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Kapitel 14: Chapter 14 - Germa 66

As the Marines on Garp's ship worked around the clock, soon they arrived in the waters near Cozia Island.

"Sir! we have a visual on Cozia Island, as well as the seafaring Germa Kingdom!"

A marine stationed on the crow's nest shouted from above the mast.

Garp, Bogard, and Terumi walked to the front of the ship to get a better look for themselves. As the ship continues closer, smoke and fire can be seen rising from the island. Countless ships can be seen fleeing from the island.

"Those damn bastards. How dare they start a war in East Blue."

Garp angrily crunched on rice crackers as he stared at the fires in the distance.

Terumi also grimaced, preparing himself for the possibility of his first large-scale conflict. Although the Germa Kingdom is no longer officially a world government affiliated kingdom, they still maintain some privileges such as the right to attend the Levely, so the marines being here could be seen as a transgression. He gripped Asahi tightly as he tried to calm down. Noticing this, Garp spoke up.

"Don't worry kid, we're just here to shoo them away. Maybe knock a few heads in the meantime. We are just here to investigate 'suspected pirate activity.'"

Terumi had a blank bewildered expression as he heard Garp's words, before long he relaxed and chuckled.

"Heh, I see. 'Suspected pirate activity,' got it."

'So that's how he wants to handle this. Technically as a Marine, we are bound to the will of the world government, so we are not allowed to interfere in the activities of a world government affiliated kingdom, but since the Germa Kingdom's ties to the world government are strenuous at best, we can work in this gray zone without major consequences.'

"Permissions to safeguard the innocents of Cozia Island, sir?"

Garp grinned widely.

"Permission granted."

...

Meanwhile, on the floating kingdom of Germa, its king and ruler Judge stood high above within the meeting room of the inner castle, overseeing the conflict.

A clone soldier hurriedly made his way through the halls, knocking on the door to the meeting room.

"Come in, report."

The soldier saluted as he entered the room.

"Sir, a marine ship has been spotted approaching the island. Your orders?"

Judge grimaced and was annoyed by the news. Due to his connections, he has a decent amount of sway with the world government, allowing his family to keep their royalty status. This also allowed them to conduct 'business' without the worry of persecution.

"Who is it?"

"It appears to be Vice-Admiral Garp's ship, sir."

"What?"

Judge was nervous. Although the marines didn't dare interfere in his activities, the Marine Hero Garp was another matter altogether. Officially the Germa Kingdom doesn't have the right to declare wars as other recognized kingdoms can, if Garp wanted to interfere, he would have the right to do so, and the elders of the world government wouldn't dare punish their 'Marine Hero.'

Judge then had an idea, smiled evilly, and pointed to a soldier standing off to the side.

"Call my children here, now. The rest of you, continue the mission."

"Yes sir!"

As the soldiers began to leave, Judge stopped one of them.

"Wait, has that 'failure' left yet?"

"Yes, sir. He was seen boarding a cruise vessel not too long ago."

Judge nodded.

"You are dismissed."

As the remaining soldiers left to go carry out their orders, Judge turned around and headed towards the balcony.

'I better not see you again, Sanji. Hmph, so Garp thinks he can stop me? I'll show him what will happen if he dares mess with me.'

Judge then pulled out a transponder snail, to call a mysterious figure.

Pururururu

Gatcha

"What?"

"It's me, I need a favor."

...

Back on Garp's ship, it has just docked on the side of the island, as Marines started scrambling to line up. Garp walked off the ship as Bogard and Terumi followed behind him.

"Bogard, take Terumi and most of the men with you to go protect the innocents. Do not engage other than to defend people. The rest of you, come with me."

"Yes sir!"

Terumi followed Bogard with Asahi in hand as he rushed towards the fires in the distance. Coming over a hill, what appeared before him was a large-scale battle of countless Germa 66 soldiers surrounding and bombarding the town of Cozia. The few remaining soldiers of Cozia struggled to put up a small amount of resistance.

