A/n Hmm guess alot of people didn't really care for the way the story moved. Same deal as last chapter, I'm requesting simple outlines for the first half of the story. If someone wants to take up this as a job let me know. You'll be credited in each chapter for you're involvement.

This second chapter will give short snippets of Luffy's story up til the first fight between Luffy and Crocodile.

Bold = Naruto

Normal = Luffy

Naruto sighed as he watched Buggy the clown fly away from his kick.

"We told him not to mess with us on a bad day." The boy nodded as his hair darkened.

"Should we go? I'm sure Zoro has fallen asleep watching the Big Top, only fear I have is if Nami stole the treasure and took off."

"Right."

In the last week he'd been here Naruto had discovered he was melded into the body of one Monkey D. Luffy. They're minds had melded along with their bodies. Luffy's body was no longer as thin as it was but looked roughly the same other wise. The only other change was their hair, it was now a permanent black and gold but depending on who was in control it shifted from light black with vivid cold or a rich black and a pale blonde.

Naruto and Luffy had come to a simple understanding. They'd become the Pirate King and take all the world had to offer, just like Gol D. Roger.

Finding themselves at sea once more left them not sure about their next actions.

"I'd say its about a million beri that we stole from him." Luffy nodded, "Think we could get a descent ship for that price?"

"Sure we could, wouldn't be the top of the line but a nice one."

"Hey Zoro check out this coat! I look pretty dashing don't I?" He had found a black and red captain's coat with gold epaulets and cuffs ending in gold trim. This was topped off with the grey fur lining the neck and other edges of the coat.(image is on my profile the neck lining is my own added part)

"This is Nami's room?" The boys voice held a touch of disbelief as he gazed at all of the charts that filled up the room. This was 8 years worth of nothing but forced labor.

"So you wanna be my cook?!" The blonde rolled his eyes at the boy before him as he wiped off blood from the edge of his orange shorts.

"I'll call it...Antalonn! The fear of the sea!" Luffy's bright smile carried over the deck of their new ship.

"Woah, they're all stone...what do you think did this?" Zoro, Vivi and Naruto gazed across Whiskey Peak, at the lack of life, at the stone statutes of over a hundred men and women.

"It's him!" Luffy's hands shot out to grab Vivi, switching himself in her place.

The desert had turned a peach orange as Naruto found himself upside down. When he sorted himself out he found himself face to face with Crocodile and Miss All-Sunday.

"Well I'd have to say Strawhat, you've taken this too far." The spoke with a puff of his cigar.

"Nonsense, Vivi wouldn't agree with that at all. Compared to most she actually cares about others more then herself. Take the rebellion you've created, she thinks nobody needs to die."

"Nobody needs to die?" The man gave out a puff of smoke as he chuckled, "The problem with bleeding hearts like the Princess is they are always willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to save others. Even if it costs them their lives along the road. Not once considering if they know what it means to be in a real fight, wouldn't you say?"

Naruto looked up hand firmly on his strawhat. "Yep."

The light wind crossing the desert swayed the Shichibukai's coat.

"Then why is it you'd be willing to waste your own life to protect people like them, people like Princess Vivi?"

Finally standing he spoke up, sand swirling around him, "That means that people like Vivi won't give up fighting until they die, as a friend Its my job to help her fix this Kingdom and end the revolt." Adjusting his hate Luffy glared at the man anger rising.

"Thing is your the root of the problem, even if they stop the rebels your still the issue that caused it."

Crocodile replied with a deep chuckle, his cigar burning away. "Despite what idealists like the princess think, there is always one cruel truth. In the brutal battle field, it's either kill or be killed." He smirked making his scar twist up.

"S'why I'm more then glad to put a bullet in any bleeding heart I come across." Luffy just kept patting away at his captain's coat, removing sand from its black and red surfaces.

Popping his knuckles with a confident look.

"Yea it just goes to show your the most foolish of them all." A smirk etched its way onto Luffy's tan face as Crocodile grit his teeth down through his cigar. This elicited a light chuckle from Miss All-Sunday.

