"Hey anchor!" A red haired pirate yelled to a pleasantly familiar stretchy male he hadn't seen in almost fifteen years.

Said stretchy male whipped around, startling all his companions, and rocketed himself into the open and waiting arms of his father figure. "SHAAAANKKKSSSSS!" The stretchy male said to the now known Shanks.

"Been a while hasn't it Luffy?" Shanks asked as he held tightly onto the boy in front of him, afraid if he let go for even a moment that he would vanish. Shanks only got a nod as a reply, after a few seconds he heard muffled sniffles coming from the younger male which made him grip even tighter.

"It's been too long asshole!" Luffy yelled with no real malice behind it, as he stayed clung to Shanks' form. By that time the Straw Hat pirates had caught up to their rambunctious captain as he clung to an a older red haired male.

The entire crew recognized just who Luffy was hugging and blanched having never met the man in person. "Well aren't you going to introduce me to your new friends Luffy? Little brat." Luffy pulled away from the hug and chuckled as he wiped tears and snot away.

"Shanks, this is my crew. Crew, this is Shanks. This is Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Nami, Robin, and Brook. Franky and Usopp are back at the ship making repairs." Luffy was going to talk some more but was cut off by an indignant squeal as Yasopp took off towards the coast in search for the son he hadn't seen since his birth.

"Well, shall we go to your ship then Luffy?" Shanks said and Luffy nodded. Nami led the way with Robin while Luffy talked animatedly with Shanks and Benn Beckmann, Shanks first mate, Lucky Roo and a few others, Sanji kept cussing Zoro out as he would wonder off and get lost making Sanji get him.

When they all arrived at the ship both crew saw the father son duo dueling it out on the deck of the Sunny. They all made their way up quickly. "Don't interfere." Luffy commanded when he noticed Franky and Sanji about to stop the duel.

Shanks was surprised that he would stop his crew but was filled with pride when he noticed how well they obeyed their captains orders. "This has been a long time coming," Shanks agreed, "They need to settle it however they see fit."

The battle didn't last for too much longer for Usopp had successfully gotten all his rage at his dad out and Yasopp took it in stride completely understanding why his son was doing what he was doing. Neither was really wounded but they were slightly winded and both had minor cuts and bruises. One moment the two are fighting, the next they are sobbing and embracing on the deck.

Luffy chuckled at the scene knowing how badly Usopp missed his father and how bad Yasopp missed his son. When all of that was settled the crew moved to Shanks' ship for it was much bigger and would fit everybody.

The night was full of feasting and telling stories and jokes and just having a bunch of fun. Brooke combined with the musicians from Shanks' crew played all night long. When everything started winding down, near dawn, Luffy and Shanks made their way to the red haired captains private quarters.

They stayed up and talked for several more hours and they would have kept going, if not for the great allure of breakfast, after all they did have fifteen years of catching up to do. The two crews stayed at the quiet island for a while longer when they finally parted ways.

It had been an emotional split for the crew had become quite attached to the red haired pirates but they knew it was for the best. If any of either of the crews enemies decided to go after the other trying to get back at the Red haired or Straw Hat pirates, hell would surely ensue.