Capsule Corp: Tony's Lab, Age 749…

The Past year had been good for Tony. In his mind, he's relearned what he should have already known about the world. Combining that with what memories he did have, it was starting to fall into place for him.

There were still some gaps, but they were small and far less than they had been a year ago. Throughout the year, he proved a valuable enough asset to Capsule Corp, that Dr. Brief gave him his own lab space. A space which was a nice shade of red and yellow like his armor.

There were various projects of his strewn about on various table and in various states of progress. Of course, his Iron Man Armor was set up along the back-center wall. Over the year, he gained a great level of control and effectiveness with it.

He even had a few deals of his own, with Dr Brief backing him, to make lessened versions for the local police. A great deal for Tony with some of the profit going to Capsule Corp. Of course, there was no rush to complete this deal.

Tony sat down and kicked back as he picked up a remote and pressed a button activating a tiny ear piece recorder in his ear. "I'm a few years ahead of schedule for several projects. Both my own and those of Dr. Brief's. The Iron Man suit has been fine tuned and improved.

I'm also completely confident that I am in full control whenever wearing my armor. I wish I had the power to control and manipulate technology. Such an ability would greatly speed up my work moving forward."

He heard his door open, stopped the recording, and pocketed the remote before turning to face Dr. Brief with a smile. "Hello Dr. Brief. Come to check on my projects?"

Dr. Brief stepped forward. "Actually, I've come to ask a favor of you."

Tony stood up. "Oh, anything sir. After everything you've done for me…"

Dr. Brief chuckled. "Don't think like that. You don't owe me anything. If you did, you're work for Capsule Corp has repaid me several times over."

"As you wish sir." Tony nodded. "So, what's this favor you have in mind?"

"Recently, Bulma has discovered a Dragon Ball." Dr. Brief informed. "Here at Capsule Corp."

"What, you mean from that legend?" Tony asked a little intrigued.

Dr. Brief nodded. "Indeed, and she plans to set out on a journey to gather them. I'm fine letting her leave herself, but I would be more confident if you, and that suit of yours, were to accompany her."

"Ugh, he wants me to accompany Bulma. This is such a bad idea putting us on a journey together, but it's not like I can let a girl wonder off by herself. Bright side, I'll be able to see the world instead of reading books and looking at pictures." Tony sighed. "Alright sir. I'll ensure her safety on this journey of hers, but I reserve the right to not like it."

Dr. Brief chuckled. "That is fine Tony. "I know you are not fawn of my daughter, but you have seen her good points. It is not all bad."

Tony rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah." He sighed once more. "I'll pack for this journey of ours now." He rolled his eyes. "I can't even imagine what she wants to wish for. That's even if the legends are true. Either way, I won't be asking her."

He walked out of the room with Dr. Brief coming alongside him. "Thank you for this Tony."

"Don't mention it sir." Tony stated. "Just as I don't owe you favors, you don't owe me any either."

From there, the two parted.

Mount Paozu Road: Days Later, Day…

Tony sat in the passenger side of a small, gray car with the word 'Turbo' on the doors. Bulma sat in the driver's seat. Her hair was in a braided ponytail with a red ribbon and she wore a very short pink dress with her name on it as well as blue sneakers and purple socks.

She stopped the car, got out, and took a deep breath. As she was grabbing her Dragon Ball radar, Tony stepped out as well looking around at the mountain.

Bulma turned the radar on. "Alright, this little jewel is as good as mine."

Tony leaned against the car. "That's not a guarantee. It's not like we can just force anyone, if anyone does have it. to give us the Dragon Ball if they don't want to. We simply got lucky with that second ball in that no one owned the thing."

Bulma laughed. "I'll just use my feminine charm on them to get the ball."

Tony rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Didn't work on me the first time you tried it."

Bulma angrily crossed her arms. "You're a special case Tony."

Tony shrugged. "Maybe you're not as pretty as you think Ms. Ego."

"Get in the car before I leave your butt here!" Bulma angrily shouted.

"You leave me here, and I'll just use my suit to fly back to West City." Tony stated as he got back into the passenger seat. "You know, this trip may not be as bad as I thought."

Bulma, fuming, got back into the driver side before the duo were back on the road.

Forest, Some Time Later…

Bulma was really gassing it towards the dragon ball causing Tony to shout. "Geez Bulma, slow down already! The Dragon Ball…"

He stopped as both him and Bulma noticed a boy on the road. This boy had a spiky black hairstyle, dark-colored eyes, and a light-pale skin complexion. He also had a prehensile, brown fur covered tail. His attire consists of an open blue gi secured with a white bow-tied obi over his waist, red wristbands, and dark blue kung fu shoes.

