Tale 2: Revenge

Title: Tale 2: Revenge
Rating: T
Fandom: One Piece
Summary: [Sequel to The Tale of Crocodile and Alligator] Alligator and Crocodile want revenge for their Rocinante's death. They want to kill Doflamingo. The two siblings reunite in Punk Hazard, prepared to take down the enemy with the help of Law and the Straw Hat Pirates.

Alligator watched as they sailed through the river leading into Punk Hazard. "This is taking forever! Smokey, can't this warship go any faster?"

"We have to be careful to avoid the icebergs," Smoker told him.

"But it's taking so long!" Alligator whined. "It'll be years until we actually reach shore!"

"Alligator-san, please stop whining," Tashigi said. "It will only take a few more hours,"

'Hopefully Croc gets here without any troubles. He better have some gas masks with him,' Alligator thought. "But Tashigi, it's taking forever!"

Tashigi hit Alligator on the head with her sheathed sword. "Aura-san told me to babysit you,"

"Ow!" Alligator rubbed his head. "Smokey, she just hit me!"

"Tashigi you might want to hit him again," Smoker said. "He's still not shutting up,"

"Smokey!" Alligator groaned.

XXX

Alligator jumped off the ship and onto the icy ground. "Finally! We've reached shore!" As he took a step forward, the slipperiness caused him to fall on his back. 'Is this how Rocinante felt all the times his clumsiness kicked in?'

"Alligator-san!" Tashigi called. "Your gas mask!"

"Huh?" Alligator stood back up and realized that his mask had fallen. "Eh!? I'm gonna die from poison!"

"Stop panicking," Smoker said, removing his own mask. "It seems as though the purple gas is gone. At least for now,"

"What is this place?" Tashigi asked, looking at the building.

"It's an old laboratory that was once used by Vegapunk," Smoker informed. "This place has been abandoned for years, which is why it was used as a battleground for Aokiji and Akainu," He rang the doorbell buzzer. "Yet, it still has power,"

"Hey!" Alligator knocked on the door. "Open up! We're selling cookies!"

"Uh…Vice-Admiral Alligator?" A G-5 soldier questioned. "Why are you saying that?"

"Do you honestly think that they listen if we revealed that we were the Navy?" Alligator pointed out. "They obviously knew that they had broken the law when they had trespassed into Punk Hazard,"

One of the large metal doors creaked open. "What brings you guys to my vacation home?" Footsteps followed and soon none other than Trafalgar Law stood there, leaning against the door.

"Hello there my dear nephew!" Alligator waved.

Law looked towards him, expression slightly confused. "I don't recall ever being related to you,"

"Oh right, Roci never told you about his adopted brothers," Alligator held up photos of a younger Law. "Roci's my younger twin brother. He saw you as his son so that's how you're my nephew. Aww, these pictures are so cute!"

"Law, why are you on Punk Hazard?" Smoker demanded. "You know perfectly well that this place is off limits to both the Navy and pirates,"

"It's my vacation home," Law claimed.

"You still shouldn't be here," Smoker told him.

Another pair of footsteps were heard. A man slightly taller than Law with messy dark brown hair and hazel eyes walked beside Law. "Hey there Alligator,"

Alligator nearly dropped the photos, his eyes widening and his breath quickening. "E-Eric?"

Eric grinned. "So you're still in the Marines,"

"Vice-Admiral Alligator, who is this?" Tashigi asked.

Alligator took a few steps back, the memories of the beating as a child rushing back to him. He stumbled backwards. "Y-You're dead!"

"Am I?" Eric started to walk towards him. "I'm standing in front of you, am I not?"

"My brother killed you!" Alligator said.

Eric let out a laugh. "No he didn't. I survived," He raised his sword, fusing it with Haki. "Now it's time for revenge!"

"Alligator get out of there!" Smoker ordered as his fight with Law began.

But Alligator was frozen in fear, recalling the events of that day.

