From Ninja to Pirate

7

They say how you treat others tell your personality
And there will never be respect without humility
Good manners and politeness will define you differently
Because a person's a person, no matter how small they may be.

Speak up nicely when you have smart and valuable ideas
Have a broad mind to embrace our differences and uniqueness
Because a person's feeling could never be a solid rock
That you can throw over and over again, and never gets hurt.

The golden rule always tells its important lesson
Teaching us to value each and every creature
Because in the eyes of god, we are all His treasures
No one is perfect, but we are all valuable to the nation.

Respect is earned, and it will never be given
So treat others the way you want to be treated
You can always say it nicely, politely and humbly
Believe me, blessings will come your way indefinitely!

-Alje Lomuntad

Natsuki watched as her ship left, slowly shrinking until it was swallowed by the horizon. Wiping away the last of her tears, she turned to Luffy, who had been there to send Shanks off, and noticed the straw hat on his head.

"Natsuki!? They forgot you behind!" In total shock, he stood there gaping like a fish.

"Luffy, I've decided to stay with you guys. Would you allow me to live with you guys?" She put his straw hat on his head, rather than hang it on his back, smiling fondly at him.

"You're staying with us!? Yay!!!" He immediately leapt onto her torso, wrapping his lengthy rubber arms around her waist, crushing her if it weren't for her years of training.

"Lu, tight... Crushing... Can't... Breathe..." After being released, she kissed his head in the middle of his obsidian tufts and promised to get stronger to one day protect him from harm as well.

"Let's go Natsu!" He ran off, a bright smile on his face, leaving her to run after him, the same smile on her face too.

"I thought you left with them." Ace said when he found her and Luffy in the treehouse, chatting about their dreams.

"Nope! Here to stay until I'm eighteen!"

"Eighteen? I'll be leaving when I'm seventeen you know! One year earlier than you!" Sabo said, somewhat happy that he was older. Or that was what he thought.

"Haha, you think I'm your age? You two are eleven, right?"

"You're saying you're older?"

"Yeah. I'm twelve." The two looked at her sceptically,

"No you're not."

"Yes I am!"

"Then why are you the same height as us?" She rolled her eyes.

"You know my dad, Shanks? And Yasopp? Did you meet him?" Ace and Sabo shook their heads and she groaned. She then had an idea.

"What I'll show to you now is a secret that you mustn't tell anybody okay? If you do, many people will target me to try and get a hold of this power. So I may die at one point if you tell this secret okay? Especially you Luffy. I know how loose your lips are." Luffy covered his mouth and all three of them nodded simultaneously. She didn't sound like she was joking.

"I'm a kunoichi." Luffy's and Sabo's eyes sparkled with stars taking over their pupils.

"Can you ninja stuff!? Show us! Show us!!!" She smiled and disappeared, but with a cloud of smoke, in her place was her father, towering over the boys. She then changed into a lanky man with a slightly tall nose and blond dreadlock, tight in a bandana.