"Aaaaaaaa?" Luffy screams out loudly enough to make the birds of the trees fly away in fright.
The five year child stood facing the sea, his grandfather stood behind him hooking something onto his back.
"You heard me Luffy," Garp said firmly, "Until Ace learns to talk, you cannot remove him from your back."
"But Grandpa! What about peepee and poopoo!" Luffy cries out shocked at the new weight on his back, "Little Ace has to come off!"
"This thing will allow you to slide him around the front," Garp said leaning back and staring at his handy work, "However you must not remove him from your person. Wash, eat, peepee and poopoo together, its now part of your training!"
"Aaaaaaaa?" Luffy screams out again, not believing his grandfather.
"Training Luffy, training!" Garp said then laughs loudly, "Protect Ace from all the inhabitance of the forest, understand!"
"..." Luffy blinks and forces his next to look over his shoulder, Ace's dark brown eyes bore into his black ones. The little person then giggles at him, he reaching for his hair and began playing with it.
"Ace is about nine months old," Garp says grinning at his pouting grandson who was staring at him over his shoulder now, "It won't take long. Once he speaks, show him how to walk, then run, then fight!"
"Luffy will try..." Luffy mumbles, he turns round to face his grandfather fully, "What does 'months' mean?"
"Months? You don't know what months mean yet?" Garp barks out frowning down at the child, "Doesn't Dadan teach you everything?"
"Luffy only see Dadan in the Spring." Luffy explains still pouting, Ace was tugging at his hair but he did not want to stop his fun, "Dadan d-"
"Well whatever!" Garp shouts looking away bored now, "I'll talk to her before I leave. By the time I come back, I not only want to see Ace off your back and talking, but I want you to learn about months, days and years... maybe even tell the time. Right!"
"Right..." Luffy said looking grim, his grandfather always expected a lot from him.
"And don't let the people in the village see Ace," Garp says firmly, pointing his large finger into Luffy's face, "The city I don't care because there are lots of people, but in the village in so small everyone knows everyone and news spreads like wildfire!"
Garp turns to the forest and waves for Luffy to follow, which the five year did without question.