Dragonball C
Book 2
CHAPTER 1
Goku's surprise
Goku's ship landed on the Capsule Corp yard with a loud boom, the stabilizers kicking in to stop the ship, preventing a crash.
"Welcome home," The ship's automated voice announced, followed by the opening of the ship's hatch. Goku was greeted by the smell of home and the approaching forms of Bulma and another small figure.
"Goku!" cried Bulma, running toward the saiyan, her boobs bouncing in slow motion.
"Goku!" cried Oolong, running toward the saiyan, his boobs bouncing in slow motion.
"Oolong, when did you get here?" Goku asked cheerfully.
When Bulma and the others were near Goku, Oolong answered, "I live here."
"Oh, right…" Goku said, putting his arm behind his head.
Bulma was looking at the space ship, expecting Vegeta to emerge. When he didn't, she looked at Goku, concerned. Goku noticed Bulma, and his expression became grim.
"Where's Vegeta?" Bulma asked.
"Dead," Goku answered bluntly.
"See you later, Goku!" Oolong said, walking away, sensing the death of Vegeta a sensitive subject.
"Dead?" Bulma gasped, putting a hand on her chest.
"Yeah... I was forced to kill him…"
They were silent for a while, until Piccolo rushed out of the house.
"What?" Piccolo cried. "Vegeta's dead?!"
"Yeah…I thought you knew. Can't you hear everything in the galaxy?"
"Yes, but I was watching a romantic comedy at the time and I wasn't listening! So get off my back!" Piccolo scolded before storming back into the Capsule House.
"But, yes. He's dead. I had Vegeta down and I beat him to death." Goku admitted.
"Couldn't you have just talked him out of fighting?" Bulma cried.
"I tried,"
Bulma was silent for a moment. Vegeta had been so nice to her before the truth of her deception was revealed.
"Well…at least now we can live together in peace." Bulma concluded, not wanting to continue the conversation concerning her late husband.
"Goku…" Bulma began tentatively. "I have some news…concerning your wife."
"What is it?"Goku asked, not liking where this was going.
"Last week, very late at night, Chi-Chi died…"
"What? How?" Goku demanded.
"She committed suicide, shot herself in the head."
"Chi-Chi?" Goku reiterated, shaking his head in disbelief. He knew he drove her to take her own life. "First I kill Vegeta, and then I kill my own wife!" Goku growled.
"Goku, it isn't your fault." Bulma assured the saiyan.
Goku took a deep breath. "Yes it is." He ran a hand through his messy hair. "Before I left for New Namek, I visited Chi-Chi. When I got there, she was having sex with Goten…"
"What?" Bulma gasped, her eyes wide in obvious incredulity.
"So I yelled at her about it and I told her about our affair." Goku admitted. "The last thing I ever said to her was 'I hate you'…
"I killed her..." Goku whispered, his eyes lined with tears. "I never knew she would kill herself. If I had known beforehand…"
"Goku, none of us could guess she would take her own life." Bulma pressed, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Her funeral is in a couple days…You will be attending, won't you?"
"How can't I?" Goku said, putting his head down.
"It's okay, Goku…"
* * * * *
Phil flew high over the mountainous land that was common on Namek. Vegeta had been gone for a few hours and he thought something terrible happened after he ran off…
He felt a wave of responsibility for his guest and he had gone out to look for the saiyan prince.
He was flying and it didn't take him long to notice the warped land that Vegeta's fight had taken place in. Phil descended down to the ground to search for his missing guest.
Phil searched broken and piled rock and other debris. That's when he noticed a huge crater he hadn't searched yet. He hurried over to the hole and searched for a while until finally finding the saiyan prince lying in a heap in the dirt.
Was he dead? Phil went to Vegeta's side and inspected him. He was bloody and his ultra-sturdy clothes were damaged and torn. He didn't know who or what fought him… was it this "Kakarrot"? Who was Kakarrot, anyway? He remembered Vegeta mention him in the story of why he came to Namek to visit.
Was "Kakarrot" Son Goku? He could not say. For now, he had to take Vegeta to the Healer Namekians to see if the prince was still alive, and if so, heal him.
Phil hoisted Vegeta over one shoulder and flew away, into the direction of his village.
* * * * *
This was home, now. Goku knew since Vegeta was dead, there was nothing stopping him from living with Bulma at Capsule Corp.
He felt guilty about Chi-Chi's death. Even though he didn't love her, he still felt a sense of compassion toward her, despite his harsh words.
He placed his hand on his head. They couldn't wish her back with the Dragonballs, because she had been wished back already… and if they tried with the Namekian Dragonballs, the dragon couldn't do anything to an individual against their will, and Chi-Chi had taken her own life.
Goku took a step into his new room. He shuddered to think that this had been Vegeta's room. And now he was to stay there…
Bulma walked up behind him and hugged him around his waist. "Welcome home." She cooed.
Goku only took a deep breath and exhaled audibly, sighing in resignation.
"Is there something wrong?" Bulma asked, suddenly concerned.
"…It's just that a lot has happened in such a short time… My wife died and I killed Vegeta, and now I'm moving into his house…"
"Goku, it's all gonna be fine." Bulma assured her not-so-secret lover.
Bulma skipped to the bed and crawled upon it. She was sitting up in an arousing position, motioning for Goku to come to her. They got frisky and took off each other's clothes. Soon, they were making love without care.
* * * * *
Tarble was sitting on the couch, watching the game and eating chips and dip.
Tarble was a lost saiyan, Vegeta's brother. He had been sent to a remote star to die when he was a child because he could not fight. He was saved by a group of aliens, then after a while, he returned to the location of the destroyed Saiyan Planet, Vegeta.
It was gone, so he went to a Freeza space station, to find that Freeza had been killed on planet Earth. The terrible duo, Abo and Cado knew Tarble was a saiyan and they desired revenge for their dead master. He fled to Earth with his new wife, Gure, whom he had met on a planet of white, stubby people.
When he arrived, Abo and Cado had followed him and Gure, but Son Goku and friends defeated them easily. That was when Tarble first saw the beautiful women of Earth. He knew then that he had chosen wrong with his wife, Gure, and he began to treat her badly, until she ran away.
He was thinking about the news of his brother's death. He hadn't known him for a very long time, but he had found his only surviving family and was living with him, so they had bonded. They did everything together. Was Kakarrot really as bad as Vegeta always claimed? After all, he killed him in the end.
"I can't believe Vegeta's dead." Tarble moaned. "He seemed so full of life a few days ago."
"He was, until he figured out what Bulma was doing behind his back." Piccolo agreed.
"That's for damn sure. That two-timing bitch, Bulma!" Tarble said loudly, without thinking.
"Shut the hell up!" Bulma yelled at Tarble from behind as she was walking away with Goku.
"Sorry." Tarble apologized.
"Yes, it's sure gonna be quiet without Vegeta around." Piccolo concluded expressionlessly. "Tarble, if I might change the subject, what would you think about me if I had the human emotion: love?"
"I'd say, "good for you"."
"Well, I'm going to find the Dragonballs to wish for human emotions."
"Good for you"
"No, I'm serious."
"Good for you." Tarble repeated with a little more inflection.
"You're coming with me to find them."
"Whatever, it's been boring around here. Maybe this could be fun."
"That's the spirit!"
* * * * *
Master Roshi was in the Kame House, having wild sex with the android, #18.
The Old Turtle Master humped the android wildly and all the while, screamed and hollered.
"Fuck me!" #18 shouted viciously. "Take your big fat cock and stick it in my juicy pussy and fuck the shit out of me with your big balls and fat fucking cock!"
"Yeah, baby!" The Invincible Old Master yelled.
"Master Roshi, I implore you! Please refrain from having sex while Maron is present!" Turtle begged. He was referring to the infant, Maron, whom was the child of #18 and Krillin. No one has seen Krillin for months now, and he was marked as a missing person.
"Ah, shut up, Turtle! She's just a baby; she won't remember it anyway!" Master Roshi laughed, pumping inhumanly into #18.
"Oh fuck! Fuck me, Roshi—fuck me!" #18 howled.
"Get on my back, Maron. We're leaving here." Turtle said to the infant who was quick to oblige.
Turtle left the room slowly with the baby riding on his back.
The turtle crawled into the open sea and swam away, seeking the father of Maron, Krillin.
* * * * *
Dark Vegeta had become a celebrity since his debut on the martial arts TV show, The World Tournament. Every few years, there comes a special tournament, the Tenkaichi Budokai: a tournament in which the strongest fighters in the world compete to see who is the strongest under the Heavens.
The renegade saiyan was doing a public service announcement about not doing drugs and drinking alcohol.
On the set, he was sitting with kids, tossing unhealthful foods and drugs into a large trashcan. From the side ambled the hulking figure of Mr. Satan. He joined the group and was offered some booze by an actor dressed in a winter hat and a leather jacket.
Hercule put his thumb up at the man and acted like he was about to accept the offer, but suddenly inverted his thumb downward and growled menacingly.
Hercule punched the guy hard in the face and sent him sprawling on the ground.
"Winners don't use drugs." Hercule said, looking to the camera and putting up a peace sign.
That's when the commercial filming ended. "Cut!"
The actor who got punched got up and walked away. Dark Vegeta was very happy to have helped make this public service announcement commercial and he approached the children.
The kids took some autographs and left to get autographs from Hercule.
Dark Vegeta sighed and left to go to the bathroom.
* * * * *
Phil came down into the village to seek help from the healers of the Shrine of Gross-Invertebrate. As he walked into the temple, he noted the two healer monks, one young and one very, very old.
"Please, my friend is hurt, and I'm not sure if he's alive. If so, can you please heal him?" Phil asked, bowing.
