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Chapter 10- Juli's exciting days with marines
At the training grounds…
Garp and Juli entered the training area, where a crowd of low-ranked marine soldiers were already waiting for Garp.
"Bwahahaha. It's nice to see that you all are already here." Garp laughed loudly.
The marines saluted. "Vice-Admiral Garp." Just then they noticed Juli standing next to him and they all blushed heavily.
Garp narrowed his eyes and his grin widened. "That's Princess Kurama Juli, she wants to speak with you all about the marines."
Juli giggled and smiled cheerfully. "It's nice to meet you all."
Her gorgeous smile was too much for the men, they got hearts in their eyes and began to drool at her beauty. But as they felt a killer intent directed at them, they froze in fright.
Directly behind Juli stood Garp, whose body laid in shadows, just his dangerous red glowing eyes glared like laser dots directly at the marine soldiers.
The marines began to sweat heavily.
Juli blinked in confusion and looked behind her. "Garp-jiji? Can I ask them something?"
Garp smiled dangerously as he saw how the men flinched at the word 'Jiji'. "Sure, go ahead Juli-chan."
Juli smiled brightly at that, turned back around and smiled softly at the shivering marine soldiers.
After Juli asked them some questions and after she watched their training session with Garp…
Juli smiled empathetically at the marines, who were laying on the ground, groaning in pain, after the hardest training session they ever had. "It was really nice to meet you. I hope we see us again someday."
"Bwahahahaha, that was fun! Anyway, let's go eat dinner, Juli-chan." Garp said and began to walk towards the cafeteria.
Juli giggled amused and walked after him.
The next day…
Juli slowly woke up. She rubbed her eyes sleepily. 'A new fun day!' She stood up and changed into her dress. She bit on her lip in thought. 'Yesterday with Garp-jiji was fun and I learned more about the lower-ranked marines…but what do I do today? ...Ah I know!' She smiled brightly and left her room. After she closed the door behind her, she walked to the room across from her and knocked.
"Come in." Sounded Aokiji's muffled voice.
Juli opened the door and walked in. She looked in awe around, as she stood in a big living room.
Aokiji, who sat on the couch and read some files, looked at her in surprise. "Oh, Juli-hime, what is the problem?"
Juli smiled softly. "I don't have a problem…I just…wanted to ask if I can spend some time with you. Of course, only, if you have time for me."
Aokiji looked at her utterly surprised and blushed at her innocent face. "Eehhh?!" 'I think she is not getting, that asking like that it sounds like she wants to go on a date…' He cleared his throat awkwardly. "Ehm…Sure if you want to. What do you want to do?"
Juli smiled brightly at that. "I thought maybe you could help me train. After all, I never can be strong enough if it is for the safety of my island."
Aokiji blinked surprised. "You want to train…willingly?"
She smiled softly and looked at him with big, puppy-dog eyes. "Please~"
Aokiji blushed, rubbed the back of his head and sighed. "Okay fine, it can't be helped. Let's go to the training ground."
After they arrived at a training ground…
"Wow…that's a totally different training place than the one I was with Garp-jiji." Juli looked around in interest. This training ground was a lot bigger and there were more exercise equipments.
"Yeah. That is the trainings ground for the higher-ranked marines." Aokiji looked at her. "So…because you want to train, I first have to see what you can do."
Juli nodded and walked towards a straw dummy. She narrowed her eyes seriously. And with speed and power she kicked the straw dummy in the face. Her heel bored right through the straw and as she took her heel out of the straw dummy, there was a hole right in the middle of its forehead.
Aokiji blinked in surprise. "Not bad." 'Although I have to say, it's a bit terrifying…'
Juli smiled at him seriously. "I'm not finished, yet!" And with that she stormed towards the dummy again and with a roundhouse kick, she kicked the head off the dummy.
Aokiji sweat dropped. "Ara ara, I have to say, heels on women are really terrifying."
Juli giggled amused. "Sorry for the dummy…"
"It's not so bad…But looks like you are too strong for the straw dummy, that's impressive. Where did you learn that?" Aokiji looked at her in interest.
Juli smiled sadly. "My mother taught me a bit before she died…and after that, I only trained alone or with the forest animals."
Aokiji blinked. 'Forest animals?!' "Anyway…Can you fight with a weapon or do you have a Devil Fruit?" 'I know about the power of the Engeru pasu, but it's highly possible she can't activate it like her ancestors…I wonder what the key to this power is…'
Juli smiled cheerfully. "I have heard about Devil Fruits before, but I didn't eat one…And I have a weapon. I fight with a fan. 'And a sword, but I didn't get one that suits me anywhere…'
'A fan?!' He shook his head in fondness. "If you want, I can show you my Devil Fruit power later. First, let's see what you can do with a fan."
A bright smile lit Juli's face. "I would like that." She walked towards a tree stump. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
Aokiji leaned forward in interest as he saw her taking out her fan.
Juli opened her eyes and the fan and threw it towards the tree stump. The fan cut right through the middle and flew back towards her. She caught it and closed the fan and then the tree stump fell apart. She smiled at an impressed looking Aokiji. 'It isn't the speed I want it to be, but it's on the way there.'
Aokiji whistled impressed. 'She has talent. She's really good with what she is doing. I mean she is only...what...15? Normal girls and princesses concentrate on looking good and boys and that stuff...' "Wow, I've never seen someone use a fan as a weapon. Did your mother teach you this?"
Juli took her fan back into the white lace garter around her leg. "No. On Seinaru we have no weapons and that's when I began to improvise." She shrugged with her shoulders. "Anyway, can you show me your Devil Fruit now?" She looked up to him with big eyes.
