A/N here is the second part so far. Sorry about the jumps in story and mess ups. It was written by 3 diffrent peps so you know.... There are only 3 Chapters int his post but they are longer.
Chapter 10: Talking to Stones(Kintaro)
"This is where the dragon radar shows."Flute stated.
"Let me see that," Taka said grabing it and clicking the button. "nothing. It is here for sure."
"Hey Guys look."Tana said pointing to a lone verticle rockabout 6' tall. About chest level was a carving of a dragon ingulfed in flames. "Heh let me have the radar for a second."
She turned the radar on it's back, and sure enough there was an identical insignia. Tana pressed the radar to the carving and the ground began to rummble.
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"Before you go agian," Master Roshi said stopping Ashura with his hand, "You must see Korin."
"Why? Isn't he dead?"
"No This isn't the Corin that knew Goku, he is actually Korin II. His mother was Puar. Anyhow, he is now the leading android expert on earth." the Turtle Hermit finished.
"Better than you?" Ashura asked looking towards Trunks.
"I don't nearly have as much brains as my mom and grandpa had. I inherited my mind from both my father and my grand-mother."
"Where is Korin?" Koh asked as Trunks laughed hysterically.
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"Have my Fleet of Sibamen been prepared for the trip to...What was it called?" Samuhito asked looking out the window.
"Earth, son" Samuhito's 'mother', a cooler, awnsered.
"Yes, earth...are they ready for earth?"
"Y-y-y-y-e-e-e-s-sssss."
"Stop hissing."
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Slowly the rumbling of the ground stopped. As Flute was about to say somthing a deep voice from seemingly inside the rock began to speak,
"To Find the Dragon of the deep, deep ground;
one must go first up, and then go down."
After a long moment Flute asked, "up then down?"
"What does it mean by the dragon of the ground?" Taka asked out loud.
"Well obviosly that means there is a Dragon Ball under ground." Tana explained. After a moment of thought she said, "Well first lets go up like it says."
They flue up into the air and looked down towards the cannion. The cannion looked much like a winding dragon from this angle. In it's 'mouth' was a large round cannion. They all quickly flue down there with a grunt form Taka.
In the center of the valley was a star shaped rock. It again had the dragon caved on the top. Again, Tana pressed the radar to the stone and the stone slid down into the earth. The three freinds followed the rock underground and they landed into a vast cavern dimly lit by small holes in the ceiling. At the end of the cavern, emulated from light above sat the 1 star dragon ball. The three grabed it and quickly exited.
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Chapter 11: Ow (Zeshin)
"So where's the next dragon ball?" Flute asked.
Tana pressed the button on the dragon radar. "Hmm-. That's strange.
There's one moving nearby. Actually, I think it's heading in this
direction."
"Well," Taka began, "let's go get it. We can meet it half way."
The three of them began to fly, and had done so for only a very short
time, when Tana called out, "This can't be right! According to the
dragon radar, the dragon ball is gone. It just went right by us."
"B-but I didn't see anything." Flute replied, confused. "Are you sure
that thing works right?"
Tana pressed the button on the dragon radar several times.
Taka turned around to face Tana. "Where is it? Dragon balls don't
disappear. It has to be somewhere."
"I've zoomed out as far as I can, and it's not on the radar." Tana
spoke
without the slightest hint of emotion. "The dragon radar is showing
half
the planet, but it only shows three dragon balls."
"Maybe it was flying." Flute suggested. "It could have flown over us.
Or
maybe under us.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were right." Taka replied.
"But, dragonballs don't fly. Do they?"
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"I didn't think Korin Tower was this tall." Ashura sped upward into the
sky, with Korin Tower as his guide. "I've been flying for an hour, and
I
still can't see the top.
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Clouds of dust flew into the air as Koh slid, on both feet, down into
the valley he was just overlooking moments ago, and toward the lake in
it's center. When he finally skid to a hault, another dust cloud rose,
and quickly dispersed as it spread to fill the valley. "There's
something here. I can feel it." Koh surveyed his surroundings and
quickly came to a conclusion. "It's under the water!" With a splash
Koh
dove into the lake. He continued to drift downward for some time, and
then, finally, slowed to a stop. Thousands of tiny bubbles floated up
across Koh's face as he turned his head back and forth in an attempt to
see what was around him. Koh dove down, no longer trying to see with
his
eyes, but to "feel" what was around him. He finally reached the bottom
and began to feel with his hands. Immediately, Koh was surprised to
feel
something round and about the size of a basketball. Only one thing went
through his mind, and when he saw what he had found, he realized that
is
was not what he had expected. In front of him he held a skull, covered
with mud from having lain at the botton of the lake for a long time.
