My eyes fluttered open and I stared at an unfamiliar ceiling. For a second, I had a panicked moment where I couldn't figure anything out. Where were we? What was happening? Then I gasped as memories of the past day flooded through my head.
Yeah, that's right. We sailed for a couple of hours, reached Whiskey Peak, then partied until we dropped. Speaking of which, my head hurt like a bitch. I made a mental note to never get drunk again.
"Okay, so what's going on now...?" I muttered. I had a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that something important was happening, but my hangover was stopping me from thinking properly. I groaned in pain and sent my thoughts out, trying to detect water. I found a river not too far away and stumbled out the door, through the streets of Whiskey Peak, and submerged myself in the inlet we'd taken to this place.
I sighed in relief as my hangover was washed away. My head finally cleared, I organized my thoughts. In the original, canon anime, the Straw Hats go to Whiskey Peak after disembarking from Reverse Mountain. Then they party and after that...
An explosion suddenly rocked the town, and I turned around to see a cloud of black smoke billowing up into the air. I climbed a ladder to the top of one of the houses and ran as fast as I could before jumping off the edge. A momentary feeling of weightlessness made my stomach drop to the ground, but the strange sensation went away and I landed on the roof of another house, rolling with the landing. I kept my eyes on the cloud of smoke, jumping along the rooftops until I came to the place it was coming from. By this time, only a small bit of smoke was still visible.
I peered over the edge of the building, it was a bit hard to see because of the dark night, but my eyes had adjusted to the blackness enough that I could make out a black guy with weird hair standing casually in the center of the street, next to a small woman with a flowery dress, a yellow helmet-like hat, and one of those umbrella things that Princess Peach has. What were they called... parasols? Yeah, that. They, in turn, were staring at two very familiar figures who were facing each other off. My eyes widened.
An overly fat Lucy and Zoro were there in a fighting position, Zoro glaring at our captain with a look that clearly said, "Why did I have to choose such an idiot captain!?", Lucy's expression unreadable from my vantage point, but an angry aura clearly readable around her.
As I watched, the ball of rubber jumped up into the air and smashed into the ground just in front of Zoro, throwing a punch strong enough to smash the cliff behind the swordsman. The local Marimo gulped and rolled out of the way of the punch, but Lucy pulled herself out of the cliff and kicked. Our captain attacked again and again, forcing Zoro into one of the buildings. He came out a few seconds later, running out of the way of another stretchy punch. I narrowed my eyes and tensed my muscles, then took a running leap off the side of the building I stood on.
"Aqua Arm!" I shouted, pulling water from the air and wrapping it around my arms. I landed in between Zoro and Lucy, just in time to stop a punch with my crossed arms.
"Yuril!" Lucy gasped, still looking angry. She retracted her arm with a snap. "What the hell are you doing!? I gotta kill Zoro! He just cut up the villagers after they threw this nice party for us!"
"I know he did," I told her, "and he had a very good reason to. These guys would've captured us and given us to the government if it hadn't been for him. They're our enemies, except for Miss Wednesday and Igarappoi, who we've allied ourselves with."
Lucy glared at me. "What the hell are you saying, Yuril!? No way are they our enemies! Enemies wouldn't give you food!"
"They would if they thought it would gain our trust, thus making us easier to capture," I pointed out, getting in a fighting stance.
"Oh, Yuril!" Zoro said from behind me. "Hold off Lucy for me, will ya? I need to defeat these two Baroque Works agents."
"Sure thing," I told him.
"If you're on Zoro's side," Lucy hissed angrily, "then I'll have to kill you, too!" She charged me, looking more like an oversized bowling ball than a human girl. My eye twitched as I sidestepped a punch, returning with a massive one of my own. She gasped in pain and was thrown down the street, wiping out the Baroque Works agents that had been charging at us in the process.
"That damn idiot..." Zoro hissed.
I nodded and clenched my water-covered fists. "Yeah. Tell me about it."
"It looked like your punch hurt her, but she's rubber. How the hell's that possible?"