Aokiji sighed, but smiled. "Fine. I've eaten the Hie Hie no Mi, that means I literally become an ice man." He made an ice snowflake from thin air and gave it to Juli.
"Wow! That's so cool and nothing like the Kūki Kūki no Mi…That fruit was creepy, I still can feel how the air left my lung and how I couldn't breathe." She shuddered.
Aokiji narrowed his eyes. 'Okay…Note to myself: If I ever find the user of the Kūki Kūki no Mi…. kill him…' He shook his head to dispel the dark thoughts. "Anyway, I want to increase your speed while fighting. For that, what do you think about a little spar? Don't worry, I will not use my Devil Fruit power against you."
Juli smiled softly. "Okay."
After they finished their little spar…
"Okay, that was not so bad. You're really good in hand-to-hand combat. And I have to say those heels really hurt when you hit me." 'It looks like she is unconsciously using a really small amount of Busoshoku no Haki…'
"Sorry for that…" Juli smiled apologetically.
"I think we should take a break. I'll get something to drink and to eat for us." Just as Aokiji wanted to walk away, Juli looked into the forest area around the training ground.
She titled her head cutely in confusion and looked at Aokiji. "Why is Garp-jiji standing there in the forest?"
Aokiji looked at her surprised and then sweat dropped. 'Looks like she has a good access to Kenbunshoku no Haki when it comes to sensing people… And I have a pretty good idea why Garp is watching us…' "Ehm…maybe he wants to watch you train? Anyway, I'm right back."
Juli nodded and Aokiji walked back to Marine HQ.
A few minutes later, Aokiji came back with two water bottles in his hand and two popsicles. He looked to the bench, Juli last sat on and nearly let the popsicles fall.
Juli still sat on the bench, but was now surrounded by birds and talked with them, while the birds put flowers into her hair. She smiled softly towards Aokiji. "Aokiji-san~"
He blushed and gulped as he sat down beside her. The birds chirped one last time before they flew away. Aokiji gave her a popsicle and they both sat there in comfortable silence and ate.
"Okay. Let's continue. Next, I want you to hit me as fast and hard as you can, while I will dodge some of your kicks." Aokiji said seriously.
Juli looked at him in concern and bit on her lip. "But I don't want to attack you…"
Aokiji shook his head in fondness. "It's okay, you can't really hurt me because I will turn into ice a second before you hit me, okay?"
"But…" Juli said and pouted cutely.
"No buts, let's start!"
Juli sighed and stormed towards him, she tried to kick him in his face, but Aokiji dodged. She turned around in midair and did a roundhouse kick to his left side. She froze in horror as she really hit him. But before she could say sorry, the Aokiji before her shattered and the real Aokiji appeared behind her and held her arm in his grip.
"A bit better, but you're still too slow…" Suddenly a shiver ran through Aokiji's spine as he felt kill intentions direct at him. He looked into the woods and could see a dark figure glaring at him with red laser-like eyes. He sweat dropped, knowing really well who it was.
Juli used the time, Aokiji was distracted and freed herself from his grip and backflipped a bit away from him.
Aokiji smiled. "Not bad."
They continued to spar a few hours more.
Juli breathed heavily as the sun began to go down.
"Okay, that was enough for today. But I'm impressed, you could increase your speed drastically in our spars." Aokiji smiled at her.
Juli smiled brightly. "Thanks, Aokiji-san."
"You can call me Kuzan…"
"Huh?" Juli tilted her head in confusion.
"Kuzan is my real name. As an admiral we need an alias." He shrugged.
"Okay, see you around Kuzan-kun~. And thank you for today." She stretched her sore muscles and walked back towards her room, ready to take a long shower.
Aokiji blushed and looked after her. "Ara, ara~ Looks like I have to deal with the paperwork tomorrow…"
The next day, Juli's fourth day at Marine HQ…
Juli yawned as she walked towards the cafeteria. 'I've slept longer today because of the training with Kuzan-kun yesterday…' Just as she entered the cafeteria, the talking stopped and the men stared at her with heart eyes. Juli blinked in confusion, but just walked towards the buffet. 'Mmhh…what do I want to eat today…Oh I know, Pancakes!' After she took some pancakes on her plate, she looked around for a peaceful place to eat.
"Juli-hime~ come sit down with us!" A marine soldier shouted.
"No, Juli-sama~ come eat with us!" Another one shouted.
Just then the whole cafeteria began to shout for her to sit on their tables.
Juli blinked in confusion and looked around uncertainly. Suddenly, she yelped in surprise as someone took her arm and dragged her to a table. She was psuhed down in the seat and the man laid an arm around her waist.
"My name is Ironfist Fullbody. I'm certain you heard of me before. Now, it would be a lot better if you eat with me instead of with those losers over there, Juli-hime~" Fullbody smirked at her arrogantly.
Juli just blinked in confusion at the smug pink-haired man with iron knuckles next to her. "...Ehm. Well, nice to meet you Fullbody-san, but I have to apologize I never heard of you before." She told him politely, but still was confused to what was going on.
Fullbody seemed to be angry for a short moment as she told him that she hadn't heard of him, before he smirked cheekily. "Well, that doesn't matter now. How about we get to know each other better after eating breakfast together? Someone like you should hang around with someone as incredible as me." He tightened his grip around her waist. 'Jackpot! Dating a princess would be getting my name up a few bitches. Beside, she really is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.'
Juli felt slightly uncomfortable but then looked at the arrogant pink-haired marine innocently. "I guess that would be oka- Kyaaa!" Her eyes widened in surprise as she was suddenly scooped very quickly up into someone's arms before she was set down on the ground behind whoever saved her.
