Nothing to say before the chapter starts off, besides to remind everyone that next week is going to be a break in the story line, where we will tell you how Ki works, and maybe even get into the basics of some future techniques, like how Kaioken is done.

Chapter 9: Meeting Pilaf ~-. .-~ Dragon Ball Saga

Yamcha was following them in the newer version of the car they were using, trying to stay hidden and sense any and all power levels ahead of him. So far, it was tough to do, but they were clear of any and all problems for now. He also was thinking up a plan. I don't need this wish to be wasted on a pair of panties. Hfil, I will personally get Oolong a freshly used pair or 2 if he truly wants them. I can use this wish to find out more about why I am here, and how I got here. But if the dragon can't answer, what should I wish for? He continues thinking for a couple more seconds, and then he had to swerve out of the way before hitting straight into a giant mushroom's stem. He kept swerving around a couple more before he finally started hitting the breaks. Phew, that was close. I really shouldn't be thinking while I'm trying to drive and sense power levels. Speaking of which, I should sense for power levels now.

And he did. And he found them. All 4 of them are on the road. But he also felt another person, slightly off road. This person was standing very high on top of a mushroom, most probably surveying the road. Yamcha was just able to see the woman standing up there. That's one of Pilaf's gang! It has to be, there was no one else on the road. Well, I guess it is time to start spoiling their plans. He first gathered his car into a capsule before bounding from mushroom to mushroom, working his way up them as he moved from one to the next. By the time he got there, he heard her say "Understood! Soba, can you see the car?"

"Yeah, I see car!" a voice from the other side of the walkie-talkie said.

Yamcha thought this was enough. He sped behind the girl, and ripped the antenna out of the top of the device. "Bad girl!" Was all she heard before she wasn't holding anything in her hands. She didn't even noticed that her whole coat and satchel were removed as well. The only things that were left on her where her black boots, her white pants, a black belt, her black tee-shirt, the sleeves to her coat, and her gloves.

"AHHH!" she screamed, trying to cover herself up. Even though she had a tee-shirt on, she still felt bare. Well, they always were an innocent bunch. Yamcha thought, before he jumped down towards the car of his friends. Now where is the other one…? Yamcha closed his eyes and concentrated hard. THERE! He opened his eyes just in time. Soba, the dog, just launched a missile at the car from his robot's right arm. Let us see if I'm fast enough! He thought, while charging and throwing a Ki-blast as fast as he could.

As his blast got close, time started to slow down. Well, it did for Yamcha at least. He got to see how the blast was going to completely miss. No, I cannot have this! He was able to not only adjust the aim a bit, but also speed up the blast. It only clipped the back of the missile, but that was enough to change the direction of it. As the Ki blast exploded harmlessly on the ground, the missile flew over the heads of the people in the car and exploded on a mushroom, cutting it down and making it fall onto the middle of another.

The floating car screeched to a stop while the people inside tried to figure out what just happened. Then, out of nowhere, a giant robot sprung up out from behind a mushroom, coming towards them from the air. What was even more surprising then that was seeing a streak of colors move faster than anyone in the car could track hit into the top of the machine. That was, until the colors found a point to stop, which was along the top of the machine. What the crew of 4 didn't see, was that the colors bent the antenna when they landed on top of the mechanical weapon. Now staying in one place, the colors turned into the figure of Yamcha, who hit the machine down with both of his hands in a hammerhead strike. The robot sped towards the floor with Yamcha in the air above it, who cupped both hands to his side. "KA-ME!"

"It's the Kamehameha!" Goku said excitedly.

"HA-ME!" The bandit continued, with the ball of light glowing even brighter in his hands. He was falling at this point, but he wasn't moving at all. It was almost like he was an action figure that fell off a shelf, but was stuck in one position.

He finally moved his hands forward as he screamed "HAAAAAAA!" and launched the attack. It took off the robot's legs and rocket that was placed on the bottom of it. The attack slowed his fall, but he still stumbled when he hit the ground from going too fast. "Goku!" he screamed, from his fallen position "Rip the thin metal pole from the top from the body!"

"This thing?" Goku said, who went close to the dog-controlled robot to see what it was, was already holding the antenna in his hand. He went to go look at it and accidentally broke it off. "Whoops, I broke it."

