A/N: Wow I just did not have a good ending spot when I wrote this. Definitely the longest chapter I've ever written in my life I think. I hope you all enjoy it.
Ch. 6 – The Desert Bandit and the Ox King
"Hey, Bulma why'd we bring Oolong?" Goku asked.
It had only been a little while since we'd left Aru Village. We had quickly come to a large river that my sister said we would have to travel down for a while. Currently, Goku and Oolong were sitting in the back while I sat next to Bulma. Like she had on the road my sister pushed the motorboat to its fastest speed. By this time on our Dragon Ball hunt, I was convinced that if I did die it would be because of Bulma's speeding.
"With his ability to transform he could come in handy later on during our journey," Bulma said.
"I don't want to go! Journeys are nothing but a pain in the ass!" Oolong complained.
"How would you know?" I asked turning around to look at him. "Have you been on any journeys?"
"No," Oolong muttered. "But I've read plenty of stories on different travel accounts in school! It all sounds like a pain in the ass."
"Nah, it's been fun so far!" Goku said. "Though Bulma is awfully slow in the mornings."
"Very." I agreed. "But that just means we can get some practice in."
"I still don't want to go!" Oolong shouted.
"Hmm, it's supposed to be really hot tonight. Maybe I'll sleep in my underwear." Bulma said randomly.
"Well, a vacation sounds nice." Oolong said.
I looked from Bulma to Oolong and back and it took only a second to realize that my sister was pulling something similar to what she'd done in the garage we'd gotten the second car at. Hopefully, this didn't turn out as badly as the Turtle Hermit situation.
"Bulma! Do you plan to just flash the entire world your underwear!" I yelled at her.
Bulma just laughed at me.
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"WHAT! FRYPAN MOUNTAIN!? YOU'RE KIDDING RIGHT!" Oolong's scream woke me up from the dream I'd been having about Turtle dancing ballet.
"Huh! What's going on?" I asked.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Oolong was still screaming. "I'll tell you what's going on! I'm getting outta here!"
Suddenly Oolong transformed into a fish and flopped over the side of the boat.
"He ran away!" Goku shouted. "He never learns, does he? I'll just go and catch him.
"Wait!" Bulma said causing Goku to stop just as he dropped his pants. "There's no reason to go after him when I can get him to come to us. Just turn around for a moment."
"What the hell did I wake up to?" I said before noticing that Bulma was taking off her underwear. "Bulma!"
"Oh, hush Cori. This'll catch that pig in no time." Bulma said as she attached her panties to a fishing hook.
Sure, enough only seconds after casting the line holding her panties, Bulma had Oolong back in the boat. Once he was back to being a pig Goku threatened to eat him if he ran away again.
"Gimme those panties." Oolong demanded.
"Here have this instead," Bulma said as she handed the pig a piece of candy.
"Can somebody tell me what caused all that drama already!" I shouted since everyone was ignoring me.
"Oh, Oolong freaked out for some reason about the next location we're going to," Bulma said.
"Of course, I did! Frypan mountain is the home of the really scary Ox-King lives." Oolong said.
"We'll just have Goku beat him up if he attacks us," Bulma said. "Huh?"
"Hey, the engine stopped," Goku said.
"We're out of gas," Bulma said. Then glared at me.
"Oops," I said. Knowing that my sister was thinking about the can of gasoline I'd used up on Oolong's mansion.
"Hey Oolong can you transform into a can of gasoline?" Bulma said.
"You're kidding right?" Oolong said sarcastically.
"What's gasoline?" Goku asked.
"It's a liquid that makes the motor run," I told him.
"Oh, probably doesn't taste very good then."
I laughed. "Probably not."
"Well if there's no gas then we need an oar. Oolong, transform into one." Bulma ordered.
Everyone caved to Bulma eventually so it was no surprise that Oolong was soon an oar and Goku was the one rowing us back to shore. Everything seemed fine until Bulma reached for her capsule case only to find it missing.
"I must have dropped it in the river!" Bulma screamed and pulled her hair as she panicked before turning to Oolong. "You change into a fish and go find them. I'll give you my panties!"
"You're crazy. This river's huge and who even knows when you lost them." Oolong said.
"Cori! Please tell me you have your capsules?"
"Yeah but I only have the sidecar attachments for your bikes, camping stuff, and some other stuff. No houses or cars," I said as I backed away from my crying sister.
"What's wrong?" Goku asked.
"My capsules are gone! The boat won't move, there's no house, or car, or even a bike! We're stuck here!" Bulma fell to her knees in tears.
"Why don't you just walk?" Goku asked as he got on Kinto'un.
Bulma's tears changed to anger pretty quickly as she yelled at Goku. "You're one to talk you can just ride your stupid cloud."
"Bulma just calm down. It'll be hard but I'm sure we can make it until we find a town to buy supplies at." I said.
"Just ask Oolong to transform into one of those bike things you ride and Cori can ride Kinto'un."
"Good idea! Oolong!" Bulma called.
That's when we find out that Oolong had run away again. Goku zipped around on Kinto'un while I checked from the ground. Neither of us could find the pig though.
"Alright! I'll just have to do this! PIIIIII, PII, PIIII..." Bulma said
"What are you doing Bulma?" I asked. Had she gone crazy from the loss of her capsules?
"That candy I gave Oolong was one of my inventions," Bulma said to me. Then she turns to shout out into the wilderness. "HEY OOLONG! You got diarrhea, right?! That piece of candy from before is actually an invention called the PP Candy and whenever I say Pii Pii, the person who eats it has diarrhea. If you don't come back right now I'll start shouting it again!"
"Bulma! Isn't that pretty mean?" I asked.
"You have no room to talk. You burn down his house!"
"Okay true but he only had that cause he's a thief! It was all stolen goods!" I said trying to defend myself.
Bulma sighed. "Cori, I know you've had some bad history with thieves but burning the house was really going a bit too far."
"I won't do it again," I muttered.
