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Tashigi looked at the man who stared at her while grinning as if she was his best friend; it was slightly unnerving to say the least. One of the questions which clouded her mind was how someone who had just been taken prisoner be so happy? Tashigi simply stared at him, an officer of the government in a mental lockdown with a man who had once been offered a position as a Shichibukai when he was captain of the Spade pirates. Since then he went on to become one of Whitebeard's sons making him an incredibly powerful foe.

"What made you become a pirate?" asked Tashigi, wanting to get into the mind of a notorious criminal. She had tried to interrogate pirates in the past but most of them didn't talk or yelled in a fit of rage.

"Don't people usually ask for the others name first?" asked Ace in response.

Tashigi was taken back a bit by the fact that this criminal was talking about common courtesy. "I already know who you are, you're 'Fire Fist' Ace, one of the most powerful pirates in the world," she said trying to regain the power of the conversation.

"Then should you not introduce yourself afterwards, should I at least know who I am talking to?" asked Ace again showing unnatural composure for a man in his position.

"Why should I give out that sort of information?"

"If I can't trust you to answer questions then what's to say that I will?"

"My name is Tashigi," said Tashigi in a soft voice after a momentary pause. She was aware that Ace was laying traps in his conversation.

"Nice name," he commented causing Tashigi to look at him in confusion before composing herself.

"Could you answer my question?" asked Tashigi in a demanding tone yet still a soft voice.

Ace sighed as he turned his head to look out the small window. "I guess you could say that it's in my blood but there's more to it than that," said Ace calmly. "Me and my brothers always wanted a sense of freedom, we were all trapped in a world that none of us liked and we all wanted to be free."

"Where are your brothers now?" asked Tashigi.

Ace reached into his pocket with his cuffed hands and pulled out his brother's Vivre Card. Positioning it in his palm it pointed in a random direction. However one of the most shocking things was that it wasn't pointing flat, instead it was at an angle pointing upwards. "Right now it looks like Luffy's on a Sky Island," Ace said cheerfully.

"Sky Island? I thought those things were only a myth," said Tashigi in astonishment.

"No they're as real as day, just getting to them though is the hard part," said Ace with a smile.

"Wait a minute did you say your brother was named Luffy?" asked Tashigi not wanting to have mistaken this crucial piece of information.

"Does that mean you know of him?" asked Ace looking optimistic.

"He's the guy we're hunting down," said Smoker in a gruff voice as he interrupted the conversation. Both Tashigi and Ace turned to look at him and wondered how long he had been listening in on the conversation.

"Commodore," said Tashigi doing a quick salute of respect.

"Enough of that crap," said Smoker as he stood next to her. His eyes locked onto Ace as he blew out a puff of smoke from his cigar. "So Straw-hat's on a Sky Island is he? Guess we'll need to find out where he is likely to come from."

Taking out a key from his pocket, Smoker opened up the cage which restrained Ace. Fire fist looked at Smoker with an aura of calmness before Smoker punched Ace straight across the jaw, knocking him straight to the ground. Tashigi watched the show of force without a word; she didn't want to voice her opinion against her superior. Smoker bent down and picked up the Vivre card which Ace had dropped in the act. He then stepped out of the cage and handed the card to Tashigi while Ace got back to his feet, the smile never leaving his lips.

"Take this up to the helmsman and tell him to set course to wherever this leads," instructed Smoker as he turned back into the cage. Tashigi nodded before walking away as she heard a sickening thud.

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Its short I know but this is mostly a conversation based story so it's going to be a bit like this. Please review.