I can say that I for one don’t understand the reason for why Aokiji was chosen to train me, I need a trainer who is willing to train! So far, we’ve been sailing on a ship for about three weeks and I took all that time to practice in my Domain in using my devil fruit! I can at least do my feet without any issues at this point...

I suppose I can say I enjoy the uniform they gave me, they didn’t give me one of the officer jackets or anything but instead gave me a sort of mix between a cape and a cloak, it was white since it was modelled for the marines. They even handed me their classic uniform, the one with the white shirt and blue bow and those dark blue trousers.

However, clothing aside, the entire point in me becoming a marine is to get higher up and try to reform an important part of the world! Yet Aokiji is doing nothing whatsoever and is just lazily standing there and staring at the sea! I think I’ve spent enough time pondering in my head about this.

I decided to take the initiative and approach him, he stood in front of the ship with his hands in his pocket and just gazed outwards.

“Hey! Admiral, I do believe I’ve spent enough time waiting for the so-called ‘training’, I’ve just been standing here on the ship doing nothing!” While my angry words had reached him, he didn’t turn around for a few minutes and I looked like an idiot standing there and waiting. After about ten minutes had passed he just turned around and walked away from me.

“We’re here, prepare yourself.” He spoke, the ship was beginning to approach a port. If remember correctly, isn’t this Cocoyashi Village? The home-town of Nami and the eventual ruling place of the fish-man known as Arlong. I knew we were heading to an island and I expected it to be a reclusive one which wasn’t inhabited by anyone aside from a few animals... but this is an entire village filled with people who will be important later on. “Coming?”

He stood at the edge of the ship, a ramp was leading downwards to the port, I quickly made my way towards him before we had gotten off the ship, the few marines which had accompanied took the time to stock up on a few things.

“Why a village?” I asked Aokiji, he looked down at me in response.

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t explain.” Well, he is called the most benevolent of the three admirals for a reason. “The village is quite remote from the marines, it also is quite a neutral and calm place. It’s a big island as well, and to prevent any civilians from being harmed in your training, there are also the Conomi Islands if you wish to do anything particularly dangerous. It’s the best place to be next to an inhabited island and train.”

I really gave him less credit than he deserves, this is an admiral after all, even if he is lazy he is still one of the top marines there is. If I fought him normally I’m quite certain I would lose before I had the chance to break a sweat...

Although, the important factor here is that this village contains part of the back-story for Nami at this point, considering that I’m 10 years in the past from the original story, then that means two years the mother of Nami will be killed by Arlong. Huh, so when I’m nine, I wonder if that’s a recurring number.

“Wait a second!” I was caught off-guard by the loud voice of a woman, Aokiji however just stood there and waited, it wasn’t long before... oh my... so I already get to meet her? Belle-mere, or should I just call her Beautiful Mother? She had ran down the village, wearing an apron might I add and holding a... wooden spoon? She was in the middle of cooking! She suddenly stopped when she was in front of Aokiji. “Admiral, why are you here? What is the meaning to suddenly coming here?”

“It is for the purpose of training the Ensign who is under me, Sengoku ordered for me to train her aside from other instructors and I figured this is the best place for me to train her.” Aokiji calmly explained, however his words oddly seemed to hype her up.

“Oh, it’s a new girl? Where is she?” She looked behind him and around, however she specifically avoided looking at me for some reason.

“She’s right here.” Aokiji put his hand on my head to signify my position, Belle-Mere just looked down at repeatedly switched between looking at me and Aokiji.

“How old is she?” Well, she is the only motherly figure that I am aware of in the entire story and I’m quite sure she’s good at it in some way.

“Seven.” Aokiji responded, Belle-Mere was genuinely shocked, I think I spent too much time around Aokiji at this point to think that she’s weird.

“S-Seven...?” She looked as if she was in a daze, eventually snapping out of it in a few seconds and pointing directly at Aokiji. “What are you doing to this girl? She’s only a child and you’re already training her as an Ensign! There’s only so much a child can handle, Admiral!”

I was expecting him to argue back again, but he just stood there silently, anyone would think at this moment that he was purposely ignoring her. Or was he...? He looks down at me again, he didn’t speak at all and then just looked back at Belle-Mere.

Is something wrong with him? I guess I should speak up for him if he’s not willing to.

“I apologise for his silence, but the reason I’m in the marines is not imposed, instead I willingly chose to join. It may not appear so, similar to how it appears that this guy could not possibly be high-ranking from how lackadaisical he is, but I have some tricks up my sleeve!” I do feel like I just completely insulted both me and Aokiji in the process of trying to explain the situation.

“She’s really humble, I didn’t expect that...” Belle-Mere had a subtle expression of surprise on her face as she spoke, she even giggled. How is it that hard to believe I’m polite?

“What if I added that she’s Garp’s grand-daughter?” Aokiji informed her, Belle-Mere made passage for us to walk ahead, she walked with us as we made our way down the village.

“No! You’re joking, aren’t you?” Okay, this reaction I expect from knowing Garp. I’m pretty sure anyone else would have the same reaction.

“I am not joking. Anyway, we should head towards the other islands to get started as soon as possible, she has a lot to learn.” Aokiji looked down at me again, I’m guessing he’s observing my reactions at this point. “A lot.”

