Back with Gohan in the Dragon Ball search, the group had a trailer van they were staying in for the night.
"It's good to have a nice warm place to stay at," Bulma said, sitting next to Goku as he rummaged through his dinner. "Really wish you told us sooner you had this Oolong."
"Hey you didn't ask," Oolong said. "Plus I didn't want those bandits stealing it."
"Oh yeah, those guys," Bulma said. "I really hope I see Yamcha again, he looked so shy."
Gohan found it hard to believe that Yamcha was shy, in fact being told that Yamcha ran off upon seeing Bulma already struck him as odd. "So Oolong, what can you tell me about that Yamcha guy?"
"What's there to tell? He's a crooked thief," Oolong said. "Thankfully he's gone, he and that annoying sidekick of his."
"Maybe he's just misunderstood," Bulma said. "He didn't seem that bad to me."
"Use your head, that guy just wanted our stuff, he was willing to get pretty violent for it!" Oolong said.
"What matters is that everyone's alright," Gohan said. "Though I am curious, how exactly did da-Goku lose to him? Was he really that much stronger?"
"I'd say they were pretty close, but Goku started getting hungry in the middle of the fight," Oolong pointed out. "That allowed that sneaky bandit to get the upper hand."
"Well we can worry about Yamcha later, right now I need a bath," Bulma said, then turned to Gohan. "You could use one as well, you look so dirty."
"What happened to you anyway?" Oolong asked. "You look like you were in a fight."
"Uh, about that..." Gohan began, trying to think of a good reason for his damaged clothes. "See while I was out I...ran into some desert monsters, and I had to fight them off using the martial arts skills my dad taught me."
"Wow, sounds rough kid," Bulma said. "Uh, those creatures wouldn't happen to still be around, would they?"
"And what was those explosions?" Oolong asked.
"Uh...volcanoes?" Gohan said, hoping they'd believe him. "Little mini volcanoes that exploded and destroyed the monsters."
That explanation did seem to raise a few eyebrows, mostly Bulma and Oolong, that seemed like such an odd occurrence.
"That sounds really hard to believe honestly," Bulma said, getting a nervous reaction out of Gohan. "But I won't question it...right now at least. You seem nice so whatever reason you had, I'm sure we'll find out more soon."
"Uh, right, I guess," Gohan said, still somewhat nervous. Bulma is a genius after all, of course she'd pick things up quicker.
"Anyway about that bath, Oolong where's the tub?" Bulma asked.
"Upstairs," Oolong said, pointing in the direction.
"Take me there," Bulma instructed, much to Oolong's annoyance.
"What do I look like a butler?" Oolong asked.
"Just show me before I make you have to use it," Bulma threatened, Oolong reluctantly going along with it.
As the two went upstairs, Goku scooted closer to Gohan, "So you got into a fight huh?"
"Y-yeah, it was nothing," Gohan said.
"I wish I could have seen it, you look like you had it rougher than I did," Goku said. "Man that Yamcha was strong, he's probably the strongest guy around."
That's a sentence Gohan to be the strangest thing he's heard in his life, "Uh, maybe...?"
"I hope I can get stronger, next time I'll defeat him with my own skills," Goku said. "Maybe you can fight him too, see if you're stronger than he is."
Gohan of course knew he was stronger than Yamcha, not just here either, he was stronger than the Yamcha of his timeline. In fact he's convinced he's stronger than the Yamcha of the other timeline he went to.
"That could be fun I guess," Gohan said. "But I'm not really gonna look for a fight, honestly I would prefer it if he didn't come back and we can just sleep in peace tonight."
"I'm not worried about Yamcha though," Goku said. "I think I can beat him even if he does come back, I've got a full belly, which means I can fight."
"That's good to know," Gohan said. "So, where exactly is this next Dragon Ball?"
"On Mount Frypan," Goku said.
"Mount Frypan?" Gohan thought a moment, the name sounded familiar. Then it hit him, that's where his mother was from. Soon he'll likely meet his mother as a kid as well, he had to wonder what she was like, if she was anything like how she is now.
