They came upon a village. They landed. No one seemed to be afraid of them however, they were already running about screaming about some house or palace being on fire. Bardock stopped one "What's going on?"
The man said "Mount Frypan is on fire! The Ox-king's house at the top is in flames and no one can put it out and his daughter is missing!"
"Who is this Ox-king? Is he in charge of this village?"
"Yes!" Bardock let the man go. A fire that couldn't be put out? Where? He looked over the ridge and saw a mountain on fire. 'That may be it.'
Ramen asked "Are we going to go check it out?"
Bardock shrugged "Let's go. Maybe we can make an ally of their leader by putting out this fire of his." He tried to sense out a power level and found a strong one by human standards. "He's on the fire mountain?" He shook his head. "Come on." They went closer to the flames.
Meanwhile...
Kakkarot and Diari were riding there on Cherisu. They came to a forest that looked like some of the trees had been cut down in it. Then a girl ran by being chased by a dinosaur. She screamed. Kakkarot said "I've got to save her!"
Cherisu reared and Diari fell off. They ran on. Diari ran after. 'I hate it when he does that!'
Kakkarot galloped up on Cherisu and he reached down and caught the girl by her shirt and put her in front of him. She screamed. "Hey! I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm trying to save you!" She looked at him.
Chichi looked at this boy. He sure was handsome and he looked strong too. She smiled.
Kakkarot thought 'Why is she looking at me like that?' He then noticed the dinosaur was still chasing them. He had no reason to kill it. He shot a small ki blast at it. "Leave us alone!"
It looked hurt, then ran off with a roar. Chichi said "My hero."
'I wish she'd stop looking at me like that.' Kakkarot thought, uncomfortable. "Where do you live?"
"On mount Frypan, but it's on fire. Oh, I bet my daddy thought something bad happened to me and he's real worried. Can you take me back? Maybe you can put the fire out!"
Kakkarot shrugged "Ok." She talked so much and so fast. He barely picked up on it all. They galloped on. Diari yelled "Hey, brat! Wait up, will you?"
Kakkarot grinned "Sorry, mother." Diari pulled herself up.
"No, you're not." She noticed the girl "Hello, girl. What's your name?"
"My name is Chichi. Who are you?"
Diari said "I'm Diari. This is Kakkarot."
"That's a strange name."
Diari shrugged. She said "We'll take you home. Where do you live?"
"On mount frypan. It's over that hill." They came to where they could see it.
Diari said "You live there? But it's on fire!"
Chichi answered "I know. My daddy's probably worried about me. I've got to find him!" They kept riding.
With the other Saiyans...
A huge man jumped out of the fire, seemingly. Bardock fought him off, trying not to hurt him. He was trying to get a better idea of his power. Then he said "You're the ox-king!" They both stopped.
"I am. Who are you and what are you doing here?"
"I heard about the fire and came to put it out."
The ox-king said "But it can't be put out. It's a magical fire. The only thing that can put it out is the bansho fan and it's lost!"
Bardock said "You don't mind if I try?"
The ox-king shrugged.
Bardock thought about it. Abig enough fireball should cancel it out. "Stand back." They all did. Just then Kakkarot rode up. Bardock said "Son. Who is that?"
He said "Oh, this is Chichi. I saved her from a dinosaur."
Chichi jumped down and ran to the ox-king. "Daddy!"
The ox-king smiled "I'm so glad you're ok, honey." He looked at the boy and said "Thank you very much for rescuing my daughter."
"Your welcome."
Bardock said "Now, all of you stand back. I'm going to put the fire out." He gathered his energy and yelled "Fire of a thousand suns!" hundreds of balls of energy flew from his hands. Instead of pulling them to together like normal, he tried something different "Shield of flames!" He turned it into a shield around the flames and detonated it. With an affect like a gust of wind, the fire went out.
The ox-king looked at the man in amazement. He must be really powerful to do an attack like that. He said "You did it. You put the fire out."
"How long have you been trying?"
"Days. We tried water, sand...nothing worked."
"Fighting fire with fire works best in this case, it seems." Bardock's lip twitched in amuzement at the appropriateness of the cliche. They followed the Ox-king and girl back into the house. Bardock thought 'It's damaged. The house might...' Suddenly part of the ceiling fell in and the house began to shake "It's coming down. Everyone out!" The other Saiyans flew out the window. Bardock picked up the ox-king by the shirt and broke through the roof. Chichi looked at Kakkarot. He sighed and picked her up and flew out the window with her. Soon after they were out, the house collapsed.
The ox-king said "Thank you again."
Bardock said "You are welcome. Now we must leave."
"Where are you going?"
"To find land to build on."
"I could show you a place."
Bardock shook his head "We'll be fine on our own."
Chichi asked "Will I see you again?"
Bardock looked from his son to the girl. He said "We might run into each other sometime. Goodbye." He took off. His fellow Saiyans followed. Kakkarot and Diari rode off on Cherisu.
Ox-king watched them leave. He had a feeling he hadn't seen the last of them. He then looked at their house. He was going to have to rebuild somewhere else. He sighed.
Chichi watched them go and especially Kakkarot. She thought 'He's so handsome, and shy! And he saved me twice! My hero!' She sighed dreamily.
They scouted out the land and found a good place with a stream a few miles away. Bardock thought 'Why do I feel like that's not the last I'll be seeing of that man and girl?' He shook his head and shrugged the feeling off. He was probably just imagining things.
The ox-king knew of a place with a hill and a river a few miles south of mount Frypan. That should work. "Come, Chichi. It's time to move."
"Where are we going?"
"A place a few miles south of here. We'll have to rebuild the house." As they walked, the Ox-king slipped into thought. Hadn't those strangers been heading south? He shrugged and kept walking.
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