Revelations, Reunions, and Restaurant Le Crap

Gwen Tennyson glared at her opponent furiously, if you couldn't already tell by the fact that her jaw was clenched and her eyes were glowing brightly. She glared at her opponent, Ms. All Sunday, second in command of the villainous Baroque Works and eater of a Devil Fruit known as the Flower Flower Fruit. A Paramecia type, judging from what Paradox had told her, that allowed Ms. All Sunday to sprout arms out of any surface, even another person's body.

Gwen had to admit to herself that she, Ben, and Kevin never came across an opponent like her before. With an ability like hers, it was little wonder why she was Crocodile's partner. And that brought in another worrying thought. If she was this strong, then how strong was Crocodile?

Ms. All Sunday on the other hand simply brushed herself off.

"Got to say, I'm impressed," she said with a smile at Gwen. "You caught me completely off guard." She looked over at Pell. "Hopefully you'll be more of a challenge than he was."

Gwen's fists tightened so much; it was amazing she wasn't bleeding yet. "Trust me...I am."

Gwen's next action was throwing mana disks at her opponent. If she was surprised by the mana attacks, Ms. All Sunday didn't show it as she dodged out of the way. Immediately she crossed her hands.

"Cuatro Fleur!"

Suddenly four arms sprouted on Gwen's body. Two of these arms grabbed her arms while the other two grabbed her legs. Gwen's arms were placed behind her back and her legs were pulled back, causing her to face first to the ground. She hissed in pain.

"That's some ability you have," Ms. All Sunday said as she walked over to Gwen. "I don't think I've ever seen a Devil Fruit power quite like that."

Gwen glared up at Ms. All Sunday. "Who said my power came from a Devil Fruit?"

Beams of mana shot from Gwen's eyes, striking Ms. All Sunday in her torso. The blast was strong enough to knock her back. As she did, the arms on Gwen's body vanished and the young Anodite wasted no time in getting back on her feet. Gwen theorized that Ms. All Sunday's powers must be fueled by her concentration. This meant if she wanted to win this fight, she would need to hit her hard and fast. Or at least immobilize her. It appeared that Ms. All Sunday needed to cross her arms in order to use her powers. So if Gwen prevented her from crossing her arms, her power would be useless.

So Gwen raised her hands and beams of mana fired at Ms. All Sunday. Instead of striking her like Ms. All Sunday thought they would, the beams wrapped around her like a lasso, binding her arms to her sides.

"Ha!" Gwen said triumphantly, thinking herself the winner. Then she gave Ms. All Sunday a hard look. "Now...where are my friends?"

Ms. All Sunday smiled at her which irked Gwen greatly. "You're pretty good," she told Gwen. "Much more interesting than he was." she looked over at Pell.

"Shut up," Gwen ordered. "Now tell me where my friends are."

"Oh my," Ms. All Sunday said. "First you tell me to shut up then you tell me to reveal where your friends are."

Gwen growled at her.

Ms. All Sunday smiled at her again and then closed her eyes. "Seis, Fleur."

Suddenly six arms appeared on Gwen's eyes. Two grabbed her legs, two grabbed her arms, and then the last pair grabbed her head and tilted it upward. This way, Gwen wouldn't be able to shoot Ms. All Sunday with her eye beams again. Gwen struggled but it was no use. The arms on hers managed to pry her arms away, causing her to release Ms. All Sunday.

"Let me guess," Ms. All Sunday said. "You thought that I couldn't use my powers if I couldn't move my regular arms. Sorry to disappoint you. That's just a pose I like to do."

Gwen gritted her teeth. A pose. And she fell for it. Big Time.

She could hear movement coming towards her, obviously Ms. All Sunday. If she could turn her head to look at her opponent, she would have. But right now, all she could see was the sky above her.

"You say your powers are not from a Devil Fruit," Ms. All Sunday said. "If that's so, where did you get them from?"

"My alien grandma." Gwen thought but said nothing aloud. Instead, she decided to try a different tactic dealing with this woman.

"Tempestus Erectum!"

A huge gust of wind came out of nowhere, summoned by Gwen's magical abilities. Ms. All Sunday tried her best to stay put but the wind was too much and blew her back into a nearby building.

Unable to see if she had gained the upper hand or not Gwen decided to try a new gamble. The arms were actual limbs, right? To Gwen, they felt like real flesh and blood. Gwen didn't know if Ms. All Sunday could feel what her extra arms felt or not, but Gwen was going to see if the arms could at least feel this! Concentrating hard, Gwen was able to make mana around her arms become snake like tendrils. Then Gwen focused on having them attack the extra limbs on her body. A lot trickier than it sounds, mind you, considering Gwen was always used to looking at her targets when she fought them. Focusing her power, she made the tendrils grab the limbs and began struggling with them for freedom. Deciding to test her theory about whether the arms had any feeling at all, she used her mana to twist one of the arms. It recoiled and the rest vanished. Nearby, Gwen heard a hiss of pain. Apparently whatever pain the arms felt, Ms. All Sunday felt. Interesting.

Gwen got back up to her feet, ready to end this fight. But just then two arms appeared around Gwen's leg and successfully broke it. Gwen screamed in pain as she fell down on her good leg's knee. Hearing footsteps, she looked up to see Ms. All Sunday walking up to her.

"I'm not sure who you are," The second in command of Baroque Works said. "But it seems that the boy who can turn into all those monsters isn't the only threatening member of the Straw-hats."

Despite her broken leg, Gwen managed to glare at Ms. All Sunday. "Don't underestimate us!" She opened her mouth to try and unleash another incantation when suddenly she felt a hand cover her mouth and her head tilted upwards again by two more hands. She tried to raise her hands to attack but arms came out of the ground and gripped hers tightly. More arms appeared out of the ground and grabbed her legs. Since they had grabbed her broken leg as well, it caused Gwen to scream into the hand covering her mouth.

"I congratulate you on catching me off guard many times," Ms. All Sunday said. "But as long as you can't use your hands, eyes, and mouth, you're helpless aren't you?"

Gwen responded to that by concentrating her mana in her into a pulse powerful enough to fling Ms. Sunday back into the building she had recently decorated with an indent of her body. With her enemy's concentration broken, Gwen took the opportunity to get herself as far away as possible by creating a platform of mana under her and flew off on it.

"Think you can get away?" Posing once more Ms. All Sunday went to create more arms on her opponent to attack her wound.

However Gwen thought ahead of this and had quickly recited another spell. "Apendija Rigoria!"