"Wha-" Fullbody just got out surprised before he was met by a hard punch in the face and sent flying back.
"NOBODY TOUCHES MY CUTE LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER!" Garp roared enraged and then went in to beat the pink-haired, and now utterly scared marine into a pulp.
Juli just sweat dropped, having no idea what was going on right now, as she felt someone lightly touch her shoulder.
"Ooohhh, that's not reeaally disciplined of yoouuu to dooo, Garp-san." Kizaru said in his amused tone (like always) as he picked up Juli's tablet with her food on it.
Juli turned around and smiled at Kizaru cheerfully. "Good Morning, Kizaru-san~."
"Juli-hime I'm soorry for this incident You can sit down by the Admirals and eat breakfast there in peace" Kizaru said and walked towards a demising wall, totally ignoring the furious Vice-Admiral beating up Fullbody.
Juli just followed him. "Oh, that's why I never saw an admiral in the cafeteria." She said thoughtfully.
"Ohhh, that's right." Kizaru sat down on the table, where Aokiji and Akainu already sat.
"Good Morning Akainu-san, Kuzan-kun." Juli smiled softly at them and against expectations, she sat down next to Akainu.
Akainu's muscles stiffened as she sat next to him, but then his tense muscles relaxed and he nodded towards her.
"Oohh, Kuzan-kun? You told her your real naame?" Kizaru asked Aokiji.
Aokiji shrugged, still looking tired. "I just think we shouldn't be too formal around her."
Juli began to eat her pancakes happily, not noticing that Akainu was watching her and blushing unnoticable at her utterly cute happy face.
"Ooohhh." Kizaru said in realization and looked at Juli. "Theeen you can caall me Borsalino."
Juli swallowed the food in her mouth and smiled softly towards Kizaru. "Okay, Borsalino-san."
After Juli finished her breakfast…
Juli giggled cheerily. "That was yummy~"
Akainu looked at her and nearly got a heart attack because of her cuteness. She still had some syrup left on her lips. Akainu gulped and fought the blush back down. "Juli-hime, you have some syrup on your face." He said sternly.
Juli looked at him surprised because that was the first word he said to her since she sat next to him. Then, she blushed in embarrassment and wiped the stain of syrup away.
'Kawaii!' Aokiji thought as he saw her blushing.
"Aaahhh, Juli-hime, today is a meeting with aall the Vice-Admirals. Doo you want toooo come?" Kizaru asked her.
Juli smiled brightly. "I'd love to! When is the meeting?"
"Ohhh, it's in an hour. You caan coome with me." Kizaru told her.
By the meeting…
Juli and Kizaru entered the meeting room. All of the Vice-Admirals were already gathered there.
"Bwahahahaha, oh Juli-chan, nice that you came too, your granddaddy missed you." Garp laughed loudly as he strolled his way through the crowd.
Juli giggled cheerily. "Garp-jiji, we just saw us this morning."
Tsuru sighed as she saw the confused faces of the other Vice-Admirals.
"Oohh, it's nice that youu all caame here, today. This meeting is about the Yonkoo's. Buut before that, I waant you all to meet Princess Kurama Juli."
A murmur went to the crowd.
Juli took a step forward and smiled cheerfully. "It's nice to meet you all."
Most of the Vice-Admirals blushed at her beauty. Garp laid a hand on her shoulder and glared at the blushing Vice-Admirals.
Tsuru facepalmed and walked towards Juli and Garp. "Nice to see you again, Juli-hime."
Juli looked at her and smiled softly. "Oh, Tsuru-chan, I'm happy to see you again too."
"Anyway, let's introduce you to the other Vice-Admirals." Tsuru smiled at Juli.
Garp looked at her seriously. "I don't think-"
"No, Garp, I'm speaking with Juli-chan, and I'm sure Juli wants to meet them too." Tsuru looked at him scolding.
"But-" Garp pouted.
"No." Tsuru said seriously.
Garp pouted and went into a corner to sulk.
Tsuru sighed. "Anyway, let's start."
They both walked towards one of the giants. Unlike other Marines, his traditional white robe is customized, with yellow coloring, red borders, adding more rich details to his collar. He carries some awarded medals on his left breast and also wears a traditional red bicorne hat with the Marine's symbol. Unlike other high-ranking Marines, he actually wears his Marine coat with his arms in the sleeves. Underneath that, he wears an orange shirt, loose pants and boots. The Vice-Admiral also has curly brown hair with a large chin.
"That's Vice Admiral John Giant." Tsuru introduced.
John Giant looked down to her. "It's a pleasure, Juli-sama." He said sternly.
'His emotions are very good concealed, like Akainu's. I think he believes in Absolut Justice. I don't like that at all…The believers of Absolut Justice don't care about the sacrifices they need to bring to kill a pirate. Even if that means hurting innocent civilians…' She smiled softly. "Nice to meet you, too."
Tsuru and Juli walked towards the next Vice-Admiral.
"That is Vice-Admiral Comil." Tsuru said and pointed at a tall, large man with a bald top, but blond spiky hair flowing downwards on the back of his head. He has a mustache and is dark-skinned. His mustache looks like what one usually gets after drinking milk. He dresses in the typical garb of many high-ranking Marine: a red, double-breasted suit over a dark-green shirt with a plain green tie, and also has a Marine coat draped over his shoulders like a cape.
"Nice to meet you, Juli-hime." Comil smiled at her.