Bulma nodded before turning to start yelling again.
"You've got until I count to three Oolong! One, Two, Thr..."
"I'm here! I...I won't run away. Just stop. Please!" Oolong begged as he came out of the bushes.
"Just do as I say and I won't!"
"I'm glad I didn't eat that candy. I wanna try though. Piii, Pii, Piiii." Goku said, sending Oolong running for the bushes.
"Oh Kami! That stinks!" I cried.
"Oolong, just hurry up and transform into a bike," Bulma said.
Oolong ended up looking more like a moped than a motorbike. Not that it mattered since Bulma was too heavy for him to carry anyway. Bulma was pissed off, Oolong had a hurt back, and I just wanted to move on.
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"Too Hot!" I said panting. The sun was starting to sink as our small group walked through Diablo Desert. Goku and I were walking with Oolong and Bulma since it wasn't really fair that they had nothing to ride. I kind of regretted that decision now.
"Why are you guys so slow?" Goku said.
"I am a city girl!" Bulma said. "Not some wild mountain boy like you!"
"Too hot!" I cried. It was so hot that I swore I could feel the sands heat through my sneakers. "Do we have to go this way?"
"Ye...yeah, you have to cross this to get to Frypan Mountain." Oolong said.
"I'm done. No more for today!" Bulma declared as she sat down. Oolong and I copied her.
"How pathetic," Goku muttered looking annoyed.
"I'll be annoyed at that comment later," I said glaring at Goku before laying back. I was asleep almost as soon as I closed my eyes.
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"HYAAAAAHHH!"
I woke up to a loud shout woke me up. I sat up quickly in a panic, I'd learned on this trip that sudden violent noises were never a good thing. As I looked around I say Goku fighting some guy that had a sword. Which he lost when Goku hit him with his Nyoi-bo, knocking him backward.
"Why are you fighting?" I called out during the fights pause.
"Huh? Oh, Cori your up." Goku said. "I'm fighting a bad guy."
"Oh okay, we'll need to find food once you're finished."
"Hey! Our fight isn't over!" The stranger said. I finally took a good look at him. He had long hair and a smug grin. "Where'd you get that Bo kid."
"My dead Grandpa gave it to me," Goku said.
"There was only one man who had a Bo like that... Who was your grandfather?!"
"Grandpa? He was called Son Gohan."
"To think that man had a grandson. I guess I have to take you seriously."
"I'm hungry..." Goku moaned and patted his stomach.
"This should be fun for a while." The long-haired stranger said as he took a fighting stance. "Wolf Fang Fist!"
The fighting was fast and intense. Goku was kicked by the stranger before taking multiple hits and getting sent crashing through three stone pillars.
"Goku!" I screamed. I'd never seen my friend beaten like that before.
I stood up and started to run to his side but was stopped by the man that hurt Goku.
"I'll be taking any capsules you have now."
"You bastard!" I shouted and tried to run around him to get to Goku.
The man grabbed me around the waist just as I heard the now-familiar sounds of Oolong's transforming.
"Don't let him get away Puar!" The man yelled as I struggled in his arms.
"Yes, sir!" A small cat shouted before transforming into a flyswatter.
Fly Oolong was smacked out of the sky and the long-haired bandit tossed me over to land next to him.
"You bastard! I'm your old classmate!" Oolong shouted at the Puar.
"That's what you get you big bully!" Puar shouted.
"Enough Puar." The man said.
"Yes, Yamcha!"
"Now hand over your capsules. I'd hate to have to hurt a bunch of kids." Yamcha said holding out his hand towards Oolong.
"Alright!" Oolong said before digging in one of his pockets. "Dammit... I was saving this capsule."
"You thief!" I shouted and kicked him in the shin before Oolong could hand over his capsule.
"OWW!" Yamcha shouted and was now on one knee and clutching the leg I had kicked.
"YAMCHA!" Puar screamed.
After all the punching practice with Goku every morning I didn't hesitate for even a moment when I sent a punch to Yamcha's face. Sadly, while the man stumbled he wasn't knocked down. I'd never cursed how weak my punches were before now but right now I wished I'd been stronger.
I took my eyes off of Yamcha when I Goku getting up.
"I'm hungry!" Goku said as he stood up rocks falling off him as he did.
A sharp pain blossomed on my cheek and I was knocked off my feet. I rolled over a few times on the sand before my momentum died. Shit, I shouldn't have taken my eyes off of Yamcha. I was slow to sit up because of the pain I could feel along the entire side of my face but when I did I could see Goku standing in front of Yamcha.
"Hey! Don't hit Cori! She hasn't learned how to fight yet!" Goku yelled.
"If she doesn't want to be hurt she shouldn't attack people," Yamcha said. "And unless you want to feel my Wolf Fang again I suggest you stay down."
"I still have my Jan-Ken to use," Goku said.
Without wasting more words Yamcha leaped as Goku slid into a fighting stance.
"Rock!" Goku said as he punched Yamcha's incoming fist. "Scissors!" He then used his other hand to poke both of the man's eyes. "PAPER!" He shouted as his open palm smacked into Yamcha with such force that it sent the man flying.
"You little bastard!" Yamcha growled as he climbed out of the hole he'd made when he crashed.
Goku simple wobbled. "So Hungry! I don't think I have any energy left."
And he really did look like he was going to faint. Which was bad for us because Yamcha was back up and charging at Goku again.
"You just made him angrier, you moron!" Oolong shouted.
"Why are you three being so loud! I was trying to get some sleep!" Bulma grumbled still looking half asleep as she spoke.
The surprising thing though was that Yamcha completely froze. He just stood there only one foot on the ground as he stared at my sister. Then he slowly started trembling and his skin flushed red before he fell over.
"YAMCHA!" Puar yelled and ran to the man helping him sit up.
"Puar, L..lets retreat for now," Yamcha said even though he was panting.
"Yes, sir!" Puar said before the two hopped into a hoverbike and took off shouting threats as they went.
