I am sorry for updating late , tried to get things under a schedule. There will be some delays between chapters , there is only so much memory can help someone. So I started to watch the anime again , and this is crucial for Alabasta.

I don't own One Piece!

Leo stood next to Luffy , his mind racing with a billion thoughts a second. The ale was from Usopp and Nami , but they'd never do something like this. The other giant would never do this , so this meant that Dorry was going to blame us and there were other people on the island.

Shaking himself back to reality , Leo turned around , walking towards the treeline. He was oozing killing intent when Vivi noticed him leaving.

"Where are you going?" She asked , getting Luffy's attention on him too. Leo stopped , then turned around , eyes spinning faster than ever before.

" I'm going to take a walk , find whoever did this. Is that okay , captain?" Leo addressed Luffy in the last sentence. Luffy looked at his lookout right in the eyes , and nodded.

"Take care." Leo yelled , entering the jungle.

Meanwhile. Usopp , who had watched the giants fight , was talking to Brogy.

"I want to be like you!" he exclaimed , and Brogy looked confused.

"You wanna be a giant?" he asked , laughing. That was just silly. Usopp sweat dropped while Nami just laughed.

"No no no!" he answered , "I want to be a brave warrior of the sea , like you guys."

Brogy went on about explaining explaining what honor meant to his new disciple while their enemies were plotting something new.

Mr 3 and his partners were preparing traps for the straw hats. There were wax statues –made by Mr 3- that looked exactly like the crew members , all around the forest.

"Now we just wait for them to get close , then we capture them." Mr 3 explained his master plan , and his accomplices –Mr 5 , Miss Valentine and Miss Goldenweek- nodded.

Zoro had gotten lost in the jungle , carrying a three horned dinosaur. He noticed Nami , leaning against a tree.

"Yo , Nami. I kinda got lost." He got closer to the navigator , but she wasn't moving.

BAM!

Zoro was knocked out!

Nami and Usopp –who had went into the jungle when the volcano erupted- were running away from a tiger , that was running away from a t-rex. Usopp , with a sudden burst of speed , ran faster than Nami , leaving her behind.

Nami then saw Luffy waving at them , and ran over to him. "Luffy , are you okay?" she asked , now in front of him.

KYAAAA!

Usopp heard Nami scream far away and thinking she was eaten , ran to find Luffy. He found him super fast , under a mountain with only his upper half sticking out.

"Luffy!" he shouted , getting their attention. "Nami was eaten by a dinosaur! I let a nakama get eaten!" he cried with Luffy.

"We were running away from dinosaurs and I heard her scream." He explained what happened and continued crying .

Vivi , who was trying to get their attention by regular means suddenly shouted.

"Guys stop!" Luffy and Usopp turned to her. Vivi sighed , this was too tiring. "You said that you only heard her scream. That means she might not be eaten , we know there are other people on the island , so let's not get ahead of ourselves." She explained , and Usopp nodded.

"What is going on here?" Usopp asked , finally noticing his captains predicament.

"Well , a barrel or sake exploded inside of Dorry and he went to the duel with those injuries." Vivi explained , looking towards the giants , who were exchanging blows.

Usopp looked shocked. "The duel that they had for over 100 years is sabotaged?" he muttered.

In the jungle , Leo was angry at everything. "When I find the one who did this.." he muttered , scratching his left arm. These god damn animals weren't helping either , he thought , punching another dinosaur in the throat. He mumbled some curses under his breath , swatting another fly away.

He turned towards the giants , he was quite a long distance away from them. His eyes adjusted after a second , zooming into their fight. Dorry was losing , he noted sadly. The giant was still emanating power , even after those injuries.

There was something else , two people near the fight , emanating a strange energy. He then witnessed something that made his blood boil. One of the figures , threw something white under Dorry's feet , tripping him and allowing the other giant to land a fatal blow. He knew Dorry wasn't dead , seeing how the energy didn't stop emanating.

Leo started to walk towards the culprits , tripping over rocks and animals in the process.

