Me: "Hi guys! It's finally time to start posting Volume Three!"

PR: "Too bad it took you almost a month to write this chapter."

Me: :sullks: "I know, I was having a hard time with it. I am starting with an original arc and I ended up making it, short, simple, and to the point. It should last about four chapters, then we get into this worlds canon."

PR: "Which is?"

Me: "They can find out about a third of the way in."

PR: "Alright then, who is disclaiming?"

Me: Well, since I don't want to just give the world away before they read it, Gnocx shall disclaim today."

Gnocx walks into the room.

PR: "Hi!"

Gnocx: "Hello, it's been awhile."

Me: "Part of why i had trouble this chapter is because I am trying to avoid making Gnocx a Mary-Sue, and making him like me."

PR: :deadpans: "You guys are completely opposite, well... except for the seemingly heartless personalities and the need to get laid."

Me and Gnocx: :deadpan: "This again?"

PR: "Gnocx needs a love interest!"

Gnocx: "I am happy with the way things are."

PR: "You're just saying that because you've never had sex."

Me: "Just disclaim please."

Gnocx: "Shaded Truths owns nothing but me, I would say the fandoms names but he is being ridiculous with the secrecy."

Me: :glares as Gnocx links arms with PR and they walk out of the room."

Chapter 1

The impact with the water wasn't as unpleasant as one would expect. As soon as Gnocx's dive slowed, he leisurely swam through the warm water to the surface. Once he broke the surface he resupplied his lungs with air and tried to look around.

"Leave it to the damn thing to drop me in the middle of the ocean," he said to himself as he continued his search.

He spotted what appeared to be an island in the distance, so he pulled up his hood for anonymity sake before he began the lengthy swim to land.

In a village on the island Gnocx was swimming to, the mayor, Sazar, had been enjoying his self-defined role of leader. He had been laid back with a drink while a busty woman was at his side with another. He polished off the glass he had and non to gently thrust it at her before grabbing the other glass from her.

"Fetch me another," he ordered snidely at the poor servant woman.

"Yes, of course," she said obediently before leaving.

Sazar closed his eyes and smirked. Sazar was a man of about 6 feet, had dirty blond hair that reached his shoulders, and had grey eyes. At a glance he looked like a man that people wouldn't be afraid of, however, he didn't get to be the leader of the village and therefore half of the island for nothing. He cracked an eye open as he heard approaching footsteps.

"What is it, Nicolai?" he irritably asked. "You're interrupting my relaxation."

"I just came to report that that woman has yet again refused to give up her land," Nicolai responded.

Sazar frowned at the news.

"Foolish woman," Sazar muttered. "Although I can't say I'm surprised, her and that son of hers wanting to carry on that man's dream," he finished with mockery on the last part. "No matter, we will get that land in due time, now leave me be."

Sazar turned to look back up at the sky and his eyes widened. In the air he saw a shining something streak through the air.

"What is that?" he demanded causing Nicolai to turn to the sky.

"A shooting star?" the taller man asked. "In the middle of the day?"

They watched as it appeared to get closer to the surface of the island as it flew by. Sazar got up and went to the edge of his balcony and watched as it flew over the ocean and was amazed as it seemed to disperse. He narrowed his eyes as he saw a black shape plunge into the water.

"Send Rufus with a group of our men and secure whatever it was," he ordered.

"Right away, sir," Nicolai said before he left.

Interesting, Sazar mused.

What must have been hours later, Gnocx found himself finally getting to a point in the water where he could stand on the sand, slowly; he waded through the water with his hood up. His arms were burning from the exertion of swimming to the island. As he made it closer, the weight of the water made itself known as his soaked coat started to feel heavier. He was able to walk out of the water and onto a small beach. Nothing was there and he began to make his plans, first to see if the island was inhabited. He decided to take a breather, leaving him to sit down onto the sand and let the water drain from him. He closed his eyes and took in the sounds of the waves and the gulls. There was something about the moment that brought to his mind a sense of nostalgia. Before he could get anything else from it, a loud noise rang out, like a shot, and the sand in front of him became an impact sight. He jumped up and looked over where the noise came from.

