Chapter 30: Apologizing to Jack

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"J-Jack, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry..." Shanna placed her palms together, looking up at the chef with her big, round, ocean blue puppy dog eyes.

"Damn right you should be sorry! You have any idea how worried I was? How dare you just throw a tantrum and run away?! The least you could have done was leave a note. But noooooo, you just ran off without a trace! We looked everywhere for you! You immature, bratty, no good, love-brain, IDIOT!!"

The redhead winced as she wiped all the spit off her face. "I'm sorry...." She knew that getting Jack's forgiveness was going to be the hardest. She was his closest friend in the crew, and he must have felt abandoned, and betrayed by her when she left without saying anything. She tugged on the edge of his sleeve. "Jack..... Jack..... I'm sorry. Please forgive me? I won't do it again."

"Again?! AGAIN?! OH YOUNG MISS DID YOU HONESTLY THINK WE'D GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO DO IT AGAIN?! YOU ARE UNDER 24 HOUR SURVEILLANCE!" Jack pointed at her.

"I second that!" Penguin raised his hand. "You're not going anywhere from now on!"

"Me too! Me too!" Bepo and the others agreed.

Shanna chuckled guiltily, and kept apologizing to her friends. After about thirty minutes of apologizing, Jack finally forgave her for supposedly abandoning him. The Heart Pirates sat around a bon fire, cooking fish and vegetables. Shanna sat on a log next to Law, and listened to the crew tell Law about what happened here on Zou before they came. Jack handed Shanna a bowl of fish soup.

"I see, so that's what happened here," Law said once Shachi was done telling them about the attack from Kaido's crew in search of a certain ninja. 

"Enough about us! Captain how did you find Shanna-chan?!" Penguin asked.

Law and Shanna exchanged glances before grinning at the crew. "That's a long story," Shanna said.

"Rather than saying I found her, it's more like she found me," Law said. "She was traveling with the Straw Hats when they arrived at Punk Hazard." 

"Straw Hats?! You were with the Straw Hats?!" 

That was when Shanna knew it was going to be a long night. They spent the entire night sharing stories, mainly on Shanna's part. She told them about what she did after she left them, and how she met Shanks, a little bit of what she did when she was with the Red Hair Pirates, and how she decided to enter the New World with Luffy instead of Shanks. 

In between stories, they had to pause because the Straw Hats arrived to greet Nekomamushi. While the Heart Pirates were excited to meet their new allies, Law didn't seem to have the patience to introduce every single one of them. While Law and Luffy were discussing, Jack pulled Shanna to the side. 

"Why did you bring me all the way out here?" asked Shanna.

Jack found a nice and quiet spot, and the two were alone. He looked around to make sure no one followed them, and he asked, "You and Captain are cool now right? You really won't be leaving, right?"

Is that what he was worried about? Shanna smiled at him. "Law and I talked things out. All the misunderstanding is now solved, and we're good now. I won't go Jack. I won't ever leave you guys again," Shanna said. 

Jack crossed his arms. "Good. I guess that bastard apologized."

"Speaking of that, I still need to thank you. I heard you beat the crap out of him after I left!"

"You bet I did! After what he did? He should be glad I didn't kill him!"

Shanna let out a nervous chuckle. She knew how scary he could be when he's angry. There were multiple times he threatened to stab her with his knife when she pissed him off back then. However, despite all the times she has annoyed him and angered him, she is still Jack's most precious friend, and the reason why he decided to join the Heart Pirates. 

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