Bikini looks over from a hill at a large mountain covered in a blazing inferno. She points ahead curiously as she looks to Bulma, the older sister floating in the air by Bikini's magic.

"Yep! That's the place! I didn't think an entire mountain could be set on fire..."

"Do you think the Dragon Ball is on the top of the mountain?"

Oolong, who also floated in the air, grunts with a grumpy scowl.

"There's no way you're gonna get it through all that fire. We may as well turn around and head somewhere else!"

Goku, who's been piloting the Nimbus in Bikini's lap, lands at the base of the mountain by debris of a once grand building.

"Maybe we could put it out? The ocean is right over there."

Oolong shouts at him as he's let down.

"Don't be a moron! How would we even get all that water to put it out?! This Dragon Ball isn't worth all that trouble, is it?!"

Bikini looks to the ocean and her horn glows... Yet she falls to her knees with a sigh.

"I tried lifting it but it's too heavy..."

Bulma sighs shaking her head as she looks at the radar.

"And it's right in the middle of it all too... This might just be the end."

Just then, a booming voice bellows from behind them.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! ARE YOU THIEVES AFTER MY TREASURE?!"

Oolong, Bikini, and Bulma all shriek as a giant man with armor and horned helmet erupts from seemingly nowhere, a giant axe in hand, and broad intimidating frame. The pig wheezes out in fear as he points at the axe-man.

"T-That's him! That's the Great Ox King! Oh we're in it now...!"

Goku however, only shakes his head smiling as he approaches the Ox King.

"No! We're here for the Dragon Ball, like this one!"

Goku holds up his own Dragon Ball, which prompts an angered roar from the horned giant, he raises an axe ready to cleave Goku in half.

"THAT BALL! HOW DID YOU GET IT?!"

"It's mine."

"LIAR! DIE!"

The Ox King swings his ax down for Goku, but the small boy dodges nimbly and leaps over the Ox King's head, landing behind him yet leans out of the way of a kick in the nick of time.

"F-Fast! He's that big and pretty fast!"

The Ox King sends a punch after every swing, absolutely destroying any boulder, tree, even the ground shakes as he punches in potholes. However, not one blow lands on Goku, who finallu catches an opening and lunges for the large man between a swing.

"But I'm faster!"

Goku unleashes a flurry of attacks, yet finds himself forced to jump back from a counter swing, the Ox King unphased by Goku's assault.

"YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR CRIME OF STEALING THAT BALL!"

"I didn't steal anything! This is my grandpa's treasure and it's all I have left of him."

"Grandpa...?"

"Yeah! My Grandpa Gohan!"

The Ox King lowers his axe tilting the helmet up to reveal a friendly face.

"That tail, and his Power Pole, I've heard of you...! He used to write me letters about a monkey boy he adopted years ago!"

He puts the axe down and bows slightly.

"Sorry for scaring you like that! I have to face many thieves before and even after my mountain caught fire! How is old Gohan doing?"

Goku's shoulders slump with a frown.

"He's dead. A monster crushed him one night and it's just been me ever since. Well, until I met my friends!"

He looks back gesturing to the others. Bulma forces a chuckle out nodding repeatedly.

"Y-Yeah! Yeah, yeah, we're all great friends! Right, Oolong!?"

Oolong follows suit sweating profusely as he hides behind Bulma, who he then tries to grope, only for the blue haired girl to near crack his head open with a punch. Bikini steps out by Goku's side glancing at the flaming mountain.

"How did you know Goku's grandpa...? A-And is there a way to put out the fire?"

The Ox King exclaims happily then.

"We trained under the same master. Master Roshi! There was another guy too, although he wasn't a martial artist, he's a wizard with awesome powers! He's Starswirl the Bearded!"

Goku perks up with wide eyes.

"That old beardy hermit?! He gave us the Flying Nimbus!"

Goku calls out for the cloud before hopping up in the air and landing on the golden cloud as it flies in. The Ox King points at it in sheer shock!

"T-That belongs to Roshi! Th-Then again, Starswirl was around first I think..."