"Find something funny Nico Robin? Or should I kill you along with the nosy brat?" His eyes glared at her passively, the girl simply shrugged it off. "Your welcome to try, go right ahead. But didn't you say you wouldn't call me by that name?"

"Where are you going?" his gravely voice spoke as Robin kept walking away.

"I'm headed to Alubarna. See you there."

With that Crocodile reached into his pocket. What he pulled out was a small hourglass. "I only have three minutes to entertain you. By then I'm sure your time will have run out as well." Another smirk graced his face, wind picking up creating a low whistling sound.

When the boy did nothing he spoke again. "Your three minutes are counting down. I have no more time to waste on a brat like you."

Vivi hugged her legs, the sound of the land crabb moving underneath her. Was it really the best idea? To leave Luffy and Naruto to fight a Warlord of the Sea?

Like he was reading her mind Zoro nudged her shoulder. "Hey if there's anyone who could handle Crocodile out of us it was him. He took it upon himself to deal with Mr. Zero so that we could deal with Khoza and the other rebels." Sanji listening in with Nami nodded.

"He's right this point on, it doesn't matter what happens to us as long as you stop the rebels and save the Kingdom."

The crab seemed to speed up almost.

"Thanks guys..."

A single foot was seen extending into the sand. Small puddles were scattered around the two Devil Fruit users. Crocodile glared at the bleeding boy his mouth barely holding its self together as wet sand fell off and pulled itself back into one piece.

The Suna Suna no Mi user slowly broke apart into sand flowing away into the air, the hourglass having run empty.

A faintly breathing Naruto lay still on the ground, his stomach bleeding slowly. To Naruto it was a single blink of the eye before he found himself pulled up above the sand into the dark night air.

He struggled to look around, finding his savior to be Nico Robin. "T-than-thank you."

His eyes met her unique black and blue ones, "Why do you fight? Those of you with the name of D?" When he simply gave her a confused look she shook her head. "Apparently you have no idea as to what I'm talking about."

Luffy's eyes quickly went from Robin's to his hat and then to search for the new voice he heard.

"I've found you!" Soon enough Luffy could see the form of a man in white covered with brown stars, his eyes surrounded by purple.

"Careful there pal don't want to hurt yourself." She lightly tossed Naruto his hat before she headed to her Bananawani carriage. "Actually perfect timing you can save the boy now." Naruto's pained breaths attracted Pell's attention.

"If not for his courage and selflessness Princess Vivi probably wouldn't be alive." Before Pell could say anything the woman was gone, the beast having shot off into the night.

In the middle of his thoughts the man gave a light jolt of surprise when Luffy grabbed his sleeve, the word meat grumbling from his blood covered lips before wide angry eyes shouted it into his face.

"MMMMEEEEAAT!"

Vivi's crying went unheard of as the battle raged below them. "Stop it, stop fighting..." Her heart aching as she watched her kingdom tear itself apart.

"Stop now!" Nico with her arms crossed, eyed the crying princess, with her arms folded.

"You fought to the best you could, but now the only choice you have is to give up. They can't hear you anymore."

As Chaka fell over, his body unable to carry him the king spoke blood on his tongue. "So this is it?" He grit his teeth.

"You have to run away Vivi, and get away from him before it's too late!" At these words Vivi stood and turned to face Crocodile, said man turned to her as well his trademark Cigar and smirk plastered on his face.

"I won't." The two words brought a small chuckle from his throat. If looks could kill Crocodile would be a smoldering patch of glass. "You made this sand column, didn't you?" Her eye quickly glanced to the palace clock. "Yet there's still time, if I can somehow stop the time in the next 15 minutes I can limit the number of casualties."

The wind swept sand across Crocodile's feet as he stepped towards Vivi. 'Oh will they never learn?'

"If I do this, then I can stop that, and the rebellion will end." He lightly grit his teeth as he snagged Vivi up by the neck. "Sorry but its time to face the music. This whole thing is really getting on my nerves, I'm tired of sappy thoughts and feelings your idealism is pointless and has quite honestly gotten pathetic." The man's gripped tightened. "What good are pretty words and feelings if you can't bring to reality? Nothing and they'll only ever be dreams!"

