Heh, I remember tossing about the possibility that Shanks had actually managed to surpass Mihawk without him ever realizing it because Mihawk refused to fight someone who is handicapped...
Zoro beats mihawk, but feels somehow empty inside... he ends up having a clash with shanks and realizes "there was another"... then insert some drama about Luffy not wanted Zoro and Shanks to fight, so that we can bring up what Zoro told Luffy when he joined the crew "don't get in the way of my dream"... and it's goes on from there
Really, if mihawk is gonna be beaten or anything, then i REALLY don't want it to be someone new... that would feel just wrong to me... gotta be someone we already know and has been around for a LONG time in the story... granted that would include only Shanks and Tashigi... though Tashigi would be a hell of a twist =p
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