One Arm...
Chapter 35
Title: One Arm...
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A couple of hours and Itachi just looks at the scene in front of him with a dull look on his eyes. "You lost an arm trying to save Luffy?"
Shanks just smiles at this. "Yep, welp, it's nothing too big. I mean an arm for a life is a very good deal in my eyes."
He laughs as Makino bandages his stump with tears running along her face.
Itachi just shrugs at this. "Well… I don't know what to say. I thought that you had it under control so I went inside the bar…"
"Hahahahaha…" Shanks laughs out loudly with no care in the world. Luffy on the other hand has his head on the table crying so much that a small puddle was created under his head.
He can't even look Shanks in the eyes… he feels guilty about Shanks' missing arm.
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A couple of hours later and Shanks leaves, but not before giving his straw hat to Luffy. As he was leaving, Itachi was there too and Shanks smiled at him and waved. Itachi has a bored look on his eyes as he too waves back. 'Welp, he is definitely dying on the New World. Losing an arm will definitely make him weaker, the probabilities of him dying are quite high, though maybe his crew members are strong too so that can cover his weakness.'
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One week later and an old man with graying hair comes to Foosha Village. He is also wearing some short pants and a short-sleeved red shirt with yellow flowers. He looked like your everyday man who is getting up in his age. Except for the giant marine warship and the dangerous aura the man had put Itachi immediately on edge.
Baaam!
Makino's Bar doors are opened forcefully and Luffy was explaining something to Itachi who was only half-listening to him.
"So, my crew will be like Shanks' and have very small members."
"You mean a small number and not them being short right?" Asks Itachi nonchalantly. He is more concentrated on the old man who just entered. He can't help but contemplate the way he can sense the old man's power. 'Is my color of Observation awakening? I have been able to sense people's strengths very clearly lately.'
Luffy nods, and this is when the old man speaks by saying. "Luffy… it seems like you got some silly ideas about something while I was away."
Immediately Luffy's face pales when he hears that. He then turns and looks at Garp. "G -Grandpa!!!" Exclaims Luffy in shock.
Garp just grabs Luffy by the top of his head and sees that it feels rubbery. "Huh?"
But then he uses Haki and immediately Luffy exclaims. "Ow!Ow!Ow!..."
"Brat did you eat a Devil Fruit?" Asks Garp with an annoyed look on his face as he brings Luffy up to his face level.
Itachi just goes about to ask the old man if he needs anything to drink or eat.
"Yes I did, I got it from Shanks." Says Luffy without missing a beat. "Ah… that was a secret…"
Itachi's eye twitches a little… even knowing Luffy for so long, he didn't expect him to be so honest, and stupid too.
"So that Red Haired brat put that idea on your head huh… nothing a little stay on to Dadan won't fix." Says Garp. "You will also start your training now… and I won't go easy on you."
"So what can I get you, sir?" Asks Itachi with a calm look on his face and a notebook on his hand.
Garp now notices Itachi and asks again. "What about you brat?"
Itachi looks at Garp strangely. "What about me?"
"You wanna become a pirate too?"
"No, I want to become a Marine." Answers Itachi without even missing a beat. "Anyway, want anything, old man?"
Garp smiles at Itachi and says. "I think I can arrange for you to enter the marines brat."
Itachi seems confused by this. "Isn't the entrance age like fourteen, sixteen, or something like that…"
"Hahahahaha…" Garp laughs out loudly. "Don't worry, you will be in my division till you are fourteen and can enter when you are fourteen."
Itachi raises a questioning eyebrow at that. "So? Are you some kind of big shot or something? I mean no disrespect but I don't really know you, and I truly want to be a marine and a Vice Admiral too, so I am not messing around."
"Gahahahaha… that is the spirit. Anyway, after I drop this brat to an old friend's place. I will come and train you to be a good future marine." Says Garp, he seemed to be in a happy mood now as he puts Luffy on his shoulder like a sack of paper and walks off.
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Two hours later and Garp is back. "Okay brat come with me."
He picks Itachi by the back of his neck, just like a cat, and he then walks off. Makino was there too and she just smiled at Garp and waved at him and Itachi. "Bye~ see you later. Don't forget to come back for dinner Itachi."
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In the forest, Garp brings Itachi to where some gorillas who are practicing boxing are.
"When you can beat them, I will show you the next stage of training." Explains Garp, who then sits down on a log as the monkey's charge towards Itachi.
As the monkey's attack, Itachi easily dodges their initial attacks and...
Pow! Pow! Pow!
In three fast jabs, the gorillas are immediately knocked out. Garp smiles at this. "You are pretty strong, well some people are born naturally strong. But without training they become just another average joe… never forget that brat."
Itachi nods at this, his usual calm mask like always is on his face. "What is the next stage of training?"
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Next, they go to a river and a giant crocodile appears. Garp just points at it and says. "Beat him and then we will go to fight something else. Continuous fighting is the best training."
Roar!
The crocodile is about to attack Garp but Itachi appears on top of the creature and...
Pow!
Punches the crocodile on the top of its head, knocking it out. He knows that unless it is the sea kings his father made him fight, no animal will really be a danger to him.
Garp smirks when he sees Itachi use only one punch to finish off every one of his opponents. 'The kid is strong for his age, not even one hundred marines would be able to defeat him. He is just that strong.'
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Next Itachi fought many land-based enemies, defeating them all easily. Of course, Garp wanted him to fight giant fish on water and such, but Itachi told him about his Devil Fruit.
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It was evening and Garp was truly impressed by Itachi. "Do you train by yourself?"
Itachi nods, as they are cooking a boar. "Yes, I usually do around 10,000 pushups, squats, and a 10-100 kilometer run."
Garp smiles at this. "So you aren't just a lazy guy who was luckily strong, you worked for your strength too."
Itachi nods at him again, as he picks some herbs to season the boar. "Obviously, talent without hard work is just trash."
As Itachi says that, Garp smiles. To him, Itachi is someone promising and will become a Marine with a bright future in front of him.
Garp stands up and says. "Welp, since there is no one who can be your enemy on this island. Then you will simply have to fight me… that way you can learn about people stronger than you and how to fight against a stronger opponent."
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AUTHOR NOTE:
We will stop seeing Itachi's story in a bit and go back to what Jaw has been up as that part becomes important.
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