From Ninja to Pirate

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Smooth roads never make good drivers
Smooth seas never make good sailors
Clear Skies never makes good Pilots.
Problem and hassle-free Life never makes a strong person
Be Strong enough to accept the challenges of Life
Don't ask Life, "Why Me?"

Instead say "Try Me!"

-anonymous

"Raise your left leg higher! You'll get greater power because of the pivot point!" Natsuki instructed Aki, who was struggling with her kicks.

In the corner of the deck, Haruki had a blindfold around his eyes, and Fuyuki standing behind him, holding his shepherd's stick with a tight grip, hacking at Haruki's defenceless back. Haruki would avoid most of the hits but would occasionally get a large bruise on his shoulder.

Uki was watching them at one of the crows nests, also keeping an eye out for marine ships. Though looking as though she was doing nothing, she actually was making it rain only on their small garden at the back of the ship, but now and then, her concentration would slip, and some droplets of water would fall on board, which was when Natsuki would go up to the crows nest, and give her some advice. Uki was also learning how to change what rained. It seemed that it was all possible with her power. So she could make different types of water rain. Such as healing water, or even polluted water; acid rain.

Aki was practicing different styles of taijutsu that Natsuki had remembered from her homeland all those years ago, learning how to use her legs along with her fists to defeat opponents. Her dream was to be the best fighter in all seas.

Haruki was currently practicing haki, though time to time, he would practice camouflaging completely, making his very presence disappear, which he could use against haki-users. He still had his dream of defeating the pirates who murdered his parents, though he only used it as an excuse to stay a pirate, which he now enjoyed being.

Natsuki was improving her skills of shadow clones, and the few jutsus she remembered in the spur of the moment. She would sometimes practice her shooting skills by testing it on a fully camouflaged Haruki, who would also get some training done, as he had to fully coat his body with armament haki, and camouflage at the same time. She would also have frequent spars with Fuyuki, who would fight back with his stick, covered in haki.

Fuyuki was using his powers over snow to try and freeze the ocean. Though he had no power over ice, he could make his snow incredibly cold, and then freeze the sea successfully. It only worked on the sea which was calm, so time to time, Natsuki would jump around on the water to create disruptions.

What Natsuki had been doing as well, was to travel around the oceans. She had used her speed to get past the whole of the Grand line, disguised as a different person for each and every island she went to. She had a seal on every single island in the Grand line, other than the New World, which she planned to travel when she was slightly stronger.

After a year of this, together with additions to Uki's training, Natsuki decided it was time to gather new crewmates, and perhaps raise each of their bounties, as well as get some money on each of their heads.

"Seasons! Gather up! We've been training now, for exactly a year. I thought that it may be time to get a bounty for some of our crewmates, as well as raise some of our already existing bounties. Who's joining?"

"ME!!" A now eleven year old Uki jumped up.

"Calm down rain. You'll make it thunder again." seventeen year old Aki sighed. "I'm in, by the way."

"Yesss!!! I get to have a new bounty!!!" fifteen year old Haruki exclaimed.

"If you're strong enough." twenty-three year old Fuyuki teased.