Red Ribbon Army Saga

After the tournament Goku decided to look for his grandpa's dragonball. Equiped with the dragon radar he flew off on the nimbus cloud. After flying for hours, he came to a lake in the middle of the desert. Goku undressed and dived in for a swim. After swimming for a while he saw Nam being carried by a winged dinosaur. Goku jumped out of the pool got dressed and chased after Nam. He beat up the dinosaur forcing it to drop Nam. Goku asked Nam why he was out in the desert and Nam explained that the river running through his village had dried up, and that he was following it to its source to see what was wrong. When they got to its source they found that the river had been dammed by winged dinosaurs. Nam and Goku explained their situation and asked the dinosaurs to take down the dam. A fight is about to break out when Giran arrives. As head of the tribe he tells them to back off and show Goku some respect. Goku asks Giran to take down the dam but Giran says its impossible. Goku tries to break it down with the kamehameha wave, and is successful. After destroying the dam, Goku goes back to Nam's village with him. The people there are rejoicing because their river is back. Soon the winds pick and a sandstorm blows the river away. The villagers spirits lower until they notice a large lake nearby. The believe it to be the roaming lake. Goku flies off and continues his search for his grandpa's dragonball.

The next day Goku comes to another lake and stops to go for a swim. While in the water a boy steals his stuff and runs off. When Goku returns to shore, he notices that all his stuff is missing. He calls the nimbus cloud and hops on. While flying over a nearby forest Goku gets an idea. He yells out "Power Poll Extend" and his power poll extends out towards him. He grabs it and slides down and catches the theif with his stuff. He grabs it back and gets dress letting the theif run off. Soon he notices that he doesn't have the dragon radar, he follows the boys scent into the nearby city. He gets to a shop and notices the dragon radar on a shelf. He grabs it, when he sees his old enemies Emperor Pilaf, Shou, and Mei walking out with the shopkeeper. In Pilaf's hands he sees the four-star dragonball. Pilaf and his minions run off with Goku in hot pursuit. Pilaf boards his new super fortress and flies off. While Goku chases Pilaf the shopkeeper gets another visiter. A brigade of soldiers enter the shop demanding from him a dragonball. The shopkeeper runs into the back of the shop and get one. He brings it the leader. The brigade's leader, Colonel Silver, purposely drops the ball watching it shatter. Silver orders the man dead and then radios in to base saying that the radar must have been wrong. Meanwhile in his fortress, Pilaf learned the hard way that the dragonball was a counterfeit. He accidently drops it watching it smash. He sees Goku's face in the window. He opens the window and tells Goku to go away. Pilaf gets sucked out of the flying fortress due to wind pressure. Goku makes Pilaf promise to give up the dragonball before rescuing him. Pilaf agrees and stalls Goku while Shou and Mei glue the fake dragonball back together. They give it to Goku and he flies off happy. The dragonball soon breaks and Goku realizes it's not real.

Chi Chi was thinking of Goku back at the Ox King's village. She started thinking of marrying Goku. At first Ox King thinks they're too young but then changes his mind. They go see the town Oracle and she tells them that Goku is coming. They make preparations for a wedding and a feast and wait for Goku. Chi Chi goes off to pick a bouquet of flowers before the wedding. While she's gone a flying ship approaches. The villagers believe it to be Goku. He and too other people claiming to be his cousins come out. After a while Chi Chi still hasn't come back so they start the wedding feast without her. During the feast Goku's face falls off and it turns out to be an imposter. Soon army tanks begin to approach the village. Ox King goes off to do battle with them and war breaks out. The real Goku had just run into Chi Chi. The start to play with each other when the notice smoke coming from the village. They hurry back on the nimbus cloud. When they get there Ox King explains what happened and tells them the dragonball has been stolen. Goku flies off to go get. Chi Chi tells to wait because they still have to get married. Goku tells her he'll be back. Goku uses the dragon radar to try and find the dragonball Pilaf stole, but can't. Soon guns appear from the ground and begin shooting Goku. Goku easily destroys all of them. Soon Goku slips through the sand into a dungeon. He escapes it and runs into Emperor Pilaf holding a dragonball. While Goku chased Pilaf the fortress was being flown out of hiding and was under hot pursuit by the mysterious army which attacked Ox King's village. While flying away on the Nimbus cloud Silver has the army blast him out of the sky. The fortress soon exploded blowing Goku away. Pilaf, Shou, and Mei land right into the army's clutches and are forced to hand over the dragonball then are put under arrest.

