Half an hour passed and he was still in the bed, with his mind wondering all over the place. Now he wasn't even thinking, just daydreaming, this was a pleasure he could hardly enjoy, knowing that he had to be aware of anything that could happen and he would have to run to action."I should just forget about it, the stress and the heat of this island are making me dream those things". In fact, the island where they had arrive just yesterday was a summer island, it reminded him of Arabasta, but with more insects.
He sat up in the bed, slowly he became smoke and reappeared next to the door with his jutte in his bare back. Hi leaned down to tie up his boots, when he heard a noise coming outside the door. Footsteps and the voice of four or five marines yelling things that he couldn't understand. He Quickly tied the left boot, and rushed to open the door.
-Commodore Smoker!- a passing marine saluted him, looking scared.
-What's happening soldier?- he asked calm, but annoyed by the fact that his own soldier was scared of him.
-There are some pirates in the dock, a-a-and,-the poor guy was nervious, meanwhile Smoker was lighting two cigars as usual. His eyes wear staring at Smoker's, and Smoker's eyes were kind of angry.
-...and?- Smoker inquired.
-And Lieutenant Tashigi is arresting them...- he said finally.
At the exact moment the nervious soldier finished the sentence there was smoke moving like a storm cloud all over the hall. A second later in the deck of the ship the legs of Commodore Smoker were forming, his torso, his arms, his hands and his head appeared quickly and every marine on the deck saluted him. Those who were fighting alongside Tashigi, turned around for a second, of course, the pirates took advantage of this and two marines fell to the floor with minor wounds.
-Carry the two wounded soldiers to the ship right now!- Tashigi's little voice was clear. At the same time she ordered this she kept fighting a large man with a particularly large curve sword. Smoker kept on watching the battle. Before he joined he wanted to know how it all started, in the past he took part on Tashigi's battle to aid her. Sometimes she'd get upset and scolded the men of the ship who ran to her aid because she was capable of finishing the fight by her own, and right now, Smoker was pretty sure that Tashigi could handle this situation, but that man with the curve sword could easily take advantage of Tashigi's small body and he didn't like that idea.
-Soldier, tell me what happened- he ordered to one of the marines who were carrying the wounded back to the ship.
-We were going to get supplies, and the Lieutenant was around town...I guess - Smoker's face was confused and asking and the marine was taking so long- And since she wasn't wearing any Marine clothing, the Captain of that pirate ship attacked her, and the Lieutenant fought him and-
-AND?- this soldier was taking forever, even the man he was carrying was getting a little desperate too.
-And she won, and since their ship it's docked around here, the crew heard about it and when the Lieutenant came back this started- finally, an explanation "I guess I stayed a little too much in bed" he thought, and decided to join the fight.
Using his ability he appeared next to two of the seven pirates that remained. His smoke hands, his jutte, the pirates could only see them when they were about to be hit. There were only five now, and since Smoker had joined, the battle was over, so the marines that were fighting took their crew mates who couldn't leave the place by themselves and came back to the ship.
The five pirates, and Tashigi were surrounded by smoke, smoke that moved and a hand, a jutte and now and then, the upper body of Commodore Smoker showed up in front of the pirates blocking their way and throwing them to the ground.
Only two pirates now, Tashigi, and the smoke. One of these two pirates was the man with the curve sword, maybe the First Mate of that crew, Tashigi was blocking his movements but she looked like she was going to faint. Smoker took notice of this and quickly throw the remaining pirate a few meters in the air and rushed to Tashigi's side. He could see it now, of course she was going to faint. She had a cut on her waist, not too deep, but it had been bleeding a long time, her brown tank top was hiding this, he could only see the blood while
standing right to her side. She kept on fighting until Smoker pushed her aside and used his jutte to block the sword of the vicious man. He quickly moved his wrist and that sword fell to the ground, next to Tashigi who was on her knees pouting. Two hits in the chest, smoke, a hit in his back. The large man that was, indeed, taking advantage of Tashigi's wounded little body, was now on the floor trying to breathe. Smoker turned around to his ship, made a little gesture with his hand and ten marines came to take those pirates into the ship.

He then approached Tashigi and grabbed her by the arm, making her stand up. She looked at him with a little blush on her cheeks, pouting like she used to do when she was upset.
-Where did you get that wound?- he asked without any context.
-On town- she answered without looking him in the eyes like she used to do, she was ashamed.
-...what happened in town...-he inquired as they slolwy walked back to the ship, he was still grabbing her by the arm.
-I was shopping for supplies, when the Captain of this pirates tried to rob me.
-Fine, let's get you to the medical team then.- He didn't want to make her talk, not like this, she looked really ashamed. He could understand that feeling, a lousy second class pirate tried to rob her, and he even got to cut her, these things could happen. But they weren't supposed to happen.

As they walked to the ship, he didn't let her arm go. He realized he had run to this battle so suddenly that he had forgotten his gloves. His hands were touching Tashigi's skin, and he couldn't help by looking at her from head to toe "What am I doing?" those thoughts came back "She's wounded, and I'm thinking about a teenage dream i had".
Tashigi looked down to her feet until they reached the ship and then she asked for the medical team. Smoker let her go, and went down to the cells to see if he could get any information from those idiotic pirates who dared to attack his men. His room was in the way to the cells, so he decided to go get his gloves. He started walking around the ship, as he watched his men working. He finally got to his bedroom, he quickly
got in, put his gloves on, and moved on to the cells. He was walking down the hallway when he noticed an open door, the voice of one of the ship doctors came out.
-It's not a deep cut, so you won't have a scar.
-It's fine...thanks- Tashigi's voice, she didn't sound well.
As he listened he approached the semi open door, he had to walk past it anyways. He looked inside, and he couldn't believe what he was doing. Tashigi was sitting in the table (the bed in the doctor's room was always occupied) she was holding her tank top with one hand, just covering her chest with it, the doctor was cleaning her waist with some liquid. "Well..." he was now staring at her back, and the side of her breast escaping that censorious hand and showing him a view that he couldn't get enough of.
He was flushing, he could feel the heat in his body. "b..but how could this be, that over there is Tashigi, there's no way she could make me..." At that moment Tashigi's hand moved a little and grabbed her chest again, firmly. Maybe those dreams were a warning