A.N: Continued from chapter 6, no spoilers beyond the time skip.
Hatch 10: Early Christmas Party
Mihawk anchored his boat on the beach of an island in the New World, glancing at the huge ship next to it. It was very silent so he supposed that no one was home, or if there was then it was only few people. But he knew Shanks wasn't; he was bad at keeping his mouth shut. Very bad.
"Hey, hawk's eye is here!" someone suddenly yelled from the ship "Somebody, go inform the captain!"
Mihawk sighed; so much for his idea of quietly walking to the redhead. He could've found him on his own by just going to the direction that was loudest. He started walking in to the same direction he saw one of the ship's watchmen run to, but in much slower pace.
"Hey Mihawk!" Shanks called out, obviously drunk "Took you long enough; this guy came here five minutes ago!"
"Because he was running and is now obviously out of breath" Mihawk said flatly "Why are you drunk in the middle of a day?"
"We're having a Christmas party" the red head told, taking a big sip of sake from his mug "Come and join us!"
"Isn't it a little early?" Mihawk asked, not even sure why. He was more or less used to Shanks' oddities, but he always ended up questioning them.
"I suppose, but that just means we can celebrate it twice" Shanks said "Now and again when it's time!"
Right; he should've known.
"So, what brings the world's greatest swordsman here?" Ben asked, joining in to the conversation "Did something happen?"
"No, I was just passing by" Mihawk said "And came to ask exactly when are you going to pick up the decorations you left at my place four years ago."
"Oh yeah, I was wondering what happened to those" Shanks said, shrugging "Ah well, I won't be needing them this year."
"They're in the way" Mihawk said, crossing his arms.
"Those things have been there four years and they're in the way now?" Yasopp asked "I think you can keep them a few more years."
"Those things have only started to cause trouble now" Mihawk stated "This is the last year I'm keeping them; If they're not gone by spring I'm using them as firewood."
"What?! You can't burn them!" Shanks panicked "I collected those for years!"
"Then come get them before I do so" Mihawk said, turning to leave "And don't think I won't do it."
"You're leaving already?" the redhead asked, ignoring the warning "C'mon, stay for the party!"
"No" Mihawk said flatly.
"We have sake" Ben pointed out "Lots of it."
The swordsman paused, turning his head.
"Well, I'm not in a hurry."
A.N: These things are pretty short, aren't they? Well, next we'll have a look at the whole Straw Hat crew again.