13 Big Balls...
Chapter 13
Title: Big Balls...
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-General POV-
At this time Ace was just enjoying a feast, he ate as much food as ten people combined and he just ran around for a little bit and his food was digested.
It has become his new normal for Ace to be able to do this. He dances around with some of the guys and does many silly dances.
"Yohoho~ yoho ho ho ho~..." They all sing together Bink's Sake, which is a pirate song. Chriss, one of the thugs who used to be a musician has the most booming voice amongst them.
Sabo also joins them in their fun, everyone is having a merry time. Ace knows just how important the happiness of the people under him must be. A happy person can be 10x more effective during their work than a depressed one. But the main reason that he is having feasts like this is partying like this is because he himself has fun.
He knows just how mental fatigue is worse than the physical one. After all, to keep himself motivated to train harder and up his training hours, he must first have a calm mind, strong will, and talent. Though talent only comes third in a world like this, he still has talent. How fast his instinctual side improves is crazy even to him.
He can do some crazy maneuvers just relying on his instincts.
Ace then smiles as he drinks some water and smiles at Sabo. "One day, when we have our own Pirate Crew. We must continue to have fun like this."
"*Ahem!*" But suddenly behind Ace comes a voice that he is very familiar with. "So, what did I hear about you wanting to become a pirate."
Ace's face pales, he immediately understands that he is gonna get a beating. So he decided that at least he will act bravely in front of his future crewmate.
He turns around and looks at Garp and with a nervous face he declares. "I am not gonna be just some pirate... I am going to become the King of The Pirates!!!"
"Oh, I see..." Says Garp as he cracks his knuckles and grabs Ace by the top of his head and tightens his grip. "You are gonna become a wonderful marine Ace and not some no-name Pirate!!"
"Ow! Ow! Ow!... fu*k you old man." Says Ace as he whines in pain.
Fwish!
Garp throws Ace away and he crashes into one of the small houses made out of trash.
"Where did you learn that kind of language you stupid brat!?!?"
"From you dumb old man!" Insults Ace back.
Garp frowns and suddenly his anger melts away and he exclaims. "Oh! You are right."
Ace gets up from the pile of rubble and rubs his head in annoyance. Garp is about to walk forward and beat Ace some more. Until he sees that a man with a mustache walks in front of him, blocking him from walking to Ace. The man has a gun pointed straight at Garp and a vengeful look on his face. He is James, one of the first people Ace employed.
Garp looks around and sees the other people also all had their weapons pointed at him. Some guns, some swords, and such.
James angrily says. "You have a lot of balls to hurt Ace in front of us!"
Garp is a little surprised by this. He didn't think that the people of Gray Terminal had the decency to protect a kid.
'It seems like Ace is familiar with them.' Thinks Garp a little impressed
Still, Garp has a serious look on his face. "Weapons weren't made to threaten people."
Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!....
As soon as he said that, everyone with a gun shoots at Garp without hesitation. Though they have decided to follow Ace now, Gray Terminal is a ruthless place. They are very prone to violence.
But even as the bullets hit Garp, he still has a casual look on his face as he just looks at the people in front of him. He is using <Tekkai> to tighten his muscles and turning them rigid, but very hard. So bullets to him now are weaker than mosquito bites...
"Oy! Guys!!! Stop it!!!" Exclaims Ace loudly and the people shooting stop. They are terrified as they see Garp smile at that.
"You will never be able to hurt that old man. You could shoot at him all day and you wouldn't hurt him. He would probably fall asleep midway into the shooting and you still won't be able to hurt him." Says Ace, surprising everyone in here. They know that Ace wouldn't be joking about this. Plus the frowning look on his face says it all to them.
"Ace, you know this old man?" Asks Sabo nervously. He just watched an old man not even be phased by bullets.
"Yeah.... he is my crazy grandpa." Declared Ace, shocking everyone in the proximity
"Hahahaha... Ace, you finally decided to call me grandpa." Says Garp with an embarrassed smile on his face.
