They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

By fools in old-style hats and coats,

Who half the time were soppy-stern

And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don't have any kids yourself.

-Philip Larkin

They arrived at the port of an island which seemed to have thousands of windmills on the hills, with a house next to each one. The small but homely village they saw was called Foosha village, and Natsuki felt excitement bubble inside her.

It had been quite a while since she set foot on solid ground, and Natsuki wanted to stretch her legs.

She leapt into her father's arms and her family walked to a bar. Many people would've frowned at the fact that a young girl was let inside a bar, but she was actually used to it, since her family were big drinkers.

"Makino-san, long time no see." Her father said to a girl with dark green hair, wiping the counter.

"Shanks-san! I haven't seen you in a long time! How are you!"

"Last time I met you was when you were quite small wasn't it? When I came back after the Roger Pirates disbanded. You were only nine back then. So, another ten years has it been?"

"Yes. That sounds about right. Are you alright? I heard that Tomomi-san..." Her voice died down and Shanks looked down. Natsuki rubbed her father's arms, comforting her father who was reminded of her mother. She jumped out of his arms and landed on the ground, looking up to the lady.

"Hello! My name is Natsuki! I'm Shanks and Tomomi's daughter!" She introduced herself as loudly as possible, gaining laughter from the rest of her family, and a smile from her father.

"Nice to meet you Natsuki-chan. I'm Makino. I'm the owner of the Party's bar."

Another hour or so later, a small boy entered the bar.

"Makino! Lunch!" He yelled, sitting at the counter next to Shanks.

"Are those the manners you show to the person who prepares you food?" Shanks asked the boy who sat down.

"Sorry Makino, please?"

"Of course Luffy." She said with a smile.

"Who are you! I've never seen you around here before!" The boy shouted again.

"We're pirates."

"Pirates!? My grandpa doesn't like pirates. He tells me to become a marine just like him." Shanks' eyebrows furrowed. The loud voice and rude attitude, reminded him of someone, and the hate for pirates only emphasized the point.

"Is your grandfather Garp by any chance?"

"Yeah! How did you know!"

"I come from this village you see. He would often kick my butt whenever I played pranks on him."

"Really! What do pirates do?"

"Fun!" Shanks exclaimed, and he and Luffy began to talk about pirates. Every time Shanks told a lie just to show off, Natsuki would nudge his side, causing her father to yelp in surprise. Luffy simply took note that a pirate yelps while he talks.

Makino talked with Natsuki, who learned more about her mother from the older woman. At the end of the day, the pirates had drunk the place dry, and Shanks gave Makino three bars of solid gold as a payment, which Makino gladly accepted.

"See you later Luffy, we've got to go."

"Will I see you soon?"

"We'll come back tomorrow. See you then if you want." Shanks waved his straw hat at Makino and Luffy, who waved back.

Luffy stared at the red headed girl who was out of his sight until then, hidden behind her father. He somehow could not find the connection between the girl and the man, even though there were the only two out of them all who had bright red hair. He wondered why on earth a girl was with pirates, and wished he could join his new hero.

Luffy went home, back to Ace, Sabo and his tree-house, ready to tell them a tale.

~oOo~

The next day, Luffy vowed to talk to the girl, and why she was with the other pirates, but he didn't find her amongst the pirates.

"Where's that girl with red hair?" He asked his new friend.

"Ah, Natsuki? She's gone off to the woods. She was complaining about how she only got to talk yesterday, without doing any exploring."

"Why is she with you guys?"

"Because she's my daughter." Luffy was surprised with his answer.

"I thought the only pirate with a child was the pirate king!!" He held his mouth immediately, remembering that he promised Ace not to tell a soul.

"Ah, Captain Roger's son? Ace was his name wasn't it." Luffy's eyes widened.

"How do you know!?" So Shanks went on to tell his tales of adventure as the crew of the former pirate king. This time with no one to jab him in the ribs when he told a lie.

Meanwhile, Natsuki was doing as she said she would. She was stretching her legs by running around in fields of wheat. She walked up a hill covered in trees, jumping around the bushes and hanging onto the vines, howling with joy as she swung around, but she came to a stop when she felt two presences.

Her haki control was improving, but she still couldn't grasp it properly, so she had no idea who was there, only the fact that there were people there.

She crept on silent foot towards them, and found a boy with black hair and freckles, wearing a red T-shirt with words which read 'Stupid' on the front. The other one was also a boy, who had buzz-cut blond hair which was curled on its short tips. He wore what looked to be a small blue suit and a giant top-hat with goggles on them. They each held a pipe as if it were a weapon, and were sneaking up on a sleeping lion.

They jumped on it with surprising strength and agility, hitting it with their pipe repeatedly until it's flame of life slowly died out.

They carried it uphill, and Natsuki followed them to a treehouse. She gasped quietly, but it was enough to alert the boys.

"Who's there!?"

Natsuki slowly stood up, her red hair falling into her face.

"Who are you!?"

"Don't you know it's rude to ask someone's name without telling your own?" The two boys looked at each other, silently debating whether they should do as they were asked to.

"Alright. My name's Ace." Said the boy with black hair.

"I'm Sabo. Now, what's yours!?" the blond one asked.

"I'm Natsuki. I saw you kill the lion. You're pretty strong huh?"

"Well, you can say that, we killed a giant bear once you know!?" Sabo exclaimed, only to be hit on the head by Ace.

"Do you promise not to tell anyone about our treehouse?" Ace demanded in a tone she didn't like.

"Only if you let me visit sometimes." She bargained. He groaned.

"This is why I hate girls. Always sticking their noses into people's business!"

"This is why I hate boys. Always whining about not wanting to share things." She mimicked him. Sabo sniggered and Ace shot him a glare.

"I give up. Alright, but you can only come at daytime okay? No sleepovers."

"Alright!" She jumped onto one of the lower branches, leaping higher and higher until she landed inside where there were neatly placed floorboards, making up a small room. The boys looked at her, surprised. They had half expected her to ask them if they could carry her up. That's what Luffy said anyway.

"How'd you do that!?" They asked her as they also climbed inside.

"Do what?"

"Climb up the tree so easily!"

"I was brought up with pirates! What did you expect!"

"Pirates!?" Ace's eyes darkened though Sabo's sparkled.

"Yeah. My dad's the captain of the ship! His name's Shanks!"

"Do you mean you're the daughter of that pirate Luffy was talking about yesterday?"

"Ah, you know Luffy?"

"Yeah. He's our friend. He built this place with us, though we did most of the work." Ace grumbled.

"He seems nice. He's got good friends." So whilst Luffy talked with Shanks, Ace and Sabo talked with his daughter, both groups becoming some of the greatest friends over a single day.

"I'll see you tomorrow?" Natsuki asked, slightly unsure.

"Yeah! See you tomorrow!" Sabo smiled, Ace let out a grunt, which was all Natsuki expected from him after learning more about Ace. She jumped out of the small room, landing on the ground with a small thud.

She ran off, stopping once to wave at them.

Sabo and Ace watched her in awe. Just as Natsuki left, Luffy's voice was heard, yelling at them to take him up. Ace groaned about the little cry baby, but begrudgingly climbed down the tree, pulled Luffy into a piggyback and climbed back up.

Luffy then talked about Shanks as he did the day before, though this time, Sabo and Ace sometimes butted in, asking a few questions about Shanks' daughter.

Not that Luffy remembered much about anything other than Shanks' adventures.