I do not own One Piece but I do own Keiko and this plot!

"Nii-chan where are we going?" A small girl with blond hair and bright blue eyes held her old brothers hand as they ran away from their home and the city all together.

The older blonde looked down at his younger sister. "We're going far away from that place, it's full of nothing but rotten people, we're going somewhere we can be free, Keiko I won't let you turn out like our parents I won't let those nobles keep us in a cage."

Keiko didn't know what he brother was talking about but it didn't matter. She smiled squeezing his hand. Her brother was the most important person to her so she didn't care where they went as long as they were together.

-4 Years Later-

"Sabo-nii where are you taking me now?" Keiko now six years old pouted following her older brother.

Sabo grinned showing off his missing tooth. "I'm taking you some place better than the gray terminal we're going to meet a friend of mine."

Keiko smiled brightly she loved meeting new people. "What your friend like Nii-chan? Is he nice? What if he doesn't like me?"

Sabo chuckled his sister truly was one of a kind. She was so sweet and kind nothing like their parents. Nothing like the nobles who lived in Goa kingdom.

They came to a big tree. Sabo looked around curious. "Oi Ace where are you?"

A mop of black hair popped out from behind a tree. The freckled boy Ace glared at the girl next to his friend. They had met six months ago when they had stolen from the same group, they worked well together and had the same goals.

Ace walked out holding a pipe. "Sabo who's the girl?" Keiko looked the boy over and could see loneliness and pain in the boy's eyes.

She smiled brightly stepping forward. "My names Keiko I'm Sabo little sister, it's nice to meet you!"

Ace stared at the girl for a moment before huffing and crossing his arms. "This is just what we need more baggage you're a girl you don't belong with boys." Ace watched her closely expecting her to burst into tears.

Sabo wanted to object to the way Ace had talked about his sister but he was beaten to it. "Hmm that's true I am kind of baggage aren't I? I mean I can't fight and I can't clean and I'm really clumsy oh but I am good at cooking! All I really want is to be free with my brother so I'm sorry if I cause you problems."

Ace was silent as he looked the girl over. 'She's not like most girls, I guess it couldn't hurt to let her hang around.'

The raven sighed loudly. "Every pirate crew needs a cook so I guess you can stay, just don't get in my way."

Keiko laughed happily and ran tackling Ace in a hug. "Yay thank you! You're not so bad you know."

Ace blushed brightly before shoving the girl off. "Don't just jump me out of nowhere and do not hug me!"

Keiko and Sabo both snickered at the flustered raven. Keiko knew the group would get along quite well. Ace sighed. "Well we've made out quota for today so how about we go hunt?"

Sabo nodded and looked to Keiko. "Don't worry about me Nii-san I'll be fine plus while you two are gone I'll start the fire!"

The older blonde looked conflicted but sighed and nodded. "Alright just please do not burn off your eyebrows again! Or any other part of your body for that matter!"

Ace laughed clutching his stomach. "Y-You really b-burned off your eyebrows? How clumsy could you be?"

Ace stopped laughing when he saw both the blondes faces. They both looked sullen. His eyes widened slightly. "Wow seriously? That bad?"

Sabo groaned nodding. "I love her but my sister is truly the clumsiest person alive! She'd fall down a hill tripping over nothing but air! She's always dropping things and falling down."

Keiko laughed happily. "Hmm I am really clumsy aren't I?" Both boys shook their heads and decided to hurry and get food before Keiko could destroy anything.

The young blonde girl smiled watching the two leave the area. 'I just know we're going to be one big family!'

-2 years later-

"Come on Koko you're the one who wanted to come with me to my place." Ace teased the younger girl as she stumbled through the woods trying to keep up with him.

Keiko pouted at the raven. "Ace your so mean! I'm a lady you should be helping me through here."

Ace rolled his eyes at the lady part. "You're as much a lady as a mountain bear! Beside I told you not to come with me."

Ace jumped over a rock and sat down waiting for the girl he had grown close to over the past two years.

The raven looked up when he heard the shitty old man. He narrowed his eyes when he noticed a young boy with the old man. He seemed Keiko's age if not younger.

Ace held his hand out to stop Keiko from coming out. It would be bad if the old man had seen her.

Keiko hid in the tree's knowing now wasn't the time for her to come out. Ace would tell her when she could come out. She looked out at all the people that had gathered.

Keiko noticed the old man and shuddered he looked scary. Her eyes went to the young boy chasing a butterfly. Keiko smiled brightly at being able to meet another optimistic person.

Ace cleared his throat and spit at the young raven. He didn't like the boy's attitude and he didn't like new people in general.

Garp looked over to the shadows and grinned seeing Ace. "Oh Ace good you're here, this is Luffy he'll be staying with you from now on, well I got to leave so I'll be back in a few months try and get a long."

Garp turned and left knowing Luffy would be fine. Luffy glared at the boy who had spit on him. "Oi! Apologize!" Ace stared down at the boy and scuffed.

He jumped down from the bear and once the old man was out of site grabbed Keiko's arm.

Keiko looked at Luffy who was glaring at Ace. "Oi apologize!" Ace ignored the boy as he kept walking. Keiko looked back at the boy then to Ace who had a stony face.

Dadan looked over when Ace walked in. She glared at the new girl. "Oi who the hell is this shitty brat? Ace make her leave now!"

Ace shot a glare to the red haired woman. "Shut up old hag! I supply the food so Keiko will be eating with us today!"

Dadan looked like she wanted to argue but couldn't because Ace was right. She huffed and decided to try and torment Luffy. Keiko watched everyone go crazy for the meat.

