"Good morning, Rina!" Goku said right up in the little girl's face.
"Oh, Goku, your breath is terrible!" She declared holding her nose.
"Sorry," he smiled.
"You've gotta brush your teeth!!!"
"I haven't done that since . . ."
"Let me guess, your grandpa died."
"Yep!"
"I have an extra one in my bag. You can have it!" Rina rummaged through
her bag and handed him a toothbrush.
"Ah, do I have to?"
"Yes, it smells like something died in your mouth!" She exclaimed
kicking him out the door.
"Gosh, girls are hard to get along with!" He said as he made his way to
the bathroom. He didn't even bother to knock, he just walked in finding
Bulma in her bathrobe.
"Goku!!!! Haven't you ever heard of knocking?"
"Yeah, but only on front doors."
"Never mind. Get out!!! Wait your turn!!!!" Bulma said while steam was
literally coming out of her ears.
"But Rina said I had to brush my teeth!!!"
"You can brush them later. I have to put my face on."
"You have a face."
"I mean I have to put my makeup on."
"Oh, is that the stuff that makes you look better?" Goku barely got out
before Bulma threw a shampoo bottle at him. "Gosh, I just need to brush
my teeth," he said. He remembered that there were two bathrooms and ran
down the hall to the other one. This time he knocked. Bulma threw bottles
at him, but Rina could throw energy blasts at him.
"Who is it?" Rina called.
"It's me, Goku."
"Come on in. I'm just about done." Goku opened the door to find Rina
standing on a stepstool brushing her hair.
"Bulma threw me out of the other bathroom."
"She did?" Rina laughed. "The toothpaste's here. It's all your's!" She
climbed down from the stool and waved to him. "Breakfast will be ready
soon, so hurry up!" Goku brushed his teeth, well he tried to, the way his
grandfather showed him. But all he really succeeded in doing was making a
monumental mess in the bathroom. He smelled something good to eat and
forgot all about the mess.
"Is food ready?" He asked running to the table.
"Yes! Don't run to the table!" Bulma barked. Rina laughed causing Bulma
to glare at her.
The three ate their breakfast and started to plan their next move. "The
next Dragonball is located in the third quadrant," Bulma showed her
sister with the bleeper.
"I see. Looks like there's another one over in the sixth quadrant."
"What's a quadrant?" Goku asked with a mouth full of cereal.
"Goku!! Don't talk with your mouth full!! You'd think you were raised
in the woods!"
"He was," Rina stated.
"ARRGGGHHHHHH!!!! Just get your stuff together and meet me outside in
five minutes!!!! We're leaving!!" Bulma stormed off.
"Goku, you can't talk with your mouth full. You'll get me in trouble!"
Rina laughed.
"I'm sorry," he hung his head down.
"It's okay. Just remember to not talk with your mouth full of food,"
she smiled to him. "C'mon. We gotta get our stuff together," Rina hopped
down from her stool and took Goku down with her. The two ran to her room
and he helped her pack.
"Girls have lots of junk!" He declared holding up some of her hair
bows.
"I know. I hate those things, but Kassan makes me wear them."
"Who's Kassan?"
"That's my mom. You don't know what a mother is?"
"No."
"That's the person who gave birth to you."
"Gave birth?"
"Okay, your Kassan is your Grandpa's daughter."
"Oh. I never knew my Kassan."
"I'm sorry, Goku," she said putting a hand on his shoulder.
"It's okay. My grandpa raised me good enough!" He smiled brightly.
"He sure did!!!" Rina laughed.
The two ran out of the house just as Bulma was about to yell for them.
"Goku and Rina reporting for inspection, sir," she said as she saluted
Bulma. Bulma smiled and laughed in spite of herself. She could be mad at
her little sister, but not for long. "Okay, space cadets, let's go!"
The two children hopped onto the back of the motorcycle with Goku
hanging on for life onto Rina. "Could she slow down a little?" Goku
asked Rina.
"Hey Bulma, could you get your foot out of the carberator?"
"Listen, we need to get to the next Dragonball fast. Just hang on!"
Bulma said before stepping even harder onto the gas pedal.
"Bulma!!!!!!!!" Goku exclaimed.
The three got closer to the Dragonball, according to Bulma's bleeper.
Goku just barely managed to hang onto his life as Bulma whisked around
curves and didn't slow down one little bit.
"It's here!!!" Bulma squealed in delight jumping off her motorcycle.
"Thank Kami!!!" Rina said trying to get Goku to relinquish his death
grip from around her ribs. "Goku, we've stopped!! You can let go now."
"Are you sure, Rina?" The little boy asked very frightened.
"Yes, come on! Bulma's found another Dragonball!!!" Rina said as she
hopped down from the motorcycle. Goku followed suit and caught up with
Rina and Bulma who were stopped dead in their tracks by a huge vampire
bat.
"What's that?" He scratched his head.
"That's our end!!!" Bulma cried.
"That's right my pretty little ones. Now hand over the other
Dragonballs, and I won't hurt you too bad."
"Don't do it., Bulma!!" Rina yelled.
"You're not giving my grandpa to that thing!" Goku said as he got his
power pole out.
The bat just laughed. "Listen little monkey boy, if you think I'm
afraid of you and two girls, you've gotta another think coming."
"Power pole extend!" He yelled as the pole extended and knocked the bat
back about twenty feet.
"Way to go, Goku!!!" Bulma hugged him.
"Yeah, that was something, Goku!" Rina cheered. The bat got back up and
grabbed Bulma's bag where she kept the Dragonballs.
"I'll just take these!" The bat laughed maniacally as he made his
getaway.
"He's got our Dragonballs!!!" Bulma screamed.
"Let's go!" Rina picked up Goku and flew with him high into the clouds.
"Rina!!! You can fly!!!"
"Yep, I can. Now use that pole of your's and knock the bag away from
him." Goku, instead swooped down with the pole and knocked the bat colder
than a mackerel. The bat's body fell to the Earth with a resounding thud.
"Goku, you didn't have to do that!!! I said to just knock the balls
away."
"I know, but I like bat."
"You like bat? You mean to eat?!!!"
"Yeah, it's tasty!!"
"Gross!!!" Rina said as they landed near the bat's body. Rina walked
over to get the bag, but the bat grabbed her in his claws.
"I have you now!!!" He laughed. Goku charged forward and kicked the
bat up side the head causing him to let Rina go.
"Have this!" Rina exclaimed before releasing an energy blast that fried
the bat and caused him to change form. "What in the . . .?" Rina walked
up to the being.
Bulma came running from where Goku and Rina had left her. "Gee thanks,
guys!!! Just leave me!! AHHHH! A shape-shifter!!"
"A shape-what-er?" Goku asked.
"A shape-shifter," the pig said.
"You're a pig?!" Rina asked.
"Yeah."
"You mean you just shape-shifted into a pig?" Bulma asked.
"No, this is what I really look like."
"Well, change into something else!" Rina exclaimed.
"Listen, sister, . . ." The pig began.
"No, you listen here," Rina drew up a point of energy on her fingertip.
"Okay, okay, you win."
"Why did you take our Dragonballs?" Goku asked.
"Cause I have one, and need all seven," he said as he retrieved one
from his pocket.
"Why you little thief!!! You'd steal our Dragonballs that we worked so
hard to get?!?!" Bulma grabbed him by the shirt collar.
"Hey!! Put me down!!!! Yes, I was going to steal it till these two kids
knocked the crap out of me! Where did you learn to do all that?"
"My grandpa taught me!" Goku smiled.
"What about you, girlie?" He looked at Rina.
"Wouldn't you like to know, piggy?" She laughed at him.
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