Dragon Ball Fanfic NaNoWriMo 2017

A/N: I've never tried to write 50,000 words in one month before and I really wanted to try this year but I had no original ideas. Then as I was reading the first chapter of the Dragon Ball manga I wondered about creating an OC that would be there from the very first chapter. I decided for this self-challenge I'll be going through Dragon Ball and hopefully into Dragon Ball Z with my OC Cori (short for Corset) the younger sister of Bulma. Now anyone who has read the manga should already guess but just in case I'm letting you know now that I'll have this story rated M.

Disclaimer: I don't any anything to do with Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z. Cori Briefs is mine but that's it.

Prologue: A Summer Adventure

I slowly opened Bulma's door. My older sister had been acting weird lately, going to the west city library and the WCU library. Bulma never goes to the library, she always says she's a genius and doesn't need to bury herself in 'dusty old books'. Looking at her through the opened door I could see her building something at her desk which wasn't unusual and didn't get me any closer to finding out what she was up to.

"Yes! It works I am a genius!" Bulma suddenly shouted as she jumped up from her desk.

Bulma was so excited that she didn't notice as I entered her room. I went up to her desk, as usual, it was covered in random tools and metal pieces. The only thing out of place was an orange orb that had two red stars inside it. I picked it up as Bulma was going through her closet. I expected the orb to be room temperature or a little cool but it was slightly warm instead. I turn it around in my hands but no matter how I moved it I could see both of the stars clearly.

"Hey, Bulma! What is this thing?" I ask my sister as I keep looking at the orange sphere in my hand.

"Cori?"Bulma yelled as she rushed out of her closet and snatched the ball from my hands. "Don't touch that, you twerp. How many times have I told you to stay out!"

"But you were standing right here when I came in. Besides you've been acting weird and I wanted to know why."

Bulma was silent for a moment before she smirked. "You sure you want to know?"

I nodded, I was eager to know what was going on. Usually, Bulma and Dad were too busy inventing different things and while I had enjoyed learning to cook from Mom, she was a bit of a ditz. Most of the time I was left on my own and while the independence was nice it could also get pretty boring.

"Well, I was in the basement looking for parts when I found this beauty just stuffed in a box." Bulma sat down on her desk chair. "After some research, I found this." She pulled out an old scroll and handed it to me.

Opening it I saw that it was a story. 'The Dragon King' was written in large beautiful calligraphy but before I could read more Bulma started speaking again.

"That story described this gem perfectly and I learned that it's called a Dragon Ball and that there are seven all together each holding a different number of stars from one to seven."

Looking at the ball that was once again, sitting on the desk. "So, you have the second ball. What are you going to do with it? I mean it looks like it would make a pretty decoration but that's it."

"For your information, this is called Arushinchu the two-star Dragon Ball. I'm going to collect all seven of the Dragon Balls. According to the legend when all seven are gathered you can summon the Dragon God Shenlong and he'll grant you a single wish. The last person to gather them all became the king talked of in that legend." Bulma pointed at the scroll I was still holding.

I opened the scrolled the rest of the way and there at the end of the text was an illustration of a green dragon. "Wow. A real dragon Bulma?"

"Yup kiddo. I just have to gather up the rest of the Dragon Balls first. Which will be a snap with this." Bulma picked up an object that looked like an over-sized pocket watch. A green grid lit up when Bulma pressed the button at the top. I quickly rolled up the scroll and put it on the desk and took a closer look at the thing Bulma was holding up.

"Are these dots the other Dragon Balls?" I figured they had to be after counting seven yellow dots on the screen.

"You got it. I call this a Dragon Radar. Holding down the button will turn it on or off but just pressing it quickly will change the distance shown. Now that it's finished I'll just pack some capsules tonight and head out tomorrow. I already have the perfect wish to make." Bulma stood up and went back to her closet.

"Can I go with you?"

I'm not sure who was more surprised by my question Bulma or myself. Everyone here spent so much time doing their own thing that outside of special occasions we didn't spend much time together. I can't even remember the last time our older sister Tights came to visit.

"You are not getting my wish twerp. Besides your twelve a little young to be traveling around the world." Bulma said glaring at me.

"I don't want your wish!" I stomped my foot in frustration. "This is going to be an adventure! You're going to be traveling everywhere and getting to see a real Dragon at the end of the trip! Just going along is like getting a wish. If I stay here I'll be bored to death before you get home."

"Alright stop whining. Make sure you're packed by breakfast tomorrow and you can come." I hugged Bulma in my excitement. She ruffled my short blue curls. "I'll leave without you if you're not ready on time." She warned as I let her go.

"I'll be ready to go before breakfast. I'm going to go pick out some capsules from the warehouse before I pack some clothes, do you need anything?"

"Yeah hold on." Bulma grabbed her Capsule case and grabbed a large capsule labeled number one. She handed it to me before closing her case. "When you're at the warehouse exchange that Capsule House for one that has two beds. A lady needs her beauty rest and I'm not sharing a bed with you."

With a large smile, I clutched the capsule and rushed out of the room. "I'll be ready by morning!" I shouted as I ran out the door, I could hear Bulma laughing softly as I hurried away.

Prologue End.

Word count: 1030 words

Completed on: 11/01/2017