Both Bulma and Tony screamed with Bulma slamming her foot on the brake pedal to stop the car. She even turned the car, but all that did was send Goku crashing into a nearby tree. A large blue fish he was carrying was sent flying with him.

Bulma had her eyes closed. "Is he dead?"

Tony immediately unbuckled his seat, got out of the car, and ran to the boy behind the fish. "Hey, are you okay kid?"

The boy stepped out from behind the fish and stared from Tony to the car door. "Huh!? did that monster swallow you mister?" He removed his staff. "Don't worry, I'll take it down." He then addressed the 'monster'. "You'll pay for eating this man and trying to get my fish."

Before Tony could stop him, the boy had ran over picking the car up. It may have been with effort, but the fact remains that he still did it. This shocked the inventor into silence preventing him from speaking.

The same could not be said for Bulma who screamed. "Hey, stop! Tony, help me!"

That snapped Tony out of it. "Hey wait!"

The boy looked at Tony. "It's not a monster. It's not fighting back. It's just an inanimate object that myself and the girl use to get around. It's called a car."

"A car? A girl? That's a human being like my grandpa told me." Goku stated.

He looked up before setting the car down and walking away from it.

Bulma then stepped out holding a gun, but Tony came to stand in between them. "Okay, let's all take a deep breath and calm down. Clearly the boy, somehow, isn't hurt." He looked at Bulma. "Neither are you. Let's all relax and do this rationally."

The boy looked at the two of them. "You both look human enough." He pointed at Bulma. "That girl. She's thin and scrawny." He pointed at Tony. "You're not built like my grandpa was either, yet you look like a man."

Bulma had managed to calm down. "I am a girl and he's a boy. That's what humans are. We're all different from one another."

"We honestly didn't mean you any harm." Tony stated.

"Since she's a girl, I got to be as polite as I possibly can." The boy stated. "My grandpa told me that." He pointed at Tony. "You seem nice, so I should do the same for you."

"I see." Bulma winked. "Well, what a nice thing to say. Your grandpa sounds like a very wise man."

"He was." Goku stated. "Unfortunately, he died a very long time ago."

Tony looked at the young boy with understanding. "Oh, I'm very sorry to hear that. I lost my father about a year ago."

"Is that so." The boy was looking at their backs. "Huh, neither of you have a tail."

They both now remembered seeing the tail.

"Huh, look at that." Tony stated with mild shock. "I'm sorry to say that tails aren't common, but the world is full of all sorts of strange things. A tail on a young boy is the least of them."

The boy looked at the car. "So, that's a car. My grandpa said people with those are from the big cities. Is that where you two come from?"

Bulma nodded. "That's right."

The boy excitedly said, "Oh wow, well why don't you two come back to my house. I can cook you some lunch. While we eat, you can tell me all about the city you're from." He ran over to the fish and started dragging it. "Come on."

Tony smiled because the boy's joyous attitude was quite infectious. "Hey, I could eat." He started walking. "Bulma, put your car away and come on."

Bulma put the car back in it's capsule and followed them. "So, what's your name kid?"

"My name is Goku." Goku replied. "What are yours."

"You can call me Tony." Tony replied.

"Bulma." Bulma replied.

Goku laughed. "Those are some funny names."

Bulma was a little miffed at that. "Hey, Goku isn't exactly normal, so there."

Tony said, "Look, all our names are weird."

Bulma crossed her arms. "Says you. Bulma is an elegant name. Far better than Tony or Goku."

Tony simply sighed.

Goku's Home

In was a rather small home. Even more so when you spend the last year, or all your life, at Capsule Corp., but it at least seemed cozy. Goku opened the door to reveal a glowing, four stared Dragon Ball.

"Hey, Grandpa is trying to talk to me." Goku stated in awe.

Bulma pointed at the ball. "My goodness, it's the Dragon Ball."

Tony sighed and pulled Bulma back. "Whoa there Bulma, like I said you can't go around taking Dragon Balls from those who already own them."

Goku moved to stand in front of the ball. "Yeah, this is the only thing my grandpa left me to remember him by. Nobody can touch it but me."

Bulma shook her head. "I hate to do this, but I have no choice." She took out two Dragon Balls. "Look."

Goku was shocked. "No way, you have two grandpas."

"There not granpas, but Dragon Balls." Bulma began. "These gems have the power to do great and not so great things. Let's just say if a bad person got their hands on these, they could wreck some havoc."

"What do they do?" Goku asked.

