A/N: Aside from the beginning, this chapter is basically canon.
Greg and Grace were running around town, looking for other Straw Hats to help or clashes they could stop with their abilities.
"HALT!" shouted a group of Royal soldiers as they blocked their path. "Who are you two?! Are you rebels?"
"No! We're not rebels!" Greg said.
"Don't listen to them! All the civilians have been evacuated!" said one of the soldiers. "If they're here, then they must be rebels!" Deciding not to take any chances, the soldiers charged towards them.
"We tried being nice." Greg said as he picked his nose.
-30 seconds later-
All the Royal soldiers were now on the ground, alive, but barely conscious as Greg and Grace started walking away.
"B...bastard!" one of the soldiers mumbled. "Stupid...traitors."
'Traitors?' both of them thought before walking over to him and kneeling down to him.
"What do you mean 'Traitors'?" Grace asked.
"N-nothing." he mumbled. "Just talking to myself."
"Right." Greg said, clearly not believing him as he picked him up by his cloak and pulling up his sleeves, revealing the symbol for Baroque Works on his arm. "Ah. Billions, huh? Mind telling me why you're fighting in the Royal Army?"
"Screw you Mr. 5!" grunted the Billions as he spat some blood on Greg's face. Greg's looked ready to literally explode before Grace cut in.
"If I may Greg." she said as she painted a symbol on the man's cheek. "Colors Trap: Friendly Yellow-Green! Now, care to tell us what's going on?"
"Of course!" said the Billions with a smile on his face and a strange cheery attitude. "It's simple. The Boss put some Billions within the ranks of both armies to keep the fighting going or to report if anything or anyone were to try and stop the Rebellion from happening!"
"Shit! This isn't good!" Greg said. "So even if Vivi tried to stop them, all they would have to do is shoot her and claim it was an accident or some other shit!"
"Precisely!" said the man with a the same smile. "There is something else happening, but the Mr. 7 pair were mum about it."
"The Mr. 7 pair?" Grace asked. "Why are they here?"
"Don't know, but they're in the clock tower if you wanna ask them." said the man.
"Thanks. You've been a big help." Greg said before throwing a bomb punch into the man's gut, blasting him into a wall before he and Grace took off. 'Mr. 7 and Miss Father's Day. Those two are snipers...what's Crocodile gonna have them do?!'
-With Sanji-
Sanji was fighting against Mr. 2 and his Ballet Kenpo, matching Sanji kick for kick before both struck each other, sending both fighters into seperate buildings. Both got up before Sanji began a barrage of kicks, each one dodged or blocked by Mr. 2 before they both charged each other again, resulting in both being slammed into seperate buildings once more.
"Enough! Time for you to see my true power!" Mr. 2 said. "Care to know a secret? My perfect memory lets me remember all the faces I've seen." he said before covering his face with both hands. "Prepare to witness a montage the likes of which will leave you defenseless in laughter!" he shouted before slowly changing his face. "First, the weirdest head! Then, the weirdest eyes! The weirdest nose! The weirdest mouth! NOW!" he cried out dramatically. "Be-hold-the-Grand-Per-for-mance!" he sang out. "COPY COPY! MONTAGE!" he said while laughing, showing off his face with only a longer nose. Both of them stayed quiet for a few moments before Mr. 2 fell into a depressed slump and looked down at a broken mirror.
"90% of that was your own face." Sanji said before kicking him away. "STOP SCREWING AROUND!"
"HAVE YOU NO BLOOD OR TEARS YOU MONSTER?!" Mr. 2 cried out.
"I've had enough of your tricks." Sanji said.
"Tricks?" Mr. 2 said as he began to rant about a friend long ago while Sanji lit a cigarette before Mr. 2 turned into Usopp. "Care to strike me no-" he said before Sanji planted his foot in his face. "That was the face of your friend! You would dare hurt a friend of yours?!"
"Moron. Change into anyone you want, you're still you underneath." Sanji said. "I'm not someone who's fooled by the surface." he said before pointing a thumb at his chest. "People...are HEART!"
