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Capítulo 6: 00006. And then there was four.

The next week turned into a grueling routine for the boys. Garp would wake them up early in the morning and make them run for an hour to loosen up their muscles. Afterwards they would eat breakfast made by Makino before Garp would take them up into the mountains and force them to fight groups of monkeys until they passed out. If it wasn't near sunset, he woke them up and made them keep fighting until it was sunset.

Afterwards it was dinner time at Makinos, followed by a hot bath and then bedtime. It was absolutely exhausting, but Marcus had to admit it showed results. Both him and Luffy, only being around two years old, were stronger than any kid had the right to be. He could probably beat up a teenager if he fought one… Maybe. Ace also gained a lot of strength this week and could probably fight a normal adult without much issue at this point. It was kinda scary how this world worked, anime logic was crazy.

During this week Ace even seemed to lighten up a little. He still didn't want help from anyone, but he also wasn't frowning all the time. He even talked a tiny bit to Luffy and Marcus, so pretty big steps for the emo kid with daddy issues.

It was evening, dinner was finished a little while ago and everyone was now relaxing in a big steaming bath. Garp was near the edge of the bathtub, his head laid back while a towel covered his eyes as he said, "Just ask whatever you want brat."

Luffy and Marcus glanced towards Ace who had a weird look on his face. Garp lifted the towel from his eyes and looked Ace directly in the eyes as he said, "It's just us here, speak your mind Ace."

Ace glanced at Luffy and Marcus before he asked, "Why… Why was I allowed to be born?"

Garp raised an eyebrow as he said, "Ehh?!? What are you talking about? You were born because your parents wanted you."

Ace's normal frown returned as he said, "But I'm the son of the devil. Should I really be allowed to live?"

Garp let out a heavy sigh before he lowered his voice a little and said, "You're alive because I agreed with your father. A child shouldn't be judged by the actions of their parents."

"But he was…" Garp waved his hand in the air as he said, "No matter what people might say about him, he was one of the most honorable men I'd ever met. It's why I made him a promise to keep you safe and give you a chance to live your life."

Ace's frown deepened before he said, "But everything they said he did…" His voice trailed off as he looked at Garp.

Garp shook his head lightly as he said, "Don't believe what you hear from random people, his only real crime was he went against the world government. If you wanna know more about him and what he really did, you would have to find and talk to his old crew."

Luffy couldn't hold it in anymore as he asked, "Gramp's, who was Ace's dad?"

"Gol D. Roger, the pirate king." Garp noticed the slight flinch Ace had at the man's name being said and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Luffy smiled as he said, "He sounds like he was strong."

Garp nodded as he said, "He was considered one of the strongest men in the world at one point and I used to fight with him all the time."

Luffy's mouth dropped open in shock before he asked, "You're strong?"

Luffy disappeared into the water with a splash as Garp moved his hand away from where Luffy's head just was. When Luffy popped out of the water Garp said, "Of course I'm strong brat! I'm the strongest marine to ever wear the uniform!"

As Luffy rubbed his bruised head, Garp turned his focus back to Ace as he said, "I'm not sure what kinda weird ideas you have in your head. But never question why you're alive. Two loving parents gave their lives, so you could have a chance to live. Never question that, understand?"

Ace's face softened slightly and he nodded his head as he said, "Thanks, grandpa."

Garp smiled wide before he said, "Good, now let me rest. Training you brat's was hard work."

"You threw us at monkeys! How did you do any work?" Marcus asked with an annoyed look.

The next second two people could be heard snoring. Marcus glanced at Garp and Luffy before he let out a sigh, both of them were asleep. Marcus glanced at Ace who just shrugged before he leaned back to relax in the tub again. Marcus followed suit and within a few moments four people could be heard snoring from the bathtub.

vvvvv

It was just after dawn as Marcus was standing on the village's dock with Ace, Luffy and Garp as they watched a large navy ship approach the island. Garp smiled widely as he said, "It's been fun you brat's, but I need to go back to work."

Garp turned to look at each of his grandsons before he said, "I'll be back in six months to a year. Make sure you train hard while I'm gone, because I'll test you when I get back."

Before any of them could respond Garp disappeared from their view. Marcus was the first to find him and pointed him out to the others. Garp seemed to be kicking the air and flying towards the ship in the distance. Luffy had stars in his eyes as he asked, "Grandpa can fly?!? I wonder if he'll teach us how to fly?"

Marcus patted Luffy's shoulder as he said, "Just ask him when he comes back to visit."

Marcus glanced at Ace as he asked, "You wanna go train?"

"Training? Can't we take a break?" Luffy asked.

Marcus shook his head as he said, "No, we should train whenever we can."

