Chapter 2: The Search for the Dragon Balls Begin!
7 years had passed since the fateful day that Gohan had stumbled upon the two saiyans. For seven whole years both Mizuna and Goku had been stranded on this isolated planet that, surprisingly, they would both come to call home, Goku sooner than Mizuna of course, but that was besides the point.
A lot had happened in the past seven years, Mizuna for instance, had blossomed into a beautiful young woman. Her moon-shadowed black hair flowed over her shoulders and down to her waist, her eyes were almond shaped and her body had developed from the petite form of her youth to a rather shapely figure. No longer was she adorn in the typical saiyan get up, instead, she was adorned in an orange training gi which Gohan had given to her before his passing, she had even discarded her scouter in favor of learning to sense her opponent's ki through natural means.
Never would she had ever imagined that she would be integrated in the culture of this planet. She had always assumed that eventually scouts would have been sent to retrieve her and Kakarot. But as the days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months and then years she had begun to lose hope that she would ever return to planet Vegeta. Kakarot ,on the other hand, only knew what life was like on Earth and ,for all intents and purposes, was an Earthling, even if scouts were to come for them, she highly doubted that he would willingly return to Vegeta, at this point she doubt that she would willingly go herself. While she would never admit it, Earth had grown on her, and so had the old man for the matter. She would admit her relationship with him had started off on the wrong foot and, for a long time afterwards, she wanted absolutely nothing to do with him, but he was a good man and even though she had treated him no better than the dirt beneath her feet, he still reach out to her and taught her many new techniques that became a valued part of her arsenal.
So as the young saiyaness stood before Gohan's grave, she whispered a silent prayer, the gentle breeze grazing her flesh and causing her hair to sway in the wind. It had been a year since Gohan's passing, succumbing to what Mizuna could only assume was old age, leaving behind two young saiyans to fend for themselves once more.
"For a human, you were a formidable and competent teacher and an inspiration to Kakarot" Mizuna muttered softly. " Looking back I wish I hadn't been so abrasive towards you, if my pride hadn't gotten in the way, we might have had the same connection that you can Kakarot shared. Whilst I didn't show it, I am grateful that you took Kakarot and myself in, such hospitality is foreign where we're from and ,as a child with no experience about world's other than Vegeta, I had assumed such a harsh mentality was universe-wide." She concluded as she bowed in closing, speaking of Kakarot, she wondered where he had scampered off too.
While Mizuna had been visiting Gohan's grave, Goku had went for a little swim and ended up catching a rather abnormally large carnivorous fish. Goku licked his lips as the thought of Mizuna cooking the fish for dinner crossed his mind, he was however jolted out of his stupor as he sense something coming his way, he titled his head as his eyes caught the outline of some sort of strange creature off in the distance.
Interest piqued, the boy stood motionless at the center of the road and watch as the strange thing came ever so closer. Whatever it was seemed to notice his presence and tried to slow down, to maneuver past him, however it was too late and the thing slammed right into Goku, sending him skidding back a few steps on his feet.
The boy blinked at the strange creature, ripping Gohan's pole from his back, he approached it cautiously. " What the hell kid, why were you standing in the middle of the road!" A loud shriek emitted from the strange creature as a young girl, around Mizuna's age if not slightly older, came out of one of the creature's mouth. She had long cyan hair tied into a ponytail, blue eyes and wore matching pink top and skirt, the word Bulma was plastered along the cover of her top.
"Who are you?" Goku inquired, pointing his stick towards the blue haired teen, he was confused as to where she had come from, did the beast just regurgitated her? The blue haired girl ignored the boy's question and instead asked the boy her own question.
"The better question kid is how you were able to survive being hit by a car without a scratch on you?" The girl moved to inspect the front of her vehicle, swaying her hips as she did, her eyes widened comically when she saw the rather large dent in the hood.