The sight that met him were a line of uniformed men, all with a firearm in their hands, pointing at Gnocx. The line parted and a large man walked through. This man was dressed in some sort of armor that looked as if it he was a machine. He had dark eyes with a hooked nose and Gnocx could tell right away that he spelled trouble. Gnocx thought to make a run for the forest, but to do that he would have to go through the line of militia men.

"Alright, men," the armored man addressed. "You're leader, Master Sazar wants this man brought to him so he can ascertain what shot through the sky."

The men had hesitation in their eyes but none the less agreed with variations of an affirmative.

What the hell is this? Gnocx thought as he jumped to the side to dodge a bullet. This, Sazar person must have seen me in the sky, just fantastic.

"Don't let up men!" the armored man commanded.

"Roger, Mr. Rufus," the soldiers replied as they all lined up their shots again.

If they want me alive, then why try to kill me? Gnocx deadpanned in his own mind as he dashed for the line.

The grunts were startled that the hooded man had charged for them, resulting them wildly missing, more so than before.

"What are you idiots doing!" Rufus shouted.

"Sir, we can't kill him if the leader wants him alive," one peon tried to explain, but was smacked down by Rufus' fist.

Rufus then blinked before he looked at the man he hit.

"Oh, I guess you're right," he said dumbly.

His men fell over in shock at his stupidity and Gnocx just stared from under his hood.

"Then shoot him without killing him, you idiots!" Rufus yelled as his face did a 180 and he used his foot to stomp on his man's back.

Gnocx ran toward them as the men struggled to load there weapons. He held his hand out and a purple shockwave left him and went for the men. As it passed them, they were lifted into the air where they started to flail, but to no avail as they remained stationary.

Rufus' eyes bulged out of his head as he saw what was happening.

"What. The. Hell!" he yelled as Gnocx ran under the floating men and for the tree line.

Gnocx was almost in the clear, but Rufus managed to collect himself and moved in front of his path. He lifted a fist and brought it down to where Gnocx was as he ran in front of him. Gnocx jumped to dodge and landed with one foot on the giant appendage. He then brought his other leg back and then lashed out with it, the sole of his foot connecting with Rufus' armored chest.

"What the-" Gnocx started as he felt his foot compress with the armor on Rufus' armor.

Rufus then smirked and looked at him.

"You must have eaten a Devil Fruit, like my master, but that won't help you with me," he gloated.

"Devil Fruit?" Gnocx said more to himself then Rufus before he pushed with his foot some more.

The grin never left Rufus' face as he fell back into the sand with Gnocx's foot still on his chest.

"Playing stupid won't help," Rufus said.

The next thing Gnocx knew, the chest plate under his foot rumbled then shot up, like a spring, sending him into the air and landing on the ground behind Rufus' grounded form. Rufus laughed as he sat up and dusted himself off.

"You see, my armor is special," he explained as Gnocx got back up. "I made it myself. It takes the force of my opponent's attacks and bounces them back. Good idea, don't you think."

Gnocx didn't reply as he noticed that his zero gravity spell was wearing off, and the grunts were falling, one by one, without grace, onto the ground. Rufus then swung his giant fist again, Gnocx stepped back and watched as the fist collided with the ground, sending a small plume of sand into the air. With a flourish of his hand, he stepped forward and swung his hand down. Sword materializing on the way, onto Rufus' shoulder. He was shocked to find, however that the sword bounced off the armor. Rufus looked shocked at the sword's appearance before his face settled into a gloating smirk.

"Nice try, but it will take more than a sword to break my armor," he boasted before using his other fist to hit Gnocx straight in the chest, sending him flying a dozen feet where he crashed into the ground, body knocking more sand into the air.

Have to get away, Gnocx thought as he stood back up.

"Tough little space man, aren't you?" Rufus said. "Time to take you to the master."

