Baby.

"Hey guys! I see smoke!" Luffy yelled from his perch at the front of the Sunny. Sending his crew into action.

"What is it?" Robin asked as Usopp zero'd in the source with his magnifier.

"Looks like it was a ship. No fire anymore but it's still smoldering." Usopp said putting his magnifiers back up on his head.

"There could be survivors, we have to check." Chopper said

"Chopper, the chances of anyone surviving that are..." Zoro started but stopped when Robin shook her head at him. They all knew the tiny doctor was going to be satisfied unless they stopped and checked. Even if it was pretty clear what the chances were.

They took advantage of the time it took to reach the half sunk wreck to get a plan of action and prepare in case there were any survivors. It was decided that given the state of the ship the devil fruit users would stay behind and since they didn't know what waited for them they would limit it to three to go aboard. A draw of straws decided it would be Shion, Zoro and Franky going. That decided Chopper went to ready his infirmary and Sanji headed to the galley to see what he could whip up quickly in case food was needed.

A quick survey of the parts of the ship yielded nothing, either whoever was on the ship had escaped, been captured or was dead somewhere below the wreckage. There wasn't even any signs to say who attacked. Franky noted that the ship was of a good, and expensive, make so whoever it belonged to had been wealthy, it was also a ship made for short distance runs. Probably for hopping from island to island in the chain of small islands they'd been passing for days. They almost left when Zoro suddenly headed in the opposite direction.

"Hey don't get lost now." Shion warned him. But he ignored her.

"Zoro-bro what's up?" Franky asked as Zoro started digging through some rubble.

"Shhhh... I can hear it." The swordsman muttered

"Hear it?" Franky asked as the green haired man grabbed something and turned back to his crew mates. A bundle of dirty, damp, cloth in hand. A bundle of cloth that suddenly started wailing. Franky putting his hands over his ears and Zoro pulling a horrified face at the piercing tone. Something Shion might have found funny if not for the situation.

"Men." She rolled her eyes and took the bundle. "Holy shit...he's freezing, no wonder he's squalling. Franky, Zoro... your shirts. Now" Both were quick to give their shirts up if they thought it would stop the noise. Shion tossed the wet and dirty cloth he was wrapped in away and quickly bundled him in both shirts, wrapping him as snug as she could without being tight. "There, there... that's enough of that now Little One. You're safe now." She cooed soothingly, tucking him into her chest rocking him. He stopped screaming almost instantly, clinging close and settling for whimpering instead. At the relieved looks of the her the men of her crew Shion quirked an eyebrow. "What?"

"How can you stand that?" Zoro asked.

"I guess you get used to it. Kirie let me help out a lot with Wendy when she was a baby so..." Shion shrugged "I don't know, it just doesn't bother me."

"Let's just get back." Frank said, "This ship ain't gonna float much longer."

It was an awkward first couple days but eventually everyone settled into a routine of sorts, the Strawhat women taking on and sharing most of the 'baby duties'. Luffy treated the newest 'addition' with mostly curiosity but if he was to be honest... he kinda wanted it off his ship, fast. There had been a couple hilarious moments, like when the baby latched onto Nami's breast looking for food or when he peed on Zoro, laughing of course had earned him a couple good smacks. So on Captains orders they started by backtracking a bit then stopping at several islands to see if anyone had any idea of who the baby belonged to. With no luck, so they continued on their course.

Sanji exited the galley late one night cringing momentarily at the sound on deck. Did that damn brat ever sleep!? He shook himself and bee lined for the hatch, pausing as a different sound over. Turning he peeked around the corner to witness the singing. Shion swayed slowly under the moonlight, singing softly a wordless lullaby as she patted the whining baby in her arms. Sanji saw then just how beautiful a woman could look when she had a baby in her arms.

"Not settling tonight?" He asked her

Shion turned and sighed "No, I think he might like Robin's singing over mine but I don't really want to wake her up. She had him all day and she's tired."

"You know I never really thought of how much work babies actually are until now." Sanji mused lighting a smoke, keeping a distance so he could feed his nicotine craving but not have the smoke blown in the direction of the child.

"They are. Kirie always said it was worth it, but I never really saw the point."

"Don't want a family some day?" Sanji asked curious

"Someday sure...but not anytime soon." Shion laughed. "I'm too young and there's still so much I want to do and see before I even consider settling down."

"I know what you mean."

Shion cocked her head "You?"

"Someday sure. Don't get me wrong, I like this adventure we're on. But eventually it's going to have to end, and if we survive it long enough to see that end, yeah I see myself settling down eventually."

"I thought all you wanted to do what find the All-Blue? Then you'd leave us."

"It might have started that way, but now it's different. Now I want to see us forge our dreams to completion." He snubbed the smoke. "Here give him to me a moment."

Shion handing the still sobbing baby over, grateful for the chance to ease of achy arms. He wasn't heavy but holding anything in a cramped position like that for any length of time lead to aches. Sanji sat as he curled his arms around the bundle, cooing softly at him. Shion sat beside him. The baby fell asleep after several minutes and both heaved a sigh of relief. Grinning at one another they both stifled laughs. "He's kinda cute when he's sleeping." Sanji whispered

"Most kids are cute when their sleeping." Shion replied quietly reaching for the bundle. Sanji shook his head.

"Not yet." He said settling back against the wall. Shion said nothing, just nodded and settled beside him. As much as she liked talking to Sanji she liked sitting like this to...in silence.

Morning found them waking to the teasing and laughter of their crew. Sanji was quick to put them in their places but they knew they were not going to be living this down any time soon.

Later in the day while Nami took her turn to watch over their guest Robin leaned over to say "You and Cook-san make a cute couple. But if you're thinking of a serious relationship...you really should let us know."

Shion blushed "It's not like that."

"No?"

"No. And I'm not rising to your troublemaking Nico Robin" Shion said firmly

Robin hummed smiling, while Shion knew she'd settled the teasing for now...she still had the sinking feeling she'd lost it somehow.

Epilogue:

They eventually did find the baby's home and a very grateful father who had explained his wife had booked passage on a supply runner to go visit her family on another island in the chain. They'd received news the ship had gone down and he'd thought both his wife and child lost. Until now, it was actually kind of bittersweet handing the baby back to his father. Shion would never admit it but she had a hard time doing so. She'd gotten rather attached to him. But hand him over she did.

The crew stayed the night as the small village requested they stay for a thank you celebration.