Shanks's warning

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by lady_shogun

by lady_shogun

(A/N:So you know how in Ace's back story where he finds Shanks in the mountains? Yeah I'mma do a short story on that right now)

Third pov

When Shanks found out that Luffy's older brother, Ace, had come along to say Thank you for saving him, a party was automatically set in place (despite the fact that the night before, the Red Hair pirates had a massive, random party).

As the night went on, the two men talked about Luffy, and then eventually as to how exactly Ace was going to make his name known throughout the world. "So how are you going to do it?" Shanks asked. Ace smirked, "First of all, I'm gonna show the whole world my strength, by taking down the most powerful man in the world." Ace declared. Shanks's eyebrows rose, "Whitebeard?" Ace nods, a cocky attitude crossing him, "And then when he's defeated, I'll set out to become the next Pirate King." Ace adds. Shanks laughed, "And not let your brother become King?" He asked. Ace shrugged, "It is what it is." "So in other words, apart from defeating Whitebeard, you haven't thought far?" "I'll figure it all out later."

Shanks took another swig of sake, and sighed, "You do know that there'll be heaps of obstacles coming your way if you wanna tale out that Old man." Shanks reminded. "That'll be easy." Ace said. "Yes, but there's one particular obstacle that'll be tough to swat away," Shanks turned to Benn Beckman, and muttered something to him, before he handed Shanks a wanted poster. "This will be one of the tough obstacles you'll face."

Shanks handed the wanted poster to Ace. What Ace saw, was a true sight to behold. The wanted poster, was of a woman that looked just his age. She was standing atop a pile of unknown figures, whilst holding a sycthe. She had her long, wavy brown hair blowing in the wind, and she had big, fearless, and beautiful emerald green eyes. She had a curvaceous figure, and she wore a white blouse, a black skirt, and a pair of black boots. Ace had to admit, even though she was only a picture, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

"Who is she?" Ace asked. "That right there, is Lucifer D Roza Itami, also known as 'The Double Princess'." Ace gave Shanks a confused look, "Double Princess? Why that?" "Because, it is said that she was the princess of two kingdoms, and ran away so that she can start a new life. Or well, thats only one of the rumors. There's so many freakish rumors about her, its crazy, and kinda unnecessary." Shanks commented. "Why is a pretty thing like her my obstacle?" Ace asked. "She's wanted for piracy, theft, for killing a large amount of Marines, and for ripping up a World Government flag. And when I say a large amount of Marines, I'm talking about hundreds, maybe even thousands." Shanks explained, "She's part of the Whitebeard pirates, and she's Whitebeard's right hand person. She'll do anything to protect him, even if it costs her own life." Shanks then adds.

Ace stared at the poster for a while. His eyes wandered down to her bounty, and his eyes went wide. "870,000,000 beri?!" He exclaimed. "If someone was to take her out...I'd say they'll be declared as a powerful figure if you ask me." Shanks said with a smirk. Ace tucked the bounty in his pocket, where he planned to stare at the Princess's features for a while, "Right. I'll get past her, then Whitebeard."

"Before you do...I need to warn you about her." Shanks adds, "Her bounty is like that for a reason. She won't hesitate to kill you. Her fighting style as well, is out of this world. She's lethal, and is a ruthless killer. And...if you hear her sing, or hum, block your ears." "Why?" "Because, she's part Siren from what I heard. Sirens are kinda like Mer-people, but they are much more. They can sing incredible melodies that can either hypnotize, seduce and maybe some other weird hoodoo shit that other people don't worry about. This woman is out if this world...in a deadly way." Ace knew that Shanks was serious, so he took on board everything that Shanks said, "Right..."