Ms. Sunday was stunned to find that her entire body was frozen in movement, which in turn rendered the hands on Gwen's body that she had produced immobile. With a little bit of strained effort Gwen managed one more spell to give her the time she needed to properly recuperate, "Camaflet Vaporis!"

The entire area was surrounded by a thick fog. The fog wouldn't last long given the heat of the desert but it would give Gwen the time she needed. Firing a tendril of mana she grabbed Pell and took off to another section of the city. As she was fleeing she grabbed a nearby piece of lumber and soundly thwacked the arms that were still clinging to her body. She had no idea if Ms. Sunday could sense where she was with her arms attached to her, but she didn't want to take the chance. And in all honesty it felt good to hit that witch for the cheap shot she had taken. Not leaving too far from Ms. Sunday for strategic and health reasons Gwen had ducked into a nearby and fortunately vacant building. It looked to be a small storeroom of some sort with a litter of craters here and there. Wanting to help Pell fast, she needed as much concentration as possible so she felt somewhat bad in healing herself first. With her glowing hands placed over her leg Gwen began to chant in Latin. With a little effort she was able to put her leg back in place. It wasn't as properly healed as she would want it but time was of the essence and she needed to conserve her strength to heal Pell and fight Ms. Sunday.

"Hang on Pell I'll get you up and running again." With a flick of her hand she had placed the wounded warrior on a set of crates, acting as a makeshift bed, with her mana placing him gently onto it. She was prepared to start healing the winged commander when a voice resounded off the walls of the outside street. It made Gwen freeze momentarily as she recognized it.

"Now don't you think you're being rude like that? Running off in the middle of a battle. Especially, seeing how I am on a tight schedule for the Boss."

Gwen's forehead started to sweat a little. 'Crap! I thought I would have more time.'

With a twisted grin on her face Ms. Sunday continued to talk with the dozens of mouths on the city's streets speaking at once amplifying her voice. "Don't bother to hide I have the ability to produce more than just my arms little girl. I can also duplicate my eyes and ears making it almost impossible to hide from little old me."

At this Gwen felt her heart beat louder and felt she would be found out easily from all the noise it was making. It made her feel like she was in a bad version of the Tell Tale Heart.

"So why don't you just be a good little girl and just surrender already. Mr. O does so hate tardiness and I don't plan on becoming a snack for one of his pet gators."

There was nothing but silence and a lone wind blowing through the streets almost as if the town itself waited with bated breath for the turnout of this conflict. Gwen said nothing while hoping fiercely that Pell didn't make any noises from his injured and disoriented state. A few moments passed before Ms. Sunday closed her eyes with small grin forming on her face.

"If that's your answer then you just made a terrible mistake. Your suffering is just going be that much harsher."

With her eyes still closed she crossed her arms once more to form dozens of eyes and ears throughout the street. Whether she was out of range of Ms. Sunday's powers or she was just toying with her, Gwen was sweating bullets at how close one of the body parts was to her position. She had about half a building of safety before her spot was discovered.

Truth be told Gwen wasn't sure what to do. At the moment she wished Ben and Kevin were here. Kevin could have provided the distraction she needed to hit Ms. All Sunday with a spell while Ben could turn into something like Echo Echo or Ditto to give this woman a run for her cloning abilities. That was how they worked. Together as a team. They always managed to cover one another's blind spots or weakness. They could just overpower or out maneuver whoever or whatever they came up against. When it came down to it she wasn't as good at thinking on the spot in a battle.

Despite what others may say Ben was a genius in battle. He always managed to think of something that would give him the upper hand in a fight. After all he was the one who was able to trick Vilgax into turning into Goop to get back the Omnitrix. She heard how he froze the drill in the Null Void and took away Dr. Animo's powers when even her grandfather couldn't figure it out. He was the one who took down the nanites by fighting the queen alone. He had grown into quite the warrior since their days as kids when he would just bash everything in sight. He was more tactical and resourceful than he let on.

'What am I going to do?' Gwen thought in her head. 'With all those arms she can produce it's like she has her own army.' Right there was when it hit Gwen. An army! She had one herself. 'Thank you Charmcaster.' At that thought she was saddened as she remembered that her once long time enemy was still trapped in Yahwahtacsip after the last time they encountered her. 'I promise. Ben, Kevin, and I will return to help you.'

A little way away was Ms. Sunday taking her time looking for her opponent. She could have created more eyes to find her but given that she was going to be late anyway she decided to have a little fun. Besides she now wanted to see the full potential that Gwen might be capable of. She was definitely interested in that girl's abilities but also her mind and will as well. She had chastised Gwen for thinking she had figured out her weakness only to be reprimanded for doing the same thing.

'I know I shouldn't play around with this girl, but I am curious to what else she can do. Besides from what I saw her intellect is quite compelling. She may be the first person I know to actually give me a challenge.'

As she walked down the street something caught one of her eyes that she had formed in a nearby building.

"Looks like the game is over and I was looking forward to so much more from you," she frowned to herself. Dispersing her other eyes and ears that weren't at the building she presumed to have found her target Ms. Sunday created arms to grab the shadowed figure she caught sight of. As soon as her arms grabbed the dark figure she realized she was holding not flesh but…stone?

The door she was near broke down as a strange creature came out. It looked to be some sort of large hunched humanoid. What really caught her attention were the runes in the skin of the creature. They were covered in the same pink color as the energy as Gwen used! The creature leapt at her and had pinned her down due to being caught off guard…again!

'I'm starting to think I underestimated this girl.'

Using the arms she had produced on the creature earlier she tried to break them or at least distract it long enough to be able to pry it off of her. With a little determination she managed to focus long enough to create arms underneath the creature to push it off of her.

"Think that will be enough to stop me? Think again. Dieciséis Fleur!"

Sixteen arms appeared before the large ape like creature.

"Dos Manos!"

The previous sixteen arms assimilated into two larger arms. Once the two arms formed, they combated the stone creature in the bizarrest struggle anyone could ever see. Well, how would you feel if you saw a rock monster fighting a giant pair of arms that were sticking out of the ground.

The two strange combatants tested one another's strength in a hand lock push contest. Their strength seemed even for the moment but Ms. Sunday didn't waste any time in creating more arms. She knew that it would be difficult if she used her powers directly on the rock creature directly, so she formed them out of the sand ground next to him. The new arms grabbed from behind the stone creatures legs and pulled on them causing the creature to fall face down in the sand. With a somewhat arrogant grin Ms. All Sunday had swatted the stone creature with the giant left arm. The rock golem was sent into one of the nearby buildings with a resounding crunch noise. When the dust settled the golem had a lost an arm from the collision.

