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Chapter 9

When the week was over, I wasn't sure if I should go in the mountain.

I wanted to be with them but I didn't want to feel unwanted.

Sure Luffy would miss me but he will have Ace and Sabo.

I sighed and decided to go for a walk around the village.

As I was complementing my options fate seems to decide for me.

"What does my dear granddaughter doing alone here?" said Garp while lifting me in the air.

"Grandpa! " I hugged him.

Garp was part of my new family and I was happy to see him.

" Come on Tsukiko! Let's go find my grandsons and train" he said cheerfully.

" Lead the way Grandpa! " I laughed.

It will be funny to see their reactions.

Especially Sabo's.

He never met Garp before.

We arrived at the treehouse, Garp probably used observation haki to find them so quickly.

" Grandpa is here! " he yelled.

I heard some noises and a shout of "Shitty gramps is here! " and then I saw Garp coming back with the tree of them.

They had bumps on their head because of the famous fist of love.

" Tsukiko you are here! " yelled Luffy happily.

" Well grandpa found me before you! I didn't even said goodbye to anyone" I scratched my head.

" Well that's fine. Now that you are here come see our treehouse! It is finally ready " he said excited.

I looked to Sabo and Ace ,asking for permission and they nodded their head.

I went inside and I really like it. It was the first time I was in a tree house.

When I was little I always wanted to built one but my father didn't know how to built it and our attempts were hilarious.

I looked at the flag and saw ' ASTL' printed on it.

" Did you like it? We wanted to surprise you" said Luffy.

" You said that you loved tree houses, so we decided to show it to you when it was ready" Ace shrugged.

" So what do you think? " asked Sabo.

" I love it! Thank you " I hugged them and cried.

They seem to panick a little when I started crying and I laughed at their attempts to cheer me.

'I was so stupid ! They only wanted to surprise me and I thought they avoided me'

And the moment was ruined when Garp came and took us for training

At some point I asked Grandpa about Haki.He gave me a vague outline of it but not much.

I was determined to learn Armament Haki at least until I was 18-19 years old.

If I wanted to beat Akainu or Teach ,I should know it

We were sitting around some fire .

" You three will become strong Marines. So you must train harder! " commented Garp.

" What about Tsukiko? Why she doesn't have to became one? That's not fair shitty geezer " yelled Ace .

I was curious as well about his answer.He usually tried to convice me to join him.He straightened a little and took a serious expression

" Because she can't become one. That's the second reason I came here"

" What do you mean by that Garp-san?" asked Sabo carefully.

" Somehow the Marines found about your existence .They are coming to capture you or kill you,they need leverage or deal a blow to Shanks,who became a Yonko . They can't hurt him directly.I came here to warn you. You must leave this island immediately " said Garp.

" But Shanks is good! Why they will hurt Tsukiko?she didn't to anything bad! " cried Luffy.

" In their eyes she did, she exists. She must leave. In fact you and Ace should probably leave too or hide for until the search is over. It is dangerous if they discover about you too" he explained.

Luffy was crying while Ace was angry.

" And where I am supposed to go? They probably know of my appearence and my hair is distinguishable. I can't sail alone" I commented.

" You must go to Grand Line. The red - haired brat will start moving towards the first half and the marines will expect you in the East blue. I can't take you with me because we have some new transfers. They are probably spies of some higher ups" he said solemnly

" So I am doomed to die. If I sail alone there is no way I am going to survive and if I stay here to die. Well it seems death has a soft spot for me,always wants to see me,if I go meet him , I should probably gift him with something this time!It will be rude going there without anything,he might sent me to hell! So I am going to sail and tell him of my adventures " I laughed dryly.

" How can you joke ? " said Ace angrily.

" And what I am suppsed to do? Cry? If I am going to die, I will die free and with a smile. I always knew that I will die sooner or later, it just happened to be sooner" I replied.

" I don't want you, to die Luna" cried Luffy.

"I will try my best not to. But even if I do I will still watching over you. Like a star!" I whispered

"You are not going to die! We will come with you" said Ace.

"No! You are not coming, it's dangerous! If they discover about you they will kill you. I am not letting you die in vain"I shouted.

" It will not be in vain! You heard him, it is dangerous for us too. How can you say to let you die when you always tell us we should live?" shouted frustrated Ace.

" Because your life is more important dammit! They will not search for you, they will be searching for red- haired girls! If you come with me, you will be targets! I would rather die than cause you trouble" I admitted.

" Your life is as important as ours. My father recognized me the other day, so even I am not safe here. We prefer to sail together free and die than leaving you alone! " said Sabo.

" I promised Shanks I will protect my nakama and I will protect you. I am not going to take back my promise! " said Luffy.

I knew that Sabo's father was after him, so he wasn't safe.He would lose his memories and the others will think he died

It is true that with the marines coming here they were not safe and the emotional turmoil they will to go through wasn't worth it.

" I suppose the ASTL are going to conquer the seas? " I teased and they cheered.

I turned towards Garp

" I suppose you have a compass , a map, a boat and a log pose? " I asked .

" Of course I have! It would be suicide to travel without them" he agreed

" Okay Sabo is the navigator, I am the doctor and cook and Ace and Luffy is our manpower. At least for the moment. " I stated.

" Ace and I have some treasure . We can use that for our travels" commented Sabo.

" I will go to the village and gather provisions and medical stuff. Luffy ,you and Ace should go and gather weapons from the bandits and whatever you think will be useful.

Ace please check out, what Luffy brings. Time is against us. We will set tomorrow noon. Do we have that much time? " I asked Garp.

" Yeah. They need to organize first and search for the right island.

They know that you live around here somewhere but there at least two islands to search before they come here " he informed me.

" Thank god! So we will not stop at the next islands, so we will take more provisions.

I expect you to eat a little less

until we dock at an island and go hunting. Okay? " I asked and they nodded.

" Here is a mini den den mushi. Here is my number.

I will inform you about the marines move.

Call me if you need anything. And I am really sorry you have to leave" he answered

" Thank you grandpa. And we will call you whenever we can. After all family sticks together, right? "I asked while looking him in the eyes.

He ruffled my hair and whispered " Of course family sticks together! "

A/N: I think Garp would actually help them in canon should the situation called for it. Theonly reason he did't help Ace is because chose to become a pirate. It was his choice,so he should deal with the consequences . Here they were forced to flee and they were children, so Garp is aiding them.

Thanks for reading!