"As you can see, Coby held them up at gun point." Izuku said on that Tuesday afternoon, showing them the cover story on his phone.

"So, it went a bit differently." Denki said, looking over his shoulder.

"I kind of like the anime's version a bit better." Iida said. "It really shows how far Coby would go."

"Well, so does the manga version." Ochako nodded.

"The fact that Metal Jaw just let them go is kind of... anticlimactic if you ask me." Jiro sighed.

Izuku let out a small hum, interested in how they would react to the next episode.


Skipping episode 69's ("Nice.") opening, they were greeted with the title card, "Coby-Meppo's Resolve! Vice-Admiral Garp's Parental Affection."

On the Going Merry, Usopp was looking through the telescope, pretending that a million Little Garden residents are out to greet Captain Usopp.

"What a great start." Katsuki sarcastically said.

Eating an apple, Zoro called him stupid, making Usopp angry, which in turn caused Nami to get angry at them.

Turning back to Vivi, Nami calmed down as the two discuss about avoiding coral reefs. Sanji served them some 'tarte aux poies.'

"Oh, that looks delicious." Sato said as the girls were in awe of the dessert.

"Tarte aux poires, or 'pear tear.'" Aoyama translated for them.

"Man, everything sounds fancier in french." Denki commented on.

Vivi, Nami, and Usopp thought it looked delicious, and then they noticed the sniper was there. Annoyed, Sanji pointed him to his own dessert, but soon, he asked where Luffy is. Nami told him the rubber man is drawing water since she wants to take a shower.

"There was a machine like that during the old pirate days?" Mina wondered.

"Does it look like we would know that?" Katsuki sighed.

"Highly doubt it thought." Todoroki said.

There was a loud crash as it turns out Luffy broke the machine when he tried to make it draw water faster. Luffy wondered how it happened. Nami punched him and said it was from his monstrous strength.

Iida nodded. "You should be more careful with such equipment."

"It's probably the most advance thing on the ship." Todoroki said.

"I thought that would be the oven." Denki commented on.

"But they have Sanji."

"Okay, yeah, you're right."

Vivi asked if it can't be fixed, and Usopp claimed they would need to get material from somewhere else. Nami noted that she shouldn't ask Luffy to do anything now, and asked Usopp to get water from the other water-drawing machine for her.

"Oh good, they have another machine." Momo sighed.

I can't tell if this is better than the Deku 2 shit. Katsuki thought in frustration.

At first, Usopp agreed, but soon realized what she've said, telling her to do that herself.

Luffy suddenly looked up, smelling food from the kitchen as Usopp complained about not getting a little remorse. Vivi looked up to see the newspaper courier, getting Nami's attention.

"You got to love these slice of life moments sometimes." Aoyama happily sighed.

"Isn't it suppose to be about Coby and Helmeppo though?" Ochako asked.

"It's not the first time it took a while for the title's subject matter to appear." Iida reminded her.

As Ussop grumbly draw water for Nami, the navigator can't believe they would deliver the morning newspaper at snack time, reading the newspaper at the table. Vivi claimed it's because they're traveling in the Grand Line and they should feel lucky to still get the news, which Nami agrees to.

Looking through the paper, one piece of news caught her eye, but when Vivi noticed, Nami tried to brush it off.

Some of the students' faces hardened.

"Something happened to Vivi's kingdom." Izuku predicted. "That's why Nami's trying to act causal."

"She wouldn't hide i if it wasn't sever in some way." Todoroki frowned.

Luffy suddenly surprised Nami, looking at the newspaper. In the paper was a picture of the Navy, which included the cowering duo: Coby and Helmeppo.

"Not the most flattering picture of them." Aoyama sadly sighed, shaking his head.

Luffy asked what it was about, and Nami read the article, saying how it's about Vice Admiral Garp's warship arriving at the Navy Headquarters, mentioning the reaction to crossing over Reverse Mountain.

"Wait, it that how they entered the Grand Line?" Izuku murmured to himself, trying to remember the cover stories.

Luffy was glad that Coby made it to the Grand Line as Zoro was impressed it's at the Navy Headquarters. Luffy's confident that Coby will be a Navy mayor- er, Navy officer.

The newspaper coo flied all the way tot he Navy Headquarters. There, Coby and Helmeppo watched in disbelief, seeing the soldiers do 2000 push ups, 100 round trips of rope crossing, 200 laps (and those who can't finish within 1 hour will be penalized with another 100 laps), and finally, ending it off with practice matches since Helmeppo got hit by a stray wooden sword.

A couple of students let out impressed whistles at this.

"That's quite the work regiment." Kirishima said, impressed.

"We can do that easily." Katsuki rolled his eyes.

"Still, we shouldn't downplay what they're doing." Iida said.

