Dragon Ball
Part 1: The Monkey's Tale
Chapter 3: Sea Monkeys
Bulma and Son Goku prepare to begin the second day of their quest...while closer...ever closer...crawls an ominous shadow...!!
A large object made its way through the forest around Son Goku and Bulma's Capsule House with a SHLMP SHLMP... Inside, Son Goku was growing impatient with Bulma. "Aren't you ready yet?!" Son Goku asked. "You're so slow! What're you, a turtle?"
"And what is that supposed to mean, huh!?" exclaimed Bulma, in front of a mirror. "You're the one who wakes up too early!" she continurf. "For one thing, what's with the familiar tone!?" she exclaimed. "For another, I'm older and much more sophisticated than you! You should call me 'miss'!"
"But WHAT do you 'miss'?" asked Son Goku, eyeing the pot of coffee, which was making a quiet plip plip sound.
"--NOTHING, stupid!!" Bulma exclaimed. "...Oh, forget it. Want some?"
"That bitter soup?! UGH, no thanks!!" said Son Goku. "What I need is EXERCISE!" exclaimed Son Goku. He ran outside, yelling. "Haiiii-yaaaa!!!" He ran over and grabbed a boulder. "Ho!!" he yelled. "Ya!!!" He proceeded to lift the boulder, and shifted to get a better grip.
"Nnnngh...!!" grunted Son Goku, squeezing the boulder, and a GGG... sound began to...sound...as the boulder began to crack. Soon, the boulder completely exploded, scattering rock pieces all over. "HYAAA!!" exclaimed Son Goku, running over to yet another boulder. Well, at least he thought it was a boulder. Son Goku grabbed the large object that had been crawling towards their house earlier. The thing, which was actually a sea turtle, sprang up, surprising the young boy.
"WHAT?" asked the sea turtle in shock and surprise. "WHAT?"
"Huh?!" Son Goku questioned.
"HUFF HUFF," said the turtle (panting). "Dear me...what a fright..."
"Y-y-you really did turn into a turtle!!" said Son Goku shakily, thinking the turtle was Bulma. "It's all because you were so slow!!"
"?" asked the turtle.
"Now what?" asked Bulma, opening the door in response to the shouting Son Goku. "What are you babbling about?"
"Huh?" asked Son Goku, very confused after seeing Bulma at the door.
"Huh?" asked Bulma similarly. "What's with the turtle?"
"It's not you?" questioned Son Goku.
"As IF!!" Bulma exclaimed. "It looks like a sea turtle..." Bulma commented, changing moods quickly. "...But what's it doing so far inland...?"
"Pardon me, but if I might trouble you for a bucket of salt water...and a spot of seaweed besides..." asked the turtle.
"Not exactly shy, are you...?" asked Bulma. Soon, a bucket of sea water was in front of the turtle, and he was slurping away at it with a GLMP GLMP.
"AHH... Thank you... Thank you so much!" said the turtle. "I should explain...you see..." continued the turtle. "...I'm a turtle."
"And what am I...BLIND?!!" Bulma yelled.
"I'm as sea turtle, to be precise...but I went gathering mushrooms, you know, and...well, dash it all! I took a wrong turn!" said the turtle. "I've been wandering about for the past year, hoping to find my way back to the sea..."
"Wow!" exclaimed Son Goku.
"But you're going in exactly the wrong direction!" stated Bulma. "And you've gone a long, LONG way!" she commented. "The sea's to the south...about 120 Kilometers!"
"120...?! Oh dear, oh dear..." said the sea turtle sadly.
"Hey, you want us to take you to that "sea" thing?!" asked Son Goku.
"Would you really?! Oh jolly!!" exclaimed the sea turtle.
"What are you, nuts?!!" asked Bulma. "We've got 30 days left!! We can't be wasting time on turtles!!"
"You'd rather waste it brushin' y'r hair?" asked Son Goku.
"Look, it's not our responsibility!!" exclaimed Bulma. "We got our own quest!!"
"Then I'll go with-oucha," said Son Goku.
"Fine, do whatever you want!!! But don't ever darken my Hoi-Poi door again!!!" yelled Bulma.
"OOMPH!" protested Son Goku, lifting the sea turtle on his back.
"I AM sorry, old boy..." apologized the turtle.
"NYAAHH!!" Bulma shouted, majking a face at their backs. The soft patter of feet sounded as Son Goku ran off with the sea turtle on his back. "I MEAN IT! Never show your face again!" Son Goku thought he heard Bulma shout. "Who needs you?!!" Bulma said, more to herself than to Son Goku.