He shakes his head and becomes absolutely elated.

"It doesn't matter! With the Nimbus you can fly both of them here to help!"

He then turns to Bikini pointing at her horn.

"Although I'm surprised you use Nimbus at all to get around when you got a Unicorn. Can't you teleport around like Starswirl can?"

The group all look at each other before looking to Bikini. She stares back wide-eyed.

"T-Teleport...? I can turn into a horse and lift things with my horn, but that's about it! Are you saying, Mr. Starswirl also has a horn, like me?"

The Ox King nods as he gestures a horn on his own head.

"Yeah! He uses his funny hat to hide it though! He can do practically anything with his magic except fight! But that's why he hangs around Master Roshi, the greatest martial artist on Earth! I'd say he's the strongest man alive! Since you have Nimbus, you can go straight, that way into the ocean. It's a small island with a pink house, you can't miss it!"

That snatches Goku's attention. Immediately, he pulls Bikini up onto the Nimbus.

"I want to meet him! Bikini, you wanted to learn about your horn too, right? That geezer can teach you a lot!"

As the two fly away Bikini stammer and places a hand over her horn.

"I-I never said anything like that before!"

"No, but you always look at it all weird and when you think no one is looking, you try to do stuff with it, like I used to do with my tail and the Power Pole! Grandpa told me being curious is a good step to learning about yourself! So I figured, if the geezer also has a horn, he can help you learn about yourself!"

Bikini marvels somewhat at Goku's simplistic yet accurate intuition. For the majority of their journey so far, she and Bulma assumed Goku was a born simpleton, but now she sees he's far smarter than he lets on. That or at the very least, more empathetic.

It takes a few hours, though they hardly notice as they sang songs to pass the time, Bikini points ahead before Goku can even notice. To him there's but an expansive of blue waves.

"There! I see it! Full-speed ahead!"

"You do...? You've got sharp eyes...!"

Sure enough in a few moments, the duo stop shortly above a miniscule island with a single pink house with the words 'Kame House' stamped on it in a cartoon font. They land and are greeted by Turtle! The sea-creature waddles over with a cheerful cry.

"Ah! It's you two again! Thanks again for your help!"

Goku tilts his head looking around.

"Wait... Are you Master Roshi?"

"Oh goodness no!"

Turtle internally had his heart skip in fright. The idea of having to face someone like Goku terrifies him. He lifts a fin to the house.

"Master Roshi is inside. I think he and Master Starswirl had another argument. It's gotten quiet though, so I think they're done."

Turtle nods before a lightning bolt erupts from inside the building out through a window. Right then, two voices can be heard shouting at each other from inside...

"Damn you! That was my TV! Who do you think you are turning it into an apple!?"

"Apparently your babysitter, you old bastard!"

"You're older than human history you hypocrite! You're more like a nagging wife too!"

"Who'd want to marry a pervert like you that gets off to aerobic movies!? Is that where Phoenix's food money went!?"

"Oh here we go about the Phoenix, again. I told you I did feed it!"

"Then why hasn't it come back!?"

"Cause it died of food poisoning! I fed it the food YOU got for it anyhow."

"YOU IDIOT! THAT WAS EXPIRED-!"

"QUIT YELLIN' AT ME! UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO, OLD TIMER?!"

"I'll mop the whole island with your beard, you clown!"

Bikini looks to Turtle with a meek expression.

"It sounds rather bad in there... Are they okay?"

Turtle however maintains his genial demeanor and nods.

"They've known each other since I've know them, probably even before then, and they argue a lot but are great friends! I n fact this is one of their more tamer arguments!"

A flash of light beams from within the house again followed by a loud boom. Smoke billows out from the house. Two old men walk out with grumpy scowl and smoke stained beards. Starswirl walks glaring at another old man shorter than himself. This other man wears a traditional gi with a large turtle shell hanging off of his back. Shades hide the gaze of the bald Turtle Hermit as he waves a hand in front of his face.

"Good going, horse face. Now the house smells like rotten apples and farts!"