Screams were heard in the distance as buildings fell and the residents can be seen scrambling for survival.

"Terumi-kun, I know this is your first time seeing war, stay close and try to save as many people as you can. Do not engage with the soldiers, the Germa soldiers are programmed to not attack anyone beyond their mission protocol, as long as our focus is rescuing the civilians, they will not interfere."

Terumi nodded, trying to suppress his anger towards the ongoing cruelty happening before him.

"Move out, men!"

...

On the other side, Garp was headed towards the floating Germa Kingdom with a few of his soldiers. As he entered its mechanical island structure, Judge and his children were there to meet him.

Garp confidently strode forward, a wide grin was painted on his face, but his eyes were not smiling.

"Judge, ya bastard. What do you think you're doing here in East Blue?"

Judge had his raid suit on, although he was not as tall as Garp, his 272 cm figure towered over his children and men. His children stood behind him wearing colored outfits.

The two stopped ten meters away from each other, with their men standing behind them. The atmosphere was tense as the two stared at one another.

"Hmph, it's not your business as a Marine to interfere with the official business of the Germa Kingdom, 'Vice-Admiral.'"

"You calling wonted destruction 'business,' Judge? And here I thought I was the one getting old. I'm here on official Marine business to investigate suspected pirate activity. For your own safety, I encourage you to get out of here. Things might get out of hand in our investigation."

Garp grinned confidently, no words were minced in his clear threat.

Judge grit his teeth angrily hearing Garp's demands. His children aside from Reiju grinned evilly.

"Hahahaha, fool! You think you can just come here and do whatever you want, Garp?"

"Haha, yeah father, let's just beat him up and get it over with."

Yonji stepped forward confidently, feeling no fear in his body.

Garp simply stared at the green-haired boy, sighing.

"Kids these days have no respect for their elders. Want me to teach them a lesson for you, Judge?"

Garp raised his fist, ready to give the fearless kid a bonk on the head.

"Step back, Yonji. I will handle this."

"Yes, father."

"Wahahahaha! At least their ears still work, unlike my brats."

Garp then covered his fist in intense Haki, its pressure radiated danger to the surrounding people.

"Now, are you going to leave? Or will I have to escort you home?"

Judge didn't say anything, but he was completely unphased. He simply kept staring with a confident grin on his face.

"Hahaha! The great Germa Kingdom will not be bullied by a commoner! If you want a fight, that's what you'll get!"

A soldier handed Judge his spear. He twirled it around and readied himself for combat.

"Come then!"

As Garp prepared himself to knock the senseless fool out, his personal transponder snail in his chest pocket rang.

Pururururu

Pururururu

"What is it now?"

Judge's grin grew even wider upon hearing the ringing. His condescending smirk couldn't be any more blatant.

Garp took out the snail and answered the call.

Gatcha

"What is it? I'm busy."

Garp's tone didn't hide his frustration.

"Garp. Orders from the elders, stand down immediately and return to Marineford. I will not tell you again."

Sengoku's voice rang with a mixture of anger and resignation.

"I told you to tell those geezers-"

"I'm serious Garp, come back this INSTANT!"

Garp ground his teeth in anger before staring at Judge's condescending grin.

"Run along now."

A huge angry stress mark appeared on Garp's forehead as he heard Judge's words.

At that moment, his fist turned black with immense Haki, he disappeared and reappeared in front of Judge, swinging his fist and slamming it straight into Judge's face.

"Ahh!"

"Father!"

BOOM.

Judge's children screamed as his body flew backward all the way to his castle, crashing through several of his men before making a crater in the ground where he landed.

"GARP! STOP! If you do anymore I won't be able to protect you!"

"Hmph, fine. But I will not let any more civilians of Cozia die in this senseless invasion. I'm taking them with me."

"Fine, but that's it. Do not engage further."

Gatcha

Judge struggled to get up as he felt immense all over his face that almost got caved in by Garp's fist.

"You...You!!!"

"Me what? I'm taking the civilians of Cozia with me. If you interfere, be ready to eat another one of my fists."

