Authors Note: I would like to apologize for the slow update. The truth is that I would have completed this chapter a long time ago but something went wrong with my computer which caused it to reset and everything that I had installed or saved like this chapter were all deleted and because of that I had to write the entire thing all over again. But thank you for following and I hope that you will like this chapter.

Chapter 02

Fight of the Titans and a New Crew Member

Garp throws his fist aimed at Cell's face. Cell retaliates by placing his right leg one step behind him and block Garp's attack with his left arm. Cell then try's to give Garp taste of his right hook but Garp dodged by leaning his head to the right only to be hit by by Cell's right leg to his side. Cell rotates his body while still having tight grip on Garp's fist and with his left leg he let's go of Garp's fist at the rigt time and sends him flying behind him Cell then dashes after him. Garp opens his eys at the mid flight he reaches both of his arms towards the ground and when they touch the ground he flips him to his feet and launches himself towards Cell. Garp manage to caught Cell off guard and gave him and heavy left hook straight to his cheek but Cell back flips on his feet and lung towards Garp who is also running towards him both having there right fist's drawn they both shout when there fist's collided ground below them cracked. After that they both exhanged fury of punches that were either blocked or dodged.

Marine's that had retreated to a safe distance from the fighters were staring at the match with there mouths open and eyes wide. " Hey please tell me that I'm just seeing things and Vice-admiral is winning?" One of the marine's says with slightly hopefull tone. Marine next to him shakes his head and answer's. "I'm affraid not." Meanwhile behind the group Coby and Helmeppo arrived to them shortly followed by straw hats's. " Hey is the fight between that monster and Vice-admiral Garp still going?" Coby asks from one of the marine's who is closest to him who saluted moment he noticed them but before he could anwsere Helmeppo stated his own opinion."Come now Coby there is no way that fight is still going. You know how strong Vice-admiral Garp is." Marine only nervosly rubs back of his head." Well.. actually it appears that Vice-admiral and that monster seems to be equally matched." Both Coby and Helmeppo only gave marine a blank star before there eyes widen and mouth's drop and shouted in unison."Eeeeh!" Luffy also got relly excited after hearing marine's statment."Really?! Someone is actually fighting gramps evenly this I got a see!"

Luffy starts to make his way trough group of marines with a wide grin on his face. He was shortly followed by Sanji, Zoro, Nami, Robin and Chopper. Coby and Helmeppo only looked at each other before nodding and following straw hat's.

Back with fighters who were still in middel of exchanging blows. Both of them jumped back few meters Cell then dashes towards Garp who retaliates trying to punch him in the face with his right fist only to Cell to avoid it by leaning to the left and delivering his right fist on Garps cheek but Garp regained his balance and headbutted Cell causing him to take few steps back before reagaining his balance. Both of them a breathing slightly faster when they regained there balance. Garp had little bit of blood coming from left side of his mouth while Cell had it coming from his nose.

Garp's face formed into wide grin while cleaning the blood away with his fist. " Well now this is suprise you're really a lot stronger than I thought. You don't mind if I ask really late question?" Cell only blinks before smiling and using finger to clean the blood coming from his nose."Go right on ahead. Ask away!" Cell crosses his arm's across his chest. "Who and what are you excatly?" Cell eyes widen for a moment before letting out a small chugle."Late question indeed. Thats's something that you ask in a start of battle not in a middle of it. But I answer that question if you honor my request and telling who I have honor of facing." Cell ask's with his right eye open and left one closed. Garp only laughed. " Very well I quess it is polite to introduse you're self before asking someone there name. I am Vice-admiral of the marines Monkey D Garp." He declares with a wide grin and pointing his chest with his finger.

