Staring at Bruno seriously, Crocodile seemed to be less confident than when he was fighting Luffy. Compared to him, Bruno had a glimmer of danger in his eyes. He seemed a much more dangerous opponent than Luffy.

" Decidedly, you are as annoying as your stupid captain! Every time I get rid of one of you, the other one comes to bother me! What did you come here to do ? Do you want to avenge your captain? "

" Luffy is not my captain. " Bruno retorted. " We are simple allies. "

" Oh ? In this case, I understand why I don't feel like he deserves to have someone like you under his command! You seem to me to be someone much more competent than him! As for your power, I can admit that it interests me a little! Can you separate anything by creating zippers? "

" In short, that's it. "

" Interesting! However, you have already used your power twice on me and I hope you understand that it is ineffective against a logia! What do you hope to do by fighting against me again ? "

'' Indeed, my power is incapable of hurting you. " Bruno agreed, staying calm. " However, don't forget that I have something that would allow me to defeat you! It was not a bluff. "

" Hum? "

Sighing, Crocodile suddenly leaves.

" I don't have time to fight against you! In truth, killing you doesn't interest me more than that! So try to count on your luck to escape. "

Seeing him do it, Bruno saw Lucy leaning against a wall. Seeing her face, she needed some care. Still, knowing full well what would happen if Crocodile ever left, Bruno raised his arm, before letting Sticky Fingers appear beside him.

" ZIPPER MAN ! "

Turning around, Crocodile saw the Stand running towards him. Immediately, Crocodile transformed into a sand, forcing the puppet to strike into the void. Ignoring him, Crocodile let the sand form his upper body, which moved towards Bruno.

" You asked for it. "

Seeing him do it, Bruno put a hand on the wall of a house, where a zipper appeared and opened. Immediately rushing into the opening, Bruno disappeared inside the wall, the instant Crocodile hit him with his hook. Finding itself pulverized, the area of the house crumbled to pieces.

Still, remaining serious, Crocodile knew it hadn't hurt Bruno in any way. Looking down he saw a new zipper opening at his feet. Jumping immediately, he left the floor the instant the zipper opened, to let Bruno's arm come out.

" Missed. " Bruno growled, seeing Crocodile floating above him.

" You will not have me with this kind of attack. " Assured Crocodile, preparing to counterattack.

Nonetheless, sensing a presence behind his back, he saw Sticky Fingers direct his fist towards him.

Positioning his hook in front of him, Crocodile let him strike it. Immediately this allowed the puppet to cut its arm in half. Seeing his limb drop to the ground, Crocodile sighed.

'' Haven't you still understood that ...? "

Suddenly, running towards his severed arm, Bruno squeezed him, before stabbing him with an object.

" What … ? " Crocodile wondered.

Suddenly, he felt a strange sensation: he could neither control his arm, nor turn it into sand.

" What is happening ? "

Holding his arm in his hand, Bruno presented his new trophy. Crocodile's arm was now pierced by a small metal stake.

" Don't tell me ... "

" Seastone ! " Bruno assured.

Letting go of Crocodile's arm, he stared at him to the ground, noticing that the Shichibukai couldn't control him. Truth be told, even though his arm was separated from the rest of his body, Crocodile felt like he had lost the equivalent of half of his power.

"This guy… if my arm had been hooked to the rest of my body, he would have suppressed all of my powers. "

"Perfect ! So the seastone is your weak point. "

Seized a second stake, he asserted.

" I did well to buy these two stakes at Rainbase! With them, I doubt my chances of defeating you. "

Seeing the man holding the object, Crocodile couldn't help but be astonished.

"How does he manage to hold this stake and use his powers?" Did he not eat devil fruit then? Where do his powers come from in this case? Do not tell me … ? An immigrant '' ? "

" Abandoned, Crocodile! You can't win against me! I give you a chance to abandon yourself with honor. "

" Grrr! In the end, you are like your captain! Just because you found one of my weaknesses, you already imagine yourself being the winner of this fight! Fool! Do you really think that you are the only person fighting me while being aided by seastone weapons? PESADO SANDS ! "

Creating a sphere of sand in his hand, he threw it at Bruno. Throwing himself to the ground in time, the man felt the attack pass over him, before hitting a house. The impact created a shock wave that pulverized the walls of the house.

"Grrr! Even with one less arm, this guy is far from defeated! However, all I have to do is get close to him and touch him with the seastone. "

" DESERT SPADA ! "

Seeing a blade of sand rush towards him, Bruno opened a zipper on the ground and dove inside. Seeing him disappear into the ground, Crocodile immediately put his hand on it.

