Wolfy-tan: Hi viewers! Here's chapter 52!

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Chapter 52: Splitting Up! Mugiwara Crew VS Baroque Works Agents!

Zoro felt as if just sitting during their ride to Alubarna would bring nothing, so he used his one of his katana to lift "Eyelash" as a weight. It was better than what Usopp was doing with this free time, who was feeding his false adventures to Chopper, who was too gullible to not believe them.

"Zoro, you're only wasting energy," Nami nagged.

"Shut up!" he said, lifting more quickly.

"Just let them be, Nami-san," Sanji said. "They need something to occupy their minds. They're unskilled...especially that muscle-head. He's feeling his weakness compared to the Seven Warlords...!"

"What are you trying to say?" Zoro asked through clenched teeth. "Out with it."

"All right, I'll tell you," Sanji said, removing his cigarette from his mouth. "You're afraid that Lucy might of lost."

"Me? Afraid?" he questioned. "You 'Magic Eyebrow'!"

"Oh, now I'm pissed, you 'Marimo Head'!" Sanji retorted.

"WHAT?" Zoro yelled. "You wanna fi-"

"STOP BICKERING!" Nami yelled, hitting them both upside the head.

"It's okay, everybody! Lucy-san won't lose!" Vivi reassured. "She promised! We just have to wait for her in Alubarna!"

"You were the most worried about him!" Usopp exclaimed.

"Why don't you worry about the uprising?" Nami said, knocking on her forehead. Vivi squeaked out an 'ow'.

"Sorry, Vivi-chan," Sanji muttered.

"It's the end for me if you get the last word in..." Zoro murmured.

"Okay then, straight to Alubarna!" Nami yelled cheerfully. "Let's go, 'Scissors'!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"That's the crab's name."

"Scissors...?"

~.~

"Yuba will die," Crocodile said, his hook stabbed inside Lucy. "This sandstorm will finish it. It will light the flames of the rebellion's anger once again. The strong love everyone has for their country will only destroy it. The same goes for you, Miss Good Friday. You would have lived longer, had you not succumbed to your weaker emotions...!" That was when he noticed that she had previously poured water on him without him noticing.

"Water..." he muttered. "Even water will not save you now." That was when she grabbed his wrist; however, his wrist didn't turn to sand. She figured out his weakness. She would have smirked, had she not had a hook completely embedded in her torso.

"Hn?" Crocodile questioned. That 'hn' soon turned into a scream as Lucy twisted his arm with extreme force.

"You're still...alive?" he asked, and threw her back to the sand. She winced as blood flowed from her mouth.

"You must be in a lot of pain...!" Crocodile said. "But don't worry. It'll all end soon..." he ended with a laugh. Lucy struggled to find her breath. This wasn't good, she was covered in blood-who knows how much she lost by now. She felt herself being pulled into the quicksand. She tried holding her arm out to grab on something-anything-that would help her. Alas, she found herself becoming more and more weak from blood loss. She was soon consumed by the mass quicksand.

"What a waste of time," Crocodile said. "Too bad, I'll have to inform Atsuke that I killed his tool on accident." With that, he left. What he didn't know was that a specific girl was able to poke her head out of the now regular sand she was buried in. She struggled to get out when she felt arms spawn from her and lift her from the sand. She tried to put on a small smile when she knew who it was.

"Robin...!" Lucy struggled to say.

"Don't struggle to talk, Lucy-san," Robin said. A hand spawned next to Lucy's fallen straw hat and threw it to Robin, who caught it with ease, which she then placed next to Lucy. She was planning to help Lucy, but that was when she heard a familiar voice.

"What happened to Vivi-sama...?" she heard the bird man say from behind her, limping severely.

"Oh, you're awake," Robin said.

"Now that I understand the nature of your powers, I will not be taken down as easily as before...!" he said.

"Oh, stop it. Don't get yourself even more injured than you already are..." Robin said. She couldn't help Lucy now-not when someone might mistake if they're friend or foe.

"Perfect timing. Why don't you save that girl?" Robin asked, walking away. "She's the brave and gallant hero...who brought your precious princess here." A creature came suddenly as Robin climbed onto it with ease.