Cell only stares for a while before his eyes moved towards marines behind him without moving his head while thinking."Marine's huh. I quess I could have figure that much from the those caps that has word marine written on it." Cell then turns his eyes towards Garp wih small smirk."Well then since you were so polite to indtretuse yourself I shall do the same." Cell stand straight and places his right palm on his chest while holding his waist with his left hand and both of his legs behind's connected. "My name is Cell, and I'm a android." Garp's eyes widen from the revelation. " Android like still in construction Pacifistas. But somethings is off." He thinks." Before grinning again and speaking his mind. " Android huh. You know I find that really hard to believe." Cell crosses his arm's across his chest."Oh and why is that?" he askes with a small smile. "Well turing this fight it dosen't feel like I'm fighting a machine."

Cell closes his eyes and smirks." Well it probaly would be if I was some ordinary android that's made of metal. But unlike those androids I'am 100% bio-mechanical." Cell says while holding his arms on front of him. "What?" Garp eye's widen in shock."Bio-mechanical android how can that be possible. Not even dr. Vegapunk is cabable of creating something like that." Garp is interubted from his thought by Cell. "To be fair I'm also suprised that there is someone who is able to rival me in my current strenght. But I'am curious about something." Cell askes with his eyes closed and arm's crossed. Garp's left eyebrow rises a little."About what excatly?" Cell opens his eyes and takes his stance and smirks."How fast are you?"

Garp's eyes widen for second but before he could but on his guard Cell's elbow slammes on middle of his chest. He is sent flying back with his leg's grinding against the ground. When he finally stops he holds the spot where Cell attack had hit him with both of his arm's while letting out a painful grunt. He then turns his eye back to Cell only to see him delivering a side kick aimed to his face. Garp manages to stop it just in time by crossing both of his arm's front of his face. Force of the kick forces him back a little. After Garp had stopped moving he swung his arms forward sending Cell flying through the air who backflipped and exact moment his right feet landed on the ground he vanished shocking Garp even further.

" So Fast!" He thinks while looking around for his opponent he then takes deep breath and closes his eyes. After a while he opens them turns to his right and throws left hook. Cell who just then appeard on the place Garp threw his fist widening seeing the fist almost front of him but he quickly managed to block it with his left palm and shoveling gis right hook on Garp's cheek Garp stager few steps. And Cell didn't let up his attack and unleashed barrage of lightning fast right hook's wich he followe by spinning around a kicking him with his left leg straight at his stomach sending Garp flying across the street into a building causing the wall collapse and burieng Grap under the rubble. Garp throws it off of him and beguns to stand up while shaking his head while holding it with his left hand. He turns his head towards Cell location after standing up where Cell was smirking towards him while standing sideways towards him. Garp only grins while steading his breath."This fight just got even more intresting." He says with a small chuckle.

Meanwhile with audience marine's were staring with panicking expressions on there faces. While Luffy is sparkling with extremly excited look on his face while letting loud."Ooooh awesome!" while rest of the Straw Hat pirates had either intrested or slightly suprised look. While Goby and Helmeppo had similar looks like rest of the Marines." Oy oy. This can't be! Just moment ago they were evenly matched but now that creature is taking control?" Helmeppo say with panicing tone while holding his head with both of his arm's. Zoro who is rubbing his chin with his right hand wich elbow is leaning on his right hand's palm."I see so when it comes to terms of power they are about equal but in terms of speed that green bug man has the edge giving him the advantage."

Back with fighers Cell's grin turned into a scowl."Green bug man am I..." he mutters with a angry tone and gives glare towards Zoro who shivers all of sudden and starts to look confusingly around him."

Cell then turns back to Garp who then jumps over the canal with his fist drawn. Cell takes his stance and dodges Garp's fist by leaning to the right moment before it hit's him and aimed his right leg at Garp side but later quickly grabbed it right before it connected and grabbed Cell's leg with both of his hands and starts to spin around and throws Cell into a building. Garp walks to the hole on wall where he had thrown Cell only to find nothing there. Garp takes few steps back from the hole and starts to look around. Just then Cell appeard behind him at the same time Garp swing's his arm behind him while spin around in a process only to meet Cell's knee on his cheek and sending him flying on to wall creating hole next to the one wich Cell had been thrown to. Garp comes out of the wall and looks at Cell's direction only to find that Cell had dispeared again. He walks bit before turning his head towards the roof where he is standing his arm crossed and smug smirk on his face.

