Goku's Bride

The girl who killed the Tyrannosaurus was none other than Ox-King's daughter, Chi-Chi.

After blasting the Tyrannosaurus into chunks, Chi-Chi ran off crying.

Sun Mo, Bulma, and Son Goku were at the crossroads, blocking her path.

Chi-Chi thought they were thugs blocking her way and panicked again.

"Just when one wave settles, another rises!"

Bulma tried to talk to her, weakly waving a hand. "Hello!"

Unexpectedly, Chi-Chi didn't hear her at all. She pressed the mechanism on her temple again.

In an instant, a beam of light shot toward the three of them.

Bulma was terrified.

Luckily, Sun Mo was quick. He scooped up Bulma and leaped, dodging the beam.

But Son Goku wasn't so fortunate.

The moment the beam blasted out, he barely sensed the danger.

Though he dodged hard and avoided a direct hit, he was still blown back.

After the explosion, Son Goku clutched his head, yelling in pain.

"Ow, it hurts... it hurts so much..."

Seeing that Sun Mo and Bulma had dodged, and Son Goku was hit but alive, Chi-Chi immediately realized how formidable they were.

She pressed both hands on the blade switch and asked cautiously, "Who are you people?"

Son Goku stood up and shouted angrily at Chi-Chi, "You rotten jerk, why did you hit me?"

Chi-Chi saw his furious expression and sensed trouble. She pressed the blade switch at once.

"Shing!"

The blade flew out, straight at Son Goku.

Son Goku was ready. Dodging this kind of attack was no pressure.

He did a backflip roll, evaded the blade, then kicked off hard. The blade clattered to the ground.

As Chi-Chi froze in shock, Son Goku charged and punched her in the face.

"Waaah!"

Chi-Chi screamed, flew backward, hit the ground, and bounced several times.

Bulma gasped and covered her mouth at the sight.

A reckless little girl meeting a reckless Son Goku—it was a match of equals.

Though Chi-Chi was knocked flying, Son Goku still held his guard stance, wary.

Chi-Chi didn't fight back. Instead, she clutched her swollen cheek and burst into tears.

"Boo hoo hoo, Dad, save me, someone hit me..."

Son Goku snapped, "You jerk, what are you crying for? You attacked us first..."

Hearing him speak, she wailed even louder.

"Waaah, aaaaah..."

Her voice was piercing, echoing through the woods...

The fight seemed to have gone on for a while, but only a few seconds had passed. Sun Mo and Bulma had just landed after their jump.

Sun Mo quickly warned, "Son Goku, stop!"

Son Goku asked back, "Why?"

Sun Mo explained, "Because she's Ox-King's daughter, and your future wife..."

But before Sun Mo could finish, a series of "thump thump thump!" running footsteps drowned out the rest of his words.

Then the ground began to tremble violently.

Bulma was startled. "What's that? What's that sound?"

She thought another dinosaur was coming.

But the next moment, Ox-King's gruff voice rang out: "Who dares bully my daughter? Take my axe!"

He wasn't there yet, but his axe came first.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

A giant axe spun through the air straight at Son Goku.

Son Goku quickly stepped back. The axe slammed heavily into the ground.

In a flash, Ox-King charged up.

Seeing Ox-King's towering figure, Chi-Chi's crying stopped abruptly, replaced by a smile.

"Dad, you're here!"

She pointed at Son Goku and shouted, "Dad, he just hit me!"

Ox-King looked at Son Goku, then at Sun Mo and Bulma, and asked, "Who are you people, why are you here, and why are you bullying my daughter?"

Sun Mo didn't bother explaining further. Chi-Chi was Wukong's future wife anyway, so letting him fight her a bit could build some rapport.

After all, he'd never get this chance again—he'd be under Chi-Chi's thumb from then on.

Son Goku immediately retorted, "I wasn't bullying her! She attacked us first!"

As he spoke, he raised the Power Pole, ready to fight Ox-King.

But when Ox-King saw Son Goku's Power Pole, he couldn't help but freeze.

"Hey, is that the Power Pole?"

Son Goku's face lit up. "I know! You're Uncle Ox-King, right?"

Ox-King asked, "Who exactly are you? You look completely unfamiliar, yet you know me?"

Wukong grinned, showing his teeth. "My name's Son Goku, and my grandpa is Son Gohan!"

"Son Gohan? That's my senior brother!"

"Yeah, that's right, Uncle Ox-King. Grandpa told us about you!"

Ox-King beamed with joy. "So you're that kid my senior brother picked up! Unbelievable—you've grown so big in the blink of an eye! What a case of 'the flood washing over the Dragon King's temple'—family not recognizing family!"

Seeing Ox-King claim kinship, Chi-Chi blinked in surprise and looked at Wukong with confusion.

"So you're not bad guys after all?"

"Of course not! How could I be a bad guy?" Wukong said seriously.

Chi-Chi immediately stood up and apologized to Wukong.

"I'm sorry, I was reckless just now!"

Wukong had always been soft to kindness and hard to force, so he quickly waved his hands and laughed. "It's okay, it's okay. I wasn't right either. Grandpa always taught me to be gentle with girls. Does it still hurt..."

Chi-Chi shook her head. "It doesn't hurt anymore. What about you?"

"I don't hurt either!" Wukong scratched his head with a silly grin.

Ox-King looked at Sun Mo and asked, "Wukong, who are these two?"

Sun Mo explained, "Hello, Uncle Ox-King. I'm Sun Mo. Grandpa picked me up later, and I'm Wukong's brother!"

Then he looked at Bulma and introduced her. "She's Bulma, my girlfriend."

Ox-King exclaimed, "I knew it! I clearly remembered my senior brother picking up another kid later. So you came too!"

Sun Mo nodded.

Ox-King sized up Bulma, patted Sun Mo on the shoulder, and continued, "Not only are you tall, but you're also really capable. Having such a pretty girlfriend at your age—that's impressive!"

"You flatter me!" Sun Mo replied politely.

Bulma blushed shyly at the compliment.

"Uncle Ox-King, you're too kind. I'm really not that pretty..."

She glanced at Chi-Chi and thought to herself, "Just a tiny bit prettier than your daughter, a tiny bit gentler, and way smarter..."

Ox-King's focus wasn't on Bulma, though—it shifted to Wukong.

"Wukong, look, your brother already has a girlfriend, but you don't. Don't you think you should find one..."

Ox-King rubbed his hands together and smiled meaningfully.

Wukong blinked in confusion and asked, "Uncle Ox-King, are you going to give me a girlfriend?"

Ox-King immediately said, "Wukong, girlfriends aren't something you give, but it's close enough."

He looked at Chi-Chi and said, "See, my daughter Chi-Chi is this pretty and cute, and she's about your age. How about I betroth her to you? When you grow up, she can be your bride!"

"Let her be my bride?"