"You're the fool that thought eating an onion beef bell-pepper burrito for lunch was a good idea. That's your own fart you're complaining about."

Turtle shouts out for them both.

"Masters! Masters, you have visitors!"

Starswirl looks over grooming the dirt out of his beard before relaxing at the sight of Bikini and Goku.

"Well this is a pleasant surprise. How'd you two find this place?"

Roshi however is glued to Bikini. He leans over to Starswirl whispering between heavy breaths.

"T-That's...! T-Th-That's the girl you were talking about...?! Y-You didn't say she was so...! So...!"

Starswirl's eyes begin to glow as he shoots a baleful glare to the hermit.

"If you try anything, I'll turn you into a eunuch."

Roshi waves Starswirl off as he runs a hand over his smooth bald head.

"Pfft! I can control myself around a mere girl! Watch this."

"Roshi-!"

Starswirl hisses but Roshi confidently walks up to the two.

"Hee hee hee! Heya sweet cheeks! How'd you like to learn some martial arts from a sexy stallion like mydlefjjfj-"

Roshi is struck on the back of the head so hard his entire head is shoved into the sand by a magical blast from Starswirl's horn, now on display as his hat rests in his hand.

"Why do I even bother...? Did you two need me for something?"

Goku let's out a chortle of laughter at their antics.

"You two are funny! The Ox King sent us to ask for help! His mountain caught on fire!"

Bikini speaks up next with urgency.

"It's his home and you're his master, er, masters! Right? You should help him!"

Starswirl only responded with a stoic stare. Roshi pulls his head out of the sand and stumbles back onto his rear.

"What's happening now?"

"Your other student has either set his own house on fire or he's under attack for his wealth. Again. You'll deal with it."

"I'll just give them the Bansho Fan."

"You sold the Bansho Fan to buy that tape you were watching."

Roshi gasps and snaps at Starswirl.

"What!? Why didn't you stop me?!"

Starswirl runs over raising his cane to strike Roshi.

"I TRIED TO BUT YOU KEPT SAYING YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING! I thought you'd get it back sometime and then you FORGOT!"

Roshi jumps to his feet and swings his own cane back at Starswirl, the two elders trading blows like swordsmen in a theatrical battle.

"THEN YOU SHOULDA TAKEN THE INITIATIVE, YOU GOAT FACE!"

"GOAT FACE?! WHY I OUGHT TO-!"

Bikini shouts out as she puts both of the old men in a bubble of golden light.

"Please! No more arguing! We need your help...!"

Roshi pokes the bubble dispelling it with no effort on his part. Starswirl turned his bubble blue with his own magic before dispelling it with his horn. Bikini leans back in surprise, never having experienced anyone to resist, let alone outright overcome her powers. Roshi then walks past her and Goku, nodding.

"Alright, alright, I'll help out. I'll go put the fire out myself."

He turns around to face the duo as he holds his hand out.

"Starswirl will teleport us there! Take my hand!"

Goku points up confused as Roshi's hand gropes Bikini's chest.

"That's not her hand."

Roshi stumbles back with a giggle after being slapped by Bikini. Starswirl groans walking between the group.

"No need for hand holding. Just put your hand on my shoulder or back and we'll be good to go."

The group huddle around the horned sage before they're taken by a bright light.

When the light dies down, they're right by the Ox King, Bulma, and Oolong. However, there were a few more people there as well, being Yamcha and Paur along with a small girl at his side running to the Ox King.

"Daddy, daddy, I'm back!"

The Ox King scoops her up into a big hug with a relieved sigh.

"There you are, Chi-Chi! I thought I lost you in the fire! Where've you been?"

Yamcha puts on a brave face with his chest puffed out.

"I found her, sir! She said your place caught fire and she got lost looking for a way to put it out! Something about Master Roshi, but I couldn't leave her alone in this dangerous world!~"

In truth, it was a misunderstanding. Yamcha ended up losing the group and heard Chi-Chi's crying as she was being chased by dinosaur, one she would end up killing by throwing a blade on her helmet and decapitate the beast in one move. Cautious to approach her, he knocked her out after saying hi, not out of malice but out of self-defense as she attempted to take his head off the same way. He would've left her behind had Paur not convinced him to help her for a reward.

