Chapter 1
Screaming was all that was to be heard in the normally peaceful Kame house. "For Kami's sake Krillin. Do I have to do everything in this house?" Screamed android 18. "What are you talking about?" Shouted back Krillin.
"You were supposed to pick up Marron over AN HOUR AGO!"
"I was BUSY! I had to go and have an interview for that job you've been demanding me to get. Why the hell couldn't YOU get her!"
"I had a checkup with Bulma! You know that! Fuck it! I'll go get her myself!"
"Take your time, honey." He practically spat the last word. Growling in frustration, 18 took off into the air and headed towards Mt Pauzu. 'Grr. The nerve of that man. Sometimes I wonder if he cares at all anymore.' She threw all thoughts to the back of her mind and put on a smile to greet her daughter as she landed outside of Gohan and Chi-Chis home. "Momma!" Came the call of her 3 year old daughter. "Hey hunny." Said 18 as she embraced her daughter. "Did you have a good time with uncle Gohan?"
"Yep! He showed me the lake and all the pretty fishes."
"That's nice. Sorry I'm late Gohan, Krillin forgot to pick her up...again."
"It's no hassle 18." Said Gohan. "You want to come inside for a bit?"
'Hmmm. I should go back. Not in any rush to get into another fight though.' "Sure, I guess I can spare a few minutes."
"Yay!" Cried Marron. "Imma say hi to Goten!" As she ran off, Gohan showed her into the house and poured her a glass of juice. "So how you been?" He asked.
"I'm good." She replied. He looked at her doubting.
"You can fool Marron with that smile but not me. Another fight?"
"Ugh. He's been so irritating recently its like he's not bothered about providing for his family. If it were up to him we'd live on that damn island for the rest of our lives. It wouldn't be so bad if we were at least alone."
Gohan grimaced. He'd been worried about this. A few months ago Krillin and 18 had started to argue more and more often. He'd started to babysit Marron frequently in the hopes of letting them get it out of there system, sadly there hadn't been an progress. "I wouldn't know what to say since I'm not married but...I hope you guys can figure this stuff out. How about you guys take a vacation? Just the two of you? Get that spark back hey? I'll take care of Marron so you guys can just focus on each other."
"Wow Gohan. That's really clever. I don't know if we could afford it though, and I wouldn't want to trouble you with Marron at all."
"It's no trouble at all 18, I love having her here. As for money, I made a few inventions for Bulma and have some money left over. I'll give you guys that and you can pay me back another time yeah?"
"I-I don't know what to say Gohan. Thank you...I'll talk to Krillin and get back to you ok?" Gohan just smiled in return and went to call Marron.
"Aw do I have to go? I wanted to see uncle Gohan some more." Pouted Marron as she collected her things.
"Don't worry hun. I'm sure you'll see him again in no time at all." 18 and her daughter waved goodbye to Gohan as they took off. 'Shes so nice.' Thought Gohan. 'Its such a shames to see her unhappy. I hope she and Krillin can make up soon. It's not good for Marron to see them like this. Still, it's nice to have her around, she's so cute.' With a smile in his face he went upstairs to finish his homework from school.
18 was deep in thought as she flew through the air with Marron in her arms. 'Gohans so nice to do that for us. I cant imagine anyone else whos this kind. not even Krillin, and hes my husband. But he has always been this way it seems. He saved me from Cell and was one of the first to give me a chance, he's smart, good looking and he's just brilliant with Marron. Whatever girl gets him is going to be a lucky one. This'll be perfect. Just the two of us to have our own second honeymoon of sorts.' She slowed down as she neared Kame house. The smile on her face began to drop when she saw her husband laying on a laun chair with a beer, instead of cleaning the house like she had asked him to do all week. "Daddy!" Squealed Marron as she ran to embrace her father. "Hey sweetie, did you have a good day?" Asked Krillin. His daughter nodded and he looked up at 18 to see the 'we need to talk' face. "Hey sweetie, why don't you go watch some TV we'll be in in a moment ok?" Marron smiled and ran off inside. "So what's up?" She explained to him the offer Gohan had made and suggested the next weekend. "No." He said.
"What? Why?"
"We don't need it, we'll be fine. Besides I don't like the idea of taking someone's charity."
"Krillin we're not fine and you know it. The amount of fights we've had recently are not normal, even for Bulma and Vegeta. As for the cost we will pay him back later so jus let go of your pride and say yes."
"I just don't feel like going on a trip is all. We don't need it, we'll be ok."
18 started to get annoyed. "Krillin! We need help. This trip could do us a world of good and we're going. So start and feel like it." She turned and headed towards the house. As she was inside she heard him grumble something before flying off. 'Probably heading off towards some stupid bar with Yamcha again.' She had started to get sick of his constant trips to the bar every time they had a fight. They'd scream at each other before he would leave. Go to a bar. Get drunk and talk bad about her before stumbling back home and try to crawl back into bed without her noticing. Except she did notice. The first few times she had told him off about it but it was late and they didn't want to wake Marron with their yelling. After that she stopped bothering trying to get him to stop going. He never did listen to her. 18 sighed as she prepared for another dinner alone with her child. She didn't seem to be their child anymore as he took very little responsibility with her. Sure he'd play with her and have fun but looking after her was a job left up to 18 and quite frankly, Gohan. It made her feel so bad the way she had been forced to repeatedly have him babysit her, he'd already had to raise Goten on his own after his father died and it wasnt fair to him. And yet he took it all in his stride, it was just one of his many amazing qualities. 'What am I thinking? I'm a married woman and I shouldn't be thinking those thoughts. Even if they are harmless.'
'Damn Yamcha. You just had to go do your baseball game didn't you. Guess I'll be drinking alone tonight.' Krillin walked into his favourite bar and ordered a drink. As he gulped down more and more drinks he decided to have a friendly conversation with some of the people near him. Because of his slurring, there was only one person still near him. "Hey there, what's your name?" He asked the blue haired girl near him. "Oh hi I'm...Krillin?"
"M-maron?"