Love's Crusade

Chapter 1

It had been hours since Goku left the planet he had considered his home. He had no idea what would be in store or what adventures he might find. A giddy feeling filled his being and he wondered what civilizations he might stumble upon during his journey to find what he was searching for.

-GROWL!-

Or he would if he had not suddenly felt hungry. Running down to the kitchen, the Saiya-jin prepared a meal for himself to the best of his culinary skills.

He now wished that he spent less time training and fighting so he could have learned how to cook a decent meal fit for his monstrous appetite.


Elsewhere in a kingdom on Earth, a young princess stared out the window at the gardens that surrounded the castle. She was like a bird in a cage in the tower that stood far from the castle's invisible gates; seeing that the gates were technically the land that her father had ruled with an iron fist. Her life was a sheltered one and she longed to be out there and not trapped in the tower. Her only visitor would be her father who would deliver food or a tutor to teach her the various ways of life. She was told that she would have an arranged marriage by her eighteenth birthday which was three months away.

'I want to be out there somewhere,' the princess mused before the door opened.

"Princess Chi-chi, it's time for your lessons," her father, the Ox King bellowed.

Chi-chi turned her gaze at the elderly tutor that had gray hair and beer-goggle lenses for glasses. Her lavender sweater did not compliment the light green turtleneck shirt that she wore beneath. A long black skirt flowed to her ankles and she wore the most hideous brown boots that anyone could ever imagine. With a sigh, she turned from the world that she was looking at moments before being interrupted and headed to her private tutor.

"Are you ready for today's lesson?" the elder lady inquired.

"Like I have a choice," Chi-chi sighed before sitting down. This was going to be a long lesson.


The alarms on the ship suddenly went off. Goku, who had been eating what food was able to savage from his cooking attempt, ran out of the kitchen and into the control room where he saw an alien spaceship. He was shocked when it fired upon his ship; causing it to jolt and caused the warrior to lose his footing.

-WARNING! SHIP'S HULL AT 85 PERCENT. EVASIVE MANEUVERS ARE SUGGESTED AGAINST THIS TYPE OF SPACESHIP…-

'Is my mission doomed before it could even start?' Goku thought while punching random keys. One of his fingers hit a glowing red button and he was suddenly thrown to the ground by an unknown momentum. Instantly, he had been knocked out.


"Run as far as you can monkey, but I'll catch you sooner or later," a feminine voice on the ship chuckled.
It was dark out and near an island in the middle of the ocean, a ship crash landed on Earth on a beach. The traveler from space was thrown through the very door of the damaged ship and fell into the sand dune with a thud. An older man, half-expecting a female alien from space was quickly disappointed when he saw the man. He had decided to take him to his house in order to tend to his injuries. Later on, Goku would have Master Roshi to thank for taking him in when he was near death's door due to the concussion he had from the wreckage he was in.

"Hey, who is he?" a monk asked.

"I'm not sure Krillin, but we'll ask him once he awakens," Master Roshi replied.

"He seems rather strange with those clothes he's wearing," Krillin snorted at the fine clothes the warrior wore. Despite the loss of the treasures he had lost, he still wore the finest garments that he had been given to fight in. The clothes resisted tearing to a point and yet were still soft to the touch.


What felt like days since he had been knocked out, the Saiya-jin warrior awakened to find himself in a shabby-looking hut as he sat up. Goku's head ached almost though he had been hit by a metal bat several hundred times. Fighting the vertigo that threatened to make him ill, he drank in his surroundings and found this place to be less impressive than the luminous home he had back on Zen.

The very thought of Goku leaving his home world made him feel a tinge of regret leaving the world he had spent countless years on battling the best warriors the universe had to offer. The former champion of Zen felt out of place on this primitive-looking planet and he knew he had nothing of value to offer them besides the clothes on his back. Before he could dare leave the room or fully situate himself on his feet, he noticed the door open with a creak. The very sound perplexed the warrior for he had never heard a sound like this before.

