Dragon Ball: A Better Bulma

Even though the machines had no Ki that Goku could sense, he could feel the threat of the robot in front of him. Not only that, but the hot air coming from the machine was even a bit suffocating, but he had enough stamina to withstand such a temperature. 

"Let's see what you can do against this," Pilaf shouted before pointing at Goku with the huge mechanical palms of his creation. 

Without knowing why, Goku's tail bristled as he saw this, and then his figure flashed quickly, dodging two blue lines that hit the spot where he had been standing. 

An explosion alerted everyone present, and after the dust and smoke cleared, a huge crater appeared on the spot. Yamcha, who had arrived near the battle, saw this scene and felt a chill. 

"This is much stronger than before," muttered the boy, who remembered fighting this same machine long ago and could even see some of what it could do. 

It was nowhere near as destructive as it was now, but perhaps the residual heat emitted by the robot had something to do with it. Yamcha hid better than, moving away from the area where Pilaf could attack, he didn't want to die just as a spectator. 

Pilaf's sensors tracked Goku effectively, even marking him with a laser pointer that operated at spectra invisible to the human eye, all to enhance the young man's tracking. 

The machine then propelled itself toward Goku at a higher speed than before. Rings of water vapor were even created behind the huge mechanical body, followed by several sonic blasts. 

The giant red palm approached Goku, who used his magic staff to attack and defend at the same time. But this time, the strength of the mechanical creation overpowered him a bit, causing his feet to slip back a bit. 

"You won't be able to defeat one of my greatest creations!" the other mechanical palm seemed to subtly shift, and shockwaves erupted from it. 

Pilaf had attacked with an extremely high concentration of sound waves. Not only did they send Goku flying from the sudden attack, but they also knocked him off balance, preventing him from landing on his feet.

Not only that, the waves went through some of his armor protection and made him feel uncomfortable inside. Fortunately, much of the damage had been mitigated by his armor, but with his back to the ground and double vision, he couldn't do much against Pilaf's subsequent attacks. 

"Great Emperor Pilaf always wins! Hahaha!" the large Pilaf machine appeared in the air Goku's body,

Missiles erupted from its shoulders and split into smaller missiles, all aimed at the fallen Saiyan. The sense of danger caused Goku to act without thinking, despite the dizziness. 

A whitish aura emerged from Goku and the Ki in his body quickly transformed into a half-dome of yellow energy composed of hexagons like a beehive. The explosions were not only loud but also raised a lot of dust and covered the whole place with smoke. 

"So an energy spike appeared before the impact? A different technique for sure, but even if you're still alive, will you be able to fight this?" Pilaf let his robot fall to the ground, then the central part of the robot began to deform. 

Soon, something resembling a cannon appeared in that area of the machine, and small rays of light seemed to be attracted to the possible weapon, at the same time, a buzzing sound could be heard, getting higher and higher. 

"Goku!" Chi-Chi had shouted just before the explosions. 

The girl was in a tough fight against Pilaf's very well-organized henchmen, and although she had killed dozens of them, they had also managed to wound her with their strange swords. 

They were weapons that were able to penetrate the thin layer of ki that every martial artist could use to increase their body's defense during a fight. Sure, it could be because she was the weakest of the group so far, but it was also a sign of the power of the technology when used well.

Luckily, the wounds were only superficial and in exposed places, and most of the attacks fell more on her protective clothing than anything else. Bulma had noticed the uncomfortable situation Chi-Chi was in but did not help her.

This was not only a way to train the young warrior, but also a lesson in humility. The weak could hurt the strong if they played their cards right, this was more than evident in Dragon Ball. 

She wanted to teach her not to be overconfident in her abilities or power, to always strive to be better, to go further, but most of all, not to let her guard down or underestimate seemingly weak enemies. 

She did not want Goku to be injured on her watch by a laser weapon that had reached divine levels in the future, nor did she want her friends to die from the self-destruction of a weak enemy that could be easily defeated. 

So Bulma just looked around to make sure Chi-Chi was physically okay before turning her attention to Pilaf, something about the weapon caught the blue-haired's attention. 

"Absorbing ambient energy to prevent your robot from running out of power? Pilaf has some interesting ideas," she muttered, looking at the weapon that was charging its attack more and more. 

A flash of red light came from the cannon as the charge seemed to be fully completed. And then Pilaf focused the direction of his attack directly on the life form blocked by his robot. 

When visibility returned to the area where Goku stood, a yellow dome was the first thing all onlookers saw. Soon, this ki creation exploded into specks of light, and Goku appeared before everyone, shaking the dust off his shoulder. 

"That sonic attack was interesting! I should replicate it later!" exclaimed Goku as his eyes focused on Pilaf's giant robot. 

"Monkey boy, do you think you'll have another day besides this one? My big machine, Pilaf's main weapon, can punch through mountains!" Pilaf bragged about the power of his big weapon, but Goku just cocked his head to the side without much understanding. 