A barrage of punches and kicks rained down upon him and his younger brother. They begged them to stop, but they wouldn't listen. Marcus drew his blade. "Let's cut them up a bit," They cried and begged for them to stop but they didn't listen. They wanted the suffering to end.

Alligator closed his eyes, bracing himself for the attack. But the attack didn't his him. Tashigi had imbued her sword with Armament Haki and blocked the attack. "Tashigi…" Alligator whispered.

"Alligator-san, you're a Vice-Admiral!" Tashigi reminded. "Don't let the enemy intimidate you!"

"Right!" Alligator nodded, getting back up and drawing his own sword.

"Weaklings," Eric commented, adding more force which caused Tashigi to jump back. "Your Haki isn't nearly as strong as mine so don't go thinking you can take me on!" He used Soru to charge at them.

"Leave Gator and Tashigi-chan alone!" G-5 tried to attack Eric.

"Tch," Eric clicked his tongue and easily took them all out with one swing. He then quickly turned to Alligator and Tashigi.

"Dust Blade!" Alligator transformed one of his arms into a blade of dust and rushed towards Eric.

Eric laughed, using his Armament Haki imbued sword. "Whirlwind!" He swung his sword and created a strong gust of wind that tossed Tashigi and Alligator around.

"Dust Storm!" Alligator fired a blast of dust at Eric.

"Volcanic Blast!" Eric exhaled a beam of ash towards Alligator's Dust Storm.

The Volcanic Blast overpowered the Dust Storm and was heading straight towards Tashigi and Alligator. They were still trapped in the Whirlwind and couldn't do anything to escape. "Soru!" A figure quickly grabbed the two of them and dropped them into the snow.

The G-5 soldiers' eyes widened as they recognized the figure. "Crocodile!?" Tashigi exclaimed.

"Well, well," Eric said. "If it isn't ex-Rear-Admiral Crocodile,"

"Ex-Rear-Admiral?" Tashigi questioned. "Wait, Crocodile is a former Marine!?"

"Crocodile's my brother," Alligator told her. "I thought it was pretty obvious because of our names,"

"To think that you're still alive, Eric," Crocodile growled.

"I heard that the Marines managed to stop you from taking over Alabasta," Eric recalled.

"They didn't stop me," Crocodile said.

"Oh?" Eric mused. "So it was actually Mugiwara, right? I heard that he was in Alabasta at the time and looked into it. Well, that doesn't matter," He turned his fists to ashes. "I'm gonna kill both you and Alligator!"

Crocodile imbued his hook with Haki and swung it towards Eric. "Like I'm gonna let you harm my brother,"

Eric laughed as he dodged. "Hey Law, you get rid of Smoker while I kill these two!"

"Tact!" A bunch of rocks flew towards Eric. "Don't order me around!"

XXX

Law had finished his fight with Smoker, taking the latter's heart and switching the bodies of Smoker and Tashigi. Eric had managed to toss Crocodile into the sea. "Eric-ya, I'm going back inside," Law said.

"Sure, sure," Eric grinned. "I'm gonna go and kill Alligator now,"

"Croc!" Alligator shouted in the direction Crocodile had been tossed to. He looked to his fellow G-5 Marines. "Don't just stand there! Help him!"

"Volcanic Blast!" Eric exhaled a beam of ashes towards Alligator.

Alligator barely dodged the attack and formed his dust to blades. "Dust Blade!"

Eric laughed. "Do you honestly think that you stand a chance against me?" He kicked Alligator in the stomach before throwing him aside. "You're a weakling, just like you were all those years ago!"

Alligator quickly got up. "I'm not weak!" He formed a ball of dust and threw it at Eric.

Two G-5 members resurfaced from the sea, carrying Crocodile to land. Crocodile coughed up seawater.

Eric just took a step back, dodging Alligator's attack. "See? You can't even hit me!" He used Soru and appeared behind Alligator. "Now die!"