Judge was flabbergasted by Garp's actions. He didn't expect him to be this crazy.

"Take me to the healing chamber. Now."

"Yes sir!"

As Judge's men carried him off, Garp left with his men, walking towards the town of Cozia.

...

"Somebody help, please! My husband is stuck!"

"Hold on! I'll be right there!"

Terumi swiftly ran around the entire city, saving civilians from falling debris and sending them with his fellow Marines to a makeshift first-aid site they assembled.

Along the way, as he parried bullets and cannonballs as they continued to rain fire on the town.

As he dashed swiftly from building to building, checking to make sure they're clear of people, he saw Garp flying towards him.

"Garp-san?"

"How's the rescue efforts going?"

Garp said as he landed gracefully.

"I've pretty much cleared this part of the town, we set up a campsite on the west side of town away from the battlefield."

Garp nodded.

"Good, let's hurry up and clear out the rest of the people."

Terumi nodded in return.

"What happened on your side?"

Garp had an angry look, foreshadowing the answer.

"They want me to stop interfering. As soon as we clear out all the civilians, we'll be taking them aboard a ship and escorting them to Dawn Island."

Garp clenched his fist as he responded. Terumi also hung his head hearing the response.

"We'll do what we can. Those bastards will get their just desserts one day."

As Terumi and Garp returned to their duties of rescuing the civilians, an uncomfortable feeling started to burn in Terumi's chest.

'It's one thing to see it in the anime but experiencing it is another thing altogether. How could the world government allow this to happen? They are rotten to the core.'

Arriving at the campsite, Terumi looked around at the injured civilians and crying children.

'Right now I'm not strong enough to make any meaningful change. I still have to accomplish my first goal of defeating Mihawk and taking the title of the world's best swordsman from him, and I'm still far away from that. But still.'

Terumi looked around once more, a woman came up to him as their eyes met.

"Thank you for saving my husband. Truly, thank you."

She bowed deeply with tears in her eyes.

"No no, it's okay, I'm just doing my duty ma'am."

"Even still, thank you. I have some water fresh here, please accept it."

The woman handed Terumi a satchel filled with water, he accepted it as she bowed once more and ran off.

Terumi burned her tearful smile into his mind as he looked around once more.

'But still, I don't want to close my eyes to the suffering of those around me. Germa... You guys will pay for this, one day.'

Terumi drank the water from the satchel he was given and returned back to his duties.


Kapitel 15: Chapter 15 - Onward to Marineford

The day after Terumi and Garp sailed away from Cozia with several boats full of civilians in tow, they reached Dawn Island.

The former Cozians were relocated using Garp's ties to the royalty of the Goa Kingdom, allowing them to form a resettlement zone near Foosha village. Materials for construction were paid for out of Garp's pocket.

As Terumi laid on the ship exhausted from all the running around he did the day before, he stared off into the sky.

'That was harder than I thought. Not the physical work, but the calming of the civilians. I'm sure I'll see more misery and suffering in my journey, I can't let it get to me.'

A few moments later, Garp came walking over, his tall figure casting a shadow over Terumi.

"Everything's done, Garp-san?"

"Yeah, although a little shaken up still, they'll be fine. You did good yesterday kid. Remember, this is part of the job."

Terumi sighed as he closed his eyes.

"I know. Garp-san, I have a question."

Garp raised an eyebrow as he sat down next to Terumi.

"Garp-san, why didn't you stop them?"

Garp sighed as he stared into the sky as well, a few seconds later, he began to speak.

"The Marine Hero, what a ridiculous title. But, it's the title that I bear, a title that has weight and meaning to it. I must stand as a symbol that the Marines will not fall, we cannot. Even the geezers within the world government understood this. If the public ever lost trust in the Marines, there will only be more chaos and destruction. This is the era of Pirates, we cannot allow ourselves to show any weakness."

Terumi furrowed his brow and then sat up next to Garp.

"Is there really nothing we can do?"

Garp turned to look at Terumi and then patted him on the shoulder.