"What just happened?" Oolong asked.
"I have no clue," I said in shock. I really thought we were dead for a second.
"Hey! Who was that? He was so handsome! I'm sure he's a good guy." Bulma said.
"You're going boy crazy again Bulma," I told her.
"Oh, please I just think he's..." Bulma said as she turned to look at me. She fell silent once she saw me and was staring for a moment. "Cori, what happened?!"
Bulma had her hands on my head and was examining my face. I was worried, did it really look that bad? I mean it hurt a lot but I hadn't had a chance to look at it.
"That bandit Yamcha hit her." Oolong explained.
Bulma's expression turned stony and I'd never seen her like that before.
"If I see that man, again he'll wish he was dead," Bulma said. Then turning to Oolong and Goku she started yelling. "And what were you two doing!"
"What did you expect me to do? Especially with Goku getting his ass kicked." Oolong said as he pointed at Goku.
Surprisingly Bulma ignored what the pig said and was staring at his hand.
"What is that?" Bulma asked.
"What? Oh, this nothing, nothing at all." Oolong said and tried to hide the capsule in his hand.
It didn't work, Bulma snatched the capsule in the blink of an eye.
"An M-size Capsule!" Bulma shouted. "I've been suffering through the heat of this stupid desert and you've had a damn capsule all this time!"
"I was saving it! I wanted to keep it for a special occasion."
Bulma glared at the pig before opening the capsule. A large mobile home was revealed once the smoke cleared.
"This should do for now. Cori do you have the first aid kit still?" Bulma asked.
"Um, yeah I still have that capsule," I said as I looked through my remaining capsules.
"Good now come on we need to get you cleaned up," Bulma said before leading the way into the motorhome.
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Thankfully I didn't have to cook. Oolong was actually a decent chief and by the time Bulma had me clean and bandaged the food had been finished. Right now, Goku was still eating but Bulma and I had finished. My face still hurts but I'd taken some painkillers so it was only a dull ache. I touched the side of my face thinking about what I'd seen in the mirror. The whole side of my face was already bruising and there was a small cut on my chin where I must have hit a rock when I landed on the ground.
"Cori?"
"Hmm?" I turned to see Bulma standing up.
"You okay?" She asked.
"Yeah just thinking."
"Don't worry about it twerp. It should all heal without leaving a mark." Bulma smiled and ruffled my hair. "I'm going to take a shower."
"Okay," I said forcing a smile so I didn't worry her anymore.
I wasn't sure how to tell my sister that I wasn't really worried about the marks on my face. I thought that Goku was badly hurt and after Yamcha hit me I knew I wasn't strong enough to help. The only reason we got away was because Yamcha ran away. I'd never felt that useless before, but I'd never been hit before either so maybe that's why.
"You don't think they'll come back do you?" Oolong's asked as he looked out the window.
"It's fine I can take him now! I'm full." Goku grinned as he leaned back and put his feet on the table.
"Goku! Take your feet off the table!" I yelled at him.
"Huh, okay," Goku said looking confused but doing as I ordered.
"Anyway, why Frypan Mountain? I can't see the point of going to a scary place like that." Oolong said.
"There's a Dragon Ball," Goku said.
I sighed, it was only a matter of time before Oolong found out about the Dragon Balls. Hopefully, he didn't try to take Bulma's wish or there'd be hell to pay later. I turned to look out the window as Goku took out his Dragon Ball. It was dark but I noticed the number of stars I could see was amazing. Living in the West capital I'd never seen such a clear sky before.
"I'm going to sit outside for a bit," I said before getting up.
"You sure that's such a good idea?" Oolong said taking his eyes off the four-star ball for a moment.
"Yeah, I'll scream if anything happens."
I stepped outside and felt the fading warmth of the sand on my bare feet. Looking up I was still amazed at the number of stars I could see. I didn't want to still on the sand so I decided to climb onto the hood of the car.
I'd just gotten comfortable when a heard a gagging sound from the side of the motor house. I leaned over to look down the side and saw that bandit Yamcha!
"YOU PERVERT!" I screamed when I realized he was under the window of the bathroom. "YOU DISGUSTING PERVERT!"
Yamcha dashed towards me but I slid over the hood and landed on the opposite side of where he now stood. As he ran around towards me I dashed towards the door which slammed open. I ran right into Goku and Oolong.
"Yamcha's here!" I said as we stood up.
"This'll be easier if you just give up unless you want to face my Wolf Fang Fist again?" Yamcha said as he stood there with Puar.
"I was just hungry before. Now my stomach's full!" Goku said and his excitement was clear in his voice as he dashed forward.
Yamcha threw the first punch but blocked it before quickly throwing his own. Goku jumped to dodge a kick when a loud bang rang out and everyone looked over at the Motor House.
"You have until I count to three to get the fuck out of here," Bulma said.
My sister stood there in nothing but a towel. Her hair was wet and I could see soap bubbles were still in it. In her hands was a shotgun that I'd seen in Oolong's closet earlier.
"One, two..." Bulma started counting.
I looked over at Yamcha. Again, his face was completely red but Puar got him moving and soon they were running.
"Three. Well, hopefully, they won't be back anytime soon." Bulma said.
"Your scary Bulma, awesome but scary," I told her.
"He shouldn't have hit you. Now I'm going back to my shower." Bulma said before shoving the shotgun at Oolong. "You are going to stand guard."
After Bulma went back inside the rest of us followed.
Being the last one to enter I turned to close the door behind me but noticed something shiny laying on top of the sand.
"Hey, aren't you coming in?" Oolong asked.
"Uh, yeah in a second. I think that guy dropped something." I told him before walking over to the object laying on the sand.
"What is it?"
"Hey, it's a car capsule!" I said as I examined it. "A bit of an older model but it seats four so we can use it."
"But isn't this a moving house? Why use that one?" Goku asked.
Brushing sand off the capsule I put it in my pocket. "Because the motor house is huge and a regular car will be better for stopping in whatever village or town we need to resupply at."
