Hello everyone! ^_^ been a busy few weeks. here's the next installment! Enjoy~
Gohan blasted up past the clouds into the bright blue sky with a wide smile spread on his face.
*Two whole days! Two whole days of training and visiting old friends.* He thought happily blasting off towards Kame House.
As he got closer to the ocean he lowered in the sky to skip right above the water. Dolphins started to race with him, jumping out of the water and spraying his face with droplets of cold salty water. The black haired youth slowed down so the dolphins didn't exhaust themselves and weaved between the waves with his escorts. After on enjoyable 20 minute flight from West City to Master Roshi's island, Gohan lightly landed on the sandy beach in front of the island retreat of the turtle hermit. The tiny circular island sported white sand, green grass and a modest pink 2 story house with a bright red roof. There was a light cool breeze that smelled strongly of the sea, with the bright sun shining down it made an idealic little retreat. There was a white lawn chair with a stack of questionable magazines laying next to it and all was quiet.
"Hello? Anybody home? Master Roshi?" Gohan called out.
"Eh? Oh! Gohan!" an old mans cracking voice responded.
The front screen door opened to reveal the Master himself. Wearing a colorful Hawaiian shirt, Bermuda shorts, and wearing his trademark sunglasses which were red with green reflective glass. As he stepped out onto his shaded porch, his shades glinted against the sunlight and he stroked his short white beard and mustache absently, holding what looked like a milkshake in one wrinkled hand. The drink had an orange slice and an umbrella in it.
"What brings you to my little slice of paradise, Gohan?" He asked kindly. "Been showing off that new girlfriend? Not that I blame ya! What a fireball!" He added onerously, drooling unashamedly with his mouth hanging open.
Gohan's face crumbled in dismay and embarrassment, "You were watching the news yesterday too huh? It's not like that! She's not my girlfriend, Master Roshi. Right now, I think she kinda hates me. " He explained despondently, sitting on the grass.
"Nonsense! You just have to shower her with complements and gifts and she'll change her tune!" Roshi said confidently tapping his fist in his open palm. "Confidence is key! If your nervous, then she's nervous and nothing goes right!" The old man spouted expertly. Before Gohan could stop him Roshi started to spout love advice. "Ladies love attention! Get her some nice flowers and some chocolates! Sing her a serenade, take her for a romantic dinner, buy her some shiny new jewelry! You can't let a firecracker like that get away! Maybe you should try giving her a big kiss! That would really set her off! All you saiyans seem to be attracted to violent women! You should also wear some cologne! Ladies love a guy who's put together! Its very studly!" Roshi said waving his hands about and nodding his own head at his own sage advice.
Gohan sweat dropped, "Uh… Thanks for the advice, I think."
"Oh your welcome, my boy! You youngsters need all the help you can get from such a wise and handsome source!" Roshi said happily, grinning lecherously.
Gohan shook his head,then began digging around in his bag. He fished out the box for Master Roshi. The box matched the pink of Kame house and had identical red trim with the Kame symbol on the top of the box.
"Here ya go, Master Roshi. Bulma has me delivering these to everybody." He said handing the box over. Roshi took it and peered hopefully inside, inside was a metal clip, a small cloth bag filled with a but 10 senzu, and a red trimmed BDR.
"What this? A new invention of hers?" He asked picking up the small band-aid carefully.
"Yeah. She calls it a Band-aid Dragon Radar, or BDR, for short. It sticks to any exposed skin, like a band-aid and goes ridged when its not attached. Like this, see?" Gohan explained and demonstrated. "It's not as powerful as the old normal Dragon Radar but it'll help if we ever need them in a hurry. Oh! Also, this is a walkie-talkie, essentially, you clip it too your ear, like this." Gohan said, slipping it onto his ear. "Then you pinch it to activate the microphone and you can speak to anyone else who has this." He finished.
"Wow. Bulma sure does think of the funniest stuff." Roshi commented attaching both the communicator and the BDR. "So you came over to deliver this stuff?" He asked as he fiddled with the BDR, trying to find a good place for it.
Gohan fidgeted nervously, "Well, there is one more thing. When you fought my dad in the 23 tournament as Jackie Chun you caught him in an attack that was made of lightening. Do you think you could show me?" He asked, putting his hand behind his head.
Roshi nodded, "Ah, yes. The Lighting Surprise Attack. How did ya know I was Jackie Chun?" He asked surprised that his master disguise had been discovered."I thought I was doing good, keeping it a secret, I mean." Roshi added slyly. "The ladies dig a guy in disguise." he added wiggling his eyebrows suggestively, "But then you know all about that don't cha you superhero!"
