Hey everyone, this is my first true One Piece fic. I based this story off a dream I had recently, and I was strangely a tiny girl in gothic lolita. Strange right? Anyways, I can't get the story out of my head, so I decided to publish the first chapter to see what everyone thought. This is an Aokij-based fic, so a bunch of characters will make appearances in the story, they just won't be the main focus. Also, this is not a Mary-sue, and if I'm treading into that territory with my OC, please stop me. I'm trying to break the habit. So anyways, tell me what you think and whether or not I should continue this. Thank you!

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, just my OC

Today was single-handedly the worst day of Admiral Aokiji life. He had gone to the kingdom of Alabasta for some down-time, and what had ended up happening? He ended up hand-cuffing himself to the most bizarre nine-year old he had ever met in his life.

Flash Back

Sitting down at the bar, Aokiji ordered a normal mug of rum from the bartender, not noticing another customer sitting next to him, not even hearing what the other customer ordered. But when he and the other person got their drinks, he found himself sipping the most disgusting thing he had ever tasted, and apparently so did the person next to him.

"What the hell is this crap?" They yelled at the same time. Blinking, the navy admiral turned to his left, and found himself quite surprised. Sitting beside him, was a little girl who looked no older than six, in a white dress shirt with black buttons, pink-poofy gothic skirt, black leggings, and had a black and pink lacy head-dress. She looked like some noble's kid, but considering that she was in a bar yelling profanity, he doubted it. The little girl had long brown hair that went to her butt, pale skin, and reddish-brown eyes, and had pink mary-janes as shoes. She glared at him and turned back to the bartender.

"Hey what is this shit? This isn't Coca cola!" She yelled. The bartender gulped when the navy admiral turned back to him as well.

"My apologies! I thought you two had come in together so I gave you both your drinks, but it seemed as though I got them mixed up." He replied.

She stood up on the bar-stool and raised her fist in the air. "I don't even know this guy! And who the hell confuses rum with Coca Cola? Rum's the piss of the gods, while I drink from the blood of the gods, Coca cola!" Several people actually clapped. "Also, who the hell would give a nine-year-old rum? What the hell's wrong with you?" She plopped back down to her seat with a huff. Aokiji had never been so flabbergasted in his life, the girl (apparently nine instead of six), just dissed the greatest alcoholic beverage known to man and had single-handedly scared the bartender into giving her free soda. She turned back to him and glared. "What? Do you want something?"

"No, I'm just surprised that someone as ignorant as you can walk into a bar and call the greatest beverage known man, God's piss." He replied smoothly, despite her age, she seemed interesting to talk to.

"That's because it is! I've never understood why adults drink that crap; it tastes awful, smells bad, and makes them act stupid. You're the one who's foolish for not understanding the glory of Coca-cola!" She proclaimed.

"Soda isn't glory, it's childish, so I can understand why it suits you better." He replied.

"Childish?" She scoffed. "Coming from the guy who thinks afros are still in. Seriously dude, that generation's over."

Aokiji was about to respond, but the bartender interrupted him. "Here are your drinks." They tasted it to make sure the idiot actually got it right this time, and luckily he did.

"Yo, bartender!" She got the man's attention. "Do you know if a guy who calls himself Blackbeard came through here?"Aokiji turned to her, now very interested in the girl.

The bartender looked at her weirdly, as if she had grown a second head. "He came through here a week ago, raiding the market. A girl like you shouldn't get yourself involved in someone that dangerous."

The girl seemed to ignore his comment and continued. "Do you have any idea where he was heading?"

"No, dear…sorry." The bartender sighed. "Leave it to the navy or other pirates to deal with him."

"Both systems are completely unreliable." She huffed, causing Aokiji to have a vein pop out. "Thanks anyway." She took a sip of her soda, and rested her head on her hands. After a minute or two she noticed the navy admiral was still staring. "What do you want, hentai?"

Slightly sputtering his drink, Aokiji managed to speak, although his patience was slowly running thin. "So…you're looking for Blackbeard, huh?"

"Yeah, what's it to yah?" She replied warily.

"What's a kid like you have business with someone like him?" He asked.

She snorted. "Like I'd tell you."

"As a navy admiral, I cannot allow a child, such as yourself, to seek someone as dangerous as Blackbeard." He said with some authority.

To his surprise, the girl scoffed. "You're a navy admiral, what happened? The standards lower to Peter-cotton tails or something?"

The handle on Aokiji's handle broke off, obviously from his annoyance. "I am Admiral Aokiji of the Navy, know who you speak to, kid."

She glared. "My name's Amanda, know that I'm not afraid of anyone in the marines, pirates, or world government." Aokiji raised an eyebrow.

"How do you know about the world government?" He asked.

She turned away. "Not your concern."

Taking a big gulp of the rum, Aokiji managed to calm himself before asking another question. "Do you know of a pirate named Whitebeard?"

To his surprise, the girl stiffened slightly, but tried to hide it. "No, never heard of him. Why?"

"Blackbeard killed one his crewmates on his own ship." The girl turned back to him, surprise clearly written on her face. "I take it you know Whitebeard, then?"

At this, the child glared. "No."

"How do you know, Whitebeard?" He asked.

"I said I don't know him."She said resolutely. Aokiji stared at the little girl on the bar stool and decided to go in with a different approach.

"Why are you looking for Blackbeard, kid?" He asked again.