"This is a big house..." Goku said trailing off and looking like he was lost in thought. It took me a moment to remember that Goku's home had been a just a single room just big enough for one person. This place and the capsule house must have looked large compared to that.
"I guess. My and Bulma's house is a lot bigger though." I pocketed the capsule and headed towards the stairs. "I'm going to bed. Keep an eye out for that Yamcha guy in case he comes back."
"Good night Cori," Goku called out as I went upstairs.
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Bulma decided that we would use the car I'd found last night to continue on. Oolong was driving while Goku had the passenger seat and my sister and I sat in the back. Bulma kept the shotgun in the back with her but thankfully we'd gotten through the rest of the desert without seeing Yamcha or Puar again.
"I can't believe all you had was this damn bunny suit," Bulma complained even as she was using her mirror to apply her make up.
"You're the one that put all of it on. You even put on the silly bunny ears." I pointed out.
"Hmph!" Bulma turned to stare out the window but was only quiet for a couple minutes. "What is with this heat! We've been out of the desert for a while now!"
"It's because we're close to Frypan Moutain." Oolong said. "Originally the place was called Ryoukeizan and was a pretty nice place to live until ten years ago. It's said that flames fell down from heaven and covered the Mountain with a fire that never dies."
"Wow, no wonder it's so hot if an entire mountain is on fire," I said.
"I wonder if we could roast lunch on it." Goku pondered. "Oh! Hey, it's that mountain."
Oolong stopped the car and we all got out.
"You weren't kidding about the size of that fire. Geez, no wonder its so hot." Bulma said as she took out her radar. "We have to get closer though. It looks like the Dragon Ball is on the mountain."
"Can we not? I mean the Ox-King is around here somewhere!" Oolong begged.
"Is he a strong guy?" Goku asked.
"He's scary is what he is!" Oolong snapped. "Some people even call him a Demon Lord! Anyone who goes near that mountain gets... gets..." Oolong said and ran a finger across his throat.
"He kills them?!" I said.
"Yeah because of his castle. Look you can just see it at the top of the mountain." Oolong said pointing at the mountain. "People come here trying to steal the treasures that the Ox-King as amassed but the guy is always guarding it."
"Wait he can't possibly be living in that castle the fire would make it too hot," I said.
"Oh, no, he doesn't. Those flames are too much even for the Ox-King. He's been kept out of his own castle ever since the fire started when he was out on a picnic with his daughter."
"How do you know all this?" Bulma asked.
"It's common knowledge being in school textbooks and all." Oolong said before hopping back into the car. "Now that you know let's leave while we still can!"
"What? No way! There are only two Dragon Balls left. I'm not stopping after coming so far!" Bulma said.
"You three have a damn death wish! No matter how strong Goku is, the Ox-King will just stomp on him like he is an ant! I'm getting out of here!"
"He's trying to run away again!" Goku shouted.
"PII, PII, PII, PII!" Bulma shouted causing Oolong to slam on the brakes and run from the car for the bushes.
"STOP! Fine, I'll go, I'll go!" Oolong cried.
The defeated pig bought the car back and we all went on our war to Frypan Mountain.
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"It's a good you noticed that tracking device was on Puar," Yamcha said as he watched the dot move on the radar. "This gives us a chance to get our capsule car back and get back at those brats."
"I wonder why they're going to Frypan Mountain though," Puar said. "That's the only place they could be heading towards in this direction.
"Hmm, it's said that the Ox-King has an incredible treasure locked away at his castle. They might be trying to get it." Yamcha said as he got out of the car.
"But the Ox-King is really scary!"
"Don't worry Puar. We'll just follow them for now. But we have to be ready to take our revenge against those brat's when the woman's out of the way."
"You really want to finish that fight, don't you?" Puar asked.
"Of course! That boy is the grandson of Son Gohan! Both of our fights have gotten interrupted!" Yamcha said in frustration. "Argh! Come to think of it The Ox-King and Son Gohan were both disciples of Master Roshi! Damn the boy might make friends with the Ox-King."
A loud feminine scream tore through the air. Yamcha and Puar turned and saw a young girl wearing a helmet running from a large dinosaur. Suddenly the girl yanked the blade from the top of her helmet and threw it, decapitating the T-Rex. Like a boomerang, the blade came back and the girl reattached it to her helmet.
"Wow," Puar said.
The girl started screaming again, this time in disgust at the dead body. She raised two fingers to the jewel on her helmet and a beam of light evaporated the T-Rex's body leaving nothing behind but smoke and burnt grass.
"Who is that!" Yamcha asked in shock.
"She's strong even for being so scared," Puar said.
The girl, still crying was heading towards them.
"Ah!" She yelled once she noticed Yamcha.
"H... Hello," Yamcha said.
"KYAAA! It's just one thing after another!" The girl shrieked and tried to blast Yamcha like she had the T-Rex.
Yamcha was quick to jump out of the way and now he was angry clasping both hands together he hit the girl on the back of the head, knocking her out.
"Geez, what a stupid delay," Yamcha said. "Puar it's time to move on. Let's get to that mountain."
The two got back into their car. Leaving the girl behind on the side of the road.
"Why are you okay with that girl Yamcha?" Puar asked. "You were fine with the other one before too."
"They're just kids! Do I look like a pervert to you!" Yamcha yelled.
Puar was silent and Yamcha fumed as the two continued on towards Frypan Mountain.
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"UGGH! This heat is ridiculous!" Bulma shouted after we all got out of the car.
We were at the base of Frypan Mountain and the heat was how I'd imagined standing in an oven might be like. We were surrounded by broken buildings and skeletons. Just how many people had the Ox-King killed in his obsession to safeguard his treasure? I thought as I re-capsulized the car, putting it in my pocket.
"Don't shout! What if the Ox-King heard you!" Oolong lectured Bulma but was ignored.
"Goku please don't pick up that skull!" I said as I walked towards him.
