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Chapter 11 – Dracule Mihawk, Sailing for Cocoyashi

As the small coffin-like boat sailed into the area between the Going Merry and the dilapidated Galleon the man sitting on the boat briefly glanced around. His sharp, hawk-like, eyes swept over everything in less than a second before he spoke.

"It seems my fun has ended before I caught up with it." Mihawk commented blandly. "So it goes." Everyone on the Baratie, the Straw Hats included, watched as the small boat docked at the fins and the man stood from his seat. A flick of his wrist and a prepared line was pulled taunt around a small mooring post at the edge of the fins. The World's Greatest Swordsman then stepped onto the Baratie.

"Hawk Eyes, did you come to finish off the Krieg Pirates?" Zeff questioned and Mihawk looked over the retired Pirate.

"Indeed, Red Leg, though it seems they were foolish enough to pick a fight with another crew before I caught them." Mihawk replied and Zeff felt a lot of the tension in his shoulders release. The man wasn't here to kill them or anything at the very least.

"Would you like something to eat?" Zeff offered and Mihawk barely raised an eyebrow at the offer.

"Very well, bring me a menu and the wine list; I'll take something 'to go'." Mihawk accepted and a cook nervously shuffled forward with the requested items a few moments later. The sharp eyes of the Greatest Swordsman glanced over the menu and then the wine list before he closed both and looked at Zeff. "The Filet Mignon, sauté the vegetables and I'll trust you to pair it with an appropriate red wine, aged ten years at least."

"Of course." Zeff nodded. "I'll prepare everything personally." With that Zeff moved into the restaurant and back to the kitchen faster than most had ever seen him move.

"Dracule Mihawk?" Zoro asked as he walked closer and stood in front of the man.

"Do you need something, boy?" Mihawk questioned the green-haired young man.

"I set sail to meet you!" Zoro smirked as he rested his hand on Wado Ichimonji. Mihawk eyed him with a modicum of curiosity, noticing the two low quality swords next to the named sword that rested on his hip.

"And what is your reason for seeking me out?" Mihawk questioned, looking as though he'd heard this countless times before.

"To surpass you!" Zoro tied his bandana properly to his head. "You have some time to kill, right? Shall we duel?"

"Pitiful weakling." Mihawk spoke with a harsh sigh. "If you are a competent swordsman, then you know the difference between us without needing to cross blades." He eyed Zoro coolly. "Yet you still dare challenge me. Is it conviction or ignorance that fuels you?"

"Neither." Zoro answered as he placed Wado Ichimonji between his teeth and grasped his other two, nameless swords, in his hands. "My ambition fuels me, and my promise to my departed friend." He prepared himself, while Mihawk stood there with his arms crossed, looking unimpressed. "To be honest, I never imagined I would find you so soon."

"That is not to your favor." Mihawk remarked before he reached up and took off his necklace. "Since I have some time before my order is ready, I'll give you a few moments of my time." With a pull on the bottom of the cross he unsheathed a tiny kogatana that was hidden inside it.

"And just what are you planning on doing with that?" Zoro's eyes narrowed, seeing the lack of care Mihawk was showing.

"I am not the kind of brute that would hunt a rabbit with a cannon. Though you may be a swordsman of some renown, this is still the East Blue. Of the Four Seas divided by the Red Line and the Grand Line, this is easily the weakest of them all." Mihawk held the tiny knife in a ready grip. "I apologize though. Unfortunately, I have no blade smaller than this on me."

Zoro clenched his jaw, his eyes narrowed in anger, at seeing this disrespect. Did this man truly think he wasn't even worth drawing a real…sword…against…? 'Wait a minute.' He thought as the rage fueled shaking of his body began to slow and then stop. 'I don't even draw all three of my swords against the upstart amateurs that have tried to fight me so they could boost their own reputations. This is the same thing, isn't it?'

During his thinking Zoro didn't notice Mihawk cock an eyebrow at seeing the green-haired swordsman calm himself down.

"I see," Zoro breathed deeply before exhaling. "I have to prove I'm worth drawing your sword against." He looked the World's Greatest in the eye. "I get it; I've done the same myself." Zoro took his stance properly and prepared his signature attack. With speed no other swordsman in East Blue could hope to match, Zoro closed the distance between them and attacked. "Oni-"

"Hear me, little frog in his well…you're but someone who has yet to experience the real world." Mihawk stated, not even flinching at Zoro's speed.

