Hello everyone! And welcome to one of the best stories ever! JK. That's just my opinion. And everyone has their own opinion. But let me tell you some things real quick before we get into the swing of things.

ONE: Might be a few mistakes in the story.

TWO: My knowledge on One Piece isn't too fabulous.

THREE: There isn't a number 3.

FOUR: I don't own One Piece. Thank god that I don't own it.

Now that that's out of the way. LET'S GET ON TO THE STORY! ENJOY!

This takes place when Sabo leaves for his freedom.

-Sabo's POV-

I smiled as I wrote my farewell letter to Ace and Luffy. I loved them deeply but I couldn't stay in this place any longer. As I'd said before even with parents, I'm still alone. After I finished I put the letter into an envelope and wrote down who the letter was to go to.

I sighed with sadness that I had to leave so many years before my brothers and I were originally going to leave; but I just wasn't happy here with my no-good parents. Picking up my bag I took one good look at my room, 'Goodbye forever.' I quickly climbed out through my room window and used the ledges as a ladder so that I could progress up to the roof.

I took a deep breath, 'Here I come, freedom.' I thought and quickly jumped roof from roof until I was near the docks, where my little boat was. I walked up to my little boat and smiled at my flag. 'Now to leave and accomplish my dream.' I thought again and jumped onto the boat and set sail out to sea.

The smell of the ocean made me feel free like I'd always wanted to. I turned back around to look at my hometown one last time and felt a tear come out of my eye. I wiped it off and smiled with happiness, "I'll see you in the future, Ace, Luffy, after we all become the greatest pirates ever." I pledged.

I looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was setting, turning the sky a variety of the colors orange, pink, and slightly lavender. It was calming and made me feel at peace. But that's when I heard the sound of a cannon and turned my entire body around to see a cannon ball coming right for me. I couldn't escape even if I jumped out and tried to swim away.

I closed my eyes and felt tears coming out of my eyes, 'Sorry, Ace, Luffy. I guess you'll have to go on your adventure without me.' I thought and that's when everything went black.

I could feel someone dragging me across the dry, cool sand; but my eyes refused to open and stayed closed. I grunted slightly in pain as whoever was pulling me picked up their pace. I couldn't protest before passing out again.

I woke up to the sound of soft humming of a song that I'd never heard before. I opened my eyes to try and see who was humming, but something was covering my eyes. 'Have I been kidnapped?' I thought with slight fear. But that thought omitted out of my mind when the person who was humming took off whatever was covering my eyes. "Ah. You're awake." She stated calmly.

I stared at her with awe. Her features were so unique. She had pale skin that could almost pass off as white, but it had a slight pinkness to it. Her long, blue hair reminded me of the ocean the way it seemed to wave flawlessly as she moved around. Her lips were thin, yet plump, and her eyes were the ones that caught me the most. They were a light grayish color, they reminded me of a full moon on a warm spring night.

She was wearing a white dress that came down right above her knees with a white bow at the side near her waste and a weird necklace with some kind of stone

The girl seemed to be about my age or maybe a year younger since she was so petite and thin. "Are you ok? Your face seems to be reddening." She asked with a sweet candy voice. That made me blush even more, 'Who is this girl?' I wondered.

She got up for a moment and I saw that we were in some kind of old shed. But it seemed like someone lived here since the place was clean and had candles lit everywhere along with this bed that I was laying in. I could smell something cooking and soon the girl came back with a glass of water and a bowl of soup.

I sat up, amazingly, with no pain. I looked at myself and saw that I did have bandages on my arms and legs. I eyed the soup suspiciously and turned to the girl. "You could have poisoned this." I stated. She tilted her head, "Why would I ever do that?" she asked. Why?' I thought skeptically.

This girl may look, sound, and seem innocent but you can never let your guard down. The cute ones were the most deadliest and that's a full blown fact.

"Well for one thing, I don't know you. A second thing is that you sort of just kidnapped me." I explained to her. She pouted slightly, "But I saved you!" she exclaimed. "If I hadn't been around when you had got hit by that cannon ball, you'd be dead."