"Not bad but if that's all you have consider yourself a guest for dinner at Crocodile's." Ms. All Sunday commented.

Nearby Gwen only grinned at the situation. "Not even close lady. Time to send in the cavalry. Silicus Milez Sositatio!"

Soon more of those rock creatures began bursting out of the ground. And they did not look happy one bit. Ms. Sunday was caught in the moment when a pair of stone arms grabbed her legs. Just then a large body of dense stone came crashing down on her. Back at her hiding spot Gwen went back to healing Pell. "This should give me enough time to get Pell safe from her and to form up another strategy."

It took only a few minutes to heal the injuries that the avian warrior sustained from his bout with the Croc's right hand women. The warrior gurgled slightly as he shifted slightly on the crate bed. "Just take it easy Pell. Just rest for now."

Pell may have been healed but he still had to keep from moving too much and the pain still had taken a hold on his conscious mind. Besides he would only get hurt again if he tried to help Gwen. Besides, his body was still sore and he had couldn't stay awake anymore. He slipped back into unconsciousness.

From the window Gwen could see that the stone creatures she brought were dwindling in numbers. "Looks like play time is over." Feeling a little worried about fighting this woman Gwen found confidence in thinking what Ben would do. Show them what a Tennyson can do. In the spur of the moment she said to herself her cousin's catchphrase, "It's Hero Time!"

Ms. Sunday was having slight difficulty with the stone creatures. While they weren't that intelligent they did a fair show of teamwork and were quite durable. They had managed to have her backed up to a door of a building. Luckily there were only five creatures left and she felt it wouldn't take much longer to get rid of them. Preparing to send another wave arms at her opponents she formed her pose, "Doce Fle…"

"Faloon Quarca Daminiga!" The door behind Ms. Sunday flung from it frame and hit her squarely on the back pushing her forward right into a rock golem. The golem caught her in a bear hug.

Gwen stepped out of her hiding place, grinning at Ms. All Sunday. "Guess you're not so tough anymore."

Ms. All Sunday simply looked at her and replied. "Seis Fleur."

As soon as Gwen saw the petals coming she immediately created an energy sphere around herself purely on instinct. What shocked Gwen was that the arms didn't sprout on her body but on the mana shield she had created herself. Ms. Sunday herself was annoyed that the petals couldn't bypass the shield encompassing Gwen.

Realizing that she had found a potential flaw in Ms. All Sunday's powers, Gwen looked at her opponent. "Looks like your little flower power only works if it can reach its target."

Sporting a scowl Ms. All Sunday glared at Gwen, "Don't think that just because you found away to stop my powers from reaching your body means I can't hurt you." She commenced having the arms on the shield attack it. The shield didn't look very durable and once it was gone, Gwen would be an open target.

Gwen however wasn't worried as she signaled the golem holding Ms. Sunday to squeeze harder on her. Gasping for air Ms. Sunday's control on the arms disappeared as she lost concentration from the pain. Another rock creature came and was prepared to pulverize the captive on Gwen's order.

"Now tell me where my friends are." Gwen demanded angrily.

With her eyes squinted Ms. All Sunday looked up at Gwen and said only five words, "Trienta Fleur! Cuatro Manos! Clutch!"

This time, eighty arms sprouted, forming together to create four extremely large arms. The new sprouted arms attacked the two golems closest to her. Using two arms to pry the creature's grip off of her while another one to swat away the rock monster that was ready to help interrogate her. The final arm attacked the shield around Gwen. It cracked after one hit before the second blow completely annihilated it and sent Gwen flying back a few meters.

The last three rock humanoids went to attack Ms. Sunday only to have them blocked by the four arms. Quickly disposing of the other summons Ms. Sunday turned her attention onto Gwen. Quickly reacting she decided to go for a bird's eye view, "Saphirius Expectorium Perpetuem!" The new incantation created a whirl wind that lifted Gwen up and giving her shield from the four large arms from attacking.

'I've got to end this soon I'm losing energy from all the spells, mana constructs, and injuries I've endured.'Gwen thought.

'This girl is good.' Ms. All Sunday thought. 'I don't know who she is but she is defiantly a threat. I can't have her and the Straw Hats interfere with my plans, not now.' Taking note of Gwen's small pants she realized Gwen didn't have much longer either before she too tired out.

"Looks like we're coming to the closing of this little dance of ours. You are good, I will give you that, but I can't let you stop our organization."

Gwen gave a defiant smile to her, "Sorry but I got other plans."

"Do you really think you and your captain can stop Crocodile, one of the seven Warlords of the Sea?"Ms. All Sunday asked her.

Giving a fierce look of determination Gwen shouted back at the second higher up of Baroque Works. "I don't know if Luffy can stop him, but if anyone can it's Ben."

Interested in the girl's confidence in not her captain but in her cousin, Ms. All Sunday inquired as to why. "You seem awfully confident in your cousin. Why? You know he's up against a Warlord. Does your confidence come from stupidity or blind faith?"

Snarling at her opponent, Gwen barked right back at her, "You don't anything what Ben has done or is capable of. Trust me he's come across far more powerful people than your boss."

Amused at the girl, Ms. All Sunday decided to stow away that piece of information away from Crocodile. "Why don't we skip the pleasantries and end this conflict."

Generating mana around her hands and eyes, Gwen nodded in agreement. "Bring it!"

Ms. Sunday had the Cuatro Manos arms take a swipe at Gwen but only as a distraction as she prepared to make more arms and hopefully catch Gwen off guard and sprout new appendages on her.

Gwen however went for a different approach instead of attacking the enlarged arms or creating a shield around herself. She tried for another spell.

"Terra Trema Eradico."

The building behind Ms. Sunday started collapse and the broken pieces shot out at her. A few pieces managed to smash into her before she had the massive arms she made try to swat away the falling rubble and debris. But the spell had only been a ruse so that Gwen could get a clear shot at Ms. Sunday. Shooting towards her and over the remaining engorged arms, which had diminished due to the lack of concentration Ms. Sunday had, Gwen began her final blitz. "Fracio Gravis!"

Ms. Sunday was caught in Gwen's enchantment as her body became heavily weighed down by the new force of gravity exerting itself on her. With her body affected by the gravity spell, so too did her extra limbs. With one last chant Gwen hit Ms. Sunday with as much mana as she could spare.

"Adfishio Patentuia!" A barrage of mana blasts came shooting from Gwen as they struck Ms. Sunday. Unable to move or defend herself Ms. Sunday took the full assailment head on. Crying out in pain Ms. Sunday fell face down onto the sands of Arabasta.