"Why?"

Marcus glanced back at Garp who was still flying through the air as he said, "Because one day I wanna be stronger than grandpa."

Marcus then looked at Ace as he said, "And your dad."

Ace had a soft smile as he said, "First you have to get stronger than me."

"It's on the list."

Ace shook his head before he said, "Whatever. If you wanna train, we should head to Gray Terminal."

"Gray Terminal?"

Ace pointed to the mountains as he said, "It's on the other side of the mountains and where I normally train. Plus I need to check in with someone there."

Luffy glanced at the mountains before he said, "That's so far."

Marcus slung his arm over Luffy's shoulder as he said, "Then let's get Makino to make us lunch for the trip and we'll eat it once we're in Gray Terminal."

"Okay! But I want meat!"

Marcus shook his head before he took one last glance at Garp who was now on the navy ship. Then they headed to Makino's to get some lunch made for their trip. After half an hour and telling Makino they were going out to play, the boys left for the mountain trail. Each one of them carrying a backpack full of food. It took them a couple hours to climb the mountain path and reach the halfway point.

It was a couple hours before noon and in the distance they could see a massive walled off city. Luffy smiled and pointed at it as he asked, "That's Gray Terminal?!"

Ace pointed below the wall to an grayish area that seemed to be lightly filled with fog as he said, "No, it's that area down below. That place up above is called Goa Kingdom and they dump their trash into Gray Terminal."

Marcus smiled as he looked out over the beautiful view before him. This was one of the perks of being reborn in this new world, he could see stuff like this. The cartoon and manga never did this view justice, it was completely breathtaking. Also the wall for the Goa Kingdom was absurdly tall, it looked to be at least a mile high.

Marcus was pulled out of his thoughts as Ace said, "Come on, the path is pretty straight forward from here. We should be able to make it down before noon."

Ace was right, the trip down the mountain was quick and easy. They were already in Gray terminal and the sun was just about to reach its zenith. Ace moved through the place with sure footsteps until he reached a small shack. He stopped at the shack's door and knocked on it.

After a moment the door opened and a blonde boy with a top hat was standing there. He smiled widely as he asked, "Where've you been? It's been a week and you just disappeared out of nowhere."

Ace smiled as he said, "I was kidnapped by my grandpa."

Ace pointed to Marcus and Luffy as he said, "This is Marcus and Luffy. They were also kidnapped and we were forced to fight monkeys for the week."

Luffy nodded as he said, "Grandpa is a jerk. He was letting us get chased by gators before the monkeys."

Sabo glanced at Marcus and Luffy before he said, "I don't think normal grandparents do stuff like that." Sabo then stuck his hand out to both boys as he said, "I'm Sabo, it's nice to meet you."

After shaking hands, Luffy said, "Can we eat now?!"

Sabo glanced at each of them before he said, "I have a little bit of salted fish, but it's not enough to feed everyone."

Ace patted Sabo on the shoulder as he led him inside the shack and said, "Don't worry about it, we have food."

Inside the shack was pretty bare, a small bed, broken table with a cobbled together chair. There were also some clay pots and jars that stored some food and water. Once everyone found a spot to sit, the boys opened up their backpacks. Sabo's eyes almost popped out of his head at the sight.

There was easily enough food to feed maybe ten people and it was all freshly cooked. As Luffy started to dig in, both Ace and Marcus handed some of their food to Sabo. Sabo smiled and said, "Thanks." Before he started to eat with the others.

After lunch, Ace and Sabo took the boys on a tour around Gray Terminal. They showed them all the hot spots in the place, including where certain gangs liked to hang out and other important things. By the time they were done, they had about three hours of sunlight left. With that they said goodbye to Sabo for the day and left for Foosha village. If they stayed out too long past dark, Makino might not let them out the next day.

With Ace leading the way and them already traveling the whole way early in the day. They made it back a little after sunset, which made Makino scold them a little as she fed them dinner. After eating dinner and taking a nice bath, the boys all headed to bed, since Makino had given Ace a bed to use whenever he wanted to stay in the village.

While Marcus laid in bed and listened to Ace and Luffy snoring. He thought about his new life and how it's already affected the original story line. He knew Luffy, Ace and Sabo never met this early in the story. The only question he had thought was… Why? Was it because of him being alive? Or was it because of something else?

Also Garp seemed to notice an issue with Ace and tried to fix it by talking about his dad. He thought Garp ignored Ace until he took Luffy to live with Dadan in the story… It was weird and just gave Marcus more things to think about. But it also gave him some ideas. If the worlds already changed from the original story line, why not change it more.