"Good" Yamcha said, as he stood up, only a bit bruised and a little exausted. He walked over towards the Robot. He put his right hand over the steel surrounding the door opening, noticing how smooth it was. Not for long he thought as he closed his hand. The metal bent and closed in the dog that was operating it from the inside. He should be able to get out sooner or later, but until then, there is nothing he can do. "Come on everyone, we don't have much time. Let's get into the car and get that last dragon ball."

To Bulma, this was a dream. Not only did the man she liked come out of nowhere to save her, but then he offered to get the last dragon ball. But none of that really mattered once she laid eyes on him. Kami, it's like every time I see him he just looks better and better. Hotter and hotter. I need to get closer.

And she did. She was able to manipulate and push her way into the passenger side seat. From there, all she had to do was snuggle up to him to get everything she desired for now. Yamcha was hesitant to let this continue, but he didn't see the harm in letting her test waters she was never going to swim in. She did it once anyways; why not let her do it again?

~ - . LAD . - ~

Pilaf paced in the control room mulling over the fact that not only did he lose contact form his team, but that the dragon balls stopped moving. Mai's loss of communication could easily happen. If she dropped it, if it malfunctioned, anything could have really happened to stop that. But now Shu is no longer responding from our well tested robot… I'm starting to worry… His thoughts were suddenly stopped when he saw from the corner of his eye a movement on the screen. 6 movements in fact, all coming towards his base. It must be Shu! He has the dragon balls in tow as well! This must be my lucky day! He is almost in viewing distance. He thought, while looking at his TV display of a live streaming video. Suddenly, the heroes of this story burst onto the screen. Everyone was riding in the car except Goku, who was on nimbus outside.

They all got out of the car and looked up at the big fortress. "Wow, that's a big castle!" Bulma said, standing next to the car. Goku started flying higher on nimbus to get a better view, and said something along those lines. "Wait here" he said to Bulma and Oolong before grabbing the dragon radar mentioning for Pu'ar to come over. Then the cat came close, he said "Hold on", and grabbed the cat in a comfortable full arm hold before he jumped up over to Goku. Now this is the 3rd time that he moved fast with the poor cat. The reason I said poor, is because one second the cat is on the ground. The next second, he is somewhere else entirely, seeing different things, hearing different sounds, and feeling the extreme G forces that would make any normal human feel sick. Pu'ar was extremely strong for a cat, but he was only on par with regular human. Yamcha reached a ledge near Goku and let the cat go, who immediately fell down onto the ledge. "Whoa, are you ok buddy?" Yamcha said, as the cat picked himself off the floor. The dizziness was starting to go away. He shook his head to clear the remaining dizzy spells and started floating to Yamcha's height.

"No, I'm not! I don't know how you do that, but please stop. Its hurts, and then I get all dizzy." The cat said. Yamcha never realized how this hurt him, and promised to be gentler next time. He then mentioned for Goku to come over and looked down at the dragon radar. So to get the dragon ball, we have to go this way. "So to get the dragon ball, we are going to use Kamehameha's to destroy this corner of the wall." He said, while pointing to the end of the wall they were facing. "Goku, since doing one or 2 makes you hungry" Because you use all your energy in it "I'm going to do this one, ok?"

"Oh, you know it? So that is what you did earlier! But why didn't you buff up like Master Roshi did?" Goku asked, confused. It just occurred to Yamcha that the young saiyan kid didn't realize that his muscles didn't inflate like the old pervert's when he does it.

"Because when he does it, he uses another technique as well. Now Pu'ar, move behind Goku, ok?"

Yamcha got into a stance and started charging his technique. He was too focused on building up enough energy to notice that Goku started to think, and looked confused. Yamcha focused enough energy and shot the beam. He didn't scream or say the move's name. He wanted to be partially stealthy, and shouting is easier to place then an explosion. The explosion did happen, red brick fragments flying all over the place. But when all was said and done, there was only a hole big enough to climb through. I guess that's all I can do. It wasn't my all, but I'm not giving it that much until I need to. He quickly caught his breath and went through the hole, only to have an ancient machine gun shooting at him. The first 5 rounds hit, but after that Yamcha spotted his target and moved faster than the old tracking device could track.