"Huh? Is that what this is?" Goku asked. "I've never seen a human skull before."
"Just put it down." I sighed.
"Hey Son, the ball is up there go grab it!" Bulma called out from where she stood with Oolong.
"I guess I can try," Goku said as he looked up at the mountain. Then he nodded and called for Kinto'un.
"Don't Shout!" Oolong shouted.
"But your shouting too Oolong."I pointed out as I came over to stand next to Bulma. The pig slapped his hands over his mouth and looked around with a frightened look on his face.
"I'll be back!" Goku called as he took off on his cloud.
"Don't come back unless you've found it!"
"Just hurry up and get back here!"
"Be careful!"
Bulma, Oolong, and I all shouted at the same time. We stood there watching Goku fly towards the castle. He started to fly down but suddenly swerved up and away from the building.
"Just forget it and get down here!" Oolong shouted.
"No way! ARGH! That brat needs to stop being a scaredy-cat!" Bulma complained.
"But it's probably too hot. We'd end up with roasted Goku if he got too close!" I said.
Suddenly a gigantic ax slammed into the wall we stood in front of. It had flown through the space between me and Bulma. Turning to look behind us was a giant man wearing a helmet with Ox horns on it. The three of us screams at the sight of the Ox-King, I finally realized just why Oolong would be so scared but it was too late.
"What are you doing on my land?!" The Ox-Kings shouted as he yanked the ax from its place in the stone wall.
None of us could really speak just then. I was silent, Oolong was stuttering, while Bulma only got out a couple words.
"You came for my treasure! Didn't you?!" The Ox-King growled.
"N-N-NOO! Just p-passing through!" Bulma said while Oolong and I were quick to nod our head in agreement.
"HEEYY! It's no good! It's too hot to break into the castle!" Goku called out as he rode Kinto'un towards us.
"YOU IDIOT!" The three of us yelled at Goku. Not that he was paying attention. The Ox-King caught Goku's attention as the boy came to a halt between us and the Ox-King.
"Huh? Who's this creep?" Goku asked.
You Idiot! That's the Ox-King!" Bulma shouted.
"We're all going to die!" Oolong cried as he cowered.
"And I really thought it would be Bulma's driving that got me killed," I muttered only to get smacked by Bulma.
"My driving is not that bad!" She yelled at me.
"Enough!" The Ox-King yelled at us. "Kid! Is that cloud Kinto'un? Who gave it to you?!"
"I got Kinto'un from the Turtle Hermit!" Goku said as he looked over the Ox-King. "So, you're the guy Oolong was talking about. You look really strong!"
"The Turtle Hermit! Master Roshi! Do you know where Master Roshi is living now?!" The Ox-King yelled at Goku sounding a bit desperate.
"Eh?!" Bulma and Oolong said.
"Does that mean we aren't getting chopped into pieces today?" I asked.
"That Roshi guy is the Turtle Hermit? Do we know where he lives?" Goku asked.
"Somewhere off the south coast," Bulma said.
Suddenly the Ox-King was cheery and stomping around in a weird kind of happy dance.
"This is wonderful! I can finally return to my castle!" The Ox-King shouted as he continued his dance until is paused to look at Goku's back. "T... This Bo! It isn't Nyoi-bo is it?"
"How'd you know? My Grandpa left me this." Goku said.
"Grandpa?! You mean Son Gohan?"
"Yeah!" Goku nodded.
"This is amazing! You're Son Gohan's Grandson!" The Ox-King shouted.
"You know my Grandpa?!" Goku said with a huge grin.
"Of course, I know him! Gohan was Roshi's number 1 disciple and me as number 2! This is wonderful!" The Ox-King said.
"I really need to stop being surprised by what happens around Goku," I said.
"Is it always like this around him?" Oolong asked.
"Pretty much. But who would have thought that the perverted hermit was actually someone important!" Bulma said.
The three of us turned our attention back to the Ox-King and Goku when the moved on from talking about Son Gohan.
"Right! I'd love to talk more about Gohan but I have a request for you!" The Ox-King said. "I've recently learned that Master Roshi is in possession of the Bansho Fan. This magic fan is the only thing capable of getting rid of all the fire covering the mountain."
"Why does the Turtle Hermit have so many magic items?" I asked Bulma.
"Why would I know," Bulma replied.
"Please use Kinto'un to go and borrow the fan from Master Roshi for me!" The Ox-King begged Goku.
"Okay! Can I have the Dragon Ball in return?" Goku asked.
"What's a Dragon Ball?"
"It looks like this!" Goku said as he pulled out the four-star Dragon Ball that he carried everywhere. "Do you have one in your castle?"
"Yes! I've seen one in there. If that's all you want it's yours!"
Goku, Bulma, and I all cheered while Oolong cried in relief that he got to live.
"Alright, I'll go find the hermit guy," Goku said.
"Wait!" I shouted getting everyone's attention. "I'm going to. Get down here and help me up." I told Goku who flew down to help me.
"Why'd you wanna come, Cori?" Goku asked.
"I don't want to be stuck here with Bulma and Oolong," I said.
"HEY!" The aforementioned two yelled.
"One more thing before you leave!" The Ox-King said before Goku and I left. "I didn't believe that I'd ever been able to solve this problem so I sent my daughter out yesterday to search for Master Roshi. Her name is Chichi, if you find her can you bring her home?"
"Chichi?" Goku asked.
"We don't know what she looks like," I said. "Do you have a picture?"
"Yes, hold on." The Ox-King said and he pulled something out of his pocket. "Here we go! This is a recent picture of Chichi! She's a bit shy but very sweet she can even be your bride if you want!"
"Bride?" Goku asked
"He's offering to let you marry her," I told Goku.
"What?! No way!" Goku shouted. "You said I didn't have to get married, Cori!"
"You don't stop panicking," I told Goku before turning to the Ox-King. "We'll just bring her back okay. Goku is too young to think about marriage yet."
