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Chapter 12

"PIRATE"

"MARINE"

"PIRATE"

"MARINE"

"MARINES ARE LAME! I WANNA BE A PIRATE"

"NO GRANDSON OF MINE WILL BECOME A PIRATE"

"WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME! I'M NOT EVEN YOUR GRANDSON!"

"SHUT UP SABO, IF I HAVE TO SUFFER, SO DO YOU!"

"HOW DARE YOU YELL AT YOUR POOR HELPLESS GRANDFATHER"

"YOUR ANYTHING BUT HELPLESS OLD GEEZER"

The Whitebeard pirates and Red Haired pirates could only stare, the former group sported shocked and exasperated expressions while the latter weren't fazed at all. They had witnessed the two and a half brats arguing with the crazy marine enough times to realize that it was how the kids bonded with their...grandfather. The Whitebeard pirates, on the other hand, were on the edge. They had heard about their youngest brothers insane grandfather, but they had figured that their stories were somewhat exaggerated since they didn't think it was possible for a man to be heartless enough to throw his grandsons into a bottomless ravine. But now that they knew that said grandfather was the infamous marine hero, Garp, they suddenly believed every word.

Marco rubbed his forehead, the fact that Garp was their grandfather complicated things a lot more then they might be able to handle. While pops had maintained a good alliance with Garp the hero, it wasn't as though they were the best of friends either. If Garp decided to take the children back, it might just trigger a war. Actually, it would definitely trigger a war. All of them were too fond of their brats to just let them leave.

And then the damn Red haired Shanks was here too. Considering how much Shanks had the tendency to annoy pops, this wasn't going to end very well...

Sigh

How the hell had they ended up in this Bizarre situation. The Whitebeard pirates, the Red haired pirates and the forces of Monkey D Garp, all on the same damn sea.

The Whitebeard pirates had been expecting a visit from the red haired pirates for several days now. Shanks had sent a missive, which pops hadn't even bothered to read, which had clued them in on the impending visit of the ridiculously persistent man. Although a more accurate description would be that they had been mentally preparing themselves to tolerate the most annoying pirate crew they had ever had the...er pleasure of meeting.

Iris had been particularly waiting for the return of the Red haired pirates, having wanted to get revenge on him for several of his antics from his previous visits. Despite how irksome Shanks was (Especially since he kept on asking Marco to join his crew, which was happening in never basically) , even Marco couldn't help but pity him, for facing the wrath of a fire breathing dragon was much more preferable to facing even a mildly annoyed Iris.

Then again the man had brought it upon himself. No one had forced him to challenge pops to a drinking contest. (Even though Marco was almost 100% certain that his pops had been purposefully egging Shanks on, so that he could drink Sake and have the blame fall on Shanks rather then himself, thus successfully avoiding having to face Iris's anger)

When the red haired pirates had finally arrived, they hadn't come alone. Garp had been following them, no doubt ordered by Sengoku to see why exactly the two Yonko were approaching each other. Although, right now Marco had the feeling that Garp couldn't care less about that what he had been sent here for and seemed much more concerned with...lecturing his grandchildren. (Because there was honestly no other way to describe it).

The boys had been eager to meet the mysterious pirate Yonko who was visiting them, despite Marco wanting to keep them away from Shanks considering his idiocy might be infectious. When they had seen the ship approaching, and the flag had come into view, little Luffy had started jumping up and down in excitement while Ace had sighed, muttering something about idiots. Sabo had grinned sheepishly at Marco's questioning look and gestured him to keep watching.

The moment Shanks had come into sight, Luffy had started running towards him. Of course, Marco had caught him since he couldn't just let his little brother jump off the ship. But much to Marco's (and the rest of his brothers) growing horror and chagrin (and their pops amusement) Shanks had recognized Luffy as though he were an old friend. With growing dread he looked at the toddler struggling to get out of his arms, wondering why it was always like this. The one thing he had never wanted to happen, had freaking happened.

Before Shanks could get any closer, Garp's ship had come near too. The Whitebeard pirates could only shake their heads and glare in vexation, why were the most problematic and irritating they had ever met showing up one by one? While they could deal with Shanks, Garp was another matter. The combination was frighting to say the least. All of them, even Marco, secretly hoped Iris would get into a screaming match with Garp (They were certain she had a fighting chance at intimidating even Garp of all people).