"Car? Is that what you call these things?" The boy questioned as he began to tap the wheels of the vehicle with the power pole. The word sounded familiar, but he couldn't really remember where he had heard it from, he'd just have to ask Mizuna about it when he got home.
The girl gave him an incredulous look before shaking her head, of course he didn't know what a car was, it's not like it's the only way to get around nowadays. " I'm just going to assume that you have been living under a rock from here on out ok?" The blue haired female said, before dusting off her hands "My name is Bulma by the way" she said as she extended a hand towards the boy.
Goku looked confused at the gesture, and started to poke Bulma's hand with the pole. The blue haired girl's eyes twitched in annoyance and she quickly smacked the poke away from her hand. "Your suppose to shake it dummy! Did your parents never teach you how to greet a lady!" Bulma shrieked at the bewildered boy, was he so disconnected from the world that he wasn't able to properly greet someone?
"Oh so you are a girl! I couldn't tell, I didn't know girls could be so scrawny!" Goku stated cheerfully, oblivious to what his words had just done to Bulma's ego.
Did he just... no that couldn't be! She was the sexiest woman alive, and yet this brat couldn't distinguish that she was indeed female. Bulma's face flushed, and her nostrils flared as she glared fiercely at the young boy. HOW DARE YOU! " She screeched, the sound of her voice echoing slightly "I am probably the most attractive female you will ever meet, how could you possibly not know that I was female just by gazing upon my angelic physique!"
Goku shrugged his shoulders. " I don't know, you look pretty average to me" Goku muttered innocently as he watched Bulma withered away anime style. "Uh are you ok?" He inquired.
"That's it, I'm so done with you" Bulma muttered, turning away from the young saiyan. Her ego had suffered enough for today, besides she needed to restart her search for the dragon ball quickly, she was sure that the Dragon radar had indicated that one of them were in the nearby area and she was determined to find it.
She glanced back at the strange kid with the tail who continued to stare at her with a mixture of curiosity and confusion in his eyes. Sighing she turned back towards him a spoke " Hey uh-" Bulma paused realizing that the boy hadn't even given her his name, so she wasn't sure on what to call him, and she didn't want to randomly assign the kid a name.
Luckily the boy seemed to catch on fast and quickly patched up the little name crisis that Bulma had. "The names Son Goku! But I'm also called Kakarot by my friend Mizuna." Son Goku eh? She supposed there were stranger names out there, I mean her entire family was named after underwear.
"Mizuna? That sound like a girl's name" Bulma questioned and Goku nodded a little bit too enthusiastically. She wondered what this Mizuna girl looked like, she must look atrocious if Goku had problems discerning women as gorgeous herself from men.
"Yeah, she's been taking care of me ever since my Grandpa passed away!" Goku exclaimed excitingly "And she always comes up with the most amazing stories, maybe you she'd tell you one if you ever meet!"
"Yeah about that, Goku mind if I show you something?" The blue haired girl inquired, to which the young saiyan simply nodded his head watching curiously as the girl dug into a poach in satchel that she had slung around her shoulders. " Have you ever come across one of these?" She pulled out two dragon ball from the poach and showed them to Goku, which watch as the boy's eyes flashed in recognition at the orange spheres.
"Woah they look exactly like the ball Grandpa gave me when I was small!" Goku exclaimed, to which Bulma smirked and shook her head.
"While they may look similar there is one critical difference between them" Bulma stated as she placed a finger onto the stars on the orbs. " As you can see each Dragon ball has a different amount of stars on it to differentiate itself from the others" Bulma explained to Goku, who nodded absentmindedly at her, not really listening to what she had to say as he was too busy staring at the orbs in her hands.
Bulma coughed, grabbing Goku's attention. " Anyways Goku I was wondering if you could show me your Dragon ball, so that I can..." She paused as she thought over what she was going to say, there was no ways she was going to let the secret of the Dragon balls so easily.
