Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or the characters that appear in the series. I do however own the characters that have never made an apperance in the official series.

A/N: Oh boy, here it finally is! Sorry for the long wait, my writings and other hobbies had to be put aside a few months back. Personal life had to interfere once again and sorry to say, the problems that came up could not be ignored.

But everything is back on schedule again (as good as it can get any way) and I have my holidays now so maybe, if I am lucky I'll get chapter four ready some time around next week!

Anyway, have fun reading and do let a girl like me know what you think of this chapter so far. I think you might enjoy this little cute chapter. All I have to say is; Childhood love.. (sigh)


Chapter three; Apples are good!

The day had finally arrived, ChiChi's first date with her future husband was about to start and the girl couldn't be any more anxious.

Ré and his father had arrived late last night, ChiChi had stayed up all night to greet him once he would arrive and of course, this meant Goku had to stay awake as well. He didn't mind though, ChiChi was good company and he found out that the young princess wasn't that bad in sparring herself. They ended up sparing pretty much the whole afternoon till the evening came; from there ChiChi was to distracted since Ré was actually close to arriving any minute.

The young boy appeared to be a nice boy after all; he was polite and a little playful. At some points Goku noticed that he was sometimes nervous when it came to being around ChiChi. But Goku thought that was normal with boyfriends, since Yamucha did that a lot as well as far he had seen him together with Bulma.

And before going to bed ChiChi had told him to wait for her at the village entrance, they were going to leave early for the trip.

So now, she and Goku were patiently waiting at the entrance of the Ox Village, waiting for the boy named Ré to show up so they could go to the lake he had told ChiChi about in his written letters.

"I want you to make me a promise." The young princess suddenly spoke, her small fists resting on her hips. Goku blinked, "A promise?"

"Yes a promise, you –do- know what promises are right?"

Goku nodded and smiled sheepishly, "Even though my father requested of you to protect me for the time being, I do not wish for you to go and follow us around to every place!" her voice hitched up higher the more she spoke.

Goku only cocked his head slightly to the left and shrugged his shoulders, "You can stay near me," the girl continued, "But, not see me or Ré."

"How come?" Goku asked puzzled. Wouldn't it be fun if all three of them could just play around or something, from the looks of it, ChiChi and Ré were both really excited about playing, why couldn't he join them?

"Because we're going on a date silly." ChiChi said shaking her head a little annoyed, "A date?"

"Yes a date! Where only two people, mostly a boy and a girl go out and have fun together. –Alone-"

"Oh… But I told your father I would stick around you and keep an eye out on you. How can I do this if I am not even allowed to come near the two of you?" he asked, still confused.

"You shouldn't take everything literally." ChiChi said shaking her head, "My father said keeping an eye out on me, but he actually meant you should just stay close by in case anything happens." She lifted her index finger to empathise her meanings. "If you stay close in hearing distance, you can still hear if something goes out of hand!" she exclaimed happily.

Goku blinked, "Well… that could be okay, I guess."

"Yes and I promise you that the moment anything fishy might happen, I will call for you right away. Loud and clear so you won't miss a thing. You and your cloud thingy will be here in no time to safe my life!" she smiled.

"His name is Nimbus." Goku said a little annoyed this time, he hated it when his friends were considered as things. Nimbus was his pall, so you call him by his name.

"Nimbus, right." Goku felt a little uneasy as he watched her grinning about, her hands clasped together as the thought of her 'date' was coming to her mind. He didn't know what to think each time any girl he met would get all emotional. Whenever Bulma and now, ChiChi started to cry he felt like running to the other side of the world and wait till the tear storm would end. Their voices could reach up to volumes that made his ears cringe in pain. And, right after Bulma had fallen in love with Yamucha, she was starting to act all dreamy like. Her eyes grew wide as the biggest dinner plates he had ever seen and little stars would appear in them, he was certain that if he looked long enough he would be able to see himself in them.

Plus, they would get way to damn sensitive. If Yamucha ended up doing one thing wrong, tears would turn up and Bulma's face would turn completely red. Her fists shaking… and then it would be Goku's cue to head on out of her way for her voice would reach that same level of high pitching screaming he was sure only women and girls were able to make.

