Go West, Young Goku

A Grateful Village

Night has fallen, and Suno's family crowds around the table while Goku shovels food into his mouth. Suno's father and the village elder keep thanking Goku and Hatchan for what they did at Muscle Tower. When the missing Dragon Ball comes up, Hatchan sheepishly produces the Two-Star Ball, explaining that he found it outside during his shifts and hid it so General White would not exterminate the village once the search was over. Moved, the elder invites the giant to live in his house. Hatchan worries that being an artificial human should disqualify him, but the elder waves the objection away: a good heart is a good heart, no matter what built the body.

One More Ball, One More Goodbye

Hatchan tearfully asks Goku to stay too, but Goku shakes his head. The Two-Star Ball is not his grandfather's keepsake, and he has six more to find. He promises they will meet again someday. The children head off to Suno's room, where Hatchan and Goku bed down in futons. Suno offers to keep the Dragon Balls, then thinks better of it in case the Red Ribbon Army returns, so Goku tucks them into his sack along with the Dragon Radar. When he clicks the radar to check the next signal, nothing happens. The device must have taken a hit during the fighting, and neither Hatchan nor Goku can repair it. The only fix is a trip back to Bulma's house in West City.

Kinto-Un Returns

The next morning the villagers gather outside to see Goku off, bundled up against the snow. When Suno's father asks how he plans to reach West City on foot, an older man overhears the word Kinto-Un and perks up. He explains that riders with pure hearts once summoned cloud mounts like it all the time in his youth, and suggests Goku try calling rather than assuming the cloud was destroyed. Goku shouts into the sky, and the Flying Nimbus whooshes down to meet him. He hugs it, waves goodbye, and rockets off toward West City.