Bikini looks over large valley full of towering hills and bamboo forests, she slides down a bamboo shoot with joyful cry, and lands next to an eager Bulma.
"So? Is the place big?"
"It's ginormous! Mount Pazou is huge! Are we really going to find a Dragon Ball here?"
Bulma looks to the radar and sighs.
"I don't see a signal anywhere."
"Did you try to extend the range?"
"Oh, I forgot it could even do that. Here…"
Bulma gasps and shows Bikini the radar. A tiny dot appears near the edge of the radar, a constant beeping signaling that their journey is on to a great start.
"There it is! Our hint was right after all! I can't believe that blockhead was good for something…!
Bulma and Bikini stop shortly still in the confines of West City, as they realized they had no leads, and thus no idea where to even start their journey. The two park in front of a tiny building trying to plan ahead. A loud man then approached.
"Hey! You two here to join the Satan Dojo!?"
Bulma ignored him at first, and turned away from him, but Bikini pointed at herself curious at the man's invitation.
"A dojo? Is that what this building is?"
The man laughed jovially.
"Bwahaha! Absolutely! This school is just starting but it already has a bright future ahead of it! Whaddya say? Why don't you join the school? Membership is free right now!"
Bikini tilted her head.
"But… Isn't anything to for free usually has a catch?"
Bulma scoffed and shot a look towards the man.
"Exactly! This guy didn't even give his name yet."
The man stumbled over himself before he apologized profusely.
"F-Forgive me! I just get real excited about new people! I'm Mark Hercule, proud master of this dojo, and soon-to-be legend! Hyah!"
He stuck the air with a chop. Bikini flinched and hid behind Bulma. Mark looked at her oddly.
"What's wrong, what'd I do?"
Bulma huffed before she took a stand between the two.
"She isn't a fan of violence or fighting, so we're not interested, okay?"
Mark's shoulders dropped with his head hung low, defeated at losing two prime candidate students, if not at least a date. However, a glimmer of hope sparked from within when Bikini spoke up again.
"Would you know anything about Dragon Balls though?"
Bulma rolled her eyes at her sister.
"Why would you even bother with a guy as hokey as this? C'mon, let's get out of here."
Mark however smiled in the face of this challenge. He wagged his finger at Bulma snickering to himself.
"Don't you count me out yet! The least I can do for scaring your friend here is tell you what I know! Any real martial artist knows that a Dragon Ball is treasured item! Gifted only to the most elite of the trade in all the world! The last person to even get one, if I remember right, he lives out in Mount Paozu!"
To him the story was nothing but a croc. A legend to get people like him hyped up and amped for participating in events, maybe even a shot of the World Martial Arts Tournament: The Tenkaichi Budōkai.
Then Bikini took out the Five-Star Ball.
"Did it look like this?"
Mark nearly fell over himself again before he gawked at the item.
"W-?! T-They're actually real!? No way!"
Bulma gave smug sneer holding up a radar.
"Yeah way!~ We're going to find them all and get our wish granted. It's nice of you to tell us where to start though. Let's get going Bikini!"
Bulma got in her car and drove off, confident that Bikini would catch up in no time. Her younger sister hesitated to follow, putting the Dragon Ball away, she eyed Mark up and down.
"You're not a bad person."
"Huh? W-What's that supposed to mean!?"
"It means you're not a bad person! Why would you want to learn and teach how to hurt people?"
Mark shook his head.
"Ah, I see! It is easy to look at martial arts as nothing but fisticuffs! Don't get the wrong idea though! My style, my way, it's all about protecting yourself and others from the evils of the world!"
"Like a police officer…?"
"Even better! I actually have stopped a few robberies myself recently! I'm not afraid of facing danger if it's to save my fellow man!"
"You're… Like a super hero!"
Mark sneered as he basked in some needed glory for once. He didn't lie about helping the police, and he certainly made things easier for them, but people kept seeing him as a nuisance instead of the hero he sought to be. A true living legend! It was nice to have someone recognize his efforts.
"You could come with us and keep us protected! We're going to travel all around the world!"
He came crashing down to Earth after that. This girl was beyond cute, but traveling the world? Not to mention that there's the manner of the Red Ribbon Army terrorizing said world. He hid his hesitance behind a fake boisterous laugh.
"I'm honored by your offer! H-However! I can't let the city go undefended! I-I uh, I also gotta grow my dojo, so that the whole world can have heroes protecting it from dangers!"
Bikini nodded completely unaware of his cowardice, instead impressed by his "devotion" to justice, and helping others.
"Maybe one day, I can learn from you too! I'll see you later, Mark!"
"H-Hehehe! L-Later, huh? I wouldn't mind th-"
He flew back from a powerful gust of wind, and sat there gob smacked at what he had just witnessed, a girl that ran faster than any car he's seen on the road.
"W-Was any of that real…?"
Bikini points ahead on the road as the two continue to travel.
"Oh! There's a house! Just over there!"
Bulma squints her eyes.
"W-Where? I don't see anything but trees for a good while…"
"I could get there no problem if you don't mind me going on ahead!"
Bulma looks at Bikini for a moment unsure just how fast she can really go.
"Well… The Dragon Ball is that way. I'll set up a capsule house and meet you there when I'm done!"
"Yes ma'am!"
Bikini leapt forward and transforms into a unicorn before taking off, only faintly hearing Bulma's shocked faint cries.
"WHEN COULD YOU TURN INTO A HORSE…!?"
She doesn't turn around to give her an answer, rather she continues forward until she reaches the house. She trots around looking for any sign of life.
"Hello? Anyone home? W-We're here for a quick visit!"
"Who are you?"
Bikini is quick to turn around and face a small boy with black spiky hair in a blue gi. He pointed a red staff at her standing in a defensive stance. What really snatched her attention though is the monkey tail that idly swishes about.
"I've never seen an animal like you before! You wearing clothes too!"
"Oh! I'm not an animal! Watch!"
Bikini returns to her human form, alerting the boy as he jumps back in exclamation.
"Y-You're a witch! That's witchy magic you just did!"
"Magic? I've never heard my power be called that before…"
The boy thrusts his staff out at her as a warning.
"I'll beat you up if you try to turn me into a toad, or into a rock, or anything at all!"
Bikini takes a step back with her hands in the air. It would be easy to take his staff from him or even send it somewhere else. However, she didn't want to be mean to him and offers him a smile instead.
"But I don't like violence! I'm a good witch, really!"
"You are?"
"I am. I'll have you know I'm an honest girl."
The boy's eyes widen before he pulls the staff back.
"You're a girl? Grandpa said I had to be nice to any girls I meet."
Bikini nods before kneeling to be on eye level with him.
"Your Grandpa is right. Where is he?"
"He's dead. A monster killed him, so all I have left is Grandpa's treasure."
Bikini holds a hand over her mouth.
"You mean you've been living out here by yourself this whole time…?"
"Yeah! I fish for food and train on my own now!"
Bikini couldn't help but pity the poor boy. It must be lonely out here in the mountains with only the wild as your company. A thought then occurs to her as she pulls out the Dragon Ball.
"Well, have you seen one of these before?"
"Ah! T-That's Grandpa's treasure! Why are you holding it?!"
"Your Grandpa left you with a Dragon Ball? H-Hey!"
The boy moves faster than she could properly react, and steals the Dragon Ball from her, holding the staff out again.
"Thief! I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
"B-But I don't want to fight-!"
"Power Pole, Extend!"
The staff stretches and strikes Bikini's head. She stumbles back before falling on rear, disoriented. The boy leaps into the air ready to knock her out. Instead of landing, he finds himself motionless in the air. Bikini's horn glows as she rubs her head trying to calm him.
"I didn't steal that! Please, list-"
"Power Pole, Extend!"
Bikini yelps as the staff strikes her head again. She curls up into a ball as the boy stands triumphantly over her.
"I won! Are you sorry yet!?"
"I-I didn't steal anything…! That's the Five-Star Dragon Ball!"
"Eh? Five stars…?"
The boy looks at the orb and counts them.
"Wow! There really are only five stars! Grandpa's treasure only has four."
He offers the Dragon Ball back with an apologetic frown.
"I'm real sorry I didn't believe you. Here."
Bikini hesitates to reach out but takes her Dragon Ball back. She stands up smiling back despite the ringing in her head.
"It's quite alright… Can I see your treasure?"
"Well… You're not a thief since you were telling the truth. It's not here though, it's at Grandpa's house."
"Then let's go! Oh, I am Bikini. What's your name?"
"Son Goku! I'll be nicer to you from now on!"
