Dragon Ball: Goku Si c5 (Patreon)

‘I thought that after seeing me become Oozaru, she would run away, but this girl is weird!’ Goku sighed as he cleaned sweat from his forehead. He was certain that Chichi would run away!

“You know, you could have just flown me all the way! There was no point in travelling the old-fashioned way!” Bulma huffed as the Saiyan placed her down on the ground.

They have left the Ox King-controlled area behind.

“I could say the same thing. Don’t you have planes in your capsule case?” He countered her argument.

“...”

“I won’t say a thing.” 

The girl realised that she was being stupid…again!

“Besides, this is my first time leaving Mount Paozu, so I wanted to see what other areas are like.”

After getting the sixth ball, the pair continued to travel. Their next destination is not that far.

Hours later, they arrived at a big tree fungus area. In this area, the girl stopped to fill up the fuel tank and buy some other things.

There was an incident with some bunny gangsters who picked on Bulma, but Goku swiftly dispatched them with finger flicks. The Saiyan didn’t touch them, and he recalled there was one weird person who could turn people into carrots, so Goku was careful while knocking them down.

Once that was done, they arrived at the castle.

“...So… the last dragon ball is here,” Bulma said while looking at her radar and then at the castle.

“Of course, it’s a castle. What else could it be?” Goku sarcastically commented with crossed arms.

Before Bulma can comment, the gates open to reveal a small gremlin-like creature accompanied by a tall black-haired woman, if Goku’s memory is right, her name is Mai… and another one is a ninja dog…

“Welcome, esteemed guests. My name is Pilaf. I would like to invite you to dinner.”

The gremlin-like creature was rubbing his hands while saying that.

“Not fishy at all.” Goku softly said before whispering something to Bulma.

“Let’s treat this like they know what we have.” 

What Goku meant by that is that they would treat this group as if they knew that Goku and Bulma had six dragon balls.

“...I was thinking the same thing.”

The Saiyan smiled slightly as it appeared Bulma had slightly grown up with her attitude.

The pair knew it was a trap, but Bulma trusted Goku. If anything goes wrong, he can transform into his ‘World Conquering Ape Form’.

As the pair walked into the castle, they were greeted by a feast. A table full of all sorts of food and drinks…

Goku slightly gulped down, seeing all that food.

The pair sat down at the offered seats.

Bulma asked the Saiyan in a suspicious tone.

“Goku, is the food safe?”

“...R-Right!”  The boy snapped out and closed his eyes for a second. His magic spread out through the table.

“... It's fine.”

“Alright.” The girl smiled as she started to get ‘friendlier’ with the trio comedy relief of Dragon Ball.

As the girl spoke with Pilaf, Goku behaved like a ‘vacuum cleaner’ and ate everything on the table.

…

…

….

“We can discuss those orbs in the morning. For now, you two can spend the night in one of the rooms I have prepared for you two.” Pilaf showed them a room as the pair walked in, the doors closed behind them and sealed like a cage.

In truth, it was not a room but a specially prepared cell!

“HAHAHAHA! Welcome to your specially prepared room! Don’t worry! I will take care of those dragon balls you have.” The gremlin started to speak via the comms. His tone was triumphant.

“The room is specially prepared for the taught guy you are travelling with! Ms Briefs!”

Bulma didn’t look impressed as she looked around.

“But can this place contain Goku’s Big Monkey form?” The girl asked curiously.

“...What?” Pilaf asked via comms, confused. What monkey form?

“Let’s try… Out…”

The boy’s eyes turned red as he instantly grew into Oozaru form and blasted the cage and the castle at once. Bulm was right next to him as it was the safest place.

The trio of comedy relief squealed from fear as they started to run away as quickly as they could.

“So much for world-conquering Gremlin…”

Oozaru Form Goku commented as he started inspecting the castle's wreckage. The girl followed him from a small distance. She realised how convenient it was to have such big muscles for such a labour.

“Should be around here. I can sense the ball’s magic.”

After saying that, the boy shrunk back to his regular form, walked over to the wreckage, and picked up the last dragon ball.

“Done, let’s call the dragon,” Goku said to her.

“Yes! Let’s do it!”

The girl swiftly pulled out her six dragon balls and put them on the ground. Goku did the same with the one he picked up. Since the castle was fully destroyed, there was no ceiling, and it was getting dark soon…

So they should ask the dragon now and then call it a day.

The moment the balls were gathered, they started to blink as if ready.

“Oh great, Eternal Dragon Shenron, hear me and answer my call!” Bulma got dramatic as she spread her hands and spoke loudly.

The dragon balls glowed before a streak of light rushed into the sky from the gathered magic balls. The streak of light turned into a green eastern dragon, and the sky turned black before the large face of the dragon got closer to the pair of people standing beneath him.

“I am Eternal Dragon Shenron. State your wish, and I shall grant it!”

“Wow…” Bulma exclaimed as she looked at the dragon above. Goku nodded at her, staring at it with a slightly open mouth. He just witnessed another pop culture thing appear before him. He is all giddy now!

“Goku? Shall I?” The girl snapped the Saiyan out of his shock.

“Yes. like we planned.” He replied to her as he composed himself.

“Alright!”

The girl nodded before looking at the dragon.

