In the search of the sixth Dragon Ball, the adventures that were known as Ichigo/Karna, Bulma, and Oolong have been traveling to their next location that was known as the Fire Mountain; the home of the horrific Ox King. 2 days passed ever since the last encounter with Yamcha came about.

The trio had been travelling in Oolong's large van on a road so that they could get closer to their destination. Oolong had been the one to drive around the place while Ichigo and Oolong had more so been in the back.

"Say, how long until we make it to Fire Mountain?" Bulma asked, still having the bunny suit on her as this had been the only piece of clothing she had with herself.

"We should be almost there by now." Oolong answered the teen girl.

Bulma had then waved her hand in front of her face, feeling an intense amount of heat passing over her, even though something like this was rather strange. "Man, what's with this heat? There shouldn't be this amount since we were heading North." she said.

"That's because of Fire Mountain." Once more, Oolong had answered her question.

"Are you still believing that crap? I mean, come on, just listen to yourself. An entire mountain going on fire?"

Oolong grumbled. "Great, I'm stuck with a non believer… guess you won't believe it till you see it." he sighed. "And it's not some bullcrap either. This heat is from Fire Mountain. The place was originally known as Ryoukeizan, and it used to be a nice place to live in. But somewhere around 10 years ago, flames from Heaven had burned the mountain that to this day is still the way it is."

"You would think that the mountain would have been turned to dust by now…" Bulma rolled her eyes, still not believing what she was getting told about. "Hey, Ichigo, what do you think of this stuff?"

"Don't involve me in this." was Ichigo's reply, as he had only been sitting on the opposite where Bulma was at while leaning into the desk with his arms. Though while he did not remember very much on the original Dragon Ball mythos, he would say he did somewhat remember that Fire Mountain did exist.

Oolong could see some flame that looked like the sun. The pig gulped when he saw what it really was. "Oh crap… this is it. We made it to Fire Mountain!" he announced, but he was clearly very nervous about approaching there.

Ichigo and Bulma looked around to see that they had indeed made it. Looking at the sight of the flaming mountain took both of them by surprise. Though Bulma had been in shock from seeing that Fire Mountain was indeed real, she hadn't expected it to be so literal. Ichigo had more so been surprised about it, even though he was aware of its existence. But the sight felt more different than when seeing it in a show.

Oolong had then stopped driving the van as the rest had stepped out of the vehicle so they could have a clear view of the mountain that had been burning up. "Wow… well that explains why it was so hot…" Bulma commented, her reaction practically showing disbelief from what she was seeing.

Ichigo on the other hand had looked behind him, feeling something odd catching up to them. He had a feeling he knew who it was.

"Well I don't know about you, but I think I've seen just about enough of this." Oolong had already been set to get the hell out of this place. "So I'm leaving."

"No way you're leaving!" Bulma had glared at Oolong while having a scowl. "Not without getting the Dragon Ball first! And no silly wall flame is gonna stop me!"

"Well if a towering mountain that's hovered in eternal flames doesn't somehow scare you, then it scares the crap out of me!" Oolong exclaimed melodramatically. "Besides, the evil Ox King lives there! Anyone who trespasses his mountain are gonna have their heads taken off!" he pointed his finger at an object that could be somewhat seen from all the flames going on. "You see that thing over there? That's the Ox King's castle! Inside the castle are all the treasures he's amassed, and tons of people kept trying to steal it! But with the Ox King always guarding it, it's nigh impossible to steal anything there!"

"Treasures huh…" Bulma looked over at the castle. "If that is the case then the sixth Dragon Ball would definitely have to be there if the Dragon Radar is pointing the direction over there."

"So is this Ox King living inside the castle or is he outside?" Ichigo asked. Though technically he could say that the Ox King was a kind person judging from his interactions way later on the DB series. Though technically neither of them know that.

"He's outside the castle. More so protecting it at the bottom." Oolong answered him. "Those flames are just so incredible that even he isn't able to get past them!"

"Huh, you really seem to know a lot about this stuff." Bulma remarked, as if being almost impressed by Oolong's knowledge on this stuff.

"I was on a tour one time about this stuff in school. Memories just suddenly sprung back up on stuff like this. So yeah, now that you know this stuff, let's get out of here while we can!"

"What?! No way we're doing that after coming this far! You have got to be the biggest coward I've ever met!"

"Well suit yourself!" Oolong started to go back to his van. "Cause I'm out of here!"

Before Oolong could get inside, his arm had been yanked by Ichigo to prevent him from getting away. "Hold it." Ichigo gave the pig a glare, or as much as he could muster in a childish body he was in. But it seemed to work nonetheless. "You're not going anywhere, not while I'm around. Not like you could either way. Have you forgotten about the vitamin Bulma gave you?"

Oolong squealed, now remembering just what was in him. Just a few words would be enough for him to make an emergency diarrhea. The shitty thing would last for an entire month as well. "Oh come on! The only reason Bulma isn't even scared is because she has you to protect her! But let me tell you something, the Ox King's strength is greater than yours, no matter how strong you are! You would still be just a fly to him!"

"Well we won't know that until we're sure." Ichigo casually replied back.

Unknown to the trio, except perhaps Ichigo, is that they have been getting followed by Yamcha and Puar as they have been driving with a car of their own with the tracking device that Yamcha put in the van earlier before. They could see that the group had started to move up again.

"Well, well, looks like they're dead serious about going to Fire Mountain after all." Yamcha remarked. "Hmmm… if that is the case, then it would have to mean that the Dragon Ball they're looking for would have to be in the Ox King's castle."

"The Ox King's castle?!" Puar seemed shocked by this. "But they're never gonna be able to get that one!"

"If they were to take it from the Ox King himself, then I would have to agree with you."

"Between getting in the fire or fighting the Ox King, I don't know which one of them is harder. Maybe we should just give up too and leave."

Yamcha shook his head in response. "No, not yet. Come to think of it…" the bandit climbed out of the car, along with Puar as well. "I don't think they would have to do either of those." Puar looked at his master in confusion. "If I'm correct that this Ichigo is indeed the grandson of Son Gohan, then he may be able to become friends with the Ox King himself. Considering that both Son Gohan and Ox King used to be disciples of a man by the name of Master Roshi. So for now let's just sit back and watch the show."

"Iyyaaaaaahhh!"

"Huh?!" Yamcha looked over to see what happened when he heard a woman's scream come from out of nowhere.

There it was in a distance, the screams came from a little girl that seemed to be running away from a purple dinosaur that was chasing her. The girl herself had a rather strange set of uniform that consisted more of a bikini, a cape, and a pink helmet with an axe shaped at the top. "Don't come anywhere near me!" the girl screamed before she turned around and took out her axe shaped weapon and began to throw it at the dinosaur. The weapon had spun in rotation at high speeds before it cut right through the dinosaur's head like it was made out of thin paper.

