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Nice of them to leave my jacket. [AWKWARD PAUSE. The voice coming from Smoker's journal account is not his usual. Or from a male at all.]

What's with my voice?! [That just squeaks there in high-pitched worry.]

Ah hell... I have boobs.

Fuck you Malnosso.

[He... she rather, clears her voice.]

S-Smoker is back... [That's a bit hesitant.] Ikki, he... he might need help. Jitte and kickboxing lessons will return to normal, sorry everyone about the delay. Could I have a headcount of everyone still wishing to take them? I might need to reorganize his schedules.

[The last part is muffled as he starts to shut the journal.]

Damn it! These jeans are way too big! Now what?!

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I once knew a man who devoted himself to Athena and to expel the evil from the world. But he obsessed with it so much that eventually he lost sight of what he was trying to protect and even tried to kill Athena when she reincarnated. Of course, it wasn't just his fault, some helped to push him over himself, but even without those people I believe he would have lost himself eventually.

You know, hearing about how your world is almost makes me think it wouldn't be so bad for you guys if some real chaos happened and guys like that Akainu and those who think like him were brought down.

[Eying him walking.]

Not bad.

[Blushes and flusters at the comment. Is that good about the jeans? Okay yes, he will just... go with with these and go get more of the same type.]

Hn... Even if the unthinkable happens and Aokiji doesn't take Fleet Admiral... I wouldn't want open opposition to Akainu. He's wrong, but he's still better than Blackbeard or the Pirate Emperors getting a foothold. [Big eyes narrow down in focus.] Everyone's playing with fire. It used to be that there were four pirate emperors that held each other in check, the marines trying to arrest all the pirates, and shichibukai to help us if it came to open war against one of the emperors. [The obvious distaste in his voice at the word shichibukai is palpable.] Then Crocodile, one of the shichibukai tried to take over the world, Jinbei refused to help against Whitebeard, they employed Blackbeard to take Crocodile's place -- huge mistake -- and Boa Hancock did nothing in the battle except get in my way and help Straw Hat.

Now, one of the pirate emperors is dead, the two strongest marines are being forced to retire, and Blackbeard has Whitebeard's devil fruit, and freed a bunch of pirate prisoners -- not to mention all the ones Straw-Hat freed. [Folds his arms grumpily, trying to think it all over. He's spent the last month and a half doing nothing but thinking things over like this, but it's somehow nicer to say out loud.] When a big figure like that dies... it's a power vacuum. All the pirates will want to be the next Whitebeard, others will try to be Pirate King, the rest will want his islands or to snatch up the pieces, the pirates freed...

[Shakes his head and rests a feminine hand up to his temple.] I despise Akainu and his absolute justice, but he kills civilians and marines in the pursuit of pirates, pirates do it to get fame or money. Fighting Akainu wouldn't save lives. I hate him, but we still have to work together to fight common enemies.

And what about the consequences? The civilians killed have families, so do the marines. Just as a kid losing his parents to pirates would lead him to become a marine, a marine that kills his parents in pursuit of a pirate will probably be lead to become a pirate himself or even worse. Because if the justice and the law of the world he lives in is one that uses pirates as an excuse for their own crimes, one that will condemn them just for being in the vicinity of a pirate even if they didn't know it and will label them as criminals, then they may as well live against it from the start. You can't be sure that fighting along with him will save lives either.

I know of the consequences. [Growls, though it's still more cute than intimidating.]

There's a reason I hate him, and I do not take it lightly, but to fight him would mean losing the marines entirely. We'd be swarmed over! We can barely hold our own, even with his lot in our ranks. I'd still rather see his idea of the future come true than Blackbeard's. Akainu might decide to demolish an island for housing pirates -- might -- but Blackbeard could accidentally while trying to take another one half an ocean away. Big Mam sees people as candy. Either they produce it for her, or she'll kill them. Other pirates see islands as slaves waiting to happen. You think that world is better than Akainu's twisted justice?

