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Deadly Drinking Pirate

More Of The Straw Hats In Action

Previously on Deadly Drunken Pirate,

Meanwhile, Luffy saw that he was nearing his destination and got himself down when he struck the sand stream connecting the golden hook to Crocodile. And the Shichibuki didn't look any happier from when the two pirates faced each other in the flooded underground dining room. "This is it. No more waiting. Are you ready for our rematch, Crocy?" Luffy mocked the Shichibuki in front of him, confident that Crocodile will never run again, because of his anger and hurt pride. And this time, Luffy with his body steaming again and his blades at hand didn't scare Crocodile; just made him even angrier.

"Here, you will die Mugiwara!" Crocodile snarled and summoned the desert itself to his beck and call. This battle, will definitely end with blood among the sands.

"Nice show Crocodile." Luffy said, truly not impressed. Then the captain braced his right arm, right before it vanished for a moment. And Crocodile's torso seemed to have been struck by a punch that caused it to turn into loose sands. Luffy hid the little smirk that grew on his cheeks, making himself eat his own words.

"You will notice that a Logia is slightly more dangerous than a mere, pathetic Paramecia user like yourself. But I am above even that mark!" Crocodile responded with yet more arrogant dialogue. "You might get somewhere else with your blades, after how you destroyed my casino. But I have trained hard too, to fully develop my Akuma no Mi (Devil Fruit) power. The power of the Suna-Suna no Mi (Sand-Sand Fruit)! My skill has reached the point that ambushes no longer can harm me!"

Crocodile started to laugh once again until he felt pain, smashing in his eyes, nose and teeth. "All the more reason to not waste my energy, Crocy." Luffy said, with his left arm and fist tensed; there was even smears of blood and a few teeth temporary dislodged in the skin. Watching the Shichibuki (Royal Warlord) get up, Luffy went on. "It's like you said, I trained hard. I trained till I thought I will die, every single day for a whole decade. It's enough to make a man go mad but I made it and now, you won't win against this rookie."

"Haki!" Crocodile spurted out blood that lingered in his mouth for a few moments longer. "You really are no ordinary rookie, nobody in the weak East Blue will even know about Haki." Luffy couldn't keep his smirk hidden anymore once it spread to the rest of his lips.

"Yeah, nobody local to the East Blue trained me about Haki." The captain with the straw hat said before his body turned pink and steamy again. "But enough about me, Busoshokku: Jetto Shigan (Armament: Jet Finger Pistol)!" Luffy shot out his right arm into a flash once again and Crocodile was struck in the shoulder, as if a rhino had rammed its horn right at that spot.

"Come on, Crocy! I have a million of them ready to see that you fall here, in the desert where you are right at home!" Luffy shouted and reacted with his senses when the something hurried through the sands like a torpedo. And Luffy saw that Crocodile was ignoring the clear wound on the shoulder, which only made the pirate captain smirk. "That's more like it."

Crocodile couldn't believe that a rookie was able to get some much humiliation and smearing on his pride, and Luffy still wasn't dead yet. "You will drown in the sands for all this, Dezāto Supāda (Desert Spada)!" Crocodile slammed his fist down on the desert surface and another surge of sands toward Luffy. Too bad that the Straw-Hat captain was as agile and hard to hit as he was irritating the Shichibuki. "You won't escape this, Dezāto Jirasōre (Desert Girasole)!"

The desert suddenly turned to quicksand and actually caught Luffy by the ankles of his feet, swiftly pulling the rookie captain down below. Then it suddenly erupted with a geyser of something thick and red, like blood; yet it only drenched Crocodile in it and the desert sands near his feet. "Ha! Not so strong you damn…rookie…?" Crocodile noticed that that his sights were getting blurry and somehow, he was extremely dizzy and lightheaded. "W-what…the…h-hell…?"