Mr 5 and Miss Valentine had found their target , Monkey D. Luffy , but not in the position they expected. He was under a mountain , with his head sticking out. The princess was here too , along with some curly haired guy that wasn't on the list. They hadn't captured the last target , Mercy D. Leo , and Mr 5 didn't want to get near him. He was covered in so many rumors that one couldn't tell who he actually was.

They had found princess' bird in the forest , but couldn't set up a trap with it even after beating it up. Whatever , we got our target anyway , Mr 5 thought , 'Bomb Kicking' Luffy in the face. They restrained Vivi and started to take her to Mr 3 , it was his plan after all.

Said Mr 3 was currently laughing at the giant –Red Ogre Brogy's- face , telling him how he killed his injured friend when Mr 5 arrived with the princess of Alabasta.

After some complaining on Mr 3 about how they were late , Mr 5 threw Vivi to the ground.

Leo was slowly walking to his destination , the place that the duel took place –and unknown to him , the place where Mr 3 was at- he rubbed his sweaty hands together , trying to get some heat in his body. A dinosaur had clawed his shirt and hoodie off , leaving his upper half without clothes.

He sighed , and saw Luffy , under a mountain. Panicked , he quickly ran to his captain , who was with Usopp and Carue , doing something. The sniper noticed him first.

"Leo help us get Luffy out of here!" Leo quickly got to helping them.

Meanwhile , Mr 3 had created something that has the layers of a pie with a pumpkin at its top. It was spinning while columns on top of the pumpkin head were on fire , spreading wax over the trapped crewman at the bottom layer.

Zoro , Vivi , Nami and Brogy were all trapped in the wax , slowly getting encased by the wax coming from the top of Mr 3's creation. The giant had gotten out , only to be defeated by a snot bomb to the face. Then Mr 3 had encased him with even more wax , putting columns of it through his hands and feet.

"Oi , ossan." Zoro called out , getting Brogy's attention. "You can get out of there right?" He asked , getting a confused look from Zoro , who unsheathed his swords.

Nami gasped. "You cant do it!" she exclaimed , and Zoro grinned. "Oh I will." He answered , pointing his swords towards his feet.

"I'm going to cut my legs and fight!" he announced his genius plan to the world. Mr 3 scoffed , he couldn't mean it.

"He is just bluffing , no one could go through with it!" he exclaimed.

"How are you supposed to fight without your legs?" Nami yelled , throwing her hands up in the air.

"I don't know , but I plan to win." He smirked at the officer agents down below. Brogy started laughing , getting their attention.

"I had lost my purpose to fight , but with a spirit like that , how could I refuse!" he shouted , struggling to get out of his bindings , which was when Luffy , Usopp and Carue tumbled through the field shouting:

"I'll kick your ass!" Leo , who chose to actually walk into the field , gave a small smile , which turned into a frown when he noticed Zoro's legs.

"Oi , what happened to your legs?" he asked , getting Nami's attention. Zoro shrugged , as if nothing was wrong.

"I was halfway through when you guys tumbled in." He replied , and Leo's frown deepened. "I will be the one that fixes that you know." He responded , crossing his arms.

"We really need a doctor , I can't be the healer forever you know?" He exclaimed , throwing his hands up in frustration at his crewmates actions.

Luffy , having gotten everyone's attention , started to walk towards Mr 3. Nami started coughing again and Zoro shouted over to Luffy.

"Luffy , not that it's a problem or anything , mind getting us out of here first."

Luffy nodded , holding his right arm. "Okay , let's do this Usopp!" he yelled to his sharpshooter , who nodded in response.

Zoro turned his face around when he heard something moving. Leo was there , sitting under a tree. Zoro could see , even from this distance that their lookout was sick. He was panting , and the shivers could be seen from where Zoro was.

Mr 3 watched in shock as his prisoners suddenly relaxed and stopped caring about getting killed. The swordsman's –after looking away for a moment- was posing , suggesting others to do the same.

Usopp and Carue got worked up , and ran behind the treeline. "We will back you up Luffy!" he shouted , and his captain looked back.

