"The new yonko?" Jerome questioned. Him a yonko an emperor of the sea he liked the idea himself, but it seemed a little to soon. Everyone's jaw almost dropped to the ground. It was crazy? Ridiculous? His mind was screaming. But he stayed rational the White beard pirates asked him to take all of there territory. If he didn't then the islands control could fall into the wrong hands. He could not let that happen it was the least he could do for them.
His gazed moved over to Dante, then Katherine, then Tegami's, and soon the rest of his crew. The approved of the idea, this crew of trouble makers followed him out of hell and do it again if they had to. They laid there lives in his hands and he felt the love. He grabbed a nearby sword and lifted it in the air.
"YEAH! I WILL BECOME THE NEXT YONKO!" Jerome roared.
"Captain!" his crew roared with him.
This would lead up to adventures to become, only thing left was to provide the old man a funeral.
The following funeral led up to an island called soshiki. It was the former White beard territory but of course now belonging to the Hell Fire. It was the best place to bury the old man. He had even requested it long before he died, for some reason he loved this island very much. Everyone laid down flowers on his coffin before it deceanded into the ground. Afterwards people gave there thoughts on him. Everyone who was really close to him had been impacted the most. Luffy and Jerome looked at there brother Ace with his head down in sorrow. They both walked to comfort there broken brother.
"Ace I'm sorry I know you liked the old man very much" said Luffy.
"I know how it feels to lose someone very close to you" said Jerome.
"Ace looked up at his trouble making brothers. He didn't know why at first but he couldn't help but smile. All he could do was smile. He had lost the man he called father, but he realized it was not much different from Sabo's 'death'. He lost someone he called family, he was frustrated, he was broken. Then he realized to remember what you have now. You can't change what happened, so all you could do was be happy and grow stronger to protect what you have now.
"I love you two and I promise to keep my promise to protect you Luffy. Now Jerome I promise myself to protect you" Said Ace hugging them both.
"Well this was a turn of events" said a unknown but familiar voice to most. Everyone turned around and with there sight landing on him. There eye balls nearly popped out. 'Red Hair' Shank's along with the rest of his crew had arrived at White beards funeral.
"SHANK'S!" shouted Luffy
"Hey there long time no see Luffy" said Shank's.
The first to actually make a move was Cassidy herself. She ran towards the yonko with tears in her eyes "Daddy!" she screamed.
"Daddy!?" everyone lese yelled.
Shank's put his arms out to hug his daughter. He had not seen her in a long time. Way before he met Luffy,
"Daddy" Cassidy whispered. Her leg then hardned with haki and surprising everyone around she kicked Shank's directly in the balls. "You son of a bitch!" she yelled.
Shank's fell to ground holding his groan. He kept his smile but in the inside he was screaming in pain. "Still have your mother's fire huh?"
Cassidy then grabbed the man by the jaw. "I get captured and what the hell do you do? You get your ass drunk as hell"
"I only started drinking because you got captured, you have to understand that I tried everything I could to help you"
"Then try harder next time"
With the family bickering the question that came to everyone's head was 'next time?'. After the bickering stopped Shank's shortly invited Cassidy to his ship to talk it all out. When Cassidy went to the ship Shank's went over to discuss his business. It only made since that the first person he encountered was Luffy. To his annoyance and happiness he had not changed a bit.
"Shank's I was supposed to come to you. You broke the promise" said Luffy.
"No the promise was that we will meet again once you become a great pirate. I think you are more of a great pirate before this point. Don't you remember Enies Lobby" said Shank's.
"Then I have to keep my side of the promise" said Luffy. Luffy picked up his hat off his head and handed it to Shank's "This hat belongs to you. I kept it in good condition but it did get messy a few times"
Shank's looked at the hat then back at Luffy. "Luffy this hat belongs to you now. It has become your hat so you can keep it"
A lot happened after Shank's little visit. It was soon seen that Buggy the clown and dark king Rayleigh had also come with him. Buggy for unknown reasons came to Jerome. He looked more than pissed and it felt like he was ready to get as far away from here as possible. "Here kid" Buggy dropped a diamond ring into Jerome's hand. He quickly realized what it was and who it belonged to.
"This is my momma's ring. How did you get it?" questioned Jerome.
"Your father gave it to me... I mean non of your damn business!" shouted Buggy.
"Thanks funny clown guy hey you wanna join my crew"
"Go to hell" Buggy then ran off without saying a single word.
Jerome looked at the ring in his hand and smiled. This ring held all of his mothers memory's it was her most treasured possesion . His father kept the ring with him this whole time. He was happy to learn that his father still had his humanity, but he couldn't help but wonder where he was now. He escaped his train of thought when Dante came up to him.
"Jerome Ace and Luffy asked me to come and get you. They said they are getting ready to leave" said Dante
Jerome followed Dante to Shank's ship where Ace and Luffy was next to Rayleigh. They both came up to him at the same time. "Jerome little brother me and Luffy have something important to tell you" said Ace.
"Does it have something to do with why you are leaving so soon" asked Jerome.
"Yeah it does. Sorry to tell you this but me and Luffy will be taking a two year break from piracy to train with Rayleigh. He is going to teach us how to master are haki. So before leaving I thought I should give you this" Ace then handed him a vivre card. "With this piece of paper you will be able to find me anywhere in the world"
"Yosh then I will take good care of it"
Later in the day the Red hair pirates sailed off with Luffy and Ace with them. Jerome was sad to see his brother's go but it was for the best. He had then gathered up with the rest of his crew and they all started a camp fire pit. The only thing missing was smores.
"Here you are" Seiran came by holding a plate of chocolate, gram crackers, and marsh mellows perfect for smores.
"What are we supposed to do with this stuff" asked Luna.
"Here let me show you" Darrius then demonstrated Luna on how to make a smore's. She was amazed by this and reached in to give Darrius a hug.
"Thanks big brother" she then realized what she said and pulled back from the hug. "Sorry if that was weird"
Everyone started at her for a moment then began to laugh. "It's okay Luna we consider each other family here. I don't mind if you call me big brother" said Darrius.
"Uh thanks big brother" she rejoiced.
The night followed with a big party and everyone getting passed out. But late in the morning Jerome was the first to wake up and seemed timid a bit and went over to Kat. He rocked her awake only to be punched in the face. "Ouch"
Kat still not realizing what was happening kicked Jerome in the face sending him flying into a tree. Before she could come in for another attack Jerome grabbed her arm. Now fully waking up Kat realized what was happening. "Jerome what are you doing" she questioned.
"Sorry I was just wondering if you could sing to. I have a little trouble falling asleep" admitted Jerome.
Kat's face changed to sorrow. She then decided to sing to the boy anyway. "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when skies are gray. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine" Kat then stopped when she realized Jerome was asleep. "Sleep tight captain"
It was now morning and the entire crew was now awake. They all came to the realization that the Moby Dick was still here. They progressed there way on the ship and was greeted by Marco. "So you are all still here yoi"
"Yeah the thing is we don't have a way to get off the island" said Jerome. A idea then popped in his head. "Hey Marco could you do us a favor and take us to my home island. It's in the calmbelt if you don't mind"
"Sure it won't be a problem yoi. Just let us get the ship prepared"
Done. To let you guys know after bounties are revealed the crew members past I will be revealing first is Dante. Afterwards we enter an original story arc of a new Yonko and his crew. I really don't know what else to say. I hope you liked the scene with Luna and Darrius. Until next time.