Gohan blushed, "Only Bulma, Goten and Trunks and myself know." Gohan smiled trying to avoid Roshi's knowing grin, "I told Goten that it wouldn't make a good pet and he decided to pester turtle instead. Anyway, Can ya give me some pointers, Master Roshi?" Gohan asked.
"No problem! Ehehehe! Lets go out and practice!" Roshi said enthusiastically. It got boring on his island and good company was good to come by. Ever since Launch had left he'd been stuck with the occasional visit from an old student and Krillens family. Android18 was one hot mama but she packed even more punch than launch ever did. To top it off she was off the market. What was a stud to do? The next three hours were spent learning and modifying the lightning surprise attack.
~ Meanwhile~
Bulma adjusted the screen on her one-dimensional communicator and waved in greeting to her counterpart. "You ready on that end?" Future Bulma asked.
"Ready when you are! Let er' rip!" Present Bulma said puling a lever and pushing a series of colorful buttons.
The circular white tiled platform started to whir and hum, with the power the blue haired geniuses pumped into it. Boxes were on top tied together with high quality rope and filled to the brim with fresh foods and some seeds. The platform started to glow with a bright white light until a muted pop sounded and present Bulma turned her head to see the pile start to glitter and fade away from her dimension. On the screen Future Bulma gasped in awe as the pile slowly materialized on her much less orderly platform.
"It worked! It worked! It worked!" She sang happily bouncing over to dance a short celebratory jig around the pile.
Present Bulma smiled, "All right! Check to see if everything arrived okay!"
Grinning happily, Future Bulma grabbed the knot on the top, carefully folding the rope and setting it aside. Every last bit of the unexpected pile would be put to good use. She opened each box, giving a happy joy filled shout when she uncovered each treasure. Everything seems to make it except the 3 capsules. When she pushed the plunger on the top, it shocked her and she dropped it in surprise.
"Hmmm….I wonder why the capsules didn't transfer properly?" Both Bulma's thought simultaneously.
Future Bulma grabbed the capsule back up and stared at it for a few seconds before her face lit up, "I wonder…" Future Bulma murmured before pressing the intercom button, "Trunks, will you come here for a minute?"
"Yeah mom?" Trunks asked as he walked in.
"Did the capsule you took to the future work after you came back?" Present Bulma watched as Trunks thought, folding his arms in a manner reminiscent of his temperamental father.
"My fridge worked fine until I came back. It broke after shorting out maybe a week late."
"So the machine inside the capsule protected the goods inside but food sent without the protection of a capsule and a gadget causes a short out of the 374BL circuit. "Future Bulma hypothesized.
ChiChi walked in, "Oh my! Look at all the supplies! This is wonderful!" She exclaimed and started to sort and arrange everything.
Seeds, fruit, rope, camping gear, spare clothes, pots and pans, processed foods, a smelting kit, a few empty capsules, gardening tools, and the 3 capsules that malfunctioned.
"So if I replace the faulty circuit, then …" Future Bulma said picking up the red capsule and prying off the circuit panel on the side. After replacing the circuit panel, she pressed the plunger and was rewarded with a pile of containers with food specially made for Trunks and sprinkled with the senzu powder Bulma had been experimenting with. Trunks immediately tore into a broccoli and cheese casserole, after warming the dish in his ki and heating it for a few seconds.
Half way through the dish, he paused and set it down, holding his stomach, "I'm full!" He said disbelievingly.
"Yep, I'm a genius. That is covered in powdered senzu powder. A few bites of any of it and it will fill up a normal human for a few days. A half saiyan can enjoy being full for a few hours, and a full saiyan gets a nice meal but can eat about 3 servings to get full. Chichi is an excellent cook as you well know, so take a break and decorate. Keep your spirits up, and speaking of which, Trunks, you need to come visit us once you get all this stored away! Gohan just left to do some more research on their little bet. You should come watch your father baby sit you! "Present Bulma said with her hands on her hips and a sly smile.
Trunks smiled, thinking of lost opportunities, his mother and Chichi joining him. After making a new wish list, the connection was cut and Bulma headed off to grab some dinner herself. She walked down the hall with a wide smile on her face humming a tune she had heard when she was younger she turned the corner, still humming her happy song.
"…a child like love and fantasy… Make your dreams come true. You'll see fantasy, Magic can happen to you!" The kitchen was full to the brim with chatting students.
She walked over to the auto-nom machine, grabbed a chicken sandwich and a pile of potato chips. She walked to the end of the nearest table and sat down to chow down. The Transfers saw their blue haired hostess and decided to move over and join her.
"Hi Bulma!" Lime said cheerfully.
"Hi ladies, fellas! What have you been doing today?" Bulma asked, "Just hanging around the rec. room. We haven't been able to find Gohan today. Have you seen him?" Chico asked hopefully.
