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Eight years later...
Upper Yard had changed a lot.
Now a country stood there, people where going on their daily lives with a smile on their faces, people wearing white clothes interacting with people in red clothes with darker skins happily.
And in the middle of this peaceful country stood a temple with a wide courtyard, if not for it's width it would be kind of inconspicuous.
Inside the temple, in the middle of the courtyard sat an old man in white robes leisurely sipping tea while looking at a beautiful teenage who was standing in front of three thick steel poles aligned perfectly in line with little space between them.
The teenage girl was quite stunning, Braided long blue hair that went down all the way to her lower back, white porcelain skin and tall with curves that can make other woman jealous.
She was wearing a sleeveless black tank top, black leather pants, black boots that went up just below her knees, a long sleeveless dark blue coat that went down the middle of her tight and finger-less black gloves attached to a bracer the same color that reached her elbows.
Strapped to her left waist was an inconspicuous katana.
Looking at the young teen that has become like a daughter to him with satisfaction, Gan Fall was thinking in his mind.
'Little Lara has really grown up, to think that she has become so powerful.'
Gan Fall was satisfied with his student, Not only because of how powerful she has become but also because of all the good changes she brought with her.
First After learning mantra she discovered other ways of using it.
One was called Black mantra, where the user coat his body or fist with it, it can not only strengthen the user's attack and defense, but it also allow them to fight back against devil fruit users like Logia types.
It was still new and not lot of people can use it well or at all in Upper Yard, but one of them was himself.
He was quite happy to be able to finally fight back against his student, after all it was really embarrassing to be powerless against a little girl that look up to you...
And then there was the supreme mantra that only his student can use, where the user overpower people with little willpower and make them feint.
His student caused quite the ruckus trying to learn to control it, the people who feinted because of her...
Yes his student was a mischievous little devil that everyone here love and look up to.
After all it was thanks to her that Shandia and Skypiea can live in peace with each other after so long, she found the golden bell and offered it to the shandian in an act of peace.
After that with the help of both shandian and Skypiean they took it down and is now rang every year to symbolise the creation of a new country that Lara convinced everyone to create.
Suddenly the atmosphere changed.
Lara opened her beautiful dark blue eyes abruptly, she crouched a little,her right hand went to her katana but the moment it touched the handle,the black sword was already by her other side unsheathed.
Slowly she sheathed the sword that had turned back to metallic grey.
The moment the sword returned to the scabbard with a click, all the steel poles topped and fell to the ground with a loud boom.
The cut part looked smooth like a mirror.
Straitening back to a leisure posture, Lara turned around and looked at her teacher or more like grandfather with eyes twinkling like stars.
"Did you see that teacher?!I am the strongest in the word now!Mouhahahahaaaa!"
While laughing loudly she was shadow boxing in excitement , a bad idea really...
Thing is that the Goro Goro no mie was really a cheat...
Using lightening to train the body and then heal it could create quite the monster.
So after training her physique for so long her casual shadow boxing had created quite breeze, Gan Fall's hair and beard were moving around...
"Ahem!"
As if awakened by the sudden caught, Lara stopped her movement then proceeded to scratch the back of her head sheepishly with a grin.
"haaah..."
Gan Fall let ou a heavy sigh.
'If only she was more modest...'
"As if a little pipsqueak can be the strongest in the world, just yesterday you came to me crying because you were afraid of a little serpent..."
"Hey that wasn't yesterday you old man, that was six years ago, and what do you mean little?!Nola is Huuuuge!"
Cried Lara in indignation.
Looking at her, Gang Fall couldn't hide his smile.
Of course as a teacher he could not let Lara think that she is too strong even if he himself think that she really is strong...
After they calmed down the atmosphere suddenly turned heavy.
Gan Fall's smile turned a little forced.
"So, you are leaving now?"
Lara looked at him with an apologetic but determined look.
"Yes, it's time...you know that I wanted to see the world with my own eyes since I was little."
After the first time she saw Upper Yard and felt the thrill, she made up her mind to go see what the world could offer, thinking how would water seven, Fishman island or Zou that she saw in the story look like in reality she could not repress her excitement.
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.
