After the incident at Punk Hazard, Tashigi had received a call from the marines that she would be given the chance to be promoted from a Captain to a Rear-Admiral; that was two ranks! Tashigi was eager and happily accepted the opportunity but quickly took a professional tone half-way into her sentence as she thought that it would be best to make a good impression, and gushing over the opportunity would not look good on her.
Tashigi blushed as she held the Den Den Mushi in her hand. 'This is it! If I'm somehow able to do this trial, then I will be able to prove to Vice Admiral Smoker that I'm helpful.' Then again, Smoker did not doubt Tashigi's skills and trusted her, but her multiple defeats at Punk Hazard made her realize that she needed to grow stronger. The ordeal of this trial, for Tashigi, was going to be the start of a more intense journey for Tashigi to complete her dream of taking all the meito blades from the evil pirates that used them.
"Captain Tashigi?" the voice called out from the Den Den Mushi.
The swordswoman blushed in embarrassment at the fact that her excitement caused her to lose focus of the fact that she was in a conversation call right now, and she coughed out sheepishly. "A-apologies," she said while inwardly she thought, 'I can't believe I'm already making bad impressions.' Tashigi brushed her head and breathed out. "Y-yes! I'm honoured to take on this opportunity! For the sake of the Marines and justice, I will uphold this trial to the best of my abilities."
Laughter came from the Den Den Mushi, which caused Tashigi to pout both out of a feeling that she was being patronised as well as a small twinge of fear. "That's exactly what we like to hear, Captain Tashigi," it praised her, causing her to smile happily. "In any case, the chance to become Rear Admiral will come to you in a few days; we recommend you train extensively at that time."
Tashigi nodded and the Den Den Mushi closed its eyes. She placed it down and squealed in excitement at the prospect, causing Smoker, who was in the other room, to shout out at her: "Tashigi! I'm trying to relax here! Stop making too much noise!" the Vice Admiral complained.
"S-sorry!" she shouted back, which caused a vein to pop in the logia user's head but Tashigi wouldn't see it and Smoker wouldn't push it any longer; with her absent-mindness, it would drag on forever if he didn't have the patience.
Several days later, Tashigi received another call stating that her promotion trial would be happening on a certain marine base, which she eagerly arrived to on time. She looked around in confusion, thinking for a moment that she had been pranked. "Where is this trial? Am I really going to have the chance to become a Rear Admiral?"
"Seriously! This has got to be a joke, right?!" a new voice that Tashigi had never heard spoke as she heard footsteps approaching.
Stepping into a clearer field of light, Tashigi got a lucid look at the person in front of her. He was a broad-shouldered, tan-skinned teenager with frizzy black hair. He wore a sleeveless dark shirt with a small v-cut and dark-red arm bands with the kanji for Justice on them. He wore baggy black hakama pants and sandals.
"Here I am, expecting a great teacher for me to improve my sword skills on. And yet. Right here, they send a woman to try and teach me about swordsmanship." He shook his head in disgust. "It's called swordsmanship for a reason!" he added, extra emphasis on the word man.
Tashigi gritted her teeth. "And who are you?! I was supposed to come here alone for a trial to get me to Rear Admiral but it seems I'm not the only one here! Are you a pirate?!" she questioned, pulling out Shigure.
The man laughed at Tashigi. "My name's Zayden. I'm the grandson of Kong the Commander in Chief of the World Government," he declared.
The swordswoman's eyes widened in shock at that revelation. While it was big news that the legendary marine Garp the Hero was the father and grandfather of Monkey D. Dragon and Monkey D. Luffy respectively, she couldn't believe that someone else was born into an even higher status of power than that.
Zayden pulled a sour face. "Still, I don't know what's with that shocked face. You're supposed to be a captain but all you can do is act confused and ask dumb questions. Then again, what can I expect from a woman? They're only good at using their husbands' money."
"Shut up!" Tashigi shouted, trying to hold back her anger and tears at the misogynistic comments from the male. "Why are you speaking like that?! You don't understand what it is like to be a woman! You have no reason to make such dreadful comments! Have you no shame?! Have you no sense of justice?! No understanding of what is right and wrong!" Tashigi shouted.
Zayden laughed out at Tashigi. "Give me a break! If you can't even take an insult, then how can you expect to grow stronger?! When your emotions get the better of you, and you end up charging in irrationally, you could get killed and your group falls apart." Zayden turned away. "Women are always so fragile!" he mocked.
"So you have a point about my anger; not other people's emotions, but my feelings. Still, what are you doing here?! I want to leave and do my Rear Admiral promotion test!"
Zayden scratched his head. "Oh, that! Well, yeah, we're gonna be starting right now," Zayden said, causing Tashigi to look at him confused. "What, you didn't know? Tch! As much as I hate to admit it, I'm not good with a sword. I've practiced with all other weapons but the sword is the next one I need to work on. So, you're going to be the one who teaches me?" Zayden explained, giving a yuck look at that.
Tashigi groaned at that but nodded - wait, why was she getting ready to accept orders. "Why?! You're an inconsiderate person. So why are you accepting sword lessons from me?! Besides, I don't want to waste my time with someone who doesn't want to understand me or my reasoning," Tashigi argued.
"You do know that this is your Rear Admiral trial. You have to teach me an adequate level of swordsmanship," he explained and Tashigi's jaw dropped in disbelief, which he mentally nodded in agreement with. "I don't like it either but let us try and get it over and done with, so that we don't have to see each other again."
And so began the most hate-filled training session between the Captain and G-5 Marine Tashigi and Zayden, the grandson of Kong. Tashigi was teaching him about kenjutsu and its contents. An example are the two different types of swordsmen - the Strong Blade (豪剣 Gōken, literally meaning "Strong Sword") type swordsmen which emphasis strength such as the Gentle Blade (柔剣 Jūken, literally meaning "Gentle Sword") type swordsmen which emphasis speed.
Despite this, their opposing views on genders kept on separating the two from working more on how the art of the sword works until Tashigi reached a boiling point and couldn't resist action.
"I've had enough! I can't train you! There should be another way to become Rear Admiral because this is not working!" Tashigi shouted.
Zayden smirked. "See, you admit that you are weak," Zayden told her.
Tashigi gritted her teeth and pushed Zayden onto the floor. She unbuttoned her shirt and showed off her massive tits, causing Zayden to grin perversely as he stared at the massive jugs on the Captain. "I'll show you how much power a woman has!" Tashigi shouted.
Zayden grinned and began to remove his clothes in response to her. He didn't understand how such a thing would work but didn't care because he was soon naked, with his dick getting hard by seeing Tashigi without her upper attire.
Tashigi shifted her glasses and blushed in shock at the size of Zayden's cock. It wasn't even at full length yet but... "It's like an odachi," she muttered.