Hey Guys! I apologize for the LONG wait because my job has had me really tired the time I've been gone and it also didn't help the fact that I had gotten sick as well so I had no time at all to be able to work on this chapter and upload it like I promised, so I deeply apologize for that. Now first off I wanted to say a few things before we get into the chapter with the first thing being that there's going to be a change in plans as I've decided that I will mainly focus on A Saiyan's Journey until the end of the first big major arc (A.K.A the Alabasta Arc) and when that happens, I'll return my attention to my Dragon Ball Multiverse story until the end of the first round and then back to this and back and forth. So I figure I'll let you know ahead of time in case some of you guys say "So you abandoned your other story" or "Your other story is no more?" or any other things like that.

Anyway, the next thing I wanted to say and I actually wanted to ask you guys was...do you guys think I should give Gohan a Devil Fruit? Because I've thought of that greatly as I was making this chapter and I only wondered if this would be a good idea or not, but I figure that I'll let you guys decide on this so if you put a review down below on this chapter, also put in either Yes if you want to see Gohan get a Devil Fruit or No if you don't want to see Gohan get a Devil and whichever one that has the most votes will determine if Gohan will or will not get a Devil Fruit in this story.

The last thing I want to say before we move on is that I am no longer doing this alone as after the reviews I've gotten from him and understanding the mistakes I made throughout the story and asking him afterwards, I am now working alongside YeTianshi who is my first Beta! I just wanted to say right now I greatly appreciate you being my beta for this story and I hope to learn a lot from you!

Alright! Now that I've said what I wanted to say, let's get on with reviews!

Guest: OH! I forgot that the Japanese VA for Luffy is the same one who does Krillin! And he was added to spice things up for Whiskey Peak

(A/N: Also to those that said who the person was, you know your DB knowledge even though that was an easy one but still.)

xcz639: I am not quitting! This is going to be one hell of a ride!

Guest #2: Yeah Vivi was obvious, but the other two however I won't tell you guys who until later on in the story.

Gamelover41592: Indeed you will see how this continues onward!

TheJSmooth: You're right about one of the two people showing up but everything else is wrong. And I'm also glad you enjoyed the chapter!

TS24:Glad to hear it and you won't be disappointed with him showing up as the first enemy for Gohan.

OK! I think that should be all the reviews currently from the last chapter, but without further ado! Here's Chapter 3 of A Saiyan's Journey!

A Saiyan's Journey

Chapter 3

-On the Going Merry…

After lunch was finished and things had calmed down somewhat after Gohan settled in, everyone went back to what they had originally been doing for the most part, leaving Gohan to his own devices for a while. Later on when Miss Wednesday informed him that he could walk, they provided him with a spare set of clothes to wear, thankfully Zoro had a spare set of black pants and a blue shirt on hand, leaving Gohan with his own boots in the meantime.

Trying to enjoy the calming breeze out, Gohan leaned over the rail as he looked out towards the sea with only his thoughts to keep him company regarding the situation he found himself in. Going from a dystopian wasteland to a new world he had no knowledge of, he tried his best not to think about it much, and instead focused on enjoying the cool breeze of the sea that flowed around him, it was something he had always wondered about, something he never experienced, the scenery was amazing and the sensation of it all was something he welcomed greatly.

Wow… This feels amazing. The flow of the sea...the smell...it's just…wow. Gohan thought to himself as he looked around the vast sea.

Observing him from a distance, sat at a table together, Nami and Miss Wednesday couldn't help but smile at how he was.

"You can tell he loves the feeling of being out here in the sea," Nami said with an amused giggle escaping her lips.

"It sure does look like it," Miss Wednesday replied.

"You know...it does make me wonder though...why did you decide to help him?" Nami asked. "Last I recall you cared only for you and your partner."

The moment she mentioned that, Miss Wednesday panicked slightly, not too far from them, Mr. 9 had been sitting on the deck of the ship while leaning on the rail, she had no doubts that he could hear their conversation, most likely wondering the same thing Nami had.

Miss Wednesday floundered in her panic, and blurted out the first thing that came to her mind, "U-Uh...W-Well, I wasn't going to be like you pirates and let him die!"

It seemed like Gohan wasn't the only one to notice that something was wrong with Miss Wednesday, even while lacking his extra senses Nami could tell that something was up.

She cocked an eyebrow towards Miss Wednesday's over-exaggerated answer, being that she was a thief of a higher caliber she knew that the blue haired woman was hiding something. It didn't help that she was a bad liar either.

Mr. 9 frowned at the response, oblivious as he was, even he could hear that it sounded a little too forced, which was strange.

Not wanting to intrude, Nami simply agreed. "Alright then. If that's what you think."

Miss Wednesday breathed a sigh of relief, she had nearly exposed herself once again even after having promised to avoid that particular scenario. She needed to keep her cover as long as she could, so she could take down…that monster.

