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Deadly Drinking Pirate

The Man of a Thousand Faces and the Brother With Fists of Flames.

Previously on Deadly Drunken Pirate,

"You are a doctor?" Chopper was sorting out his little blue backpack with everything a doctor will need when outside the office and patient room. Once he did that, most of the crew were surprised once again today.

"Yeah. I was the one that helped the Doctrine heal Big Brother, Big Sister and those two idiots." Chopper responded with a childish innocent tone that made all but Gin and Sanji awe at the cute sight; Gin huffed while Sanji glared at the reindeer, threatening to make Chopper back-up meat within his mind.

The little reindeer was about to go on until Luffy's arm stretched to pull Chopper from his backpack. "You don't want to miss this Chopper. It is about to begin." Chopper could have asked what his big brother meant when the whole crew saw it for themselves.

The cloud above the mountains and white land of Drum Island used to be cold and merciless white. But then something was fired off the biggest mountain, from the castle on top. It was like a large rocket or firework cracker. But when it exploded, what was in that cloud was not fireworks. It coated the large cloud in the Sakura petal pink.

"Your teacher and guardian seemed to want you gone Chopper. But that was so you can start sailing and see this before you go." Luffy then said. "She really is an amazing woman don't you think. I personally can't think of a better present for my little brother." Chopper was amazed and tear-stricken. The sky above Drum Island was not the usual white clouds filled with snow to fall. Instead, it was the Sakura flower petals that a great man said to be a very effective cure; and it healed the last hole in Chopper's heart.

"…398…" A day on the seas started with a curious sight. A reindeer, doing push-ups. With a small pile of wooden crates on his back. While looking more like an tanuki. "…399…400!"

"Good work Chopper." The reindeer finally lost feeling in his legs and fell to the deck. Thankfully that the weights didn't go down so roughly. A man's hand went right under and stopped them. "And it only took two hours this time. You are getting it."

"Thanks, Big Brother but how am I going to do what you guys do?" Chopper had been struggling to get on his bottom with his legs and arms acting like jelly sticks. "Four hundred is still the most I could do."

"How to get a higher exercise? Simple. Convince me to punish you." Luffy was the one overlooking Chopper's early morning exercise and answered with a twisted smirk on his face. Chopper then cover his mouth and eat his words without anyone seeing. "Until then you will have to make do. Now to get the feeling back in your legs."

Luffy pressed Chopper on the chest with a certain touch to his pointer finger. Chopper grimaced a little since Luffy's touch felt slightly more painful than a static shock. It was more like a small needle puncture that got the little reindeer to get all his energy back. "We just had breakfast and we have a while before lunch, why not we go fishing?"

"Fishing! Yah!" Chopper loved to spend time with Luffy, no matter how boring it looked to the other pirates. And when they got their gear, got on the railings (with Luffy's helping hand of course), they released their lines with bait on both hooks. After a short while it was nothing except for a few small but doable fish; nothing to show off to your friends. Luffy knows well enough that fishing isn't something to bring your girlfriend to; that will just end it all right there.

But then came the tornado from the kitchen that ruined their peaceful existence. "WHO ATE ALL THE FOOD!?" Luffy and Chopper did a quick look at each other, thankfully there wasn't a single crumb on their cheeks so they were in the clear. But they then heard a couple of hearts beating fast, on their right. "I mean you two, who ate all the food!?" Sanji still walked up to his captain and newly appointed doctor; he was too angry to listen to his conscience saying to forget about it.

"Try those three Sanji. At least we aren't so nervous that you can hear drums out of our chests." Luffy said with indifference and Chopper looked to his right. It was Usopp and Carue the large duck trying to fish themselves but they had either a piece of bread or a raw streak in their mouths. Chopper then saw Sanji march over to the suspiciously fishing duo and spared his eyes from any nasty carnage that came with the sound of shoes meeting heads.

"As for you two…" Sanji then turned away from punishing the food thieves and saw that Chopper had a big bite and Luffy was helping him. "Since I don't have anything to work with, let me help."

"Whatever Sanji, we can't let this catch get away!" Luffy answered with indifference. The cook grabbed the captain like he is grabbing Chopper, around the chest. After several hard tugs, the trio knew that their catch was losing strength and it was only a matter of time before it was on the King's Gourd.

