A run-in with the Bear Bandit

Bulma and Goku were riding along the old dirt road from the beach in her Capsule Corp. jeep mostly in silence. Goku had tried to make small talk with her several times, to get her to lower her defenses some more, but she was still pretty mad at him. He was actually pretty surprised that she had agreed to his demands at all, all things considered. She must have been pretty open to the idea of using her womanly wiles to get her way, despite whatever emotion she might actually be feeling about it at the moment. Whatever, by the time this adventure was over, he'd have her realize just how much of a slut she actually was.

Just as Goku was thinking that, his danger sense went up, hair prickling at the back of his neck. He could sense something coming right around the bend. As it turned out, his feeling was quite literal, as there was a giant bear man blocking the road.

"Whoa!" Bulma yelled, slamming the brakes and turning the wheel, making the jeep stop just short of the big man's reach. She leaned out the window and shouted at him, "Hey, what gives? Why are you standing in the middle of the road?!"

"Oh well, it's simple, you see," the giant bear grinned maliciously while brandishing a scimitar the length of a traffic sign, "This is my road, and if you wanna use it, ya gotta pay the toll!"

"What the hell?" Bulma frowned, and Goku had to admire what guts she had for a regular human. Just minutes ago she was freaking out over clowns with guns, and now here she was, cussing at an oversized teddy bear. "There was no toll when I came through here before!"

"Ah! My apologies, you must've caught me on my lunch break," the bear man laughed, "But I'm here now, so if ya know what's good for ya, you'll hand over all of your valuables and Capsules!"

"What?! No way!" Bulma told him.

"You sure it's more valuable than your lives?" the bandit laughed crudely and Goku decided he'd heard enough, getting out of the car.

"Oh yeah!" Get 'im, Goku!" Bulma cheered.

"Ooh, that's a mighty fine necklace you got there," the bear bandit sneered as the aforementioned jewelry flashed in the afternoon sun, "Hand it over!"

"Nah," Goku told him, "It's not mine to give away." He then turned his head to Bulma, "And you should know better. If you want me to take this guy, you gotta pay up."

"Hah!" the bear bandit laughed once humorlessly, "You, take me? Don't make me laugh! I'll snap you like a twig!"

"Oh, come on!" Bulma slammed the roof of the car, "He's threatening your life, too, you know!"

"Yeah, but the difference is that he's not that much a threat to me as he is to you," Goku smirked, "So what'll it be?"

"Hey, don't talk to me like I'm not here!" the bear bandit brought down his blade, intending to split Goku in two, but Goku sidestepped it just as it was about to hit him. "Huh?" the bandit asked, confused, but quickly recovered, "Hah, you like that? That was a warning swipe! Next time I won't miss!"

Bulma quivered at the bandit's might, but was brought back to earth by Goku's voice, "Well, Bulma? Are you gonna pay up, or should I just leave you to your own devices?"

"Rrrgh, fine!" Bulma yelled at him, "What do you want?"

"Nothing major," Goku told her, "Just your bra."

"W-what?!"

"No more bra for the rest of the day," Goku told her, wagging a finger at her, "I'll hold onto it until we make camp, and until then you can't wear another one."

"Dammit!" the bear bandit roared, bringing his sword down again and missing again, "Stop ignoring me!" Bulma shook at the sound and miniature quake of the sword's impact.