Everyone was continuing on their journey at a slow pace as they had split into two groups. Most of the females and Eyelash the Camel were now resting in some nearby ruins as they tried to catch their breath.

"What...what happened...with the Captain?" Valerie wheezed as she set and unconscious Grace down in the sand.

"I don't know." Nojiko said as she looked back at where they all were running from. "I've never seen Luffy so...violent before."

"And what was...that strange power he let off?" Vivi said. "It knocked Grace out and nearly all of us as well."

"Sanji wouldn't let him eat anything, so he ate some nearby cacti." Grace mumbled as she woke up before shaking like a leaf. As they were all discussing why Luffy went bonkers, Nami was staring in concern at what Luffy said.

"I won't let you...take them away again." she whispered to herself. "Luffy..." All of them continued on as the sun began to set. It was a little before the sun sunk over the horizon that the men all caught up to them.

"Guys!" Vivi said with a smile before it was replaced with horror. All of them were walking towards them, limping really, as they were all bandaged up and covered in dirt and bruises.

"What happened to you all?!" Nojiko asked. "Don't tell me Luffy did all that!"

"He did all of this alright!" Sanji said. "Had to fight him to get him to stop!"

Earlier-

The crew was continuing their journey on to Yuba before Luffy's stomach grumbled.

"Sanji, food please." Luffy said.

"Forget it. You keep asking every 15 minutes and I keep telling you no!" Sanji said in an irritated tone. Luffy only pouted before stumbling over some cacti.

"I'll eat this then." he said with a grin as he took two of little cacti up and popped them into his mouth. Chopper groaned from where he lay on his makeshift sled as he looked up at Luffy.

"Luffy...what are you eating?" he said in a weak voice.

"You shithead!" Sanji said as he noticed the chewing as well. "I told you not to eat our food!"

"He ate some stupid cactus from the ground." Usopp moaned out as he used a stick to keep upright while walking before pointing at one on the ground. "See?"

"Oh no! That kind of cacti has hallucinogens in it!" Chopper cried out as he sat up on his sled.

"Too late to tell Luffy that." Gin said as Luffy began wigging out and going crazy. He started swinging at nothing as he ran around in circles with swirls in his eyes.

"It's too hot to deal with Big Bro like this." Johnny moaned out.

"Next time Brother Cook, please just give him a snack when he asks." Yosaku groaned out.

"Go get him Zoro." Nami said.

"Why do I have to do it?" Zoro asked.

"I remember a debt you owe me." Nami said. Zoro just scowled at her before walking towards Luffy. He started grumbling about how he hoped she die a gruesome death one day before noticing Luffy staring at them all.

"Hey Luffy. You calm down yet?" Zoro asked. Luffy just stared at them as his clenched up so hard his knuckles turned white. "Luffy? Hey, what are you-"

"AAAAKKKKKKAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNUUUUUU!" Luffy roared as an intense wave of Haki flew out around him and slammed into them all. All of them nearly passed out while Grace fell of Eyelash and hit the sand.

'Wh-what's going on?' Zoro thought. 'Why's he using Haki on us?!' he thought as he struggled to look up. When he did though, he saw his Captain slowly approach them while steam was emitting from his body.

"Wh...what's going on?!" Valerie asked.

"You magma bastard!" Luffy growled. "First Ace, then my crew, then everyone we met!"

"W-wh-wh-wh-what's he talking a-b-b-b-bout?!" Usopp stuttered as they all started to sweat. Zoro's eyes widened before he took out all three of his swords.

"Everybody run!" Zoro ordered.

"What?!" most of them shouted.

"He's not playing around!" Zoro shouted. "He's not thinking straight! RUN!" he ordered.

"Alright!" Usopp shouted as he turned to run.

"GET BACK HERE!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his hand out, grabbed Usopp by his cloak, and flung him around to slam him into a sand dune. "None of you Marines are leaving here!"

"BIG BRO!" Johnny and Yosaku shouted as the rest looked on in horror. The dust cleared to show Usopp lying in the sand with a bent nose.

"Owwww." Usopp groaned before he heard sand crunching and spotted Luffy coming at him with a look on pure hatred on his face. "AH! Luffy! Stop it!"

"That's enough!" Sanji yelled as he ran and jumped towards Luffy. "COLLIER SHOOT!" he shouted as he kicked Luffy in the neck. Luffy didn't budge an inch before grabbing Sanji by the leg and swatting Usopp with him so that they both flew and hit the sand with a loud thud.

