Disclaimer: I don't own anything. See chapter 1 for more details.
Author's note: Hey everyone! How are you all doing? I'm doing good here in Japan but it is starting to get really hot. I can't get used to this Japanese humidity. It's crazy! I'm sweating bullets here. I just wish though that at my work place where I work as an ALT, they would put some fans or turn the AC! But they don't because they want to save money and be helpful to the environment. I understand the argument but what about the students? Anyways enough of my ranting.
Looking at the reviews of the previous chapter, I noticed that there weren't a lot. I hope with this new chapter that can change especially what I have planned for this series. And I know some of my fans will be a little mad that I have update this series rather than my flagship story, Saiyan in Mahora, before this one. This doesn't mean that I have abandoned it. Not at all! I promise to update Saiyan in Mahora as quickly as I can but at the moment, this one story is more interesting especially when I am surrounded by the two series at work and in Japan.
There are a few things that you should know about what I have planned for this series. I have placed it at the bottom so as to not delay my readers from reading this chapter.
And now I present to you Chapter 2 of Cross Epoch: A Dragon Ball One Piece Adventure! Enjoy!
Log 2: Bring out the Swordsmen! The Demon Pirate Hunter Duo!
Last time, our two heroes had set sailed to search for the Demon Pirate Hunters, Piccolo and Zoro with a pink haired boy named Coby. Son D. Goku and Monkey D. Luffy were excited at the prospect of recruiting the pirate hunting duo to their pirate crew. But after an hour or so of sailing, the two 'monkeys' were bored and 'surprisingly' hungry. "I'm… so… hungry…" Luffy whined, lying on the ground as his stomach growled loudly.
"Me too…" Goku mumbled as he laid next to his best friend. His stomach also growled loudly. Sitting back up and looking at the pink haired boy who was currently steering the ship, the spiky haired hero asked, "Damn, how long till we get to the island, Coby? I'm hungry."
"Yeah, I want some meat!"
Coby adjusted his glasses. "We'll be there in about 10 minutes or so. How can you call yourselves pirates if you two can't even navigate?" The reason on why he asked was that after sailing away from Alvida and her pirate crew for a few minutes, they had gotten lost for a good long while since both Goku and Luffy were navigating the boat. They kept on shouting out random directions, thinking that eventually they would come across the correct path. But thanks to Coby's skills, they were back on track.
"Shishishi," chuckled the straw hat captain. "Goku and I don't know anything about navigating. But don't worry. Soon, we will get our navigator with me being the captain and Goku being my first mate."
"Wait, I thought I was going to be the captain, Luffy," Goku protested.
"You dumbass. You lost to me in rock paper scissor match, remember? When we made our promise with Ace and Sabo?"
Goku blinked a few times as he tried hard to remember that memory. Coby wasn't sure if he was seeing things but it was looking like Goku was seriously thinking. Then within a few seconds, Goku exclaimed as he hit his right palm with a left fist. "Oh that's right! I remember! Hehehehe!" laughed the spikey haired pirate.
Coby was a little lost for a moment, wondering who were 'Ace' and 'Sabo' before Goku brought him back into the conversation. "Coby, you shouldn't worry about us. We will gather a mighty crew. We'll have some strong fighters, a navigator, a doctor, a very good cook that'll make us delicious stuff, and…"
"A musician! We need a musician to play music because pirates love to sing and dance!" Luffy added.
"Yeah! And a cook to make us lots of food!"
"You already said cook, Goku-san… twice," Coby said. 'Geez, these guys make up for brain power in strength. These two are complete morons! The pink haired boy said to himself. "But why do you guys want to recruit Piccolo and Zoro? They are both demons in the form of a man."
"Oh yeah?"
"So let's drop the idea of recruiting them," Coby protested.
"We haven't made up our minds about recruiting them yet," Luffy commented.
"But if they are good people then…" Goku added before being interrupted by Coby's outburst.
"They were arrested because they were bad people!" the pink haired boy shouted.
After traveling for some time, the trio had finally arrived to the island, Shell Island where Zoro and Piccolo were being held. As the island came into closer view, the trio could see a huge Marine Base at the top of the island. Once they reached the island's port, Luffy was the first to jump out of the small dingy as he yelled at the top of his lungs, "HELLO ISLAND! MY NAME IS LUFFY!"
Goku followed suit as he landed next to Luffy. "OSSU! AND I'M GOKU!"
"AND WE'RE HUNGRY!" yelled the two 'monkeys' in unison.
"Shut up you two!" exclaimed the pink haired boy. "You're both pirates remember? You want the marines to hear you?" Coby hissed as he looked around the port, thinking that maybe the marines might mistake him for a pirate and find out that he had been working for Alvida for the past two years. After that outburst, he sniffed a bit. "I g-guess this is goodbye, Goku-san, Luffy-san. After this, we'll be enemies, but we'll still be friends and… hey!" Coby then noticed Goku and Luffy walking into town, completely ignoring the pink haired boy's speech.
"Let's find a restaurant with good food," Goku said proudly.
"You're right, Goku," Luffy responded to his companion. Coby let out a sigh. What was he going to do with them? Not too long after, the trio sat in a restaurant with Coby just staring at the pirates and their eating. His eyes kept on widening and widening while his mouth gaped even further down as empty plates and empty bowls were being stacked up incredibly high. Not only that, the stack kept getting higher and higher.
"Um… Goku-san… Luffy-san… I know I said earlier that I'd pay but…" Coby said as he began to cry with anime tears, "I don't think I can afford this…"
"If you're joining here, then you can start a tab," Luffy deadpanned with his mouth full of another meat roll.
Coby sweat dropped at Luffy's blunt comment. "Uh… yeah…" he said.
After a few minutes of eating, both 'monkeys' were finally done as they patted their full stomachs. Coby paid as much as he could on the food, leaving the rest on a tab to pay for later. As they were walking upwards to the Marine base on the island, Goku asked the pink haired boy, "So what does Zolo and Flute dude look like again?"
Coby was confused at first at who Goku was referring to, but he later realized what the spikey haired pirate meant and sighed. "Goku-san, you mean Zoro and Piccolo?" He had earlier corrected Goku on their names before but it seemed that the spikey haired pirate had forgotten them. Or maybe not… hopefully. However, as soon as the pink haired boy mentioned the two names, the whole town jumped in fear.