Girls were way to confusing and he couldn't understand why Yamucha actually started to go out with Bulma. He knew one thing for sure; he was never going go out with girls ever.

To boring, to confusing and to much hard work with out being able to please the girl in any kind of way… no fun at all.

"This is going to be so romantic…" she said sighing, then suddenly stopped dreaming and turned to Goku, "Now, you promise me that you –will- stay out of our way. You won't make a sound or even show your head around me and Ré at any moment…. Right?"

Goku nodded, "That's a promise!" he said in all honesty. Again ChiChi let out a smile of gratitude and bowed to the boy in front of her.

"Thank you." She said and then turned her back at him.


ChiChi giggled as she walked hand in hand with her future husband, she was having the greatest day of her young life so far. Finally she was able to see the young boy who her father had set her up with when she was only five years old.

"So what is it exactly that you wish to show me?" ChiChi asked while a small blush crept on her cheeks. They had finally arrived at the small patch of the forest. Goku tagged along on his Nimbus staying in the distance while the other two young people were walking.

Ré smiled as he dug his hands in his back pocket, he was still very much unaware of Goku being close by, "You will just have to wait and see…" he whispered to her as he took out an orange bandana and held it in front of him.

ChiChi raised an eyebrow, "What?"

He smiled, "I told you in one of my letters that I know a place my father once told me about." he circled around her, "The last time I was here he showed it to me. He said only our family knew about it and that its' magical. Like I promised, I am going to take you to that place." He held the bandana close against her eyes, "Since we're getting married and all, you as my future wife will go to this place too."

Excitement was written all over her face, she had to keep herself from jumping up and down. Her young little heart was pumping in a vicious beat against her chest, this was all way to romantic.

She looked at him with big shiny eyes, "You are going to share that with me?" she asked him with her tiny voice. Her tiny hands clamped together as she sighed happily, "Yes." He said and moved closer to wrap the bandana in front of her eyes and around her head.

"Just listen to the sound of my voice; I'll guide you through the forest and straight to that magical place." He said.

ChiChi nodded and sighed happily, her mind thinking up several scenes in which the two of them would find themselves. The scene sparkled up in front of her eyes, the two of them holding on to each other just after they had shared their first beautiful kiss. Birds would fly around them singing their beautiful songs while the young couple stared into the sparkling beauty that danced along the surface of the water. The sun shining through the thick layer of tree's that covered the lake and the two of them would be completely alone. She sighed… this was going to be perfect.

His brown hair would be shining perfectly, his hazel brown eyes starring at her face while his hand was entangled in a perfect grasp with hers.

Another sigh escaped her lips and her heart started to pound in a steady yet firm beat.

He rested his hands on her shoulders and pushed her to walk, "Just trust me Cheech, I will make sure you'll get there in one piece." He told her.

She nodded and made tiny steps towards their destination.

A little further back down the forest path behind them stood another young boy, his hair sticking out in various directions. Once the youngsters had headed in to the forest Goku had jumped of his Nimbus and quietly followed the two in to the small forest.

He looked at the two puzzled for a few seconds, following them silently as they walked down the forest path and took a turn straight through the bushes. He could easily hear ChiChi giggle in excitement and hear Ré's guiding words talking her through the bushes while his hands rested on her shoulders. When they stopped Goku hid behind one of the tall oak trees, he sighed out of boredom and slid through his knees. Every now and then peering around the tree to look at the other two youngsters.

And that's when he decided that he would never want to go on a date with a girl either. This was boring. His tired eyes looking at the two; however his eyes attention were suddenly drawn to a beautiful big tree filled with tons of red ripe apples.

Drool formed on the corner of his lips, the red apples started to sing in an enchanting song. Asking him to come and get them and eat every single red apple that was there.

However, the song quickly faded away in the back of his mind the moment he realized that the two stood underneath the tree. A frown appeared on his head, his stomach complaining along with his head.

He licked his lips while his big eyes kept dancing up and down, to the two standing underneath the tree and up to the apples hanging lazily in the tree that hovered above them.