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Standing by the side of the gate with 'cloud end' engraved on top, Lara was looking at the crowd in front of her with teary eyes.
In front of her, a lot of people where sending her off and at the fore front, little kids were crying, leading them was a little girl with red hair and red eyes crying like a crocodile.
"Sister Lara don't leave!waaaah!"
Aisa was still young, younger than when the Mugiwara would come by perhaps two or three years.
Looking at them Lara crouched down and patted their head with a kind smile.
"I will miss you all, really but I have to go."
The kids' crying intensified, Lara stood up helplessly and looked at her best friends Conis and Laki.
"Take care of yourself would you?"
They smiled warmly and said at the same time.
"You too."
No need for more words their gaze said it all.
turning around she smirked at a grumpy faced teenager looking away from her as if trying to think she was not there.
"Hey!Wiper don't be a tsundere and send me off like a real man!"
Wiper glared at her with a red face.
"Shut up you bimbo, who would want to send you off?!"
"Who's a bimbo you baldy!"
"And who's a baldy, take that back!"
"As if you mahawk!"
"And who's a mah!...What's a mahawk?"
"It's a grumpy faced uncle who only know how to scare kids."
"Ok I'll fight it out with you!"
"As if, I'll just kick your ass!"
They started to glare at each other while bumping foreheads, and the people around them looked at them with warm gazes.
After all it's now an everyday occurrence.
Their relationship started as enemies because Shandian could not tolerate her as God's student, and Wiper was always first to find trouble with her and she always kicks his ass.
After the reconciliation, because the two were to stubborn to admit their friendship, they became rival, even if she always kick his ass...
Turning around with a 'humph!' she was greeted with an elder adorning a wolf skull on his head.
"Chief."
She greeted him with a smile.
He returned her smile and presented her with a long wrapped package.
"This is for you."
Taking the package in her hands curiously, she unwrapped it.
What greeted her was a dark blue scabbard with silver decoration with a dark green ribbon wrapped around it, a black handle wrapped in blue silk, and a silver, somewhat flat guard.
When she put her hand on the handle, she felt something like resonance.
Looking at it in fascination, she unsheathed the blade and what greeted her was a sharp silver that can reflect so perfectly. It was so beautiful that it was scary.
"This...I can't..accept this..."
looking at the elder she refused gift, even thought she was reluctant to let go of it.
The chief looked at her gently, pushed back the sword toward her.
"I can feel Kurikara here accepted you, she isn't easy to please you know? Even I don't know if there ever was someone who could make her accept them, everyone I know who tried had the feeling of rejection and where forced to return it, just take her with you, and I know that you really need a good sword."
At that Lara looked down at Kurikara with Adoration, it was true that she needed a good sword, because of her devil fruit ability, no sword could last long even while coating it with haki.
But she has a feeling that Kurikara now is a part of her and won't break because of some devil fruit power.
So with determination she exchanged the sword in her waist and bowed toward the elder.
"Thank you chief!"
He nodded at her returned to the crowd.
Finally it was time for the last person she had to greet.
Looking at Gan Fall standing there with Pierre, her eyes turning moist she jumped into his arms and he hugged her back.
"I'll miss you teacher..."
"I'll miss you too."
Reluctantly stepping back, she wiped her tears and tore her eyes from his warm gaze.
She gave pierre a pat on the head before turning around and made her way toward the edge with only a sword and a large bag pack.
Accompanying her every step was the most beautiful bell sound resounding throughout the lands.
The people were seeing her off, some with a smile, others with tears, it was a warm scene...
Then someone raised a good question.
"Hey! where is her boat?"
Everyone quieted down and looked at Lara who had already stopped by the edge.
She turned toward them.
Waved her hand.
Smirked and with a:
"Good bye Everyone!"
And she jumped.
Everyone looked dumbfounded with jaw hitting the floor and eyes bulging.
""LARA!""
And with that last warm farewell and the sound of a bell, our little Lara Fell for her next or perhaps first adventure outside home...
Literally...
If you are thinking that Lara is too Overpowered, I wan tall you that you are wrong, having eaten the Goro Goro no mie, she couldn't be weak after all, but as how much strong she is? You will understand later.