I never said either of those two worlds should be the one to be. A world in which people live in fear, be it fear of the pirates who abuse them or from the marines who will condemn them for things they might have not even done... None is a good option. If those are all the options your world truly has, it must be s really horrible place to live in.

[Hangs head.]

Tch. It's not nice. [Lights up a pair of cigars and tilts his head to the side.] I'm going to try to make it better than that. No matter who takes power. I don't have anything nice to say for Akainu except that living in fear of him, is still living. [For the most part? He hesitates, since it was hard to forget the look on Coby's face and who saved him? A pirate. Damn his whole world.]

I must be one of the only ones who aren't dead and yet still not too eager to go back to my own world.

Yeah, it's still living. Until power gets to their heads and then people start being executed for crimes such as having their own opinion. [Ikki shakes his head.] If I remember correctly, some people in your government already do that, or something similar.

[Siiiide glance.]

Yes, they do. I wouldn't say it's for having one's own opinion, but it certainly comes too close for comfort.

[Ikki hums but says nothing else, it's not his world either way, he has no business there.]

Are you done with the shopping?

Yeah. Thanks for the help.

[Pauses.] Should I get gloves?

Don't want to get your manicure ruined? All your normal clothes are going to be enormous, get whatever you are going to wear.

It's for jitte. What's manicure? [SERIOUS QUESTION, he doesn't know.]

Something girls do to their hands as far as I know. Must be a big deal or something, before we were sent to training, Saori once got one of her banshee attacks when she got "her manicure ruined".

[He does the gesture of the quotation marks even.]

To their hands??

What, like painted nails? Hina does that, but Hina's weird.

Tch. Well, the gloves are for grip. Although I guess it matters less if I'm not using my seastone.

I suppose, I never paid attention to her in such little detail. I figured it was something stupid anyway.

[Ikki shrugs.]

Can you even work with your usual jitte with that body?

[Frowns. It is taller than him now =\]

Possibly not. [SULKS. Just folds her arms over her chest and sulks. Which once again, is something that he can only pull off as a guy. Now it's just cute. And childish.] I could find a way. [So very stubborn.]

... You really should stop with those things. If you want to still have a reputation intact when you return to your own self.

[Even Ikki can see that.]

[BLUSHES.]

Oi! [Cute growls.] Are you serious? [Unfolds his arms.] I don't know what else to do. [Narrows eyes and tries to rub scruff that isn't there.]

I'm serious. Just go look yourself in a mirror and do stuff you usually do, you'll see it by yourself how much the effect is lost.

That just sounds weird. [And he's avoiding mirrors =\]

[Exasperated sigh.] I'll take your word for it I guess. But I don't know how to do anything different.

Then let's go home quickly and don't even think of stepping out until your chest doesn't bounce with each step you take.

[Opens his mouth to object. Then chomps on a cigar thinking this over and looks down... then practices walking... no really. Then just huffs.]

It's fine. [Folds his arms again.]

If I hide away or try to change, it's letting them defeat me.

[Okay, forget it. He's laughing again. Are you really practicing that? Really, just laughing here.]

If you show yourself like that and try to do what you normally do, when you return to your normal self no one will take you seriously anymore. Even if you ever manage to impose on them they will just have to imagine you as a girl and there won't be any problem.

[Folds his arms and sulks all over again.]

That's not fair. I'm the same as I always am.

[Throws his hands up in exasperation.] I don't know how to be a girl. And Grell's not around to ask! [Nearly bites his cheek at that. He'd been trying not to admit he missed her.]

Except shorter, softer, with bigger eyes, smaller mouth, pouty lips, delicate looking, thinner, more prone to blushing...

[Does he need to go on?]

I'm telling you, stay at home for however long this lasts, it can't be that long anyway. Or dress up differently and claim to be someone else, even if you acted like a girl does, if you still go around as Smoker the damage will be the same.

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