Hey my faithful readers! It's been a long time since I last updated this story,but I have no intentions of abandoning it! It just took a lot of time to find inspiration to write again. Now,last chapter was a lot of timeskips,and I say this now,it will be the same here. Hopefully,next chapter

can start off Luffy's adventure,I just needed to put a bit of backstory to Luffy's motivation to sail out,and I truly hope y'all will enjoy this story,

so without further ado,

Let's start the show!

Fifteen years. That's how long time has passed since Garp moved his family and the widow of his former captain, Portgas D. Rouge, to Fuusha Village and a lot has happened since.

First was the unexpected illness that befell Garp's wife,claiming her life after

six weeks. The incident affected both Garp and Dragon more than either man

would care to admit.

The next incident,was Rouge going into labor 12 months after landing at Fuusha.

By then she had upheld the pregnancy for an astounding 20 months,to throw the marines off the idea that Gol D. Roger had a child. She gave him the name

Gol D. Ace before her body gave out and she died,holding Ace in her arms.

The next incident a few years after was Dragon detecting how much corruption and violence the marines and the world government got up to,causing him to go up against the World Government as a revolutionary, and had gathered quite a following,last Garp heard.

Three years after Rouge's death,Garp got another shock: he was a grandfather!

Dragon had found himself an ex-World Noble lady who was tired of how her people was crushed for no other reason than entertainment.

Dragon and Marie,as her name was, got married in complete secrecy,and not long after,Monkey D. Luffy was born. Dragon met up with his father to ask him to care for him,as the Revolutionary Army was no place to raise a child. Garp agreed,seeing as he could help train both Luffy and Ace when they were old enough,as well as keeping them out from the eyes of marines and World Government alike.

And so the years flew by, and Garp couldn't be prouder of his grandchildren,as he had come to see Ace as his grandson too. When they both were old enough,Garp started training them,and managing to disguise it as playing with them. He decided to keep doing it this way until they asked him to train them seriously.

When Ace was 10,Garp decided to tell Ace the truth about his father. When Ace asked Garp if he deserved to live,Garp answered: "Everyone deserves a chance at life,Ace, the sins of the parent should not reflect upon a child,no matter the cruelty of the parent",making Ace go quiet for a good while.

When he then decided to speak,he said: "A part of me hates my father for the bad things he did,but another admires him for the adventures that he had. It's weird,but I know what I want to do with my life,gramps" Ace said with a smile on his face.

Garp quirked an eyebrow at him and said: "Oh?And what would that be?" This time Ace turned to him and said: "I want to sail the Grand Line! I want to have adventures and meet friends and new places!" with a wide grin on his face. Garp grinned.

"Sounds like a fine dream,kid,but how will a weakling like you survive on the Grand Line? It will eat you up and spit you out before you have a chance to ask for help!" he said,making Ace pale a little before taking up a determined face and yelled in Garps face: "Train me then!So that I may be strong enough to survive what you and my father did! Train me to become a pirate!"

"OOH!ME TOO!" Yelled Luffy as he came running towards them. "Luffy,where have you been?" Garp asked right before he saw why Luffy was running; A troop of mountain gorillas came following,each was easily as big as Garp himself if not bigger. Garp sighed. "You again" he said as he closed his eyes briefly before he opened them and started glaring at the leader of the troop,who suddenly passed out. The rest of the troop became confused,looking from their downed leader to Garp and back, before deciding to retreat for now. Garp turned towards the two boys,who were staring at him with stars in their eyes.

"WOW!Gramps,that was awesome!You've got to teach us how to do that!" Luffy yelled. "And why should I teach you,Luffy? I know that Ace wants to explore the Grand Line,which is no easy feat,but why should I teach you? Do you know what you want to do with your life? You're only 7 after all. You can't possibly know what you want to do for the rest of your life" Garp said in a semi-harsh voice,still a little aggravated that his grandson was nearly killed by gorillas.

However,after seeing Luffy on the verge of tearing up,Garp went down on one knee and placed a hand under Luffy's chin, and looking his grandson in the eyes, he said: "I'll make you a deal Luffy. Think on it for another 3 years,okay? If you have not changed your mind by then, I will train you. Until then,you can watch as I train Ace,okay?" Luffy nodded, eagerly wondering what his gramps could teach Ace,who he looked up at as an older brother.