"....." A sound of silence marked Bulma's realization. "Oh, just great," she commented to herself. "I never took his Dragon Ball away from him..." she said. "...Meaning, if he doesn't come back..." she told herself. She suddenly notice the seeming abundance of huge big dinosaurs and pterodactyls. "....." Soon, she was on her motorcycle, revving the engine. "--Hey, wait up, you guys!!!" Bulma exclaimed. "You can't do it without me!!!" Soon, she caught up with Son Goku and the sea turtle.
"Huh...? What about never showing my face...?" said Son Goku, almost mockingly.
"I'm just too noble for my own good, okay?" Bulma replied.
"Oh-ho, you got scared all alone, huh?" asked Son Goku.
"Shows what you know...all you are to me is a Dragon Ball, doofus!" Bulma said.
Soon, the three allies had covered a large distance. The motorcycle made a BIIIIIN... sound and a dinosaur flew overhead. "Hup two three four..." said Son Goku, running lightly alongside the motorcycle. They were being viewed through a telescope held by a large, humanoid bear with a scar across his eye, armor and a large cutlass.
"Heh heh heh...Waiters on wheels, eh...?" said the bear. As the allies came closer, the bear spread his arms with a "hya", and said. "HALT!!"
"Huh?" said Son Goku.
"And how DID you know that Sea Turtle..." began the bear. "... Is my favorite DISH! WA HA HA!"
"Akk! Give it to 'im, pee-wee!" Bulma urged. "Give 'im the Turtle, give 'im the Turtle!!!"
"Bleh!" exclaimed Son Goku, sticking his toungue out at the Bear.
"Oh-ho!" said the bear at Son Goku's response. "A wise guy, eh? Just give me the Reptile, sonny..." and continued... "... And I might let you live!"
"What's wrong with you?!! Give 'im the stupid TURTLE!!!" shouted Bulma. "The world's FULL o' turtles!!!"
"NYAH,NYAH! Fooey on youey!" replied Son Goku mockingly.
"So...you wanna be my appetizer, eh...?" asked the bear.
"You better get off..." said Son Goku, dropping the Turtle off his back, hitting the ground with a FWOMP, who began scrabbling furiously to get away. The bear drew back his cutlass.
"Well, I do aim to PLEASE..." said the bear deceptively. "Hyah!!!!" the bear yelled, striking with his cutlass. Son Goku jumped with a VSSSHHHH as the cutlass hit the ground with a GONG.
"--Behind you!" called Son Goku, landing with a TOP on one foot.
"Heh heh heh heh..." said the bear, turning his head. "You're a quick little monkey, I'll give you that..."
"Now's our chance!!!" Bulma yelled, turning her bike around. "Hop on!! Let's go!!!"
"HEH HEH HEH..." the bear was continuing, having now turned around. The turtle peered around the cliff he was hiding behind..."HYOH!!!" yelled the bear, striking again. Something made a loud FWAH sound and Son Goku disappeared. Next thing anyone knew, he was smiling, having jumped and landed easily on the flat of the blade, absolutely unharmed.
"YOO-HOO!" said Son Goku.
"ARH!!!" said the bear, frustrated.
Son Goku jumped onto the snout of the bear and landed with a TMP. Son Goku tilted his left hand downwards in a claw, so his fingers made a sort of a tarantula. He closed into a fist and brought it to his hip, making it his draw hand. "Rock...Scissors..." Son Goku yelled. "..Paper!!!!" He yelled as he delivered an awesome punch to the bear right between the eyes. It produced a very loud "BWEK" sound. The bear fell backwards, spurting blood from its forehead.
"Nn...Gaah..." the bear sputtered.
"Later!" said Son Goku, jumping off of the bear's snout and making a "peace" sign.
"Okay, we can go now!" exclaimed Son Goku, grinning ear to ear. The bear landed with a BOOMM.
"I say...I do say..." said the awestruck turtle. A kind of ominous silent "gassp" fell over Bulma and the turtle.
"He's...he's THAT strong? But, then..." Bulma said.
"D'you really taste that good...?" asked Son Goku of the turtle.
"NO!!" the turtle answered. "Th-that is...I mean...they say sea turtles are quite nasty, really...Absolutely foul...A-HAHAHA...!!"
"Yeah,well, you sure don't LOOK yummy!" said Son Goku happily, putting the turtle back on his back.
*Phew*, said the turtle.
