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onepieceyaoi100Hi, this is my first contribution here :-) If it's too un-yaoi, please let me know...I'm not really sure what the minimum yaoi-ness is to enter a fic in this community!
Title: Storyteller's hero
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Pairing: Usopp/Zoro
Topic: Hero
"Put me down, I'll fight him," Captain Usopp growled. His faithful followers valiantly refused, but the light-wielding monster knocked them to the ground. He hovered ominously over Captain Usopp, stamping viciously on his head, our hero too exhausted by his injuries to resist...
Here Usopp pauses, glancing at the green-haired swordsman who's been the archetype for "Captain Usopp" in every story since Usopp first saw Zoro in action. Usopp knows how this story continues, but there are many other paths the story could have taken...
Scorning the pleas of his followers (Captain Usopp was too proud, of course, to plead for himself), the light monster fired a beam at our hero, boring a hole through his chest, an injury that would prove fatal...
Usopp shudders, and looks again for reassurance in the sight of Zoro snoozing peacefully, proof that this story didn't go down that tragic road. But he knows it's entirely up the whimsy of the great storyteller in the sky, and next time, things could turn out horribly different.
He takes a deep breath.
One of his followers threw himself between the light monster and Captain Usopp, producing a mirror from his trusty pack, reflecting the deadly beam away. The light monster turned human again, howling in rage at being thwarted...
Usopp smiles and scribbles in his notebook. He continues imagining scenarios and reactions, following each thread to its joyous or tragic end, noting which actions led to victory and which to defeat.
It matters little that "Captain Usopp" is not so invincible as he once was. The fact that he occasionally needs the back-up of his "faithful followers" makes him no less a hero. And for the day when his help is needed again, Usopp will be rehearsing his part, watching vigilantly, waiting for his turn to become the hero in Zoro's story.
Title: Storyteller's hero
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Pairing: Usopp/Zoro
Topic: Hero
"Put me down, I'll fight him," Captain Usopp growled. His faithful followers valiantly refused, but the light-wielding monster knocked them to the ground. He hovered ominously over Captain Usopp, stamping viciously on his head, our hero too exhausted by his injuries to resist...
Here Usopp pauses, glancing at the green-haired swordsman who's been the archetype for "Captain Usopp" in every story since Usopp first saw Zoro in action. Usopp knows how this story continues, but there are many other paths the story could have taken...
Scorning the pleas of his followers (Captain Usopp was too proud, of course, to plead for himself), the light monster fired a beam at our hero, boring a hole through his chest, an injury that would prove fatal...
Usopp shudders, and looks again for reassurance in the sight of Zoro snoozing peacefully, proof that this story didn't go down that tragic road. But he knows it's entirely up the whimsy of the great storyteller in the sky, and next time, things could turn out horribly different.
He takes a deep breath.
One of his followers threw himself between the light monster and Captain Usopp, producing a mirror from his trusty pack, reflecting the deadly beam away. The light monster turned human again, howling in rage at being thwarted...
Usopp smiles and scribbles in his notebook. He continues imagining scenarios and reactions, following each thread to its joyous or tragic end, noting which actions led to victory and which to defeat.
It matters little that "Captain Usopp" is not so invincible as he once was. The fact that he occasionally needs the back-up of his "faithful followers" makes him no less a hero. And for the day when his help is needed again, Usopp will be rehearsing his part, watching vigilantly, waiting for his turn to become the hero in Zoro's story.
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