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Suddenly he was back out in the air, and could smell again. It was Miss All Sunday. He looked to the side, coughing blood. "Than-k yo-u. Knew y-ou were g-ood," Luffy hacked. The woman furrowed her bows, and walked closer, not touching his blood as she revealed a string of blood packs. She dribbled in his mouth, and couldn't help but watch as his wounds healed over.

He was covered in blood, could taste it in his mouth. He was too tired to do anything, though. Even with the blood he was given, he'd lost a lot. Four bags were not nearly enough. But it was all he could ask for. "H-ow? D-you know?"

"You're very interesting. I've known since the first time I saw you in person," Miss All Sunday said lightly. "But that's no matter now. You have someplace to be, don't you?" she asked. He nodded, and rolled over, but couldn't stand up. She handed him his hat, and Luffy's whole body was covered in blood. It didn't burn the sand below or his clothes.

Did it only work against enemies? And his teeth had worked against a logia. What was he? He wanted to know what he was, what the purpose was for him to be the way he was. She looked at him for a bit, seeing he couldn't move and was pale. Robin hesitantly helped him up, taking her jacket off to not get blood on it.

His blood didn't burn her, and he was then unconscious. When he woke up, he was in a room on a bed. He smelled someone there, and also a bird. He felt much better, and looked to see the blood was cleaned off of him but for his clothes. He looked around and saw who had treated him, it seemed.

Then he smelled a pile of meat, which he ate greedily, feeling great. "Hey, who are you?"

His name was Pell the Falcon, one of the main guards for the palace. He said, "Your body is very interesting. You had all this blood but no wounds." Luffy said he didn't want to talk about that. He did ask what happened to Miss All Sunday. "She left when I brought you here. Is it true you helped princess Vivi?"

Luffy nodded. "She's so determined to save her kingdom, and so we're trying to help too. We brought her here for Whiskey Peak. I need to go to Alubarna now and help my friends. But it's so far away," he cursed.

"I was planning on going there myself. To help with the current situation. I'll bring you with me. But we have no way to defeat Crocodile even if we go there." Luffy knew using his blood would be futile. He would get injured in the process. But water had hardened his body and injured him lightly, besides the burns.

Luffy said, "Water is his weakness. It makes his sand body solid and hurt to attacks. If I can use a lot of water, then I could defeat him. I'm not dead. I have to fight, even if I was dead!" he declared with conviction. "Let's go save everyone and take down Crocodile," he said firmly.

Pell smiled and agreed. They got a barrel of water and strapped it to his back with ropes and belts, and got a tube that he could drink through. It was their best plan. He wanted to meet Miss All Sunday again. If he was hearing right, then she knew about him. What he was and where he came from. He had to find her and get that information. He wouldn't live in regret not knowing!

Pell was injured himself, but not too badly. Luffy climbed onto his falcon back and held on tightly, body flat while his hands held onto the junction between his neck and wings. He flew as fast as he could. It had been a little over an hour and a half. If they got there fast, maybe things could be fine. He would get there in time to help.

Crocodile would be shocked to see him, no doubt. He smiled, not wanting to wait to see that look on his face. Plus all of the burns would be a nice sight, too. They flew fast and Luffy led them to where he smelled Vivi. All of his friends' scents were strong in this area they directly passed through.

He smelled a lot of blood around, which wasn't his or in blood bags this time. When they were near the city, Luffy took in a deep whiff. He found Crocodile easily, mostly because he also had Luffy's scent. Nothing was stronger than his own smell of blood. "Down there!" Luffy shouted. Vivi screamed as she fell, but they caught her and flew up.

Looking down, he saw Crocodile's face was showing shock, rage and a bit of fear. He had something on to cover the burns across his arm. He also saw his hook was damaged, but still sharp.

"Luffy! Pell," Vivi sobbed. "The palace is going to be bombed!" Her body was shaking from intense sobs. "There isn't any time left! Everyone is going to die, and no one can hear my voice! If this continues, this country will…!"

"Vivi! Don't worry, we can hear your voice clearly," he said with a bright grin on her face. "You say there's a bomb?" Luffy asked. Vivi nodded, begging for him to be able to hear it. He shut his eyes, but there were so many sounds. The sounds of weapons clashing, guns going off, screams, crying, the sound of the wind. "I- I can't hear it. I'm sorry," Luffy said. "I can't stop the bomb, but I will stop Crocodile. You can count on that!"

"But, you are covered in blood-" Luffy lifted his shirt to show Vivi.

"Neehee, not anymore," he said with a grin. "I ate some blood and a ton of meat! I'm ready, don't worry," Luffy said firmly. "I will not lose or die." He stared up at Crocodile and then jumped to the ledge he was on.

