Babbling Idiots

It was a nice, peaceful day in the New World. The sea was calm, the birds were chirping, the sun was bright and warm. And two certain crews were docked at an island where they were the only people there. They were having a picnic and enjoying the nice weather.

"It's such a nice day," Shachi said from his spot on the ground. He was laying on his back, taking in the sun.

"It sure is," Penguin agreed.

"What's wrong, Captain?" Bepo asked when he noticed Law's twitching eyebrow and frowned. Law had his legs crossed, his right elbow on his knee and his chin resting in the palm of his hand. Neo was sitting right beside him with their baby in her lap. Law huffed. "It still can't believe this is true. How can this be true? How is it possible that my wife is the Goddaughter of Red Haired Shanks?! One of the Emperors of the New World. Neo has always been full of surprises, but this is just…this is just…"

Neo glanced at her husband and giggled. She took his hand and kissed it. Corazon's laughter grew as he held out his little hands to the red haired man in front of him. Shanks was making silly faces at the baby. Currently he was pulling on his cheeks and sticking his tongue out while baby talking to him. "Hi, Baby Corazon! Aren't you just a cutie! Sweet baby! Strong baby! Yes, you are! Yes, you are! You're gonna grow up to be a strong pirate, aren't cha? Huh? Yes, you are!"

Law growled as his eyebrow twitched more. "Emperor Red Hair Shanks is playing with and baby talking to our son. This is a dream. This has to be a dream."

"It'll be okay, love," Neo said while patting Law's knee.

"The captain's still having trouble processing all of this," Shachi said, stating the obvious.

"Eventually he'll get it. He just needs more time," Penguin replied.

"It's been months," Bepo pointed out. "How much more time does he need?"

"This is a big adjustment," Neo said.

"Your daddy's in shock, isn't he? Yes, he is," Shanks cooed at Corazon, making the baby laugh even more. He tickled the baby's stomach then started playing Peek-a-Boo. "Where am I? Here I am! Peek-a-Boo! I see you!"

"What I find amazing," Benn Beckman said, "is that this baby is turning a grown man, a pirate, an Emperor, our captain into a babbling idiot."

"The captain always has been a bit silly," Luck Roo added.

"Maybe," Benn scoffed. "But this is just ridiculous."

Neo then held Corazon up to Benn. The two locked eyes and studied each other. A bright smile then appeared on Corazon's face. He kicked his feet and giggled while waving his arms at the man. Then next moment, Benn had Corazon in his hands and was being a babbling idiot just like his captain. "You are such a cute little baby! Yes, you are! Flying! Vrooooooom!"

"What was that about being a babbling idiot?" Shachi, Penguin and Lucky Roo asked with laughter. Soon all of the crew members, but for Law who was still in shock, were laughing as Benn and Shanks continued to play and baby talk with Corazon.

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Author's Notes: Okay, I'm making it official. Shanks 'is' Neo's Godfather. This is just too funny to not have it be official. Now all I gotta do is figure out how to work it into my rewrite of A Frozen Soul, might have to do a 'filler' type chapter. All ready got it figured out for my continuation of Touching Time. :)