Dragon Ball Blackthorned

Arc 3: The Red Ribbon Army Arc


(A/N: A Trip to the City was really one of my personal favorite Dragon Ball episodes. A fun little episode of Goku exploring the city and meeting up with Bulma. Happy 30th chapter. This fanfic is now among the group of stories to make it up to 30 chapters alongside Steven Universe Blackthorned and (soon to be) Sekirei Blackthorned. I intended to reveal the name of the last Blackthorn sibling here, but Steven Universe Blackthorned got out first. Either way, enjoy!)


Chapter 30: Cruising for a Bruising Behind


Ace awoke from his brief nap. The pill virtually gave an 8-hour rest without having to sleep, but Ace wanted to nod off a bit after driving on Kageyama for a long while. Ace got up and stretched. It was about 9 a.m. meaning it had been a two-hour nap.

"Damn, those pills really work. I wonder if my siblings use them too." Ace said to himself.

The thought of his siblings was a bit saddening. He worried of Ryker, Ryder, Kenji, and, the youngest, Genevieve Jr. He chuckled remembered when his parents debated calling her a "junior" or "the second". He especially wondering what Evie (that's what everyone called her to separate from their mother) was up to.

"Well, it's been what, three years since my journey. Considering the fact, I can't get in contact with anyone outside this world, I have no idea what my family is up to. I can only assume that the others are off on their journeys out there." Ace said to himself.

Ace hadn't fully realized that the time displacement had pretty much had him stuck in Universe 7 and the surrounding other "Universes". How long until he could contact his family was the question? Ace picked up his backpack. He had snoozed off under a tree on a dirt road off the main highway.

"Maybe I shouldn't worry. As of now, they are much stronger than I am due to the damn "GT effect" on me years ago. Besides, my siblings are tough." Ace remarked before smirking deviously. "And I'll just have to kick their asses when I grow back up again. I'll be even stronger than before."

Ace got Kageyama and sped off on the dirt road. Wanting to move faster, he channeled ki onto the nodes on the handlebars. The clear linings on the bike began to glow green. Kageyama's side exhaust pipes extended before firing out the green ki allowing for greeter speeds. However, he should have paid more attention. Once back on the highway, he was nearing West City having to pass through Gingertown. He was barely out of Gingertown where Ace heard a cop siren.

"Damn it, I really don't want to stop. I'm making good time." Ace said.

However, he was stuck on this world and he didn't want to have to risk a criminal record. He reluctantly came to stop and pull on the side of the highway as the cop car caught up with him. Out of the cop car came a woman. To Ace's confusion, she didn't wear your typical cop getup and was fairly young. She had blue eyes, blonde hair in a style similar to Bulma with a cap that said "TOMATO" on it. She had a dark tank top, red gym shorts, knee socks with two stripes around the top, and tennis shoes. She had a police badge pinned on her right breast, a revolver on her left side, and handcuffs on her right. She also had a small beauty mark nearly her lipstick coated lips. Ace subtly did a scan with a BlackTab. Much to his surprise, she was an established character, but not off Dragon Ball. She was Akai Tomato, and she starred in her own one-shot manga, Tomato, Girl Detective, which predated Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball. Ace read up on her profile was she was adjusting her lipstick.

"Ok, how is she is a detective when she's a moron? Police standards must be low." Ace thought putting the BlackTab back on his side. "However, I can use this to my advantage."

Akai strode up to him.

"Do you know how fast you were going, punk?" Akai said blowing a bubble with her gum.

"Over 237 mph…or faster. You barely kept up." Ace said being a bit of a wiseass.

"Well our police cars aren't exactly race cars." Akai said spitting out her gum. "You were way over the speed limit. And you look a little young to drive."

"Says the one who's 18 and works for the police." Ace remarked. "Besides, I'm not young enough to brawl."

Ace looked over to see the speed limit was about…200 mph. He really didn't want to have to put up with a ticket. Ace quickly realized Akai didn't ask for his license. Ace turned to his BlackTab.

"Please tell there's a hypnosis technique I can use." He asked.

