Chapter 4: The Big Discovery
That night was the best I'd slept in a while. Well, I didn't sleep per se. Karina offered me a spot on the couch, but instead I meditated outside all night. I didn't exactly sleep, but I was as relaxed as if I was sleeping. I 'awoke' the next morning in high spirits. Karina walked outside wearing the same thing she wore the previous night, but was now also wearing a black scarf and aviators.
"You ready to go?" she asked.
"A little hungry," I said.
"I have just the thing," she said. She ran inside the house. When she came out, she was holding a small sack. She reached into it and pulled out a bean.
"Eat that."
"A bean?" I asked, confused.
"Yep. It's a senzu bean. If you eat one of those they'll keep your stomach filled up for ten days. It'll also replenish your energy."
"How do you get something like this?" I asked.
"I get them from a cat named Korin. Uncle Yajirobe use to live with him up in Korin Tower and delivered senzu beans to Goku and his friends when they were weak," she explained.
"Neat. Thanks," I said as I popped the tiny bean into my mouth. As I swallowed it I suddenly felt like I ate a good breakfast, while also feeling a giant burst of power surge through me, "I feel amazing."
Karina clicked and threw a small capsule and a motorcycle appeared following a puff of smoke, "Let's roll."
I sat on the motorcycle seat right behind her. She quickly started it up and we were off. The motorcycle started to speed up and I had to hold on to Karina to prevent from flying off. Her hair kept flying in my face, but I didn't mind too much. As we passed by the hills and trees I was able to catch a glimpse of the wildlife roaming in the forest. Birds flying, deer running, nature being nature, and the wind blowing through my clothes was cooling. The leaves on the trees were turning different colors with the change in season from summer to autumn. It was magnificent.
We finally arrived at the destination. It was a little farther than Karina thought; we got there about two hours later than was expected, but I didn't care. As long as I got another dragon ball I was fine with it.
The area where we stopped was surrounded by trees and mountains, with a flowing river and we were close to the edge of a cliff. There was a house. It looked crushed and burned, as if the earthquake hadn't caused it, but rather an actual person. But the destruction looked too damaged to be man-made. Before it was damaged it looked like some of the house was capsule-produced, but as if it was built around with wood. Karina and I walked through the rubble, moving it out of the way. The dragon ball didn't seem to be anywhere. Suddenly something caught my eye it was a tiny shack. Well, not a shack, but a miniature temple, as if it were somebody's thinking room. Unlike the house, the small building was undamaged.
"I'm going to check in there," I tell Karina, pointing to the shack. She nodded.
The smaller house was right next to a stone well, untouched as well. It had a curved, blue roof with a point in the middle of it. It was made out of bricks and wood, with two green doors in the front. I walked in.
There was no interior lighting, so everything was lit by sunlight, which didn't seem like an issue, due to the circular window on the left wall. Was a table in the middle of the room and a bed on the right side of the room. The walls were an aged white, with cob webs in the corners. Then I saw it. On a small purple pillow on a shelf there was the four star dragon ball, covered in dust and webs. I blew it off and carefully picked it up.
"Karina! I found the four star ball!" I called out. She ran in and looked at it.
"Amazing," she said in awe. She looked around the room, taking in her surroundings, "Hey, look at that," she pointed to a red pole in with string around it leaning on the wall. I picked it up and inspected it. It was dusty but didn't look aged. I noticed a blue trunk underneath the bed and I pulled it out. I swept the dust off and opened it. Inside was a yellow cloud, which levitated out of the trunk and floated next to me. There was also clothes in here. It was a turquoise gi, a white belt, dark green pants, orange wristbands, and black shoes. It looked like my outfit, but different colors.
"Wait a minute," I said, running out of the small house, "blue curved roof, green door, bricks, white wood, red pole, yellow cloud, clothes similar to mine, this is where my Grandpa Goku use to live."