Thankfully, she woke up with no memory of Yamcha attacking her, as he knocked her out right as she attacked, and she has a bad habit of fighting with her eyes closed. Yamcha learned just who she was and celebrated with Puar as they knew they'd be in for a reward from the Ox King. That or at the very least be in his good graces.

However, he couldn't believe his eyes when he not only found Oolong, but another beautiful girl, Bulma, by his side. The pig nudges Yamcha with a skeptical look and whispers

"Hey, not to get buddy buddy with ya, but how come you didn't run away or get all bashful with the Ox King's brat?"

"That's easy, bacon strips. I don't have a lolita complex."

"Now that I can respect!"

Puar rolls his eyes at them both before noticing the new arrivals.

"M-Master Yamcha! It's that monkey boy and the horn girl again! They brought old people with them!"

Starswirl strokes his beard with a small smirk hidden under the facial hair.

"Hm. Rude kids are far more common these days, don't you think?"

Roshi shakes his head before glancing to Starswirl.

"You'd know, you're older than dust."

"Shut up and behave yourself."

The Ox King hurries over to his elders in glee! Chi-Chi clinging to him as she hides behind his leg.

"Ooh! Masters! You're here! Are you going to put out the fires?"

Starswirl nods before he thrusts his cane up near the Ox King's face.

"We'll help but only after you tell us how this happen. If you set your house on fire cooking dinner again, I swear-!"

The Ox King pales shaking his head with hands up.

"N-No sir! I-It was the fire barrier spell you casted!"

"Huh...?"

Starswirl blinks utterly bewildered by the reveal while the Ox King nods.

"I was checking the area for thieves as usual, but then one of my trees was licked by the flame of the barriers, and it all went downhill from there... I tried what I could and even sent Chi-Chi away hoping she'd be spared if the fire took me with it. Thankfully, I escaped before it got this bad, but I still can't put it out!"

Roshi looks over to the flaming mountain with a huff.

"Hrm... You messed up quite a bit, eh Goat Face? I thought you were a master wizard!"

Starswirl begins pulling at Roshi by his beard snarling.

"Shut your stupid drooling perverse lips at once or so help me-!"

As the adults talk amongst themselves, Bulma meets up with Bikini and Goku.

"Y-You just showed up out of nowhere...! So the Ox King is right? That wizard looking guy is like you?"

Bikini nods with a perplexed tone.

"I don't really know how to feel about it. He seems nice enough, and he even gave us the Dragon Ball without a second thought, so I think I should be glad... I don't know about the other one though."

Bulma looks over to Roshi with a face of disgust.

"Gotta give the old wizard this, he's got an air of sagely wisdom, but that other guy...?"

As if on cue or perhaps listening, Roshi practically appears before them both, flexing his arms with a goofy cackle.

"Hey, hey, why don't you two honeybuns help an old man out? Just lift me up onto that there rock would you?"

The two look at each other displeased before Bikini smiles slyly.

"Yes sir, gladly!"

Roshi begins to giggle perversely until he's surrounded by a golden aura, lifted off ground and placed on the debris of a fallen tower. Starswirl snickers with the others while Roshi only clears his throat.

"Watch carefully now everyone. Not every day I get to use this bad boy."

The Turtle Hermit takes off his gi to show off an unsurprisingly skinny frame. That is until he flexes with a loud shout, and his body expands, rippling muscles swell with raw might. Veins grow prominent as his now vascular physique begins to glow with unfathomable power. Roshi speaks as he moves slowly, careful and calculated, his comical and sly vulgar manner vanishing completely.

"This is the culmination of years of discipline and dedication! Hard work and growth! This is the greatest technique of the Turtle School, kids! This is the Ka..."

He enters a formal stance with arms wide open, slowly spinning like a clock.

"Me..."

He tenses further as he brings his wrists together, the area beginning to shake around the party.

"Ha..."

He pulls both of his wrists back shuffling his feet to enter a low yet balanced stance.

