Another morning was beginning, Akira was having breakfast with Chi-Chi and King Ox.
"Akira, you're a guest here, so I didn't want to ask you this, but I hope you can help me with something" The Ox King's voice rang with sincerity.
A curious expression appeared on Akira's face 'Does he need help with something?...' His mind tried to think if something like this had happened in the anime.
He wasn't sure, but he replied "If I can help, just tell me what you need"
The huge Ox King took a deep breath and said, "As you already know, my castle is surrounded by those damned flames, preventing us from living there, keeping me from all my treasures!" A bit of anger could be heard in his voice as he said that.
His eyes pass over Chi-Chi and then back to Akira and he continues speaking "I have searched for a way to end this fire for the past 10 years, I have tried many methods but none have been effective. However, I recently received information that an item could put out these flames, the Basho-sen!"
Hearing those words, Akira's mind became clear 'Ah, so it was about going after Master Roshi...'
"Basho-sen is an incredible magic item and can extinguish the flames of the mountain, but this item is with Muten Roshi, my master!" The Ox-King said.
Akira gave a slight nod, without saying anything, already imagining how he should respond to the request 'I'll need to make him wait a bit, when Goku arrives he'll be able to do it for me anyway'
"If I leave the mountain, there will probably be thieves coming to steal my treasures, so I need to stay here to guard the castle, so I intended to send Chi-Chi to look for the master and ask to borrow Basho-sen. Seeing how the two of you are getting along well, I hope you can go with her, so that I can feel more at ease" The Ox King's voice held sincerity and hope.
Upon hearing from her father that she and Akira were getting along well, Chi-Chi's face blushed slightly and her eyes focused on the young man, hoping he would agree to go with her.
Akira thought for a moment, then said "I have no reason to refuse, but I want to spend one more day here before leaving with Chi-Chi"
'If I'm not mistaken, the same day Chi-Chi went to look for Master Roshi was when Goku and Bulma arrived here in the original story, so they'll be here soon!' Akira thought excitedly.
Chi-Chi was visibly excited by his answer, while her father looked a little confused but also pleased.
Even though he didn't understand why Akira wanted to postpone it for a day, the Ox King didn't mind waiting a little longer, after all it had already been 10 years with the mountain on fire "Great! Tomorrow you two will go together to look for the master" He said.
His gaze locks onto his daughter and he says "To ensure you'll be safe, I've also obtained a magical suit of armor, I'll get it for you!" His deep voice was excited, he got up from the table and walked to his room.
Akira frowned, the image of Chi-Chi from the anime wearing the armor appeared in his mind.
The armor that looked more like a bikini was certainly not something normal, and it was not something suitable for such a young girl to wear.
Chi-Chi looked very excited "A magical armor!?" She saw her father entering the room, so she turned to Akira "What does this armor do to be magical? I hope it makes me stronger, so I can fly, right?"
The word "fly" came out much quieter, she was still hiding her training from her father.
Akira had a faint smile on his face "I don't know, but we'll see soon..." He let out a sigh.
A few seconds later they heard the sound of approaching footsteps, then the figure of the Ox King appeared, carrying a large box in his hands.
Opening the box in front of them, he revealed the blue armor, which featured a helmet with a curved blade on top, shoulder pads, a breastplate with breasts, there was a piece that looked like panties, also boots and gloves.
Akira could see that it was the same as he remembered, at most there were a few differences that he himself didn't notice, but overall it was the same as in the anime.
Something that caught his attention was the fact that the armor wasn't made of metal, in his mind he could swear it was made of metal, but the armor in front of him was clearly made of a rubbery material 'Maybe I'm just remembering wrong...'
The material of this armor was very reminiscent of the armor that Frieza's army uses, which despite being firm, deforms easily to allow great mobility.
The Cleaver King pointed to the helmet with the blade on top, then said "This is the most important part of the armor, the helmet has this blade that cuts its target and comes back, but even more amazing, it has this!" He shows a small red dot on the helmet, more or less in the forehead region.
"This helmet can fire a small laser, like a gunshot, only more powerful!" He explained.
Chi-Chi didn't seem very impressed upon hearing the explanation, but she liked the armor, as if it were a new outfit "Thank you, Daddy! I'll try it on right now!"
As she took the box from her father, Akira said "I think you'd better wear some shorts underneath as well"
Chi-Chi's gaze was confused, but after taking another look at the armor she understood. Without Akira's warning, she probably wouldn't have seen a problem with it, but now she had noticed "You're right..." Redness appeared on her face.
The girl then ran to her room and locked the door to change. Akira was more relieved, knowing that now Chi-Chi would not dress so exposedly.
Akira wouldn't mind if it was a girl his own age dressing like that, in fact he would like it, but a girl so young wasn't a good thing.
A little over a minute later Chi-Chi's door opened and she slowly revealed herself.