"There are supposed to be seven of these little balls scattered anyone in the world. Gather all seven together, and they grant a single wish. That's how the legend goes anyways." Tony informed. "I'd honestly like to see if this is true."

He looked at Goku. "How about this, you join our little Dragon Ball Hunting party. You can hold onto your Dragon Ball and come along to see what this world has to offer. If things work out, you let us use your ball for a wish."

Bulma jumped right in. "Oh yes, you could see vast deserts, oceans, and forest. Not to mention the cities. It'll be a great trip."

Goku looked from his ball to the two of them. "Alright, I'll come along."

"This is perfect." Bulma thought with a smirk. "This kid is strong and will make another great body guard until I can make my wish for the perfect boyfriend."

Tony was relieved. "Thank you. The kid may be weird, but I'll take that over Bulma alone. Plus, he is not that bad and may be interesting to study."

"Alright. Let's set out." Bulma stated.

The three of them walked out of the building.

Goku looked at them. "So, how do we go about finding the other Dragon Balls if they could be anywhere in the whole world?"

Bulma pulled out her radar. "I'm no amateur. I made this special little radar to track the dragon balls." She points to three that were together. "These three together are us. The closest ball is 750 meters west of here."

"Is that far?" Goku asked.

"If we walked, it would be, but we can get there in no time using a car." Tony looked at Bulma. "I'll be driving for a long while since Ms. Ego here decided getting to this ball was more important than safety."

"What are you insinuating?" Bulma angrily asked.

Tony gave her a deadpanned look. "Only that you'd have killed any normal person." He pulled out his capsules and looked threw them before grabbing the one he liked. "Really, you have no room to argue this one Bulma."

He threw a capsule out getting a sleek looking red and yellow card big enough for four people comfortably.

Goku was shocked. "Whoa, are you two wizards or something?"

"Don't be ridiculous." Bulma stated. "Everyone in the city has capsules. It's how we store things for convenient transport."

Tony hoped into the driver seat. "That's about the size of it. Anyways, hope in you two. Let's really get this adventure started." He looked at the boy. "Don't worry Goku, this is just another car like the one you lifted."

Bulma got into the passenger seat and Goku hopped in back. "I'm ready."

Just like that, they were off. Still at a fast pace, but much less so than Bulma would have used.

Country Side, Evening…

Tony pulled off on the side of the road. "Alright, everyone out. It'll be dark soon, so we should bed down."

Him and Goku jumped out.

Goku looked around with a smile. "You got good taste Tony. This looks like a great place to camp."

"There's no need to live outside like savages." Bulma got out and removed a capsule. "Thanks to these, we have a house wherever we go."

Goku ran behind Tony and peaked out as Bulma threw the capsule producing a small home.

Tony looked back at him. "Don't worry, you'll get used to the capsules."

He walked up to the house and Goku followed him inside as Bulma turned on the light. "Whoa, you made it light in here while it's still dark out there."

"It's called electricity." Bulma stated. "It's power that lights up those bulbs above us. Were you transported from the stone age or something?"

Suddenly, Tony picked up a scent. "Oh man, is that you Goku?"

Bulma sniffed the air only to immediately pinch her nose. "Gross, Goku you need a bath."

"What's a bath?" Goku asked.

"Oh, you need to ask?" Bulma asked utterly shocked. "Tony, take that kid into the bathroom and show him how to take one."

"Why me?" Tony shrugged. "I can withstand the stink better than you. If you got a problem with it, you handle it."

"You do it because I said so!" Bulma shouted. "It's improper for a lady to help a boy bath. I'd do it if we were alone, but you're here. Get to it."

Tony sighed. "Fine, but I'm claiming the bigger room from here on out."

"That's not fair." Bulma argued.

"You'll let me, or I'll take Goku to find the smelliest animal I can." Tony smirked. "I'm certain he'd love to play with it."

"I love playing with animals." Goku chimed in.

"Besides it's obvious Goku will have to bunk with me, and the smaller room just won't do." Tony added.

"Fine, just get him a shower already!" Bulma shouted no longer able to take the smell.

"Score one for Tony. Especially since I planned on helping him from the beginning." He looked at Goku. "Come on kid. We'll get you cleaned up."

Bathroom, Later…

Goku was curious, but at least he seemed quick on the up take with something this simple. Eventually, Ton was able to sit on the toilet as Goku proceeded to clean himself.

"Hey Tony, where'd your tail go?" Goku asked.

"I never had a tail." Tony replied. "It's not something anyone else has ever had before. At least to my knowledge."

Just then, they heard Bulma at the door. "Hey, are you two done already. I want to take a bath myself."

