Can I Call You Kakarotto?

Chapter One- Taming the Boys

It was raining hard outside. The rain pounded on Goten's window. Goten and his best friend Torankusu were hanging out, laughing and giggling while reading his latest mangas.

"Torankusu-kun! This Dr. Slump manga is really funny! Have you read it yet?!" Goten cried, falling off the bed.

"Of course I have, baka! I do have a my own copy after all! Now, get up here before you hurt yourself!"

"I think I already have! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Goten shouted, rubbing his head. Torankusu reached out his hand and pulled Goten back onto the bed.

"Arigato," he said, tears welling in his eyes.

"You sure you're okay, Goten-kun?" Torankusu asked, a little worried.

Before the injured Goten could reply, his mom, Chi-Chi, came in and shouted "What is going on in here boys?!"

"Oh! Nothing . . ." Goten replied innocently, his arm behind his head. He laughed nervously and said, "I just accidentally fell off the bed from laughing so hard. He-he!"

Chi-Chi gasped and came rushing over. "Are you hurt?"

"I'm okay now," he said, embarrassed that Torankusu had to see his mom treat him like a baby. Torankusu giggled a little. Goten shot him an icy stare. Torankusu stopped laughing and said "gomen" through his facial expression. Finally, Chi-Chi finished pampering her son and faced the two boys.

"Goten," she said, "would you and Torankusu like something to eat now? I've got some rice and tempura ready to serve."

"SWEET!" the two boys screamed as they started to race down the stairs.

In less than five minutes the boys were at the table, their tiny, design-embroidered chopsticks in their hands, quickly going to and from their mouths to feed and fetch more yummy, filling rice.

"How do you like it, Torankusu?" Chi-Chi said.

"Wonderful!" he blurted out, practically inhaling the white grains.

"Good. I knew you would," she said smiling. "That's what Goku-chan always says (I'll give him some when he gets back from training) and I know Goten and Gohan love it."

"Hey- where is Gohan anyway?" Goten said, stopping to take a breather.

"He's out training with your father, of course!"

"Oh- I forgot. I guess it's all the fun I'm having."

"Or," Chi-Chi said, looking at him angrily, "your mind is not strengthened enough! Have you been studying?!"

Goten gulped and said, "Well . . . uhhh- since Torankusu-kun is here and all..."

Chi-Chi looked at him harder, expecting a REALLY GOOD answer.

"I..." his voice got really soft and he said, "I thought I could finish studying tomorrow...?

"GOTEN!!!!"

Goten winced in fear as his mother came down upon him and said, "YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR STUDIES MORE SERIOUSLY!"

Torankusu came near Chi-Chi and tried to calm her down.

"Please Chi-Chi-san! Please be gentler with Goten-kun!! Let him finish his studies tomorrow! Please!"

Chi-Chi settled down a bit and sighed. "Well, I suppose since you're here Torankusu... I'll let Goten slide... I suppose it's not right for a child to not to have fun, but-" she reached down and put her hands on Goten's shoulders, "I just don't want you to go down the wrong path. You understand, right tenshi?"

"Yes, mother. I will be a good boy! Just let me play with Torankusu- kun."

"All right. You two have fun."

The boys hopped up the stairs to go tell jokes, play video games, whisper secrets, and just have innocent 7-year-old fun.

Hours later, when Chi-Chi was washing dishes and dreaming of her love, Goku-chan, a loud and rude knock came to the door. Chi-Chi, startled, dropped a dish as the door flew open.

Chi-Chi gasped. "Bejita-sama!" she said. But Bejita, Torankusu's father, had no time to say konnichi wa. "Where is Torankusu?!" he shouted. Buruma, Torankusu's mother, suddenly came running in the Sons house after him. "Bejita! No respect! Are you sure this is necessary?!"

Chi-Chi was totally shocked. She didn't really know what to say. "You have come to pick up Torankusu early? He is upstairs playing with Goten. I'll-"

"I DON'T WANT HIM PLAYING WITH KAKAROTTO'S SON!!" Bejita raged. He turned towards Chi-Chi. "Kakarotto has gotten on my last nerve! I certainly don't want my son over at his house!"

He raced upstairs and barged into Goten's room. "Torankusu! Time to go home! NOW!"

"But Father!" Torankusu was shocked.

"Come on!"

"Bye, Goten," Torankusu whispered as his father dragged him out the door. Buruma watched Bejita zoom by and fly out the door with Torankusu. Only seconds later, Goten burst out of his room, crying, tears splashing from his eyes. "Mommy!! WAAAHHH!!" he cried.

"Oh- it's okay Goten," she sighed, hugging her son.

"Chi-Chi, I'm sorry for Bejita's actions," Buruma said, embarrassed. "He just won't stop talking about Goku. He hates him, wants to be stronger than him, the list goes on..."

Chi-Chi lifted her eyes. "Yes, Goku is stronger than Bejita-sama, (no offense, Buruma) but Goku tries to get along with him."

"I know," she sighed.

Goten left his mother's arms and shouted to Buruma, "Hey! I have an idea! Why don't we get my daddy, Goku, and Torankusu's daddy, Bejita-sama, to spend one whole week together! Then maybe they could get along a little better! What do you think Buruma-san?"

"I think that is a terrific idea!" said Buruma, smiling. "What do you think, Chi-Chi?"

"You know," said Chi-Chi, "that idea just might work!"

***

"What is going on here?" Bejita said. "I don't have time for this 'important' chat. Especially not with Kakarotto!"

"Speak for yourself, Bejita," Goku (Kakarotto) said.

"YOU ADDRESS ME AS BEJITA-SAMA! CAN YOU GET THAT, KAKAROTTO?! SAMA! SHOW ME RESPECT!"

"What would you know about respect, Bejita... SAMA? Then you adress me as GOKU! Can you get that Bejita... SAMA? GOKU! SAY IT WITH ME NOW; GO-"

"NEVER!!"

Suddenly the two men jumped up and gritted their teeth and growled and muttered inappropriate words at each other. Just as Bejita was about to come up and punch Goku, Buruma came up from behind him and locked his arms.

"You will not hurt Goku, Bejita-chan. For I know he would hurt you back and I don't want you uglier than you already are."

"WHAT?!"

"Shhhhhhh!" Buruma scolded. "You will be a good boy."

"BOY???"

Goku could not help but laugh. He pointed his finger and howled and slapped his knee until Chi-Chi came towards him and said, "You too, Goku- chan."

"Awwwwww."

"NO EXCUSES!"

"Why have you brought us here, anyway?" Goku asked.

Buruma paced up and down on the ground as if she were a military cadet. "*Ahem*- Chi-Chi-chan and I have come to the conclusion that you two young men have a problem with getting along."

"Yeah right, certainly not me," Bejita huffed.

"YOU DO TO!" Goku screeched.

"DO NOT!"

"See!" Buruma shouted. "Your started fighting all ready! You BOTH have a problem. Now, Chi-Chi-chan- I'll let you take over from here."

"My sweet and talented Goten has thought of a plan to get you two 'boys' to stop fighting. You will rest together, eat together, talk together, walk together, do everything TOGETHER for a whole week!"

"Are you serious, woman?! There's no way I can hang around Kakarotto for that long!" Bejita cried, standing up in outrage.

"How would you like me to make it a month, Bejita-sama?" she snickered. Bejita huffed and sat back down again.

"But what if I refuse?" Bejita asked, smiling like the devil he was inside.

"Then Buruma-chan and I will stop cooking for both of you."

Goku and Bejita looked at one another in complete shock. They knew there was no getting out of this. They looked back at their grinning wives. "NO FOOD? FINE, WE'LL DO IT!!"