Chapter 2:

Goku and Bulma were making their way back to the scene of Bulma's wrecked car when Goku asked,

"So Bulma, how far away are the Dragon Balls?"

Bulma replied,

"Far enough, kid. They are all over the world."

A big smile appeared on Goku's face, he said,

"The whole world? That sounds big."

Bulma smiled a bit herself when she told Goku,

"Yep, you're gonna see oceans, fields, towns, and the big cities. Your Grandpa would be proud to know that you've traveled so far."

Goku suddenly leapt up in joy, shouting,

"Hurray! This is so exciting, I get to see the world!"

After an unspecified amount of time, the pair finally reached the sad remains of Bulma's vehicle. Bulma let out a sigh, realizing that her car was definitely beyond repair. She turned to face another part of the road, fumbling with the contents of her purse-like carrying bag. She pulled out some-sort of small box and opened it, eyeing the strange, pill-looking objects within it. She removed the small blue pill labeled, "745", and replaced the box in her purse. She held her arm out in front of Goku, telling him,

"Stand back, kid."

Bulma pressed a small button on the top of the pill which made a satisfying "click", and immediately threw it onto the nearby road. The pill suddenly exploded into a cloud of smoke which spooked Goku. After the smoke cleared, some kind of one wheeled motorcycle was in its place. Goku exclaimed,

"That's witchcraft! Grandpa told me about that," Goku got into a crouched pose, facing Bulma, "So you must be a witch. Well I don't want to have anything to do with you!"

Bulma said to him in an arrogant sort of way,

"That's not any kind of magic, silly. Everyone who was anyone knows about Dino-Caps™. They're the only way to travel. They use a compression system to contain objects in little capsules. It's one of the marvels of science."

Goku relaxed and said,

"Well… okay I guess."

Bulma motioned to the motorcycle,

"Well, hop on."

On that, she ran over to the vehicle and mounted the driver's seat and patted the seat behind her. Goku walked up to the contraption, pulling out his bow staff. He began to prod the machine, like it would stir or move to attack him. Bulma laughed at him and said,

"It won't bite. Now get onboard."

Goku put his staff away and hopped up on the 'cycle's back seat. Bulma asked him,

"Okay, you ready?"

Goku nodded, and Bulma took that as her cue. She spun up the handle and the vehicle jerked forward, speeding off in the direction from which Bulma came. Goku was surprised at first, this was the fastest he's ever moved. After a while though, Goku was more excited than anything, saying,

"Wow! This thing goes faster than I can run!"

Bulma rolled her eyes at Goku's apparent stupidity and said,

"Well, duh."

After an hour of driving, Goku asked Bulma a new question,

"Hey Bulma, how do we find the Dragon Balls if they are all around the world?"

Bulma silently removed the small, beeping device from earlier, its display showing three dots blinking towards the center and four dots around the edges. She turned to Goku, paying no mind to the road, as she said,

"With this little invention of mine. It knows the location of all of the Dragon Balls because it locks on to their energy sig-"

All of a sudden, Bulma's motorcycle hit a hill going way too fast, and it flew into the air like a stunt car on a ramp. Bulma promptly screamed in fear, but Goku's expression was the polar opposite; he loved every bit of it. After a few seconds of hang-time, the vehicle made a hard landing on the street below, and Bulma's device flew right of her hands into a nearby bush! Bulma took the 'cycle to a screeching stop and began to panic. Meanwhile, Goku was really happy, exclaiming,

"Wow! We flew! Do it again, do it again!"

Bulma yelled at Goku,

"Shut up! We just lost the damn Dragon Radar!"

Goku looked up at Bulma for a second, and then he said to her,

"That thing?" Goku pointed to the bush in which the device fell, "It flew over there, I saw it."

Without a word, Bulma leapt from the 'cycle and dashed for the bush, disappearing in the foliage. After a minute or two, Bulma's desperate shouts could be heard from behind the bush,

"Ahhh! Goku, come quick! Help!"

Goku said to himself,

"Huh, I wonder what she wants…"

He got up from the back seat and ran over to the scene behind the bush. Something came into view that was completely unexpected: A massive bird monster was grasping Bulma by its talons! The beast had scales instead of feathers and had a naked head, like a vulture. Its beak had rows of teeth lining it, and the whole thing just generally looked pretty mean. Goku in his innocence, asked Bulma,

"Hey Bulma, is this one of your friends?"

Before Bulma could answer, the bird spoke up in a deep, vicious voice,

"Yes… That's it. We're on a dinner date actually, but the reservations are only for two. So…"

The bird pulled a roll of rope out of thin air and quickly tied Goku to the tree that he was standing next to. The bird began to fly off, and Goku said to himself,

"I think he might be lying."

Bulma called out to Goku, catching wind of what he said,

"Of course he is, you idiot! Help me! Help me now!"

Goku undid the rope easily by pulling a loose bit with his tail. He brushed himself off and mumbled to himself,

"She doesn't have to call me names…"

Goku sprinted back over to the motorcycle and began to mess with the controls, telling the machine,

"C'mon, I know you flew just a minute ago. Go, go, go; my friend needs help."

Soon he found that turning one of the handles made the 'cycle move forwards, and he quickly got a hang of it from there, or at least as good as one can get at a moment's notice. He sped off in pursuit of the monster bird, as it was clearly visible from the road. He reached a large bump on the road and purposely ran right over it at top speed. Up, up, up the bike went with Goku, and that's when the bird noticed something tailing him. Soon enough, the 'cycle began to plummet back down to Earth, but Goku wasn't finished. Before the vehicle started to fall too fast, Goku jumped off it with all his might. He leapt high into the air, and almost reached the bird, but as he began to fall as well, the bird laughed at his failed attempts. Goku had one more trick up his sleeve though… He reached to his back for his trusty bow staff and held it out in the bird's direction. He announced,

"Power Pole, extend!"

And sure enough, his staff suddenly grew fifteen times in length, far enough to overshoot the bird by a few yards. Goku swung down with his "Power Pole" and cracked the bird right over the head with it. Almost all of the monster's teeth broke at that instant, and its eyes rolled back into its head. Soon, the bird began to spiral down like a downed jet fighter, letting Bulma go. Goku's staff returned to its normal length as he took aim at Bulma's unconscious and falling body. He lined her up with a nearby cliffside and tossed the pole as hard as he could. The staff pinned her to the rocky outcrop, and before Goku could become a splatter on the ground himself, he reached up and grabbed the closest thing to him; a lone branch sticking out the side of an adjacent cliff. The poor bird though, he fell all the way down into the trench, throwing up a dust cloud as he landed, dead.

After everything was sorted out, and Goku and Bulma returned to the road (and after a hilarious reaction from Bulma's waking moments, hanging over a one-hundred foot drop) they collected their things and continued on their journey. Bulma had managed to retrieve the Dragon Radar after all, so they took off in the direction of the nearest signal, the closest Dragon Ball. This was truly only the beginning of their adventure.