Hello everyone. I am an avid DBZ fan and this is my first fan fic. This has Goku & ChiChi and Vegeta & Bulma as married couples. This takes place during the first year of peace after the Kid Buu saga. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or any of its characters. This fanfic is purely for entertainment purposes and no profit has been gained from it.

The One you Love

Time seemed to pass slowly in West City. It had been a year since the last disaster and all was going well. Capsule Corps was again ranked first in all the financial magazines. It seemed that their products, and their profits, could only go up. While on the countryside, a small family went about their business raising children, growing up and loving life. Things after the Buu crisis were good in the world, and everything was back to normal

"VEGETA! GET YOUR LAZY SAIYAN ASS OUT OF THAT GR THIS INSTANT!"

"GOKU! IF YOU DON'T COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW..."

(Like I said everything was back to normal)

"What do you want woman? Can't you see I'm busy?" Vegeta yelled through the walls of the Gravity Room, never slowing down from his training.

"Aww, but ChiChi..." Goku whined, "I have to go train with Uub. I promised him..."

"What about your family? What about ME?" Both Bulma and ChiChi said at the same time, even though they were nowhere close to each other. Both got some lame answer and both turned around fuming and left their husbands behind. Neither man took much notice of this fact.

(A few hours later)

"I tell you ChiChi, I just don't know what to do about that man! He won't do anything around the house, he won't get a job, and he won't stop bitching at me! I should be doing the bitching in this house! All he does is train, train, train! I should get him his own railroad track he trains so much."

"Well, at least your Saiyan stays at home. Mine wanders off to who knows where to train some kid we don't even know! And what's worse, he's got one of his own right here at home who asks about his daddy everyday. What am I supposed to tell him Bulma? 'Sorry dear, but you are not as important to your father as another boy who is not even related to us?'."

"I know what you mean, ChiChi. Trunks doesn't even seem to care whether he has a father anymore. He gets more and more like Vegeta everyday, but not in a good way."

"Is there anything good about Vegeta anyway?"

"Of course there is! If there weren't I would have never married him and had his child. What were you thinking ChiChi?"

"Whoa. Easy Bulma, I'm sorry. I'm a little stressed and that came out. I apologize. I know you love Vegeta, just as much as I love my Goku. It's just so..."

"...frustrating. I know. I'm sorry I blew up like that ChiChi. I think this whole situation with Vegeta is just getting to me. And the worst part is, I don't even know if he cares."

"Same with Goku. He's so carefree about everything I don't even know if...if...we matter to him anymore. WAAAHH!" (ChiChi breaks down and cries on the phone)

(Sobbing) ChiChi...ChiChi...don't cry...or you'll make me...WAAAHH!...(sob, sob) What...What's the matter with them ChiChi? When did we become last in their lives?...ah...ah...WAAAHH!

(calming down) Bulma...(sob, sob)...now...don't cry Bulma...maybe...maybe it's a Saiyan thing...(sob)...maybe...it's...something we just have to...learn to live with...(sighs)

(slowly getting furious)"...Well I won't have it...(sob)...I am Bulma Briefs and I do not settle. I never have and I never will. I will find a way to win back my rightful place in my man's life; even if it kills me."

(voice getting stronger)"(sob)...You...you're right Bulma. I will fight to get my Goku's love back, even if I have to beat it into him with my frying pan!"

Bulma was kind of taken back by what ChiChi said. It was a rather unorthodox way of putting it, but then they both had very unorthodox husbands.

(Bulma talking to herself) "There must be a way that we can fight our way...THAT'S IT!" Bulma yelled, scaring ChiChi half to death.

"BULMA! STOP YELLING LIKE THAT! YOU WANT ME TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK!"

(speaking in a very soft voice) "I will talk softer if you do too"

(realizing her previous tone of voice) "Oh...heh heh, sorry."

"Listen ChiChi, what is the one thing Saiyans love more than anything?"

"Food?"

"Well...yes, but besides that? What is rooted deeply into their nature?"

"Being bossy and obnoxious? No wait, that's not Goku. Being lazy? Training?"

(Getting tired of the endlessness of the conversation) "FIGHTING. Saiyans love to fight. They love to get stronger and look for stronger opponents to fight with."

"Oh yeah, that. So?"

"So?" That's how we get them back! We make ourselves just as strong as they are and give them a reason to stay close to us!"

"Huh, Bulma? Have you flipped your lid? How can we be as strong as them? Krillin is the most powerful human on Earth and he doesn't even come close to the level of power those two husbands of ours have. How are we going to...? (then, realization reached ChiChi's brain)

(Both women at the same time) "The Dragonballs!"

"We can wish ourselves to be as strong as they are and then they would not be able to ignore us anymore" Bulma said, sporting an evil grin that ChiChi would never see.

"But Bulma, what if we can't control all that power? I mean, we're talking global-level damage we could do. I don't know about this..."