Akira looked at her, and noticed that she was wearing blue shorts that matched the color of her armor, making it very uniform. Despite being the same armor from the anime, thanks to the shorts it looked more like real armor.
The pink helmet, gloves, and boots made it look like a costume, but that wasn't really a problem, so Akira didn't even think about it.
"How do I look?" Chi-Chi asked, staring mainly at Akira.
The Ox King gave her a thumbs up and smiled at her "You look great!"
Akira nodded his head "It suits you well"
...
The armor issue was resolved and since Akira said he would leave tomorrow with Chi-Chi, everything seemed fine.
However, Akira knew that things would not be like that. He knew that a group of people would arrive soon, that would change those plans. He just didn't know the exact moment they would arrive.
Not knowing what time they would arrive, Akira chose to stay close to the mountain until they arrived, so as not to end up missing this first meeting with them.
He walked through the rubble with an excited smile on his face, while Chi-Chi followed him, still wearing her armor.
The girl ran ahead and then turned to face Akira, then said "Are you going to do anything different today?"
He stopped in his tracks "Anything different? I don't think so"
A doubtful expression appeared on Chi-Chi's face "If that's not it, why did you want to stay here for another day before we left? And if you were going to do the same as always, you would have gone to the forest..."
The girl was always paying attention to him, so she realized something was wrong.
Akira was surprised, but didn't lose his calm smile 'She can be quite perceptive sometimes...'
"Well, you're right. I would normally go hunt some dinosaurs now, but today I decided to focus on training my Ki sense, so I'm trying to find the dinosaurs from here" He said calmly.
A surprised expression appeared on Chi-Chi's face "Is it possible to sense them from so far away?" She asked.
While she was learning from Akira, he explained that it was possible to feel the Ki of other beings.
She still couldn't do it, she only knew through his words, so there were still many doubts.
"Yes, but I don't know if I can do that yet... If the dinosaurs had strong Ki like your father or me, I could easily find them from here" Akira explained.
Even though he was actually waiting for Goku and Bulma, what he said was still true. He had been training his Ki sense for the past few days, and while absorbing energy from some dinosaurs, in a forest a few kilometers away, he could easily find the Ox King with his sense.
With this sense of Ki, as soon as he entered the forest he could find the dinosaurs, it was thanks to this that his strength increased a lot, even though he only hunted in the morning.
Chi-Chi's eyes were still filled with surprise. Even though she was practicing these things, the power of Ki was still surprising.
She wondered when she would have the power to do things as incredible as Akira, but she knew it wouldn't be so soon.
Akira could imagine a bit of the girl's thoughts, so he smiled "Don't be anxious, as long as you train properly, your Ki will gradually increase and you will be able to do it"
He then continued walking slowly, his thoughts returning to the visitors who would soon arrive.
...
It was still morning, in an area about a kilometer from Frypan Mountain, when a car stopped in the middle of the dirt road.
A girl wearing a sexy bunny costume got out of the car, looking straight at the burning mountain "It's in the middle of those flames that our sixth dragon ball is..." Her tone was one of frustration.
She fixed her long blue hair, then reached for something from inside the car "Oolong, don't you have any moisturizer? My skin is going to get dry in all this heat!"
From the other side of the car an anthropomorphic pig looked at her with dissatisfaction "Did you forget? This car isn't even mine, it's that desert bandit's" He said.
With a serious expression he continued "Forget about moisturizer, forget about the spheres, let's turn around and get out of here, you have no idea how dangerous the Ox King is, he'll kill us if we get close to his mountain!"
Above the car, sitting on a golden cloud floating in the air, a boy with spiky black hair and a monkey tail said, "Ox King?... If he's that bad, I can just eat him!"
"He's not a real ox, it's just a nickname, idiot! And even if you're strong, Goku, fighting the Ox King is suicide! If you want to die, go ahead, but I'm getting out of here!" The anthropomorphic pig, Oolong, said, determined to escape from that place.
He quickly got into the car, ready to flee from that place, but the blue-haired girl gave him a stern look "If you try to run away, I'll make that sound again and I won't stop until I get tired" An evil smile was painted on her lips.
Just hearing those words, Oolong felt his stomach churn, his gaze was filled with a mixture of fear and anger "All pretty girls are so repulsive..." He muttered, giving up on running away.
The blue-haired girl, Bulma, turned her gaze to the mountain, as beads of sweat began to appear on her forehead "This place is very hot, and we are still very far from the mountain, I doubt that this Ox King lives there, it must be impossible to bear so much heat"
Goku, the boy on the golden cloud, was silent, imagining the illusory figure of the Ox King, without ever having seen him before.
Oolong let out an irritated sigh "He no longer lives in the castle, but he protects it from anyone who tries to steal its treasures, and if we go there that's exactly what will happen to us"
Ignoring his warnings, Bulma got back in the car and said "Let's go already"