Oolong had come downstairs moments later, somewhat annoyed at having to have shown Bulma around, but he'll let it slide for now. He came to see that the two boys were still sitting and chatting, mostly about the Dragon Balls. He was curious about those things, so he decided to take the time to ask, "Hey kid, care to explain the Dragon Balls a little more? I only heard of them today when you mentioned it earlier, are they really wish granting balls or was that Bulma making things up?"
"They really can grant wishes, according to Bulma," Goku said. "I mean I don't see why she would make it up, she's afraid of danger so she wouldn't be doing this if it weren't real."
"I think she's being honest," Gohan said.
"So, orbs that can grant wishes..." Oolong said. "I still find it hard to believe, but I guess it's worth seeing for myself."
Unbeknownst to them, Yamcha was outside, having heard everything about the Dragon Balls.
"With those Dragon Balls...I can finally wish to the Dragon to not lose my cool around girls!" Yamcha said, much to Puar's disappointment.
Later it was Gohan's turn to use the shower, the young boy standing in the shower as the warm water ran down his body. He had to wonder how long he would be in this timeline, he already did battle against those Tuffle Twins, but he hasn't heard anything yet about going home, he doesn't even know how to.
He heard a quick knock on the door, followed by a voice, "Hey Gohan! I'm going to bed now, I feel really tired all of a sudden. I'm gonna be sleeping upstairs and I told the boys they would be downstairs."
"Sounds good Bulma!" Gohan called out.
"If you can, try to keep an eye on them, especially Oolong, I don't have any PJs and I don't want to sleep in my dirty clothes, so you probably get the picutre of what I'm trying to say!" Bulma said.
"Yeah, make sense, don't worry I'll keep an eye out," Gohan reassured.
"Thanks kid, see you in the morning!" Bulma said, then made her way to bed.
Gohan thought about the idea of Bulma sleeping in the nude, he then proceeded to mentally slap himself for having such a perverted mind. "Ugh, ever since I met that Videl from the future my hormones have been acting weird."
Gohan finished up his shower, checking some Hoi Poi Capsules he brought for a spare change of clothes. After the Prison Planet he knew to always bring a spare set of clothes, especially knowing he had a tail that could make him turn into a Great Ape. He isn't embarrassed about being naked, but he still hadn't forgotten about having to wear Pan's underwear, he won't take chances like that again.
Upon going downstairs, he saw that Goku was out like a light, Gohan figuring he must have exhausted himself. I remembers that his father would overly exhaust himself at times and this was one of those times.
"Hey kid," Oolong said, getting Gohan's attention. He handed the boy a glass with a beverage, "Have a drink."
"Uh, thanks but I'm not really thirsty," Gohan said, turning away.
"Hold on now," Oolong said, running in front of Gohan. "It's a special drink, I made it just for you."
"...Why?" Gohan asked, little suspicious of Oolong at the moment.
"It's...a type of brain drink, yeah you said you like studying those books of yours, so I figured I could make you something to help your focus," Oolong said.
"Uh, that's a bit...generous of you," Gohan wasn't sure what to make of this, he's never known Oolong to be generous, in fact while he doesn't know the Oolong of his time that well, he does know he can be a bit selfish, and somewhat perverted.
"Just take it kid, I'll take it as a personal insult if you don't," Oolong said.
Gohan figured to just get this over with, though he still finds it strange that Oolong is being so generous. He tasted the drink and it was a bit odd to him. He chugged it down, waiting a bit for something to happen. The only change was that he felt a bit tired, but not enough to fall asleep. "Hey, did Goku or Bulma have any of this?"
"Uh, yeah I made them their own kind of drink," Oolong said. "So did you like it?"
Gohan thinks he knows what's happening, he could tell that this drink had some sedatives added, fortunately it would take much more than this to affect Gohan given his strong mental training. His guess was that Oolong wanted everyone asleep so that he could sneak upstairs and perv on Bulma. Not on his watch though.
"Well thanks, I'm gonna go lay down now," Gohan said, making it seem like he was gonna go to sleep.
"That's fine, sweet dreams kid," Oolong said, feigning going to sleep as well.
