Dragon Saga

"Alex, can we stay over for another month?"

Ethan implored his friend as if his life and death depended on his answer.

"I know you are trying to court Tights but you have to understand that it is essential for us to get stronger before we take any major steps, so we would be prepared to handle any surprises that might pop up."

"Alright if it's like that, then I'll go and get her contact details to stay in touch."

Ethan rushed out of the room and ran like the wind muttering Tights name repeatedly as Alex stood there thinking, 'what might have happened with this guy to make him so desperate to get a girlfriend'.

"Anyways, if this helps to curb his other hobbies then it would be much more beneficial for the future."

It has been over three months since the two came to stay over at the Capsule Corp.

After Bulma gave them the scouter the two Saiyans spent their morning training while assisting Dr. B.r.i.e.f.s in the afternoon and had practice duels in the evening.

In these three months, Bulma developed some prototype Gravity Chambers for training and let the two Saiyans test out the specifics for any changes or errors. Soon after she finished with the Gravity Training Chamber Alex and Ethan were ready to continue their journey.

But when they left the Capsule Corp, for some reason Tights also decided to accompany them and Ethan looked cheerful as they continued on their journey.

Bulma stood at the entrance of the Capsule Corp dumbfounded as she stared at the three receding figure in a hovercar.

"Why did my sister also accompanied them on their journey?"

To Bulma's question, her mother giggled as she replied,

"Tights told me that Ethan invited her to experience the journey of a Saiyan martial artist and he would be sharing some secrets from their past, so she agreed to accompany them.

It's a shame though, he was such an amusing kid to have around to help with the chores."

"No matter how you look, it totally feels like a suspicious plot and you're saying my sister believed him?

I have to find Goku to protect my sister from that pervert. Wait! How come Alex agreed to all this?"

This morning when Ethan went out saying he'll get contact details from Tights, he went and begged her to accompany them on the journey.

Ethan told her that he was suffering because of an incident from the past and needed a female companion for the journey to support him mentally.

After that, he tried all kinds of excuses to make her come along on the journey. When it was all futile, he told her the truth about them being summoned from a different world where this world was just a fictional work of an author.

At first, Tights curiously listened to him feeling amused about his creative imagination to make her follow them but after Ethan explained some facts from her past and future life that he knew from the series, she was shocked and was convinced to follow them around.

Ethan promised her that he'll explain everything in detail if she joined them in the journey and Tights excitedly accompanied them.

Of course, Alex was suspicious about all this but he decided to ask Ethan about it after they left the crowded areas.

"So, where are we going first?"

It was Tights who asked while she slowed the hovercar to decide in which direction they should move ahead.

"Did you bring the Dragon Radar that I asked you to borrow from Bulma?"

"Yes, it's right here with me."

"Wait! You borrowed the Dragon Radar?"

"It was my idea to borrow the Dragon Radar, so we can look for Dragon Balls along the journey. That way it would be more fun."

Alex was shocked that Ethan had requested for the Dragon Radar through Tights, even though no one had ever mentioned anything about the Dragon Balls to them from the day they had arrived in this world.

Alex was worried that Bulma would get suspicious about them if she found out that it was Ethan who told Tights to borrow the radar and what reason Ethan might have given for Tights to agree with his request without asking anything in return. Thinking about all this Alex started rubbing his temples in frustration.

But in his agitation, he forgot to keep his cool and asked about the matter.

"You don't have to worry Bulma won't get suspicious because of this issue."

Looking at Alex's irritated expression Tights consoled him but listening to her words he became stiff as he looked towards Tights.

"Don't be so surprised, Ethan told me how you guys were summoned from a different world where this world is only a work of fiction.

Wow! I was really doubtful about this crafty kid's words but looking at your expression it is clear that he was telling the truth."

"Wha..t… What are you talking about?"

Alex asked as he stuttered because of nervousness.

"Actually, I told her the truth to make her accompany us on our journey."

At this time Ethan spoke in a low voice as he awkwardly looked away in the distance. After listening to what he said Alex who was sitting behind him on the backseat banged his head on the back of Ethan's head in annoyance.

"That hurts you rascal. I didn't have a choice because of that day's incident I was constantly having nightmares from time to time. But whenever I spent time with Tights I could sleep soundly.

I was scared that those nightmares would come back. So, I had no choice but to invite Tights along with us using any means possible."

After talking till here as if remembering something he shuddered as he felt the cold wind blowing from the back of his head to the edge of his spine.

'What could have happened with this guy to traumatize him to this degree.'

Alex looked at Ethan awkwardly as he internally thought.

After a while, he looked towards Tights and recounted her the whole truth about how they got here and exactly how this world was only a fiction work in their previous world.

"So, you are saying you guys turned into teenagers from someone who was in his early twenties?"

"Yes, after coming here we noticed our tails which indicated that our race and body was changed to that of a Saiyan while our age regressed by a few years."

"That is a good thing if you ask me. Even I want to stay young as long as I can and follow my passion."

"If you want, you can ask Shenron to give you eternal youth after collecting all the Dragon Balls."

Looking at Tights and Ethan casually talking about Dragon Balls Alex sighed and looked up in the direction of Korin Tower and as he suspected Kami had heard everything from the Lookout as he coincidently came to check out their progress.

Finding out the true background of the two Saiyans even Kami was dumbfounded and stared blankly towards the duo.

"We'll go to challenge the Korin Tower first and collect Dragon Balls that we find on the way there.

I suspect Kami heard everything we were talking about so we have to explain everything to him face to face to gain his trust and request him to keep all this a secret from his superiors until we are strong enough to protect ourselves."

"Why do you want to keep everything a secret though?"

As Tights asked about this, even Kami came out of his stupor and frowned as he wanted to know the reason for this as well. So he attentively listened to the reason that Alex gave.

"I suspect we were summoned here by one of the higher God of this world.

So, there might be a big reason behind it and it might become problematic later on if we revealed everything without knowing the complete situation for which we were summoned in this world."

Thinking about Alex's words Tights and Kami also acknowledged his reason to conceal the truth.

By the time all the serious discussion was over Ethan who was sitting next to Tights was snoring in a soft voice as he slept soundly.

In the afternoon Tights found a spot near the river to park and used the Hoi-Poi capsule to set up a camp to rest and have lunch.

As the days passed Alex and the gang leisurely continued their journey while collecting the Dragon Ball that they found on their way to the Korin Tower.

At this time, Bulma had made another Radar to locate Tights and was rushing over with Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha to find out about her situation with her own eyes.