Chapter 2

"Wishful Thinking"

Luffy: Okay…ahem…why is the sky blue?

Rum: um…good question…throws encyclopedia at him…read and find out…

Luffy: umm…How do I read?

Rum: well…..Professor snape appears

Snape: I am Snape, the potions master…I must teach him…

Luffy:…WE LOVE YOU SNAPE!

Rum:…well…okay then…that was random…anyways…enjoy!

Robin grabs her head in agony, "Ow…god I feel like I was hit by a galleon!" she said. Then she heard someone chuckling, "Well in a way…you were." Said a semi-familiar voice from the doorway across the small room she was in. She quickly sat up and looked to see who this stranger was.

Standing in the doorway was a tall man wearing a long trench coat-like jacket with red sleeves and red lining on the inside, which hung open, exposing his bare chest. He had khaki pants tinged with a purple hue, held up with a black belt. The hems of these pants were tucked into a pair of black strapped boots, and on his head he was wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a giant plume on the left side, that was tilted forward, hiding his eyes. Around his neck was a small golden thing in the shape of a cross. The tip of this cross hung down over his chest and ended barely above where the finely toned six pack was. What she could tell of his facial features, was that he had a beard that came up to his bottom lip in an upside down 'T' and a mustache that at first went down, then up in a very wide 'V' on each side.

He tilted his head up, revealing a pair of golden hawk-like eyes that seemed to pierce right through her. One of his eyebrows went up and she realized that she had been staring with her mouth wide open in a silent 'wow'. She quickly closed it and shook her head. "Can I 'elp you m'dear? Anything to eat? Drink perhaps?" asked the stranger. "Some tea would be nice…or some hot cocoa…" she said nonchalantly, not taking her eyes off him. He smirked and turned around, "You 'aven't changed a bit Robin…'ot cocoa it is." He said as he walked out the door. She didn't ponder much on what he said and began studying her surroundings.

The room was small and iridescent, decorated in Royal reds, golds, and black. There was one small window of which looked out onto the ocean and she could see the tiny form of ships coming in and out of the cove port. It was a lovely little room she thought. The bed that she was in had sheets of blood-red Egyptian cotton, pillows stuffed with duck feathers, and the comforter was Egyptian cotton stuffed with Duck feathers. The top side of both the comforter and the pillows was black with a blood-red underside and embossed with an elaborate floral design. The room smelled slightly of the sea, with a hint of roses. The cherry wood bed stand next to her had a small lamp, a book entitled, Swordsmen at Play: Log of Pirates I need to Rematch, and a single, velvet-petaled rose.

She reached for the book and ran her hand over the smoothly textured leather cover and the gold engraving in gold of the Title. The gold shimmered a little as she opened the book and flipped to the first page. To her surprise, only two names were written down. The first name was written in ink that was faded a little and looked like old ink, Red-Haired Shanks and a name written in fresher ink, Roronoa Zoro. I've heard those names from somewhere…

"SHANKS! STOP. IT! NOW!" she yelled. Robin was sitting in a tree trying to hold her skirt down as Dracul and Shanks were looking up trying to get a peek. "Aw c'mon Robin! It's our last day together! At least let us do something!" said Shank while Dracul stood there laughing. "I'M SERIOUS! LET. ME. DOWN!" She yelled again. They laughed some more and Dracul finally climbed up, slung her over his shoulder, and climbed back down. "Awe Mihawk, yer no fun! You didn't even let me have a peek!" whined Shanks. Dracul turned to him and gave him a sly smirk, "Who says I wouldn't?" he said smartly and he lifted her skirt, forcing her to flash both of the boys. She wriggles so much that he accidentally drops her and she stands up, fixing her skirt. "I TOLD YOU GUYS TO STOP! I HATE YOU!" She yelled with tears in her eyes. She then turned around and ran home wiping the tears that had gathered and started streaming down her cheeks.

The boys looked at each other, "I think we really hurt her." Stated Shanks regretfully. Dracul nodded and they both walked in the direction that she ran, to apologize. They had never been to her house and didn't know where she lived, so they had to follow her footprints.

They followed them past the little town of Downy and onto a skinny path overgrown with vines and lavender. The path led to a tiny cottage on the top of a sea cliff overlooking Downy Bay.

As they neared the house, they could hear Robin's sad, hurt sobs. Shanks looked at Dracul and knocked on the door. "Who is it?" came a tear-filled voice from the other side. "Uh, Robin…its me, Shanks…Look I'm…" but he was cut off. "GO AWAY!" she yelled. "Robin look, I'm sorry…" he tried again, "NO! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN! GO AWAY!" she yelled again. "Fine, if that's what you want…I'll leave." He said. "What? No!" Dracul protested, "She doesn't mean it! You don't have to go now!" "Yes I do. That's what she wants and I only want her to be happy. Goodbye my friend. And goodbye Robin. I'll miss you dearly." He said before turning and running down the path to the bay where the ship that he would be the apprentice on was.

It was a good five minutes before anything moved. The wind seemed to sweep through and stop time. The bees stopped visiting with the lavender that bloomed on either side of the path, and the sickly sweet smell of summer hung low in the air mixed in with the smell of the salty ocean.

Suddenly, the door opened and Robin appeared, her eyes looked red with turquoise irises. "Shanks…I'm so…shanks?…" she then spotted Dracul standing motionless in the summer light. "He's gone…he left." He said suddenly. Tears sprung back into her eyes and she threw herself into Dracul's arms. "I-I DIN'T MEAN IT! I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO! I HONESTLY DIDN'T! ITS ALL MY FAULT! I MIGHT NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN!" she cried. Dracul comforted and embraced her, "sshh…its alright. Its alright. You didn't do anything wrong…its not your fault." He said softly.

Rum: Alright, how was it? I would really like it if ppl left me a review or two…I would really like to see what you ppl think of my smexy Mihawk story!

Luffy: Cat, C-A-T.

Rum: Good job luffy! Keep up the good work! I will too…if y'all think it's good…PLEASE SEND IN THOSE REVIEWS! I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT!