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2 Week's later the ship arrived at Marine headquarters.
We followed a marine guide that showed us the ship before.
He showed us the way to the Marine camp where people are training. There were hundreds of people training there.
"Instructor! These are the people that have been submitted to be trained." A Marine that led Tsuru and Tale said to the Instructor.
"Sir! My name is Tsuru." Tsuru saluted the instructor.
"Sir! My name is Eric L. Tale." Tale saluted the instructor as well.
"Okay. You can go now." The instructor said to a marine that led Tsuru and Tale here.
"Yes Sir!"
"Okay let's test your strength," Instructor said to us and led us to the middle of the yard.
"Someone test these people!" The instructor said to the people who were training.
'"Yes Sir!"' Every person in the yard said out loud.
Someone with Captains insignia stepped up.
"Who fights first?" A Marine Captain said.
"I will go first," Tsuru stepped up and punched the Marine Captain with Lieutenant strength.
Marine Captain easily dodged it and punched back.
Tsuru could have easily dodged it. But she and Tale didn't want to attract too much attention.
After fighting for 5 minutes.
"I give up!" Tsuru said.
"Why? I can see you still have stamina." Instructor asked.
"I know I won't be able to win. So it's better to give up" Tsuru answered Instructor.
The instructor nodded and turned to Tale.
"Your turn now kid. You will fight again's, Lieutenant rank."
The instructor pointed to one of the marines and he came up.
'"Yes Sir!"' Both Marine and Tale said.
After a few minutes, Tale gave up as well.
*sight* Instructor sighted and thought to himself 'Are marines recruits getting worse and worse?'
"Your training will start tomorrow. Someone come and show their quarters!"
Some unknown marines came and led Tsuru and Tale to there quarters.
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2 year's 11mont's passed since Tsuru and Tale came to Headquarters.
"Mom. What are you thinking?" Tale asked Tsuru.
"Just thinking where should we go after leaving Headquarters when we reach Rare-Admiral strength," Tsuru asked with a thinking expression.
"How about we go to Garp-san and ask about his village?" Tale asked Tsuru.
"Yes, how could I forget about it," Tsuru said to Tale and got out of the room.
"Mom! Wait!!!" Tale said and ran after realizing shes going to Garp
'I hope she doesn't do anything stupid' Tale though as he sped up.
After Tsuru found Garp. She ran to him and asked how his wife is doing.
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"*sigh* My wife's birthday will be soon" Garp sighted and looked at Tsuru.
"That's great!!! When is it?? I must congratulate her!!!" Tsuru asked Garp with a happy expression.
"She's in my hometown Fosha village in East Blue, I will ask for a vacation so I can visit her.*sigh*" Garp answered Tsuru while sighting.
"Good. I and Tale will go with you!!" Tsuru said to Garp.
*sigh* Garp sighed.
Tsuru walked to Tale.
"Mom. Why are you smiling?" Tale Asked Tsuru.
"It's nothing much. Just Garp wife's birthday is soon!!!."
"Wait!!! What!! When!" Tale asked.
"He told me that his wife's birthday is soon!" Tsuru said to Tale.
"Will we go to visit her?" Tale asked Tsuru.
"Of course!" Tsuru answered Tale while smiling.
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Flashback.
"Mom. Why are there two beaten up people here?" Tale asked Tsuru.
"Oh, well they started speaking that they were the strongest of the recruits so I had to teach them a lesson," Tsuru answered Tale truthfully.
"Mom!!! We agreed to keep our strength a secret!!!!" Tale started berating Tsuru.
"I forgot about it, dear!!!" Tsuru pouted and said to Tale.
"*sigh* What's done is done. Now, what do we do with them?" Tale asked Tsuru.
"Don't worry I will tell them 'nicely' to not tell anyone," Tsuru said while smiling.
"Okay, you fix the mess you made," Tale said and started walking back to his quarters.
"*pout* You could help me!!" Tsuru pouted and said to Tale.
Flashback end.
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After Garp, Sengoku took a vacation for a few months.
While Tsuru and Tale resigned from Marines. They already have the strength of Rare-Admirals but only Garp and Sengoku know that. While everyone else thinks that they can't achieve anything better than Captain's strength.
When Instructor heard it he was disappointed, but couldn't change there mind.
The ship they took wasn't a large one.
"Garp-san, how long will it take to go to your hometown?" Tale asked Garp.
"Don't know. It took 1 and a half months to go from Foosha village to Marine Headquarters, but we stopped many times then." Garp answered to Tale.
After a few minutes of silence.
"Does the ship have a Training room?" Tale asked Garp.
"It does," Garp said.
Tale left after he got his answer.
'I should try to break through another level of Haki, I will invite Tsuru as well.' Tale thought to himself and started to search for all a training room.
After Tale found the training room he walked to his mother's room and opened the door without knocking.
"Mom, let's go training!!!" Tale said after opening the door.
After a few seconds of silence, Tale looked around Tsuru's room and saw her frozen in a spot looking at him.
"GET OUT!!!!" Tsuru screamed at Tale and shut the door down.