Silver brings the dragonball back to the leader of the army Commander Red. Red commermorates him on a job well done then sends him off to find another dragonball in the name of the Red Ribbon Army. The army's dragon radar spots a dragonball in a nearby forest. Silver gets a brigade of soldiers together to go look for it. Goku competes with the army to find the dragonball, but it's the forest's inhabitants that get their hands on the dragonball. The army plans to smoke out the animals by setting the forest on fire. It starts raining then and fire is put out. Goku and the dragonball fall into the river. The wash up miles away. Silver had already estimated where the ball would wash up and more soldiers were there searching for the ball. Using the dragon radar Goku finds it no problem. Nearby the soldiers attempt to beat up Goku and take the dragonball from him but can't. Colonel Silver shows up, and using impressive speed snatches Goku's stuff from him. At the same speed Goku snatches his stuff back. Silver attacks Goku, but Goku gives him a swift kick to the stomach. Goku soon finds a robot and asks it to help him get away. They steal a jet and the robot flies it away towards the north. It soon gets very cold and the robot freezes they crash land and a young girl finds Goku and brings him home.

After Goku thaws out the girl introduces herself and her mother. Goku introduces himself and tells him about his mission to find the four-star dragonball. The girl's mom tells Goku that the red ribbon army showed up one day and forced the village's men to search for a nearby dragonball. Tired of the red ribbon army, Goku tells the girl that he's going to liberate their village from the army. Goku steps outside and freezes and jumps back inside. The girl gives Goku her parka to wear and then wishes him well. Goku heads towards the army's base, Muscle Tower. He quickly defeats the soldiers outside and on the first floor of the tower. He takes off the parka since it's warm in the tower and progresses to the second floor. There he finds that Major Metalitron waiting for him. The two fight, not even the kamehameha wave can take Metalitron down. The wave blasts off Metalitron's head but he still keeps fighting. Soon the robot breaks down and Goku is free to continue climbing Muscle Tower. On the third floor he faces the Ninja Murasaki. Murasaki can't beat him and implores Android Eight as a last resort, but Eight refuses to fight. Goku continues to the next level which is a maze. Android Eight, whom Goku nicknames Eightor, soon arrives and helps Goku find his way out. He leads Goku up to the sixth floor where General White is. General has a trap waiting for them. They fall through a trap door down to the fifth floor. General White introduces them to Buyon. Goku tries fighting Buyon, but Buyon's skin absorbs all attacks. Goku punches a hole in the wall letting the cold air blow in. Buyon soon freezes then Goku destroys his now fragile body with a kick. Then he uses the power poll to return to the sixth floor. Goku and Eightor defeat General White, rescue the village chief and destroy Muscle Tower. The next day Eightor goes to visit Dr. Flappe, his creator, to have the explosives in him removed. After Goku leaves for Bulma's house to get the dragon radar fixed. Before he leaves, Eightor gives Goku a dragonball. He explains that he found it a long time ago, but didn't give it to General White to protect the village. Goku says goodbyes, but then forgets that his nimbus cloud was destroyed by Colonel Silver. The village chief tells him that nimbus clouds can't be destroyed. Goku calls the nimbus cloud and hops on. Heading towards Bulma's city.

When he gets to the city it takes him a long time to find Bulma. When he gets to her house she agrees to fix the radar. She asks him how many dragonballs he's found, he answers two. Bulma decides that she's going with Goku, but Goku refuses to let her since she can't ride the nimbus cloud. Bulma introduces him to her new invention the micro-band which she can use to shrink herself. They take it out for a test drive. Goku sees Yamcha, Puar and Oolong in the park. He flies over to see them but Bulma doesn't want to talk to them and stays hidden. Puar and Oolong try to get Yamcha to break off his relationship with Bulma. Bulma gets angry and comes out of hiding. She and Goku go to the new theme park; Yamcha, Puar, and Oolong go with them. Meanwhile, Commander Red is upset that Goku was able to get two dragonballs when they only have one. His assistant, Star Officer Black, hires Haskey to steal the dragonballs from Goku. Haskey spots him going into the new theme park. She steals tickets to get into the park and then poses as a fortune teller. When Goku and the others come across her she fakes a psychic act pretending to see the dragonballs in her crystal ball. When Goku shows her his dragonballs she takes them and makes a getaway. Fortunenately, Goku gets them back. After their adventure Bulma and Goku take off to find the remaining dragonballs.

