In the last chapter of Dragon Ball, our heroes Goku, Bulma, and Oolong managed to fight off the threats of the desert bandit Yamcha, and his sidekick Pu’ar. Little do they know, Yamcha planted a tracking device in their car. Now he just has to wait until our heroes gather all seven dragon balls, and then he can swipe them from their grasp.

With five dragon balls now in their possession, Goku, Bulma, and Oolong make their way to Fry Pan mountain – the location of the next dragon ball. Oolong once again warns them of the dangers of that mountain. He explains that Fry Pan mountain is home of the dreaded Gyu-Mao, aka the Ox King.

“All who approach his mountain come to horrible ends,” says Oolong.

Not only that, but Fry Pan mountain has been completely on fire for the past 10 years. A fire spirit fell from the heavens and transformed it into a mountain of eternal flame. Our heroes don’t even have to get close to the mountain before they see this “eternal flame”.

“You seem to know a lot about this,” Goku says to Oolong.

“What, you mean they didn’t teach you about it at school,” responds Oolong, “Anyway, you get the point, right? Let’s get!”

“After coming this far?!” Don’t be stupid!” cries Bulma.

“What’s wrong with you?! You got a death wish or something?!” says Oolong. He hops back into the car and starts driving away, but Bulma starts making the “swee-swee” noises again which gives Oolong a bad case of the runs and changes his mind about running away.

Meanwhile, off in the distance, Yamcha and Pu’ar are still tracking the car.

“It seems they’re determined to go to Fry Pan mountain. No matter what,” observes Yamcha, “Then the sixth dragon ball must be inside the demon’s castle.”

Yamcha and Pu’ar begin to doubt that they will be able to get the dragon ball from the Ox King, when suddenly, they hear a commotion. They look and see a young girl running away from a T-Rex.

“Doncha dare come no closer,” cries the girl, as she grabs a metallic plume from the top of her helmet and throws it at the dinosaur. The metallic plume slices the T-Rex’s head completely off. The plume returns to the girl’s helmet like a boomerang, but when she opens her eyes, she sees the decapitated T-Rex.

“Oo, this is jes’ too dang freaky!” cries the girl, as she presses a button on the forehead of her helmet that vaporizes the dinosaur into oblivion.

Yamcha, who saw the whole thing, is now terrified. The girl runs away from the T-Rex and right into Yamcha.

“Yaaaa! It’s just one menace after another here!” she cries, as she tries to blast Yamcha with her laser. The desert bandit jumps out of the way and knocks the girl out cold.

“What a stupid delay,” complains Yamcha as he hops back in the car and drives away.

Meanwhile, Goku, Bulma, and Oolong are still trying to find a way to break into the castle.

“You, Goku! Think you can go get the dragon ball by yourself?” asks Bulma.

“I won’t know ’till I try,” says Goku. He calls his Kinto’un and flies over the mountain. He spots the castle amid the eternal flames. He tries to land inside, but the flames are too intense for him to even get close.

“See, I told you so! It’s no use! Can we get outta here now?” asks Oolong.

While Bulma and Oolong were watching Goku try to break into the castle, they suddenly hear an ax smash into the wall next to them. They turn around, and to their horror, they see the dreaded Ox King standing right behind them.

“What’re yew doin’ here on mah land,” asks the Ox King, “Aimin’ to swipe my treasure, arencha?”

“N-no! W-w-we j-just c-came f’r the weh-weh-weh,” stutters Bulma.

Goku returns on his cloud and says, “Hey guys, it’s too hot up there to break into the castle!”

“You idiot!” cries Bulma.

Then Goku looks at the Ox King and says, “Who’s this creep?”

“Shut up, you moron!! This is the powerful, deadly, forgiving, Lord Gyu-Mao!!” shouts Bulma.

The Ox King recognizes the cloud Goku is riding on asks where he got it.

“From Kame-Sen’nin, the ol’ turtle guy,” says Goku.

“The ‘turtle guy’? That’s my invincible old master!” says the Ox King, “Do you know where he lives?”

“We kinda know, don’t we?” says Goku, as he looks over at Bulma.

“I think if we go to that beach…”

Before Bulma can finish her sentence, the big burly Ox King starts jumping for joy. Then, the Ox King notices something else of interest – Goku’s Nyoi-bo. The Ox King asks him where he got it. Goku explains that his grandpa gave it to him.

“Was his name Son Gohan?” asks the Ox King.

“You knew my Grampa?!” exclaims Goku.

The Ox King explains that both he and Gohan were students of Muten Roshi. He then asks Goku to fly to Master Roshi’s place and pick up a device called a “Basho-sen” that can be used to put out the fire. Goku agrees, but asks for the dragon ball in return. He pulls out the four-star ball from his pouch for reference.

“Oh yeah, now that you mention it, I think I’ve seen one of those,” says the Ox King, “Sure, no sweat! For what I want that’s nothing.”

The Ox King also asks Goku to find his daughter, Chi-Chi, who he sent out a few days ago to find his old master, and take her along with him. The Ox King pulls out a photo for reference.

Meanwhile, Yamcha and Pu’ar were watching the conversation from behind a boulder. To Yamcha’s horror, he realizes his daughter is the girl he just knocked out on his way here. He hops back in his car and races out to find her. Yamcha finds Chi-Chi in the same place where he knocked her out and wakes her back up. Chi-Chi screams when she sees him and tries to hit him with her laser again, but Yamcha’s charm and wits are quicker.

“Wait, please, Miss Chi-Chi.”

“Huh? How do you know my name?”

“It doesn’t matter. What matters is…I want to apologize to you for…you know. Please forgive me! I was just so crazy in love that…”

“Love? F-f-f-for who? For me?”

Yamcha sees Goku coming on his Kinto’un, so he runs away. Chi-Chi is still smitten when Goku calls out to her.

“Is you name ‘Chi-Chi’?”

“Somebody else I’ve never met…and he knows my name already too.”

“Hey, you’re the Ox King’s kid, right?”

“Huh, you know my dad?”

“Yup, he said I should pick you up and help you go borrow something from somebody.”

Goku lets Chi-Chi hop on his flying cloud, but Goku wonders if her heart is pure enough to ride it.

“My heart’s as clean as an indoor toilet!” says Chi-Chi.

(That’s a weird way to explain it…)

Sure enough, her heart is pure enough to ride the cloud. She pulls on Goku’s tail to lift her up onto it, but she accidentally causes his energy to drain. Goku says that’s what always happens whenever someone grabs his tail.

Unfortunatley for Goku, Yamcha overheard and saw the whole thing.

“What a lucky bit of listening! His weak spot is his tail!” says Yamcha.

“Victory is surely ours!” says Pu’ar.

Goku and Chi-Chi begin flying on the Kinto’un, and I can’t help but think of this every time I see it.

Goku uses his ‘pat-pat’ method on Chi-Chi. Needless to say, she doesn’t find it very appealing.

“Get your hand off me!” cries Chi-Chi, as she pushes Goku off the cloud.

Goku and Chi-Chi continue flying over the ocean. They ask a dolphin for directions, who points them in the direction of Kame-Sen’nin’s tiny island. When they get there, they can see that the dolphin accuratley descrived the island as ‘tiny’, as it only has enough room for one house.

“Well as I live and breathe, how’s the Kin-to’un holding up, boy?” says Kame-Senin.

Goku and Kame-Senin reunite, but does this perverted old-timer realy have something that can put out the fire on Fry Pan mountain? Find out in the next installment of Dragon Ball!