Gnocx only pondered momentarily on the space man nickname, dismissing it as a result of his limited intelligence, before he made his sword vanish and waited as Rufus came closer. Said moron reached out, as if expecting Gnocx to come quietly. His grunts all picked up their weapons and followed their leader. Once they were all close enough, Gnocx spoke his first word in their presence.

"Stop."

Rufus didn't even have time to put on a face as he and his men were overtaken by a distortion that seemed to emanate from Gnocx's body, once it ended, they were all stationary, frozen in time. Gnocx turned and walked into the trees, disappearing into the forest before his spell could wear off.

A few minutes later, everything started to move again. Rufus' hand still moving forward, stopped when he realized there was nothing there.

"Huh?" he uttered dumbly.

His grunts behind him all were gaping and their eyes were bulging out of their heads.

"EEEEEEH?" they all exclaimed. "Where did he go?"

Rufus' expression changed to match his subordinates as he looked around like an idiot.

"What am I gonna tell master!" The armored man exclaimed with his hands on his head as he shouted at the sky.

Gnocx ran through the woods, never stopping. He eventually made it to a small clearing before he deemed himself safe.

The spell will have worn off by now, he thought as his coat vanished off his body in dark wisps. At least it's easy enough to throw off pursuit with them not knowing my appearance.

He rotated his shoulders that were still stiff from his swim and walked out of the clearing via a dirt path that went on through more forest.

"Space man?" Sazar deadpanned at Rufus who was nervously on one knee before him, Nicolai next to him with a sweatdrop

"W-Well he fell from space didn't he?" Rufus stuttered.

"I don't know what fell from the sky you idiot that's why I asked you to investigate!" Sazar yelled as he used a metal rod to hit Rufus on the head.

"He did come out of the water though Master, he had been swimming for a real long time," Rufus tried to appease. "He got away though because he has devil fruit powers like you."

Nicolai raised a brow as Sazar narrowed his eyes.

"Describe him to me, idiot," Sazar commanded.

"Um… well…"

"Spit it out!"

"He was wearing a long black coat and it had a hood!" Rufus cowered. "I couldn't see his face, neither could my men! I'm sorry, Master Sazar."

Rufus threw his large form on the ground and begged for forgiveness, Sazar just sighed as he rubbed his hand over his face.

"Very well, alert the village folk, tell them to be on the lookout and to turn the man over to me if he is found," Sazar instructed as he sat down in a chair.

"Right away, Master," Rufus said as he backed out of the room.

"Sometimes I wonder why I put up with him," Sazar moaned as he rubbed his temples after setting his metal rod in his lap.

"Despite his intellectual failings, he is a strong fighter," Nicolai answered for him.

"True, though I will be honest the fact that this 'Space Man' has devil fruit powers is somewhat disconcerting,"

"Master, you don't actually believe he is from outer space, do you?" Nicolai asked.

"Why would you ask me such a ridiculous question?" Sazar glared. "Of course not, it's just easier to go along with his idiocy."

"Do you wish for something to be done?"

"No, I have other matters to attend to at the moment."

"The bar?"

"Yes, I need to go and visit the lovely Caroline today," he said. "That bar is sitting on the last piece of land along the shore that I do not possess, but soon shall."

"Indeed, Master," Nicolai said as Sazar stood and left the room.

Gnocx had made his way out of the forest and found himself in a small village. It was in a simple layout with a town square in the center with shops and restaurants and the residence were all located on the outside. However there was a house that looked a tad more extravagant that was on a hill overlooking the entire town. Gnocx started to walk along the streets and watched as people mingled and there were obvious visitors from aboard the boats that were docked at the docks along the shore a short distance away who were being bargained with by merchants.

His stroll took him to the shore line; strangely all the buildings along it were abandoned and boarded up. He walked along the street as the people thinned and less were in sight, left behind in the bustle more toward the center of the village. He closed his eyes as he walked and let the sounds of the ocean fill his mind once more, once again triggering a lingering sense of nostalgia, of what he can't grasp.