“What is that meant to mean? I may not be the strongest, but I am not that weak!” I argued back at him, he simply just continued walking without considering my point. “Aren’t you going to listen to your trainee? How am I going to train efficiently if my trainer doesn’t listen to me? Hey! Don’t ignore me!”

“She’s really a child. I can even see the resemblance of Garp.” Belle-Mere commented, I don’t know if that’s an insult...

“We’ll be heading off in this direction, if there’s something urgent that needs our assistance then notify us.” We all stopped as we reached the end of the village, Aokiji pointed behind him in the direction of a few small islands.

“If you need anything from me as well, don’t be afraid to ask!” Belle-Mere happily spoke, Aokiji nodded and turned around in the direction of the islands and began walking. I waved at her and ran after him.

A few minutes later

We were on quite a big island, thanks to Aokiji’s ice ability we came here without the need of a ship and simply walked over to it. As far as I could see there was no one here and we were on a beach, it didn’t take long before Aokiji made a gesture for me to stand where I am and he moved further away, after ten or so metres he stopped and turned around to face me.

“First, I’ll test your battle ability.” By that I assume he means we’ll have a battle and the chances are I’ll lose. “Begin.”

I certainly was unprepared for the sudden fight, but nonetheless I decided to charge ahead, once I was around a metre away from him I transformed my hand into lightning and began to run even faster, however upon trying to connect the lightning with him, he just vanished, I was certain of one thing at this point...

He’s going completely easy on me. He’s not using devil fruit, nor is he using Haki or even attacking! I guess I really am weak...

Although, I wasn’t going to just stop there, even though I fell over in a humiliating fashion I did get up and see that he was standing right behind me, I jumped up to punch him again to try and see how he moves, surprisingly he just took a step in the opposite direction. Since punching isn’t working, the next step is obviously kicking!

Upon landing with my face buried within the sand, I pushed myself up and charged at him again, however I jumped before I got too close to him and transformed my foot into lightning, he simply moved again and managed to dodge me! I ended up with my foot buried in the sand and I had to pull it out.

“You’re not accustomed to using your devil fruit whatsoever, you have only demonstrated that you can transform into lightning partially, you haven’t made an effort to create or manipulate it. You have no physical strength, the time it takes you to run up and jump is the time it could take for someone to attack you. It’s clear you have some combat experience, you aimed for three vital spots; my kidneys, heart and head. If I wasn’t a logia user that would be fatal on connection. You also appear to just give up when an attack doesn’t work.” Aokiji informed me, his demeanour didn’t change whatsoever. “You also didn’t use Haki because you were worried you would be exhausted too quickly in the battle.”

He took notice of all of my weaknesses in just three simple attempts to attack him? I know I just got the devil fruit, so it’s clear I’m not used to using it. My physical strength was never that great... I had to use Busoshoku Haki entirely to defeat the bandits beforehand. My combat experience is limited as far as I can tell, I just used common sense.

This guy is kind of scary now that I think about it.

“So in other words, are you saying I’m totally useless?” I questioned him, he looked at all the spots where I fell down from my attempts.

“Have you ever handled a sword, gun or even lead men?” He asked in response.

“Nope.” I bluntly spoke, his expression didn’t change at all.

“Then if that’s the case the only thing you have going for you at this stage is your Haki, which you cannot use because your stamina when it comes to it is awful. It looks like I have my work cut out for me.” Aokiji then made a gesture for me to stand up.

I didn’t argue since I was honestly terrible without the use of Haki, I guess I shouldn’t have designed a style which focuses solely on it in hindsight.

“So, what’s first?” I inquired and stood up as he commanded, he looked as if he was lost in thought.

“First, we have to physically condition your body, you’ll do some basic training such as lifting weights and doing laps.” Am I really going into the marine version of a gym? If so, then I’m expecting it to be more difficult than a normal one. Aokiji put his hand into the air and formed... a giant sphere of ice, it was about two metres tall and a metre wide. What bugged me was the fact that he made handles similar to someone carrying backpack. “The sphere is hollow on the inside and right about now it weighs around 100 kilos, for starters, lift it.” Isn’t that bigger than an average person by a quarter? He wants me to lift that? Is he insane?

I walked up to it nevertheless and put my arms through the handles, I could feel the ice coldness on my back and on my arms. Even so, I attempted to lift it and... absolutely nothing happened., I persisted and nothing happened whatsoever.

Is he trying to mock me or something? I’m pretty sure if there’s anyone below the age of 10 who can lift that amount with no physical capabilities, they’re cheating.

“I think it’s too big.” He stated.

“You think so?” I stopped attempting to lift or even pull it at that point, since I was exhausting myself completely. “Give me something I can lift.”

The ice sphere shattered from him hitting it, the pieces fell to the ground suddenly. He made a smaller sphere, one that was about the size of my foot.

“Everyday I’ll double the amount you have to lift so you don’t soften up. That’s ten kilos.” Well, I knew there would be a catch to this at some point, so that means in five days I’ll have to lift the huge one again.

“This is something new...” I mumbled, picking up the small ice-sphere, I could lift it up without much hassle, but it did become tiring eventually, especially with the ice. “Okay, I’ll do it.”

A/N:

The training from hell begins! :S