"Giri!" Zoro finished, his three blades aiming to slice Mihawk in three places. A metallic ringing was heard and jaws dropped as Mihawk's tiny knife impacted the technique in the exact place the three blades were crossed. Zoro's forward momentum was stopped dead, and no matter how much of his strength he put into his strike, he couldn't get the knife to budge even a centimeter. Mihawk's arm didn't waver in the slightest. The man didn't even seem to have his full attention on the fight.

"Big Bro Zoro's Oni Giri was stopped?! It's never failed before! Not even once!" Johnny and Yosaku were trembling and terrified at the strength displayed. Luffy, Nami, and Sanji watched on, while Usopp joined the rest of the Baratie cooks in gaping at the scene before them.

'I can't move…' Zoro realized as a bead of sweat dripped down from his temple to his chin. 'Not a single person has ever seen through this technique! Not one! Yet he stopped it with what amounts to a pocket knife?!' He stared at Mihawk's expressionless face, the man's piercing eyes practically boring a hole into Zoro's own. 'This is insane!' Zoro leapt back before attacking again, fast swings and combos from his three swords were all rendered meaningless. 'Am I truly so far from him?!' Mihawk's small knife parried every single strike easily, as if he was merely humoring the younger man. Finally, an actual push from Mihawk knocked Zoro backwards and onto the deck fins. 'Is there really this much difference between us?' Zoro wondered as he got up and reset himself. 'I've trained too hard to let him beat me with a pocket knife!' Memories of every fight with Kuina; every bit of training he did back home as a kid; inheriting Wado Ichimonji after she died. Even the continued harsh training with Luffy and the rest of his crew; all of these thoughts flashed through his mind as he clashed with Mihawk again.

"Such drive." Mihawk noted. The young man was doing passable swordsmanship at least. Most of the young amateurs that challenged him completely lost their cool when he drew his kogatana; but this young man had managed to calm himself even before his first strike.

"I couldn't make my dream a reality without drive." Zoro panted for a moment, before breathing deeply and readying another attack. Mihawk easily moved around the blade and readied a parry. His hand snapped forward faster than most could see and caught Zoro's right sword with a deft swipe Zoro was sent crashing to the floor.

"What burdens you so, boy? What do you desire at the extent of your strength?" Mihawk questioned the downed young man.

"To defeat you and become the World's Greatest Swordsman." Zoro replied as he stood up again. "To become the best so that even those in the Heavens will know my name." An image of his promise with Kuina appeared in his mind for a brief moment.

"Uh…Luffy, shouldn't we do something? Zoro is getting tossed around over there." Usopp whispered to his Captain only for Luffy to speak up without taking his eyes of the fight.

"This is Zoro's dream! This is why he set sail! No one has the right to take this from him!" Luffy stated even as a frown marred his face at seeing his nakama losing. Nami and Sanji both grit their teeth while watching the one-sided 'duel'.

"Then you'll need to do far better than what I've seen so far." Mihawk remarked and was surprised when Zoro nodded in agreement.

"That I do. So let me give everything I have." Zoro offered as he held his two nameless swords over his shoulders. His arms almost blurred as he slashed down, and two air blades flew towards Mihawk.

"Interesting, but not enough." Mihawk calmly stated. His small knife deftly moved into the path of the air blades and gracefully redirected them. They flew off to his right and left throwing up a spray of water when they hit the ocean behind him.

Zoro didn't waste a second, already moving forward before Mihawk had even deflected his attack. Both of his swords were behind Wado Ichimonji, pointing towards the ground. "Tora!" He reached Mihawk just as the spray from the ocean began to descend. "Gari!" But Mihawk hadn't been distracted, even when he noticed the Armament Haki the green-haired swordsman was using.

"You are stronger than I expected. I never thought I would meet a swordsman in the East Blue capable of performing a 'Flying Cut'. Even as rough as it is, that was far better than I would have expected from someone who has never stepped foot in the Grand Line." Mihawk commented as he stabbed forward, burying his knife into Zoro's ribcage. Blood immediately gushed from the wound, splashing on the deck. Some also started leaking from his mouth. The Straw Hats clenched their teeth and a few sparks escaped Luffy's control. Tears welled in Nami's eyes as she watched her nakama get stabbed.

