Chapter 3 - The Turtle Hermit
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As Goku defeated the beastman, The turtle who was hiding behind a tree with Bulma about to run away with her motorcycle conversed "He's crazy..."
"Although he defeated the flying dinosaur easily, I didn't think he was this strong..."
Goku looked at the turtle and put his finger in his mouth and asked while drooling "Are you really delicious like he said?"
"Eh? There's no way I'd be tasty! In fact, I taste completely horrible!!! Everyone knows that! Hahahaha!" The turtle said nervously at Goku's unexpected question
"Oh, okay. You don't look that delicious anyway." Goku said as he carried the turtle on his back again
The turtle sighed in relief
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Waves crashed on the sandy end part of the island
"This is the sea huh? The water is endless unlike in a river..." Goku said with his eyes in fascination at what he saw.
Goku put down the turtle and said "You live in a very big place, Mr. Turtle."
"You really saved me... Thank you very much!!" The Turtle thanked as he prepared to leave.
As he was leaving he said to Goku "Please wait a moment, would you? By all means, I want to return the favor to you with a gift!"
"A gift?" Goku questioned
"Maybe it's a buried treasure... Bulma replied.
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The turtle left and Goku began to play in the sea,
"If I knew we were gonna come here, I would have bought a swimsuit..." Bulma said as her feet was dipped in the sea
"Ugh, There's something wrong with this water. It's so salty"
"Of course it is, the sea is source of salt afterall."
"Oh!"
"Hey, what's that?" Bulma asked as she saw something from far away in the sea coming near the beach.
"Eh?" Goku stood up as he heard Bulma's question
He looked at the distance, and said as he saw it "It's the turtle but... now something's riding on his back."
"How in the hell can you even see that far away?" Bulma asked in confusion, as she couldn't see from such far away. "I wonder what he brought back for us..."
The turtle reached the shore and the old man on top of it went down and said "Hello!"
The turtle then said "Thanks for waiting!"
"Good afternoon!" The old man that was brought by the turtle spoke again
"Seems like you helped out my turtle!"
"Who are you gramps?" Goku asked
"I am turtle hermit! Which one of them helped you?"
"The boy" The turtle said as it pointed out to Goku
"I see, I see! Allow me to commend you for your hardwork! I have to give you a present to give you as thanks!"
"Present?"
The turtle hermit looked towards the sea as he raised his cane and shouted "Come to me! Immortal phoenix!"
"....."
"Nothing's coming" Bulma exclaimed as nothing happened after a bit
The turtle then spoke "Ummm... The Immortal Phoenix died of food poisoning..."
"Really?! Oh yeah, now that you mention it..." The turtle hermit replied
"It died even though it's immortal?" Bulma interrupted
The turtle hermit ignored Bulma's statement and murmurred "hmmm... I was planning on giving you the immortal phoenix and granting you eternal life... Alright! Instead of that I'll give you this!"
The turtle hermit raised it's cane again and pointed it to the sky and shouted "Come to me! Kintoun!"
A Golden cloud slowly appeared into the sky
"Ahhh!" Goku exclaimed
"A cloud's flying toward us!" Bulma loudly reacted
"This is Kintoun! I'm giving this to you." The turtle hermit said as it reached the ground level
"What is this cloud for?" Goku asked in confusion
"If you ride on Kintoun, you will be able to fly anywhere in the sky!"
"Wow! I can fly in the sky with this?"
"Amazing right? But there's a catch. Only those with pure heart can ride on Kintoun! So if you aren't a good boy. You won't be able to ride on it."
"Here, I'll show you how it's done." The turtle hermit jumped and tried to ride on Kintoun.
*BAM!* The turtle hermit directly went through to cloud and fell into the ground
"ARRRGHHH! My back!!"
"Are you alright?!?!" The turtle asked in worry
Bulma laughed at the sight of the turtle hermit trying to ride on cloud as she found it ridiculous
Goku then smiled and said as he jumped "Let me try riding on it!"
"Ahh" Goku did not go through the Kintoun and was able to ride on it.
"Yay!!! I was able to ride on it!"
