Chapter 4

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They chased him for a few minutes, until he finally noticed them. They were above a forest when he turned around and gave them an icy stare. He was wearing a combination of clothes, similar to Piccolo's, and had an X-shaped scar on the right side of his face. "Ah… I see I've finally found you…" said Jukuo in a nasty tone.

"No, I think we're the ones who've found you…" Trunks corrected.

"I just want you to know, that it's futile to try to fight me… you'll lose." He said. Trunks glared at him. "First, I'm going to kill off all the fighters… like you. Then, I'm going to destroy all other life… and finally, I'll be able to rule this planet as my own." Jukuo laughed evilly.

"Well, thanks for telling us your plan…" Trunks responded, with a great deal of attitude.

"Any time! You should know… after all! You and your friends are going to be the first ones to die!" Jukuo said grinning.

"Don't count on it…" Trunks said, turning and flying away.



After Nicole had caught up with him, she said, "I can't believe it! We're going to be able to stop him… right?"

"I still don't know… his power level is pretty strong, but you never know… he still could be hiding something." Trunks explained.

"Well, let's go find the last three Dragon Balls." Nicole suggested.

"Yeah… let's go…" Trunks agreed. They both headed east, following the radar.



They flew for a while, until they came across a huge vulture's nest.

"Oh God… I hope it's not in there…" Nicole said, looking at the glaring vulture that was guarding its eggs.

"Great… I think it is…" said Trunks annoyed. The radar was rapidly buzzing. "I wanna get it." Nicole said looking at Trunks.

"Alright… just be careful. That looks like one mad bird…" Trunks cautioned.

"Don't worry…" Nicole smiled. She flew over to the vulture, and using her flying techniques that Trunks had taught her, she got the bird to move, and quickly grabbed the two-stared Dragon Ball from it's nest. The vulture became very angry, but returned back to its nest after trying to attack Nicole a few times. "That was an interesting experience…" Nicole said, handing the Dragon Ball to Trunks.

"Great job!" he said grinning. "Two left now…"



Once again, the two followed the radar north. "So… how does someone go Super Saiyan?" Nicole asked Trunks curiously.

"Well, you have to have Saiyan blood in you. Like, my father Vegeta is a full-blooded Saiyan, and so is Goku. Then Gohan, Goten, Bra and I are all half Saiyan." Trunks explained.

"But… Bra doesn't fight… right?" Nicole questioned.

"Nope… you don't have to fight just 'cause you're part Saiyan." Trunks answered.

"Oh… well then what about Piccolo, Yamcha, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Tien? Are they Saiyans too?" Nicole asked.

"Piccolo is a Namekian… like Jukuo. They're both from the planet Namek. Yamcha, Krillin, and all the others are humans, who are really great fighters." Trunks replied.

"Wow…" Nicole said. She couldn't believe that there were actually fighting levels that people could reach by training! And it's not like she was ever very interested in the martial arts anyway.



Suddenly, a blinding light flashed by them. "Oh my God!" Nicole shrieked, jerking herself backwards. "Is that Jukuo?!?!"

"No… I think it's Vegeta… my dad…" Trunks said.

"How do you know?" Nicole asked.

"I don't sense evil…" Trunks said. They both followed the light, until they caught up with it. Trunks was right… it was Vegeta. "Hey!" he said, flying over to Nicole and Trunks. "Do you two have any idea how long I've been looking for you?"

"We were looking for the Dragon Balls!" Trunks explained.

"Anyway, Bulma wanted me to tell you that she wants you back at Capsule Corp. as soon as possible.

"Ok… what does she want?" Trunks asked confused.

"I think you took the wrong radar…" Vegeta replied.

"Well, we haven't had any problems finding the Dragon Balls… we already have five!" Trunks argued.

"Look, I'm not really sure if that's what she wants you for, but she sent me out to find you. Just go." Vegeta persisted.

"Alright… let's go Nicole." Trunks said turning to her. The three flew back to Capsule Corp. wondering what Bulma could possibly want with them.



After reaching the dome-shaped building, the three walked to the back, were Bulma, Vegeta, Bra, and Trunks all lived. "Hey Vegeta! It's about time you found them…" Bulma said cheerfully.

"Hey mom!" Trunks said smiling. "So… what did you want to tell us?"

"Oh, well you left before I could tell you that I've made a new Dragon Ball detector. Instead of buzzing when it gets within a one hundred thousand mile radius, this new one tells you exactly where each one is located!" Bulma explained proudly.

"Oh great…" Nicole sighed. "We've already found five!"

"Really?" Bulma asked.

"Yep…" Trunks said, showing her the five Dragon Balls that he and Nicole had collected.

"Well… you could still use it to find the other two…" Bulma said, handing Trunks the new radar.

"Alright…" he answered.

"Oh! We met Jukuo!" Nicole suddenly blurted out.

"You did?!?!" Vegeta answered in shock. After explaining Jukuo's plan and a quick goodbye, Trunks and Nicole left to find the last two remaining Dragon Balls.



Nicole looked up into the sky. It was growing dark. The sun had already set. "Ok…" Trunks said, just as the two were flying away from Capsule Corp. "This new machine says that the next Dragon Ball is… around some grass plain in Southern Brazil…"

"Let's go then." Nicole said, flying ahead of Trunks.



