SOMEDAY...
Okay! I've got another story!! This one is going to be about the time that we're all waiting for... THE RED HAIRS AND STRAW HATS MEET!!!!!! I'm doing this partly for a request, and also because i've been waiting to do it for a while now... And i think I'm ready!... I think... O-O
Rating: T (for cussing mostly and some violence.)
This is about Usopp and Yasopp... And it is NOT a pairing. XD
Discalimer: I do not own One Piece or its characters!! ^^
PLEASE REVIEW!!!!! Now, let's go mina!!!
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Take care of your mom all right? I'll be back someday. I love you Usopp…
I failed…
Do become a brave man like your father.
I wish I could…
It's a lie!! WAKE UP!!
Keep going…
You are just the son of a low-class pirate. I do sympathize with you. You must be filled with hatred; hatred for your idiotic father who abandoned you and your mother to look for treasures as a pirate.
You just don't get it…
You bastard!! You'd better stop insulting my father!!!
I know…
It's times like these that you should do what you do best: lie. Just say that you have nothing to do with your father, or he's not your birth father…
Never…
SHUT UP!!!
No one understands…
I'm proud that my father IS a pirate!! Being a brave warrior of the sea, I'm very proud of him!! That kind of honor is not something that can be simply imitated!! Because I'm the son of a pirate!!!!!!!
Proud… I'm so proud of him…
It doesn't matter what anyone says about Yasopp, he's still a great pirate!
Luffy…
I promise I'll come back someday…
…
Liar.
She knew… But she still loved him more than she could say…
Dad's come back to take us out to sea!!
I'm not strong enough…
DAD!!! COME BACK!!!!
I've already failed plenty of times…What if…
Pathetic… Coward… Worthless… Weak…
… What if I'm not good enough to be his son?…
"DAD!!!!!" Usopp jolted awake as he screamed aloud and his skull slammed into the wood of the bunk above him. He fell back on his pillow painfully as he held his skull and gasped for air. Sweat was running all the way down his body and his heart was racing a mile a minute. The others were still asleep, amazingly, as Usopp sat up carefully, making sure that his head wouldn't slam back into the bunk.
"Oi… Shut up long nose… I'm trying to sleep…" Zoro growled, half awake. Usopp shook his head and tried to stop his body from shaking.
"S-sorry…" He whispered before standing up from his bunk and walking towards the door.
"You okay Usopp?" Chopper asked with a yawn.
"I'm fine. Go back to sleep." Usopp then quietly exited the men's quarters and walked onto the turf of the Thousand Sunny's deck. He looked at the ocean that was still a navy color beneath the night sky before leaning back against the railing and slipped onto the ground. He brought his knees closer to his chest and rested his head in his hands. He was still sweating like crazy, even with the cold night air, and his heartbeat just would not slow down.
Tears fell from his eyes as he bit his lip and pulled lightly at his hair. "What is wrong with me?… Just calm down already…" The words from his dream- or nightmare- echoed over and over in his head. "Shut up… Shut up…" Usopp whispered as he rubbed his eyes. He hadn't slept for more than an hour for a whole week when he started having the nightmare. Even if he just wanted to rest for a few minutes it would still repeat and wake him back up. He was exhausted… and the thoughts swirling through his head didn't make it any better. He clenched his teeth and held back the tears filling his eyes.
"Why does this keep popping up?! I have to pull myself together!!" Usopp couldn't help it when he started to cry quietly as he hid his face in his folded arms. "I can't… I can't take it… Dad… What if… What if he…" Usopp didn't notice the navigator sitting up in the look out tower who had heard her nakama down below. Nami knew that Usopp hadn't slept for a week. He kept lying, saying he was fine and just had a hard time sleeping… Nami heard him talking in his sleep…She was going to say something but decided against it. Now wasn't the time.
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"As days go by, and fade to night, I still question why you left…" (A line from John Legend's song Someday. Yes, that was what prompted the title. ^-^)
Oh man... I am such a sap. XD This was just really a sad way to start out. I think Usopp has these kind of insecurities and I have a funny feeling he has them about meeting his dad. But did you notice some lines in the dream/nightmare? I watched episode 10 and went over the argument between Usopp and Kuro and put the lines in there. They just fit perfectly. And sorry if it seemed confusing. I want it to be that way for now.
So, hope you like the prologue!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
~smudgeandfrank