【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Foothills of Mount Golpo

Garp angrily held the struggling Lucci in his left hand and pulled Luffy's cheek with his right hand, walking through the forest on the path to Mount Gorpo.

"Grandpa! Put me down now!" Lucci struggled in Garp's arms and shouted at him angrily.

"Grandpa! I've already told you, I want to be the Pirate King!" Luffy shouted while struggling with Garp grabbing his cheek.

"What Pirate King!!" Garp yelled at Luffy angrily.

"Let me go! You bastard grandpa!" Lucci struggled in Garp's hands.

"You've eaten a devil fruit and you're still talking nonsense! Luffy, you and Lucci are going to become the strongest navy in the future!"

"It hurts so much! Damn it! I've turned into a rubber man, why is it still so painful! Grandpa, let me go!" Luffy struggled and shouted.

"Damn old man! Let Luffy go!" Lucci struggled and tried to attack Garp.

"It was a mistake for me to leave you two in the leisurely Windmill Village! You actually want to be a pirate! You idiot! And you hang out with that Red-Haired Shanks, it's outrageous!" Garp said to Luffy angrily.

"I want to be a strong man like Shanks!! Lucci and I will become great pirates!" Luffy shouted while grabbing the tree.

Why did you include me? Lu Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead silently.

"Bastard! Lucci!" Garp shouted at Lucci.

"Hey!" Lucci looked at Luffy helplessly.

……

"knock knock"

"Isn't this Dadan's house?" Luffy walked back and forth.

"Does the old man know Dadan?" Lucci looked at Garp curiously as he knocked on the door hard.

"It's so noisy! Who is trying to kill himself?" Dadan opened the door and shouted.

"It's me!" Karp said calmly.

"Ka...Mr. Kap" Dadan stepped back in panic.

"You look quite energetic." Garp picked his nose and looked at Dadan with a blank expression.

"What a joke! Leave us alone! Ace is already 10 years old. We can't control him anymore."

"Really? He's grown so big already! Is he okay?"

"Are you going to take him back now?" asked Dadan.

"Compared to this, Luffy and Lucci, come here and say hello." Garp picked up Luffy and Lucci.

"Hey! Long time no see, Dadan," Luffy said with a smile.

"Hey, where is Dadan Ace!" Luffy asked.

“Ah…why are these two little devils here?” Dadan stepped back in fear.

"These two are my grandchildren. You will be responsible for raising them from now on," Karp continued.

"Are these two little kids your grandchildren?" Dadan looked at the two little kids in front of him in surprise.

"Ace! Sabo!" Lucci saw Sabo and Ace dragging the bear out from the forest.

"Ace! Sabo!" Luffy waved excitedly at Ace and Sabo who were coming over.

"Luffy? How did you get here?" Ace asked in surprise.

"Wow! Ace you are so awesome! You hit such a big piece of meat." Luffy excitedly rushed towards Ace and hugged him.

"Luffy! Let me go!" Ace shouted angrily with a red face.

Sabo touched Luffy's head and asked with amusement, "Luffy, am I not awesome?"

"Sabo is awesome too! Sabo, let's go have a barbecue!" Luffy said excitedly while drooling at the bear.

"Luffy! Why are you here?" Sabo asked Luffy.

"We came here with grandpa!" Luffy said while pulling Sabo.

"Maybe we will have to live with you in the future. Grandpa will leave us to Dadan to raise," Lu Qi said helplessly.

"Really? Then you don't have to run back and forth," Ace said happily.

"It seems like you guys are getting along very well! Luffy and Lucci, this is Ace. You'll be living with him from now on, so get along well with him!" Garp said, looking at the four people standing together.

"Grandpa! We already knew Ace before," Lucci said with a smile.

"Is that so? Then I don't have to worry!" Karp laughed.

"So who are you, kid?" Garp looked at the blond boy holding Luffy's hand.

"Hello! Mr. Garp, I'm Sabo," Sabo said with a smile on his face.

"Sabo is my friend!" Luffy shouted happily.

"Is that so? Then you are my grandson too! Hahahaha! I have another grandson!" Garp laughed and gave his four grandsons a loving iron fist.

"It hurts, Grandpa!"

"Asshole! Old man!"

"Smelly old man!"

Sabo covered his swollen head and suddenly realized that this situation might happen frequently in the future. He couldn't help but feel like he was on a pirate ship.

"Hahaha! I'm going back first. Dadan, you have to train them to become the strongest navy." Garp waved his hand and walked down the mountain.

"I'm a bandit! How can I possibly train them to become navy?" Dadan cursed loudly at Garp's back.

