Series of one shots I will randomly update. Random pairings, random themes (Which I got fro Hanzatsu-Hime, so I have no clue where they came from, but I'm using them). OH, and you'll come to find I like putting song quotes in my song. You won't notice unless you know that certain song.

First up!

Theme: Introduction

Characters: Makino, Shanks, Luffy, Woop Slap, Ben Beckman, Yasopp, Lucky Roux

Pairing: Hinted at Shankino (ShanksxMakino)

I felt it was appropriate to put in the beginning of the whole series as my first chapter. And I couldn't help putting in some Shankino, because the whole world needs a little more of it.

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It had been just a day, just an ordinary day. Makino had been behind the bar, on a rather unbusy day, she had to say, blowing the hair out of her eyes in exasperation. It kept getting in the way, it really did even though it was short.

The heat didn't help either. Even in shorts and a short sleeved top (Which she knew she shouldn't wear in a BAR frequented by thugs and pirates), it was blistering hot inside the tavern. She could feel her arm instinctively rising up to wipe sweat from her brow.

Yes, just another ordinary day for Makino, barmaid of Party's Bar.

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Or so she thought, until Woop Slap came bursting into the tavern, hollering in that crotchety old man voice of his. Makino nearly dropped the glass she was cleaning in surprise.

"MAKINO! Pirates in the cove!" His voice made her cringe.

"Mayor," she began patiently, coming out from behind the bar, and helping him to a seat before he had heart attack, "We're an island in the East Blue. Pirates frequently come to port. Things rarely happen, if at all,"

"Yes, but these pirates! They're the Red-Haired Pirates!" Makino, who had returned to the bar at that point, really did drop her glass this time.

"Oh my," she muttered, bending down, to clean up the mess. She slowly started to pick up the glass shards, careful not to cut her self on their razor sharp edges.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?!" Woop Slap's voice suddenly shouted, startling her, and causing her to slip and smash both her hands into the remaining shards of glass on the floor. She muttered a string of obscenities loudly, and inspected her bloody hands. She wasn't sure whether to take care of the pirates first or to get the glass shards out of her hands.

"You know, I don't think it's wise to cuss in front of impressionable kids." A smooth, yet lazy sounding voice drawled from the top of the counter.

Makino jumped up, hiding her hands behind her back. The man, Red-Haired Shanks, he was standing in front of her. Just the essence of his power almost made her get knocked right back to the floor, but she managed to stay up.

He was attractive too, much more attractive than in his bounty poster, with strangely colored red hair, a strong nose, and three scratch scars over his left eye. He was wearing a straw hat atop his famed red hair.

"Can I help you?" She asked, surveying the rest of the crew. There was another man, tall, very tall, to the captain he had long black hair held back in a ponytail, also good looking. A chubby man with chicken in his hand, standing next to a man with blonde hair, and a headband that said Yasopp.

That was all she managed to see before the man, Shanks, moved in front of her line of vision.

"Well, the lad said this was the best bar in the island, so we were wanting sake, but I think we should focus on your hands first," He said, gesturing for what was obviously the doctor in the crew to come up and examine her hands.

"Makino-nee-chan, what are you doing with glass in your hands?"

"Luffy, what are YOU doing with pirates?" Makino reprimanded, glaring at Luffy.

"Dahahaha! Sounds like the little lady doesn't approve of us, huh, boys? And even after our ship's kind doctor is taking care of her hands," Shanks laughed, obviously finding Makino's comment amusing. Makino was torn between blushing or glaring. She settled for both.

"Well, Makino-nee-chan, I saw the pirates at the harbor, and they looked cool! And then Shanks came up to me and was like, Hey lad, where's the best bar, and of course I gave them the name of your bar!"

"Yeah, and I couldn't help but listen to the boy, because he reminded me of-" "Yasopp, shut up about your son!" "-my own son back home!" The blonde man, apparently named Yasopp, commented.

Woop Slap, who had remained in the background up until this point, felt forced to intervene.

"Luffy, you incorrigible lad! You decided to lead a group of incredibly powerful pirates to a bar where there was only poor Makino?" he screeched. Makino cringed.

"Really, Mayor-san, it's fine, I'll get them the sake now," Makino stated, noticing the doctor was done bandaging her hands. She made to step back, but Shanks grabbed her hand, bent forward and kissed it.

"Kisses make everything feel better," he commented slyly, looking up to see her face, "I'm Captain Shanks. And you are, my dear?"

"Makino," she replied shortly, before wrenching her hand from the pirate captain's grasp, and hurrying towards the back room, where she proceeded to hyperventilate in private.

Well, that's not something that happens everyday, Makino thought, while lugging two barrels of beer towards the door. She swung the door back open, and tried to lug both barrels. It was then that the black-haired man stepped in.

"Ben Beckman, first mate, at your service, my lady," he stated gruffly, before hauling one barrel and motioning for the chubby man to haul the other.

"And I'm chomp Lucky Roux chomp. Nice to meet you," Lucky said as he put the second barrel on the counter.

"DAHAHAHAHA!! Introducing yourselves, eh, boys? Back off, I called dibs!" Shanks laughed. Makino sweat dropped.

"Hey Shanks, what do you mean you called dibs on Makino-nee-chan?" Luffy asked, genuinely curious.

Makino made her way back behind the counter to fill a few mugs with sake, rolling her eyes, but refraining from saying anything.

Yeah, ordinary day, my ass.