Chapter 3: Squad/Goals
"Oi Dadan I've got two more brats you have to take care of. This one's my grandson, and I picked this one up"
"Yo" greeted me and Luffy.
"Do you think this is an orphanage?"
"Do you want to go to jail? You're a bandit."
"No!" And with this stellar conversation, I became a member of the Ace, Sabo, Luffy, Sosuke orphange/ rest house. Our daily task was to stress out Dadan, and we were honestly getting quite good at it. I even started training the other three, since I was the strongest.
Our first converstion literally went: "Hi! I'm Sosuke Ranvier. I've eaten the ekō-ekō no mi (echo-echo fruit). I'm an echo man, so any sound I make, I can make it echo from anywhere!" Contrary to popular belief, it's actually pretty hard to break the ice with kids, so I'd come with some meat as well.
"So cool....Yosh! Meat x3" I heard back as I was promptly ignored by the amazing trio. Garp comes back to pick me up in a year and a half, so in the meantime I was trying to infiltrate the circle of brothers. Which was hard as hell till I realized that I could use my supposed devil fruit to help them hunt. Apart from Luffy and I who were already friends, the rest warmed up pretty quickly after that.
Problem is, I did too. The D clan apparently has a +100 bonus to charisma, because I could not keep myself from actually liking the three, especially Luffy who I had already met. As Hawkeye said, "his ability to turn the people around him into his allies is definitely the most dangerous ability in the sea", and I agree with him. Though I doubt we four would be as close as the original trio was, it wouldn't be wrong to call us good friends. I would and could still easily use them for my own ends if need be considering how hopelessly naive they are, but it definitely won't be my first choice anymore.
And so the time kept on ticking by....
"Oi you brats get back here for dinner! Garp's ship was just seen at the dock" Dadan screamed at us. Meanwhile, us four were scheming the most legendary revenge of all time. Well, it was Ace, Sabo and me while Luffy was taking a nap.
"So, here's our plan of attack, we ambush the old man while he's sleeping" I suggested.
"No, no. We'll get Luffy to scream - 'I will be king of the pirates' really loud in his room. Then we follow your plan." Sabo replied.
"Yes, Luffy is the best way to get that damned old man" Ace agreed while staring at the horizon.
"It's settled. The old man will try to beat him. Meanwhile, we'll get the water balloons and aim at him. Once we fire, we immediately run in the opposite direction while screaming 'Luffy, good plan, now run' and hope that he doesn't catch us" I explained. Clearly, it would never work with Garp's observation haki, but the only reason I suggested this plan in the first place is to make Garp think I've meshed well with the other three so he becomes more like a "grandpa". If Garp is willing to speak on your behalf, you can basically run wild in Marineford as long as you don't do something completely stupid.
Hell, Luffy got so many passes during the Paramount war due to Garp, and even before. A normal crew tries that shit, see what happens. They'll be in impel down before you can say "Enies Lobby".
Suddenly, Sabo, Ace and I looked at Luffy. After a few seconds, Ace asked "Will Luffy survive this plan?"
"He's a rubber man, clearly he should..." replied Sabo, clearly not convinced.
"His sacrifice will be remembered. Plus, the old man wouldn't kill him. Probably." I very righteously said.
Oh, this is not going to be fun....
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone