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Starting Point
"Haa!" "Heeyaahhhh!" Ruby was startled out of her sleep due to the shouts being heard in the morning, she got up and started to rub her eyes. As the shouts continued to be heard, Ruby turned her head to the source of the noise and saw Goku on the backyard of their house doing some kind of exercise.
Goku was practicing the martial art stances that his grandfather taught him over the years. He was repeating the motions, hoping he could get stronger. There was also the Turtle School Style but all Grandpa Gohan taught him was the rock-paper-scissor technique and the Kamehameha wave. Just as Goku was thinking to attempt the Kamehameha wave, his train of thought was stopped by the voices that came out from inside the house.
Ruby was waving her right hand while running out of the house, with Yang behind her trying to straighten her hair.
"Morning. What cha doing there, Goku?" Ruby was feeling energized since she got a good amount of sleep yesterday.
"Morning, Ruby, Yang, I'm just practicing some stances. I wanna get stronger so I gotta practice every day, but I don't feel like I'm getting any better though."
Yang suddenly had an idea, and since he wanted to get stronger, this would be a win-win situation for both of them, "Is that so? Then, you wanna fight me later when I get the hang of my aura and get my first weapon?"
"Aww, but why? I kinda wanna fight right now," Goku regarded Yang as a strong fighter, even if she was one of the only people he met.
"Because, even if I don't want to admit it, but there's no way I can win against you right now," He did beat up some beowolves after all, she wouldn't stand much of a chance.
"Why? You were pretty strong yesterday when you hit me," He really felt that punch when she hit him to the wall yesterday.
"Yang's pretty strong when she gets mad, that's how she beat up the boys at Patch, even the ones from school."
"School? What's that, is that some kind of food?" Goku said as he scratched his head.
The two sisters both shared a look to each other before shrugging, "Well, you did grow up in the woods, can't say that's surprising."
"Dad said school is a place where you learn stuff," Ruby answered honestly.
"Learn stuff? That's boring," Goku really couldn't get into stuff like studying.
"By the way, where's your dad and uncle?" When he was still inside the house this morning, he couldn't find Taiyang and he saw Qrow sleeping on the couch.
"Dad said he had something to take care of for the day, while Uncle Qrow's still sleeping on the couch."
"Darn, I really want to head out right now." Goku said he swung his tail left and right.
At the mere mention of Qrow, Yang had a mischievous grin on her face. "Come over here you two, I got a plan to wake him up." The two got closer as Yang whispered something to both of their ears.
Qrow was sleeping comfortably on the couch, just like any old weekend. That is, if it was a regular weekend.
Goku, Ruby and Yang all promptly stepped into the living room. They all stared and nodded to each other, signaling the start of Yang's plan. Goku pulled out his power pole and extended it to hold Qrow up in the air by the collar. He brought Qrow to the bathroom, Yang was pouring tomato juice on the bathtub while Ruby was zipping around carrying the cans to give to Yang. Throughout all of this, Qrow was still sleeping soundly, muttering things in his sleep while being held up in the air.
Once the tub was filled with the stuff, Yang stopped pouring the tomato juice, meanwhile Ruby was cheerfully looking up at her uncle. Yang signaled Goku as she pointed her thumb at the tub. Goku returned his power pole to its original state and Qrow was immediately dropped into the tub with a splash.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The day certainly did not start well for Qrow.
"You kids, never do that again, you hear me? Why did you even do it in the first place?" Currently, Qrow was using a towel to wipe off the water on his face after just having taken a shower.
"Sure. Uncle Qrow, unless you sleep in again. Also, I heard that's how you get rid of alcohol smell." Of course, that really wasn't her reason, Yang just wanted to prank her uncle, having Goku and Ruby's help just made it easier for her.
"That's not how it works! Anyway, kid, you know where your house is?" Since Qrow was now tomato juice-free, he wanted to get this over with quick.
"Uh huh."
"Alright, let's go," Qrow was about to reach the entrance, but two figures were blocking the way.
"Stop you two, you're not going without taking us." Ruby held out her open palm, as if imitating a stop sign.
"Sure, why not?" The response was almost instantaneous, that it made all of them blinked a few times just out of surprise.
"Alright old man, what's the catch?" Yang was skeptical. Sure, Uncle Qrow was known for being irresponsible but he definitely cares about both of them, and they're going to a grimm infested forest, so there's gotta be some sort of punishment once they get back.
"There is no catch, since I'm the one who's doing all the protecting, you two will be fine," Qrow said as he gently rubbed both of their heads as he walk passed by.
As all four of them got out of the house, the youngest in the group turned to her uncle, "Alright, so how we get there?" Before Qrow could answer her question, Goku yelled out, "Nimbus!"