"Ace's grandpa is even more of a monster than him." Comments Jason as he looks at Garp nervously and a bead of sweat rolls down his face.
Garp has a smile on his face as he looks at the people around him and walks towards Ace. He walks past Jason, and crouches down, and comes face to face with Ace.
"I was a little worried when Dadan said that you hadn't been back for days." Says Garp as he pats Ace on the head. "But I can see that you have found a place where you are even safer than at Dadan's.
As Garp says that, Ace has a nonchalant expression on his face. While on the inside he is thinking something else. 'Glad that Garp forgot about me saying that I will become a pirate."
"Oh, Ace I never knew that you wanted to be a pirate." Says some random person in the crowd. Ace just looks at the man and makes a mental note to beat him 100x over what Garp will beat him. He is beyond petty in situations like this.
"Yeah... about that..." Says Garp as he grabs Ace's face and throws him away. "No way that is happening you brat!!!"
'What a strange family.' Thinks Sabo as he looks at this from the sidelines.
The others don't interfere anymore in this since it was just 'family bonding' in their eyes. Yeah, it's not normal, but the family members aren't normal either.
They go back to eating, this time they eat as quietly as they can. Because Garp also comes to eat with them in annoyance. No one dared to sit next to him, and on everyone's mind was one thought. 'What the hell is wrong with this family!?!?'
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So like this one year passes, during this time many things happened. Portgas Village was burned once, but after it, people returned stronger, and now Portgas Town is born, with around four hundred members.
It isn't officially recognized by the World Government, but no one cares about such things. The crime rate has staggeringly lowered as Portgas Town was born.
Ace is once again the unofficial mayor. He isn't bad at management, he just doesn't spend a lot of time on it. He spends most of his time training, especially now that the town doesn't really need his help to just survive. They have become self-sufficient.
Dadan mountain bandits frequently visit the town and they get along with the citizens quite well. The crime rate in the town is also very low, as the laws in it are ruthless. If someone r*pes, the punishment is death, if someone steals, the punishment is also death. There is almost zero tolerance for any crime.
So strangely, a city which should be made of criminals is safer to live in than Goa City.
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-Sabo POV-
I lean against a tree in the forest and breathe heavily. I just finished doing pushups with a boulder on my back, the boulder was bigger than my body.
Damn it, I am supposed to be only six years old. I am super strong for my age...
As I think that I look at Ace, he just finished doing pushups with a boulder bigger than a tree on his back.
Now he is doing that weird thing of his, he closes his eyes and punches around randomly. He always says that he is trying to sense something. Like he does when he has me beat him in the had when he has a blindfold on. Honestly, his training methods are very weird... but very effective.
"Hey, Ace! Are you done with your weird Kung-Fu training?" I ask him as I can feel my stomach rumble a little.
"It's not Kung-Fu Sabo." Says Ace, he has a concentrated look on his face as he looks at his fist intently. "It's called Haki and I heard grandpa talk about it with his marines once."
"Ehhh... really?" I ask him, if old man Garp knows about it, then it must be strong. The old man is monstrous, I have seen casually lift giant boulders like they were made out of paper.
I guess Garp being Ace's grandpa means that he was Gold Roger's father. That whole family is monstrous. I was so shocked when Ace told me that. Honestly, the world would want to kill him if they learned who he was, I am surprised that he trusts me so much.
But at the same time Ace can tell when someone is lying or being untruthful to him.
I decided to tell him my background since he told me his... his reaction was annoying, to say the least.
He thought that it would be some cool background because I kept it a secret for so long. When I told him that I was a noble, his reaction was to be nonchalant and bored about it.
Pow!!!
Suddenly I hear a strange sound and look at Ace and see that his fist was smoking a little as he just punched a tree and destroyed it.
I see that he has an exciting smile on his face. "I got it... I finally got Haki..."
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AUTHOR NOTE:
Ace is truly something else...