The weapon already returned to the girl's helmet without harm done to her, along that she opened her eyes that she closed the entire time. "Aaaahh!" the girl yelled out in disgust when she saw that the head was on the ground while the body of the former dinosaur's head had been bleeding. "Kyaaaa! It's so gross!" The girl then proceeded to fire off some green beam coming out of the helmet, completely vaporizing all remains of the dinosaur that was chasing her.

Yamcha had seen all of this, and watched it with pure and utter disbelief on his face. Puar had the same reaction besides his side. He had seen things during his life. Some were quite strange. But this? He practically had no words on what the hell he just saw. "Did… did I just see that right?" Yamcha was more asking himself rather than Puar.

"She's kinda strong for someone who's scared…"

The two of them saw the little girl running at them, though she couldn't really see them since she was bawling her eyes out. She then stopped doing that when she had gotten close to them and stopped her running as well. "Uh… hi." Yamcha awkwardly greeted. "Nice work back there."

"Kyaaaa!" this only had the girl be frightened as she held her fingers on her helmet. "Get out of Fire Mountain!" she exclaimed as she fired the same beam she had done to the dinosaur.

"Uwaah!" Yamcha yelped as he barely managed to jump above the beam that came at him. "Hey! Watch it!" he exclaimed in annoyance, as on pure reflex, he hammered the girl's head with his hands which successfully knocked her down on the ground. Puar was shocked by this. Yamcha only cleaned up his hands despite having no dust on them. "Man, that girl is crazy." he then started to get back to the car. "Alright, Puar, it's time to continue moving forward. We wasted enough time already."

Puar got to the car as Yamcha had gotten back to driving the car now. "I don't get it, Yamcha. This right there was just a girl. So why weren't you scared of her?"

"Duh, it's only because of girls my age that affect me."

The trio group made it to the Fire Mountain, as they were looking around the place to take a far closer look at it. There wasn't very much to explore as the place practically looked ruined. Along that there were also piles of skulls that lied around as well.

"Ughh! I can't stand this heat!" Bulma complained as she wiped some sweat on her forehead. This was the hottest place she had ever been in so far.

Oolong looked panicked now. "Keep it down!" he tried to whisper so he couldn't be heard. "If you keep on yelling like that then the Ox King will hear it for sure!"

Bulma looked as though she ignored the pig's warnings, as she more so checked on her radar. She looked over at the castle that she could see more clearly. "So this is the castle, huh? According to the radar, it's definitely up there. Problem is… how do we even get there?"

Ichigo looked over at the castle and already thought of how to get there. "I think I might be the only one to get there." he told them. He did think about using Oolong's shape shifting ability, but he doubted it could carry his weight. There was his Power Pole but no way would he risk dying on that fire to get there. So the only option that was left for him was the Flying Nimbus, even though it was uncomfortable to be on. Man he wished he could have his original powers back right now. He looked over to the skies. "Flying Nimbus!" he exclaimed, but he tried not to be too loud.

The small fluffy looking yellow cloud had almost immediately responded to his command as it came next to his side. Ichigo climbed over to the cloud as he stood on all fours to be on top of it. The cloud then started flying over to the castle as he successfully got on top of the fire, with his destination being just above the castle.

However the closer he got, the more hot it became as well. Ichigo already gained somewhat of some sweat covering his face, as he wiped it off. "Ah man… the heat here is insane. Flames of Heaven that rained down, huh? I'm starting to see why that's the case. But, oh well, here goes nothing." Ichigo started flying down lower so he could get to the castle. He didn't think that there should be problems, but he was quickly proven wrong as some of the flames had shot over at him. "Move out of the way!" Ichigo quickly reacted and had his Nimbus move just barely as he had started to go back. "Ah man, no way am I getting near that now! That was too close!"

Bulma and Oolong had seen that Ichigo was starting to come back. This had Oolong get relieved. But Bulma had been frustrated by this. "Argh! Why is he coming back now?!"

"Probably giving up! And we should do the same thing!"

Unknown to the both of them, there was a large, massive, hulking, shadowy figure that loomed over to both of the teenagers. The dark figure had merely thrown a large battle axe at both of them, but he missed on purpose, but even then the axe had immediately clashed against a wall, right next to Bulma's head. This had Bulma and Oolong slowly turn around to see what had just occurred. "GIEEEEEEEHHHHH!" Bulma and Oolong had screamed at the top of their lungs as they had seen that it had been none other than the massive Ox King himself.

The Ox King didn't seem bothered by the screams they emitted, rather then that he only took back his massive axe and stared at the little people below him. "What are you two doing here?!" he demanded from the both of them.

"Aaaahh…" Bulma had felt as though that her heart would have popped out of her chest here and there. "W-Who… us? W-We — We weren't do — doing anything."

Oolong couldn't even say anything right now. Now having been too terrified for his life at stake. There had been so much fear in him that he had pissed in his pants in doing so.

The Ox King had some doubt, so he had approached closer to them. "Have you come to steal the treasurer from my castle?!" they hadn't answered anything. "Well?! Have you?!"

Bulma already started to shake her head in denial. "Nuh-uh! I swear, we didn't even know there was a castle up there!" she lied again. "Right, Oolong?! Oolong!"

"Uh-huh…" Oolong dumbly nodded his head.

Unknown to all of them, Ichigo was traveling back down as to where the others were at. However he could sense another person with them, and it was more hostile than anything. Worried if anything could happen to them, he rushed with Nimbus to guide him faster. He would have to come up with something quick, just so the attention could be focused on him instead of those two.

"Hey, big guy!" Ichigo called out as the cloud he rode in had gained focus onto him when he got in between the teens and the massive giant. Good, it was already working. "How about you leave those two alone and come after me instead?! I'm the one that tried to get through the castle!" he exclaimed, pointing a thumb at himself to be the prime target.

The Ox King was not pleased by this whatsoever. In fact, he seemed furious by it. "I knew it! Someone was trying to get through my castle! You're just a filthy treasure hunter!" he exclaimed with anger.

The Ox King then swung his large battle axe right at Ichigo, to which the Nimbus cloud already responded by backing away while Ichigo was crouching down at the cloud now, holding onto it. The battle axe kept swinging right at him, but Ichigo kept on avoiding it while backing away further. The Ox King kept following the boy so he could cut him down. Ichigo then hopped off the cloud and went ahead to kick Ox King in the chest. However this didn't cause any damage against the giant, more so he seemed amused as he rubbed it.

Ichigo made a backflip as he landed on the yellow cloud again. 'Damn, that did nothing at all.' he looked over behind the Ox King to see that Bulma and Oolong were still here, with Bulma more so cheering him on, something that annoyed him. 'You idiots! Why are you still here?! Just get out!' he thought, as the cloud started to move again in a rotation pattern of circling around the Ox King's head, just quick enough to leave the giant getting dizzy from turning his head around so much. Ichigo took this opportunity to get behind the Ox King and kick him hard on his neck.

