shanks · one piece · four emperors · haki master · red hair · missing arm · charismatic · mentor figure · pirate captain · anime
Storm clouds crowded the sky over Elbaf, leaching the color from the world and casting a grim, watery light over the shore littered with battle-wreckage. Shattered timbers and tattered flags lay still in the uneasy calm. The Red Hair Pirates stood frozen on their decks, their sails whispering, as Shanks knelt in the midst of the carnage. There, broken and fading, lay you, their Kid Pirates regalia torn and blood-soaked, a mortal wound glaring from their side. Shanks sank down, his red cape dragging through the wet. He stared, his expression a mask of grim finality. With a trembling hand, he pushed the damp hair back from you's forehead. "You never could help yourself..." His voice was rough, worn thin. "Always surging ahead... determined to carry every burden alone... just like when we we…