But Garp had then taken notice of his wonderful grand children, who had been so sure were on Dawn Island, and had immediately lost it. The yelling that had ensued made them wince and cover their ears, especially since Ace and Sabo were more then willing to yell back to their hearts content. Initially, Garp had only noticed Luffy and grabbed him into a bear hug with hearts flying around. It was only when Ace yelled at him to stop squeezing the life out of his little brother that Garp gently put the toddler down, patted his head and swiftly turned towards his other two grandsons for the argument of a lifetime.

And that's how they had ended up here.

Pops was amused but he could tell that he wouldn't tolerate Garp laying a hand on the boys. And he was curious about why exactly Shanks seemed to know them as well. With another sigh (He had been doing that a lot lately), He walked forward and got in between Garp and his brats. While Sabo and Ace had spent a fair amount of time arguing with him, Luffy had simply toddled about, being his usual cute little self.

Garp glared at Marco and prepared to yell at him but Whitebeard had finally decided he had had enough of this drama.

3 hours. 3 damned hours. 3 long freaking hours. That's the amount of time it had taken things to calm down. That was the ridiculously unnecessary time it had taken to get Garp to stop screaming, to get Shanks to stop from trying to kidnap the brats and challenging pops to another drinking match, to get Iris to stop from killing the Yonko and marine hero and to get Luffy to stop trying to eat everything. (Okay maybe the last one hadn't happened yet but still, they were allowed to try).

The Whitebeard pirates were nursing headaches and resisting the urge to throw Garp and Shanks off board. But they knew they couldn't, since war was something they could not allow to happen..

...Although Marco was beginning to weight the pros and cons of waging said war since, after all, they did have the advantage of not being drunk 24/7 and to boot, not being idiots...

Garp hadn't quite appreciated having his grandsons being kidnapped by a well known pirate, but pops and Garp had had a private conversation (Which Shanks had tried to listen into and of course had been given a nice kick by Marco for his troubles) and they had decided that the two and a half brats would remain here. This had been nothing short of a relief to the Whitebeard pirates, since they couldn't bear the thought of not having their precious little brothers around.

But the other pirate crew and marine group were still here and they were very much testing the limits of their curtsy. Things were settling down though, they had even (reluctantly) allowed Luffy to go on Shanks ship, accompanied by Thatch that is. They could tell that the kids were enjoying themselves and Garp and Shanks had toned down their tendency to cause chaos and mayhem at each breath. Now seemed as good a time as any to know how in the world Shanks knew the brats. Marco opened his mouth to ask, but was interrupted by a panicked scream.

"CAPTAIN SHANKS LUFFY ATE THE DEVILS FRUIT"

Shanks looked up, startled, before running to his ship at an inhumane pace. The Whitebeard pirates were just as horrified as their father, staring with slacked jaws. Marco immediately ran towards the Red haired pirates ship, worried beyond belief.

"NO LUFFY! SPIT IT OUT! SPIT IT OUT!"

"DON'T GRAB HIM LIKE THAT"

"SHIT IT WAS THE RUBBER RUBBER FRUIT! LOOK AT HIS LEGS"

"I SAID DON'T GRAB MY BROTHER LIKE THAT"

"DAMMIT SHANKS WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE A DEVILS FRUIT LYING AROUND"

"MY POOR GRANDCHILD ATE A DEVILS FRUIT! RED HAIRED SHANKS YOUR DEAD"

"I AGREE! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING SHANKS"

"RED HAIRED! YOU USED TO BE TOLERABLE, NOW I JUST WANNA PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE EVERY TIME YOU BREATH"

"OH GREAT! ALL OF YOU JUST MADE LUFFY CRY"

"SHIT"

A/N:

First of all, I would like to apologize for my absence. I haven't been well and by the time i got better, I had very important exams coming up. They just ended yesterday and now i have summer break. So, i will be updating more now.

Thank you thank you so so much all of you. I'm glad my story was able to put a smile on your face and that it made you happy. I am very very happy that you like it and I plan on continuing it.

I am planning on another fan fiction , but i wont start that until I am completely sure about it.

Also, i have been editing previous chapters, if you read it again, you'll find some errors are gone and a little more detail has been added. I haven't edited all the chapters yet but hopefully i'll be able to in a while.