"And besides, the princess is fine, and she's heading toward Alubarna at this moment," Robin said. "I don't know what'll happen from now on...but you know the state this country is in..." With that, she left the two behind, and Pell looked at Lucy.

"MEAT."

~.~

"WHAT? THIS CRAB CAN'T WALK ON WATER?" Usopp exclaimed.

"'Moving crabs' are creatures of the sand!" Vivi defended. "They can't stand water!"

"But it's a crab!" Usopp protested. "I mean, come on!" That was when everyone started spurring a huge argument on what they were going to do, when Chopper spoke up.

"Oh yeah!" he exclaimed. "'Scissors' loves dancers!"

"Like this?" Nami asked, swaying her hips.

"He's looking over here," Chopper said with a sweat-drop. As Scissors, along with two others...*coughSanjiandEyelashcough*...Scissors ran with lightning speed.

"Warp speed!"

"You broke two extra animals."

"Eru-Power~!"

"It's a miracle! He's running atop the water!"

That was when Scissors began falling into the water.

"No! That was just your imagination!"

"Gyaah!"

They all immersed from the water.

"Quit complaining and keep moving!" Zoro said, Chopper atop his head.

"Wait a minute!" Usopp exclaimed. "We don't have a boat! How far is is to the other side?"

"Fifty kilometers," Vivi responded.

"We can't swim that!" Usopp barked. That was when a fish appeared by them.

"A 'Sandora Rarecat Fish'! Named because they're extremely rare!" Vivi exclaimed.

"Who cares about that?"

"They also love to eat humans!"

"YOU COULD'VE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER!"

That was when they heard a large 'THUNK' and looked back from their feverish swimming to see a familiar creatures.

KUOOOOOOOO

"Kung Fu Dugongs!" they exclaimed. They climbed onto the large fish as the Dugongs dragged the fish along the water.

"They said 'We can't let our fellow students perish,'" Chopper said.

"But, uh, it's not like we're students of Lucy, anyway," Sanji said.

"At least we're alive!" Usopp exclaimed.

And, saved by the animals of the kingdom, they managed to cross Sandora River and reach the shore of Alubarna. Three hours remained.

"Thanks!" Vivi waved as the Dugongs returned to the water.

"We're doing good," Zoro said. "Think we can make it in time?"

"I don't know...even with Eyelash here, it will be tough," Vivi responded.

"But he can only carry two people," Usopp said. "And from here on Baroque Works are going to try to trap us!"

"Isn't there a way to travel as an entire group?" Nami questioned. That was when they saw a familiar duck, along with other ducks, run up to them.

"Galu!" Vivi exclaimed. "And the 'Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad'! You came for us?"

Two Hours Later...

The Mugiwaras had devised a plan. If they all ride a duck from the squad and wear the same cloak, they wouldn't know which person was Vivi, even though she wouldn't be there at all. As they rode, they could see the frustrated faces of the co-workers. That was when Zoro heard the ticking of whatever the fat one of the group shot with his bazooka.

"Stay away from it!" he ordered, and they got away from it right before it went off. Everyone then broke up and went to separate places outside the gates, and sure enough, the numbered agents followed all of them. In the end, Zoro and Nami had gone together and got Mister One (considering he had a big ONE written on him) and his partner.

"Alright Zoro, beat him up!" Nami cheered. The two ducks they rode one quacked in agreement.

"Shut up back there!" Zoro yelled.

Some Time Later...

"That idiot! Which way did she go?" Zoro asked himself, looking around. "Didn't I tell her to hide there? That girl is only good at running and getting in my way!" He turned to the two ducks. "You guys try to find her, too." That was when he heard a scream.

"On the other side?" he asked. "Finally found her. I will use a shortcut." ...Knowing the Zoro we all know and love, we all know this doesn't exactly bode well...

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I'm sorry I haven't updated in a few days, I've been put under a lot of mental stress lately, and typing has been on one of the last things on my mind. I just feel as if my family is slowly falling apart, piece by piece. Hearing my family yell at one another while I can't do anything to soothe the situation is starting to take its toll on me. I'll try to update sooner. Remember to R&R. Peace out, viewers.

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