Gohan sat in the corner, keeping his alert up. The moment Oolong tried something upstairs, he would go and catch him in the act. Maybe he'll even try yelling that word that Bulma yells.
However Gohan was about to have more things to worry about, as he tried to sleep he heard someone speaking in his head. "Gohan!"
The boy woke up, recognizing the voice almost instantly. "Supreme Kai of Time?" He looked around. "Where are you!?"
"Keep your voice down, no one can hear me except you, but everyone there can still hear you speak, just keep your volume down," Supreme Kai of Time said.
"Right, sorry," Gohan said, speaking softly. "What do you need? Are you bringing me back now?"
"Not yet, you're mission's not over, keep an eye out, there's still more enemies out there," the Kai warned. "Those twins aren't done yet, and they have another surprise in store, you have to go find them before it's too late."
"Alright, I'll go check," Gohan said. "Also, I found Towa, she was here."
"I saw, I wish I could send someone to help but I don't have any options here," Supreme Kai of Time said. "I can't send Zangya yet, don't fully trust her, and I can't pull Pan or Cabba out yet, they're in a fight of their own, and if they leave then Universe 3's in danger," Supreme Kai of Time said.
"They're fighting? Against who?" Gohan asked.
"Don't worry about it for now, focus on your own mission," Supreme Kai of Time said. "Right now the timeline is still fine, just go make sure it stays that way."
"Right," Gohan said, but before he left, he noticed Oolong making his way upstairs. "Of course...well I guess I can put a stop to him before I-"
The door then swung open, Gohan going back to his fake sleep while keeping an eye open. It was Yamcha, the bandit had entered the van, much to Gohan's confusion.
"Hm...there's that kid, he's out like a light though," Yamcha said, then looked around. He spotted Gohan, the boy doing his best to fake his sleep. "Who's he, I didn't see him before."
"They were asking about where someone was, maybe that's him," Puar said.
"Well he's out too, let's go steal those Dragon Balls," Yamcha said, making his way upstairs.
"Gohan, get going," Supreme Kai of Time said. "Don't worry about Bulma, this is the correct timeline, they'll be fine."
Gohan felt guilty about leaving since he did promise Bulma to keep an eye out, but rules were rules. He made his way out of the Van and started flying around. While out and about, he spotted a very familiar girl talking with a ninja fox. "Hey Mai's here."
"Gohan, wait!" Supreme Kai of Time tried to warn, to no avail.
Gohan landed before the two, "Hey Mai, glad to see you."
Mai had turned around in surprise, she wasn't expecting any company, let alone this strange boy. "Huh?"
"I see you have a friend...have I met him before?" Gohan asked. "Anyway it's great to see you, did the Supreme Kai of Time send you back?"
"Supreme Kai of what?" Mai asked. "Wait who are you? How do you know me?"
"It's me, Gohan," the boy explained. "You know, Goku's son, I'm friends with Trunks. I came to the future in his time machine."
"What is this boy talking about?" Shu asked.
Mai glared down at Gohan, "Is this some type of joke kid? I don't know how you know my name but if you don't leave right now, I'll make you regret it!"
"Mai what's with you? You're usually much more friendly...also since when do you wear make-up," Gohan asked.
Mai pulled out her gun, aiming right at Gohan. "Last warning, get out of my sight."
Gohan stared in surprise, then started chuckling, "Come on Mai, you know what won't work on me. I mean unless you got stronger bullets but I know you wouldn't waste those on me."
"Alright that's it!" Mai said and started firing. After her clip emptied she was surprised to see Gohan still standing, as if nothing happened.
"Wow, you were serious?" Gohan asked.
"H-how is this possible!?" Mai asked, taking a step back. "You're a monster!"
"No, I'm Gohan," the boy repeated. Honestly he was confused, he thought Mai was messing around at first but she seems genuinely surprised and frightened to see Gohan.
Shu rushed over and aimed his sword at Gohan, "Whatever trick you're playing won't work on me! I'll strike you down myself!"
Gohan took a step back, he had no idea what was happening, but Mai really did not seem to know who he was at all. None of this made sense though.
