Chapter 3 - Finally, Bulma

(West City)

"Where are you going, Sweetums?"

The one who was talking was a blonde with incredibly curly hair in the front and attiring a long dress while watering her plants. Her house was in the shape of a dome with smaller domes on the outside with paths leading to them. Adorn with a multitude of rectangular and square windows and cylinder-shaped rooms jutted out at the top that makes them look similar to chimneys. In the front of the building in large letters readout: CAPSULE CORP.

Inside the building leads to a huge indoor garden with an array of animals playing with each other. This is where the blonde was watering her plants.

"I told you, Mom, I am going to go find the Dragon Balls!" Yelled an exasperated blue-haired teenager.

This new person, presumably the daughter of the blonde although the only characteristics they share is their raw beauty, was wearing a bright red ribbon that tied her hair into a ponytail and a pink dress with a brown pouch strapped to it. With her very blue eyes, creamy-like skin to compliment her beauty, money for days, and one of the smartest minds on the planet, she was a crush crusher.

"I am going to wish for myself the perfect boyfriend!" Said the blue-haired teen. As she said so, she held her hands to her face and if you look close enough, you can even see hearts popping in and out of existence around her. Truly a natural phenomenon.

"Oh dear, those shiny orange balls with the stars that you found a while back? I'm worried about the dangers out there." Despite her saying so, she did not look that worried at all. In fact, she just went back to watering her plants seemingly not caring for a reply.

"It is alright Panchy, as long Bulma doesn't go near the forest next to Mount Paozu she can take care of herself." Said a man whose face was covered with paper.

The person this time was a short middle-aged man equipped with glasses and a newspaper. A black cat was perched on his shoulder next to his light-gray hair. The entire time he was talking, his eyes never left the newspaper.

"Whatever, I am leaving now to get my perfect boyfriend!" Exclaims Bulma as she rushes towards the door with way too much enthusiasm to get out of the house.

"I don't think she heard you, Dear, what's wrong with the forest near Mount Paozu?" Asks Panchy with a more concerned expression.

"Well according to this newspaper, there has been a sighting of a giant creature that wreaks destruction wherever it goes. Craters devoid of life, trees snapped in half or uprooted; this all has been happening for the past couple of years or so on every full moon.

Unknown to them, Bulma in her TURBO car is speeding East towards Mount Paozu in search of her first dragon ball in her adventure for a perfect boyfriend.

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(Mount Paozu)

Sitting near a river, one can see a relatively large-boulder moving up and down. Under it is a small child with spiky hair and a furry tail. Actually, the tail of said boy also had a rock that is used for training as it was swaying up and down. The boy was Goku as there were no other monkey-tailed children in this universe. The movement of the boulder contributes to the pushups that he was doing next to the river.

Letting the boulder and rock go, he lays down to rest as he prepares to hunt in search of lunch while also working out his legs.

'Ah these few years have been pretty uneventful but I guess I should have expected that. The only things I have been doing to pass the time were just ki training, training in general, and trying to master that blasted Great Ape transformation.'

For this past couple of years, Goku has been looking at the full moon every time to try and finally master the Great Ape form to no avail. The only thing he created was stories parents would tell kids when they misbehave: 'The Great Simian will come and get you if you don't finish your homework!'

'Trying to control the form is next to impossible! All I see is red while rage and destruction plague my thoughts uncontrollably. If 'Super Saiyan 4' does exist, then learning the Oozaru form now will be a huge boon. Even if GT isn't canon in my world, learning it still has a good power increase and it will be interesting to see how it interacts with Super Saiyan and God.'

Goku sighs as he stands up to catch some fish. Walking over to the river, he sticks out his tail while dipping it in the water.

'At least I know that today is the day Bulma comes to my house. Good thing I 'borrowed' that calendar from the city a while back to know when she will come. Otherwise, I would die from just repeatedly training and no human contact.'

Goku feels a presence about to emerge from the river. Jumping quickly, Goku whips his tail back while turning around to face his prey. With one swift kick to the chest, the fish dies instantly while landing perfectly into Goku's hands.

'I now know why Goku eats so damn much. With the combination of martial arts and Sayian metabolism and seemingly endless stomach, I have to eat so much just to survive. Saiyans are a warrior race after all.'

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Goku races on the dirt road leading to his house while having ginormous fish above his head.

