Narrator: The crew Landed in Alabasta with Vivi, where they entered the lair of Crocodile, leader of the Barqoue works. He planned to use his position as one of the Seven Warlords, privateers for the World Government, to take over the kingdom. Caught in Crocodile's trap, Luffy and his crew were temporarily his prisoners, but thanks to the efforts of Sanji and Chopper, who had been separated from the group, they were able to escape.

However, in the mean time, Crocodile's plans had nearly come to fruition. As agents of Baroque Works continued their maneuvers, the Rebel Army and Royal Army clashed while drawing closer to the capital city, Alubarna.

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The heroes were all busy in one place or another across the sprawling desert. The battle had begun.

"Well, its party time. Today, this country becomes our utopia."

Leader of Baroque Works

Seven Warlords

Crocodile

"Crocodile, he's still as wicked as I remember." Natsu said.

"Man, hes more intimidating when you really see him…" Gemini siad.

"Careful, hes dangerous. He ate the Logia Type Sand-Sand fruit. Like Smoker, he can just turn into sand. But that isnt all." Hope said.

"His left hand can suck all the water from a person. His hook is pretty deadly too." Jexi said.

"There's also those Baroque Works leader to mess with too." Dan said. "Mr. 1, Mr. 2 and Mr. 3. Not to mention Robin's with him."

"And speaking of Mr. 3, there he is." Gray said seeing him at the entrance to Alubarna.

"You wont get past me this time." Mr. 3 said.

"He ate the Wax-Wax Fruit, right?" Hope asked.

"Yeah. He can secrete wax from his body and use it like a weapon." Yu said.

"Well, then this should be easy." Hope said.

"I got him!" Pit said engaging him.

Just then, the marines arrived. Tashigi was the first one to come with her unit.

"I've located the Straw Hats and their allies. Moving in for the arrest." Tashigi said.

"Cmon, right now? Were in a hurry here!" Natsu said.

"Ignore them, Smokers on his way!" Hope said running over to scout his position. "

At that moment, a ball of fire appeared before the group as standing before them was a man with an orange hat and a familiar tattoo on his back.

"Been a while. You got some nice friends, Luffy." he said.

2nd Division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates

Fire Fist

Portgas D Ace

"No way!" Hope said.

"Whoa! Ace!" Luffy said.

"What are you doing here, fire fist?" Smoker asked beginning to fight him.

"Easy. That straw hat kid you wanna arrest, he's my little brother." Ace said.

"Whoa, thats a cool dude!" Zinia said running over as Ace blasted Smoker back with fire. "Youre a living fire person? You ate a devil fruit!"

"Yeah. The Flame-Flame Fruit. That smoke guy can't do a thing to me. He maybe smoke, but I'm fire." Ace said.

"Ill set him up." Zinia said activating her engines. "Hyper tornado!"

A tornado blew smoker in for an opening.

"Nice one!" Ace said igniting his fist. "Fire Fist!" he shouted taking out Smoker with a single punch, sending him flying.

Treasure Event!

"Wow, Ace is as strong as ever!" Luffy said, still occupied with pirates and navy.

Zinia then looked at ace.

"You wanna give something to him? I can relay it." Zinia said.

"Sure. Right now, I'm hunting a defect from Whitebeards crew. Blackbeard. So, give my little brother this." Ace said tossing a small scrap of white paper.

"Whats this do?" Zinia said.

"It'll lead you to me if you ever get in trouble. Guess this is where we part ways." Ace smiled as he took off.

"Ace, what a guy." Zinia said. "Its too bad… I cant warn him about what the others told me happened in this timeline."

"Dont worry. We'll arrive to save him either way. But take what you see Ace do like a man." Hope said.

"Ace….when that thing happens, you don't need to worry about Luffy. He's in good hands." Zinia said to herself.

Ulrich arrived to see Zoro tangle with the human blade, Mr.1.

"Another one…" Mr. 1 said.

"Mr. 1, a pro for the Baroque Works. You ate the Dice-Dice fruit and became a living sword." Ulrich said.

"Yes. I can change any part of my body into a sharp blade." Mr. 1 said.

First commander of Baroque Works

Mr. 1

Daz Bones

"I dunno if I can win against you. Youve already got Zoro on the ropes." Ulrich said.

That is, he did, until Mr. 1 slammed zoro against a pillar.

"Die Peacefully." Mr. 1 said slicing everything up. Before he could get far, Zoro was able to get back up. "What?"

"Even after taking all that, he still can move, what the heck?" Ulrich said.

"My will courses through my sword." Zoro said waving his one sword under a branch as part of the debris was cut in half.

"I guess he wants to finish it." Ulrich said.

