#the way he was going to call out Sogeking instead but stopped himself as he removed his mask. like he knew very well what was happening

[fishpiracy]

Zoro is undeniably fucking stupid but he has a lot more emotional intelligence than people give him credit for. Sanji is just Much better when expressing himself (I will never forget his roundhouse kick in the merry. I carry it in my heart) but Zoro isn't far behind.

The only ones to ever truly fall for Usopp's disguise were Luffy and Chopper - one who's dumb for the bit and another who Always falls for those lies anyways (it's still cute). But Zoro was in on it from the start and went along out of respect.

And he's so clearly done with those two kids beefing anyways. Like we are dying here can you just say you're sorry. PLEASE.

[epicfirestormer]

Adding more to this, because it's bikeen living rent-free in my head:

Yes this would technically fall under Miraculous Ladybuy au but

Their dynamic is more like. Metro Man and Megamind, where they're only semi serious sometimes, but mostly just banter, before Sogeking would take down and "defeat" Soba Mask, with him going down dramatically and then making his getaway.

The setup works for both of them: Sogeking can act like the hero everyone sees him as, and Soba Mask can go down and act like he was defeated without hurting anyone.

Soba Mask is only really just a minor inconvenience at best, and everyone in the city like. Aknowledge this but they still acts like he's like a fucking warlord

Partially due to the fact that he's still Germa

Since he's part of Germa and is essentially in charge of terrorizing the East section, he has to at least act the part, even though he doesn't want to hurt anyone.

Off-note, but officially he's called Stealth Black, but no one ever calls him that, including himself. So everyone just refers to him as Soba Mask.

Yes it's because he doesn't want to be associated with Germa, but also because he's Petty.

Sogeking is a "superhero", in the same way Spiderman and Batman would be considered one.

Like. Yes, he does help everyone and be a hero, but he's still technically a vigilant.

Usopp still has Black Kabuto and Pop Greens; he makes all of his equipment at home!

Basically, one day, Usopp was experimenting with chemicals, cause you know. Chemistry major.

But then he accidentally some stuff on his plants, and surprise!! They came to live!!

Long story short, he shot out one of his Pop Greens on his slingshot, accidentally stopped a robbery, and became a superhero on accident.

Y'know. As you do.

I'm not sure whether the Strawhat crew would be aware of Usopp and Sanji's alter egos, but they definitely know about their crushes on each other.

The only exception to this is Robin, who no matter what, will always just Know about their secret identities. She just doesn't say anything.

She does keep dropping hints to the both of them, about their crushes and double life, though. Just so she could see them squirm, before making up a random excuse and leaving.

As for SanUso, I can't tell whether it would be a Love Square situation, where Usopp would hate Soba Mask, but Sanji loves Sogeking, or

Or like. Hear me out: Double crush.

Like, the longer Sogeking and Soba Mask fight, the more Usopp and Sanji slowly kinda fall in love.

So cue Usopp mourning over the fact that he was the only one stupid enough to not only fall in love with Mr. Ladies' man Sanji, but also his sworn enemy!! That he fought almost on a day-to-day basis!! How does something like that even happen?? Soba Mask was evil!! And also was pretty cool-looking, actually, and was really strong, and he can't help but imagine just how handsome the guy was under the mask, what with his golden hair and- goddamn it he got it bad

Meanwhile, Sanji is having a Bi panic about his two new-found crushes. Not only did he fallen for his best friend, but now the superhero he was fighting against?? This was the worst day of his life. But maybe, it wasn't a crush. Yeah, maybe he's just confusing "friends" with "romance". and people have celebrity crushes all the time, this was jusf like that. Nevermind how he would sometimes stare at Usopp, as he would tell another amazing grandiose story he made up, wanting to get closer and hold his hand. Nevermind the times where he wouldn't even try to fight back against Sogeking, and instead just lets himself be caught by the sheer sight of the man, in awe with just how beautiful and impressive he was without even seeing his face. Yup, he definitely wasn't crushing on anyone, let alone two other guys.

Listen. Listen.

One Piece Superhero/villain AU where Sogeking and Soba Mask are enemies, but Usopp and Sanji are best friends. Neither of them are aware of the other's secret identity.