He proceeded to jump in the air and started to use his wolf-fang fist, but as he was getting into position, he started to feel weird and was starting to slip into unconsciousness. He tried to fight it, and drew his arms back from his technique. The last thing he saw was that he was heading straight for the gun. Then everything went black.

He woke up with mechanical parts and scraps of metal in his face. Then he fell through, and hit the floor face first. He laid there for a couple of seconds to register what just happened. Where am I? He looked around, and tried to remember what just happened. Then it all started to come back. Dying, waking up in his old place, going on the adventure, losing control the first time in the spar with Ox king, and now here at the Pilaf gang's place. He started to pick himself off the floor, feeling like he had a bad hangover. On the bright side, all 5 cuts from the bullets were healed, and he was surrounded with power. It happened again. Both times I was just about to use my wolf fang fist. The question is now to find out why. He heard a worried yell from the other room. "Yamcha, are you ok?" The little cat asked while floating over to his friend as fast as his little power would let him.

"Yes, sorry about that. I lost balance and fell into the gun. Hey, at least its broken now." Goku climbed through the hole. "Hey, Goku, get that door open and deal with any traps in the room, ok?" Yamcha continued, as he pointed to the door. Goku went through, and dodged the axes that swung down by jumping backwards back into the room. "Ok, that should be all the traps, let's go through."

They had to go through one more door that had a trip wire trap that almost cut off Goku's tail, but Yamcha was able to shatter the blade of it with a punch, and it fell harmlessly, only trapping his tail until Yamcha pulled the metal off of it.

Then finally, they got to the monitor room. There was no dragon ball in sight, but there was a metal box on the other side of the room. It was fancily decorated and locked with a heavy duty padlock. Yamcha looked again at the dragon radar, which confirmed that this was the position. We were lucky to hit the right floor; this thing doesn't do height very well. I'll talk to Bulma about that later. The bandit walked up to the box and ripped the padlock right off. Well that was easy. He opened it and it exploded in his face. He dropped the box because it got hot. Heh, I guess I'm at the point where things meant to kill cause minor scratches and burns. Heat will always kill unless you can put up a wall of Ki in time. He bent back down to pick up the box, which cooled down to a manageable temperature. The top metal is only blackened, not dented at all. I guess this must really be the dragon ball's hiding place. It is too secure to be anything else.

To Goku and Pu'ar, they saw Yamcha open the box and get engulfed in flames. But when the explosion settled down, they saw Yamcha perfectly fine. Pu'ar was at a loss for words, and Goku looked on in amazement.

He half expected to open it up to a second blast, but the dragon ball was underneath. He assumed that whoever made the box thought that the first explosion would kill anyone who opened it. "Hey, Yamcha! Bulma is on TV! Someone else is there with her!"

This made him turn around immediately, with only the dragon ball in hand. The second that the tin hit the floor, Pilaf started speaking. "Hey, pretty boy! I know that you're in there with my dragon ball! I don't know what you did with my 2 underlings, but I have one of your friends now! I also have a Laser Blaster aimed right at her head! If you don't come out here within 2 minutes and give me the dragon ball, I will end her!"

Yamcha did nothing for 5 seconds, but realized that he had no choice. Pilaf was never known for being murderous, but that is only because he was never given a chance. He might actually do it. I've seen people not as evil as him do things much worse once they are backed into a corner. "Come on guys, let's go. Pu'ar, get into my pocket as a fly or something." The saiyan and the bandit both walked out and dropped down to the ground floor.

"Good, I knew you would come down here! Now where are the pig and cat? Why aren't they with you?" Pilaf looked around, swinging his head around to look for them. He hasn't seen Oolong yet. I can use this! While the mighty emperor was looking for the 2 of them, Yamcha was able to Ki-whisper into his pocket. "Hey buddy, I have a plan. I need you to come out of my pocket looking like 2 flies, then transform into both yourself and Oolong. I know you're going to hate looking like him, but can you please to it for me?"

The cat never said yes, but he did as he was told to do. While this was happening, Yamcha was searching for the pig's Ki, and found it in the car. It was compressed though, so that would mean he is transformed into something small. Damn, I could have used his transformation powers. I guess I'll tell him to change back then wait a minute. The Ki-Whispering was becoming really useful. It hasn't been this useful in a long time, like when... Wait, i need to focus on the situation. That's enough of the past. He whispered over to Oolong what the plan was. He then tried to talk to Pilaf to stall for time.