" GROUG DEATH ! "

Sucking up all the water from the ground, the shichibukai pulled all traces of life out of the area, as deep cracks appeared around it. Feeling his own life being torn from him, Bruno immediately created a new zipper and got out of it to leave the ground.

But when he had just avoided being dried out, Bruno saw Crocodile create a tornado of sand in his hand.

" SANDS ! "

Immediately, a sandstorm formed, creating overpowering gusts of wind that lifted the bodies of several unconscious Navy soldiers.

Clinging to a gutter, Tashigi did everything possible to keep himself from flying through the air.

" What power ! No wonder from a shichibukai. "

Remaining standing, meanwhile, Bruno groaned as he couldn't take a step forward. And he had to admit that Crocodile was right: his Logia power surpassed his power. The only way Bruno could win was to get close enough to Crocodile and drive a stake into his abdomen. Nevertheless, Crocodile had understood his strategy and that was why he avoided close combat.

For his part, growling, Crocodile used his tornado as protection, while he cursed the loss of his second arm.

"Damn it, kid! My strength is halved because of you! If it were up to me, I would have dried you up long ago! Nevertheless, I know he is cunning! If I do anything, he'll pierce my body with his seastone stake. "

Suddenly, appearing behind him, Sticky fingers pointed his fist at his body. Nevertheless, turning into sand in time, Crocodile took advantage of his sandstorm to scatter the particles of his body all over the place.

" As if I was going to be fooled by such a crass trap. "

Creating a sphere of sand in his hand, he threw it towards the ground.

" SABLES PESADO ! "

Touching the ground, his sphere had no trouble pulverizing it, as its shock wave intensified the power of his sandstorm. Too injured to be able to defend themselves, Lucy and Mr 2 ended up being thrown to the side.

Ignoring them, Crocodile suddenly saw Bruno extricate himself from the sandstorm and start to flee.

" Where do you think you are going? "

Dashing towards him, Crocodile flew above Bruno as he turned his good arm into sand.

" DESERT… "

Suddenly, Crocodile was surprised to see a huge open zipper just in front of him, clutching two buildings. One part of the zipper was in front of him, while the other half was behind the Shichibukai.

" What … ? "

Turning to him, Bruno closed his fist.

" ZIIIIIPPPP ! "

Immediately, the huge zipper closed in a second, cutting the crocodile body in half.

" HOW … ? "

Suddenly, appearing in front of him, he saw Sticky Fingers detach his arms from his body and direct his fists at Crocodile. Trying to turn his body into sand, Crocodile was slower than the puppet who started hitting him several times.

" ARI, ARI, ARI, ARI… ARRIVEDERCI ! "

In an instant, dozens of zippers appeared on Crocodile's body, breaking it into pieces.

" IMPOSSIBLE ! " He cried, feeling the pieces of his body fall to the ground.

Immediately, running towards him, Bruno leapt into the air, while aiming his second stake at Crocodile's face.

" Even if I promised never to kill anyone again, I would have no regrets to pierce the skull of an asshole like you! DIE ! "

He was going to win. If Bruno touched him, he won. Seeing this, Tashigi couldn't help but be impressed.

"Who is this guy ? He's defeating Crocodile. "

Nonetheless, to everyone's surprise, a smile appeared on the Shichibukai's face, and the instant Bruno was about to strike him, he only touched the void, while Crocodile had managed to turn his face to sand in time, avoiding to get hit by the seastone.

Frozen in place, Bruno seemed to be seeing things in slow motion. Doing like the head, the rest of Crocodile's body turned to sand. Then, Crocodile's left leg reformed over Bruno's outstretched arm and hit him so hard he shattered it.

" AHHHHHHHH. " Bruno yelled, while lacing his stake.

Seeing this, Crocodile recreated his body in front of Bruno before placing his hand on his stomach.

" SABLES PESADO ! "

A sphere of sand appeared in his hand before transforming into a powerful shock wave, touching Bruno's abdomen. Immediately, Bruno vomited blood, before being thrown against the wall of a house.

Running through Alubarna, Gin, Johnny and Yosaku looked around, while trying to find Lucy.

" Damn it! Where did that idiot go? " Gin roared. " Considering her condition, she could not go far. "

" If so, she had a bad meeting. " Johnny remarked.

Stopping to look around to notice that they were in a crossroads, Yosaku wanted to know.