Panting heavily from over exerting herself Gwen smiled in triumph. "Since you didn't wanna talk before, I think I'll find out where my friends are being held by myself. I just hope this spell works better than last time." Reaching out with one hand Gwen used what little mana she had. "Astendo Specialis." Before Gwen a small portal was shown above Mrs. Sunday. This spell was meant to reveal secrets. Perhaps it would allow her to learn Ms. All Sunday's secrets.

The portal showed the casino where she and her friends were supposed to head to. She saw the trap floor that Luffy and the others fell into and the way to room they were in. "Gotcha ya."

But the scenes didn't end there. The portal now showed a little girl that looked to be Ms. Sunday. It also showed a plethora of ships that had the navy symbol on their sails taking aim at an island. The island in question was bombarded by canon fire. The images in the portal quickly switched to a wanted poster of Ms. Sunday as a little girl with a bounty of 80 million.

"Wh-what is this?" Before Gwen could inquire more a blunt object hit her on the back of her head knocking her out cold. Ms. Sunday steadily rose to her feet. The trail of arms that she created to bring the piece of debris from the destroyed building dispersed at her will.

"It's not nice to nose around in other people's past." Looking down at her in contempt for the invasion into her secrets Ms. All Sunday admitted to herself that she still had respect for her opponent. "You would have beaten me if you had made sure I was out. But then again you don't fight dirty like I do." Gathering her composure and her hat that she had lost during the fight she started dragging Gwen away.

"Come," Ms. All Sunday said, "Time to join your friends."

As for Luffy, Ben, and the others inside their cage, Luffy had apparently decided to try and lighten the mood.

"Sanji impression," the straw hat boy said. He closed his left eye and curled his right eyebrow. Pretending to hold a cigarette to his lips, he said in a deep voice. "Hey. Did you eat all the meat?"

Usopp burst out into hysterics and began applauding his captains antics. But this was short lived as the two received a nasty beating from Nami.

"Be serious prisoners!" she hollered them. "How can you be like that in this situation?"

"Man," Usopp complained. "We can't get out. It's not like we have anything better to do."

"It's serious because we can't get out!" Nami yelled. "We be killed like this!" She looked over at Zoro, who was sound asleep. "And why are you sleeping?"

Zoro sat up straight, let out a yawn, and started rubbing his eyes."What, is it morning?"

"It's been morning already!" Nami retorted.

"Ben, can you turn into one of your aliens, and bust us out?"

"No good, The Omnitrix still needs to recharge," Ben replied. "At the very least, a few more minutes,"

"By then, we'll all be dead!"

Crocodile, who was eating a table near the cage, chuckled at Nami's actions. "You're quite a feisty young girl."

Nami glared at him. "What? You'd better take this time to compose yourself. Once these guys get out of this cage, they'll knock your worthless hide above the clouds! Isn't that right, Luffy?"

"Yeah!" Luffy cried. "Get ready, punk!"

Crocodile grinned. "You are a captain with great trust placed in you, Straw Hat Luffy...Trust." he leaned back in his seat. "The most useless thing in the world."

"How dare you make fun of us!" Nami yelled at him.

Usopp patted her on the back and waved his hand in a cease and desist motion. "Q-Quit it, or you'll get him mad!"

Just then the doors leading to upstairs opened up. Everyone looked to see who was coming down.

"Gwen!" Ben cried out in shock.

Sure enough, Ms. All Sunday was walking down the stairs. And she was carrying an unconscious Gwen with her.

"You monster!" Nami yelled angrily. "What did you do to her?"

"Leave her alone!" Usopp said. "Or you're gonna regret it!"

"By you?" Zoro asked, looking at Usopp doubtfully.

"No, by Kevin," Ben said quietly. This cage was the only thing keeping him from tearing Crocodile apart, "You've seen the way he acts around Gwen. Anyone hurting her is pretty much asking for a death sentence from him."

Smoker stayed silent the entire time.

"All, Ms. All Sunday," Crocodile said. "So you've rounded up another member of the Straw-hats."

Ms. All Sunday nodded before looking over at Gwen. "Be careful with this one." she said as she continued walking down the stairs to her boss. "She has powers I have never seen before. And she claims she didn't get them from a Devil Fruit."

"Really now?" Crocodile said as he looked at Gwen. "Interesting."

"You might also find it interesting that she's apparently the cousin of that monster boy whose been giving you so much trouble," Ms. All Sunday added.

Crocodile's eyes narrowed in on both Gwen and Ben. "Is that so?"

Nami glared. "You just made a big mistake! Once Ben's watch finishes recharging, he's gonna make you pay!"

Usopp nodded. "That's right! He can turn into a whole bunch of monsters! I bet any one of them can beat you easy!"

Crocodile looked at him. "Is that so? You're quite confident in this boy."

"So was she," Ms. All Sunday said as she placed Gwen on a chair at Crocodile's table. She was no fool. If she tried to put Gwen the cage, it would give the prisoners an opening to escape. Besides, what good would a sea-stone cage do against a girl with powers like hers? "In fact, she was certain that this Ben could defeat you even if the captain can't."

"No way!" Luffy yelled angrily. "Me and Ben are gonna kick Crocodile's butt together!"

Crocodile had a devious grin on his face. " You and Ben, you say? My...now I'm really interested."

Crocodile looked over at the crew. "So Ben...tell me about yourself. How are you capable of turning into all these "monsters" that I've heard so much about. My agents say that you have some sort of green and white device on his wrist, which you would touch before turning into these monsters. Is that true?"

"Like'd I ever tell you!" Ben yelled angrily.

"Let me out of this cage!" Luffy demanded. "I'm gonna kick your butt!"

Crocodile just chuckled. "Aw, well. No matter. It's just about time for the party to being. Am I wrong, Ms. All Sunday?"

Ms. All Sunday reached into her pocket and pulled out a pocket watch. "You are correct."

The Straw Hat crew and Smoker looked at her.

"It's past 7."

Crocodile looked at the Straw-hat crew. "Did you really think my plans could be foiled by one princess and a ragtag pirate crew alone?"

"What exactly is your plan?" Nami asked.

"If you must know, some of my own agents have infiltrated both the Rebel Army and the Royal Army."

Everyone except Ms. All Sunday and Smoker's eyes widened.

"Yes. Quite a plan isn't it?"

Nami looked at him in shock. "You...you don't..."