I examined my hands. "Must be the water covering them. Devil Fruit users are all weak to water."
"Makes sense," he agreed.
Three explosions in rapid succession blew up the building that I had knocked Lucy into. I grunted in surprise and worry, hoping Lucy hadn't been hurt. Even if she was acting like a moron right now, she was still my captain, and over the three, almost four weeks I'd been with this crew, she'd been given a special place in my heart. Just fighting her was one of the single hardest things I've ever done.
The parasol lady... what was her name?... Miss Valentine...? floated up out of the explosion, riding the force due to her Kilo-Kilo Fruit powers. "Now you've made me angry!" she complained. "You shall die now by my Kilo-Kilo power!" She laughed a bitchy laugh. "Prepare yourself! I was able to ride on the explosion because my weight is a mere 1 kilogram!"
"Mr. Bushido!" called Vivi, sounding panicked. "Miss... uh, Miss Yuril! Get out of the way! That woman—"
"Stay out of this!" Zoro told her.
I nodded and glared down the path. "Yeah, this is our battle. We're just protecting you. Do you want to die or do you want your kingdom to see peaceful times once again?"
She sputtered. "W-w-what!? How do you know about Alabasta?"
"Didn't I tell you?" I turned to look behind me and smirked. "I'm a psychic demigoddess!"
"A... psychic? A psychic demigoddess?"
Lucy burst out of the building, dragging an unconscious Mr. 5 behind her. Those number agents were really pretty stupid, showing their number in plain sight of everyone. I mean, honestly, if you're gonna be part of a secret criminal organization, wouldn't you want to try to hide that fact as much as possible?
"Ah, good," she muttered, patting her stomach. She was now back to her usual, skinny self. "That exercise burned off all the extra fat I'd gained at the party. Now I can use my full power."
"Mr-Mr. 5!" Vivi yelped. "A Baroque Works Officer Agent defeated so easily..."
I gritted my teeth. If Lucy was using her full power against me, I wouldn't stand a chance as I was. I'd have to use my sword. I unsheathed Raising Blue and held it high above my head. "Destroy all my enemies, Raising Blue!"
"Whoa!" Zoro gasped. "It can change shape!"
"Is it a broadsword or a rapier?" Vivi asked, sounding confused.
The duck she was sitting on quacked.
I lowered Raising Blue, which was now a long rapier, and pointed it straight in front of me, right at Lucy. I gripped it with both hands, remembering that a two-handed attack is twice as powerful as a one-handed attack.
"If you're gonna go full blast," I said, "then I'm gonna have to go all out, too. Flash Step!"
I dashed forward, the world slowing down around me. Meanwhile, Miss Valentine barreled down through the air at Zoro, who merely stepped to the side and made her smash a hole deep into the ground. As she came up, Zoro slammed the flat of his blade into her head, knocking her out cold.
I jumped at Lucy full-speed head on, cutting in the shape of a David's Star. "Blue Devil Star!" I shouted. A faint outline of the Jewish symbol glowed faintly for a moment, then flew at Lucy, who rolled out of the way.
"Gum-Gum Pistol!" she yelled as I landed cat-like against the ruined wall of the building at the end of the street. I gulped and pushed out of the wall, but not soon enough. The attack drove into my stomach with the force of... well... a pistol. I was thrown through the wall, which crumbled around me.
I struggled to my feet, grunting in pain. "Ah, that's gonna sting in the morning," I mumbled. "Flash Step!" I dashed in a random pattern around the street. "Kami no Kosoru..."
"You're slower than that bastard Kuro," Lucy taunted, tensing her muscles. "Gum-Gum..."
"Tsunami Slash!" I jumped into the air and cut down in an overhead strike, a wall of water forming out of the air behind me for extra force.
"Bazooka!" Both of Lucy's arms stretched clear down the street.
SMASH!
The two attacks collided against each other with enough power to send a small wave of energy out around us in a circle, leveling a few of the houses along the street as Zoro took out Mr. 5 easily. My sword shook in my grip and Lucy growled angrily.
