[ooc| FIGHTIN' DREAMERS. [tashi+smoker]

[tashigi]

Who: Tashigi and Smoker (And whoever else asks to join?)
When: After Zenigata's and Tashigi's Shopping trip, which was rudely interupted as you can see here
Where: uhh, around the town.
Rating: PG-13 at most.

Her breath caught in her throat as she turned a corner, her heart hammering in her chest, threatening her to take a breath or said organ would rip out of her rib cage. Eyebrows furrowed, though eyes were alert as she stopped for a breath, eyebrows drawn tight as she peeked around the corner, only allowing herself another breath before she was moving again. They were being careless, she noted, just trying to run away from her and she was decidedly going to follow them until she couldn't do it anymore.

She could feel the pain ebbing at her sides from another one of the bullets that were shot at them. Guilt rising in her throat as she realized that she had let someone take a bullet meant for her, that she couldn't protect them, like they could protect her. Eyes narrowed as she moved forwards a few steps, watching for any tell-tale signs that they were slowing. She didn't want to let Zenigata's saving move allow to go unrewarded. Some sort of swift justice would be dealt towards the men, and she wouldn't stop until it was done.

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[justicereigns]

Smoker raced the rooftops of the city, just barely keeping his footing in smoke form on the slick icy roofs. That fool woman running off alone... If he'd once been proud of how much like him she was becoming he was almost starting to regret it. They'd already already tried to kill her once, how many more shots would it take? These weren't pirates like the Straw-Hats who were willing to let Tashigi go free or save their lives. He spotted a dash of green katana and blue-tinted hair rounding a corner. Smoker jumped to the building over and looked for her prey, hoping to cut them off and corner them somehow.

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

The corner of her eye caught the white smoke and slowed her pace, coughing slightly as she tried to regain her breath, before moving once more, moving to stand close to an alley way.

She wasn't going to allow shooting Zenigata to simply passed under like water under a bridge. So she moved quickly, silently, behind a man and tugged him into the alley way covering his mouth with a gloved palm as she quickly knocked him out with a swift blow to the back of the head with the hilt of her sword. She was so sure that Smoker was around, but she allowed the man to slump as she dug out her own set of cuffs, putting them on him with expert time.

"Sir," she hissed, looking around for him, despite knowing she was still heaving for breaths. "If you're up there, come down here."

[justicereigns]

Smoker had already hit the ground but paused in the midst of apprehending one of the men and slinging him over a shoulder to run the corner and meet with her. He tossed the man on the ground, and caught the third and fourth with a double white snake, hooking them both in billowing arms and dragging them, still struggling, to the alley where he and Tashigi stood. "Tashigi," he growled, not yet turning around, still dealing with the criminals swiftly. "What happened?" It was an order for information and came out even calmer than if he'd been order his men to switch to decaf coffee. Proof that he was actually more worried than he was in fact letting on. Staying calm so that she in turn could stay calm.

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

She slumped against the wall and allowed herself a moment of breathing, before she nodded. "Zenigata-san saw them making a deal while we were getting Reborn's Christmas gift. We decided to tail them, to a certain point, see where they were going," she paused to heave in a breath. "I tripped and alerted them to where we were, they instantly began shooting, as it's obvious that I'm a Marine and that yes, we were following them. I got distracted, was shot at more than Zenigata-san. When I was distracted, Zenigata pushed me out of the way and took my bullet. They scattered. I went after the biggest group."

She bit her lip and cupped her side, attempting to gage the damage to her side, then on her face and arm. "There weren't any Devil Fruit users in the full batch, however very few were adept at using swords, most had guns."

[justicereigns]

Grunting shortly in response as acknowledgement, Smoker finished tying them up. She would trip. Still even most pirates had the sense to run from two marines tailing them. Hell even the Straw-Hats knew enough to run usually but this bunch... Tch. Filth. The marine commodore scowled darkly, tightening the ropes. "Where are the others?" Smoker growled finally turning to face her. Seeing her slump against the wall he unconsciously twitched in worriment, "Are you injured!?" he growled furiously, hackles raised.

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

"If you're talking about the others I brought with us, I allowed them to go a hour and a half before we began tailing them." She thought for a moment, but then nodded slowly. "If you're talking about the group that split off of this one, two went towards the docks, two went deeper into the town and that's all I really noticed."

She frowned and narrowed her eyes at the ground, before she nodded a bit. "Grazed a few times, nothing bad, sir. I apologize for my sloppiness, I will make sure it will not happen again."

[justicereigns]

Smoker growled, "Don't you even start to feel guilty over this woman," he practically roared. "You are not to take a good thing he did to help you as your fault," he pointed a finger harshly still growling angrily, "Understood Ensign?"

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

She blinked, looking up at him with a slightly wide eyed expression, before it softened and she smiled slightly, tiredly even.

"Yessir, I understand."

[justicereigns]

"I mean it Tashigi," he growled seriously, "You're in charged of taking these dolts," he scowled at the wriggling pirates on the cold ground, "Back to the brig. Send someone else to interrogate them, you can spend the evening making sure Zenigata is fine." He chewed his cigars sharply thinking fast. "I'll go after the last of them myself. Yes I'll take someone with me, I'll figure out who when I get back to check on Karen." He rubbed a scruffy chin still thinking to himself and debated adding a get stronger and this won't happen next time but she seemed to have gotten that point already. "And watch where you're going on the way back," he growled.

[zenigataicpo.livejournal.com]

The alleyway was dim, as snow flakes trickled downward towards the dingy street. Propped against the brick wall, breathing heavily, Zenigata grasped at his shoulder as he waited for back up to arrive. It was a shame that such a nice day ended up this complicated. Shopping in town with Tashigi was a fun experience, as she helped him pick out gifts for the crew members and dragged her away from all the weapons dealers (but he returned to one of them to get her gift after he had her run off to get coffee for them). However, Smoker had assigned them to keep an eye out on possible smuggling activity in the Blacklake District (which was shadier than he expected), so after the fun had ended they went to work as Zenigata spotted a suspicious group of men in an alleyway with several crates. Unfortunately, as they tried to listen in, Tashigi had caught her foot on a raised piece of asphalt and fell. Then, the gunfight started, which led to him having to defend the ensign as he shoved her out of the way of a gun that could have easily struck her through the back of the skull if he hadn’t of shoved her aside.

A sharp jolt of pain reminded him of that act of bravery, as the inspector squeezed down onto it and growled through his teeth in pain. This wasn’t good. It was cold outside, but after bleeding so much it felt colder to him. He grit his teeth, leaning his head back as he gasped to himself. “Help’s on the way… don’t pass out now, Koichi…”