Ace grabbed a piece of the meat and set on her plate glaring at anyone who tried to take it. Keiko grinned at the raven. "Thanks Ace!" He nodded without saying anything.

Keiko knew Ace was just trying to keep himself distant from Luffy and the rest of the bandits so she didn't hold it against him.

The young blonde looked over and noticed Luffy starring at everyone drooling. She sighed before slicing a piece of meat off. She slipped the rest of the meat onto the young boy's plate.

Luffy looked over and smiled widely shoving the whole thing of meat into his mouth. "Thanks! You're really nice ya know." Keiko smiled nodding.

Ace stood and pulled the young blonde up with him. "Come on Keiko let's go." She nodded following the raven out of the room. Ace was in a bad mood and Keiko didn't want to make it worse.

They didn't get far before Luffy ran out behind them. "Oi! Wait, Ace! Let's be friends! I don't care that you spit on me."

Ace glared at the boy and turned taking off into the woods. Keiko gasped and ran after the raven. She was barely able to keep up with Ace.

The raven turned kicking at a tree making it fall over. Keiko gasped in shock looking back to see if the boy was okay. Luffy was fine but wouldn't be able to keep up with them.

Keiko rounded on Ace hitting him over the head. "You idiot! Don't kill the boy he's younger than you!"

Ace rolled his eyes grinning. "Don't worry so much, plus it's that idiots fault if he dies not mine!"

The two bickered back and forth all the way to their base of operations. Sabo raised an eyebrow at the two. "What's going on with you two?"

Keiko pouted wrapping her arms around her older brother. "Nii-san Ace almost killed a kid! Just because he doesn't like someone doesn't mean he can be mean to them!"

Sabo looked to Ace confused so the raven told him the story about Luffy. Sabo nodded along. "Sorry Ko but I'm with Ace what if the boy was able to make it all the way here? He'd find our stash and blab his mouth off to all kinds of people."

Ace grinned smugly at the girl glad Sabo had sided with him. Keiko shook her head sometimes boys were just too much!

-3 Months Later-

Keiko was walking around Gray terminal. Ace and Sabo were both off collecting money for the pirate fund so she was stuck doing nothing.

The girl slipped on a trash heap flying forward and crashing into someone. "Ow! I'm so sorry are you okay?"

She gasped noticing the same boy from Ace's house. Luffy looked up and pointed at her grinning. "Ah you're that girl that was with Ace! Do you know where he went I'm going to be his friend!"

Keiko didn't know what she was supposed to do. She didn't have to wait long though because Luffy had noticed Ace walking into the woods. She ran behind the boy worried.

They came to the giant tree that held the two older boys pirate fund. Keiko didn't know what to say. Luffy had already heard about the pirate fund. "Ace are you going to become a pirate too?"

Ace's eyes widened in shock along with Sabo. The two quickly ran down the tree and grabbed Luffy tying him up. Ace turned to Keiko scowling. "Why did you bring him here?"

Keiko pouted at the raven. "I didn't bring him here! He followed you and I just happened to run into him but before I could stop him he took off after you again!"

Sabo sighed looking to Ace. "Well what should we do? He knows about the pirate fund we can't just let him go."

Ace nodded agreeing. "We'll have to kill him there's no other choice."

Everything was silent for a few moments before Luffy screamed loudly flailing and crying. "WAH! Don't kill me! I don't want to die! Someone help."

Ace turned to Sabo urgently. "Hurry up Sabo kill him!"

Sabo looked at Ace panicked shaking his head. "No way! I've never killed anyone before! You do it!"

Ace shook his head glaring. "I've never killed anyone before either."

Keiko watched the boys shaking her head. There was no way she was going to let them kill the boy he was way too young to die.

Luffy was still screaming a crying. "I don't want to die! Please don't throw me into water!"

Both boys couldn't help but wonder how truly stupid the younger boy was. Ace turned to Sabo nodding. "Alright let's grab him and take him to the river!" Sabo nodded and the two went to grab him.

Keiko looked back shocked when she heard people coming. "Guys people are coming this way we have to hide!"

They grabbed Luffy and pulled him into a bush. They all ducked and Ace cursed when he noticed Porchemy. "Are you sure this is where that brat Ace went?"

Two thugs nodded and Ace cursed. Those two were the men he had stolen from earlier that day. He wouldn't have messed with them if he had known they were with Bluejam.

"Oi let me go you jerk! Ace help me!" Sabo and Ace cursed wondering how the hell the boy got over there so fast without anyone noticing.

Porchemy held the boy up. "Did you just say Ace? Do you know him?"

Luffy grinned brightly nodding. "Ace if my friend! Ah but he was just about to kill me a moment ago."

The pirate grinned. "Boy tell me where Ace is, he took something from me and my friends that we need back desperately."

Luffy looked at him silently before puckering his lips and looking to the side nervous sweat dripping from his forehead. "N-No idea."

Everyone literally felt their eyes bulge at how bad a liar the boy was. 'What a terrible liar!'

Porchemy sighed before deciding to take the boy. He would get answers out of the boy one way or another.

As the group disappeared carrying a kicking and screaming Luffy. Ace and Sabo ran to their stash. Keiko looked at them confused. "What are you two doing? We have to go save Luffy."

Ace rolled his eyes. "Don't worry about him he'll blab soon and they'll let him go, right now we need to move our treasure before those pirates get back!"

Sabo nodded in agreement. Keiko couldn't believe they were going to let the younger boy be taken by pirates. She lowered her head clenching her fists. "Money isn't worth someone's life!"

Keiko turned running away from the two boys. Sabo looked like he wanted to go after her but didn't. "Don't worry Sabo she'll come back soon just let her blow off some steam first." The blonde nodded still worried about his younger sister.