Thankfully, she was brought out of her morbid thoughts as Sanji came around, spinning with hearts in his eyes as he normally would, with a tray of two drinks and two small plates of food on it.

"HERE YOU ARE NAMI-SWAN! MISS WEDNESDAY-CHAN! FOOD AND DRINKS JUST FOR YOU!" Sanji yelled out, hearts in his eyes still.

"Thank you Sanji!" Nami said with a smile.

"There's still food? I thought there wasn't any more left after...what happened earlier," Miss Wednesday giggled as a small smile took its place on her features from the memory of what occurred earlier.

Even after what she said just now, Nami couldn't help but giggle at the memory as well, while Sanji had paled slightly as he recalled exactly what had happened back in the kitchen.

Gohan heard what they were talking about in passing and his face turned a bright red in embarrassment as he remembered the result of one of the many traits that a Saiyan had.

-Earlier…

After being helped up by Miss Wednesday to the table, Gohan sat down along with the others while Sanji prepared a plate for him.

"Here you go. Enjoy," Sanji said as he settled the plate in front of him.

"Thank you," Gohan said with a smile.

He wasted no time with his hunger was getting the better of him he grabbed a sandwich from his plate before taking a bite. The moment that he did, his eyes lit up and an unfortunately familiar trait of the race he was a part of showed itself. "Wow! This taste delicious!"

He then proceeded to send sandwich after sandwich into his mouth eating them so fast that it made even Luffy's norm seem like nothing.

Everyone looked on in total shock! It was as if they were looking at another Luffy!

H-Holy cow! He's as fast as Luffy does with his food! Usopp thought to himself in shock.

That's just great...the person that we rescued from the sea just had to have a bottomless stomach like our idiot captain, Sanji lamented to himself.

S-So fast! Miss Wednesday thought in shock.

Oh no….of course the one person who's not an idiot like the others had to have a bottomless stomach just like Luffy. Nami thought to herself.

Luffy was the only one who wasn't reacting like the others as he had a big smile on his face instead as he bit into another chunk of his piece of meat.

Sanji's food is the best isn't it? Luffy asked him.

Gohan smiled as he swallowed the food in his mouth, "Yeah! The only food that tasted this good was from my mother's cooking. But I think this tastes just as good!"

"Never. I may thrive to make my food taste the best it can, but it would never compare to that of a lady's cooking," Sanji stated rather seriously.

"Tch. Ero-cook," Zoro muttered.

"What was that Mosshead?" Sanji asked, immediately standing beside Zoro, effectively glowering at the swordsman.

"You heard me, stupid Cook!" Zoro snapped back even louder.

"YOU WANNA FIGHT!?" Sanji yelled in anger.

"BRING IT!" Zoro roared as he geared up for a fight.

Before the two could brawl however-

*SMACK!* *SMACK!*

Nami had smacked them both in the head, launching them into the ground. "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIGHT WHILE WE'RE EATING!"

"O-Of...course...N-Nami-swan," Sanji muttered on the ground with hearts in his eyes.

"D-Damn...witch," Zoro muttered.

Meanwhile, Usopp, who was distracted with the commotion looked down and saw that his plate was empty. Panic crept up his spine as he looked over to Luffy, only to see that he had already grabbed his food and eaten it all.

"DAMN IT LUFFY! STOP EATING ALL MY FOOD!" Usopp yelled in anger.

Luffy smiled, entirely content. "YUM! These sandwiches are delicious!"

"THOSE WERE MINE!" Usopp yelled furiously as his captain ignored him.

The majority of Lunch, it was basically Luffy stealing from Usopp's plate, Zoro and Sanji trying to fight one another—which had Nami breaking them up every time—and both Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 just staring at the group's antics with an air of awkwardness around them. Gohan didn't join in on the chaos, yet he couldn't help but smile at how the rather familiar scene played out.

In some ways, Gohan couldn't help but see a bit of his dad in Luffy as he ate at inhuman speeds, simply shoving food down his throat, it made him wonder who'd win an eating contest between the two. The way Nami acted reminded him of his mother, more specifically whenever she caught his dad doing something that she had forbidden him to do.

With both the Saiyan and the rubber man's presence, it didn't take long before all of the food simply disappeared and everyone trickled out of the kitchen.

Before Gohan could however, Nami called him over for a few questions. "How big is that stomach of yours? You must have been really hungry."

It was only then that Gohan realized how he had acted while was distracted with how amazing the food was. Blood rushed to his face as Nami called him out on his manners, or lack of them rather.

Gohan cursed his Saiyan Instincts for putting him in such a situation. "W-Well...I was...really hungry?"

Nami looked at him intently before a chuckle escaped her lips in response to his simple answer, though his nervous fidgeting may have had something to do with it too.

"Well, even though you eat like our idiot captain, I'd say it was worth it seeing how cute you look embarrassed," Nami pointed out with a smile.

