From Ninja to Pirate

21

She hates you,
You hate her,
Days go by,
All in a blur.

She knows you,
You know her,
She likes all things
With tufts of fur.

She tells you,
You tell her,
Things gone wrong,
Things in a stir.

She calls you,
You call her,
She loves you,
And you love her.

-author

It took a while to calm down the raging girl. Kanki and Uki were like water and oil. The moment they saw each other, all they expressed was hate.

"Who's this little brat!" Kanki yelled at the small blue haired girl.

"This 'little brat' just saved a man you nearly killed! A thank you would be appreciated! Natsu-nee!? What are you doing with this kind of man!?"

"Excuse you! It wasn't my fault that this snow dude takes my glove off to touch me! Why should I thank a person who insulted me without finding out what happened first?"

"Because I saved his life you daft idiot! Be more alert for goodness sake! It's a bloody glove! Wouldn't you notice if he took it off!?"

"Uki-"

"-Besides! Why would Fuyuki-nii touch your hand on purpose!?"

"Uki!" Natsuki stopped her before things got any worse. "Uki. This is Kanki. Our new crewmate. Kanki, this is Uki. The one I was talking about, who can control rain."

"WHAT!?" They both yelled at the same time.

"You heard me. Also, it's good to see you two are already such good friends." Natsuki smirked, watching the two of them shake their heads in denial so quickly, it could tear off any second.

Natsuki quickly scanned over Fuyuki to check if he was alright, and relaxed when his vitals were fine. "Sahara-san. Thank you for letting us take your son."

"Please take good care of him. He's the only part of my family I have left."

"Of course." Natsuki smiled kindly at the old man, and Fuyuki nodded as well. Kanki went to hug his father, and Uki lost her snark.

"Take care of your body. Say hi to mum for me." Kanki didn't say goodbye, and it wasn't necessary.

"I'll be looking forward to see your bounty Kanki! Good luck!" Natsuki gestured for Uki and Fuyuki to hold her shoulder, and she herself held Kanki's shoulder. With a flicker of lightning, they all disappeared, reappearing on board their very own Kaizoku-gunkan.

Kanki managed to only throw up in his mouth, impressing even Uki.

Autumn and Spring who were anxiously waiting for Natsuki; jumped up, as four presences entered their sensory zone.

"How'd it go?" Haruki asked impatiently. "Did you find a new member?"

"It went fine. Let me introduce to you, our sixth and final season, the season of dryness: Kanki." Kanki awkwardly bowed, rubbing his neck.

"My name is Kanki. Apparently I ate the kasa kasa no mi. The dry dry fruit. So please don't force my gloves off, if you don't want to turn into a thin stick." He warned, looking down. Fuyuki slapped his back.

"Sorry about that mate. Natsuki wanted you to understand that we're capable of healing anyone who's affected by your powers."

"Well, I don't doubt your capabilities, but I'd rather not have this little midget shout in my ear every time she has to use her powers to heal ones who are affected by mine." He pointed at the small girl of rain, who was over two heads shorter than him.