Cocococo-Nuts!
Garp stood from the stool moments later with a sigh as he sat his glass down with a clank. “Alright let's go find that brat.”
Atlantis hopped down from the stool and followed behind Garp at a slower pace, after waving goodbye to Makino who took both glasses to clean. Noticing the distance between them growing Garp slowed down so that Atlantis could keep up with his strides. When she noticed this, she reached up to grab onto the marine cloak in order to hide completely behind Garp as he made his way towards the UO fish store.
As they approached they found Luffy laying on the ground tossing his feet up in the air periodically as Gyoru sorted a box of fish in front of him. The man seemed to be sorting them by weight and seemed to also be taking a broken fishing pole into context as well.
Garp chuckled as he made his way closer to Luffy before pulling his fist back and smacking Luffy flat on his head. “Hey, Brat!”
“Ah,” Luffy cried out as he flipped around with a hand on his head and his fist up before blinking at the sight of Garp. A large smile broke out as he started dancing. “Grandpa!”
Garp shook his head as he watched Gyoru finish sorting the fish and giving Luffy a small bag of Beli. Luffy shoved the bag roughly in his pocket quickly before jumping in circles in front of Garp, “Grandpa! Did you get me a birthday present?”
“It better be a good one considering it's a week late,” Mayor Woop Slap muttered as he walked towards the rambunctious group.
“Yeah!” Luffy hollered at the top of his lungs while he started his grandfather down. “Is it meat? I want meat! Meat!”
“It's something even better,” Garp dismissed with a wave of his hand as he moved slightly to the side revealing Atlantis, who could only stare with wide eyes at the main character of One Piece, the Future King of The Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy.
Luffy tilted his head with a frown as he stared Atlantis down, “No meat? I want meat. Do you have meat?”
Atlantis shook her head as Luffy tried to look behind her from his spot, clearly looking for hidden meat, at her denial Luffy scrunched his eyebrows up and turned his attention back towards his grandfather.
Meanwhile, Mayor Woop Slap dropped his cane in shock as he stared at the little girl, “A wife? You got this CHILD a wife?!”
“Ooh,” Luffy turned back to her with wide eyes. “What's a wife? Can you eat it?”
“Someone that will stand by your side forever. They help you achieve your dreams and grow.” Gyoru commented as he turned back into the conversation all the while Garp was laughing at the mayor's reactions before commenting.
“I didn't get him a wife. I got him-”
“I got a wife!” Luffy yelled happily, interrupting Garp, as he reached forward and grabbed hold of Atlantis’ hands. “Hey, what's your favorite food? Mines meat.”
“Coconuts,” Atlantis whispered as a blush arose onto her face.
“What are coconuts?” Luffy asked in confusion as he tilted his head. “Are they yummy?”
“Yeah,” Atlantis excitedly exclaimed. “It tastes sweet and a little nutty and you can use it to make other things, like meat, taste yummier.” Atlantis blushed at her rambling and tried to retreat but was unable to with Luffy’s hold on her hands.
“You can make meat better?!” Luffy exclaimed as he closed the distance between to stare at Atlantis with wonder in his eyes. “Woah. That's amazing. Coconuts. Coco. Imma call you Coco then.”
“But my name's Atlantis.”
“Ooh, that super cool.” Luffy nodded his head as he pinched his eyebrows together in thought. “But I like Coco too.”
“Luffy,” Garp called as he swung his fist at Luffy once more. Only Luffy dodged by running around while pulling Atlantis behind him. “Luffy! Come back here with my new granddaughter!”
“No! She's my wife!” Luffy yelled as he laughed loudly and pulled Atlantis towards the fields and away from the main market where Garp was calling after them. “Come on Coco, let's go.”
“LUFFY!” An angry voice bellowed from the market where a commotion could be heard, all the while Luffy snickered as he took a turn and continued to lead the now giggling Atlantis by the hand towards the windmills further into the island.
Maybe, it wouldn't be so bad to be friends with such a person. After all, Atlantis was already having more fun than she had in her previous life as a child as she ran behind the laughing Luffy in her dress shoes that were quickly gathering dirt.