Withought further thought, Koh quickly flung it away. Just then, a
smaller, orange sphere came out of the skull through an opening, which
apparently had been a mouth at one time. A dragonball! Without
hesitating for a second, Koh grabbed the dragonball and swam upward as
fast as he could. At this moment, Koh realized that he had forgotten
about his need for oxygen, and was gasping for air when he finally
reached the surface. "Why is it..." cough, "that wherever you find..."
cough, " a dragonball, you find a skull?"
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"Maybe we should go back and see Snake and Toad." Flute suggested.
"They
might know something about the flying dragon ball."
Tana pushed the button on the dragon radar. "That's a good idea.
There's
another dragonball on the way. The other is way off in the other
direction. We can get it later."
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"Hey, I was closer than I thought. Kami's lookout is right up there,
and
Korins place is just under it. I better slow down so I don't miss it."
Ashura began to slow down, but couldn't stop in time. He soared upward
straight toward the bottom of Kami's lookout. With a loud bang, Ashura
smashed into the bottom of Kami's Lookout. A cloud of dust formed and
loomed just below Kami's Lookout, and eventually merged seemlessly with
the clouds around it. Ashura fell from the gaping hole and landed
right
on top of Korin's home.
"Oh my! What happened here?" Mr. Popo leaned over the edge of Kami's
lookout, but could see only clouds. As Mr. Popo began climbing down
the
ladder to see what was going on, another voice came from below.
"What's all that racket?" Cough, Cough. "Who's responsible for this?"
Korin climbed on top of the rail so he could see.
Ashura began to stand just as the wind shifted. Ashura's shirt sleeves
filled with air; his clothes and hair waved in the wind. Unsteadily,
he
rose to his feet and began to speek. "Korin, is that you?"
"I am Korin II. Who are you?
"My name's Ashura. Sorry about the hole. I guess I was flying too
fast." Ashura climbed down into Korin's home. "I'll fix it, I
promise."
"Don't worry about it." Mr. Popo dropped into the conversation. "I
don't have much to do around here the way it is. This hole will keep
me
busy for a while."
"Really? Thanks!"
"So, you're looking for an android expert, are you?" Korin's brows
lowered as he became more serious.
"Huh? How'd you know?" Ashura rubbed his neck with his right hand, and
slightly tilted his head to the left. "Oww. I think something is
broken. My left arm is not responding."
"Amazing. An android with the ability to feel pain. I've never seen
anything like it before."
"Yes, but sometimes I wish I could not feel pain."
"Pain is just as important as strength. Without pain, you wouldn't
know
anything was wrong with you, and you couldn't do anything about it."
"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-I guess your rah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ight." Ashura's eyes
flickered, and then became dim before Ashura collapsed on the floor.
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"Hey," Tana tunred here head toward Taka, "The dragon ball's in the
village down there." The three fo them flew down to the village and
landed in front of the door of a large building.
"They sure have nice buildings for such a small village." Flute
observed.
"Yeah," Taka agreed, "you got that right." Taka knocked on the door.
After a few seconds, the door opened "Hello? Oh, who are you?" A
strange looking person stepped forward.
"I'm Flute!"
"My name is Tana, and this is Taka."
"Greetings. My name is Newt. Tell me, what brings you here?"
Taka answered for the group, "We're looking for a dragon ball. Our
radar said there was one somewhere in this village."
"What's a dragon ball?" Newt was confused. "Come to think of it, there
is an orange ball with 2 stars on it. Or, there was... You see, we
lost it in that lake over there a long time ago. If you can find it,
you can keep it."
"Thanks" Tana replied.
"Yean, Thanks." Flute added.
"Goodbye, and good luck!" Newt waved as the trio started toward the
lake.
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"A dragon ball... The four star dragon ball. I wasn't sure if they
were
real, but now I know they are." Koh sat on the beach, holding his
dragon ball up in the light of the sun. As he lowered the dragon ball,
his upside-down reflection streached across it, from the bottom to the
top. "If there's a dragon ball here, I must be on Namek. I guess I
don't need those three any more."