The trio blinked a few times in confusion. "That was weird," Goku commented.
"What were you saying?" asked Coby.
"Well what does those two look like? I remember that you told us something about Zolo and Flute before but I can't seem to remember," Goku mentioned.
Coby shook his head. Of course he forgot, Coby said to himself. "Well, I hear Piccolo," Coby started before the whole town jumped again at the mention at the name. The trio blinked a few times in confusion before the pink haired boy continued speaking. "He is known for his white turban and white cape and I hear he has green skin. He also carries a long katana sword with a strange inscription on the scabbard."
"Green skin?!" Luffy excitedly said.
"Weird sword?!" Goku added.
"Cool!" cheered the two pirates.
Did they really forget already? The pink haired boy asked himself as he was referring to when he had described the Pirate Hunter Duo earlier after leaving Alvida's ship. "While Zoro…" Coby continued but then the town jumped once more. "Maybe we shouldn't mention their names…" whispered Coby to the heroic and goofy duo.
"Yeah I guess," Goku said.
"Makes sense," Luffy said.
Coby quickly changed the subject. "Well, I heard Captain Morgan is the leader of this base," said the pink haired boy. Once again, the entire town jumped at the mere mention of the Marine Captain's name.
"What's with them?" Goku asked, scratching the back of his head in his trademark way.
"I don't know," Luffy said with a big smile on his face. "It's kinda funny town don't yah think?" He said while laughing. Goku had joined in as well, seeing how this place can be interesting to Luffy.
"I have a bad feeling about this, Luffy-san, Goku-san," Coby said. "I could understand why they'd be scared after hearing Roronoa Zoro's and Piccolo's name, since they could escape at any time, but why would they be afraid of a Marine Captain's name too?!"
"Well, he could've done something bad, right?" Luffy stated.
"That's impossible!" the pink haired boy cried as he tried to defend the Marine Captain's honor. However, the conversation was over once they had made their way to the base.
A few minutes later...
Once they had arrived at the Marine base, the trio looked up and saw it was a very tall blue tower with tiger stripes surrounded by a brick wall.
"So, are you going to join?" Luffy asked.
"Um… well I'm not so sure…" muttered Coby.
"You join up, we're going to look for Zoro and Piccolo," Luffy stated as he went off searching.
"W-W-Wait, Luffy-san, I'm sure that they are locked away in a secret room or something. Not out in the open," Coby commented.
Goku jumped and looked over the fence to see ahead. "Oi! I see a guy over there!" he said to his friends as he ran ahead. Luffy ran behind the spikey haired pirate, with Coby following close behind. All three jumped up a wall and saw something or better yet, someone. On the other side of the wall, the trio saw two men being held on two separate poles next to each other. They were tried around these poles as if they were being crucified.
The one on the right to them was a 19 year old man dressed in a plain white shirt with three undone buttons at the collar. He also wore black trousers tucked inside black boots as well as a green haramaki around his waist and had three long earrings on his left ear. However, what was most interesting feature was his cropped green hair that was hidden underneath a black bandanna that was tied around his head. "Th-Th-The bandanna… the haramaki… the intimidating aura… that's Roronoa Zoro!" cried Coby.
"So that's the Zolo dude," muttered Goku. "But wait, who is the green-looking dude that is next to him?"
"Huh?" Coby said as he looked at the other figure next to Zoro. He wore a white turban and a dark navy dogi with a red belt around his waist. He also wore strange brown shoes. He had very pointed ears, pointed nails that looked like claws on his fingers, and his skin was… green! It was really green! Coby trembled even further as he immediately recognized that person. "T-Th-That turban… th-the green skin… the demonic aura surrounding him… it's Piccolo Daimao, the Demon King…!"
"Really?" Luffy and Goku said in unison as the two pirates looked at the second figure, trying to get a closer look at the mysterious green man. And sure enough, it was true. But something caught the attention of the two 'monkeys'. They felt strong auras coming from them. Goku let out a small grin. "This is so exciting! I feel so fired up being so close to them. But I don't see why they haven't broken free from those ropes. They look strong!"
"Hey, maybe if we release them then they'll join up with us!" Luffy exclaimed. Goku nodded and was about to add something else before being interrupted by Coby.
"S-Stop joking!" the pink haired boy protested. "If you free them, they could make a mess in the town and even kill you two!"
"Hey! You three!"
"Huh?" the trio said as they noticed it was Zoro yelling at them.
"If you're done staring then get lost! You don't want the marines to get you now do you?"
Coby seemed to tremble in fear even more. "Maybe we should listen to him," the pink haired boy whispered to Goku and Luffy.
"Don't listen to this green haired dumbass," spoke another voice. This time, it was coming from the green man, Piccolo. "I, on the other hand, would love for the Marines to come here so I can crush them," he said with a demonic look in his eyes. "Cut me down so I can prove to everyone that I am a stronger swordsman than this weakling over here."
"Hmph, we will see about that," Zoro responded with a similar demonic grin.
"Don't do it, guys! Don't be tricked by his words!" the pink haired pleaded. "If you free them, they'll kill us and escape!"
"They can't kill us," Luffy responded with a calm look on his face.
"Huh?"
"Because… we are strong too," Goku added. "It would take a lot of effort for someone to beat us." Coby started to cry anime tears. These two are hopeless after all!
Just then a little girl in pigtails showed up next to the trio carrying a ladder and placed it against the wall and started to climb. As she climbed the ladder, the trio noticed that she was holding something and seeing that they were looking at her, she put her index finger on her lips to indicate them to be quiet. She then climbed over the wall and ran over to where Zoro and Picoolo were.
"That little girl is in danger!" muttered Coby. "Goku-san, Luffy-san, go and help her!" But Goku and Luffy said and did nothing as the trio watched the scene unfold. The little girl tried to give Zoro rice balls that she had made herself. However, he refused them and told her to leave. She then turned to Piccolo and tried to ask but the green man wasn't talking. Suddenly, two marines and a weird man showed up. This weird person was a skinny and lanky-looking young man with light blond hair shaped like an oval on top of his head and a big cleft chin. He wore a snappy violet colored uniform with white shoes and a rubber band ring on his left hand.
"That must be an officer! He'll save the little girl for sure!" said positively Coby. Goku and Luffy still didn't say anything as they tried to listen in to the conversation between the Marines, the little girl and the two Demon Pirate Hunters.
"Roronoa Zoro!" shouted the blond man, whose name was Helmeppo. "Don't pick on little kids or else I'll have to report to my father about it. And the same goes to you, greenie."
Once he mentioned Piccolo, the green warrior turned his demonic attention towards the scrawny lad, scaring him a bit. "Tch," sounded Piccolo with a small evil grin on his face. "Look who it is. If it isn't the Captain's bastard son coming for a visit."
"D-Don't get cocky Piccolo," Helmeppo stuttered a bit. "Y-You should calm yourself down before I tell my father about your tone of voice towards me."
"Why don't you make me?"
Helmeppo gulped a bit before turning his attention to the little girl and her rice balls. "Well hello, little girl," the blond lad said as he took one of her rice balls. "These rice balls look pretty delicious." But once he tasted them, he spat the piece that he just eaten out and onto the dirt floor. "Blegh! Horrible! You put too much sugar in it! You're supposed to put salt in these things."
"Bu-But I thought they'll taste better if they're sweet!" explained the little girl. However, Helmeppo didn't listen as he tossed the remaining rice balls on the dirt and began to stomp on them repeatedly. The little girl repeated tried to stop him but couldn't. Now her rice balls were mixed in the dirt, making them inedible. "That's so cruel!" the little girl cried. "I-I tried really hard to make them!"
"Aww, don't cry," mocked Helmeppo. "It's no wonder why I hate little brats so much." Pointing at a sign that was next to the two Pirate Hunters, the blond scrawny lad explained. "Didn't you see the sign? It says, 'Anyone who helps a prisoner will be charged with the same crime. Marine Captain Morgan.' You know how scary my dad can be, right?"
The little girl began to grow a little paler after hearing about Helmeppo's father. "You would've gotten the death penalty if you were a grown-up," the blond lad said. "Oi! Soldier! Throw this brat out!"
"Huh?!" The Marine soldier said in a confused voice. "But she is just a little girl!"
"I don't care!" Helmeppo said as he grabbed the collar of the Marine soldier. "I'm telling you to throw her outta here! Are you trying to disobey me?! I'm telling my Dad if you don't do as you are told!"
"Ay-Aye sir! It will be done," the Marine soldier said as he grabbed the little girl. "I'm sorry miss," he whispered to her before throwing her over the wall. Luffy was able to catch her on the other side.
"Are you okay?" Coby asked tenderly.
Meanwhile, back with Zoro, Piccolo and Helmeppo, the blond scrawny lad continued to talk. "It's impressive," Helmeppo complimented. "I didn't think you two would have this kind of endurance!"
"Of course we would," Piccolo responded.
"After all, that was the promise, remember?" Zoro added.
"Yeah, yeah," Helmeppo said. "I promised that if you two were able to survive one month like this, then I would let you live."
"You better keep your promise, bastard son," Piccolo snorted, which immediately an ire from Helmeppo.
"Don't you dare call me a bastard, you green monster!" shouted the blond scrawny lad as he proceeded to punish Piccolo by punching and kicking him as the green warrior stood defenseless against the scrawny lad's aggression.
"Oi! Leave him alone!" Zoro shouted and was about to continue before being hit from behind by one of the nearby Marines. He used the blunt part of the rifle to hit Zoro.
"Don't interfere with Helmeppo-sama's work," the Marine solider ordered with a small hint of disappointment in his voice. Zoro quickly noticed, maybe thinking that the Marine was desperately holding back his true feelings about the situation.
However, that didn't stop the swordsman from being nice. "Try me," Zoro said, looking straight back at the Marine with intimidating eyes, at which the Marine back off.
"Oh don't worry, Roronoa Zoro, I will give you some punishment later," Helmeppo said as he finished with his work and gestured the two Marines to follow him. "See you two later!"
"That bastard," Zoro muttered angrily as soon as Helmeppo and the two Marines were out of sight.
"You didn't have to butt in, asshole," Piccolo grunted as some purple blood was oozing from his injuries on his body and head. "I was perfectly fine. I can deal with this, if it means getting closer to my dream."
"Of course, but I wasn't trying to butt in your affairs," Zoro responded. "I'm only trying to keep you alive so I can crush you later and become the strongest in order to achieve my dream."
Piccolo smirked. "We will see about that. I might be the one to kill you first." Zoro grinned at the comment. However, none of it was going to matter if they weren't able to survive this ordeal that was laid upon them.
Meanwhile, back Luffy and the others, Coby wondered out loud, "Who was that weird jerk?" Hoping that Goku or Luffy knew something, the pink haired boy looked up but saw they were gone. Coby went up the ladder and noticed Goku and Luffy standing in front of the two roped warriors.
It took a few seconds for the Pirate Hunter Duo to realize that Goku and Luffy were standing in front of them. Piccolo was the first to speak. "Hey, you two," he said. "Why are you still here? Leave before that guy comes back and prisons you too."
"So?" Luffy deadpanned.
"Hurry up and leave," Zoro said.
Completely ignoring Zoro's plea, Goku stood a bit closer to the roped warriors. "Hey, why haven't you two broken out? You guys look strong. Besides, we are looking for people to join our pirate crew."
"Pirate crew?" Zoro repeated.
Piccolo chuckled as he noticed the physique of both Luffy and Goku, as well as seeing that the spikey haired pirate had a tail. "So, you gave up on life and decided to become a pirate. I can't blame you, especially you 'monkey' boy."
"There's nothing wrong with being a pirate!" Luffy stated firmly, his voice showing a little anger at the small insult that Piccolo did to his friend. "Besides, it's our dream to become great pirates!"
"Great pirates, huh? Don't make me laugh," Zoro said. "Let me guess. You two are here to free us so we can join your pirate crew. Not going to happen in a million years."
"Actually, we haven't decided on whether to have you two dudes join us," Goku said.
"Especially when everyone thinks you guys are bad people," Luffy added.
"Bad guys, huh? I can understand why people would think my green friend would be a bad guy especially when his nickname is Piccolo Daimao, but either way we don't care about what they think. We will never join you two because we both have something to take care of."