"Where is the last dragon ball? There is only 6 here! And you, boy! Stop inching forward and stop moving your mouth! It's creepy because words aren't coming out. EVERYONE, STOP SPEAKING OR I'LL SHOT HER! You, the little kid! You seem almost incapable of hiding secrets. Tell me where it is! YOU! I said to stop moving your mouth, it's REALLY creeping me out now! WHA-!" That is all Pilaf got to say before the plan happened.

Oolong waited the minute out, and then after a bit of hesitation he followed Yamcha's plan. It was a simple plan that only a shape shifter could perform, and one of them was busy trying to be both of them.

To transform was to push out from where you where with the power you have. Transformations happen at extreme speeds (for Pu'ar and Oolong, at least). Oolong is as strong as a normal human, Pilaf is around the same. If Oolong untransformed from a fly that just 'happened' to be right under the blaster, then the blaster should be pushed up and out of the way. This would give Yamcha the opportunity to disarm the little emperor and then give him a punch he deserves, all while saying "THIS is for holding a gun at my friend!" The once been emperor is now lying on the floor, unable to process any sort of thought.

"Well, we should put him into the dungeon. We don't want any problems from him. Goku, get Bulma on her feet, she is going to need to be steady for this next part." Yamcha promptly picked a bloodied faced Pilaf off of the floor and walked along the arrows until he got to the end of the hallway. He was sure not to step foot that last room, and simply tossed the blue guy into it. He tumbled forward for a bit, and when he finally came to a stop the wall came down, separating the 2 people from each other. Well, everything worked better than expected. Yamcha thought as he walked back. The thing is, when he finally got back, everyone looked a bit taken aback. Bulma looked like she was on the verge of crying. "What's wrong?" he asked, to really no one in particular. The one to answer was Goku, the one who seemed the least upset about this. "The dragon balls aren't working"

"What?"

~ - . LAD . - ~

I wrote this chapter almost exactly a year ago. I know that because I typed here that I was going into Stony brook.
I am now on my second year here, more than half way done with my 1st semester.

~-.Q AND A.-~

Q - Loved the chapter. Thanks for answering my question
A – Your Very welcome! If you have any more, please ask! It will help fix any fallacies I have in my story, and help me make my story better!

Q - So yeah I don't think that whisper thing true in the dragon ball z cannon because trunks closed his eyes and to see Goku battle Buu because Bibidi put a spell so people could see and hear everything but I like the way you put and advance skills and that also you going to add OC bad guys?
A – Fixed the whole thing, it should make sense now. I made it so that it is a "Goku being stupid and somehow turned out to be brilliant moment.

Q - Well, this isn't easy. On one hand, I actually like the concept you have here (it could be executed a little bit better, though), you have nice grammar and a nice grasp of the source material, all of that combining to make a very interesting and satisfying read. However, this story has interactive elements that break the rules of the site, you even stated this on chapter 3:

"From now on, we will have a "Q and A" section below the story, where I will answer any questions you send to me in reviews, or anything in there that I feel like I should talk about."

As I said, the rules of the page do not allow this type of interactive content, and your story could be reported because of it. I suggest you open a forum to answer the questions or to simply reply to them by pm. Otherwise the story can be considered interactive.
Critics United
A – It has been a year since I have answered this question, and my answer has changed a bit.
And after being here for 2 years now, I have still never used the forum section.
Just no reason for me to.
Because of this, any and all questions must be asked through a review, or through a message.
If it is to clear up the story, and make it make more sense, then I will post it, and I don't care if it breaks the rules or not. It is to help the readers understand something that I did not clarify. I will not change a major part of a story just because of a review, but they will help me get my facts together.
Also, because I'm editing every chapter, I will most likely edit it.
I will also post and answer any other reviews I deem necessary from now on.
Oh, and thank you for liking and reviewing my fanfiction!

Q - Cool, but do you have any plans for who Yamcha should be with?
A – Well, let's just say that none of you will be expecting it…

~ - . POWER LEVELS . - ~

Yamcha – 64

Yamcha's previous power spike – 174

Goku – 44

Ox King (Battle ready) – 162

Master Roshi (relaxing) – 112

Master Roshi (Over doing it) – 263

Son Gohan (aka, grandpa Gohan) - ?