Goku and the young devil, Rias, finally set out on their journey in search of the seven Dragon Balls, which are prophesied to grant any deemed wish! But who exactly is this mysterious little girl, and what is her wish for the legendary Shenron?

Far off in the distance, as the sun slowly began to set, Goku and Rias drove across the endless green, flat fields, surrounded by high terrain and awe-inspiring mountains. They'd been on the road for hours now, stopping every now and then for a quick toilet break. Above, the sky reminded the young devil of a beautifully colored canvas. The young boy glanced back at Rias, while still driving. "We only need to find four more Dragon Balls, right? This'll be easy!"

"What are you saying, Goku?" She laughed, flicking the back of his head, though he didn't seem to notice. "You probably don't know since you live in the middle of nowhere, but the world is a big place! Without teleportation magic, this task will take us some time to accomplish."

The boy frowned. "But I'm hungry…"

Rias noticed the darkening skies and nodded. "Yeah, it is getting dark, so let's call it a day! Humans, like you, don't function nearly as effectively during the night as us devils!"

"Okay!" Goku gently applied the brakes; the motorcycle slowly came to a stop, and Rias quickly hopped off. "Are we gonna camp out here tonight?" He asked her as he clicked a button that returned the flashy vehicle into its small capsule form.

"Of course not!" She laughed, showing off her young, pearly teeth. "I'm royalty. I'm far too delicate for anything as barbaric as human camping! Goku, you're such a foolish little boy!"

Goku groaned with confusion. "Then what are we doing? There aren't any houses around here."

"Well of course, silly." A bright, rotating, sigil suddenly appeared underneath Rias, outlining her in brilliant crimson light. "That's why I'll be going back home, where I have an amazing bed."

"Huh?" Goku turned his head and looked around. "Is your house around here?"

"No… I live in the underworld," she paused, "a place you humans have labeled as hell."

The dark pinkish light enveloped her figure, as the magical sigil, just below her shoes, began to spin faster. "Meaning, you'll be on your own until tomorrow morning. I would take you with me, but that's not possible for now. I hope you understand, and I'm sure you'll be fine on your own. Goodnight, Goku! Make sure you're here tomorrow!" And with parting words, Rias disappeared.

Shocked, Goku jumped away, understandably freaked out. "A witch! She's definitely a witch…!" Slowly he calmed down, rested both hands behind his head, and watched the retreating sunset drip behind the tall peaks far in the distance.

"Oh well!" He pat his tummy, then turned to look at the dark foliage presently surrounding him. "Time to find dinner! HEE-HEE!" He grinned and ran forward, without a care in the world.


Meanwhile, in a dimension far stranger than our own…

"No way. Where've you been, Rias! Tell me!" The girl whispered, then ran after her friend, as the two sneaked around the endless hallways of the massive mansion, the Gremory Estate. Unlike Rias, she wore a cream sundress, and sported a pair of small, black spectacles; her hair was dark, cut short. Like her friend, she too was a high-ranking devil.

"No way! Sona, you have to be my lookout! If 'Big Sister' Grayfia or Mom catches me, I'm dead meat!" Rias sharply whispered as they got closer and closer to her room.

"That's no fair, Rias! I'm always sticking my head out for you, so tell me what's happening!"

Grinning from ear-to-ear, the young scarlet devil opened her room door, as both girls speedily, and without a sound, rushed inside. Without exaggeration, the room was the size of a small elementary school. Rias closed the towering door behind, before looking back at Sona. "Pinky-promise you won't tell anyone else!" Rias whispered, gleefully, barely able to hold back her own childish excitement. "I've now got the Four-Star Ball… and my very own pet human!"

"No way! And a human to add?! What's it named?" Sona asked, brimming with insatiable curiosity, as she playfully shook her friend by the shoulders.

Rias Gremory, the youngest member of the Gremory Clan, smiled and laughed. "He's a silly little monkey boy, answers to the name Goku. Son Goku."


Back in our world…

"Oh, I never got to eat my fish…" Goku sighed, realizing he'd left his catch, earlier that day, behind at the house. He passed by some dense underbrush and quickly scaled a tall, nearby tree. The young boy hung himself from a sturdy branch with his tail, then gently rocked back-and-forth through the air, passing the time.

"Hmph!" Suddenly, he leapt into the air and dashed from tree to tree, jumping from branch to branch, just as a monkey would. He was quick too, far quicker than any regular human.

Eventually the sky turned dark; night had finally arrived. Goku continued to dash throughout the treetops, but eventually grew weary from a lack of genuine progress. Skillfully, he jumped back down to ground, disappointed. "This isn't turning out well at all, I haven't even found a centipede… now what am I going to do?" This forest was rather bare, especially compared to his own wondrous trail, back home.