They now had fifteen years to train and Marcus didn't plan to hold back at all. Also the world seemed to work on anime logic. He might as well abuse the hell out of that, while they were at it and also make some other anime or manga skills work in One Piece. Maybe he should try out Saitama's workout routine or the demon slayer breathing techniques. For about an hour Marcus laid in bed thinking about different things he could use to make everyone stronger before sleep finally overtook him.


Capítulo 7: 00007. Training pays off.

The next six months turned into a pretty steady routine, with Luffy, Marcus and Ace traveling to Gray Terminal every day. After the first month, Marcus suggested they run the whole way. First to save time on the trip, but to also help train and build up stamina.

Also within that month, they talked Sabo into joining them living at Makino's house. It wasn't hard to do at all, since he was kinda homeless in the first place. Makino was even happy to have him and bought another bed just for him to use.

The boys also started to bring home animals from the forest to eat. It was partly Marcus's idea, to help out Makino with feeding them. The other reason was because Luffy wouldn't stop pointing out animals he wanted to eat. Ace and the boys would even drop off an animal for Dadan and the bandits to eat once or twice a week.

During those six months Marcus came up with different ways they could improve their training. Most of it was simple things, like standard body weight exercises, or carrying heavy objects. Even their trips to Gray Terminal increased in difficulty. First it was running the whole way. Once that was easy, they would run it while carrying something kinda heavy. Once that was easy, they switched it to weighted backpacks and would increase the weight each day.

Marcus even found scrap metal in Gray Terminal to use as leg and arm weights. It was only around five pounds to each body part, but it helped with training their bodies. He wanted to find heavier weights to use but so far the boys haven't been lucky. But it was fine, Marcus planned to save up some money and ask a blacksmith to make custom training weights for them at some point.

Marcus also started trying different things from anime. Unfortunately Saitama's workout didn't seem to work, but it worked as a great warm up for the boys in the morning before breakfast. Marcus was secretly glad it didn't work, he didn't want to be bald. But the thought of Ace, Luffy and Sabo being bald made him chuckle a few times.

Besides that, Marcus worked on figuring out a breathing technique like the ones described in demon slayer. The technique he was making seemed to have some effect, but there was a long way to go with it. It would need a lot more testing and refining before he shared it with the others. The technique itself currently helped him with getting more air than normal. But it felt very incomplete and a little wrong. It just ended up being more work for Marcus.

All the training had another effect on the boys though. Marcus and Luffy were taller now and looked closer to Ace's age range then theirs. Ace and Sabo also had growth spurts and looked to be around ten instead of five now. Maybe it was the training, the extra food or just bullshit anime logic. Whatever it was though, Marcus wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

The last positive was learning the language seemed to come quick and easy to Marcus and Luffy. It probably helped that they talked a lot with Sabo and Ace every day. Sabo was also a fountain of knowledge and was basically a dictionary for Marcus to learn new words. Sooner or later he would need to learn how to read and write, but that could wait a few years.

It was early in the morning of the seven month as the boys finished up their pre breakfast workout. As they closed in on the docks and the home stretch of their ten kilometer run, the boys noticed a dot in the distance with the rising sun. They finished their run and then walked out onto the dock to get a better view.

After five minutes they could barely make out a ship that was slowly making its way to the island. It would be at least an hour or so before the ship was close enough to dock, so the boys went to eat first. Once they finished eating they headed back outside to get a better look at the ship.

Marcus was the only one who smiled as he noticed it was a navy ship. The only navy ship that liked to visit the village was Garps. Was Garp back already Marcus thought? Luffy also seemed happy to see the ship as he said, "You think gramps will teach us how to fly?"

"Teach us how to fly?" Sabo asked.

Ace nodded as he glanced at Sabo and said, "Garp can kick the air and it makes him fly. At least that's what it looks like."

Sabo raised an eyebrow as he asked, "He kicks the air to fly?"

Ace pointed to the ship and they could see a dot in the air above it. After five minutes Sabo could see a man kicking the air and moving towards them as the ship turned slightly and headed toward Goa Kingdom. After ten minutes Garp landed on the dock in front of them with a laugh.

Marcus smiled as he said, "Welcome back grandpa."

While Luffy blurted out, "Teach me to fly shitty gramps!"

It didn't look like Garp moved, but Luffy slammed into the ground as soon as he finished talking. Garp then looked at all of them afterwards and said, "Ace, Luffy, Marcus… Eh? Ace, Luffy, Marcus… Eh? Mmmmm."

Garp pulled up his hand and counted off Ace as one, Luffy as two, Marcus as three and froze at Sabo. He glanced back at the boys and did the count again before he glanced at Sabo as he asked, "Are you another grandson?"