Except for one problem; their catch wasn't edible. "Oh, thank you! I fell off my ship in a cloud of stupid, silly smoke! And I am a fellow who can't swim!" The two men and reindeer didn't know what to make of this but this character was so loud and dressed painfully poor, it got all hands-on-deck. "Ah! I haven't told you my name! It is Bon Kurei, nice to meet you all kind pirates!"

Bon Kurei is a relatively tall male cross dresser who wears flamboyant ballet clothes with a swan theme. He dresses in a pink over coat and blue medieval clothes. He wears heavy makeup and he often sports a distinct wide grin which often carries over when he changes his appearance. His legs, being exposed, are hairy. Underneath these clothes, his physique is fairly muscular. A number 2 is seen in the form of his swans, which are posed into a shape resembling the number "2". The back of his over coat bares the kanji for "Bon Festival".

"What gave us away that we're pirates?" Luffy made the first question and the strange man just pointed up towards the sails and flag. "Good point. So, do you not know how to swim or…?"

"Or that I ate an Akuma no Mi (Devil Fruit). Those are the only ways for a harmless person like myself sinks like a cut loose anchor!" Bon Kurei answered with a cheery attitude that was as bad as his dress. "In this case, I did eat one! Allow me to show you!"

Bon Kurei then shot his hand out fast and enough force to send poor Usopp, who was in the 'range of fire', to be sent through wall. This got the crew on guard until they saw it. "Hold it, hold it! I am not attacking, just demonstrating!" That wasn't the strange man's voice at all, nor was his face; it was all Usopp's!

"WHAT THE HELL!?" Everyone shouted out and Bon Kurei laughed using Usopp's voice in a creepy fashion.

"Do I look like that silly looking fellow with the ridiculous nose? This is my power! The power of the Kane-Kane no Mi (Clone-Clone Fruit)!" Bon Kurei laughed even harder than before. "All I have to do is make contact with a person using my right hand and I can completely copy them while always needing a change in clothes! Meanwhile, with my left hand…" The impersonator of Usopp moved his left hand to his cheek and reverted back to normal. "I change into my real form!"

Luffy decided that it was harmless for now and allowed the crossdressing Devil Fruit user to touch almost everyone. Sanji kicked away Bon Kurei's hand, Kaya was defended by Usopp, Ace moved out of the way and Vivi hid behind Luffy. "Now do you see?" Bon Kurei then touched his cheek with his right hand again, changing into Zoro, "Now that…" Then he did Luffy. "I have my right hand…" Now Chopper. "Has memorized your faces…" He then went to Kuro. "I change my face into every single one." Finally, he became Nami. And this time, Luffy's nerves were on edge; that was his instincts and they never were wrong.

"…And that is same for my bod-ARRGH!" Bon Kurei was had set Luffy off when he reached of his coat, still impersonating Nami, and earned a rightful punch to the cheek that sandwiched both him, Luffy's fist and the mast of the King's Gourd.

"We get the point and none of that about Nami and especially in front of my little brother." Luffy soon released his fist to grasp Bon Kurei's face. "Understand?" Bon Kurei muttered and tried to nod his head while it was still in Luffy's grip. "Good and Nami dear, handle the other pervert please."

Luffy pointed to a certain blonde on board that was hoping to see what Bon Kurei will reveal about the navigator. Instead, the sound of a head harshly bonked and a door closed almost to the point of falling off. "Now then, is that all you can do? Have we seen all the faces?" Bon Kurei recovered from his rude but necessarily honorable interruption to press his right hand on his cheek.

"Not at all, see the rest of my collection!" And thankfully, all he did was swipe and switch his faces to insignificant men. But there was just one face that sent Vivi over the edge and Luffy spotted it too. It was the one of a middle-aged man that gave off the atmosphere of being some kind of high authority figure, especially with the black sharp beard (in the shape of a straight hook).

"Sir! There you are!" Bon Kurei stopped his display to see a rather flamboyant ship, fitting of his need to copy others in crossdressing. Built with a swan theme, the ship had a swan's head and was white in color. Another feature were hand operated paddle wheels. Its size is similar to the Going Merry. It has "Okama Way" written on the sail, as well as on the ship itself.