Crocodile looked at her. "The Royal Army and Rebel Army will meet. And thanks to my agents...they will still fight each other to the death. Once the armies are wiped out, the people will turn to me for protection."

Zoro glared at him. "So it's begun."

Crocodile laughed.

Luffy and Ben were both furious.

"What an evil plan," Nam said in disgust.

"I think this guy fits definition of "depraved" to the letter." Ben said in disgust.

"That jerk!" Luffy roared. "If only this cage weren't here..."

"Haha, I can remember all the hassle I had to go through to get this far. Collecting up members, scraping up the silver necessary to produce the Dance Powder, stirring up town to the brink of destruction, teaching my employees to carry out false acts of army corruption, slowly eroding the people's trust in their king and increasing their frustration!" He looked over at Luffy and the others. "Do you know why I want to control this country so badly, Straw-hats?"

"Who cares?" Luffy asked. "I'm gonna kick your butt!"

Smoker narrowed his eyes at Crocodile. Why indeed did the warlord want this country so badly?

"Gwen!" Nami cried. "Wake up! Wake up, please! We need you. Gwen, wake up!"

Gwen seemed to stir but that was about it. Perhaps what they needed to do was shout some more and then Gwen would wake up. She'd be able to open the cage and get them out.

Crocodile looked Ms. All Sunday once over. And looked like she had put through the miller. "You mean to tell this girl did all that to you, Ms. All Sunday?"

Ms. All Sunday nodded grimly. "This girl is powerful and quite clever. Clearly the Straw-hats are not to be underestimated."

"Is that so?" Crocodile asked her as he walked over to Gwen. "If that's the case...I shall dispose of her now."

"No!" Nami cried.

"Gwen!" Ben shouted.

"Leave her alone!" Usopp yelled. Then in a rare moment of courage, Usopp pulled out his slingshot, aimed at Crocodile, and let his ammo fly. "Exploding Star!"

The ammunition hit Crocodile square in the back and exploded.

"Yeah! You got him, Usopp!" Nami cheered.

"Wrong," Smoker said.

Suddenly the smoke from the explosion was swept away in what appeared to be a miniature sand storm.

"Sand?" Nami and Usopp cried in shock.

The sand swirled into a tornado for a brief moment before it formed into...a completely unharmed Crocodile.

"He ate a Devil Fruit!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Correct," Crocodile said as he looked over at the captured Straw-hats. "The Sand Sand Fruit. A feeble attack like that could never harm me."

Usopp gulped and began trembling nervously. He was gonna die. He just knew it. He was gonna die.

"You are a spirited bunch," Crocodile said calmly. "That's either admirable or completely stupid."

The others glared at him angrily.

"There's only eight hours until the killing begin," Crocodile said. "But it's time for me and Ms. All Sunday to take our leave. Also, this base will self-destruct within one hour."

The Straw Hats stared at him in shock.

"I have no use for this Baroque Works secret base anymore. Water will flood into this room and turn it into part of the Rainbase lake. Water will flood into this room and turn it into part of the Rainbase lake."

"Rainbase lake?" Nami asked. She found a window and looked outside. She gasped. All she could see was water. "Guys...this room is underwater!"

The others looked out the window and were quite surprised to see that Nami was right. Then, something swam past the window. Looking out, the gang saw the sight that was truly frightening. At least for Nami and Usopp. Outside swimming were gigantic crocodiles with what appeared to be bananas growing out of their heads.

"Whoa, look!" Luffy said. "There's a crocodile growing out of that banana!"

Usopp whacked him in the head. "Look at them, stupid! That's a banana growing out of that crocodile!"

Crocodile chuckled. "My bananadiles. Quite the hungry creatures, they are. Anything I throw to them, they think is food." He looked over at Luffy and the others. "This Ben of yours won't be able to stop me and now neither can you. All who try to defy me are doomed to fail. Just like that pathetic old hole digging man."

Luffy looked at him. "What? You mean Mr. Sandy Guy?"

Crocodile looked at him and put his hand under his chin. "So. You know him? What a stupid old geezer. He keeps digging up an oasis that died long before." Crocodile laughed. "It's hilarious isn't it? And he thinks he can overcome the sand-storms, over and over..."

"What did you say?" Ben demanded in outrage.

"Tell me, "Straw Hat" Luffy," Crocodile said. "Do you think "sand-storms" can attack a town successfully so many times?"

Luffy froze. Sweat started to drip down his forehead.

Nami gasped and took a step back. "He didn't..."

Crocodile laughed as his hand started to turn into sand and take the form of a small tornado.

"You did that?" Luffy roared angrily. Now he wanted to beat the crap out of Crocodile even more.

Crocodile threw back his head and laughed as if this was just a funny joke as he and Ms. All Sunday began leaving the room.

Just then panels opened up in the ground. Water started to rush in.

"Oh, no!" Usopp cried. "The water's coming up from the floor! The room's going to get flooded to the top! Gwen! Do something! Save us! I don't want this to be the last hour of my life!"

"Just shut up, would you?" Zoro asked him.

"How do you expect me to do that?" Usopp demanded. "Do you know what happens if we don't do anything? We die!"

Luffy looked as Crocodile began walking away. Anger built up in him. "Gwen!" he yelled. "Wake up! Get us out of here!"

Gwen groaned as she started to get up. Groaning again, she rubbed her head. "Huh? What?"

Crocodile laughed. "Are you begging for your life already, Straw-hat Luffy? I guess everyone is afraid of dying."

Gwen shook her head to clear her thoughts and looked around. "What's going on? Where am I?" Her eyes landed on her caged friends. "Guys!"

"Gwen!" Luffy yelled. "Get us out of here! We need to stop Crocodile!"

"Crocodile?" Gwen asked. Then she looked over to the stairway and saw Crocodile. "You! You're Crocodile?"

Crocodile grinned as he looked over at her. "You're awake. How nice."

Mana formed around Gwen's hands.

Just then another panel opened up right by Crocodile. And one of his banadiles climbed out.

Gwen's jaw dropped. "What the?"

The banadile walked into the room and its eyes landed on Gwen. It could already tell she was food.

"Beat it up, Gwen!" Luffy yelled.

"Don't be ridiculous!" Usopp snapped. "It's too big!" He looked at Gwen."Run away, Gwen! You can't fight it! B-but save us too."

"You're the one being ridiculous!" Nami retorted at him. Then she noticed something. "Hey! Look out the window! They're all lining up!"

"Waiting for their food," Crocodile commented. "Let's see how well you stand against them."