Piccolo let out a small grin after hearing Zoro's comment. "That's right. That bastard son told us that we could leave after one month of being imprisoned like this," he explained. "We are going to do everything in our power to stay alive and fulfill our dreams!"
Goku and Luffy both smiled at Piccolo's proclamation as well as his and Zoro's attitude toward the whole prisonment thing. If they were held up prisoner like these two, they wouldn't be able to survive at least a week. As they were about to head back to the village, Zoro stopped the two in their tracks by saying, "Hey, wait! Could you pick that up for me and feed it to me?" He was looking at the rice balls that the little girl had made earlier and was stepped on by Helmeppo.
Goku and Luffy both blinked in confusion as the straw hat pirate picked up the soiled and mashed up rice ball. "You want to eat this?" he asked. "But the rice ball is all muddy and disgusting. Well, I guess you can't be picky about food when you're hungry."
"Just shut up and feed it to me!" Feeding the rice ball to his mouth, Zoro struggled to swallow the badly tasted food.
Luffy and Goku wondered if he was really serious on trying to survive one month since the rice ball might kill him in the process. Looking at the green warrior, Goku asked, "What about you, Flute dude?"
Thinking that maybe he was referring to his name, Piccolo quickly responded with a straight answer. "I don't need food to survive. I will eat when I need to but what I need most to survive is water."
"Wow, you are like a green plant," Goku commented.
"Don't call me green plant!" Piccolo barked. Zoro couldn't help but chuckle at the comment that the spikey haired pirate made as he finished his food.
"Hey, you two," Zoro said. "Tell that little girl that the rice balls were delicious. And also… thank you very much."
Later…
At the restaurant that the trio were eating earlier, Luffy and Goku were telling Coby and the little girl, now known as Rika, about what had happened between them and the Pirate Hunter Duo. "Really? He ate all of it?" the little girl asked. Both Goku and Luffy nodded. "I'm so happy!"
"I was thinking… killing pirates for their bounties is legal and it seems that they don't live up to their reputations, but why were Zoro and Piccolo arrested?" asked Coby.
"They are not to blame. It's my entire fault," the little girl, Rika, mumbled grimly. "It all started three weeks ago…" started Rika. "Helmeppo's dogs were on the loose again and some had tried to attack me. Trying to protect him, Zoro and Piccolo killed them as they had seen everyone so afraid of Helmeppo and his dogs. If it weren't for me, they wouldn't have been arrested."
"Wow," Luffy commented. "So you are saying that they were arrested because of that weird guy?" Rika nodded in response.
"But a whole month? I wonder how long has he been out there?" Goku said thoughtfully.
"Three weeks," Rika muttered.
"I can't believe they did that…" Coby said grimly. "They aren't who I thought they were! I thought all Marines were great heroic men! Not monsters!"
"Marines are great but it is just the Morgans! They are the monsters!" Rika shouted angrily.
But before anyone else could add to that comment, the idiot son, better known as Helmeppo, suddenly showed up in the restaurant, making everyone bow before him as he took his seat. "Who dares raises his head?! Hahaha!" laughed the idiot son. "Listen up! Tomorrow I will be executing Zoro! I'll use him to set an example for all of you! It's gonna be pretty interesting."
Goku turned a bit wide-eyed and clenched his fist. "What!" he yelled.
"What about your promise to them?" Luffy asked. "Didn't you say you were going to give them one month?!"
Helmeppo just laughed. "Those two idiots were stupid for believing it!" Luffy and Goku started to get angry; this blond scrawny lad made a promise to the Pirate Hunter Duo and he intended to break it. Goku was about to make his move before seeing that Luffy had already started as he punched Helmeppo in the face, knocking the scrawny blond lad of his mighty chair and onto the floor. Everyone in the restaurant gasped in shock.
"No one's ever punched me!" Helmeppo screamed. "Besides do you have a death wish?! Picking a fight with me is like picking a fight with the Marines!"
"I don't care!" Luffy declared as Coby was trying to hold the straw hat pirate back from hurting Helmeppo even further. "Besides, we are pirates! And Zoro and Piccolo are both joining my crew!" Everyone in the restaurant gasped even further at the straw hat pirate's declaration.
Meanwhile, the Marines picked Helmeppo up as he yelled at Luffy and Goku, "I'm telling my father on you! You will be executed immediately!" And the two marines dragged him away.
Suddenly, everyone in the restaurant started to distance themselves from the trio as they didn't want to get involved in Captain Morgan's path of destruction. Even Rika's mother showed up and dragged her from them, thinking it was bad idea to be seen with them even though Rika thought that Luffy was amazing. Coby, meanwhile was freaking out. "Why did you do that, Luffy-san?!" he protested. "Now the Marine Captain will send Marines to get us! We're in trouble!"
"It is meaningless to hit people like him, especially when they don't have the guts to fight their own battles," Luffy commented as he planted his straw hat firmly on his head, ignoring Coby's protests. "Now, let's go get our new crew members!"
Goku grinned. "Alright then! Let's save Zoro and Piccolo!" the spikey haired pirate said confidently. Coby calmed down immediately when he looked at the spikey haired pirate. He was especially surprised when Goku's expression went to idiotic to the expression of a warrior, especially when he had said the Pirate Hunter Duo's name correctly. But could they really rescue Zoro and Piccolo without any trouble?
A few minutes later, the trio decided to head back up to the Marine Base to warn Piccolo and Zoro about Helmeppo's plan as well as the incoming attack from Helmeppo's father, the Axe-Hand Marine Captain Morgan. However, on the way there, Goku and Coby had lost track of Luffy. The pink haired boy was the first one to notice. "Hey, where is Luffy-san?! Shouldn't he be with us?!" he exclaimed.
"Don't worry about him," Goku said calmly as they continued walking. "Luffy can take care of himself."
"But he has already caused enough trouble by punching the Captain's son, Goku-san! Once he hears about this, the captain of this base will probably send Marines after us for hitting his son!" And probably ending my dream of becoming an Admiral for the Marines someday!
"So?" Goku asked quizzically. "I would have done the same thing too. That guy was really annoying. And besides, I was hoping to get a fight in soon. I'm feeling a bit rusty ever since we left that chunky biddy hag's ship." Coby had his mouth gaping. Who were these people that he gotten himself with?!