Hiding at a warehouse by the docks, Helmeppo believes they might be here too early. With the way they are right now, he believes they won't make it, convincing himself that they shouldn't try again they've trained themselves more.

"I mean, it does look rather intimidating." Aoyama agreed.

"But this is the chance of a lifetime for you!" Mina shouted at the chore boy.

Helmeppo was about to walk out until Coby pinned him to the wall, reminding him that he wants to surpass his father. Helmeppo does, but he feels like if he do all those things, he'll die.

Coby was reminded of Luffy's words, telling the blond man that he should be happy to die for it.

The students smiled brightly at this, seeing how determined Coby became.

Helmeppo thought that might be a bit too far, but Coby doesn't want him to run away.

At the mention of 'running away,' Garp suddenly appeared, hoping the two aren't going to bring disgrace on him. Then he punched them.

"Oh geez, they haven't even done anything!" Mineta held his hands up.

"Didn't realize the man was quite... violent." Iida said, a little disturbed.

"Hm... Maybe he's actually Nami's grandpa." Todoroki theorized, causing Izuku to facepalm.

"They only share one trait." Izuku groaned. "That would be like saying Luffy and Garp are related because they smile and punch things."

"That might be the better theory actually."

Once again, Izuku has to facepalm.

Garp told them they can be easily replaced, and if they want to run away, then they should hurry up and do it. Picking himself up, Coby declared that they won't run away. They've come this far fully prepared to die if necessary, and he've asked for orders. He's certain they'll carry them out.

Helmeppo himself was uncertain as Garp turned around. The Vice Admiral scared them out of their wits, telling them to get back to work.

Once the chore boys ran away, Garp passed by the fedora man from the last episode, and told him to continue to watch over them.

"Why would you want to watch over them?" Katsuki complained.

"Because they have potential." Ochako proclaimed.

"And they have a tendency to be reckless." Aizawa added.

After the eyecatches, the pigtailed girl can't believe Coby and Helmeppo were transferred to the Navy Headquarters. Though that means they seem promising to the Vice Admiral, the girl repeatedly hit the messenger on the head, crying about them not saying anything.

She wanted to play with them more...She wanted to talk to them more... and and she was learning how to cook so she could make them a tasty lunch. She didn't even had the chance to say goodbye.

The girls let out sad "aw..."s towards Rita's heartfelt feelings as Denki whispered, "Wait, is this the first time we got her name?"

Back with the chore boys, as they sweep the floors, Helmeppo asked if this is really going to make them marines, and wondered if this is just the old man's hobby of tormenting youths. Garp seems crafty and eccentric enough to do so.

"Sometimes, it seems that way." Toshinori and Izuku said at the same time. Though Toshinori did shivered a bit, remembering how Gran Torino treated him back in the day.

Helmeppo yelled at the birds to shut up, but the duo quickly went back to work when they saw Garp, covered in birds, was right there. Even with Garp away from them, they could still feel his glinting eyes, making them work even harder.

"Oh my god!" Hizashi can't help but to laugh, seeing how terrified the two are, as the students looked rather horrified for them.

Later, the chore boys were shown washing the uniforms with bumps on their heads.

Now, later at night, in their beds, Helmeppo was walking about how quick that old geezer is to resort to violence and how he's feared by everyone. Coby commented on how Garp's fists was heavier than Alvida's until he realized they need to stop the pointless chatter, especially when they are working. Helmeppo pointed out that they're friends, and Coby thought he's only saying that for convenience's sake, and asked him to work more seriously, which Helmeppo agreed on...

Iida nodded in approval.

...at first. A few seconds later, he decided to quit and go back to how he used to live.

Iida let out a sigh, shaking his head as Jiro said, "It's a little too late for that."

Coby told him that it's no use saying that now since it'll be a different story if they became a Navy officer, but for Helmeppo, it would mean they can't run away nor can they slack off.

"I mean, no one said that marine/hero stuff was going to be easy." Kirishima shrugged.

Helmeppo recognized there's only one way back to how he used to live, and that would be to become important quickly.

Aizawa let out a sigh himself, shaking his head as Hizashi said, "I'm pretty sure you would had to work for that, buddy."

Coby knows there's no easy way to do that. He believes they have to work hard and steadily with patience.

He noticed Helmeppo walking off, and asked what he's doing.

Helmeppo doesn't want to do chores and wait around, so he'll strength his body.

A couple of students let out delighted gasps, a sense of pride filling them.

"You're going to work hard?" Kirishima grinned.

Coby thought he had to be kidding. It can't be possible since they work so hard during the day that they're physically a wreak.

Izuku nodded, remembering his training for One for All, but he did managed through… though not easily either.

Just as Coby was about to go to bed, Helmeppo already decided on his plan: to become important and go back to how he used to live. He'll surpass his dad too! That's what he decided on now.

