A Different Journey (One Piece and Fairy Tail Crossover Fanfiction)

Chapter 18: Raging Across the Sands

Chapter 18: Raging Across the Sands

"Alright, are all of you ready for this? We know what we have to do. Get to Rain Dinners, find Crocodile, kick his ass, and expose him. Separate into groups and stay hidden, Crocodile will most likely be looking for all of us at this point," Lucy said as she looked around at her group of nakama, faces all firm and ready to take action against the thorn in all their sides. They were at Rain Base...or well, outside of it still in the desert, going over plans that they had determined when they had decided not to confront the revolutionaries, but Crocodile instead. They would use their lives to take him out.

Auriga was parked near them, Wendy inside the carriage still asleep. They would leave her in the spirit's care for as long as necessary till they finished what they set out to do. Lucy had no doubt in her mind this would be a difficult fight, he was a shichibukai and a logia user as well. That garnered the fact that he was powerful, and Lucy had no idea how to fight a Logia user, they were the element herself in her mind. But she couldn't let that deter her, not when there was so much riding on her winning against the man, not when she had people counting on her. Her nakama. Her family.

That fact alone set a surge of determination through her bones.

"Alright, we meet at Rain Dinners no later than five pm. Make sure that you don't bring unwanted company, this will be difficult enough. But we'll win, I know this," Lucy said and got and affirming battle cry as a response, arms raised in the air, the white bandages on their arms visible to all. Their banner, their symbol of nakama hidden beneath, branding their skin with hope and courage for one another.

They broke up into groups: Zoro and Lucy, Usopp and Nami, Vivi and Loke, and Sanji and Chopper. They would enter the city at different points and make their way in to the casino. Hopefully they wouldn't attract too much attention this way. At least they hoped that they could divert the Billions attention from them. No way would Crocodile not have them lurking around this city to report to him. He was too meticulous not to do so. By splitting up they couldn't be as easily surrounded.

What Lucy wasn't counting on was for Smoker and his marines to also be lurking around the city, her and Zoro nearly getting caught by Tashigi and Smoker at one point. Thankfully they had concealed themselves before they were spotted. But this fact gave Lucy an idea and she sent Zoro on ahead by himself and to catch up to Nami and Usopp who were no doubt scared by being on their own. He had listened and now Lucy was waiting for her moment to strike. Smoker had turned down an alley and in a burst of speed she followed him down and grabbed the marine before hauling him, as quickly as she could, out of Rain Base.

When they reached the desert once more Lucy dropped him and then faced him. He seeing who she was got up with an annoyed look on his face. "Heartfilia…I knew you'd come here," he said as his fists already began to turn into clouds of smoke.

"We don't have time for this Smoker, there are more important things for you to be doing besides arresting me, or trying to at least. I call a temporary truce, just hear me out…this is important," Lucy said and Smoker got an annoyed look on his face, the smoke not disappearing.

"Why would I?" He asked and took a step closer to her, and kept coming towards her, but Lucy didn't move back, even when he was right in front of her. The smoke from his cigars puffing into her face.

"To take down Crocodile," she said and this got his attention, a more curious look coming to his face, only recognizable in the lift in his eyebrows. "Do you have the power to take down Crocodile?"

He paused and looked her over before he took a step back and huffed. "No…the only way I know to beat a logia user is with Haki, a power I don't have." He confessed and Lucy deflated and began to mull over plans in her head.