However this blow barely moved the giant at all, still not feeling anything from that. Ichigo had gotten back on the ground, giving of a glare of annoyance. 'The hell is this guy made out of?! My physical attacks aren't having any effect!' he thought in increasing frustration. No, not now. He must keep the anger in check. This was a battle. It just started out, there must be some way to tie the odds in his favor.

The Ox King rubbed his neck, feeling the blow that got handed to him barely grazed him. Although something didn't seem right. That cloud the boy was riding on, it seemed distinctly familiar.

"Are you crazy, kid?! Get out of there!" Oolong exclaimed, as he hid behind a wall. "You can't beat the—"

"Shut it!" Ichigo retorted back, traces of anger lingering onto his tone. "I'm trying to save your lives here!"

"Hey, boy…" the Ox King more so relaxed, starting out a conversation that got Ichigo perked up in interest. The boy still looked tense, preparing for any attack that could come at him. "That cloud you're riding on, is that the Flying Nimbus?" he asked, pointing an index finger at the yellow cloud.

Ichigo seemed somewhat surprised by this, but nonetheless he decided to answer the giant. "Yeah, it is."

"Aha! I knew it!" The Ox King took a dramatic shift in the mood he was in, now from being angry to becoming more excited, even dropping his battle axe in doing so. "You couldn't possibly have that cloud, even if you stole it! So tell me; who gave it to you?!"

"It was a man by the name of the Turtle Hermit." Ichigo answered again, the expression held honesty from the look on his face.

"Turtle Hermit?" the Ox King looked more hopeful now. "His name was Master Roshi, right?" Ichigo nodded in confirmation. "He was my former teacher! Do you know where I could find him?!"

Now he remembered. Ichigo could vaguely recall that the Ox King used to be trained by Master Roshi, along with his grandfather as well. It just clicked on him. Ichigo hopped off the Nimbus cloud and walked towards Bulma, to which she and Oolong were still in shock from what they just found out. "Hey, that old man we met, you think that he could still be living on that beach when we first saw him?"

Bulma dumbly nodded her head, the shock still taking in to absorb this. "Probably? It's gotta be somewhere off the coast."

"Woohoo!" the Ox King started to jump around in excitement, not being able to hold back a grin anymore of the exciting news he wanted to hear for so long. "I can finally have my castle back!" he exclaimed, releasing a boisterous laugh.

'The hell is with this guy?' Ichigo thought to himself, having a sweatdrop at the back of his head. 'One second he tried to kill me, and now he's just jumping around like he's a little kid.'

Ichigo then took a peek to his left, swearing he heard some movements coming by. He already confirmed that someone else was here, being able to sense the energy of who the individual was, actually making that two of them. He could sense that Yamcha and Puar were here after all. He had a feeling they were being followed. Ichigo figured the bandit wouldn't quit that easily.

The Ox King, on the other hand, already stopped jumping around as he got behind Ichigo, noticing something else that the boy had on his back. This object looked very familiar to him. Ichigo just now noticed the Ox King's gaze from behind. "Hey, that staff you have… is that by any chance the Power Pole?" the giant asked.

Ichigo nodded once more. "Yeah, it is." he answered. ''My grandfather gave it to me."

"Uoooohoooooohhh!" the Ox King recoiled back in shock. "You mean that you're Gohan's grandson?!"

"I suppose you know him?" Ichigo folded his arms, though even if he already knew the obvious answer to it, he shouldn't technically be able to know it.

"Know him?!" the Ox King exchanged another laugh. ''Gohan used to be Master Roshi's number 1 student! And I had the honor of being number 2!" he pointed one finger when referring to his old friend, and another one when he mentioned himself.

Unknown to anyone else besides Ichigo was that Yamcha and Puar had heard all of this, and they were in shock from what they were seeing. Both of them were hiding behind a wall, close to where the others were. "I don't believe it, I didn't think this kid could befriend the Ox King this quickly!" Yamcha exclaimed with a quiet voice so that he couldn't be spotted.

Oolong fell down on the ground onto his knees, with a look of disbelief shown in his face. "That explains how Ichigo is so strong…"

Bulma felt as though that her body was about to give out. Sure she's seen the kid fight, but to learn where all of that actually came from just made it mindblowing. "Screw that, I just can't believe that perverted Turtle Hermit is that great of a person…"

"Alright!" Ox King smashed his fist on his other hand, now remembering the emergency of the situation. "That's enough talk of the good ol' days. There is something important I must ask you, boy."

"What is it?" the previous anger that Ichigo felt was all but subsided to his mind. He felt more calm now.

"Thanks to some information I received lately, there is a very powerful item that Master Roshi has in his possession called the Banjo Fan. This item is so powerful that it's capable of wiping out all the flames in this place!" the Ox King put both his hands together in a pleading matter to the young child before him. "Do you think you could use the Flying Nimbus to get the Fan for me?"

Ichigo nodded. That didn't seem to be a problem. Though something felt odd. "Sure. However… if I do this, do you think you could do something for me then?" he asked, not forgetting that he was after the Dragon Ball.

"Hmmm?" the Ox King seemed curious about this. What could the boy possibly want? He figured if he's able to ride the Nimbus Cloud then he wouldn't ask for anything back. Though considering the current situation, the king did suppose it was fair for a trade. "Of course. And what is it that you want?"

"My friends and I are looking for this." Ichigo then showed him the 4 star Dragon Ball was on him. "So I was wondering if you had something like this?"

"Ah, yes!" the Ox King already recognized what this was. "I think I have one just like that in my castle! Of course you can have it!"

"Yay!" Bulma cheerfully exclaimed.

"We can live!" Oolong felt as though he wanted to cry in happiness.

On the other side, Yamcha and Puar were surprised by the shapes of the Dragon Ball, having this be their first time seeing it. "That's what a Dragon Ball looks like? I thought it would look a lot bigger than that…" Yamcha commented.

"Alright, I'm about to head off." Ichigo climbed up on the Nimbus cloud and was ready to take off to find the old master.

However the Ox King stopped him again. "Wait! There's just one more thing!" Ichigo turned back to see what the giant wanted now. "I didn't think it would become this easy to solve. So yesterday I sent my only daughter, Chi-Chi, to find Master Roshi and get the Bansho Fan for him, but I haven't seen her since then! I'm worried if something might have happened to her! Please, boy, find my Chi-Chi for me!"

"Chi-Chi…?" Ichigo was honestly stunned by this. Not because of the fact she was the Ox King's daughter, far from it. It was the fact he would actually get to see her in person. And if he was honest with himself, he wasn't sure how to feel about that.

"Yes! She's a bit timid, but she's a sweet girl!" the Ox King then clapped his hands together, as if getting an idea. "I know! If you can bring her home safely, you can even make her your bride!"

"What?!" Ichigo had a shade of red on him. The mere thought of that actually happening was just ludicrous, especially at his young age. Was something like that even legal? Wait, if this time period was what he thought it was, shouldn't Chi-Chi still be a child? "Hey, let's not get crazy here, I think I'm just gonna stick to finding her! Leave any marriage out!" Ichigo exclaimed.

