Canon Fodder

CHAPTER 288 GOTTA COLLECT EM ALL

CHAPTER 288 GOTTA COLLECT EM ALLThe second Dragon ball was sitting on a beach. Out in the open for all to see. The next was at the bottom of the ocean. Zuina and I disrobed and jumped off Nimbus. Both diving down as far as we could we found it hidden in a reef. Swimming together we marveled at all the colors and fish as we

“You want me to turn you into that one?” I asked. 

“Can you?” She asked. I nodded. “And…I can turn back?”

“Yeah. It’s just an illusion,” I assured. 

“Oh good. I’d hate to be a guy,” she mumbled. 

“I wouldn’t have you any other way,” I said and transformed her into the higher rank officer. I was soon driving us to the base. Getting past the front gate was easy enough. 

We parked underground and followed the radar to get closer to the ball. “This is so cool,” she whispered in a very girlie voice that didn’t match the general or whoever she was pretending to be. “Is this something you could teach me?”

“If you promise to teach me how to use Ki, I’d be happy to.” Then I remembered it required chakra. Which had a less than innocent method to activate. “Uh I mean, eventually.”

“Eventually? Why?” She asked, disappointed. 

“Well, it’s uh,” I whispered as we got into an elevator. “It’s kind of embarrassing how I have to awaken it.” 

“How do you do it?” She asked, confused. 

Unsure how to broach the subject I thought it best to be tactful. “You ever uh walk in on Bulma and Yamcha being girlfriend and boyfriend?”

“Oh, you mean when they have sex?” She asked loudly. 

“Ugh yeah,” I said. Blushing in embarrassment. It felt weird saying this to such an innocent girl. “It requires that.”

“What?! Why?” She asked, believing me wholeheartedly. 

“I have this skill to gift it,” I said slowly. “But it requires that.”

“I’ve never done…that,” Zuina said. The face she was wearing didn’t blush, but I guessed she was. The elevator chimed and we walked out into a busy hall. We both quieted as we moved closer to the ball. 

We made it to a lab when we were right on top of the dragon ball on the radar. Unfortunately Zuina’s keycard didn’t work so we had to go to plan B. 

“Think you can break this big metal door down?” I asked. 

“Oh yeah,” she said. Drawing her arm back she blew it away with one blow. A split second later alarms started blaring but we were already inside. Moving past scientists I found the Dragon ball inside a glass case. Lasers pointed at the small orb I guessed they were testing it. 

Breaking the ball out with a punch we grabbed it and ran. Pandemonium going on outside we escaped in the confusion. Zuina jumping on my ice platform we flew away as she held onto me this time. 

“You ever done that before?” She asked in my ear. I turned back but frowned. Ending her transformation I preferred her face than some older and balder general. 

“Broke into a government facility and stole something? Surprisingly no,” I said. “I mean I’ve broken into locked down places before. But never stolen anything.”

“No, I mean…what we were talking about…in the basement,” she whispered. 

“Ohhh sex?” I asked. “‘No.”

“I was told that was something you should save for someone special,” she said. “Like your husband.”

“Yeah, that’s true,” I said. “Guess if you want to learn the skill you’ll just have to marry me then.” I gave her my best smile as she blushed. As innocent as ever I was surprised how much her Spiritual Energy leaked joy. Nervous about what to do I flew us off in silence. She latched onto me more and we made it off into the sunset. 

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“So how do you do it?” I asked Zuina. 

“You face the balls. And shout the magic words,” she admitted. “The dragon will rise and you ask nicely for your wish. Do you know what you’re going to ask for?”

“I think so,” I said. “Okay you uh summon him.”

“You sure? What if I make my own wish?”

“What would you wish for? Another Meatvalanche?”

“Could I?” She asked. 

“No, why wouldn’t you wish for like a lifetime supply of them?”

“His powers not infinite,” Zuina said. 

“It’s food. Not some ungodly amount of elixir of youth,” I said. 

“I don’t know. That was a lot of meat,” she said, unconvinced. I chuckled as I waved her forward. The 7 dragon balls a couple of paces away the golden balls began to pulse and glow when we brought them together. 

Extending her hands out she studied them. Getting serious she yelled, “Arise Shenron!” Nothing happened for a moment. 

“That it-“ a lightning bolt streaked down hitting the 7 balls, deafening me as the night became cloudy and more thunder sounded from above. The 7 balls glowed brightly then a white light snaked out of them. 

Like a ball of pure energy I felt the Spiritual Energy skyrocket as it became more powerful. I stared up in awe as the white light continued to grow until a long snakelike dragon was revealed above our heads. 

“Who has summoned me?!” It roared. Zuina looked back at me. 

“Uh it is I, Great Shenron,” I said, growing nervous from how powerful the dragon felt. 

“Speak your wish,” the dragon ordered in a deep voice that sounded like creaking branches in a storm. 

“I wish to win my-“ my voice stopped as soon as I tried to say Challenges. “Fuck,” I cursed. I thought it was too much to ask, but I guessed I really couldn’t talk to anyone about them. 

“Speak!” Shenron ordered when I didn’t speak for a moment. 

“Sorry uh, I wish…” I really wanted to wish for all of my powers to be rolled into one. No more Nen, and Chakra, and Haki. Make it all one energy. But for some reason I held off. There had to be a better way to phrase it where I got everything I wanted. Or at least more than I currently had. 

“I wish…for you to change my body so that I can use my Ki and other internal energies as efficiently as possible!” 

I had struggled for the right words. Keeping it clear and all one sentence. I was worried that splitting it up into multiple sentences would make him judge the wish as more than 1. I was also hoping to get a bump in strength for my other powers. 

Shenron breathed heavily far above us as I waited for his answer. It felt a little wasteful for a being that could bring the dead back to life, but strength was all I needed. 

“It has been done!” Shenron roared. 

“What?” I asked, surprised. But the dragon began to glow. The 7 balls raising up in the air Shenron disappeared as the balls glowed brighter. 

Zuina jumped up as the 7 balls scattered. Grabbing the 4-star ball before it could get away she landed easily. Showing the gray stone of the ball she gave me a confused look. 

“What’s wrong?” She asked. 

“I don’t know. I don’t feel any different,” I said. Making fists I sensed my energies but there was no change. Then out of the blue my body was racked with intense pain. My teeth chattered as I felt a stronger pain than ever before. And with that I blacked out.