" What direction should we take? "

" What do I know about it? Let's go left. "

Getting ready to run, the trio suddenly heard.

" No ! To the right. "

" Hum ? "

Turning around, the three men were surprised to see Menma, right behind them.

" What … ? Little-Menma? "

'' Where have you been, stupid kid ? " Gin roared.

Suddenly he was surprised when he noticed a strange and sinister detail: Menma's legs were transparent as he couldn't see her feet anymore.

" What … ? "

Lying above the ground, Menma's body seemed to float.

" Menma…? "

Displaying a stoic face, the child suddenly turned around and let him turn towards a neighborhood. Remaining motionless at first, the trio suddenly ended up running behind her.

" Hey, wait for us. "

Following the child through various quarters, the trio tried to catch up with her. Still, continuing to float above the ground, Menma appeared to be much faster than them, despite having no legs left.

" How does she do that? " Wanted to know Yosaku.

" Have you seen her legs? Looks like a ghost. " Johnny remarked.

" Do not say stupid things ! It doesn't exist. "

" So how can you explain what is going on? "

Suddenly, Menma turned to enter an alley. Continuing to follow her, the boys suddenly stopped, noticing that Menma had disappeared.

" What … ? What? "

" Menma? Where are you ? "

Trying to catch a glimpse of him, Bruno suddenly heard a shock wave. Turning around, he then saw a sandstorm building up not far from them.

" What is happening ? " Wanted to know Johnny and Yosaku.

" Crocodile ! " Gin assured.

Opening his eyes, Bruno let his cheek swell, before vomiting blood. His jacket was now gone, the man was shirtless while his chest was injured and completely parched. Feeling unable to move, he could only see Crocodile in front of him.

Being in front of his severed arm, the shichibukai had put one foot on his arm before grabbing the stake of Seastone who pierced him by feeling his powers disappear, the man remained powerful enough to remove it from his arm.

Then he threw the object aside. Once done, his severed arm turned to sand before returning to its original place. Finding his arm, Crocodile grimly smiles at Bruno before declaring.

" Fool! Do you really think you were the first person who tried to use the seastone against me? Even if I admit that I don't really understand how your powers work, they are not really dangerous for me. "

Seeing Crocodile then take a step towards him, Bruno immediately began to scream.

" ZIP… "

Crocodile's hand gripped his throat, lifting him off the ground.

" There will be no jealousy with Mugiwara! You will suffer the same death as him. "

Trying to struggle, Bruno finally showed fear in his eyes as he felt his body drain of all water. Becoming weaker and weaker, he eventually stopped moving. Seeing him take on the appearance of a mummy, Crocodile then threw him to the ground, asserting himself.

" That cursed princess! In the end, she really did everything to prevent me from taking over this country. "

Hearing a noise behind him, Crocodile saw Tashigi trying to get up. However, because of her injured leg, the young woman felt unable to stand up. Seeing her do it, Crocodile chuckled.

" Oh ? Aren't you Smoker's assistant? Where is this coward? Don't tell me he ran away afraid to fight me? "

" Grrr! Do not say stupid things ! Smoker-san… Smoker-san would never be afraid to fight you. "

Simply laughing, Crocodile walked over to her. Fearing he would attack her, Tashigi grabbed her sword and pointed it in his direction. Continuing to walk, Crocodile still smiled… even when he passed Tatshigi, ignoring her completely.

" What … ? "

" You are not worth that I fight against you. "

Standing still, Tashigi clenched her teeth. Then, finally, knowing full well that she had no chance against the shichibukai, she let go of her sword before hitting the ground.

She felt weak and useless. Alubarna was going to explode in a few minutes and she was unable to do anything.

" Smoker… Smoker-san. " She whispered, starting to sob. " What should I do ? "

" CROCODILEEEEEEEE ! "

Lifting her head, Tashigi was surprised to see Luffy run in her direction. Stopping when he saw the bodies of the soldiers on the ground, the captain stopped while looking around.

" What happened here? "

Suddenly, turning his head left and right, he saw the bodies of his two companions.

" Lucy? Bruno? What happened to you? "

Crouching down in front of Bruno's body, he quickly noticed that all the water in his body had been taken out of him. Immediately he understood who had beaten him.

" CROCODILE ! " Luffy roared.

Then looking around, he cried out.

" Some water ! We need water! A bottle ! A barrel ! We need water. "

Finding nowhere, Luffy wished he had his barrel anymore. However, he eventually saw a gourd of water being thrown at him.