"Alright, alright…" the Ox King put both his hands in front. "Just find my daughter. Here's a picture to let you know what she looks like." he pulled out a picture from his clothes, and demonstrated a full clean view of what his daughter looked like.

Well Ichigo was correct about Chi-Chi's age in this period judging from the clothes she was wearing and how young she looks. So any chances of marrying her were out of the question. Especially if her adulthood would result in how she was like in Z and Super. "Alright, I'll do my best to find her." Ichigo promised.

"Wow! All things considered, she actually looks pretty good!" Oolong exclaimed. He expected her to look something like the Ox King, but his expectations have been exceeded.

Yamcha and Puar were able to see the picture of the Ox King's daughter, and seeing how she actually looks made the bandits bulge their eye sockets out as they gained panicked looks on their faces, remembering the girl they met earlier. "Iiiee!" both bandits screeched to themselves.

"Th-That girl, the one that you knocked out earlier, Yamcha…" Puar became greatly concerned.

Yamcha's mouth kept twitching. "Th-That was the Ox King's one and o-only daughter!"

Yamcha and Puar managed to get in their car without getting detected, and travelled as fast as possible to get to Ox King's daughter first before Ichigo could. They have been going on the road to get to the same location they got to before.

"Puar, next time I manage to smack the daughter of some huge giant, please stop me!" Yamcha exclaimed, nervousness and panic sweeping into his tone. They kept on riding until they managed to spot Chi-Chi. "Look, there she is!" the teenager pointed with his finger, seeing that she was still lying on the ground.

"Uh-oh, she hasn't moved a muscle!" Puar pointed out, noticing that the girl was still in the same position she got in before.

Yamcha got more panicked, as he stopped the car and immediately jumped out to get by the girl's side as he began to rock her body back and forth. "Hey, kid, wake up! Come on, you can't be dead!" he sided his head closer, seeing that Chi-Chi was still breathing. "Oh, thank Kami! She's still breathing!"

"Unnnn…" Chi-Chi groaned, as she regained her consciousness. Seeing who it was that woke her up, she immediately reacted by staying away once recognizing the same man who knocked her out. She was ready to blast him with a laser.

"W-Wait!" Yamcha waved his hands in front to stop the girl from shooting him again. "Don't shoot, Chi-Chi! I'm a friend!"

Chi-Chi was shocked by this. How did this stranger know her name when she never gave it away? "Wait, how do you know my name is Chi-Chi?" she asked in confusion.

He couldn't believe he was about to do this. But if it meant not dying by the hands of Ox King then it better be worth it. Yamcha waved the bangs of his hair in a melodramatic style. "Oh, well let's just say I'm a secret admirer of yours. I didn't want to hurt you earlier, but you left me no choice." well he wasn't really wrong on that one. He could see that he got her attention, so it was working. Yamcha continued by turning behind while still keeping eye contact on the girl. "If you really wanna know the truth, my darling, I'm in love with you! Ever since I first laid my eyes on you!" he didn't need to turn around to see that Puar was staring at him awkwardly about this.

Chi-Chi's face turned to a furious shade of red, as she clasped her hands on her face, not believing what she was hearing right now. "Wow! You're in love with me?! Really?!"

Yamcha had his back turned so that Chi-Chi couldn't see an annoyed expression on him. "W... Well… yes." he barely managed to get those words out of his mouth. He almost couldn't believe the naivety of this girl. "I truly am… in love with you." man, why couldn't this be so easy with other girls his age?

"R-Really?! A-Are you telling the truth?"

"Just look into my face!" Yamcha turned around to face the girl again. "I truly am serious! See?!" he then proceeded to show a smile, but for a moment he forgot about the missing tooth he had.

"Oh my! You have a tooth missing on your face." Chi-Chi made a giggle. "It makes your face look funny up close."

Yamcha turned around to seeth in anger at the blow the girl made on his pride. It was then that Puar came in. "Remember the Ox King, Yamcha! We can't screw this one up!" he whispered in his ear.

It was just then that Ichigo was seen in the skies, flying with his Nimbus cloud as he started to approach the location from where they were at. Yamcha saw this, and he cursed to himself for being too late. "Ah, shit. Why does not that surprise me." he wouldn't be able to beat Ichigo in a fight right now, so with that said Yamcha and Puar got to their car to get away.

"You know, you're the first boy who said who loves me." Chi-Chi turned her back on Yamcha, not noticing what he was doing. "I actually read this magazine where two people who love each other go on things called dates. A-And then they get to hold each other's hands…" she then put her hands on her face to hide the embarrassed pool she had. "Ooohhhhh! I'm so embarrassed!" she furiously shook her head back and forth. Chi-Chi then heard a car engine starting to run, making her turn around to see Yamcha and Puar getting away. "What the… where is he going? I wonder if it's because he left embarrassed as well?"

It was just at that moment that Ichigo arrived at the scene, his new cloud stopping just to see Chi-Chi was below from where he was at. 'Well, here goes nothing.' Ichigo thought to himself as he went by lower. Well he would get to talk to Chi-Chi for the first time. Though he supposed it wouldn't be so bad. She was still just a kid. "Hey!" he exclaimed loudly enough for the girl to turn around in surprise to look at him, all while Ichigo set the cloud much lower to the point he was just barely higher than her. "Your name is Chi-Chi, right?"

"Yes, I am?" Chi-Chi nodded in confusion. "But I don't know who you are. You're the second boy who knows my name, but I never told them." she then made a shout as she pointed her finger at the boy with the cloud. "Did you come here to say you love me too?!"

"What?!" Ichigo's eyebrow twitched in annoyance from this. Where did she even get to that conclusion? Was she always like that as a kid? Alright, just calm down. "I don't even know how you thought of something like that, but no, I didn't come here just to say some words like that." he took a breath to himself. "Look… your father sent me here to find you just so I could help you find Master Roshi to get the Bansho Fan."

"Really?!" Chi-Chi put her hands together and gently clenched, her face becoming filled with hope. "That's so sweet of you!"

"I can't exactly leave you here by yourself, so I would have to take you with me." Ichigo stepped forward to give Chi-Chi more space. "Just hop on here."

Chi-Chi seemed skeptical of this. "Wait… you mean I can actually get to fly on that cotton candy-looking cloud without falling?"

Ichigo shrugged from this. "You get used to it. Though you would need to have a pure heart to get on it."

"Really? That's all?" Chi-Chi was surprised. "That should be easy. When your dad is the Ox King, you always have to behave well."

Chi-Chi then started to climb on the cloud, albeit with some difficulty to do so. Ichigo saw the struggle she put on as he only turned his head around. "Uh… you need some help?" Ichigo asked.

Chi-Chi saw the tail that Ichigo had, so she went to grab it as hard as she could. This in turn took Ichigo in complete shock, yelling out in pain. "Alright, I'm ready now!" Chi-Chi exclaimed as she managed to climb on the cloud now.

