Alternate Universe
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I Am Woman Hear Me Roar!
Chapter One
Danger Awaits
Birds filled the sky with their beautiful tunes,the smell of pine wafted throughout the air, and one could hear the river rushing with small peaceful splashes. It was the wonder of nature that the Son family had grown accustomed day was starting off just like any other for the family of three; Chi-Chi was in the kitchen, Goku was getting firewood, and their daughter Gohan was playing outside. Though Chi-Chi usually had her child's head planted firmly in the books and studying twenty-four-seven to become the beautiful ground-breaking scholar the little girl was destined to be; she also knew it was very important to give her daughter at least one break a week to relax that big brain of hers. She was four after all.
As Chi-Chi pulled out a batch of chocolate chip cookies, she looked out the kitchen window to check on Gohan but to her surprise the young girl was nowhere to be seen.
Hmm, that's odd, She thought to herself, I told her she could only stay in the front yard today.
Chi-Chi took off her oven-mitts and threw off her apron and walked outside, I hope she didn't stray too far.
"Gohan! Gohan!" She screamed.
"Gohan! Gohan!"She screamed some more but her child did not appear. Where is she? Chi-Chi pondered, Maybe the back? She continue to call for Gohan as she walked around the small house.
"Gohan! Gohan! Gohan, where are you!?"
When Chi-Chi made it to the back, her child was still nowhere in sight. She began to panic, Oh my goodness where is my baby!?
"Gohan! Gohan come back home you're scaring mommy! Go-"
"Hey Chi-Chi,"Goku interrupted brightly,"I brought back some firewood."
"I see that Goku," Chi-Chi said eying the huge tree her husband was lifting, he dropped it with a loud thud and patted his callous hands across his pants.
Chi-Chi shook her head and clicked her tongue,"I swear Goku you're going to hurt yourself one of these days." She nagged.
"Oh, Chi-Chi don't be such a worry wart I'll be fine." Goku assured.
Chi-Chi just let out a sigh,"You say that now, but you'll be crying when we'll have to go to the doctors to get you a tetanus shot, but anyway, have you seen Gohan?"
"Huh, no I thought she was with you."
"She was but she wandered off and now I have no clue where she is." Chi-Chi exclaimed.
"Where could she be?"
"I don't know Goku, but could you please go out and look for her; the woods is no place for a little girl to roam. Plus you have Master Roshi's to get to soon and I don't want you being late."
Goku did a quick stretch and gave Chi-Chi his signature smile, "Don't sweat it Cheech. I'll find Gohan, go to Master Roshi's, and we'll be back for dinner before ya' know it!"
"Oh Goku, you're such an optimist," Chi-Chi cooed as she gave her husband a kiss on the cheek, "Hurry now or you'll be late."
"Okay, see ya later Cheech!" Goku waved bye to his wife and ran off into the thick mountain forest calling for his daughter with each step he took, but unbeknownst to Goku she was calling for him too.
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"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy, come help me!" Gohan cried as she travelled further into the woods.
Gohan had not meant to wander away. A butterfly had appeared in front of her and for some reason she had an urge to follow it, but unfortunately she couldn't keep up with the beautiful creature and had gotten herself lost in the woods. When she realized she was stuck in the forest she panicked and traveled deeper into the thicket. Now here she was: lost, scared, and just wanting her mommy and daddy.
"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy, do you hear me!" She screeched, tears began to roll down her face and her loud yells turned into soft whimpers as she sunk low to the ground.
What if no one finds me? What if I never see my mommy and daddy again? What if I get eaten before my mommy and daddy can find me? What if- What if-
Gohan began to sob at her own thoughts.
"I-i-i j-j-ju-just want my daddy! I just want to go home!" She wailed. Gohan was so caught up in her tears she didn't hear the mountain lion sneak up behind her. She didn't know of his existence until she felt the creatures wet nose against her back.
"AHHH!" She jumped and turned around.
The mountain lion was frightening; sharp teeth, sharp claws, and hot breath that blew into Gohan's face. She began to shake uncontrollably as the big cat began to sniff her out, with the little courage she had she began to back away. But with every step she took the lion followed suit, and with misguided footing she lost her balance and tripped over a small rock hitting her back against a tree. The force was strong enough to knock her hat off her head and in front of the lion.
Uh-oh my hat.
She slowly crawled to grab her fallen item reaching out her hand to grab it, but the lion swatted at her before she could get it.
"Hey," She said with sudden wave of assertion. She stood up from the tree and put her hands on her tiny hips, "That is my hat, and I would like it back! Thank-you very much!"
She took a step towards the lion, but as soon as her courage had came was was as fast as it left, when the lion let out a deafening roar, which sent Gohan running for the hills. Without her hat. The lion-satisfied with itself-took the hat into its mouth and headed on its merry way.
Gohan's eyes were so filled with tears she didn't see where she was going, until it was too late.
"Ahh!" She screamed as she fell off the cliff.
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"Gohan! GohAAAAAAN! Gohan, where are you!?" Goku yelled.