His blush grew even more prominent at that before Nami decided to put him out of his misery and tapped him on the shoulder in a playful manner as she smiled.

"It's fine. I won't talk about it anymore," Nami said with a smile before she left to join the rest of her crew.

Gohan just gaped in surprise, before a small smile showed up on his face as he followed her out of the kitchen as well.

-Present…

"D-Don't remind me...It's bad enough that we have Luffy, who eats nearly a week's worth of food in a day, but now we have another one on board just like him! We're going to starve out in open sea aren't we?" Sanji questioned, shivering at the thought of how quickly their food storage would likely disappear.

Meanwhile Luffy, who was sitting in his favorite spot, was looking out the sea with a happy smile on his face before he noticed that there was an island getting closer to them. Almost immediately he picked up the scent of adventure and was already excited about it.

"Hey guys! There's an island coming up!" Luffy informed the others.

"An island?" Miss Wednesday muttered as she looked over to Mr. 9 who was some distance away from her.

He had heard as well and nodded as the two headed for the front of the ship along with the crew and Gohan to see the island they were coming up to.

"Whoa! Is that an island with humongous cactuses!?" Usopp nearly screamed in shock.

"Seems like it. Never seen ones so big before," Zoro replied.

Hey, is that the island you guys were talking about?" Nami asked the two agents.

"Indeed it is. Whiskey Peak, our home," Mr. 9 confirmed for her. "And I'm afraid it's time for us to say goodbye!"

Then in complete sync with Miss Wednesday, the two back flipped onto the rail as they began their parting monologue.

"We thank you for bringing us to our island, but we need to report in so goodbye!" Mr. 9 bid them farewell. "Come along Miss Wednesday!"

For a moment, she looked at her partner before looking towards Gohan with a somewhat worried look on her face, being aware that it would take time before his injuries would fully heal. "Mr. Gohan, please don't push yourself until your injuries heal."

Then she proceeded to jump off the ship along with Mr. 9 before they swam back to their island, leaving a confused crew behind with the exception of Gohan, who just looked along.

"Talk about being dramatic," Usopp said after their exit.

Gohan on the other hand had a serious look on his face, having felt her distress in her life energy once again.

He could tell that something wasn't right, that the person who had nursed him back to health was hiding something that caused her immense stress. Which was why Gohan resolved himself to help her the next time they saw each other.

Nami had seen the pensive look Gohan had when Miss Wednesday left and knew immediately that he must've seen something as well.

For now, they sailed towards their destination as they all wondered exactly they were going to encounter when they arrived.

-Some time later...

After only a short time, they arrived at the cactus island and the first thing they were met with was something that they...well...didn't expect at all.

"Welcome Pirates!"

All around them, as they sailed a river that led into the island, was a rather large crowd of people all cheering for their arrival. Needless to say that it had caught them by surprise.

"Well that's new. Being welcomed onto an island instead of trying to be pushed out," Zoro said, somewhat surprised.

Usopp however grabbed the opportunity by its coattails with a grin on his face, "If that's the case then I don't want it to end! Hello people!"

"HELLO LADIES! YOUR SHINING KNIGHT IN ARMOR HAS ARRIVED!" Sanji shouted out with hearts in his eyes at seeing all the beautiful women standing in the crowd.

"Wow! We're being cheered on! That's awesome!" Luffy accepted the welcome with a smile.

Nami just looked around with her usual discerning look, for her, it was simply too suspicious, and a single glance at Gohan's eyes all but confirmed her suspicions.

Malicious killer intent, Gohan felt it exuding out of every man, woman and child on the island. It was an island filled with cold blooded killers, the thought brought out some unpleasant memories for him. Though the energies he felt were nowhere near as powerful, memories of Frieza marred his features with a bit of anger as he clenched his fists in preparation.

As they sailed down to the docks at the end of the river, they could see that another large crowd was waiting for them, and in their midst was a man with blonde hair that looked like a powdered wig and he wore a blue suit with a red ribbon around his neck, blue pants and black shoes. "Welcome to our island, pirates!"

The entire gang got off the ship as they were treated by compliments and welcomes by the people surrounding them. Usopp, Sanji and Luffy smiled while Zoro, Nami and Gohan seemed pensive, suspecting foul play yet willing to go along with it for now.

"Who are you?" Nami asked.

"Oh excuse me. My name is Igarappoi. I am the leader of the island and we humbly welcome you all to our island," the man named Igarappoi told them.

"Hey! Are those real cactuses!?" Usopp asked him.

"Indeed they are! The biggest ones you'll ever find!" Igarappoi answered.

"Wow!" Usopp exclaimed in awe.

"Now then, if I may ask, what brings you to our island?" Igarappoi asked them.

"We need to wait for our log pose to set before we can move on," Nami replied.

"Is that so? Then why don't you all pass the time by having a party! We're known to always have a party to celebrate new arrivals!"Igarappoi told them.

