Chapter 1 – Surprise, surprise!
It was a sunny day, as the morning breeze took off, light shone on the small mountain where the SON family had their residence. On the top of a small grassy mountain a small shack like house could be found. Goku himself had built it just a week ago, and here he had a peaceful life with the woman he… perhaps loved?
Goku went out and made his morning stretch out routines on the plains, watching the sun rise above the horizon, it was all pretty straight forward, but yet wonderful in every way. His expression was calm and carefree, he was always like this, and nothing could ruin his day, or could it?
"Oh Goku! You need to start chopping some wood!" He could hear her voice echoing through his head, he knew he had to obey or else Chi-Chi would get mad at him, and he wouldn't like that.
"I'm on it!" He yelled back, running off to the woods nearby and picking branches, as he returned, he used his hand to chop the branches into small sections, and then brought in the house, and put it next to the stove. It was a small yet tasteful home, consisting of two bedrooms, although only one had an actual bed, bathroom, a small kitchen and a small living room. Goku sat on a chair near the table and rested his face on his knuckles. Chi-Chi had finished showering and went into the kitchen to make Goku some breakfast; she knew his appetite all to well and made him the biggest portion of bacon and eggs ever seen by mortal eyes. Before she placed all the plates on the table, she wanted to hear something first, she looked Goku in the eyes, and he knew what she wanted to hear.
"Thank you Chi-Chi!" He said laughed sheepishly, she shook her head, seemingly disappointed at his remark. He stuffed himself full with the food, and drank a whole gallon of milk before clapping his stomach and making a bright smile.
"Now I have some duties for you today Goku." She said and crossed her arms.
"Well it's kind of boring working around the house all day Chi-Chi. Can't I go outside for a while? It's been a long time since I've seen my friends and…" She interrupted him.
"Goku you held a birthday party a week ago! Remember it was your 17th birthday, and I was kind enough to cook and serve every meal for your friends!" She looked like she was about to explode.
"Well not all of them were there… I think?" Goku scratched the top of his head.
"Goku you have to understand, if you are to leave anywhere today I want you to be back here in two hours or I'll won't cook you dinner." She had an obvious point. Goku looked puzzled but then he saw the positive side.
"No problem Chi-Chi I'll be back in no time! In fact I'll just take a small trip on Nimbus! See ya later!" Goku dashed out and whistled, Nimbus appeared quickly after, Goku then jumped op on the yellow cloud, and they were off to the skies! Chi-Chi only looked out of the windows shaking her head, and then returning to her duties.
Goku flew around the mountains then he steered to the open ocean, then turned to shore again, he didn't know exactly where he would go next, but as he flew past a city he turned and saw a huge compound it was entitled Capsule Corp. Goku immediately smiled and jumped off Nimbus, he landed elegantly on his right foot, and ran towards the compound. On his way he noticed a familiar face, it was no other than Bulma's mother. She noticed him at the entrance and seemed happy to see him. She waved to him, signaling to him that he was a welcomed guest, as he came inside he couldn't stop himself from smiling.
"Dear Goku, it is so good to see you." She said with a warm smile on her face.
"Good day madam! Is Bulma home today?" He asked and laughed sheepishly.
"Oh how nice of you to come and visit her Goku. She is working on her newest invention; she is just down the hall to the right." The blond woman said with a smile on her face. Goku nodded and went to seek her out. Bulma's mother was always delighted to see Goku, Bulma had told many tales about Goku's courage, strength, and good nature. Goku walked down the path he was told to, and stumbled across a half open door, as he peeked to see who was inside he saw into a huge room full of crates and metal parts, small lockers were scattered all around the room, he then noticed Bulma leaning against her working bench, and used some handheld tools, she was dressed casually in a long red shirt and wore jeans, her excellent figure visible at all time, Goku noticed her turquoise hair was not set up as it used to, a few strands hung over her forehead, and she blew them away now and then to concentrate on her work, she made an occasional sigh now and then. Goku approached using his stealth, and as he sneaked closely enough he got an evil smile on his face.
