"WAKE UP YOU GUYS!! WAKE UP!! WAKE UP!!" Usopp screamed at everyone in the camp.
"What's all this damn screaming about?" Zoro asked as he stumbled out of his tent.
"Seriously? Who wakes someone up like that?" Nami asked.
"What's going on Long Nose?" Robin asked as she left her tent.
"Dude, I could hear you screaming from where I was training." Anu said as he entered the clearing from the forest. "What the hell are you screaming for?"
"Something's happened to the Going Merry!!" Usopp yelled as he shook Anu back and forth.
"I'm gonna need you to stop that right now." Anu said as he grabbed as he picked up Usopp by his armpits and placed him in the center of the camp. "Alright, tell us everything that you saw."
"I went out to take a leak earlier..." Usopp started.
"You could've skipped that part." Sanji deadpanned.
"Agreed." Everyone else chimed in.
"Whatever..." Usopp continued. "I thought I heard some noises coming from the altar, and when I went to go look, I thought I saw someone working on the ship. We need to make sure something bad didn't happen to the ship!!"
"Not a bad idea." Anu commented. "Might need to check on our only ride out of here."
"Agreed." Everyone else replied.
"Can we get ready first?" Nami asked.
"Of course." Sanji answered.
The crew proceeded to get ready and went to the altar to see what had happened to the ship that had caused Usopp to freak out so badly.
"LOOK!! I TOLD YOU SOMETHING HAPPENED!!" Usopp told them. "I SAW IT!! IT WASN'T A DREAM, AFTER ALL!!!"
"Hang on, "it?" Anu asked.
"I thought I saw someone doing something to the ship." Usopp answered.
"THE GOING MERRY HAS BEEN REPAIRED!!" Luffy yelled out as he saw the ship.
"He's right. Even the broken mast has been fixed." Nami said as she ran a hand on the mast.
"I hate to say this, but the work's pretty shoddy." Sanji pointed out.
"Someone's looking out for us!" Luffy said as he sat on the railing above the deck.
"I thought it was a ghost." Usopp wondered aloud.
"But, who would fix our ship for us in a place like this?" Zoro asked. "In Upper Yard, everyone's been nothing but hostile."
"Interesting." Anu said to himself as he looked around the ship.
"But it's no longer a flying ship, huh, Usopp?" Luffy asked.
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The Jackal Guardian's Ascent
FanfictionFrom a member of the Royal Guard of Alabasta to one of the most revered and respected men in the world. This is the story of Anu the Guardian's rise to prominence. One Piece and it's characters are owned by Eichiro Oda. I only own the OC. Category...