Chapter 5

Everyone met at the main floor and they started outside to look for a nearby restaurant. The Saiyans(Goku, Shiba,and Hiroshi) were starving to death, because all they had was a peanut on the airplane and that didn't pack it in. Goku, Shiba and Hiroshi were practically dragging themselves as they walked down the street. Vegita and Gohan didn't have a big appetite like they did so they walked normally. Goku's pacing slowed down until he collapsed frontward on the cement floor.

"Too . . . weak . . ." was all he could manage.

Hiroshi fell on his knees, "So . . . hungry . . . "

Shiba landed on her hands and knees, " Can't . . . go . . on . ."

Everyone else stopped to stare at the three hungry Saiyans. Piccolo shook his head and sighed. The girls tried to urged them on but they didn't do anything. Vegita was getting annoyed and yelled,

"You're worthless wimps!! Sad little weakling wimps!! And you call yourselves Super Saiyans, ha!!"

"Vegita, we're starving to death." Shiba managed a weak complaint.

He turned to face Shiba and Hiroshi with furious eyes, " And you two, are a disgrace to the royal Saiyan family!!"

"Hold it!" Goku was back on his feet with his nose held high."I smell food 5 blocks from here!!"

"WHERE!?!?!?" And the two Saiyans ran 5 blocks ahead, leaving a trail of dust behind them.

"Hey, wait for me!!!" Goku followed right behind. Bulma,Vegita, Chichi, Videl, Gohan, Ami and Piccolo followed right after Goku but in a slower pace. Piccolo thought in his head,

‘Out of all the things Shiba could have inherited from the Saiyan side, one of them just had to be a big appetite.'
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Far off the coast was an island isolated from the other near Hawaii. There was an active volcano in the middle with tropical forest and ocean water surrounding it. Dark clouds with srong winds and thunder and lightning covered the sky. Suddenly, lava shot up from the volcano in a perfect cylinder shape. As the lave came down, a man with a red skin colour, fiery red eyes, a body similar to Vegita's, wings of fire, bird-like feet and a long fire on his head as his hair on a low ponytail, appeared floating above the volcano. The man unfolded his wings and raised his arms and lava spat out once more from the volcano. The lava morphed into a creature of half human and half tiger until there was at least 12 of them. The man made an evil grin,

"Fire Blazers, your mission is to burn all existence in this planet. I don't care what it takes just get the job done!"

With that the Fire Blazers flew off to the nearest island. The man remained near the volcano with the same evil grin on his face. "Finally, this planet will soon be ours to own and conquer."
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The hungry Saiyans led the others to a ‘Multi-Culture Buffet'. They had Japanese, Chinese, Asian, American and Mexican food. Large piles of dishes were stacked at where everyone was eating, Goku and Hiroshi left to get their 15th meal. Gohan looked up from his plate, Shiba did the same thing, they saw that almost everyone in the restaurant were staring at them. Shiba shrugged it off and continued eating, Gohan looked at Piccolo. He sat with his arms crossed looking away from everyone else. Gohan saw something different about him, he wasn't wearing his normal purple gi with a white cape and turban. Piccolo was wearing a light gray sleeveless shirt and cargo shorts. Piccolo noticed Gohan looking at him and turned his head to face him.

"What?" Piccolo said in a low voice.

"Nothing Piccolo-san, it's just that I noticed you wearing something different today." Shiba lifted her head up from the plate,

"I thought something different would be nice for a change."

"Humph," was all Piccolo said before returning to his meditation. Shiba wiped her face with a table cloth and shifted closer to Piccolo.

"Hey Pickle," was all Shiba had to say to get his attention. He made an annoyed look at his wife.

"Call me that one more time and I'll--"  

"Yeah, yeah, you'll beat me up, you'll beat them, up you'll beat everyone up. Anyways, Pic . . . colo, have you ever tied eating before either than a senzu bean?"