"Do you wish for me to pierce your heart? Why do you not retreat?" Mihawk questioned the younger swordsman. Though his kogatana was buried in Zoro's chest, the man refused to take a step back.

"Heh…hell if I know." Zoro was panting, his jaw clenched around Wado Ichimonji. "But I know…that if I take a single step back…I'd be losing something very important to me." Blood continued dribbling down his chin. "A promise or an oath…it would be irreversibly broken, and I could never stand here again."

"Yes…that is called defeat." Mihawk responded his infamous gaze locked with Zoro's.

"Yeah…that's why I can't step back." Zoro chuckled painfully.

"Even if it would mean your death?" Mihawk asked, not breaking eye contact.

"Death would be better!" Zoro gruffly stated. "I could never live with myself if I shuffled away with my tail between my legs!"

'True conviction!' Mihawk realized as he stepped back, easily sliding his knife out of Zoro's chest and swinging it to remove all of the blood. The cross of his necklace was completed as he sheathed the kogatana. "Boy…tell me your name."

"Roronoa…Zoro!" Zoro moved his swords so that they were all at angles to each other. All of them pointed in different directions, sort of like a three-pointed star.

"I shall remember it…" Mihawk said as he reached behind his shoulder and pulled Yoru, widely regarded as the best sword in the world, from his back. "For your strength is not often seen in this world." He held the ornate, black blade in front of him. "And to pay my respect to your skill with your swords and your conviction, I shall end you with this sword."

'This is it.' Zoro thought calmly, almost in a meditative state. "I appreciate it." His thoughts were serene, the complete opposite of what was about to be a violent clash. 'The World's Greatest…or death!'

"Die!" For the first time in the entire duel, Mihawk actually attacked directly. He blurred forward at an astounding speed, as Zoro began spinning the two nameless swords in his hands. Mihawk's eyes widened while he gazed at the technique, already analyzing it and breaking it down, to instantly create a perfect counter.

"Santōryū Ōgi!" Zoro called out. "Sanzen Sekai!" The sounds of multiple slashes rang through the air as both men stood with their backs to each other, both of their strikes completed. For a brief moment, nothing happened, before Zoro's two nameless swords completely shattered. Blood splashed out of his chest as another cut opened up. 'I lost.' He acknowledged as he dropped the two useless handles and pulled Wado Ichimonji from his teeth, blood spilling even more from his mouth. 'This wasn't what I was expecting. So, this is what it means to be the strongest in the world?' He sheathed his treasured sword with a click, before turning around and presenting himself, arms held out wide with Wado Ichimonji held in his left hand.

"What's this?" Mihawk questioned the younger swordsman.

"A wound on one's back…" Zoro was grinning, even as blood dripped from the edge of his mouth. "Is a swordsman's shame."

"Splendid!" Mihawk exclaimed with a wide grin. He slashed down, splitting Zoro open from his left collarbone to his right hipbone. 'Don't rush to death, young one.' Mihawk thought, even as Zoro collapsed backwards onto the deck, his prized blade clenched tightly in his fist. 'It is not your time yet.'

"Zoro!" Luffy roared, while Nami stumbled backwards, both hands over her mouth in horror. Tears streamed from her eyes as she watched her nakama fall. The air suddenly felt charged as the smell of ozone became the only thing anyone could identify. Bolts were emerging from Luffy as the Captain glared furiously at Mihawk.

"Idiot!" Sanji yelled as he and Usopp rushed to their downed nakama's side. A flash of white-blue light and Luffy vanished from where he'd stood a second ago.

"So, you're that young man's comrade?" Mihawk asked Luffy as he held back the sparking fist aimed at his head with one hand. "I thank you for not interfering in our duel. That took more willpower than most possess." He eyed the furious Luffy, who was already winding up for a more powerful punch with his other hand. "Fear not, your friend shall live." Luffy gasped, his powers dispersing as he lowered his arms. Luffy whirled around and watched as Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Johnny, and Yosaku were gathered around Zoro and applying first aid to his cuts, even as the green-haired swordsman coughed up some blood.