"Vice-Admiral Alligator!"

Crocodile's eyes flew open and he quickly moved to push Alligator down, getting stabbed in the shoulder as he did so. He winced but covered his leg with armament and kicked Eric, sending him back a few feet. The hilt of the dagger broke with the blade still embedded in Crocodile's shoulder. "As long as I'm still alive…" Crocodile said. "I won't let you kill my brother!"

Eric laughed as he headed for the door. "I guess I'll deal with you later. By the way, the blade was covered in poison,"

Crocodile gripped his injured shoulder. "Bastard…"

XXX

Crocodile and G-5 were inside an ice cave. Alligator attended to Crocodile's wounds while the rest of the Marines were crowded around Tashigi, who was now in Smoker's body. "Uh…Tashigi…chan?"

"Y-Yes…" Tashigi responded meekly.

"What!? Are you really Tashigi-chan!?"

"Did your minds get swapped?"

"What's going on? How did this happen?"

"Obviously it was Law you imbeciles," Crocodile lit a cigar after Alligator finished removing the blade and bandaging the shoulder wound.

"Imbeciles!?"

"Wait, does that mean…" They then turned to Smoker who was in Tashigi's body. Tashigi's shirt was unbuttoned and Smoker had a lit cigar in his mouth. "This is just terrifying! Tashigi-chan and Smokey are…"

"Crocodile," Smoker addressed. "Why are you on Punk Hazard?"

"I'm making sure my brother doesn't do anything stupid," Crocodile exhaled wisps of smoke. "Also, this facility is run by one of Joker's subordinates,"

"Joker!?" Smoker's eyes widened a bit.

"My goal has nothing to do with the Navy," Crocodile said. "I want to kill Joker,"

"Hey Vice-Admiral Alligator," One soldier asked. "Who's Joker?"

"Joker is a notorious underground broker," Alligator answered. "His real name is…" He clenched his fist. "That pink bastard!"

"Pink bastard?" Tashigi questioned before realizing who he meant. "You don't mean one of the Shichibukai is Joker, right?"

"Donquixote Doflamingo," Alligator gritted his teeth together. "That bastard will pay!"

"Your Base Commander also works for him," Crocodile informed.

The accusation caused G-5 to grow angry. "How dare you accuse Vice-Admiral Vergo of betrayal you pirate scum!"

"Vice-Admiral Vergo is like a father to us!"

"He would never betray us like that!"

"Until we have proof, we won't believe a thing you're saying, Crocodile," Smoker said. "But the ships that were hidden near the laboratory had CC written on them,"

"Huh? Really, Vice-Admiral Smoker?" A G-5 soldier asked.

"Yeah," Smoker continued. "Had they been the same ships that were used here in the past, they should have said PH for Punk Hazard. If we assume that someone above Law that isn't Joker is pulling his strings and that CC is there initials, then I have a hunch who it might be. If he is on this island, then it would explain quite a lot,"

"Who?" Alligator questioned.

"Doctor Vegapunk's former associate, the scientist Caesar Clown,"

"Caesar Clown?" A G-5 soldier asked. "Who's that?"

"Something has been bothering me," Tashigi spoke up.

"What?" Smoker queried.

"If my memory serves me correctly," Tashigi began. "A lot of children have been abducted in this region over the last few years,"

"Abductions?" Alligator frowned. "There were abductions?"

"Yes," Tashigi nodded.

"But more importantly, I can't get used to this new Captain-chan!" The other G-5 soldiers began to cry.

"G-5 is full of idiots," Crocodile muttered.

"Tashigi, what are you talking about?" Smoker demanded. "I haven't heard a damn thing about kids being snatched,"

"Please button your shirt, Smoker-san!" Tashigi snapped, a faint blush on her (Smoker's) face.

"This 'open' Captain-chan looks great, but she's horrifying on the inside!" G-5 was crying again.