"Ēruabatā (Ale Avatar). Do we have to repeat your lesson, all over again?" Luffy appeared right behind Crocodile. "I simply told him to keep your busy while you were playing around in your sandbox. And you still drink wine eh, Crocy?" Luffy stated before hitting the Shichibuki hard on his back, promptly the once proud Crocodile to vomit shamelessly and right in front of Luffy.

"You…you!" Crocodile tried to growl but even that was difficult with his dinner from tonight and the previous nights were all coming out in a rather disgusting waterfall. Luffy's smirk didn't even flatter,

"Don't be a baby, Crocy." Luffy mocked the Shichibuki. "It is just that you are not only letting loose the contents of your fat stomach, there is just some of your strength gushing out too." Crocodile widen his eyes and tried to stop the waterfall that just won't stop, only for his only good hand to not budge; it would only daggle like a limp snake's tail. "You can thank the Yopparau Maeni Nigeru (Relieving before Sober) technique, only one of my million tricks."

That was it, Crocodile couldn't take it anymore and screamed for his power to turn him into sand to escape, not caring if they were getting covered in his stomach juices. Crocodile even ignored the fact that he was suddenly at his 100% once he was freed from Luffy's touch on his back.

"DIE! SABURUSU!" Crocodile screamed with the face of a man turned mad, not holding back anymore. This time, his sandstorm instantly reached several feet high and several meters wide. It threatened to engulfed most of the very desert of Alabasta, though one thing was clear; everyone on the Sandy Island will all see it for themselves.

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Meanwhile,

"How can any of you not see that Luffy is going to get killed out there!?" Vivi was besides herself when she could see the large sandstorm raging in the desert. She could tell that this was Crocodile and it actually made her realize that he had the power to wipe out an entire town. "How can Luffy even keep up with that much power!?"

"Vivi…" Usopp had nothing to say that the worried-to-death princess hadn't heard before. Not that it mattered, she won't feel any better about this even if the sniper had to tried to speak for his captain's sake.

Usopp's eyes then shot out, his arm swiftly grabbing his rifle and shot out a round at a random angle. Only for the shot to explode in the air in a fashion that meet something else fired. "More agents from Baroque Works. No doubt here to see that you never get to Alubarna." Usopp said while getting the rest of his belongings laid out on the Moving Crab, prompting Vivi to act.

"You are not serious about facing them Usopp! These agents are not standard pirates, they are killers! Heartless assassins! You will get killed!" Vivi just couldn't believe that her friends were running off or being sent by Luffy, one by one. And all they have to say was for her to get to the capital of Alabasta.

"There are worse things Vivi. And if I am going to get killed, it wouldn't be from a wound to my back. Those kill cowards and I will not die a coward!" Usopp retorted. "Besides, Luffy wants me to be his sniper. The one who will protect the King of Pirates and that is why I am going! It will be faster that way."

With that said, Usopp jumped off the Moving Crab, landing back on the desert with real grace this time. But before Vivi could call out for him again, Chopper gave the reins to Alvida. "Protect Vivi the best you can, and hurry!" The little doctor said and jumped off the moving large creature to try and keep up with Usopp while in reindeer form.

"Just what is wrong with this crew!?" Vivi proclaimed to the heavens while Alvida ignored her, not bothering to tell the princess that another crewmate also flew the coop. She just directed the Moving Crab towards their destination.

And soon enough, Usopp and Chopper had finally found the would-be assassins that were foiled in killing Vivi. It was another pair of agents this time, but with a rather strange weapon in hand. "The name is Miss Merry Christmas! I am a princess among you idiots!" Miss Merry Christmas is a stout, middle-aged woman with red hair. She wears a necktie that resembles a Christmas tree, which goes with her codename. Other notable attire includes a large pair of purple-lensed sunglasses, a basket strapped to her back, and sandals. "A lot like this one I was forced to be paired with, Mr. Four!"

