Usopp X Reader: I'll Never Let You Die (1/3)

“Whoo! DUDE. There is an ISLAND. It looks AWESOME. We are stopping there totes. Right Nami?” You asked happily, bouncing around on the deck of the Thousand Sunny.

“Well, I dunno. We’re in the New World, and I don’t really trust some of these islands…” She said, trailing off her sentence.

“Awww, come on! Look closer at the centre of it! The trees there are freakin’ NEON GREEN! Who knows how much treasure that place could hold~!” You added in, sure that your words would reel her in.

Beli signs rung themselves up in her eyes and the air sparkled around her. “Treasure?! Maybe a quick stop would do us some good!”

“That took absolutely no time for her to change her mind.” Zoro said bluntly, rolling his eyes.

You jumped off the railing you were standing on to stare out to the island and walked out to the middle of the ship. “I just seem to have a way with my words~!”

“Oh do you?” Franky questioned, stepping up. “If you’re so great with your words, then why haven’t you gathered up enough guts to say you like-!” Franky started, but you heaved yourself at him and covered his mouth with your hands.

“Come on, Franky! Why would I not say I like potatoes?!” You laughed uneasily, staring daggers into his eyes.

Franky removed you from his back, but held a stupid grin that dissatisfied you to no end. “Riiiight! I remember now. You have a hard-core addiction to ‘potatoes’” He said, air quoting the word potato.

What he was really getting at was your hard-core addiction to your crew mate Usopp. You had grown on him over a few months of sailing with him, and even after two years, he was still as great as he was before to you, perhaps even better. You never really had any guts to say anything, and you were worried that he might have found out, just by the way you act around him. You couldn’t be sure though, because you never said anything. EVER.

“Thank you, Franky, for realizing my potato addiction.” You said smartly, rolling your eyes.

“…Potato… addiction? Seriously?” Usopp asked, crossing his arms and staring at you with confusion.

“Yes, potato addiction. I’m in love with ‘em.” You said with the straightest possible face ever.

“NOOOOO! _______ ADDICTIONS AREN’T GOOD! IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT IT IS! ADDICTIONS ARE BAD!” Chopper yelled, running at you and jumping on your back in tears.

“Woah! Chopper, it’s just potatoes! I ain’t gonna die!” You reassured him, yet he wouldn’t stop whining. You sighed and grabbed him, crouching down to his level. “Chopper, you know full well I don’t have a potato addiction. This is cover for another thing. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about, considering I only ever told you and Franky.” You told him in a hushed voice.

“Chopper paused, and then realized what you meant. “Ooooh, that! You still haven’t told him?” Chopper asked, whispering back to you.

“No! You know how hard that is for me? He’s such a dork!”

“But he’s a dork that you love~!” Chopper whispered playfully.

“Chopper! Don’t do that! You were crying a second ago, and now you’re suddenly so cocky? Well then mister TANOOKI.” You snapped back in your hushed voice.

“I’M A REINDEER DAMN IT!” Chopper yelled, exploding and killing the quiet conversation.

“Hey, _______! Don’t pick on Chopper!” Luffy called from the figurehead of the Sunny.

“I’m noooot! He started it!” You complained, pointing at the flailing reindeer.

“Instead of whining, how ‘bout you help pull up the sails since we’re docking soon.” Nami said, pointing up at them.

“NAW! I dun wanna.” You said stubbornly.

“Come on, _______. Just come help me do it since we’ll all die if we don’t listen to her.” Usopp said, walking over to the rope netting to climb up the mast.

“… Fine.” You said, giving in at his words and running over to help him.

“PFFFFFFFT.” Franky scoffed, grinning at Chopper.

You stared him down, causing him to avert his eyes and start whistling innocently whilst he grinned like an idiot. You mouthed the words “fuck you” and proceeded to climb up to the mast to pull up the sails.

The job went smoothly without a problem. In no time the ship was ready to dock at the island, which it did in a matter of seconds while you were still up on the mast with Usopp.