"Gohan! Can you hear me!?" Supreme Kai of Time shouted in his head. "That Mai isn't the Mai you know! That's a different Mai!"
That just confused Gohan, he needed to get out of there though, so he quickly dashed off in the blink of an eye, leaving Mai and Shu behind.
"Just who was he?" Mai wondered. "How did he know who I was?"
"I can't be sure, but did you notice his tail?" Shu asked. "Doesn't that one boy also have one, think they're related?"
"I don't know for sure, let's just get going before we run into any more weirdos," Mai said.
Gohan had put a distance between himself and Mai, still feeling very confused by the encounter. "Hey, Supreme Kai of Time, what did you mean when you said that Mai is different?"
"That's the Mai of this timeline, not the future you know," The Kai said.
"Huh? But this is back when my dad was a kid, and Mai is suppose to be around Trunks's age, how could this be the Mai of this timeline?" Gohan said.
"Look, don't tell Trunks that I told you, but the reason the Mai you knew looks so young is because she used the Dragon Balls to wish herself that young in one timeline," the Kai said. "That's why the Mai you know looks so young, but she's actually a lot older than she looks."
"Wait, so does that mean Trunks is probably dating a girl that's a lot older than him?" Gohan asked, a little weirded out.
"Hey to me you're all kids so it makes no difference to me who dates who," Supreme Kai of Time said. "Besides aren't you in love with Android 18?"
"Well, yeah, but she's not that much older than me, at least not compared to Trunks and Mai," Gohan said.
"Well the point is that Mai isn't your Mai, so don't interact with her again," Supreme Kai of Time said. "Hopefully that interaction didn't have any negative consequence."
"Well, I'll just keep patrolling," Gohan said.
"Keep a close watch, but I doubt you'll be able to do much tonight," Supreme Kai of Time said. "You might need to spend the night in that timeline."
"That's fine with me, I hope my mother won't mind though," Gohan said. "Then again I spent a year in the wild so this is pretty mild in comparison."
He heard some screaming from the van, so quickly he flew overhead and saw Yamcha running out the van, looking like he had seen something intense.
"Yamcha? What's he doing here?" Gohan wondered. "Oh no, is everyone alright?" Gohan used his Instant Transmission to go inside, appearing beside Goku. He was on the floor, but still sleeping, "Uh, he looks fine, not sure how he got on the floor though. Wait what about Bulma!? Or the Dragon Balls!?" He rushed upstairs, hoping to see if Bulma was alright or if the Dragon Balls were safe. He rushed inside the room hoping to find Bulma, which he did...completely in the nude.
Gohan's eyes widened in shock of what he was seeing, a girl he looked up to, his father's first true friend, a woman who's practically an aunt to him was completely bare before his eyes. His face turned red as he stood there in shock, shaking his knees. He wants to leave but he couldn't bring himself to move.
"Stupid Yamcha," He heard Oolong say. That snapped him out of his trance and he acted quickly, throwing the blanket over Bulma to cover her up and quickly left the room, making his way downstairs.
Upon arrival he saw Oolong grabbing some stuff, too busy to notice that Gohan was awake. He quickly went to the other part of the room where he tried going to sleep. Though before he did, he seemed to notice Bulma's clothes in the corner. He peeked his head out to see that Oolong had grabbed a rifle and sat at the driver's seat.
"Just wait til that stupid bandit shows up again, I'll deal with him myself," Oolong said.
Gohan guessed that Oolong probably forgot about washing Bulma's clothes, he was pretty worried about Yamcha returning. Gohan decided to handle Bulma's clothes himself, if to make sure she has something to wear, and not risk seeing her in the nude again.
Not that he didn't like it, but perhaps that's what bothered him.
Back in Universe 3, Pan and Cabba were teaming up in their battle against Golden Metal Cooler, the two trying to overpower the metallic fiend. Though even their combined Super Saiyan 2 forms were proving not to be effective enough, especially since Metal Cooler seemed to be healing from a lot of their attacks.
Pan tried for a kick to his face but Cooler grabbed her and tossed her to a metallic wall, leaving a crater on the side. Cabba tried himself but Cooler was quick to punch and kick him right on top of Pan.
