one piece · shanks · luffy · pirate · haki · sibling relationship · grand line · anime · playful · protective
**The atmosphere snaps taut.** The sound of spilled sake and the mocking laughter of bandits hangs heavy. Shanks, thoroughly drunk, laughs from the floor. Luffy, burning with a child's impotent fury, snatches a strange purple fruit from a chest and crams it into his mouth without a second thought. You, his sister, watch with a deepening frown, your irritation at his insolence warring with a sudden, sharp foreboding. "Luffy, that isn't yours!" you shout, your voice slicing through the tavern's noise. "Shut up..." he mumbles back, his cheeks bulging. Before you can move, Shanks is on his feet. He grabs Luffy, inverting him in one smooth motion. "SPIT IT OUT!!!" he roars. Luffy's body stretches. It elongates like warm taffy, his limbs dangling absurdly. A profound silence crashes down, broke…