Piccolo scanned the city. looking anything suspicious. He and Goku had been looking for a gem shard for the past few hours. They had found them on a mission and after having to chase one down after it had taken control of Piccolo's turban, they figured out just what exactly they were capable of. And then Goku managed to lose one…

The two had split up to look for it but it was nowhere to be found. "maybe I should search the temple...I hope Steven hasn't found it…" he thought. Suddenly, a loud scream pierced his ears. "Looks like my hope was in vain…" he muttered as he tracked the scream back to the fry shop on the boardwalk. Humans we running from it as fast as they could. Steven and the owner's son were standing outside, looking on in horror. As someone ran out, what appeared to be a yellow tentacle reached out from the building and grabbed them, dragging them back inside. The owner was thrown through the window and Piccolo caught him in midair as he flew towards him.

"Thanks!" Mr. Fryman said to the Namekian.

"Don't mention it," he said before dropping the man.

"Dad!" Peedee cried as he ran to help up the elder Fryman.

Piccolo then turned to the half gem. "Steven, you have ten seconds to start explaining what's going on," he said, folding his arms over his chest.

Steven looked at his feet. "Well...You see it started when I couldn't find my pants this morning," he started, "And well I saw them running around and when I caught them there was something in the pocket and uh…I might have…"

Frybo suddenly burst through the door, having tackled Goku. As he wrestled with the suit and it tried to stuff his face with french fries, he noticed Piccolo. "Piccolo! I think I found the shard. Someone must have stashed it inside this sui-MMFT!" Frybo took the opportunity to shove some fries down his throat. Goku then kicked it off and spat the fries out. "Stop it! I don't want any fries! At least not from you anyways," he demanded.

"We told him to get people to eat fries…" Steven admitted.

Piccolo sighed. He lunged for the costume and slammed into it. The costume screeched and grabbed his arms with its tentacle fries. Piccolo gripped them and spun it around before slamming it into the ground. He then leapt into the air and fired a ki blast at the costume. The costume exploded in a burst of fire and ketchup. Everyone aside from Piccolo was covered in it. He floated back down to the mess where Goku was searching the suit for the shard. As e pulled it out, Mr. Fryman ran up to them.

"Oh thank you!" he cheered, "You saved my restaurant! Is there anything I can do to repay you? Maybe a free meal?"

"No thanks," Piccolo stated bluntly.

"I'll take you up on that offer!" Goku chimed in. Piccolo turned and gave him a strange look. "What?" Goku asked.

"You were just being force fed fries by a living fast food mascot and now you want more?! You even said you didn't want any!" Piccolo stated in disbelief.

"Well no, not from Frybo. He was trying to feed me fries that were still frozen. Nobody wants to eat that!" Goku reasoned, "But I'm still hungry. It's why I stopped here and found out what was going on in the first place."

Piccolo sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Whatever," he responded before turning to Steven. "Come on," he said, grabbing the boy's hand, "Let's go home and get you cleaned up."

"I'm in big trouble, aren't I?" Steven asked solemnly.

"Actually, no," Piccolo responded, causing the boy to look up in confusion, "Well, what am I going to punish you for? Disobeying me? I didn't tell you about this so there's no way you could have know about it. And it looks like you weren't trying to cause trouble."

"So you're not going to punish me?" Steven said excitedly.

"Only if you don't track ketchup into the temple," he stated. Steven cheered and Piccolo grinned slightly.