"Okay so no tremendous activity for at least two days and keep those wounds clean missy." Wanda says helping me slip my shirt back on.

"I know, same procedure every time." I mutter the last part so Wanda doesn't hear it.

"We need to get you some clean clothes as well and you should put some food into that stomach. It looks like you haven't eaten in two days." Wanda says opening the curtain and I place the newspaper back on the desk where I got it before.

"Thanks for letting me borrow the newspaper and patching me up." I say nodding my head at Wanda.

"You're welcome." Wanda says giving me a smile.

"See that's proper lady attitude." Hector says and I slam my foot into his calf which results in a yelp from him before he starts rubbing his calf. "What's that for and what's your foot made of? Stone?"

"Nope skin and I said it before. I don't give a fuck about proper lady attitude." I say walking out the door before walking back in again. "Which way's the kitchen?" I ask before catching the smell of food. "Never mind I got it." I walk back out the room and start following the smell of food. Footsteps rush to catch up with me and I can already determine that they belong to Hector. My nose leads us to the kitchen and I push open the doors. Hector walks over to who I'd assume is the head chef and I go to follow but I freeze when I catch my reflection in one of the steel fridge doors.

I appear to be about nine years old with black hair that has dark blue highlights in it and my eyes were a dark grey almost black colour. So not only did I shrink but I also de-aged? Okay this is too weird plus I still have the appearance I had when I died, I guess. I'm pretty sure I died back then when my neck got slit and I died with my family but I'm here and very much alive so I don't know. I notice a patch of skin that's slightly discoloured from the rest of my skin on my neck and I lean closer to see that it's a scar that matches the wound that killed me. If I look close enough I have scars for all the wounds I received that day and I still have all my older scars but for some odd reason twelve of them are not scars anymore. They're the ones that Wanda patched up earlier. I also have all of my tattoos which slightly surprises me since Wanda never mentioned them. Shrugging it off I drop my shirt and look around to see that nobody noticed me checking myself out in the fridge door. I walk over to where Hector was still talking to the head chef as the chef was now working on something.

"Decided to grace us with your presence finally?" Hector asks and I aim to kick him again but it seems he was prepared this time. A frying pan places it's self in my path and my foot slams into it only to come out the other side. I pull my foot back and place it on the ground as Hector lifts the frying pan to his face. He looks through the hole at me before paling and the head chef glares at Hector.

"You're going to have to ask for a new one from the Rear-Admiral." Chef says and I laugh as Hector pales more, "And you little missy." The chef starts and I stop laughing looking up at him. "Take this plate, go sit at that table over there and enjoy." He says with a smile and I nod my head as he hands me a plate of pasta. I carry the plate over to the table and start digging in as soon as I'm sitting. I quickly finish the plate and take a drink of the glass of water that someone had placed on the table for me. I let out a huge burp when I finish and all the chefs laugh while Hector reprimands me but I just stick my tongue out at him before hopping off the chair.

"I don't even know why you try. I'm never gonna be a proper lady. It's not in my blood." I say taking the broken pan from where it was sitting and I start flipping it around as I walk towards the door. "Let's go see your Rear-Admiral about a couple of things." I say and I hear Hector grumble about bossy little girls as the door swings shut behind me. I wait for Hector to come out before following him as he leads me towards his Rear-Admiral's office. We enter the room and I spot an older guy sitting behind the desk grumbling about something. He looks up at the sound of the door shutting.

"Hector what can I do for you?" He asks and Hector goes to speak but I walk forward catching both of their attentions.

"Hector broke a pan and I have some questions for you." I say placing the broken pan on the desk in front of the guy.

"Hector," The man draws the name out in a whine. "You broke another one? No more going in the kitchen for you and what questions can I answer for you?" The man looks at me with interest.

"What are you planning on doing to me now because I'm certain that the Marines won't let a little girl wander by herself." The man clasps his hands together and rests his chin on them.

"I told Fleet-Admiral Sengoku about your situation and Vice-Admiral Garp was there. Garp's willing to take you in so as far as we know that's who you'll be with." He says and I slightly frown but nod. Looks like I'll be living with bandits then. Wait if Garp's still in the marines that means I'm before the War of the Best. I might be able to save Ace then.

"Okay and when is he coming to get me?" I ask and the guy frowns this time.

"Not sure but knowing him it's either going to be today or tomorrow." He says and I nod.

"One last question; can I get another set of clothes? I don't really want to be walking around wearing a shirt covered in blood." I say and this time the guy laughs.