The bananadile opened its colossal jaws wide. Gwen tried to attack but the banadile moved with deceptive speed despite its colossal size. Gwen managed to dodge out of the way in time and the bananadile's jaws instead chomped onto the stone stairs that were right behind Gwen. With one bite, the bananadile shattered the stairs.

"It's so fast!" Usopp cried. "It crushed the stone staircase in one bite. Those jaws must be insanely powerful!"

Gwen tried to move towards a better fighting spot, but the banadile's tail whacked her to the side.

"Gwen!" Ben, Nami, Usopp, and Luffy yelled in concern

"The tail!" Luffy cried in shock.

"Man, that monster's unstoppable!" Usopp cried.

Gwen struggled to get up. That tail packed a bunch and she was still pretty worn out from her fight with Ms. All Sunday.

"Run, Gwen!"

"Get up!

"It'll eat you!"

As Crocodile and Ms. All Sunday began walking towards the exit to outside, a ringing noise filled the air, causing the pair to stop.

"Phone call..." Ms. All Sunday said as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small Den Den Mushi. it was a Baby Den Den Mushi, which was used for close range communication instead of things like overseas. "What?" She asked.

"Hello?" A voice on the other end said. "Hello? Can you hear me?"

Luffy and the others paused at what they were doing.

"Yes, I can." Ms. All Sunday replied. "You're "Millions" aren't you?"

"Hey, is this getting through?" the person on the other end asked.

"How should I know, you idiot? I've never used one of these things before." Somebody in the background replied.

"I wasn't asking you! The first person snapped. Then they spoke back into the Baby Den Den Mushi. "Hello?"

"What is it?" Ms. All Sunday asked.

"Oh," the voice said. "Okay. I'll just talk like this."

Crocodile was getting impatient. "Hey! Spit it out already! What happened?"

"Oh, that voice. I've heard that voice before."

Crocodile paused. What was going on?

"Welcome sir," said the person on the other end. "This is Restaurant Le Crap."

Crocodile froze. "Restaurant Le Crap!" He yelled.

"Nice...you remembered. I'm so happy."

Crocodile was struck dumb. Those words. Those were the words used by who he thought was Mr. 3 when he contacted Little Garden. He couldn't believe it. Aside from Ben and Vivi, he should have had all the Straw-hat pirates with him. Was there possibly others?

Meanwhile, everyone in the room had their attention drawn.

"That voice," Usopp asked.

"Restaurant Le Crap?" Nami repeated. "That sounds like..."

"Sanj..." Luffy started to yell when Usopp covered his mouth.

"Wait, Luffy," He hissed. "Maybe he doesn't know about him."

Gwen gasped. That was true. Sanji, Chopper, and Kevin weren't here. Crocodile hadn't caught them yet.

Ms. All Sunday had a knowing smile on her face. But Crocodile wasn't paying attention.

"Who are you?" he demanded.

"Me? My name is...Mr. Prince." Just then there was a whacking sound in the background. "Oi! What was that for?"

"For being an idiot," said the second voice. Then it spoke to Crocodile. "You're that Crocodile guy aren't you? Well listen and listen good. My name's Kevin Levin. And I've got a good feeling you have my friends."

"Kevin!" Usopp gasped. "He's safe too!"

Crocodile growled. "Mr. Prince and Kevin Levine. Where are you two?"

Kevin laughed. "I'm not stupid. You'd come kill us if we told you, right?"

"Whether he can or not remains to be seen," Said Sanji, who indeed was the so called Mr. Prince. "We give out lots of "info" easily. And we're not idiots...unlike you, Mr. O. Well, Kevin might be."

"What? Just because I told him my name? I'm not scared of him. Besides, like "Mr. Prince" is any better. What is that supposed to be? Prince Charming or something?"

Crocodile felt his blood boil. These two were trying to make a fool out of him.

"Prince!" Usopp cried. "Kevin! Save us!"

"We've been captured! We don't have much time!"

Sanji chuckled on the other end. "Who does that sound like? Sounds like my crew. Well I'll just be..."

"No," Kevin said all of a sudden. "This guy's got a lot of nerve capturing our friends and thinking he can get away with it. I'll bet he's got a smug grin on his face right now. And I want to beat it off him."

"Oi, Kevin! What are you..."

Wham!

"Sorry about that, prince," Kevin said. "Your voice was bugging me. Alright, Crocodile. If you think you're so tough, come out and face me right now. I'll be happy to pound some pain into you for all the trouble you've caused."

"Kevin, what are you doing?" Gwen demanded.

"Kevin!" Ben yelled. "Are you insane?"

"Let us out of here!" Nami cried.

"Where are you?" Crocodile asked.

"I'm at the front of that wacky casino you've got. Dude, if you a better secret base...lose the fake crocodile. With something like that, you might as well paint a sign that says "I'm right here. Come and get me"."

"Kevin, that punk," Zoro snarled.

"Kevin! We need you!" Luffy cried.

Usopp was now a blubbering pool of tears.

"Please, Kevin. You're our only hope." Nami said, looking like she was about to cry as well.

Gwen knew something was hope. Kevin was reckless but not this reckless. And he wouldn't have knocked out a potential ally. Sure Sanji was annoying but he was also amazingly strong. As strong as, if not possibly stronger, than some of Ben's own aliens. So...what was going on?

Smoker simply stared at the conversation. Something strange was going on. Of that, he was certain.

Crocodile laughed after Kevin hung up. "Fine. Let's go the front gate. I wish to teach this fool what happens when you cross me."

Ms. All Sunday smiled. "As you wish."

Gwen knew she needed to act fast. Kevin might be up to something or he might have possibly decided to simply pick a fight with Crocodile. But then she became aware of the bananadile coming up at her.

"Tempestus!" Gwen cried, raising her hands.

The water in the room rose into the form of a tidal wave and slammed into the bananadile's side. The large beast toppled over and fell on it's back. It struggled to get back on it's feet.

"Whoa! Nice one, Gwen!" Luffy cheered.

Smoker's eyes widened. "How did she..."

"Gwen's a witch!" Luffy cried. "She can do magic!"

Gwen sighed at Luffy's declaration. But she had no time for this. She was torn between trying to think of a spell that would set the others free or go and find Kevin. But then the bananadile began thrashing widly to get back on its balance. It's tail whacking into whatever it could.

"Gwen!" Nami cried. "Do something about that gator!"

Gwen raised her hand, pointing at the bananadile. "Somnus!"

The bananadile suddenly went limp before it fell into a deep sleep.