"It's ok ChiChi. As soon as our wishes are granted those two are sure to sense something has happened and look for the most powerful beings in the planet, other than themselves. Then they will have to stay and train us so that we don't hurt ourselves or others. It's brilliant!" (giggles insanely)

(sweatdropping and blinking rapidly) "Bulma, I really do think you have lost it this time...but I'm with you. Maybe then we'll be able to teach those men a lesson not to make us, their wives, aside. Hell hath no fury..."

"...as a couple of women with the Dragonballs." (finished Bulma). "Come on ChiChi; I still have my Dragon Radar. We can find the Dragonballs within a day if we both look for them. I'll be right over to pick you up."

"I'll be waiting Bulma. Bye"

(A few more hours later)

"Vegeta...VEGETA!..." Goku pounded on the door to the GR but the Saiyan prince did not pay any attention to the sound. He was that concentrated on his training.

He did pay attention though when the GR door was ripped open by the wild-haired Saiyan and the Gravity returned to normal, making Vegeta fly through the wall of the GR that he was facing.

"KAKKARROTTTTT! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" The prince flared to Super Saiyan 2 and glared daggers at his long-time opponent.

Likewise powering up to SS2, Goku spoke "Don't even try it Vegeta. We both know the only thing we'll accomplish is destroying Capsule Corps and think what Bulma will do to you about that." Goku smiled evilly.

Pushing away the mental picture of a very enraged Bulma, Vegeta retorted "And what would your onna do to you if she knew the fight that destroyed Capsule Corps was started by you, hmm?" Vegeta stood tall with his arms crossed and sported his trademark smirk.

Goku squirmed at the thought of having an angry ChiChi to contend with, especially after that morning's upset and powered down. Having proven his point and established his superiority, Vegeta did likewise.

"That's just what I came here for. I haven't seen ChiChi all day."

"So? What does that have to do with me? I don't have her!" Vegeta said disgustedly.

"I know that Vegeta. But I thought that maybe she had come over and was with Bulma but I haven't seen Bulma either." Goku lowered his gaze to his twiddling thumbs while talking to Vegeta.

At this statement, Vegeta quickly turned around and did a scan of the premises. He did not find Bulma's ki signature, or Trunks' for that matter. Although he would never show it, he was worried about his family. He grunted.

"The onna must have taken the brat out shopping. I swear, if that boy spent as much time training with me as he does doing stupid human things with his mother, he would have already beaten you and your brats and taken over this world." Vegeta had a gleam of pride in his eyes as he visualized his statement in his mind.

"Soooo, do you think we should look for them?" Goku asked innocently.

Turning around in exasperation Vegeta said "No! I won't go flying around looking for the onna! If she wants me, she knows where to find me. Vegeta turned around to go back to the GR only to realize that it did not work anymore. "Kakkarrot! You broke my GR. I'm going to kill you!"

Goku thought for awhile and then an idea seemed to materialize in his otherwise vacant skull. "I have it! Since the GR is broken, maybe we should look for Bulma so she can fix it!"

Strangely enough, this made sense to Vegeta. "You know, Kakkarrot, sometimes you amaze me...but most of the time your stupidity just irritates me. Let's go find our onnas. I'm getting hungry and I don't feel like going hunting today."

(Still more hours later)

"Damn it Kakkarrot! We have been all over this Kami-forsaken area and still no sign of the onnas! I'm getting..."

"...worried Vegeta? I never would have pictured you as the type!"

"...aggravated, infuriated, annoyed to genocidal levels. Does that sound more like my type?" Vegeta said sneering at Goku, then humphing and looking at a different direction.

After smiling a little to himself, Goku turned around and tried to scan for his wife and friend, but found nothing.

"Where could they be...?"

(just as late but somewhere else)

"Ok ChiChi, we did it! We collected all the dragonballs. Now, let's make our wish."

"I don't know Bulma. This still doesn't feel right. What if we get the wish wrong? What if we can't control the power? What if...?"

"What if we worry about that if it happens?" Said Bulma, slightly annoyed.

ChiChi quieted down and Bulma continued.

"Nothing's going to go wrong ChiChi, I promise"

"I've heard that before" whispered ChiChi, narrowin her eyes in mock indignation.

"And I heard that! Quit whining and get over here so we can call Shenlong"

After the required invocation, the skies turned black and the Eternal Dragon came forth

"Who summons Shenlong?" the dragon boomed.

Still not used to the sight of the dragon both women were hugging each other tightly in fear, neither one wanting to speak.

"WELL! MAKE YOUR WISH!"

At the command Bulma stepped forward to complain

"H...hey! What do you mean "your wish?". We're supposed to get two wishes.

"SILENCE" the dragon bellowed, scaring Bulma into ChiChi's arms again. The dragon continued, "Too long have I been a servant of you humans and your preposterous wishes. Now I will decide who gets two wishes and who gets only one. Do you have a problem with THAT!"

Both Bulma and ChiChi squeaked out "n..nn..nno."

"Good! Now, make your wish and be quick about it!"