"Hey Bulma! What ya doing!" Bulma jumped up in mid air from the loud voice and landed in Goku's arms looking at him with widened eyes. He only laughed innocently at her reaction, not knowing what was coming to him.
"Goku! You dork! You scared me!" Bulma forced herself away from him and stood up waving with her spanner threatening to smack him on the head with it. He just put one hand behind his neck and started laughing sheepishly. She leaned back against the working bench and crossed her arms, waiting for an explanation.
"So tell me… What are you doing here?" She asked with a serious tone.
"Well I was kind of bored, so I decided to pay you a visit." He said joyfully, she let out a sigh.
"And you think it was ok to storm inside and break my concentration, it took me a whole week to build this thing, and it will take me another to complete it?" Her expression was far too serious for Goku to comprehend. He scratched his head and looked puzzled. In that moment Bulma's angry expression was wearing out, and she formed a smirk on her beautiful lips.
"I'm sorry if I disturbed you Bulma, I'll be heading home now." Goku was about to turn away and walk out, but she stopped him.
"Wait, did you get my present last week?" She asked, with vulnerable eyes. Goku turned towards her and smiled brightly.
"Yeah I did! They were awesome Bulma!" His positive attitude was contagious, and Bulma couldn't stop but smile back at him.
"Well as I looked at our merchandize I noticed the clothing and underwear collection, so I just wrapped it up." She said with warm smile.
"But how did you know my size? They fit on perfectly, look here I'm wearing it right now!" Goku took off the top of his orange Gi and showed her the black t-shirt he wore under it. On his back the CC logo was visible. Bulma giggled at the sight, thinking of Goku as a walking ad. "And the boxer briefs just feel so comfortable!" He slid his pants down and showed her. She was embarrassed for a moment and shut her eyes, blushing slightly.
"Alright Goku but will you please stop dropping your pants in front of me in the future?" She asked and looked dumbfounded. Goku quickly pulled them up again and tightened his purple sash. As he was about to put his upper Gi on, it got split in half by his attempt to put it on, his strong arms were sometimes too strong.
"Ups!" He laughed sheepishly as he threw the orange Gi in a bin. Bulma just shook her head for a moment, but then noticed a figure standing behind Goku.
"Goku have you been representing Capsule Corp lately!" Dr. Brief said warmly greeting Goku and shook his hand. Bulma looked nervous.
"So Bulma have you completed your task?" He asked his daughter.
"Um… Yeah daddy! Its finished I just have to make a few tests before I handed it over to you… Thi-hi!" She smiled in gorgeous way, seemingly trying to steer the attention away from her half finished project.
"That's my girl alright! When you've done running the tests just drop it off at my office." Dr. Briefs smiled to her and Goku and then left the room. Goku looked over at Bulma who was relieved; he stepped closer to her, and looked suspiciously at.
"I see… This seems to be some kind of lying competition?" Bulma looked enraged at him and slapped him on the right cheek. "SMACK!!!"
"Au! You… you slapped me!?" Goku accused her, while rubbing his right cheek, tears almost welled up in his eyes.
"Yes I did! And I'll do it again!" She clenched her teeth and looked furiously at him. Goku looked like he was almost about to cry. Bulma then had second thought about what she just did.
"Oh Goku… I didn't mean to… its just." Before she could finish apologizing, Goku was laughing his ass off.
"You really fell for that one!" He laughed sheepishly. Bulma's face turned red as she then slapped him once more, this time on the left cheek!
"Au! Alright, alright…" he said and stopped laughing.
"Bulma… I need to ask you something." He said with a serious tone. Bulma didn't know what to expect but she had her fears that he might ask her why she acted like she did the last time they had seen each other.
"Why didn't you come to my birthday party? Didn't you get the invitation?" His voice was now sharp, and it was tearing at her consciousness. Could she really lie to him?