" What … ? "

"Take me water." Cried Tashigi. " And the other soldiers also have their water gourds on them! Do not hesitate to take them. "

At first surprised, Luffy finally nodded and grabbed the object. Opening it, he poured the water on Bruno's face, before pushing it into his mouth.

" Why are you helping me ? "

" Don't imagine anything. " Roared Tashigi. " It's just that you want to stop Crocodile too. "

Clenching her fists, she asserted.

" I feel ashamed and humiliated! Nevertheless, I have to ask you to help me! Please ! You must beat Crocodile. "

" That's what I intend to do. " Luffy assured, reaching for two other soldiers to steal their water bottles.

Finding himself with several gourds stuck in his mouth, Bruno felt gallons of water pour into his body. Finally, unable to breathe, he opened his mouths to make choking noises.

" Bruno? " Luffy rejoices.

Managing to spit the gourds out of his mouth, the man then spat blood, before lying on the ground.

" Croco… Crocodile. " He whispered.

" Don't worry, Bruno! I will fight it! And this time, I promise I will win. "

" Do not say stupid things. " Bruno retorted, trying to get up. " How do you plan to win against this guy when he beat me? Let me fight it… I'll win…! Yes, I would win! I must win! I … "

Suddenly, Luffy's fist hit the top of his head, preventing him from straightening up.

" What … ? " Tashigi wondered.

" If you fight Crocodile again, you will die. " Luffy asserted. " Don't worry Bruno! You knew how to protect Lucy, didn't you? You did a good job! Leave the rest to me. "

" Luffy. "

" Luffy-aniki ! "

Turning around, Luffy saw Gin, Johnny and Yosaku running towards him.

" Guys ? "

Stopping, the trio also saw the stage filled with bodies on the ground.

" The Navy ? "

" Sister Lucy / Bruno-aniki? "

Seeing Luffy get up, Gin asked.

" Crocodile ? "

Luffy just nodded.

" We take care of them. " Gin assured. " Catch it up. "

" No problem. " Luffy assured.

However, he heard Gin order him.

" I forbid you to lose again, Luffy! If you ever lose to this guy again, I will never consider you my captain again. "

" No problem. " Luffy declared. " Anyway, if I lose, it's the end of our crew. "

Then, immediately, he ran to catch up with Crocodile.

Seeing him do it, Johnny grabbed Lucy and put her on his back.

" No doubt ! She has a fever ! We must find Chopper. "

Grabbing Bruno's arm, Yosaku asserted.

" Don't worry, Bruno-aniki! We will treat you too. "

Nonetheless, he felt the man slap his hand as he asserted.

" Luffy will never be able to defeat him. "

" What ? "

" ZIP ! "

Suddenly, a zipper appeared on the ground, under Bruno's body. Seeing him do it, Gin immediately ordered him.

" Don't do that, moron. "

Too late. Opening the zipper, Bruno let himself enter the ground and disappeared there.

Who will join Luffy's crew?

Before Shells Town: Raynare - 9 million - (Highschool DxD) / Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)

Arc Shells Town: Roronoa Zoro

Kuro Arc: Usopp

Arc Baratie: Sanji / Gin - 13 million -

Arlong Arc: Nami / Johnny / Yosaku

Bow Drum: Chopper

Alabasta Arc: Nico Robin /? /? /? /?

Skypiea Arc:?

Arc Enies Lobby: Franky

Arc Post Enies-Lobby :?

Thriller Bark Arc: Brook

Punk Hazard Arc:?

Tesoro Arc :?

Dressrosa Bow : ? / ?

Wano Kuni Arc: Jinbei / ?

Post Wano Kuni Arc:?

Arc Battle Teach :?

With other characters:

Buggy: Magi (OC), Bull (OC), Kuro, Morgan, Megumim -23 million- (Konosuba)

Arlong: Syra (OC)

Milhawk: Alice (OC)

Wapol: Musshuru

Crocodile: Noscula (OC), Mr 6 (OC), Miss Halloween (OC)

Garp: Sakura (Zombieland Saga)

Gold D. Roger: Igneel - 1.380 billion - (Fairy Tail), Acacia (Toriko), Bardock (Dragon ball Z)

Im : Light Yagami ( Death Note )

Individual: Bruno (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure); Shinichi Kudo (Detective Conan); Menma (Anohana); Neni (Mr 9), Reiner ( Shingeki no kyojin ), Eevee (Pokemon)