Mr. 4 is rather tall and fat, has big lips, and wears a green shirt that covers most of his body with black pants and gray running shoes. Like all other officer agents, his number is expressed somewhere on his clothing or his person. Mr. 4 has an obscure "4" design on his shirt, as well as a "4" on his baseball bat. "Sooorrryyy…Mmmisss…Mmmerr-" The large brute spoke so slow, it was like his tongue was as slow as a snail; it was so bad that it was ridiculous.

"Never mind, you idiot! Shut up!" The little woman retorted harshly, "Anyhow, you two idiots just walked up to your deaths. With my brains, Mr. Four's brawn, and our trusty Lassoo!" Lassoo was simply a sandy-brown gun, similar to a bazooka, that has handles on the sides and a contoured barrel.

"It's bad enough that we are stuck with a mole, a dunderhead, and both name their gun like a house pet. My father and I will be embarrassed by their obsession." Usopp mocked them and got an immediate response out of the short lady,

"I am not a mole! Not just yet!" Usopp and Chopper only showed as little as an eyebrow raised. "That's right, as a prince, I ate an Akuma no Mi! The Mogu-Mogu no Mi (Mole-Mole Fruit)! Watch and weep, idiots!" While not gaining as much an inch taller, the lady's face gained a mole's snout while her hands and feet gained large claws.

"Now you are a penguin?" Usopp commented bluntly which got the mole-woman really ticked. But she didn't saw a word when the assassin saw that Usopp had a knowing smirk on his face, one that said 'I know what you are but I don't care'. "Never mind, you are still not going to harm Vivi, none of you will! You won't steal this country!"

"Watch us! You big idiot, hit that freakish Tanuki (Raccoon Dog)!" The mole woman screamed at her partner and the massive man moved in with a large metal bat, with speeds that surprised the two Straw Hats. Usopp was able to move at high speeds yet his skill with Soru hadn't reached the level of even a blur just yet; meanwhile, Chopper took out one of his Rumble Balls and activated his Guard Point form to take an otherwise fatal blow.

"Meanwhile…" Usopp heard that voice and had a shiver down his spine, that something painful was going to happen. And the sniper cursed himself for lowering his guard, which allowed a pair of mole hands to grab his legs by the ankles. "I will have my fun with you, nose freak! Mogurazuka Haiuei (Moletown Highway)!"

It was the mole woman, apparently digging underneath the surface of the desert sands. And she dragged Usopp along at impressive speeds, until the sniper saw that she was going to dig underneath some rubble and walls of some ruins. "And, Mogu-Mogu Inpakuto (Mole-Mole Impact)!" It was clear about Miss Merry Christmas's idea of an attack; and Usopp felt it with pain throughout his body with every wall he was forced to go right through while the grip on his ankles never loosened.

"What's the matter?" The mole woman asked sadistically, still holding Usopp's legs after that barrage of walls. The sniper looked slightly rugged and worn, with his clothes dirtied with sand and rock from the rubble. "Are you out already? You really are the third wheel of them all idiots! You are pathetic!"

"Actually…" Usopp then spoke up and the mole woman finally gazed up to see that Usopp's entire front side was shiny black, without as much as a scratch! "I was waiting for you to run out of walls to drag me through. Then you won't be able to stop me from doing this!"

Usopp descended his fist downward and hit Miss Merry Christmas hard on the head. Then the sniper grasped it and threw the mole woman high into the air! "And this!" Usopp aimed his rifle directly at the sky and shot out rounds that were off like sonic booms, causing the agent to explode before landing on the ground burnt worse than a roasted pig overdone.

*cough-cough* Miss Merry Christmas got up and looked very unhappy about this turnabout. "You really are getting on my nerves, you idiot. I am an agent of Baroque Works!" Miss Merry Christmas readied her mole hand to strike at Usopp, "Mogura Banana (Mole Palm Shoot)!" The mole woman charged with her mole fangs ready to claw at the sniper. But,

Usopp charged for Miss Merry Christmas with his rifle this time covered in Haki but also with something else. Something that caused the mole woman to fall to the ground, which then exploded at the touch, right when Usopp passed her. "Taruno Shitano Kakushiha (Hidden Blade Underneath the Barrel)!"