Thankfully, he got an answer. He tried it on Akai and to his relief it worked. Little did he know, that it worked out a little too well. He should have paid mind to the fact Akai called him Master. Soon enough, Ace was back on road speeding for West City. It was 11 a.m. and Ace made it to the city. West City reminded Ace of a rather futuristic New York City even though it's supposed to be the late 80s.

"Time and space are weird." Ace thought.


I go straight for Capsule Corporation. Being a warper was so advantageous at times. I was able to walk it and use the BlackTab to deal with the robot at the front desk. So, I walked on ahead touring before I meet Bulma's mother, Panchy.

"I didn't hear you come in." Panchi said gretting me.

"Oh sorry about that. I'm a friend of Bulma's. My name's Ace Maebure Blackthorn." I said casually.

Man, it's a bit of a jolt seeing her. She was still that charming blonde and it's a shock that she and her husband don't age a day over. I wonder if their ageless like Tao or Roshi. That blue dress looked great on her as I complimented.

"Oh, so you're the one Oolong talks so highly about. Bulma always seem to miss having you around." Panchy said being a little too informative.

"What, Yamcha ain't keeping her happy?" I said hiding scarasm.

"They're having a bit of a lover's tiff…" Panchy said.

I sighed.

"Either way, Bulma's not here. She's at school now." Panchy said being her cheery self again.

"Bulma really doesn't need to go to school, all things considered." I said.

"And what about you, sweetie?" Panchy asked.

"I have my college degree in Computer Science." I said cooly.

Panchy was rather impressed. I was offered to join her and some friends for tea and cake. I accepted figuring why not. Turns out Panchy had two other mothers joining her for tea. I didn't recognize them at first, but I checked my BlackTab. I didn't recognize them at first because I didn't expect them to show up here. Patty Collins and Oliva van deer Meer are two original character made by a certain artist's website I used to frequent. The BlackTabs gives a bit of information on these counterparts. Seems Nicole and Lorriane don't exist in this one. Olivia's still a complete rich bitch and the only reason she and Olivia seem to be friends is due to being shopping buddies. One difference is that her older husband's dead. Patty's still sweet natured. A major difference is that Trevor's dead, her daughter, Hannah's living on her own now having taken, her brother, Lucas with her.

"Who's the monkey?" Olivia said coldly drinking her red wine.

"I have a name, Lady Drunk. Ace Maebure Blackthorn." I said icily.

"Ladies, this is one Bulma's friends she meant over that summer she left home." Panchi said handing a slice of cheesecake.

I devour it.

"So, this is one of the two bumpkins she found in the middle of nowhere." Olivia said.

"Olivia, don't be harsh." Patty said trying to cool things down.

"Bumpkin? I was from the city, but I left to get away from the bustle." I said coldly. "Besides, living on the wild side was more fulfilling."

"How's that?" Olivia said smugly.

"Well, I managed to learn marital arts, steal this sword off a bandit before beating him to death, beat up an emperor, got laid, wished on a magical dragon, got trained by an ancient master, got laid again, fought in the World Martial Arts Tournament, and won the Tournament." I said in a matter of fact tone eating more of the cheesecake.

"Now I remember. You were among those kids that entered the tournament." Patty said. "I had watched the report on it on the news."

"Congratulations on the win." Panchy said.

Either way, Olivia was being a bit of a bitch subtlety to me. I was so glad to see she had to leave early. I didn't care what the reason was, but I was so glad to see her go. This left me, Patty, and Panchy. Apparently, Panchy was in a swimming mood. Thus, we were all at the indoor pool. I had changed into a pair of black Bermuda shorts with my family's kanji on the left leg. Panchy went to go change, and Patty was a plain pink one piece.


Ace had dived in and swam up to her.

"Something wrong, Patty?" Ace asked.

"It's nothing…" Patty said trying to smile.

"Don't lie. One, you're pretty bad at it. Two, being a martial artist, I'm trained to detect those." Ace remarked.

Patty sighed. Admittedly, she was a rather wound up person. She had dedicated every ounce into her family and they were pretty much shattered. Didn't help she was pent up. She was "dying of thirst watching another man drown".

