Cale blinked in confusion at the noise caused by his father's pirate crew. Everyone seemed to be busy with their respective tasks to make the ship go faster. Shanks also continued to shout his orders as a reliable ship captain, there was no denying that the single father's good looks were increasing at times like this.

Rest assured, Cale was safely protected in Shanks' study with the Monster assigned to look after him while everyone else was busy. Not that Cale minded, he was happy to relax on his father's favorite super soft sofa.

'Looks like there's a fight going on outside, is that the king of the sea?' Cale thought, as the baby learned about the giant, multi-shaped monster that was referred to as the 'King of the sea' because of its ferocity and large size.

It was common for the king of the sea to attack their ship, usually one of his father's crew would defeat it and then Lucky would see if the giant creature could be eaten or not. If the creature proved safe to eat then Lucky would slaughter it and choose the tasty parts for their food supply.

Bang!!! The cannon boomed as it hit its target.

Bugh!! The sound was replaced by the sound of someone's fist.

"Why did you hit me huh?! Inviting a fight?!"

"You bastard! I told you not to shoot him! Gunpowder can change the flavor of the meat!!! At this rate we won't be able to eat it!"

'The sound of the fight is gone, Yassop-san must have shot that big thing again' Cale calmly rolled over on the spacious sofa ignoring the noisy argument between Yassop and Lucky.

"Captain! We're almost there! I see Moby Dick up ahead!" As usual, Building Snake informed them, the tall man was a skilled navigator.

"Did you hear that, guys? Party time!" Shanks shouted loudly in front of his office, causing a commotion among his excited crew.

Shanks opened the door to his office, smiling softly at the sight of his son giggling as Monster rubbed his cheek against the baby's cheek. Cale returned Monster's sweet treatment with a cute babble that no one could understand, except Monster of course, the genius monkey somehow acting as if he understood Cale's abstract words.

"Cale~"

"Kyaa!" Cale squealed as his father lifted him up high. Shanks chuckled at Cale's surprised reaction.

His son was silent all the time, so the moment he laughed like that was a precious moment for the single father. Cale was unique but Shanks had promised to love him for who he was, as long as Cale was happy then he would be happy too, even though his son was a little different from the others, in Shanks' eyes he would always be his perfect little baby forever.

"Sorry sorry, let's go out dear, we're going down soon" Shanks put a fairly thick jacket on Cale, he also let the fluffy hood of the jacket cover Cale's head, afraid that the afternoon wind would make his son feverish. Cale didn't mind, after all, his current body was easily cold.

Cale looked up to see his father's expression as they exited and descended from Shanks' study.

'He looks happy' His father's usual wide smile was clearly displayed on his handsome face.

'Then the person we're visiting is probably his close friend' Cale was so grateful to have been given the gift of all the memories of every second of his life, they kept him sane and calm.

About five minutes later Cale's vision was shocked by a giant white ship with a head shaped like a whale along with similiar smaller ships surrounding it like a mother whale and her calf.

"You're surprised, aren't you? This is the first time you've seen a ship of this size." Cale remained silent, marveling at the shape of the very huge ship. Shanks chuckled at his son's amazed look, he guessed his son would be a very curious young man when he grew up.

Their arrival was greeted by a blond man wearing red-colored glasses and an elegant man dressed in a kimono that Cale remembered as the typical clothing of the country of Japan in his first world.

'His hair is like a pineapple' Cale's attention could not help but be drawn to the shape of the hair of the man with glasses, amazed at the hairstyle he had never seen.

"Long time no see, Marco-kun" Shanks greeted kindly and was reciprocated by the man with pineapple hair.

'So his name is Marco...' Cale made a mental note to keep remembering his name.

"Yes Akagami-san, Oyaji is waiting for you at his usual seat, please come up yoi" Marco and the man beside him seemed to be trying not to show any interest in whatever Shanks was hiding under the thick jacket the man had been carrying since earlier.

Shanks smiled and climbed the stairs slowly, his executives following behind. Shanks chuckled at the curious gaze of the man standing with Marco, perhaps he was curious because usually Shanks would enter their ship dramatically.

"Is something wrong, Izo-kun?" The beautiful young man named Izo gasped and shook his head.

"No, nothing's wrong, Akagami-san" Izo said tensely, after all this man who looked relaxed in front of him could kill him in just a few seconds if he wanted to.

'Oh the beautiful one named Izo' Cale was a good student, he remembered quickly.

If Cale was surprised by the shape of this ship earlier, now Cale was perfectly gaping at how tall and big the old-aged man in front of him was. The aura of pressure that the man gave off made Cale shudder, unconsciously his instincts as a baby took over, Cale whined while squeezing the shirt his father was wearing.

Shirohige's crew was surprised to hear a whimpering sound coming from the lump of the jacket being hugged by the red-haired Yonkou.

'Is that a baby's voice? I didn't hear it wrong, did I?' Marco thought in confusion, as did all the Shirohige children present here.