Suddenly, something flew over him, shaking all the tall leaves above. It was something big. Goku laughed, finally excited. "Great stuff! A bird!"


"She shouldn't be too far ahead, keep after her! Go, go!" A cruel voice echoed throughout the black night as a lone figure struggled through the dense brush and nearly fell over. Behind her, angry voices and horrifying howling followed her like an endless curse. Soon she knew—no matter how cruel fate could be—her followers would, indeed, eventually catch up.

"No… please…" She whimpered like a wounded animal, terrified of her fate to come. The child, exhausted and at the very end of her limits, crumbled against the tree; tears continuing to stream down her cheeks from her irritated eyes.

Without warning, a freakish gale flew through the trees and knocked the frail girl off her footing, sending her tumbling down a dirt slope and into a surrounded clearage. "AHHH!" She wailed as she hit the ground hard.

"Form up, we've got her!" The same cruel voice sounded from above. The girl looked up, in dreaded horror, to see she was completely surrounded. On every side of the forest opening, stood hordes of bloodthirsty wolves, all foaming at the mouth for just a teensy sliver of her delicate flesh. At the head of the pack, a priest; he had canine ears, and a long scar ran down his cheek.

"It's over, fallen scum." He grinned, literally wolfishly. "This is my wonderful quirk: Imprint. I can control anything containing even a hair of lupus in em'. Reckon it allows a humble servant, such as I, to do the Lord's work so effortlessly."

Immediately, the young girl took notice to the unnatural glow in the wolves' eyes: voidish green, a poor soul utterly devoid of thought or mind.

"For crying out loud, Jim." Another man, sporting a pair of steel wings, dropped from the sky, and continued speaking to his associate. "We've been chasing her for days now. Just kill the darn thing already, and let's go home!" Despite appearances, he too was human; one equipped with a rather peculiar flight quirk. For days now, she'd been on the run. Town after town; forest after forest; everywhere and everyone were the exact same, angry and violent. Priests and shamans, alike, wanted her dead, and now these two pursuers be the ones to succeed.

"No, no, no…" She cried, then curled up into a tight ball. Her hair was black as the current night; a beautiful creature, with eyes akin to that of a rich, violet nebula. Her favorite shirt, once a clean white, was stained brown; the green skirt she wore had torn and was barely holding on. "Mama…" Half human, half fallen angel; the young girl thought for sure she'd finally die.

"Hey!"

But fate had other plans. Out from the trees, a boy dropped down to the ground, right in front of the quivering girl. He was short yet confident, smaller than most boys she'd seen. His hair was just incredible, and shot out to the sides of his head like an array of oversized, black-dyed kitchen knives. He wore a purple martial arts Gi, accompanied by a long pole tied to his back; and, most amazingly of all, he had an actual tail.

The priest with the silvered material wings scowled, furious that someone had the audacity to interrupt their hunt. "Who're you?!"

"What a pathetic outfit!" The other one laughed. "I didn't know there were Pro-Heroes even in the middle of nowhere, hah! You must be from the sticks! Get outta here, kid, before you get yourself hurt. That creature, there behind, is real dangerous!"

"There's a bird 'round here! No stealing it, I called first dibs!" Goku threatened.

"Huh?" The priest drly responded, unsure of what the boy meant, and or seemingly convey.

"Hey!" Goku yelled again. "Roasted chicken's one of my favorite foods!"

"W-What's this kid babbling about?"

"Who cares?!" Spat the wolfish priest. "If he wants to get in our way, then so be it!" Suddenly, the wolves growled and began their slow, dreadful approach; only a few feet away from pouncing on Goku and the young girl, ripping them to shreds.

Despite the precarious situation, he broke out into a great big smile. "They look so yummy!"

The largest wolf in the sizable pack, gruff and worn from the ages, charged Goku from behind, his jaws wide open for the kill. The young girl screamed in terror: "Look out!"

"HIYA!" Without even the slightest hint of effort, Goku jumped and struck the large wolf in the neck, using his palm to launch the big animal straight off the ground and high into the sky, somewhere far away. "HA-HA!" He smiled, then charged the wild beasts. "DURAH!" Akin to an overpowered one-man-army, the little monkey boy began to crush each and every wolf in his direct vicinity. He jumped and landed atop another wolf's head, then whipped out his orange pole. "HYAA!" With great dexterity, he shot forward with lightning speed and struck six more wolves all at once, sending them flying into the night sky with a mighty swing of his weapon.