Surprisingly, the girl relented this time. "He has information I want and it sounds like I need to find him before Whitebeard's crew does."

"So you know that Blackbeard committed a very high crime in the world of piracy, right?" He asked, she confirmed it with a nod. "Just who in the world are your parents, kid? Didn't they teach you not to do dangerous things like this?"

"I don't have parents." Aokiji blinked at the answer, and sighed sadly. Another orphan, he wondered if she was of navy or pirate blood. "I was raised by Sir, ever since I was two."

"And who's this 'Sir', exactly?" Aokiji asked, now genuinely interested, but he wasn't expecting her to actually answer.

"You probably wouldn't know him, he's a man named Gin Ichimaru."Aokiji paled. There was no way in hell she was telling the truth. "Ne, Akoji-san? What's wrong? You look pale."

"You're lying. You're lying. You're lying." The navy admiral didn't realize it, but he was now in a fetal position in the middle of the bar, rocking back and forth. He didn't even care if the girl mispronounced his name. Amanda sweat-dropped, clearly recognizing the behavior. Finally, Aokiji got off the ground and took his seat at the bar, and turned to her. "I don't know where you heard that name, but there's no one in the marines who talk about Gin Ichimaru willingly, the great conqueror of Ostrich Island."

"Ostrich Island?" Amanda grimaced. "Such a horrible thing exists?" She had to undergo training of being thrown into Sir's pet ostrich pens, which included a bunch of King Ostriches. Anyone who had suffered a similar fate, she truly felt sorry for. "So Ichimaru-san's reign of terror extends to the navy too, huh?"

"Again, I don't know who told you about him, just don't mention him again. The thought of him scary enough, the idea of him raising a child is just plain bizarre." He rubbed his head, trying to clear the massive headache. "What information does Blackbeard have that you want anyways?"

"Not your concern." She replied bluntly.

"How do you know Whitebeard?" He tried again.

"Go die somewhere." She said harshly. She reached into an invisible pocket of her skirt and took out about three beri, obviously to pay for the soda. "Thanks." She walked out of the bar in haste, eager to get away from the man. She didn't get very far, before a large hand went onto her shoulder. She turned back to the admiral. "I said go die somewhere."

"I'm sorry, but for security reasons, I'm afraid you're going to have to come with me." She glared and suddenly vanished. Aokiji didn't have time to blink before he found his ankles kicked out from underneath him, and being kicked into the air by a blunt force that hit his butt. It was when the gothic girl stood in front of Aokiji, laughing her ass off, did he realize what just happened. That settled it, the brat was going down!

Amanda finally turned to walk another direction, still laughing. After a few steps, she stoped and stared out into space for a few miuntes, and realized, she had no idea where the next island was. But that momentary distraction ended up being a fatal mistake. Before she knew it, Aokiji managed to sneak up on her and place a handcuff on her wrist. "Hey!" She cried as she tried to yank her wrist futilely.

"As I said, you have to come with me-" he was about to put the other wrist cuff on her, but suddenly, something strange happened. A common market thief ran past them in a haste, and ended up bumping into Aokiji, and after a few cuss words from the assailant, went on his way. Aokiji mumbled about inefficient security and turned back to Amanda who seemed to be rather horrified. Blinking, the admiral looked down at her left wrist, where the cuff had been placed on her, but then noticed something, her other hand was free. "Oh dear god." Realization dawned upon him when he realized just how stupid his mistake was. He just handcuffed himself to the little girl he was trying to arrest.

"Please tell me you have a key." The child asked.

"Of course I have a key, what kind of navy admiral would I be if I…didn't…have one." His voice got quieter as he searched his pockets.

Amanda's voice was blunt and harsh. "Tell me you didn't lose the key."

"I didn't lose it! I must've left it at the bar when I paid for my drink." He replied. "Let's go back and get it." He tugged the reluctant child along.

It wasn't until they reached the bar that Aokiji realized he was in quite a jam with the little fugitive. "Oh, I'm sorry. A clown pirate by the name of Buggy came in and took the keys when he found them, he said something about making himself more famous." At this, Aokiji pretty much dragged the child the dock, galloping like a horse. They got to the dock in time to see Buggy's ship disappear from sight from the island. Both looked on, mouths happening open and flabbergasted.

"I don't suppose you have a spare do you?" She asked sarcastically. When Aokiji didn't say anything, she sighed. "Useless person."

End Flashback

So here he was, on the docks of Alabasta, with a nine-year-old shackled to his wrist. This was officially, the worst day of his life. "Oi Akoji-san?" He turned to the child. "It's not that bad is it? Other marines have these keys right?"

"Yeah…" He didn't like where this was going.

"Problem solved. Let's just find another marine and have them uncuff us." She said logically.

"No! No one in the navy is finding out about this! If they do, I'll be the laughing stock of not just the navy, the Grand Line!" He said resolutely. Oh god, if Sengoku or the other admirals found out about this, they'd never let him live this down. In fact, Kizaru would make a movie about it.

"Dude, you just hand-cuffed yourself to a nine-year-old, I think your dignity has taken its last breath." She replied bluntly. "So what do you suggest we do about this then, admiral?"

Aokiji glared at the girl, and thought. They had to go after Buggy obviously, but they needed a ship, and these shackles had seastones in them, so their devil fruit powers weren't an option for defense or transport, and they were limited in movement as well. So, with no other options, Aokiji made a decision.

Again, should I continue?