"He can ride on it. So he's a good boy huh?" The turtle hermit said as he scratched his head.
"Go! Kintoun!" Goku magnificently controlled the cloud to go at high speed "Uwahhh!"
He then spirally rode the cloud "Yahooo!!" he then stopped in front of the turtle hermit and said "This is awesome! Thank you so much!!!"
"Nice cloud handling boy!"
Bulma then excitedly asked the old man "Hey, hey, Grandpa! Can you give me one of those too?!"
"Hm? Did this girl help you too?" The hermit asked the turtle
"Nooo, not one bit."
"What? I gave you salt water, didn't I?!?!?!"
"Hm... Unfortunately there's only one Kintoun so even if I wanted to give you one I can't give you one. But I can give you something else in its place... as long as.... you... show me your panties..." The hermit said as he laughed pervertedly
"Eh? My panties?!"
"How can a hermit like you ask for something like that!!" The turtle scolded
"What's the big deal?! Even hermits want to see panties once in a while!"
The turtle then understood and said "Now, I know why you couldn't ride Kintoun..."
"Silence!" The hermit scolded
"Okay... If that's all you want..." Bulma pondered but said after awhile as she blushed
"Then... Here!" Bulma shouted as she directly lifted up her dress showing her crotch without panties as she forgot that Goku undressed her panties earlier.
Goku saw what happened and thought "I guess it's okay for her to show her crotch since it has consent..."
Goku just continued playing with flying nimbus as the turtle hermit and Bulma conversed.
The turtle hermit's nose bled at what he saw
"Kyaaa! How embarassing!"
"Did you see that? What unexpected harvest! I really outdid myself this time." The hermit talked to the turtle
"..."
"So hey? What are you going to give me?"
"Eh? That's right! What should I give you?" The hermit murmured as he scratched her head
"Huh? Let me see the necklace on your neck!" Bulma exclaimed as he grabbed the old man
"This ball? This is something I found 100 years ago in the bottom of the sea." The hermit said while he scratched his head
"Hey! Son-kun! Come down here! I found a dragon ball!"
"Ahhhh! A dragon ball!"
"Yeah!"
"It has 3 stars so this is the 3 star ball huh?"
"So it was actually worth something huh?" The hermit said
"Welp! That makes four!"
"I didn't say id give it to you yet."
"Why not?! Here! Here! Here!" Bulma said as she raised her dress up while still oblivious of the fact that she doesn't have underwear.
"Fine... You can have it." The hermit said as he covered his nose to prevent it from bleeding
Well... Goodbye" The hermit said goodbye
The hermit murmured as he was going off the beach "I can't believe what I just saw... I'm gonna live a long life..."
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Goku and Bulma went back and reached the house capsule.
Bulma went inside and saw her panties on the ground and suddenly screamed "Kyaahhh! My panties!"
"What's wrong?"
"Why are my panties here?"
"Didn't I remove it earlier this morning? I saw you showing your crotch to the old man, since it was consented it was okay right?" Goku said as he made a confused face.
"I... Wasn't wearing any..."
"Goku!!!!!!" Bulma screamed as she prepared her gun to fire at Goku.
"Why is it my fault? It wasn't me who forgot to wear panties it was you. Right?" he said as he sighed
"It's still your fault since you're the one who removed it!" Bulma screamed as she fired at Goku
Goku sighed and dodged as he observed where the muzzle of the gun was pointing at. Since Goku now knows how the gadget works it was easy to dodge. Although it was fast as long as you observe where it was pointing you can dodge it.
*rattatatatatata*
"Don't dodge!" Bulma exclaimed with a red face
"I'm sorry okay? I won't do it again, I didn't know before..." Goku said apologetically.
"If you ever take my panties off, I will never forgot you okay?" Bulma said
Goku then replied nonchalantly "Okay! I'll ask next time."
"What do you mean you'll ask next time..." Bulma murmured as she blushed
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And so... After this small incident... Bulma and Goku continued on their journey of finding the rest of the dragon balls and helping Bulma on her wish of getting a perfect boyfriend...
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