The stupidity continues.

[chibi_trillian]

This one actually has something to do with the song, yay.

Title: Solitary
Series: One Piece.
One Piece: Not mine.
Word Count: 300.
Rating: PG.
Pairing/Character: Mihawk.
Drabble Franky 9000 Component: 4/30.


Sometimes, Mihawk wanted to give it all up. The solitary existence, the pointless traveling. Putting up with the World Government’s nonsense and corruption, meeting with old men so foul inside that he felt tainted from speaking to them. And especially the constant, pathetic challenges by swordsmen of such low level and such tiny potential that killing them was a mercy, that they might never fully realize how badly they were outclassed.

Sometimes, he wanted to throw it all away, take what was left of his honor and retire to an island somewhere in South Blue with warm rain and tall mountains and the thick spicy scent of olive trees perfuming the air. But he knew that Shichibukai reach retirement in one of two boxes—a stone one with bars or a pine one with nails.

So he floated on an ocean of ennui, sailing semi-aimlessly, killing pirates who particularly annoyed him and letting the rest live so they could, in turn, annoy the World Government.

And then one day, idly pursuing a particularly uppity man who thought that numbers and dishonorable tactics meant he was fit to be king of the pirates, he was challenged.

The boy trembled with excitement instead of fear, and his soul was incandescent with his determination. And as they fought, Mihawk felt his heart stirring for the first time in ages.

At last, the boy, outmatched and knowing it, had turned, opened himself, spread his arms wide that he might take his deathblow like a man.

Mihawk, in turn, had challenged him. Flicked out his black blade and marked that magnificent child, shoulder to hip, so that Death himself would know who had claim on this boy’s soul, blade severing the useless past and leaving a line marking the beginning of both of their futures.

Comments

[angstymcgoth.livejournal.com]

Nice--you know Mihawk's gotta be so tired of people challenging him, he seems so bored with Zoro until nearly the end of their fight. I like your take on his perspective of that fight.

[kotszok.livejournal.com]

THERE WAS ALMOST EOUGH ZORO IN THERE FOR ME... ALMOST.

START THE FEET-CLAPPING. NOW.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Mihawk's all "whatever" to the point of assholishness when he starts fighting Zoro, and that just makes the "MAGNIFICENT" at the end of the fight that much more indicative of how badly he wants in Zoro's pants awesome.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

DAMMIT.

I wouldn't have to foot-clap if you hadn't chewed my ankles off. *rawr*

[paxnirvana.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Very Mihawk (what we know of him anyway, *snickers*). Not just lonely but boring at the top, eh?

His utter dismissal of Krieg made me grin like a shark. And Zoro catching his attention at the end... and how... love it.

[denimjo.livejournal.com]

For a second there, I almost forgot you were a yaoi fangirl at heart, and then it all came crashing back. XD

And I mean that in the nicest way.

[ecphrastic.livejournal.com]

*smashes in the face of your LJ-cut*

Zoro's soul is such a sparkly and inspiring thing that every damn person ever falls in love with it. ;____; Especially Mihawk. I bet he snuggles up in his little one-man bunkroom below his coffinboat and writes all day about things he's going to do to Zoro. And his goddamn soul. And your writing is as seamlessly smooth as always, rarrrgh.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I'm taking it as a weird compliment. ^_^

Well, I'm getting my het (along with yaoi and yuri) on for the duration for this challenge, so het-cookies for you, even if it is all minor characters. XD

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I'm actually very fond of Mihawk. I actually kind of hope he and Zoro hook up after their final big asskicking throwdown. Mihawk can make sure that Zoro doesn't get lost anymore, Zoro can keep Mihawk from getting bored, and they'll both finally have a sparring partner to match up to them. ^_^

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

LJ-cut: *BLEEDS*

"Dear Journal:
Thought about young Roronoa today. Was reminded of him by a mossy rock, and couldn't resist the urge to run my fingers across the thick verdancy, wishing it was his hair. Really hope he hurries up and gets stronger soon. Wonder if he's gotten any new scars. Am very much a fan of the ones encircling his ankles--they almost look deliberate in their evenness. His latest bounty poster makes him look very menacing, though I would have gone for a different filter on the camera, one that brings out the green of his hair and eyes a bit more. Have put it up on my wall anyway..."

The next twenty-seven pages are much the same. OLE. XD

[sherrymarie.livejournal.com]

Flicked out his black blade and marked that magnificent child, shoulder to hip, so that Death himself would know who had claim on this boy’s soul,

GUH. I love that.

I love how well you illustrated that their meeting had just as large of an impact on Mihawk as it had on Zoro. Marvelous. ^_^

[ecphrastic.livejournal.com]

THAT IS SO EXACTLY TRUE. XDDDDD The Very Secret Diaries of Dracule Mihawk. And I love how the Straw-Hat crew has a bunch of old people obsessing over them constantly. Especially the boys. XD ...*smashes in the last word of your reply*

OLE.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

What else does Mihawk have to occupy his time other than thoughts of lithe young green-haired swordsmen with gorgeous muscle definition and definite masochistic tendencies? XD Well, otherr than this stuff...

Dracule Mihawk's To-Do List:
~Annoy Shanks.
~Menace random Marines.
~Menace random pirates.
~Strike fear into the hearts of mortal men.
~Go to the opthamologist's for more colored contacts.
~Polish sword.
~Polish other sword, with help from Nami's contributions to Buttpirates Monthly.
~Spanish guitar practice.
~Go shopping at the vintage store for more fabulous paisley shirts.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Eeee! Thank you! And hey, now Mihawk's got something to look forward to at least.

SMASHES IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE.

[ecphrastic.livejournal.com]

OH MIHAWK, MIHAWK, LET ME MARRY YOU, SWEET SWEET THING. XDDDDD He cracks me up. You crack me up. Oh, man. Mihawk and his private sword-polishing. And scaring everybody EVER. XDDD

I loved all the Olé's as well. ;)

[denimjo.livejournal.com]

You know, I think you're corrupting me. I was playing/writing a One Piece themed Sims 2 story and I just felt the need to have a throwawway mention of Ace/Smoker in there. DAMN YOU! *shakes fist*

:D

Re: I loved all the Olé's as well. ;)

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

OLE!

People say I'm contagious like that. I have no idea what they mean--I only manage to spread whatever fandom I'm into around to my entire group of RL friends, no matter what they were into before. *halo*

[dethorats]

Oooh, now this was nice. Reaaaaaal nice. You capture the way Mihawk has always struck me, bored and somewhat trapped and knowing it and just whiling away the hours and then Zoro. That last paragraph is spectacular!

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Eeee, thank you. I think Mihawk had something of an Alexander complex before Zoro showed up--he's done everything, he's the best, there's no challenges left and therefore no purpose or reason to his life. Zoro's going to have to face the same thing someday.

[aksarah.livejournal.com]

"But he knew that Shichibukai reach retirement in one of two boxes—a stone one with bars or a pine one with nails."

gabababababa great line.
thanks for joining my weency little drabble comm~! can't wait to read more of your stuff.

Re: OLE.

[bumpgrrl.livejournal.com]

oh, the spanish guitar!

[lisa-bee.livejournal.com]

That's a really interesting take on Mihawk.

I have to say, the description of Zoro in the second-to-last paragraph makes me almost shiver, because that's it.

[yaoi-rulz.livejournal.com]

I haven't read alot of Mihawk/Zoro stuff on the web (since I can't find any of it) and what I just read is the most incharcter and wonderful piece about the two, together or apart, that I've read. On the head, great job.