"Well...if you guys have some good booze then I'm in," Zoro said with a smirk.

"I'm in too! I have some amazing stories to tell you all!" Usopp said with a smile.

"I WILL AS WELL FOR YOU LOVELY LADIES!" Sanji yelled with hearts in his eyes.

"Then come along and we'll begin the celebration!" Igarappoi yelled. "Everyone! Let's treat our guests by throwing the best party yet!"

The entire crowd roared in excitement as they lead them towards the area of celebration with Luffy and the others following them. Meanwhile, having picked up the duo's suspicion, Gohan walked closer along to where Zoro and Nami were.

"You guys noticed as well?" Gohan asked in a quiet tone.

"Yeah," Zoro confirmed his observation.

Nami hummed in agreement, "No one would just welcome pirates with open arms like that. Just play along until we find out what they're planning on doing."

Gohan and Zoro nodded before following Igarappoi as they headed to the large inn the party would be held in.

-At Night...

The party began in full swing, the hosts brought in barrels of booze and enough food to feed everyone ten times over. Laughter echoed within the halls at nearly deafening levels, none of them held back, dancing, eating, drinking , shouting and more.

Usopp was telling stories to those who were interested at one of the tables, Sanji was in the heaven he had dreamed of as he was surrounded by women, Nami and Zoro were in the middle of a drinking contest after Nami found out about a money prize for whoever could last the longest and Luffy was stuffing himself with so much food that two cooks passed out in the process.

Gohan was the only one who wasn't partying as hard as the others were as he sat beside Usopp who just finished telling one of his tales about a giant golden fish. Even though he knew the true intent of everyone here, he had to admit that they knew how to throw a party which hid their true intent very well.

He had simply planned on seeing how the party continued on, but no plan survives first contact with the enemy, which in this case was his growling stomach. With the higher power having spoken, Gohan heaved himself up with a smile as he moved to sit in front of Luffy who looked at him in askance.

"Hm? Wuft iz ft?" Luffy asked with a full mouth.

"I'm hungry and well...I figure maybe we can have an eating contest to see who can eat the most," Gohan told him.

The people crowding around them gasped in shock as Luffy's eyes lit up in excitement, he swallowed the food in his mouth and proceeded to smirk.

"You're on!" Luffy replied.

Everyone cheered and more cooks were brought in with even more plates of food as both Gohan and Luffy began their eating contest.

-A Few Hours Later…

After partying for nearly three hours and having successfully lived up to the expectations set, everyone was knocked out on the floor.

Most of the Straw Hats were asleep, Usopp was sleeping on the table as he muttered something about goldfish, Sanji mumbled about women in his sleep as some of the women who were with him used his body as a pillow and Luffy laid on the floor with his body having puffed up like a balloon as a result of the amount of food he had devoured. Meanwhile, Gohan had woken up from his short nap after his tie in the contest he had with luffy along with Nami and Zoro who had both awakened as well.

"Man...for people hiding their true colors, that was one heck of a party," Nami said as she rubbed one of her eyes.

"Their booze wasn't bad either. Haven't had booze that good since that party after Arlong's defeat," Zoro added as he stifled a yawn.

"So...what do you guys plan on doing now that everyone's asleep?" Gohan asked as he walked up to join them

Nami smiled mischievously, a single glance of her face was all Zoro needed to understand what she had planned.

"I'm gonna go look for all their treasure and take it for ourselves! I'll be back when I'm done!" Nami told the two before she was already out the door and began to look for their treasure.

"Of course the witch would. She and her obsession with money," Zoro muttered before turning his attention to Gohan. "Anyway, what do you plan doing? I'm gonna see if there's any barrel's of boo-"

He was interrupted by voices coming from outside, voices they recognized belonging to Miss Wednesday and Igarappoi. Gohan was already on the move, which prompted the swordsman to follow along and see just exactly what was going on.

Exiting through the back and jumping up onto the roof of the Inn, they both looked down into an alleyway and saw both Miss Wednesday and Igarappoi talking with one another.

"You what!? Princess, I thought you promised that you wouldn't reveal yourself until the time was right!" Igarappoi asked in shock.

"I know Igaram, it's just...I couldn't standby and watch him die because of his injuries. If it wasn't for me he would've died," Miss Wednesday told him.

Igarappoi who's name was really Igaram, just sighed in resignation and walked up to her with a concerned look on his face.

"Princess….I know how much you care for helping others in need, but you need to remember the reason why we're both here in the first place," Igaram lightly reprimanded her. "If you plan on taking out...him... then you have to make sure you make it back in time before it's too late."

"R-Right...we should go get Miss Monday and form a plan of what we'll be doing with them," Miss Wednesday told him.

Having heard enough Gohan spoke up, "Or maybe you can go ahead and tell us the reason why you've involved yourselves with these people."

The two looked up in shock as they saw both Gohan and Zoro standing right above them, wide awake. Immediately Igaram stepped in front of Miss Wednesday, hands already on his ribbon guarding her from the two.