"Weren't your wounds mortal?" he asked in a deep, furious voice.

"Weren't your burns visible?" Luffy shot back. He was embarrassed about how badly he lost last time. He wouldn't lose like that again. Never again. Crocodile glared sharper when he said that. He could hear his friends cheer him on from below as he stood in front of the warlord, his barrel securely on his back.

"You want to be impaled again? No matter how many times you try, you guys still can't get me," he said, though his body showed he was on guard. Luffy was petty, and asked who had been impaled, lifting his shirt. He took that moment to spit water at the enemy and punched him in the face into the wall.

Crocodile was shocked, strapped in the palace wall before he stood up. "Gomu gomu buzzsaw!" he said as he rapidly twisted his body in front flips that slammed them into the enemy's chest. He was still drenched in water, and Luffy let off a battle axe, not afraid to damage the palace structure.

They'd all rather save lives than buildings. Crocodile laid on the ground, but Luffy wasn't giving him even a second to recover. He shot at him and kicked in his nuts and then grabbed him and flipped him over to the ground. The man seemed to be in shock. This time, Luffy was the one to talk. "The water you crushed was from Yuba. It explained why you hate the rain, why you want this dry country. Your weakness is water! And I've got plenty to use! You're scared of it, and I won't hold back."

Crocodile laughed, but it didn't sound amused. "Even when you were in such danger, you learned my trick. You're still so young, you think that's all there is to it? I'm one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!" he raged, sitting up.

"Then I'm the eighth warlord!" Silence. He shot a bullet at him, but he ducked. He grabbed it and Luffy just barely got out. "Ah! I forgot about that power! You don't get to drain my arm again!"

"Then I'll do the rest of your body, you monster!" Crocodile said, and grabbed him and trapped his arm in his sand. Luffy sprayed a mouthful of water over it, making the sand sag and useless. He knew his tricks. But he didn't know Luffy's. After all, he didn't even know himself. But for now, he'd use normal attacks.

Miss All Sunday was watching from behind, and he made no sign he knew her or even knew of her besides her being a butthead to them all on the ship and then. "Did you want to know what happened to your banana gators when you left? I scared them away!" Luffy shouted, dodging a desert spada that cracked open the ground, slicing the palace wall below in half.

Luckily, it didn't hurt anyone down below, still fighting. "How childish. You think you scared a banana gator? What a stupid lie!" he shouted and lunged for Luffy, grabbing his arm and succeeding in sucking out the moisture. Luffy took a long gulp and then another before he did a punch and then faked it.

"I'm totally confident!" he said as he punched Crocodile with the other arm he hadn't made it look like. "I've been planning this from the beginning!" he shouted and threw the whole barrel at him, drenching him in water. "Get soaked, you!"

Crocodile stood up, furious, veins pronounced on his forehead completely. He looked like a mad man, completely different from the composed and cocky person he'd been during their first fight that Luffy lost spectacularly. "Of course you did. Sandstorm!" he shouted, forming sand in the palm of his hand. The palace courtyard, or wherever they were, was blown apart. Luffy was, too, but managed to grab on to what was left of his water barrel, landing with it hard.

"Straw Hat, are you actually going serious in this fight? All you have now is a barrel of water. Besides that, you haven't changed one bit from the last fight." Luffy pointed to his own face, and Crocodile scowled.

"But you're right. I haven't changed. It wouldn't be any different! But how about this?" he demanded, and drank every last drop of water, making his stomach bulge and bounce with all of the water inside, trapped with nowhere to go. He almost spit it up, and had to cover his mouth. He was glad he no longer had a hole in his stomach. "Oh, guh. Almost lost it," he said with a deep breath. Everyone there was looking at him in disbelief. "I-If it's like this, then I am different than last time!"

Crocodile was dumbfounded. "You can't be serious."

"Now I'm Water Luffy, the eight Warlord!" He nearly vomited again. "I guess you can't drink this much water." He was incredibly uncomfortable with it stretching his skin but also bouncing around. Well, he wouldn't be Water Luffy for long, hopefully. Miss All Sunday started laughing from behind Crocodile.

"You damned kid, what the hell are you joking about?!" the warlord raged. Luffy pumped water up from his stomach and spit a huge ball of water at him, soaking him once again freshly. He laughed but spit up some more water accidentally.

Luffy demanded, "Who's kidding?! I'm always serious! Gomu gomu rocket punch!" he shouted, slamming both hands straight into Crocodile's stomach, making him spit up some blood onto Luffy's face. But then he jumped away when he saw how close Luffy's mouth was to his throat. He bit him before, who says he couldn't now?