"Zoro!" Luffy yelled in joy, seeing Zoro alive and hearing Nami order Usopp to bring medicine and bandages from the Going Merry. "Zoro are you alright?!"

"Like hell he'd be alright you idiot!" Nami screamed back at her Captain; she would apologize later. "But he's still alive and I'm damn sure going to keep him that way!"

"It is much too soon for you to die." Mihawk yelled out. "My name is Dracule Mihawk! Learn about yourself! Learn about the world! Become strong, Roronoa Zoro!" He had his arms crossed as he looked over at the man lying on the deck. "No matter how many years pass, I shall stand at the top of the world and wait for you! Forge ahead with that fierce heart! Surpass my blade! Surpass Me, Roronoa Zoro!"

Just emerging from the Baratie, Zeff had caught Mihawk's words and was staring at the proceedings with far greater understanding than any of the other cooks watching. "To think that Dracule Mihawk of all people would be heard saying words like that."

"Boy, what is your goal?" Mihawk questioned Luffy.

"To be the Pirate King!" Luffy faced off with him with the same conviction Zoro had shown.

"Then you're an even bigger fool than he is. That's a tougher path than his shall be." Mihawk grinned as he closed his eyes.

"I don't care." Luffy retorted. "I will be the Pirate King!" Mihawk actually grinned, both at Luffy's words and at what he was seeing in front of him. Zoro lifted Wado Ichimonji high in the air, pointing it to the sky.

"H-hey Luffy! C-can you hear me?" Zoro questioned from where he lay on the deck.

"You idiot!" Nami chided with tears falling down her cheeks. "Stop exerting yourself!" Zoro promptly ignored her and continued speaking.

"Sorry for worrying you… I know that if I don't become the World's Greatest Swordsman, you'll be embarrassed." Zoro coughed out blood, clearing his airway. "I swear…that until the day I fight him and win…I'll never lose again!" Mihawk's grin widened further at this declaration. "Until the day I fight him and win, I'll never lose again!" Luffy's wide grinned easily eclipsed Mihawk's. "Any problems with that, Pirate King?!"

"Shishishi! Nope!" Luffy relaxed, grinning as he knew his nakama would be alright. Nami was also smiling tearfully, even as she told Zoro to 'Shut up and rest.' while Usopp, Johnny and Yosaku practically bawled. Sanji shook his head at the crazy crew he'd joined as he pulled out a cigarette to ease his nerves.

"Basic first aid should see him well enough." Mihawk informed Luffy as Zeff walked over to them with Mihawk's order, including a bottle of fine red wine. "That wound will scar, but it's not as bad as it looks." The World's Greatest Swordsman informed the Straw Hat Captain.

"Thank you." Luffy bowed to the older man. "You could have killed him; but instead you only made him more determined. You're pretty awesome, Hawky!" Luffy emerged from his bow with a wide grin and a laugh. Mihawk's eye twitched minutely at the nickname before he turned and accepted his food and wine from Zeff. A stack of Beri bills, undoubtedly far more than the meal cost, was placed in Zeff's hands as Mihawk made his way back to the coffin-like boat he arrived in. The mooring line was quickly undone and his meal was set on the chair before, with what appeared to be a light kick, Mihawk shoved off and his small boat easily passed through ten meters of distance in a second.

"Roronoa Zoro." Mihawk spoke loudly so everyone could hear him. Looking back and seeing the green-haired swordsman turned to face him from his prone position on the deck, Mihawk continued. "This is what a perfected 'Flying Cut' looks like." With a motion that was too fast for anyone watching to comprehend Mihawk drew Yoru, swung it three times, and replaced it on his back. What everyone was able to see were the three large, greenish waves of displaced air that cleanly sliced through the Krieg Pirate's Galleon. The Galleon appeared to be fine for a moment before it neatly separated into four pieces and collapsed into the ocean. The waves that emerged from the large wooden pieces slamming into the water covered Mihawk's departure, and when everyone could see again the World's Greatest Swordsman was nowhere to be seen.

"Good to know…" Zoro grinned before dozing off. Everyone else was still staring in shock, barring Luffy whose eyes were wide and filled with stars.