"It seems that I'm victory in this contest of speed." he says while he gently jumps down from the roof with his arm's still crossed."Garp who has breathing heavilly."It seem's that way." Cell's smirk turn's into a serious gaze then he moves his hands to his sides and white aura appears around him and wind start's to flow away from him making dust flow away from him." Not that this isn't been fun mr. Vice-admiral but I have things to do so I'm affraid I have to put end to this fight." After saying that he moves his arm with his palm open and aiming it at Garp. Later readys his guard while thinking."What is he up to now?"

Back with the spectators."Hey what's going on. Where did this wind came from and what's that creature doing?" Sanji asked while most of the marines were busy to keep there caps flying of there heads."Really stupid-cook how do you expect me to know." Zoro askes sanji who turns towards Zoro with a menacing look."What was that marimo?" While Zoro and Sanji enter into a glaring contest you could literally see sparks fly where there glares connectted. "His going to shoot a beam!" Luffy yells with exitment and soarkly eyes causing Nami, Zoro and Sanji to sigh and facepalm at there captain's idiocy.

Back to the fighters."Before I but end to this fight there is something I want to ask of you?" Cell asked Garp with serious tone."Oh and what that?" Garp responds without letting down his guard."Well during this fight when I stardet to use my speed. You couldn't follow my movements at all but somehow you manage to attack me like you know where I'm attacking and how. How did you do it?" Garp only chuckled a little for Cell's question."Well let's just say I have sixth sense for that." Cell only smirked."Well if you don't want to give specific answer then that's fine too. Now then time to but end to this fight." Cell turns back to serious and Yellow orb on front of his palm grew bigger and shine brighter. Garp's eyes widen."Wait.. That's! no it can't be!" Garp's eyes widen after he realises that he has seen something similar before."HAAA!" Cell shouts as he releses a energy wave from his hand towards Garp. He having no time to evade the attack quickly crossed his arm front of his face in attempt to block the attack. He is engulfed in a beam it get going forward towards the audience who quickly recovered there shock and jumped out of the way it passed them by until it hit house on the another end and exploded causing a entire building to collapse rest of the group stared with wide eyes gaping mouths expect Chopper and Luffy who had stars in there eyes shouting."SO COOL!"

Cell only looked at the building while lowering his hand." That was great match . I hope we can have a rematch sometime." He then jumps on top of a house and stardet to jump roof to roof heading towards the outside of the town.

Marine's recovered from there shock they quickly runned to the demolished building."Vice-admiral!" shouting. "What the hell was that?" Sanji askes with a sweatdrop." Zoro replies."I don't know . Maybe somesort of devil fruit maybe?" with slightly shocked tone. "Anyway lets not worry about that is Luffy's granpa still ok after getting hit by that." Nami says and starts to run towards rest of the marines expect certain straw hat wearing captain who strecht out his arm and shot him self towards direction Cell had headed without anyone noticing expect Copper."Luffy?" Chopper mutters before shruging and running towards the other way to make sure Garp isn't injured badly.