He fell back and laid on the ground, breathing quickly, trying to catch his breath, his eyes white from the shock or maybe pain. He'd reacted on instinct to not be close to Luffy's face, perhaps. Miss All Sunday walked past him, and he stared at her. Was she lying before? But she knew about the blood. So, she was a good person, but she was hurting Vivi's dad. He was tired of this. Feeling bad for thinking someone bad was good.

"Your good luck ends here. No more time for you," she said pleasantly, and took the king away.

Crocodile was awake again and stood up. "Get away from here, Nico Robin! If you don't want to be dried, too! I am PISSED!" he raged. "Straw Hat, you listen. Every rock on this earth will be destroyed!" Luffy watched as the ground died before him, spreading out from the enemy's hands and hurried towards Luffy. He was killing the ground, grass, even rocks were turning into sand.

Seconds later, the whole courtyard had not a trace of vegetation. The ground beneath him crumbled, but he managed to catch onto one of the ledges, and turned in Crocodile's direction and shot him with more water bubbles. But his hand shot out and he absorbed the water. He had thought being wet on any part of his body weakened it.

Crocodile sucked out all moisture further, damaging the building itself and not the floor. Parts of the walls started to turn into sand, and Luffy felt he was in real danger. Luffy looked down and saw the sole of his shoe was being dissolved, as well. He managed to grab onto the ledge of the roof, and look down at the destruction of everything that now became a thin layer of desert. If the surrounding buildings weren't around, it would look like a normal desert.

"That was close. Where'd he go?" But then he heard the rush of sand before him and swung to the side. He brought his leg up and got it wet, slamming it into the wrong hand, which caught him and dried his leg. He tried spouting water at him, but his head was pulled back and the balls of water went straight up.

His leg spread to the rest of his body until he was a mummy. He could barely hear or see anything until all went black, and the last thing he heard was Crocodile telling him he'd lost again, laughing.

The teen drifted down to the desert ground like he was a paper in the wind. He landed with barely a sound, nothing left in him to make him heavy at all. But after Crocodile left, the three balls of water from before, that had been spouted in the wrong direction, landed on him directly. He absorbed the moisture, but was not healed. His whole body was damaged badly. He could barely move. The water hadn't cured him.

He was solid, but felt just as empty as he was when he was a mummy. He needed blood. He smelled the air for any human, anybody near. Before he went after Crocodile the third time, he needed blood. And a nap. He searched the area, but there was nobody around. He did find a horse. No humans around, but a horse just waiting there. He didn't remember ever drinking animal blood. It didn't look or smell appetizing at all.

But he was dying. Even if he was alive, he could barely move, barely think. He spooked the horse but grabbed onto it, biting into the hide with no problem and drinking heavily. Once the horse finally got away, Luffy was on the ground, on his knees and forearms. Everything was fuzzy. None of his senses were working but his sense of smell. He couldn't see anything, he was blind.

He felt so angry, and scared. Barely managing to stand up, he felt wetness drip down his face. He thought he was crying, but it was too thick. Was he bleeding? He followed the scent of Crocodile, desperate to win. He threw up all over the ground, and stumbled to the side, tripping over a body and landing hard.

"Hey-! Straw Hat Luffy!?" It was the Kuina look-alike, great. "Oh my god…" she said, looking at his bleeding eyes and nose. Not to mention all the blood he'd thrown up. "What happened to you?" she asked in shock.

"Cro-croco-dile," Luffy said. He meant to say something about needing to defeat him, but all he could say was his name.

"Crocodile did this?" she asked in horror. He tried standing up, but fell into her legs. She grabbed onto his shoulder, but he still couldn't see. Luckily he could hear now. "W-Where he go?" Luffy asked. Blood was coming out of his ears now, too.

Kuina look-alike said he wouldn't be able to fight him like this. He was too injured. "N-No, have to." He vomited more blood all over her. She screamed and dropped him. He coughed and gasped. What was wrong with him? Was it because he drank from a horse? Did it make him sick?

His sight slowly came back, and he saw the marine girl wiping his face off. He gasped and turned on his side to vomit. "You desperately need medical attention," she insisted. He stood up, feeling better with less horse blood. But now he needed human blood. Throwing up the rest, he was stable again.

Luffy disliked this girl, but he would not attack her. She helped him. "You can't fight like this!" she insisted. Luffy looked at her, and asked if she could. She looked at her broken wrist and cut up body and shook her head. He turned, and went on his way, staggering, but much better. Looking in the window, he saw his eyes were red from blood, dripping down like he'd been crying uncontrollably. He had some coming out of every orifice on his face.