'I like him, he feels like the kind of marine, Garp-jiji and Sengoku-jiji are.' Juli smiled back. "It's nice to meet you too, Comil-san."
They walked towards the next Vice-Admiral.
"That's Vice-Admiral Momonga."
Momonga nodded at her. He is a man with a black mohawk and a mustache. He wears the standard marine uniform, consisting of a purple and white striped suit with a coat draped over his shoulders. Underneath his coat he wears a dark blue shirt and a light blue tie. Momonga is of average height and very well-built.
'I can't really figure out what type of justice he is following…But I can feel he is caring about his comrades and subordinates.' Juli smiled at him softly and nodded back.
"That's Vice-Admiral Unigumo." Tsuru said and pointed at a tall man with a cold face and eyes that are semi-closed. He is smoking a cigarette, has long brown hair, and wears an ancient war helmet with a small, traditional Japanese dragon on it, and a long red plume hanging from it. Under his Marine coat he wears a double-breasted gray suit over a dark green shirt with a silver tie. He also has a golden loop earring on his left ear.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Juli-sama." Unigumo said sternly.
'He is also a believer of Absolutely Justice. His comrades are unimportant to him, when it comes to defeating the "evil"… I don't like him…' "It's nice to meet you too." Juli said seriously.
"That is Vice-Admiral Doberman."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Juli-sama." He said sternly. Doberman has four X-shaped scars on his face and two on his neck, a split, curling mustache and brown flowing hair, reaching down to his shoulders. He has no pupil in his left eye. His Marine coat, draped on his shoulders like a cape, is more elaborate than the ones worn by other high-ranking officers, and the stripes across his cap are in a zig-zag pattern. Underneath his coat he sports an outfit reminiscent of those worn by naval officers in the 1600's, composed of a loose shirt with rope-like ornaments on it and suit pants.
'I don't like him either. He would leave behind his injured subordinates to run after a pirate, who wouldn't even want to fight anymore…' "It's nice to meet you too." Juli said shortly and turned around to the next Vice Admiral.
"That's Vice Admiral Strawberry." Tsuru said and pointed at a relatively straight shaped person with a long beard. He has his eyes closed and wore a very long bearskin version of the standard Marine uniform cap due to his head being abnormally long. Like many high-ranking Marines, he has a standard Marine's coat draped on his shoulders like a cape. Under it, and over a shirt left unbuttoned near the neck, he wears a water-green jacket, with pale yellow rope-like ornaments on the chest, and matching pants.
"It's nice to meet you, Juli-hime." Strawberry smiled at her.
'I like him, he cares about his comrades. And his name is Strawberry and I like strawberries ~' Juli smiled brightly at him. "It's nice to meet you too, Strawberry-san."
"Next, that's Vice Admiral Yamakaji."
Yamakaji smiled at her and nodded in respect. His eyes are closed and he has a thick brown beard that covers his large chin. He's wearing a double-breasted orange suit with a dark red tie underneath, all over a yellow shirt with purple polka dots. Like most high-ranking Marine officers, he drapes his standard Marine coat over his shoulders like a cape.
'He seems like he cares about his comrades…And I can feel he has high respect towards Garp-jiji…' Juli smiled softly at him and nodded back.
"That's Vice Admiral Lacroix." Tsuru said and pointed at another giant. Like many giants, he has a large, bulky belly. He wears a Marine hat and a double-breasted suit with his sleeves rolled up, along with a purple tie. Like all high-ranking Marines, he wears a standard Marine coat draped over his shoulders.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Juli-sama." Lacroix said sternly.
'He believes in Absolut Justice…I don't get it why so much marines believe in Absolut Justice…I think everything is wrong with that…' "It's nice to meet you too." Juli said shortly.
"This is Vice Admiral Ronse."
Ronse nodded at her. He is a giant who wears what appears to be a medieval helmet with a T-shaped visor and has long dark hair. His Marine coat is white with red wrist cuffs and a pair of steel pads that are positioned on his shoulders. Beneath this, he wears a gray suit with brown pants and a lighter gray shirt beneath the suit. Around his waist, he wears a gigantic fur belt.
'The first giant Vice Admiral who cares for his comrades…But I don't know in what he believes. He seems a bit over confident, but that's not too bad, after all he cares for his comrades.' Juli smiled softly and nodded back.
"Next, that's Vice Admiral Stainless." Tsuru said and pointed at a man of average height and well-built. His most distinctive feature is his handlebar mustache. His hair is black and combed back with a scalp lock. He dresses in the typical garb of many high-ranking Marines.
"It's nice to meet you Juli-hime." Stainless smiled at her.
'He cares about his comrades and I think he believes in the same justice Sengoku-jiji believes in…'
Juli smiled back. "It's nice to meet you too, Stainless-san."
"This is Vice Admiral Mozambia."
Mozambia smiled at her and nodded in respect. He is a dark-skinned man with short dark gray hair and a scar on the left side of his face. He wears a brown suit with a blue shirt and tie, with the standard Marine coat draped over his shoulders.
'I can't really tell in what type of justice he believes, but I can feel that he's a nice guy…' Juli smiled back and nodded. She turned towards the next Vice Admiral in interest.
"This is Vice Admiral Cancer." Tsuru pointed at a man with slicked-back grey hair, sunglasses and who had a cigar in his mouth. He has a scar running down his left eye. Cancer wears a brown suit under a Marine coat.
"Nice to meet you, Juli-hime." He smiled at her friendly.
'He cares about his comrades and is the same type of marine as Smokie-kun…' Juli smiled brightly at him. "Nice to meet you too, Cancer-san."
"Next, that's Vice Admiral Dalmatian."