"Won't work! I've trained for this day!" Luffy growled before roaring at them all. "I WON'T LET YOU TAKE THEM AWAY AGAIN!"

"We gotta go!" Nami shouted.

"But what about Luffy?!" Vivi said in worry.

"It's us who we have to worry about! Luffy's not listening at the moment!" she said.

"Good idea!" Valerie said as she grabbed Grace before they started to run.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Luffy shouted before dodging a sword. While Zoro, the men, and Alvida confronted him, the other women left in a hurry.

"Luffy! You gotta snap out of hit!" he shouted. Luffy only responded by yelling and attacking him.

"Knock it off Luffy!" Gin said as he smashed a tonfa into Luffy's side. He sent Luffy flying a few feet away as the others caught their breath. That didn't seem to stop him for he jumped out of the sand and charged at them all.

"I don't want to do this Big Bro!" Johnny shouted.

"But you need to be stopped before you hurt someone!" Yosaku yelled. Both of them charged at Luffy with their swords ready to strike. Luffy just glared at them as he caught both the blades with his bare hands. His hands bled before ripping their swords out of their hands as he stretched his arms back.

"GUM GUUUUM! TWIN JET PISTOL!" Luffy cried out as he sent both of them flying. Both of them skidded across the sand before coming to a stop. They both threw up some blood as they struggled to get up. Luffy yelled as he charged at them again before a series of explosions knocked him off his feet.

"Never thought I'd have to use this." Greg said as he held up a smoking revolver.

"Explosive bullets?" Gin asked as Greg blew his breath into the revolver chamber.

"Even my breath is explosive." Greg said before a fist came out of the smoke and nailed him in the jaw.

"BASTARD!" Luffy yelled. "I'LL TEACH YOU TO KILL MY FRIENDS!" All of them were slightly confused before they steeled themselves. Everyone then charged at Luffy, knowing that it was the only way to get their friend to calm down. The fight lasted for about 10 minutes before Chopper finally found a chance to knock out Luffy with a sedative. Everyone was now groaning and holding onto themselves as they had to fight to stay conscious.

"Shitty...bastard!" Sanji growled as they began walking. Chopper had patched them all up the best he could before they walked towards some rocks. As they were all walking, Chopper and Zoro began to talk about why Zoro joined the crew and why everyone did their own thing. Zoro told him about teamwork and wondered what it really meant before saying it was about individuals doing their own thing to help when needed. While they were talking, Luffy groaned as he finally woke up.

"Whoa. I had a nightmare." Luffy said, not realizing where he was at the moment due to the heavy sedation.

"Really!" Sanji said as he cracked his knuckles, looking ready to beat Luffy senseless for his earlier fiasco.

"Pray tell, what was it?" Alvida asked. She was the only one who came out unscathed since Luffy didn't seem to lost enough marbles to forget to use Haki when fighting them all.

"That bastard that killed my crew and friends came after me, saying he wanted to kill them all over again." he mumbled. Everyone looked at each other in confusion, or worry in Zoro's case, as they all kept walking until they got in the shade as Luffy rested finally woke up and stretched. "Ah! What a great nap!" he said.

"Geez Luffy. Stop talking in your sl-WHOA!" Zoro said before falling down a hole.

"Where'd Big Bro go?" Johnny asked.

"I'M DOWN HERE!" Zoro yelled.

"What are you doing Moss Head!?" Sanji yelled.

"Shut it Dartboard Brow! I'm not here by choice!" he said.

"How do we get down there to get you out?!" Yosaku yelled before the area around there feet collapsed and they all fell in.

"You...had to ask!" Greg grunted as they all looked around the area. They saw that they were in a dome with a strange stone inside covered in strange markings.

"What's with the stone?" Gin asked.

"I've seen these letters before in a book. It's sort of an ancient alphabet." Chopper said. They all talked about the stone for a moment before Luffy decided it was time to go and smashed the ceiling a bit.

"What are you doing?!" Alvida yelled.

"Everyone hang on!" Luffy shouted as he wrapped his arm a few times around a nearby pillar.

"Just go with it!" Zoro said as they all hung onto Luffy. Luffy used his other arm and wrapped it around them all before getting them all back outside.

"GUM GUUUM! SLINGSHOT!" he called out as they all began flying through the air.

"How do we land?!" Chopper yelled.

"Don't know!" Luffy called back.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" most of them shouted.

"If Alvida-Chan gets hurt, you're a dead man Luffy!" Sanji roared.