-Near the horizon line from the Baratie-

"Holy shit! Did you see that?" A Marine asked another as their small recon ship slowly drifted along. The ship was equipped with the best binoculars and telescopes the Navy could get, all for the purpose of gathering Intel on Pirates or other Persons of Interest. This also included long-range lenses for their Cameko Transponder Snail, enabling them to take pictures from far off without being spotted.

"No, I'm completely blind…yes I saw it you idiot!" A Marine Officer yelled back at his subordinate. "You better have gotten pictures! We'll need all the information we can get on these 'Straw Hat Pirates'!"

"Yes sir!" The Marine saluted.

"Damn it, I came back to my Home Sea to take it easy for the last few years before my retirement. I don't need this shit!" The Marine Officer lamented as he held his head with his hands. Who knew the request from Lieutenant Fullbody to surveil the Baratie would lead to this? "I need a drink." The old Marine Officer muttered as he headed for his small quarters on the recon ship.

-Two Days Later ~ The Going Merry-

After a heartfelt goodbye between Sanji and Zeff, the Straw Hat Pirates had left the Baratie early this morning. The course Nami had plotted to her home archipelago was the fastest there was. It took advantage of every current and the most common weather patterns of this part of the East Blue to propel the caravel towards their destination. Though it had only taken Johnny a day to figure out the direction they were headed in. This prompted both Bounty Hunters to panic and ask why they were headed for 'Arlong Park' of all places.

"Didn't you say you wanted to go to the Grand Line?" Yosaku questioned the Straw-hatted Captain. "This is literally in the opposite direction!"

"Yeah Bro Luffy, the Pirate that rules over the Conomi Islands is terrifying!" Johnny tried to explain, but both were pretty much ignored by Luffy. The Captain was planning to get Sanji 'to the starting line' today since the Chef was now settled into his life onboard the Going Merry.

"Heeeeeyyy! Sanji! Come over here for a minute!" Luffy yelled and Nami, Zoro, and Usopp perked up. Well, as much as Usopp could perk up anyway. Since Zoro's injury from Mihawk was preventing him from doing anything too strenuous he'd become Usopp's personal coach while he couldn't practice and train. This meant that poor Usopp now had Zoro sitting on his back while he did pushups. The only training Zoro was still capable of was meditating to help improve his Observation Haki. At least for a few more days, as the green-haired swordsman was already starting to insist that he felt fine.

"I'm coming, I'm coming…" Sanji replied as he walked down the stairs to the lower deck and stood in front of his Captain. "What's up?"

"I need you to stay there and not pass out, ok?" Luffy asked and Sanji raised one of his curly eyebrows.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sanji asked only for Luffy's normally cheerful face to suddenly become incredibly serious. In less than a second Sanji felt a force slam into his senses and his legs locked up. He felt heavy, his head hurt, were his ears ringing? Why couldn't he look away from Luffy? His heart was beating too fast. He felt sweat running down his face and goosebumps covering his entire body. But just as quickly as the feeling came it also vanished as if had never been there. Sanji stumbled backwards, barely keeping himself standing, while staring at Luffy in shock. "What the hell was that?!" He demanded as he reached for his pack of cigarettes with a shaky hand.

"You did great, Sanji!" Luffy praised while Nami, Zoro, and Usopp looked on.

"Answer the question!" Sanji yelled at Luffy as he got a cigarette into his mouth and lit it. A drag was taken and Sanji exhaled slowly to steady himself.

"That was Conqueror's Haki!" Luffy smiled widely and Sanji just gave him a look.

"The hell does that mean you shitty Captain! Explain!" Sanji demanded as he took another drag of his cigarette. Luffy spent the next little while explaining the concept of Haki to his newest nakama. After the explanation, and getting confirmation from Zoro, Usopp and Nami, though he only really cared about Nami's opinion, Sanji accepted the truth of his new Captain's explanation.

"So that's how I run things on my ship." Luffy finished explaining the training Sanji would be going through from now on. Sanji nodded his acceptance seeing as every member of the crew was doing it already. "So…is it lunch time yet?" He asked with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah, sure…why not." Sanji sighed while shaking his head and making his way towards the kitchen to start cooking. He could use something familiar to help him process all of this.