Later...palm trees made a SHHH...SHHH...sound as they swayed in the breeze. A very Dr. Slump-esque character was climbing a palm, asking the reader, "Is this Penguin Village...?*", and our heroes had made it to the sea. They were at the beach, gazing out at the huge body of water. "You've done it, lad!! It's the sea!!!" the turtle yelled. "No, no argue all you wish...that is the sea!"
"Who's arguing?" Bulma discreetly said.
"Whoa!! What a wide river!!!" exclaimed Son Goku.
"Must be pretty roomy, huh?" asked Son Goku.
"How can I ever thank you?!" asked the grateful turtle. "Really, I say, such generosity must not go unrewarded!!
"Could you just wait there for just a little bit?" asked the turtle, beginning to swim out to sea. "I'll bring you back a lovely reward, really!"
"Reward?" Son Goku wondered.
"I can't wait to see a TURTLE'S idea of a reward..." Bulma said skeptically. She stepped into the water. "Yeesh. If I knew we were comin' here, I'd a brought my swimsuit!" Son Goku tasted the water.
"GLEHH!! Who put SALT in the water?!!" complained Son Goku, who was used to fresh water. Bulma then noticed something. It was a dot on the horizon. The two were playing with the sand on the beach.
"Hey...what's that..." Bulma said.
"Huh?" asked Son Goku. He stood up and peered underneath his hand.
"It's the turtle all right...but there's somebody ridin' on 'im..." observed Son Goku.
"You can actually SEE that far?" asked Bulma. The dot started to form a shape. "So who in the heck..." Soon, who in the heck was a question answered. An old man was standing on the tutle. He was bald, with white eyebrows and a white beard. He carried a shell on his back and had a shirt with jumbled letters. He carried a half-concealed orange sphere on a necklace under his beard, and carried a wooden staff, not perfectly straught by any means. He wore sandals on his feet and shorts that came down to about mid-thigh.
"Aloha~!" exclaimed the newcomer in a scratchy voice.
"Sorry to keep you waiting!!" apologized the turtle.
"Off we go!" said the old man, hopping off of the turtle.
"Just what we need...an old man..." Bulma said sarcastically.
Careful, Bulma...don't be so quick to dismiss this old man...
Next: Hey! Goku! Get offa my cloud!
*An in-joke reference to the setting of Dr. Slump, Toriyama's second most famous series.--ED.
Part 1: The Monkey's Tale
Chapter 3: Sea Monkeys
Bulma and Son Goku prepare to begin the second day of their quest...while closer...ever closer...crawls an ominous shadow...!!
A large object made its way through the forest around Son Goku and Bulma's Capsule House with a SHLMP SHLMP... Inside, Son Goku was growing impatient with Bulma. "Aren't you ready yet?!" Son Goku asked. "You're so slow! What're you, a turtle?"
"And what is that supposed to mean, huh!?" exclaimed Bulma, in front of a mirror. "You're the one who wakes up too early!" she continurf. "For one thing, what's with the familiar tone!?" she exclaimed. "For another, I'm older and much more sophisticated than you! You should call me 'miss'!"
"But WHAT do you 'miss'?" asked Son Goku, eyeing the pot of coffee, which was making a quiet plip plip sound.
"--NOTHING, stupid!!" Bulma exclaimed. "...Oh, forget it. Want some?"
"That bitter soup?! UGH, no thanks!!" said Son Goku. "What I need is EXERCISE!" exclaimed Son Goku. He ran outside, yelling. "Haiiii-yaaaa!!!" He ran over and grabbed a boulder. "Ho!!" he yelled. "Ya!!!" He proceeded to lift the boulder, and shifted to get a better grip.
"Nnnngh...!!" grunted Son Goku, squeezing the boulder, and a GGG... sound began to...sound...as the boulder began to crack. Soon, the boulder completely exploded, scattering rock pieces all over. "HYAAA!!" exclaimed Son Goku, running over to yet another boulder. Well, at least he thought it was a boulder. Son Goku grabbed the large object that had been crawling towards their house earlier. The thing, which was actually a sea turtle, sprang up, surprising the young boy.
"WHAT?" asked the sea turtle in shock and surprise. "WHAT?"
"Huh?!" Son Goku questioned.
"HUFF HUFF," said the turtle (panting). "Dear me...what a fright..."
"Y-y-you really did turn into a turtle!!" said Son Goku shakily, thinking the turtle was Bulma. "It's all because you were so slow!!"
"?" asked the turtle.
"Now what?" asked Bulma, opening the door in response to the shouting Son Goku. "What are you babbling about?"