"Alright! Hang on!" Luffy said as he bit on his thumb. "Gear! THIRD!" he said before inhaling a lot and blowing the air inside of his arm. "BONE BALLOON!" Everyone gawked at him before he shot himself at the ground where they were going to land. "GIANT BALLOON!" he said as they all bounced off his giant belly before slowly deflating. Everyone was now safely on the sand before they clobbered Luffy and started walking again towards the other girls.

-Present-

Everyone was now regrouped and walking for Yuba. While they were walking, Nami and Zoro slowed down until they were a good distance away.

"Now what do you want?" Zoro said.

"Luffy told me something back in Orange Town." she said. "You remember that scar on Luffy's chest?"

"Yeah. What about it?" he asked.

"He told me that the one who gave him that scar killed someone very important to him." she said. Zoro raised an eyebrow in wonder as he thought if Luffy had told her about the time travel.

"It's what Luffy said earlier that's got you wondering, isn't it?"

"I won't let you take them away again." she repeated. "It's the 'them' part. I didn't know he lost more than one."

"Okay. But why drag me back here?" he asked.

"Because you know more than you're letting on." she said. "Luffy's been acting strange ever since he and his brother met. What's going on?"

"It's not my place to say. You wanna know, you gotta bug Luffy about it." he said.

"Look! A light up ahead!" Vivi shouted. Nami and Zoro let the discussion end as they joined up with everyone, who were all trying to see Yuba through a sandstorm. After it died, they went farther in to find the rebel army.

"No...impossible!" Vivi said in horror. The whole city looked just as bad as Erumalu: Deserted, covered in sand, and no water or people in sight.

"This...is Yuba?" Usopp asked as everyone looked around.

"Yes. But now...it's all dried up like the rest of the cities around in Alabasta." Vivi said, looking ready to cry before hearing someone digging. Everyone looked to see a withered old man digging away in the sand.

"Travelers huh?" he asked in a raspy voice. "Must be tired from your journey in the desert. Sorry, but the town's a little dry at the moment, so I'm afraid we can't offer much relief. Still, you can stay and rest for awhile. We don't have much water, but they're plenty of Inns to rest in." he said.

"Actually, we came to speak with the Rebel Army!" Vivi said after covering her face.

"The Rebels, huh?" the old man said in anger before chucking various objects at them. "If you wanna see the rebels, then get lost! They aren't here anyway! They all packed up and left!"

"THEY WHAT?!" everyone yelled.

'I forgot that!' Luffy said in his head as the old man continued.

"This town keeps getting hit with nothing but sandstorms, so their supplies dried up." he said. "The rebels are now stationed in Katorea."

"Katorea?!" Vivi said in horror.

"That's...bad." Grace said.

"Why? Where is it?" Gin asked.

"Is it nearby Big Sis Vivi?" Yosaku asked.

"It's near Nanohana, all the way back where we started." she said.

"You mean we traveled all this way for nothing?!" Gin yelled as Eyelash started speaking.

"He says that he remembers delivering supplies to the rebels in Katorea." Chopper translated, causing a lot of them to beat the utter shit out of Eyelash.

"Vivi?" the old man said as he stopped digging and walked towards her.

"Um...I'm..." she started to say.

"What do you want old man?" Greg said as he picked his nose, ready to attack just in case he tried anything funny.

"Vivi? It IS you!" he cried out as he grabbed her shoulders. "Don't you recognize me?" he asked. "I've lost a bit of weight."

"No...Toto?!" she said in realization. He nodded and cried.

"It is me!" he said. "Vivi, I still have faith in you and your father, the King. He's a good and just King that truly does care about his people and would never betray them!" he said before falling to his knees and crying. "This rebellion is utterly absurd! Those faithless fools! No matter how many times I tried, I couldn't stop them. Most of this country still believes in the King, but those rebels are too stubborn to listen to anything! Their supplies, men, and strength are at it's limit and they're planning to end this with one final assault...THEY'RE PREPARED TO DIE!" he screamed. Vivi looked horrified as he begged her to stop them before crying again. Vivi stood there and watched before offering him a handkerchief with a smile.

"Don't worry." she said. "I'll stop them." Toto began to cry in hope at her words before she turned to everyone. "We'll stay here for the night. When morning comes, we'll head to Katorea." she said. Everyone nodded before they found an Inn to sleep in, not knowing that both Baroque Works and the Rebel Army were both preparing themselves. One to destroy the country, and one to save it."

A/N: I wanted to change it up a little bit with Luffy seeing someone worse than Crocodile. Hope you like it.