As he was almost arriving at his doorstep, he hears a low humming sound coming from behind him. The humming sound slowly becomes louder as a car comes into view along the road. Inside is a cheery blue-haired hormonal teenager that is not paying attention to the road.

'Seriously, how did she get her driver's license? How does she not see me when I am holding a giant fish?'

Bulma sees Goku just as she is about to crash into him. She tries to skid out of the way but fails miserably because she is too close. Goku kicks her car out of the way after setting his fish down making Bulma do two tumbles before stopping.

As Goku approaches the car to make sure Bulma is ok, a pistol suddenly appears and fires straight at Goku's head.

Although he knows he will be fine, he dodges anyway because it sure dang will hurt.

Bulma fires a couple of more shots from the safety of her car without seeing if they hit or not.

After a while, she peaks from her turned over the car to see if whatever attacked her is dead. Her car is wreaked as a lone tire rolls on by like a tumbleweed.

"Where is it?" Bulma asks after she finds nothing but a small hut in the vicinity.

"Are you done shooting?" Says a voice from behind a boulder to her left. As the voice subsides, Goku comes from behind the boulder to check the situation. This makes the gun that has smoke coming from its barrel immediately aim at Goku's head once more.

"Who are you! H-How were you able to throw my car to the side like that!" Bulma seemed quite terrified at the prospect of this small child being able to ram 1 ton of steel like it was nothing.

"My name is Son Goku! I live out here in my house right over there." Goku proceeds to point to his hut just a few feet away. "You were about to run me over so naturally, I kicked it out of the way. I could have dodged but you might've crashed into my house."

Bulma reddens in shame when Goku inexplicably tells her that she lost control and wasn't paying attention. She masks it with anger instead as she yells, "You still haven't told me how you did that! Having that kind of strength isn't normal let alone a kid having it!"

"Hey! I am 12, almost a teenager! I have been training martial arts as a kid with my Grandpa. Kicking a car away is nothing! Now can you put down your gun and tell me why you are at my house?"

Bulma reluctantly puts down her gun as she gets out of the turned over vehicle dusting herself. She still looks a little wearily at Goku but answers him nonetheless.

"My name is Bulma, Bulma Briefs. I am tracking some things called Dragon Balls and I was told that one is in that house of yours." She points to his hut.

Goku motions for Bulma to go in and they both enter Goku's hut.

As Bulma looks around, Goku couldn't help but look at Bulma in more detail. Although her face has some childlike features, she is still one of the most beautiful girls that he has ever seen.

Internally, Goku is gushing to meet one of the most memorable and influential characters in Dragon Ball. With her Dragon Radar, spaceship (to Namek), Time Travel technology, and gravity chamber to name a few, she undoubtedly surpasses Yamcha, Tien, and Chaotzu in importance! (A/N: Krillin dying in DB and DBZ did spur Goku on a lot so that counts right? I wonder if he had died in Super, Goku would have reach UI and master it sooner? Who knows :P)

When Bulma sees the Dragon Ball resting comfortably on the cushion, she rushes forward grabbing it to inspect it.

Goku, exasperated, keeps with the act of ignorance by snatching away the ball.

"Hey, that's my memento of my late grandfather! Is this a Dragon Ball?" Goku questions innocently.

Bulma nods her head a little too fast. "Yup that's it, look!"

Bulma opens her pouch revealing two more similar balls, one with 2 stars and another with 5 stars and puts them on the table. "These are Dragon Balls, there are 7 in total, and from what I learned is that if you manage to find them all, a magical dragon comes to life and grants you any wish you desire!"

Feigning shock, Goku exclaims, "Any wish! Wow, that is crazy! What are you going to use the wish for?"

Anyone with 2 brain cells would have notice Goku's terrible acting, but once Bulma was asked what she was going to wish for, nearly all of them died on the spot.

"I am going to use the wish to get the perfect boyfriend!" For some reason, the area around Bulma started to sparkle as she looks at the ceiling daydreaming.

Goku was enchanted by her beauty on the spot despite not having reach puberty yet.

That was until she started drooling all over the Dragon Balls on the table.

Goku's trance is broken right away and finally lets resentment towards this stupid wish out.

"For the perfect boyfriend? I don't know about this Dragon but I don't think you thought your wish out that well."

Bulma tilts her head in confusion.

