June 7, 1511
East Blue
Sixis Island
"Shanks, is this the island you guys are talking about? Will we stay here for a while?" A kid with 2 different colors of hair said to Shanks as she looked at the port of the Sixis Island, which was bustling with activity.
"That's the ship of the Snake Princess Boa Hancock, right? Why are they here on this island?" She added as she saw the Perfume Yuda on the port too, and a lot of Kuja pirates were hauling barrels to their ship.
"Nope, this isn't the one where we will stay; we're here to visit some friends. Remember the Dracule Family we were telling you about?" Shanks said.
"Those Warlords guys? Do you guys really know them?" Uta asked.
"Yes, the Dracule Family are our friends. If Mihawk is here on the island, I'll definitely challenge him again. I was so close to winning before," Shanks said.
"Whahahaha, boss, your Divine Departure was smaller than Mihawk's," a crewman said, which made Shanks blush as his crew laughed again.
"You bastards, the gap is not that big, and it's only just a little smaller, okay?" he said.
As the Red Force came closer to the island, they heard the sound of music that made everyone shut up.
"What a heavenly voice," Benn Beckman said.
"Wow, Shanks, you never said that there is a songstress here at this island. Let's hurry up; I want to meet her. I'm going to get my notebook so she can sign it," Uta said as she headed inside the ship.
"This voice sounds very familiar," Shanks said as the song kept on playing [New Genesis by Ado].
As the Red Force docked on the port, the red-haired pirates saw Enel waiting for them.
"Yo Enel! Long time no see!" Shanks said.
"Red Hair Pirates, welcome back to Sixis Island," Enel said.
"Business is really booming for you guys, and by the looks of it everyone is busy," Shanks said as he only saw Enel welcoming them; normally Mihawk or Raeven will come here together with those two kids.
"Big Bro Raeven is busy right now; his mangrove trees are ready to be rearranged. As for Big Brother Mihawk, he is currently talking with Koushirou-san in the training field," Enel said.
"Raeven-san is really a busy man; this is also the first island except Saboady Archipelago that had those mangrove trees," Shanks said.
They started to talk while they were walking towards the guest house of the Red Hair Pirates. When Uta saw the medium-sized villa, she finally believed that her crew really had a close relationship with this island.
"Also, I never heard the news that you guys recruited someone new; she even had a very good voice," Shanks said.
"Ah, about that, we didn't have a new addition to our family. What you're hearing is recorded music being played by Big Bro Raeven's speaker," Enel said.
"Speaker? Like a den den mushi?" Hongo asked.
"Yes, it's like a den den mushi but a lot better. Big bro has it with him right now; he always carries it everywhere he goes," Enel said.
"Later we should tell him to show it off," Shanks said.
As they headed to their home here, the crewmates of Shanks gave 4 boxes of seeds to Enel.
"Those are local seeds from South Blue. I don't know what to give you guys after all; you guys have the best booze on the seas here," Shanks said, and Enel just smiled.
"This seed is enough; Big Bro will surely like this," he said.
When afternoon came, Raeven was finally done arranging his mangroves; he placed two mangrove trees near the port of the island. That's when he saw the Red Force docked at the port beside the Perfume Yuda.
"Looks like we had a visitor," he said as he carried the speaker to the Sixis Island.
"Raeven-san! Welcome back." Lucky Roux is the first one who greeted him.
They are having a barbeque lunch in the backyard of their house. Raeven saw that the original members of the Red Hair Pirates are already here; among the known members, only Rockstar is missing.
"Roux, it's been a while; you look like you slimmed down a lot. It looks like Shanks is not feeding you guys enough," Raeven said as everyone laughed.
"Oy, Raeven-san, you can't tell them that these guys eat a lot; 90% of our money is burned on food," Shanks shouted from the back. Beside him is Mihawk, and the two of them are already drinking.
"Brother, this guy Shanks has done it; he had a daughter," Mihawk said as Raeven walks towards them, and he sees Uta sitting and petting Tom, who is sleeping beside her.
"Oh!! She even got your hair, you cheeky brat. You even get ahead of us. Who is the mother?" Raeven said as he looked at Uta, who blushed because she became the center of attention.
"This girl is too cute to be your daughter, Shanks; it's 100% sure that she got her looks from her mother," Raeven said. Everyone laughed again as Shanks became flustered.
"She's my daughter, and Uta is her name; she is our crew songstress," Shanks said.
"You must have suffered living with these brutes. How about you stay here and leave these bastards? My sisters will definitely like you," Raeven said.
"Oi, don't go poaching my daughter in front of me; I'll never give her to anyone!" Shanks said.