"Huh?" asked Son Goku, very confused after seeing Bulma at the door.
"Huh?" asked Bulma similarly. "What's with the turtle?"
"It's not you?" questioned Son Goku.
"As IF!!" Bulma exclaimed. "It looks like a sea turtle..." Bulma commented, changing moods quickly. "...But what's it doing so far inland...?"
"Pardon me, but if I might trouble you for a bucket of salt water...and a spot of seaweed besides..." asked the turtle.
"Not exactly shy, are you...?" asked Bulma. Soon, a bucket of sea water was in front of the turtle, and he was slurping away at it with a GLMP GLMP.
"AHH... Thank you... Thank you so much!" said the turtle. "I should explain...you see..." continued the turtle. "...I'm a turtle."
"And what am I...BLIND?!!" Bulma yelled.
"I'm as sea turtle, to be precise...but I went gathering mushrooms, you know, and...well, dash it all! I took a wrong turn!" said the turtle. "I've been wandering about for the past year, hoping to find my way back to the sea..."
"Wow!" exclaimed Son Goku.
"But you're going in exactly the wrong direction!" stated Bulma. "And you've gone a long, LONG way!" she commented. "The sea's to the south...about 120 Kilometers!"
"120...?! Oh dear, oh dear..." said the sea turtle sadly.
"Hey, you want us to take you to that "sea" thing?!" asked Son Goku.
"Would you really?! Oh jolly!!" exclaimed the sea turtle.
"What are you, nuts?!!" asked Bulma. "We've got 30 days left!! We can't be wasting time on turtles!!"
"You'd rather waste it brushin' y'r hair?" asked Son Goku.
"Look, it's not our responsibility!!" exclaimed Bulma. "We got our own quest!!"
"Then I'll go with-oucha," said Son Goku.
"Fine, do whatever you want!!! But don't ever darken my Hoi-Poi door again!!!" yelled Bulma.
"OOMPH!" protested Son Goku, lifting the sea turtle on his back.
"I AM sorry, old boy..." apologized the turtle.
"NYAAHH!!" Bulma shouted, majking a face at their backs. The soft patter of feet sounded as Son Goku ran off with the sea turtle on his back. "I MEAN IT! Never show your face again!" Son Goku thought he heard Bulma shout. "Who needs you?!!" Bulma said, more to herself than to Son Goku.
"....." A sound of silence marked Bulma's realization. "Oh, just great," she commented to herself. "I never took his Dragon Ball away from him..." she said. "...Meaning, if he doesn't come back..." she told herself. She suddenly notice the seeming abundance of huge big dinosaurs and pterodactyls. "....." Soon, she was on her motorcycle, revving the engine. "--Hey, wait up, you guys!!!" Bulma exclaimed. "You can't do it without me!!!" Soon, she caught up with Son Goku and the sea turtle.
"Huh...? What about never showing my face...?" said Son Goku, almost mockingly.
"I'm just too noble for my own good, okay?" Bulma replied.
"Oh-ho, you got scared all alone, huh?" asked Son Goku.
"Shows what you know...all you are to me is a Dragon Ball, doofus!" Bulma said.
Soon, the three allies had covered a large distance. The motorcycle made a BIIIIIN... sound and a dinosaur flew overhead. "Hup two three four..." said Son Goku, running lightly alongside the motorcycle. They were being viewed through a telescope held by a large, humanoid bear with a scar across his eye, armor and a large cutlass.
"Heh heh heh...Waiters on wheels, eh...?" said the bear. As the allies came closer, the bear spread his arms with a "hya", and said. "HALT!!"
"Huh?" said Son Goku.
"And how DID you know that Sea Turtle..." began the bear. "... Is my favorite DISH! WA HA HA!"
"Akk! Give it to 'im, pee-wee!" Bulma urged. "Give 'im the Turtle, give 'im the Turtle!!!"
"Bleh!" exclaimed Son Goku, sticking his toungue out at the Bear.
"Oh-ho!" said the bear at Son Goku's response. "A wise guy, eh? Just give me the Reptile, sonny..." and continued... "... And I might let you live!"
"What's wrong with you?!! Give 'im the stupid TURTLE!!!" shouted Bulma. "The world's FULL o' turtles!!!"
"NYAH,NYAH! Fooey on youey!" replied Son Goku mockingly.
"So...you wanna be my appetizer, eh...?" asked the bear.
"You better get off..." said Son Goku, dropping the Turtle off his back, hitting the ground with a FWOMP, who began scrabbling furiously to get away. The bear drew back his cutlass.