A close looker at Usopp's rifle revealed indeed a hidden blade edge that was located directly beneath the gun barrel, making for a robust sword. Something that Usopp had come up with since he felt a little below standard since most of the men in the Straw-Hat crew knew how to fight with blades.

Then Usopp's senses awoken when a certain large figure cast his shadow over Usopp. It was the slow-talking Mr. 4, readying his four-ton metal bat for the kill. Yet Usopp didn't try to run and instead raised both his right arm & rifle, still clad in Busoshoku Haki. And, with a large *clang*, Mr. Four was shocked to see that Usopp had blocked his attack. The large brute just didn't notice that Usopp had also covered his entire arm with Haki that allowed the sniper to take the fatal blow with pride.

'Luffy, thank you for teaching me the two forms of Haki. I wish that you can see how this power is finally making me a man, a sniper worthy of the Pirate King!' Usopp thought himself causally, like blocking a metal bat with a rifle was a typical thing to happen; then again, it was the Straw Hats, who experience chaos and the unbelievable and unexpected every single day.

"You idiot! Where we you when I needed you!?" Miss Merry Christmas shouted as she tried to get up from having not one but two explosions happen up close and personal today; her head was still pounding. "And watch it! Look, you idiot!" The mole woman called out off frustration than anything since Mr. 4 was about to be ambushed, and for real this time.

"Masutāzu: Futtosaido Sakura (Master Hoof: Side Sakura)!" Chopper appeared again in his Master Form, sending away the Mr. 4. "Thanks, but let me have some fun! I want to impress Big Brother too!"

Usopp smirked, not offended the least. "Whatever Chopper. You get the big guy and I will keep an eye out for this penguin of a bitch." Usopp replied with his back facing Chopper's, a lot like the popular scene of two close partners surrounded by enemies.

Meanwhile, near one of the ruins that haven't been demolished yet, a certain girl was watching everything from the safety and comfort being out of sight. But Kaya wasn't happy about hiding. She was a doctor, she was a woman, and she was also one of Luffy's crewmates. Usopp and Nami have finished their hiding days so why is Kaya hiding now?

'Why!? Why am I hiding!? I should be down there with Usopp-kun and Chopper-sensei! Why am I hiding and after how I started training with the both of them!?' Kaya cursed internally and then remembered when she finally broke the ice, asking a genuine doctor to take her in; even if that doctor was a little, talking reindeer.

Flashback Begins!

"Umm…Mr. Chopper?" The little, reindeer doctor was busy sorting out his medicine and doctor tools from within a small room in the King's Gourd that Luffy had reserved to be the med bay. It was almost as big a standard bedroom, with various cabinets and wall tables along with a couple of medical beds. There was even a spot in the room for the doctor's private study, behind a sheet. Then Chopper had a visitor,

Kaya saw that the door was ajar and when knocking didn't get Chopper's attention, she spoke up. "May I ask you something?" Kaya asked Chopper again and the little reindeer nodded,

"Go ahead, you just got started." Whatever Chopper said that out of innocence or to sneak in a 'clever' joke it didn't matter.

"M-may…may you take me as your student!?" Chopper felt his hat fly off his head for a few centimeters at the volume of that tone. Kaya blushed and covered her mouth almost instantly. "I-I mean that I have been treating the crew and I have been studying my medicine. My dream is to be a world-class doctor and you were trained by the once famous Doctor Kureha…"

"Hold it." Chopper spoke sternly and Kaya halted accordingly. "I understand your concerns and Big Brother already told me about your dream. But there should be nothing that wouldn't allow me to take you as anything least than a student, especially the Doctress." Kaya nodded, feeling a little ashamed,

"My point is, are you willing to not only learn from books but also from field work? A doctor doesn't stay in an office, waiting for his next patient. They are people that are willing and able to walk even though danger to help the injured they come across." Chopper explained and Kaya nodded, with eyes that were focused all on the little reindeer.

