A/N: I was reading a few fics and was inspired to make this one thanks to Sparrow101's "Red Haired Luffia", Lotus-Lily's "Lessons on Manners", and my cousin SioQu. I'm a real fan of Shanks and ASL, so I decided to turn things around.

Summary: Ever since Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were born, they had always been together since the three of them grew up in the same village. When the town's mayor could not take it anymore, he gave the three kids to Shanks who wholeheartedly accepted the invitation of becoming a father... of pirates.

It's just like those 'What ifs' fic! Just like, "What if Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were taken care of Shanks instead of Dadan?"

I just thought it would be soooo cool.

EDITED: Just a few words, don't worry. 12-9-12

Author's Note~! Now to the story

"Mayor! He's back!" Makino slammed the Mayor's house open, causing him to throw himself out of the chair. "He as in that guy?" Woop Slap smiled real wide and immediately called three troublemakers. "Ace! Sabo! Luffy! Someone's here to see you!" as soon as the mayor shouted, the three boys came running down, and they seem to have been playing tag.

"Luffy! Don't let go of my back okay?" Sabo grinned as he ran out the mayor's house while carrying Luffy. "Hey! Unfair! No carrying!" the it, Ace, shouted while waving his other arm with his hand curled up in to a fist.

"I don't think they heard you Mayor..." Makino chuckled while the mayor just huffed.

When the red haired man had seen the trio he smiled. "Hey! Luffy! Sabo! Ace! Up to your usual games?" Shanks smiled, pulling away the attention of the three boys.

"Oh! Hey! Shanks!" Luffy jumped off of Sabo's back and ran to the man with a straw hat, Sabo and Ace followed after Luffy. "Is it true that you have a crush on Makino?" Luffy blurted out of nowhere, making Sabo, Ace, and Shanks freak out.

"Where did you hear that?!" Shanks put a hand on Luffy's shoulder. "Ace and Sabo told me that it was obvious." this time Ace and Sabo started whistling and looking away. "Listen, Luffy... this is a man to man promise..." Shanks whispered to Luffy.

"A man to man promise?! That's so cool!" Luffy had sparkles in his eyes.

"Never. Ever. Ever. Mention that... In front of Ben, Yasopp, Lucky, Rockstar and Foosha Village. Okay?" Shanks tried his best not to sound as if he's panicking, Luffy can get really suspicious and may lead to... well... disaster.

"I promise!" Luffy flashed a grin, but was interrupted when Ace threw himself to Luffy while Sabo was tugging on his shirt. But Luffy was in front of Shanks so he flew to Shanks, now all three boys are on top of the said man. "Hah! Luffy! Tag you're it!" Ace was laughing and continued to hug Luffy.

"Wah! Unfair! I thought we stopped playing!" Luffy cried out while Ace gave him a smug look. "What's unfair was Sabo was carrying you earlier!" Ace put his tongue out playfully. "Sheesh! Ace! And I tried my best to pull you away from him!" Sabo who was on top of everyone else was just lying down peacefully.

"So now the winner is cheater-Ace..." Luffy sighed.

"I WASN'T CHEATING!" Ace shouted at Luffy.

"I guess cheater-Ace did win." Sabo sighed.

"STOP SIDING WITH HIM!" Ace shouted at Sabo.

Shanks was laughing right now, for two reasons. One, he felt like he was under a penguin... Two, their fight is adorable. "Do you guys want to decide the winner?" Shanks asked while adjusting his straw hat.

"YES!" Ace and Luffy shouted, hurting Sabo's ears.

"Okay then Ace and Luffy, i'm about to throw a pencil. If the pencil lands on the head, Ace wins. If the pencil lands on the eraser, then Luffy wins." Shanks smiled when the three boys got off him and nodded.

"Alright, here we go!" Shanks threw the pencil and watched as it fell down.

Just so happens, the impossible happened. It landed on the eraser.

"I WON! TAKE THAT ACE!" Luffy jumped around with a huge grin. "Damn it!" Ace fell down on his knees with an angry expression.

"Now now kids, everyone is a winner okay? No losers!" Shanks smiled.

"Really?" Ace asked like a child being comforted when his ice cream fell down on the ground. Shanks gave him a nod. "This time the winner is the one who hugs me first!" Shanks grinned.

Suddenly he felt a really strong force push against him, making him fall back down on the ground, as soon as he opened his eyes, the three boys had their arms wrapped around him. He sat back up, but still, the boys won't let go of him, they were still arguing on who hugged him first.

Meanwhile...

"Makino... do you see what i'm seeing?" Mayor tapped Makino's shoulder. "I don't..." Makino gave the mayor a curious stare.

What did the mayor see? The mayor could see this:

Shanks was sitting down on the thin grass with Sakura petals flying around him. His lips curved up in to a smile and opened his arms wide then he called out, "Come here my sons!" The three boys were running to him with a wide smile on. As soon as they embraced the red haired man warmly, they giggled and laughed.

"This is the story... OF A GREAT FAMILY!" the mayor's eyes were in flames.

"SHANKS LI ROUX." the mayor pointed to the said man and earned his attention, "DO YOU ACCEPT THE DUTY OF BECOMING A RESPONSIBLE FATHER OF THESE TROUBLE MAKERS?!"

At first, Shanks thought the mayor had snapped and was going crazy... but then, it wasn't such a bad idea was it? Shanks grinned and pulled the rim of his hat down, enough to cover his eyes.

"I shall accept the duty of becoming a father then." He grinned.

"SHEESH SHANKS! THE KIDS ARE HIDING AGAIN! I THOUGHT YOU PROMISED TO BECOME A RESPONSIBLE FATHER!" Ben shouted and behind him were panicking crew mates.

"Ben Beckman, never said I accepted the duty of becoming a RESPONSIBLE father. I said I shall accept the duty of becoming a father." Shanks was relaxing on a couch, reading a newspaper and drinking alcohol.

"Whoah, Dr. Kureha's still alive?" another sip to his alochol.