One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Five

-Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Five-

"Special Attack: Green Star Sargasso!" the sharpshooter shot a small green pellet from his Kabuto, sending it flying through the ship's coating before it exploded into a thick seaweed that wrapped around the boulders and slowed their descent to a halt.

"Usopp made seaweed appear!" Chopper awed.

"It stopped the boulders!" Nami grinned.

"That's handy" Franky commented.

"Oh, wow! Nice shot!" Chopper praised.

"Yeah, you did a great job—better than a certain someone else's plan" I grinned, laughing as my cheek was suddenly pinched.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Zoro irritably asked as pulled on my cheek.

"Exactly what it sounds like, you dork" I responded, smiling the best I could at the swordsman who heaved a sigh before smiling back as he finally released my cheek.

"So awesome!" Luffy sparkled as he stared at the seaweed.

"It won't hold for very long though, so we got to get moving—Surume!" Usopp called down to the octopus. "Move it!" and just like he said, the minute we got far enough away from the seaweed, it snapped. Letting all the boulders finally go tumbling down the rest of the way.

"Just in time" Chopper sighed in relief.

"Monster plant? Oh man, that's cool!" Luffy eagerly smiled, causing Usopp to pridefully puff out his chest as he boisterously laughed and soaked in the praise.

"I wonder what else you have in that big bag of tricks" Brook curiously hummed.

"Looks like we're in the clear" Chopper smiled as Zoro finally sheathed his sword and smiled as well—looking pleased to see that we were no longer in danger.

"I trained my butt off, you know—actually, yeah! Here, I'll tell you!" Usopp excitedly grinned, causing everyone to smile. "It's a very touching story, I promise" he assured us as he prepared to regale us about his time spent training these last two years. "The food! The food! The forbidden temptation—"

"Maybe next time" Nami interrupted.

"Okay, rude" Usopp frowned as Luffy groaned in disappointment.

"That Nami, so harsh" Brook said, shaking his head.

"Yes, so heartless" I giggled as the ginger huffed and threw a small glare my way before grumbling.

"You were pretty great too, Surume—thanks a bunch!" Luffy praised the Kraken.

"Yeah! You saved us all!" Chopper agreed.

"You're the best, Surume!" Nami smiled.

"Surume!" we started to chant, causing the octopus to happily squirm around before his head was suddenly struck by a stray boulder which knocked him out completely and caused him to lose his grip on the ship. Loudly, everyone screamed as we went tumbling even further down into the abyss.

-Later-

"Are we alive or dead...?" Brook weakly asked as light shined down on us—the Sunny now on her side from her rough landing.

"There's light, but we're so deep in the sea..." Robin remarked as she squinted.

"Perhaps we're dead and that's the light of the afterlife..." I grumbled, rubbing my head from where I had bumped in during our rough landing as the older woman gave a breathless laugh.

"So bright, I got stars in my eyes" Brook said, squinting his empty sockets as he used a bony hand in an attempt to block the light and help him see better. "Rather just stars, there aren't any eyes" he corrected before he suddenly started to cry.