This means that you won't be waiting on the sidelines to heal and fix, you have to be besides your friends at all times to be a real doctor." Chopper finished. "I am asking that are you willing to train to be both a healer and a woman that can take care of herself? That is what a real doctor is all about. It is how both Big Brother and the Doctress trained me, and it was as hard as hell."

"I still will!" Kaya finally spoke up. "I will train and study hard! I will be a pirate that will be there when Mr. Luffy becomes Pirate King!" She proclaimed and Chopper nodded,

"So am I Kaya. I still have a lot to learn but on this journey, you will not only learn from me but I will also learn from you." Chopper answered. "You will be my student for half the time and the other half, we are co-doctors and partners like with the rest of the crew. Is that understood?" Kaya nodded, and Chopper got down from his chair. "Then let's get started."

"Yes sir!" This time, Chopper took it with a smile and nothing else.

Flashback Ends!

"No more." Kaya told herself once she returned from memory lane. "No more hiding! Chopper-sensei and Usopp-kun need my help. And more importantly, Luffy-kun needs me to fight! Now!" And the young lady vanished in a flash,

And just as this was happening, Usopp and Chopper jumped high up to avoid another one of Miss Merry Christmas's attacks from the sands. But the assassins counted on that and Mr. 4 appeared out of nowhere, with his metal bat ready for a merciless downward strike.

Both of the Straw Hats called out for their Haki to take most of the damage, but they weren't the ones hit by the bat. It was someone moving at a blur and took the weapon head on. Once Usopp and Chopper landed back on the ground, they were in shock to see. "KAYA-CHAN!"

It was Kaya alright, and with both of her arms severed at the elbows! Miss Merry Christmas saw that and started to laugh, "Nice one girly! You were the pin-nose's meat shield and now you won't even be able to do your hair again! That will teach you to be reckless!"

The mole woman wanted to laugh more but then the sands were sliced through with a clean cut, done by a large blade. And Mr. 4 was attacked in a similar way, prompting everyone to look around for the culprit. "It may be reckless…and it will worry my boyfriend and my teacher half to death…" It was Kaya that spoke, not even flinching with both of her arms cut through; she just had one of her thin and slender legs raised up high.

"But it is the way my captain trained me to fight!" A lot like a lizard, Kaya's arms regrew in mere seconds. While the assassins were baffled, at a lost as how it happened, both Usopp and Chopper remembered that Kaya had ate an Akuma no Mi days ago, prior to entering the Grand Line itself. "So how about it boys, may I fight aside you both?"

Kaya's sweet, sickly as well, smile left everyone speechless.

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And while all this was happening,

"Ushi Bari (Bull Needles)!"

"Supairaru Horō (Spiral Hollow)!"

Zoro charged with his two primary swords, positioned like a bull's horn ready for the ramming and stabbing. Too bad for Zoro, it was blocked by Mr. 1 who used his powers to create rapid-spinning blades on both forearms. Then it was too bad for the assassin that their stalemate will received interference, when one of the intact walls exploded.

This was enough to get their attention until a body was sent flying and right into Mr. 1, sending the large man to the ground in a body pile. "What the hell…?" Zoro could only be in awe, especially when Nami walked calmly out of the hole in the wall.

"Oh, there you were Zoro. You guy's racket made it hard to concentrate. Sorry about this interruption~!" Zoro couldn't believe that Nami turned into such an unbelievable woman, he secretly praised and blamed Luffy for all this.

Meanwhile, Mr. 1 was grumbling about the interruption with his partner on top. The problem was that Miss Doublefinger appeared to have been traumatized by something. She was frozen stiff with fear, staring at the blue, yellow and red spheres that floated around them both. "Just watch this, Zoro." Nami said, reviewing herself to be the sources of these strange balls. "Raiun no Tempo (Thundercloud Tempo)!"

