Had A LOT OF HELP from Maybelady with Shanks' conversation. Yes that awesome line Mihawk says was all her : ). Thank you so much for that hun. Also thanks to the reviewers for your reviews. Enjoy:

Robin anxiously watched as Sanji resurfaced without Zoro. She gripped tightly onto the deck rails, her teeth against each other.

I'm too blame. If only...

Brook, in his soul form, remained by Robin's side. He looked at the terror in her eyes, the sadness and sorrow in each breath she took and the guilt weighing on her heart. He could feel it all. She had made a huge mistake and she knew it. She knew that she should not have played the matchmaker. She knew that she had no right to have ruined relationships just because she felt Sanji was best for Zoro. Who was she to decide the fate of their relationship?

She dropped to the ground as she covered her face. She had made a huge mistake. If Zoro were to die now, she was going to take her own life straight after. She was no different from the people who had hurt her once in the past.

"Don't worry," Brook consoled, "Zoro would never die so easily. Yohohoho! I shall now return to my panties."

Robin watched as Brook returned back to his confinement as another gush of blood could be heard. She smiled a little at Brook's barrel when she heard Sanji's voice echoing, "ZOOOOOORROOOOOOOO!"

His voice was filled with frustration and there was a hint of doubt, as if he was thinking of the possibility of Zoro dying.

"Sanji.."

Using his haki, he searched for Zoro's presence, "Shit! His in danger!"

He dived deep into the water, using his tempo to swim faster. The monster was approaching Zoro and it was approaching fast. His heart smiled as he saw Zoro in sight. He reached his hand out to him, but the monster sunk its teeth into his flesh and began to swim away with him.

Burning with rage, Sanji's body burst into flames; causing the water around him to boil. With one kick, he fried the monster alive and retrieved Zoro before swimming back up.

Relief washed over Robin as she saw Sanji with Zoro in his hands. She let out a laugh as she wiped away the tears. It had all been overwhelming.

Night came to pass. The sun was shining brightly in the azure sky.

Shanks rubbed his eyes again. His head was banging and he felt so weak. This was not like most hangovers he had. This was a different. If he didn't know any better he would have thought he had been drugged.

Where was his ship? Where were Benn and everyone else? Just what was going on?He looked at Zoro. Was he seeing thing? Zoro had black hair. He shook his head and looked at the direction of which the ship had once been in. It really was not there.

"Is there a problem," Zoro asked, "Red hair? I mean Shanks?"

He looked again. He was certain it was Zoro. It was Zoro's chest he had his head against, but the hair was not his and his voice now sounded more like Mihawk's. Confused he let out a short laugh and looked forward again. Something was not right.

"You need to stop fidgeting...Shanks," Zoro said as Shanks looked at him, scrutinizing every detail. Was this some kind of dream? What was real and what wasn't? Was he going to wake up back on the ship with Zoro still mad at him? Was what he saw before him just a manifestation of his mind's desires?

He began to pinch his cheeks until Zoro stopped him, but they were not the hands of Zoro that touched him. If this were a dream, he would have woken up, but he was still stuck in this world.

"Zoro, I'm so confused," Shanks admitted, his eyes now closed, "everything around me seems so distorted. I keep thinking you are Mihawk. I..I don't know why."

His hand was on his forehead as he tried to understand what was going on, "where is the ship?"

"Ship?" Zoro asked, "there never was a ship. You got so drunk you thought there was-"

"I know what I saw," Shanks replied as he looked up to find that he was not sitting in the lap of Zoro but that of Mihawk. But how? He left with Zoro. He was certain, "Mihawk! What are you doing here?"

Mihawk smiled realising that the effect of the powder had worn off, "why I have been here the whole time, Red hair."

He paused as Shanks tried to free himself from his grip, "I mean Shanks."

Breathing heavily, he tried to free his hand, but Mihawk was too strong, "LET GO OF ME! I NEED TO GO BACK TO ZORO-SAN! WE STILL HAVE TO TALK THINGS OVER!"

"Where you not happy just now, Shanks?" Mihawk smiled as Shanks stared at him. What was he up to now?

Reluctantly he nodded his head, "well, yes, but that was because I thought I was with the man I love. I thought you were Zoro-san."

Mihawk flinched at hearing that name. It drove him insane. Regaining his composure, he smiled, "Shanks, I love you more than Zoro ever could. I would do anything for you. When will you understand that I cannot be with any other?"

Unable to attack Mihawk using his hands, Shanks spat in his face, something he never dreamt of doing to another human being. He watched as Mihawk took it without putting up a fight. He looked into Shanks' eyes and in a voice so low it sounded like a whisper, "there is nothing that I wouldn't do for you Shanks."

Shanks felt far too weak to fight, so he decided to reason with the fool, "you only love yourself Mihawk! You hurt me! You cheated on me! You lied to me! You manipulated me and you rejected me! Did you think I was just going to sit around and let you walk all over me? I am no longer a boy. I'm a man and I think it's time you grew up too. Not once did you ever apologize for your acti-"

Shanks stopped when he felt something drop onto his cheek. He looked up to find Mihawk crying his first ever tears.

Mihawk smiled, though there was hurt behind the sweet little smile, "you said I was incapable of crying. That I was incapable of showing emotions and expressions and feelings. That was just the way I was raised. A man never cries. A man never shows weakness-"

He squeezed Shanks' arm, "...love is a weakness. A true man never ever falls in love."

Shanks lay in Mihawk's arms speechless as he felt an old flame rekindle. The tears continued to pour, each one of them dropping onto Shanks' face.

"I may be strong, but I am no man. I was even too weak to keep you interested."

Shanks' eyes remained wide.

"Shanks! Red hair! I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I hurt you. I'm so sorry for the pain I caused you. I'm so sorry I was never there when you needed me and I am so sorry it took me so long to realize that...I am not perfect."

"Can you give me a final chance, to make things right? I was a fool to think I belonged to anyone else. We were fools to believe we belonged with someone else. What do you say Shanks?"

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