Ichigo didn't answer, but instead fell down on the ground. Chi-Chi noticed this, and was confused by what happened. "Are you alright?"

"Why the hell did you just grab onto my tail?" Ichigo groaned, as he started to get up again. "I could have just given you a hand…"

"Why? Does it bother you?"

"Oh you have no idea how much I hate that. Whenever someone grabs that, I feel like all my strength disappears. If I had a choice to cut off my tail without causing myself pain, I would do that in a heartbeat." Ichigo got on the cloud again, but honestly the pain he felt on his butt felt numb with how long he sat on the damn thing. "Let's just go…"

The Flying Nimbus took off soaring in the air, the next destination to find where Master Roshi was at. However, Yamcha and Puar heard the conversation between the two as they hid behind bushes.

"Well, well, this is great news to hear!" Yamcha exclaimed, having a smirk latched onto his face. "It seems this kid does have a weak point after all!"

"Now we can beat him for sure!" Puar commented before looking back at Yamcha. "But wait, shouldn't we follow them?"

"There's no need for that. The kid would eventually come back to get the sixth Dragon Ball from the castle. And once they get the 7th ball, we'll just start trailing after them again. When they gather all 7 Dragon Balls, I'll just steal all of them with my Wolf Fang Fist!" Yamcha exclaimed once more, feeling quite proud of his plan.

"Come on… it's gotta be here somewhere…" Ichigo kept tilting his head around to see nothing but the ocean as he and Chi-Chi travelled to find the location on where Roshi was. They have been travelling out for a while now. 'I've seen how the island looks multiple times, I know I should be going to the right place. Or unless I'm somehow not? Ah geez, getting lost is about the last thing I need right now.'

He then heard Chi-Chi giggling to herself from behind. Ichigo turned his head to see just what it was about. "What are you giggling about?" he asked.

"Oh, it's nothing really…" Chi-Chi giggled again, hiding her embarrassed face with her hands. "Just thinking about some cute boys I met today…"

Ichigo rolled his eyes over this, clearly not interested to hear any thoughts she had whatsoever. "Whatever." he turned his attention back to the oceans. "Man this place is huge... I feel like I should go ask for some directions." it was just then that he spotted a dolphin popping out through the water. "Hey! Excuse me!" Ichigo called out, which got the dolphin's attention. "You know someone by the name of Master Roshi who lives somewhere here?"

"Master Roshi?" the dolphin actually began talking, something that took Chi-Chi by surprise. "Yeah, he lives on a tiny island way over there!" it pointed with its finger.

"Alright, thank you!" Ichigo said, before his Nimbus went flying off to the direction the dolphin pointed out.

"Huh, you don't see dolphins like that everyday…" Chi-Chi commented.

The two kids kept travelling upon until they could see a small island with a house on it. Ichigo smiled as he was able to recognize it immediately. "Hey, I think that might be the place!" Chi-Chi pointed with her finger.

"It's gotta be." Ichigo replied back, as the cloud travelled onwards until he could get a clear view on Master Roshi and Turtle from outside the Kame House. "Hey, old man!" the boy greeted him.

Roshi was caught by surprise from the unexpected visit he was given with. He was out cleaning out the dirty trash that landed on the sand until this just happened. "Well, well! I'm surprised to see you again so soon! Come on down!" the old man greeted him back.

"Uh…" Chi-Chi gained a skeptical look. "So, this is the great Master Roshi?" it was clearer there was doubts with her, as she hadn't expected him to be someone so old.

Ichigo got off the uncomfortable cloud, much to his relief, and so did Chi-Chi. "On a quick note in case I forget, have you still finished that magic carpet I asked about?" Ichigo asked.

Roshi scratched his bald head before remembering what the boy meant. "Ah, the carpet! You made it just in time. I finished patching up all the flames that were on it. You should be able to ride it now."

Ichigo was pleased by this. That was a relief. Now he wouldn't have to ride on that uncomfortable cloud anymore. "That's great to hear."

"Though…" Roshi looked at the Nimbus cloud. "I'm still surprised with how hard it is for you to ride Nimbus. I thought for sure you would have gotten along just fine."

"Well I guess it was never meant to be." Ichigo shrugged, not caring much if he wasn't fully pure of heart or whatever.

Roshi then casted a glance at Chi-Chi, who seemed to be confused as to what the two were talking about. "Hey, kid." Roshi remarked to Ichigo. "What happened to your friend over there? I can't tell if it's me or she shrunk a little since the last time I saw her?" Ichigo raised his eyebrow in confusion. "Yeah! I remember her boobs being more… boiiiiing!" Roshi kept moving his hands back and forth from his chest, using the metaphor for the boobs. "More boingy! Like this!"

"Uh…" from the corner of his eye, Ichigo could see that Chi-Chi was completely flustered by this. He couldn't blame her. "I think you're misunderstanding. That girl was Bulma. This one here is Chi-Chi. She's the Ox King's daughter."

Roshi was surprised by this. "The Ox King's daughter?!" he then turned around and walked away from the two, as if contemplating on something. "Ox King, huh… I haven't heard from him in awhile. I remember when I used to train that little guy… though it has been some time since I've last been in contact with him. I did hear he got a daughter, but I didn't think that was her. Yeah, I remember when…"

At this point, Roshi seemed to be rambling, focusing more so on himself rather than the kids behind him. Chi-Chi got close to Ichigo as she began to whisper to him. "Hey… are you sure that old man really is Master Roshi?" she asked in skepticism.

Ichigo nodded. "As hard as it is to believe it, he's the real deal. I know he may look like a fragile old man, but he does have tricks up his sleeves."

Chi-Chi still had doubts. "Well, we'll just see about that." she took a couple of steps forward, putting her hands on the axe shaped weapon as she was ready to throw that. "Before I believe he's a real martial arts master, he's gonna have to prove it."

"Uh…" Ichigo was hesitant. "I'm not sure if that's necessary."

"Well if he really is Roshi, he should have no problem dodging this!" Chi-Chi released her axe weapon and launched it at high speeds at Roshi.

Roshi still seemed to continue his rambles. "—It took some hard work, but it eventually paid off." he was gonna continue on, but he sensed some vibrations in the air coming right behind him. Roshi quickly turned around so he would be able to deflect the object that came at him with his staff. What he didn't expect however, was that the object cut right through his wooden staff and lodged into his head.

Ichigo just looked at this with a gaped mouth, not expecting this to happen. He saw Roshi holding onto his lodged head as he clenched his teeth, looking as though he tried not to scream. But he did it anyway. "AAAAAHHHH!" Roshi screamed out as he clutched his head in pain.

"Are you alright?!" Turtle asked in concern for his master.

"I knew it!" Chi-Chi exclaimed with an accusing finger at the old man. "You aren't the real Master Roshi! Now tell us who you really are!"

'She just saw him taking that blow head on and is still alive, yet she still doesn't believe him?' Ichigo thought with a sweat drop coming from the back of his head.