Zoro was not disappointed with the results. He just watched in awe and a slight pale to see a collected area of thunder and lightning appear out of nowhere and assaulted the pair of assassins. All the while, Nami looked upon her handiwork with the smirk of a sadist lover of battle.

"So, what would you say Zoro? What to team up? If you help me win, I will lower your debits by 30%..." Nami tried her sweet look and smile on Zoro, who just huffed it off with a mumble. Until the real kicker came, "…and I can help convince Luffy-kun to let up our punishment. It will be fun, more for me~!"

"Fine!" Zoro retorted loudly, he couldn't believe that this was happening. His captain's girl talking about private fun, right in front of a pair of killers! Even if they were trying to ignore the numbing feeling in their arms and legs. "If you take out the prickly one, I will not tell Luffy what you tried to do me." Nami just smiled and quickly patted the swordsman on the head, so swift that Zoro only noticed something touch his hair. Regardless, both of them readied their weapons and braced for a couple of assassins, no longer holding back.

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"Princess Vivi!" That was the greeting presented to the Moving Crab when it finally arrived at the capital of Alabasta. It was all done by a large crowd of citizens that grouped all around the giant vehicle creature. There were especially men dressed in thick uniforms, (which resembled that of ancient Egyptian guards). One of them asked, "Thank goodness you are safe and well! But where is Igaram-san!?"

"He tried to get Baroque Works off my trail for a few moments before his ship exploded." Vivi said, much to the horror of the guards and the crowd. "Still, a close friend of mine told me that somehow, Igaram is alive and hidden for the time being." This didn't lift any of their spirits; it was understandable since they are unaware on how they can trust this 'close friend' like Vivi does.

"Nevertheless, it is good to see you again, my daughter!" This was really cut through the tension. And since this figure called Vivi his' daughter', It could only be the king at conflicts here in Alabasta; Nefeltari Cobra.

Cobra is a man of average height. He has a wrinkled face, a tied-off beard, and long, curly, black hair. He wears a green robe with yellow edging, an orange and beige sash around his waist, and a purple coat. He also wears sandals and a necklace. Yet somehow, Vivi felt like there was something off about her 'father'. "It brings joy to my heart to see you in company of fine ladies that travel the sea, you must have made friends with them all…"

That was when Alvida took her club and struck King Cobra on the face with it. This shocked everyone and when Vivi was about to speak up, "The 'King' wouldn't have known that there are more ladies than me in the crew. And especially since there is nothing that gives me away that I am a sailor, least a pirate. Only a certain impersonator, Mr. 2!"

Everyone turned to the 'king' who started to chuckle at a very high voice, "You are half right, with the name that is!" Once the 'king' got up, everyone was shocked to see that it was simply someone else entirely that was just wearing the king's robes. "My full codename is Mr. 2 Bon Clay! Snazzy and beautiful, isn't it?" Vivi was shocked and started to realize that it was no coincidence that the flamboyant sailor from ages ago had her father's face; she even noticed that Luffy did as well, no doubt he told a couple of his crewmates to keep it in mind.

"Whatever freak. Captain has told me that since Mr. Mosshead has the number one agent, I will make do with the next best thing." Alvida retorted, with her signature mace readied for the head bashing. Meanwhile, the crossdressing Mr. 2 Bon Clay (or whatever) had gotten into a martial artist stance that looked a lot like a ballet dancer's posture; this maybe freakish but this guy was still an assassin, and a strong one if he was enlisted by Crocodile himself.

Then it happened. Another sandstorm had appeared at the very core of the Alabasta deserts, so large that it could be seen as far from Rainbase as here in Alubarna. Yet, once the storm was in sights, it suddenly exploded. What came after will be sealed in history and in everyone's minds forever. It rained, for the first time in ages, just not of water; but of blood.

End of Chapter 25.

*I thought that I will make these updates to jump start May since I will be spending a lot more of my time studying for my finals. And would you know it, I have to cram again! Just like the Thursday before my Spring Break! *