My eyes widened at that, "Wait. You… you saw me leave the docks?" I asked with disbelief, I didn't see anyone around the docks when I had left. She nodded, "Yeah. I was playing with my friends until I hear a strange noise and then I looked up and saw the explosion and fire right above me. Then I saw you and decided to save you. After that I dragged you to this shed and healed you up. But your arm and your left leg were broken, luckily I was able to heal those up too; but there still going to hurt just a little bit so don't put too much pressure onto them for about a week or so. OK?" she asked with big pleading eyes.

I sweat dropped, "You're not focusing!" I scolded. "Yes I am! I just told you that I didn't poison your food! Now hurry up before it gets cold." She told me. I shook my head, "You eat some first so that I know for sure that it's not poisoned." I stated. She huffed and took a big spoonful of my soup and dumped it into her mouth while chewing on it slowly. "Actually… it could use more salt." She stated and grabbed some salt and shook it into my soup while taking another spoonful and eating it.

I sweat dropped again as she nodded in confirmation and gave me back the spoon. "Well are you going to eat it now?" she asked me. I nodded slowly and took a spoonful and ate the soup off the spoon. I took a breath of relief and sighed slightly at how good the soup was. 'This girl sure can cook.' I thought.

I opened my eyes when I heard her giggle quietly and looked at her with a slight glare. "You like my soup don't you? I call it 'Potato Soup'." She announced to me happily. I just rolled my eyes and quietly, and awkwardly, ate the rest of my soup while the girl watched me eat it.

After I finished she took the empty bowl and water from me and sat them down on a little table and came back sitting near the little bed on small stool, "What your name?" she asked me with obvious curiosity. "Sabo." I told her. She nodded, "I'm Umiko." She stated with a small smile.

"What island are we on?" I asked her. "Oh the same one that you left from. I just carried you into a vacant section of the island where no one can find us." She explained with a bored expression. I blinked, 'So that means that I can still go find Ace and Luffy.' I thought with pure joy.

"What are you getting all excited about?" she asked me. I turned to look at her again. "Nothing. I just get to see my brothers again after all." I told her with a big smile. She smiled back at me but had confusion in her eyes, "What's a 'brother'?" she asked me after an awkward silence. I looked at her, "How do you not know what a brother is?" I asked her. She shrugged innocently and hung her head down I shame.

"Well… a brother is… someone that you have relation to, under the same parents." I told her slowly and nodded. Umiko thought for a moment and nodded, "Ah. I think I get it now." She exclaimed with a big smile. "What are your brothers' names?" she asked me.

"Ace and Luffy." I told her. "Do you like them?" she asked me again. I nodded, "Of course they're my brothers. Family." I added.

She frowned and I took notice of this, "Why're you frowning?" I asked her. "What's a family? Is it important? Does it hold benefits?" she asked in one breath. I looked at the girl and could see deep in her eyes that she was indeed alone and lost.

"A family is a group of people who care deeply for each other and will do anything to help one another. No matter the situation. And yes they are very important and hold my benefits in more ways than one." I explained to her. She looked down in thought.

"Where are your parents?" I asked her. She looked up at me with so much confusion as before, "What's a 'parent'?" she asked me with an empty voice. "The person that gave birth to you or the person who takes care of you." I explained to her and waited for her to tell me.

"Well now that you say that. My mama and the sea are my parents." She said with eagerness. I gave her a face that said, 'Are you stupid?' and sighed, "How is the sea your parent?" I asked her skeptically. "Well… that is where I was born and brought into existence. That's when Mama found me and took care of me." She explained to me.

"What does your mama look like?" I asked her. She put on a face of thought again and stuck her tongue out slightly for added thought, "She's reeeeeaalllllly big. She's got beautiful glowing green eyes, red scales, sharp teeth, and long pink scales that run down her back and under her belly." She explained to me like it was normal. "Ok let me rephrase that, what is your mama?" I asked her. "A sea king." She answered.

My jaw dropped, "Your mom is a sea king!? So then what are you!?" I asked her.

She smirked, "I'm a child of the sea."

So? You like!? Please let me know! I like this story! I think that it holds some potential and that it's cute. I love Umiko! How about you!? I should stop talking. But anyway, thanks for reading!