Author's Note: This One Piece story starts in the middle of everything and may tend to go a little AU somewhere throughout the story. Please bare with me, I am not up to date once the Two Year Time-Skip occurs, so this will be where the AU might enter. However, I hope you enjoy this story. It is a well planned out story that I have been perfecting over the last year or more along with my OC who you will soon meet. Now, please enjoy and don't forget to review, because reviews bring quicker and more fluent updates!

The halls of the Main Marine HQ was hustling and bustling from down in the lower levels of the large and rather tall building. The young red head had never seen so many of the men scrabbling about so she knew that something had to be up. Heading to the higher levels, the young woman, with her right hand resting on the two hilts of the swords that were attached to her side, was heading toward one of the offices where hopefully she could acquire some information about all the fuss and commotion that was being thrown about from downstairs. Reaching the door she did not even bother to knock and barged right inside the room and surprised the unexpecting man.

"Oi, oi, oi Captain Sengoku, what do you think you're doing barging into my offices like this?" The elderly man shouted, his feet propped up on his desk while he was reclining back in his office chair. She shut the door before returning her attention to her commander, a frown on her face while her hands occupied her hips.

"Vice Admiral Garp, please don't address me by my last name." I said with a sigh, annoyed knowing that he knew to not call me by such formalities.

That's right, my name is Captain Emma Lee Sengoku, though due to my first and middle name sounding so much like "Emily" I am often called by that name by close friends. Do not start jumping to conclusions about the last name either, I am not the Fleet Admiral's daughter, he is my uncle. My mother died long ago giving birth to me and so her older brother, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, adopted me as his own, though the only thing I seemed to gain from him was his last name. He treats me as if I were any other marine, let's just say that he isn't a great father figure.

You're probably wondering about my father aren't you? Dead, died in the line of duty. Fleet Admiral Sengoku told me that the ship my father was stationed on was attacked by pirates and nobody had a chance. So, I suppose since the Feet Admiral was never a good father figure I unintentionally started to grow close to Garp. Due to the Feet Admiral and his job I never really staid with him all that much, I was always with Garp and his two grandson's Luffy and Ace. Then again, I guess you couldn't really call it "staying with them" when Garp turned around and left me with the two boys out in the middle of the dangerous jungle to fight off who knows what and try to not starve to death when I was only seven.

Those were some real jolly childhood memories.

I had grown close to the two boys, Luffy and Ace, but sadly they had both chosen the life of piracy. Garp had always tried so hard to push them both to become great Marines, but it seems that neither one of them were too fancy about it. Nearly a year I stayed with the two of them, and I had grown rather attached to them both. They are both good boys, at least they were back then, and I dread the day when we will cross paths again.

"Ah, Emily you're too soft! I raised you better than to be a fluff ball of a girl!" My eye twitched, he knew better then anyone else that I was not some "fluff ball of a girl".

"Sir, I hardly believe that I would have not made it this far though life if I had indeed have been a "fluff ball" if I say so myself, sir." Garp let a roar of laughter fill the room. He reached over for a plate of cookies that rested on his table before proceeding to shove one into his mouth. I sighed, wondering how I became so uptight from being raised by such a jolly old man. Then again, he did have his moments.

"Sir, I am here for a reason. You don't happen to know the reason behind all the excitement from downstairs do you?" Garp stopped his bellowing and looked at me wide eyed.

"You mean to tell me that you weren't informed yet!" I blinked, would I honestly be asking him this question if I was informed? Garp slammed his hands down onto his desk and rose to his feet.

"All that downstairs is because they were ordered to prepare a ship for me to head out and intercept the Straw Hat Crew!" I raised a brow. So that was what everyone was scurrying about downstairs. But there was still one thing that was boggling my mind.

"Sir, why would I be informed of this? Am I to have some role?" Garp walked out from behind his desk and threw his arm around my shoulder and turned me toward the door where he started to walk me.

"Captain, you are to accompany me personally!"

"Huh?" Was all I could say before being shoved, literally, out the doorway.