Crocodile's eyes widened in shock. He had turned the moment he had heard Gwen shout out her spell. He had seen her use the water against his pet and put it to sleep. Luffy claimed she was a witch that could use magic. And maybe...maybe that boy was right.

"Guys!" Gwen called. "I'm gonna go get Sanji and Kevin. I'll be right back! I promise!"

"Good idea," Usopp said. "If Kevin tries to go up against Crocodile, he'll be dead."

"Alright," Nami said. "But hurry back, okay!"

Gwen nodded. Then she created mana tiles that she began walking on to reach the top of the stairs.

Crocodile glared at her. He wasn't sure what her powers were, but he wasn't going to let her get away. His body turned to sand except for his hook. The sand with the hook at the end fired towards Gwen.

"Hey!" the others cried. "Look out!"

Gwen turned her head and saw the hook coming at her. She tried to counter but was unable to in time. The hook caught her around the neck.

"Gwen!" Luffy cried.

As he started to reform to normal, Crocodile heaved, slamming Gwen back to the ground. "Cut that crap out!" he stood over her. Gwen groaned weakly from the blow.

Meanwhile, more water was filling into the room and bananadiles were ready and waiting for their meal.

"Gwen!" Luffy shouted. "Open your eyes!"

Gwen sighed weakly as she tried to pick herself up.

Crocodile reformed next to Ms. All Sunday. "If you love your friends so much, then you can die here with them. The water's already filled the bananadile's feeding room and is now going to flood this room. I think I'll bring back those two punks "Mr. Prince" and Kevin Levin here, too. As corpses that is." He laughed as he walked away.

Luffy was filled with rage and swore loudly.

The head of Rain Dinners heard a noise and turned to see who it was. He was surprised to see it was none other than his boss. "Sir, Crocodile. Have you heard the news?"

"Huh? Yes, I have." Crocodile replied.

"The Army and the Rebels have finally met head on. The entire, no. The entire country will be in uproar."

"Hmm," Crocodile said. "Well our king is the kind to look the other way when pirates attack a town. I'm not surprised this happened at all."

Meanwhile, the customers all noticed Crocodile's prescence. They excitedly murmured amongst themselves at the sight of their hero. Soon, they were shouting his praises and cheering him on.

"As popular as ever," Ms. All Sunday said with a smile.

"Bah," Crocodile replied.

Back amongst the others, Gwen finally came to. Remembering what she was doing, she quickly created a mana bridge, made it to the top, and began running to get Sanji and Kevin.

"She got away!" Nami said happily.

"I just hope she hurries before more water and more of those bananadiles get here," Usopp said with mixed feelings.

"What...what happened here?"

Crocodile had left his casino and was greeted to a pile of his fallen soldiers. They were lying around in heeps.

"With this added to what Pell the Falcon did," Ms. All Sunday said. "All of our Millions in this town have been wiped out."

"What happened?" Crocodile demanded. He walked over to one of the fallen Millions. "Hey!"

The Million looked at his boss weakly. "This guy...called himself Kevin Levin."

Crocodile grit his teeth in anger. "Where did he go?"

"He just left," the Million replied. "Towards the south through town."

"Just now?" Crocodile asked.

Then Crocodile saw something. Someoe was running away. "Him," Crocodile realized. It had to be. "Piece of trash. Don't think you can get away from me."

"Why don't you let him go?" Ms. All Sunday asked.

"Be silent," Crocodile said. "This punk has to nerve to make a fool out me. I will not be humiliated like this!"

Crocodile turned his lower body into sand and flew towards the retreating figure.

Just then, back at Rain Dinners, there was suddenly a huge tremor.

"What the?"

"An earthquake?"

Suddenly the bridge outside Rain Dinners shattered and its pieces fell into the lake.

"Oh no! The bridge to Rain Dinners has sunk!"

"Why?"

"What caused it to fall?"

Ms. All Sunday looked at all the commotion curiously. But she had a feeling she knew what was going on.

Gwen, who had managed to get back to the regular part of Rain Dinners and then outside, saw that the bridge collapsed.

"What happened?" She asked herself.

"Oh, nothing a pair of clever guys didn't do."

Gwen froze.

"Now Baroque Works can't get back. All according to plan."

Gwen turned around to see Kevin and Sanji sitting at one of the slot machines.

"Sanji? Kevin? But..."

"We sent Chopper off as a decoy," Sanji explained.

"We have to hurry. The Rebellion started. Something might have happened to Ben." Kevin said.

Gwen gasped.

Sanji grinned as he turned around. Gwen noticed he was wearing a pair of glasses. "Just tell us where to go, Gwen-chan."

Gwen nodded. "Follow me." she ran back to where she had just came from. The other two followed. "So Chopper's a decoy."

"Yeah, he'll be fine." Sanji reassured her. He put a hand on her shoulder as they ran. "Let's hurry, Gwen-chan. Tell me exactly what's going on."

"Mind if I cut in?" Kevin asked as he rudely yanked Sanji's hand away from Gwen. The two glared at each other.

"So," Gwen said. "The whole thing about Kevin knocking Sanji out and challenging Crocodiel to a fight..."

"All a ruse to get Croc out the building," Kevin said. "Luffy's already fired up to beat this guy and I'd feel bad taking that pleasure away from him."

"Oh," Gwen said, looking at her boyfriend and her new friend coyly. "Nice work, you two."

"Thank you, Gwen-chan!" Sanji said happily. Hearts danced in his eyes.

Kevin snarled in annoyance. "So, we had Chopper beat up some of Croc's goons while saying he was me. Then, he was to lure Crocodile away from me."

"But...will Chopper be okay?"

Kevin grinned. "Gwen, the guy can turn into a human, a deer, and a plush toy. The plan was to lure Crocodile far way in his Heavy Point and then sneak away in his Brain Point. Might as well give Croc a dunce cap now because he'll need one."

As for Croc himself, he was looking around for the pest "Kevin Levin. "Where are you? I will find you. And I will kill you."

All the while, Chopper, who had gone back to his brain point form, was slowly, very slowly, walking away from Crocodile, hoping the Shichibukai wouldn't notice him.

Things weren't going so well for the rest of the gang.

"Aaaaaaaah!" Luffy cried. "The water!"

Usopp was screaming his head off with an occasional "I'm gonna die!" thrown in. "Once this cage is filled, we're done for!"

"It's up to my knees! To my knees!"

"Gwen!" Nami screamed. "Hurry up and get us out of here!"

"Gwen!" Usopp cried. "Save us!"

"Gwen!" Luffy shouted. "Hurry up so I can beat up Crocodile!"