"Cram it!"

"Idiots," Crocodile mumbled.

"There haven't been any reports from this region, except for the occasional shipwreck," Smoker continued. "But now that you mention it, it does seem like a lot of kids die in this sea,"

"According to the communications division," Tashigi stated. "Many reports of kidnapped children have been made to G-5. But in the newspaper, they're all announced as shipwrecks, piracy, or missing persons. Of course, it's possible that the reports were originally wrong and then corrected. But it is also possible that…"

Noticing that Tashigi had paused Smoker said, "Looks like you're hesitating, Tashigi. If you have an opinion, then state it plainly! Based on the number of children that we just saw you think that the reports of abduction were correct and the kidnapper could be on this island, right? But in order for that to be true, a member of G-5 would have to be covering up the kidnappings by lying to the media,"

"Huh? So that means that someone inside G-5 is helping the culprit? What!? Hey Smokey! I can't believe that you're doubting us! We may be outcasts of the Navy but we still have our pride as Marines! That's right! No one here would do such a thing!"

Crocodile just continued to watch from a couple feet away from them. "I just said that their base commander works for that flamingo bastard. Even with these facts, are they really doubting it?"

"Shut the hell up!" Smoker snapped at his subordinates. "Idiots like you aren't even worth suspecting!"

"What?"

"But don't let yourselves have the wrong idea about the Navy either," Smoker added. "All organizations contain multiple people so none of them can ever be perfect! You'll overlook enemies if you let yourself think that the Navy's perfect! Don't be deceived by appearances!"

"D-Does that mean Vice-Admiral Vergo really is a traitor?" Tashigi asked.

"We can't be one hundred percent sure that it's him exactly, but it is a possibility," Smoker responded. "In any case, my body and heart has been taken by Law. We can't leave the island. A third of you guys will go to the ship and report this,"

"What are you talking about, Vice-Admiral?" They asked. "The ship's been sliced to pieces,"

"I said there were other ships, didn't I?" Smoker replied. "Go steal one,"

"Oh! That was your plan! You're a villain!"

"So we're gonna be pirates for a day!" Alligator declared. "The goal is to steal a ship. Good thing I personally know a pirate so he can help us steal a ship. So Croc, what do we have to do?"

"Kill anyone on board the ship and then take control," Crocodile answered.

"We're Marines, Croc," Alligator reminded. "We won't kill unless necessary,"

"Then toss them overboard or beat them to a bloody pulp," Crocodile rephrased. "And I thought you were supposed to be pirates for a day? Pirates kill,"

"Mugiwara doesn't," Alligator pointed out.

"Be careful," Smoker warned his soldiers. "Before this situation gets any worse, I'm gonna get my heart and body back and then I'll expose the one who's pulling the strings on this island!"

XXX

"I finally got through to him," Caesar placed the transceiver back on the Den-Den Mushi shell. "We have permission to kill them all: the Straw Hat Pirates, G-5, and Foxfire Kin'emon. No matter who dies on this island, Joker can make it look like an accident at sea. Capture as many of them as you can! The more test subjects we have the better,"

"I still get to kill Croco-dumbass and his brother, right?" Eric asked.

"Yes," Caesar answered.

"Good," Eric smirked.

"But if they cause too much trouble, we'll kill them with gas," Caesar told him. "Where's Law?"

"He left the room a while ago," The hazmat suit guy informed.

"No matter," Caesar said. "It seems that one of them has a bounty of 400 million. Don't push yourselves too hard,"

"In addition," Monet added. "The crew has bounties ranging from fifty to 120 million. The total bounty for the Straw Hat Crew is 800 million and fifty beri. But for two years, they've vanished off the face of the planet. Their bounties haven't changed in all that time. Their actual strength might be higher than the numbers indicate,"

"You're always thorough with your research, Monet," Caesar complimented.