“TREASURE HUNT~!” Nami sang, dancing around the ship with Beli signs in her eyes.

“Yes, yes, you and your treasure, Nami.” You called, climbing down with Usopp “We will find it soon, so you can go spend cheaply like you always do~!” You added, stopping halfway down the rope net and jumping the rest of the way down, as if to look badass around Usopp.

“Whoa that’s kinda high!” Usopp called after you, but you had already landed smoothly and safely back on deck.

“Naaaahhh, I’m fine. That distance is nothing!” You reassured with a smile.

“What did you say?” Nami asked, gritting her teeth behind a pissed off smile.

“Oh, nothing~!” You giggled, shuffling away from her slightly.

“_______, you’re just asking to get yourself killed.” Usopp said, climbing the rest of the way down the rope ladder and walking across the deck. “Saying things about Nami’s bad shopping habits is not the wisest thing to do.”

“BAD shopping habits?!”

“You’re gonna get yourself killed too at this rate.” You said smartly.

Nami’s glare was like the fire of hell burning holes into both your heads. Usopp screeched in fear and shuffled backwards away from her. You just slowly stepped back, trying to think of an excuse to pull her mind from her state of destruction.

“Hey Nami! Let’s split up into groups and start to explore for some treasure!” You exclaimed. “We can get a designated area to explore and be back within a certain time to report our findings!”

That seemed to calm her state of rage as treasure and money took over her mind once again.

“You’re absolutely right ________!” She said cheerfully. “I’ll make the groups~! GATHER ROUND IDIOTS.” She yelled getting the attention of everyone.

There were a few murmurs of how rude she sounded and how much of a greedy ass she was being, but even if she heard them, they were completely ignored.

“Alright! Group one will consist of Brook, Robin, and Franky. You guys will take the left side of the island. Group two will be me, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji! We’ll cover the right side of the island where the ruins are. And the last group will be Chopper, _______, and Usopp! You guys can take the centre of the island. Got it?” Nami announced proudly.

“Oi! Do I have to work with this shitty cook?” Zoro complained.

“You’re one to talk, shitty marimo!” Sanji retorted.

“Shut up! Yes, you have to work together! Suck it up and get moving!” Nami yelled, pointing off the ship and into the deep forested island.

For worry that Nami might slice their heads off at any moment, the two stopped fighting, and each group moved out to the island to search for anything interesting before the decided break. As your small group just jumped off the ship, Chopper jumped on your back and started talking to you.

“Hey _______! How awesome is it for you being in a group with Usopp~!” Chopper teased quietly.

You started to blush and you turned your head to the little reindeer. “Chopper I swear I will throw you off my back!” You mumbled through gritted teeth.

Chopper started to laugh like a little child and nearly flung himself off your back from laughing. Usopp, who was a few feet behind the two of you, caught Choppers laughter and grew curious.

“Oi! What’s so funny?” He called, running forward to your position.

“Nothing’s funny. Chopper’s just on crack, yo.” You said evasively, turning your still red face away from his so he couldn’t see.

“I wish I could tell you, Usopp!” Chopper said through his giggles. “But _______ might kill me If I do!”

“God damn straight I’ll kill ya.” You mumbled.

“Why would someone as nice as _______ kill you!” Usopp said with a smile.

“PFFFFFF, NICE?!” You scoffed. Though you got butterflies in your stomach when he said you were nice, especially when he threw in that adorably stupid smile of his.

He ignored your denial of being nice and just continued on walking with you and Chopper, a grin still on his face. In moments, you entered the thick forest and watched as the three groups split up and went their separate ways. Your group kept on pressing forward, to the centre of the island, where a said treasure might lay. As you walked on with the bubbly conversation of Usopp and Chopper, the little reindeer still on your back, behind you, black figures darted across the path and into the brush, and you were completely unaware of the happenings behind you. You hadn’t turned around; you hadn’t listened to your surroundings. The glint of a sharp knife could be seen in the hand of one of the figures, freshly sharpened, and ready to take its first tear at warm flesh.