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Taka dove into the lake, followed by Tana, then Flute. After swimming
fow a while, the three began turning over rocks. Just then, a huge
fish, more than big enogh to swallow the three of them at once, lunged
brom behind an even bigger rock. The fish's enormous jaw dug into the
bottom of the lake, churning up dirt and debris. The fish thrashed and
struck wildly, without aim. In a flash, Taka found himself clutching
the
fish's upper jaw, with his feet weged between the teeth of it's lower
jaw. As the monstrous set of teeth began to close in on Taka, his
elbows and knees began to give way. All Taka could think of was the
row
of teeth just above him, moving ever closer. For the moment, Taka
experienced something unlike anything he had ever known before. True
fear, utter horror. Without air to breathe, Taka stood no chance of
saving himself.
Finally regaining her balance and orientation, after escaping the
pitch-black cloud of mud, Tana immediately began helping Taka to hold
open the fish's jaw. Noticing that the fish had, somewhere along it's
journey, ended up with a dragon ball in it's mouth, Flute quickly dove
after it. Flute grabbed the dragon ball, and motioned to Tana and
Taka.
The group swam as fast as they could, like a school of fish, with
their
preditor following closely behind. The dry ground above finally
brought
some comfort, until the fish launched skyward from the water with a
towering splash. The fish came down and slammed on the ground with a
force that seemed like an earthquake. A strong gust of wind blew over
the three of them, but still, sweat poured from their faces as quickly
as the water flowed from the rest of their bodies.
"Tana, I've never... It was just so..." Taka struggled to control his
breathing.
"I know, Taka. I felt it too."
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Chapter 12: Pardon Our Dust (Owen)
Tana and Taka arrived at the village where Snake and Toad lived.
After landing, Flute called out, "Snake, Toad, we found two dragon balls!"
"You found two already? Very good. Only three more to go." Toad replied. Snake and Toad approached them.
"Yeah," Taka added, "we've got a question about one of those dragon balls. It was moving."
"Moving?" Snake questioned. "That's never happened before. As far as I know, they've always just stayed in one place. Untill someone found them, that is."
"Yeah, we thought that was weird too." Tana answered. "It went right past us about an hour ago. We couldn't even see it."
"Let me see that dragon radar." Toad held out his hand.
"Oh no! I must have dropped it in the lake." Tana said. "We were almost eaten by a giant fish."
"Oh my. I hope your all okay." Toad said. "I think I may have an extra dragon radar around here somewhere."
Snake walked into his house, followed by Toad.
"It may take me a while to find it though." Toad turned to face them and said, "We'll see you later. Go do whatever you want for now."
Inside the house toad turns to snake and said, "I'm glad they're all okay. I wouldn't want to eat a bruised Namek."
"Yeah." Snake replied. "It'd be like eating a rotten bannana."
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"He-e-e-e-ello? I-i-i-i-is a-a-a-a-any-e-e-e-one the-e-ere? I-i-i-i-i ca-a-annnnt ssse-e-e-e-e." Ashura said.
"Or talk..." Korin added. "But at least you're awake."
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Ha."
"O-oka-ay. I can see I have a lot of work to do." Korin stated. "I had to disconnect you from your body, so i could work on your neck. But now that you're awake, I can work on your head."
Korin opened a panel on the back of Ashura's head. He then picked up a soldering iron, and began soldering. "First, I'll try to fix your vision." Korin stopped soldering, and reached into Ashura's head. He pulled out a dusty card. "What's this?" Korin blew the dust off the card, and said, "This is an old memory card. They haven't made anything like this in 30 years. I'll check this later."
Korin sat the card on the table and picked up a can of air. "You've got a lot of dust in there." Korin sprayed air into Ashura's head. As dust flew everywhere, both Korin and Mr. Popo began to cough.
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"Have my saibamen reached that planet yet?"
"Earth" Samuhito's 'mother' corrected.
"Whatever... Are they there yet?" Samuhito shouted.
"Yessss... They're half way there."
"I told you to stop hissing. It's not funny, and that didn't make any sence. How can they be there if they're only half way there?" Samuhito asked, redundantly. "Well, you better prep my ship."
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"I guess we should go look for that other dragon ball we saw on the dragon radar." Taka suggested.
"Okay. Let's go." Tana relied.
