Commodore Meeting (Noroimaru)

[roronoazoro]

Hikari had just gotten off her crews ship after the big fight with the Ray pirates which was actually pretty fun for her, since she hadn't had a good chance to use her powers since she had gotten them many years ago. She was in a pretty good mood and wanted to check out the place where they had held the famous pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro at. When she arrived at the posts where Zoro had been at she shook her head in disappointment. She hadn't seen such a bad and weak way to have someone held. Especially since it was outside. "Someone with Zoro's strength could easily bust the ropes and escape." as soon as she said that the Head marine currently at the base walked up to her and soluted her. 'Welcome Commodore Hikari. What brings you here to Shimoshiki Island?' he asked while still soluting.

Hikari looked at him with yet again a disappointed look. "You call this a place to keep a prisoner. Two posts made of wood and then you tie them to it with rope. I have seen at least 100 pirates who could break out of here. I can't believe the famous pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro would actually see himself worthy of a jail here. And with what i heard back when you had him captured you were building a big statue of yourself. Thats something that you should be ashamed of. You should make a statue of one of the Admirals. Like Admiral Kizaru or admiral Aokoji." she said shaking her head. Hikari left the military base and walked into the saloon. Since she was actually kinda know around these parts no pirate messed with her. she sat down and looked at the waitress. "I'll have a milk." she said waiting at her seat.

[noroimaru]

Arkard had gotten off his ship and was stiff after the fight against the Ray pirates.He went to visit Shimoshiki island since it was simply the closest island nearby.He began walking towards the Marine base to eat a meal and bumped into a wooden post.He wasn't exactly in the best of moods and with an audible roar grabbed it out of the ground and threw it at the wall shattering it into splinters and saw dust.The Head Marine didn't want to be rude towards his superior and saluted "Hello Commodore Sabin! Commodore Hikari has come here earlier are you by any chance looking for her?" Arkard turned his head to him nonchalantly.

"No, but where is she anyway?" The marine nervously made up an answer as quick as possible."She went into the town sir!" Arkard nodded and turned heading there.He walked into the town and looked around for a place to eat first.He noticed a saloon and head into there, some of the ne'erdowells sneaked out as he entered and Arkard addressed the bartender "Pint of rum and roast beef, get on it." The bartender started serving the pint and was heading back into the kitchen.Arkard took a long deep gulp and turned to see Hikari and sat across her."So, what brings you here Commodore Hikari?"

[roronoazoro]

Hikari watched as the people in the bar stared at her because she was in partial hybrid form because she left her ears out since it gave her an extra sense of hearing just in case someone tried to sneak up on her witha surprise attack. She was watching the pirates in the bar when she noticed that her fellow crew mate walked into the bar and sat across from her.

"So, What brings you here Commodore Hikari?"

She had heard that so many times before. Yet she was surprised that Sabin had come here as well. She didn't know why he was here but it looked to her as he wanted some food. "Well I wanted to see the place where they held The famous Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro. Yet when i got to where they held him, I was greatly dissapointed because of how they held him. They just tied him to two stakes in the shape of a cross and they used ropes to sie him up. I told everything that was supposed to be done to someone as strong as him because anyone even i could break out of that with ease. Anyway i just came here cause i wanted some thing to eat and drink. Fighting those ray pirates especially their captain took a lot out of me."

As Hikari said that she could hear some of the pirates in the back muttering to eachother."Did you hear that. Those two fought and defeated the Ray pirates. I heard That the ray pirates were undefeatable and known as the strongest in the East and west Blue."

[jackal44]

The birthplace of Roronoa Zoro... It would've been nice to visit this island back when he was a respectable (I use the term lightly) Pirate hunter, but now it just left a bad taste in the Commander's mouth. Who lowers themselves to the status of a pirate? B.W. couldn't understand such foolishness and couldn't understand how a good number of people of this island think of him as some sort of hero!

Even the children idolized him! He could see it in their eyes as he walked passed a group of children looking at the scum's wanted poster with admiration and playing a little game in where the hero was Zoro and villains were Marines, Marines for goodness sake! Has the world lost its mind or has B.W. gone into some weird pseudo world? Ehh, but they were just children and didn't know any better, so he'll let these little 'naughty' acts go unnoticed, besides he had better things to do than give a bunch of kids a tongue lashing.

He planned to stop by the island's marine base to talk about changing the sleeping arrangements to include a new, more comfortable pillow. He even phoned ahead to warn the one in charge that he was coming to pay a visit.

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.... Well he was until fate decided to put him on a little detour. Thinking that the Head Marine could wait a bit longer, B.W. decided to check the local establishments and see what culinary dishes they had to offer. His feet led him to a little saloon; it looked alright, a little worn and slightly beaten but all the better! ... Though he hoped they sell chocolate cake...

