DAY OF DEPARTURE
I am standing on to the port of the town with the complete marine force of Polestar Islands, all of us watching as the biggest ship I have ever seen in my life (lived in the desert duh) approaches the dock with its weird dog figurehead. A man is standing on the figurehead with his hands folded in front of his chest, and looking straight here toward the dock and meets the Captain's eyes and lets out a smirk only seen by himself.
As the ship comes nears the docks, the man jumps from the figurehead and lands in front of the watching marines as straight as a pole, the marine all salutes him at the exact moment and stands there waiting for his orders, the man looks at all the marines and orders.
Garp- stand at ease soldiers marines drop there salutes
Smoker- glad to see you V.A., how long will your ship be staying at the docks?
Garp- do you not like my being here Smoker? asks with a smirk
Smoker- of course not sir I was just asking so that my men can prepare for your stay
Garp- I will take your word for that, but we will be leaving today after stocking the supplies and having a nice meal says while looking at smoker amusingly
Smoker- men! Prepare food for V.A. and his men, immediately! seeing this Garp puts out a smile
Garp- where is that recruit that will be coming on my ship asks about the new recruit that will be traveling on his ship, to see him before he boards his ship
Smoker- Easy come here! smoker didn't think that V.A. will ask about the new recruit, Easy walks through the crowd in front of Garp and gives him a salute
Garp- interesting name kid, come with me, we are going for a walk suddenly says and starts walking towards the town, Smoker follows them
Garp- leave us alone Captain says without turning around
Smoker- yes sir stops following them and leaves with his men
Garp- what are you waiting for kid come with me says to Easy
Easy stars following Garp, while thinking what could have made Garp curios about him. They keep going through the town, Easy looks all around as he doesn't get too much free time because of Tashigi so he never went out from the base (she is a freaking slave driver) "I am glad that I will be getting away from her at least"
While Easy is lost in his thoughts, they reach an open plaza and Easy gets out of his thoughts and see that they have reached a very familiar place from the anime, which is shown in the introduction of the show the execution platform. Easy looks towards Garp and sees him looking at the platform and thinking about some stuff (who cares) "shut up, a lot of people definitely does"
Garp seems to get out of his thoughts and looks towards Easy with an examining look and asks him.
Garp- do you know why I asked you to come with me here?
Easy- No sir, but I am very curious as to why would you choose me, and I am sure that has nothing to do with my recruit status
Garp- you are a smart one aren't you and you are right, I asked you to come here not because you are a recruit but because I did not feel something in you which I felt from everyone at the dock
Easy- may I ask what did I not have back there sir asks hesitantly
Garp- not just back there but you still don't have it right now and that is admiration, the admiration that everyone has in their eyes when they look towards me as the hero of the marines, the man who caught the king of the pirates Gol.D.Roger.
Easy- I do respect you sir! says while thinking whether he offended him or not
Garp- I can see the respect but it's different from others right?, You don't see me as a goal or an ideal do you, and don't try to lie I can catch them easilysays while giving Easy a smirk
Easy- it's true that I don't wanna be someone great like you, and you are not my ideal but I do have a lot of respect for you, really, believe me, Easy feels like he is in a lot of pressure and just says what he thinks
Garp seems more interested in Easy as he listens to the young man's answer
Garp- tell me why you became a marine if you didn't have an ambition to becomes someone great? suddenly changes the question
Easy- I just wanted to be safe and free from any kind of troubles feels even more pressure than before, the pressure feels like the air around him is trying to compress him and is taking his breath away, he fights back with his body trying to move away but fails and then it clicks in his mind what he might be feeling right now so he concentrate his mind in resisting and let go of his body, the pressure suddenly vanishes and he is back to normal
Garp seeing that the boy is resisting his Haki thinks that the kid has a very strong bodily strength to resist this much and increases his Haki slowly but then suddenly the kid stops resisting and *whoosh* the kid breaks out of his Haki and is coming back to his senses (he was only using a small amount of his full power). Garp behaves like he did nothing and continuous to talk
Garp- you will not be safe and free as long as you are a soldier, in this job you have to fight pirates and follow orders, after all, Hahaha Easy seeing how Garp was behaving decides to keep silence about this and talks like nothing happened
Easy- well I am still free for 2 more years and I have heard that no one can order the elite force, other than Rear Admirals (R.A.) and above and even they cannot order the recruits that are still under training, unless they have permission from the fleet admiral as he is the one in charge of the HQ Garp seeing that he did not mention the incident right now appreciates the kids intelligence