Operation Code Red! The String of Fate! (Trafalgar Law Fanfiction)

Chapter 11: Her Dad

Present Day

Towards the late afternoon, Shanna finally woke up. She wore an orange sports bra, and a loose white tank top over it. On the bottom she switched to a pair of grey short shorts. When she got out of the bedroom, everyone was doing their own thing. Nami took Momonosuke on a tour of the Sunny, while Usopp was fixing Nami's staff. Robin was having tea and watering her plants. Sanji was making everyone dinner. Shanna couldn't tell what everyone else were up to but she was happy to get some fresh air. "Shanna." Law patted the spot beside him, signalling for the teenager to come sit with him.

Shanna hesitated, but she knew she can't keep ignoring him on the ship, so she took a seat beside Law, and asked, "What's up?"

"When did you get that tattoo?" Law asked. Shanna placed her hand on her shoulder, reaching back a little in attempt to touch the tattoo he was talking about.

"On my 18th birthday," she admitted. "You said I could get one when I turn 18." A smile graced Law's lips. He didn't know whether he was happy that she listened to him and waited until she turned 18, or that she got a tattoo of their jolly roger, proof that she's one of the Heart Pirates. It was just a tattoo, but Law could see her loyalty to the crew, and how much she missed them the past two years just from that tattoo alone. 

"It looks good on you." Law brushed the inked skin with the tip of his fingers, tracing the lines of their jolly roger. Shanna blushed. Back then, no matter what she wore, or how she did her hair, Law would always comment 'meh.' He never once complimented her; this was a first.

"What the hell...." Shanna muttered, hugging her knees to her chest, burying her face to hide the redness. Her reaction put a smirk on Law's lips.

Hoping this conversation would get rid of some of that awkwardness between them, Law continued to ask, "Who did your tattoo?"

"Johnny."

"Who's Johnny?"

Shanna groaned softly. It wasn't an annoyed groan, but rather a nervous one. This conversation reminded her of back when she was allowed to go off on her own for the first time when they docked on an island. She disappeared for five hours and when she got back Law interrogated her on every single thing she did and everybody she met. "You're really nosy you know that?" she muttered. "He's a tattoo artist on my dad's pirate crew."

"Your dad?! You met your dad?!" Law exclaimed. This caught Usopp's attention, for he sat not far from them. Brook, who was also on the deck also turned his attention over. "Who is he?" The mysterious man who Shanna's mother fell in love and had a child with, the man she wouldn't speak the name of even once. Every time Law, Shachi, Penguin, Bepo, or even Shanna asked about it, Bridgette would just show them that mischievous grin of hers and tell them it's a secret. 

"Red Hair Shanks...."

"EEEEEEEEHHHHHHH?!" Usopp and Brook jumped. Law simply stared wide eyed, completely loss for words. "ONE OF THE FOUR EMPERORS?! THAT RED HAIR SHANKS?!"

"Someone said Shanks? What about Shanks?" Luffy suddenly drops in out of nowhere. Almost everyone on the ship were attracted to where Shanna sat. The girl lifted her head, a little surprised but at the same time not really. She was more startled by Usopp and Brook's reaction.

"Luffy, isn't Shanks the guy who gave you that hat?" Usopp stood. "He's her dad!"

"EH?! SHANKS IS YOUR DAD?!" Luffy jumped.

"Y-Yeah...." Shanks said Luffy would jump if I told him and he's right, Shanna thought. 

Law finally regained composure and asked, "If someone as big as him was your dad, why didn't Bridgette-san tell you?" By Bridgette he meant Shanna's mother, Houston D. Bridgette, who passed away when Shanna was ten.