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In a dark cave a single glowing red eye shines "Just a little longer and we shall meet Mito my rider"

With Mito

4 years 4 years have passed since Mito met her new family. The years have been tough but worthwhile she still likes to be alone but she has made some new friends over the years. Her closest friend is her new snake partner Kaze they met 2 years ago.

(Flashback)

In the middle of a clearing an 8 year old Mito can be seen meditating with no fear of the nearby predators. Her Kaa-san was a bit nervous about letting her go but with a little bit of persuasion she was allowed to go. The reason why she wanted to go was to work on her Mokuton sensing to find out what the range of it was and that wasn't something she could do with her kaa or oba Chans with their devil fruits. So with a calming breath Mito slowly lets the power of nature wash over her. While she can't bend it to her will she can sense all the nature for most of the island to the edge of her range she can feel her kaa-sans unique signature.

"5 miles I guess that is the range of my sensing for now."

"Impressive kit being able to sense your kaa-san that far out can be very useful"

"Thanks nee-Chan "all of a sudden a breeze comes by that sounds like something is crying

'What was that there shouldn't be any wind here and I thought I heard crying'

"Why don't you follow it and find out just be careful."

"Got it nee-Chan"

After about an hour of walking they come across a young snake that is mostly white curled up in a ball crying but the strangest part was that the wind in the area seems to be coming from her.

"Hello there little one what's wrong?" Mito asks it trying to calm her down

"Sob... all the other animals treat me like I'm a monster"

Now this really gets to Mito as it is similar to how she was treated when she was younger

"Why would they do that? "

"You can understand me?" the snake asks confused as she isn't used to humans or anyone being able to or wanting to talk to her.

"Yes I can understand all animals and even plants to an extent. Now why are you so sad?"

"Because I hate a weird tasting fruit that makes me turn into wind!"

"You ate a devil fruit! Cool!"

"You don't hate me or fear me?"

"Nah my kaa-Chan ate one of them to." When she said that the snake disappears into the wind and reappears around Mito hugging her

"Thank you thank you are the first one to ever be nice to me."

"It's no big deal you are a lot like me when I was younger and I can't let anyone be treated like that when I can help it."

"You were treated like a monster?" she asks curiously

"Yes before my kaa-Chan found me I was always beaten or ignored by everyone around me."

The young snake listens as Mito tells her more about her life both before and after her recue and as they finish they notice the sun starting to go down.

"Well we should get going I don't want to worry kaa-Chan about being gone for so long."

"We?" the snake asks confused

"Yeh your coming home with meal Kuja have a snake partner and if no one else will be your friend you can be my friend and partner."

The young snake starts to cry in joy until Mito stops and asks sheepishly

"I never got your name hehe"

"My name is Hebikaze but you can call me Kaze for short"

"Ok let's go Kaze we have a lot of training to do to become the best partners ever!"

(Flashback end)

In the last 2 years Mito and Kaze became inseparable due to their similar pasts. Mito has also changed a little over the years her dark red hair is usually in a high ponytail going down to her waist. her cloths preferences tend to be simple jeans and t shirts nothing fancy but her gloves are another story after starting her second phase of training she was allowed to look into her father's sealing notes and started with a few simple seals like the storage seals covering her gloves containing her Uzumaki swords and a bunch of custom made arrows to go with Kaze's bow form.

Her custom arrows are built uniquely as they are built to be easier to control with Kaze's wind power to go farther and alter its course slightly midflight however the arrows themselves aren't all that she has custom made she has many custom seals that can be attached to the arrows with multiple effects from explosions to large flashes of light. She is currently working on a seal to hold a large amount of water that can be either released regularly or on impact when she fires it from an arrow. While she hasn't mastered it yet she can do basic water manipulation and as she gets better with it she will need ways to get lots of water even in areas where it is hard to find.

She has also made a new friend of her archery instructor Marguerite who is a one of the younger Kuja yet she is skilled with a bow and her kaa-Chan wanted to try and get her out some more. With time the two became friends and Mito started coming out of her shell more and more around the other Kuja tribe members. It didn't hurt that they respected strength and even though she is the youngest on the island she is already one of the best archers as she can hit a target at a range none other can. Mostly thanks to Kaze but none of them know that as like her kaa and oba-Chan's they keep Kaze's powers hidden in plain sight.

Her archery isn't all that has improved her speed and strength have also increased greatly thanks to her kaa-Chan's and nee-Chan's hellish torture that they call training

It started just like any other day but Just as the sun is shining Boa Hancock barges into her musume's room and "shouts rise and shine it's time to start your physical training"

That was a day I will never forget as she tested my strength and speed in many different tests from lifting boulders to running laps to even having Salome start chasing me around town.

We learned that day that while I'm stronger than an average girl my age thanks to Kurama my strength is really in my speed and endurance from all the practice I got when I was younger running for my life.

So we focused on that getting my speed up and with my endurance it went be very fast I already was faster than most of the Kuja to start now I am faster than even Kaa-chan. She says in a few years I'll be fastest women on the planet. My strength training didn't go as well but it still did go well with the gravity and resistance seals Kurama put on me my strength has risen to be able to lift double my own weight while there are others far stronger than me on the island my style isn't about brute strength.

I am proud to say my training is going great and I should finally be starting up on my swordsmanship I was reflecting on the past years I didn't notice the sun go down and being in the middle of the woods in the spot I met Kaze I was a good hour or 2 away from home.

"Ugh I hate it when I lose track of time well time to head home."

As I start to walk through the woods I find myself lost as everything looks different then she is used to during the day. As she continues walking she trips over a root and falls into a large cave and blacks out. A few hours later Mito looks up and can see the sun.

"kaa-Chan is going to be so worried but nothing I can do know that wall is too high to climb normally and looks to unstable to try and chakra climb may as well start exploring this cave."

As Mito walks down the cave she can't help but admire the designs as there are carvings all along the walls of different dragons in epic battles with humans on the backs.

All of a sudden a deep voice shouts "who goes there!"

"My name is Mito and I fell into this cave and am trying to find a way out."

"So you have finally arrived Mito Uzumaki –Namikaze."

"How did you know my full name I only told you my given name" she asks on guard

The deep voice chuckles and comes out of the shadows reveling a huge dragon with pitch black scales and glowing red eyes

"I know who you are Mito because I am Ryukage the last shadow dragon and you are my rider."

(And end)

I know these chapters are short but the training chapters aren't easy for me to write I'm trying to make her growth somewhat realistic.

Yes she is extremely fast but she has seals on limiting her speed unless she needs it

I know the names for Hebikaze and Ryukage are simple but I'm not that great with names and I don't know about you but Ryukage sounds cool even if it is simple

There should only be another 2 or 3 chapters before cannon time when Mito meets the straw hats I'm still torn between if she joins the crew makes her own or just travels alone. Either way she will end up crossing paths with the straw hats a lot though I am leaning towards her joining just going of alone at some points.