Ch.7: Annoyances come with ignorance.
Shanks searched around the town, calling out for a certain girl's name. After another few minutes of searching, he stopped and scratched his head.
"That's weird… She's not in the forest, not in town… Where could she be?" Then, he paled as some disturbing thoughts filled his head and he panicked,
"Oh no! What if she got kidnapped or was in trouble or injured or fell off a cliff or—"
"You okay, captain?"
Benn sweated at his captain as he begins fearing for the girl's safety. Makino just happened to open the tavern and see the two pirates. She was about to call them in when she gasp in remembrance and hurried over to them,
"You two should start sailing away! Right now!" Benn cocked his head in confusion,
"Why?" Makino was already rushing them away,
"Any moment now Garp will be coming back! Yesterday, he sent Luffy to some dangerous place for what he calls 'training of love'."
Immediately, the pirates paled and quickly followed her advice and left. Just a little after they left, they saw the canine figurehead of a marine ship docking at the harbor. Garp's symbol…
"So she wasn't lying about Garp being her grandfather…" Shanks muttered under his breath. Benn nodded,
"Poor girl; being related to that guy…"
Off in the distance, Garp sneezed. Someone must be talking about him… Maybe his little princess was finally appreciating him~! He grinned and punched a hole in the wall next to tavern's easy-to-open-with-a-slight-push door and shouted,
"Makino! My little princess's grown so big and lovely~"
Makino resisted the sudden urge to smack him for the damage to her tavern and for constantly putting Luffy in danger. And amazingly, she managed to hold it in and smile,
"That's nice, but could you stop breaking my wall?" Garp pouted (which was not a pleasant sight to see on an old man who is supposed to be an important person),
"But it's cooler that way!" Makino glared viciously at him and he picked his nose, "Okay, fine… You guys, go fix it!"
"What? Fine, we'll fix it, but you have to help too! Geez, stop breaking walls…"
Thus, the marines and Garp spent a few minutes making the place new again and left as fast as they came. Makino sighed and collapsed into a nearby chair,
"Oh Oda, he's like a typhoon." The mayor walked in, slightly glancing at the patch near the door, and sat near Makino,
"Garp?" She tiredly nodded her head and repeated,
"Garp." He nodded in understanding and ordered his morning coffee,
"Makes me wonder what we should really watch out for: marines or pirates?"
"Yeah… And he wonders why Luffy doesn't like him." Both sighed once again. It was only morning yet the day already felt so long.
"Poor girl; being related to that guy…"
Garp sneezed twice. He wondered if he had a cold and called for a doctor. Same doctor wondered if idiots even caught colds.
