Chichi had never been very popular with the village girls. There was just something about the combination of being the Ox King's daughter, and her nature to overreact, that seemed to drive them away in droves. And because none of the girls liked her, none of the boys did either. And thus, Chichi had no friends.

When she announced her engagement to one Son Goku, everyone had been very surprised. The girls, 2 in particular named Kutsu and Baiyoi pretended to be nice to her to get the details. However, they left soon after they heard his description.

The same height and age as she was? Wasn't she both a girl and short for her age? And that part about his being really strong? Hah! She probably just made that up so they'd be impressed! In fact, she probably made the whole thing up!

Over the years, Chichi made one friend, a girl named Shisen. Shisen was a quiet, shy girl, shunned just the same as Chichi was. In school, they bonded together as the losers of the class, and thus Shisen and Chichi became the best of friends.

Due to her unpopularity, Chichi had way too much time on her hands. When Shisen wasn't over for 'girl time', Chichi would whittle the day away, sparring and training with her father. Due to her sparring, Chichi grew up to be a strong warrior. Beautiful too, if Shisen was to be believed (though Chichi doubted that).

If she thought the fact that she'd grown up to be rather pretty would earn her more friends though, she was sadly mistaken. Far from being impressed with her new good looks, the other girls were only jealous, and therefore treated her worse than before.

Actually, that's not entirely true. Kutsu and Baiyoi liked to pretend to be her friend. Chichi was well aware that it was only an act, but she was still mildly grateful that they still invited both her and Shisen to all the parties. Even if it was just to be sure to have free waitresses.

It was at Kutsu's wedding that they began to tease her about Goku.

"Chichi, darling! Are you here alone?" Baiyoi asked, coming to stand by her seat. She was hanging off her own husband, the Shop Keeper's arm.

"Hm? Oh, no. I brought Shisen and daddy with me" She grinned up at Baiyoi.

"Hun, you know that's not what I meant. I mean, didn't your fiancé come to the wedding with you?" Baiyoi made sure to stroke her own husband's arm, and Chichi lowered her eyes.

"Uh… he couldn't- I mean- uh… He's been busy." Chichi finally got out. Truth was, she hadn't seen Goku since she was 12, but that wasn't really important…

"But dear, you were the first of us to get engaged! But you're the last to get married! Why, even little Shisen got married before you!"

It was true. All of the girls their age had begun to get married off to boys in and around their humble village. The last to get married, aside from Chichi, had been Kutsu, but that was simply because she was the youngest of them. Even Shisen had gotten married to a nice farmer's boy!

After the wedding, things seemed to go even farther downhill for Chichi's social life. Kutsu, Baiyoi, and even Shisen were too busy with their news husbands to pay her much attention. Sure, she and Shisen still saw each other, but it was hardly the same as before Shisen got married. Their girl time went from nearly every day, to only once a week, to once a month in the blink of an eye.

Chichi really didn't understand it though. They were only 16 after all! She couldn't help but admit that she was jealous though. Soon enough though, she learned that the Strongest Under the Heaven's tournament was coming up- and that she should enter! Because, who else would be there but Goku?

Within the year, she was ready. And armed with just a teeny bit of extra confidence because Kutsu had just gotten a divorce. And so, much to the shock of the village, she packed her bags, hugged the Ox King goodbye, and announced that she was going to find Goku.

With one last wave, she had turned on her heel and left the village without a second glance.

I'll show them!

Okay, so please don't think I'm too weird, but here's the meaning of the girl's names. Just… bear in mind that I was trying to follow the story's own naming scheme of using Clothing, food, puns, and Various Body parts.

Kutsu: Shoe

Baiyoi-Eki (Baiyoi): Broth

Shisen: Eyes

And just in case you don't believe me about the show's naming scheme…

Chichi: tits

Bulma: Bloomers

Launch: Sometimes actually called Lunch, self explanatory.

Goku… Let's use Kakkarrot instead: Weird spelling of Carrot.

Vegeta: First 6 letters of Vegetable

Tarble (Vegeta's brother): variant of table, and completes Vegeta's pun on Vegetable.

Yamcha: A pun on Dim Sum… apparently...

Tien Shinnhan: A pun of Fried Rice.

Kurinin : Both Japanese for Chestnut and a pun on the fact that he's bald.

Okay, we're done here. Actually, if you want to know any of the other character's names meaning, just send me a shout out and I'll direct you to the page that I found it at.