Tale was frozen after remembering what he saw. 'She's more beautiful than I thought!' Tale though but shook his head almost instantaneously, 'She's my mom stop thinking about it!'
After getting himself together he walked to a training room.
When he walked into a training room he started to think about what Haki should learn first.
'I should try to make bigger progress in Busoshoku Haki. My Kenbunshoku Haki is already high enough, few more years, and I will be able to see the future without training it much.'
One hour later Tsuru came to the training room as well.
She wanted to ask Tale but blushed when she saw him being so concentrated on something.
'Tsuru!!! Drop that out of your head!!! He's your son... But if I count his previews life that means we about the same age! No stop it!!!' Tsuru blushed hard when she thought about it, but still stole some glances at Tale when she was training. 'He's getting more handsome every day! No drop it!' Tsuru shook her head again.
Five hours passed and Tale could feel that he had made a progress in his Busoshoku Haki. 'I should test it... but how?' After thinking a while Tale couldn't find a way to test it.
When Tale stood up he saw Tsuru looking at him with a red face.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Tale asked with a confused expression. Then something came into his mind as he blushed.
Both of them stood there for a good five minutes before Tale decided to speak.
"I love you Tsuru," Tale said while blushing madly. 'My first love is mom... What is wrong with me!!!!' Tale screamed in his mind.
When Tsuru heard what tale said she blushed even harder.
"I love you too!" Tsuru said. 'What have I done!!! I just confessed that I love my Tale!!!' Tsuru screamed in her mind
Both of them didn't know what to say.
Just as both of them couldn't handle the silence someone opened the door.
"Food ready." A marine said and left.
After the marine left both of them looked at each other and blushed.
"Tsuru... I..." Tale wanted to say something but was stopped.
"We will talk about it when you are older," Tsuru said seriously but in her mind she was confused. 'What do I mean when I told him that I will talk to him when he's older!!! He's my son... I can't be in that relationship with him!!! He's only four years old... But he looked a lot older so its fine right... RIGHT? No stop thinking!!'
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A month has passed and we left the Headquarters.
"Captain! I can see Fushoo Village!!!" A Marine on crow's nest said out loud.
"How long until we land?" Sengoku asked.
"It should take two hours! Sir!" A marine said to Sengoku.
After the ship was secured at the port everyone got down.
All the villagers came to see who came.
From the middle of the crown, someone said out loud.
"So, you decided to come back?" An unknown person said.
Garp as soon as he heard it started running in that direction.
"I am back!!!" Garp hugged an unknown woman.
"*sigh* Welcome back Dear." An unknown person sighted and hugged him back.
After a few minutes, they heard a cough and realized that they were surrounded by people.
An unknown person blushed madly. While Garp started laughing.
"Shut up!!!" An unknown person said and smacked Garp's head.
After both Garp and an unknown person calmed down, they walked to Sengoku, Tsuru, and Tale.
Garp then introduced the unknown person and a child to them.
"This is my wife. And my son Monkey D. Dragon" Garp said.
After introducing them, Garp invited Sengoku, Tsuru, and Tale to their home.
When they reached Garp's house.
Garp's wife and Tsuru started preparing dinner.
When dinner was done they prepared the table and all of them started eating.
Monkey D. Dragon was sitting on Garp's lap while he fed him.
'If only I had a camera or a phone.' Tale sighted.
"How long will you stay?" Garp's wife asked him.
"Few months then both of us will go back to headquarters," Garp answered.
"Well, at least it is longer than last time. And what do you mean both? Aren't there four people?" Garp's wife asked.
"Those two just retired," Garp said while looking at Tsuru and Tale.
Garp's wife looked at Tsuru and Tale and asked.
"Will you stay on this island or go somewhere else?"
Tsuru wanted to answer but Tale was faster.
"We will stay here for 6-8 years," Tale answered.
Tsuru looked at Tale and sighted.
Garp's wife looked between Tsuru and Tale with a smile.
"Where will you stay? If you want I can ask a person to build you a house" Garp's wife answered with a smile.
"Next to the forest, and the river would be a good place to have a house," Tale answered after thinking for a while.
The next morning Garp's wife took Tsuru and Tale to a town.
After a while, they reached a building. When they entered it they saw a small person working with wood.
"Minatomo you have customers!!!" Garp's wife said to the person.
Minatomo stopped finishing his work only then did he look at them.
"What do you want?" Minatomo asked Tsuru and Tale.
After half an hour they walked out of the building.
"So the house will be built in a week," Tale said out loud without thinking.
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Two weeks have passed since they came to Foosha village.
A week ago Tsuru and Tale moved to their house.
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[Status]
[Name] Eric L. Tale
[Gender] Male
[Race] Human
[Age] 4
[Strength] 1879
[Speed] 1792
[Endurance] 1963
[Luck] ∞
[Charisma] ∞
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[Skills]
[Combat] Close Quarter Combat 7/10 | Geppo 6/10 | Soru 5/10 | Tekkai 5/10
[Crafting] Cooking 7/10
[Soul&Will] Instinct 5/10 | Kenbunshoku Haki 5/10 | Busoshoku Haki 6/10
[Body] Recovery 6/10 | Iron body 4/10