"Worry about getting out of here first!" Nami and Usopp yelled at him.

"Hey," Smoker said.

"How can you be so calm," Nami, Usopp, and Luffy yelled at him. "Think of something to do!"

Smoker ignored their ranting and looked at them calmly. "How much do you know...of Crocodile's targets?"

Luffy looked at him curiously. "That woman Crocodile is with," Smoker said. "Is an outlaw whose been on the run from the World Government for 20 years. the price on her head is more than 70 million."

"70 million?" Usopp cried out. Then he quickly added ."So what?"

"Almost as much as Crocodile's," Nami muttered.

Ben was shocked. Just what kind of crime did Miss All Sunday do to warrant a bounty that high.

"With the two of them joining forces," Smoker said. "This is no longer just the takeover of a nation anymore. If we don't do something now, this will develop into a disaster that will envelop the entire world."

Nami looked at him. "The entire world? What do you mean?"

"That's a little too much to swallow," Usopp said.

Luffy snorted and crossed his arms. "What are you guys talking about? Since when did we need a reason...to kick his worthless butt?"

Smoker looked at Luffy in what might be considered amusement. "Fine. So how are you getting out of here?"

Luffy looked down and wigged out at seeing the water. "Aaaaah! It's up to my thighs!"

"Gyaaaaaah!" Usopp cried. "I'm gonna die! Gyaaaaaaah!"

"Nooooooo!" Nami wailed.

"Ugggh," Luffy went limp. "I feel faint."

Usopp grabbed him and started shaking him."No! Nooooo! Hang in there! Gwen's on her way! I know it!"

"Gwen," Nami said. "We really need you right now."

Zoro cursed himself. If I were only stronger, I could cut this cage open!"

A familiar beeping was heard as the Omnitrix was now fully charged, "Yes! Don't worry guys I got this now!"

Ben activated the Omnitrix and slammed down the dial, in a green flash of light there stood a small, red alien who bore a close resemblance to a gremlin or imp. He had the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, "JURY RIGG!"

The crew and Smoker stood shocked at the transformation. How could such a small creature help them escape?

"Disassemble! FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX!" Jury Rigg leaped up to the bars and broke them apart with ease. In no time at all, the entire cage was in pieces.

"Whoa! Nice job Ben!" Usopp said.

Jury Rigg cackled as he transformed back.

"Yeah, but how are going to get out of here before the place floods?" said Nami

"Heh. Need a hand?"

The gang looked up to see Gwen, Kevin, and Sanji standing above stairway.

"Kevin!" Usopp and Luffy cried. "Prince!"

"Oh, thank you," Nami said weakly

"About time!" Zoro said. "Hurry up and get us out of here!"

Sanji then started to dance like a noodle. "Nami-saaan! Do you love me now?"

Nami groaned. "Yes. Yes. I love you. Now open the door!"

"Okaaaaay!" Sanji said.

"His eternal stupidity knows no bounds," Zoro muttered.

Kevin, who had waded through the water to the remains of the cage, laughed. "I heard that!" He agreed.

Kevin grabbed the bars of the cage and began absorbing. In no time, his body was coated with a layer of seastone.

Smoker's cigar nearly fell out of his mouth. Impossible! This boy merely touched the seastone...and he became seastone! Now he was walking, lethal threat to anyone who ate a Devil Fruit. How in the world could somebody do such a thing? This boy obviously couldn't be a Devil Fruit user since seastone was harmful to Devil Fruit eaters. But if that was the case...what was he?

A boy who can turn into monsters, a girl that can use magic, and now a guy who can turn into something like seastone. Just what kind of people are a part of this crew?

"Whew," Kevin said as he looked at his new form. "This doesn't feel like metal or rock. What is this?"

"It's seastone," Nami explained. "It can negate the powers of Devil Fruit users and cause harm to them!"

"Really?" Kevin asked as he looked at himself again. "Nice."

"That can give us a real edge over Crocodile," Ben suggested.

A growling noise caused Kevin, Gwen, and Sanji to turn around. And they saw bananadiles filling the room.

"Crap," Sanji said. "Look at them all."

"Go, Sanji!" Usopp cried. "Go, Gwen! Go, Kevin! Go Ben! Kill them all!"

"Sanji," Kevin said. "Buy me some time while I find a way out."

Sanji lifted his leg up as he glared at the bananadiles. "Bring on as many as you want, you crappy bananas. I have to knock all the table manners I know into punks that would harm a lady."

Apparently Gwen must have told him about how the crocodile almost ate her. Ben thought.

Crocodile, after falling to find Kevin Levin, returned back to Rain Dinners where he discovered the bridge was out. Using his powers, he brought himself and Ms. All Sunday back. They were heading back to the basement room to face the prisoners.

"He sunk the bridge to buy them time," Crocodile figured. "And there are still several more of them out there! Was that to sneak past us and get to the room? A waste of time. Theyt don't even have the key. It's right here with me. So even if she did bring help. They'll all drown."

Ms. All Sunday smiled. "Evil man." She commented. But she was certain that Gwen girl might have found a way to get out.

Crocodile flew open the doors that led to the room. "I'm fed up with those little runt! Time to kill all of them myself!"

But the sight that greeted Crocodile left his almost speechless. "What the?"

The water had now risen up to almost the top of the stairs where he was standing. The cage was open, the prisoners were gone, his bananadiles were all floating in the water completely knocked out, and there was something. His subordinate Mr. 3.

Crocodile remembered. He had all of his Baroque Work agents come to a meeting to discuss Operation Utopia. Mr. 3 appeared and revealed the Straw-hat pirates were not dead and that someone else had given him that report. The unknown, at the time, Mr. Prince. But since Mr.3 had failed to kill the Straw-hats anyway, Crocodile had fed the fool to his bananadiles.

Now here Mr. 3 was, floating on a piece of driftwood. And on his chest was a note. It read:

See you, later. Croc of Crap!

And on the sides of the note were two names. And those names were none other than;

Kevin Levin and Mr. Prince.

End of Chapter

AN: Alright then, that's all the chapters Bigby wrote before he stopped, if you guys have any ideas you want to contribute I'm all ears. Til then I'll see you guys next chapter.

Update: So for chapter 9, I changed Ben and Luffy's fight so that Ben would listen to his side of the argument which meant that Ben would still stay with the crew. I honestly never really liked how Ben left as I think he could of understood what Luffy meant if he didn't go Rath on him. But nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed the changes I made. Also, would it be alright if someone could draw some fan art of this story because I think it would be great if this story got more attention.