"That's true." He gets up and walks over to a closet I didn't notice before. He pulls out a blue shirt that's easily too big for me. It'll go down to my knees and the sleeves will go at least to my elbow. "Wear this for now I guess and I've already got Wanda out getting some clothes for you." He says handing over the shirt. I move over behind a curtain before switching the bloody shirt I have on for the clean one. The shirt covers up the pair of shorts that I have on and I walk out a second later with the baggy shirt on. I throw the bloody shirt into the garbage can the guy has before noticing a long white ribbon on the guy's desk.

"Do you need that?" I ask pointing at the ribbon and the guy holds it up.

"No, why do you want it?" I nod and he hands it over. I find the middle of the ribbon and place it against my stomach before pulling it tight around me. The extra fabric of the shirt bunches at my back but I don't care. The ribbon's long enough to go around once more before I put it in a bow at my back.

"That doesn't look that bad now. It looks like it actually fits you now." Hector says and the Rear-Admiral guy nods.

-Time Skip – Noon the Next Day-

I double check that I have everything I need when I hear the sound of something crashing through a wall. I close the backpack that contains all the cloths Wanda got me the other day before walking out of the room towards the Rear-Admiral's office already spotting the trail of holes in the walls thanks to a certain Vice-Admiral. Unlike someone I use the door to enter the office which has a hole in the wall right beside it and once I enter I see five people in the room. The Rear-Admiral sits at his desk with his head on it and I can hear sighs of frustration leave his mouth. Hector and Wanda are standing off to the side. Hector looking a lot more scared than Wanda as he keeps glancing at the two new men. One was wearing a dog hat and I can already identify him as Garp. Another man who wears a grey suit and a grey hat I recognize as Bogard, Garp's right hand man.

"So where's the kid?" Garp asks munching on some donuts.

"She's right there." Hector says and I walk up to Garp who's now looking at me.

"Can I have a donut?" I ask and Garp shakes his head.

"No these are mine." Garp says. I pucker out my lips before widening my eyes a bit and letting them start to water giving Garp my best kicked puppy look. Garp looks down at me again before he lets out a sigh. "Just one." Garp says handing me one and I give him a nod of thanks before taking a bit out of it.

"Delicious," I say quickly taking another bite.

"I know; these are the best ever." Garp says laughing. "I have a feeling we're going to get along great."

"I have a condition for going with you, old guy." I say and everyone freezes.

"Oh and what would that be?" Garp asks and I look right up at him as I finish my donut.

"Train me the whole time we're travelling to where ever we're going." I say and almost everyone in the room drops in shock.

"Are you insane Belle? Do you have a death wish?" Hector asks as Garp starts laughing again.

"He's a Vice-Admiral which is a high rank and I need to grow stronger. I wasn't strong enough to protect my family so I want to grow stronger so I don't lose anyone else who's close to me ever again." I say and this quiets everyone down.

"It's a deal brat." Garp says holding out his hand for me to shake which I do while stealing another donut from his bag.

"Shall we go then?" I ask walking through the hole Garp made earlier.

"Commanding brat." Garp says laughing again before noticing the new donut in my hand. "Sneaky brat as well."

-Time Skip – 2 Weeks later – Arriving at Foosha Village–

We were just pulling into the port of Foosha Village. Every waking hour of the two weeks spent travelling Garp trained me and I was considerably stronger now than I was before. He even spent the time to teach me the fundamentals of Haki.

"You're going to be living with my grandson." Garp says as he leads me to a building that says Party's Bar. For once he actually uses the door to enter the building and I follow behind to spot a young boy wearing a white shirt and blue shorts sitting at the bar with a green haired lady behind it cleaning a glass.

"Ah, Garp-san welcome back." The green haired barmaid says and I recognize her as Makino so that must mean the little boy's Luffy. I see a shiver run through Luffy as Garp walks towards the counter with me following behind.

"I'm not going to be here long. Just dropping off Belle. Belle this is Makino and my grandson Luffy. Makino, Luffy this is Belle. She'll be living with you from now on Luffy. Anyway I've got to go Senny's gonna be mad at me already for just taking off randomly." Garp says placing me on a stool much to my annoyance before leaving again and I pull out one of his donuts after he walks through the door.

"Nice to meet you." I say taking a bite out of the donut.

"Um gramps is going to get mad knowing that you stole one of his donuts." Luffy says and I shrug with a grin on my face.

"Who says he knows?" I say. "How old are you anyway kid?"

"I'm five what about you?" Luffy asks.

"I'm nine." I say continuing to munch on my donut. So Luffy's five, that means Ace and Sabo are about eight. So I'm before everything pretty much happens. Wait Luffy hasn't even met Shanks yet. This is going to be interesting.