XXX

"Huh? Vegapunk wasn't actually behind the giant explosion?" Alligator asked Smoker.

"Weren't you gonna go and steal a ship?" One soldier asked him.

"Too far," Alligator whined. "Anyway, Smokey who was actually behind the giant explosion?"

"The one who made the weapon and the one who blew it up," Smoker answered. "It was Caesar Clown. At the time, he was the number two of the science division, but his methods were inhumane and he was always challenging Vegapunk. Vegapunk only took the blame for the accident because he was the one in charge. Of course, it's a crime to develop a weapon of mass destruction that covers an island in poison gas,"

"Well duh," Alligator said. "Civilians would be affected too, not just criminals,"

Ignoring Alligator, Smoker continued. "Once we figured out the cause of the accident, we captured Caesar. But his power proved to be too strong and he escaped from the prisoner transport ship. He's been hiding ever since. If he really is continuing his research on this island, we've got to stop it quickly,"

"With two Vice-Admirals and a former Shichibukai on our side, we can overpower him!" One soldier said.

"I never said I was on your side," Crocodile claimed. "I'm only here to protect Alligator. I don't care what happens to the rest of you,"

"I should arrest you right now," Smoker said.

"I doubt that," Crocodile replied.

XXX

G-5 and Crocodile were traversing through the snow. "The other squad should have taken a ship by now," Tashigi said. Two loud sounds were heard and the group saw smoke. "Explosions?"

"Do you really think that the enemy would just hand a ship over?" Crocodile snorted.

"Croc, are you here to protect me or to annoy everyone else?" Alligator asked.

"Both," Crocodile answered.

"By the way, where's Daz?" Alligator asked.

"He's on the ship a couple yards away from shore," Crocodile informed. He winced as he moved his shoulder to point at the direction where Daz and the ship were.

"Let's go!" Smoker told his men.

G-5 and Crocodile engaged in battle against the centaurs. "Croc can I be a centaur!?" Alligator asked with starry eyes.

"You're thirty nine years old," Crocodile pointed out. "Why are you asking me permission? And no, you cannot become a centaur," A wave of pain caused him to stop and grip his shoulder. 'Is the poison starting to take effect!?'

"Crocodile duck!" Alligator's voice caused Crocodile to ignore the pain and focus on fighting. He wouldn't be able to protect his brother if he was dead. He created a whirlwind of sand and sent the centaurs flying away.

Tashigi had recognized some of the prisoners and pulled out a list. "Smoker-san, Alligator-san, they're all former prisoners!"

"The accident report from four years ago said that none of the prisoners survived," Smoker said. "Was that a lie?"

"Smo-san, Al-san, who are these guys!?" A soldier asked.

"They're identity does matter right now," Crocodile told them as he sent more centaurs flying away. "In a battle it's kill or be killed,"

"Just focusing on drawing the enemy inland!" Smoker ordered. "We will get on board that ship and set sail to make our report!"

"Can't we just use Croc's ship?" Alligator asked.

"Al, I am not letting Marines on my ship," Crocodile refused. "Daz and I will kill them all,"

"Don't kill my friends!" Alligator scolded.

"Then don't bring your friends onto my ship," Crocodile remarked.

"Look at that!"

"What is that!?"

"It's a giant bomb!"

"No, it's something else!"

"Is that…" Crocodile's eyes widened. "That's Mugiwara!"

Luffy and Franky crashed while Robin used her hands to form wings, gently landing. "That was a pretty good shortcut!" Franky said.

"Master! Get out here!" Luffy shouted with a grin. "I'm gonna kick your ass and kidnap you!"

"Luffy, you're supposed to keep that a secret," Robin reminded.

"Mugiwara!?" Smoker exclaimed.

"It's the Straw Hat Pirates!"

Yep, I finally started the original ending sequel. This time I'll write the fights as best as I could. Crocodile doesn't care about the Navy or the Straw Hats. He just wants to protect his brother.