Usopp X Reader 💕One Shots💕

The Gem

*originally Published March 31st, 2020*

________Post-Time Skip________

It was time for yet another regularly scheduled detour to an island that passed you by on your journey through the Grand Line and New World. Food needed to be restocked, upon anchoring at the dock of the selected island, you decided to familiarize yourself with the local cafe and treat yourself to some coffee and gossip: your favourite combo. You had quickly made friends with a couple of women at the cafe, sipping on your lattes and shooting the shit like it was nobody else's business. A good hour into your gossip session with these lovely ladies though, one particular topic caught your interest and had you intently listening.

"Oh _______ have you heard about the rumored gem this island has living deep inside the jungle?" One of the women asked you, looking like she was about to burst.

"I have not. Please do tell me." You encouraged with a drawn out sip of your drink.

"Of course! This gem that rests deep within the jungle in some ruins on this island is said to make whoever you're interested in see you as the most perfect and beautiful person in the world! As long as it's on your person, you will always appear as beautiful, isn't that right, Clara?" The woman explained excitedly.

"You are correct dear Darla!" Clara responded with just as much enthusiasm. "Now it's not a matter of physical beauty no, but it brings an alluring aura about the holder that makes them appear as perfect."

The two women you drank with laughed with a sense of excitement and ongoing, speaking of the gem like a long lost dream. You though took in all the given information and made the gears turn in your head. It was impossible for you to think of anything else but Usopp now, the idea of appearing as the perfect woman to him making your heart flutter. If you were perfect, maybe he would feel the same way about you, or have more intense emotions, if he had any.

"Oh my dear _______ thank you for having coffee with us. You were an absolute delight." Clara said. "But sadly, we must go. You know, grocery shopping and whatnot."

"Yes thank you indeed! You made our afternoon." Darla agreed.

"Oh no problem ladies! You made mine as well." You said with a wink. "Have fun shopping!"

The two of them waved as they left the coffee shop, leaving you to sit with your new information. A gem that made you perfect was just too good to pass up on. Knowing that you'd probably be on the island for a little while longer, you decided to set out to find this so-called gem. Paying for your drink, you stretched, sighed, and filled with excitement as you set out to go and find the ruins that housed the rumored gem.

You strolled straight through the main street and into a dirt path that conveniently waited to lead you from the edge of town to the core of the massive jungle that bordered the line of civilization. It was incredibly straightforward and took you no more than ten minutes to happen upon what looked to be a stone temple settled right in the middle of a lake, the only pathway leading to it being stones that protruded from the water in a line towards the entrance. Looking at the structure, it didn't seem like it was trying to hide anything, and looked more like a place of worship than a convenient or hidden location to hide a gem.

Carrying on, you hopped across the stones with ease and landed on the neatly cobbled walkway on the little island in the center. As you walked on into the temple-like structure, you found it decorated with ornate statues and scriptures carved into many of the stones, ivy taking over most of the surfaces it could reach.

"Oh this is soooo a place of worship." You mumbled to yourself.

A little was in, a small podium sat at the end of the hall you were walking through, the tiniest glint of an object being visible on top of it. Approaching it, there sat a small red gem right in the middle, and behind the podium were engraved images of what you could only identify as female versions of cupid, or most likely to these islanders, their love goddesses. It was accented with hearts, the figures holding a stereotypical bow and arrow as well. Returning your attention to the gem in front of you, you eyed it with curiosity.