Cursed

Some Explanation

      "So, what do you think it was?" Sanji's voice breaks the silence as he huffs out a cloud of smoke. (Y/N) glances over, grimacing at the sight of the cigarette held between three of his fingers. "Why was she crying?" The blond finishes his question, staring off to the side at nothing.

"I don't know. Was she crying?" Zoro responds, turning his head to look over his shoulder at the cook.

"I think she wanted to." (Y/N) tells the swordsman, looking down at his pointed nails. The nail polish was beginning to chip off, the realization causing the vampire to sigh in slight anguish.

Zoro scoffs at the response, raising a brow in disinterest. "If she did, they would be tears of guilt for killing Usopp."

"Yeah right, are you serious? You really are dense." Sanji comments. Instead of getting mad, all Zoro responds with is a questioning hum. (Y/N) watches the interaction, seeing a grin spread across Sanji's face.

"Do you still honestly believe that Nami could've killed Usopp?" He asks, a hint of mirth in his voice, a sort of condescending tone mixed in.

The conversation fizzles out shortly after, with Zoro staring at Sanji in irritated confusion and (Y/N) looking up at the sky. After a few long moments, the immortal's ear flicks, bringing his gaze to the side, down the road. The other two don't notice due to their conversation picking back up.

"So Nami didn't kill him? Is that what you're saying?" Zoro questions as (Y/N) watches a cloaked figure running toward them in the distance. "Am I wrong?" Sanji asks in return, resting his arms on his knees.

"Well, who knows? I always thought of her as a small-time crook who couldn't even watch a guy die, let alone kill one. Maybe she just snapped." Zoro's statement causes Sanji's brows to furrow, an angry tone in his voice. "Wait, what'd you say?"

(Y/N) continues watching the figure, slowly standing up when their cloak flies off, revealing it to be Usopp, alive and kicking. The vampire hums, nodding in confirmation, completely not listening to the argument that just started.

"She's not small-time!" Sanji shouts, rising to his feet with a snarl on his face, his cigarette falling from his mouth. When he starts speed walking toward Zoro, the swordsman reacts in kind, immediately grabbing his sheathed sword in one hand. "Is she all you think about?!" Zoro yells, thrusting his sword toward the other as Sanji lifts his leg to kick him.

(Y/N) watches in exasperation as Usopp runs in between the two attacks, getting a face full of sword and shoe. Why hadn't he stopped running? We may never know. The two troublemakers quickly realize what just happened, causing the both of them to wince. (Y/N) sighs as Usopp falls to the ground.

"He's alive..!"

"Well, he was. Hope he still is.."

"Oh, Usopp.."

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"Usopp?!" Luffy shouts with concern, bolting up from his spot in the middle of the road. He clumsily runs over to Usopp's fallen form, whose head is being held in (Y/N)'s lap. The captain grabs the sniper by the shoulders and begins shaking him back and forth in a hurried manner. "Did Nami do this to you?!" Luffy accuses. Sanji grins, pointing a finger at the mint green haired man.