Marine's were currently removing remains of the building trying to find Garp. depre then starts to shake a little and then huge piece of rubble rises and is thrown a side and Garp shakes his head and stands up. He seemd to be okay expect a few bruises and sleeves were burned all the way to his elbows and rest of the suit has torns "Vice-admiral Garp are you alright." Helmeppo and Coby shouts and helping him back up."I'm fine but that was really close. If I hadn't coated my body with armament haki I would be needing medical atention right about now." Straw hats arrived and Chopper quickly shouted."Are you hurt any serious injuries?!" He aske while running around Garp and incpecting him." Easy there it's just few sctraces and bit burned sleeves." Garps stops Chopper from checking him and stood back up."Well Luffy you're grandfather is marine hero for a reason." Sanji said but after he heard no answer from there captain he stardet to look around."Hey where is Luffy?" Sanji's statement caused rest of the straw hat's to look around." yeah where is he?" Zoro scratches his head. Nami places her hand to his hips and..."Really his own garndfather just hit with somesort of strange beam and he juts leaves where did he go this time?!" She askes with angry tone." While you guy's were heading after marines. Luffy stretchid his arm launched himself after that thing that just was here." Chopper says while pointing towards direction that Cell and luffy had went. "now why would Luffy would went after that creature. After Zoro, Nami and Sanji had thought reason's why would there captain follow green being after few second they all paled. "You know what? No matter how much I think there is only one reason that Luffy would go after." Nami says with nervous tone and Zoro and Sanji nod's "Definetly and are you guys thinking the same reason that I do?" Sanji askes receiveig nod from both of them. All three laughes a little before taking a deep breath and "Noooooooooooo!" they release scream that broke ears of everyone in 30 meter radius expect Robin who had shut her ears before hand and Garp who let out a roaring laughter.

Back to Cell who had reached a coast of Water 7."Noooooooooooo!" He turns around after hearing scream."What the hell are they screaming at. Did I really hurt that marine that badly... No way if that blast caused that much damage that they would scream then Garp wouldn't have been much of a challenge at all." Cell then turns back towards the sea and then to his hand thats is clenhed into a fist then opens it while thinking."But thanks to that I noticed something strange. When I was fighting I realised that I wasn't at full strength. Like I was in some intense fight just recently... just what the Hell I was doing before I lost my memories?" After that he puts his hand to his side and starts to walk. " HEEEEEEEEEEEEY!" Cell stops moves his pupils left and then right."what the hell is..?" he then turns back around where yell is coming from. He sees Luffy heading towards him with great speed." WAAAAAAIT..!" Realising that Luffy is heading straight at him Cell jumps to the right."UP!" CRASH! Luffy crashes where Cell was standing just a moment ago and kept going few feet forward while sending lot of dust around. Cell stares at the with wide eyes at the dust cloud." What the..." Aftre a while laughter could be heard from the dust and when the air clears Luffy was sitting on the ground sitting with his hands on both of his knees. He then stops laughing when he notices Cell and jumps back to his feet and gives wide grin. " Yo!" Luffy raises his hand and walks towards Cell. Latter only stares ta Luffy a while before raising his hand "Hi... Who are you?" Luffy points his finger at his chest."My name is Monkey D. Luffy. Join my crew?" He asks out of a blue. Cell stares at him for a while letting question to sink in."Excuse me?" Cell askes with confused look."Could you clerify that what you just asked?" Luffy only places his wists to his waists."What is there to explain I just asked you to join my crew." Cell only sighs."Yes I got that part. But what I was asking was what crew and just who are you?"

Luffy places his fist to his hips." Oh you mean like that? I'm captain of my own pirate crew and man whos going to be a pirate king!" He declares Cell had crossed his arms had closed his eyes. He opens them raises his finger." Would you mind if I give this little thought?" He askes. Luffy only nods with wide grin. " Sure you can. Just tell me when you are ready to join." Cell sweatdrops at Luffy's statment."Don't make it sound like it's already being decided." Cell walks away for few meters from Luffy and starts to think.

"What a mess. I only came here to find someone who would know anything about my origin and I accidently caused mass panic got marines on my tale and now young higly active and enertic pirate captain is recruiting me." Cell lets out a sigh. " I haven't even found anyone who would know anything about me... But now that I think about it if here is someone who would know something they would most likley showed them self's because of all the commotion I caused." Cell then turns around giving Luffy a glance who is currently laughing about something and seemed exited about something while a having relaxed standing posture." Now should I take up kid's offer and join his crew. He strikes me as honest kid and a type who dosen't back down once he decides on something. Wich kinda make it difficult to say no sense he has decided to make me a member of his crew." He then turns his eyes away towards the Water 7." But joining them would probably be beneficial since I just had fight with reinforcers of law wich most likley makes me a outlaw and if marines have more fighters like that vice-admiral. Facing them one on one wouldn't be a problem but if they team up on me that would be a problem." He then turns back towards Luffy and begins to walk. "Before I can give my final answer. There is oone question I need anwser to."