"We can help people. Just like we did yesterday and today, and just like we will tomorrow and the day after."

"...I understand, Garp-san. Though I hope that one day, things won't have to be this way."

"There will always be strife kid. Take down one pirate and another one springs up. All we can do with the time given to us is to try to inspire those who will keep it going after we're done."

Garp then stood up and walked off into the ship's cabin.

Terumi laid by down, closing his eyes.

'I understand what you're trying to tell me Garp, but I can't accept that the status quo of the world government can't be changed. For now, there's nothing I can do, but I know there are other Marines who follow the doctrine of moral justice. As I get stronger, I have to find allies who will join me.'

Terumi then got up, shaking away useless thoughts as he focused on his daily duties around the ship.

Settling all affairs, Garp then issued the command to set sail for Marineford.

...

A week later, Garp's ship approached Enies Lobby as the currents started getting wilder and wilder. Soon, the ship had successfully entered the Tarai current.

Garp sat on the deck eating rice crackers as he relaxed about. Terumi was standing with Bogard, as he explained to Terumi the surroundings.

"That is Enies Lobby. What lays before you is one of the three Gates of Justice. It is what allows us to exit the Tarai current, without it we would be stuck here forever."

Terumi arched his head back and looked up at the ginormous structure in front of him. The gate reached high into the sky, its size almost unfathomable.

'So this is the headquarters of CP9. I remember seeing how the gate's size dwarfed ships in comparison, but this is just ridiculous, it's as tall as a mountain.'

"From here we'll just ride the current to Impel Down, and then Marineford. You might think this is rather a roundabout way, but actually, if we were to sail normally from here to Marineford, it would take at least another four to five days at least. On this current, however, we will be at Marineford within the hour. A full round trip only takes about an hour and a half."

Terumi marveled at the speed they were traveling at. It wasn't before long that they passed Impel Down, and arrived at Marineford.

"We're here."

As Bogard spoke, they swiftly approached the gate in front of them. The gate creaked open, allowing a torrent of water to be sucked in as the ship rode its momentum through the gate.

"Welcome to Marineford."

Terumi gazed almost shellshocked at the enormous manmade island in front of him. It was shaped like a huge crescent moon and had many naval ships docked in the bay. Immediately what caught his eye was the huge Marineford Tower, and the fortress it sat on top of.

Garp stood up, still munching on rice crackers as he spoke.

"Bwahahaha, pick up your jaw kid. It's still too early to be surprised. Wait till you see the inside."

'I can't believe I'm seeing it with my very own eyes. I really am in the One Piece world, aren't I? Sometimes I forget since I've gotten used to living here.'

The majesty of Marineford didn't wear off as the ship docked. Garp's marines lined up to salute him as he exited the vessel, with Bogard and Terumi in tow.

As they exited, several Marines working at the dock saluted Garp with respect in their eyes. They eyed Terumi curiously, seeing him walk right behind the Marine Hero.

"Alright, Bogard, take care of the men. Terumi, come with me."

"Yes sir!"

"Yes, sir."

Garp and Terumi exited the bay and entered Marineford town, where the various residents and families of Marine soldiers lived. Garp's house was also located here in a large lot on the east side.

As they walked straight down the middle, countless Marines recognized Garp and saluted as he walked by. The two continued until they reached a long series of stairs leading up to the headquarters' fortress. They quickly made their way up the stairs, as Garp explains the layout of Marineford.

"From here, you can see the surrounding town clearly. Most of the people who live here are either high-ranking Marines or families of said Marines. As a trainee, you will be living in the dormitory within the fortress itself."

Terumi nodded as he started looking around, taking in the sights. Soon, the duo reached the top of the stairs and entered the giant fortress.

The first thing that entered Terumi's eyes were many many Marines doing laps around a large training field. The entire first floor of the fortress that surrounded the Marineford Tower was a huge training ground spanning the size of a large town.

"This is where all Marines on the grand line get trained up. I have a personal training ground on the east side as well within a small estate. I usually stay there rather than my own place, Wahahaha."