He exhaled a puff of smoke. "Compared to mine your dreams don't stand a chance." Vivi started to kick her legs as Crocodile inched her over the rampart's edge.

"I don't care what you think about my ideals. I'll never stop trying to make them come real. You'll never get it! I'm Alabasta's princess I can't give up!" The Shichibukai gave her a look of contempt.

"You really are a sad little girl."

She ignored his words of insult however. "I will save Alabasta, I will!"

"No. You won't. Your wretched interference has only gone on to cause this country more pain then it needed. Getting involved as you have has only brought hurt to those you care about. But it ends here, Goodbye Princess." With that his hand broke apart into sand, leaving Vivi to gravity's embrace. As she fell ever closer to the ground Crocodile's laughs penetrated her soul with sadness.

They were soon cut off however when he looked up to see Strawhat somehow still alive, flying aboard Pell. "That not possible!" a growl uttered from his lips as he watched Luffy save Vivi.

"Luffy, Pell the palace and city will explode...I-I can't reach them." Naruto took over and held her tighter. "Don't worry, as long as I'm around your voice will be heard."

"How did he survive, in his state he shouldn't of been able to get out of my Girasole's pit." The man bit into his cigar as he watched the boy begin to stretch is arms, clearly intent on sling shooting up to the palace rampart.

"CROCODILE!" The purple haired man looked down condescendingly at the red shirted boy. "Try all you will you'll never be able to hit me. Guess you just didn't get enough the first them, eh?" As Luffy reached the top he continued to shoot through the air fist reared back. Crocodile lost his cigar as Naruto struck him in the middle of attempting to turn into sand.

Luffy pinned him against the wall with his hands before he sling shot his head to Crocodile's. Robin and Cobra looked on in suprise as Luffy stood over Crocodile's form. "Last time I didn't have enough water to beat you, but now? Yea that's a different story."

"Its time to fight Crocodile, get up!" Sitting up Crocodile gave another chuckle.

"You think you can beat me?" Luffy pulled up his hands, fist clenched and ready to go.

"Sure do. I came prepared this time, so no more turning into sand." The man smirked as he wave his hand aside.

"I must say I'm impressed you sure do have more brains then I took you for. But as I said before it will take more then a gimmick to beat me, the same would go for me as well. I'm a Shichibukai for a reason now, not just charity."

"So what if you one of the seven warlords, guess that just makes me the eighth." Cobra couldn't help but look at the teen before him. Does he only think with his fists and stomach?

"Gum Gum Pistol!" Crocodile's smirk widened as he leaned to his right, the rubber fist missing by an inch. "If I dodge it then I can grab your arm. I can still absorb all the water in you body boy."

A short look of panic set in on Luffy's face,'Crap I forgot he could do that."

'Your an idiot sometimes.'

'WHO ASKED YOU!"

Luffy jumped up and shot forward as he arm shortened, puttin his foot through the sand man. The Shichibukai fell apart and regathered himself by the time Luffy landed and put water back in his arm.

"Yea I remember. Gum Gum!" Luffy sprayed water over himself and launched his arm. Before it reached Crocodile he pulled on it making it jump around.

"Shotgun!"

Landing Crocodile drew his arm through the air. "Desert Spada!" Remembering the rock from their first fight Naruto jumped to the sideas the attack shot by his side. Naruto gawked at the line cut into the palace roof. "Geez that was close. Gum Gum!"

Luffy pulled himself to his outstretched hand, planting his knee into Crocodile's face. Reaching his hand out Crocodile used Sables and through Luffy away from him. Standing up he let out a laugh as he taunted Luffy. "If it wasn't for that barrel of yours you wouldn't have lasted this long. It would have been just like my first fight against you, tell me I'm wrong!'

"Maybe but either way I'm gonna kick your ass!" With no hesitation he began chugging away the water, making Crocodile grow wide eyed and making Robin giggle.

"Grrrr, STOP MESSING AROUND!" Robin and Cobra saw it but the anger blinded Crocodile missed Luffy's smirk as he shot water out at the charging man, drenching him in water.

