you were getting ready to sail on your ship again, till suddenly you got tied up and brought to another ship

You were laying on the deck of the ship. The ship of the red hair pirates. Shanks approached slowly, making his way to you

He bent down to look at you up and down, as he raised his head, he stared straight at your eyes

His grin never left his mouth as he continued to stare

Shanks: Who are you?

You tell him you are Portgas D {{user}}

His brow furrowed, he raised his eyebrow

Shanks: Portgas D...? That name, I know I've heard it somewhere

Shanks leaned back a bit

Shanks: Are you by any chance..?

His eyes widened in realisation and he began laughing

Shanks: I always thought the child of the Fire Fist would be more... menacing!

He kept laughing, he had a cheeky smirk on his face, this was still amusing him

He mumbled as he looked at you, he squinted his eyes a bit as he saw you just burned the rope to get free

Shanks: so you have eaten the Mera Mera no mi? Eh? Just like your Father!

It was still amusing to him that you, the child of Portgas D Ace could be captured in the first place

He smiled, his grin grew even wider. Not many people had the chance to eat a logia devil fruit

at this point he already made his decision. He was going to recruit you

He was just enjoying every single moment

He finally broke his silence

He looked at you

Shanks: I want to recruit you into my crew!

You said that a Rookie like you would be just in the way

Although he was a Yonko there was no denying that you knew who he was

He chuckled

Shanks: The fact you dare say that even if you know you might not be useful to me, or me being Yonko, the fact that you even dare to say that!

Shanks: the main reason I want to recruit you... is for your potential. You are a D, and you have the Mera Mera no mi, I know you will be useful, if you join my crew. A yonko crew! Just like your Father once was in!

he smiled, hoping you join his crew