"You idiot!" Roshi yelled at Chi-Chi as he got close to her, looking down at her height. "No-one could have possibly dodged that so close like that so quickly! Not even me!"

"Then show me proof that you are the real Master Roshi!" Chi-Chi demanded.

"Here!" Roshi suddenly put a card through his clothing, showing them a license. "It says so on this drivers license!"

Chi-Chi clasped her hands on her head, recoiling back in shock now that she saw proof in front of her. "Oh no! I just did something horrible!" she then started to pull back the weapon on Roshi's head. "Please forgive me!" Chi-Chi yanked the axe out of Roshi's head, now starting to make it bleed. "I really tend to jump to conclusions a lot!"

"Crazy kid…" Roshi mumbled under his breath.

Roshi then went to his house so he could get something to treat the bleeding from his head. He came back rather quickly with a bandage on his head. "Anyway, you mind telling me what are you doing here?"

"Oh, right…" Ichigo scratched his new hair, as he was still trying to get used to the style it had. "We came here because of the current situation in Fire Mountain. We need the Bansho Fan to extinguish them since the Ox King isn't capable of coming back to his castle." he explained.

Roshi hummed his beard. "Flames on Fire Mountain? I heard about those. If it's for the Bansho Fan you're looking for, it should definitely be able to extinguish them. First swing causes a strong wind hurricane, the second swing brings rain clouds, and the third swing brings downpours." the old master explained its abilities. "I should still be able to have it in my possession. If the situation is that bad, then I guess I could let you borrow it

"That's great!" Chi-Chi exclaimed in joy. Finally she and her father can return to their castle.

Ichigo on the other hand seemed rather skeptical about this. He certainly didn't remember the Bansho Fan very well, but he did know that wasn't what caused him to stop Fire Mountain. Wasn't it Roshi himself that put them out?

"Although… before I do… " Roshi looked over at Ichigo. ''Boy, you mind coming here for a minute? I need to talk to you about something."

Ichigo was confused by this, but nevertheless he complied by following where Roshi was leading, which was just on the corner side of the house. "So what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Ichigo asked with his arms crossed.

"Well since I met you, I didn't really have a chance to talk to you personally, and I thought this would be a good time while it lasts." Roshi said, holding his broken cane on the ground while the boy looked more confused. "At first I was a bit skeptical when I first saw you, but with that hair and the tail you have, I think my suspicions have been confirmed. You're Gohan's grandson, and your name is Karna, correct?"

Ichigo only nodded in confirmation, but he didn't get what was the deal. "Yeah, I am. What about it?" he asked, trying to make his tone more polite. "And yeah, that's my name. At least the one my grandpa gave me. I have another one that goes by Ichigo."

Roshi made a smile. "I'll just call you with what your grandpa called you. I just wanted to make sure. I tend to make sure to keep contact with my students, former or not." he put his hand on the boy's shoulder. "I'll help you with the Bansho Fan. It's the least I can do for my student's grandson."

Ichigo was somewhat surprised by this. But nonetheless he smiled back. The old man may have been one hell of a pervert, but he did seem believable to be the man that trained his grandpa. "Thank you for this."

Ichigo and Chi-Chi waited outside for Roshi to get the Bansho Fan so they could put out the flames. However, it was taking Roshi a little too long to get it as he seemed to be searching it all over his house. Ichigo was not liking this whatsoever.

"This is really strange…" Roshi said, as he peeked his head over the windows, with them being open the entire time. "Hey, Turtle, do you remember where I put that Fan?" he asked his trusted companion.

"Didn't you use it as a tablecloth that one time when we ate hotpot?" Turtle replied almost immediately.

Roshi dropped his jaw, now remembering the last time he used it. "Wait, that was the Bansho Fan?!" he slapped his bald head, now feeling like a fool that he threw away something that important. And now it came back to bite him. "Dear me, all I did was spill some Wonton soup and it got all dirty, so I threw it away!"

Silence emitted around the group, with Ichigo and Chi-Chi having dead panned expressions at the Turtle Hermit. "You have got to be kidding me…" Ichigo murmured, facepalming at the news.

Chi-Chi began to have tears coming down from her eyes, now feeling devastated at what may have been their last hope at returning to the castle. "Aaaaaan!" she bawled her eyes out. "Now we can't put out the fire."

"Well that's just great." Ichigo bluntly commented. "We don't have all the Dragon Balls to wish the flames away either."

"Enough already!" Roshi exclaimed, nearly taking the kids by surprise, well more so to Chi-Chi. "If that's how things are gonna be, then I'll just go to Fire Mountain and put out the flames myself!"

This got Ichigo's interest. "You can do that?" he asked with his arms folded.

"Of course I can!" Roshi exclaimed with enthusiasm as he pumped his fist in the air. "There's nothing that Master Roshi can't do! But first, I gotta get some spare clothing!" he said, right before Roshi went to find some other clothes to wear.

The kids, along with Turtle, waited for the old man to come back until he was done changing. They didn't have to wait long at all before he came back outside, wearing a shade of black sunglasses and thicker layers of long sleeved clothing.

"Uh…" Ichigo was somewhat confused by the change. "Why exactly did you have to change?" he asked.

"Hehe…" Roshi scratched the long white beard with a smirk shown on him. "What can I say? If I'm gonna put out those flames, I might as well look good while doing it!"

"Alright?" A sweat drop appeared at the back of Ichigo's head. "Anyway, we should take off right now. We gotta put out those flames."

"And since I can't ride the Flying Nimbus anymore, I'll have to use something else. I know just the thing." Roshi stepped outside once more before he pointed his cane at the sky. "Come to me, magic carpet!"

They waited for a few seconds before a flying carpet was seen coming down from the skies. It went toward Roshi before it stopped to stop as it went next to his side all while it continued to float. "There you are." Roshi said, as he got on the cloud. He looked over at Ichigo. "Hop in."

Ichigo didn't need to be told twice. He jumped at the flying brown carpet as he sat next to Roshi. "Wait, but what about this thing?" Chi-Chi asked, pointing at Nimbus. "Aren't you gonna be using that one?"

"You can use it yourself." Ichigo answered her. "Don't worry, you won't fall on it if your heart is pure. The Nimbus and I don't really get along with one another. You have better chances at using it than I do."

"Well… alright…" Chi-Chi was rather hesitant on going with the cloud that moved at incredible speeds, but she trusted the boy's word as she climbed on the cloud by herself this time.

And so, all three of them began to travel back to the Fire Mountain so they could finally put a stop to the flames.

"What?! He didn't have the Bansho Fan?!" the Ox King was in a state of panic. His daughter finally returned to him, to which he became overjoyed and relieved of seeing his daughter alive. But when she delivered the news of Master Roshi losing what may have been their only hope at stopping the flames, it shocked him to say the least.

"That's right." Chi-Chi nodded in confirmation. "But he then said he was going to take out the fire himself."

"Kid... I don't know what to tell you, but I think it's funny you actually believe something like that." Oolong remarked with snicker, with the entire news just sounding ridiculous to him.

