The Wild Child
Bulma had pulled over in order to check the Dragon Radar at the foot of Mount Paozu. Chi-Chi stretched her arms, glad to be out of the car. They had started driving early; Bulma was apparently determined to get the Dragonball today. "Any luck Bulma?" Chi-Chi said. She bent down to touch her toes. Bulma hadn't even given her time to do her morning workout, her limbs still felt stiff from sleep. "It should be somewhere around here. It seems to be a little further to the west." Bulma said. Chi-Chi sighed as she and Bulma got back into the car. When she'd imagined going on a journey there'd been a lot more walking than this. It didn't take long for Bulma to pull over again, just a bit further West this time. There was a house right where the Dragonball should be. "Geez, who'd live in a hut in the middle of nowhere like Area 439?" Bulma said. She slammed the door as she stepped out of the car. Chi-Chi's eyes widened; she'd heard about someone living in isolation in Area 349! "This must be Son Gohan's house!" Chi-Chi said. Seeing Bulma tilt her head to the side Chi-Chi sighed. "This is where Father's older pupil lives. He's supposed to be really strong!" Chi-Chi said. Bulma rubbed her chin. "That's weird... What are the odds another Dragonball ended up in the hands of a martial artist?" Bulma said. Chi-Chi blinked; now that Bulma mentioned it how did three Dragonballs find their way to all living members of the Turtle School? "Who are you guys? Why are you at my house?" A boy said. Bulma and Chi-Chi whirled around to see a giant fish. Bulma shrieked and backed away. "That fish is talking!" Bulma said. "I'm not a fish, I'm Goku!" Goku said. A small boy stepped out from behind the fish. Bulma gave a quiet laugh. "Oh right, of course it wasn't the fish!" Bulma said. Chi-Chi sighed; she wondered how someone so intelligent could be so dopey sometimes. "Sorry for coming uninvited. My names Chi-Chi and this is Bulma." Chi-Chi said. She gave Goku a light bow; he tilted his head to the side. "So what are a Chi-Chi and a Bulma?" Goku said. "What are you talking about? We're humans just like you!" Bulma said. Goku made a noise of dissatisfaction and circled the two girls. "But you're not like me, your soft and weak looking! You don't even have tails?" Goku said. Chi-Chi was going to ignore the weak comment. Her attention was drawn to Goku's back, he had a monkey tail. Unusual for an Earthling but only because he looked Human expect for the tail. "Of course we look different, we're girls." Bulma said. Goku's mouth opened wide. "Oh so you're girls? My deceased Grandpa said to be nice to girls." Goku said. Chi-Chi's stomach sank at the word 'deceased'. "Was your grandpa Son Gohan?" Chi-Chi said. She hoped it wasn't him. How could she tell Father his senior pupil was dead? How could she tell Master Roshi he'd outlived his student? Goku nodded. "Yep, that's Grandpa. Would you like to meet him?" Goku said. The two girls were dumbfounded, blindly following Goku as he led them into his hut. Goku pushed the doors open and ran up a pedestal. Goku held his hands together in prayer. "Grandpa, can you see this? Two girls came to visit you!" Goku said. "There it is! It's a Dragonball!" Bulma said. She ran over to the Dragonball, pushing Goku out of the way. "Hey that's Grandpa's memento! Girls can't touch it!" Goku said. He made a grab for the Dragonball. Bulma raised it above her head. "Fine, I'll explain it to you." Bulma said. She put down the Four Star Dragonball on Goku's table and put her Dragonballs beside his. Goku's eyes widened seeing the four other Dragon balls as they glowed in sync with each other. Goku gaped at them. "You have four Grandpas?" Goku said. "These are called Dragonballs. There are seven of them, each with a different number of stars." Bulma said. Goku looked at his own Dragonball. "You're right, this one has four stars." Goku said. "That means it's the Four Star Dragonball. I found the Two and Five Star Dragonballs first. Then this old martial artist gave me the Three Star Dragonball and Chi-Chi's Dad had the Seven Star Dragonball." Bulma said. "I'm helping Bulma collect all seven now." Chi-Chi said. Goku hummed for a moment, looking at his Dragonball. "Hey, why are you collecting them though?" Goku said. Chi-Chi tilted her head to the side. She'd never asked Bulma why, should she have? "When you collect all seven a miracle happens. You recite the magic words and Shenron, the god of Dragons appears to grant your wish." Bulma said. Chi-Chi and Goku gaped at Bulma. "You get a wish?" Chi-Chi said. "That's amazing!" Goku said. "Isn't it? I spent ages researching the Dragonballs. They scatter across the globe after a while so there isn't much information about them. My wish is already set in stone. So you'll hand it over right?" Bulma said. Goku stuck out his tongue. "No way, this is Grandpa's memento!" Goku said. "Don't be so stingy!" Bulma said. She made a grab for the Dragonball. Goku grabbed it and took a step back from Bulma. "No way, I won't hand it over even if you are a girl!" Goku said. Bulma glowered at Goku for a moment, then she clicked her fingers. "Then how about we make a deal? You're supposed to be nice to girls so you'll honour your word right?" Bulma said. Goku nodded. "You and Chi-Chi will fight; if she wins you'll bring your Dragonball and come on the journey with us. If you win we'll let you keep it and stay here." Bulma said. Chi-Chi exclaimed in shock; she had to fight? "I don't know... She looks weak." Goku said. Chi-Chi's face turned red and she stomped her foot. "Hey! I may not look like much but I'm trained in Turtle School Style just like you!" Chi-Chi said. "What's a Turtle School?" Goku said. Chi-Chi stomped her foot again; how could Gohan's grandson be so ignorant? "Turtle School was where Gohan learnt to fight stupid!" Chi-Chi said. "Then you must be strong! It sounds fun, so let's fight!" Goku said; a huge grin on his face.