Tony chuckled and spoke loud enough for Bulma to hear. "Take as long as you want Goku."

Bulma banged on the door. "Tony!"

Night Events

The night had been crazy. Tony had wanted to study and learn more about Goku, so he jumped at the chance to accompany the boy out on a hunting trip. Food they had for diner had not filled the young-looking boy. Bulma was content to stay back.

The pair had run into a woman and talking, bipedal dog in the woods when Goku had confused a plan for a bird. There was also a pack of wolves. Just when Tony thought he was going to need to bust out the armor, Goku beat them all.

Before he could stop him, Goku had beat down the plane. The two people had seemingly vanished. The two of them had returned to Bulma with a bug and wolf which Goku ate. Tony didn't eat any of it, but he was fine with Goku doing so.

Funnily, Bulma was not. Tony had also questioned the boy about his parents only to find that Goku never knew them. His grandpa had found him abandoned at such a young age. He didn't get much else as the boy was fast asleep. All in all, it was an unexpected yet fun night.

Master Bedroom, Morning…

Both boys sat up as they'd slept next to each other with their heads at different ends of the bed.

"I'm up." Goku stated. "Time to exercise."

"You get up this early to exercise?" Tony asked.

Goku looked at him. "Don't you?"

Tony shook his head. "Nah. Since starting work at Capsule Corp. I've become an early riser to get started on my various projects. Both for the company and myself. That said, I'd rather like to see what you do."

"Is Bulma up?" Goku questioned.

Tony got out of bed and dressed. "You kidding? Ms. Ego doesn't get up anywhere near this time." He finished. "Nah, it'll be another guy's experience."

Outside

Tony watched, in awe, as Goku ran around lifting boulders and crushing them like they were nothing. "Geez, if this is the training Goku does, maybe I should look into doing as such myself. It's simply impressive.

Lifting as much as him would be an asset in the lab. Those moves were quiet impressive last night come to think of it. If I could apply a martial arts style to my combat with the suit, then it would make me more effective in it."

Tony was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when Goku picked up a large, brown talking tortoise. "Whoa." This prompted the boy to set him back down hard. "That's a new pain."

Tony walked over. "Huh, a tortoise. You should be at the sea, yet that's miles from here last time I looked at the map. About 20 I think."

"I'm lost." The tortoise stated. "I've been trying to find my way back to the sea for over a year now."

"If the sea is as far as Tony says, then I can carry you there Mr. Turtle." Goku offered.

"Thank you." The turtle stated truly grateful.

"I'll get Bulma." Tony shook his head. "Wait here Goku."

Inside

Tony knocked on the door. "What is it?"

"Goku and I found a talking turtle and plan to take it to the sea." Tony stated. "Get ready, we're heading out."

"Are you crazy!" Bulma angrily shouted. "I still have so much to do. Plus, we can't worry about some turtle. We're on a quest."

"Come on Bulma, don't be like that." Tony stated. "This turtle needs our help to get back to the sea. He's been lost for over a year."

"I don't care!" Bulma shouted. "If you and Goku want to carry that Turtle, be my guest!"

"Fine, we will." Tony stated sounding rather normal. "Have fun on your own."

Outside

Tony met Goku and Turtle. "She's not coming. We'll have to head out alone."

"Well, let's get going." Goku stated. "Want to get that car out?"

Tony thought about it. "Not yet." He looked at Goku. "In the brief time I've known you, you've done some insane things Goku. I don't think I can do the things you can but getting a little more in shape never hurt."

Goku smiled. "Then let's move."

The two of them ran from the house.

Sometime Later…

Bulma stepped outside and angrily crossed her arms. "I can't believe those two actually ran off with some talking turtle. Hm. Well, who needs them? I can handle whatever comes my way on my own."

She looked at the dinosaurs in the distance.

Down the Road

Tony was drenched in sweat and panting. "Okay, I'm far weaker than I thought."

"Want to take a break?" Goku had stopped and looked back at him no worse for wear.

Before he could answer, Bulma came speeding after them on a motorcycle. "Wait up! Stop! Don't you start running or I'm running you all over!"

"We better do as she says." Turtle stated frightened. "That girl scares me."

"Eh, her bark is worse than her bite." Tony panted.

"I've decided to come with you." Bulma stated as she pulled up.

Tony took a deep breath. "I think I can continue down the road a little longer, but I'm going to have to deploy my own bike soon."

So, the group continued down the road to the sea.

Power Levels:

Goku: 10

Bulma: 4

Tony (Improved over the year): 4

Tony W/Armor (Improved over the year): 125

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