"It's a pleasure, Juli-sama." He said friendly. The top part of his head from his nose up, along with his arms and legs, are that of a dalmatian. He also has a long tail. However, the bottom half of his face is human just like most of Zoan users and has a blond-white beard on a wide chin. His torso and neck also seem to remain human. Like all other vice admirals and other high-ranking officers, he wears a double-breasted suit, dress shirt and a tie, with a Marine jacket draped loosely over his shoulders like a cape. His suit, in particular, is dark green in color. He wears a light red shirt underneath, with a darker red tie.
'I can't tell in what he believes…He is very friendly, but I can't tell how he is to pirates…' Juli smiled at him. "It's nice to meet you too."
"This is Vice Admiral Bastille." Tsuru pointed at the shortest of the giants. He wears a gray metal mask with ten eye-holes and two long, curved bull horns. His long orange hair falls to the front of his chest and the rest of his hair can be seen going down his back. As with many high-ranking officers, he wears a double-breasted suit with a blue shirt and black tie, and the military overcoat draped over his shoulders, and a chain around the neck area.
"Nice to meet you, Juli-dara." He nodded at her.
'Dara?...Anyway, I think he cares for his comrades…so I think I like him…' "Nice to meet you too, Bastille-san." Juli nodded back at him.
"And that's Vice Admiral Vergo."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Juli-sama." He greeted sternly. Vergo is a tall, light-skinned, lean, yet muscular man with short dark hair, a beard, sideburns, and sunglasses. From his sideburns on, his facial hair grew horizontally. On his cheek it grew downwards with a pointed end. Also, he has a dango stuck on his face. Vergo wears a white knee-length trench coat that has a quilted design which stopped just below his waist, along with two black pockets slightly above the chest on either side. Under the coat he has a mauve-colored shirt with a purple-colored ascot embedded with a red jewel, with a golden-yellow outline at the top in the tie. He also wears black-colored gloves.
Juli narrowed her eyes as she felt a shiver ran down her spine. 'Something about him seems off…I don't really know, but I can't feel any emotion coming from him, even from Akainu I felt a bit emotion…And I don't know why, but everything about him screams danger…' "It's nice to meet you too." She said politely and walked quickly back towards Garp, where she felt the safest. Garp narrowed his eyes and laid a hand on her shoulder as she stayed next to him.
"Nooow, that Juli-hime meet aaalll of yoouu…We caan begin with the meeting." Kizaru said in his amused tone. "This meeting is about Yoonko's and their extending power, which iiss dangerouus for us. Let's begiin with Big Mooom and Kaaidou."
Juli listened in interest as a discussion began.
"They both become more and more ruthless." Momonga said seriously.
"Yeah, the more we let them roam free, the more dangerous they become." Doberman said sternly.
"But we can't beat Kaidou or Big Mom with her huge family-dara." Bastille interposed.
Garp sighed as the discussion went on and sat down and because he still had his hand on Juli's shoulder she had to sit down too, or she would have been squashed. Tsuru looked scolding at a laughing Garp and then gave up on it, as he took out a bag of rice crackers.
"Oookay, I think that's eenough about theem. Next is Whitebeard." Kizaru said amused.
"It's worrisome that he gets more and more territories." Strawberry said in concern.
"Yeah, we should do something about it, maybe wipe out some of his allies." Lacroix said seriously.
Garp chocked on his rice cracker and coughed loudly. Tsuru facepalmed. Juli looked at him in concern and patted him on the back.
After he finished coughing, he stood up and looked at Lacroix seriously. "You're fool, if you think Whitebeard would let that go. If we attack some of his allies or territories, it's like declaring war on Whitebeard. And I'm sure you all don't want that."
"Garp-san is right. That would definitely end in a war. And we cannot afford that in the moment." Yamakaji said seriously, but still smiled.
Garp sighed in relief and sat down next to Juli again.
"Do you want a rice cracker, Juli-chan?" Garp asked her.
"Sure." Juli smiled brightly.
Just as Juli wanted to take the rice cracker, Kizaru said: "Mmmhhh…let's gooo on to… Akagami no Shanks."
She froze in her movement. Then, she shook her head and took the rice cracker and munched on it, listening carefully to the discussion.
Garp noticed that and narrowed his eyes. 'So, it's true that Seinaru is under the protection of that damn redhaired brat…'
"Akagami is gaining more and more power in the New World. He becomes a more and more dangerous foe." John Giant said darkly.
A few others nodded in agreement.
"He is a Yonko only since a couple of years, we have to admit his progress is as impressive as dangerous." Comil said.
"So, what do we do against that?" Dalmatian asked.
"Maybe first, we should try to take some of his territories away, but that could end pretty bad for us." Stainless said calmly.
Juli narrowed her eyes.
"Ooohhh…we should speak with Sengoku about that. Anywaay I think you aall are now informed about the danger-level of the Yoonko's… We should end thiis meeting here…" Kizaru said and the Vice-Admirals strolled out of the room, talking with another. Just Garp, Tsuru, Juli and Kizaru remained.
"Juli-hime I haave to goo report Sengoku about the meeting." Kizaru looked at her.
Juli stood up and smiled softly. "That' s fine, Borsalino-san."
Garp laughed loudly. "Bwahahahaha…She is with me so nothing should happen."
Tsuru shook her head. "With you, you can never know what happens…"
Kizaru smiled and vanished into a beam of bright yellow light.
"Wow…what was that?" Juli asked in a bit of awe.
"That was his Devil Fruit. The Pika Pika no Mi. Each one of the admirals has one." Tsuru said to her as they walked towards the cafeteria.
