Chapter 4 The Marine Shoi
Marine ranks:
Gensui- fleet admiral
Taishou- admiral
Chujo- vice admiral
Junsho- commodore
Taisa- captain
Chusa- commander
Shosa- lieutenant-commander
Taii- lieutenant
Chui- junior grade lieutenant
Shoi- ensign
Socho- master chief petty officer
Gunso- chief petty officer
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Both Zoro and Sanji's gaze focused on Hikari, who had a bored and carefree expression on his face, quite similar to a certain captain of their's. "Yeah? So?" Zoro replied, his eyes narrowing in suspicion. Hikari looked to the left, a strange look on her face. "Well, truth to be told, I'm a marine shoi…" Hikari said in a monotonous tone. At the mention of marines, both of the pirates tensed. "And? Are you out to capture us?" Sanji asked, eyeing Hikari suspiciously. To both their surprise, the girl grinned at them and said, "I have no direct orders whatsoever of capturing pirates, and for those who know me, I hate trouble. So by the time I walk to the end of the bridge and walk down those stairs, then get back to this area, you two would probably be gone. But still," Hikari shrugged, a devious glint in her auburn eyes. "What else could I possibly do?" Without another word, she started walking to the end of the bridge, just like she said she would. Zoro and Sanji stared after her for a moment, and then both of them started to walk away in the opposite direction.
Looking back over her shoulders, Hikari checked that both men were not in view anymore. Smiling to herself, she continued on to the street beyond the bridge, not taking the normal stairs down. "Roronoa Zoro… Somehow, that name rings a bell…" the shoi muttered to herself. With a realizing ah, Hikari hit her fist into her palm. "Right… the pirate Tashi-chan wanted to beat!"
"Why did that boy let us go?" muttered Sanji. "He was a good person…?" Zoro suggested, though disgusted after his own words. "Well, as far as I know, marines are not kind to unknown pirates!" Sanji answered sarcastically, which triggered another fight, drawing a whole lot of attention before Nami appeared out of the blue and smacked them both on the head. "Nami-swan!!" Sanji cooed, his eyes in hearts and feet swirling. "What was that for?!" Zoro scowled, rubbing his aching head. "Don't draw attention to yourselves! How many times do I have to tell you that?! Right now all of us have bounties on our heads, so we have to be more careful outside!" Nami hissed. Zoro just scoffed and stood up. "I can beat any bounty hunters that come our way!" Without looking back, Zoro walked in the direction he thought the ship was in…
"Yo! Smoker-chujo! Tashi-chan!" Hikari greeted, waving her hand enthusiastically. Tashigi smiled and waved back, while Smoker ignored her and continued to puff out smoke from his cigar. "Ne, Tashi-chan! You'd never believe who I saw at town today!" Hikari said as she walked aboard her commodore's ship. "Who?" Tashigi was used to this: daily reports of "hecka cute guys" in town. "The guy you're so obsessed with! That marimo swordsman Roronoa Zoro!" This caught both marines' attention. "What?! The Mugiwara crew is here?" Smoker bellowed. With a surprised expression, Hikari nodded. Then, to no one in particular, Smoker said, "Ha, today will be your death date Mugiwara…"