Waiting for you
One Piece yaoi
Zorro x Luffy, Zorro x Luffy
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece and their characters
Previously: Constant reminders of a love unable to be forgotten haunts Mihawk and he tries his best to put it behind.
Expect the Unexpected
1 year later
The Marines gear up to go against the Straw hat pirates. Straw hat pirates are gathering their forces.
2 years later
The battle is underway, Straw hats are wining and the Marines are losing.
3 years later
Straw hats have won and escaped. Heading towards the destination where the Grand treasure is hidden.
4 years later
Monkey D. Luffy officially Pirate king but somehow he and his gang has disappeared.
5 years later
No news on the straw hats, it is as if they have vanished from the face of the earth. Marines are investigating.
6 years
Still no news
7 years
Marines have considered them officially dead.
The years passed by quickly and soon 7 years have passed since the Straw hat group's daring & successful attempt. Mihawk had spent most of his time at sea at that period of time under the orders to find the Straw hat crew but the order was soon revoked and Mihawk spent more time in his castle. The strongest swordsman in the world now spent his time training, reading, gardening (realized that he had green fingers and stuck to it) or doing any chores that was required. Perona was now more lady-like but she still had her screaming moments that cause Mihawk to have migraines at certain occasions but she had grown to be like a little sister to him and so he tolerated her behaviour.
At a grand age of 50, Mihawk looked nothing like it. Maybe it was due to the sword man having shaved his mustache and beard off (Perona had a near heart attack when she saw him do that) and growing out his hair so that it was now over his shoulders and tied in a loose ponytail. Then again, Mihawk was ageing quite gracefully for his age. He barely had any wrinkles except for the crow feet which were not seen able unless you look real close. Strangely enough, his hair was still black but then again Mihawk figured that there will be grey hairs the following year or if he looked hard enough.
Currently, the male was gazing at the flowers that he had been growing. The flowers were growing strong and his mind wonders unexpectedly to his locked away past…
"Mihawk aren't the flowers beautiful?" A soft smile followed by a hand cupping the blossoms. "Do you know all flowers have meaning?" "Not really…" Another smile… "Do you know what this flower means…? It means…"
Gold eyes close shut before re-opening them as he gaze at the red flowers that fluttered in the breeze. Swiftly, he turns away, closing the door of the green house behind him. As he headed back, he gazed out to the sea from the cliff. It has been 7 years since he had last heard from Zorro and from the big fiasco; he would not be surprise as to see that the Straw Hat crew would want to hide their tracks. "To the extent that they can't be found…" The male murmured as he gazed at the setting sun. The gold eyes soon focused onto the beach below and his eyes widened when he saw the wreckage of a small boat on the beach. Gold eyes focused a little more and the swordsman finds himself running when he makes out 2 human figures lying at the sea edge; the waves splashing around them.
Mihawk jumped; two at a time down the hill leading to the beach and soon felt his heart stopped when he closed in and saw green hair coming into view. The male instantly kneel down to check the male's pulse before turning the male over with trembling hands. Gold eyes widened as he instantly recognized the face before him as none other than Roronoa Zorro. "But how…?" Mihawk murmured but soon snapped out from his stupor when he heard the cries of an infant. Looking up, he noticed a small bundle hidden protectively in the arms of the second unconscious male. Mihawk strode over and turns over the unconscious male.
Gold eyes widen as he realizes that it was Monkey D-Luffy in the flash but the main key of his shock was the bundle in his arms. An infant with green hair was wailing his lungs out among the blankets in the protective hold of the unconscious pirate. Mihawk was speechless as he knelt down and tried to pry the crying infant out from Luffy's protective hold. "The child will die like this if he's exposed to anymore sea water…" Eventually, Mihawk successfully pried the infant and dried him to the best of his abilities before taking off his shirt to re-wrap the infant in it.
The black hair male than set to work in figuring out how to carry the other two males back to the castle and hopefully; he would get the story of what had happened to Zorro for those past seven years.
To be continued