4 Chapter 4 - Master Roshi
Traveling at high speeds through the dirt road, one can see a motorcycle with a certain blue-haired girl with a spiky, hair midget strapped onto her back.
Wrapping his arms around her waist, the breeze felt great as this was Goku's first time in a long time riding in a vehicle. The wind was intoxicating.
"Hey, you haven't told me how we are going to even find these Dragon Balls." Goku asked while sticking his head out to enjoy the breeze.
"Fufufu. Naturally, I am a genius even with mystical items. Take a look, I created it myself." Bulma said while handing Goku the fabled Dragon Radar.
"The little dots are the Dragon Balls so we know where to go. I am so amazing aren't I?
Looking at one of the most powerful tools ever, it looked so simple and fragile. However, needless complexity only made things worst sometimes so Goku can appreciate simplicity.
"Wow! You really are smart to be able to create something like this! I've never seen anything like it." Goku half-lied. Truth be told, GPS was more complex because it mapped out landmasses with detail but it couldn't track magical wish-granting balls of power.
Bulma blushed at the comment before they started to fly in the sky after going off of a small hill.
"AHHHHH!" They both screamed in unison.
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(Later)
"Oh my gosh! How did you survive these roads without me before!" Goku asked Bulma as they were both panting on the ground due to all the adrenaline rush they were given during the first day of their journey.
"Well excuse me! I had a perfect safer vehicle just this morning before someone had to wreck it!" Bulma said indigently.
"Haah, like that is an excuse. You crash into me with that vehicle too. Admit it, you just suck at driving." Goku said smugly. Before he can go on though, his stomach was screaming for attention.
"Let's rest out here for tonight." The sky was dark as they parked near the road to get off of the motorcycle.
Bulma took out her capsule case and started to look for the one that contained a house so they can sleep in it.
"Man, can you contain anything inside of those things?" Goku was quite fascinated with Dragon Ball's technology. Despite the planet and its people looking wild and unruly, the technology was one of the most advanced in the universe.
Goku was trying to look inside of the case to see the different capsules but due to the height difference, he had to keep jumping just to catch a glimpse of what's inside. Bulma giggled a little at Goku's antics before she gave him the case while chucking the one in her hand at the clearing.
"Almost anything. Technology is always improving, we are working hard to upgrade our capsules and push their limits. So far, living beings and other capsules are some of the only problems we have with capsules. However, we probably won't fix them because capsuling people is unethical and capsuling capsules is almost worthless."
Bulma was explaining capsule technology while they started to walk inside of the newly formed house.
The house itself was nothing special as it had the making of a studio apartment with the lack of doors leading to different areas.
"You make these capsules? Do you make any other technology?" Goku said trying to extract more information out of her. This was Goku's world now, not Dragon Ball. He needed to know a lot more than what the creators showed to survive.
"My dad made the capsules, it is kind of our main project. I help him from time to time to work on other stuff as well." Bulma puffed her chest in pride making her breast jiggle a little.
Goku couldn't help but appreciate the jiggle. He looked away before she could notice.
"You smell like fish. You need a shower! I will let you take one before me now go before my nose dies!" Bulma wrinkled her nose in disgust. Because of the wind, she didn't notice his stench. Now that they are in an enclosed space, it was unbearable.
"A shower! I haven't been in one of those in a long time!" Goku said as he thought of the nice long showers back at his old Earth. He missed the technology of those days compared to his hermit lifestyle that he inherited.
"You have been in one? I thought you lived in the mountains for your whole life?" Bulma's curiosity was peaked.
Realizing his mistake, he quickly thought of a lie.
"I-I did. Just once when my grandfather brought me to a village. It was quite memorable."
Bulma led Goku to the bath so he could get cleaned up.
Goku had the time of his life, finally feeling clean for once in his life.
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After Bulma finished with her bath, she saw Goku sitting on the table.
"Hey, I want to talk to you about something." Seeing Bulma confused a little, Goku continued.
"I just wanted to ask you about your wish. I just really want to know why you would want a perfect boyfriend. Surely not all boys are that bad for you to just wish for one."