"WHO SAID I WAS MESSING AROUND! Gum Gum Bazooka!"

Unable to pull himself apart the Shichibukai took the double palm attack straight to the gut, making him cough up blood as he flew into a marble store house, bringing it to the ground.

"Bet you liked that eh?" The sound of rocks breaking and falling emerged when Crocodile sat up. He looked at Luffy and Robin as he watched the hat wearing girl release Cobra.

"Leave now before you get dried up with this insolent brat." As he said she left. "I'm through playing games. I'm gonna break everything down from the grass to the stone boy, Ground Seco!"

Naruto cursed as he watched the lush grass turn brown and then wither away. The stone masonry that held up the garden started crumbling, causing the surface to fall apart. Quickly Naruto tried to drench Crocodile before he could keep using his attack.

Luffy's eyes went wide as he watched the man's hand absorb and dry it up.

"Everything connected to the ground dries up into dust. INCLUDING YOU! GROUND DEATH!"

Luffy pulled himself up. only to be grabbed by the neck by Crocodile. His first reaction was to shoot water at him but he missed. Seizing the moment he drained Luffy of the water and turned him slowly into a dehydrated husk.

"Seems you've lost again, two times now. Strawhat Luffy. Kuhahahaha!"

As he finished draining the boy he let him go to fall to the sand below. "In just 6 minutes this entire city with disappear. You stay right their. As if you had a choice kuhahahaha!" His body disappeared right as the water Luffy shot landed back on him. The boy shot up taking in deep breaths of air. "Next time we fight I'm doing it. I don-NO!" Naruto jolted back at Luffy's adamant behavior.

"No Naruto. This is my fight I will not let this stand! Vivi's my friend and I will do everything I can to kick Crocodile's ass!" Inside their mind Naruto smiled at his determination to stay in the fight. "Alright."

'Looks like I gotta follow him now.'

What greeted Luffy in the tomb was nothing short of surprising. Wide eyed Luffy couldn't help but look on as he saw Crocodile pull his golden hook from Robin's torso. Her hat came to a rest at his feet, her head falling into a puddle of water and small broken glass. Boiling rage began to rise again. In turn the temple started to fall.

"All you ever do is take, take, and take Crocodile." He clenched his fist as he knelt next to Robin. Cobra watched as Crocodile glared at Luffy.

"Here eat this, it won't fix you completely but it will hold you together till I kick his ass." Robin, so weak from Crocodile's betrayal, could barely nod as she ate the berry like item.

"Try as much as you want but with out any water you're nothin-" Luffy's foot slammed into his face before he could even finish. The Shichibukai flew into a marble wall, but was given no time to breath as Luffy was in front of him fist cocked back, and inevitably placed into his jaw.

"I see," he growled out, "your using your blood. Clever." Luffy simply raised his blood soaked hand. "I figured I might as well use the blood to hit you I don't need my water."

"Kuhahahahaha. First Rainbase, then the garden and now here. Someone really should give you a reward for you persistence, it really is second to none." he pulled some of his hair out of his face as he stood up. He uncapped his hook revealing a poison bearing version. "Poison. You won't survive this."

Luffy was at an end with his patience. "Gum Gum Pistol!" Crocodile dodged to the left and brought his hook out and tried to drag it across Luffy's chest. However the rubber man pulled himself to his fist, yanking him away from the deadly weapon. "RAH!"

Crocodile raised his right arm up as Luffy's blood covered foot slammed into his forearm before it passed him. Crocodile spun around, his hook barely dragging across Luffy's ankle. Strawhat's other foot touched down and he ground to a halt before cocking his hands back. "Gum Gum Gatling!" The sudden shift in moment caught Crocodile off guard. The barrage struck him all over his body.

The impacts took him off his feet launching him into an already breaking pillar. The man stood back up again before launching another attack. Creating a smokescreen with his sand he spun around behind Luffy who'd just struck through his sand veil. The man had acted to quickly and only made a shallow cut across Luffy's back.

Feeling the pain and realizing Crocodile had gotten behind him he shot forward, twisting his body as he did so. Crocodile braced himself as Luffy whipped his leg around into the schemer's shoulder. "Gum Gum Twist Kick!"