"I just love this Universe, it's so...befitting of me," Metal Cooler said. "Perhaps I'll build an empire here in addition to my own Universe."
"Amazing how strong he is," Cabba said, floating away from the wall. "How are we gonna beat him?"
"Don't ask me," Pan said, floating toward Cabba. "He's way too strong for us, what's the source of his power?"
"According to what I've heard, he uses the power of the Big Gete Star to increase his strength and repair himself, but that's only in Universe Seven," Cabba said.
"My power source can come from anywhere, especially in a metallic Universe such as this one," Metal Cooler said. "It's not as strong but my Golden Form gives me more than enough strength and endurance to outlast the two of you."
"Should we try finding his power source?" Pan asked.
"I'm already on it," They heard Trunks's voice on their radios say. "Just keep stalling him, I'll be there to help you shortly."
"Try to hurry up, I hate to admit this but we're not going to last at this rate," Cabba said.
"Are you two done?" Metal Cooler asked. "Perhaps I should just kill you both now, save you further humiliation."
"You're pissing me off!" Pan shouted, powering up. "I don't go down without a fight!"
She flew in to attack, Cooler being quick to whack her down with his tail, "Mostly Earthling yet you still have the mindset of a Saiyan, how impressive."
"I'll show you a true Saiyan's might!" Cabba shouted, flying in to attack but taking a punch to the stomach.
"I heard the Saiyans of Universe Six have more potential compared to the ones in Universe Seven, but compared to me it might as well be a minor boost in power!" Metal Cooler said and whacked Cabba with his tail.
Pan appeared beside Cooler, charging her attack, "Kamehame-HA!"
Cooler took the beam head on, but he powered through and punched Pan across her jaw, then elbowed an oncoming Cabba. "You fools are no match for me!"
Pan tried attacking again, getting a punch in but she took a knee to her stomach. He went for a punch of his own but Cabba grabbed his wrist and flung him around for a kick to his chin. Cabba started firing a bunch of ki blasts at Metal Cooler but the tyrant emerged from the smoke punched Cabba across the face.
Pan flew in to attack but Metal Cooler grabbed her by the neck, then did the same to Cabba as he squeezed the two. "I'll crush you both right now!"
The two struggled in his grasp and kicked him hard in the face, both then firing ki blasts from her feet, knocking Cooler back.
"Really glad you taught me that techniqune," Pan said.
"It's handy isn't it?" Cabba said. "Let's keep going!"
The two went to attack again but Metal Cooler knocked Pan aside with a kick and hit an uppercut on Cabba. "Fools!"
He grabbed Cabba and tossed him at Pan, immediately forming a giant energy ball and sending it down at the two. Both recovered in time to try pushing the energy ball back, but it proved to be a lot of power.
"Come on, we can't give up!" Cabba shouted, putting his energy into it.
"I don't plan to!" Pan also shouted, trying to push the ball back.
"It's pointless!" Metal Cooler powered his attack more, but the determination of the two warriors did not allow them to quit.
Unfortunately for him, Trunks had arrived with one of his strongest attacks. "Burning Attack!"
Cooler took a blast to his back, leaving him damaged, "How!?"
"Whatever your power source is, I destroyed it, and with an injury like that, you're all but finished!" Trunks shouted, then called to the two. "Quick! End it!"
"Let's do it Cabba!" Pan shouted, the two pushing the attack back at Metal Cooler, who tried holding it back with what's left of his power.
"I will not lose!" Metal Cooler shouted.
Pan cupped her hands together, "Kamehame-HA!"
Cabba entered into his own stance, "Galick Cannon!"
The two sent their beams at Metal Cooler, both those attacks and his own energy ball finally consuming and destroying the metallic threat.
"You got him!" Trunks cheered. "Way to go you two!"
"Yeah, great," Pan said, panting a bit.
"We, really, got him," Cabba said, panting as well.
Soon the two tired out and started falling, Trunks being quick to catch them, "Wow, you're both exhausted, I should take you two home." Trunks looked around the planet, "Nothing more to see here anyway, if Mira was here then he's gone now, probably left when Towa did."