"Me..."

His hands cupped together as a shimmering ball of white-blue light forms, growing into such a size that it bulges between his fingers like a beast chewing at the bars of its cage! He obliges this ineffable power by throwing his hands out and opening them apart.

"HA!"

A powerful gale near blows the entire party back until Starswirl creates a barrier, sighing with an unamused expression.

"There he goes showing off again..."

Roshi's technique, the Kamehameha, turns from an immense unstable ball of energy into a focused and perfect streamlined beam of raw power roughly twice the size of the already massive martial artist. It flies without any sign of stopping until it hits the base of the mountain. A deafening boom followed by a blinding light that persists sends the party into a gobsmacked awe. No one can say a word. Not until the light dies away and the sound finally returns to eerie silence. The entire mountain before them is gone, with only a crater in its place, and Roshi shrinking back into the skinny old man without so much a scratch on his shades.

"Whew... There! The fire is out."

The Ox King stumbles over scratching his head with a nervous groan.

"T-Thank you Master Roshi, b-but... You destroyed my mountain too..."

"Oh?"

Roshi turns seemingly not noticing the sheer destruction he wrought. He turns to his student rubbing the back of his head with a bashful cackle.

"O-Oops! I guess I did! I guess I couldn't help myself! Hee hee hee!~"

The Ox King sighs yet keeps a smile on.

"I'm scared you might have blown up my treasure too... I've got riches elsewhere in a bank but... Where will I build a new home for Chi-Chi now...?"

Starswirl nudges the gentle giant with his cane.

"Think of this as a lesson for hoarding things like a dragon. I told you before that greed leads to a fall... That aside, I think your wealth is intact, it must've been scattered about though. Look."

Starswirl holds up the Seven-Star Dragon Ball, along with a decoration of golden accessories on his wrist and arm. He takes them off and hands them to the Ox King.

"These were at my feet when the blast died down. I'm sure the rest around as well. I bet the mountain softened the blow and saved the treasures."

"Ooh! This is great news! Hey, hey kids!"

The Ox King waves to the awestruck party holding out the Dragon Ball.

"You came here for this, right? Here! I've got no real use for this so you can have it!"

Bulma blinks out of her stunned stupor and runs right over to snatch the Dragon Ball with stars in her eyes.

"This is it! We're almost there!"

Bikini looks on with Oolong, the two exclaim in joy.

"We're almost done already! Just one more to go!"

"I thought it'd take longer than this, that's for sure!"

Bikini looks over to Goku, shouting to him.

"Hey, don't wander away too far! What are you even doing over there?"

Goku mimics Roshi's movement verbatim, aiming away from the group, he faces Yamcha's vehicle he unaware it belongs to the bandit.

"Ka... Me... Ha... Me...!"

Roshi takes notice at once before calling out with a mirthful tone.

"Try as you might to look up as someone as cool as me, kid, that technique won't be possible for you until you're as old as me!"

Goku's eyes flash with a light before he thrust his hands out.

"Ha!"

To the absolute shock of all but one, Goku fires a much weaker beam, yet powerful enough to blow the vehicle away and into a boulder where it's smashed into pieces upon impact! Starswirl grooms his beard looking to Roshi with a condescending tone.

"It would seem to me that he has done the impossible, wouldn't you say?"

Roshi blinks behind his shades before adjusting them as he clears his throat.

"Y-Yes. Well... Beginner's luck! He certainly has some potential though."

The Ox King blurts out abruptly then.

"H-He's Gohan's grandson! If anything it only makes sense the kid could do it! He's strong enough to go toe to toe with me after all!"

That has Yamcha pale as a ghost. He didn't need to fight the Ox King to know he wasn't a match, yet he and Goku were even when they fought, albeit the boy certainly proved more durable than him. Either he has underestimated the Ox King or there is more to Goku than he thought. One thing is certain though...

"Dammit, you brat! You broke my ride! H-How am I supposed to get around now?!"

Goku tilts his head at him before pointing at the Ox King.

"He's got a lot of stuff, right? Why not ask him?"