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Sparks flew from inside of Ashura's head as Korin soldered.
Ashura's eyes opened and his pupils became red. "I-i-i-i ca-an... see."
"Yeah, but you can't talk right."
"Heey. Ye-yes I can." Ashura replied in a monotone voice.
"Okay, You've got another broken wire." Korin added. "I fix it now." Korin soldered some more. "There. It's fixed. Try to talk now." "Oke-kay. I-is this better?"
"I'm going to reset you now to clear your memory." Korin pressed the red reset button in Ashura's head.
Ashura's eyes went dim for a few seconds, and lit up red again. Ashura beeped three times. As a fan began to spin up, a humming sound came from Ashura's head, and quickly faded away.
"Beginning basic vocabulary test.... A, first letter of the Roman alaphabet. A, indefinite article; meaning one. A-1, first-rate; excellect; physically fit. Aardvark, noun; animal resembling the ant-eater, found in parts of Africa [From Dutch, "aarde", meaning earth, and "vark", meaning pig]. A.B., Bachelor of Arts, [From Latin, Artium Baccalaureus].... "
"Hey Mr. Popo!" Korin called. "You want to go get some lunch? This is going to take a while."
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"Hey, what's that over there?" Flute asked.
"It looks like a person," Tana replied, "flying...."
The person stopped abruptly and yelled, "Hey! Are you from Earth?"
"I guess that's one of the natives of this planet." Taka said.
"Yeah!" Tana called, "We're from earth!"
"So, then you're the ones that left from Capsule Corp.?"
"What?" Taka inquired. "How did you know?"
"I watched you leave." Koh answered. "I wanted to follow you to Namek."
"Well you're out of luck." Tana interjected. "This isn't Namek."
"What do you mean this isn't Namek? I just found a dragon ball" Koh retorted.
"This is Amphibius. There are dragon balls here too." Taka replied.
"Amphibi-whatus?" Koh was confused. "What's that?"
"Amphibius" Flute corrected Koh. "We met two villagers who'll tell us where Namek is if we complete 3 tasks for them."
Tana added, "The first is to find the 5 dragon balls."
"We have 2 now." Taka stated.
"Well, I have 1. And I can help you find the others." Koh answered. Koh then thought to himself, "These fools have no idea what they're getting themselves into."
Chapter 10: Talking to Stones(Kintaro)
"This is where the dragon radar shows."Flute stated.
"Let me see that," Taka said grabing it and clicking the button. "nothing. It is here for sure."
"Hey Guys look."Tana said pointing to a lone verticle rockabout 6' tall. About chest level was a carving of a dragon ingulfed in flames. "Heh let me have the radar for a second."
She turned the radar on it's back, and sure enough there was an identical insignia. Tana pressed the radar to the carving and the ground began to rummble.
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"Before you go agian," Master Roshi said stopping Ashura with his hand, "You must see Korin."
"Why? Isn't he dead?"
"No This isn't the Corin that knew Goku, he is actually Korin II. His mother was Puar. Anyhow, he is now the leading android expert on earth." the Turtle Hermit finished.
"Better than you?" Ashura asked looking towards Trunks.
"I don't nearly have as much brains as my mom and grandpa had. I inherited my mind from both my father and my grand-mother."
"Where is Korin?" Koh asked as Trunks laughed hysterically.
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"Have my Fleet of Sibamen been prepared for the trip to...What was it called?" Samuhito asked looking out the window.
"Earth, son" Samuhito's 'mother', a cooler, awnsered.
"Yes, earth...are they ready for earth?"
"Y-y-y-y-e-e-e-s-sssss."
"Stop hissing."
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Slowly the rumbling of the ground stopped. As Flute was about to say somthing a deep voice from seemingly inside the rock began to speak,
"To Find the Dragon of the deep, deep ground;
one must go first up, and then go down."
After a long moment Flute asked, "up then down?"
"What does it mean by the dragon of the ground?" Taka asked out loud.
"Well obviosly that means there is a Dragon Ball under ground." Tana explained. After a moment of thought she said, "Well first lets go up like it says."
They flue up into the air and looked down towards the cannion. The cannion looked much like a winding dragon from this angle. In it's 'mouth' was a large round cannion. They all quickly flue down there with a grunt form Taka.