"I can do that too, look," Goku then struck a pose, but this one was different from the one he did when he wanted to attack the Kame Hame Ha.

Goku's right arm was close to his side, and suddenly, air was expelled from his surroundings. Pilaf's detectors indicated that a high-energy reaction was building up inside the boy, but he didn't need those indicators, he could see it directly. 

Goku had clenched his fist and seemed to accumulate a large amount of Ki in it, to the point that his limb began to glow, but unlike the yellow, white, or ordinary glow of his usual techniques, this one was crimson. 

"My grandfather has many interesting techniques, my older sister has also created her own, and even the Pervert Master created the Kame Hame Ha, so why can't I create a technique of my own? 

I'm not a genius to use science in my own technique, so I went to something I understand, Fists! Come on, Screaming Emperor, try my fist," Goku said with much excitement on his face as he completed the charge of his attack. 

'Bulma will beat me after this... But lines while fighting are always cool,' Goku thought, ignoring the stinging sensation he got from Bulma's gaze. 

"I will beat him when his fight is over," Bulma muttered as she watched Goku's technique with a smile, a feeling of pride flooded her chest as she watched this scene. 

"But also to congratulate him for creating his technique and keeping it a secret, why will he have that color?" Bulma wondered quietly. 

Then her senses picked up something subtle, something so minuscule that she would not have been able to detect it were it not for her closeness to nature, her perception of ki, and her ability to sense emotions. 

"Emotions? Pride? And a touch of wildness. Goku, by Kami-Sama, what technique did you create?" not only she wondered aloud, but also Kami-Sama, who watched the fight from the lookout.

"By me, what strange technique is this?" muttered Kami-Sama as he watched the whole fight. 

Kami-Sama wasn't surprised by the abilities that Pilaf's machine had, he had seen a lot of strange technologies in the past years, but it caught his attention how it absorbed energy from the environment for its seemingly greatest attack.

But how did Goku use emotion and some of the wild nature of the power that lay within him? Attacks that could provoke or harness emotions already existed, such as Devilman's signature technique. 

But nothing as direct as this. Goku and Pilaf, both with similarly colored attacks, only Pilaf's was ruby red, while Goku's was crimson. 

As if the two were synchronized, they both attacked. Pilaf's robot cannon fired a huge pillar of red energy that pierced the air, while Goku lunged forward while shouting. 

"Ozaru's Fist!" Goku's shout seemed to be accompanied by an additional voice, a low but shrill growl as if a large creature was declaring the name of this attack in its language. 

The beam of energy from Goku's fist transformed into a giant red fist that met Pilaf's attack head-on. Both energies collided head-on, fighting each other without taking a single step. 

The clash of the two attacks caused small motes of energy to jump out, shattering the surroundings. The brightness was so intense that normal people had to close their eyes to avoid being blinded, while both Bulma and Yamcha kept their eyes open, not wanting to miss anything. 

"This is the power a martial artist can achieve? I thought they were just exaggerated tales... how powerful was that Great Demon King of the past to intimidate all the martial artists of his time?" muttered Pilaf reluctantly as he watched the energy levels of his machine. 

He lost, he didn't need to doubt that, even though both attacks collided fiercely, it was more than obvious that his energy attack had been pushed back several meters, and even with the support of external energy, his robot's power core was almost on its last legs. 

"No matter, this just gives me a glimpse of what lies ahead on my path. I can feel ideas coming into my head. 

How to improve charging speed, and burn intensity, how to reduce power loss... So many ideas! Thank you, Monkey Boy!" Pilaf shouted, though no one but him could hear his words. 

Goku watched as his attack pushed his opponent's attack further and further, and then to eliminate any remaining resistance from his opponent, he accessed a pinch of the hidden power that lay within him.

The growl then came from his mouth, his energy seemed to expand and thicken, feeding on that power. Goku's energy attack surpassed anything that had been seen in this world. 

His Ozaru's Fist not only covered the Pilaf Machine, but continued to sweep through the forest, through the mountains, and finally through the sky before finally piercing the clouds. 

Kami-Sama watched as the fist of crimson energy shot through the atmosphere and disappeared into low Earth orbit. Nothing remained in front of Goku, but his ki senses picked up three human presences speeding away from the battlefield. 

Pilaf's remaining men saw this and retreated, leaving Chi-Chi alone and feeling a strange sense of loss at this point. Although she had eliminated many enemies, she felt as if she had failed in this battle. 

Then she promised herself that she would become stronger, so strong that no weak enemy could run away from her or attack her effectively. Chi-Chi got close enough to Goku to hear what the Saiyan said when he looked in a certain direction.

"I hope you bring me new emotions later, Emperor," Goku muttered before touching his stomach, which made a characteristic sound. 

"Bulma~ I'm hungry!"