Yamcha leans back with his temple near popping.

"W-Why you-! I-I can't ask the Ox King of something like that!"

Chi-Chi however speaks up then.

"Yes you can! You saved me, right? That means me and Daddy owe you!"

The Ox King stammers and stumbles over his words, but his daughter is right, he'd give up his strength and wealth if it meant Chi-Chi is safe. He gives Yamcha a wave forcing a smile.

"W-Well... It's the least I can do for my savior! If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask!"

Puar's ears perk up at that and whispers to his friend excitedly.

"Master Yamcha, this is the opportunity we've been waiting for! We could live with them instead of robbing people for food in the hot desert!"

Hearing that turned his reluctant mood completely around. He gains a newfound sense of confidence as he sees his luck finally turning around!

"A-Actually, Great Ox King! Could I stay with you? Me and my friend here have been practically homeless for a long time! I-In fact, I could help you with building a new home, that way we're even! S-Sir!"

Bulma looks on with a defeated sigh.

"Darn... We should've taken him along. He's real handsome!"

Oolong rolls his eyes at the narrow-minded girl.

"You're pretty shallow, aren't you? Where's that last Dragon Ball at so I can get away from you freaks!?"

The two start to bicker with each other once more, leaving Bikini to marvel at Goku, the young boy looking down at his hands.

"It was so small compared to the old man... Could Grandpa do that thing too?"

The young Unicorn mumbles to herself.

"I-I've never seen anyone fire beams besides myself before..."

Goku snaps to Bikini, hearing her despite how low her voice had been, a goofy smile beaming from him in excitement.

"Then you can teach me to do it as good as you! I'm not even close to the old man! Bikini, could you show me the ropes?"

"A-Ah-! Sh-Shouldn't you ask Mr. Roshi or Starswirl...?"

Starswirl shakes his head and shouts over to them as he walks over.

"Nonsense! The energy you fire from your horn is similar to that fired from his hands. In fact, I bet you could fire a Kamehameha too. Why don't you try it?"

She steps back shaking her head.

"That kind of power coming from me...?! I-It's too much! Goku's stronger than me so it makes sense he could do it, right?"

Starswirl shakes his head.

"The Kamehameha is not a technique based on physical prowess. If it were, Ox King would be able to use it, but he can barely harness his energy... You however, have been doing it for some time. Go on, give it a try."

Bulma takes notice and steps between the two with a harsh growl for the elder.

"Hey! I don't know what your deal is, but my sister isn't into this kind of thing! She hates violence so that includes your martial arts stuff! Quit trying to make her do things she doesn't want to!"

Starswirl scratches his cheek leaning back.

"Y-Your sister...? Do forgive my eagerness. I didn't know she found these things, distasteful."

"Of course she does! What kind of young lady *wants* to learn how to blow up a mountain with her hands?! We have Goku for that!"

Bikini steps from behind Bulma with a reluctant smile.

"A-Actually... I'm not, disinterested. Maybe you could show me what you know about my horn?"

Goku pipes up dragging Oolong over as he had attempted to run off again.

"Oh yeah! That was the other reason we came to find you anyways, geezer! You have a horn so you should know all about it!"

Starswirl groans at Goku's casual rudeness yet nods.

"Tell you what... When you find all the Dragon Balls, and after you make your wish, why don't you come back to the island you found Roshi and I on?"

Bulma scoffs rolling her eyes but Bikini responds in surprising delight.

"That works perfectly for us, sir! I promise not to keep you waiting for long!"

Goku snickers with his tail wagging about.

"It's only been a few days anyways! You better be ready for when we show up again!~"

The bearded sage sighs yet seems mildly content. He watches the party leave and calls out to Roshi.

"Hey! We're headed home now. I'll see you at the house."

Roshi turns to his housemate waddling over with his hand outstretched.

"Ah, it is about time for us to go. Alright, teleport us back alrea-"

There's a flash and Starswirl is gone, leaving Roshi behind several miles away. The balding master grows a vein on his head as he grumbles under his breath.

"I shoulda saw that one coming."