"I'm just a bit wound up." Patty admitted.

"Then why didn't you say so." Ace said groping the chubby mother's chest from behind. "I can help."

Patty blushed profusely and normally she'd pass on the offer. However, lately with all of Olivia's bragging of her exploits, she decided to accept. Plus, she felt the girth rub between her cheeks.

"Just be gentle…" Patty said slipping out of her bathing suit.

Ace didn't waste any time and slipped his shaft right into her orifice. He was anything but gentle but with Pam being "thirsty" she almost didn't mind. They were up on the edge of the pool at first, but moved to one of the chairs surrounding the indoor pool. Panchy would walk in her swimsuit only to see them coming to climax. Panchy blushed watching Ace pull out splattering Patty's behind with his seed.

"He…he's certainly built." Panchy said to herself as Ace redressed himself.

Patty had passed out from her climax and Ace bid his goodbyes to Panchy saying he was going to go check out the city some more. As he left, Panchy looked over at the mess on Patty.

"If he does that now…I am only imagine when he's an adult." Panchy said slipping in the pool. "I hope the woman who sticks with him would not be too sore. Poor Patty…"

Dressed in his normal wear, back with his gear, and on Kageyama, Ace sped off for West City High.


If Bulma had one thing in common with the people of West City High, it was the hate for it. But she had a different reason being that Bulma was essentially a genius and didn't need to be here. Didn't help that she had crappy friends here. Her "friends" were Victoria van deer Meer and Larry Swanson. Victoria was a spoiled brat and Larry was a horndog trying to get into Bulma's pants. Add to the fact, Yamcha was getting attention from all the girls. It was only 12 and they were in math class.

"Bulma Briefs, please come to the main office." The P.A. said from the loudspeaker.

"Thank kami." Bulma said leaving her seat taking her bag with her.

She left the boring class to the main office to find Ace waiting for her. Her smile came in full force.

"Ace! You're here." Bulma said excitedly.

"I came a bit early. Goku's going to arrive by about a little before the time school lets out." Ace said. "Crashed over at your place. Panchy's cakes are delish."

"Well I'm glad to see you. Oolong's been distant, Pu'ar with Yamcha, and I don't want to even speak to Yamcha now." Bulma said with a huff.

"Well Bulma, how about we blow this pop stand?" Ace suggested.

"I'd love to, but I'd get busted." Bulma remarked sadly.

"No, you won't. I've hypnotized the office lady there. She's asleep, but she thinks your sister, Tights, signed you out for something important." Ace said smartly. "Plus, BlackTab edited the camera footage so nobody will question a thing."

Bulma seemed surprised but asked how he knew about that and he whipped out a copy of Chako the Space Policeman.

"Your sister wrote this book." Ace said coolly. "Now let's bounce."

The two hurriedly left and took off on Kageyama.

"We can't go back to my place, but I have an apartment in the seventeenth block in the city." Bulma said. "Park Street Apartments to be exact."

Ace had raised an eyebrow.

"This truly is a mix of all things Toriyama of that obscure reference is valid." Ace thought as he made a sudden turn.

Ace and Bulma arrived at the apartments with Bulma explained this was a safe haven when she needed alone time. Ace returned Kageyama to its capsule and went up to Bulma's apartment with her. Unlike "canon", the apartment looked much more modern and swanky. Ace whistled in appreciation.

"So, you and Yamcha have this place all to yourselves?" Ace said.

Bulma groaned.

"Yamcha's nice and all. But, he's either focusing on his training or galivanting with Victoria van deer Meer." Bulma said annoyed.

"van deer Meer? Jeez, I ran into her drunk of a mother. I don't know how she and your mom are friends." Ace said.

"Either way, since we got time. Up for some video games? I got a stash." Bulma remarked.

Ace was game for it and soon the two were playing Double Dragon. Ace was admittedly bored with it all considering he grew up in a later era of games. Ace had an idea.

"Hey Bulma, your console's nice and all? But I got something a bit more advanced." Ace said using his BlackTab to spawn his old Gamecube. "It's a Nintendo Gamecube."