"He can try." Mr. 1 said dashing to him.

"One Sword Style...Lions Song!" Zoro said.

"Atomic Dicer!" Mr. 1 said.

With a slash, the two stood on opposite sides as Mr. 1 was the one that fell.

"Thank you. I still need to get stronger." Zoro said sheathing his sword.

"And I think I've got a lot of catching up to do." Ulrich said.

Sanji and Mr.2 were also exchanging blows as Akane and Chie arrived.

"WHoa! Lets join in!" Chie said doing a dive kick.

"Heh, looks like fun!" Akane said catching Mr.2 off guard and blasting him back.

"Fun? This aint no joke, you two!" Mr. 2 said. "Though, I guess I'll have to catch you off guard with my Clone Clone Fruit powers." he said as his face changed to Yosuke's. "There. Can't hurt your own friends."

"Oh really?" Chie said kicking him regardless. "Hes always on the receiving end of my legs when he gets me riled up."

"Back off, ladies." Sanji said. "He's mine."

"Oh. I get his weakness." Mr. 2 said changing to Nami's face. " You wouldn't hurt me, would you, cook?"

"Oh come on!" Chie said.

"Yeah! You can't hit a girl. So no need to…" Mr. 2 said before Akane kicked him.

"Doesn't matter much to me." she said smirking.

Mr. 2 recovered before Sanji ended up behind him as he and Mr.2 traded kick after kick before both of them pulled back and then charged, jumping into the air.

"Veau Shot!"

"White Swan Arabesque!"

They both landed after switching places, but as Sanji knelt down, Mr. 2 "Bon Clay" flew into a wall and was out for the count.

"I've lost… so please kill me. I am fated to fade away from this organization." Mr. 2 said.

Sanji then just offered his hand.

"You fight well. We're done here." Sanji said.

The two grasped hands as Mr. 2 was on the verge of tears.

(The proof of friendship...between two strong opponents. I won't cry!) Mr. 2 thought.

Sanji then kicked him down.

"LAter." Sanji said.

"Ah… he actually did finish it…" Mr. 2 said before passing out.

As the marines joined the fight and the bomb threat was stopped, Robin was betrayed by Crocodile, stabbing her after the Ponegliph found was a fake.

"Dont think for a second I didnt see through you. Water is useless if it cant touch me." Crocodile said.

As robin fell to the ground, Hope caught her in a kightly way.

"Youre okay, right?" Hope asked.

"I'll be fine." Robin said weakly.

"You should know this, Nico Robin. Throughout my entire life, I have never trusted a single person." Crocodile said.

Hope laid Robin against the wall as Luffy and the others arrived.

"Save your strength, Robin." Hope said as Luffy ran up to him. "Weve got this son of a bitch."

Heroes vs Crocodile

"You have no reason to be here! Are you really going to die for someone else?" Crocodile taunted.

"You don't understand anything at all!" Luffy shouted.

"WHo do you think I am? Time to dry all of you up!" Crocodile said.

"Vivi tells others not to die even though she'll go and die to help others." Luffy said.

"So why not just abandon such a nuisance." Crocodile asked.

"Shes part of my crew! I dont want her to die!" Luffy said.

They did considerable damage to crocodile.

"I've had enough of this." Crocodile said grabbing his hook and removing a sheath on it.

"Wait, thats removeavle?" Viola asked.

"Yes. This is my poison hook!" Crocodile said swinging it.

"Wont stop us!" Damien said grabbing it and breaking it off. "Luffy!" he said throwing Crocodile by the end of his hook to him.

"I dont care who you are! Im gonna surpass you!" Luffy said launching Crocodile High into the air. He then ballooned up and twisted, spiraling after him. Hope then launched into the air on his own.

"This is for Robin! Spectrum…!" Hope said.

"Gum-Gum…!" Luffy said.

"Desert…." Crocodile said preparing an attack as well.

"Impact!"

"Storm!"

"La Spada!" Crocodile shouted sending down four large blades made of sand only for their fists to shatter them and begin a vicious beat down on Crocodile until he finally broke through the ruins and out into the city, defeated.

"Hows that… croc?" Hope said landing.

"Youre both impressive…" Robin said still on the ground.

"I get it. My crime is keeping you alive." Hope said. "How about you tell luffy...you wanna join up with him."

"Later." Robin said.

"That works for me." Hope said.

As they left, Hope realized something.

"Hey, if this is another timeline, they would never have met Manaphy, right?" Hope asked.

"Yeah. Though I did expect this." Jexi said. "These Straw Hats are the ones that live here in the 5th universe. But we have the prime ones, so that makes them special."

"So then, lets continue." Hope said.