"Ah, you're right. But if you change your mind Goku, I would always approve of Gohan's Grandson marrying my daughter." The Ox-King said.
"Let's go now Goku," I said.
"Right! We'll be back soon!" Goku called out as we took off.
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Goku and I had been flying for only a short while when he pointed down at a girl standing by the road.
"Do you think that's the Chichi we were asked to find?" Goku asked as he looked down at the girl. "Is Chichi a girl?"
"It looks like the picture and of course she's a girl. Remember the Ox-King called her his daughter. A daughter is what parents called their child when it's a girl."
"Oh! What do they call a boy then?"
"A boy would be called their son."
"Like my name?" Goku asked.
"Yeah anyway, I know that the Ox-King asked us to get Chichi but I'm not sure if there's room for three of us on Kinto'un," I said.
"She'd have to have a pure heart to ride anyway," Goku stated.
"I know! I have the car capsule with me!" I said. "Here drop me off and I'll bring Chichi back while you go on and get Master Roshi."
"Huh? I thought you didn't want to get stuck back there."
"True but I can take my time driving back with Chichi and you can go faster by yourself to pick up Master Roshi."
Goku nodded and flew Kinto'un down to the ground by Chichi.
"Hey! Is your name Chichi?" Goku called out.
"Y... yes. But who are you, people. It's like everyone knows me today." Chichi said and then stared at Goku and blushed. "You...you've come to say that you love me, too right?"
"No, he has not!" I shouted. I turned to look at Goku and saw that he was confused. I jumped down from Kinto'un and waved him away. "You go on okay. I'll get Chichi back to her father."
"Okay, I'll be back soon," Goku said before zooming off on his cloud.
"What do you want?" Chichi demanded.
I turned to look at the Ox-Kings daughter. Her clothes, if they could be called that, were skimpy and I'd seen women wearing bathing suits that covered more. I was also a bit annoyed that while we looked about the same age her chest was already bigger than mine. Damn, why did I have to still be flat as a board?
"Your dad asked that we get you home as we left to search for the Bansho Fan to take care of the fire on the mountain," I told Chichi as I opened the car capsule. "Hop on it and I'll take you home."
"Alright," Chichi said as I sat in the driver's seat. "Do you know how to drive?"
"Yeah. I'm not supposed to but my parents insisted I needed to learn in case I ever had to drive one in an emergency."
Chichi still looked a bit unsure but she got in and I started driving back to Frypan mountain.
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"What do we do now Yamcha?" Puar asked as the girls drove away.
"We wait. They mentioned a fan that would take care of the fire on the mountain. I'm curious about that so we'll wait." Yamcha said. "Besides whatever that is the boy is riding is too fast to catch up to. We'll have to wait until he gets back."
"Why not go after the others until then?"
"Are you kidding! They are with the Ox-King right now. No, we'll wait." Yamcha decided.
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I was really happy to see Bulma and the others. Happier than I thought I'd be but Chichi had been silent the entire ride and kept looking at me like I was some kind of villain.
"Here we are!" I said as I stopped the car and got out.
"CHICHI!" The Ox-King shouted as Chichi left the car.
Bulma and Oolong came up to me as father and daughter reunited.
"What happened?" Bulma asked at the same time Oolong asked about Goku.
"Goku and I saw Chichi and realized that all three of us wouldn't fit on Kinto'un very well. Then I remembered that I had the car and offered to bring Chichi back while he went to Master Roshi." I told them.
"He was Son Gohan's Grandson!" Chichi screamed attaching our attention.
"Yes! I told him you'd make a good bride but he's too young right now." The Ox-King told his daughter. "So, he didn't agree yet. But I'm sure he'll change his mind once he's older."
"He was cute," Chichi said.
"Oh Kami, Goku is going to run for his life if they try to get him to marry her," I said.
"What? Why she's cute!" Oolong said.
"Cori tried to explain marriage and relationships to Goku and now the kid says he'll never get married,"Bulma said as she laughed.
"Hey! I thought I explain stuff pretty well." I said. "Besides it got Goku to stop patting everyone's crotch once I threatened that he'd have to marry the girl he did it too."
"Is that why he was staring at my crotch when he asked if I was a boy?" Oolong asked.
"Yup just be glad Cori already had her talk with Goku or he would have patted you down there," Bulma told Oolong.
"I wonder how long until Goku gets back with the fan?" I wondered.
"Who knows but I'm getting bored just standing here," Bulma said.
"Maybe I'll go introduce myself to Chichi." Oolong said with a perverted grin.
"Go ahead. I'm sure the Ox-King will have no problem having roasted pig for dinner." Bulma said.
"On the other hand, I'm not a fan of fried bacon."
Bulma and I laughed as Oolong threw fearful looks at the Ox-King. Once I calmed down I looked over towards the Ox-King and his daughter. He was still talking but the distance between my group and him made it hard to make out any of what he was saying, I did pick out Gohan's name along with Goku's. I saw that Chichi stood there listening starry-eyed and I had a feeling that she now had her heart set on being Goku's 'bride'.
"What are you glaring at Cori?" Bulma asked.
I wasn't quick enough to turn my sight from Chichi when Bulma asked me that and my sister was quick to notice.
"What? Ooh! I take it you'd like to make sure Chichi stays far away from Goku." Bulma said and starting giggling.
I blinked as I looked at Bulma. "What are you talking about?" I asked.
Bulma didn't bother to answer she waved away my question as she giggled.
"Hey, Goku's back!" Oolong said as he pointed toward the sky.
"It doesn't look like he has anything with him though," I said as Goku drew closer.
We all watched silently after that until Goku flew down close enough to Bulma, Oolong, and I to hopped down next to us. The Ox-King and Chichi quickly came over and asked about the fan.
"The old guy didn't have it," Goku said.
"What!? He didn't have the Bansho Fan?!" The Ox-King shouted panic obvious in his voice.
"But the Turtle Hermit said he'd come and put the fire out," Goku said as he looked up at the sky. Then he pointed at something. "Look that's him over there!"
