Last time on Dragonball Z:
Goku and Gohan had completed their training in the time chamber. Trunks had filled them in on the tournament that Cell was holding only to find out that Goku will not be able to defeat him, but he was relaxed about it. Thinking it suspicious, everyone wanted to know what he was planning, but he kept it to himself. After meeting Cell and having Korin declare that his statement was true, Goku and Gohan went to Kame house to pick up Chi-Chi and bring her home.
The surprise wasn't such a pleasant one for Chi-Chi. She was relieved to see the two of them in perfect health, but blonde?
Chi-Chi slide to the ground crying about how her son, Gohan, had dyed his hair blonde and turned into a delinquent when in reality he had just perfected Super Saiyan for the first time. "My sweet little Gohan has become a delinquent!" wailed Chi-Chi infront of everyone.
"No it's not like that." Goku tried to clear up the situation and calm her down.
Continuation: Day 1
"Then how do you explain what happened to my sweet little boy?" Chi-Chi continued to wail. Then she brew up a possible answer to her question, she came to the conclusion that Goku might be behind this.
Immediately, her wailing became anger as she stood up clutching her fist with rage. Everyone knew what Chi-Chi was capable of, so they stepped back to let Goku handle this.
"Goku!" She yelled at his direction while Gohan stepped back, nervous for his own father, "Did you do this to my Gohan? Do you not remember what we agreed on when it came to his future? Do you think this is funny?" Chi-Chi came awfully close to Goku that he had to bring his right leg back to support his angled body, "Well, do you? Answer me!"
"No, of course not," Goku replied with his hands up in the air in defense.
While Chi-Chi confronted Goku, the team were having a conversation of their own.
"Who knew that even Goku has his weakness," Krillin was terrified for his buddy, "I wouldn't want to be him right now."
"Yeah," Yamcha agreed, "I'd rather be facing Cell right now than that." Puar, Chiaotzu and Gohan were surprised by his remark. He would rather be infront of the most powerful android in the universe or the most powerful person in the universe for that matter than face Chi-Chi?
"i don't know Yamcha. I'd rather face my mom than face Cell." Gohan joined in.
"That's easy for you to say," Yamcha stood up straight with his hands on his hips, "You're a Super Saiyan."
Puar, Chiaotzu, Gohan and Krillin bursted out laughing knowing that a Super Saiyan wasn't afraid of anything, but Chi-Chi was too in the moment of lecturing Goku that she had forgotten about her surroundings.
"Now, now boys," Master Roshi intervened, "If you had a wife, she would be your weakness too, but in Goku's case he chose the most frightening woman alive!" Everyone continued to laugh.
Unfortunately for Master Roshi, Chi-Chi had stopped her lecturing with Goku to hear what he had to say about her. Before Goku knew it, Chi-Chi was yelling at Master Roshi.
"What was that?" Chi-Chi eye's were on fire.
Master Roshi felt small, "Did I say frightening? I meant lovely!" He laughed nervously, "I mean look at you! You have beautiful curves, strength and your 'boom boom' 'boom boom'." He motioned his hands together near her chest and moved them inwards than outwards to synchronize with his 'boom boom's.
Chi-Chi's eyes twitched as she gave Master Roshi the punch of fury that caused him to fly through the wall and into the kitchen. More than ever, everyone made sure to keep their mouth shut.
Goku blinked as his eyes trailed from his wife to the hole on the wall to Master Roshi who was leaning against the counter all dizzy. He was really impressed by her strength, but he wasn't sure if he should be proud that she was his wife or terrified for his life.
Goku started laughing to lighten the situation as he walked to his wife's side, "That's our cue to go." He picked up his wife, who was caught off guard, and gestured Gohan that they were leaving. "Krillin you better go check on Master Roshi."
"Right," Krillin ran to the kitchen, "I'll see you soon."
"I'll come along," Puar followed after him.
"I'll see you guys at the tournament." Goku waved his goodbye and made his way out the door first.
"Bye!" Oolong, Yamcha, Chiaotzu waved.
"See you!" Gohan waved and followed after his father while closing the door.
Goku flew off first and Gohan came close by.
Chi-Chi had her arms crossed in Goku's arms, "He deserved it, calling me frightening and his perverted nature!" She had forgotten all about Gohan's blonde hair.
"But hun," Goku said while concentrating on the distance, "You are frightening if you want to be."
Chi-Chi's eyes were twitching again, "Are you implying something Goku?"
Goku glanced down at his wife and knew she was about to burst again, "No, of course not!" He laughed and as a habit placed one of his arm behind his head causing Chi-Chi to loose balance and fall down.
She was screaming, "Goku!"