Gathering up courage, Bulma stepped forward to make the wish, all the while thinking how to phrase it so both her and ChiChi would become as strong as their husbands.

"That's it!" Bulma squealed, sporting a mad grin. "I know how to word the wish."

"Then do so, NOW!"

"Yessir, mister Shenlong sir." Bulma said almost incoherently. Then composing herself she spoke:

"Shenlong, I wish for you to give both of us the same powers as our respective husbands."

"YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED. FAREWELL" The Eternal Dragon boomed again while he disappeared and the dragonballs scattered throughout the Earth again.

After the dragon had left, both women lifted up their eyes to see the sky returning to normal.

"That's funny," said Bulma, "I don't feel any stronger"

"Now that you mention it, I don't either" said ChiChi

"I wonder if it didn't work. I mean, Shenlong said the wish was granted. Could he have been mistaken?"

"Bulma Briefs! Are you telling me that I just spent a whole day running around gathering those filthy dragonballs and all I have to show for it is a midday light show!" ChiChi yelled, starting to get angry.

"Well excuse me. You said you didn't even want to come! So why did you? I'll tell you why! Because you can't keep your man interested long enough that he has to leave home to find something else to do!" Bulma started getting angry, a vein showing itself on her forehead.

"WHAT? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU LITTLE WHORE! AT LEAST I DIDN"T MARRY A MASS MURDERER WHO TRIED TO KILL EVERYONE ON EARTH!" At this ChiChi started getting really hot under the collar.

"Whore? WHORE! LISTEN HERE BITCH, VEGETA MAY HAVE BEEN A MASS MURDERER, BUT AT LEAST HE LEARNED BETTER, NOT LIKE THAT IMBECILE OF A HUSBAND YOU'VE GOT. HE COULDN'T FIND HIS WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG WITHOUT BLOWING IT UP!" Bulma also started to get really flustered.

Both women were staring down the other, looking ready to fight. Of course, neither of them cared to acknowledge the brilliant golden auras around both of them, or the ground shaking and breaking apart, or the vegetation around them being scorched by the intense heat they were producing. They were both at Super Saiyan level power, without the radical changes their husbands underwent. Of course, all they cared about right at that instant was on winning the argument over the other one.

"Oh, that's it!" said a very angry ChiChi. "My husband saved your sorry ass several times even before he was my husband, and I am NOT going to let you insult him like that!" ChiChi yelled and got into a fighting stance.

Bulma took a step back but then, in her rage, raised her arms into a fighting position and spat back "I don't care if you know martial arts ChiChi. I'm going to bitchslap you until you take back what you said about Vegeta!"

"Bring it!" said ChiChi with an evil grin on her face. She knew Bulma wouldn't stand a chance against her. Bulma swallowed and lunged herself at ChiChi.

Both women started punching and kicking and generally trying to beat the crap out of the other. They didn't notice it but they were fighting at super speed, throwing punches and kicks faster than the eye can follow. To them, however, they were fighting at normal speed. It wasn't until Bulma took it to the next level that they noticed something was different.

Bulma, becoming angry felt a sudden warmth in her hands which kept getting hotter. Pretty soon she got frustrated of not landing a punch on ChiChi, balled her hands into fists and yelled in rage, powering up even more. Glaring daggers at her opponent she did a double punch and, instinctively, shouted:

"BIG BANG ATTACK"

At this, a strong current of energy shot out of her hands and kept growing and growing until ChiChi realized what she was seeing. Also by instinct, she cupped her hands to the side and yelled...

"KA...ME...HA...ME...HAAAA!"

The small light between her hands grew larger and larger until it became a massive fireball aimed right at Bulma's attack. The two attacks collided causing an explosion which knocked both women unconscious but did not harm them.

On the other side of the world (or so it seemed) the two pure-blooded Saiyans quickly turned around when they felt the massive surge in two kis and then the concussive force of the two blasts. What intrigued them the most was that each attack's energy signature was very similar to their own signature moves.

"Vegeta, did you feel that?" asked Goku, still shocked.

"Let's go. We can look for the women later!" Vegeta briefly answered before blasting off in the direction of the blasts.

Goku took Vegeta's cue and quickly caught up with the Saiyan prince. "So, what do you think? Androids?"

"Idiot! Androids don't have ki signatures. No, they're living beings...at least for now!" Vegeta smirked and then sped off, leaving Goku behind once more. Goku frowned at Vegeta's remark and moved to intercept the other Saiyan.

Getting in front of Vegeta Goku said, "Vegeta, stop!"

"What do you want, you third-rate baka?"

"Vegeta, just because we sensed great power it doesn't mean that it's here to hurt us. Maybe we should check it out first, instead of blasting whatever it is when we see it."

"This planet has a reputation for getting powerful visitors bent on destroying it. What do you think it's here for? A vacation!"

"But we don't even know what it is..."

"...they are. I felt two kis." Smirking at the younger Saiyan's confused look, Vegeta took off again in search of this new threat. It took Goku a few seconds to realize Vegeta had moved on and followed his trail.