Chapter 2: A Night in the Desert
After putting the desert bandit Yamchu to flight, Goku and his friends spent the night in a double-decker camper which Oolong was carrying as a capsule. Goku and Kajika devoured the food Oolong prepared as if there was no tomorrow. "Why didn't you just say that you had this huge camper with you all along?" Bulma accused Oolong, with a hint of annoyance. "I did not want the Desert Bandit stealing it, besides, you did not ask.", Oolong replied defiantly as he put a roast chicken on the table. "Slow guys, or you'll choke," Oolong admonished them. "That's really good!" Goku shouted enthusiastically. "I hope to see Yamcha again, he seemed so shy," Bulma said wistfully. "He'll be back for sure," Kajika replied, though his expectations differed from Bulma's.
Out in the desert, Yamcha and Puar saw the double-decker vehicle and prepared for a second try. Inside, Oolong showed Bulma the bathroom and she decided to take a nice warm shower. Oolong came back to join Goku and Kajika. "Man, what a day! Hopefully we'll finally have our rest." "Wasn't that bad." Goku said, "And what's going to happen out here, anyway?" "Exactly, and even if - we can handle it," Kajika added. Oolong saw things less relaxed: "This bandit Yamchu could rob us blindly and I don't know if you noticed, but I have some valuable stuff here, the only reason you are so calm is that you don't have anything worth stealing, "he said annoyed. Goku contradicted and said, "Yes, I have - my Dragon Ball." "Dragon Ball, what's that?" "You know, Bulma asked me not to show you, but I think it's okay." Goku said as he pulled the four-star Dragon Ball out of his pocket and showed it to Oolong and Kajika.
In the meantime, Bulma enjoyed her warm shower. Outside, Yamcha and Pual approached the camper and ducked under a window. "Good, let's try it." "But what about the girl?" "Don't worry about that." But as Yamcha looked through the window, he saw Bulma showering in all her glory and freaked out. Bulma came to the window and looked around to find out where the noise came from and finally said: "Probably nothing." "Are you okay, master?" Pual asked, worried. Yamcha was still completely upset: "Damn, I hate to get all shaky every time I see a girl." At that moment they heard Goku tell the story of the Dragon Balls: "And if you collect all seven Dragon Balls, the holy dragon will appear and grant you every wish." "Wow, that's great!" Oolong said. "With that, I can become a normal boy again!", Kajika fantasized, but was slowed down by his spirit friend. "Do not even think about it, you still have 100 souls to save." "Yeah, that's true", the fox boy admitted. "There are so many wishes that you can hardly decide for one. You can really wish for anything?", Kajika asked curiously. "Yes, that's what Bulma told me.", Goku said to Oolong, while Yamcha got an idea after hearing their conversation. He and Puar quickly ran away from the camper. "Have you heard that? All your wishes can come true!", Puar shouted, beaming at Yamcha. "That's great, my furry little friend! Do you know what that means?" Puar nodded. "I ... will never be shy of women again.", Yamcha cheered, and Puar fell over. "But master, with the Dragon Balls you can rule the whole world." "How long have you been with me, Puar?" Yamcha wanted to know. "Two years, one month and three days," Puar replied. "After such a long time, I'm surprised you don't know me well enough." Yamcha said, slightly disappointed. He continued, "I have no interest in governing the world, one day I would like to get married, or at least be able to ask a single girl for a lousy date. Let's get these Dragon Balls!"
Meanwhile, two robots hopped up to the motorhome and a female voice radioed: "Spy bots are in position, sir." "Place the bomb and grab the Dragon Balls.", a strange voice answered as two figures jumped out of the machines - a female spy named Mai and a fox in a ninja outfit called Shu. The two approached the camper. Shu took a bomb and set the timer for five minutes. He tried to place it carefully under the vehicle. Then Mai noticed that someone was approaching the camper. Unfortunately, Shu also had a mishap: "Uh Mai, I think we have a problem." "What is it?" "The bomb is stuck to my hand." Mai panicked and shouted, "Okay, wait right here, I'll get help." But Shu ran after her and did not want to be left behind.
The figures May saw were Yamcha and Puar, who carefully watched the interior of the car. "Listen guys, we have to keep Bulma out of the Dragon Ball thing." Oolong tried to convince the two. "Why should we do that, she's our friend." Kajika asked in surprise. "Because she's a girl, and we are boys." Oolong said as he continued with a drooling mouth and a grin on his face, "And that means we want to wish for a few special things." "For example?" Goku asked curiously. Oolong's grin grew and he said, "Well, for example, a harem with three hundred girls!" "Dirty pig!" Gigi thought silently. "Why would you wish for that? Then we would have three hundred Bulmas having to listen to.",Goku asked, innocently surprised, unaware of Oolong's ulterior motive. Bulma came out of nowhere and gave Goku a head butt: "How dare you talk about me like that behind my back, Oolong, do you have any spare pajamas?" "Do I look like your butler?" Oolong accosted her.
Kajika jumped up and headed for the door. "Where do you want to go?" Oolong wanted to know. "I'll go out for a walk, I'll be back soon." Oolong took two glasses of orange juice from the fridge and handed them to Bulma and Goku. "Thanks, you can be a cute piggy sometimes, too.", Bulma said, taking a sip. Goku also took a sip: "Yuck, the stuff is disgusting!" "The juice is healthy and will help you get stronger." claimed Oolong. "All right, down the hatch! You don't drink any?" "Oh, I already had some," said the pig. Bulma yawned, "I'm tired, I'll hit the sack. Where can I sleep?" "Just go upstairs.", Oolong told her the way. Bulma went upstairs, stopped halfway, and said to Oolong, "Tomorrow morning my clothes are washed, and you better not come up here, or you'll walk all the way home, you see?" "Roger that." "The way she said that, you might think we were married." Oolong told himself before he heard Goku snoring and saw that he was fast asleep. "The sleeping powder I've mixed them into the juice is working faster than I thought, and the fox boy is gone, so now it's a breeze to steal the Dragon Balls from them." Oolong grinned widely.
Outside, Kajika enjoyed his walk through the desert when he saw a woman and a fox tinkering with something and decided to help them. "Come on, Shu, hurry up," Mai said as Shu tried to defuse the bomb. "I'm trying!", Shu shouted desperately. "Oh oh, we have less than a minute before the bomb explodes!" Mai cried horrified and hid behind a column. Kajika came over and addressed the two: "Sorry, are you all right?" "Who's the boy over there?" Mai asked, confused. "I do not know, but ..." Shu said as Kajika grabbed Shu's paw. "What is this, a kind of alarm clock?" Kajika wanted to know and pointed to the bomb. "Uh, yes, but we can not wait to set the time right." shouted Shu hastily. "Can you help us?" Mai asked, sweating with nervousness. Kajika nodded and said, "Of course I can, I can even help to release it from your paw if you want." "Please do it fast!", Shu shouted in panic. Kajika pushed some buttons and set the timer. Finally, he removed it from Shu's paw and said, "Here you go, I set the alarm to 8 o'clock in the morning, if that's okay." "That's more than okay, thank you, um ... What's your name?" Mai asked. "My name is Kajika, and I wish you both a nice night. See you later." After Kajika left, Mai and Shu placed the bomb under the mobile and left. Once they got out of there, Shu said to Mai, "Phew, that was close! I'm just glad the boy came out of nowhere to help."