Bulma didn't ask where or how, but she was geeked up about it. Even Bulma can have geeky turn-ons. The duo where playing Def Jam: Fight for NY.

"Damn Bulma, not bad. You make a good partner." Ace said.

(Ace) as the custom character, Shade, just threw Chiang down into the subway tracks. (Bulma) as Cindy J bashed Lil' Kim's face into the pole.

"The specs on this blow my stuff out of the water!" Bulma said before winning the match by throwing her opponent in front of a moving subway. "And I just won us the match."

"So Bulma, up for another game?" Ace asked. "Or maybe something else more fun?"

"Perv." Bulma said teasingly as she undid her shorts.


It was later in the afternoon when Goku was ready to leave Jingle Village, and he got the message from Ace. Eighter, Suno, and the village were going to see him off.

"Goodbye, Goku. Make sure to tell Ace to come visit." Suno said.

Goku nodded.

"Good luck on your journey, Goku." Eighter said.

"We'll be in your and Ace's debt for your heroism." The Mayor as Goku took off on Nimbus.

That was when Kristoff came out armed with a shotgun. He realized why Suno smelled so odd. Too bad, Ace was long gone.

"Damn you, Ace!" Kristoff screamed skyward.

Goku was back in his gi once got out of Jingle Village and its cold climate. The Red Ribbon Army would notice Goku being on the move due to Ace leaving the balls with him.

"Damn it, the balls are on the move and faster than we can track!" Commander Red said bitterly.

Goku would arrive in the bustling loud city that was West City. Goku was adjusting to the noise as he landed with travel pack around his neck. Ace had given Goku a few instructions to help avoid any trouble. Goku quickly found the guy offering money for he was beaten. Great Lee was a part of the Tournament. Despite being eliminated early on, he felt confident he'd stomp in a street fight.

"Hey, I'll fight you." Goku said coming in.

He put down his bundle and took a stance. Great Lee looked him over and immediately recognized the style. It was a lot similar to the same guy (Krillin) who beat him at the tournament.

"Hold up. That style looks familiar." Great Lee remarked.

"I trained under Master Roshi." Goku said spooking Lee.

Great Lee gave up, gave Goku the money, and sent him on his way with his bundle. It was a small price to pay. Great Lee wasn't going to make the same mistake twice. The crowd cleared for Goku immensely afraid. Unlike canon, the two goons that would have robbed Goku had a stroke of competence. They decided that it wasn't worth it. Goku ran up into a mother with sunglasses. Scarlet Bloom was trying to earn a living, but dreamed of having her own business. So, it was a godsend that after helping Goku find a police officer, Goku gave her 100,000 zeni like it was no big deal. Goku didn't know it, but he funded something big. Officer McCoy had seen odd things, but this kid was up there. He discovered the kid was basically a country mouse, and decided to help the kid. He couldn't believe the request. This kid was looking for the Bulma Briefs. Unlike in the origin timeline, Goku knew her full name thanks to Ace. McCoy was now en route for Capsule Corporation. As for Ace, he and Bulma were dragging themselves up out of bed from their sexual marathon.

"I can't feel my legs." Bulma said stumbling about.

"I can't feel my balls…" Ace said weakly.

Oolong had shown up at the apartment not too long ago. He had gotten an eyeful and Bulma was too drained to hammer him for looking.

"We should go. I did say Goku would be at Capsule Corp soon. I'll give you a ride." Ace said getting cleaned up.

Bulma could only nodded as she staggered off to clean up herself. Oolong decided to leave not wanting Bulma's ire. In five minutes, Ace and Bulma were off on Kageyama to Capsule Corp.


(A/N: It's rather short and the next chapter will be too considering its filler. Hasky will be quickly dealt with. When that happens, I'd be focus on the manga counterpart to the episode, "Bulma and Goku". Edit – 8/18/17 – I'm sorry for how poorly written this one was the first time. This had a load of spelling errors and grammar issues. Thankfully, I fixed it all up. My advice to all fellow writers, re-read your work repeatedly. Final Edit – 11/29/27 – Surprisingly, this had the least amount of errors.)