Wolfy-tan: Hello again, viewers! Here's chapter 51!
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Chapter 51: The One-Sided Battle of Lucy and Crocodile!
"Make sure you get Vivi to the palace!" Lucy yelled. She sent them a grin.
"Idiot," Zoro muttered. "Head straight to Alubarna, Chopper!"
"Got it!" he replied.
"What? We're just going to leave her, Zoro?" Usopp exclaimed.
"Lucy-san!" Vivi yelled.
"She'll be okay, Vivi!" Nami said. "I feel more sorry for them! There isn't a single person who's tested Lucy like so and gotten away safely!"
"Understand, Vivi?" Zoro asked. "Lucy will defeat Crocodile."
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Lucy heard Vivi yell that they'd be waiting for her in Alubarna, and Lucy replied with an 'Okay!'. As Lucy fell to the sandy ground, she watched as her nakama slowly disappeared into the horizon displayed to her. Crocodile laughed.
"The princess just ran out on us," he stated. "Anyways, the agents in Alubarna should be done with their...duties, as you might call them. I think your games have gone on a bit too long, Miss Good Friday." Lucy sat in the sand, comfortable.
"Well, you know her. She's weak, but she tries to save everything she can," Lucy said. Crocodile let out a 'huh?'. Lucy continued.
"She can't bear to abandon anything, so she's always in pain. She wants the rebellion to end without anyone dying," Lucy said, her hand on her hat.
"Without anyone dying?" Crocodile questioned. "There many weak, mushy fools like that; they do not know know true battle. You agree with me, don't you?"
"Yes," Lucy said, looking him in the eye. She stood up, shedding her cloak and setting her water from Yuba with it.
"But as long as you're alive, she will fight you to her grave," Lucy said. "This fight is for Vivi's sake, and so Samuel can finally rest in peace!" Crocodile laughed as if it was the funniest joke he'd heard in his life.
"Absolutely ridiculous. You're beyond saving," Crocodile stated. "If you conspire with others or simply seek revenge, you'll just wind up dead. I've left hundreds like that in the dust..."
"Well then," Lucy said, cracking her knuckles. "I guess that just makes you pretty stupid!" Crocodile gave a look of surprise, and Miss All Sunday who was standing next to him let out a giggle.
"What's so funny?" Crocodile asked. "Do you want to die as well, Nico Robin?"
"If that's how you feel about it, do as you wish," Robin said, walking away. "And what happened to your promise not to call me that name?"
"Where are you going?" Crocodile questioned.
"Ahead to Alubarna," Robin answered. With that, she was soon out of sight.
"Crazy woman," Crocodile muttered. He threw something that fell next to Lucy. Lucy looked at it. An...hourglass?
"I'll give you three minutes," Crocodile said. "After that, I won't have the time to play with you anymore. Any problems?"
"Nope," Lucy said, getting into stance. "Fine with me. Rubber Pistol!" She launched her attack at Crocodile, who simply dodged, andn turned to sand. His sand moved about and reformed next to Lucy, his hook too close to her neck for her liking. He swung it at her, who narrowly dodged.
"Rubber Stamp!" she yelled, but he just turned to sand again. She fell to the ground, but was not hesitant in getting back up.
"Let me tell you something, Miss Good Friday," Crocodile said. "No matter how much you struggle, you will never, ever-"
"Rubber Gatling!" Lucy yelled, and Crocodile turned to sand again. The battle continued: Lucy launching attacks at Crocodile and trying to figure out just what weakness he has. Of course, he just continued to turn to sand.
"Why don't we end the games now, Miss Good Friday?" Crocodile suggested.
"I've been fighting seriously!" Lucy said, still in stance. 'If only I could just figure out his weakness...!'
"You and I are two pirates in completely different leagues!" Crocodile exclaimed.
"Desert Spada!" Crocodile exclaimed, launching sand at Lucy. Lucy's eyes widened and she quickly dodged it.
"Well spotted...you wouldn't just be saying 'ouch' if that hit you..." Crocodile said. Lucy looked down on the aftermath of his attack with shock.