"Interesting." Juli said in thought.
Garp still munched on his crackers.
Tsuru's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "Garp, can you stop eating, we get dinner as soon as we are in the cafeteria!"
"But, Tsuru-chan…" He whined.
"No buts!" Tsuru looked at him scolding.
Garp put the bag of crackers away and pouted.
Juli giggled amused.
In the cafeteria…
Tsuru shook her head at Garp, who walked behind Juli and glared at every man who looked at her on their way towards their table.
Juli sat down and looked at the meal before her. Today for dinner, she decided to eat a bowl of ramen and as dessert chocolate pudding. Tsuru sat down next to her and Garp in front of her.
"Garp-jiji, do you want to eat my meat?"
Garp looked at her utterly surprised. "EEHHH?! YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT YOUR MEAT?"
Tsuru sighed in annoyance. "Keep it down, Garp." 'Why am I even trying anymore after all these years?'
Juli blinked and smiled softly. "Yes. You can have it." She took the meat out of her bowl and took it into Garp's bowl.
"Waaaahhh, Juli-chan you're the best grandchild I ever had…" Garp said, while wailing and sniffling.
Tsuru sweat dropped and Juli just giggled amused.
After a while, as Juli began to eat her dessert…
Garp looked at her seriously. "Juli-chan…" He said as seriously as you can with a mouth full of donuts.
Juli looked at him confused. "What is it, Garp-jiji?" She asked after swallowing the food in her mouth. [Garp should try that one day…]
"Why did you look so uncomfortable as you spoke with Vergo?" He looked at her in interest. 'I don't like him, so I'm excited to see what Juli-chan thinks of him…'
Juli laid the spoon onto her plate and looked troubled onto the table. Tsuru narrowed her eyes.
"I don't really know…something felt off by him… And as he first spoke to me, I could sense danger from him, but I didn't know why…" She looked up to them.
Tsuru leaned back in thought.
Garp frowned. "That's oka-" And suddenly he slumped forward and his face fell into his plate full of donuts.
"Kyaa!" Juli shouted in surprise.
Tsuru sighed. "Everything is alright he just fell asleep."
Juli blinked in confusion and couldn't help, but giggle amused as she heard the snores coming from him.
Suddenly he sat up straight again. "-y, I thought so, as I saw you like that." He blinked in confusion as he saw a giggling Juli and an annoyed Tsuru. "What happened?"
"You fell asleep in your food again, you baka." Tsuru huffed annoyed.
"Bwahahahahaha. I'm sorry." Garp rubbed the back of his head and continued eating donuts.
The next day, the 22nd of June, very very early in the morning…
Sengoku was sleeping peacefully in his bed, dreaming about a world without Garp. Suddenly a loud crash came from the wall beside him. "What the…" He shouted now fully awake and sat up straight in his bed.
"Sengoku! Sengoku!" Garp shouted in panic, as he stormed into Sengoku's bedroom right through the hole in the wall.
Sengoku looked at Garp utterly pissed. "Garp, when this isn't an emergency, then I'm going to kill you."
"But it is an emergency!" Garp shouted as he wailed wildly with his arms.
Sengoku sighed. "Then finally tell me what's wrong."
"Waaahhh…It's Juli-chan's birthday today and I don't have a present and we don't have organized a party for her. What to do, what to do?!" Garp ran around in Sengoku's room like a headless chicken.
Sengoku's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "Garp, are you kidding me?! It's…how early?"
"Three o'clock." Garp said seriously and stormed towards Sengoku. "You have to help me! We have to find a present and organize a birthday party for tonight!" He shook him.
Sengoku punched him in the face, so he let go of him. Then, he took a deep breath to calm his anger. 'There's no way I can go back to sleep after that… And better I help Garp before he destroys the whole Marine HQ…like eight years ago, after he found out Akagami has influenced his grandchild…' He sighed. "Ok, ok, I will help you just calm down."
Garp ran towards him and hugged him. "Awww…Thank you Sengoku, you're my best buddy, I knew you would help me."
"Let go of me, Garp! And first let me get dressed and let me get some coffee!"
A little while later, in Sengoku's office…
Sengoku and Garp sat next to each other on the couch. Garp happily munched donuts and Sengoku drank his third cup of coffee.
"So, let me get that straight…Today is Juli-chan's birthday." Sengoku tried to analyze the situation.
"Yep." Garp said happily.
"And you want to throw her a party? In Marine HQ?"
"Yep. But I'm sure you want to throw her a party too, because you are her Granddaddy too."
Sengoku sweat dropped. 'Okay maybe that's not so wrong…' "Mmmhh…how do we do that…Someone has to buy a present, someone has to make sure there will be enough food and drinks, someone has to decorate a big room for a party, someone has to inform the others about the party, someone has to buy her a dress and most importantly, someone has to distract her till the evening."
"Bwahahahaha, I think so." Garp laughed cheerfully.
Sengoku sighed. "There's no way, we can do that all alone, I will call for the admirals and maybe Tsuru-chan for the dress." He walked towards his Den Den Mushi and did the calls.
"The admirals will be here in half an hour and Tsuru-chan in an hour." Sengoku said to Garp and plopped down on the couch, ready to drink his fourth cup of coffee.
"Bwahahaha. Good luck with that, I will go find Bogart to help me get a present for her." Garp shouted and walked out the door.
"Garp, wait!" Sengoku shouted, but Garp was already gone. He sighed in annoyance. 'Someday I really going to kill that crazy batshit old man...'
Half an hour later…
The three admirals looked at Sengoku unbelievably.