"Compare them, yeah that right, I'll compare them to see just how similar they really are" Bulma was quiet for a moment as Goku straightened and began to ponder over what she just said. Bulma simply waited for him to take the bait, she was sure that she would be able to convince him to give her the dragon ball later on if she gave a little incentive.
"Alright, I guess you can come over, just don't be too loud or mess with anything otherwise Mizuna will get mad at me" Goku shivered at the thought of an enraged Mizuna, while she was a bit harsh on a daily basis she was a monster when she was pissed off, even Gohan had been afraid of her.
"Hook line and sinker!" Bulma snickered to herself as she followed Goku towards his home, watching in awe as the boy slung the colossal corpse of the fish over his shoulder and effortless began to carry it along with them. "This boy sure is unnatural" Just as her eyes locked onto his tail. " and What's with the tail?"
Mizuna had been enjoying her solitude and the tranquil feeling that overcame her whenever the young boy wasn't around. While she didn't she him as much of as nuisance as he was when he was just a mere baby, he still retained many of those childish quirks and thus their home was almost never quiet. So excused her for relishing in her much needed vacation from the little bugger, besides Goku was more than capable of handling himself she highly doubted that there was anyone who could potentially cause Goku any harm on this planet, besides her of course.
Mizuna paused when she sense two power levels coming her way, it would seem that Kakarot had finally decided to come back as she was able to easily recognize the young saiyan's ki, however she was slightly confused by the other power level that was with him. It was rather pathetic really ,so she didn't see it as a threat, she wondered if Kakarot had decided to try and sneak one of those monkey's inside the house again. Well whatever it was it look like they would be here soon enough so she simply continued her little trek through the woods that surrounded their home.
Soon enough she heard the boy calling out for her, glancing backwards she caught the sight of the preteen standing next to a young girl with peculiar blue hair. "Hey Mizuna where are you?" The boy inquired quite loudly as he and his companion stood in the clearing near their house.
"I'm right here you nimrod, no need to shout" Mizuna scolded as she appeared through the foliage and into the clearing where the other two stood, a scowl spread across her face as she sent the young boy an annoyed look, completely dismissing the presence of the blue haired girl who seemed to be confused by her appearance as if she couldn't really believe that she was standing there before her.
"What are you looking at?" Mizuna hissed, annoyed with the looks the blue haired bimbo kept sending her. Bulma tensed and flushed, looking away from the saiyaness to stare at the trunk of a tree a few feet away.
"Hey no need to be so mean to her Mizuna!" Goku said with a bright smile plastered on his face. "This is Bulma she's a little weird but very nice when she's not screaming!" The young saiyan joked much to the blue haired girl's ire as she flushed red.
"What's that suppose to mean!" Bulma shouted, the boy was really getting on her nerves. Goku scratched the back of head in confusion wondering what he said to set the girl off.
Mizuna raised a brow at the two as she dropped her hands in favor of placing her arm on her hip. "Bulma was it?" The saiyaness questioned loud enough for the blue haired girl to hear her. Said girl turned her attention onto Mizuna and looked slightly hesitant before she nodded in confirmation. "Why are exactly are you here?'
The blue haired opened her mouth to answer, but was cut off by the young saiyan who excitingly detail there encounter and informed Mizuna that she had artifacts that looked similar to the small orb Gohan had given Goku a few years back. After taking in all that information, Mizuna focused onto the human female who looked slightly miffed at Goku yet also worried as if she was holding back information.
"If you have two of these dragon balls, why are you so keen on seeing our's" Mizuna asked skeptically, eyeing the girl from head to two.
Once again Bulma seemed hesitant to answer her but did anyway " I just wanted to see if your Dragon Ball was the real deal, maybe asked if I could borrow it?" Bulma explained, sweating furiously.
"And why would you think that we would willing part with such a precious object" This girl was obviously holding back on some very important information that she didn't want the two of them to know. She watched as the girl visibly sighed, and reached into her pouch to pull out a small black object.