Meanwhile…
Back at the field of the Marine Base where Zoro and Piccolo were being held, Luffy walked up to them, making a greeting at them. "Yo!"
Piccolo chuckled lightly. "Well, if it isn't Straw Hat again," he said. "What do you want? I thought we told you and your monkey friend that we don't want to be pirates!"
The straw hat pirate, completely ignoring Piccolo's comment, walked up to Zoro and introduced himself. "Hey, I'm Luffy," he said. "If I loosen you and the green guy's ropes, you two will join my crew, okay?"
"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear Piccolo before? We are not interested in becoming pirates!" Zoro stated. "We have things that we need to do. We are not going to become bad guys like you pirates are."
"That's the difference?" Luffy questioned. "Everyone already thinks you two are bad guys, especially you, green man. I hear that they call you the Demon King."
"Hmph, I couldn't give two shits what they say about me or Zoro," Piccolo responded. "We haven't done one thing that we would regret in the past and will be the same for the future."
"We live only for our dreams," Zoro added. "We won't and ever will be pirates."
"I don't care! You two are going to join me and Goku!"
"Don't decide for yourself, asshole!" barked the Pirate Hunter Duo.
"Hey," Luffy said, completely ignoring their rant and changing the topic, "I heard that you two use katanas, right?"
"Of course," scoffed Zoro. "We are swordsmen."
"Where are they?"
"That bastard son took it from us," Piccolo stated. "As swordsmen, it is one thing that we treasure above all other than our lives and dreams."
"Okay! I'm gonna go to where the bastard kid is and get your katanas back," Luffy stated. "But… if you want me to return them to you two, you both will have to join my crew."
"THAT'S DIRTY!" shouted the two.
"Okay! I'm going!" Luffy shouted before he ran towards the Marine Base to look for the Pirate Hunter Duo's swords, completely ignoring the duo's previous protest.
"Is he really planning on sneaking into the base?" Zoro questioned out loud. "He doesn't seem to be the type to sneak around. What a fool!"
"But you know, that straw hat boy is certainly interesting," Piccolo commented. "He is really keen on making us part of his crew."
"Like hell I will join him and his idiotic 'monkey' friend! If he is able to bring back my swords, I will just use him to get us out of here."
"Of course," the green warrior responded. "And after that, we will continue on our journey so I can finally kill you and become the strongest in the world."
Zoro chuckled slightly, a small grin appearing on his face. "We will see about that, 'Demon King'."
"There you are!" shouted a young-sounding voice, grabbing both Piccolo's and Zoro's attention. Running to them was Coby and Goku. "Have you seen Luffy-san?"
"You mean straw hat? He went inside the base to get our katanas back," Piccolo replied.
"What?! Already?! He's too hot-headed!" Coby barked while Goku laughed. "This isn't a laughing matter, Goku-san!"
"I know but it so like him," the spikey haired pirate responded with his trademark grin on his face. "I wouldn't worry too much about him. He wouldn't be killed so quickly before we had any chance of becoming King of the Pirates and Dragon Master."
"King of the Pirates?!" Piccolo exclaimed.
"Dragon Master?!" Zoro added.
"That's right. Nothing will stop us from achieving our goals."
Zoro and Piccolo immediately looked at Coby wondering what the hell was up with this spikey haired pirate. But the pink haired boy showed through facial expressions that both Luffy and Goku were really serious about achieving their dreams, no matter the cost and even it meant their lives. "But first," Goku said, grabbing the attention of everyone once more, "We have to get you out of here. They're going to execute you tomorrow."
"What?" asked Zoro in disbelief. "Nonsense! That bastard son promised us that if we could survive this for a month, he'd free us!"
"I knew it," Piccolo said, drawing a quizzical look from Zoro. "That low life was just messing with us, treating us like his play things. It was inevitable. I knew that bastard son would get bored someday and be done with us."
"You were right about that part," Goku responded. "When we heard about him trying to break his promise, I was about to kick his ass but Luffy beat me to the punch. He gave that weak dude a good beating for you guys."
Zoro and Piccolo stood a bit shocked. "What did you say?!" they both said, surprised at the fact that the two 'monkeys' would defend their honor so quickly even when they had refused to become part of their crew. Who were these guys?!
"So Zoro and Piccolo, it seems to me you two were planning a rebellion with that Straw Hat this whole time!" spoke the voice of Marine Captain Morgan. Morgan was a very tall, intimidating man with white-blond hair and a steel jaw. His right hand was replaced by a huge steel axe, the handle of which seems to go right through his forearm. He wore a large, billowing coat like a cape. And in his mouth was a cigar. "Everyone in this town is a traitor. After I kill you, I will punish the town for their transgressions against me, their superior and savior! They should be grateful!"
Goku clenched his fists angrily. "Don't you dare hurt the villagers! Leave them out of this!" he shouted. "They haven't done anything bad against you!"
"Oh yes they have!" shouted back Morgan. "They don't respect me so I must show them a lesson. And why don't we start by killing all of you here!" Coby shrieked when he heard that as he stood behind the spikey haired pirate while he got into a battle stance. "Any last words before you all die?"
"Yeah, I have one," Piccolo said with a grin on his face. "Stick that axe up your…"
"Fire!" yelled Captain Morgan before Piccolo could finish his sentence . Zoro, as well as Goku, Piccolo, and Coby were in their line of fire.
It can't end like this, thought the swordsman. He suddenly had a flashback of his dear friend and rival Kuina and his time at the dojo. Kuina was the strongest female swordsman he knew as well as being the first one to defeat him. He also remembered when Piccolo first came to the dojo and challenged Kuina and lost just like he did. But what he remembered most was how she hated being a girl because her father told her she could never be a true swordsman due to that fact. The promise she and Zoro made filled the swordsman's mind. He remembered how he reacted to the news of she death; that she had by falling down the stairs. The promise he made to Kuina and her father as well as to Piccolo. His dream… it was all going to end.
Just as the Marines were about to shoot, Luffy jumped out of a window, carrying multiple swords on his back and landed in front of them, directly in the line of fire of the rifles.
"He's crazy," breathed Zoro.