"Shirohige-san, sorry, but can you lower your haki a little?" Shanks might be smiling but his haoshoku haki was also flying in the air, making many people breathless just by feeling it.

"Gurararara! You little boy brought something great this time, come, sit in front of me and show me what you brought" Edward Newgate or commonly called Shirohige melted the haki he had spread earlier into the warmth of a doting father.

Shanks smiled softly, without protesting he walked casually then sat down in front of the man with the long mustache, he could feel all his executives were alert and in a ready position to attack, just in case something happened while he was about to introduce his son to the pirate king's old rival.

Shanks patted Cale's back, whispering softly in Cale's ear to ask for his approval before finally opening the hood of the furry jacket Cale was wearing, revealing his son's charming face that always shine.

Silence... No one dared to make a sound, not even Shirohige.

"What-what are you really showing?" Shirohige even lost his communication skills for a moment, too shocked to process the information.

"Didn't you see him? He's cute isn't he?" Shanks proudly showed his son who looked like he was about to cry from embarrassment.

"Of course he's cute-no! Don't be evasive, you must be understand Oyaji meaning, Akagami" Only Marco dared to interrupt the conversation between the two yonkou without difficulty.

"Since you asked then I will gladly answer" Shanks said as he hugged his son tightly.

"Introducing, this is Cale, my biological son" Shanks declared Cale's existence with proud eyes and a passionate tone.

Once again there was silence in Moby Dick.

"Whaaaaatttt?!!!"

Ok that was enough, Cale could not endure this nonsense any longer, his head and lung hurt like shit.

"Uuuuh mmh" His pretty little lips began to let out a pitiful whimper.

"Oh no, Cale-kun, sorry-" His father tried to calm him down but fuck it, Cale wanted everyone to know he was angry.

"Uaaaaaah!!!" A loud, booming cry drew many panicked voices from the people on board the large ship.

"Captain, you fool! You're scaring Cale-kun!"

Hongo punched Shanks on the shoulder, quickly picking up Cale because honestly the captain sucked at calming his son when he was crying like this. And crying for too long wasn't good for his captain's son's lungs so Shanks always handed Cale over to Hongo when the baby's cries were too loud for his own father to handle.

"It's not my fault they're all screaming, is it?!" Shanks yelled at his ship's doctor.

"It's definitely your fault you moron! How did you forget things about your own son!" And Hongo yelled back at him too.

"Oh come on guys, let's not fight, that shit doesn't help at all" Benn tried to calm things down but couldn't seem to, not when Cale's breathing started moving too fast.

Cale's cries were getting louder due to the pain in his lungs while Shanks was babbling frantically and of course the atmosphere was getting chaotic, thanks Benn, your advice didn't work.

"Damn, he's got irregular breathing, Marco! Take me to your infirmary!" Yelling at the commander of the first division of the Yonkou ship was probably not a good thing but to hell with it, Hongo could not let this go on any longer.

Marco, as a phoenix and one of the most reliable in terms of health among his other brothers immediately took Hongo's hand and guided him towards the infirmary.

Marco just watched silently as Hongo pushed all of Shirohige's daughters aside, shouting that he didn't need their help, of course Marco was upset to see his sister's being yelled at like that but the situation didn't allow him to pick a fight with the other ship's doctor.

Marco remained silent when he saw how skillful Hongo was in giving first aid to his captain's sons who were short of breath. Whether inside or outside the atmosphere did not melt at all, silence along with tension wrapped all corners of the ship.

About five minutes later Cale's breathing gradually improved, his crying stopped and the baby calmed down in Hongo's pale arms, which was natural considering he almost lost his captain's son during the first aid process.

"I have to find a way to fix this, Cale-kun can't go on like this" Ship's doctor Akagami's mutterings could barely be heard, but Marco is a Phoenix, he could hear down to the lowest point if he wanted to.

After things were much calmer, Hongo put Cale who was sleeping from exhaustion onto the patient's bed, he then turned around and bowed to the womens who were the Shirohige ship's army of doctors and apologized for his rude attitude earlier. The women naturally forgave him, saying that sometimes they too could not help themselves when treating their brothers or father.

Hongo thanked Marco's sisters for their hospitality and turned towards him. Marco rarely interacted with Akagami's doctor as the man was an introvert who preferred drinking coffee while enjoying the view of the sea at the edge of the ship rather than hanging out with them, it was natural that Marco was surprised by Hongo's politeness as a pirate.

"Sorry for the mess, I didn't mean to yell at your sisters" the young doctor told him. Marco blinked a few times before smiling politely.

"Of course, we should get out and start explaining right? I think your captain is starting to go crazy" Marco said as he felt the tension of the red head's haki leaking out.

"You're right" They rushed out of the infirmary towards the gathering place of the two pirate crews.

Just as they expected, all hell broke loose and they could see that Benn's desperate attempts were futile. The only one keeping his sanity was Shirohige, the authoritative old man was the only person they could talk to for now. It was for that reason that Hongo stepped closer with Marco towards the Yonkou who held the title of 'World's Strongest Man'.