The purple haired man slid across the temple floor nearly getting squashed by a falling chunk of marble. "Cobra get Robin out of here!" Luffy's words echoed through the temple along with the rumbling as he soared through the air fists pulled back. When he landed he dropped low, Crocodile's hook shooting over him, before his palms once more smashed into Crocodile's chest. The impact shoved him into the wall with enough force creating shatter lines. Crocodile's eyes set on Luffy's figure as the Gomu Gomu no mi user struggled to stand, his breath getting more and more ragged.

"Yes that sluggishness your starting to feel, not to mention the numb sensations...That's the poison coursing through your body. Not much longer now and you'll die kuhahahaha!" He smirked as he watched Cobra slink away with Nico Robin. 'It doesn't matter, the bomb will go off in the next minute and I will have an end to my plan. I can focus afterwards finishing off Cobra.'

"Is this the death you had imagined for me?" Crocodile's thoughts got stuck in his throat as he watched the rookie pirate pull himself up. "See, when Luffy gets in over his head I take over and sort shit out."

"Probably wandering how I'm standing up right?" Crocodile glared at the boy, he should be dying on the ground, not standing and mocking him!

"You see, when I take over the amount of bodily damage I can resist is more then even Luffy. Side affect is the longer I'm in the longer he's 'out.' Each minute I occupy the body he sleeps for and hour." The Shichibukai's eyes widened in rage, his face twisting up with the anger.

"Doesn't matter if you can't feel the damage, the body does!" Crocodile raised his hook to point at Naruto before he charged him. As smooth as running water Naruto ducked and Crocodile's eyes bulged as Naruto spoke.

"I'm the one whose gonna beat you." Naruto pushed the man away giving him time to throw his arm backwards. With a mighty roar he brought the fist into a recovering Crocodile. The Shichibukai took the hit straight on, spiting up blood, when he was kicked across the face throwing him to the side. Naruto keeping up the momentum darted over him, his fist ready to launch.

The ground shattered as the man was battered in the face, a gasp of pain coming from his surprised mouth.

Taking advantage of him being stunned Naruto pull Crocodile to him, planting his feet firmly in the stone floor. Naruto let go and moved to the right as the Sand Sand user flew into a group of pillars which threw up dust.

"Three minutes equal three hours."

Crocodile tasted the coppery taste of his blood as he tried to steady himself. 'How is-is his body still standing! The scorpion's toxins should have put him down by now!'

'This boy...is nothing!' Crocodile ejected a dagger from the tip of his hook's broken opening. "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?" the everything except shock left his face as the boy dodged the blade.

"It doesn't matter who you are, Luffy and I,"With astounding force he launched Crocodile to the ceiling.

"WILL BEAT YOU!"

Naruto's eyes burned with rage as he watched the sandman float with his powers. "Let this temple be your tomb then. Sables: Pesado!"

Naruto braced himself, when it passed over he began using his Balloon technique, twisting himself. When he felt it was full he let it out, launching himself up at Crocodile.

"GUM GUM!"

"Desert!"

"STORM!"

"MURDER!"

Each of Naruto's strikes broke through and kept going. With nothing to stop them they assaulted Crocodile repeatedly, giving the man no time to escape or have a reprieve. The pure speed and damage he was inflicting broke through the ground of Alubarna launching Crocodile's bruised and broken body into the air.

Vivi looked on at Crocodile's descending body as she watched the man, who'd caused her country so much pain, fall to the ground.

"Right, this should be fun. All we have to do is beat up that Crocodile guy!" The continued to watch the man fall.

"Thank you...Luffy..."

As she fell to her knees, eyes full of tears, she heard it. A single drop.

Rain.

"STOP FIGHTING LISTEN TO ME!"

In the midst of the inactivity Crocodile finally landed on the ground, and Luffy pulled himself out of the hole. As soon as he did he collapsed and fell asleep.

A/n Alright so that's the end of this chapter next one will continue and end the Alabasta arc. Let me what you think in a Review or PM. Also future note I will be changing somethings about some of the Devil Fruits. Later!