"So, you're telling us, you woke us up at…four in the morning to organize a birthday party for Juli-hime, because Garp went crazy on you?!" Aokiji asked.
Sengoku sighed. "Yes…"
"Better than letting that crazy old man destroy Marine HQ." Akainu said gruffly.
"Mmhhh…A paarty sounds like fuun…" Kizaru said in interest.
Aokiji sighed in surrender. "It's too early for that…" He mumbled.
"Okay, so now that you've agreed. Who will do which task?"
"I woould like to decorate the room." Kizaru said amused.
"I'll ask for the food and drinks…" Akainu said sternly.
"Then I will inform the people." Aokiji said with a sigh.
"Okay perfect, I leave these tasks to you. Tsuru-chan will buy her a dress because I think nobody of us now exactly what women like. And then, I have to distract Juli-chan till the evening." 'That shouldn't be too difficult...I hope…'
Three hours later…
Juli yawned and stretched herself. 'A beautiful new day…' She changed into her clothes. 'I wonder what I should do today…' She looked to the door and just then noticed a paper lying on the ground by the door. "Hmm…what's that?" Juli picked it up and read it. 'Good morning Juli,
I wondered if you wanted to see what it's like to do paperwork like a marine. If you want to, come to my office immediately after you woke up. I have breakfast ready for you here.
Sengoku.'
Juli blinked and then smiled cheerfully. "Looks like I'll spend today with Sengoku-jiji."
After she went to Sengoku's office…
Juli giggled cheerfully as she ate her cheesecake and petted Sengoku's goat, as it chewed happily on some paperwork. "I'm really glad I can spend a day with you Sengoku-jiji."
Sengoku sighed in relief and drank his eight cup of coffee for today. 'I hope everything goes alright and this doesn't end in a disaster…'
Later that evening…
"Wow that was really interesting." Juli said after Sengoku told her something more about the inner mechanisms of the marines.
Sengoku chuckled amused. 'That day was actually fun…I just hope everything worked out with the others…'
Suddenly it knocked on the door.
"Come in." Sengoku said as he gave his goat another staple of paperwork.
The door opened and Tsuru entered the room with a smile on her face.
'Ahh…so they are ready…' Sengoku grinned and hoped to Kami that everything will go smoothly.
"Juli-hime, come with me, I want to show you something…" Tsuru said and grabbed Juli by her arm and dragged her towards her room.
"Eehhh?" Juli shouted surprised. "Bye, Sengoku-jiji!" She shouted above her shoulder.
Sengoku sighed, but smiled. "Let's go and look, if everything is ready…" And with that he left his office.
Inside the cafeteria, behind the demising wall…
The room was decorated in different colors and flowers and the light was dimmed a bit. On the right side was a huge buffet with a strawberry theme, in its center stood a huge strawberry cheesecake. On the left wall, you could get drinks of all different kinds. Above the room, from one wall to another, was a huge banner, on which stood Happy Birthday Juli.
Marines of different ranks were chatting cheerfully and enjoying the day off. Aokiji sat on a table, talking to Hina. Kizaru chatted with some Vice Admirals, who decided to come. Sengoku and Garp talked with another and waited for Juli's arrival.
The door opened and Tsuru walked in with Juli, whose eyes were blindfolded with a cloth. The whole room froze at her beauty. She wore a gorgeous short, baby blue, off-the-shoulder evening gown, which was slightly longer in the back. Her hair was up in a bun and she wore beautiful blue pumps. Her collar and diadem glittered stunningly. A murmur went through the crowd. Tsuru led her towards the center of the room and unbound the cloth over her eyes.
Juli blinked as her eyes tried to adjust to the light.
"Happy Birthday Juli-hime!" Shouted the whole crowd and cheered.
Juli's eyes widened in surprise as she looked around. Tears gathered in her eyes and dropped to the ground.
Garp rushed towards her. "Waahhh…don't cry Juli-chan. It's your birthday."
Sengoku walked next to him and face palmed. "She's crying because she's happy, Garp."
"Bwahahahaha. Oh, I understand."
Tsuru shook her head in fondness.
Juli wiped her tears away. "Thank you all. I'm really touched. I never expected that even someone knew about my birthday…" She smiled brightly.
Garp laughed happily. "Anyway, here is your birthday present from Sengoku and me." He gave her a present, wrapped in red paper.
Juli giggled cheerfully. "Thank you so much." She began to unwrap the present. Akainu, Aokiji and Kizaru stepped a step forward, excited what it would be.
Sengoku began to sweat and smiled nervously. 'I hope it's nothing too dumb…but coming from Garp…'
As Juli finally unwrapped it, a stuffed dog plushie and a stuffed goat plushie appeared.
The three admirals, Sengoku and Tsuru sweat dropped.
'I knew it…' Sengoku thought in depression.
Garp laughed. "How do you like it? It's that you always remember your two Granddaddy's!"
Now the whole crowd sweat dropped too.
Juli giggled cheerily and hugged Garp, surprising everyone. "Thanks, Garp-jiji I really love it."
Everyone gaped at her in surprise, including Sengoku.
"Bwahahaha. I knew you would like it!" Garp said while blushing proudly.
Juli turned towards Sengoku and hugged him too. "Thanks to you too, Sengoku-jiji."
Sengoku blushed an interesting shadow of red and looked away in embarrassment.
"Bwahahahaha…" Garp laughed loudly at the blushing Sengoku.
"Aww…isn't that cute…" Tsuru said tauntingly.
"I'm not cute and that's not funny…" Sengoku grumbled in embarrassment.
"Ara, ara~" Aokiji sighed. Kizaru grinned and even Akainu had a small smile on his face.
