Mezcal Madness:
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The desert sun was blaring down overhead as Zoro and Chopper trekked their way through the seemingly endless expanse of desert. Zoro had Luffy's unconscious rubber body thrown over his shoulder while Chopper walked next to him in his Heavy Point form.
"You seem to be handling all that weight alright," Zoro noted, impressed by reindeer he'd been pulling all across the desert's sudden show of strength and endurance.
"I'm in my Heavy Point form," Chopper explained as he walked beside him carrying Y/N, Y/N's weights, and the money-filled bag. "I weigh a lot more now, so everything else seems lighter."
"Uggghhh..." Luffy suddenly groaned as he began to wake up.
"Looks like someone's back with us," Chopper observed as he looked over at Luffy who was stirring on Zoro's shoulder and looking around him in confusion.
"Have you recovered what's left of your sanity?" Zoro asked the groggy captain.
"Wha... what happened?" Luffy wondered.
"You are such a pain," Zoro muttered, not bothering to answer.
"Where are the others?" Luffy inquired.
"No idea," Zoro admitted.
"Huh? How can you have no idea where they are?" Luffy questioned.
"Pretty easily actually," Zoro answered.
Then Luffy noticed Y/N on Chopper's shoulder, "What happened to Y/N?"
"YOU KNOCKED HIM OUT, YOU MORON!" Zoro snapped.
"We tried everything and he won't wake up!" Chopper complained.
"So we're lost again?" Luffy realized.
"YES WE'RE LOST!" Zoro and Chopper shouted at him, "AND GUESS WHOSE FAULT THAT IS?"
"Uh... my fault?" Luffy asked obliviously causing the other two to growl at him.
At the current moment, Y/N wasn't even conscious enough to break the fourth wall and mumble the word 'flashback'.
-Flashback from an Hour Ago-
The eight Straw Hats and the three Whitebeards continued their journey towards Yuba when Luffy suddenly let out a loud yell.
"RAAAAHHHHH!" the rubber pirate had swirls in his eyes as he ran off screaming.
"What's he doing?" Nami wondered as she and Vivi once again rode on Eyelash.
"Looks like he's freaking out again," Y/N noted, from where he was standing beside the camel. He shook his head at his younger brother's antics and adjusted the strap of the black money bag hanging from his shoulder.
Luffy was so delirious he wasn't even bound by gravity to the sand and began running on midair.
"How's he running on air?" Sanji questioned.
"He musht've eaten another cactush." Usopp realized, he was once again leaning on a walking stick with his tongue hanging out, "He'sh gone crazshy."
"Geez, why can't he stay out of trouble for just five minutes?" Nami complained.
"Sorry," Ace apologized on his brother's behalf. "Luffy's always had a knack for trouble. But usually he can get himself out of it."
"Yeah, but we've already wasted enough time waiting on him," Nami pointed out. "If we ever want to make it to Yuba, we've got to get him now." Nami looked over at Y/N and batted her eyes at him, "Riickyy, would you mind getting your brother so we can keep on schedule?'