At first, all I could see was a blur but as the shape came closer I could see the Turtle Hermit spinning around and around in the air. Eventually, I could see that he was sitting on something but I wasn't sure what it was.
"Hey, Goku, what's that he's riding?" I asked.
"That's Baby Gamera. A turtle that the old man called to fly him here." Goku said.
"A turtle? I guess it makes sense he has to be called the Turtle Hermit for a reason." I said.
We all looked on as the Ox-King greeted Master Roshi. The old man staggered as he climbed off of Baby Gamera. He stopped once he was on the ground to try and stop his head from spinning. Just how was this man supposed to put out a fire that covered an entire mountain.
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"I see that Goku was right, this is quite a fire!" Master Roshi said after he stopped feeling dizzy and had greeted the Ox-King.
"So, can you really put that out, Gramps?" Goku asked.
"Hmm," Master Roshi stared at the fire for a moment before turning to his old disciple. "Hey, Ox!"
"Yes, Master!" The Ox-King said.
"I've been hearing terrible things about you lately. The largest concern is that you've resorted to killing many people all to protect some treasure! I did not teach you martial arts so that you could kill!" Master Roshi lectured the Ox-King. His voice was stern and he was serious in a way I hadn't seen the last time we'd met.
"I... I did Master. Just as you said I've killed so many. I... I was possessed by greed but once the fire is out I will throw all of my treasure away!" The Ox-King said as he knelt down and bowed towards Master Roshi.
"Don't throw them away, that'd just be a waste. Just stop using your strength for such a dark path." Master Roshi ordered.
"The... The Ox-King apologized!" Oolong said obviously shocked at the sight of such a large and scary man prostrating himself.
"To be completely honest, it's pathetic that a student of mine can't put out a fire of this size by himself..." Master Roshi said.
Master Roshi and Goku then started talking among themselves before Goku had Bulma go join them away from the rest of us.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Oolong asked.
"I'm not sure I want to know," I said as I remembered what Bulma had accidentally done the last time we had seen the Turtle Hermit.
"Why not?" Chichi asked.
"Just trust me you don't want to know either," I said shaking my head. I just knew Bulma was getting asked to do something perverted. This is her own fault for starting this kind of thing by offering to flash people her panties when she wants something.
"Look! They're coming back." Oolong said.
Master Roshi had a large smile on his face while Bulma looked pissed off. Yeah, they had definitely talked about something perverted.
"Hey! I'll just put out the fire now!" Master Roshi said.
"Isn't this exciting Cori!" Goku said.
"Yeah, I just wonder how he'll do it," I replied.
Master Roshi took off his turtle shell and his shirt placing both items on the ground along with his walking stick.
"Can he really do this?" I asked Bulma as we watched Goku help the old man stand on the top of the wall.
"He better." Bulma groundout.
The Turtle Hermit took a couple deep breaths before shouting.
"HAH!"
Where before he looked like a frail old man, Master Roshi now stood on the wall with bulging muscles!
"WHAT!" I screamed. That shouldn't have been possible.
But it was. Master Roshi's stance became stable on the wall and he started to bring his hands together so the heels of his palms touched.
"KA... ME... HA... ME... HA!" Master Roshi finished with a scream as he thrust his palms forward, a beam of whiteish blue light blasting forward towards the mountain.
It was brilliant. It was also deadly. Master Roshi did put out the fire but he also destroyed the Mountain and castle at the same time. A fact that had to be pointed out to him.
"Hehe, oops. Looks I got a bit carried away there." Master Roshi said as he rubbed his head.
Bulma screamed before marching towards the rubble ordering Oolong to help her. The rest of us watched them go. I think the others might have been a little scared of Bulma for the moment, I knew I was.
"I am sorry about destroying your castle OX." Master Roshi said breaking the silence.
"No, it's fine. It's so cool now it'll be easier to live here ow." The Ox-King said.
Chichi nodded in agreement with her father. "Besides we can just rebuild the castle!"
"Hey! Gramps!" Goku shouted to get Master Roshi's attention. "That was awesome can you teach that to me?!"
The Turtle Hermit laughed as he finished putting his shirt and turtle shell back on. "That's quite impossible! It'll take at least fifty years to learn the Kamehameha wave."
"Fifty..." Goku said before trying to count on his fingers.
As the Ox-King and He gave up pretty quickly and took a stance like the one Master Roshi had done for the Kamehameha.
"What are you doing?" I asked Goku.
"I wanna try that move!" He told me before starting to move his arms in the same pattern that Master Roshi did. Unlike the Turtle Hermit, he was silent until he thrust his palms forward.
"HAH!" He yelled and a small thin beam flew from his hands, right into our car!
"GOKU!" I yelled.
"It... came out..." Goku said. I think he was shocked at his success.
"Our car!" I yelled at Goku.
"Oops..." Goku said as he looked at me then at the car and back. "It's pretty small compared to the old man's though."
"I guess more walking is in our future." I sighed. As Goku and I both stared at the damaged car.
"Amazing... but he is Gohan's Grandson after all." The Ox-King said as he came over with his daughter and Master Roshi after seeing Goku's small Kamehameha.
"What!? You mean Son Gohan?!" Master Roshi asked.
"Didn't you know Master?"
"Ah, that reminds me that Gohan did mention how he found a boy with a tail and started raising him. That was a while ago though." Master Roshi said. "But if he can already do this much Gohan must have trained him well."
"Goku's pretty strong," I said turning away from the car. I'd been listening in on the Ox-King and Master Roshi's conversation since they'd come closer. "His Grandpa must have trained him a lot before he died."
"What?! Gohan... We have lost a great man then." Master Roshi said. His hand stroked his beard for a bit before he turned to Goku. "Hey! Boy! How about coming to my house to train? If you work hard you might even become stronger than me."
"Really?!" Goku said with a large grin. "Alright. I'll come over right after we get the last ball!"
