22 The Flaming Mountain (1/2)

After a while, the group arrived in Mount Frypan. Even from far away they could feel the heat and saw a mountain that was completely covered in flames. The closer the group came, the hotter it became and only Tarro was not affected by the heat.

Dried up houses could be seen all around them, it seems that the area used to be populated but after the mountain had been set alight it had been abandoned.

After checking the Dragon Radar, which said the Dragon Ball was inside the castle atop the mountain, Goku tried to fly up on his Flying Nimbus to see if he could get the ball but after a while, he came back with his tail on fire and jumped into the river with a splash.

*Bang* Suddenly a giant axe as tall as a person hit the wall behind the trio, just a few centimetres away from Bulma's head.

*Boom Boom Boom* Heavy footsteps were heard as the ground shook with each step and a giant man over 4 meters appeared, his giant shadow covering the trio.

”What are you doing here?!” The giant man said in a loud voice, stepping forward and taking his axe.

”Uwaaah!” Bulma and Oolong shouted in fear upon seeing the man.

”Y-You're Mr Ox King right...?” Bulma asked in a shaky voice.

”You didn't come here to steal my treasures, did you?” The Ox King asked sternly.

”N-No! No! We were just passing by! Right?” Bulma said in a shaky voice.

”Y-Yes! Yes!” Oolong hurriedly nodded as well.

The Ox King approached Tarro and putting his face in front of him said in an intimidating voice, ”Really?!”

”Hey uncle Ox nice to finally meet you,” Tarro said grinning.

”Huh, why are you calling me uncle kid?” He asked.

”Grandpa Gohan spoke a lot about you,” He replied.

”Oh, you know Gohan, well why didn't you say sooner then,” The Ox King bellowed.

As they chatted Goku came back out of the water on his Nimbus. The Ox King then remembered his own matter and asked Goku to help find the Turtle Hermit to borrow the Bansho fan to extinguish the mountain's fire that had been burning for 10 years so he can finally return to his castle. The Ox King had coincidentally sent his daughter to find Master Roshi yesterday, he asked Goku to find her and take her along to Master Roshi, he also showed a photo of her.

Goku flew away on his cloud and left the rest of the group waiting in Mt. Frypan.

...

After some time, Goku came back with Chi Chi riding on his cloud and the Turtle hermit came flying on a spinning turtle.

Turtle Hermit first scolded the Ox King for his cruel actions these past few years, he had been killing numerous people because they had been after his treasures. Turtle Hermit blamed the fire being karma and it was quite funny seeing the giant Ox King bow down on his knees and apologise.

Then the old man brought Tarro's group to a corner to have some private conversation.

”L-L-Let me touch that cute girl's breasts, otherwise I won't help you guys extinguish the fire,” Roshi said, acting embarrassed.

”You got to be kidding!?!? Why do I have to sacrifice myself to help your student extinguish his fire!?!” Bulma shouted.

”Because you want the dragon ball inside the castle, you won't be able to acquire it without me extinguishing the flames.” The old man said smugly and looked at Goku.

”Goku! You big mouthed bastard!” Bulma cursed.

”What's the big deal? Just let him touch them,” Goku said innocently.

”WILL YOU SHUT UP!!!” Bulma shouted.

”I'm a busy man if you aren't willing then I'll just leave,” Roshi said.

”Ugh, fine I'll do it,” Tarro said.

”What, Tarro you can do it?” Bulma asked, surprised and Roshi said, ”Hehe, let's see then, young man,” not believing him.

Tarro then climbed on to a nearby wall and powered up to a power level of 1000, to which the old man was extremely surprised.