"It's my friends and our ride to where we desperately need to be! The Swanda Express!" Bon Kurei got excited and hopped onto the railings but he did turn over to the Straw Hats. "Thanks again for fishing me out, I hope that we will meet again as real friends!"

And just like that, the Okama crossdresser had disappeared along with his silly looking ship. But while the crew was glad to get rid of him, Luffy and Vivi weren't so sure. The captain himself especially when he heard one of those sailors call Bon Kurei 'Mr. 2'.

XXXXX

"Pardon me Ace-san…" Vivi walked up to Ace once an island of sand and sand winds was in sight. "Shouldn't you take that cloak off? Not that you will get sunstroke but too much covers in the desert will get you heatstroke." Vivi then noticed that Ace didn't look so worried.

"Thanks for the concern Princess." Ace was told everything about this big mess of the Alabasta Kingdom that is centered around Vivi. "But I assure you that I am not a man to get neither. Heat and sunlight can't harm me in any way. It is just how I am."

"Okay then, half of us will go looking for clothes suited for the weather here while we see how much water we can afford here in this town." Luffy then said. "I will take Usopp, Kuro and Ace along while everyone else goes to the market. Don't let any perverts do the choosing, no matter how much it looks on you. We are going to trek a desert, not ride on a parade!"

"AYE!" The crew straighten and fled, leaving the ones Luffy chose behind. This of course made Ace chuckle nervously. He sure didn't act according to the third strongest pirate in the Whitebeard Pirate crew.

"You still have that touch huh?" Ace retained that shaken tone and Luffy just shrugged.

"It's one way to keep them together and I am sure that any woman in my crew is good enough to handle themselves." Luffy responded casually. "Now let's get going."

Later,

"Ssh!" Luffy shushed his crewmates and accompanying older brother who were each carrying a barrel of water. Kuro and Ace were no surprise, Usopp was the one who was proud of himself for showing real 'manly' strength for the first time; Luffy's training is hell but effective.

"What is-*!*" The sniper in question was about to ask his captain until it hit him two; Kuro made the same twitch in his throat and face while Ace didn't say a word about it. Two signatures were heading their way along with a mess of lower ones. And these were no stranger to them either.

"Looks like Smoker finally got permission to leave Loguetown to come after us. Thinking that he is the successor to the role my grandpa had against Roger." Luffy answered, with that second sentence under his breath. "But if they are here, that means the marines have gotten word of what Crocodile is doing in this land."

"But how?" Usopp tried to ask once again but Kuro stopped him.

"The marines are not all moral and good like they want us to think. My best guess is that they heard about everything by wiretapping." Kuro explained, showing that he is still a genius but not for devious and plans for money anymore. "The marines have access to a special Den-Den Mushi (Transponder Snail) that is small and black, it can intercept the wavelengths between two regular Den-Den Mushi. I have found this out years ago, and that is how I decided to not use such technology again. The risk was too great for a pirate to try."

"So, if they are here then they will even attempt to capture us. And trouble with the marines will just delay us even further from getting to the center brain of Baroque Works." Luffy said. "Let's go!"

And when they were starting to run, "Straw Hat!" Luffy cursed that they were found out anyways. "Don't think that you can hide after how your crew were spotted! We might as well get you first!"

Luffy was just glad to see no deception in that remark, not one of his crew mates had been taken in yet. But he was still true to his word. "Let's go guys! We've overstayed our welcome here!" Kuro and Usopp agreed and got a head start towards the King's Gourd. Luffy and Ace soon followed after them. But once the ship was in sight, Ace stopped and turned towards the incoming marines.

"Hold it Luffy." Ace suddenly said, grasping the straw hatted pirate by the shoulder, facing Smoker and getting a lot of eyes to face their way. "I've heard about you beating Smoker before in the East Blue." Ace continued and didn't even turn away from the oncoming Marines. "Now it is my turn to have some fun. I've learned a few things here in the Grand Line. And I can't with this thing on!" Ace finally tugged at his cloak, and threw it off to show his real appearance.

Although they were not blood related, Ace did look remarkably like Luffy. However, Ace looked of the age three years older and more mature than his younger brother. He also sported rather childish freckles.

But Ace's most remarkable feature was his tattoo. Ace had it on his upper left bicep that spells "ASCE" vertically. He wore black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, and a blue pouch belted around his left leg. He also wore a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts. A dagger in a green sheath hung at his left hip.