"H-heart?" Mr. 2 asked after backing away on the ground. "He's...so PURE! I'm so ashamed to have taken on your friend's form." he said. "Even if I were to..." he said before changing into Nami, causing Sanji to go all love mode. "Change into her or any of your friends, it wouldn't have any effect on you at all!" he said before changing back and looking at Sanji, who was staring back with a blank look before Mr. 2 switched to Nami, making Sanji turn to love mode, then normal. 'Easy.' he thought before changing back and forth between Nami and himself, making Sanji go love mode then normal. 'Way too easy.' he thought before doing it again, getting the same result. 'So unbelievably easy!' he thought before switching to Nami. "Silly boy." he said as Nami. Needless to say, Sanji was now on the ass end of an ass kicking as he was unable to attack whenever Mr. 2 changed to Nami. "All talk. That's what you are!" he said as Nami while Standing on top of Sanji.
'Asshole. Don't think I'll just lie down her and take it!' Sanji thought as he started getting back up. "I'm gonna kick your ass, you ballet basaaaaaah!" he said as he saw Mr. 2 as Nami defending himself, making Sanji go all love mode. Mr. 2 began to laugh and dance while Sanji cried. 'I just can't do it!' he thought.
"Ahh. So hot!" he said as Nami as he began to open his vest. "This desert air is killing me! Maybe I should strip off these stuffy clothes."
"I CAN HELP!" Sanji shouted with his eye shooting out as a heart.
"BALLET CHOP!" he cried out, smacking his eye away.
"MY EYES!" Sanji cried out.
"FOOL~!" Mr. 2 shouted as himself as he kicked Sanji in the face with both feet. "Keri Pointe! he shouted as he left Sanji in a pile of rubble before jumping back and spinning around on one foot while laughing. "You really are all talk!" he said before Sanji kicked all the debris away from him, stopping Mr. 2's laughter before a grin appeared on his face as Sanji charged him. He then peeled the make-up off from under his eyes before throwing it at Sanji. "MASCARA BOOMERANG!" he called out. Sanji dodged them and jumped above him, ready to kick him before he changed to Nami. "Ah~! Please don't kick me!" he said, making Sanji stop in his attack before he was cut with Mr. 2's Mascara, which promptly returned to his face. "Back where they belong!" he said before changing into Nami once more. "It's been fun, but I'm afraid I can't toy with you any longer. We have orders to kill the princess after all! Now, it's time for you to die!" he said before he began to spin at high speeds, not knowing that Sanji had seen through his abilities. "MEMORIES OF A SUMMER'S DAY!" Bon Clay cried out, only to be kicked away by Sanji.
"I've seen through you're ability." Sanji said.
"Have you now?!" Mr. 2 demanded in anger. "And what flaw in my ability do you think you've seen?"
"You can't use your Ballet Kenpo in Nami's body." Sanji said, making Mr. 2 pause as he continued. "I can't attack you while you're Nami, but the moment you attack, you change back by touching your left cheek with your hand. Right?" Sanji said with a smile before it was wiped off by Bon Clay's laughter.
"What? You say something?" Mr. 2 asked with a bit of sweat on his forehead.
"Yep. I was right." Sanji said.
"FINE!" Mr. 2 shouted as he did some poses. "It's true! I can only use my Ballet Kenpo with my own body that I've sculpted through many a day of training! Still, that matters not! You're close to dying anyway. But since you're alive, watch this!" he said as he took the swan figures off his coat and placed them onto his shoes. "Ballet Kenpo! PRIMA! And just so you know: The one on your left is female, and the one on your right is male!"
"I don't give a shit!" Sanji said with a tick mark on his head. Mr. 2 only laughed before telling him it didn't matter before attacking him, narrowly avoiding the kick before seeing it pierce the wall of a building. 'Oh shit! That thing went through the wall?!' he thought as Mr. 2 laughed and told him it was smart for dodging before bring the swan head back out as he told him that the beak at the end of the swan was metal. 'There aren't any cracks around that hole!'