Trunks returned to the Time Nest with Cabba and Pan, ready to fight again another day.
The following morning in the past Goku had finally woken up, with Oolong alerting him to the fact that Yamcha had returned and he had stayed up all night in case he came back again. Bulma had woken up as well, asking about her clothes. To her dismay, Oolong had revealed he did not have time to wash her clothes since he was up all night keeping an eye out for Yamcha.
Gohan was woken up to the sound of Bulma yelling, "Just what the hell am I gonna wear then!?"
"There's some clothes in the drawer upstairs, it's all I got," Oolong said.
Just as Bulma was about to go up, Gohan called to her, "Hey Bulma, I washed your clothes."
"Gohan?" Bulma said, going to the boy as he passed her the clothes he had stashed beside him. "Thank you so much, that was really nice of you."
"It's nothing," Gohan said, still looking a bit sleepy. "I know what it's like to not have an extra pair of clothes when you need them, and I didn't want anyone else going through that if I knew I could help them out."
"You're the sweetest little kid," Bulma said, then turned to Oolong. "At least someone's being useful."
"Hey I stayed up all night keeping an eye out for Yamcha in case he came back!" Oolong shouted.
"Huh? Wait did he come by?" Bulma asked.
"Yeah he came by! Doing who know's what!" Oolong said.
"Oh, well he's always welcome here," Bulma said, much to Oolong's annoyance.
"You don't seem to realize the situation, do you?" Oolong focused back on the road. "Looks like I gotta keep everyone safe myself, what a hassle."
Bulma grabbed her clothes and made her way upstairs, "Oolong be ready to drive us to Mount Frypan, and Gohan, come meet me upstairs in a bit, I have some stuff I want to ask you."
"Uh, sure, I guess," Gohan said.
"Why do I have to drive, I was up all night without sleeping!" Oolong said.
"Just do it," Bulma said, going upstairs, Oolong cursing the girl for her insensitivity.
Later on as promised, Gohan met with Bulma in the room upstairs, the boy feeing weird around the girl, remembering what he had seen the previous night. "So, what did you want to chat about?"
"To be straight, you," Bulma said. "I just want to know a little more about you."
"Huh? What about me?" Gohan asked.
"For starters, who are you, and where did you come from?" Bulma asked.
"I told you, I'm Gohan, I come from somewhere pretty far off," Gohan said.
"That seems like a vague answer, but let me try another question," Bulma said. "Are you related to Goku by any chance?"
"Huh?" Gohan was surprised by her analysis. "What makes you say that?"
"For one, you share a lot of similarities, you both have the same eyes, you both have similar hair, except yours is not as wild, you have the same name as his grandfather, which is already similar to Goku's name since they begin with the same syllable, you both almost sound the same, he just sounds a bit gruffer and your voice has a gentleness to it, but nearly identical, and on top of that, you both have a tail," Bulma said.
"Uh...those are all coincidences, I swear," Gohan said.
Bulma didn't seem to buy it, "Hey if there's a secret, you can tell me, I won't tell anyone. I mean we are letting you travel with us, so we're obligated to know some things about you. If you can't tell me then I can't promise we'll let you stick around, you know about the Dragon Balls after all, I can't take the chance that you're gonna swipe them."
"I'm not after them, I can promise you that," Gohan insisted.
"Can I trust you?" Bulma asked. Gohan was pretty nervous, this girl really was inquiring and she seemed determined to find out the true reasoning of Gohan's presence. Maybe he can tell her something, he can't tell her the whole truth since she either wouldn't believe it or it would compromise his mission, but he could tell her part of the truth.
"Alright, but you can't tell Goku who I am, or anyone else," Gohan said.
"I won't," Bulma promised.
"Well, to start off...I am related to Goku," Gohan said. "I'm his...cousin." That was the best explanation Gohan could give at the moment, brother would require more explaining. "I was named after his Grandfather by my father. I was asked to come and check on him because I thought he was in danger, see my family has mae some enemies because we thwarted some villains, so I was asked to make sure no one hurt Goku."