"No"

"Well," Shiba grabbed a plate of ice creams and sat it in front of Piccolo, who had a puzzled look on his face.

"This is ice cream, it tastes really cold at first but it also has a sweet flavor to it. Go ahead and try." Piccolo stared at the round ball of ice cream. There was a white, pink and brown coloured ones. Shiba saw that Piccolo was a little hesitate to try the ice cream and she shifted closer to him.

"Well? Are you gonna eat it or stare at it until it melts?" Piccolo turned to Shiba with an even more puzzled look,

"Melt?" Shiba became a little impatient,

"What's the matter mucho ma-- I mean Namek, too scared it might bite you?" Shiba teased.

"What! Of course I'm not baka!"

"Then whatcha waiting for?"

"Nothing! I'm gonna eat this . . . ice cube stuff!" Piccolo picked up a clean spoon and took a small scoup of the white ice cream. He held it in front of his face for a minute or so just to see everyone in his table peering from the corner of their  eyes to see if he'll eat or not. Cold sweat ran down his face, he took a big gulp and quickly ate the ice cream. Coldness conquered his mouth with a taste of sweet sugary milk cream and ice. The cold cream stung his
throat as swallowed the lump down and it forced him to cough a little. He looked at Shiba who had  a smile across her face,

"So, how was it?" Piccolo took his time to let his cold mouth warm up again before answering.

"Cold," he started,"Really cold, and . . . sweet."

"Good or bad?"

"It wasn't bad, I guess. . . but it hurts when you swallow it."

"Thats because your suppose to let it melt in your mouth before you swallow it."

"Tell me now!!"

"Sorry, I forgot. Do you want to finish the plate."

"I can't eat all this!"

"That's why I'll help. Kay?" Shiba was already beginning to eat. Piccolo took his second scoup from the pink ice cream, this time a little bigger, and ate it.
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The gang was finished dinner and is now on their way to the beach festival. When they arrived, there were game stands and consession stands everywhere you look. There were many prizes to be won, every stand was busy with at least 15 people or so.

"Wow," Hiroshi finally spoke.

"Oh my goodness!" Chichi and Bulma said in union. They ran to one of the game stands with dresses as one of the prizes. Goku got the picture and went in line to win a dress for his wife. But Vegita just groaned and walked the other direction.

"So where do you want to go Hiroshi?" Ami asked.

"Shhhh," Hiroshi concentrated for a while, but soon turned to Ami with a smile on his face.

"Ami! There's a beach dance party not far from here! I think they're gonna play our song in a few minutes." Ami returned the smile and followed him into the night sky to where the dance was. Gohan and Videl tagged along too. Shiba turned to Piccolo,

"Wanna go?"

"(Sigh) No."

"Do you wanna go for a walk by the beach then?"

". . . Sure, why not." And they flew to an area where it was quiet. Piccolo's headache was back, but it wasn't as bad as the ones before. His eyes became blury but it disappeared.

'It's probably that ice stuff I ate' Piccolo assured himself.
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Vegita came across a large tower that had some sort of platform at the bottom and a bell on the very top.

'This looks like, whatcha'm call it, weigher. That woman always freaks out every time she goes on those stupid things.' Vegita shook his head at the thought.

"Hey you!" A voice came from behind him. Vegita turned to see a man that looked awfully like Nappa, walk toward him.

"You're pretty buff for a shorty. How 'bout a challenge."

Humph, go on." Vegita said interested.

"He he, if one of us hits the bell only using our feet, then the loser has to pay $7,500. Got that?" Vegita made an evil smile and stepped aside,

"After you."

"You're too kind." The man lifted his feet and slammed the platform as hard as he could. The ball flew up and hit the bell loud and clear. The man grinned, "Beat that shorty! You might as well show me the money now." The man stepped away for Vegita's turn. Vegita lightly stomped on the platform and the ball shot up and disconnected the bell from the tower. The bell made a loud thump when it landed. Vegita was now returning to where Bulma was with the $7,500.

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