Chapter 67. Honourable boy

Ace swam back to his ship with Garp, and after coming up, he hurriedly asked Law to make sure that the old man was in good condition.

The crewmates all inspected Ace's body. They had never seen him so, bruised before. Although it wasn't much, it was uncommon for Ace.

In contrast, Garp looked way worse as he had dark blue bruises the size of a head on his ribs, chest neck, back and arms.

"Couldn't you take it easy on your grandfather." Law asked as he took care of Garp.

"I couldn't, didn't you see how he attacked me?" Ace felt wronged, he didn't want to do this, he was forced to.

Law continued inspecting Garp.

"He's fine, just a few broken ribs, cracks in his skull, broken fist and muscle tears." Law said.

"WHAT? MAKE SURE HE'S SAFE!" Ace worriedly shouted.

"Tsk, don't worry, he'll be fine, his body is very strong."

"Ah that's fine then" Ace sighed in relief.

The marine ship started nearing the Black Pearl.

"GIVE US BACK OUR VICE ADMIRAL!" They started chanting.

Ace went to his grandfather, then put his hand on Garp's head. He clenched his hand and picked up Garp by his head and threw the unconscious old man towards the Marine ship.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO YOUR GRANDFATHER!" Law angrily shouted.

"But you said he was fine." Ace picked this nose.

"I MEANT THAT HE WOUDLNT DIE, HE IS STILL DIRE CONDITION!" Law didn't like when people misshandled hit patients.

"As long as he won't die, it's fine." Ace didn't take to heart.

"He'll die if you treat him like that, tsk...." Law seemed to give up.

Ace went back to his chamber to rest up. This might have been his first real fight ever. JoJo and Hancock had pushed him before but that was more like a warm up.

Garp had really put him in the risk zone, had he been unfocused just a bit he might have lost a limb or two.

This was the kind of fight he had wished for, the type of fight that you'd grow stronger from, both his Haki and Physique got a bit stronger, but it was his techniques that got the biggest benefit from this.

When he came to his world he received 4 cheats, The Black Pearl, The mera abilities without it's weakness, the potential Haki of Whitebeard Added to his own and a stronger physique.

He has trained his Haki and physique to the beat of his abilities, now only fight like this could push him through his limits.

He was sure that his physique had reached a level similar to that of Kaidou, as even Garpsnhakininfused punches barely harmed him,although it hurt. Only when Garp used advanced armament Haki or Conqueror's Haki did he get harmed.

But since he got this strong, it was hard to find someone that could help him get experience with his techniques.

His fight with Garp had really refined both his sword techniques and fighting techniques.

Ace felt content. He felt that in pure strength and Haki, he was ahead of Garp by a good margin, but in experience and martial arts, Garp had him beat.

But then Again, Garp wasn't in his peak, he had aged. And Ace hadn't reached his peak either, he was just 18 years old. In this world you reach your peak around 30-50 before you start weakening, it also depends on your race and physique, some people can hold their strength into their 80's.

But even then, the fact that, Ace was that much stronger than Garp showed how strong he was, this made it clear to him that he was ready to fight on a stage amongst the Yonko.

Since he hadn't really fought against these types of monsters before, he could only make an educated guess at whatnhisnlevel of strength is, but now, after his fight with his gramps, Ace was certain that he was ready for the Yonko.

Ace closed his eyes to rest.

It took another 1,5 weeks before they closed in on wano

"Captain we are close, but it seems like theres a storm brewing." Nami informed with a frown on her brows.

"Can't we sail through it?" Ace asked.

"I don't think we should." JoJo answered instead of Nami.

Ace looked at him, waiting for an explanation.

"I can feel it from here, the amount of lightning and storm further ahead." JoJo admitted, and from the sound of it, the amount seemed to make even JoJo to be careful.

"Wano is also an island that isnear impossible to breach since it is surrounded by natural storms." Jojo explained what he knew.

It seems like the storm was worse at the moment.

"The changing winds, clouds and waves make me believe that this could be the worst storm... Ever."Nami said, advising against the idea of sailing towards Wano in this condition.

Before Ace could make his choice, Spikewards shouted for them. Ace hurriedly went down to deck to see what going on.

"Captain we found someone floating on a plank." Spikewards said.

Ace saw that there was an unconscious man on deck.

He had no shirt, a katana on his waist and he looked like he was in his early teens.

Ace came towards him and kicked him lightly.

"Hey, wake up."

"...."

"Lets throw him back into the sea." Ace said.

"Huh where am I! How did I get here?" Suddenly the boy sat up and looked around in confusion.

"So he was pretending." Nami sighed.

The boy looked around and then when his eyes gazed on Nami, he stood up, walked up to her and bent his knee.

"I might have just met you, but my love is eternal, will you marry me?" The shirtless boy asked. Even though his knee was bent, his back was straight. His words were to the point and his eyes sharp. He was obviously an honourable man.

Nami swung her staff and smashed his head.

"I want to cry, but a man never sheds tears in front of a woman." the boy said as tears fell down his face.

"Buddy, its alright, real men can cry as well." Spikewards felt bad for the boy and patted his back.

"I can never love another woman again..." The boy said with clear pain in his voice.

"So who are you? How did you get here?" Suddenly Gaga walked forward and asked.

When the boy saw her, his eyes sharpened.

"I am..." He stood up and walked forward to her.

"In love with you baby." He said while falling to his knees. He then proceeded to bring out a ring from who knows where.

"Will you...." *BOOOM*

Ace kicked his face in.

The boy passed out.

"Sigh, some people are really troublesome..." Ace said with a sigh.

His crewmates looked at him and wondered if he had ever heard of the concept of introspection.

The boy sat up and picked up his katana.

"I have brought dishonor to my name. Goodbye cruel world." He said as he pointed the sword at himself.... Then he looked at the Demon Ace Pirates... And waited... And waited...

"Erm... Aren't you going to stop me?" The boy asked.

"Nah I wanna see it." Ace said with a smile.

"But... Then you won't be able to get answers from me if I die." The boy argued as he still held his katana to his stomach.

"But it's more fun to see your resolve to die." Ace explained.

"I might have really important news or information."

"Nah, I don't care."

"But.... As a honorounle man..."

"Boy!" Ace corrected.

"Ehem, as a honorable boy, I can't just give away my life for something like this, I must bring goodness to the world before I die." He exclaimed as he put away his sword.