Chi-Chi then looked up to the sky, and she saw a familiar sight before her. "There they are now!" she pointed her finger from up above.

Everyone looked up to see a magical carpet flying by above their heads. The people on that thing were Roshi and Ichigo, as they passed by everyone else who looked to be awestruck, to which Ichigo got amused by the looks on everyone's faces. Ichigo got off the carpet before he landed down. Roshi had done the same thing, though he made his landing a little more dramatic by making several flips before landing on the ground, putting his hands behind his back as well.

Ox King started running to his former master in front of him. He couldn't describe the joy he felt at seeing Master Roshi after so long. "Master Roshi! It's really you!" he exclaimed in joy, and not forgetting to show respect to the man who trained him, he bowed before him.

Roshi looked over at the flames that set ablaze upon the mountain. He had to say, that was one large flame. "So these are the flames of Fire Mountain, eh? That's quite the fire there."

"Uhm... Master Roshi, are you sure you can put out the entire fire?" the Ox King asked, looking up to his smaller master.

Roshi looked back at his former student, giving the giant a stern glare behind the black sunglasses. "First, I'll have a word with you real quick." Roshi put his staff down, having the pointy staff from below hit the ground with a loud 'thud'. "Ox King, it's been more than a few years since the last time we met each other. And since then, I haven't been hearing good things about you. In order to protect the treasure you gathered, you resorted to killing a number of people to do so."

"Y-Yes, Master! It is everything as you say it is!" Ox King admitted without any hesitation, as he bowed his head in shame, refusing to look at his master in the eyes now. "I am so embarrassed at myself! I let greed take me over! But none of that matters anymore! I give you my word, once this is all over, I will throw all my treasures as a punishment!"

Roshi got a sweat drop at the back of his head. "Wait, hold on now, let's not get crazy here. I didn't mean you had to throw everything away. It would be a waste if you did that."

"And here I thought I've seen everything…" Oolong murmured, not believing what he was looking at. The Ox King, a man that was feared by many across the world, was bowing to some old man and begging for forgiveness.

Bulma and Chi-Chi were speechless by this. Seeing an imposing figure such as the Ox King bowing and begging to someone was the last thing they'd expect him to do. Especially from Chi-Chi's viewpoint.

"So…" Roshi looked back at the enormous flames again. "You mean to tell me that you're not able to put this out by yourself? I'm not gonna lie, the fact you're not able to put a mere fire of size like that is just pathetic. I guess this old man will have to show you how it's done."

Ichigo became a little worried by this. He was starting to remember this. Roshi would have resorted to using his buffed form in order to put put out the flames, but as a result it put a lot of damage on the Ox King's castle. Granted they were able to repair it back later on, but he still didn't want to cause any damage if Roshi went overboard.

It was already too late, as Roshi hopped on top of a broken pile of a pillow, as he already took off his Turtle Shell and his cane. He remained his ground firmly, glaring at the flames before him. It's been too long since he last tested himself. He wanted to know at the current shape he was at. And he would have to say this was a good time as any.

Roshi put his hand forward while retracting his other arm back as he crouched down. He gritted his teeth as he began to concentrate to gather all the energy within him. Everyone from behind him was in awe at what he was doing.

"This is it! This is the Master's Kamehameha!" Ox King exclaimed in excitement at seeing this technique again from his master, getting goosebumps in doing so.

Ichigo was interested to see this himself. He's seen Kamehameha many times throughout the show, but seeing it like this in action was making him quite excited, as if though he was a little kid again.

Behind from everyone else, Yamcha and Puar have been hiding together inside a broken down house, their destination being close to where everyone else was. They continued to watch Master Roshi, whose body was covered by a faint outflow of energy.

"W-What's he doing?!" Puar asked, as was shaking in fear from what the old man was doing. "I-I think w-we should get out of here!" he warned Yamcha, so they could run for their lives while they had the chance.

"Wait a minute… I heard of this technique. The Kamehameha, was it?" Yamcha felt his body shaking up, but it was less noticeable than Puar's. He couldn't turn his eyes away from this. "It's a technique that allows you to concentrate energy in one's body and expel it all at once." he continued to grip on any object, whether he was aware of this or not did not matter to him, as he continued to watch what may be a once in a lifetime event. "But… to think that I'd see it with my own eyes…"

"Ka…Me… " Roshi cupped his hands together. "Ha... Me…" he began to draw them back as they rested on his side, concentrating to gather all the energy to a single point between his cupped hands. With the pose he crouched down, his shoulders were between his head as well. Energy began to gather between his hands, with Roshi making sure to keep it where it was. "HAAAAAAA!" he screamed, as he thrusted his hands forward to release a powerful whitish-blue beam towards Fire Mountain.

A powerful white field of light surrounded the mountain, as if it preventing anyone to see the damage that caused when the Kamehameha clashed against the fiery flames. This only lasted for about a few seconds before it died down, letting everyone see what happened. When they did, practically all of them stood in disbelief at what they just saw.

Roshi climbed back down from the wall he was on, getting on the ground as he withdrew a heavy set of breaths. That energy blast took everything he had in his normal from to get rid of the flames, or at least hoping he did so. "Phew…" Roshi's hands got onto his knees so he could have some energy back.

"M-Master…" Ox King pointed his finger at the mountain. The once powerful flames that lasted for an entire decade have now been finally extinguished. "The fire… it's gone!" he exclaimed, along that he noticed that his castle was still in one piece.

"Hm?" Roshi looked from behind to see that the flames were indeed gone from his blast. He then looked above to see sun shining down onto the place, making the atmosphere in here more peaceful than it had been just a few minutes ago. "Huh, well I'll be…" he remarked. "I guess I'm not as rusty as I thought."

Roshi put back his Turtle Shell and grabbed his cane to walk back to the others. "Thank you for putting the fire out, master." Ox King said, thanking his master for accomplishing a task that he failed to do many times before.

"You don't have to thank me. I only regret that I didn't help out sooner." Roshi replied.

Wanting to repay some sort of debt, the large giant decided to give him an offer. "Wait, master, how about you live with us in the castle?" he asked.

Roshi shook his head in refusal. "That won't be necessary. It's easier to live by myself. And believe me, you wouldn't want an old coot like myself in your place."

"Hey, old man. That move you just pulled… you think you can teach me how to make it be like that?" Ichigo asked, seeing what Roshi did made him want to increase his strength. He wanted to go back to the level he used to be at in his previous life, or probably far greater if this new life of his would go down like how he thought it would.

Roshi chuckled, being amused by the boy's proposal. "Well, maybe if you did learn the Kamehameha I might just accept it. Though a fair warning, it would take you at least 50 years to learn that."

Ichigo quirked his eyebrows from this. "Really? That's it? Well in that case that's gonna take a few seconds." he said, having a smirk.