"The whole desert cut in half!" she exclaimed.
"Depending on how you use and train them, Devil Fruit powers can be very useful in battle," Crocodile said. "However, I'm not one of those fools who are content on just having this power. I've honed it to perfection. You'll wish you never stood to oppose me...! Desert Girasole!" When he said his attack name, the sand began to cave and begin to bring down whatever dwelled in it. Unfortunately, Lucy was in the middle of the sinking sand around her, and as she tried to climb up, she found it difficult to move about do to the sand pit's strong sucking force.
"Never heard of 'quicksand'? It makes a perfect coffin; no grave necessary," Crocodile said. "The sand is being dragged into an underground river. I can detect that with my powers...! There's no living being that can stand toe-to-toe with me in a desert.
"I refuse to be buried alive!" Lucy yelled. "Rubber Bazooka!" she yelled as she used it on the sand, boosting her up to the air.
"If I can't punch you, I'll capture you!" Lucy exclaimed. "Rubber Net!" Of course, he turned to sand.
"Can't you take a hint? It's impossible-"
"Rubber Whip!" she yelled, launching another attack. Crocodile used his sand power to basically cut himself in half.
"The same old thing again?" Crocodile questioned. "Barchan!" He used his sand power to grab Lucy's arm with the sand. Crocodile used the sand to dry her arm before throwing her back to the sand.
"My arm...!" she said. "My...my arm!"
"Because it's 'sand'...I sucked the water from your arm," Crocodile explained. "Maybe I should kill you by sucking all of the water from your body. Give you a little taste of the desert..."
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"That's it!" Lucy said, racing to her pile, retrieving her water and drinking it. Her arm quickly returned to normal.
"Ridiculous," Crocodile said.
"Is not!" Lucy fumed. "Suna-Ossan in Yuba spent all night digging up this water! Yuba will never be defeated by mere sand! Rubber..."
"You're still trying?" Crocodile asked, starting to get annoyed.
"...Chomp!" Lucy said, trying to stuff all of the sand into her mouth.
"ENOUGH BULLSHIT!" Crocodile said, fleeing from Lucy's mouth. "Die with the hardy soil of Yuba! Your three minutes are up! Didn't I tell you I don't have time to play with you? Sables!" As he said that, he started a sandstorm with the tips of his fingers.
"The sand is nice and dry today," Crocodile noted with a smirk.
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"What's wrong, Vivi-chan?" Sanji asked. Vivi looked out in the direction Lucy and Crocodile were.
"There's a sandstorm above Rainbase...!" Vivi said. "It's him...!"
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"Listen, Miss Good Friday...the prevailing winds here always blow north to south," Crocodile said. "If a sandstorm spawns here, goes south and matures, where do you think it'll hit when it's nice and big?"
"To the south...?" Lucy questioned. That was when it hit her, but Crocodile spoke before she could open her mouth.
"To Yuba," he said simply.
"Why...?" she uttered. She grabbed him by the collar. "What the hell do you think you're doing? Cut it out!"
"Look, the south wind is rising...!" he taunted.
"Suna-Ossan has nothing to do with you! Teme...stop!" she yelled. She tried entering the sandstorm. "Stop! Damn you! Stop!" Crocodile merely laughed.
"Give it up...once the storm gets speed, even I won't be able to stop it," Crocodile said. Lucy stood right in front of him and looked him directly in the eyes.
"Cut it out! Stop this! Right...n...!" Lucy was interrupted by being stabbed with Crocodile's hook.
"Just who do you think I am?" Crocodile asked with his widened smirk and reptile eyes.
"There are plenty of rookies who're all talk," he said. "Just like you, Lucy. How you and Samuel progressed so far in Baroque Works is still a mystery to me. However, you're now old enough, Lucy, to understand and grasp how the 'Grand Line' works." Lucy didn't respond as she listened to her blood silently drip from her and the hook onto the sandy ground.
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Yeah, short chapter, I know. I'll make the next chapter longer. Remember, R&R, and you'll become part of the reviewing family! :3 Peace out viewers!
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