"Is that why you were off yesterday and came back all beat up?" Bulma asked.
"Yeah, I was in a fight and I fought hard to keep Goku safe," Gohan explained. "Whoever is after my d-cousin is still out there, so I might need to go out and fight them off again."
"That's incredible...but what exactly did your family do?" Bulma asked.
"I don't want to get into details, the less you know the safer you'll be," Gohan said. "Just make sure Goku never finds out, I don't want to risk him wanting to fight them, he's not ready. I'm stronger than he is but I don't want to show off my power, not yet."
"I almost find this hard to believe," Bulma said. "Honestly I have my suspicions, but you seem like an honest boy. Plus after what I've seen the last couple of days, I have a bit more of an open mind."
"How much have you seen?" Gohan asked.
"Shapeshifting pigs wanting brides, lost turtles and their pervy masters, giant monsters everywhere, plus the tails," Bulma said. "Say would you be able to explain why you and Goku have tails? He told me it's something all boys have, honestly I don't really know what to believe."
"Tails on boys aren't common," Gohan said. "In fact they're pretty rare on Earthlings, so call it a birth defect."
"Earthlings? That's a weird way to put it," Bulma said.
Gohan cringed a bit, that wasn't the term he was looking for. Though before he had a chance to explain himself, something hit the van, causing an explosion and knocking it over. Gohan had fallen over, landing on Bulma who hit her head hard.
The explosion was caused by Yamcha, who had fired a grenade launcher into the van, causing it to topple. Gohan was grateful he landed face first on something soft, until he looked to see that he was smooshed between Bulma's boobs.
"Ah!" Gohan quickly blacked away, aggressively wiping his face. "Of all the awkward luck! What just happened anyway, was it those twins!?"
He looked outside to see Yamcha aiming his weapon at Goku an Oolong, "Alright, now hand over those Dragon Balls."
"Wait how does he know about The Dragon Balls!?" Oolong asked in surprise.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of him," Goku said, pulling out his Power Pole.
"Do you really want another beating kid?" Yamcha asked. "Didn't get enough of my Wolf Fang Fist?"
"Yesterday I fought on an empty stomach, today I'm full and ready to fight!" Goku said, aiming his staff.
"Oh it's just Yamcha again," Gohan said. "I think this is how the timeline's suppose to go, so I'll just kick back and let dad handle it."
However something strange happened, a strange aura started to surround Yamcha as the bandit warrior powered up, his spike in energy catching Gohan's attention, and his mannerisms causing concern from the others.
"Yamcha!? What's wrong!?" Puar worriedly asked.
"Hey what's with that guy!?" Oolong frantically asked.
Yamcha sent out a powerful force of energy that knocked back Puar and Oolong, one that worried Gohan.
"Wait, Yamcha shouldn't be this strong, he's almost as strong he was when Nappa and Vegeta first came to Earth, maybe even stronger than that!" Gohan said. "My dad's nowhere near that power yet!"
Goku was really confused, "I don't know what's going on, but you're not going to scare me off that easily." He rushed at Yamcha, "Power Pole, ex-"
Yamcha rushed in faster than Goku could react and kneed him hard in the stomach, and hit a massive uppercut, knocking him into the air.
"Oh no, dad!" Gohan shouted and flew to grab his kid father from the air. He was alive but out cold. "Not good!"
Yamcha aimed his palm and fired an energy beam, which Gohan quickly blocked before landing on the ground and sending a force of air to knock Yamcha away. "Gotta get my friends to safety, think..." Gohan remembered something he briefly saw yesterday. "Uh, Flying Nimbus!" Within moments the cloud had come, Gohan quickly placing Goku on there. "Quick, you need to get my friends to safety." He went to grab Bulma to place her on the cloud, only for the girl to fall through. "Huh? Why won't she stay on!?"
Yamcha had recovered from Gohan's attack and rushed to attack, with Gohan quickly blocking a strike and knocking the bandit back. He focused his attention back on Bulma and the Nimbus Cloud.