"Not too bad," my captain said grudgingly.
I smirked. "Same." I leapt back out of the deadlock and skidded to a stop before Flash Stepping behind Lucy. She must've been able to follow me, though, because she reacted with expert timing.
"Storming Hawk Blast!" I roared, letting go of Raising Blue with my right hand and starting with one of my powerful attacks.
Lucy blocked with her forearm, though she winced in pain from the watery punch, and stretched her other arm back. "Gum-Gum Bullet!"
I ducked the blow and recovered, twisting to lash out in a spinning sidekick amplified with water, yelling "Aqua Leg!" Lucy followed up with a Gum-Gum Pistol at the same time. Both attacks found their target, and we were thrown back, shouting in pain. I smashed into a barrel of booze and Lucy went through another wall.
I dried myself and stood up, panting in exhaustion.My captain also got to her feet, panting in anger.
We charged each other, letting out loud battle cries. I sliced with Raising Blue and managed to cut a thin line on her cheek, making my eye twitch in hatred for what I was doing to my captain. Lucy kicked me in the stomach. I Flash Stepped away and drew water vapor into my blade, calling, "Water Getsuga Tensho!" The wave of sharp liquid sliced through the air at Lucy's neck. She stretched said part of her body backward and downward, then retracted it quickly.
"Gum-Gum Bell!" Her head connected with my forehead, making me cry out. I felt like my own skull was breaking, it hurt so bad.
"Aqua Gatling!" I made the water around my hands swirl faster and I sheathed my Raising Blue for the moment, leaping into action with a barrage of punches fast enough that it looked like I had multiple arms.
Lucy tensed her muscles again. "Gum-Gum Gatling!" she spat, punching at an equal speed. Our attacks basically canceled each other out, because we were just hitting each others' fists, not the bodies.
I leapt into the air and drew the water from my arms down to my leg, performing multiple front flips. As I came back down, I cried, "Aqua Scythe Foot!" If you want to know what it looked like, I suppose you could compare it to Sanji's Concasser move.
Lucy, however, blocked it with an X-block. Then she jumped backward, back flipping, and kicked upward, stretching her foot so it smashed right into the underside of my jaw, probably breaking my jawbone. I bit my tongue incredibly hard and spat blood as I shot up into the air.
Dammit, I cursed. Even using my sword, I'm totally getting pummeled here! Nami better come quick!
As I fell back down, I drew a large cushion of water for me to land on and not kill myself. I rolled off of it and out of the way of a Gum-Gum Axe, then shot back with a Water Shot that smashed into Lucy's stomach. She coughed and was pushed back.
"Gyaaaaaah!" I roared.
Lucy was so angry she looked like a wild animal. "Hooooooooh!"
We started pummeling each other with kicks and punches again, though I was slowing down from the exertion of fighting so hard. A few of Lucy's attacks found their marks, weakening me even more each time. If this kept up, Lucy really was gonna kill me.
Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, who obviously hadn't learned their lesson yet, somehow got back up and charged at us. We simply glared at them and yelled in unison, "STAY OUT OF THIS! YOU'RE IN THE WAY OF OUR FIGHT!" Then we punched them so hard they didn't get back up again and fell to the ground, definitely unconscious this time.
My eye twitched. "Weaklings."
"Who were those guys?" Lucy grunted.
I wiped a trickle of blood away from my eye; one of her punches had opened up a small cut above it. "Agents of Baroque Works, a criminal organization trying to kill Miss Wednesday and Igarappoi."
"Oh. Glad we took 'em out then."
"Now then..." I said, tasting blood, which was somehow both warm and cold at the same time, in my mouth. I hoped my leather jacket wasn't too dirtied up. "Back to the fight!"
She twisted and sneered at me. "YEAH!"
We seized each other up, then jumped into action again. But before we could restart our battle, an exasperated cry of "STOP IT!" and a hard hit to the back of our heads made me black out.