"That's insane," Piccolo muttered. Goku just smirked, knowing what was going to happen and got back to work on loosening the ropes.
The bullets hit Luffy, but it didn't kill him. Instead, they bounced off of him as if he were a balloon! Due to them being bounced back, the bullets were sent back their original direction, nearly missing the Marines. Coby almost fainted, Piccolo and Zoro's mouths were hanging open while Goku was just laughing hysterically.
"You two look like dead fish," Goku snorted as he had finally loosened the ropes on the Pirate Hunting Duo, thus freeing them from captivity while everyone's attention was on Luffy.
As they tried to regain their balance after being tied to a pole for so long, Piccolo and Zoro looked at the two 'monkeys' with one burning question in mind. "Who and what the hell are you guys?" they both asked.
Goku answered first. "I am the one who is to become Dragon Master!"
Luffy turned back at the group and smiled his trademark grin. "And I am the one who will become King of the Pirates." Zoro and Piccolo chuckled softly because at that moment, they had finally made their decision on whether or not to join Luffy's and Goku's pirate crew. Luffy took off the four swords that were on his back and gave them to Zoro and Piccolo. "Sorry I couldn't tell which one was yours," Luffy apologized.
"Three of them are mine," Zoro simply said as he grabbed three swords, while Piccolo grabbed a particular looking sword with a strange inscription on the scabbard. "I practice Santoryu, the three swords style."
"Santoryu?" Goku and Luffy asked quizzically.
Meanwhile, the Marines were trembling in fear at what just happened. "Th-that straw hat guy couldn't be shot," muttered one of the Marines in utter shock.
"You imbeciles! If he can't be shot, then cut him!" Captain Morgan commanded. Once they had heard their leader say that, most of the Marines got back their courage and turned towards the pirate group. Soon, the Marines had started to run towards the group.
"You take them. I think you have a point to prove, especially with your precious 'Santouyu'," Piccolo said lazily.
"Of course," Zoro said with a smirk on his face. Within moments, Zoro had used all three of his swords to block the Marines' swords. "One move and you die," Zoro said menacingly. The Marines that were being blocked immediately got scared and began to cry anime tears, thinking how scary Zoro was.
Zoro then turned his attention to the two 'monkey' pirates and said, "Look, I'll agree to join your crew however you must know about my goal. I want to be the World's Greatest Swordsman who is known far and wide and if being on your crew keeps me from this goal, I will make commit Seppuku and kill you both."
"World's Greatest Swordsman? Ha!" chuckled the green man as he blocked another incoming horde of Marines that came from the other side using his long katana. "I will be the one to take that title. But if you are able to take it, I will be the one to kill you, Roronoa Zoro and take it for myself. Either way, as long as our names are known world-wide, I will join this crew as well so long as I get to fight for that title with my eternal rival on an even playing field."
"Whatever green bean. It's a perfect opportunity to show that I'm better that you," Zoro hissed.
"And I'm going to be King of the Pirates. My best friend Goku here will be Dragon Master; anything less on my crew would make us look bad," Luffy simply said. Then, all four of them turned towards the Marine group that had completely surrounded them. "Now…" Luffy cracked his knuckles, "let's kick their asses!"
But before any of them could make a move towards the Marines, Goku had interrupted them by standing in front of the group. "You guys stay here. Leave them to me!" He smirked and now cracked his knuckles and neck. Then he started stretching as if nothing was wrong. Zoro, Piccolo, and the Marines stood confused as to why the spikey haired pirate was stretching at a time like this. Luffy, meanwhile, had a big smile on his face and relaxed his body as he knew what Goku was planning to do.
Once he had finished the stretching, Goku let out a deep sigh. "QI QI NO… AURA!" Goku shouted as suddenly a white flame-like aura surrounded him, getting surprised looks from everyone, especially the Marines. Goku let out a small smirk as he jumped up into the air. Pulling his hands back, palms open, Goku shouted his next attack. "QI QI NO BARRAGE!" He shot his arms out and from his hand came out energy balls the size of a regular baseball. And these weren't your average energy balls. These were the destructive and painful ones. It was as if you were punched in the face but from very far away.
Caught completely by surprise by the energy ball, the Marines tried to escape but were having a hard time as Goku was shooting out a barrage of energy balls. Within seconds, some of the marines were lying unconscious on the ground, while others stood terrified at Goku's display of his Devil Fruit powers. "That was too easy," Goku said with a bit of disappointment in his voice, hoping to get in a good fight.
Piccolo and Zoro, meanwhile, stared at the spikey haired pirate with their mouths gaping. However, that was nothing compared to what was going to happen next. Goku turned his head a bit to look behind the former Pirate Hunting Duo to see Luffy preparing his attack. He went into a ducking position so as to avoid what was coming next. Piccolo and Zoro, curious as to why the spikey haired pirate was ducking, were about to ask when suddenly, their fighting instincts told them to duck as well. That was when Luffy yelled his attack, "GOMU GOMU NO… MUCHI!" Upon finishing his yell, Luffy stretched his leg and kicked in a wide circle, striking many Marine soldiers. They stood no chance as the remaining soldiers cowered in fear and started to take a few steps back.
"So awesome!" Coby said as he had regained conscious some time earlier.
"How did in the seven hells did you two do that?" Piccolo asked in disbelief as he and Zoro were getting up from the ground. "And for that matter…"
"YOU ALMOST HIT US, YOU DUMBASS!" barked both Piccolo and Zoro angrily at Luffy.
"I ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi," replied Luffy, completely ignoring the Duo's outburst. "I'm a rubber man."
"And I ate the Qi Qi no Mi," added the spiky haired pirate as he stood next to the straw hat boy. "I'm an energy man."
"Heh… so you two ate Devil Fruits eh?" Piccolo smirked.
"Devil Fruits?" Zoro asked.
"It was said that these were fruit created and possessed by sea devils and whoever ate one would gain fantastic abilities," Piccolo explained. "However, I heard there is a price to be paid for eating a Devil Fruit. For eating a Devil Fruit, that person will lose their ability to swim in exchange for great power." Coby was very impressed that Piccolo knew so much about Devil Fruit. Goku and Luffy said nothing while Zoro was grinning. It seemed that he had joined a powerful crew, one that would help him achieve his dream of becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman.