Roshi became confused by this. He saw the boy participating the same stance he just used moments prior. "Kame…" he uttered the words as he began to summon a ball of energy as he cupped his hands, but he had his back turned to focus on a particular broken down house. "Hame…" he thrusted his hands as he fired off the same beam of energy, though nowhere near the same destructive capacity like with Roshi. "Ha!" the beam was fired at a house, and it travelled onward to drill through the house before it became destroyed by the impact of the blast.

Roshi was in shock by this. Along with everyone else, though the Ox King seemed more impressed rather than anything. 'I can't believe it! It took me over 50 years to learn the Kamehameha, yet this boy did it in his first try!' he thought.

"Well I shouldn't be so surprised. He is Gohan's grandson after all…" Ox King commented.

"I can see that now more than over…" Roshi said, still trying to process what the boy just did. "Well, since you are capable of doing a Kamehameha, I suppose I could offer to teach you more at my place if you wanna come. Who knows, someday you might become stronger than me." he told Ichigo.

"Thank you, but the thing is is that I already knew how to do a Kamehameha anyway. My grandpa showed it to me once when he was still alive." Ichigo informed Roshi. "Problem was I had trouble to make it stronger. I do accept your offer. But would it be alright if I could do that after I get all the 7 Dragon Balls?"

"Sure." Roshi nodded, not seeing any problems with some waiting. "Come by when you're ready. I have all the time in the world."

"Thank you. But first…" Ichigo looked back to see the house he destroyed, along that seeing Yamcha and Puar climbing out of the rumble he caused, with both bandits spinning their eyes in a comedic matter. "I think we could have new members on our side."

"Uuuugh…" Yamcha shook his head, clearing out any stars he saw in his vision. He turned around to see where everyone else was. Needless to say, he grew afraid, as he shook Puar up to see they've been discovered. "Ah crap! Puar, wake up! We've been found out!"

"Huh?" the blue cat shook his head before turning to see what Yamcha was pointing at. He then began to panic. "Aaaahhhh!"

"Well, well, look who we have here." Ichigo crossed his arms. "I figured it was you two that were following us."

Bulma's eyes were shaped into hearts, now that she recognized Yamcha. "Hey! It's that handsome hunk again!" her fingers got coupled together. "Why, hello there! And just what are you doing here? My name is Bulma!"

"...Really?" Ichigo gave the older girl a bland expression.

"Aaahhh!" Chi-Chi pointed her finger at the bandit. "You're the boy who said that you love me!"

"What?!" Ox King was shocked by this revelation. "Is that true?!" he looked down at his daughter in confirmation.

Yamcha nervously waved his hands in defense. "Wait, uh... I-I can explain. Th-That wasn't what you thought it was about."

"Hey! How about I finish talking first?!" Ichigo exclaimed with irritation before he took a frustrated breath. "Anyway... I know you've been following us around for a while now. At first I thought if I could get rid of you again, but I thought of a better idea. How about you join me and the others to get the Dragon Balls?" he offered.

Yamcha and Puar looked back at each other in shock before looking back at Ichigo. Oolong looked at the kid like he was insane. "What?! Kid, are you nuts?! This is the guy that wanted to rob us!" the pig exclaimed.

"Oh quit overreacting." Ichigo rolled his eyes, not paying attention to Oolong. "Listen, you have 2 choices right now." he raised two of his fingers. "You join with us and nothing will happen to you, we could use more extra muscle on our side, along with your shape shifting friend over there. Your other option is to refuse, but you never follow us again. I can kick your ass anytime of the day. Besides you have me, Ox King, and Master Roshi here right now. So what's it gonna be? Oh, and don't even try any double crossing if you're willing to join us."

Yamcha gritted his teeth, having a struggle to come with the decision. But the more he thought about it, the more the monkey boy was right. If he tried to get away, no way would he be given a second chance like this. If he tried getting to his tail now, he would be asking for suicide with Ox King and Master Roshi here with him. Not to mention that pretty girl was there as well… in a bunny suit.

He made a frustrated sigh, having no other choice but to comply. "Fine. I'll join you and your little gang." he said, getting up from the rubble.

"Glad we came to an understanding." Ichigo replied.

"Yes!" Bulma cheerfully exclaimed as she jumped, being happy the handsome man would get to join them.

After Ox King came back from his castle to give the gang their Dragon Ball, they have been ready to take on their next destination to cover the final Dragon Ball. Everyone else was ready to take off with the van from Oolong's capsule. Ox King, Chi-Chi, and Roshi were standing in front

"Alright, I think that's about it. Our job is done. It's about time we head over to the next Dragon Ball. Oolong, you're driving the van again ." Ichigo ordered.

"You're not the boss of me…" Oolong grumbled, but he complied anyway as he got inside.

"Let's see…" Bulma checked her Radar to see where the next Dragon Ball could be at. "Uh… the last Dragon Ball doesn't seem to be anywhere nearby. I'll have to widen the range some more." after tweaking a little to get a longet range, Bulma could see the ball in her range. "There it is! It's at the West! Though it does look pretty far…"

"Next road is gonna be long, huh? Well alright, guess we'll have to be more patient through this one." Ichigo said, as he was about to step inside the van before Chi-Chi interrupted him.

"Hey, wait!" Ichigo turned around. "I was just wondering, were ever gonna think about me again?"

"Huh?" Ichigo was caught off guard by that one. Now he hoped that she didn't really have a crush on him like she did with Goku. He scratched his cheek, being unsure as how to respond to that. "Well… maybe?" he responded, not sure as to how he could tell her properly. He didn't really wanna hurt her feelings on accident, but at the same time he sure as hell did not have anything going for her.

"Kyaaaah!" Chi-Chi blushed as her hands covered her hands. "You didn't have to put it like that!"

"Uh… ok?" Ichigo started to get inside. "I'm just gonna leave…"

"But wait! What about your Nimbus?!" Chi-Chi asked.

Ichigo made a small smile. "It's fine, you can get to keep it if you want. I have the old man's Magic Carpet anyways, it would be more useful if more people were to be on it. Besides, this way you can think of me every time you use it."

"Aww! Thanks for that!"

After bidding farewells to everyone else, the gang started their journey to the West in search for the final Dragon Ball at hand.

"Phew, about time we're going off somewhere else." Ichigo sighed, as he sat down on a chair, with Bulma sitting next to him, who was oogling at Yamcha, which the bandit stayed away from. Ichigo looked at the clothes he wore and made a frown. He's been wearing the same clothes for days now and he hasn't even changed anything. "Hey, Bulma, you think we could stop by a shop?" he asked. "I really need a set of new clothes."

"Uh huh… Sure… go right ahead." Bulma wasn't listening to him, being too busy to oogle at Yamcha.

Ichigo sighed, seeing that she wasn't gonna listen at all. So he turned to see where Oolong was at. "Hey, Oolong! You think we could stop by a town to get some set of clothes! I need it for myself!"

"Can't you get it later?!"

"I need them!"

"Fine!" Oolong grumbled in annoyance. "I'll see where to find one!"

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