In seconds, something shined in the sky. On closer inspection, it was a small golden cloud flying towards them. The cloud landed right in front of Goku, the other three all stared in disbelief.
"What in the-, I don't even-, you know what, screw it, lay it on us kid, what is that?" The day was only starting for the man, but Qrow's already done with it.
"Yeah yeah, what is that? A magical cloud that lets people ride on it?" Ruby was absolutely ecstatic since this looks like something out of the stories that Yang tells.
Ruby wasn't the only one who was excited, Yang was just as excited as her younger sister was. It looked like something that can take her to all sorts of adventure and such, something that she always wanted since she was younger.
"This is Nimbus, my grandpa gave it to me, grandpa told me that his master, Master Roshi gave it to grandpa since his master couldn't ride it anymore, but since grandpa couldn't ride it either, he gave it to me."
"What do you mean, ride it?" Qrow couldn't help but ask the question that he and both his nephew are asking.
"Grandpa said only a person with a pure of heart can ride it," To prove his point, Goku jumped onto the cloud, surprisingly not falling through it. Ruby quickly jumped onto the magical cloud, followed by her older sister. As expected, both of them were able to ride the cloud just fine.
"Come on, Uncle Qrow, give it a try!" Qrow shook his head and walk in another direction as he waves his right hand.
"No thanks, I rather not fall flat on my ass and have you three see it. It doesn't look like it can carry anymore extra weight. Don't worry, I'll follow you three just fine, so just go where you need to go."
"Alright then, come on Goku, full speed ahead." Goku nodded as the Nimbus floated upward above the trees and started flying in a straight line. As the trio head out, Qrow was quickly regretting his life choices in general as he followed them.
Yang was currently wrapping her arms around Goku's waist just so that she doesn't fall off. "Woohoo! This is A-AMAZING!" Ruby yelled as she held on tightly to her older sister.
"So, where are we heading?" Yang asked as she looked around the area, searching for something remotely like a house. "Just up there, it should take a few minutes."
"Hey Goku, why didn't you just use this when you were being chased by those beowolves yesterday?" Yang was sure this could have helped him escape easier if he rode it.
"Umm, I forgot?" Goku responded with a vacant look on his face.
"And you're supposed to be older than both of us," Yang rolled her eyes, it was becoming clearer and clearer to the blonde that the monkey faunus has some sort of mental illness.
"What does that have to do with this?" Goku innocently answered back.
"Never mind, is that your house down there?" Yang pointed as she saw an area where it's different from the other parts of the forest.
"But why is it all wrecked?" Ruby asked with concern.
Goku said nothing as Nimbus sped up to their destination, Yang and Ruby were holding on tighter than before. As golden cloud landed, the trio jumped out of the cloud. Nimbus went back up to the clouds, Goku slowly walked to the wreckage before him.
"Who did this?" He was mad that someone would do this to grandpa's house.
"The grimm would be my best bet, I wager," Qrow slow walked out of the woods.
"But why, grandpa's house wasn't dangerous to any of them."
"You gotta remember, kid, the grimm are unpredictable, researchers has been studying but not much has been found." Qrow sympathized with the kid, losing anything from a love one always hurt especially when that person is already gone.
The monkey faunus suddenly realized that he still needed to find the dragon ball. Goku sprinted to the wreckage and started to rummage through the wreckage, trying to find his grandpa's last memento. It took the two sisters a while to realize what Goku was doing, they then ran after him to try and help search with him. Meanwhile, Qrow was observing the site of wreckage.
After several minutes, Ruby let out a shout and waved her hands to signal the other three.
"Hey, Goku, is this it?" Ruby was holding a spherical orange ball on her left hand.
"Yeah, that's the one!" Goku was relief that the dragon ball was still there.
"It's really pretty!" Ruby was entranced by the reflection of the magical item she was holding.
"So, that's the mystical dragon ball that you said?" Honestly, Qrow was a bit skeptical about its existence at first, but seeing it up close completely destroyed any of his doubts.
"Wow! It looks really magical, orange and all," Yang was kinda curious if that wish thing was real or not, she had a wish in mind but disregarded it since it was impossible.
Goku turned his head and stared at the wreckage what used to be his house, he honestly had no idea what do next, he was lost and without a home now.
"Now that grandpa's house is gone, I don't know where to go anymore."
"Oh! You can always stay with us, right Yang?" Ruby was looking at her older sister for support on this.
"Yeah! I mean why not? You're pretty fun to hang out with," Yang really liked being friends with the guy, anyone who could help her in pranking her uncle was alright in her book.
"Are you sure? I don't wanna disturb you guys or anything." Qrow was yawning while all this was going on, Yang got a bit irritated and elbowed her uncle's right knee.
"Sure, why not? It's not like I have any say in that house anyway." He didn't really oppose the idea, and with enough begging, Taiyang would be on board with it, Taiyang'll just have to pay ten times the amount for food supply.