On the other hand, the marines were panicking. "Zoro, Piccolo, a spikey haired energy man and a straw hat rubber man! I don't think we can fight them!" cried a Marine. Many of the Marines agreed. However, there was one person who was not pleased with the frightened cries of the Marines.
"Listen up!" shouted Axe-Hand Morgan. "If you think about backing away, on my order, you must kill yourselves!"
"Wait, he's making them do that!" Goku realized. "Those marines are terrified of Morgan! He's forcing them to do this mean stuff!"
"Hey you! Maybe you should take me on! After all, I am the Marines' worst enemy!" yelled Luffy. "GOMU GOMU NO PISTOL!" He threw his stretched punch to Captain Morgan, however the axe man was ready for it. After the punch landed on the axe, he pushed off the straw hat boy.
"People like you, without status, have no right to oppose me!" shouted the Marine captain as he took off his coat to fight against Luffy. "I am Marine Captain Axe-Hand Morgan!"
Luffy then looked at Morgan once more. "And I'm Luffy!" He ran straight at the Marine Captain, preparing his attack. "GOMU GOMU NO PISTOL!" Luffy stretched his right fist at Morgan only for him to dodge it.
Morgan threw a right punch at Luffy, but Luffy avoided it, and went to Morgan's back. Luffy grabbed Morgan around his waist, and lifted his body back which made Morgan fall right at the back of his head. Luffy got up and jumped right over Morgan. "GOMU GOMU NO YARI!" Luffy thrusted both of his feet at Morgan, but Morgan rolled out of the way to avoid it. Morgan quickly got up and threw forth his axe, only for Luffy to dodge it. As soon as Morgan finished with his slice though, the fence next to him was cut in half, literally!
"He cut the fence in half!" shouted Coby. "Goku-san, you need to help Luffy-san!"
"Why? It's Luffy's fight," the spikey haired pirate deadpanned.
"'Why'?! Luffy-san is your best friend! Shouldn't you help him?!" Coby looked at Goku surprised, shocked even that he wouldn't even help out his friend.
"Nah, he will be fine. Besides, we have a general rule between us that says to not interfere in each other's fights." Coby couldn't believe what he was hearing. Even Luffy was outmatched, Goku wouldn't help him. What kind of friend was that? However, on the other hand, Coby couldn't believe on how confident Goku was on Luffy's abilities. Was it really true that the straw hat pirate could defeat this Marine Captain without any help? Despite that, Coby couldn't help but worry and was ready to help out Luffy. But he didn't have to.
As soon as he turned his head, Coby saw that Luffy was having the upper-hand in the fight against the Marine Captain as the Axe Marine tried to land a hit with his axe arm but the straw hat pirate had kept dodging them with ease. And within one dodge, Luffy turned around in mid-air and landed helm-splitting kick on Morgan's head, making the Marine Captain fall to the ground with a thud.
Grabbing hold of the Marine Captain's collar, Luffy looked at him with a deadly glare. "Some great Marine leader you are! Destroying Coby's dream like that. What kind of person are you?!" Luffy was about to give another devastating punch to the Marine Captain before being interrupted by a loud voice.
"St-stop… stop now!" shouted the voice.
Luffy stopped and looked and saw Helmeppo holding a gun to Coby's head. "If you continue pounding… I-I swear… I-I will shoot four eyes here!" Helmeppo stuttered. Luffy continued his beating of Morgan, which of course didn't sit well with Helmeppo. "I-I mean it! H-he is going to get it!" Obviously he really didn't have the courage to, but who knew?
"Luffy-san! Don't worry about me, just please stop these Marines! I'm not afraid of death!" yelled Coby.
Luffy stopped his pounding of the Marine Captain, letting him go to look at Coby. "Okay! I know," he said, a proud grin on his face. And with that, Goku knew that it was time to act. Using some quick speed, he silently appeared in front of Helmeppo, scaring the scrawny blond lad. Helmeppo let out a scream and fainted, dropping the gun. Coby let a sigh of relief but then noticed that Captain Morgan was behind Goku, aiming his axe at the unaware spikey haired pirate.
"Goku-san, look out!" yelled the pink haired boy.
Piccolo and Zoro immediately appeared in front of Goku and did their signature combo attack, drawing both their swords out. "MINEUCHI!"they yelled, slicing Morgan's torso and as a result, knocking him out cold.
"Nice one, Zoro and Piccolo!" Luffy commented while Goku grinned. During this whole, the spikey haired pirate still looking at the pink haired boy as if he knew that Piccolo and Zoro were going to rescue him. The former Pirate Hunting Duo both nodded in appreciation towards Luffy.
"Th-they defeated Captain Morgan," gasped a Marine. Piccolo, Zoro, Goku and Luffy got into their fighting stances, thinking that the Marines would continue fighting. However, something completely unexpected happened. The Marines had all started celebrating at the defeat of their captain.
"What?" Piccolo asked with confused look on his face. And he wasn't the only one.
"They must have hated Captain Morgan. But, they were too scared and never admitted it," Coby laughed nervously.
"That makes sense after all," Goku shrugged. At that same moment, Zoro and Piccolo had suddenly collapsed.
"Zoro! Piccolo!" shouted the two pirates as they went to attend their fallen comrades.
A few minutes later…
It turned out that Zoro and Piccolo had collapsed from hunger so Rika's mother who owned the restaurant where Luffy and Goku had eaten before fed them very well.
"I haven't eaten a good meal for three weeks! 10 helpings are enough for me," Zoro exclaimed happily, patting his full belly as he had a stack of ten plates in front of him.
"Only 10?" Luffy snorted with about 15 plates stacked in front him.
"Funny. You're hungrier than me," Zoro chuckled.
"And he's hungrier than all of us put together," Piccolo added, pointing directly to the all the bowls and plates that Goku had eaten. And Goku was still eating his 17th helping of food!
"Eat as much as you want!" Rika's mother smiled sweetly as she brought more food to the table.
Coby was eating with them as well. "Thanks for feeding me with the heroes," Coby said politely.
"It's no problem and you helped out too," said Rika's mother.
Rika, who was also with them smiled at the group. She went up to Luffy and Goku and stated, "Onii-sans! You two are so strong!" Goku and Luffy smiled at her comment as they continued to eat. "Where are you headed next?" Rika asked.
