Film Noir One Piece

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

Title: Hidden Fear
One Piece: Not mine. If I did own them, I would be so far into debt to Nami that she'd own me.
Word Count: 271
Rating: PG, nearing PG-13
Pairing: Usopp/Sanji, or maybe Sanji/Usopp
Topic: Secret Fears
Warning: Violence
AN: So very much inspired by my teasing chibi_trillian with this.



Usopp crouched, hidden by the partially open kitchen door. One knee touched the floor while he held his gun in both hands. He could just see Sanji. The seething blond cook had been gagged and bound to a chair and was watching his captors drink the best wine in the house like it was cheap booze.

“So, what should we do with the pretty boy over there?” one of the men playing poker asked.

“I say we have some fun and then kill ‘im.”

“Sounds good to me,” a third man agreed with an insane little laugh.

“Are you insane?” the fourth and final man hissed, “He’s one of Luffy’s boys. You don’t mess with them unless you want to end up dead. There’s a reason Luffy controls this city, ya know.”

“A little late now on the ‘don’t mess with ‘im’ part, wouldn’t ya say?” the second man stated with a grin. He died with the grin, because that’s when the bullet caught him between the eyes. Man 1 and Man 3 managed to stand before they died from a single shot to the head. The fourth man stared in fright down the barrel of Usopp’s gun.

“You seem like you have brains. Prove it and leave. Now.” The man ran.

It was while he was freeing Sanji that the adrenaline fled and his panic broke the dam so it could flow free.

“Are you all right, Sanji? Did they hurt you? How did this happen? We should go to the club where it’s safer and…”

“Usopp. Shut up,” Sanji said. Usopp did, but only because Sanji was kissing him.

Comments

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. Usopp pwnage. Wiv guns and suits and film noir-ness and mafiosos and stuff and stuff. And Sanji smoochage.

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. I think Usopp could pwn if he could set aside his fears for just long enough. Of course, he'll still have them; hence the gushing at the end.

[neo-queen157.livejournal.com]

Usopp is such a pimp.

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes, he is.

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

I hadn't before I found myself writing this. The setting felt darker to me and it felt appropriate, but it's so AU. I don't know if the real Usopp could, although I think he'd be pretty awesome if he could momentarily push aside his worst fears.

[arelente2.livejournal.com]

man that was some action!

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[mango-32.livejournal.com]

Guns really does suit Usopp, doesn't it? ^___^
(Cheers for Usopp.)
And the end was just sweet.XD Loved this!!

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

They do seem to suit him. It's a shame we don't see him with one more often.

Major cheers for Usopp. *breaks out the pompoms*

And thanks! *beams*

[mettathron.livejournal.com]

Gah... This is awesome. Inspired me to draw so much that I forgot to comment. ^^; Great work!

[nike-victory.livejournal.com]

That's okay. I'm glad you liked it. Does this mean that this story now has fanart? *is a fanart whore*

[mettathron.livejournal.com]

Yes, actually, it has two. Unfortunately, I have no way of posting it for you to see... If you ask chibi_trillian really nicely, though, she may be able to post it on her photobucket or something... It's not that good, though. I'm a hack artist at best. ^_^;;;;