Where could she be, He thought. He let out a frustrated sigh, he had been looking for Gohan for almost half an hour and still couldn't find any sign of her. He was really starting to worry. His little girl wasn't used to the woods like he was; Chi-Chi kept such a tight leash on her that she barely got to do anything besides study. Though one time Goku had tried to take her fishing with him, but they weren't even five minutes away from home when Gohan saw a snake and ran back to her mother. He never tried to take her fishing again.
"Gohan! Gohan! Go-" Goku was distracted as he heard rustling in the bushes.
He peered over, "Gohan?"
He walked closer to bushes expecting his daughter to appear, but to his dismay it was just a mountain lion.
"You're not Gohan." He stated. The creature let out a fierce growl, which Goku rightly ignored. Goku was just going to walk away from the deadly kitty until he noticed something red sticking in between its teeth. He peered a little closer and noticed the red object had a four star dragon ball attached to it.
THAT'S GOHAN'S HAT!
"That's my daughter's hat and I suggest you drop it." Goku said getting into fighting position.
The cat let out a throaty growl.
"I said let it go." The severity of Goku's voice frightened the cat making it drop Gohan's hat and cower back in the bushes.
Stupid cat, Goku thought as he picked up the hat. He dusted it off and let out a sigh there was a small tear in it from the cat's teeth. Looks like Chi-Chi's gonna' have to seam it again.
Goku held the hat firmly in his hands as his thoughts began to race, why did the mountain lion have Gohan's hat? What happened? Where was she? Did the lion do something to her?
Where is my little girl?
Goku's throat got tight as number of horrifying situations ran through his head. What if he never found his little girl?
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Came a far cry.
"Huh?" Goku looked around.
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
"Gohan?"
"DADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDYYYY!"
"Gohan!? Gohan! Nimbus come to me!"
The cloud zoomed straight to Goku and he hopped on.
"I'm coming sweetie!"
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"Oh man, I shouldn't have chased that butterfly…" Gohan grumbled as she clung tightly to a weak tree branch. Luckily for her she had enough sense to grab it or she would've plopped in the river rushing beneath her.
But the branch wouldn't be able to hold her forever, Gohan could feel it weaken from her grasp and it wouldn't be too long before it would snap.
"I just want to go home," She whimpered, "I just want my mommy and Daddy..." She sniffled up the snot that wasn't running down her lip and sobbed.
"I-i-i-i d-d-don't w-wanna be h-h-h-here! I just want to go h-h-ome! I just want my DADDDDDYYYY! DADDDYYYY! DADDDDY! WAAAAAAAAAAH!"
And Gohan screamed and she screamed. If she wasn't screaming she was sobbing and if she wasn't sobbing she was screaming. There was no in between.
"AH!" She hollered as the branch snapped again. Gohan began to breathe faster and she felt the limb wobble up and down from her weight.
She knew she didn't have very long.
Snap!
The branch went crashing down with Gohan on it.
"WAHHHH!" She cried as gravity fail her. But her fall was stopped as she felt someone pull her up by the the back of her shirt.
"Huh?" She was perplexed who was this.
"Ya' know fallin' off a cliff isn't very 'scholarly' as your mother would put it."
"Daddy," She squealed as she gave Goku a choke hold around the neck, "I thought I never see you again!"
Goku returned the bear hug and gave Gohan a sloppy kiss on the forehead. "Oh, sweetie you know I'd never leave you!"
"Really, Daddy?"
"Really, really!" Goku reassured, giving her another kiss on the forehead. "Now we gotta hurry up and go before we're late sweetie! I can't wait to show you off to my friends!" Goku beamed, placing Gohan on his lap. "Oh and before we head off, I think a certain little lady could use this!"
Gohan felt something heavy plop on top of her head and reached up to feel what it was and let out a joyous squeal.
"MY HAT! OH MY GOODNESS WHERE YOU'D FIND IT DADDY!"
Goku smiled and gave Gohan a wink,"Just know, Daddy will always have your back. Now let's go! Nimbus away!"
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Jimbo Foote came from a long line of farmers. His daddy was a farmer, his grand-daddy was a farmer, and his great grand-daddy was a farmer. He lived a normal farm life; milking the cows, feeding the pigs, harvesting ostrich eggs. He enjoyed it, loved it even. He almost had 100,00 acres of land, which was rightfully his. So when a satellite looking thing crash landed in his yard with a huge explosion he got in his truck and headed its way.
"Oh my goodness," Jimbo gasped as we walked towards the crater, "What in the hell is that?"
Inside the crater was huge gray space pod! Jimbo had never seen anything like it. Not in all his forty-two years of life. Before Jimbo even had time to think the pod sprung open. Jimbo looked a little closer and his life flashed before his eyes, a man popped out right in front of his face.
"Hello, weakling." The man said menacingly.
Before Jimbo could pull his rifle the man blasted Jimbo in the chest sending him straight into truck, killing him.
"This place should had been obliterated a long time ago." The man said surveying the farmland. His name was Raditz. Raditz shook his head, "Why hasn't that idiot completed his mission? Oh Kakarot when I find you there is going to be some serious consequences." Raditz's scouter beeped, Mmm,that must be you now, He thought, I guess it's time for a family reunion. Raditz flew into the air.