"Who the hell is this kid?!" Screamed the winged priest, now terrified at the boy's surprising strength. He'd never fought against someone so young yet powerful before.

"Mince meat, that's what!" His rabid companion fired back, "I'll see to his defeat, myself!" Suddenly, the priest—who'd been controlling the wolves—began to violently shake and expand in size. His clothes were torn and ripped, as his size became too much for them to handle. His eyes turned a crude yellow, and all the hair on his skin bunched together into thick brown fur. Once he was man, now a beast. The priest stood up, transformed entirely into a great bear. "My quirk Imprint is quite flexible, as you can see." His changed voice growled deeply.

Goku, seemingly unafraid, stuck out his tongue. "BLEH!"

"OH-HO!" The transformed priest bellowed, amused. "A wise guy, eh? Just leave the girl, kid… and I might let you live!" He flashed a set of white fangs, hoping to intimidate the boy.

"NYAH, NYAH!" Goku taunted him. "FOOEY ON YOUEY!"

"So… you wanna be an appetizer, little guy?" The big hairy man raised a fist. "Well, I do aim to please. HYAH!" The brute aimed his powerful fist for Goku, but the small boy swiftly dodged the attack. The surrounding ground cracked with a loud GONG, as the priest missed his target.

"Behind you!" Goku laughed as he jumped over the tall behemoth, landing behind.

"HEH, HEH, HEH, HEH." He turned around to face the young boy. "You're a quick little monkey, I'll give you that…!" Again, he tried to pummel the small runt. "HYOOH!" But—like having a case of deja vu—it was all the same. FWAH! He swiped at the boy, once more, like a wild animal, but just couldn't hit him. He was just too fast to hit.

"Yoo-Hoo!" The priest stopped his assault, completely unnerved. Standing on his raised bicep, while looking him straight in the eye, the boy grinned, cockily. "Heh-heh!"

"ARH!" He roared and desperately shook the small boy off. Goku gracefully flew through the air, as though he were playing a game, before landing back on the ground with a light TMP. "My turn!" Suddenly, the boy shot off the ground with supersonic speed, getting right smack into the priest's face. "PAPER… SCISSORS…" He raised a small fist. "ROCK!" BWEK! With an unexpected force of impact—similar to a train at its max speed—Goku smashed the priest's face, shattering the wolfish man's nose and front maxilla.

"NN… GAAH…" The large man gasped aloud as he landed flat on his back, and fell into unconsciousness.

"Later!" Goku laughed and dropped back onto the ground.

"I-Indeed!" Realizing he stood zero chance against the literal powerhouse of a child, the last remaining priest took off, deploying his steel wings and taking to the skies.

The boy watched him retreat. "Oh, no! My food!" Holding tight onto his orange pole, Goku started running after the flying priest, following him from the ground below. Growing confident in his sprint, Goku began to run faster and faster. "Power Pole, Extend!" Suddenly, like magic, the rod in his hand began to extend indefinitely. Hitting the ground—while still growing—the Power Pole launched Goku high into the air, way above the dark tree-lines that surrounded him.

"WHAT THE…?!" The flying priest screamed as he saw the kid flying towards him.

"HAAAA!" Goku yelled triumphantly as he kicked the man in the back, shattering his bullet-proof wings into a thousand pieces.

"AHHHH!" The priest screamed before crashing into the tree-lines. His limb body tumbled down the side of a large branch and fell onto the ground.

Goku dropped back onto the ground, a shard of the defeated priest's wing firmly tightened in his hand. Using the Power Pole, he tapped the hard metal, only to confirm his suspicions. "This isn't a bird?" He whimpered, just before his stomach let out another loud growl. "Guess I gotta go back," he tossed the junk asides, "get one of em' wolves!"

There were footsteps, Goku sensed a figure stagger and approach from behind a tree; he glanced back to stare at the girl. She was young, around Rias' age, and just as pretty. Peeking behind her dark black hair were a pair of violet eyes akin to gems shining in the darkness. "Y-You s-saved me…" She whimpered, joyously, as tears flowed from those pretty eyes. "You saved me!" Suddenly, with every ounce of her depleted strength, she ran forward and embraced the strange boy in a tight, warm hug. "Thank you! Thank you, so much!"

Without saying anything, Goku reached around… and tapped the young girl's butt.

"EEP!" She perked up, surprised.

"You don't have a tail either…" He laughed. "Are you a girl too?"

Her expression flushed a bright red, but she wouldn't let him go. "Yes… I'm Akeno… Akeno Himejima. What's yours?"

"I'm Son Goku!" He waited a moment, then tilted his head in confusion. "Can you let me go?"

"Oh, s-sorry!"