"I mean, would the guy just pop out of nowhere with no life beforehand? You never know this Dragon could be kind of like a genie where they con you just for the fun of it. It would be kinda weird if you date a guy that was just born. Even if the Dragon makes a random perfect guy show up or find you, how would you know that he would like you? If he is perfect then he will probably not care about money or beauty but how would you know he will like your personality? He might break up with you right away."

'Huh, I never thought about it like that.' Bulma started thinking about reorganizing her wish

"Why don't you just look for one the normal way?"

This time, Bulma started to get red from frustration, "You don't know how hard it is to get even a decent guy! All they want me for is my money or my body or both! My face and name are so well known because of our corporation that I don't know who is genuine with their emotions!"

Stunned at her outburst, Goku could only stare deep into her fiery blue eyes!

"Anyways hand me the Dragon Ball now," Bulma says reaching forward.

"What!? No! This the last thing I have to remember my Grandpa! I want something in return!" said Goku hoping to extract some benefits as well.

"Well, what do you want? OH! I know what you want!" Bulma says while smiling goofily. "You want a..."

Although Goku would love to see and touch her panties, he stops her before she can ask. "You are from the city right? I lived out here in the words all my life. Can you show me around and lend me some help?"

Bulma was happy that he didn't want anything perverted but also feeling a little insecure that he didn't want anything to do with her body. Bulma thought about the proposal for a little bit.

"Sure, you sound like a decent kid. Why don't you come with me? You seem pretty strong so you can be like my little bodyguard. That way I don't have to drive all the way back here after I am done and we can go on a little adventure. Afterward, I can show you around the city. I can even offer you a job if you want because you seem somewhat smart for your age."

"Job?" Asked Goku genuinely confused "Why would I need a job?"

"Yeah well, our last head of security died when this new and upcoming army called the Red Ribbon Army started to peek its head out of the underworld. You seem strong and talented enough. I will pay and give you some resources so you can train. You said you are a martial artist right?"

"I-I am. I will, uh, think about it." Goku started to rack his brain on the benefits of actually having a job and normal life.

'Goku didn't really have a job and really relied on Chi-Chi while he slacked off and trained. I guess having his kind of job won't really affect anything that much while making sure I have a steady income in the future."

'Hehehe, I will use this kid's strength on my quest for the Dragon Balls, then lure him to get a job from me. Even I understand that I am all protected by technology and that raw muscle is sometimes needed. I will make him feel comfortable around me and take the job. Daddy told me to do recruitment so here I am!' Thought Bulma while having an evil smile on her face.

A chill ran through Goku's spine when he saw that look in her face.

"A-Anyways, I don't mind going with you. I wanted to leave this place for a while anyway. Just let me pack a few things."

Once Goku was ready, Bulma used a capsule to materialize a motorcycle out of nowhere. Goku had sparkles in his eyes at the display of incredible spatial technology while Bulma had a smug grin on her.

They quickly got on and sped through the dirt road to a new and exciting adventure.

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(Universe 6)

(In the middle of space)

"AHHHHH, just as his name implies, HE IS A THORN TO MY SIDE!" Screeched a fat, purple, furry cat to no one in particular.

He wore a set of red Egyptian style attire adorned with golden bands across his arms that made his yellow eyes stand out more. He was heaving as he bends down, hands on knees, to catch his breath.

"O-Omg, I am so tired! I want to nap already!" You can barely hear him in between his gasps for air.

"Well if you ate the diet I made for you and exercise, we maybe could have already caught him, Lord Champa." The female voice to his side berates him for his figure.

The woman was blue in complexion with long white hair tied into a ponytail. She wore a green dress with similar patterns as her partner with a white halo around her neck. Holding the strange staff in her hands, she replayed the battle that took place minutes ago and told him what went wrong. Her angelic voice, purple lipstick, intense eyes, and perfect facial feature made her a living angel. If she wasn't already...

"Thorn as wreaked too much havoc in this universe, messing with time and evening breaching to other universes. If I don't stop him until this gets any worse, Grand Zeno might just erase me before erasing all of Universe 6 just to get rid of him!" Champa had a dark look in his eyes as purplish energy surrounded him destroying everything that nears.

"Yes, quite the conundrum, I suggest you move quickly to avoid that." Said his attendant not looking too worried. She wasn't the one getting erased after all.

"Hmph, enough idle chatter. Vados, let's go to Fuwa to see if he has anymore leads. If not we will go to the Chronoa at the time nest. Hopefully, they have some good food at that place.

The two cosmic beings quickly vanish in a ray of light vanishing from their spot just moments ago.