Goku takes Bikini down the path she came until they heard a loud shriek. Bulma aims a gun at a monstrous pterodactyl that draws near.
"S-Stay back you freak! I-I'll blow you away with this thing!"
The monster laughs in her face before it whips its tail at her hands, disarming her immediately.
"Gwahahaha! Now what're you gonna do? Shout some more?"
Bulma does exactly that.
"B-BIKINI! HELP!"
The monster goes to snatch her up with his terrible talons, but Bulma vanishes just before he can grab her.
"H-Huh?! GWAH-!"
Goku strikes the beast, breaking off a piece of its horned head, and watched it land dead on the ground. Bulma continues screaming even as Bikini holds her close.
"G-GET AWAY FROM ME YOU SAVAGE!"
"Bulma… It's already beaten…"
"Huh-?! W-What?"
Bulma opens her eyes to see Goku poking the corpse of the monster before turning to the girls.
"Hey! I've had this kind of meat before! It's really yummy!"
Bikini laughs nervously.
"N-No! No thank you, Goku!"
Bulma snaps at her sister confused.
"Goku?! Who's the kid? D-Did he take out that monster?!"
"From the sound of things he takes care of all the monsters in Mount Paozu."
Goku, who already set up and started a campfire to cook his meal, looks back at them.
"I haven't found the monster that killed Grandpa, but it's no big deal!"
Bikini looks to Bulma speaking in a worried tone.
"He lives all alone out here in the woods. He's pretty strong, but not that bright, I bet he's never seen another person."
"Whoa, really? He's kind of strong too…"
"So you're thinking what I'm thinking?"
The exchange a look before nodding at each other. Then their attention is taken away by Goku's strange eating habits. He was quick to cook the beast well on the outside, but it was still raw within, yet Goku chewed with large bites and inhaled about half of the entire creature within half a minute.
"Are you sure you two don't want any? It's real good!~"
Bulma gulps trying to process if such a feat is even humanly possible.
"H-He ate the bones too…! He's as much a monster as that thing…"
Bikini shakes her head but couldn't help but agree internally. Goku finishes his meal within a few minutes, patting his belly happily.
"Hehehe!~ That was real tasty! Oh, are you a girl too?"
Goku walks up to Bulma before pointing at his own head.
"What happened to your horn? Did it fall off?"
Bulma looks at Bikini realizing just how naïve and oblivious the boy truly was.
"N-No! Not all girls have horns! Only Bikini, and she's the only one that can turn into a horse too!"
"So that's what animal she turned into! I only saw it in a book before… But… You both have big balls on your chest!"
Bikini looked down at herself curiously while Bulma grabs her breasts.
"They're not all that big compared to Bulma's…"
"THESE AREN'T BALLS! THEY'RE BOOBS! DON'T GET THEM TWISTED!"
Goku laughs at Bulma's rage leaning back from her.
"Hahaha! Sorry, sorry! You wanted to see the treasure Grandpa keeps, right? This way!"'
Goku leads the two up a large hill in the densest parts of the bamboo forests where a small house sits at the very top. Goku enters it and calls out to a lonesome Four-Star Dragon Ball.
"Grandpa, I'm home! I've brought guests."
Bulma and Bikini walk in with him. Bulma exclaims seeing the Dragon Ball.
"Oh My God! There it is!"
Bikini pulls her sister back shushing her before pointing at Goku. The boy prays silently with his tail drooping low.
"This is all he has of his Grandpa. We can't take it from him…!"
Bulma rolls her eyes at Bikini.
"Well it isn't like we can take it from him by force either… Not like we would have to."
"So it's official!"
Goku turns around curious as he looks between the two.
"What's official?"
Bikini beams at him with her arms open.
"You're cordially invited to join us on our quest!~"
Goku mirrors her expression with a cheery tone.
"Oh! Wow! Really? … What's a quest?"
Bulma stumbles over herself from that.
"Y-You're joking right? Look, did your Grandpa tell you about the Dragon Balls? Gather all seven and you'll get a wish granted!"
Bikini follows after her.
"We're going around the world trying to collect them all, and we want you to come with, this way you get to see the world and keep your Dragon Ball!"
Goku looks between them before looking back at the Four-Star Ball.
"Grandpa did say he wanted me to leave the mountains one day…"
Bikini reminds him then.
"He also said that you should be nice to girls, Goku.~"
"He did say that! Okay! I'll come with you!"