"I… I was sick…" She said with an insecure expression.
"That's too bad. The food was really great, but I missed your company." He said and smiled warmly.
"You did?" She looked surprised at him.
"Of course! Yamcha seemed a bit angry at you?" This surprised Bulma.
"What did he tell you?" She took a few steps back, waiting for the worst yet to come.
"Nothing… He just didn't want to talk about you." He was so innocent; she couldn't believe how naïve he actually was. But should she tell him? What concern was that of his? 'I better not bore him', she thought.
"Goku… it's because we broke up last week." She looked at him causally not believing he would understand what she was saying.
"I'm sorry to hear that." He said. His expression turned to a sad one.
"But I'm over it now. Believe me." She looked up and saw a toolbox lying on a shelf, she need that toolbox. She couldn't reach it, although she tried, she stretched out as much as she could, but suddenly felt weightless as Goku lifted her up slightly, holding her by her waist, his hands were gentle, she swung her legs back and forth for a moment and reached the toolbox, and he put her down again, he noticed that her cheeks had gotten a purple touch.
"Are you ok?" He asked politely. She turned to look at him, although she tried to hide away for a second.
"Yeah… Thanks." Her voice was soft and delicate, she couldn't look him straight in the eyes. Goku could only smile back at her with his eyes fixated on her blue ones.
"Well I better be going now, or Chi-Chi won't make me dinner!" He said with a regretting sigh, and rubbed the back of his neck. Bulma placed the toolbox on the bench and looked at him.
"What's wrong, you look like you have a stiff neck?" She looked at bit concerned.
"Yeah, I've been sleeping on the couch these two weeks; Chi-Chi won't let me sleep on the floor, like I'm used to." Bulma was utterly surprised by his statement.
"Why don't you sleep on the bed?" She asked confused, knowing that married couples do sleep together.
"Well when I try to Chi-Chi won't let me sleep she always tries to touch me! And I can't fall a sleep so we agreed that I'll be sleeping on the couch until Chi-Chi works things out with me?" Goku spoke so truthfully, he had nothing to hide from her, even his embarrassing situation did not seem to get to him. Bulma thought about it for a second, and smiled to him, she knew what phase he was going through, and that he might not know much about how marriage works. She giggled for a moment.
"Take a seat Goku." She offered him, and as he sat on a chair, she walked up behind him, and started to rub the back of his neck, loosening his tension. Goku shivered for a moment. Her hands were gentle and soft to his muscles. She could hear him purr. She didn't know if she had made the right decision to give him a back rub.
"Aaaahhh. I feel so much better now!" He said and turned to look at her, with a smile on his face. Bulma took a step back hugging herself, and thinking of what she felt for a moment. Goku rose from his seat and looked at the clock hanging on the wall.
"I'm gonna be late for dinner!" He looked down in despair, his stomach began making all sorts of noises, and he blushed for a moment and smiled innocently. Bulma knew that she wasn't even to Chi-Chi's cooking, but she felt sorry for him.
"Well I feel a bit hungry myself… Want to join me?" She blinked with one eye to him, and led him to the kitchen. Goku looked around in awe.
"This kitchen is amazing! It's bigger than the house I live in!" He said and laughed sheepishly. She smiled at his remark.
"Hmm… Do you like peanut butter and jelly?" She asked him curiously.
"You bet! It's one of my favorite!" He said and grinned. She smiled back.
"It's my all time favorite…" She said and smiled; she made him dozens of sandwiches, and served it to him. He ate with joy, and when he was finished, she offered him a glass of milk. While she sat across him, she noticed how humble he was; he thanked her constantly and laughed humorlessly. When she finished eating her sandwich, she noticed that time was slipping, and rushed back to work on her project, Goku followed her at all time, and sat while observing her work. He hummed a melody, which she felt was a nice change to all of the emptiness there was in the room before he had arrived. As she was about to call it the day, she noticed her old dragon ball radar between some mechanical rubble, she picked it up, and old memories reemerged. Goku noticed the dragon ball radar, and walked up to her stood beside her.