Gohan watched in shock from afar, "DAD!"
Goku stopped laughing then noticed Chi-Chi wasn't in his arm anymore. He looked down, "Eek!" He went full speed after Chi-Chi and caught her just in time before she fell into the ocean. "Sorry, babe."
Chi-Chi's heart was palpitating as she made sure to hold onto Goku tightly this time. She had her arms around his neck and she was too shakened up by the near incident that she had no energy to yell at him.
Gohan flew be his father's side, "Be more careful, dad."
"I know, I'm sorry," Goku smiled innocently.
Gohan was in Chi-Chi's view now and then it clicked. The whole thing that started this was Gohan's dyed hair! "When we get back home, I'm going to dye your hair back to black!"
"But mom!" Gohan tried to explain, but Goku managed to do it.
"Chi-Chi, it's not like that." Goku kept repeating himself, "My hair is blonde too."
"So you admit that its your fault!" Chi-Chi was aggravated.
"No,no!" Goku argued, "His hair is only blonde temporarily. It only turns blonde when we become Super Saiyans remember?" Goku had shared his story of defeating Freeze on Namek before.
"Then stop being a Super Saiyan!" Chi-Chi fought back.
"We can't." Goku reasoned.
"Why not?" Chi-Chi was displeased with his answer.
"Because transformation takes up a lot of energy," Goku explained while continuing to focus on what was infront of him, "And Gohan had to figure that out himself in the Time Chamber when he turned into a Super Saiyan for the first time, isn't that right Gohan?"
Gohan nodded, "Yeah, mom, it felt like I was running around the world several times."
"Right," Goku took it from there, "We can't afford to waste all that energy when transforming, but at the same time we need the Super Saiyan power. Somehow we have to get to a point where it feels natural to be a Super Saiyan so that we can stay like that the whole time. For this to work, I have told Gohan to stay a Super Saiyan for a while to get him use to the feeling. Now do you see, Chi-Chi?" Goku looked down at his wife.
"I don't know what you're muttering about Goku," Chi-Chi's still had her frustrated look, "And I'll probably never understand this Super Saiyan stuff, but I'm Goku's wife and this is to be expected." She smiled at him.
"Thanks hun," Goku smiled back.
Chi-Chi wasn't finished though, "But when we get home, Gohan has to go study like you promised me. No more fighting nonsense. Okay?" Her voice became strict.
"A promise is a promise," Goku agreed.
"Good." Chi-Chi was satisfied, "You hear that young man?" She shot a look at Gohan who couldn't argue with his mother, "Right when we get home, its off to the books with you."
"Yes, mother."
After a couple of minutes, they finally landed infront of their home in Mt. Paozu.
Chi-Chi released her embrace from her husband's neck, "Ah, home sweet home." She said with relieve but that only lasted a short while.
Goku stared at the trashed house that the Androids had caused. "This isn't good." He stood there examining the mess.
"Look at all this mess!" Chi-Chi was horrified.
Gohan walked into the house to find that everything was tilted over or destroyed, "I don't think you want to come in here mom."
Chi-Chi was curious and followed her son inside. Her jaws dropped as all the hard work and effort she had to put into cleaning this house overwhelmed her to the extent that she fainted.
Luckily, Goku was right behind her, "Chi-Chi!" He caught her and kneeled down, "Chi-Chi!"
"Mom!" Gohan turned around.
Goku lifted her wife up in his arms, "Gohan, lets bring her to her room."
"Right." Gohan led the way.
When they entered her room, it was even more of a disaster. Her clothes were everywhere, the table was smashed. To their luck, her bed was still in place. Goku gently placed her down while Gohan ran to grab a wet towel to place on his mother's forehead.
Goku stood up and examined the area, "This is terrible. The Androids really are troublesome." Then, Goku had an idea which he gestured by slamming his right fist onto his left palm, "Let's clean up this whole house!"
Gohan was placing the towel on his mother's forehead when Goku made that announcement. "Yeah!" Gohan said excitedly as he stood up, "It'd be a great surprise for mom when she wakes up." Then something in his mind bothered him, "But dad, shouldn't we be training for the tournament?"
"Hmm?" Goku was planning in his head how he was going to clean all of this. Cleaning wasn't his fortay. "Hey, let's not worry about that right now. We got 9 days, let's focus on surprising your mother before she comes to."
Gohan wasn't fully convinced, but he had to take his father's word for it.
Gohan and Goku spent nearly 2 hours cleaning. They started with Chi-Chi's room then they moved to the kitchen. They had to rebuild some furniture, which took some time as Goku wasn't used to controlling his power and kept on breaking them in the process.
"Dad!" Gohan sighed, "That's the fifth one you've broke." He pointed to the half broken tables piled up on the lawn.