"H-How long have you two been awake!?" Igaram asked in shock.

"Long enough to know exactly what's going on," Gohan stated.

Eyes widened in shock as Igaram realized that they had listened to his conversation with Miss Wednesday. Gohan could tell that he was preparing himself for a fight and a glance of Zoro told him that it seemed to be the case as well, his hand slowly reaching to draw out one of his swords.

However Gohan didn't want a fight to break out, he wanted to help out Miss Wednesday and Igaram because he could relate to them in a way. Hearing about how Miss Wednesday needed to do this to take out a monster terrorizing her home...it solemnly reminded him of the Androids that turned his whole world upside down.

He couldn't just stand around and watch someone suffer the same fate he did back in his own world, "Please calm down….we don't want to fight. We want to help."

"But we will if you attack us first," Zoro added.

Igaram didn't move a muscle, while behind him Miss Wednesday looked on in surprise, she hadn't expected to hear something like that.

Igaram brought her out of her thoughts as he bellowed furiously at what Gohan dared to say, "Help? You're a pirate! You're just like all the other pirates in the world! What makes you think we can believe what you're saying?!"

"I don't know...you can believe us or not even if I was a pirate...but if there's even one thing I can say that is true...I'm not going to stand around and see someone's home get terrorized by a monster just like mine was," Gohan explained as he closed his eyes and flashbacks of his past reminded him of everything he lost.

The death of his friends and the destruction of his home because of the Androids, he promised himself that, that kind of world would never again be a reality.

Meanwhile Igaram and Miss Wednesday looked at him in shock. It explained the injuries but now Miss Wednesday understood exactly why he wanted to help her.

It was enough to make her believe that he was indeed telling the truth as she stepped out from behind Igaram much to her caretaker's shock, "If that's so...then will you help me protect my home?"

Gohan smiled reassuringly as he jumped down and stood in front of her, "Of course, all you had to do was ask."

Miss Wednesday smiled, for what felt like the first time since beginning her time undercover, something that made her feel elated, as if many possibilities had opened up for her.

She looked to Igaram with a reassuring smile, and he nodded in defeat knowing that she had made up her mind. Taking a deep breath, the blue haired maiden started to explain, "Alright. To start with, my real name is Nefertari Vivi and I am the princess of Alabasta. This is my friend Igaram and we've been undercover to find out who has been spearheading the plan to take over my home country."

"What's the name of this group that you've both been undercover in?" Gohan asked.

Miss Wednesday who's name was really Vivi was about to answer, but Zoro beat her to the punch, "Baroque Works."

"You knew!?" Igaram asked shockingly.

Zoro nodded as he explained how he knew what their name was, "Yeah I did. Back when I wandered the East Blue, Baroque Works invited me to join them after hearing about my history as a bounty hunter. I declined because I had no intention of working for someone back then."

"So this Baroque Works is the cause of why your home is in jeopardy? Who's the one in charge?" Gohan asked.

"Mr. 0...he's the leader of Baroque Works, the strongest out of all the members and he's had his sights on my home for as long as I know. I don't know why exactly, but what I do know is that he plans to take it over, become the new leader and turn into an ideal nation," Vivi explained in detail.

"Mr. 0? Do you know what-"

Gohan didn't get to finish his sentence as he felt two presence appear some distance from their position, the change in his demeanor evidently worried Vivi and Igaram, while Zoro knew trouble had found them as he drew his swords. Gohan and Zoro strode out of the alleyway with Vivi and Igaram following them to see what was going on.

It was a man and woman, the man was tall, dark skinned, black hair in short spiky dreadlocks and he wore a brown trench coat that had the number five on it, a pink cravat underneath and sunglasses, while the woman had blonde hair, dark eyes and wore a yellow and orange hat, a yellow dress with a lemon like pattern, lemon earrings and white heeled shoes.

Vivi and Igaram gasped in shock, their fear quickly catching with them, while Gohan and Zoro stared them down rather casually.

Vivi's voice quivered with barely disguised fear, "M-Mr. 5 and M-Miss Valentine!? What are you two doing here!?"

"Mr. 0 sent us here. Told us that spies had infiltrated our ranks and found out about information that didn't belong to them," Mr. 5 told her.

Valentine broke out in laughter with a cruel smile on her face, "Kyahahaha! And we've been assigned to find and kill them! But it looks like we didn't have to look for them since you came to us!"

"You'll have to go through us first if you plan on doing that," Gohan told them.

Zoro looked back towards Vivi and Igaram to see that they were planning on lending a hand when what they really needed to do was get back to their ship, "I'd head back to our ship if I were you two."

Vivi nodded as she prepared to run back to their ship, but Miss Valentine's voice interrupted them, "Kyahaha! I don't think so!"

She proceeded to whistle which prompted every member who was asleep in the Inn to come running out and the majority of them looked on in shock as they witnessed Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine standing there.

"Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine!?"

"What are they doing here!?"

Miss Valentine got to the point quickly in an effort to waste as little time as possible, "Listen up! We've been sent here because Mr. 0 informed us that Miss Wednesday and Igarappoi are actually spies who entered our ranks! The first one to kill them both gets a promotion into the main force!"

At the mention of getting promoted, just about every member had evil smirks on their faces as they drew out their weapons and without waiting proceeded to charge Vivi and Igaram. Igaram instinctively stood in front of her as he proceeded to pull on his bowtie which revealed guns inside his hair, "I WON'T LET YOU HARM THE PRINCESS!"

Small cannonballs shot towards the crowd, taking out multiple of them in the process, but one of them tried to attack him from behind to which Zoro appeared between the two and with a quick slash took him out. Igaram looked on in surprise as Zoro now stood in front of him, swords in hand and a devilish smirk showing on his face.

"Hey Gohan, I hope you don't mind taking out those two while I take on the fodder. I've been itching to give my new swords a test to see how good they are," Zoro told him, staring down all the members of Baroque Works.

"Fine with me. Just make sure they get back to the ship safely," Gohan replied, staring down his two opponents.

Zoro's smirk grew wider before jumping head on into the crowd, slicing through anyone even remotely close to him. Igaram and Vivi took that as their chance to escape as they ran off towards where the boat was.

Vivi glanced back, a look of worry apparent on her features as she saw Gohan staring down both Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 by himself. She knew his injuries hadn't healed fully yet, so how could he be able to fight them both at the same time?

Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 seemed to be thinking along the same lines and couldn't help but chuckle at how stupid the guy seemed.

"Hehe, do you really think you're gonna be able to do anything with those injuries?" Mr. 5 asked.

"Kyahahaha! You can't do anything in the condition you're in, idiot!" Miss Valentine added while cackling at the same time.

"I may be injured, but I still can take you both on with no trouble," Gohan told the two as he shifted into a battle stance.

"We'll see about that," Mr. 5 stated.

Reaching into his pocket, he proceeded to pull out a specialized pistol.. Then much to Gohan's shock and disgust, Mr. 5….blew into the cartridge of his gun.

Gohan raised an eyebrow in confusion before Mr. 5 took a shot at him, his nose caught the faint smell of gunpowder and instinctively dodge the bullet only to then notice an explosion at the site of impact.

Eyes widened in shock as he witnessed something abnormal, What was that? I don't recall bullets exploding on impact!

Mr. 5 smirked at his success in diverting Gohan's attention just enough to allow Miss Valentine to get the past him as she proceeded to float into the air thanks to her Devil Fruit powers. Gohan had regained himself after seeing the explosion, returning his attention to Mr. 5.

"What the heck was that? You can make bullets explode?" Gohan asked.

"Not just bullets. I ate the Bomu Bomu no Mi which made me a bomb man, it lets me make my own explosions from anything I make or touch," Mr. 5 explained.

Devil Fruit? That was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing before. He just assumed it was a natural ability like Ki.

He soon realized that Mr.5 was by himself in front of him, while Miss Valentine had disappeared. He searched around for her before his eyes widened in shock as he looked back to see her flying through the air, heading straight for Vivi and Igaram.

Zoro was too busy with the hoard of bounty hunters which meant that Gohan needed to stop her before she had the chance. He tried to pursue her, but was once again forced to dodge another exploding bullet from Mr. 5.

Mr. 5 gave a cocky smile, cocking his pistol back to fire another shot, "I don't think so. You're gonna have to beat me first if you plan on going anywhere."

He failed to realize that Gohan was already on the move, preferring action over senseless conversation in midst of battle. The black haired Saiyan's form blurred as he reappeared in front of the bomb specialist with his fist already planted firmly in his gut. . A mix of saliva and blood came out as the Saiyan's fist seemingly pulverized his insides, effectively sending Mr. 5 into a field of dreams.

Without wasting any more time, Gohan began to pursue Miss Valentine, leaving Zoro behind to take care of the rest of the members of Baroque Works. Zoro on the other hand was rather surprised by the display he showed even as he blocked yet another slash.

That was fast, Zoro noted. The green haired swordsman had kept an errant eye on the battle, and couldn't help but notice that the speed displayed by their surprise guest was far beyond anything he was currently capable of. The grip on his swords tightened at the thought of the injured man being much stronger than he expected.

-Meanwhile…

Both Vivi and Igaram were running towards the ship that belonged to the pirates in order to escape from Baroque Works now that their cover was blown. Vivi looked back, still worried for Gohan, his injuries weren't exactly healed and the tremors she felt only further increased her worries.

"Vivi, you mustn't worry about him. If he planned on fighting them with his injuries, then he must have a plan," Igaram tried to reassure her.

"Y-You're right. I have to try and count on them," Vivi replied, trying to keep herself calm.