Garp didn't dally as he continue forth into the Marineford Tower, all the way to the top, to the Fleet-Admiral's office.

As soon as the duo arrived, Garp didn't knock as he slammed the door open.

Terumi respectfully stayed standing outside, but what he saw within the room, was a pissed-off Sengoku.

"Garp! How many times do I have to tell you to knock!?"

"Huh? Why would I bother doing that?"

Garp sat down on a large sofa and pulled out a bag of rice crackers. He started snacking as he completely ignored Sengoku's chastising. Terumi simply stood at attention, watching the scene unfold before him.

"Haa, whatever. Anyway, Garp, how did it go? Where's your report?"

"What report?"

Three angry stress marks appeared on Sengoku's forehead as he slammed his hand down on his desk.

"What do you mean 'what report,' what did you do to cause the elders to give me an order to call you back!?"

"I didn't do anything, other than taught some scum manners. You should ask that Germa bastard instead."

"Tsk, the Germa Kingdom is of no consequence. They've never had this kind of sway before. Someone else must be lending them a hand. Haa. This is going to mean more paperwork."

"Sounds tough, maybe we should retire?"

"Dream on. As if I'd let you retire."

Sengoku sighed as he slumped back down in his chair. He then noticed the young man standing at attention outside of the room.

"Haa. Terumi, right? You may enter."

"Yes, sir."

Terumi entered, standing formally in the middle of the room. Sengoku took out a sheet of paper from within his drawer.

"Garp has told me about you. He wants me to enroll you in the elite camp, although you are rather young, I can make an exception based on his recommendation."

Terumi nodded excitedly, ready to start his training.

"But first, tell me. Why do you want to join the Marines?"

Terumi thought carefully with a pondering expression on his face, he knew this question would come up so he had already prepared an answer.

"I want to get stronger, claim the title of world's best swordsman, and protect innocent people."

'What Sengoku values in a Marine are strength and morals. Although his hands are tied by the world government, I know he's not a bad person. Just remembering how he turned into a rice cracker munching geezer after he retired makes me chuckle.'

Sengoku nodded as if expecting this answer.

"Kenzaki Terumi, is that right? Just to make sure, your grandfather is..."

"Kenzaki Keisuke."

Sengoku nodded again, this time with a grin.

"Alright, I'll approve Garp's request to have you join the elite camp. There, you will be personally trained by instructor Zephyr. I'll look forward to your development."

"Thank you, sir!"

Sengoku smiled as Garp had a smirk on his face. Sengoku then took out a transponder snail and called someone in.

"It's me, I need you to come and take a new recruit to the elite camp."

Sengoku gave his order and then hung up. Garp then patted the sofa next to him and beckoned Terumi.

"Come sit kid, relax a bit. I won't share any rice crackers though, Bwahahaha!"

"Garp, just what do you take my office for?"

"My resting area?"

Several stress marks appeared on Sengoku's forehead, but he sighed tiredly and gave up speaking. Terumi went over and sat down to wait for his escort.

A few minutes later, a large dark-skinned man with bulky long arms and topknot hair entered the office.

"Sir! Commodore Shuzo, reporting for duty."

Sengoku nodded and pointed to Terumi.

"This is Terumi, our new recruit. Take him to the elite camp dormitory and introduce him to Zephyr. Tell him I'll have a report sent over to him today."

"Yes, sir!"

Shuzo looked at Terumi as Terumi stood up in attention.

"Come with me, recruit."

Terumi saluted Shuzo and then followed him.

'Shuzo huh, I guess it's not that big of a surprise, he was one of Zephyr's most loyal students. I wonder who I'll meet at this camp? Judging by the timeline I have a few ideas but I'm not entirely sure.'

As Terumi followed Shuzo a smirk rose to his face.

'Time to make a name for myself, I don't know what the process is for getting taught all of the Rokushiki, so all I can do is stand out to Zephyr so he will train me in them.'

'This will be fun'


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