"We're headed to the Grand Line!" Goku exclaimed, even though his mouth was full of food.
"The Grand Line, what's that?" Rika asked innocently.
"Goku-san, stop saying things so carelessly!" Coby shouted. "You know what the Grand Line is, right? The strongest pirates all gather there, making it extremely difficult to sail! Because of that, it is also known as the Pirate's Graveyard! There's no way you guys can survive there!"
"One Piece and the Dragon Balls are in the Grand Line so that's where we are headed. Besides, why are you worried? You're not coming with us," Piccolo said coldly.
"Even though I'm not going… I will still worry! Can't I worry about you guys?!" exclaimed the pink haired boy. Looking at the 'monkey' duo, Coby said, "Luffy-san, Goku-san… even though we just met, we are still friends!"
Goku smiled while Luffy let out a big trademark smile. "Yep!" he said. "Even though we have to part, we'll always be friends!" Goku nodded in agreement.
A tear started to show up in Coby's eyes, thankful for Luffy's and Goku's kindness. "You know," he started, "I never had friends growing up. Every time I would be picked on, no one would ever stand up for me. But everyone here taught me to live by my dream!"
Luffy and Goku smiled at Coby's comments. However, Piccolo still had a serious look on his face. "I know that you are grateful at us but you should be more careful," Piccolo said.
"Huh?"
"You were a cabin boy to Alvida, right? Even though you were just doing chores on a pirate ship, you're still a small-time pirate to their eyes," Zoro said.
"But…"
"Don't underestimate the Marines' ability to gather information," interrupted the green swordsman. "If they know your past, they won't let you join for sure."
Coby sighed; he knew it might be true but still he would try anyways. It was his dream and he was going to fight for it. Just then the Marines showed up in the restaurant. The highest ranking member, which was known by his ascot as it was greenish blue instead of blue, came inside. "So you're a pirate crew… right?" asked the head Marine.
"That's right, I'm the captain," said Luffy.
"We will ask you to leave now. This island has a Marine base and we can't host pirates. Sure, we are grateful for getting rid of Captain Morgan and save our town and base. And because of that, we won't report you as long as you leave now," the higher ranked Marine requested.
Many of the townspeople gathered near the door. "Hey!" yelled one. "You ingrates, how dare you throw them out like that!?"
"What kind of bullshit is this?!"
"They saved you too!"
The four man pirate crew shrugged. "Well I guess we should go," Luffy said.
"Yeah," Zoro said idly. Goku and Piccolo nodded in agreement as they all got and began to leave the restaurant, leaving Coby behind and hoping that the Marines wouldn't associate him with them.
But that wasn't the case. "Are you with them?" the Marine asked the pink haired boy.
Luffy stopped at the doorway. Coby struggled to find an answer. They were his friends! But at the same time they were pirates and if he said yes, he would be forever labeled as pirate, ending his dream permanently. "N-No," he stuttered. "I… I… I'm not with them."
Unsure, the head Marine looked at the pirate crew, specifically at Luffy. "Is that true?" he asked.
Luffy put on a small smile. "Well I know all about this kid's history!" Luffy stated. As the straw hat pirate said, Goku nodded his head in understanding what Luffy was trying to do. "I can't remember where, but he used to be with this fattttt female pirate. I think her name was Alvida."
Coby sweated nervously. "Stop… Luffy-san… don't say anymore," the pink haired boy muttered.
But the straw hat pirate ignored his plea as he continued. "It was a fat and ugly female pirate, and this spent two years there!" That was the last straw for the pink haired boy as he punched Luffy directly in the face before he could say anything that was damaging. "How dare you hit a pirate," Luffy said darkly. "You deserve a beating!" He then proceeded to beat up Coby.
The head Marine quickly stopped the fight before it got any further out of hand. "Get out now! I can see you're not friends!" yelled the Marine.
The four man crew all understood of course that it was all an act made by Luffy so they would enlist Coby. While the small crew left, Coby saw Luffy smile and figured it out. However, when they got back to their boat, Zoro piped up. "That was extremely bad acting…"
Luffy gave a small smile, "Yeah I know my acting was bad. But I believe Coby will become stronger and more independent in the future!"
As they just got the boat ready, they heard a shout. "Luffy-san! Goku-san! Everyone!" They turned and saw Coby, with Rika and her mother standing behind the pink haired boy. "I'll never forget you!" Coby shouted to them as he saluted them.
"A Marine saluting a pirate, interesting..," Zoro mused.
"That's one thing I thought I'd never see in my whole life," Piccolo smirked. As they were leaving the town behind, the whole base showed up and saluted them. Even the whole town came to wave good-bye.
"Bye!" yelled both Goku and Luffy at the same time. "We'll never forget you Coby! Let's meet again soon!" Piccolo and Zoro just smirked as the island disappeared in the distance. And so, with two more members, they sailed on their adventure, knowing that this was just the beginning for them. However, none of them had realized that none of them had any sense of direction what so ever.
Author's note: Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter as I did when I was writing it. I have so many things to put into this series. I think it will be really good and good crossover between these two great mangas.
Now, there a few things that you should know about this series that I should make clear. First off, there will be no 'ki' blasts from the regular DBZ characters like Piccolo as it will be overkill for the One Piece characters. It will be done through Devil Fruits like with Goku. But there will be no ki flying at all in this series! None! It wouldn't make sense.
Also, I may alter some character personalities from the whole Dragon Ball series (in case you didn't understand, it is Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z) to fit into my story. Another thing, I have being seeing a pattern with some crossovers with One Piece on this site in that everyone has a character matched up with the One Piece character, meaning that for every new One Piece character is introduced like say Nami, has a character from the other series as well to be part of the crew. I understand that people like doing that but I won't be doing that except for a few instances in which I see fit. The reason is because I don't want have too many characters involved in the ship. It makes it really difficult to have everyone some spotlight and have to think on how everyone would react. I want to keep things simple Plus, some of these characters were kind of phased out in the regular run of Dragon Ball. You won't know who they are since I won't exactly be following much of the Cross Epoch manga except for only a few things. So please bear that in mind as you continue reading this series.
READ AND REVIEW! I wish to hear how everyone thinks about this. See ya around! Peace!