The radar leads them to an island near Master Roshi's. Commander Red sends an alert out to General Blue about Goku. The radar indicates that the dragonball is in the ocean. Bulma gets out her capsules but realizes that she switched hers with her dad's. Goku decides to go get it without her. He comes back explaining he can't find it. Bulma suggests going to visit Master Roshi figuring he might have one. General Blue sees them touchdown at Roshi's island on his radar and thinks that they're at their base. Roshi agrees to lend them his submarine but wants Bulma's micro-band for it. Before they leave Krillin asks to go with them, and Roshi happily lets him. When they find the dragonball its out of their reach and they believe they'll need Bulma's micro-band back to get it. General Blue sends a batch of soldiers to Master Roshi's. Master Roshi easily fends them off. General Blue's brigade chases Goku and the others into an underwatercave. Not wanting to leave it because of General Blue they press onward and explore it. They get through a bunch of traps and then get attacked by a robot. Silently trailing them, Blue cleverly seperates Goku from Bulma and Krillin. Krillin and Bulma find the room with the legendary Pirate Treasure and Blue finally shows himself. Krillin and Blue begin fighting and Blue uses a special technique to paralyse Krillin and then beat him up. Goku finally shows up and Blue uses the same technique on him. Luckily for Goku a rat scurries by which startles General Blue breaking his concentration and freeing Goku. The cave begins to crumble around them. Goku tells Krillin and Bulma to go ahead without him while he and Blue finish their fight. Blue gives up and gets out while he still can. Goku friends await him outside the cave.

Goku escapes the cave in a nick of time. They land near the base of the Red Ribbon Army. Goku stocks up on food for the ride home, and they take a plane back to Master Roshi's. When they get there Bulma presents Roshi with a diamond to pay for the submarine they lost. Suddenly, the wicked Launch snatches the diamond and escapes the island using the plane. They all go inside knowing that Launch will eventually sneeze and return to her good self, then return to the island with the jewel. While inside strange blue rope suddenly attacks and ties them up. Then, General Blue walks in the house and they are astonished to see that he survived. While they are tied up he steals their dragonballs and leaves a bomb that will detonate in five minutes. Despite their efforts they can't break free, but Launch returns in a nick of time. She unties Goku and he throws the bomb out the window. Goku hops on the nimbus and chases after the General. He catches up to Blue and they eventually crash in a nearby village. In the village Goku meets Arale who agrees to help him search for the renegade General. General Blue is told of a plane at Dr. Sembé's. Meanwhile Goku gets the idea of finding his dragonball's using the radar but it is broken. Arale takes him to Dr. Sembé's. Sembé manages to fix the radar and gives it Goku. Blue then makes his appearance. He psychically paralyses Goku and steals the dragon radar. Sembé tricks Arale into beating up Blue. She hits so hard he ends up in a different land. Sembé's son makes Goku a new dragon radar. Goku says his good-byes, and leaves on his nimbus cloud.

Captain Yellow's brigade searches for a dragonball in an active volcano near the land of Korin. The volcano erupts, and the dragonball is blasted far away. The ball lands near a Native, named Borah, and his son Upa. They are soon confronted by Captain Yellow and his brigade. They demand the dragonball and try to take by force. Borah simply beats them up. Captain Yellow retreats and radio's Red, explaining his dilemma. Red won't take his excuses and commands him to go back. Captain Yellow kidnaps Upa from the safety of his jet-plane, and demands Borah trades the dragonball for his son. Goku appears suddenly. He sees the Red Ribbon symbol on Yellow's jet and attacks him. He rescues Upa and brings him to his Dad. Borah gratefully gives Goku the dragonball in exchange for his son. Goku is excited to have finally found the four-star dragonball. Goku asks Borah about the tall tower in the middle of the land. Borah tells Goku the legend of Korin. The tower had been built for Korin the land's guardian. Anyone who can climb the tower will get the sacred water and the water will make their power increase. Goku decides to climb the tower, remembering how difficult his fights with General Blue were.

Meanwhile, Commander Red was tired of his men's failures. He has Black call in some outside help. The legendary mercenary Tao is called and arrives shortly. They explain to him the situation, and hire him to assassinate Goku. He announces the bill and they become sceptical of his price. Just then, General Blue returns. Commander Red tells him to get lost for failing to defeat Goku. Blue presents the dragon radar he stole from Goku. Red announces that Blue must redeem himself by defeating Tao in battle. Tao and Blue prepare for battle, but Tao doesn't even put up his guard. He announces that he'll only need his tongue to beat Blue. Blue attacks Tao, but can't land a single punch. Just as he boasted, Tao strikes Blue dead with his tongue. Red agrees to Tao's price and reminds him releave Goku of his dragonballs. Tao uses a column to transport himself to Goku. He throws it to the land of Korin and then hops on. He arrives at the base of Korin tower, almost killing Goku and Borah with his landing. Tao demands the dragonballs from Goku, but Borah decides to defend his new friend and challenges Tao to a fight. Without much effort Tao kills Borah. Goku gets angry and attacks Tao. Goku is no more sucessful than any of Tao's previous opponents. Goku soon becomes desperate and resorts to his Kamehameha wave. The energy blast shreds Tao's clothes but doesn't effect him. Tao becomes annoyed that Goku destroyed his custom-made Gi, Tao decides to finish Goku with his Dodon Ray. He grabs Goku's badpack and leaves him for dead. Using unique mode of transportation Tao leaves. He stops at a town where he can get a new Gi, and phones Red, announcing he will return in three days. Red tells Tao that he forgot a dragonball, so Tao agrees to make a stop for the dragonball before he returns.