Igaram looked at her before he turned his attention up front where he could see the pirate crew's ship in the distance. It looked like they were going to make it.

He failed to notice a shadow following him from above, and without ever realizing the danger floating above Miss Valentine came rocketing down and slammed into Igaram, leaving a hole where he was. Vivi looked on in a mix of fear and shock as she witnessed Igaram get crushed thanks to Miss Valentine.

"Igaram!" Vivi called out in shock.

Floating out of the hole, Miss Valentine was cackling loudly as she kept her sights on Vivi, "One down! Now for the princess to meet the same fate!"

Enraged that Miss Valentine had taken out Igaram, Vivi pulled out her Peacock slashers to defend herself and swung at the blonde haired agent's undefended torso.

Her smile grew wider as she easily dodged the attack and quickly slammed her foot into the ground, which unbalanced Vivi causing her to fall down on her butt. Vivi tried to get up as fast as she could, but Miss Valentine was far faster and already up in the air, ready to crush her.

"Say Goodnight!" Miss Valentine bellowed out.

Vivi froze in midst of her fear,she closed her eyes and accepted her fate as inevitable, praying to whatever god was listening for a painless death. Yet when the expected finish never came, and instead a feeling of weightlessness overcame her, she opened her eyes to a most pleasant surprise. The face of her former patient, carrying her like a knight would a princess.

Not having expected the sudden turn of events, Miss Valentine's good mood soured quickly, an irritated frown replacing the former smile. Gohan sighed in relief, he made it in time to protect Vivi before Miss Valentine had the chance to kill her.

"That was close," Gohan stated, giving Vivi a worried look, "Are you alright Vivi?"

Vivi finally realized the position she was in, a faint blush overcame her cheeks over the intimate manner he was holding her in. "Y-Yes. I'm fine."

Gohan smiled before settling her back on the ground and turning his attention to Miss Valentine while Vivi took cover behind him.

The blonde agent's delicate features screwed up in an ugly manner, twisting into a mockery of anger and frustration. "How did you get here so fast?! I thought Mr. 5 would've taken care of you!"

"Simple. I took him out, and now you're next," Gohan told her.

"Heh! You may have taken Mr. 5 out, but I'm not gonna let you beat me so easily!" Miss Valentine stated.

Wanting to prove her point, she floated back into the air and began to smirk as there was no way he could possibly-

She was proven to be very wrong when she saw Gohan simply jump and reach her spot in the air with a nonchalant look on his face. The simple feat shocked both of the women witnessing the fact, mainly Miss Valentine.

"What!?... You wouldn't hurt a woman would you?" Miss Valentine asked meekly, trying to keep from getting punched.

It didn't faze the young Demi-Saiyan at all. "I would. Especially those that try to hurt innocent people."

True to his word, Miss Valentine didn't have the time to utter another word before his fist found its way to her cheek, the force behind it easily blowing her far away from both Gohan and Vivi.

Meanwhile Zoro had finally finished off the last member of the Baroque Works agents, smirking as he looked over his new swords. Yubashiri felt perfect, its lightness along with his skill took care of a lot of the members with no trouble. The Sandai Kitetsu on the other hand would take some getting used to, he felt like it had a mind of its own, remembering how the hand that held it instinctively went behind his back to block an attack.

It was a cursed sword so that might've explained it, but it still meant that he was going to have to get used to it. He was abruptly brought out of his thoughts when he noticed a woman flying toward his general direction before promptly slamming into the newly awakening bomb man, resulting in the both of them crashing through another building.

He looked at where they were for a moment, confused, before he remembered that he needed to get back to the ship. Having decided on a course of action, Zoro headed into the alleys in an effort to cut travel time with a shortcut.

Meanwhile with Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, the both of them got up rather groggily after their failed attempt to fight Gohan. Mr. 5 had awoken some time earlier after promptly getting knocked out by one punch into the gut.

Needless to say though he hadn't expected for Miss Valentine to come flying into him and once again found himself on the ground again.

Rubbing his head, Mr. 5 groaned loudly, very irritated ,"Damn that guy. He's gonna pay for making a fool out of me."

Miss Valentine nodded, also irritated by the fact that her Devil Fruit was outdone for the first time in her life. "I'm going to make sure I crush him slowly and make him suffer for playing us like that."

With renewed determination the two got back up and prepared themselves to go fight him again, except they failed to notice that someone was standing right behind them.

"I must say….the abilities you two showed were rather interesting," the person said, revealing himself.

Both of them looked back to see a man standing behind them, one wearing odd looking armor with what looked like a tail wrapped around his waist, his skin was grey and his hair stood out all around along with some kind of glass thing over his left eye.

"Who the hell are you?" Mr. 5 asked the man.

"That doesn't really matter at the moment. Why I'm here though is to ask if the two of you would be interested in joining me." The man offered a hand, "If you do, you'd have anything you've ever wished for, the best food, the best wine and much, much more."