'All of Dragon Ball, Bulma was basically eye candy for all of it either due to Oolongs transformations or Bulma herself. She acted like quite the pervert too.'
Goku didn't know if it was the teenage impulses or desperation but once she saw a decently hot guy, she would be all over him. Like with Oolong, Yamcha, or Captain Blue.
'Hopefully, I can change her for the better.'
"I-I get what you're saying." She realized that she is in for a really serious conversation. "P-People say that my body is one of my only redeeming features besides my scientific smarts. They say that I should not talk too much since my personality is awful and I am quite mean to people sometimes. So because of that, I have always used my body to get things that I want from guys. I don't have that many true friends
Bulma looked away from Goku to avoid seeing his reaction. She blushed that she was opening up to a kid that she just met today but she kept on going nonetheless.
"That's one of the main reasons why I leave school so early. Of course, knowing everything is one thing but I hate the slimy guys that only talk to me to get into my panties while the girls befriend me for the money."
"I don't think you are that awful, especially if you have friends that agree with me. Sure besides your shameless act of wanting a boyfriend, I can see the reasoning behind it is purer than one would expect. With fact that you can basically rule the world with these things, you shouldn't be too hard on yourself. Everyone's personality has a few clinks, but that's what makes people special."
"You should think more before you do something. My grandpa told me that a girl's body is as important as her feelings. That she should only do something with her body if her mind wants her to."
What Goku said technically wasn't a lie as his actual grandfather told him that on his old Earth.
Goku flashed her a smile.
'With his pep talk, hopefully, she acts with a little more conservative than she used to or will. Despite her misgivings, Bulma is a good person at heart. She isn't some manga character pleasing the readers anymore. To me, she is a real person and can change for the better."
After Goku was done, Bulma really started pondering her life and decisions as she got ready for bed.
'Goku is right, I don't have to let other people's opinions and judgments affect me. Those people don't care about me so why should I care about what they think? Now that the more that I think about it, my wish for a perfect boyfriend was because everyone I met was a slimy sleazeball.'
"Thanks for that Son-kun, I really needed that." Bulma put some blankets on the floor before moving to her bed.
"No problem, just call me Goku. I like it better like that." Goku said as he was using the blankets on the floor to snuggle up. "Good night."
"Eh, really? Call me Bulma then to be fair. Good night Goku." Bulma said before laying down.
Goku went to sleep instantly. Sleeping in the rough wilderness made him able to sleep anywhere at any time.
Bulma stared at Goku's sleeping face before she let out a light sigh. She then turned around to try and sleep her thoughts away.
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(Morning)
Off the dirt road in a clearing, one can see a small child with a boulder on top of him. The child with the monkey tail is doing push-ups to push himself to the limit.
'Ahh, that was a nice morning workout. I need to focus on practicing my ki a little more. I am only able to do a small blast and hover a little before I have to stop.'
To make sure he isn't going rusty, he closed his eyes to conjure a ki blast. Soon, sweat starting accumulate to his already sweaty body. Above his hand, a small yellow light appeared before Goku suddenly opens his eyes. He thrust his hand to throw the ki blast to the boulder that he just used to workout. The boulder exploded sending pieces flying all over the place.
'Man, just one ki blast as me already exhausted. I think it's because I don't have any proper training under my belt. Grandpa didn't teach me any ki tricks so going this far being self-taught is impressive as it is. I need to get stronger, good thing today is the day that we meet Master Roshi.'
Goku walked inside the house to look around for Bulma. A little ticked off, he called her name.
"BULMA! ARE YOU DONE YET?"
"Ughh no I am not! Do you think it is easy to look this good? You woke up too early! I am almost done." Bulma called from the bathroom. She was applying her makeup on and combing her hair.
"I'll wait outside!" Goku rolled his eyes at the girl's antics. He walked outside checking all the boulders to look for the turtle to lead him to the destined Master Roshi.
He didn't have to wait long as the third boulder started to move when he grabbed it.
"Ack!" Turtle said as his limbs and head were spurting out of his shell.
"Oops, sorry turtle. What are you doing out here?" Goku exclaimed as he put the turtle down.
