Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Lucky Charms ❯ We Didn't Start the Fire ( Chapter 6 )

Lucky Charms - Chapter 6

A/N: First of all, thank you to everyone who has reviewed. I know my updates aren't exactly what you'd call frequent. I'm at a highly stressful time in my life and writing is definitely helping. Hope you all enjoy Chapter 6. Don't forget to review ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Fritos, Dragonball Z, or Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire".

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A loud belch erupted from inside the Kame House. Master Roshi poured Cell some more gin.

Cell grinned. "You guys…" he paused to hiccup, "are really great. I'm sorry for trying to kill you."

"Aww…nah, man, it's nothin'…no…harm done." Yamcha drawled.

Gohan raised an eyebrow. Everyone in the house, with the exception of himself, was more than a little bit tipsy. He never had liked alcohol and preferred to be the designated driver…but in most cases, he was the designated flyer.

Krillin slung back another beer. "You know what would be great? An eating contest."

Lucky threw his shamrock hat up and shouted in approval…until he realized that due to his size, he would be the first to lose the competition. "Err…I'll be the judge!"

Gohan smiled half-heartedly. Being half Saiyan, he could easily win the contest no sweat. However, he didn't exactly pride himself on being a living garbage disposal either. "Heh, I'll be the second judge!" No one argued with that. "But first, some ground rules. Number one, the foods you will all be eating are Fritos. Number two, no hindering another's progress in any way. Number three, the set time will be thirty minutes. You will begin when I say `Go'. Gohan paused. "Oh yeah, number four, no absorbing."

Cell cursed loudly. Gohan looked around quickly before grabbing a bag of candy off the table. "The winner of the contest receives these…err…Swedish Fish!" The contestants ohhhed and ahhed. "Alright" he checked one last time to make sure everyone had equal numbers of Frito bags. "Go!"

And the great eating contest began.

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Piccolo flipped through the brightly colored book. Strange words and names were repeated throughout it. Marilyn Monroe? Einstein? Who were these people? All of this information was so new and fascinating. The more he read, the more enthralled the Namek became. He decided to start reading from the beginning of the book, the year 1949…

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray,

South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe Dimaggio,

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television,

North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe,

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom,

Brando, The King and I and The Catcher in the Rye

Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new Queen,

Marciano, Liberace, Santayana good-bye.

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning,

Since the world's been turning.

We didn't start the fire

Well we didn't light it,

But we tried to fight it.

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev

Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist bloc,

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Tosconini, Dacron,

Dien Bien Phu falls, Rock Around the Clock,

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team,

Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev,

Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez,

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning,

Since the world's been turning.

We didn't start the fire

Well we didn't light it,

But we tried to fight it.

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac,

Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge on the River Kwai,

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball,

Starkweather homicide, Children of Thalidomide,

Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia,

Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go,

U-2, Syngman Rhee, Payola, and Kennedy,

Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo.

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning,

Since the world's been turning.

We didn't start the fire

Well we didn't light it,

But we tried to fight it.

Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land,

Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs Invasion,

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania,

Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston Beats Patterson,

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex,

JFK blown away, What else do I have to say?

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning,

Since the world's been turning,

We didn't start the fire

Well we didn't light it,

But we tried to fight it.

Birth control, Ho Chi-Minh, Richard Nixon back again,

Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, Punk Rock,

Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airlines

Ayatollahs in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan,

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, Heavy Metal, Suicide,

Foreign debts, Homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz,

Hypodermics on the shore, China's Under Martial Law,

Rock and Roller Cola Wars, I can't take it anymore!

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning,

Since the world's been turning.

We didn't start the fire

But when we are gone

It will still burn on and on and on and on…

Thoroughly impressed, Piccolo placed the book back on its shelf. It was a good thing he could speed-read, because he had no sort of currency with which to pay for the book anyway. He left the store in search of Goku, and was shocked by the sight that greeted him.

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The mob of very angry, not to mention, very hungry people pushed closer and closer to Goku. He apologized nervously. "I'm really sorry! I was just so hungry! I didn't mean to eat all the food in the food court!"

A woman with blonde curly hair pointed an accusing finger at him. "He ate my child's kid's meal!" A screaming little boy next to her only served as further evidence.

Goku bit his lip before his eyes suddenly brightened. He reached for something in one of the empty bags he was holding and withdrew it, holding it out to the little boy. "Oh! I know! Here's the free toy!"

The little boy only screamed louder. An older man raised his fist in the air and shook it. "This freak has eaten all of our food! I say we eat him!" And the crowd looked just hungry enough to do it…when suddenly, the "freak" put two fingers to his forehead and disappeared.

Goku grabbed the stunned Piccolo's arm and I.T.ed again to the other side of the mall. "Wow! That was a close one!" He reached to scratch the back of his head.

Piccolo growled. "You ate ALL of the food in the FOOD COURT?!"

Goku put a finger to his black lips. "Shh! They'll hear you! Besides, I didn't mean t…" He was cut off because of what he saw before him. A glowing sign above a clean looking store that read West City Pharmacy. "Piccolo! This is it!" He pointed.

Piccolo smirked and pulled Goku in the store by one of the chains around his neck. They approached the pharmaceutical counter. A friendly looking older man greeted them. "May I help you?"

Goku reached into the shopping bag holding his clothes and pulled out the crumpled prescription. He handed it to the man who put on a pair of glasses to take a closer look at it. The man nodded. "It'll be a minute." He then went to find the medicine.

Piccolo scowled. "I cannot WAIT to get out of this place!"

Goku grinned sheepishly. "Ah, come on" he nudged Piccolo playfully. "It's been kinda fun! I mean, someday, we'll look back on this whole day and laugh!"

Piccolo narrowed his eyes. "Ha. Ha."

Just then, the pharmacist returned and handed Goku a little bag holding the prescribed medication in a plastic container. "You can pay at the front counter."

Goku smiled and was led by Piccolo to the counter at the front of the store. The Saiyan dug through the bag containing his training gi for a minute before blinking in realization. "…I don't have any money!"

The world came to a sudden halt as Goku's denseness hit an ultimate low.

To Be Continued…