Chapter 5

“Did you find him?” Bulma asked Vegeta as he entered the cabin.

“No, I couldn’t find him,” Vegeta sighed.  “Is lunch ready?” he asked.

“It’s ready,” Bulma answered and they started to eat.

“Did you get any help?” Vegeta asked Bulma after shoving a spoonful of food in his mouth.

“Yes.  The forest rangers of this national park said they would help us,” Bulma replied.

“I’m done lunch.  I’ll try to find him again,” Vegeta said, getting up from his chair.

“Good luck Vegeta and be careful.”

***

“I’m starving Arbok.  You stay here and I’ll find something for us to eat,” Trunks told Arbok and
got up.

“Char,” Arbok hissed softly, getting up too.

“You stay here.  You’re still weak from battling that bear,” Trunks said.  Arbok shook its head,
dropping the healing leaves from its hood.  “Huh?” Trunks gasped as he saw Arbok’s wounds
were all healed.  “No animal can heal that fast.  Wow, you’re no ordinary snake,” Trunks
chuckled.  “Okay, you can come with me,” he said happily and Arbok followed.

Trunks kept walking around the forest with Arbok slithering beside him.  “Geez.  We haven’t
found anything,” Trunks said as he sank on the ground, too tired to walk.

“Charbocka,” Arbok hissed gently as he wrapped Trunks’ waist with his tail and putted him on his
hood.

“All right!  Thanks Arbok,” Trunks said happily as he got on Arbok.  Trunks turned his head to
the right and something caught his eye.  “Look, a pond!” he cried.  “Arbok turn to your right,” he
told Arbok and he slithered to his right.

Trunks got off Arbok and ran to the pond.  He bent down and scooped up water with his hands,
drinking it.  “Now it’s time to eat!” Trunks cried as he took out a capsule from his pocket and
threw it on the ground.  It turned into a little camping kit.  “It’s a good thing that I brought this
with me,” he giggled.  He opened the kit and it contained a little lighter, a flash light, a rope, and
other camping stuff.  “Hey Arbok, do you think you can catch a fish for me in that pond?” he
asked.

Arbok nodded saying “yes.”  He putted the tip of his tail in the pond, acting like a fishing rod.
After a few moments Arbok yanked his tail from the pond with a fish biting it.  Trunks quickly
grabbed the fish and slammed it on the ground.

“All right!  Good work Arbok!” Trunks exclaimed.  Trunks gathered some wood and used his
camping lighter to make a fire.  He putted a stick through the fish and began to roast it on the fire.

***

“What is that?” Vegeta asked himself as he saw smoke rising from the forest below while flying.
“It’s probably Trunks!” he exclaimed mentally and headed towards the smoke.

***

“Hey this is good!” Trunks cried as he bit the roasted fish.  “Do you want some Arbok?” he
asked.  Arbok nodded saying “no.”  “Oh yeah.  I forgot, reptiles don’t have to eat as much as
warm blooded animals,” he chuckled.

Trunks putted the fire out that he made when he was done eating.  He and Arbok were about to
leave the pond and then Vegeta came.

“Trunks, stay away from that slithering reptile!” Vegeta yelled at Trunks.

“Huh?  Papa?  Papa!” Trunks cried as he saw Vegeta land on the ground.  Vegeta powered up
and aimed for Arbok.  “Papa what do you think you’re doing?” Trunks asked as he came between
Vegeta and Arbok.

“Get out of the way Trunks!  Snakes are dangerous!  I don’t see why this one hasn’t attacked you
yet!” Vegeta growled, preparing to fire on Arbok.  Trunks didn’t move.

“Papa!  No!  This snake is my friend!  He helped me when I was attacked by a snake and a bear!”

“What?  That slithering reptile is your friend?” Vegeta said doubtly, powering down.

“Yes Papa.”

Vegeta walked over to Trunks and hugged him.  “Why did you go to the forests without me or
your Mama?  You’re lucky I found you,” Vegeta scolded.

“Well, I saw Arbok and I followed him all the way here and then I got lost,” Trunks  explained.

“Arbok?  Is that its name?”

“Yes,” Trunks answered.  “Can we keep him Papa?  Please?” Trunks begged and made a puppy
face at Vegeta.

“Humph, well, since this reptile helped you...  Well, we’ll keep him,” Vegeta said hesitantly.

“All right!  Thanks Papa!” Trunks cried happily as he hugged Vegeta tighter.  Vegeta chuckled at
Trunks and looked at Arbok.

“How ironic, of all the creatures to help my son... a snake?  I’ve all ways been told that snakes are
treacherous, evil creatures,” Vegeta thought.  “I feel that there’s something different about that
thing,” Vegeta told Trunks.

“Me too.  Arbok can shoot sharp objects and acid from his mouth.”

“Oh well, we’ll get your Mama to examine him.  Come on Trunks, we better go back to the
cabin,” Vegeta said as he let go of Trunks.

“Come on Arbok,” Trunks called to Arbok.

“Ha ha ha ha!  Wasn’t that cute?  Oh my, ha ha ha ha, Vegeta HUGGING a kid?” a voice choked
with laughter.

“Yes, ha ha ha ha, that’s priceless!”

“Huh?” Vegeta gasped as he turned around and saw to whom the voices belonged to.

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