Sabo looked at Ace and Marcus for a moment who just shrugged in response. Sabo turned to look at Garp as he said, "Yes grandpa Garp, my name's Sabo. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Garp laughed and patted Sabo on his top hat as he said. "Now that's a proper greeting."

Garp scooped up the knocked out Luffy as he asked, "You boys eat breakfast yet?"

Ace nodded as he said, "We just finished a little while ago."

Garp smiled wide as he said, "Good, that saves time. I only have five days this time."

Garp led the boys to Makino's and told her they would be with him the next few days and not to expect them back. With that he picked up all the boys and took off into the forest. Within twenty minutes they were in the deep part of the forest, which was ruled over by powerful animals.

Garp dropped all the boys on the ground and then punched Luffy in the head to wake him up. Luffy popped up rubbing the two lumps as he said, "Stupid grandpa, always hitting me."

Garp held up his fist as he said, "Be respectful like your brother and you won't be hit."

Luffy stuck out his tongue and pulled down one eyelid at Garp, which made Garp punch him again. The punch made Luffy bite his own tongue before he glared up at Garp as he said, "Chity ol man."

Garp was going to punch Luffy again when Marcus said, "Gramps forget about Luffy and tell us why you brought us out here."

"Oh ya. Your goal is to survive for the next five days out here. You need to get your own food, water and shelter."

The boys all glanced around the area for a few moments before Marcus asked, "What if…" He stopped talking when he noticed Garp was gone.

"Should we split into groups to explore the area or stay as one group?" Sabo asked.

Ace glanced around the area some more before he said, "Let's stick as a group. We have no idea how strong the animals are around here."

Sabo and the others nodded in agreement before Marcus asked, "We should search for water first, followed by shelter and then food."

Luffy looked upset as he asked, "Why not food first?"

Ace shook his head as he said, "Because we just ate and food will most likely come to us, while we look for the other two."

"Exactly. Now let's mark this area so we know if we get lost." Sabo said as he made a big X on the ground with his feet.

Luffy looked at the X as he asked, "How will that help?"

Sabo pointed at the X as he said, "If we somehow find this again, we'll know we got lost when we see it."

Luffy glanced at it for a few moments before he slammed a fist into his palm and said, "So it's a magic X."

Marcus hung his head down as he said, "I think he's an idiot."

Both Ace and Sabo nodded in agreement as Garp watched them from the trees and nodded his own head. It seemed like only Marcus inherited brains, while Luffy… Garp let out a sigh as he realized Luffy was a lot like him, if maybe a lot dumber. At least he didn't remember being as dumb as Luffy when he was that age.

Garp watched the boys for the next few days and was blown away by how easy the camping trip for them was. They found water within an hour and made a small hut next to it nestled in a rocky area. As for the animals in the area, nothing stood a chance against them. Each of the boys could easily handle any of the animals in the area, which didn't make sense to Garp.

When he last left the boys, the animals around here should have been a decent challenge for each of them. Were the boys training harder than he thought while he was gone? A smile crept onto his face as he realized he would need to step up their training the next time he visited.

At the end of the fourth day, Garp collected the boys and took them back to Makinos. After dinner and a nice bath he told the boys he had to leave and would see them the next time he visited. Luffy was protesting because he wanted to learn how to fly, but Garp only said goodbye and disappeared.

The next morning Garp stayed hidden outside as he waited for the boys. He wanted to see how they became so strong in just seven months and he wasn't disappointed. Their morning workout was done with leg and arm weights along with a fully loaded backpack. It was a hundred push ups, sit ups and squats followed by a ten kilometer run. All while wearing what was around thirty to fifty pounds of extra weight.

Garp couldn't help but smile, they were doing harder workouts then marine training recruits did. After eating breakfast the boys loaded even more weight into their backpacks and then headed up the mountain. They didn't take the cleared trail either, but went right through the forest itself and fought any animal that came in their path.

Garp's smile widened as he watched the boys, it was easy to see why they were so strong. They would definitely make great marines… Hopefully one of them would join him in the marines. Garp shook his head, that could wait for later. He needed to watch the rest of their day, so he has an idea how strong they'll be when he gets back.

Once they made it to Gray Terminal, the boys would roam around the area and collect stuff to sell for money. They would also beat up some of the scum who lived in the area and help out the weaker people in Gray Terminal. Garp smiled at the last part, at least the boys had a good sense of right and wrong.

By the end of the day, Garp had a good idea on how strong the boys would be when he came back. So he started to plan what he could do to train them the next time he came by and what he should bring them. Some better training weights would make a good gift for the boys. He would have to go to the new world to get some good ones, but that just made it fun. He would also make sure to take out a few idiots while he was there.


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