In the center of the valley was a star shaped rock. It again had the dragon caved on the top. Again, Tana pressed the radar to the stone and the stone slid down into the earth. The three freinds followed the rock underground and they landed into a vast cavern dimly lit by small holes in the ceiling. At the end of the cavern, emulated from light above sat the 1 star dragon ball. The three grabed it and quickly exited.
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Chapter 11: Ow (Zeshin)
"So where's the next dragon ball?" Flute asked.
Tana pressed the button on the dragon radar. "Hmm-. That's strange.
There's one moving nearby. Actually, I think it's heading in this
direction."
"Well," Taka began, "let's go get it. We can meet it half way."
The three of them began to fly, and had done so for only a very short
time, when Tana called out, "This can't be right! According to the
dragon radar, the dragon ball is gone. It just went right by us."
"B-but I didn't see anything." Flute replied, confused. "Are you sure
that thing works right?"
Tana pressed the button on the dragon radar several times.
Taka turned around to face Tana. "Where is it? Dragon balls don't
disappear. It has to be somewhere."
"I've zoomed out as far as I can, and it's not on the radar." Tana
spoke
without the slightest hint of emotion. "The dragon radar is showing
half
the planet, but it only shows three dragon balls."
"Maybe it was flying." Flute suggested. "It could have flown over us.
Or
maybe under us.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were right." Taka replied.
"But, dragonballs don't fly. Do they?"
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"I didn't think Korin Tower was this tall." Ashura sped upward into the
sky, with Korin Tower as his guide. "I've been flying for an hour, and
I
still can't see the top.
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Clouds of dust flew into the air as Koh slid, on both feet, down into
the valley he was just overlooking moments ago, and toward the lake in
it's center. When he finally skid to a hault, another dust cloud rose,
and quickly dispersed as it spread to fill the valley. "There's
something here. I can feel it." Koh surveyed his surroundings and
quickly came to a conclusion. "It's under the water!" With a splash
Koh
dove into the lake. He continued to drift downward for some time, and
then, finally, slowed to a stop. Thousands of tiny bubbles floated up
across Koh's face as he turned his head back and forth in an attempt to
see what was around him. Koh dove down, no longer trying to see with
his
eyes, but to "feel" what was around him. He finally reached the bottom
and began to feel with his hands. Immediately, Koh was surprised to
feel
something round and about the size of a basketball. Only one thing went
through his mind, and when he saw what he had found, he realized that
is
was not what he had expected. In front of him he held a skull, covered
with mud from having lain at the botton of the lake for a long time.
Withought further thought, Koh quickly flung it away. Just then, a
smaller, orange sphere came out of the skull through an opening, which
apparently had been a mouth at one time. A dragonball! Without
hesitating for a second, Koh grabbed the dragonball and swam upward as
fast as he could. At this moment, Koh realized that he had forgotten
about his need for oxygen, and was gasping for air when he finally
reached the surface. "Why is it..." cough, "that wherever you find..."
cough, " a dragonball, you find a skull?"
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"Maybe we should go back and see Snake and Toad." Flute suggested.
"They
might know something about the flying dragon ball."
Tana pushed the button on the dragon radar. "That's a good idea.
There's
another dragonball on the way. The other is way off in the other
direction. We can get it later."
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"Hey, I was closer than I thought. Kami's lookout is right up there,
and
Korins place is just under it. I better slow down so I don't miss it."
Ashura began to slow down, but couldn't stop in time. He soared upward
straight toward the bottom of Kami's lookout. With a loud bang, Ashura
smashed into the bottom of Kami's Lookout. A cloud of dust formed and
loomed just below Kami's Lookout, and eventually merged seemlessly with
the clouds around it. Ashura fell from the gaping hole and landed
right
on top of Korin's home.
"Oh my! What happened here?" Mr. Popo leaned over the edge of Kami's
lookout, but could see only clouds. As Mr. Popo began climbing down
the
ladder to see what was going on, another voice came from below.
"What's all that racket?" Cough, Cough. "Who's responsible for this?"
Korin climbed on top of the rail so he could see.
Ashura began to stand just as the wind shifted. Ashura's shirt sleeves
filled with air; his clothes and hair waved in the wind. Unsteadily,
he
rose to his feet and began to speek. "Korin, is that you?"
"I am Korin II. Who are you?
"My name's Ashura. Sorry about the hole. I guess I was flying too
fast." Ashura climbed down into Korin's home. "I'll fix it, I
promise."
