From Ninja to Pirate

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True and genuine
You will always be
You will always remain a true friend to me
When times are bad
You're there to understand
That's how I know that you are--
True and genuine
We cry
We laugh
We share all our fears
Nothing can come between us because you are always near
True and genuine
Yes, that is you
The look in your eye is what makes you so true
Genuine you are because you will always be there
I've looked for the flaws and I find none there
How we came to be
Was much a surprise to me
But the fact that we're inseparable is what matters to me
True and genuine
You will always be
You will always remain a true friend to me

-Keyeria Sowell

Five years later, Natsuki turned eighteen, and stood on a small fishing boat, on the dock, where her life with her brothers first started.

She smiled at the sky without a cloud in sight, and looked into the sea, with water so calm, you could see your own face without a ripple disturbing it.

"Natsuki!! I'll meet you in the Grand line okay!? You grant your own dreams as well alright!" Luffy yelled at his sister.

"Of course!! You become a pirate king, and I'll become the fifth emperor of the sea!!" Natsuki replied.

"Only two more months until I set out as well!! Watch your back Natsuki! I will surpass you!!" Ace declared, since for these past five years, he could never win with strength against her.

"Over my dead body you idiot!" Natsuki smiled fondly at her two brothers, then looked down at her feet. She had no shoes on, which had a reason behind it.

After Benn's warning of not letting her kiss everything she wanted to keep the Hiraishin mark on, she developed another, much more efficient way of placing seals on people and objects. She decided to draw seals on her feet, which allowed her to imprint her hiraishin seal everywhere her feet touched. So if she walked barefoot, she could literally escape out of anywhere to anywhere she had been to before.

She wore a green kimono with only one sleeve, and anbu trousers with a black tank-top, which could be seen from parts the kimono didn't hide. She tied her red hair in a ponytail and had a fox mask slid to the back of her head for now. She refused to show her identity, as it could raise questions to her connections with her parents, and if that happened, her bounty would rise just for that reason only.

Natsuki wanted a bounty which was proven by her, and her strength only. Not the influence her father and her deceased mother had. She carried Kusanagi on her back, and multiple weapons were hidden in her baggy kimono.

Looking at her brothers one more time, she waved at them, and left, her small boat slowly engulfed by the horizon.

~o0o~

Her dream was to be a Yonko just like her father, but to get to such a position, she knew she had to have at least a few crewmates.

So with the thought in mind, she set off, looking for someone who would be her first mate.

~o0o~

She was at an island named Bangloo, just around Christmas when she heard the screams.

"Help!! The demon's here! The snow king has come to get us all!!!" Face hardening as she heard the insult, she decided to visit, this so called 'demon', wondering if worthy to be her first mate.

"Oi. Girl. Didn't you hear them? I'm the Snow King. The Demon of winter. You shouldn't come near me." A rough, scratchy voice echoed from a cave dimly lit by the full moon.