On Ace's left arm, he wore a Log Pose and a red and white striped bracelet around his wrist, an orange elbow guard, and his "ASCE" tattoo. He wore a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim. Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels.

"Fire Fist!" Smoker growled. "If you are here then I will have to arrest you too! Howaito Burō (White Blow)!" Smoker shot out a trail of smoke to both attack and immobilize not only Luffy but his cloaked brother.

"Kagero (Sun Flare)!" Ace shouted out and out of his hand came a burst of flames that stopped the Howaito Burō from reaching Smoker's targets. This shocked most of those witnessing this conflict, except for a select few.

"So, you did eat a fruit and now who is going to save us from drowning Ace?" Luffy remarked very casually. "Of course, they couldn't think of a much more obvious moniker. Can't they?"

Ace then looked submissive again and acted like a kid with his hand in the cookie jar. "Yes Luffy. You got me. I discovered and ate the Mera-Mera no Mi (Flame-Flame Fruit)." This explained a lot about Ace, the lack of Snow on the Winter Island of Drum and that Ace saying he can't get heatstroke earlier. "Enjomo (Flame Fence)!" This time, Ace swiped one of his arms across and conjured up a circle of flames around the marines.

"That will hold for a few hours, plenty of time to get back on track." Ace replied, sensing what his younger brother and his crew were about to say. "Now I need to get going because I still have a mission to do by the old man."

"Oh, Whitebeard eh?" Luffy answered. "Then can you deal with those ships out there? There signatures are giving me a headache here." Luffy pointed back on the harbor where a long line of ships with the symbol for Baroque Works on their sails.

Ace didn't say a word, he just moved in a blur and jumped off the pier. Thankfully he showed that he attached his sailing vehicle to the King's Gourd. The one that he called the Striker.

The Striker is a waterproof, one-man, yellow raft shaped like a half crescent. It has an engine in the back, two paddle-wheels on the sides, and a small sail in the back. Everything is linked to the main seat in the middle of the raft. This was shown when Ace turned his feet into flames that turned the propeller engine fast enough to move to one end of the armada of enemy ships.

"Not a problem." Ace said to himself and charged for the Baroque Works ships, only to jump high above the sails while the Striker delved underneath. Once Ace moved to the other end, the Striker appeared and caught Ace before the pirate commander made his move. "Hiken (Fire Fist)!"

Ace sent out a giant-sized flow of fire that plowed through the armada easily. "If this doesn't impress you, little brother, then I will love to fight you again." Fire Fist Ace then disappeared to who knows where, doing only he knows what. But Luffy just couldn't shake the feeling that his older brother was walking to his doom.

XXXXX

"Remember everyone; we will go this way until the sight of a small town is in sight." Vivi said once they were getting suited up to head from the port of Nanohana, where they docked at, through the desert to stop at the little town of Yuba, then head to where Crocodile's base was; the capital of the Sandy Kingdom, Alubarna. "We do have enough water for the trek so we should restock in Yuba."

"And you guys should know that since I am sure Nami didn't let Sanji chose the clothes for the crew." Luffy said responded with a huff. He was a guy who will hold a grudge once his crew disobeyed his word.

"But Luffy…!"

"While I can't deny that Nami, Vivi, Alvida, Kaya, Grace and Carol are mature women," Cue the blushing women. "Even desert dancers where heavy clothing. I don't want them getting burns because you didn't think of that, genius." Now cue the remaining Straw hats nodding. If only Sanji wasn't just a shameless pervert, he will actually get pity; and if he wasn't a good cook or a strong fighter, he would have been left behind.

"Another thing to remember you guys." Zoro then said. "No doubt that copying crossdresser is going to be our enemy if he works for Crocodile. But even if they do figure out how we can tell each other apart, he still won't fool any of you."

This time, no one argued or glared. Just looked at the white cloth on their left arms. This was more than a way to stick out in a crowd or fool the world's best impersonator; it was something else entirely. Something that will bond them forever.

End of Chapter 21.

*Sorry if the last chapter was short and lame. I was really at my nerves when Thanksgiving break was ending. I had to get back on track since I barely studied on my extended weekend, just played a single video game for most of the daylight. Once I do publish this chapter, I may or may not be able to publish another by the time it will be to pack things in for the Finals week. Wish me luck! *