"You should visit Sengoku before our departure! I'm sure your uncle has some things he wants to speak to you about before we launch! Whahahaha!" The door slammed shut and that was the end of the conversation. I clenched my teeth while my eyebrow twitched, my hands were balled and my shoulders and arms shaking. It was times like this that Garp could really get on my nerves.

"Gaaaaarp, you stubborn old man!" I growled, my blood boiling.

"Captain Sengoku, is there a problem?" The deep and gruff voice called out, breaking my oblivious state and stopped my fussing. I turned around and instantly the hairs on my neck stood on end.

"Admiral Sakazuki!" Seriously, I did not expect the man to be anywhere near Garp's office. He looked down at me, his eyes stern and penetrating. This man, Admiral Sakazuki Gensui, known to everyone as Akainu, was not a man to be trifled with unless you had a death wish. He stood there with his hands in his pockets as he continued to wait for my answer. Gulping I put on a reassuring smile and straightened my body slightly.

"No sir, everything is in order, sir!" He looked at me for a moment longer before closing his eyes and nodding, I then remembered how to breath.

"The Fleet Admiral is calling for you." He said, his voice never changing tone. I nodded, glad that I might finally escape this awkward situation, or so I thought.

"I was actually just headed there sir, thank you for informing me. I shall move a bit faster now." Giving a salute I started to take my leave, only for him to start after me from behind. I stopped and looked at him from over my shoulder with a questionable look.

"I shall accompany you there." Oh great, just what I needed to finish off the day. I had no other choice but to accept his offer and allow him to walk with me to the Fleet Admiral's office. We walked in silence, and a very awkward silence for myself though it did not seem to effect Akainu. It was like this the whole walk to the office until we finally departed ways as I had to leave to enter the office. He gave a mere nod and walked away as I turned to the closed door and sighed before entering the office with permission.

"Ah, Emma, I presume that Admiral Sakazuki found you?" I nodded as I took to the middle of the room while standing in front of Sengoku's desk. He folded his hands and placed them over his crossed knee as he sat behind his desk.

"I had asked him to bring you here to inform you of the mission I am sending you on with Garp."

"To intercept the Straw Hat Crew, sir?"

"I see Garp has already informed you on the situation?"

"A small briefing' sir."

"Good, this ends up saving me the trouble of having to explain everything." He said closing his eyes in a pause before reopening them and looking straight at me.

"I have something for you before you depart." I raised a brow. "A small gift." He continued, motioning his head toward the couch off to the side of the room. I turned and looked to see a rather long white box that laid on the couch wrapped up in a pink ribbon. Looking back over at him, he motioned me again with his head as if telling me to go open it. I walked over to the couch and grabbed the box up with both hands before carefully opening the box to find a new white jacket, but it seems that this wasn't just any new white jacket. Written on the back down the middle in kanji was "Commodore" which could only mean one thing; I was getting promoted.

"You have come a long way in just a few short years." Sengoku said coming up from behind me and standing to my left side. "You are perhaps the youngest Marine to ever move through the ranks so quickly, and for being a woman."

"Thank you sir, I will wear it with pride. But, why all of a sudden, sir?" I was still a bit confused. I knew that I had been doing a fine job, but I wasn't doing anything that was so exceptionable that would earn me a promotion. Sengoku looked down at me, his eyes softened just the slightest.

"Just think of it as an early wedding present." My eyes widened, so that was the reason. I knew it had to be because of something other than my job performance and I was right.

"You are to be married to a well respected and highly ranking officer soon, you too should hold the same recognition so as to not damper his own." I closed my eyes, my stomach turned at the very thought of my future husband.

"You are dismissed, Commodore." Sengoku said, finishing our conversation and returning to his desk. I saluted him before leaving the room with my new "wedding gift" in my arms. I sighed, this whole thing was nerve racking to say the least. Not only was I departing to go and try to capture one of my old childhood friends, but I was to be married, thanks to the arranged marriage set up by the Fleet Admiral himself, by next year to one of the most highly ranking men, who supposedly fancied me and was hand picked by the Fleet Admiral, in the Marine's, Admiral Sakazuki.

But, that was my family for you.