She started to release him, but tripped and nearly buckled over from severe exhaustion. Taking notice of her present condition, Goku pondered for a moment, then picked up the frail girl without effort. Before she could say anything, Goku hoisted Akeno onto his back; he flashed her a gleeful smile. "You're probably hungry too. Let's go get some food!"

"O-Okay…" She nodded, giving in to his own oblivious kindness. "Thank you, Goku."

"He-he, let's go get a wolf." He laughed, as he carried her on his back, again, towards the previous clearage. "So, why'd those guys attack you?"

The girl was quiet, hesitant to answer. Yet, there was something naturally comforting in her odd savior. He was young, like her, and seemed to have a genuine heart by nature. "I'm a monster… so they've been chasing me… for a while. That's why I'm here… in the middle of nowhere." She quietly spoke, unsure of how he'd react, or think of her, after the fact.

"Well I'm on an adventure to collect the Dragon Balls!" He smiled back, seemingly unmoved from the girl's odd background. "Wanna come along?"

In that very moment, somewhere deep in her heart, a comforting warmth enveloped Akeno, as she looked back at the young boy presently carrying her. "Y-Yes…! I do!"

Goku laughed, demonstrating his bright smile. "All right!"


Later that night…

"Okay… done!" Rias deployed a magical sigil, teleporting back into the human world, where she last left Goku roughly two hours ago. For some reason, she felt bad about leaving the boy all on his own. Now, she'd make it up to him. Suddenly, a dark forest came into view, as she re-entered the human world, once again. She turned, noticing the warmth of a fire.

"Yo, Rias!" Goku looked up, a mouth full of cooked wolf, and smiled. "It ain't mornin' yet!"

"Oh… and who's this, Goku?" Rias fiery attention wasn't focused on the monkey boy, but on someone else entirely.

Resting comfortably near a man-made campfire—including a spitfire well-done wolf carcass—besides Goku, sat a young girl that was similar in age and size to Rias, herself. As soon as the newcomer noticed Rias's intense, envious stare, she curled up closer to Goku. "I'm Akeno. It's nice to meet you." The girl spoke, smug from the devil's noticeable jealousy.

"Likewise. I'm Rias." She smiled back, falsely. "Goku's owner." Though the two girls had just met, this instance, there was a noticeable clash of tension, as both girls continued to quietly sized one another up.

"Oh my, that so?" Akeno glared, visibly aware that she was speaking to a devil. "He's mentioned you, but said no such thing about ownership…"

Rias pulled back some of her hair, then grinned in a condescending manner. "Yes, but my Goku's not very bright, either."

"Hey, Rias, you want some? It's delicious!" A loud, cheerful voice interrupted the two from any further incident. Goku giggled, as he continued to fill himself up, unaware that he'd somehow just stopped a potential catfight between the two girls.

"No… but nevermind that. Because I'm feeling generous, I've decided to let you live together with me, as master and servant." Rias suddenly revealed another miniature capsule, similar to Goku's own motorcycle one.

"You mean you can make a house come out of one of those thingies?!" Goku yelled, amazed.

"Well of course, silly! They're called Capsules! Now get back for a second!"

Goku and Akeno stood up from their previous seating, and stood behind Rias. The young devil threw the device away, near the road they'd been riding before, and an entire house suddenly appeared out of a puff of smoke. "See?" She looked back at Goku and smiled—hoping, for some reason, for his approval. "Hey, what are you doing? Come inside!" She groaned, instead, after seeing his petrified expression.

"Are you sure you're not a witch or something?!" Goku quickly brought out his Power Pole, then touched the doorway surface from afar.

"Don't be stupid." Rias pushed aside his rod and opened the door. "What, would you rather camp out instead? It's your choice."

"Hey," Akeno defended the nervous boy, "don't call him stupid!"

"That goes for you as well, Akeno." Rias pushed back her hair, again, then walked inside.

Before Goku could think, the young half fallen angel grabbed his hand. "C'mon. It'll be fine."

Everyone was now in the house, and young Goku couldn't believe his eyes. "Woah!" He ran throughout the technological wonderland. "It's afternoon only in here!"

Rias sighed as she sat down in a comfortable leather chair, and stretched out like a spoiled housecat. "You haven't even heard of lightbulbs? I didn't think you were that rustic! And," she then turned to Akeno, "what's your story? Priests chase you out of your village or something?"

The young girl nodded. "Yes," she glanced over at Goku, "he's the one who saved me from them. I owe him a debt of gratitude, and my life."

Rias frowned. "Did he? Well, he is quite naive… did he tell you of our present quest?"

