Kokonoe: You don't have to be a bad guy to start causing trouble. All you need is lots and lots of criminal sand.

Junko: Like Sandman, the human mind possessing sand mass of Marvel!

Ann: And Sir Crocodile, the Desert King of One Piece!

Junko: I don't like sand. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets all over your-

Kokonoe: The stage is set and the combatants are ready!

Junko: It's time for a Death Battle!

In a town in the middle of a desert, Crocodile was walking around alongside Mr.1.

Mr.1: Should I ask why we're here?

Crocodile: There's something I want here. Plus the Marines can't find us. Even if they did, I'm untouchable here.

As he said this, an explosion erupted at a nearby bank as Sandman busted out wearing his Enhanced Armor and holding bags of money.

Sandman: Ha! Nobody can stop the Sandman in the desert!

As civilians started running, Crocodile simply puffed on smoke from his cigar.

Mr.1: Should I deal with him?

Crocodile: No... you go on ahead. I'll take care of this guy. Mr.1 nodded and walked away as Sandman noticed Crocodile was the only one not running.

Sandman: Hey, you better get out of here! Unless you wanna pick a fight you can't win!

Crocodile: How annoying. You're not even on my level.

Sandman: What did you say? All right bub, bring it on!

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Sandman turned his fist into a hammer and swung it as Crocodile swung his hook, striking straight through his arm. Sandman then turned his other fist into a ball of spikes and swung that instead, only for Crocodile to disperse into sand and appear behind him.

Sandman: What the?!

Crocodile: Kuahahahaha... so, you're made of sand too? Interesting... but still worthless.

Sandman turned his hands into giant fists and went to punch him again, only for Crocodile to once again disperse into sand and appear behind him. Sandman then turned one of his hands into a hammer, this time hitting Crocodile in the back and sending him flying. Crocodile quickly turned to sand and reformed on the ground.

Crocodile: What the?

Sandman: Hehe, what's wrong? Get a little wet?

The suit had mixed Sandman's sand with liquid nitrogen, allowing Sandman to hit him. Crocodile flew at him and swung his hook, but it barely scratched Sandman's body. Sandman grinned and grabbed Crocodile by the neck before slamming him to the ground. He lifted him up, holding onto his neck as he grew in size.

Sandman: Hah! With this suit on, I'm invincible!

Crocodile: That so? Let's take care of that then.

Crocodile grabbed Sandman's arm and it started to crumble.

Sandman: What the?!

Sandman got back as Crocodile had a small tornado in his hand.

Crocodile: Sables!

He threw the tornado as it grew in size, blowing winds that shredded Sandman's suit straight off of him. 

Crocodile: Kuahahaha... too easy...

Sandman started to disperse into sand and merge with the tornado, creating a giant sandstorm that was destroying the town.

Crocodile: Good grief. Hm?

He looked down to see a bunch of sand tentacles trying to grab him but only phasing through his body.

Crocodile: Pathetic.

As he said that, he noticed his tornado disappeared. He looked up to see thousands of Sandman clones falling from the sky. One of them went for a downward swing of his fist that he turned into an ax. It phased through Crocodile, who sliced the clone's head off with his hook. Three more landed behind him and he dashed at them quickly.

Crocodile: Barjan!

He swung his hand with a trail of sand following. The sand went straight through the clones and caused their bodies to crumble. He then stood up straight as a thousand more clones started to surround him.

Sandman: Hah! Bet you weren't expecting to take on so many of me huh?!

Crocodile: It doesn't matter how many of you there are. You can bring an army and it still wouldn't be enough.

Crocodile removed his hook to reveal a poisonous one underneath.

Crocodile: Now... let's get this over with.

All the clones started to attack as Crocodile swung his poisonous hook and went to strike some of them with it, causing them to crumble immediately. Others tried striking him from behind.

Crocodile: Stay out of my way! Sables Pesado!

He unleashed an even bigger sand tornado that blew a bunch more away. One of the clones went and threw an entire boulder at him but he phased through it, flew after the clone, and stabbed his hook into his chest.

Sandman: Hah! Is all you can do is take down my weaker clones?

Crocodile swung his hook behind him to see Sandman was made of glass. He didn't stop his swing so Sandman punched the poisonous hook and broke it.

Sandman: Haha! You're no match for Glass Sandman!

Crocodile: You turned yourself into glass? All that did was make it easier for me to hit you.

A blade came out to replace the hook. He swung it as Sandman swung his fist and they clashed. Sandman went for another punch, but it only phased through him as Crocodile got behind Sandman with a smile. 

Crocodile: Desert... Spada!

Crocodile formed a blade in his hand and stabbed it into the ground. The blade extended into the ground, splitting everything in its path including Sandman and the buildings behind him.