"Sorry Shirohige-san, can you... Control this?" Hongo and Marco knew their voices would not reach the ears of those fools, for now only Shirohige could do it.

Shirohige's large body shook as he laughed and nodded. The tall man also took off a bit of his haki, of course he was careful not to touch the medical room. Hongo could see the situation begin to change, the Akagami executives stopped shouting and Shirohige's crew stopped muttering, all eyes focused on the three men standing side by side.

Seeing that the situation was under control, Hongo immediately approached his captain and tapped his vice-captain on the shoulder. Shanks gave him a look full of question marks and hope, Hongo smiled to calm him down and it seemed to work, Shanks' tense expression relaxed a little.

"How is he?" Ask red haired Captain.

"He's fine now, do you want to see him?" Shanks rolled his eyes at Shirohige, feeling guilty that everything had turned for the worse because of him. Shirohige, being a sensitive and loving father smiled gently at his former rival ship's son.

"See how your son is doing boy, I'll be waiting here" Shanks nodded and thanked, he wasn't a man of no manners okay? With that he and his ship's doctor left Moby Dick's main hall for the infirmary.

Once inside, the nurses exited the room out of respect for their privacy, which Shanks appreciated. Shanks' eyes were solitary watching his son's slightly labored breathing, it seemed he was still struggling a bit.

"I'm sorry Cale" That short sentence was all his lips could produce, regret was tormenting his throat, luckily Hongo was standing by his side, Shanks didn't know what he would do if there was no one to accompany him.

Shanks finally came out of the medical room about twenty minutes later. The captain of the red hair pirates was now sitting back in front of the man with the long mustache.

"Sorry, the situation got messy because of me" Shanks could see Shirohige's smile widen.

"You're going to have to pay for that with a lot of sake barrels brat" Shanks smiled as well, the tension easing and the atmosphere returning to normal.

"Sure thing, Lucky, go ahead and take out all our sake supplies." Shanks ordered his ship's chef.

"Aye aye Captain" Lucky left with a smirk on his face.

After Lucky took all the sake barrels, the two captains raised their glasses for the opening and the party began. Shirohige and Shanks were left alone to chat, the two of them talked about many things, from the situation of the world government, the potential of new pirates, Mihawk and Shanks' last battle that destroyed an island and many others.

Never once did Shirohige bring up the topic of the condition of the son of another pirate captain, nor his children, none of them asked anything about the red-haired baby who was now lying in the infirmary accompanied by several nurses.

Jokes and laughter filled the vast ship, one of the sounds that Shirohige cherished and loved, the sound of his children's happy laughter was enough to make the loving father smile gently all day long.

Cale pov

About half an hour after falling asleep, Cale woke up to a noise from outside. His beautiful set of red eyelashes curled before a pair of reddish brown eyes greeted the world. Cale unconsciously let out a low whimper as dizziness hit his head.

"Hey dear, there there" Cale didn't protest when a blonde haired woman picked him up and calmed him down since it worked a little.

His brain tried to recall what had happened, it was a habit of his as Kim Rok-soo that could not be lost forever.

'Right, my chest was getting tight and Hongo-san brought me here' Cale calmed down a bit as his record displayed what he had recorded.

'Ah shit, so I'm going to have trouble breathing like that forever? Why does it have to be me huh? Is that White cabbage curse still a little bit left?' Cale sighed resignedly, there was nothing he could do about his permanent illness.

'The heart's vitality can't heal wounds or congenital diseases, that power didn't work until now, the only possibility that makes sense is that my body was born first with another soul before my old soul was put into it' This theory was the best thought Cale could think of for now.

'Then I'll live quietly while looking for a cure' Don't get it wrong, Cale's mind was still clear until now. He didn't want to live with lung disease until death took him, Cale didn't like to die miserably without trying.

With this frail body he wouldn't be able to do much, Cale thought hard and tried to remember similar diseases from the two worlds he lived in. Because of that Cale accidentally used his record so that his body began to heat up quickly.

It seemed like Cale's bad habits were back, habits where the man would not care about his surroundings while using records, he even needed a punch in the head as a reward from his comrades when he got lost in the endless path of all the memories he had experienced in his lifetime.

"Oyaji! Akagami-san! Cale-kun's body temperature has risen drastically! He has a high fever! We're short of people who can take care of the baby!!!"

"Hongo! Help!"

"Yes captain!"

With that bad habit, of course when the record stopped, Cale didn't understand why his body was surrounded by many people who were busy taking care of him, Hongo-san who was trying to do something with the fever that was a side effect of his damn record or the sight of his father who looked like he wanted to cry every time their eyes met, that stupid Cale didn't understand at all.

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Note :

1. I'm sorry if this chapter is dry af, my brain just don't want to be cooperative this time.

2. I honestly forgot how Shanks called Shirohige or Marco called Shanks, so I replaced it with 'Shirohige-san' and 'Akagami-san'because I thought it was polite.