As she was about to say her wish, the Desert Bandit was about to jump in, but an invisible force stopped him and pinned him down.

“Yeah… how about no?” Goku said to Yamcha as he walked away from Bulma towards the bandit,

The blue-haired girl looked dumbfounded—she had just seen this guy pop from nowhere! But then she snapped out and looked at the waiting dragon.

“Oh, Eternal Dragon, Give me a portable computer with all the knowledge of the universe,” the girl asked the wish-granting dragon.

“Consider it done.”

Shenron’s eyes glowed as a laptop floated down to the girl’s hands.

“Your wish is granted…Farewell!”

The dragon disappeared, and the balls rushed into the sky. They were about to scatter, but a blue aura surrounded them, and they all flew into Goku’s hands.

Of course, they all were stones, but Goku had them all…

“...”

Bulma looked at Goku with disbelief.

“What? Do you want me to travel again? What for?” He questioned her as he saw her shocked look,

“There is no rule in the rule book that says I can’t use my magic to make them fly to my hands,” he clarified with an eye roll.

“...True…”

Bulma snapped out of her disbelief at how cheeky Goku was about this. She then focused on the laptop in her hands.

She opened the case and saw a blinking dot.

“Let’s see if it works.” The girl had a pondering look before asking what she wanted to ask.

“Who is Bulma Briefs’ chosen soulmate?” the girl typed in her laptop. The reply was confusing, to say the least.

All she got was a list of souls, but these souls were not names but numbers like I.D numbers…

“Okay…this will take a while.”

“Yeah, Yeah, you can do this once you are back in your house.” Goku rolled his eyes. The girl has all of the secrets of the universe in her hands, but all she wants is soulmates. Is she serious?

“Yes, I will. I only wanted to see if it works.” The girl closed her new laptop before looking at Goku and who was behind him.

She saw the desert bandit on the ground in a fetal position. He was trembling…

“Good, then summon your capsule house. We can rest for today and travel tomorrow,” Goku suggested as he stored his dragon balls in a bag.

“Sure.”

~~~

Bulma saw that Goku was doing his thing, and he was keeping that bandit in some sort of barrier field.

Well, she could not control herself and decided to check what those numbers were and who they belonged to!

It was quite a rabbit hole she was getting herself into.

The girl has seven people who can be considered her ‘soulmates’ or, more precisely, those with whom she is most compatible with.

Her eyes widened quite a bit when she found out that Goku was one of them!

In that shock, she checked Goku’s soulmates...

Her eyes bulged out when she saw that the list for him was huge! Like… he has over 30!

However… her eyes stayed on one soul’s number, which made her feel cold! Such a soul should be ancient and extremely powerful!

‘Soul number 000000000123’

‘This should not be a normal being!’

Sure enough, she checked it.

“Supreme Kai of Time… What the hell is that!?” Bulma mumbled to herself as she saw the name, rows of titles, and other extremely terrifying things this being could do…

The girl proceeded to do her research.

Her eyes started to spin as she realised that one of Goku’s possible female companions was a legitimate deity who controlled the very fabric of time!

‘Just how talented is he if he attracts the attention and affection of Gods!?’

For the next several hours, she learned quite a bit of the universe she was living in…

One could say that before this, she was like a frog in a well.

‘But damn… Goku… not even Demons can handle your charm…’

The girl mumbled to herself, as there was another soul with a minus symbol on it, and it was some sort of Sister of the Demon King… It terrified Bulma a little bit.

~~~

“Are you sure you can fly in this condition?” Goku asked Bulma, seeing that her eyes were red from lack of sleep.

“I am fine. Besides, I have you. So it will be fine!” The girl replied after rubbing her eyes.

“...Whatever you say.” He sighed before looking at the bandit, who was in a similar position.

“So Yamcha, what do you say? Do you want to join me? I am going to join Master Roshi, the Turtle Hermit school. Are you interested in that?” 

“D-Did you just say, Master Roshi? Hell! I am in! But will he even accept me?” Yamcha got excited but then depressed the next second.

“Don’t worry. You already have access to Ki, and your martial level is quite high.” Goku raised his spirit.

“Hell Yeah! I do have a martial technique I have developed!” Yamcha puffed his chest proudly.

“Even better. Turtle Hermit likes talented people, so he should accept you.” The Saiyan nodded at him before looking at Bulma. Yamcha’s eyes followed Goku’s. He saw Bulma. It made him take several steps back.

“Well, summon one of the planes you bought.” 

After being teased about her lack of planes, the girl finally ordered some in the last city.

“F-Fine! Sheesh, relax.”

The girl pulled out her case and then selected the capsule before throwing it.

It was a brand new jet plane with enough space for 4 people.

“Anyway, let’s go.”

Bulma motioned for them to get on board, and Goku motioned for Yamcha to follow. He needs to make sure the gag character develops somewhat. He doesn’t want him to die early…

Besides… the Tournament of Power comes one way or another, and he should start preparing for it as early as possible.

There is not that much he can do to resist Zeno’s power, so strong fighters are a must.

“Is he fine?” Bulma asked the trembling bandit, who got into his seat. He looked terrified of Bulma.

“Don’t worry, Master Roshi will whip him up,” Goku assured her, but he was not sure himself…