"I may heal him, but only if he still lives." The younger healer said, inspecting the body that Phil put down on to the platform.
"He lives; there is a faint "chi" coming from him. However, I am just a student here at the Shrine. Brother Slime can surely heal him."
Brother Slime approached the waiting Vegeta. Brother Slime was a very old Namekian, who wobbled and shook. His arms moved about slowly and shakily, interlocking and coming apart.
Slime put out a hand that shook over the fallen Vegeta. Faint yellow energy loops barraged the saiyan, the body absorbing the energy.
Vegeta's eyes shot open and the prince gasped. He began to cough and glance around at his surroundings.
"Where the hell am I?" Vegeta coughed.
"You are in The Shrine of Gross-Invertebrate." The young Namekian informed the saiyan. "Brother Slime here healed your body."
"Thank you…" Vegeta stammered, still not used to expressing thanks.
Brother Slime looked at Vegeta and said nothing, still shaking.
Vegeta eyed the old man curiously.
"He cannot speak." The younger healer informed calmly.
"Why not?" Vegeta asked.
"He was hit on the head—he nearly died."
"Wasn't he healed?"
"Yes, but he still cannot speak."
"…Have you ever come to the conclusion that perhaps he is mentally damaged?"
"We have, but we do not regard it—Namek is not too proud of retards."
Phil and Vegeta left and headed back to the house.
"I think it's best if I went back home now…" Vegeta suggested.
"Yes, you have friends waiting." Phil said, cool with Vegeta's decision.
"Thank you for your hospitality…" Vegeta said quietly.
"Don't mention it!"
Vegeta left the house and headed for his spaceship. A thought crossed his mind then. He wouldn't have food for 4 days… He had to go and find a source of food, first. He did remember where his ship was, so he swerved slightly and came down in front of a tree. He found some Namekian birds picking at some big melon-type things…hanging from the trees!
Unusual, but Vegeta decided to take advantage and shooed the birds away. He took all the "melons" as he could carry and headed for his ship.
When he got there, he entered the craft and set the "melons" on the floor.
He hurried to the control panel and pressed the lift off button. He was on his way to Earth.
* * * * *
2 days had passed since Goku come back, and it was the day of Chi-Chi's funeral. The room wasn't too large, and all Chi-Chi's family was there, including the Ox-King, who was bawling his eyes out.
Goten was sitting with Gohan, crying...very loudly. It was as if Goten and the Ox-King were having a crying contest. When one let out a loud cry, the other came back with a louder one.
Farther away, Goku was sitting down, weeping softly, knowing he had caused this. Bulma wrapped her arm around Goku's shoulders, comforting him.
The music was a sad, classical song, and the room was loaded with large bouquets of flowers.
The room was loaded with guests. Even Krillin was there! Krillin was always trying to commit suicide, yet failed every time.
"She had some balls to do that!" Krillin spoke up.
"Shut the fuck up, Krillin!" Piccolo reprimanded. "This is a funeral, not a jokey joke house!"
Krillin began to cry.
After a long while, the sermon began. Some fool in robes blessed the casket Chi-Chi rested in and left. Then the speeches began… Piccolo was the first.
"I knew Chi-Chi for a long time. I remember back when I first saw her. So young and full of life, she was! I know why she married Goku. When he was young, he promised to. He simply thought marriage was something to eat."
Some people laughed quietly and nervously, uncomfortable with jokes at a funeral.
"But then, he learned it was much more. They had a son, Gohan. I trained him to be a martial artist, but he turned out to be a…scholar. We'll probably never know why she killed herself, but we are here to celebrate her life, not her death. So let's say goodbye to Chi-Chi."
People clapped quietly for the speech Piccolo gave.
Next up was Goku.
"Chi-Chi was my wife, as you know. I loved her. She was a great cook and an amazing mother. She was pretty strong too! She gave me my two beautiful kids and I love them to death. But I've done some bad things to her in the past two years."
Some people looked at each other, wondering what was so "bad".
"I cheated on her." Goku admitted, albeit shakily. The audience gasped in shock quietly and silently mumbled to each other.
"I came to her a couple weeks ago and told her so. I said some pretty terrible things to her before I left her."
Goten began to cry again, and the Ox-King was staring at Goku, in denial and anger no doubt.
"But I didn't mean those things I said. I just couldn't stand her sometimes!" Goku looked at Goten, who looked away from his father in shame.
"But I never meant to let this happen…" Goku had tears lining his eyes. He turned around to face the coffin. "I'm sorry, Chi-Chi…"
Goku walked away to his seat, embarrassed of himself, and afraid that the Ox-King would lash out in anger.
Goku dropped his face into his upturned palms and began to sob quietly. Everyone was silent, turned to stare at the weeping saiyan.
Goku revealed his cheating to the attendance of Chi-Chi's funeral, including the Ox-King! What trouble will this bring? Will Vegeta try to redeem himself and win back Bulma? Will Turtle find Krillin? Find out in the next chapter of
Dragonball C