……

Luffy, Lucci, Ace, and Sabo would conduct 100 training sessions in the forest every day.

"I'm going to attack! Rubber rubber pistol!" Luffy swung his arms and rushed towards Ace on the opposite side, but his arm suddenly bent and hit the ground, and then suddenly bounced back and hit Luffy's own face.

Ace was a little surprised at the power of Luffy's arm, but he didn't expect the arm to suddenly hit the ground and bounce back to Luffy's face. He was speechless.

"Hey you! What are you thinking about?" Ace hit back angrily and defeated Luffy.

"Okay, Ace wins! Next Ace vs. Sabo!" Lucci said standing aside.

......

"I will never lose to anyone, absolutely!" Ace thought as he stared at Sabo.

"I want to become stronger! I want to become stronger" Sabo thought while staring at Ace.

Ace and Sabo rushed at each other, but Sabo's final blow was dodged by Ace.

"Sabo! I won." Ace had a smirk on his face and attacked Sabo, knocking him away.

"Hee! Ace, it seems like it's my turn against you next," Lucci said excitedly as he walked to Ace's side.

"I won't lose, Lucci!" Ace said with a smirk as he stared at Lucci.

"Ha! I don't know how to do that either. Let me show you my new trick!" Lucci had a mysterious smile on his face.

Lucci and Ace attacked each other. After several rounds, Ace finally dodged Lucci's fist and tried to kick Lucci in the waist, but his kick missed. Ace turned back and landed in confusion, looking around cautiously.

Luffy and Sabo watched in shock as Lucci suddenly disappeared, and suddenly Lucci appeared behind Ace and kicked Ace to the ground.

"Ace! I win this round," Lucci said to Ace with a smile.

"Damn it! Why did you disappear just now!" Ace shouted angrily.

"Yes! Lucci, what did you just do? Why did you suddenly disappear and suddenly appear behind Ace?" Sabo and Luffy came up and asked curiously.

"This is my devil fruit!" Lucci said happily.

"Wow! Devil Fruit? Lucci, do you have one too?" Luffy asked excitedly.

"Yes, I ate it accidentally when I was looking for food in the forest. I found out its name from Shanks' "Devil Fruit Encyclopedia" and it's called Shadow Fruit," Lucci explained to them.

"Then what can you do?" Sabo asked curiously. Ace and Luffy looked at Lucci with the same curiosity.

"I can enter your shadow just by stepping on your shadow, and then come out at any time. I can also hide things in my own shadow." Lucci said as he demonstrated it to them.

"Wow...so awesome!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"It's no use. Men should fight head-on!" Ace said disdainfully.

"Hahahaha! But Ace, you were still defeated by my ability!" Lucci said to Ace with a big laugh.

"It's so noisy!" Ace shouted with a red face.

"I think Lucci's ability is very useful. It can catch people off guard and is also helpful for infiltration," Sabo analyzed to Lucci with a smile.

"Lucci, what else can your fruit do?" Sabo asked curiously.

"I'm not sure what I can do yet. I'm still practicing," Lucci said awkwardly, scratching his hair.

"As for the shadow, the devil fruit is related to the shadow. Lucci, can you separate the shadow? Or can you hide things? For example, put things into the shadow?" Sabo looked at Lucci and asked.

"This method seems to work. I can feel the space in the shadow." Lucci closed his eyes and felt it.

Lucci held the tube in his hand and tried to put it away. Lucci waited for a while, but the tube did not respond. Lucci opened his eyes and looked at Sabo and said, "It doesn't seem to work!"

"Wait! Lucci, try this first!" Sabo picked up a leaf from the tree next to him and handed it to Lucci.

Lucci took the leaf in his hand and repeated the action just now. Sabo, Ace and Luffy stared at the leaf in Lucci's hand nervously. After a while, the leaf slowly disappeared in Lucci's hand.

"So cool! The leaves disappeared!" Luffy shouted excitedly beside him.

"Then Lucci, can you save the meat?" Luffy said excitedly, and Ace knocked on Luffy's head.

"Ace! Why?" Luffy shouted at Ace, covering the bump on his head.

"Luffy! All you care about is meat!" he shouted angrily.

"Uh! Luffy can't do it for now. He can probably only fit small things in now!" Lucci explained.

"Well! I can't even put meat in it" Luffy sighed in disappointment and pouted.

"By the way Ace, I'm already 7 years old! I want to go to the Waste Terminal with you guys," Luffy shouted to Ace and the others.

Ace, Lucci, and Sabo looked at each other with smiles.

"Okay! Luffy, let's go to town today. We'll sell crocodile skin first and then take you to eat delicious food," said Ace.

"Yeah!" Luffy shouted excitedly.