Chapter 5: Knick Knacks
It was just like it was depicted in the stories. It's unbelievable how this tiny house was able to stay standing for centuries. Here on Mount Paozu was where my Grandpa Goku grew up, where he raised his kids, and where this dragon ball sat for years.
"It makes sense that it's here. If you recall, Goku's grandfather, Gohan, gave him the four star dragon ball to remember him by. It's always been special to Goku, so it would only make sense that it ends up in its home," I explained.
"Well we found one, where are the other three?" Karina asked.
"Other three?" I asked back, confused.
"Yeah, the radar had a four next to the yellow spot, right? That means that there are four dragon balls in a certain location, right?"
"That was what the old model did. If you remember in the stories there was that small robot—I think his name is Giru—that ate the dragon radar and it was then on part of him. Well when they finally extracted it out his back, they found that the wiring had been changed so that it shows which ball it is, rather than how many there are. I don't know how it works, I just know that it does," I explained.
"I guess I missed that part of the story. Sorry about that," she said.
I smiled at her and was then surprised by a twitching on my tail. The yellow cloud was flying into me.
"Now that I helped you with some of the story, maybe you can help me. What exactly is this? I mean I recognized it as the yellow cloud from the story, but I was never sure about what it actually does," I asked.
"That's Goku's flying nimbus. He received it from a turtle hermit after he rescued his turtle. It's said that the flying nimbus can carry anyone and take them wherever they want, as long as the rider is pure of heart. So I'm sure that you'll be able to ride it; you have the most pure heart of anyone I've ever met," she said.
"Yeah, but it seems rather fond of me," I say as the nimbus floats closer and closer to me.
"Maybe it thinks that you're Goku. You do look practically identical to him," she said.
"That true," I said, "Well let's see if it'll keep me aloft," I hopped on to the floating yellow puff and felt what seemed like a soft surface to stand on.
"Hey I was right, you are able to stand on it."
"This is pretty neat," I said, "Do you want to try?"
"Sure," she said. I held out my hand to her and she took it, and I helped her up on to it. She was staying aloft just like me, "You were right, it is neat."
"It's strange how I can't remember an item as amazing the flying nimbus," I said.
"Well I don't blame you," she said, "For some reason later in the stories Goku stopped using it. I guess once he learned how to fly the nimbus became kind of redundant. Then once he learned instant transmition flying sorta became not as useful as well. Same with his power pole."
Just then a thought popped in my head, "Stay here," I told her. I ran back inside the small house and grabbed the red pole that was leaning against the wall in the corner. I ran back outside to realize that it was already dark.
I held out my hand to Karina and she took it. I planted the stick firmly into the ground and looked at her.
"Hold on tight," I said. She nodded, smiling. I turned back towards the pole.
"Power pole extend!" I called out. The pole glowed a bright red color and extended, carrying me and Karina along with it. Soon enough we were high above the trees and we got a full view of the moon.
"It's beautiful," said Karina, staring at me and the moon.
The smile quickly wiped from my face.
"Oh no," I said. What felt like an electric shock coursed through my body, and my heart started to beat heavier than it ever had before. My grip loosened on the pole and on Karina, and I let go. As I was falling my vision began to get blurry. I felt tingly on my entire body. It was as if lightning had struck me and I had been paralyzed. I was falling like a rag doll. The force of impact with my body and the ground didn't make the feeling any better, nor any worse.
I passed out.
The last thing I remembered was the sight of the full moon.