"Glad the character development train is still chugging along." Jiro smiled just a bit, feeling a little proud of the blonde.

Coby doesn't believe his body could possibly last. In fact, it has to be impossible! If Helmeppo goes through with it, he'll die.

But Helmeppo reminded him that if you die fighting for it, you should be happy, right?

In that moment, Coby was reminded of Luffy.

"I guess he did inspired him." Toshinori smiled at the scene.

Just as Helmeppo was about to leave, Coby stopped him, and he realized that he was saying wimpy things like before. Helmeppo's right. The issue isn't if they can do it or not, but it's if they have the will to do it. Coby decided that he'll go along with him, even if his motive is a little impure.

"I'm so proud of you, Deku 2!" Ochako cheered as the rest of the class were happy with Coby's willpower.

As the two went on their training, it was revealed that the fedora marine was listening to them.

With the sun barely up, Coby and Helmeppo were seen training, as they were being watched over by Garp and the fedora man. Even with their chores, the two chore boys ran, did push ups, pull ups, and sword training, working as hard as they could.

The students watching over them felt proud for the two, even the teachers can't help but to smile.

As the two were pulling out weeds, they overheard the marine officers talk about Luffy's bounty and how they'll execute dirty pirates like him. Once they left, Coby thought something is wrong with that while Helmeppo reminded him that a pirate is a pirate. Coby knows that, but he can't accept it.

"I know, right?" Toru spoke out.

"He saved a village from a decade long tyranny, and he's the one with the bounty." Jiro bitterly said.

Coby said that he and Luffy are friends, which made Helmeppo cover his mouth and shush him. He has to remind him that a marine can't have a pirate friend. If he says that again, he'll get fired for sure. Coby knows that and the fact that Helmeppo is the only one here... until it was revealed that Garp is there.

There were surprised squeaks and squeals from the audience.

"Where the hell did you come from?!" Katsuki shouted.

"Please don't tell me you've heard anything from Coby." Kirishima hoped.

The duo jumped away from the vice admiral, shocked that he's here. Garp mentioned they were talking about something interesting, and he asked who's his friend.

"No one! Absolutely no one!" Mina tried to answer for them.

Though the two didn't say anything, Garp took them to the beach and asked them if they're friends with Luffy.

Coby acknowledged he isn't sure Helmeppo is, but he admits to being Luffy's friend even when they're apart.

"Deku 2..." Ochako softly said. She's proud of him, but at the same time, she's worried for his dream.

Garp knows he can't keep people like him in the Navy, but fortunately, he's the only one who knows it.

"Wait, what about fedora dude over there?" Denki pointed out.

Garp asked if Coby want to be a marine. Coby tried to say that Helmeppo shouldn't be involved, but the blond held a hand and answered for him, that they both want to be marines and that's why they're here. This is their joint responsibility.

Still, Garp asked for Coby's answer. Of course, Coby does, so that means they have to fight.

"Well, they're dead." Katsuki casually said.

The duo strip off their shirts and ties, showing off the bodies they've trained. They sprinted on ahead, but Garp sucker punched them, causing them to collapse.

Still, they won't give up.

At first, the students were glad for the duo's determination, but Garp's offscreen punches gave them some pauses, seeing the two are now on the sandy shore.

Even beaten tot he ground, the two refused to give up, picking themselves up.

"I'm a man who will become a Navy officer!"

Students cheered for the two to go on.

The fedora man looked puzzled as Garp laughed long enough for the two to punch him in the gut, cutting him off.

"...D-Did they win?" Toru asked, reluctant in the moment.

Among the open seas and the garden's trees, Garp does admit that people have been calling him eccentric and other things for quite a while. He wanted to test the duo to see what they're really like, and though they've strengthened their bodies, Garp thought they might be mentally weak.

Helmeppo asked for the verdict. To Garp, he'll acknowledge their determination, but... they still got a long way to go.

Some of the students winced at the aftermath of the beating, but Izuku managed to twitch a smile. "At least they're still in the Navy."

From now on, the two will have an intense special training everyday, and Garp will overlook the friend situation as long as they don't tell anyone, cherish that feeling.

As Garp walked away, Coby and Helmeppo were able to stand up and salute to him, thanking him.

As they trained, on the Going Merry, Nami sit up from her bed to look at Vivi, then pulled out the newspaper from under her pillow. She crept over to a drawer and hid it, giving one last look at the princess.

The students became worried, wondering what happened to Vivi's kingdom.

Before "To Be Continued" came out, Luffy happily cheered for Little Garden in his sleep.

"Okay, fucking finally." Katsuki sighed as they went onto the next episode.


AN: So, I feel like I should give a head's up: I'll be visiting relatives for like a little over half a month, so I won't be able to write fanfics as much as before. I know I update at random consistencies, but I feel like I should warn you just in case.