Back to Luffy he sees Cell coming towards him." "Hey have you decided to join yet?!" he askes exidetly to Cell who stop front of him Cell only shakes his head." No not yet there is something I liked to ask of you first and youre anwer will effect my anwser." Luffy only crossed his arms with smile." Sure ask away."

"Why are you asking me to join you're crew in a first place. You don't even know who I'am." Cell speaks while holding his hand on his chest. Luffy smuile turns into a small scowl while putting his hand to his sides and tilting his head. "What are you talking about? I know who you are." Cell's eyes widen at Luffy's word's. "Wait you do!?" He states with shocked tone. Luffy noddes his head." I sure do. " Really then could you please elaborate." Cell askes slightly intrested that did this young really knew something about his past or is he just saying that because he was among those marine's that was looking at his fight with Garp. Luffy points his finger at him with huge grin and closed eyes."You're awesome bug monster who fought granpa and can shoot beams!" He exclaimed while cell stared blankly before moving his hand to his face while thinking."I had it figured it to be something like that. I just had to make sure... And also."

Cell moves his hand and let's out annoyed sigh. He then rises his hand and punches Luffys head wich caused it crash hard into the ground."OUCH! HEY WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" Luffy shouts while holding his head. "That was for calling me a bug." Cell states calmly.

"So reason you're asking me to join you're crew is because I fought and defeated you're..." Cell then opens his eyes and blinks few times when he realises what Luffy had called Garp. He then turns towards him."So Garp is you're granfather?" Luffy only nod's." And he is marine and you're a pirate?" Luffy nod's again. Cell starts rubing his chin."So correct me if I'm wrong.. but marine's are people who support the law while pirates on the another hand are outlaw's.?" Luffy nod's at Cell's question "Yes that's right." Cell looks a way while placing his hand to his face while holding in a chuckle." Oh boy that's rich. So grandfather is marine while grandson is a pirate. I bet he isn't happy about that.?" Luffy only nod's Cell then places his hand to his hip and smirked."Okay I have decided to join you're crew kid." Luffy's face quickly turned into a wide smile. "Really!?" Luffy quickly jump's back on his feet."OH YEAH!" Luffy throws his hand on the air." But remember only reason I'm joining this crew is because of my own goals." Luffy only nod's with his wide smile."Of course most of the crew has there own goals that there pursuing."

Cell then reaches out his hand for a shake. "Well I'm glad thats made clear. My name is Cell by the way." Luffy still grinnig took the hand and shaked it." And I'm Luffy man who is going to became a pirate king!" He declares loudly. Cell on places his hand away and crosses them over his chest." Yes I know Luffy you alraedy said that." then they heard people running behind them and turn around to see Nami, Sanji and Zoro running towards them and stopping breathing heavily.

Luffy walked front of Cell and started to wave. "Hey guy's what are you doing here?" He shouts to them hapily before hid eyes widen for a moment before steps back and points towards Cell with his hand with his grin. "Oh but before that let me introduce you to our new cremate Cell." Nami, Sanji and Zoro only stared with wide eyes. " we were too late.." They said at the same time while tears coming from there eyes.

Luffy turns around to Cell and laughed. " there so happy that there crying." Cell only states. " I don't think thats why there crying." Three straw hats only raised there head's with furious look's. "WE DEFINETLY ARE NOT!" They screamed simultaneously. Cell only blinked few times before smirking. " I think I'm going to like these people."

Next Chapter: Beginning of a Journey

Author Note: Please tell me if you spot any grammatical errors. If you have trouble understanding my english, tell me.