Chapter 64
I started to wake up. My head is pounding and my body feels numb. Traversing through the universe to this one has drained me of energy. I have about 1/5 of my strength but that is only how I feel, I have to move around to see where I really am in strength. When I opened my eyes I see a beautiful women with raven black straight hair. I knew who she was but for the sake of playing dumb I had to ask.
Sage: h.e.l.lo. Who are you? Where am I?
Female 1???: Good afternoon. I am Nico Robin. You are on our s.h.i.+p. (Gets up to tell everyone) Everyone! Our guest is up!
Luffy: Hey Zoro, the guy with the tail woke up, let's go.
Chopper: Sanji don't forget the porridge, Nami, can you bring extra bandages?
Nami: You got it Chopper.
The rest of the crew came rus.h.i.+ng through the door. A little creature wearing a stethscope jumped on the bed started examining me.
Chopper: How do you feel?
Sage: Dizzy, drained and numb.
Chopper: The porridge Sanji.
Sanji: Hiyo, here have some.
Sage: Thank you (I take a bite). Mmm, delicious. I'm sorry if I might be too presumptuous, but this little will not be enough. I see that you have my satchel here so my gear should be in there, correct?
Zoro: Yeah, you clutched really hard and didn't let go until you fainted.
Sage: Thank you for picking it up for me. As thanks how about I cook. I might not be as good as your chef but it's the least I could do.
Luffy: You're a chef?
Sage: Sorry for the late introductions. My name is Sarunokami Sage. I do cook but I am no chef. I'm like a "jack of all trades" mercenary.
Nami: How are you like a "Jack of all trades"? You mean like Usopp, he like a "Jack of all fears", hahaha.
Usopp: OY (slapped her arm in a comedic gesture)
Sage: I come from a place that takes missions to either protect, escort, gather intel, recover people or things, and if it's necessary, eliminate targets.
Luffy: I can tell, you look strong. How about a little spar?
Sage: If you think you can take it, I don't mind.
Chopper: Hey Luffy, he just woke up after 2 days and I haven't seen his injuries yet. (Checking my bandages) What?! How can this be?
Robin: What's wrong Chopper?
Chopper: Brook please bring me a sample slide.
Brook: Ok Chopper-san, yohohoho.
Chopper: All his injuries are gone!
The crew: What!?
Sage: Yeah, I heal faster than normal. That's why I don't mind the spar. I need to stretch
The crew took me to the deck, the sun was s.h.i.+ning brightly, the winds and the waves were calm. The salty sea air was crisp. It reminded me of a time I went fis.h.i.+ng with my father before I was reincarnated. I stood on the lawn type deck the s.h.i.+p had. From the looks of Luffy he had no cross shaped scar on his chest. So with the addition of Brook and Franky the time must be before the "War of the Best" Marineford arc. Good, I could prevent Ace's death and fight all the Admirals. I faced Luffy and looked at him seriously. I know that he doesn't know about Haki at this point. Considering I am a Saiyan I doubt I would have a chance at using Haki but I remembered I have human DNA, and that's from Madara. He may not be from this universe but he was still human and so are his eyes, my eyes. Not mentioning the fact that Madara was monsterous by himself but that is if I have never appeared. Most likely Madara contains the Hao-shoku no Haki (Color of the Supreme King) if he were from this universe.
Luffy: Monkey D. Luffy, yoros.h.i.+ku! (Nice to meet you)
Sage: Sarunokami Sage, likewise.
Luffy rushed towards me with a simple punch that I easily evaded. Then a barrage of punches were thrown by him. I dodged it all by a hairs breadth. Luffy started to get agitated and threw his signature Gomu Gomu no Mi (Gum gum fruit) style move.
Luffy: Gomu gomu no Pistol!
I moved as fast as I was able in my current condition but it was still faster than Luffy could see. I punched him in the stomach but I punched as hard as I could and sent him flying a few leagues away. Realizing that I hit him too hard I teleported to him and brought him back. Everyone was surprised to see me move that fast and to knock out Luffy who is a rubber man, so normal physical attacks are nullified. I naturally put ki into my attacks and Ki is a type of life force the same as Haki just a different application. The rest of the crew took fighting positions towards me. I put Luffy down so that Chopper could examine him.
Chopper: He was only knocked out its ok guys.
Zoro: I won't put down my sword until Luffy gets up. All I saw was a flash and Luffy was sent flying.
Sage: He was the one that wanted to spar. I punched him once, it's not my fault he was knocked out.
Sanji: Baka marimo, it was Luffy's fault. Put your katanas away. You said your name was Sage right?
Sage: Yeah.
Sanji: How about a bout with me?
Sage: Like I told Luffy, only if you can handle it. He took me lightly considering the results. From the sight of his punch that stretched and the feel of his abdomen, he felt very elastic, why is that?
Sanji: He ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, it made him a Gomu-ningen (Rubber man). Because he is a Gomu-ningen, the real question is, how were you able to knock him out in the first place?
Sanji blew smoke after taking a puff from his cigarette. The explanation will take too long so…
Sage: Maybe it's the martial arts that I practice. I put my all into my attacks.
Sanji: Well then shall we get started?
Sage: Are you rubber? If not then I will lower my strength.
Zoro: Oy, s.h.i.+tty-cook, don't take him lightly.
Sage: If you feel bitter about Luffy, how about I let you have a free hit?
Sanji: I will take you up on that offer.
Sanji flashed from his location from the stairs. He already used Diable Jambe (Devil's Leg) before he jumped at me. He aimed for my left shoulder. I saw the entire thing from start to finish. I may be 1/5 of what I was but they have yet to learn Haki so the moves are more physical. The impact was great, hot wind blew through my hair like strong hair dryer. I didn't want to hurt or break his leg so I made sure to take the hit but not harden my shoulder too much.
Sage: There goes your free hit. (I smiled)
I thrust my right fist at great speed but only hit him with the wind pressure, I made no contact. The impact was more concentrated so the pressure slammed into Sanji's chest as he also flew away but not as far as Luffy. Again I flashed, I caught him and brought him back before he hit the sea. Like Luffy Sanji was also knocked out. The only one left was Zoro but, would he accept the challenge?
Zoro: Even s.h.i.+tty-cook. Accept my challenge as well.
Sage: Fine but since you are holding swords I will go a little faster so if I catch you off guard I apologize in advance.
Zoro took out all 3 katanas and jumped from the top deck to where I am. I didn't want to break his swords so I flashed in front him and flicked him on the chin and knocked him out. I doubt the others would challenge me so I left it at that. At least I know my body is fine I just can't use world destruction skills so I can keep a safe playing field with all those I will face but only until I recover.