Back at Korin's tower, Upa sadly buries his father. He begins to bury Goku who suprisingly awakens. Upa is happy that Goku is alive. Goku deduces that his grandpa's dragonball absorbed the blast. Goku resolves to climb Korin tower. Goku climb of the tower takes him a full day. When he arrives at the top he is greeted by a cat named Korin. Goku explains his dilemma and demands the sacred water. Korin shows Goku the sacred water and tells him to take it. Goku walks over to take it, but Korin stops him. Goku is confused by this, and asks if he can have the water. Korin tells Goku he can, but again stops him before he can actually aquire it. Korin explains to Goku that if he wants the water he must take from him. Goku tries, but Korin is always one step ahead of him. Goku decides to start imitating Korin, and after three days, he is fast enough to snatch away the water. Goku happily drinks the water. Korin reveals that the water is just ordinary tap water. The climb of the tower boasted Goku's strength and endurance, and the task of snatching the water increased his speed and sharpened his mind. Goku thanks Korin for his help and descends the tower. When he reaches the bottom, Tao is waiting for him. They begin fighting, and their rematch is the exact opposite of the original. Desparate, Tao decides to climb the tower and get the sacred water. Goku and Upa wait for him and he returns the next afternoon. Goku and Tao fight, and the fight is in Tao's favour. When Tao thinks Goku can take no more Goku rises. Goku admits Tao is stronger, but he still isn't strong enough. Goku retalliates and beats Tao up. As a desparate last move, Tao tries to destroy Goku with a hand grenade, but Goku kicks it back at him before it can explode. With Tao gone Goku takes back his dragonball and heads to Red Ribbon Headquarters for a rematch. He promises Upa that he'll wish back Borah with the dragonballs after he's collected all of them.

Meanwhile at Roshi's, Bulma finishes her latest invention: a scout plane. She activates it and, using a built in dragon radar, she easily finds Goku. Based on his coordinates, Bulma realizes that Goku is heading towards the Red Ribbon Army's base. Her scout plane is destroyed while scoping the base out. They know that Goku will need help, so they decide to help him. Without a way to get to Goku, Bulma thinks of calling Yamcha, but Roshi doesn't have a phone. She builds a phone and calls Yamcha. He quickly gets a jet, and takes Oolong and Puar to Roshi's island with him. They pick up Launch, Roshi and Bulma, then head toward the Red Ribbon base to help their friend. The army shuts down their automated defences to let Goku in thinking he is Tao. Red sends out a soldier to intercept Tao, but the soldier reports seeing a young boy on a cloud. Goku recognizes the plane the soldier is in as property of the Red Ribbon Army. In a fit he destroys it, then progresses towards the main headquarters. Slowly yet steadily, Goku defeats the soldiers guarding the base complex. They eventually begin to flee. Officer Black tries to convince Red to abandon the base, but the stubbon leader won't listen. They both head to the room the dragonballs are being kept in to secure them. Using his dragonradar Goku closes in on the dragonballs and Commander Red. Red leaves Black in the room and tells him to defeat Goku. Goku finds Black and asks him nicely for the dragonballs, but the Officer ignorantly attacks Goku. Goku retaliates knocking Black out the window. Suddenly the ceiling comes crashing down. Outside the building Black overhears Red talking to himself. Red reveals that he had planned to sacrifice Black to defeat Goku and atain his dragonballs. Red also lets it slip that he wanted the power of the dragonballs to become taller. Black confronts Red and scolds him for using the army to atain such a selfish goal. Red chatises Black and returns that whatever he wants is what the army wants. Black's temper is pushed over the edge and he kills the Commander. Goku, who had also survived the trap, had finally freed himself and approaches Black. Black tells Goku that he wants to them to team up, and that Red had forced the army into doing his bidding. Goku doesn't buy Black's story and asks for the dragonballs again. With his failed negotiations, Black suits up his battle armor. He and Goku fight round two. Black strikes Goku down and finishes him with a mega missle. The army members, that had been to scared to run away, come out of hiding and cheer on their new commander. Their celebration is cut short when Goku attacks Black from seemingly nowhere. Black's armor is destroyed, and the remainder of the army flees. Goku takes Black's two dragonballs and activates his radar to find the last.