"Don't worry about it." Mr. Popo dropped into the conversation. "I
don't have much to do around here the way it is. This hole will keep
me
busy for a while."
"Really? Thanks!"
"So, you're looking for an android expert, are you?" Korin's brows
lowered as he became more serious.
"Huh? How'd you know?" Ashura rubbed his neck with his right hand, and
slightly tilted his head to the left. "Oww. I think something is
broken. My left arm is not responding."
"Amazing. An android with the ability to feel pain. I've never seen
anything like it before."
"Yes, but sometimes I wish I could not feel pain."
"Pain is just as important as strength. Without pain, you wouldn't
know
anything was wrong with you, and you couldn't do anything about it."
"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-I guess your rah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ight." Ashura's eyes
flickered, and then became dim before Ashura collapsed on the floor.
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"Hey," Tana tunred here head toward Taka, "The dragon ball's in the
village down there." The three fo them flew down to the village and
landed in front of the door of a large building.
"They sure have nice buildings for such a small village." Flute
observed.
"Yeah," Taka agreed, "you got that right." Taka knocked on the door.
After a few seconds, the door opened "Hello? Oh, who are you?" A
strange looking person stepped forward.
"I'm Flute!"
"My name is Tana, and this is Taka."
"Greetings. My name is Newt. Tell me, what brings you here?"
Taka answered for the group, "We're looking for a dragon ball. Our
radar said there was one somewhere in this village."
"What's a dragon ball?" Newt was confused. "Come to think of it, there
is an orange ball with 2 stars on it. Or, there was... You see, we
lost it in that lake over there a long time ago. If you can find it,
you can keep it."
"Thanks" Tana replied.
"Yean, Thanks." Flute added.
"Goodbye, and good luck!" Newt waved as the trio started toward the
lake.
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"A dragon ball... The four star dragon ball. I wasn't sure if they
were
real, but now I know they are." Koh sat on the beach, holding his
dragon ball up in the light of the sun. As he lowered the dragon ball,
his upside-down reflection streached across it, from the bottom to the
top. "If there's a dragon ball here, I must be on Namek. I guess I
don't need those three any more."
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Taka dove into the lake, followed by Tana, then Flute. After swimming
fow a while, the three began turning over rocks. Just then, a huge
fish, more than big enogh to swallow the three of them at once, lunged
brom behind an even bigger rock. The fish's enormous jaw dug into the
bottom of the lake, churning up dirt and debris. The fish thrashed and
struck wildly, without aim. In a flash, Taka found himself clutching
the
fish's upper jaw, with his feet weged between the teeth of it's lower
jaw. As the monstrous set of teeth began to close in on Taka, his
elbows and knees began to give way. All Taka could think of was the
row
of teeth just above him, moving ever closer. For the moment, Taka
experienced something unlike anything he had ever known before. True
fear, utter horror. Without air to breathe, Taka stood no chance of
saving himself.
Finally regaining her balance and orientation, after escaping the
pitch-black cloud of mud, Tana immediately began helping Taka to hold
open the fish's jaw. Noticing that the fish had, somewhere along it's
journey, ended up with a dragon ball in it's mouth, Flute quickly dove
after it. Flute grabbed the dragon ball, and motioned to Tana and
Taka.
The group swam as fast as they could, like a school of fish, with
their
preditor following closely behind. The dry ground above finally
brought
some comfort, until the fish launched skyward from the water with a
towering splash. The fish came down and slammed on the ground with a
force that seemed like an earthquake. A strong gust of wind blew over
the three of them, but still, sweat poured from their faces as quickly
as the water flowed from the rest of their bodies.
"Tana, I've never... It was just so..." Taka struggled to control his
breathing.
"I know, Taka. I felt it too."
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Chapter 12: Pardon Our Dust (Owen)
Tana and Taka arrived at the village where Snake and Toad lived.
After landing, Flute called out, "Snake, Toad, we found two dragon balls!"
"You found two already? Very good. Only three more to go." Toad replied. Snake and Toad approached them.
"Yeah," Taka added, "we've got a question about one of those dragon balls. It was moving."
"Moving?" Snake questioned. "That's never happened before. As far as I know, they've always just stayed in one place. Untill someone found them, that is."
"Yeah, we thought that was weird too." Tana answered. "It went right past us about an hour ago. We couldn't even see it."
