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Chapter 8

Home Away From Home

"Makino!" Harry shouted as he and Luffy went up to greet their old caretaker along with Woodslap. The two had finally learned where Garp had taken the twins and decided to pay them a visit. Woodslap sighed. "To think Garp's got you living with mountain bandits now," he said. Dadan sneered at him. "Is there a problem?" she asked. "Of course there is!" Woodslap yelled. "Don't talk to me like that you damned bandit!" Harry couldn't help but laugh at the two adults getting at it.

Luffy quickly got his attention again though when he saw that Makino brought them some new clothes. Harry went over the basket Makino had with her and picked up one of the new shirts in it. "Wow these look great," he said. Makino smiled at him. "I'm glad you think so Harry. I can adjust the size so if you three can come over here." Ace, Sabo, and Luna, who was watching from the door, got surprised when Makino called them over.

Sabo and Luna happily went over while Ace stayed behind at first. Seeing this Harry and Luna nodded to themselves before combining their magic to literally pull Ace over to them. Ace stumbled over the sudden weightless feeling before falling flat on his face. Much to everyone's amusement. Ace got mad as he stood up and headed towards Harry and Luna to get back at them, but Luffy and Sabo dragged him away to try on the new clothes.

Ace now stood bare chested in front of Makino as she held up a shirt in front of him to see how it will fit. "So I've heard that you been a very naughty boy Ace," Makino remarked. "But that doesn't seem true right?" Ace turned red as he looked away muttering "Yea, whatever."

Nearby Harry, Sabo, and Luffy were already in thier new shirts and started laughing at Ace's actions. "Look at how red his face is," Luffy pointed out. "He is so embarrased," Sabo said. "I think he's crushing on Makino," Harry told him. "Ace has got a crush! Ace has got a crush!" Luffy and Sabo sung out. "You want a piece of me?!" Ace asked them but was quickly quieted down again by Makino much to the other boys amusement.

"Now it's your turn Luna," Makino said as she went to the young witch. Luna walked over to Makino as Ace went back to the other boys glaring daggers at them. At Makino's request to give Luna some privacy, the boys headed back to the woods to play some more. "So Luna, how long have you been living with Dadan?" Makino asked. "About three years now I think," Luna replied. "Do you play with the boys sometime? It must be nice having more kids your age around here," Makino figured.

Luna nodded. "It is. Usually, Dadan keeps me busy with chores and the boys would just rather hunt and train. But just the other day when I had free time I was able to convince them to come hunting for a Crumple-Horned Snorkack with me." Makino made a small "o" with her mouth in amusment. "Were you able to find one?" she asked.

Luna shook her head. "No, we didn't. But we still had a fun time." She then looked to the side as if lost in thought. "Something wrong?" Makino asked. "It's interesting though. When I was talking to Harry, I had the strange feeling I had met him somewhere before," Luna explained. "You mean before you both joined the bandits?" Makino asked. Luna nodded. "Maybe your ancestors knew each other?" Makino suggested. Luna laughed. "Probally."

Later that night Makino whips up a large dinner for the bandits. Everyone happily dug in, enjoying the small chance of fancy cooking. "Wow this is reall good," Sabo complimented. "When I get out to sea I'm going to find the best cook out there and have meals just like this one." Ace scoffed and countered "To bad I'm going to sail first and find the best cook before you." That left Harry and Luffy to say that they'll be the first to be a pirate and find the best cook before the other two.

All four boys didn't notice a large and now very angry presence behind them. But the bandits did and preceded to freak out to the children's confusion until they heard someone clear their throat behind them. It was Garp.

"YOUR STILL SPOUTING THAT PIRATE TALK!" he yelled and gave the twins and Ace a large punch on the head. He then preceded to give Dadan one for not raising the boys to his standards. "Wow so that guy's Garp," Sabo wondered out loud, which unfortunatly got Garp's attetion. "Hey, squirt. Did you say something about being a pirate as well?" he asked.

Luffy quickly got to Sabo's defence. "His name's Sabo not squirt. We promised over sake that we'd all go out to sea together," Luffy told him. "Luffy he didn't need to know that part," Harry said as he pulled his brother back down. Not likeing the look Garp now donned. What happened next that night was something none of the boys want to relive.

Finally, after Garp's tourchurus training he and the other bandits turned in for the night while the brother stayed up to bandage their wounds. As Harry healed the final cut on Sabo's arm Ace said: "We can't stay here anymore." Harry nodded. "Gramps is going to kill us if we stick around. Or worse make us give up on our dreams." Luffy started to panic a little. "I don't want to die," he sobbed. Sabo turned to Ace. "So what are we going to do?" he asked. Ace smirked as he gained an idea.

I was going to continue on until after they build the treehouse but I think this is as good a stopping point as any. I know I'm probally hammering in the whole reincarnation thing with Luna's talk with Makino but I really did want more time with her. Which reminds me.

Callmecrazylol: To be honest I haven't decided if I am going to return their memories or not. If I do though, it won't be until the end of the series with Luffy becoming King of the Pirates and all that. However even though one can't phisicaly remember something, certain emotions for a person or event can still be there. One prime example is Sabo. After he lost his memories when his boat blew up, he knew returning to his parents was a bad idea even though he didn't know why.

As such Harry and the other incarnates from his generation will mostly get a feeling of deja vu around each other along with one small moment I have planned in the next chapter. Other than that they will be blissfully unaware of their former lives.

Next time the treehouse will be built and another secret will be out in the open. As alway follow the story to be alerted for the next chapter. Favorite once it is done. And please leave a review. I love hearing feedback. See you in the next chapter.