"By putting all my power into a single point, I can avoid senseless destruction." he said. "One kick is as powerful as a shot from a rifle, though the bullet is larger than normal! Now, hold still while I fill you full of holes!" he shouted as he began to attack. His first two kicks were dodged, but his third kick hit Sanji, sending him flying back.
'Shit! His reach has increased!' Sanji thought as he struggled to stand while Mr. 2 jumped into the air and began to spin.
"MEMORIES OF A WINTER SKY!" he called out as Sanji lit a cigarette.
'His reach has gotten longer, but so has the time it takes for him to get back into an attack stance.' he said as he puffed on his cigarette. "All I have to do is avoid the first kick, then take him down with speed." he said as Mr. 2 launched his attack. He dodged it by jumping straight above him as he readied his attack.
"Haha!" Mr. 2 laughed as he changed into Nami. "Whatcha gonna do now?"
"Hey, you have something on your left cheek." Sanji said.
"Really?" Mr. 2 asked as he touched his left cheek, changing back into himself, allowing Sanji to attack.
"BASSES-COTES!" Sanji yelled as he kicked Mr. 2 away before quickly following up with a kick to his back. "LONGE!" Then another kick to his neck. "TENDRON!" He tried to get another kick in, but couldn't reach when Mr. 2 launched a kick first, with the beak slamming into Sanji's chest, pushing him back. Both were now attacking while doing a strange down on their hands as they exchange a multitude of kicks each before they were both skidding away from each other. After quickly recovering, both were at it once again with more ferocity as they kicked, dodged, and blocked each other's attack until they were both sent flying again. Each fighter was now struggling to get up as they both spat up blood and stood up, despite the fact that both of them felt their bones breaking from just trying to stand. They glared at each other before rushing each other for one final attack.
"VEAU SHOT!"
"BOMBARDIER ARABESQUE!"
Both of them were now standing before Sanji fell to his knees, while Mr. 2 was sent spiralling into a wall before falling down in defeat, with Sanji falling down afterwards. Moments passed before Sanji slowly got up, lit a cigarette, and began to walk away before hearing Bon Clay grunt.
"You still alive?" Sanji asked as he stared down at Mr. 2's bloody form. "All you have to do is change back into Nami to keep me from finishing you."
"Sorry, but I'm done. I can't even move." Bon Clay said. "You've won...finish me...Do it. Baroque Works will either way for my failure." he said as he continued talking before he saw Sanji reach a hand down to him to help him up.
"You fought hard. It was a good fight. Plus, we don't need more words." Sanji said with a smile as he helped Mr. 2 sit up.
'This is what respect between rivals feels like! I'm not gonna cry!' he thought as tears and snot streamed down his face before Sanji brought his foot down on his face, picked up Johnny's glasses, and walked off.
"I'll be taking back my friend's shades now. See ya." Sanji said as he kept walking and fixed his suit. "I'll be surprised if I have any ribs left unbroken."
-With Vivi at the Palace-
Vivi and Chaka watched as guards were carrying out her orders to cover the palace with explosives.
"Are we really gonna destroy the Palace Princess Vivi?" asked a nervous guard.
"This palace has over 4,000 years of history to it." Vivi said as she looked at it while memories of her childhood went through her mind. "But by destroying it, we can gain the people's attention long enough for me to tell them all about this horrible conspiracy! Now, light your fuses!" she ordered. All the guards were about to do so, only for their torches to be snuffed out by a sudden gust of wind full of sand that flung the guards around. Vivi went to one to ask if they were okay, only for the guard to fall unconscious before hearing Crocodile's laugh.
"I'd advise against destroying this Palace, Miss Wednesday!" he said as he appeared with Cobra under his arm and Nico Robin standing next to him. "After all, this is about to become my home! It's perfect to look down upon all the rats below!" Vivi could only glare up at him along with Chaka.
"Where's Luffy?!" she demanded.
"Luffy? Oh, you mean that rookie with the straw hat?" he asked, though his tone said that he knew who she was talking about. "He fought valiantly, but I'm afraid that he's dead!" he said. Vivi looked ready to kill as Crocodile's horrible laughter filled the area around them.