"Wow! Does it still work?" He asked excited.
"Pretty much, but it's useless to me…" She said almost sounding sad.
"Why? Come on Bulma lets go on another dragon ball hunt!" His enthusiasm was always overwhelming.
"I don't think either of us has time for that sort of thing Goku… Just let it go." She dropped the radar on the bench and was heading out.
"Wait! Come on! It's gonna be fun, it's gonna be fun, it's gonna be fun!" He sounded so childish to her. He picked the radar, and followed her; she sat outside on flat rock in her enormous garden. Goku stood behind her.
"Come on we'll make it worthwhile, it doesn't need to take us months?" Goku pleaded.
"Goku, you are married? Don't you understand the term, growing up?" She sounded annoyed, by Goku's ideas.
"It's no big deal! Chi-Chi won't get mad… Come on, only you and me, what do ya say?" It sounded so tempting to her. She sighed and turned to face him.
"Look, even If I said yes, then would you get off my back?" Goku smiled and giggled.
"Alright! I knew you would say yes!" He said confidently.
"But I got to finish my project first then we can…" She stopped in mid sentence. She couldn't accept his offer; she was beginning to think of herself as being too light hearted. She knew that they never would be kids again, and that she was making things more complicated by trying to compensate for it by embarking on a new adventure.
"Goku… It is impossible, we should just forget about it." Goku's expression showed determination.
"I won't take no for an answer! Something is wrong with you, the last time we spoke you just ran away? I think a little hiking and picnicking won't hurt, and we'll try to find the dragon balls, because I have a special wish!" He straightened up and inhaled after all he had said.
"And that wish would be?" She looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"To see you happy again…" His words cut through her like a chainsaw, she parted her lips and couldn't understand how mature he just sounded, was this really Goku speaking?
"If you get off my back, I'll consider it!" Her reply was harsh at best.
"No! You have to promise that you'll join me!" His voice turned powerful. She was excited at the display of his strong will.
"I guess I don't have any choice?" She said and sighed, and forced a bittersweet smile.
"That's the spirit Bulma!" He whistled and Nimbus arrived, as he got up on Nimbus turned his gaze at Bulma.
"I won't let you down Bulma… See ya later!" He flew away in a split second, leaving Bulma all to herself. Engulfed in thoughts she thought about his last words before he left. She knew that he would never let her down, but what was eating her from the inside was the fact of how many times she let him down, and fled while he was fighting strong opponents, she felt like a coward. But what was she to do? 'Oh Goku… Why do you have to be so damn cute…?' The thought sickened her, he was too good to be true a friend she had always wished for. She would not let him down this time! Her mother approached her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Did your boyfriend leave so soon?" She looked at Bulma with a sad expression.
"Mom, he's not my boyfriend!?" Bulma looked surprised at her mother.
"Well… Still I think you should accept his offer, you have been acting strangely these weeks?" Her mother knew about her situation.
"It's just because I'm stressed with this new project." Bulma replied softly.
"When you finish it I want you to go and have fun, Goku is the best person you could have around you. He is so sweet and caring. You should give him a chance…" Her mother was reopening old wounds.
"Mother he is…" She couldn't say it.
"He is a wonderful guy, and I'll go on that stupid dragon ball hunt…" Her mother was pleased to hear that, when she left Bulma to herself again, Bulma didn't know what she was she getting herself into.
A/N: Well this chapter was a lot of fun to write. Oh well I'm going to write a paper on biochemistry, so I won't be updating so soon. But after that I should have no problem getting back to my stories. I'll be keeping an eyes out for feedback regarding this story, I'm interested to know how people react to it, and if they like. Until next time! Take care, and don't forget to R&R.