Goku chuckled, "Sorry Gohan, I haven't learned to control my strength yet. How about we switch?" Goku went on one side holding up the wood piece and Gohan took control of the saw.
Thinking it was going to be easy, Gohan starting trimming the edges of the piece, "This isn't bad." He thought to himself and got a bit too comfortable that he ended up cutting too much off and broke the table in half. "Oops," Gohan stared at it on the ground.
Goku couldn't help but laugh, "See, it's not as easy as it seems."
"Yeah, I guess not." Gohan was disappointed.
Goku threw the damaged piece with the trash and walked over to his son, placing his hand on his shoulder, "Ah, don't worry about it. We'll keep on trying and eventually we'll get it."
"I guess, but then mom will wake up by that time." Gohan pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess she will." Goku had his thinking face on.
"We can call grandpa!" Gohan suggested excitedly.
"That is a good idea,' Goku agreed, but was hesitant. Gohan made his way inside to grab the phone, but Goku prevented him from doing so, by saying, "Gohan, wait. Isn't it better if we did it ourselves?"
"But dad," Gohan paused at the door, "We spent 2 hours and we haven't even cleaned half the house."
"Yeah, but once we do, wouldn't it be more rewarding for not only your mother, but us as well?" Goku encouraged with a smile.
Gohan knew his father made a great point and walked back, "In that case, we might need more wood."
"That's the spirit!" Goku grinned, "I'll be back real quick!"
3 more hours has gone by and finally, they were done! Gohan and Goku were exhausted and decided to celebrate by relaxing outside on the green grass.
"We did it!" Goku said proudly, "Now your mother can't complain that I haven't done any work around the house."
Gohan chuckled, "Yeah, it was worth it and mother didn't even wake up yet."
Goku sat up quickly, "I should go check on her." He stood up and dashed to Chi-Chi's room. At the door, Goku could see she is lying in the same position as he had left her. He walked in closer to check if she was breathing and took off the towel on her forehead.
He observed his wife at peace and couldn't help himself but smile. He leaned over to kiss her on the forehead gently then went to wash the towel with fresh water and placed it on her forehead.
Gohan had just joined in as he witnessed his father placing the towel on his mother's forehead, "This is strange." He commented.
Goku sensed Gohan's presence and didn't jump at his voice, "What do you mean?" He turned to Gohan.
"The last time I saw something like this was when you had the heart virus and mother was by your side doing exactly what you did." Gohan elaborated, "She was always by your side and when you had nightmares, she would cool you off with the towel."
Goku shifted his eyes from his son to his wife. He knew what was going on in battle when he was sick because he was so consumed in it, but he didn't fully realize that Chi-Chi was always by his side. He knew she was taking care of him, but taking care of her now, he recognized the anxiety that she had to go through as well. He was grateful for the things she went through for him.
"Gohan," Goku called out suddenly after a moment of silence.
"Yes, father?"
"What do you say we give your mother another surprise?" Goku had his eyes fixated on his wife.
"What's that?" Gohan wondered as they did all the cleaning, what more can they do? Re-build the house?
"You should go to your room and do as your mother requested of you." Goku, for once, sounded like a parent.
Gohan was speechless, but knew where his father was coming from, "Fine, but what will you be doing?" Gohan wondered.
Goku stood there frozen for a couple of seconds, "I don't know." He laughed facing Gohan, who fell to the ground. Goku sat down with his arms and legs crossed, thinking, "I guess I can go fishing and cook some dinner."
Gohan's eyes widened and jaws dropped. 'First, he tells me to go study and now he's telling me he will cook?" Gohan imagined his father in an apron cooking then he covered his mouth and turned away.
Goku looked up at his son, "What's wrong, Gohan, are you sick?" Goku stood up and headed to his son who waved his hand to indicate that he was fine. "Then why aren't you talking? Gohan?" Goku approached even closer and stared at him from the side.
Gohan had to release this energy inside of him. He started laughing out loud, "Sorry dad," He covered his mouth again.
Goku was confused, "Why are you laughing?"
Gohan caught his breath, "Sorry dad," He apologized again, "The idea of you cooking is pretty funny."
Goku crossed his arms, "I don't know, I think I can do it. It can't be that hard."
Gohan laughed slightly, "If you say so father. I'm going to go study, just don't burn down the house."
Goku shrugged and went to go to his usual spot to catch some fish.
When Goku left, Gohan went to check up on his mother, "If only you could see him now, mom." He laughed to himself, "You are not only his kryptonite, but he's your slave as well." Gohan kneeled down, "Get well soon, mom." He kissed his mother on the cheek then went off to study.