Suddenly she had an arm wrapped around Goku, the object pressed against the boy's temple. " I had hoped it wouldn't have to come to this" the girl said sincerely. "Just give me your dragon ball and I'll leave the two of you be" she commanded, her facial features hardened.
"Hey Bulma what are you doin-" Bulma covered the boy's mouth with her hand as she waited for the other girl to relent and do as she said.
Mizuna gave the blue haired girl a blank stared, inwardly scoffing at her command. Instead she slowly approached bluenette, her lips pressed into a thin line as drew near. "Hey didn't you hear what I-" Bulma was cut off when Mizuna suddenly appeared before her and smacked the gun out of her hand, sending it spiraling several feet in the air before landing with a loud thud a few feet away from them. Eyes widened as the other girl fisted her shirt and lifted her off the ground without any effort.
Bulma gulped as she stared fearfully at the black haired girl. "Now care to tell me why you're so desperate to get your hands on our dragon ball?" Mizuna commanded, her eyes narrowing threateningly as her grip tightened around the girl's shirt. Goku looked on in confusion, wondering what had happened, as far as he was concern Bulma had simply been playing a game with him and he so desperately wanted to tell Mizuna to release but he knew better than to disrupt her.
"Okay okay!" Bulma exclaimed, terrified of the girl's strength, "If you gather all seven of the dragon balls then you can summon a dragon and he will fulfill any wish." The girl answered honestly, and here she had thought that collecting these dragon balls would have been easy, no she was at the mercy of a little boy and his abnormally fast friend.
"Really? Any wish?" Mizuna muttered thoughtfully, her mind racing with all the possible things she could wish for.
"Hey Mizuna, if that's true we could wish grandpa back to life!" She heard Kakarot exclaimed, his eyes lit up in excitement of the prospect of seeing his grandfather again. Truthfully that thought never even crossed her mind, while she was all for using the wish for her own gain she still felt that she owed the old geezer.
"Bulma" Mizuna said as she locked eyes with the girl who "how were you able to track the dragon balls in the first place" the saiyaness squeezed the blue haired girl's in warning, daring her to try and lie to her.
"I used a radar that I created, which pinpoints the dragon ball's location" the girl explained, a hint of pride laced within her words as she quickly scrambled into her satchel with her free hand and withdrew the device from her bag.
"Wow it looks like a watch!" Goku said in astonishment, causing both Bulma and Mizuna to roll their eyes.
"Well it's not!" Bulma said quite hotly, slightly aggravated that the boy would confused her dragon radar with a watch, they didn't even look the same! "It's very delicate machinery and I'm the only person in the world that knows how to fix it" Bulma said with slight triumph in her voice, this information should deter the two from stealing her dragon balls and dragon radar.
"Well then Bulma, it looks like you will tagging along for the ride" Bulma paled at that, she wanted to say something, anything that would be able to change the girl's mind but couldn't think of anything.
"Fine.." She said reluctantly, to which Mizuna smirked victoriously and Goku started to bounce up and down on the ball of his heel.
"You're really coming with us Bulma?" He seemed quite happy that his new friend was being forced to tag along.
"Sure" She said, forcing a smile, wasn't like she had a choice in the matter anyway. Suddenly Mizuna relinquished her hold on the blue haired teen allowing the girl to fall towards the ground with an audible thud.
"Kakarot go get Gohan's dragon ball, I want us to be out of here in the next thirty minutes!" Mizuna commanded, to which Goku nodded excitedly as he turned tail and all but ran towards the house.
Bulma wasn't pleased with the situation she found herself in, not only were these two weirdos forcing her to tag along in their search for the dragon balls, but they had manners reminiscent of that of a three year old. Just watching them devour the meal Mizuna had made out of the fish made her stomach turn, and she could say that she went to bed hungry last night.