"Let me see that dragon radar." Toad held out his hand.
"Oh no! I must have dropped it in the lake." Tana said. "We were almost eaten by a giant fish."
"Oh my. I hope your all okay." Toad said. "I think I may have an extra dragon radar around here somewhere."
Snake walked into his house, followed by Toad.
"It may take me a while to find it though." Toad turned to face them and said, "We'll see you later. Go do whatever you want for now."
Inside the house toad turns to snake and said, "I'm glad they're all okay. I wouldn't want to eat a bruised Namek."
"Yeah." Snake replied. "It'd be like eating a rotten bannana."
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"He-e-e-e-ello? I-i-i-i-is a-a-a-a-any-e-e-e-one the-e-ere? I-i-i-i-i ca-a-annnnt ssse-e-e-e-e." Ashura said.
"Or talk..." Korin added. "But at least you're awake."
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Ha."
"O-oka-ay. I can see I have a lot of work to do." Korin stated. "I had to disconnect you from your body, so i could work on your neck. But now that you're awake, I can work on your head."
Korin opened a panel on the back of Ashura's head. He then picked up a soldering iron, and began soldering. "First, I'll try to fix your vision." Korin stopped soldering, and reached into Ashura's head. He pulled out a dusty card. "What's this?" Korin blew the dust off the card, and said, "This is an old memory card. They haven't made anything like this in 30 years. I'll check this later."
Korin sat the card on the table and picked up a can of air. "You've got a lot of dust in there." Korin sprayed air into Ashura's head. As dust flew everywhere, both Korin and Mr. Popo began to cough.
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"Have my saibamen reached that planet yet?"
"Earth" Samuhito's 'mother' corrected.
"Whatever... Are they there yet?" Samuhito shouted.
"Yessss... They're half way there."
"I told you to stop hissing. It's not funny, and that didn't make any sence. How can they be there if they're only half way there?" Samuhito asked, redundantly. "Well, you better prep my ship."
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"I guess we should go look for that other dragon ball we saw on the dragon radar." Taka suggested.
"Okay. Let's go." Tana relied.
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Sparks flew from inside of Ashura's head as Korin soldered.
Ashura's eyes opened and his pupils became red. "I-i-i-i ca-an... see."
"Yeah, but you can't talk right."
"Heey. Ye-yes I can." Ashura replied in a monotone voice.
"Okay, You've got another broken wire." Korin added. "I fix it now." Korin soldered some more. "There. It's fixed. Try to talk now." "Oke-kay. I-is this better?"
"I'm going to reset you now to clear your memory." Korin pressed the red reset button in Ashura's head.
Ashura's eyes went dim for a few seconds, and lit up red again. Ashura beeped three times. As a fan began to spin up, a humming sound came from Ashura's head, and quickly faded away.
"Beginning basic vocabulary test.... A, first letter of the Roman alaphabet. A, indefinite article; meaning one. A-1, first-rate; excellect; physically fit. Aardvark, noun; animal resembling the ant-eater, found in parts of Africa [From Dutch, "aarde", meaning earth, and "vark", meaning pig]. A.B., Bachelor of Arts, [From Latin, Artium Baccalaureus].... "
"Hey Mr. Popo!" Korin called. "You want to go get some lunch? This is going to take a while."
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"Hey, what's that over there?" Flute asked.
"It looks like a person," Tana replied, "flying...."
The person stopped abruptly and yelled, "Hey! Are you from Earth?"
"I guess that's one of the natives of this planet." Taka said.
"Yeah!" Tana called, "We're from earth!"
"So, then you're the ones that left from Capsule Corp.?"
"What?" Taka inquired. "How did you know?"
"I watched you leave." Koh answered. "I wanted to follow you to Namek."
"Well you're out of luck." Tana interjected. "This isn't Namek."
"What do you mean this isn't Namek? I just found a dragon ball" Koh retorted.
"This is Amphibius. There are dragon balls here too." Taka replied.
"Amphibi-whatus?" Koh was confused. "What's that?"
"Amphibius" Flute corrected Koh. "We met two villagers who'll tell us where Namek is if we complete 3 tasks for them."
Tana added, "The first is to find the 5 dragon balls."
"We have 2 now." Taka stated.
"Well, I have 1. And I can help you find the others." Koh answered. Koh then thought to himself, "These fools have no idea what they're getting themselves into."