Bulma finished her food and smiled. "I was just about to make an announcement about him." Standing up, Bulma raised her right hand and loudly cleared her throat. One by one the class quieted down to hear her. "Hello everyone! I just wanted to keep you guys up to date on a few things. First, you remember Mirai, my son from the future? Well he told me that he would be dropping by to visit in a few days. He's going to restock their supplies and then hang around here for a while. Secondly, because we don't see him all that often, Gohan has left to run some last minute errands and to find my husband who seems to be MIA after the while incident with the kidnapper. He will be back in 2 days if not sooner. Thirdly, now that the first week of your trip is done, you can now pick between capsule craft class or learning about already made inventions. Discuss it amongst yourselves and we'll vote tomorrow morning. Then it's the weekend and we'll do the remaining part. That's it!" Bulma said cheerfully, counting off her points on her slim manicured fingers.
The class started to chatter excitedly again and the transfers quickly grouped around her as she sat back down.
"So Gohan is gone? Did Videl manage to corner him before he escaped?" Rom asked with a grin.
Bulma snickered. "She didn't exactly corner him. She has got a few of her questions answered, so she should calm down a bit. Poor Gohan looked traumatized so I gave him a chance to escape and boy did he fly away fast!" Bulma said.
They all snickered knowing that Gohan probably was on the other side of the world by now. Seeing Bulma finishing her lunch, as Chico and Lime giggled about Gohan's face when Videl had caught him, they all got up and made their way to the living room of secrets.
"So, how much did Videl freak out?" Pigero asked.
"Not too badly. If figured I would catch you guys up on what she doesn't know about yet." Bulma replied. "Again this is top secret, never tell anyone, on pain of mutilation by Vegeta, information. Now you know that Gohan is part Alien, but we have met others." She said grabbing her box of photos and passing them out." These guys are called Namekians. They are a peaceful race that we harbored a few years back when their planet Namek was blown up by a space tyrant. Gohan's father defeated him and then they essentially came home with us. Erasa and Videl know all of this too so feel free to chat about it, discreetly! The other bombshell was this little guy." She pointed at Dende's image. "Earths last guardian, Kami, "She ignored the gasps, "Passed on the job to Dende here. He's the sweetest little guy. Namekians seem to live for hundreds of years so the became a bit wiser than humans. The fact that they are a supportive culture rather than a competitive one like the humans also makes them seen very serene and understanding. Gohan was trained by a Namekian named Piccolo. Right now Dende and Piccolo are living together and guarding earth while Dende trains in his guarding powers." Bulma explained.
"What do you mean when you say supportive rather than competitive?" Chico asked.
"Well, humans are a competitive race. We believe for the most part that our own survival is more important than the overall good. There are exceptions like mothers and fathers, leaders, and peace keepers like police men. But for the most part its a eat or be eaten world. As an instinct to support our children, we fight over resources. The namekians don't have to compete for much. they survive on water and sunlight. As a result the only thing they really fight over is thier different takes of various knowledge. they like to observe and for the most part have kept the same society for ages. The elders are looked to as leaders because they have simply lived longer." Bulma explained. "Kami was over 200 by the time he gave the job up. He was very wise from what I hear."
Pigero cleared his throat. "Piccolo As in the Demon King Piccolo? " Pigero asked tentatively.
"He is technically the Son of Demon King Piccolo but don't freak out, we've been friends for the past 20 years at least." Bulma smiled reassuringly.
Pigero shook his head, "So the being who is arguably 'god' is rooming with the son of the Demon King Piccolo who just happened to train our naïve Gohan when he was a toddler to defeat space tyrants and you want me to NOT freak!" Pigero said incredulously, leaning forward in his seat.
Bulma laughed uproariously, "Yep that about sums it up! Pigero looked at Bulma before his eyes rolled up in his head, and he took a break from the confusion of the waking world.
~Meanwhile~
"Find the dragon balls! Look out for em' all! Gotta hear the call of magic dragon balls! What a great adventure this will be!" Gohan sang happily as he flew towards Tien and Chiaotzu's house.
He passed over large, lush, green forests, a large crystal clear blue lake with a waterfall and finally made it to Tien and Chiaotsu's log cabin high in the mountains. "Hello? Anyone home?" Gohan called with his ands cupping his mouth to amplify the sound. The wind blew, rattling the windows a bit, but no answer was heard.
"Hmm… I guess no one's home…" Gohan waked up to try the door but it was securely locked.
"Hmmm… I guess I'll keep moving." Gohan decided launching himself into the air once again.
"Through the fires of time, we're waiting patiently. When all 7 balls we find, the dragon is set free! Rising, rising, mesmerizing a thrilling mystery!" He continued singing happily flying towards the lookout.
That's all folks!