"Whahahaha, looking at her like this, I remembered when you were this small, you were cute too, Shanks," Raeven said.
"You even—" "Stop, stop!!" Shanks said as he hurriedly gave a bottle of booze to Raeven to stop him from saying things anymore, which made everyone laugh.
As everyone began to drink and get wasted, Enel arrived with the other members of the Dracule Family. Rogue joined the party too, and Ace and Shanks looked at Ace as he smiled.
As everyone got acquainted, Shanks introduced his new officers and said that they are planning to stay here at East Blue for a while, especially at Dawn Island.
"That place is dangerous; the Revolutionary Army and Marine hero Garp can be seen there occasionally," Stussy said.
"Ahahhaha, don't worry about that, Stussy-chan. We, the red-hair pirates, are not scared; our specialty is running," Shanks said as everyone laughed.
"That old man Garp is a menace; I don't want to be chased by him around," he added.
As the party continued, Raeven took out his speaker, which became the center of attention of everyone.
"This is the speaker that everyone is talking about?" Uta said as she looked at the black box that didn't look that special.
"This thing will blow your mind; it's unscientific," Stussy said. She tried everything she knows to open this thing up, but it's indestructible.
"Okay, let's play this song, Bink's Sake," Raeven said as everyone saw him touch the speaker, and it played a melody that everyone of them is familiar with.
As everyone was happy singing and enjoying the party, the drinking and eating continued too. The wind blowing became cold, so Raeven started a bonfire.
"Raeven-san, do you believe in fate?" Shanks said.
"On the way here we encountered a ship of Cipher Pol. You know about me; I don't usually attack those ships, but something inside me told me to attack it, so we attacked it."
"I can't believe it; that ship is transporting only one thing, and it's a devil fruit," Shanks said, and then Lucky Roux took out a small treasure chest out of nowhere and placed it on the table.
"This is a Paramecia devil fruit called the rubber fruit. Anyone who eats this will become a rubber man," Robin said as she saw the fruit.
"Like I said before, every devil fruit has a will of its own; they will choose their user, just like how blades choose their wielders, so Shanks, do you want to eat this?" Raeven asked.
"I don't really have a desire to eat any kind of devil fruit," Shanks said.
"My crew is the same; we want to enjoy swimming in the sea after all," Shanks said.
"Then why, if I told you that I can remove that curse, would you eat this fruit? I know you know the real name of this fruit. Now, Shanks, do you want to eat it?" Raeven said, which shocked the whole Red Hair Pirates.
Devil Fruits are known to grant their user devil-like powers, also called the treasure of the sea. If you eat one, it will give you power, but you will also be cursed by the sea; you'll become weak when your body gets wet by the sea, and sea stone will make you weak.
And here someone said that he can remove that curse; everyone stopped what they were doing, and they looked at Raeven and the members of the Dracule family, who were not surprised by what he said.
"Hahahaha, Raeven-san, you are really forcing me to eat that fruit, but I am not the one destined for it. I came here to see if you are interested in this fruit because it's guiding us to go here at East Blue," Shanks said, which surprised a lot of people. Only Shanks's officers, Raeven, and Mihawk appeared normal when hearing what he said.
"What a letdown. As for me, I already had a devil fruit. I'm not destined to be the savior of this world, and my devil fruit is on the same level as this fruit, which I really liked. Even if I didn't eat a devil fruit, I wouldn't eat this one," Raeven said.
"But Big Bro, your Devil Fruit is a Mythical Zoan, right? Are you saying that this fruit is a Mythical Zoan too?" Stussy asked.
"Yes, this fruit has been renamed by the World Government; for 800 years no one was able to awaken this devil fruit, so its real name became a legend that you will only read in the books," Raeven said.
"Mythical Zoan have another higher type of power if we are going to divide them; those fruits are called the God Fruits: the Death God, Forest God, Rain/Weather God, Earth God, Sun God, and Demon God," Raeven said, which made Shanks smile.
"I know about the Sun God; he is called Nika. He appears a lot when you read the ancient scripts," Robin said. Raeven nodded and continued.
"This fruit is called Mythical Zoan Human Model: Sun God Nika. Once you awaken this fruit, it will give you a power that can even twist reality itself."
"Currently I only know about this fruit, the Demon God Fruit, and my very own devil fruit."
"The demon god fruit, or maybe it's not even a demon god, though it's really not that sure; it's only based on what I see on God Valley and what I know from reading. The demon god can give you contracts that will give you power," Raeven said.
"Just like those God Knights that we saw on God Valley."