Sandman: Geh!

Crocodile: Heh... Desert Grande Espada!

A huge sand blade burst from the ground, splitting Sandman once more as his glass body fell to the ground and shattered.

Crocodile: Hmph. I win.

Sandman: Not yet dumbass!

Before Crocodile could turn to leave, he looked up to see the broken glass reforming as Sandman came down with a body made of broken glass. He went for a downward punch but Crocodile quickly got back to dodge it. Sandman then shot a bunch of glass projectiles that went right through him.

Crocodile: Desert Girasole!

He stabbed another sand blade into the ground and made quicksand right under Sandman's feet. Except this time, Sandman jumped into the air so he wouldn't get caught in it.

Sandman: You're not getting rid of me that easily!

Crocodile: Tch. This is gonna hurt.

Sandman went to punch him but the attack only phased through once more as Crocodile grabbed him by the neck. His hand was bleeding from the broken glass as he started to turn Sandman back into sand and drop him into the quicksand.

Crocodile: Go ahead and drown alone.

As he once again thought he had the battle won, the ground suddenly began to shake.

Crocodile: What now?

All the sand started to merge together as Sandman had come back. This time, he had turned ginormous. He went for a giant punch towards Crocodile, who flew into the air to dodge it before gliding along Sandman's arms. Sandman then tried to grab him but Crocodile dodged his attempt and flew up above Sandman's head.

Crocodile Why won't you die?! Desert La Spada!

Crocodile fired three blades at Sandman, who blocked it with his arm before going for another punch. Crocodile dodged it and flew around him before landing on his back. He placed his hand on Sandman's back and suddenly sensed something.

Crocodile: Hm? Kuhahaha... so... that's what it is. In that case... Desert Death.

Before Crocodile could be sucked into Sandman's body, the giant started to harden up and crumble back into the ground. Crocodile landed on his feet and turned behind him to see Sandman reforming to his original size.

Sandman: Alright, now you've done it!

Sandman grew in size and turned his fist into a spike ball as he swung it. Crocodile swung his blade and sliced Sandman's arm off. Crocodile then thrust his hand through Sandman's chest, pulling the Queen Bee Particle out of Sandman's body. Sandman had a shocked look on his face as he started to crumble once more.

Crocodile: I sensed this little thing earlier. I knew something was up with it. So this must be your brain huh? For someone as dumb as you, it's bigger than I thought.

As he said this, he ended up crushing it between his fingers. He walked away with a smile.

Crocodile: As I said, you're not even on my level.

Junko: Take a sip for every time we said Sand in this fight! You'd be drunk in no time!

Kokonoe: This battle was more complex than it seems. Both combatants were pretty much intangible, and neither could really touch the other and deal any real lasting damage. 

Junko: Please note that at the time of writing this, Crocodile hasn't shown the use of Haki. And even if he did, there's no guarantee that it will work on a guy like Sandman. But that doesn't mean he didn't have advantages of his own.

Ann: Right. Sandman may not be that smart, but he's not the type of guy you can just punch your way through. Luckily Crocodile had the brains t figure that out quickly.

Junko: Yeah, Sandman may be intangible, but he needs to be at least somewhat solid to try and hit Crocodile. And thanks to Crocodile's hand, he can always make sure Sandman is pulled out of his solid form. And the poisonous hook also helped as Sandman has shown to have a solid weakness to poison... but none of these guaranteed Crocodile's victory as neither could put Sandman down for good.

Kokonoe: So since strength and power had both become nonfactors, the best way to look at it is with speed. 

Ann: Sandman's projectiles are pretty fast, even catching Nova off guard, who can move at speeds faster than light! But Sandman himself isn't nearly as fast as his projectiles. Meanwhile, Crocodile can easily keep up with guys who are many times faster than light like Mihawk and Doflamingo!

Junko: And thanks to his Devil Fruit, it was just a matter of time before he sensed the Queen Bee whatever it's called. With his speed advantage, it's not impossible to believe that he could just yank it out f him the moment he sees it. 

Ann: Sandman was a difficult opponent capable of keeping Crocodile on his toes, but Crocodile's speed in intelligence helped pull him a win!

Kokonoe: The winner is Sir Crocodile.

Winner: Sir Crocodile

+Smarter

+Faster

+Poisonous Hook

+Right Hand can cause Sandman to crumble

+Doesn't turn to glass

= Intangible

-Not as physically strong

-Less shapeshifting abilities

-Slower Projectiles

Loser: Sandman

+ Faster Projectiles

+Physically stronger

+More creative sand abilities

+Can shapeshift

=Intangible

-Not as smart

-Weak to poison

-Physically slower

Junko: Next time on Death Battle!

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