Chi-Chi kept her head held high as they stepped outside. Bulma trusted her to win this so Chi-Chi couldn't let her down. She could win! Goku couldn't be that much stronger when they were trained in the same school; he didn't even know what Turtle School was after all. She even had reach on him since he was so short. "Are you ready?" Bulma said. Chi-Chi slipped into a defensive stance and nodded. She didn't trust her voice right now. "Bring it on!" Goku said. He charged forwards and leapt into a flying kick. Surprised that Goku wasn't bothering with proper forms, Chi-Chi stumbled out of the way. Goku's foot slammed into the ground beside her. "At least take this seriously!" Chi-Chi said. Was Goku looking down on her for being a girl? She yelped as Goku spun on the ball of his foot and kicked at her head. Chi-Chi caught his foot and lifted Goku off his feet. She slammed him against the ground, creating a crater. Chi-Chi leapt back as Goku flailed on the ground. "That hurt! You're really strong!" Goku said. "Are you really Gohan's Grandson? You can't just charge in like an idiot, idiot! Don't you know any techniques?" Chi-Chi said. Goku stuck out his tongue and rolled back onto his feet. "If its technique you want, I'll do it!" Goku said. He charged at Chi-Chi. "Scissors!" Goku said. His jabbed at Chi-Chi's eyes with two fingers. Chi-Chi knocked his hand out of the way with a backhand. She stepped into Goku's guard, her heel slamming against his toes. Goku cringed as ChiChi pulled back her fist. "Rock!" Chi-Chi said. She punched Goku in the cheek; he was sent rolling backwards. Goku pointed a finger at her. "Hey! How do you know Grandpa's secret moves?" Goku said. "That's not a special move! Every martial artist knows rock-paper-scissors!" Chi-Chi said. There was no way this idiot was Gohan's Grandson and she was going to prove it. "Take this you big faker!" Chi-Chi said. She pulled the blade off her helmet and threw it at Goku. He threw himself to the ground, the blade missing him by millimetres. "Hey, weapons are cheating!" Goku said. He started to get up, glaring at Chi-Chi. Her blade spun back around, slamming into the back of his head. Chi-Chi's eyes widened as the blade shattered. Goku cried out, cradling his head. "I-is he even remotely Human?" Chi-Chi said. Bulma was gaping at Goku too. "He can't be Human and still be alive. That cut off a dinosaur's head no problem..." Bulma said. "That really, really hurt!" Goku said. Chi-Chi felt terrible seeing the tears in his eyes. "I give up already!" Goku said. Bulma put her hands on her hips. "Then you'll be coming with us!" Bulma said. Chi-Chi sighed, glad it was over. "I'm sorry I threw that at you. I thought you might be an imposter. I really need to stop making assumptions..." Chi-Chi said. She knew she was blushing, it was too embarrassing. "Why would I want to pretend to be someone else?" Goku said. Chi-Chi ignored him; he probably wouldn't get it even if she explained. "Never mind that are you ok?" Chi-Chi said. Goku cringed as he moved his hands off his head. They were covered in blood; he blinked. "Well, look at that... It's been ages since anything's managed to cut me." Goku said. Chi-Chi fell to her hands and knees; she hadn't meant to hurt Goku that much! She was so ashamed of herself. What would Master Roshi said if he knew she hurt another legacy student? Now that the match was decided they needed to tend to Goku's injury or Chi-Chi would never live this down. Chi-Chi was glad Bulma always came prepared. The older girl had a first aid kit in her car they used to treat Goku's cut. However, it had taken some cajoling to get Goku to let them treat him, especially once he realised the disinfectant stings, but they managed. "There you go kid. You'll be good as new in no time." Bulma said. Chi-Chi started packing up the kit, unable to meet Goku's eye. She still couldn't believe she'd attacked a fellow student like that. "Thanks I guess." Goku said. He started to scratch at the bandages with his tail. "Is it supposed to itch?" Goku said. Bulma slapped his tail away. "Don't scratch it, you'll make it worse!" Bulma said. She hid her face in her hands and sighed. "You're so uneducated... If I was going to be spending time with a guy, why couldn't it be him?" Bulma said. Chi-Chi perked up at that titbit. She hadn't known Bulma had a boyfriend. Maybe she'd be able to have girl talks with Bulma later?
Dragonball count: 5