Turning back to Ace,Garp said: " Your training starts tomorrow morning, for now relax,because I will run you through hell!" making Ace gulp,the 10-year old wondering what he has signed up for.

2 Years later:

It was a quiet morning in Fuusha village as Garp walked into the village to buy breakfast for himself and the kids,having finished Ace's training for the day when he saw a familiar-looking ship making his lips twitch as he muttered: "Damn brat" and walked down to the port where the people were gathering,scared of the pirate flag on the ship. Garp gently pressed himself to the front of the crowd and stared at the ship as it anchored down. When the bridge went down,Garp's eye twitched as it took its time being lowered. The mayor came up to Garp and asked: "Do you know these pirates,Garp?" it was a sharp question,but Garp knew better,he knew the mayor was only worried for the people. He looked at the man,who was quite a bit shorter than himself. Woop Slap had been one of the few who had remembered Garp from his younger days,and welcomed him back,although he never believed him when Garp simply said he had been "exploring" for all the years he had been gone. Garp nodded. "I used to sail with their captain,and they're not bad people, a bit heavy on the alcohol maybe,but not bad people" Garp said. Woop Slap nodded once before he said: "I'll take your word for it,Garp, and I'll hold you responsible if anything happens" as he walked away.

Garp sighed as he turned back to the ships bridge,who was still being lowered and growled to himself: "Oh for the love of..." before he walked up to the ship,grabbed ahold of the bridge and PULLED the entire bridge down with him. The bridge landed with a massive THUD!, blowing up a massive dustcloud Before a voice was heard: "OY!Who the hell did that?!"Garp inhaled and blew the dust away,revealing the person who spoke. "Now,who did that?" the man said as he came out. The man was an average height and wore a dark captain's coat over his shoulders,sandals on his feet and a strawhat on his head. He also had three slashmarks over his left eye and tomato red hair. This was former cabin boy of the Roger Pirates, now one of the top four pirates of the world, Red-hair Shanks.

"Who the hell do you think it was ,you damn tomato?" Garp yelled at him,making Shanks' eyes widen. "G-Garp? What-What the hell are you doing here?" Shanks asked with a slight stutter. Garps eye twitched. "This is my home Shanks,I live here, a better question would be what the hell is a Yonko doing in the weakest of the blues?" making people stop with wide eyes. Garp noticed this, sighed and said to Shanks: "You and your top three can come ashore, we can catch up at my place"

before walking away, all thoughts on breakfast forgotten.

As Garp walked further away from the village,he felt four signatures catch up to him and he muttered: "About time" before he turned to face them. With Shanks was three men: one tall, pale man with glasses and smoking a cigarette,one fat man with a green and white striped shirt,sunglasses and chewing on a meat on the bone, and lastly, one average-sized tan man, with light brown curly hair tied up in a bandana with the word YASSOP spelled out. These were Shanks' top lieutenants:Ben Beckmann ,Yassop and Lucky Roo.

"About time you got here,shrimp" Garp said with a smirk. "Oy! I'm a grown man damnit,I'm not the same kid I once was!" Shanks yelled at the older man,making his men wonder just who Shanks was arguing with. Shanks then turned serious and looked to his men: "Gentlemen,may I introduce you to one of the people I once sailed with years ago,my favorite teacher and one the least known men of the sea: Monkey D. Garp"he said as he had big smile on at the end of his speech,causing his men to go wide-eyed.

Benn was the first to recover and shook Garps hand eagerly. "It's an honor to make your acquaintance,Garp-san, I have read as much as I can on the history of the Roger Pirates,not included what Captain told me,and I am honestly astounded on how you managed to stay out of the spotlight,especially since you were one of Roger's oldest crewmates,would you care to explain on how you managed it?"

Garp barked out a laugh. "Hah! I'll explain a lot of things once we have reached my home,hopefully it's still standing" Garp said as the group continued to walk for another 10 minutes before they arrived at Garp's home: A 2-story beach house,complete with a patio pointing out to the water. "Ah,here we are,please make yourselves at home on the patio,while I go and check on something" Garp said before disappearing up the stairs.