The turtle let out a sigh of relief as Bulma came out of the house in exasperation.
She was wearing a plain blue cap on her head when she came out. With a purple tank top and short white shorts to highlight her curves, she told Goku, "I told you I was almost done! You didn't have to call me again."
"Ah hello miss, do you have any seawater for me to drink? Seaweed would be nice as well." The turtle kindly questioned.
"AHHHHH! GOKU YOU TURNED INTO A TURTLE!" Bulma jumped in fright thinking Goku magically turned into a turtle.
"No, I am still here, right here." Goku laughed at her expression when she realized her embarrassing outburst. She ran into the house and came back with a bucket filled with water and seaweed.
"Here is your water and seaweed, now what are you doing out here sea turtle?" Bulma changed the topic so everyone could forget that happened. "You are more than 100km north of the sea! You came a long way."
The turtle explained his situation and how he got lost for one whole year.
"Must be tough, how about we help you out? It won't take us that long." Goku offered a solution to the turtle's problem instantly.
"Really you will help me out?!" The turtle and Goku were looking expectingly at Bulma. Bulma under the gaze of both of them and rethinking Goku's heart to heart they had last night. Bulma agreed and capsuled the house.
Goku was really surprised but was really happy after the shock resided.
'I knew she can change!' Goku thought as his tailed waved back and forth.
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"Thank you so much! Wait right here I will give you something you really want!"
Turtle bade them a short farewell as he started swimming in the ocean.
Goku sniffed the ocean breeze heavily. 'I miss the sea. I can't wait to experience life again!'
Bulma changed into her swimsuit and unfolded a chair to relax under the sun while Goku was building a mighty sandcastle.
After a while, the turtle comes back with a person on top of his back.
He jumps off the turtle greeting the two heroes.
"Hello! Thank you for saving my turtle. I am the Turtle Hermit, Master Roshi, and my turtle here told me that both of you helped him out in his time of peril. Let me reward you."
The old man was wearing a Hawaiian shirt with a pair of shorts and sunglasses. Hidden behind his beard was a necklace with a shiny orange ball. The odd thing was he was wearing a turtle shell on his back. When he walked on the sand, his feet sunk under his weight.
'Now that I am seeing it up close, his stache is very frizzly but incredible. I wonder how I would look with a mustache? I know that there was that one time that Vegeta and Goku had nice facial hair. Should I grow my hair out when I am older?'
While Goku was having some weird thoughts, Bulma had her suspicions.
"What do you have to give us? I hope this isn't some scam because it isn't funny.
"Well little lassy, I would never scam you on something like that. Here let me show you. COME TO ME MAGIC CARPET!"
After a while, nothing appeared making everyone sweatdrop at the grand display.
"Kame-sannin, remember the Magic Carpet is at the dry-cleaners because there was a mysterious white stain on it that smelled fishy?"
"AHAHA, I remember I let a fish in and he spat on the carpet. I remember, I remember." Master Roshi laughed a little too forced.
"Let's see, maybe you can do it, COME HERE KINTOUN."
After a while, nothing happened again. This time Bulma had enough.
"I knew it this old man is a farce, let's go Goku. It's not like we came here for a reward anyways."
"Ah a humble young lady, but have a little patience. Kintoun should be here soon."
Right on cue, a yellow cloud came speeding through the air and came to a sudden stop next to Master Roshi.
"This is Kintoun, he will let you ride on him if you are pure of heart. Not everyone is pure of heart, let me show you how it's done."
Master Roshi jumped and landed on top of Kintoun...only to fall down on his butt.
"Owowowo, darn Kintoun." Master Roshi rubbed his butt in pain.
"Let me try, looks kind of fun." Bulma wanted to try to ride the somersault cloud and fly through the clouds.
When she jumped, she also fell through albeit slower so she didn't hurt her butt like Roshi.
"Hmm, guess I am not enough, try it Goku."
This time, the cloud accepted the resident that was on. Goku exclaimed in excitement as he started to spin in circles through the air.
'So this is flying? The air in my face is amazing as the view I can see up here! I can't wait to fly on my own!'