He followed the scent and came across a tomb. But they were below. He went down. He was dumb, he needed blood, but a bomb was about to go off. He ran down the halls in a daze, following the scent and found three people. One of them was Miss All Sunday, who was gravely injured it seemed. The king was unconscious, and Crocodile was standing in front of a stone with writing on it.

The place was deep underground, and he didn't know or care why. He found a source of food. A big one. His teeth could do it. He could do it without killing him. "Straw Hat?! Why won't you d-?! The hell?" Luffy looked completely sick and deranged. His eyes a bloody mess, and blood staining his mouth and nose.

Crocodile was truly unnerved by Luffy here. The enemy woman looked shocked, too, though she was injured, as well. Luffy was hunched over, just staring at the enemy. Then he rushed him and slammed his face into the wall, dazing him before he got on his back and bit down on his shoulder, breaking the skin and drinking heavily, not caring when he started to look ill.

Once he was unconscious but not dead, Luffy came back to himself enough to notice he was going to face plant. He landed with a sickening thud, feeling more blood bubble up in his mouth and drip out. The king was now sitting next to him. He rolled Luffy over and was another person so be horrified at his state.

"Wake him up," Miss All Sunday said, clutching her stomach but stumbling over. Cobra shook Luffy awake, his eyes snapped open and he looked everywhere in shock and fear. What was going on? How did he get here? "What happened to you?"

Luffy coughed, getting blood on her shirt, which was already covered in it. "Hor-se," he said. She looked puzzled and helped him get onto his hands and knees and throw everything up. Everything from the horse, from Crocodile. He was completely empty. The bleeding stopped and he couldn't move.

"Cobra, take him, get him human blood," Robin said. "He will die if you don't." Cobra looked at Luffy, asking if he was safe to be around. "He won't be waking up soon."

"What is he?"

"I'd like to find out." Luffy was picked up, and carried out of the tombs, finding it was raining. The rain cleaned off Luffy's face, but the blood was still crusted in some places. He found the Straw Hats all sleeping in one area. He shouted at everyone to wake up. Some didn't respond while others saw Luffy and jumped up.

"What happened?!" Chopper screamed. The king said he wasn't sure, but he threw up a lot of blood. "Where's your hospital?!" He was directed to the palace and was carrying Luffy in his monster point as he headed to the damaged palace as fast as possible. He was unresponsive, seemed comatose.

When he got to the place, Chopper threw everything around carelessly, looking for any blood. He found a large fridge with them, and brought seven packages. He had Luffy on the bed already, and propped him up and got a feeding tube and put the blood in that way. Luffy didn't throw it up, but didn't wake him up.

His heartbeat was normal now as he got him more blood. Chopper saw his body was pretty much dying without blood. He knew Luffy's blood type already and started a transfusion, trying to get his body back to normal as fast as possible.

The king was in the room, Chopper hearing the others run down the hall and to the infirmary. "Shhh! Don't shout, he needs rest." Most of them were horrified by the state he was in. Mostly his face and how pale he was. "I don't know what happened, but he smells like animal blood. Zoro said not to let him have any, right?"

Sanji asked why they didn't say anything to Luffy about it. "What actually happened, what did Ace tell you?" the blonde demanded.

"He said it was like poison," he said simply, dumbly. "I didn't know Luffy didn't know. He's never talked about animal blood before, I just assumed."

"Then why didn't Ace tell him? What the fuck?" Sanji asked, confused. Zoro said it had been traumatizing for Luffy, and he just didn't want him to remember it. He's just told Luffy it made him sick and just made sure he didn't drink animal blood ever again. He only said it was traumatizing, with nightmares, but with no memory of the time. Hopefully… Luffy doesn't remember what happened."

Vivi asked her father if he knew what happened. He looked surprised she knew about it. "We all know about it," she said. "You brought him here, right? Do you know what happened?" she insisted.

"He came in bleeding from the face, and attacked Crocodile. He might be dead. Nico Robin was betrayed in the chamber, stabbed by her boss. She knew what to do, it seemed. She helped him throw everything in his stomach up and then told me to get him a lot of human blood or he'd die. I don't know what happened to her after that."

Nami asked who that was. "Her code name was Miss All Sunday." They all gasped, jaws dropped. "She was Crocodile's right hand woman."

Usopp said he noticed Luffy acted weird about her. "Do you think she actually is a good person? She did such horrible things, but she saved Luffy." Vivi was shocked, and confused. Why would she hurt them only to save Luffy?

"The only way we'll know is if we ask her. For now, I think that we all need some sleep and medical attention." They each passed out on one of the beds, and Cobra promised he'd keep them safe there. The room was full of the sounds of snores.