Soon, they reached a grassy hillside, which lead to a long, wide plain filled with grazing zebras, giraffes, and gazelles. "Hey! I think that might be it!" Trunks said, pointing to a shinning round object, glistening in the grass. They walked out beyond the herds of animals, until they reached the mysterious object. "Yep… you were right. It's the four-stared Dragon Ball!" Nicole said happily, picking it up.

"Finally… one more now." Trunks replied.



They both flew away from the plain of gazelles. "Where's the last one?" Nicole asked.

"Oh… lemme check…" Trunks said looking at the radar.

"Oh my God… this can't be right…" Trunks said in shock.

"What?" Nicole asked.

"The radar says… it says that Jukuo has the last one!" Trunks replied.

"You've gotta be kidding!" Nicole answered in shock.

"No! Look!" Trunks said, pointing to the radar screen. Nicole leaned over, and saw that he was right. The radar said that the six-stared Dragon Ball was in Jukuo's possession!

"Oh my God!" Nicole said nervously. "What's he gonna do with it?"

"He might be trying to collect all of them, so he can use them to summon the Eternal Dragon, and then wish for more power… or eternal life, like Garlic Jr. did… or something like that…" Trunks replied uncertainly.

"Well, we gotta get it back…" Nicole said.

"Yeah, but I don't know how…" he replied.

"Why don't we go back to Capsule Corp. and tell everyone what we've learned?" Nicole suggested.

"Good idea… let's go." Trunks said. They both flew to back to Capsule Corp.



As they got there, Bulma came out and said, "Well that was fast! So you've got all the Dragon Balls now, right?"

"Well… no…" Nicole answered. Bulma looked at the two curiously. "So… how many do you have then?" she asked.

"We found six…" Trunks responded. "But… Jukuo has the last one."

"Oh c'mon! What would he want with a Dragon Ball?" Bulma asked, not believing them.

"We don't know… but look at the radar." Nicole said, pointing to the radar Trunks was gripping.

"Oh my!" Bulma said, her eyes bulging. "You're right! What's he planning to do with it?"

"We don't know." Nicole repeated. Just then Vegeta walked outside, and said, "So did you find the rest of the Dragon Balls?"

"Well… yeah… sorta…" Trunks replied.

"We found out from the radar that…" Nicole began.

"… Jukuo has the last one!" Bulma finished. Vegeta was in shock. His eyes widened. "What?" he asked.

"He has the six-stared Dragon Ball." Trunks said.

"HOW COULD YOU LET HIM GET IT?!?!" Vegeta screamed.

"We didn't! He found it on his own! After we met up with him, he must have seen the Dragon Balls we had, and decided to try to find them!" Trunks said unsure.

"WELL WHY DID YOU LET HIM SEE THEM!?!?" Vegeta asked again angrily.

"Well… we didn't know he'd care! How would he have known what the Dragon Balls are for anyway?" Nicole said.

"HE'S A NAMEKIAN!" Vegeta yelled.

"Alright Vegeta, calm down! We'll get it back from him!" Bulma said, trying to get Vegeta to stop screaming at Trunks and Nicole.

"FINE. But I'm not going to be the one to die, because I didn't get the Dragon Ball back from him!" he said, stomping out the back door.

"We couldn't! When we saw him, he didn't have it yet!" Trunks said, just as Vegeta slammed the door.

"Ugh… THAT MAN…" Bulma said annoyed, as she walked out after him. "I'm going to set him straight!"



It was getting late. At around 10:00 Nicole left for her house. "Well, thanks for helping me find the Dragon Balls… it would have been really boring looking for them alone." Trunks said.

"Sure! I loved every second of it." She smiled. "Thanks for teaching me how to fly, too."

"No problem!" he replied.

"So… what are you going to do now about Jukuo?"

"Well, I'm probably going to start training with my father… so I'll be strong enough to try and take him on…"

"Oh… good luck! I know you'll be able to do it."

And with that, they kissed, and she left.

Just as Nicole got home that night, she saw her parents waiting for her. "So Nicole… where were you?" her mom asked, eyeing her suspiciously.

"Uh… well, I spent the day helping my boyfriend Trunks look for…" Nicole hesitated. She was sure her parents wouldn't believe that there were Dragon Balls that could grant wishes. "Looking for…"

"I don't care what you were looking for. You're late! You said you'd be home by 7:00!" her mom scolded.

"I know…" Nicole answered.

"You could of at least called!" her dad chimed in.

"I did! About ten times, too! The line was busy!" Nicole replied.

"That doesn't matter. What was so important that you were so late?" her mom asked.

"I was helping Trunks!" Nicole said again.

"Helping him do what?" her dad questioned.

"Helping him look for the Dragon Balls!" Nicole finally blurted out.

"What on earth are they?" her mom asked annoyed.

"The Dragon Balls are seven magic balls that have the power to summon the Eternal Dragon once they're brought together. The Eternal Dragon grants who ever summons it two wishes." Nicole explained.

"Well, that's really a very creative story Nicole, but it still doesn't explain why you're back at 10:00 instead of seven." Her mom said.



Since her parents obviously weren't going to believe her, she made up some crazy story explaining why she was so late. Luckily, her parents let her off the hook easily and Nicole went straight to her room. She changed and got into bed.