Been thinking about this all day but imagine a fic where Shanks and Buggy get switched with their younger counterparts (pre Rogers execution). This is working under the assumption that Mihawk is Rayleigh and Shakky’s son and so visited the Roger Pirates and knew Shanks and Buggy growing up.
There crews are frantic, what’s happened to there captains and who are these two weirdly competent kids. There just trying to keep these kids safe and happy till they can return them to there families.
Shanks is convinced that he’s been kidnapped and that the crew is trying to use him as bait for the Roger pirates and refuses to tell them anything and fights anyone who goes near him.
The Buggy Pirates figure out he was a young Buggy fast, how many kids say flashy or horded treasure so Buggy is having the time of his life. These grown ups are just giving him gold any time he wants and no one says anything about his nose.
The Red haired pirates thought they were done for , or at least the kid was, when Mihawk shows up. That is until the kid runs out from where he’s hiding, calling out to Mihawk. That is until he has almost ran into him. The crew hold their breaths when the kid shouts out “you’re not Mihawk, you’re old”. Some of the Red haired pirates rush forward. Ready to save this idiot kid from being killed. There stop when Mihawk crouches down “then your not Shanks, you’re to young”
Thats how after days the Red haired pirates learn what happened to their captain. Somehow this leads to Mihawk staying with them as kid Shanks tries to convince him to bring him back to his crew. Mihawk try’s, he does but but how does one tell a kid that his captain has died, instead he tries calling Rayleigh only for Shakky to tell him that his father hasn’t been home in a month and probably won’t be back for another while.
Mihawk doesn’t want to deal with a preteen much less one thats clearly put off by the adult version of his friend. So after Calling Rayleigh fails and after Shanks insistence he takes Shanks to a different filmier face one that hasn’t changed since Shanks was a kid.
White beard is surprised when the Red Hair pirates pull up along the Mody Dick and its not Shanks that asks for permission to broad but Benn Beckman. He is more surprised by Dracule Mihawk standing next to him. His crew (or at least the newer members) are shocked when a young boy jumps at him, rambling on about not fighting because Hawky says they can’t and that he has to find Blue.
It’s when Mihawk walk up to Whitebeard that they get an explanation, not that it makes sense. Apparently that kid is Shanks and he doesn’t trust his crew. And Mihawk can’t keep any eye on him because he needs to check on this Blue. Whitebeard puts one of his new sons inchage of keeping an eye on him, much to both Shanks and Aces displeased.
The Buggy Pirates were not expecting it when there mini caption ran out to deck in the middle of dinner for no reason. They were expecting it less when warlord of the sea Dracule Mihawk slowly makes it into view.
They’re trying to get away, trying to not catch the warlord eye. What there not expecting is for there captain to throw a fit when he relises that they trying to get away and not heading towards the warlord.
It was pointless trying to get away from Mihawk and he catches up to the Big Top not too long later. Somehow there not surprises when there mini captain jumps the warlord, they are surprised when the warlord doesn’t stab him. Instead the Warlord gears the Crew and asks for they second in command. He covensts them that they should go to the grand line to visted the same Red that there captain keeps going on about.
Meanwhile in the past the Roger pirates are confused when there two cabins boys are replaced with two adults, adults that claim to be there cabin boys. Two adults who can’t stop fighting each other or watching the crew with grief not that they’re telling the Roger pirates anything. It seems the one thing that the two can agree on is not spoiling to future.