"You said something?" he asked.

Mr 3 was confused , how did this man had so much effect on his prisoners?

"He certainly doesn't look reliable." He noted , looking at the straw hat captain.

A little bit off the side , Leo was trying to get himself together. He was burning up and sweating like a waterfall. 'And I'm hallucinating' he noted grimly , looking up at his father figure. The man had brown long hair , grey eyes and a kind smile on his face. He had a square jaw , slight beard and a noticeable scar running down from his right eye , which he kept closed most of the time.

Leo sighed , watching as his hallucinated father figure crouched in front of him. Leo gave a small smirk to match the man in front of him , he wanted to believe he was real and right there but he couldn't.

"What a mess you got yourself in , kiddo." The older man said , his tone was kind –a little humorous , even- and Leo glared at the man.

"I'm not a kiddo , you old bastard." He responded , noting how dry his throat was.

"I had been here , you know." His father said , his smile never leaving its place. Leo glanced downwards , seeing the same clothes he was used to.

"You never told me that." Leo responded , looking at the red trench coat that he wore nothing underneath. Leo knew that his father never came here , he had told all of his adventures and this wasn't in it.

"I never knew hallucinations lied." He added , crossing his legs in front of him.

"It is funny isn't it? After everything you've been through , an illness is what takes you away." His father said , the kind tone leaving his voice , now replaced with sadness.

"I won't die" Leo started , looking at his hallucination with a mad grin. "I am not leaving yet , you'll see. They will save me." His father chuckled , getting up from his position and looking at him with a matching grin.

"Well , you need to save them if you want to live." Leo watched as his father strolled in to the fire –wait , fire?- and disappeared.

"Be careful , Leonidas." His fathers voice echoed as Leo got up , checking his surroundings. Everything was on fire , and Usopp was at gunpoint.

Without a word , Leo quickly disappeared , only to shove a surprised sniper away. "Hey Le-" but before Usopp could continue , Leo blew up.

"Breeze Breath Bomb." Mr 5 said , holding a flintlock pistol in his hand. The dust blew away to reveal Leo , who was barely standing up. Miss Valentine took this opportunity to slam him to the ground.

"Stay there , will you?" she said , now sitting on Leo's chest , who grunted at the weight. "You are fatter than you look." He gasped out between coughs , whatever was going on with him and her weight was getting to Leo.

"I am not fat! Its my devil fruit you idiot!" she yelled , punching him in the face. Then a smirk made its way to her face. "Let's see how tough you are." Leo wasn't quite seeing her though , his vision was filled with spots.

"Crescendo Stone." He heard before Miss Valentine started getting heavier. Leo's vision started to come back , but with his father as an extra. He was standing next to him , his face right next to Miss Valentine's.

"This" he started , poking the woman's face.

"Is this what you are going to lose to?" he asked , with a kidding tone in his voice. Leo grunted , "You survived everything so far , and this is it , huh?" he went on.

"1.000 kilo press!" Leo heard , as his ribs started to give in to the pressure. His father crouched down to eye level. "You are pathetic!" he shouted , anger evident in his voice.

"I trained you! But you threw away everything , you don't even use weapons anymore! How dare you lose to someone so lower than you?!" Leo glared at his father , feeling a familiar surge of power coursing through him.

Usopp had outsmarted his opponent –Mr 5- and was trying to get the woman off of Leo.

"You can't hope to do anything now , I weigh 5.000 kilos!" she laughed at him , and her face turned into one of surprise.

"Wh-wh-whaaaat?" she yelled in shock , falling backwards. Leo had pushed her off him with a single shove.

"How? This is not po-" she stopped , terrified at what was in front of her. Leo looked calm , but his eyes had the deadliest glare ever. The yellow color in his eyes were gradually becoming something different.

Leo rubbed his eyes , tired and angry at the same time. He had felt something change in his eyes , and they were draining his energy to be completed. He hadn't gotten any better , still sick and with his father behind Miss Valentine.

