3 Cooking Up Trouble: Gohan vs. Sanji's Fiery Showdown.

After Gohan finished his explanation, Zeff had a look on his face that said, "Do you expect me to believe that?" But he sighed and said, "Okay, so you don't have anywhere to go then." Gohan thought speechlessly, 'Is that all you want to say?' but he answered, "Yes."

"If you want to live here, you have to work. This is not the place for freeloaders," said Zeff, but Sanji and Patty quickly interjected. "What are you saying, old man? Do you believe that?" said Sanji. "It was full of it," said Patty.

"Hey, I was telling the truth." Gohan thought, 'Well, some of it was untrue.' "Shut up!" shouted both Sanji and Patty. "Chef Zeff, we cannot allow him to live here. What if his goal is to get our secret recipes?" said Patty. "Shut up, you two. This is my restaurant, and I will decide who's going to live here or not," said Zeff sternly.

"Can you cook or cut ingredients? But before you answer, think properly because both of these jobs are very important. So you have to be of a certain standard to get my approval," asked Zeff.

"I have a different proposal. I can work as a manager and server. I am very good at talking respectfully, I am smart, I am sophisticated, I am very well-mannered, and most importantly, I am handsome," said Gohan while smiling.

"What a narcissist," said Patty. "Yes," approved Sanji. But they stopped talking when Zeff looked towards them. 'Well, I am not lying! Chichi was very strict with Gohan regarding his education, and he was smart and always well-mannered in the anime series.'

"And I am also very strong, so I can take care of troublemakers for you and protect this restaurant," he said full of confidence.

"We don't need a smart aleck for our restaurant, and we are strong enough to protect it," said Sanji irritably.

"But I observed during breakfast hours, many guys here like cussing and are foul-mouthed," said Gohan. "You have to think about your reputation. There should be lots of children and women who come here to eat every day, right?" asked Gohan. "Yes," replied Sanji.

"What if they stop coming here because of the behavior of some foul-mouthed people? Beautiful ladies don't like foul-mouthed guys," he said, the last part while looking towards Sanji. 'Come on, take the bait,' anticipated Gohan.

Sanji's face started to contort as he said, "So that's why there are so few beautiful ladies coming here every day. Because you guys are driving them away with your behavior."

"Shut it! You're not a gentleman either, brat," said ZEFF. "I can see you're well-mannered, but are you strong enough to say that you can protect my restaurant? Well, we can test you for that. Sanji, go spar with him and don't hold back," said ZEFF.

"Huh! Are you sure, old man? Are you sure about it too?" asked Sanji to Gohan.

"Yes, and please give it your all. I want to see how strong people from this world are," said Gohan with a smile on his face.

"Ok, let's go somewhere spacious," said ZEFF.

"Don't you think it's taking too long?" said someone.

"Yes," another replied. After getting kicked out of the room, everyone was waiting outside to hear about the result of the interrogation.

Then the door of the room opened, and as everyone looked towards the door, ZEFF, Sanji, Patty, and Gohan walked out. "Hey Patty, what happened? Did this guy tell me who he is? Did he fall from the sky? Is he a criminal? Is he single? Hehehe, just kidding, nobody asked that," they joked.

But before Patty could say anything, ZEFF instructed, "You guys, put these tables and chairs to the side and make some space."

"Why, Chef ZEFF?" someone asked.

"Because these two brats are going to have a sparring session," replied ZEFF. "OK, now stop asking questions and get the job done."

"Yes, Chef ZEFF," replied everyone as they started putting tables and chairs to the side.

"Ok, you two, remember this is just a spar, not a fight to the death. When I say stop, that means the fight is over. Don't get injured too badly because I'm not paying for the medical bills. Do you get it?" asked ZEFF.

"Yes," replied Gohan, while Sanji put a cigarette in his mouth and was about to light it up. But Gohan said, "Hey! You should quit smoking because it's a big no for beautiful women. A lot of ladies hate smokers," he said teasingly to Sanji.

"I AM NOT SOME CHAINSMOKER, YOU BASTARD!! I only smoke when I have to fight," said Sanji, full of anger.

"That means you love smoking so much that you can't even stop when you are fighting. Not a chain smoker," said Gohan, this time sarcastically.

"You bastard!!!" said Sanji, throwing the cigarette away. "I am going to beat the crap out of you," said Sanji, kicking towards Gohan.

"Oh! You kick well. Did Chef ZEFF teach you?" said Gohan, dodging Sanji's every kick narrowly but with ease, which resulted in Sanji getting angrier and faster.

"Good, good. That's it!! Keep going. That one was close enough to brush against my clothes." But Sanji stopped his barrage of kicks and backed off. "Hey! Why did you stop? You were so close to getting a hit on me," said Gohan, smiling.

Hearing that, Sanji lowered his head and started trembling in anger. He erupted, "YOU BASTARD!! STOP DODGING AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN," said Sanji angrily.

"What do you mean by I am not fighting like a man? You should think before saying this kind of thing. What if you offend those women who are looked down upon by men? Comments like this can make you remain single for your whole life," said Gohan, looking like he was lecturing him.

Everyone started to laugh at that, and that was it for Sanji. He started going berserk. "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!! IT'S YOU OR ME NOW!!"

'I didn't know I could make someone this mad just by talking,' thought Gohan, while dodging the onslaught of Sanji. On the contrary to Sanji, Gohan was having the time of his life. 'Oh, his leg is starting to smoke. Is he going to hit me with that move? Waku waku (shoutout to Anya Chan).'

As expected, Sanji raised his right leg, and his boot started burning. However, the fire didn't affect his pants or boot. 'He is burning and not burning at the same time,' thought Gohan. "That's it for you! BURNING SHOT!" called out Sanji.

'So it's not that move. Well, let's see how strong this attack is,' thought Gohan as he prepared to catch the attack. Sanji kicked his head, but Gohan caught Sanji's leg with one hand. The wind started to blow fiercely because of the shockwaves of the attack.

After the wind slowed down, there was pin-drop silence in the hall. Everyone was gaping at the sight before them. Smoke was coming out of Sanji's leg, which was in the grip of Gohan's hand. 'HE CAUGHT MY ATTACK LIKE IT WAS NOTHING! HOW STRONG IS THIS GUY?' thought Sanji. 'Well, it didn't feel strong or hot at all. Is it because I am too strong?' thought Gohan, feeling a bit disappointed.

Sanji looked at Gohan's face and started attacking again. "What's with that look, huh? You arrogant jerk," said Sanji, continuing the attacks. "Ok! That's it! STOP! The spar is over. I have seen enough," said ZEFF. But Sanji didn't stop attacking.

"Didn't you hear me, you brat?" This time, ZEFF's voice came from right beside Sanji. His expression changed. 'SHOOT,' thought Sanji. (It is at this moment he knew he messed up).

"BAM!!!" Sanji flew towards the entrance from ZEFF's kick and stopped before the entrance door. "When I said the spar is over, that means it's over," said ZEFF.

'Oh! The old man ZEFF is pretty fast and strong,' thought Gohan, and started to smile again.