Dream after going to bed, still drunk

Blackness

"You can't join my crew" said the red hair man figure.

"Is it because I'm a girl? I don't have no boobs let and can cut my hair to look like a boy" said the small girl in the seat next to him.

"No, gender not a thing on my boat. But still you are more male than female. It's because you are a hammer." He said laughing at the end.

The girl pouted, she always hated her gender, wished she was a boy so that her gramps would stop showing her little boys from marines to marry. And if he taught her, she could learn how to swim.

That's when bandits came in, the words were blurring but she could still tell it was insulting. She got mad at the red hair man and left the bar.

The bandits capture her, holding her hostage just to fight Shanks, the red hair man. But it surprised them when just one pirate took out the whole gang, leaving the leader left and the small girl. He threw the smoke bomb and ran onto a small boat. He thought about keeping the girl to use as a slave.

A seaking came out under the boat, the leader was in the jaws and the small was frozen. She couldn't swim let alone navigator a boat back to her island. She closed her eyes, as the seaking launch its attack. But he didn't finish, there stood Shanks, hand out stopping the seaking. He used Haki and it went running. But blood was coming down; the girl was picked up with one hand, since the other was missing. The hand that was used to stop the attack was eaten. The child cried onto his coat.

When they got back, people were running. They took care of them, and she stayed and cried. He later left and made a promise with the girl. "Become Pirate King and give me back the hat after" he said while he put the hat on her.

Luka spring up from the bed; she hasn't had that dream in a long time. Oh, her head hurts from the sudden springing out of her bed. Maybe she had it since that hat came back. But she couldn't keep that promise. She had gotten a new red cap to show her promise with her Gramps. She pleaded to become the best marine, but turned into a secret assassin to kill the unwanted and spy on the important.

She hated not living up to her promise but she had to protect her loved ones, even risking her life and giving away for freedom. Shanks lost his hand to protect her and she will use her own hands to protect those she loves like he did. He was her role model and wished that this promise could be kept. That's why she given the hat to her brother, she knew if she couldn't became Pirate King, he would. He just needed to practice and gain a strong crew.

Two years ago

Uncharted Island

Shanks meeting with Spade Captain

"SHANKS! SHANKS! Some rookie requested to see you." Said Lucky running to their captain's said. He meets a freckled boy on the shore asking to get Shanks.

"Go ahead, let them in" said Shanks, trying to calm Lucky before he start his panting fit. He called the other crew to go up and show them the way.

As the man, his crew on the ship was standing on the hill. The whole Red Hair's Crew stared and their jaws to the floor. Their sights landed on the straw worn out hat on his head. The same het their captain used to wear, and given to a small girl from a village.

"I'm Ace, captain of the Spade's pirates. I came here to say thanks for saving my sister's life. Even if you don't remember it, but because of you, I meet my sister." Ace said, finally Makino's training was repaid.

"Oh, how could I forget that hammer? She always on my butt to join my crew" he said happily looking at his left stump that use to be where his hand was. "How is she doing? And why do you have her hat?" he questioned, studied the man; by the looks of it, he hit a landmine.

"I don't have a clue; I hadn't seen her in eight years. And she gave me this hat, since she couldn't continue the promise she made with you" he answer the questions.

"Why couldn't she? Did she die? If she did than losing this hand only helped her for coupled years" he said sadly. 'How could that sweet annoying girl lose her life after I saved it? I thought that it I left she would of gotten rid of trouble' he thought, hoping it wasn't true.

"She is alive, for the most part. She can't live up to the promise since she made a deal with our grandfather to save me from joining the marines. So now she training with him, I hadn't heard or seen her since that fateful day. I only came to thank you and update you on her promises since this were something I told her I would do when I was younger."

"That girl, a marine, well hell sure did freeze over then. I feel bad for their budget, with her trouble and food. Dahahahahaha!" Laughed Shanks

They all laughed at this, that girl a marine and eating, since they all seen her bottomless stomach more than once.

For the rest of the night, they talked about her, and then Ace fell asleep. Ben deicide that it was time for him to leave, so he carry the boy back to his ship and told the crew that the business was taken care of and no harm was done to their captain.

This was just to add in for 917brat and others who wanted to know about Shanks understanding of her events. People wouldn't have heard about her since she is in CP9, so it's a secret to the world. Ace was the message bird for Shanks. Also suggests are welcome, since I skipped a lot of what happen in the story. Also there a vote for ShankxLuffy, this is good since there aren't many of those. If I can't add it into this, I can make a story with it, oh maybe the straw hat is the engagement ring to them being together, it would be so cute. Also I would make Ace's devil fruit Mera Mera but he has a straw hat now, don't want that to get burned.