The cloud accepted Kris because since he transferred into Goku, he had no thoughts of evil or malicious intent. Only to strive to be the best.
Bulma wasn't THAT jealous because she knew that Goku was going to be able to ride it. But she still wanted something because she also helped.
"How about me?" Asked Bulma expectingly.
"Did she help you?" Master Roshi's question was directed to Turtle.
"She gave me food and water. She also let me ride on her bike here."
"I see, I don't know if I have anything for you young lady. But I can think of something i-if you show me your panties." Master Roshi looked at Bulma with a perverted grin.
A chill ran through Bulma as Goku's words yesterday rang in her ear.
"Hmph a young maiden like me to show you my panties? How old are you mister? Definitely enough to be my grandpa many times over! You pedophile! Is this really your master Turtle? I am really disappointed."
Turtle, shocked at the Turtle Hermits request, woke up from his stupor and started to berate his master for his pervertedness.
While he was getting yelled at, an orange ball was visible around his neck.
Bulma saw it and instantly went over to check.
"Wait Turtle-kun. If your master lends me that orange ball then I will forget everything he said."
Master Roshi, detecting Bulma's scheme, wanted to retort until Turtle started to coerce him into giving Bulma the Dragon Ball.
When Turtle said he was going to sweep the house of any dirty magazines he finds, Roshi reluctantly gave the Dragon Ball to Bulma.
"GOKU! I GOT THE THREE-STAR DRAGON BALL!" Bulma yelled to Goku who was still doing summersaults with his cloud.
"Nice! That is 4 down! Let's go for the rest!"
After meeting Master Roshi, with Goku on his cloud and Bulma on her motorcycle, they raced to the next Dragon Ball.
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(Bonus Scene)
(In some planet in space)
"Hmph, this trash wasn't even a warmup. This mission was too easy."
A short-statured man was sitting on a dead alien while eating a piece of meat. He wore some type of yellow and white armor with a blue tight undershirt and white gloves and shoes. He wore a red device on his eye as he looked at the data that is provided. With his arrogant attitude and intense aura, one can instantly tell he is the leader of the pack of 4 around him
The rest was covered in dirt from head to toe with some bruises and black marks due to some blaster rays.
"Ah, you shut up you punk! You didn't even do any work! You just sat here and ate our food supplies away"
The one talking back was a fiery-tempered girl with hair pointed in all directions. She possessed the same clothes as the leader with red instead of blue and an orange device on her eye.
"Ah, a mid-class bandit dare speak such rude words to her prince? You want me to teach you some respect?" The acclaimed prince eyed the female from the corner of his eye.
The female felt some invisible pressure on her but she braved through.
"Yeah! I can't wait to finally smack that smug grin off of your face!" The girl felt some sweat fall down her face from the pressure.
"W-Wait, V-Vegeta-sama she didn't mean to." The other meek girl in the group started to explain to now named Vegeta. She was worried about her sister figure as she always got beaten in their 'spars'. She wore a purple undershirt with a blue device strapped to her face. Her hair was tied into a ponytail, but that didn't stop the spikiness that came with her race.
"Hmph, if we didn't need females to revive the Sayian race, I would have turned you into dust long ago."
The female Sayian was trembling in fury but Vegeta just snickered and ignored her.
"Raditz, have you found your brother's location that he was sent to? We need all the Saiyans we can get and stick together."
"No, it seems Frieza somehow found out our plans even when we were discreet. He is blocking a lot of information that we have access to." Replied another Saiyan now named Raditz. He looked like a porcupine with his long hair reaching his feet. He wore a black undershirt with a green device covering his eye.
"Blast that Frieza, he is hiding something. Something big. I swear I will find what is that makes him not want us to find another Saiyan."
"Speaking of Frieza, orders just came in, there is a new mission that we have to go right now." This time, a tall bald Saiyan spoke. He had a small stache with a brown undershirt and a purple device adorning his face.
"Not long after this one? He is working us like dogs! Let's go clean the mess fast." Said Vegeta as the Saiyans walked towards 5 resting circular vehicles.
They all stepped inside their respective ones as the hatch closed. Not a moment later, they all launched up at the same time blasting towards the stars.
