Luffy versus Crocodile:
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Lieutenant Devo approached Captain Smoker with his head hung and uniform singed. "I'm sorry sir," he apologized. "The Straw Hats managed to escape. The three Whitebeard Pirates stalled us so they could get away. I'm afraid we weren't much of a match for them."
"Listen, there's no point in pursuing them now," Smoker resolved. The main reason the Straw Hats had escaped was because he had let them. Not only because they had saved his life while they were escaping Crocodile's cell but because Princess Vivi seemed to have recruited them to help her keep Crocodile from destroying her Kingdom. "Tell the men to call off the chase."
Lieutenant Devo stared at Smoker in surprise. It was out of character of 'White Chase' Smoker to give up chasing anyone, especially someone he seemed so dedicated to catching.
"I want everyone assembled here," Smoker ordered. "And contact headquarters. Tell them to mobilize every military vessel in the vicinity and route them here. I want Alabasta surrounded."
"You're calling for reinforcements?" Devo questioned. "But sir, we already defied the superiors by chasing the Straw Hats here without orders. Our superiors might not be willing to move such a large number of ships against such a small group of pirates."
"And since when do I care what the superiors might think?" Smoker growled.
"Sorry sir, I'll get right on it," Lieutenant Devo agreed before he ran off to call off the chase as per the Captain's orders.
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Meanwhile, the Straw Hats sped away on the back of a giant Moving Crab as it scuttled sideways away from Rain Base towards Alubarna.
"I can't believe you found one!" Vivi exclaimed. "Moving Crabs are always submerged under the sand so it's nearly impossible to spot one!"
"He's Eyelash's friend," Chopper explained as he sat in between the two stalks that were the crab's eyes and held two ropes like reigns. "Eyelash has a lot of friends in this area because it's his hometown. He was born and raised here. He's nice but kinda pervy."
SHHWWOOOO! A golden hook propelled by a stream of sand flew over the sand and rapidly began catching up with the Moving Crab.
"LOOK OUT!" Y/N exclaimed as he grabbed Vivi and threw her to Sanji only to be grabbed by the hook and yanked off of the crab. SHUUWUK! "I think he's mad now."
Everyone flinched in surprise as Y/N was yanked back towards three figures that were standing on the outskirts of Rain Base. The tallest of the three had a stream of sand coming from his arm and connecting to the hook.
"CHOPPER, STOP THE CRAB!" Zoro shouted at the reindeer holding the reins.
The crab skidded to a stop while Luffy jumped up onto one of its stalk-like eyes. "IT'S HIM!" Luffy growled and stretched his arms out after Y/N and the hook. SHOOM! WHAP! Luffy grabbed onto the golden hook and shot off the crab after it. WOING!
Once he reached the crab Luffy quickly grabbed Y/N and pulled him free from the hook and tossed him back towards the others.
"GAH! HE'S COMING BACK!" Usopp shrieked just as Y/N slammed into him and knocked them both over. WHAM!
"HEY LUFFY!" Zoro called after the Captain.
"THAT IDIOT!" Sanji snapped.
"LUFFY NO!" Vivi shouted as they all watched the rubber Captain get pulled towards the three figures outside Rain Base.