Taking his little friend, Mr. Kunochi out of from his little home inside B.W.'s pocket, and putting up his 'idiot' routine, the Commander kicked the saloon doors open and stood triumphantly, as if he had taken down some great pirate and exclaimed.

"Yosh! I'm B.W. Jackal and this is my friend, Mr. Kunochi! Nice to meet you!" He said with a big, stupid grin plastered on his face while his little rabbit friend followed suit with a cutsy little voice. "Hello! I'm the Fwablous Mr. Kunochi, Nyao! We want chocolate cake if you have it, Nyao!" The response from the bar was priceless....

[roronoazoro]

Hikari sat there eating her small amount of food and drinking her glass of milk. She kind of drifted off into space just wondering how her old chef teacher was on that boat of his. He stared for minutes on end. The pirates in the back were afraid to leave since Hikari just happened to be staring their way with a not so friendly stare. She wasn't paying attention but they thought she was. She finally snapped out of it when a captain in the Marines burted through the doors of the saloon and started to act like and idiot.

Hikari stood up and walked in front of him. "What do you think you are doing captain. Marines are exposed to act civilized when out in public. what do you think the pirates are going to think about us. They will think we are just weird not dangerous." Hikari pushed him outside and started to whisper in his ear. "What are you doing here captain. I thought you were on patroll in the west blue. When the vice admirals here about this they are going to have you tail. I'm only here because my crew just finished a battle ambush and i was parched and also because we were stationed in the east blue. Look i'm going to do my best so that you won't get in trouble, but only see this as a favor. I don't like to see the marines ranked below me act like this especially when they are on duty."

[jackal44]

There was an awkward silence and very odd stares throughout the saloon, all directed at the odd Marine Commander. Normally all those stares and looks that just scream 'WEIRDO' would make anyone sweat a bit but not B.W. Jackal, no sir, it only made him feel all giddy and warm inside.

Before he could enjoy the fruits of his labor, some random woman just pulled him aside and started chewing him out silently... Wait, oh snap. It wasn’t just some random woman; it was Commodore Hikari. Maybe he should've checked with the one in charge of the outpost here and see who came before him, before making his 'big' entrance.

After listening to her grievances towards his behavior and her covering for him was only a favor, he had to feel a little grateful though it's time to tell his side of the story.... "But... Commodore, I'm not a captain... I'm just a simple Commander and as for the patrolling and such, I have a good explanation... I think it's a good explanation. What do you think, Mr. Kunochi?" And once again that cute, stuffed bunny suddenly popped up between the two officer's faces and gave his opinion.

"I think it's a good expwanation, Nyao! And I don't often say that, Nyao!"

The commander just grinned after his little 'friend' was finished with his thoughts and nodded. "Yep yep, it's a real funny story really. You see, after my commanding officer, Vice-Admiral Franklin left for the New World; he left me behind, but apparently transferred me to the East Blue for a bit. I'm not quite sure what I'm suppose to actually do, so I've been traveling from island to island, waiting for further orders. As why I came here, I wanted to discuss the sleeping arrangements for the Marines here."

[roronoazoro]

Hikari listened to his explanation while she had her arms crossed with an impatiant look on. She didn't really know that he was a commander yet she only knew that he was exposed to be with his cammanding officer, who was not exposed to leave him behind. Yet she could not change the fact that he was here now. She looked at him with another disappointed look. "Ok i believe you, but that still does not give you any reason to be going into places like this and acting like a bafoon. If these pirates knew that you were a marine, what would that make them think of the marines. Just a bunch of clowns who like to play around. It is discrasiful and it would cause a lot of trouble with the marine headquarters if these pirates would decide to try and over run this base."

Hikari just walked and leaned against the wooden railing. She had recently gotten purmission to have her own crew since her old captain was resigning. She thought to herself. 'Maybe if i can get him on my crew than i can straighten him up a bit and make him a marine that would only honor and create goodness and strength in the marines. It might work, might.'

"Comander Jackel. How would you like to be on my crew. I have just been granted permission to have one and i could use someone like you on board. I can just send a message to Vice-admiral Franklin for the transfer if you would like?"

[jackal44]

"Mhmm Mhmm..." Bartholomew replied to the slightly annoyed captain and returned her crossed-arm gesture with his own, before waiting for his chance to speak. He found the very idea of pirates who perceive a person's strength by the way they act amusing and even the idea of said pirates invading Marine HQ even more laughable.... Though he wasn't going to say that out loud... Not yet anyway...

But he will give his opinion on her thought of how one should act. "That could happen, Captain Hikari, but think of this.... A pirate who thinks a person is weak just because they act 'quite differently' is a pirate who will fall much harder for their own foolish underestimation." Sagely explained by the Commander... Though it would've been deeper if he and Mr. Kunochi weren't both nodding together side by side. "So twue.... Nyao..."