He decided to end this fast , and leapt into action. Kicking the ground as much as he could at once with his Devil Fruit enhanced legs , Leo disappeared from view only to appear in front of Miss Valentine. Raising a finger towards her neck , he thrust it forward. Not a super fast move like with his legs , just a normal speed jab with his finger.

Suddenly Miss Valentine fell to the ground , unconscious. Nami and Vivi chose this moment to jump out of the fire in front of Leo.

Leo smiled at Nami , and fell into her arms , the exhaustion and sickness catching up with him.

-x-

Leo woke up inside the kitchen of Going Merry with the biggest headache he had ever felt. "Why am I in the kitchen?" he asked himself. 'And what's with the blanket?' he thought , getting up from his spot at the back of the room. The door opened , revealing Vivi with a rag in his hand.

"You should be resting." She exclaimed , putting a hand on Leo's forehead. "Your fever hasn't gone down." She noted to herself. Leo nodded dumbly , his head not wrapped around what was going on yet. Then Vivi gasped , pointing at his eyes.

"Leo your eyes!" she exclaimed , and Leo frowned in confusion. "What?" he asked , had she just noticed how they looked?

"Just look at a mirror!" she exclaimed in frustration. Leo sighed , but complied with her request anyway. What he saw shocked him.

His eyes had changed color. The yellow was replaced with small white crack-like lines going to where the iris should be from all directions. 'They look like shattered glass' Leo hummed in confusion.

"I think they are going to evolve or something." He mumbled , Vivi right beside him. "What do you mean?" she inquired , curious about the subject.

"I dunno , this never happened before. They started draining power at Little Garden , this must be why. My vision isn't going blind or anything , its actually getting better." Vivi nodded in confusion as Leo started to leave the kitchen , staggering a few steps.

"You are still sick , get some rest." She said , and Leo stopped. "Is everyone okay?" he asked , turning around. Vivi reeled backwards at the unexpected movement and shook her head.

"Nami-san is sick too." She answered and Leo hurried out the door.

Vivi followed him right to where Nami was , with Luffy and Usopp behind her. They found him holding Nami's hand , who was awake , and talking to her.

"Look who is talking." Nami responded to something Leo said , who just smirked in response.

"We both need a doctor , and I can actually move. Don't worry about me." He explained , leaning backwards on his chair.

"Where are we going now?" Leo asked , addressing the trio by the door. Vivi was the one to respond.

"We are looking for the nearest island to get a doctor for you two."

"There is one near here , we should reach it soon." Leo said , closing his eyes. "It should take some time if we don't move fast enough." He added with a yawn , slowly falling asleep.

-x-

Leo was awake , watching the course for a few hours now. After they had went off course because of their swordsman mistake , Leo had took the Pose from Nami and sat on the chair that was in the upper deck. Vivi was going back and forth between him and Nami to make sure they were not getting worse. Leo hadn't budged from his spot unless he was checking up on Nami.

"We are getting closer." He shouted to the crew , going inside to check on Nami.

Not ten minutes after , shouting came from the deck. Leo was sleeping on the chair , and jolted up from his spot. Sighing , he slowly got to the deck. What he saw surprised him.

There were soldiers pointing weapons of all kinds at his friends. A click right next to him took his attention. About fifteen soldiers were near him , Leo sighed again.

"What is this Luffy?" he shouted over to his captain , who turned around in surprise.

"Oh , Leo. We are under attack." Was the smart response from his captain. A soldier came closer to him , a dagger in hand.

"What is in there huh?" he asked , pointing the dagger at Leo's neck.

"None of your business." Leo responded , sounding bored. Sanji was near the door too , but walked closer to the deck when he saw Leo. 'I pity those guys' the cook thought bitterly.

The soldier Leo was talking to growled , and went to stab him. Suddenly , he was on the ground with the dagger in Leo's hand. He hadn't moved an inch , and the soldiers took a step back.

Leo expertly twirled the dagger in his hand , a mad grin on his face.

"It has been way too long since I used one of these." He muttered , turning to the soldiers who visibly flinched.

"Now" he started , holding the dagger in a reverse grip.

"Let's do this."