"Well, I do aim to PLEASE..." said the bear deceptively. "Hyah!!!!" the bear yelled, striking with his cutlass. Son Goku jumped with a VSSSHHHH as the cutlass hit the ground with a GONG.
"--Behind you!" called Son Goku, landing with a TOP on one foot.
"Heh heh heh heh..." said the bear, turning his head. "You're a quick little monkey, I'll give you that..."
"Now's our chance!!!" Bulma yelled, turning her bike around. "Hop on!! Let's go!!!"
"HEH HEH HEH..." the bear was continuing, having now turned around. The turtle peered around the cliff he was hiding behind..."HYOH!!!" yelled the bear, striking again. Something made a loud FWAH sound and Son Goku disappeared. Next thing anyone knew, he was smiling, having jumped and landed easily on the flat of the blade, absolutely unharmed.
"YOO-HOO!" said Son Goku.
"ARH!!!" said the bear, frustrated.
Son Goku jumped onto the snout of the bear and landed with a TMP. Son Goku tilted his left hand downwards in a claw, so his fingers made a sort of a tarantula. He closed into a fist and brought it to his hip, making it his draw hand. "Rock...Scissors..." Son Goku yelled. "..Paper!!!!" He yelled as he delivered an awesome punch to the bear right between the eyes. It produced a very loud "BWEK" sound. The bear fell backwards, spurting blood from its forehead.
"Nn...Gaah..." the bear sputtered.
"Later!" said Son Goku, jumping off of the bear's snout and making a "peace" sign.
"Okay, we can go now!" exclaimed Son Goku, grinning ear to ear. The bear landed with a BOOMM.
"I say...I do say..." said the awestruck turtle. A kind of ominous silent "gassp" fell over Bulma and the turtle.
"He's...he's THAT strong? But, then..." Bulma said.
"D'you really taste that good...?" asked Son Goku of the turtle.
"NO!!" the turtle answered. "Th-that is...I mean...they say sea turtles are quite nasty, really...Absolutely foul...A-HAHAHA...!!"
"Yeah,well, you sure don't LOOK yummy!" said Son Goku happily, putting the turtle back on his back.
*Phew*, said the turtle.
Later...palm trees made a SHHH...SHHH...sound as they swayed in the breeze. A very Dr. Slump-esque character was climbing a palm, asking the reader, "Is this Penguin Village...?*", and our heroes had made it to the sea. They were at the beach, gazing out at the huge body of water. "You've done it, lad!! It's the sea!!!" the turtle yelled. "No, no argue all you wish...that is the sea!"
"Who's arguing?" Bulma discreetly said.
"Whoa!! What a wide river!!!" exclaimed Son Goku.
"Must be pretty roomy, huh?" asked Son Goku.
"How can I ever thank you?!" asked the grateful turtle. "Really, I say, such generosity must not go unrewarded!!
"Could you just wait there for just a little bit?" asked the turtle, beginning to swim out to sea. "I'll bring you back a lovely reward, really!"
"Reward?" Son Goku wondered.
"I can't wait to see a TURTLE'S idea of a reward..." Bulma said skeptically. She stepped into the water. "Yeesh. If I knew we were comin' here, I'd a brought my swimsuit!" Son Goku tasted the water.
"GLEHH!! Who put SALT in the water?!!" complained Son Goku, who was used to fresh water. Bulma then noticed something. It was a dot on the horizon. The two were playing with the sand on the beach.
"Hey...what's that..." Bulma said.
"Huh?" asked Son Goku. He stood up and peered underneath his hand.
"It's the turtle all right...but there's somebody ridin' on 'im..." observed Son Goku.
"You can actually SEE that far?" asked Bulma. The dot started to form a shape. "So who in the heck..." Soon, who in the heck was a question answered. An old man was standing on the tutle. He was bald, with white eyebrows and a white beard. He carried a shell on his back and had a shirt with jumbled letters. He carried a half-concealed orange sphere on a necklace under his beard, and carried a wooden staff, not perfectly straught by any means. He wore sandals on his feet and shorts that came down to about mid-thigh.
"Aloha~!" exclaimed the newcomer in a scratchy voice.
"Sorry to keep you waiting!!" apologized the turtle.
"Off we go!" said the old man, hopping off of the turtle.
"Just what we need...an old man..." Bulma said sarcastically.
Careful, Bulma...don't be so quick to dismiss this old man...
Next: Hey! Goku! Get offa my cloud!
*An in-joke reference to the setting of Dr. Slump, Toriyama's second most famous series.--ED.
