Kakarot smiled at their competition, "So... Violet is my wife and Hasky is my mate."
Both girls blushed at that, but soon enough Hasky began screeching insults in revenge. The name-calling devolved into her trying to stab him, which, once proved ineffective in turn devolved into attempted wrestling, at which point Violet stripped down, threw herself into the tussle, and the fight met its end and the orgy began.
Spoiler: Mercenary TaoSpoiler: Master Shen"Brother, there's a call on your line." Master Shen said, walking into the meditation hall. Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu, and the other hopefuls of the Crane Martial Arts School were sitting cross-legged. The most skilled of them suspended in the air. And before them, guiding them all by his breathing, was Crane Taopaipai.
Taopaipai cracked open one eye, before hovering down to the ground, silently touching down with one toe. "Continue your meditation until the last of the light from that window disappears." he told the students, gesturing at one of the windows. The sky was a warm gold, so it wouldn't be too long.
Giving his students a very slight bow, he turned to his elder brother, following him out into the main room of their training center. There, the lone telephone on the mountain stood. Master Shen believed firmly in an absence of distractions. There were no televisions, no radios, no newspapers, no books. Not even scrolls, except those which contain teachings of martial arts. There were also no women.
It was an absolute rejection of his rival the Turtle Hermit's way of life. Where Roshi taught through what amounted to merely extreme weight training, endurance, and strength and speed-building exercises, Shen focused on technique. On discipline. On mental conditioning. He accepted students, and created assassins with techniques that pushed them out of the realm of meager humanity. Master Roshi had the Kamehameha- and that was it. Shen had the Dodonpa, the Sky Dance, the Kikoho, the Solar Flare! Shen unlocked his students' psychic potential.
The single telephone was there for one purpose- so that clients have a way of giving out contracts to the Crane School.
"This is Mercenary Tao." Taopaipai said, when his elder brother handed him the phone, "Who am I speaking with?"
"This is General Copper of the Red Ribbon Army." came the voice through the phone, "We have someone we'd like you to kill."
"Well, that's quite obvious." Tao said, "No one who calls me doesn't."
The upper hierarchy of the Red Ribbon Army were gathered in the same room at their fortress.
Commander Red, and at his right hand, Staff Officer Black were seated at two desks on a raised platform above the others. On the main floor was a great table. General Blue and his Captain Dark were seated at one end, General White and Doctor Gero, technically White's 'Captain Gray' in rank, seated at the other. Between them was the turtle-like General Copper, Captain Yellow at his right hand.
The Colonels, and below them, the Sergeants, remained at their various bases and fronts keeping their war on the world under control.
"I'm sure you're wondering why I've gathered all of you together like this." Commander Red announced, "Especially as it has pulled you away from the various fronts. It is to get an understanding of our current search for the Dragon Balls, and our progress in the conquering of the world."
Black stood, pressing a button, a huge screen lowering into view behind them, the outline of the entire world on display. On it, seven shining dots remained. "Our search for the Dragon Balls has not been... overwhelmingly successful. We have captured the majority of them due to the efforts of General White and General Blue." both generals nodded, grinning with pride at the one between them, who gulped. "General Blue found the Two-Star ball, as well as the One-Star. General White found the Six-Star ball and the Four-Star ball."
Black unfurled a long stick, jabbing the Red Ribbon base's own location, and the four lights within it. "However... the Seven-Star ball is of course trapped under the magical flames of Fry-Pan Mountain. Nothing we've done can breach it, nothing can put out the flame. Nothing we've come up with, anyway."
Doctor Gero stood up at this, smiling under his bushy mustache, "I am proud to announce that I am in fact making progress in this regard- We have deployed Muscle Tower in the area, and I am in the preliminary stages of creating an Android capable of surviving the flames."
Red smiled, "Excellent news."
Black nodded, "Continuing from there, only two Dragon Balls evade us. The Three-Star and Five-Star balls. The Resistance has been keeping them constantly on the move, and King Furry's Royal armada have been supporting them by putting the pressure on our own invasion forces whenever the Resistance is in the area." Black pointed at the Five-Star ball then.
"That is, until about a week ago. The Five-Star has stopped, and hasn't moved much since. The ball was in the hands of one 'Desert Bandit' Yamcha. He destroyed the Violet Squad, but Colonel Violet herself was in hot pursuit, that is until he hit the jungle. Violet followed him in, and no contact has been made since. Colonel Silver and his squad was sent in to capture the ball afterwards, and they also went silent. Every scout, every soldier we send in, disappears. Little information has come out of the area since. We have some radio recording of the sounds of screaming, and explosions, but we can't even get close enough to the previous camps that we're able to confirm their deaths."
The entire gathered force looked subdued at that.
"General Copper." Red said, "Both of your Colonels have failed utterly." he raised a pistol, and everyone there tensed, "Their failures are your failures, do you understand me? You promised me you would capture the Five-Star Dragonball."
"P-Please! I need a second chance! Haven't I done well by you? I've fought well in the name of the Red Ribb-" he was interrupted by the sound of Red's gun firing. Next to him, Captain Yellow flinched, before looking sadly at the body of his commanding officer.
"Captain Yellow." Red barked.
"Y-Yes sir?!"
"You're now General Yellow."
"Yes sir!"
"Bring me the Three-Star Dragon Ball, Yellow. It is your only priority."
"YES SIR!"
"The Five-Star Dragon Ball will be brought to me by someone else." Red said, looking behind him, at the man in pink Chinese robes, "Mercenary Tao, I know not the face of your victim, but I know the coordinates. Find the Dragon Ball, and I will give to you one-hundred million Zenny. If you bring me the head of the one carrying it, it'll be another fifty-million."
"Hm." Tao considered the offer, "Three hundred million. I take contracts, Commander. If you can't give me a clear target, then I may have to kill multiple people." Red looks angry at that, and opens his mouth to respond, when Tao cuts him off, "This fee is non-negotiable."
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