Mr. 5 got even more irritated while Miss Valentine was somewhat cautious, she seemed to pick up a sensation from the man, one she had felt before from Gohan.

Even more irritated now that some random guy from nowhere was asking him to join his group when he was already in one, "Tch, like I'd join some random idiot like you. If you're just wasting my time then I will kill you."

"Is that so? That's rather disappointing. I was hoping you'd be smarter than that," the man said before raising a hand with his palm facing the Baroque agent, "In that case...if you won't join me...then you can go ahead and die."

A mysterious purple light of some kind formed in his hand before Mr. 5 was engulfed by it, and much to the horror of Miss Valentine, when the light all but vanished, only a crater remained, not even ashes left behind of her former partner.

Having witnessed overwhelming power she started trembling in fear as the man looked over to her, promptly asking her the same question, "What about you? Are you going to make the same mistake?"

Miss Valentine answered, voice quivering with fear, "N-No...P-Please...D-Don't kill me…"

"I won't kill you...unless you decide to decline my offer. You are quite a beautiful young woman so I'll let you live...if you become my slave and do only what I tell you," the man told her.

She thought about it and knew she had no other choice. Even if she could escape, Mr. 0 would have her killed for failing her objective. So she nodded her head in defeat, what weight did her dignity have when compared to her life after all?

The man smiled at her decision, "Heh, you made the right choice. I commend that you made the smart decision unlike your friend."

Without her even noticing, he appeared behind her and chopped her in the neck, knocking her out. "Just stay here until I'm done. I'm afraid I have some unfinished business with the man you helplessly failed to fight against."

Thus he was off, taking to the sky heading for his main target with the help of his scouter, and flew off.

-Earlier…

Vivi looked on in shock, witnessing Gohan send Miss Valentine flying away with just one punch. Miss Valentine was around the middle when it came to the strongest members along with Mr. 5, so witnessing her get taken out like that was...shocking!

Gohan came back down after dealing with Miss Valentine and looked back towards Vivi, giving her a reassuring smile at the same time, "Like I said Vivi. I promised you that I wasn't going to let anything happen to you."

"I-I see. Thank you Gohan-kun," Vivi answered smiling.

Her smile however turned to shock as she remembered what occurred earlier, "Igaram!"

Turning back, she looked over to see him climbing out of the hole he was put in thanks to Miss Valentine, and though he was clearly in pain with a part of his face was covered in blood, at least he was still alive.

Vivi felt relieved to see that he was still alright, "Thank goodness you're still alright Igaram!"

She quickly ran up and enveloped him in a hug, one which he returned happily. Igaram turned his attention to Gohan who still had a reassuring smile on his features.

His view of the man changed thoroughly after everything he did for them, "I must thank you greatly. If it wasn't for you, the princess would be dead."

"No need to thank me. I only did what was right," Gohan reassured him.

From the building above them, Nami came out after hearing the loud crash with a look of wonder as to what had happened, "What the heck is going on?! I turn my back on you and Zoro, then I hear all this ruckus?!"

Gohan was about to explain until he felt an energy appear along where the two agents were and his breath was taken from him. This energy...it belonged to...a...a Saiyan! Then fear began to form as it proceeded to head where he and his new friends were.

Almost immediately he was in full protection mode, staring down where he felt the energy was coming from, "GUYS! GET BACK TO THE SHIP IMMEDIATELY!"

They all looked on in shock, mainly Vivi and Nami with both noticing the look of fear on his face.

Vivi walked up to him to ask what was wrong, "Is everything al-"

Gohan looked back at her seriously prompting the blue haired woman to gasp in surprise with what his face showed, "GO NOW! SOMEONE'S COMING AND THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS!"

The energy was getting closer which made his fear grow more at the risk of someone getting killed, but Nami intervened much his fear once more.

"Hang on a second. What the heck's going on here?! Who are they and what are you talking about?" Nami asked.

"GO NOW! BEFORE-"

It was too late as the energy he felt arrived and promptly landed in front of him and the others which got their attention. Gohan had to end this quickly before things got very bad and proceeded to stare at the person who arrived and...found his breath taken away.

The man was indeed a Saiyan, he wore the same armor that Vegeta had when he first arrived on earth. But it was the hair that had his breath taken away which was exactly like the one person he believed to have been dead ever since that day.

"Fa….Father?" Gohan asked, tone deathly quiet.

"Hehe...it's been far too long...Gohan," The man spoke, a devilish grin showing on his face.

To Be Continued...

Next Time

A Saiyan's Journey

Chapter 4

Get ready next chapter cause Gohan's gonna have his first real fight which will be one of many in the future that I have planned for this story. And it's only gonna be more harder as the fights progress.

Anyway, I apologize for how long this chapter took which was mainly my job and YeTianshi betaing the entire chapter but I do hope it is to you're guys liking.

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