#mihawk also gets to leverage this to get a solid weeks worth of farming labor out of Croc too

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I should just write a fic about it and maybe I will eventually but because of the nature of Kuraigana, I've been thinking of a scenario during the time skip. One morning at breakfast Mihawk breaks up an arguement between his two young wards just as its getting table-shakingly intense by clearing his throat and putting his glass down. (Which is almost never a good sign.)

"Perona. Roronoa." He starts, eyes closed brows furrowed like he was dealing with a migraine or simply not looking forward to whatever he was about to say. "A guest will be joining us for a few days. A former... colleague of mine. It is imperative you do not harass him. Am I understood?"

The two huff and proceed to try and interrogate him about his 'friend' and tease about how he's finally having someone over until he gets tired of them and banishes them from his sight for the rest of the morning.

Its not until the guest shows up that they understand a bit of Mihawk's apprehension.

"Oi, Hawkeyes," Comes the deep and all too familiar voice, reverberating through the cavernous halls, "Where are those ink cap's you said you spotted the other day?"

Zoro's eyes dart between the figure now looming in the doorway and his teacher whom is pointedly not looking back at him. "You invited Sir Crocodile?!"

"It's been a standing agreement between us for years, Roronoa, don't yell. Kuraigana is one of the best islands on the Grand Line to find mushrooms of all kinds. This is the best season."

Zoro glares, Crocodile grins, and Mihawk prays the week will go by fast.