"You just leave the convincing of our dad to Ruby and me, there's no way he can resist our adorable puppy eyes, especially Rub's," The blonde was confident that their dad can resist their charm.
"Really, thanks! But before we go, I want to make a promise to Grandpa here first and something else." Goku turned his body and walked slowly to his wrecked house. As Goku stood before the wreckage of his former home, he held his breath and shouted with all his might.
"GRANDPA, I PROMISE TO YOU HERE AND NOW THAT I'LL BECOME THE STRONGEST THERE IS, BUT UNTIL THEN, I WON'T COME BACK!"
After making such a proclamation, Goku turned his head and stared at Qrow with a steely gaze. Surprisingly, Qrow was returning the stare.
"Qrow, I want to fight you right now!"
"I knew this would happen. Alright, you sure about this, kid? I'm pretty strong and from what I seen, you don't stand much of a chance," From how the kid fought those beowolves yesterday, there should be nothing to worry about, except that poking technique. But then again, appearances are deceiving.
Goku shook his head, "I don't care, I wanna find out how strong I am right now!"
Ruby and Yang expressed their concern. "Goku! No, please don't, you can't fight uncle Qrow!"
"Yeah, I mean, you could always get stronger later."
"No, if I don't do it now, then I'll get lazy, not wanting to improve at all. Ruby, can you hold on that dragon ball for me?" Ruby nodded as she held on to it.
"Get to the sidelines, you two, this is a warrior kind of thing. You'll understand it one day, even if it's stupid," Qrow held out his longsword and waited for the battle to start. The two sisters look at each other nervously and ran to the sidelines.
"Yang, I don't know what to do, am I supposed to cheer for my new friend or for Uncle Qrow, I'm so confused," Yang said nothing as she tried to reassure her sister that it's fine, even though the reason for the fight was really dumb.
"You better not do something stupid, even for you, Goku, and you too Uncle Qrow!"
Goku posed in his standard martial art stance, waiting for any openings that Qrow might have. Qrow, in turn, was waiting for Goku to attack.
After a few seconds, Goku jumped and pulled out a series of punches at Qrow. Qrow, in turn, dodged all of them with upmost ease by shifting his body at the last moment before Goku was even able to touch him. As Goku continued punching, Qrow kicked the monkey faunus right in the gut and Goku was thrown right to the ground. Goku then got up again, but before he was able to retaliate, Qrow quickly closed the gap between them and hit him with the hilt of his blade. Even if it was a light effort on Qrow's part, Goku was blown away to the wreckages of his former house.
"Uncle Qrow, don't you think that was too hard?" Ruby was worried about her new friend, as awesome as it was to see him pull punches like that.
"He'll be fine. Hey! What's the matter kid, giving up? Didn't you say you want to be the strongest, then here's the crash course to the starting point," Qrow hoped the kid was still able to stand up, he was strong for a kid his age, but he's still got tons more to improve on.
"Power Pole EXTEND!" out from the wreckage was Son Goku, he jumped out of the plank of woods while holding his enlarged power pole with both his hands, preparing to swing his pole at Qrow. As the pole was about to hit the drunken man, Qrow stopped the attack with the steel of his blade. With a quick kick at the pole, Goku lost his grip on the pole as it return to its former state and fell down to the groound. With a grunt, the monkey faunus got up from the ground, the power pole a few feet away from him.
"Don't think your strength's gonna help you out on every fight, kid. If you can't find a way, then make one." Qrow's impassive face was making Goku to consider his options. Goku took a deep breath, and immediately dashed to Qrow to use his rock-scissors-paper technique.
"Really now, guess you're denser than I thought," Qrow felt disappointed as he shook his head. "Rock!" As Goku pulled out a right hook to his opponent's face, Qrow dodged to his right side. "Scissors!" Goku immediately responded by using his left hand to poke the older man's eyes out, too bad Qrow bended his back, thus avoiding the attack all together, but Goku wasn't done yet, "Paper!" Goku opened his right hand to slam Qrow's entire body. Due to Qrow's heightened battle sense, Qrow was quick enough to respond accordingly by pulling his sword to defend himself. The instant Goku's palm touch Qrow's sword, he grabbed it and lifted both his legs to use Qrow's sword as a leverage to jump backwards. Qrow was pushed back a bit by the sudden jump.
"Not bad, starting to use your head there, kid?" Qrow said as he got out from his defensive position. While in the air, Goku crashed near his power pole and grabbed it with his tail while rolling on the ground.
