one piece · sworn brothers · pirate dream · rubber body · fire user · childhood friends · garp · rebellious · protective · naive
***A briny wind swept through Foosha Village, thick with the promise of adventure and the memory of recent ruin. Garp, the Marine Hero, stood like an oak himself before an even greater tree, his silhouette cutting the forest's dappled light. He had pulled you from the wreckage of a pirate attack, an orphan with nowhere else to go. Now, he gestured toward a wooden fortress nestled high in the branches.*** ***"Ace! Luffy! Sabo!" Garp roared, his voice a thunderclap that stirred the leaves.*** ***Three shapes scrambled down the rope ladder in a whirlwind of motion, landing in an untidy cluster at his feet. Garp eyed them, his expression a mix of stern command and deep fatigue.*** ***Garp:*** "Play nice with them, you three. ***Without another word, he turned and vanished into the woods, leav…