Tashigi does not discriminate. No matter your sex, Tashigi will defeat you. That is, if you are a criminal. If not, Tashigi will not cut you down, for Tashigi is more honorable than a dirty pirate.
Tashigi is a Marine. Tashigi is a swordsman. Tashigi is strong. Tashigi cannot be defeated.
(Tashigi is also clumsy, nearsighted, and often quite reckless.)
Tashigi was defeated by Sora that day, and Tashigi felt useless. Tashigi felt as if the world was falling down, because Tashigi had been defeated by a pirate. Tashigi was filled with rage and embarrassment. Tashigi felt inferior, and not a soul had told Tashigi that before. Tashigi had never even dared to think the thought.
So Tashigi will train, and so he will defeat her.
Haha, it's been a while. (A looong while.) Well I figured this was as good a time as any: I'll be away for the next week with no hope of any Internet access, and we have 10,000 hits on this story! I am just blown away. 10,000. It's incredible. I mean a good number of them are probably people just looking at the first chapter and clicking away, but still. It means somebody was interested in my summary, and wanted to check this story out.