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"Haha, haven't seen you in a while Mihawk!" Shanks said, slamming a tankard in front of him. Mihawk hadn't been around for about two years, just vanishing off the map for a while. The rumors had circulated as to why but nothing really stuck as something that was possible. Although the theory that he was really a hawk and had returned to his hawk form to live his life in the sky was a favorite.

"I've been busy," Mihawk said, sitting down. Mihawk has always been a man of few words. Shanks, completely wasted, came up with, what was in his mind, a great idea.

"Well, how about a welcome back present!" Shanks shouted, he ran over and started to rummage through their treasure. He knew it was here somewhere. Ah-ha! There it was! Finally, he pulled out a large fancy hat with a large grandiose feather sticking out of it and shoved it on Mihawk's head. "There you go!" Shanks said triumphantly.

Mihawk's eye twitched and he pulled out his sword. He tried to slice Shanks, who dodged laughing. Shanks drunkenly started to swing his sword around, but immediately got serious when he saw Mihawk's face. The man was looking for a good fight. As their swords clashed, the sky thundered, the earth shook and a message was sent throughout the world that Dracule Mihawk was back.

After the fight, Mihawk started his way back to West Blue and to a certain island. Of course, the moment he stepped foot into the village, everyone shut their windows and doors. Trying to hide from the fearful man that had taken root in their village for the past two years.

"Oh, Dracule, you're back," a woman said, smiling happily at him. She was tall, but not as tall as him, with black hair and eyes. She ran a daycare/orphanage for kids.

"Yes, how is he?" He asked. She walked into the her little house and picked up the toddler from the crib. He was still napping.

"He glared at people mostly and dug up worms," the woman, whose name was Hana, said, "I wish he would try to make friends more. I'm pretty worried about his social development." Trafalgar tended to scare the other kids, and for good reason. His eyes followed people as if he were dissecting them, which he probably was seeing as he liked to dissect the dead animals he found lying around. Hana was pretty sure that dissecting dead animals was not normal behavior for such a young kid.

"I see," Mihawk said. Truthfully he was a bit worried too. So far, Trafalgar has never smiled. Not once. Of course Mihawk has never smiled either but a child has to smile, right? Hana handed Trafalgar over to Mihawk.

"Well, maybe you could try to show him how to be friendly. Start with smiling," Hana suggested. Mihawk ignored the suggestion. Him, smile? It couldn't be done. Still, it was worrisome that Trafalgar was so unhappy. Would it be better to leave him at an orphanage where his life could be more stable? Perhaps find a family to take him in? Mihawk felt his brother stirring in his arms.

"Awake?" He asked, even though Trafalgar hadn't begun talking yet. Another problem that Mihawk had to deal with. Was he just a terrible older brother? What should he do? Mihawk didn't let any of these thoughts show on his face. Just because his little brother can't walk, talk or smile yet didn't mean something was wrong with him.

Suddenly Trafalgar made a strange noise. Mihawk immediately checked his forehead to make sure he hadn't caught a cold. Trafalgar made the sound again, between a cough and another noise that Mihawk couldn't identify.

Mihawk was about to rush his brother to a hospital, when Trafalgar finally made a coherent noise. He was laughing. At the ridiculous hat on Mihawk's head.

"Your hat is stupid," Trafalgar said, in a perfect sentence. Like he's known how to speak for a while and just liked to worry people around him. That's when Mihawk realized that his little brother was going to grow up into a horrible person. But really, what else did he expect?

Just putting the finishing touches on the next chapter which will go up soon. Please feel free to give me feedback and offer suggestions for future chapters! Pretty pretty please review! If you do I think people actually like my story, which will motivate me to write more! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far, I think I may kinda be in love with all of you=P!