As much as I loved seeing the crew in the latest chapter, there was something missing, or rather, someone. And because a lot of my stories feature her going out to sea, have some Shanks x Makino and the Red-Hair Pirates! Or if you will, the Shanties version of chapter 1054<3
Times they are a-changin’
“Isn’t it about time to go and claim it?” he asked, his musing tone touched with the barest hint of an edge, as his eyes lifted from the cup. “The One Piece.”
A gentle snort shattered the weighty quiet, dragging all their eyes up the steps leading from the main deck, to the little figure that had emerged, standing with her hands on her hips, her laugh bubbling out of her with the words, “What was that?”
Cup still held to his lips, “What?” Shanks pouted. “I was trying to be cool!”
Walking down the steps, her graceful gait didn’t stutter, despite the churning waters pulling on his ship. She was handling the choppy sea with admirable fortitude, although Shanks noted the direction she’d come from, and wondered if she’d just finished puking.
He bit back the glib urge to ask, as she came up to the table where he was sitting with Ben. Bare-footed in rolled-up breeches and one of his oversized shirts under her flower-embroidered bodice, he had a mind to point out how much like a pirate she looked. Or at the very least, a very cute vagabond.
“Look at you,” Makino tutted, as a small hand lifted to card through his hair, pushing it back from his brow. The humidity was doing wonders to it. “You’d think there were cameras around, the way you’re strutting. And what is going on with your hair today?”