Life is just getting hard on me... And it's really become very stressful. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired right now. It's semi late as I am writing this very bit right now. You know what? I'm going to write a short story here.... YAY!!!!!!!!!! (started this like..... September 4 of last year..... I'm not editing this beginning part)

It all started when I hit him. Normally I don't hit people. But him? He made me so FURIOUS! I couldn't hold back. I may or may not have given him a black eye, bloody nose, and a big fat bruise on his chubby cheek. I feel bad, but he is the one who started taunting me. Kids don't taunt me for no reason, and that's because I'm the toughest in the school. The thing is, I'm a girl. I don't mean to hurt people, or to cause people to dislike me. It's all an accident, I promise you that. I have no friends, well, I do, but they're from another world. Crazy, right?

Yeah, they're from another world, and they're pirates. They're really cool though! I sigh dreamily thinking about one of them though. He's just soooooo cool, cooler than the others. At night, when I sleep, I actually go to their world. And this one guy is always with this pirate crew. I think they're called the Whitebeard Pirates? Sometimes my memories get fuzzy after I wake up, and I can't remember until I'm with them again.

Well, that first bit isn't really important to the story, the story is actually about tonight, or what should happen tonight. I mean, it's bedtime, and I really hope it happens again. I've been visiting this world for about a week or two. The people there already consider me family. It is a big deal for me because I'm a foster kid. I don't stay with the same family for more than three weeks, if I'm lucky a month.

Anyway... I climb into bed, pull my blankets over my teenage body, and close my eyes. A yawn escapes my lips as I snuggle into my blankets and pillow. Within a minute, I'm out like a light. That is how it feels every night whenever I go to sleep lately anyway.

My eyes open to find beautiful brown eyes staring at me from above. The eyes are connected to a face, a face that has shaggy short raven black hair, and freckles across their cheeks and nose. I smile as they hold their hand out to me, I take it and I get pulled to my feet.

"Welcome back my lovely daughter." I hear Oyaji's voice coming from nearby.

"Welcome back Miyaki!!" Everyone else around me yells with smiles evident on their faces.

"It's good to be back." I respond with my closed eye smile.

You see, they know that I only pop up whenever I go to sleep in my world. They also know that I'm from another world, and believe me even though they were cautious at first. Eventually they got used to me just popping up out of nowhere and disappearing randomly, and even started calling me their daughter/sister. Though, my time seems to be getting longer here, but I still wake up at the same time in my world.

Before I do anything else though, I turn and hug the man that helped me up. His brown eyes bright with joy, and a big grin on his face. I hug him slightly tighter, his bare chest against my clothed one even though I have a medium chest. Yeah, he's the one that I adore, now, it isn't like I adore him like he's an older sibling, but something much more. I have a full on crush on him, and most of the crew knows this, everyone except him that is. I get teased by them a lot because of it, anyway, he hugs me back like normal which always makes me smile even more.

After letting go I turn to Oyaji with my big smile and ask, "So, what are we doing today pops?" That's how it happens every time I visit them.

"Just the usual, train, eat, watch, and maybe if you're lucky you'll get to fight some pirates before leaving." Oyaji responds.

"Alright, let's get started. Who's first?" I smirk getting into a fighting stance.

Those around me back up, all except my crush. He has a smirk that matches mine, we might as well be equals despite the fact that he has a devil fruit ability and I don't. Every single day I have a 1 on 1 match with him, it's not like everyone's scared to fight me though. They only backed up because they know me and my crush go full out.

"So, Ace, who do you think will win? Or will it be a draw again? I have been practicing more since the last time we fought." I ask as we start going around, keeping each other the same distance away, and smirks still on our faces.

"We'll just have to find out now, won't we?" Ace asks as he begins running at me.

I side step just before he can tackle me to the ground. Ace runs past me, running into the side of the ship, nearly falling overboard. I chuckle watching him struggle to not fall overboard like he usually does. As soon as Ace regains his balance, he turns around and lunges for me. Not being surprised by this, I jump up and meet him when he's almost upon me, and side kick him in the face which sends him flying into some of the people surrounding us on the deck to watch who wins, or if it's a draw, again.

Ace gets up, dusts himself off, and then bows to the people he ran into, "Sorry for causing you harm." As soon as he's done being polite, he turns back to me with a newly lit fire in his eyes. Determination flowing through his body knowing that I'm not going easy on him.

30 Minutes Later

We're both on the ground, panting, a little blood smeared along our lips, and under our noses. I begin laughing, and shortly afterwards, Ace's laughter joins in along with the rest of the crew's laughter.

"Looks like...... It's a draw again..... Ace." I say between laughter and panting.

"Yeah...... Good fight....... Miyaki." Ace responds, still panting himself.

Eventually he pushes himself up, and I push myself up so I'm sitting on the ground when he walks over to me to give me a helping hand. He reaches his hand out towards me, and I take his offer and he pulls me up. Though, he uses a bit too much force and I end up face planting into his chest. I feel my cheeks heat up slightly, and I just laugh, as I step away from Ace.

"Good fight Ace!" I grin at him with my signature grin.

He returns my grin with his own, and so we walk over to Oyaji.

"You two are getting better, and you really have improved a lot since you first came here my daughter." Pops says as he laughs a little bit himself, "Gurararara!"

"You bet she has Pops!" A certain pompadour hair styled man says as he slings an arm around my shoulders.

"So has Ace, but then again, he's always been a pretty good fighter yoi." A pineapple man says slinging his arm around Ace's shoulders.

I sigh and shake my head while smiling and rolling my eyes, "Ace has been pushing me, in a good way, into trying to fight and get better. He's basically become my rival in that aspect." A giggle a little bit as Ace turns and looks at me with a proud smirk on his face.

"You should've seen him before he joined us." Thatch says chuckling at our childish behavior along with the rest of the crew.

"Oh? What was he like then?" I ask in a teasing tone, smirking while looking at Thatch.

"Thatch, I'm not letting you tell her. Look, Miyaki-san.... I was on this ship, and didn't accept anything they did or said. I tried to kill pops who knows how many times. Eventually Marco here" Ace says pointing to Marco whose arm is still draped over his shoulder, "talked to me, and shortly after I ended up joining. After that, I became the second division captain, pretty recently."

"So you really were even more of a hothead than you are now?" I ask playing surprise, laughing.

"MIYAKI!!" Ace yells lunging at me.

Thatch pulls his arm off of my shoulders so he doesn't get caught in the crossfire, and just before Ace can tackle me, I step to the side. Slightly wincing at the thud he made landing on the deck, I hold a hand out to him, bending my legs a little bit so I don't hurt my back or anything. Ace grumbles looking up at me, reaching out and taking my hand, but he pulls me down, rolling over onto his back in the process, on top of him making me yelp.

"Portgas D. Ace!!!!" I yell pounding my fists on his chest as he wraps his arms around me to keep me still, him laughing at my reaction.

"Alright, enough messing around you two, yoi." Marco says prying Ace's arms off of me, Thatch swinging in and scooping me up and away from Ace.

I pout, my cheeks heating up a slight bit as I'm put back on the deck on my own feet. Ace is still laughing as Marco pulls him to his feet. I roll my eyes at him looking away, back to Whitebeard who is chuckling.

"Now now my sons and daughter, let's get started with the chores now, you can play and rough house once you're done." He smiles down at us.

I nod and run off to get the supplies to clean the deck, Ace getting the tools we need for cleaning.