Battle in the Palace
Inside the palace, Mr 2 and Mr 3 heaved Cobra up the stairs up to the balcony, and shoved him up next to the railing. Cobra looked out, and then Crocodile materialized in front of him.
"Hi," he sneered, as he floated on the sand. He then gestured to Mr 2 and 3.
"Join the others in guarding in the entrance," he instructed. His two subordinates left. Crocodile, landed next to Cobra.
"You're people have failed you, and now you've failed yourself, kneel before me," he hissed. Mr 2 and Mr 3 closed the doors. Nami, leading Zoro, Sanji, Franky, and Luffy, sneaked around.
"Alright, Zoro, you know what to do," Nami said. Zoro nodded, and began to draw one of his swords. The people heard it.
'Who's there?" Mr 1 growled. He looked around and walked forward, braced. Zoro, suddenly burst from hiding, and zoomed past Mr 1.
"Lion's Song," he murmured as he sheathed his sword completely. Mr 1 collapsed in heap, unconscious.
"Get him!" cried Mr 5. He and Mr 4 charged, but then Franky stepped out of hiding, and walloped both of them in the guts, knocking them several feet.
"Super!" he cried. Mr 2 and Mr 3 ran forward, but Sanji got him front of them, and kicked Mr 3 in the chest, knocking him back. Mr 2 tried to kick Sanji himself, but Sanji dodged, kicked the agent in the stomach, and when Mr 2 recoiled, Sanji kicked him in the chin. Seeing their comrades fall, the three female agents braced to fight. But Nami pole vaulted over them, and knocked Ms Double Finger and Ms Valentine's Day's heads into Ms Merry Christmas, knocking them out.
"Luffy go!" Nami yelled, and Luffy ran out of hiding with a pail of water.
Meanwhile, Crocodile got his hook ready.
"You're stubbornness is making me frustrated," Crocodile chilled, and he put his hook to Cobra's throat," Kneel before me!" Cobra just looked into the distance.
"For my people, I will never," the king said smoothly. Crocodile's eyes narrowed.
"Then you will die in pain!" he announced, and he raised his hook, but Luffy doused him, and punched him in the face. Crocodile knocked him down, but Luffy kicked him in the chin. Crocodile attempted to throw him off, but Luffy's arm caught him and kicked Crocodile in the chest, knocking him aside. Nami and the others came up.
"Franky!" Nami called. Franky went over to the king.
"I'm super sorry," he said, but he grabbed the king and held up his hand.
"Strong Right!" and his hand soared by a chain and latched on to a nearby building. Zoro and Sanji grabbed onto Franky's free arm to go with him. But then Crocodile suddenly stood up and knocked Luffy in the back of the neck, sending the captain crumbling down. Nami looked at Luffy and pushed Franky. Franky retracted just in time, and the king was safe. Crocodile looked around. He was strong but he now had blood on him, and that meant he could be harmed now. Nami ran over to Luffy.
"NOOOOOOO!" the Baroque Works leader bellowed. He glared at Luffy and headed over, his hook armed. Luffy gestured for Nami to move away to keep her safe. Crocodile grabbed the weakened Luffy by the collar.
"You robbed me of my triumph!" he rumbled, and he held up his hook, but then a rock hit him in the head.
"He didn't, I did," Nami said, and she held her hair back. Crocodile stared.
"The one from the dunes," he muttered, he dropped Luffy and looked at Nami murderously. Nami ran away, with Crocodile in pursuit. She managed to barricade the doors, but Crocodile managed to punch a couple of holes.
As she ran through the palace halls, Chopper ran up next to her, with the cricket on his back.
"What's the idea?" he asked quickly. Nami looked at him blankly.
"You don't have one?!" he cried.
"Look, I'm improvising," she said. Then a lightbulb went off in her head when she saw the tower that held the fireworks, and then a bucket of water nearby.
"Chopper?" she asked hopefully.
"Don't worry," Chopper said as he ran off. Nami grabbed the water bucket and climbed up the roof holding the bucket in her mouth. She looked at the tower hoping Chopper could succeed.
At the same time, the two men in charge of the cannons in the tower nearly jumped out of the robes the wore to shield themselves from the sun when they saw a hulking figure standing there.
"Your fire power please," Chopper hissed.
Back on the roof, Nami saw a hook burst up, and Crocodile climbed up, completely dry.
"Seems you ran out of ideas," Crocodile said with a smirk. He swung his hook, but Nami splashed him the face, and knocked him down, ripping his hook out and throwing it to the ground.
"Not yet I'm not," she said with a glare. Crocodile swung his fist, but Nami jumped out of the way. She spotted Chopper heaving up the cannon in his bulky form with what little strength he had left.
"Light it!" Chopper yelled at the cricket. Crocodile roared and swung his fist at Nami again, but Nami dodged again and kicked him in the face. The cannon went off, and Nami ran past him. To surprised to react, Crocodile wasn't as lucky.
As the building began to fall apart Nami grabbed a now smaller Chopper, and tried to climb off the roof, but it collapsed, and Nami fell to the ground, but unharmed, since she fell of a lower part. Crocodile's hook landed next to her with a clank. Nami looked at it with a smile. Chopper laughed as he landed on the ground also, he then caught the cricket.
"You are lucky," he said with a smile, and the cricket smiled back.