She Came From Outta Space... I Think?

It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Is Launched Off The Boat

Tani sat on the deck, her legs dangling from between the railing. She didn't feel her fever anymore, but there was still a knock-knock in her brain. Nami ordered that she take it easy, and Tani wasn't ready to oppose the red head. The salty ocean breeze was doing wonders in relaxing her, she'd always been a fan of the sea, it just sucks she doesn't live near it.

"Hey Usopp! There's a rock we could practice the cannon with!" Luffy called out to Usopp, pointing at the rock that was coming into view. Usopp rushed over to Luffy, and looked at the massive rock that was protruding from the ocean depths. Tani looked towards the cannon that Luffy and Usopp were crowding around, then her gaze moved to the huge rock.

"I betcha, I can hit that rock from all the way over here," Usopp declared, Luffy's eyes sparkled with admiration towards the sniper. Tani smirked.

"Oi Usopp! If you hit the rock, I'll give you ten bucks!" she challenged. Usopp gave her a quizzical look.

"What's a buck?" Usopp asked, Luffy turned his attention to Tani as well. Tani looked back at them in confusion.

"Money... It's money, you know that thing you use to exchange for stuff,". Luffy and Usopp shared a look, before Usopp spoke up.

"Are you talking about berri?" he asked. Tani scrunched her expression.

"Why would you exchange fruit for other stuff? People can just grow berries." Tani responded. Both boys and Tani were more confused than they had been before this whole conversation.

Tani got up from her spot and walked over to the boys, shoving her hand into her bag to pull out her wallet, and showed off a $10 bill to them. Usopp grabbed it from her, looked at it for a moment, Luffy snatched it from Usopp and stared at it with awe.

"I've never seen a berri that looks like this before," Usopp stated, "Currency must be different for you," he concluded. Oh right, different worlds. Duh...

Tani sighed at the realization that she was pretty much broke in this world. She went to grab the bill from Luffy, but he didn't seem to want to give it back yet, his brain inspecting and processing what it was. Tani just let him have it, the bill was useless to her at the moment anyway.

"So... About that cannon?" she motioned between the rock and the cannon. Usopp snapped back to the cannon, flipping his goggles down to focus on the target. Luffy and Tani watched the marksman ready his shot, a drop of sweat trailed down his forehead... Usopp clicked a button.

The cannon roared, propelling a canon ball across the sea. Moments later, the ball hit the rock directly. destroying the thing in one shot, rubble rained into the sea. Small waves erupted and lapped back to hit the Merry.

Luffy laughed in excitement, praising Usopp for his masterful skills. Usopp soaked in the praise.

"It was nothing," Usopp brushed off, "I'm so amazing in my sniper skills, that I can hit the eye of a mouse from 1000ft away." he lied, not that Luffy could tell. Luffy clapped louder, begging Usopp to fire the cannon again.

Tani didn't participate in the praising. Instead, her gaze was locked on the space the rock once stood proud. She swore she'd heard something.

"What was that noise? What did you idiots do?" Nami came running into the deck. Tani ignored the commotion, her focus remaining on the broken rock.

"Bro... Bro..." she can hear a voice. She swears it... But that can't be right? She's way too far away. Plus nobody would have survived a blast like that-

"Oi Tani, look at this!" Luffy held up a poorly painted Jolly Roger. Tani didn't look his way, her eyes focusing on something else.

A small blot of brown started approaching the Merry, there's no way she was imagining that. It looked like... A small boat? Speeding it's way over to their location.