Sorry I will absolutely fail this so bad. Sorry for the slow start.

But this chapter explains the MC's reasons for going onto the seas.

This is more like a prologue BTW :3

Chapter 1

Her eyes lingered on the trash can with the nearly finished apple core littered on its top. She scurried forward to grab it and munched ravenously on it. The passerby spit at her feet and scoffed at her.

"Vermin."

She stared dully at the man who had called her that. He yelped noticing she had focused her eyes on him and hurried off, quick to leave her in her little alleyway. A black cat leaped from the shadows and circled her before jumped on the trash can and then onto the roof and away from her.

Noticing the sky darkening, she slipped from the alleyway and darted past the market carts and into the forest. Grabbing onto the branches, she hoisted herself up to sleep on one of the thicker branches.

From her tree, she gazed at the sea and its endless waves that rolled onto the shore. She was closing her eyes before she saw the Marines.

"Hey you! Get down from here. The forest the dangerous-"

She ignored their comments and hopped from tree to tree deeper into the forest. She wondered how they had found her. Perhaps they heard of her hanging around the markets often, but she didn't understand why the Marines would need to capture her for it.

He eyes suddenly fastened on a luscious fruit hanging from the tree. She gazed lovingly at it and jumped onto the branches of the tree and picked the fruit off. Within seconds she had finished the fruit, satisfied, having been able to eat a whole fruit all to herself.

Her joy did not last long. Hungry pairs of yellow eyes looked up at her from beneath the tree and began scratching at the bark with a horrible noise. She could not possibly sleep with the racket they were making and began to leap through the trees. It struck her that she had suddenly grown faster and could jump much higher. Must have been because I ate a whole fruit to myself earlier, she thought. As she traveled deeper, she noticed the significant increase in yellows eyes before the whole forest began to howl. She fled without a second thought.

She was horrified to discover not so long after the wolves deeper in the forest were much more agile. They had leaped onto the tree branches and were pursuing her relentlessly. She ran. Fast, faster than ever. Her silver hair danced in the wind and she rags she called clothes fluttered. She took a big leap and glided at least a couple meters before she landed on the roof of a house next to the forest. A grin spread across her face as she ran across the roofs, almost flying.

She ran across a particularly slippery roof and stumbled, falling headfirst onto the ground. It was perhaps by pure luck that she had fallen onto an old man-her death would have been secured otherwise. The old man collapsed underneath her and she stumbled to get up. She helped the old man get to his feet while she bowed feverishly attempting to apologize. He only chuckled saying, "Child, what is your name?"

She tiltled her head confused, "Wa' i' a 'ame?" (What is a name)

Her language was broken and heavily accented, betraying her lack of education. Shock appeared on the old man's face but it was quickly replaced by pity.

"Look at you poor thing. Living in those rags and being as a skinny as a stick. Why don't you come with me?"

His old face crinkled into a kind smile. Seeing that, she attempted to mimic his features. The result, she knew, was not pretty, but the old man's smile only grew wider. He held out his hand and considering it for a moment, she grabbed it. He closed his hand around her small one.

"Say you wouldn't mind if I name you?"

She looked up at him and her expression changed to that of a successful toothy grin. The old man beamed at her.

"Then…you will be Yui. Yui Teret."

+++++++++++++++++++++TWO YEARS LATER+++++++++++++++++++++++

Yui ran into the room. "Grandpa! Grandpa! The sakura blossoms! They bloomed!" She smiled widely at him, her first row of teeth now fully grown, but still missing some on her lower teeth.

The old man chuckled, "Don't rush me." He placed and cane in front and struggled to get up from his chair. Yui rushed over to support him and she led him into the garden.

A rush of wind brought over a blast of pink petals.

"Such a wonderful sight for my old days." He sighed. "Yui-chan, I'm afraid this old body can't hold on much longer. It'll only be a couple months before I'm up and away in the clouds."

"Grandpa won't die! Yui is here!" Yui smiled and the old man couldn't resist smiling back and ruffling her hair.

"Grandpa wants to sit in the garden for a while. Why don't you get a chair for me, Yui-chan." Yui catiously released his arm and then scrambled inside the house to grab a chair and place it under the sakura tree. The old man sat down.

"Grandpa always had a dream."

"A dream, Grandpa?"

"I used to live on the seas. Oh how I loved it, those beautiful rolling waves, the seagulls that called out to you early in the morning. But after Gol D Roger's death, I had to leave the seas. I want to see the sea again and travel on those lulling wa-"

The ground rumbled and the villagers began shrieking and yelling. "MARINES! THEY ARE HERE!"

A cannon shot into the air and landed onto the building of a house, destroying it and setting it on fire. The old man suddenly stood up and his face was red with anger. He turned to Yui, "Run, Yui-chan. You must run."

Yui obeyed his orders and began to run, but she noticed he was not coming with her.

"Grandpa? Grandpa! Why arent you coming?! GRANDPA!"

"This house, and this place, they have been with me for years. I can no longer travel nor go anywhere. Yui-chan! YOU MUST RUN! THIS OLD MAN CAN NO LONGER STAY WITH YOU. YUI-CHAN! ESCAPE! LIVE! VISIT THE SE-"

His words were cut short as a Marine stabbed him in the stomach.

"GRANDPAAA!"

Tears streaked down Yui's face. This was not happening, not in front of her.

The Marine proceeded to kick the old man, but the old man began mouthing something to Yui. Run…live…Yui ran as fast as she could away from the scene, away from her beloved Grandpa who took her in. The last words she heard were, "Sam D. Bind, the best friend of Monkey D. Garp. To think a Marine traitor like you would be hiding in an isolated village like this…"

And also sorry for not posting stories more often. I have tried and tried once again on my 'Death-Marked' story but I have rewritten over 8 chapters and I just cannot find the right one. I promise i'll post the next chapter for Albatross within January. It wont take as long as it did for 'Death-Marked'

Sam D. Bind is also a fake character, he's just in there for story purposes

Thanks for reading this crappy story of mine :)

REVIEWS! I NEEDS THEM! XD

Plz tell me if i was going too fast, since Yui met her Grandpa and then he died in the same chapter :P