? '------ {. ' 'LOVE OF A PIRATE ' '.} '------ '?

Shanks watched as Luffy 's boat disappeared from sight, a grin on his lips. Luffy had been visibly itching to get out to sea for good, to finally be an active pirate again, and seeing him off was something Shanks did not regret. Even if it had been pretty inconvenient leaving the New World with all the Marines that were trying to follow him ' trying to see why he went to the East every few months. The lot of nosey bastards.

Corazon smiled as he dropped his cigarette, crushing the bud under his boot. Luffy needed to stop at his crew 's islands and or boat restaurant, so far he only has Kuina and Zoro with him. But with how strong Luffy is and how strong the other swordsman/woman were, Shanks knows they 'll be fine.

'Say, Ross, ' Shanks looked up at his fianc ', smiling. Those red eyes he fell in love with met his, and Shanks grasped his lover 's hand, 'Do you want to set sail? With me? '