"I can still come right?" I asked. I knew that the old man had agreed to teach me before but what if he wanted to give all his attention to Goku?
"Cori's going to learn how to fight too?!" Goku asked and then started talking again without waiting for an answer. "That's great! Then we'll be able to spar!"
"Of course, she is." Master Roshi told Goku before turning to me. "I've already given my word Little Lady. I'll be waiting for you and Goku at my house, so I hope you finish your journey quickly."
"Your both going to train under Master Roshi!" Chichi yelled.
I turned to look at the other girl, her face was red and her fists were clenched. She was definitely angry and I had no idea why.
"Yeah, it'll be fun!" Goku answered.
Chichi just looked me up and down before huffing and turning her head to the side and crossing her arms.
"She doesn't look like she'd last through any kind of training." Chichi with venom laced through her voice.
Goku frowned a bit. "That's not true. She trains and her punches are a lot stronger than when she started."
"No one starts out great," I said to Chichi. "But that's what trainings for, to become stronger than you were before."
Chichi remained silent and refused to look at me.
Suddenly shouts of 'Hooray' were heard and Goku jumped up on one of the broken walls. He stared in the direction of the shout before smiling and turning to the rest of us.
"Hey, it looks like they found it!"
Sure enough, Bulma and Oolong soon came back. My sister had the seven-star Dragon Ball in her hands, a large smile on her face before she saw the car.
"What happened!" Bulma yelled. Then she saw me backing away. "Cori! What did you do?!"
"I didn't do anything! I swear!" I said.
"Geez, what are we gonna do now?"
"You can have my car. It's the least I could do in thanks." The Ox-King offered.
"Really? Thanks!" Bulma said.
The car turned out to be a hover car with a single person seat in front for a driver and a larger seat in the back for passengers. It had a small trunk on the back and two machine guns at the front.
"Thank you so much!" Bulma said to the Ox-King.
"I'm gonna ride in this too!" Goku said as he excitedly looked at the car.
Bulma turned to me after putting her bag in the trunk. "It's a bit small for four people but you and the other two are kids and small enough that you should fit."
I nodded and put my bag in the trunk with hers. Goku had already climbed into the car looking excited. I climbed in next followed by Oolong. We all fit and weren't squished but I'd already had to dodge Goku's tail twice and that caused me to bump into Oolong.
"Let's see the next ball..." Bulma said to herself. "Aha! Wow, it's pretty far to the West."
"We should get started then since it's already afternoon," I said.
"Yeah. Alright, thanks, everyone!" Bulma said and the rest of us said our own goodbyes.
"Hey!" Master Roshi said and tapped Bulma on the forehead before we could leave. The two whispered back and forth before Bulma got out of the car and called Oolong out to follow her.
We were silent for a moment in confusion. I noticed though that as we waited Master Roshi started to blush. When he started mumbling to himself the Ox-King asked him about it only to have Master Roshi deny that anything was going on.
"Why is Bulma always the slowest one?" Goku asked me.
"Maybe it's because she's a teenager?" I guessed.
"What's a teenager?"
"Oh! Um, okay. So, when you're little like us you're considered a kid. Bulma's sixteen so she's a teenager. Do you remember Mr. Priest from that village we found Oolong bothering?" Seeing Goku nod to show he did I continue. "He would be considered an Adult."
"What about Gramps," Goku said pointing at Master Roshi who was now running toward the spot Bulma and Oolong had gone to.
"He's just old," I said. We fell silent again but only for a moment before Goku got bored.
"Are they ever going to finish." He sighed.
"Hey, Gokuuu!" Chichi said, dragging out Goku's name and batting her eyelashes at him.
"Huh?" Goku turned to look at Chichi who now stood with her hands up and fidgeting
"Once we get a little older won't you come take me as your bride?"
"Take you as a what?"
"She wants to marry you Goku," I told my confused friend whose face quickly went from confused to panicked.
"NO!" Goku shouted. Then he jumped over me to sit on the side of the car furthest from Chichi and I started laughing. This all just caused Chichi to get angry and stomp her foot.
Thankfully Bulma and Oolong came back before Chichi could say anything. They got in and we took off calling out our goodbyes.
"I'll be a great wife Goku!" Chichi called out as we were leaving causing Goku to duck down to hide, making the rest of us laugh as Bulma stepped on the gas.
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"Yamcha what should we do?!" Puar said.
Yamcha just watched as the group that had ruined all his plans lately left.
"I'm going to train." Yamcha declared. "A boy like that, Son Gohan's Grandson will eventually want to test himself. So, I'll train until the next Tenkaichi Budokai, I'm sure he'll be there."
"Back home then?"
Yamcha nodded but as they made their way towards their car Chichi spotted them.
"Oh, it's you!" Chichi said.
"Who's this Chichi?" The Ox-King asked.
"I met him earlier Father. He, he confessed his love for me!"
"What!"
Yamcha and Puar cowered as the Ox-King bellowed.
"I thought you liked Goku?" The Ox-King asked his daughter.
"I do! But it's nice to know others think I'm beautiful!" Chichi said blushing.
"When did you call her beautiful?" Puar whispered.
"I didn't let's get out of here before the Ox-King kills us," Yamcha whispered back.
Puar and Yamcha made it back to the car as father and daughter talked. Neither of them wasted a second on getting in and slamming on the gas to get away.
"Why's he leaving?" The Ox-King asked.
"Oh, Father. He's just shy. He did the same thing earlier." Chichi said with a smile.
"More like running for his life." Master Roshi muttered.
"Did you say something Master," Ox-King said.
"No, no. Don't mind this old man. Well, it's time I got going Ox. Remember what I said."
"I will I swear Master."
Master Roshi nodded before asking Baby Gamera to take him home.
"That girl will be a looker when she grows up but I pity whoever ends up as her husband." Master Roshi said to himself.
Chapter six end
Started on: 11/15/2017
Finished on: 11/20/2017
Chapter word count: 9,400
Total word count: 29,988
