Birthday Ficlet!
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dethoratsTitle: Inlaws
Rating: G
Pairing: Usopp/Luffy
Word Count: 1026
A/N: Well, you wanted Usopp fic and Garp fic and I tried to give you a little of both. However it comes in a cracktacular package. I hope it makes you chuckle or at least smile!
Luffy’s family was crazy. That wasn’t exactly unexpected, given Luffy himself. Still, there was just something about being directly confronted with the fact that really drove the point home.
Usopp stared into the stern countenance of one Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp and tried not to gape. The urge to put a finger in his ear to make sure there wasn’t anything blocking the canal and messing with his hearing was pretty strong but the risk of getting hit on the elbow and stabbing a fingernail through his eardrum was a little too high. The old marine scowled and slammed a fist down onto the impressively sturdy wood of his desk.
“You deaf, boy? I asked you a question!”
No, Usopp wasn’t deaf but he doubted he’d stay that way for long if he remained in Garp’s presence. How the vice admiral’s men kept their hearing in the face of Garp’s intense normal volume was a mystery that the sniper was sure Chopper would love to investigate. He took a deep breath and tried to ignore the way Luffy was snickering none-too-quietly into his palm at his side. He needed to answer properly, and not just because he was beginning to fear for his safety. This was important. But before he could get the words out, Garp bellowed again.
“I wanted to know, son, what makes you think you’re good enough for my grandson? After all, you don’t even have a bounty. What kind of a pirate are you? Even the pet thing has a bounty!”
Chopper would have had a fit over being called a pet but Usopp let it slide for the moment. He had his honor as a pirate to defend and his status as Luffy’s boyfriend to uphold. Usopp squared his stance, posing heroically with his hands on his hips and his prominent nose in the air.
“I do so have a bounty,” he proudly declared. “As the hero of Sniper Island, I have a bounty of xxx million beri. And I’m only revealing my secret identity to you, sir, because you’re Luffy’s grandfather.”
Next to him, Luffy’s jaw dropped towards the floor and he stopped picking his nose to stare at Usopp in pure disbelief.
“Usopp, you don’t have to lie. I love you even though you don’t have a bounty.”
Luffy’s affection was clear and Usopp knew he should have felt cherished by the pirate captain’s words but his pride as a pirate and as a man was at stake. Besides it was high time Luffy learned the truth. He took the risk of moving his attention from Garp to beam at the scruffy, gangly young man at his side.
“I’m not lying! I really am Soge King! Look, I’ll show you!”
Usopp reached into the well-stuffed bag at his side and dug out the mask and cape that had accompanied him everywhere since Enies Lobby. The red cloth went on with a dramatic swirl and he affixed the colorful mask in place, adjusting his goggles so that Soge King’s eyes were hidden behind green lenses. A helpful gust of wind blew in through Garp’s window, setting his cape aflutter and Usopp puffed out his chest and through his shoulders back. A manly hero like Soge King needed a manly stance after all.
But instead of the excited cries of amazement and delight, Usopp’s dramatic moment of revelation was met only by the chirp of Garp’s pet cricket from its cage in the corner of the room. From either side, Usopp felt the intense puzzled stares of two men of D, of the Monkey variety. Only the mask saved him as he pouted and tried to stand firm.
Identical frowns of befuddlement and identical tilted necks and crossed arms and hums of consideration came from either side of Usopp-cum-Soge King. It was hard to tell whether it was a genetic trait or merely a learned one but being met with confusion from both the notorious pirate captain Straw-Hat Luffy and the infamous captor of the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, Vice Admiral Garp, was definitely hard on a man’s nerves. Usopp endured it for three long minutes before he stamped his foot.
“Enough! I really am Soge King and I’ll prove it!” He launched into a spirited rendition of the sniping hero’s theme song and even pulled out Kabuto, launching a firework out of Garp’s open window to explode at the end of his song in a beautiful red and green waterfall, but it didn’t seem to work. Behind the garish mask, Usopp’s lower lip quivered and his spirit sank. It was like his worst nightmare come true all over again. He’d told himself over and over again that he was allowed to love Luffy but secretly he’d always been afraid he really wasn’t good enough. And now it seemed like he had proof.
The out rush of his courage, though, was for once not replaced with despair. For the moment was too important to wallow in negativity and the surge of anger that jolted through him as Usopp realized he was still going unacknowledged was enough to spur him to rip off his mask and seize Luffy tightly around his skinny rubber shoulders.
“You know what?” he shouted, forgetting for the moment who he was facing and shaking his finger towards Garp’s flabbergasted face. “I don’t care what you think. I love Luffy and that’s all that matters!”
It was a good thing Luffy’s muscles reacted quicker than his brain most of the time. For as Usopp sagged in sudden fear, the pirate captain chuckled and caught him around the waist. “Yeah, Gramps. That’s all that matters.” And then Luffy kissed Usopp soundly, even attempting to sneak in his tongue when Garp suddenly roared with laughter and clipped his grandson on the side of the head with his infamous ‘fist of love.’
“Well said, boy!” Garp grinned toothily at Usopp. “Well said.” He stretched out the very same hand that had Luffy currently whimpering and clutching his forehead and Usopp gingerly took it, immediately fearing for his bones’ integrity in the old man's crushing grip. “Welcome to the family.”
Rating: G
Pairing: Usopp/Luffy
Word Count: 1026
A/N: Well, you wanted Usopp fic and Garp fic and I tried to give you a little of both. However it comes in a cracktacular package. I hope it makes you chuckle or at least smile!