"Bro Luffy!" Johnny exclaimed with crocodile tears running down his face. "You never told us why you're going to 'Arlong Park'! The Arlong Pirates are Fishmen! They're super strong! The Captain of the Arlong Pirates makes Don Krieg look like a guppy in comparison!"

"Don't you know how Arlong came to be in the East Blue?" Yosaku questioned. "He was released into the East Blue because of an agreement between the World Government and the Shichibukai 'First Son of the Sea' Jinbei!"

"What's that got to do with Arlong?" Luffy questioned. He and his brothers had learned about the 'Three Powers' from Garp, Kuzan, and Shanks. Even he knew that just because someone was part of a strong crew, didn't mean they were strong themselves. As Johnny and Yosaku tried to explain to Luffy why it was a bad idea to challenge Arlong, the straw-hatted young man barely paid attention. His focus was mostly on Nami, who was standing at the bow of the ship looking towards the horizon. She was determined to free her village and the entire Conomi Archipelago from Arlong. Luffy could only smile at the fire that had been growing inside of his Lover since they'd met. His attention was pulled back towards the Bounty Hunter Duo as they were finishing up their reasoning for not challenging Arlong.

"So you see, Bro Luffy, it's really for the best that we steer clear of the Arlong Pirates." Johnny finished with Yosaku nodding along. But both of them froze up when they saw the serious look on Luffy's face.

"The Conomi Islands are Nami's home." Luffy started and both Bounty Hunters gaped at him. "Arlong has enslaved her people, her family, and even killed her mother. She wants me to kill him, so I'm going to, I've already promised. I've already said that I'm going to rip off Arlong's left arm and I intend to do so." He rumbled and both Bounty Hunters broke out into flop sweats. Soft arms gently encircling Luffy's neck and pulling his head backwards to press into two very soft breasts ended the conversation. Nami sighed happily as she held Luffy's head to her chest and laid her cheek on top of his hat.

"Thank you, Luffy." Nami smiled and Luffy grinned.

"No problem, Nami, I already promised. Arlong dies as soon as possible after we get to your home." Luffy assured her and was pulled deeper into the buxom orangette's bosom for it.

"Lunch!" Sanji called out from the kitchen doorway.

"Yeah!" Luffy exclaimed happily as he gently removed Nami's arms from around him and then swept the woman off her feet; literally, as he now had her in a 'Princess Carry' while he raced towards the kitchen for lunch. Nami giggled the whole way with her arms wrapped around his neck.

"It's not fair!" Sanji sobbed as he beat on the edge of the cabin with his fist. "That stupid, shitty Captain! So lucky! It's so unfair!" A large black cloud formed over Sanji's head as he kept lamenting that Luffy and Nami were together. Zoro and Usopp both gave Sanji a wide berth as they made their way into the kitchen for lunch.

What none of them knew was that a certain Saw-nosed Shark Fishman was making his own plans at the same time they were all sitting down for lunch.

-Arlong Park-

"Nami's been gone a rather long time." Kuroobi, a Ray Fishman, mentioned to Arlong as they sat around the banquet table.

"She has." Arlong nodded in between bites of his food. "I'm not worried though. Little Nami knows better than to run away. She'll be back."

"She's approaching her longest time that she's ever been away." Kuroobi restated. "She's a smart girl, for a pathetic human, at least. She was getting close, wasn't she?"

"She was." Arlong muttered thoughtfully.

"Maybe she's trying to get the last of it all in one trip, so she can try to surprise us and force the deal." Chew suggested.

"Shahahaha." Arlong started to laugh, as he recognized the truth in his officers' words. "Yes, that would be something our little Nami would try, wouldn't it?" He turned to Kuroobi. "Call up Nezumi, tell him I have a tip on some 'stolen money' for him." His twisted laughter rang out through Arlong Park as Kuroobi went to fetch the Transponder Snail for him.

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Well now, isn't he just unknowingly digging his grave deeper? But Mihawk is still a beast, as if he would be anything else. The Marines have another Incident to add to the Straw Hats list of 'crimes'. But this time they have photos and a clear shot of the Straw Hat Jolly Roger! Things are definitely heating up! Also, just a little teaser, expect a certain Big Brother to show up before Alabasta! Look forward to it!

Until I get your reviews, later!