"Power Pole EXTEND!" Goku extended his power pole yet again as he slams it downward to the ground where Qrow was originally standing. The huge force behind Goku's attack caused a small dust cloud to form in front of his opponent. With Qrow's vision rendered useless, it took the drunken man a few moments to take a huge swing with his sword, causing a slight wind pressure that dispersed the dust cloud. Once his vision returned, he was surprised Goku got noticeably nearer to him and stood in some kind of weird pose. Goku cupped both of his hands forward and a small whitish-blue beam was coming right at Qrow, "— HAAAA!"
Qrow only had two words in response to this, "Oh cr—," the beam formed a small explosion once it collided. Goku was kneeling with his left leg up, visibly exhausted and covered with bruises. He put everything into that one blast.
"That was ….awesome!" Ruby couldn't help but yelled that because what Goku pulled off was like an ultimate move.
"Yeah, I'm really looking forward to our fight now." Yang knew he was strong, but to have his semblance unlocked already? She'll have to work hard to so that she can fight the guy on equal grounds one day.
"Nice work kid, you managed to hurt me, as small as the damage was," as the dust started to disappear, Qrow was standing there, with no visible damage except for the small tear on his clothes located on his right arm.
"Alright, that's enough for the day. Ruby, Yang, grab the kid, we're going back."
As the two held him by the shoulder, Goku was muttering incoherent things, "—ven't lo—," Yang was a bit irritated that the idiot she's holding still hasn't given up yet, "Quit it already Goku, just get even stronger later, got it?"
Ruby decided to cheer up her new friend, "Cheer up! Goku, not a lot of people can hurt Uncle Qrow."
"Hey, I wasn't hurt, I just… let me guard down, by the way kid, call your ride."
It took a lot out of Goku to even talk, but he was still able to do it in the end. "Ni...mbus!" As the small golden descended and floated in front of all of them. Once they started to move, Goku wanted to say one last thing here.
"W-Wait, Yang, Ruby, can you turn me around?" The two did as instructed.
"Bye, grandpa. See ya later, when I'm the best."
"So, how was it?" Taiyang asked as he wasn't aware of today's event.
"We went, we fought there, we came back."
"Fight? Please elaborate on that, and please explain the golden cloud, as well."
"Yeah well, the kid called it the nimbus cloud, only those with pure of hearts can ride it. Heh, be happy, Taiyang, at least your kids are not tainted yet."
Taiyang was slightly happy about that. "I see, what about the fight? Were you attacked by beowolves, Goku looks worse for wear."
"That's thanks to me. The kid's actually pretty strong."
"Qrow! Are you insane? You fought against a chid!" Qrow was a professional hunter, what was he thinking fighting a twelve year old boy?
"Yeah, a kid that was able to hit me once." Qrow answered. Sure, he was a bit peeved he was hit by a kid, but the kid was impressive, so he let it slide.
"What, how?" Qrow was an experienced hunter, a hunter that has gone out of the borders for dangerous missions.
"It was a laser beam, as straight forward as that. I even asked him about it before he went to sleep, he called it the Kamehameha Wave, said he needed his Ki to use it. Let's just call that Ki thing his semblance from now on."
"I see. Alright, moving on, why were Yang and Ruby begging me to let him stay here?" Taiyang didn't stood a chance when both his daughters beg him to let the monkey faunus to stay here.
"His home's wrecked, all that's left is that well there."
"Alright then, why do you want to bring him to Ozpin in a few days' time?"
"The kid wanted to get stronger, meeting Ozpin once should help him a lot in the long run." Ozpin was someone Qrow trusted wholeheartedly, he was sure he can make the kid much stronger than he was now.
"And why are you honoring his wishes, he's just a kid." Granted, Goku was strong for a child his age, according to Qrow, but it didn't warrant visiting the headmaster of Beacon Academy.
"Sure, he's a kid alright, but his determination is real. Plus, I got something to take care of at Beacon anyway."
"Fine, although the matter with that orange ball…."
"We'll talk about that later. First, you owe me ten Lien."
Taiyang pulled out his wallet as he grumbled and handed Qrow the money. Qrow had a bad start today but it was all worth it in the end. The shattered moon shined throughout the night, getting ever closer to being full.
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Huzzah, I finished this chapter faster than I thought. Although I feel that when I write, it always feel like I'm writing all over the place. Hope anyone isn't too bothered by the repetitiveness and awkward narrative. I'll try to work on that.
For that one guest reviewer's suggestion that I should change the Dragon Ball tag to Dragon Ball Z, I chose the former because I'm gonna implement more of Dragon Ball than Z, so I would be lying if I changed it to Z.
Regarding the pairing, I'm haven't really plan that yet, so it could go in any direction.
For Goku's tail, I'm definitely gonna use it in the story a lot, but Super Saiyan 4 is stretching it man, as much as I like its design and concept. If it exists in Remnant, then I seriously don't think anyone can beat him, unless someone has a supreme hax or something.