more serious then he had been in a while.
Inside the house, Clahador was starting to speak, "What? Trespassers? Where are the guards? "
Another servant who resembled a ram sheep answered him, "Well... They just went out for lunch! "
Outside Kaya's window, the girl was asking while laughing, "Hahahaha... so what happened to the goldfish? "
"Well, then I sliced it up into little pieces and sent them to the country of the dwarves. And up to this day they have not been able to finish eating it. Then, because of my great powers, they all called me..." answered Usopp as he had his eyes closed as he made up his tales.
"Caaaptain! "
"Yes, Captai..." Started Usopp as he turned around and looked up at the source of the voice calling out to him. He responded to them with, "Huh!! Why are you all here? "
"We brought this guy here..." Piman explained before being interrupted by Kaya.
"Who's that? "
"Oh! So you are the lady of the house? " asked Luffy without a care in the while or any sense of fear.
Usopp moved quickly as he moved next to Luffy and placed an arm around him, "These guys heard of my reputation, and travelled far to see me here. They are the new members of the Usopp pirate group! "
"Yeah! " shouted the boys as Luffy tried to correct everyone with, "No! That is not...! "
The reason of their visit became clear as Luffy asked Kaya for a request, "Yeah, we need a big ship."
"What are you doing here?! " everyone turned to see the butler on the grounds before he continued, "You cannot just barge into a mansion-like this."
Usopp looked annoyed and frustrated at this turn of events as Kaya spoke his name. Luffy just asked who he was.
"Listen Clahador, these people are..."
"You do not have to explain! I will ask you about it later," he told her as he began to speak to the collective on the yard, "Please get out! Or is there something you need to say? "
"I want a ship..." asked Luffy as he smiled filled with hope.
"No way." answered the butler as Luffy's head fell with his depression and Zoro patted his back. Yet something else caught the eye of the butler.
"You? You are Usopp. I've heard some rumors about you. The villagers talk about you all the time."
"Oh, Oh thank you. You may call me Captain Usopp. Everyone calls me that..."
"The Guards said you were lurking outside the gates. What do you want here? " asked the butler as he pushed his glasses up again.
"Errr... err... I heard that there is a huge mole inside the mansion!! So I wanted to see it for myself."
"Hahaha... I can see that you can certainly lie well! " said Clahador as the boy in question asked what before the man continued, "I have heard about your father too. You are the son of a filthy pirate. I am not surprised that you turned out this way, but you had better stay away from my mistress."
"Did he says Usopp's dad was a pirate? " asked Luffy as he seemed to be remembering something.
"Did you say filthy? " asked Usopp as he became angry at the older man.
"You and the young mistress belongs to totally different worlds. Is it money that you are looking for? Name your price?""
This shocked everyone, but a look of fear crossed the face of the young woman in question as she paled.
(Posted Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:43)
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