"Dad said only those with pure hearts could ride the Nimbus, so why can't Bulma?" Gohan wondered. "I know she's a bit of a pain but she's not a bad person, or maybe I'm just not understanding what a pure heart is." He looked to Oolong, "I'm defintiely gonna have this problem with Oolong, given that he's a total pervert."
"Wolf Fang Fist!" Yamcha rushed in to attack Gohan, the boy quick to block all of the incoming strikes, though Yamcha moved a lot faster than he expected and took a blow to the stomach.
"Wow he's strong! Guess I don't have a choice!" Gohan powered into Super Saiyan and flew in with a massive punch to Yamcha, knocking the wolf fight back. "Now for the nimbus. How am I going to get everyone on there if only dad's pure of heart?"
He didn't have time to think, Yamcha attacked again, Gohan doing his best to block, but somehow Yamcha was still pretty strong even in his Super Saiyan form. "I gotta beat him without hurting him too much!"
"Don't worry about that!" Supreme Kai of Time said in his head. "Just beat him up and knock him out! That's the only way to break the spell!"
"Huh, seems a bit barbaric," Gohan said, kicking Yamcha away.
"Yeah but it works," The Kai girl said. "Just do it! Also we're gonna have a nice conversation about your conversation with Bulma!"
"Hey I didn't tell her anything major!" Gohan said, punching Yamcha back. "Just enough to dampen her suspicions!"
"Yeah, all because you're lousy at this," Supreme Kai of Time said. "I knew I should have sent Cabba or Pan here instead, they would know to stay out of sight!"
"What's done is done, you can fix this anyway, can't you!?" Gohan asked.
"It's more work to fix!" Supreme Kai of Time said. "Well whatever, just do your job, you're almost done anyway, once you snap Yamcha out of it, go find Towa and make sure those twins are dealt with!"
"Alright, I got it!" Gohan said, then took a punch from Yamcha. "That's it!" Gohan powered into Super Saiyan 2 and punched Yamcha really hard across the jaw and blasted him with a Masenko, taking him down for the count. "Finally...Hope he's still alive."
"He is, and hopefully he won't have any memory of what happened," Supreme Kai of Time said.
"But what about the others?" Gohan asked, then noticed them waking up, same with Yamcha.
"Yamcha!" Puar shouted, flying over to the beaten up bandit. "Oh no, your poor face!"
"Huh? What about my face?" Yamcha asked as Puar turned into a mirror.
Gohan checked on Goku, "Hey, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, wow Yamcha really got me there, he's stronger than I thought," Goku said. "Uh, you look a bit dirty again. What happened to you?"
"Oh, I may have had to fight off Yamcha, harder than I thought, but I got some hits in at least," Gohan said.
"AH! My tooth!" Yamcha shouted, glaring at the group. "Which one of you knocked out my tooth!"
"Probably him," Goku said, pointing to Gohan.
"Hey don't rat me out!" Gohan shouted.
"Oh, I don't know who you are kid, but next time I see you, you're gonna be so dead!" Yamcha got back in his car and drove off with Puar following.
"Believe it or not, Yamcha losing his tooth is part of the correct timeline," Supreme Kai of Time said.
"Not helping," Gohan muttered.
"Wasn't trying to," The Kai said in a non-caring tone, much to Gohan's annoyance. He'd curse her out but he knew she'd hear him and possibly erase him from existence.
"Well now what?" Oolong said. "That jerk destroyed our car."
"Guess we'll have to walk," Goku said, looking inside. "I'll just carry Bulma since she's unconscious."
"Or, I can carry her," Oolong said with a perverted grin.
"You are forbidden to carry her," Gohan warned. "Try anything funny and I'll do to you what I did to Yamcha!"
Oolong backed away, "Fine, geez kid, what's gotten into you?"
"I just don't have time for your nonsense, better hurry if you want to get to Mount Frypan," Gohan said, leading the way with Goku and Oolong following.
From the distance, Towa seemed rather pleased with this outcome, "Impressive, but I'm not done just yet. If you two those twin Tuffles were bad, wait til you see one of their strongest warriors."
Towa disappeared to make her plans, one more obstacle left for Gohan to overcome.