"Hey, are you awake?" A male voice questioned before Krillin walked in the room. The warrior looked the monk over quizzically. For a moment, Goku felt a bit out of place sitting there and rose to his feet. "Whoa! Easy! You're lucky you're alive after that crash!"

"I'm fine, though I could use something to eat," Goku admitted.

"Well hold on a second okay?" Krillin replied before walking out of the room. His ears heard the floor boards squeak under his feet as he looked around for the source of the noise. Below him, he heard voices speaking in hushed tones. Before he knew it, he saw the monk return with an older male this time around.

"I'm surprised you're on your feet after a day," Master Roshi studied the warrior. "Who are you?"

"Me? My name's Goku," the Saiya-jin warrior replied. "And you are?"

"I'm Master Roshi and this here is Krillin," the old man introduced himself. "What brings you to Earth?"

"To be honest, I have no idea due to crash landing on this planet, but I am in search of something…" Goku admitted.

"Oh? Where did you come from?" Krillin asked before a loud growl filled the room. "Gah! What was that?"

"My stomach…" Goku sheepishly grinned before the others face vaulted.

"You dummy Krillin, we should feed him before he wastes away!" Master Roshi yelled at the monk.

"Okay, come on," Krillin motioned Goku to follow.


Master Roshi and Krillin were not prepared when the Saiya-jin ate not only his offering, but their own offerings also. To make matters worse, Goku wasn't even full. Now, the two Earthlings were wondering how they managed to get their hands full with this mysterious male's obnoxious eating habits.

"I hope I'm not causing too much trouble," Goku watched the two cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

"None at all. Eat as much as you want!" Master Roshi called out. In truth, he was mortified that this male had a bottomless pit that he called a stomach. From the pancakes to the bacon, the Saiya-jin warrior easily eaten these things without showing signs of slowing down.

It wasn't until they were out of food that Goku felt content.

"I feel much better now! Thank you so much!" Goku smiled happily.

"If it's no trouble, can you shop for us?" Master Roshi questioned.

"Shop? What's a shop?" The two were completely boggled when they heard these words from the warrior's mouth.

"You don't know what a shop is?!" Krillin yelled in utter shock.


"This is completely different from what I was expecting…" Goku noted. He looked around at the 'super market' Krillin and Master Roshi were in and noticed all kinds of food and other items. He would have eaten any of the fruit standing out; however, Master Roshi told the warrior that he had to pay for the item before he could eat it.

"Pay?" Goku asked.

"Yes, you use this to buy things," Master Roshi showed the warrior some money. He eyed it warily.

"It looks like the treasures that I was showered with where I came from." The two eyed him strangely.

"You mean he's rich where he came from?" Master Roshi stared at Goku in utter shock.

"Why did you leave?" Krillin asked.

"Like I said, I have no idea," Goku admitted. "I wasn't happy there."

"With that kind of luxury, I wouldn't mind being there," Krillin grinned at the thought of being surrounded by women and riches that he thought was where the champion had come from. It was a shame that this was his fantasy and not the reality that Goku had lived under.

"No, it's miserable. All I did was compete against other warriors like myself and after spending so much of my life there, I wanted something different."

"Warriors? You mean you're a fighter?" Master Roshi knew that Goku wasn't a normal person.

"Yes." The possibilities and the potential that this mysterious warrior began to fill Master Roshi's mind with ideas of training him as one of his students. If he had the potential, then perhaps he could easily get him what he truly desired and that Krillin had failed to do fighting against him.

"You should enter the next tournament." Master Roshi suggested.

"Huh? They have tournaments on this planet also?" Goku asked, wondering if these tournaments were the same as the ones on Zen.

"No, just one that happens every three years," Krillin answered. "It would be great if you joined it."

"Maybe I should look into it." Goku followed them out of the store with food in tow. Until the Saiya-jin eats them out of house and home again, what they had would do for them for the time being.

To Be Continued…