The Girl on Fire

                                    

                                          
*Arya*
                          
My eye cracks open and I am greeted by tangerine colored head of hair. For the past week and half that we have been on the sea, I finally made it out of the infirmary and into a real bed in the women's room.
                          
The past week has been pretty relaxed with the crew. I have been training like mad for the whole week. Practicing my sword skills with Zoro and sparing with Luffy for close combat. Anyone who wanted to spar, I took the opportunity.
                          
After getting utterly defeated by Kizaru, I knew that people in the New World were far past my expectation. Part of me was happy with this. It only meant that I could train more to awaken my devil fruit, perfect my Haki, and become deadly with my sword.
                          
I slip out of my sheets making no sound. I toss on a comfy purple t-shirt and loose black pants that I tuck into my beloved knee high boots.
                          
As I step out onto the deck I see an unusually presence.
                          
"Hey Usopp what are you doing up so early?" I question.
                          
The long nosed man turns around so I can see his goggled face and in his hands his trusty slingshot, "Oh! Good morning Arya. I am just trying to practice."
                          
I look around confused for a moment and ask, "Well where are your targets?"
                          
Usopp points a tan finger way up to the mast, "I placed them way up there so that I couldn't see them."
                          
I pause for a moment when the pieces click together, "Your Kenbunshoku Haki awakened didn't it?"
                          
He strikes a pose with his thumb up and a cocky smile, "I am a God after all! Of course I have Haki! I have mastered every form!"
                          
I step up to his side and stare up at the mast and talk into the sky, "So you know that using that type of Haki, you can only sense presences of living things right? It is not like a pair of binoculars that can just zoom in on anything."
                          
"uuuuuuuuuhhhhhh...." Usopp withers.
                          
I shake my head, "You haven't told the others about this have you?"
                          
The curly haired man shakes his head sorrowfully, "No I wanted to get it under control first so I would impress them with my strength."
                          
I clamp a hand down on his shoulder, "So let's train shall we?"
                          
He smiles large and tips his hat back, "Thanks a million Arya!"
                          
Holding up a finger I flicker in and out of sign. When I appear again I am holding a white handkerchief from the kitchen. I reach around Usopp, "Alright hold still. We will start off with something simple and close then we will go from there okay?"
                          
As I secure the blindfold Usopp pumps his fists, "Bring it on!"
                          
I pace a circle around Usopp, "Okay now. Try to focus not on my voice but on my aura, my spirit."
                          
From where I stand I can feel Usopp furrow his eyebrows hard in concentration.
                          
Smack!
                          
"Ow! Hey what was that for!?" Usopp complains.
                          
"Well if you use your Haki you could have blocked the attack. I just walked up to you and hit you." I scold. "Now again!"
                          
This goes on for a while. Usopp's progress is.... there. It is only his first day of training. He manages to block about one in every 10 to 15 hits.
                          
I stop for a moment, "You are not doing awful for your first day."
                          
I can sense Usopp roll his eyes, "Thank you that is encouraging. . . sigh. . . ahhh!  Arya what are you doing!?"