"You want to collect the Dragon Balls… or whatever. Listen, I just want to be around Goku."

"Well you can either wander this world alone—and be tracked down by the forces of God again—or you can live for me. That's my condition for you, if you're still planning on joining us on this adventure. Also, the wish the balls grant will be mine, and mine alone."

"Your wish…" Akeno went quiet, then thought. "Fine, I accept. I've got nothing more to lose."

"Ha!" Rias laughed. "I like your attitude… Akeno, is it? How old are you?"

"Twelve, you?" Her response was quick.

"Same, actually." Rias slyly grinned. "Now how about that?"

"I'm eleven!" Goku, again, interrupted the two and jumped into their conversation.

Rias looked back and forth, between the two. "So, we're all basically the same age? Perfect! Let's take a bath before bedtime, you two could use a good scrubbing."

Akeno slightly blushed. "I'm not that bad…"

Goku blinked, utterly confused. "A bath…? What's that?"

"EHHH?!" Both girls, simultaneously, reeled back with equal surprise.

"Goku, you don't even know what a bath is?!" Shouted Akeno, unaware that her savior was that much of a backwater inhabitant.

"Oh, man," groaned Rias, "you must be filthy!" She complained, suddenly remembering how she'd clung to him during their all-day drive.


Just a tad later, in the capsule washroom…

"C'mon, Goku! Hurry up!" Rias commanded, while Goku slowly stripped.

Akeno, a hard beet red, glanced next to Rias; she wore a bath towel, only—and even that did a poor job at hiding, behind, a pair of her small, developing, jet-black raven wings. "Why are we all bathing together?!"

"Because," sighed Rias, "we're all kids. It doesn't matter if he's a boy or not. Plus," she leaned in to whisper, "do you really think Goku is gonna try and pull a stunt off? He's way too innocent!"

All three of them were in the bathroom, with Rias and Akeno currently submerged in the water of the bathtub, while Goku changed next to them. "Hurry up and come over here so I can wash you, Goku!" Rias removed her hand out the water and tapped the side of the bathtub, prompting him to come to her.

The boy grabbed his instructed towel and approached the side of the bathtub, naked. "So this is a bath?" He asked, curious.

"Hey!' Yelled Akeno, soon as she looked down below. "At least cover your front!"

"What?" Goku, suddenly, covered his face with the grey towel. "Like this?"

Rias burst out laughing, wholeheartedly entertained by the boy's incredible denseness. "Yes! Definitely! You're one of a kind, Goku!" Suddenly, she reached out and pulled the boy into the bathtub, causing a large splash of water to hit the bathroom walls and seep onto the floor.

Goku quickly sat up in the tub and looked around, oblivious of the current situation, as Rias completely expected. "Huh… it's just water?"

"Come here, silly!" Rias sat the boy back, then started washing his hair with some soap.

Goku frowned, as the suds started bubbling and foaming around his hair. "What is this? It's disgusting!" He whined, uneasy towards the new experience.

"Stop complaining!" Chuckled Rias. "There's nothing greater in this world than having a beautiful girl—two no less—bathe you! You should be happy as can be!" She reached up for the shower head, then quickly rinsed his hair. "Now, let's see your back!" She nudged Akeno, who was blushing even further. "C'mon. We'll scrub you clean!"

Suddenly, Goku stood up. "Here, I can wash my own back." His amazing, brown tail reached down and grabbed a bar of soap out of Rias' hand, then proceeded to clean off the boy's back; as if it had a mind of its own. "Like this?"

Rias and Akeno both stood still, dumbfounded.

"He really is weird…" Akeno slowly nodded, unaware of the future adventure, ahead.


After a comforting bath, the trio retreat to their shared bedroom, anxious to sleep…

Rias turned off the lights to the bedroom. "You sure are free-spirited, aren't you?" She asked Goku, as she slipped under their shared covers; slightly nudging up to him. On the other side, Akeno clung to Goku, similarly. The three companions were sharing one bed.

"Dunno… what does that mean?" He asked as he closed his eyes, comfortable and tired.

Akeno smiled, and found his hand. "Nothing. It means you're a thoughtful person, Goku."

"Well, I do think… right?"

The two girls slightly leaned up to glance up at one another, then smiled.

"Yep. You sure do." Laughed Rias, as she hugged his arm. "Goodnight, Goku."

"Yes, goodnight." Akeno spoke, as she did the same thing.

Goku, meanwhile, quickly fell asleep, while thinking to himself: this isn't very comfortable.

Another new face joins the crew? Just what on earth will happen next?! The suspense is killing me! Find out next time on "Gotta Heed The Call of Magic Dragon Balls!"