Chương 10: Chapter 10

"Smoker! What's this rain?" asked Hina confusedly, "Don't tell me you used the Dance powder?"

"You idiot. I know better than to commit a crime. The Arabasta king kept his hands off this powder." responded Smoker casually while sitting in the captain's chair, his body almost entirely covered in bandages except for his mouth, where a large cigar sat.

"What's the point of going against his morals now." continued Smoker.

"Oh, excuse me. Hina apologizes. But Hina can't believe you of all people would say something that nice. Hina wonders if you've mellowed out a little..." said Hina, equally as casual as she stood beside Smoker.

"That's none of your business..." replied Smoker but before they could continue their conversation, a marine soldier burst in. His expression was intense.

"Captain, a small ship is making its way toward us..." said the Marine to the pink-haired Marine Captain.

"That's not something you should disturb Hina with." responded the woman in a cold and harsh tone making the marine shiver for a split second.

"Unhinged Jinx is steering the ship, Captain. She has Crocodile tied to the figurehead." the Marine stated quickly and this got the attention of both Marine Captains. They both quickly left the room.

Hina pulled out her spyglass and looked at the incoming vessel and sure enough, it was as the marine had described.

"Permission to open fire, Captain?" asked another Marine who was standing by the cannon with a lit match.

"No, let her come," responded Hina confidently.

"I don't think that's a good idea." commented Smoker, "She can't be reasoned with."

"Hina wants to see who put you in such a condition," she responded while slowly taking off her gloves. Smoker saw this and he just shrugged it off. After all, this wasn't his ship.

It didn't take long for the small ship to reach their ship and stop about a dozen meters away. On the ship, the problem herself was waving a white flag playfully while sitting on the unconscious Warlord whom she had removed from the figurehead.

"Pirate, Hina commands you to state your business!" shouted Hina seriously.

"Come on, no need for all the hostility. I did do your job for you after all," responded Jinx as she stood up from her warlord seat and stepped to the side to present the badly beaten and burnt Crocodile.

"State your purpose or we will open fire," said Hina ignoring Jinx's sentence. The Marines on the cannons lowered their matches closer to the fuse.

"Okay, okay. I came here to deliver a package," she responded while turning around and kicking Crocodile who groaned, "Despite its appearance, the package is still functional."

"Why would you do that?" this time it was Smoker who asked the question.

"Ohh, I didn't recognize you there." she replied in a mocking tone, "I actually wanted to talk to the fleet admiral if possible."

This made all the Marines confused.

"I didn't beat up lizard-boy here out of the goodness of my heart." she explained, "you see, I want to replace him as a warlord of the sea. Since I am a girl, maybe I should be called a Warlady instead."

"What makes you think we wouldn't just catch you right here and now?" said Hina angrily. She didn't think the pirate before them was taking their meeting seriously.

"I'm sure, the mummy beside you would stop you." she said as I grin appeared on her face, "I can make your ship go kaboom before any of you can do anything."

Hina's face contorted in anger. She was literally seconds away from commanding her soldiers to fire.

'How dare a newbie pirate threaten her.' she thought angrily, but she recalled Smoker's recalling of his fight with her.

'She destroyed the whole street with one move.' she thought as her eyes traveled to meet Smoker's for a split second.

"Plus I have another package for you." said the blue-haired menace as she walked into the cabin and quickly walked out with another man on her shoulder, also unconscious, "I'm sure you'll like this one."

Smoker was shocked. He had heard rumors that Fire Fist Ace was spotted in Arabasta in the last few days but he had dismissed it since he hadn't seen him even once. But now he knows why Ace was never spotted.

Hina seeing the tattoo on the man's back was also shocked.

"Fire Fist Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard pirates." said Smoker making all the Marines on the ship even more shocked.

"Is my other package good enough?" she said while throwing Ace on top of Crocodile, waking him up. But he didn't say anything.

Hina looked at Smoker, who just shrugged and huffed in annoyance. This guy was really useless. She didn't really know what to do. After a few seconds of thinking about it, she decided to throw the problem into another person's hands.

She took out her Den Den Mushi and called her superior.

"Vice Admiral, Hina has a situation here," she said, kind of feeling helpless.

"Oh, what is it, Hina-chan" responded Vice Admiral Tsuru, "You usually avoid talking to me."

"Well..."