~ Shards of Emerald ~
"Look, Shanks! It's my kid!"
Shanks stared at the little girl that Luffy was holding in his arms. Somehow, this was not how he had ever expected his reunion with Luffy to go.
The child blinked and stared at him. After a few long moments, the little girl pointed to the empty knotted sleeve dangling at Shanks' side and asked, "Where's this arm?"
"It got eaten by a Sea King," Shanks answered.
The child promptly burst into tears.
"No, don't cry! Why are you crying? Luffy, why is she crying?"
"Oh... maybe she's afraid of being eaten by Sea Kings?" Luffy guessed.
At this pronouncement, the child wailed louder.
"Luffy, why would you say that? You're making it worse. Here, give her to me!"
Shanks reached out for the crying child, and Luffy allowed the one-armed man to take her. Shanks hugged the toddler, not even flinching when his shoulder was immediately soaked with a flood of tears and snot.
"Shh, it's alright, Sea Kings aren't going to eat you," Shanks said, as he cuddled the weeping child. "I'm not going to let them, and neither is your dad. So please stop crying. It's ok..." He trailed off as he realized that he didn't know what to call her. "Luffy? What's her name?"
"Hm? Oh, it's Junior."
"Junior? But, she's a girl! You can't just name her Luffy Junior!"
"Ehhh? No, that would be silly! Of course she's not named Luffy Junior. She's named after her mother."
"Oh, right, so it's..."
"Hancock Junior."
~oOo~