Luffy’s family was crazy. That wasn’t exactly unexpected, given Luffy himself. Still, there was just something about being directly confronted with the fact that really drove the point home.
Usopp stared into the stern countenance of one Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp and tried not to gape. The urge to put a finger in his ear to make sure there wasn’t anything blocking the canal and messing with his hearing was pretty strong but the risk of getting hit on the elbow and stabbing a fingernail through his eardrum was a little too high. The old marine scowled and slammed a fist down onto the impressively sturdy wood of his desk.
“You deaf, boy? I asked you a question!”
No, Usopp wasn’t deaf but he doubted he’d stay that way for long if he remained in Garp’s presence. How the vice admiral’s men kept their hearing in the face of Garp’s intense normal volume was a mystery that the sniper was sure Chopper would love to investigate. He took a deep breath and tried to ignore the way Luffy was snickering none-too-quietly into his palm at his side. He needed to answer properly, and not just because he was beginning to fear for his safety. This was important. But before he could get the words out, Garp bellowed again.
“I wanted to know, son, what makes you think you’re good enough for my grandson? After all, you don’t even have a bounty. What kind of a pirate are you? Even the pet thing has a bounty!”
Chopper would have had a fit over being called a pet but Usopp let it slide for the moment. He had his honor as a pirate to defend and his status as Luffy’s boyfriend to uphold. Usopp squared his stance, posing heroically with his hands on his hips and his prominent nose in the air.
“I do so have a bounty,” he proudly declared. “As the hero of Sniper Island, I have a bounty of xxx million beri. And I’m only revealing my secret identity to you, sir, because you’re Luffy’s grandfather.”
Next to him, Luffy’s jaw dropped towards the floor and he stopped picking his nose to stare at Usopp in pure disbelief.
“Usopp, you don’t have to lie. I love you even though you don’t have a bounty.”
Luffy’s affection was clear and Usopp knew he should have felt cherished by the pirate captain’s words but his pride as a pirate and as a man was at stake. Besides it was high time Luffy learned the truth. He took the risk of moving his attention from Garp to beam at the scruffy, gangly young man at his side.
“I’m not lying! I really am Soge King! Look, I’ll show you!”
Usopp reached into the well-stuffed bag at his side and dug out the mask and cape that had accompanied him everywhere since Enies Lobby. The red cloth went on with a dramatic swirl and he affixed the colorful mask in place, adjusting his goggles so that Soge King’s eyes were hidden behind green lenses. A helpful gust of wind blew in through Garp’s window, setting his cape aflutter and Usopp puffed out his chest and through his shoulders back. A manly hero like Soge King needed a manly stance after all.
But instead of the excited cries of amazement and delight, Usopp’s dramatic moment of revelation was met only by the chirp of Garp’s pet cricket from its cage in the corner of the room. From either side, Usopp felt the intense puzzled stares of two men of D, of the Monkey variety. Only the mask saved him as he pouted and tried to stand firm.
Identical frowns of befuddlement and identical tilted necks and crossed arms and hums of consideration came from either side of Usopp-cum-Soge King. It was hard to tell whether it was a genetic trait or merely a learned one but being met with confusion from both the notorious pirate captain Straw-Hat Luffy and the infamous captor of the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, Vice Admiral Garp, was definitely hard on a man’s nerves. Usopp endured it for three long minutes before he stamped his foot.
“Enough! I really am Soge King and I’ll prove it!” He launched into a spirited rendition of the sniping hero’s theme song and even pulled out Kabuto, launching a firework out of Garp’s open window to explode at the end of his song in a beautiful red and green waterfall, but it didn’t seem to work. Behind the garish mask, Usopp’s lower lip quivered and his spirit sank. It was like his worst nightmare come true all over again. He’d told himself over and over again that he was allowed to love Luffy but secretly he’d always been afraid he really wasn’t good enough. And now it seemed like he had proof.
The out rush of his courage, though, was for once not replaced with despair. For the moment was too important to wallow in negativity and the surge of anger that jolted through him as Usopp realized he was still going unacknowledged was enough to spur him to rip off his mask and seize Luffy tightly around his skinny rubber shoulders.
“You know what?” he shouted, forgetting for the moment who he was facing and shaking his finger towards Garp’s flabbergasted face. “I don’t care what you think. I love Luffy and that’s all that matters!”
It was a good thing Luffy’s muscles reacted quicker than his brain most of the time. For as Usopp sagged in sudden fear, the pirate captain chuckled and caught him around the waist. “Yeah, Gramps. That’s all that matters.” And then Luffy kissed Usopp soundly, even attempting to sneak in his tongue when Garp suddenly roared with laughter and clipped his grandson on the side of the head with his infamous ‘fist of love.’
“Well said, boy!” Garp grinned toothily at Usopp. “Well said.” He stretched out the very same hand that had Luffy currently whimpering and clutching his forehead and Usopp gingerly took it, immediately fearing for his bones’ integrity in the old man's crushing grip. “Welcome to the family.”
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Date: 2009-08-17 02:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-17 11:18 pm (UTC)Aw, I kid, but seriously, never thought about this. Excellent story! I bet scribe_protra will love it!
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Date: 2009-08-18 03:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-18 01:45 pm (UTC)I have some bad news...I've been back and forth with the hotel, and they can't get us mini-fridges for the rooms. *sigh* They told me to check again when we arrived, but I don't wanna risk them saying no. Sorry!
But I can't wait to see you guys!! ^_^ This is gonna be awesome!