Maybe I'm finally getting somewhere, he thought to himself as he opened his eyes. No sooner that he had, however, he heard a crash and a groan. He looked over toward the only building not boarded up, it looked to be a bar and despite it being open, it looked worse for wear. He walked around the side of the building where there was a stack of chopped wood piled high along the wall. Toward the back of the building some of the stacks seemed to have fallen apart and Gnocx saw nothing but a disorganized pile of wood away from the wall.

Remembering he heard a groan he calmly walked over and picked wood off the pile two pieces at a time. He only removed about a dozen before he revealed a tuft of brown hair. Then, pulling off a few more he revealed the dazed face of a teenage boy, no older than 16. Gnocx knelt down next to the half-conscious boy and lightly smacked the side of his face with his now ungloved hand,

"Hey, you okay?" Gnocx asked flatly as he slapped him a second time.

That time, the kid's face cringed slightly before he cracked open his eyes. He blinked a few times before he looked first at Gnocx then himself.

"Well, damn it," the teen said before he forced himself up and the logs covering him fell to the wayside. "That's what I get for hurrying."

At his full height, the teen was shorter than Gnocx. His hair was a light brown, thin, and fell to just above his chin. He had boy like features and he was really skinny, some would say frail looking. He looked at Gnocx as he stood and gulped, much to Gnocx's confusion.

"W-Who are you?" he stuttered.

"Gnocx," the Nobody replied still with a raised brow and a hand in the pocket of his black pants. "Are you afraid of me?"

"What?" the teen yelled in a mix of a stutter and a sputter as he started hurriedly restacking logs. "No! What makes you think that?"

"You're a stuttering mess," Gnocx deadpanned as he hefted logs and helped replace them in the stack. "You don't need to be, I heard the commotion while I was walking and came to see what happened."

Gnocx helped him gather the rest of the wood and then turned to leave.

"Wait," the teen said as he ran in front of him. "My name is Michael."

Gnocx stared at Michael a moment before he nodded and continued to walk by him.

"Thank you for your help," Michael added hesitantly.

Gnocx just held a hand up and waved as he continued to walk.

"…. Do you want something to eat?"

At that Gnocx stopped and looked over his shoulder with a cocked eyebrow as he searched Michael's eyes that were darting every which way. With a resigned shrug at the fact that he had nowhere else to go he accepted.

Out on the sea in a small sail boat, a teen in a red vest sat on the head of the boat and stared out ahead as the sun began its decent into the position indicating late afternoon hours. Behind him a man in a white shirt, black pants, and a green haramaki let out a snore as he continued to sleep the journey away, three swords laying at his side while his feet were perched on the edge of the boat. They had been sailing like this for a while and the teen in the red vest was quickly growing bored. He lifted a hand and scratched his cheek that held a funny shaped scar. Then he yawned, closing his eyes. Once they were open again however, they bugged out.

"Land!" he screamed. "Zoro, wake up! Land!"

The raven haired teen's companion woke up mid snore and groggily sat up. He rubbed his eyes as he followed his boat mates' gaze to the approaching island.

"Do you know where we are?" He asked as he ran a hand through his light green hair.

"Shishishi, nope!" the teen laughed as he sat his hand on the straw hat on his hand as they were hit with a small wind.

Zoro sighed as he maneuvered toward where his friend was.

"We really need to find a Navigator, Luffy."

Tadaa! Welcome to the world of One Piece, Gnocx! One Piece is my all time favorite anime, so of course I had to send him here. I don't have a whole lot done, but once I get past this first arc, it should be a hell of a lot easier to crank chapters out. This is going to be long, likely longer than Volume Two so strap in folks. A preview sort of though. In this Volume, Gnocx starts to have images appear in his mind, and maybe a voice or two. (memories) and he fights an organization member for the first time, I already know who it is. Also the mysterious third party I introduced in the last chapter of Volume Two shall make themselves known. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and to those who love Yu Yu Hakusho, I wrote a one shot named Romance Novel. It is a KeikoxYusuke fic and it is a lemon, it already has over 100 views. If you wish, check it out. Until next Friday. See ya.