After trying to explain his reasons on acting like a total imbecile, she said something that made his attitude turn a 180. "You want me to join your crew? Hm, maybe... I guess I can give it a try... Though I gotta tell you... I can't serve any captains that isn’t strong enough to hold their own... I need to know that you're a marine that won't back down or give a pirate even the slightest break...." The Commander said looking at her with eyes that just screamed 'I'm not playing around.'

"As for Vice-Admiral Franklin, you can give it a try... But I doubt you'll get much of a response... The old man and the Golden Turtle Marines haven't been seen for a year since they left for the New World.... But I'm pretty sure he would say the same thing; you'll only gain my respect by your determination...." Bartholomew then quickly glanced the other way and muttered just as fast. "Then he'd probably laugh and drink sake... BUT the point still stands!"

[roronoazoro]

Hikari didn't really mind that he was kind of acting sassy back to her, yet she needed some more crew members since it was just herself and she was set to go out to sea in a week. She knew that B.W was strong since she requested a report from all the high ranking marines that were under her commodore rank. She saw his and was interested in it since he was strong. She looked at him. "Don't worry about your captain, he is easy to convince. I once got him to get me a drink even though he was having a tough day. All I had to do was this." She said as she gave B.W a look that no one could resist. She went and sat on the railing and started to swing her legs.

She looked out towards the marine base on the island they were on. "You know. This marine base needs a lot of work. Especially the holding cell for strong pirates. You know what i mean. I wooden post that they are tied to. What is wrong with that picture. one of the baroke works could break out of that the moment they were out in. But now that your in my crew. Which part of the seas should we go to?" she asked.

[jackal44]

B.W. wasn't totally sure about joining the ship of another captain when Franklin was somewhere in the New World... But if the Vice-Admiral weren’t missing, he'd say to take the opportunity and branch out. The Marine Commander considered her offer for a brief moment and sighed softly. "Hm... Well I guess I can give you the benefit of the doubt and follow you for a bit...."

He still had some reservations about this, but that quickly disappeared for a moment when he saw that cutesy look and tried his best not to blush. "Erm... Right, well, like I said before... I don't think you can contact Franklin; no one has heard word from him in a year and was listed as MIA... But he didn't say I couldn't join another crew... For awhile, until he gets back you know?" He stuck his tongue out a little, grinning slightly.

As he was grinning, she said something else that really caught his attention. "Eh? A wooden post?! This cannot be right, who uses a wooden post to hold prisoners!?" He was practically fuming at the very idea of this, and here he thought the only thing wrong with this island's marine outpost was the pillows, add another thing to the list of changes!!

"No time for that right now. We gotta go fix this horrible error in judgment!" Bartholomew said, running off to the outpost, bringing a storm of criticism and ideas behind him!

[roronoazoro]

Hikari started to shake her head as he started to run towards the marine base. She followed him, but didn't run, she walked since she wasn't in the mood to use a lot of energy. She saw that he was close to the base so Hikari moved faster than he did and appeared at the base. He saw that the marine captain at the base was cleaning up the wooden steak pieces of the steak that Jackel broke. "Captain. Front and center. I want this place clean. i have my commander coming because he has a lot of stuff to talk to you about. and if you don't do everything he says, than you will be stripped of your rank and you will be put back into the training school under the hardest captains ever."

"Yes Mam" the captain said as he soluted her. Hikari just smiled and leaned against the fence as she watched as her new commander run into the place. She thought to herself, 'This man is quite something. I never should have judged him on how he acted. He is actually right about how he acts. Yet, ever marine has their way and that seems to be his way to fool pirates.'

[jackal44]

'Unbelievable... Who in their right minds would use a wooden post to imprison pirates and their ilk? It's downright shameful! Bartholomew thought as he made his way to the outpost, ready to give more than just a piece of his mind. The trip back was relatively short since B.W. ran back, and who was there to greet him, but the captain of the outpost.

"Oh, Commander Jackal, I didn't expect you back so soo-- Ack!"

"Soru: Point Thrust!" The Commander yelled as he smashed the pitiful wooden post with his bare hands... Though in hindsight, he probably would've wanted to put on Dawn & Twilight beforehand... The marine captain was just practically yelling and complaining on why B.W. broke their wooden post, but his complaints fell on deaf ears as B.W. was thinking of something more important....

'Gah, why did it have to be a wooden post! Damn splinters!! The Marine Commander thought rather annoyed that his hand became some sort of pseudo wooden porcupine! While he stood there, pretending to listen to the Captain's argument about how wooden posts are something or another, his 'new' captain finally arrived and began scolding the outpost's captain.

Hmm... She didn't seem so bad, a little on the short side but not too bad. "Yea... She's not so bad..." He muttered to himself as he grabbed the captain's collar and began dragging him into the building. "First off, we gotta talk about these so-called wooden posts.... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, YOU IDIOT!?!" He yelled out as he continued dragging the idiot captain all the way to his office.