The two were so strange, Mizuna especially, she was gorgeous, almost as beautiful as her. Almost. And yet her personality was that of a viper that was preparing to strike at it's prey, it was so easy to set her off , don't get her started on her choice of clothing! But even that wasn't the strangest thing about her, she was abnormally strong and could fly! At this point Bulma was sure that the two were aliens.
Goku was much easier to get along with, while he wasn't the brightest tool in the box and honestly had the attention span of a gnat, at least he cared about her general well-being.
Speaking of the her two new companions, she wondered what they were up to, as she took a sip of the teas she had prepared for herself. She hadn't seen them since she woke up, and while she could care less about Mizuna she still was worried about Goku he was, after all, still a little kid. As abnormally powerful as he was.
"Bulma!" Speak of the devil, Goku bursted through the front door of the capsule house a large grin plastered on his face. "Come see what Mizuna and I found!" He said excitingly, interest piqued, Bulma rest the cup of tea on the counter and followed Goku outside.
Turns out the two had found a giant talking sea turtle, who just so happened to be quite thirsty, Bulma was quickly ushered by Mizuna to go and get a bucket of water for the sea creature which she grudgingly complied to doing, just as the beast was informing the two saiyans of some old turtle hermit name Master Roshi.
When Bulma returned she was surprised when Goku told her that he was going to help the sea turtle get back to the sea and was quick to argue. Telling the boy that the journey would take far to much time, which Mizuna had shocking agreed with, however Goku was set on helping the sea turtle and declared that he was going to go even if they weren't.
"Fine Kakarot.." Mizuna relented, though against her better judgment. "But just remember the longer we take to gather the dragon balls the longer it will be until you can wish Gohan back to life"
Goku nodded as he placed the turtle on his back and began to run towards the sea. Bulma sighed exasperatedly as Mizuna flew after him; she quickly mounted her motorbike and drove at full speed just to keep up with them.
Just as their journey was drawing to a close, they were cut off by a large bear thief, the beast looked at the three menacingly, completely oblivious to the saiyaness who floated several feet over head.
"Excuse me sir, you're in the way!" Goku exclaimed as he shuffled Turtle on his back.
"Sorry about that, I'll gladly move once you hand over the turtle!" The bear all but commanded. Bulma was fidgeting at the boy's side watching as the bear thief licked his lips at the sight of the turtle.
"I-I think we should just give him the turtle and high tail it out of here!" Bulma said fearfully.
"I don't think that's such a good idea Bulma, he kind of looks shady" Goku reasoned as he eyed the bear thief.
"Of course he is you idiot!" Bulma all but yelled at the boy. " He's a thief!" Goku raised a brow at Bulma.
"Really?" He glanced back at the bear thief, who was watching the two with slight amusement. "He doesn't look all that bad to me" Bulma blanched and Mizuna sweat dropped as she too watched on from above.
She didn't want to get involved, believing that Kakarot could easily take down such a weakling, but his naivety was getting in the way, and they were burning precious daylight.
So she descended towards the ground, causing the bear thief to jump back in shock. "W-where did you come from?" He questioned as he drew his blade, however Mizuna didn't give him time to fully unsheathed it and knocked him out with a well placed punch to the jaw.
Bulma could feel her jaw hit the floor and turtle's eyes had gone as wide as saucers. Goku only looked confused as the three stared at the unconscious warrior.
"Will you stop gawking like idiots and let's go, we're burning precious daylight!" Mizuna commanded as propelled herself into the air one more.
Here's the second chapter! What do you guys think? Like it? hate it? want more of it? Just leave a review, because they really motivate me to write more!
My story is still un beta'd if anyone is willing to help just shoot me a pm! Also everyone seems keen on pairing Mizuna with Goku as he's the leading male so far, with Krillin in second, the poll will be up for the rest of the week so make sure that you vote on a pairing!
Power Levels
Goku- 50 (influenced by Mizuna and Gohan)
Mizuna- 230
Bulma- 3
Turtle- 0.003
Bear Thief- 6