Juli giggled cheerfully. She turned back towards the crowd. "Thank you for the great party. And let's get something to eat and drink!" She shouted cheerily and the crowd cheered.
Four hours later…
The party slowly ebbed down. Juli smiled softly and walked outside the cafeteria, to breathe some fresh air. She walked into the little garden in the courtyard of Marine HQ and sat down on a bench. 'I never had a birthday party this big. It always was a small one…' She smiled happily at the full moon at the night sky. 'What do you think about that, Mama?'
Suddenly someone sat down beside her. Juli looked to the left and was surprised to see Akainu sitting next to her.
"It's peaceful outside here, right?" Akainu said as he looked at the stars.
Juli smiled softly. "Mmh…" 'I don't know why, but he let his guard down…'
Akainu sighed.
"Is something wrong?" Juli asked softly.
"No…I just think I should tell you my real name, like the others did."
Juli smiled cheerfully at him. "You don't have to if you don't want to."
"No. I want to tell you…My real name is Sakazuki. It's just I don't really like to be called with my real name, because….it remembers me of my wife…she died ten years ago in a pirate attack…"
Juli smiled sadly and looked at the moon. 'Now I understand why he hates pirates so much…is whole life was ruined a lot of times and every time a pirate was the cause of it…' "Nice to see you opening up to someone, Saka-san~. It's not good to hide all the sadness, pain and hatefulness…It will destroy you from the inside." She smiled brightly at him.
Akainu looked at her and blushed. 'She is so much like her…'
Juli sighed and stood up. "Anyway, I have to go inside again. Don't let the hate consume you Saka-kun~." And with that she walked back inside.
Akainu still sat on the bench and looked at the stars, an unnoticeable blush on his face. 'I like her…'
Somewhere in the New World…
A man sat by the camping fire and looked at his crew, as they were getting drunk. His First Mate sat down beside him.
Suddenly the captain stiffened.
"What's wrong?" His First Mate frowned.
"OH HELL NO!" He suddenly shouted and jumped up and ran towards their ship.
"What the…" His First Mate stormed after him in concern. "What's wrong Captain?!"
"Men, make the ship ready to set sail!"
The eyebrow of the First Mate twitched in annoyance. "Tell me, what the fuck is going on with you?!"
The Captain turned around and looked at him utterly seriously. "I can't take it anymore! Someone looked at my cute baby girl with bad intentions again! We set sail towards Seinaru!"
His First Mate sweat dropped. 'Yay, daddy issues again…' "Captain, calm down…We can't set sail right now and you know that!"
The Captain pouted at him. "I can and I will!"
"No, you will not! Men you can settle down it's his daddy issues again…"
A groaning ran through the crew.
"Fine! If you don't want to come with me, I'll go alone!" The Captain pouted and stormed towards the ship.
His First Mate tackled him to the ground. "Help me!" His other crew members helped holding him down.
"LET ME GO! MY POOR LITTLE PRINCESS! LET DADDY COME TO YOU!" He shouted and wailed in the grip of his men.
A few moments later…
"I hate you all…" The Captain mumbled darkly with a pout, now bounded to a tree.
"Sorry Captain, but we can't let you go now." His First Mate sighed in relief because he didn't have to run after his Captain with his daddy issues anymore.
So guys that was this week's chapter! :) How did you like it? There were a lot of funny scenes this chapter and I love the Garp and Sengoku combo, they're just too hilarious. :D And now, you finally know, who the Yonko is protecting Seinaru. Did you expect that it would be Shanks? Oh and also, you guys got more clues about her father. ;) (P.S. He is not an OC, so have fun guessing.)
Anyway, see you next chapter!
Engeru pasu = Angels path
Seinaru = holy
Hie Hie no Mi = Ice-Ice Fruit
Kūki Kūki no Mi = Air-Air Fruit
Busoshoku no Haki = Armament Haki
Kenbunshoku no Haki = Observation Haki
Pika Pika no Mi = Glint-Glint Fruit
Reviews
'Amadeus Amadeus': I couldn't help but notice that the vice admiral order of introduction and description is identical to their articles at the One Piece wiki. I'm nit gonna go about crediting sources and stuff like that, but it wws kind of a letdown. It's obvious that you have talent writing, so don't go staining your reputation for something trivial like that. I know you can describe characters without quoting outer sources word by word.
First of all, thanks for your honest review. Now, I'm not going to deny it because what you said is true, I did take the describe of the different vice admirals from the One Piece wiki articles. I just changed up the formulation. I know as a writer, this isn't a good thing to do, but I had a reason. At that point in time, I wanted to post this chapter as fast as possible. As you probably noticed, that chapter is also quite long. So, as then something happened in my life and I really had no time to finish this chapter, I was really depressed because I really really love writing this story. Well, and after I was done dealing with those matters in my life, and I had time to write again, I wanted to finish this chapter as fast as possible. I didn't really know how I should write the description of all those vice admirals, that's why I decided to take it from the One Piece wiki. Now, I know that this was probably a mistake. But don't worry, I'm planning to rewrite/ correct mistakes in the earlier chapters and when I'm doing this chapter, I'm going to write my own description of the vice admirals. Anyway, that's all there is to say to that matter.I hope you have a nice day! :)
'Strawberry bunny': I have a fan request which is to have fullbody a character from one piece meeting and flirting with juli and being pervert toward her and have garp kick his butt in the marine chapter please?
I will think about adding that into this chapter when I'm rewrite it/ correct mistakes. :) It would certainly be funny having Garp rage around and beating someone into a pulp. XD