Yassop turned to his captain and said: "he's not really what I expected from the third-in-command on the Oro Jackson,captain" making Shanks chuckle before saying "No,I wouldn't expect so. Garp left the crew 5 years after the Oro Jackson was built,said he wanted to settle down. Last I heard from Rayleigh,he had settled down somewhere in the South Blue had a wife and a kid. I never expected to find him here,that is why I was so shocked earlier". Just then Garp came back down the stairs with two kids following his trail, making the four men to look on curiously.

The boys both looked alike;with raven-black hair,a pair of sandals and a pair of denim shorts each,the boys could pass as twins if not for the fact that one of them was clearly taller and had a face covered in freckles.

"Umm, Garp-san? What's with the kids?" asked Shanks. Garp grinned. "This-"he gestured to Luffy- "is my grandson,Monkey D. Luffy, and this-" he gestured to Ace- "is the son of your former captain" he finished as Shanks' eyes widened.

He looked to Garp. "Are you telling me Gol D. Roger had a son? And didn't tell his crew?" he said, making Ace's eyes widen before they narrowed as he looked down,unnoticed by Shanks but not by Luffy or Garp. "Roger had a reason for not telling the crew,Shanks. He knew the marines would be after anyone who had any connection to him, especially on the off-chance that he had a child" Garp chided. "Besides,the more people who'd known,the greater chance the marines would've found out. Now,before you say another word,I think you should apologize to Ace. He has known the truth for a good while now,and has undergone an identity crisis because of his connection to Roger. So before he blows his lid and you put another foot in your mouth,I suggest you apologize" he finished as he glared at Shanks with steely eyes.

Shanks' eyes widened again as he looked at Ace,who was still glaring at the floor. He swallowed lightly before kneeling in front of Ace. "I'm sorry for my poor choice of wording,Ace-san. All I meant was that if the rest of the crew knew about it,they would've probably been wanting to help raise you themselves as if you were their own. Myself included. As a former Roger pirate,I'd like to get to know my former captain's son better,if you wouldn't mind?" Shanks said,making Ace's eyes widen as he looked at Shanks,looking for any sign of deceit.

Finding none,Ace smiled slightly and nodded,causing Shanks to grin before turning to Luffy and said: "the same goes to you,Luffy-san. I'd also like to know you better. I knew your grandpa years back,we sailed on the same ship. I have several stories I could tell you about him" Shanks said,causing Luffy to grin widely and nod. Shanks smiled gently at him before looking to Garp and his men.

"I know we won't be able to be here often,but we'll pop by from time to time and help train the boys,if you'd like?" he asked Garp,who scratched his beard while thinking on the offer. "As will we captain" Ben said as he gestured to Lucky and Yassop,who both nodded. "If I guess correctly,Luffy-san is the son of the revolutionary Dragon,meaning that both boys will be targets for some reason or another either soon or further down the line. This just means that we have to help them with the tools to survive in this world,corrupted as it is" Ben finished before looking to his captain.

"And we can afford to stay for a couple years before we have to be back in the New World, which means we can start training the boys when we get the clear for you Garp-san" he added. Garp closed his eyes as he thought. He was going to train both boys anyway,and Beckmann's reason was opened his eyes and locked eyes with Ben. "what can you teach them? I assume each of you have a specialty of some kind?" he asked. Ben nodded. "Indeed. I am quite learned,if I dare say so myself. I am quite adept at navigation and history among others" he said as he gestured to Lucky Roo to continue.

"I have a great amount of knowledge on different things,with a specialty on devil fruits and I am a quite good cook,so I could teach the boys what to eat and what to avoid,depending on what kind of island they end up on"Lucky finished before gesturing to Yassop.

"I have a good amount of knowledge on different weapons,both long range or melee,though my specialty is long range,as I am the sniper on our ship" he said as he looked the boys. Garp looked the men before saying: "so essentially,we have all the means to teach them to survive in Paradise. It's not a bad thing, however,the choice is up to you,Ace,Luffy. Would you like us to teach you?" the old man finished as he looked to the two boys. Ace and Luffy looked to each other before turning to the men,grinning and said a loud "YES PLEASE!" in chorus. Garp chuckled as he looked to the four others.

"You heard them gentlemen! Tomorrow,we start their training!"