"We're here." The boy named Ré whispered as he made ChiChi stop.

A wide smile was still present on her face, "Now just hold on Cheech, I still have to do a few things to make this even more perfect." Ré said as he moved away from her.

"Just don't peek; I'll be finished before you know it and then… you'll be in for a big surprise!" the boy said excited.

Goku whined, 'This is supposed to be the magical place?' he asked himself. He saw nothing magical around for miles, except for those apples, but a part of him knew for sure that that was not what Ré had meant with magical. And he knew ChiChi would probably agree with him up on that part.

He noticed Ré was rummaging about around ChiChi as her back was still turned towards the two of them, the bandana tied securely around her eyes.

Goku moved a bit closer, he was certain that if he moved fast enough he could get at least a handful of apples from that tree with out disturbing ChiChi or Ré.

Quickly he jumped up and grabbed a branch belonging to the tree he hid behind, spinning around he released it and landed on a tree little closer to the apple tree. He crouched through his knees, keeping an eye out on Ré who by now had a pile of wood gathered. ChiChi still oblivious to everything was waiting patiently for the boy to finish.

He smirked, this was going to be much easier then he initial had assumed, he was going to end up with a full stomach and still be able to not disturb ChiChi and her date by keeping away from them as far as possible.

Standing up he swung around another branch belonging to the same tree he was standing in, trying to get up a little higher in order to make a longer and higher jump. Keeping the apple tree straight in his sight he crouched through his knees another time only to push himself up faster and set his feet of the large branch.

He jumped straight through the air and landed perfectly and very lightly in the apple tree. His trademark grin appearing on his boyish features, he was surrounded by tons of ripe apples. And by the sound of it, not one of the two on the ground had heard him.

As cautious and careful as he could he took an apple one by one and he pushed them in to his shirt.

"You're almost done Ré?" asked the very patient princess.

Ré dropped the wood on the forest ground and wiped the sweat of his forehead with his sleeve.

"Almost." He said and walked up to her.

Goku looked down, balancing himself on the branch and took a bite from one apple. His curious eyes studied the other boy's every move. He was about to take another bite as suddenly his foot slipped away causing him to drop the apple he was eating of, his eyes grew wide as the apple made it's way down to the ground and landed straight on top of Ré's head who instantly fell down on the ground unconscious.

"Ré?" ChiChi asked.

The girl was getting way to impatient now, not only was she running out of patience but she was disturbed to find out that now she heard absolutely nothing. Ré was absolutely quiet…

"Ré?" she asked, slightly nervous.

Goku landed silently behind her, his wide eyes starring at the boy who laid spread around on the ground. He gulped hard knowing very well that he had pretty much ruined the young princess's first date.

He guessed that neither one of them should be unconscious on dates.

"Ré, come on, this is not funny." She whined.

'Maybe he left me behind…' her mind thought. Tears started to form in the corner of her eyes, 'Maybe he did get bored and only brought me here to get rid of me…' she sniffed, 'I knew this was to good to be true.'

Goku looked around a little frightened, "Please Ré, can I take the blind fold of now?" her voice sounded tiny.

Should he tell her he had accidentally knocked her date out cold?

No, if he did that then she would tell her father and that would mean no Dragonball for Goku. He did not get this far with this boring date for nothing! True, Goku was an honest boy and had the purest of hearts. That's why he initial went on with the deal he had made with the Ox King, all the while every body that knows Goku know that if he wanted, he would have been able to steal the ball right from underneath the Ox King's nose.

But that thought never crossed the young boy's head.

He looked up in panic when he heard a familiar sniff coming from ChiChi, she was going to start to cry and he hated it whenever a girl would start to cry. And this time, it would be his fault… that meant an even bigger problem for him.

He didn't want her to start crying!

Clearing his throat ChiChi immediately stopped sniffing and moved her head up slightly. Her back was still facing him, "Ré?"

Goku knew he must have been sweating galleons of sweat now, "Yes…?" he whispered trying change the sound of his voice as good as he could.

"Can I take of my blind fold now?" she asked her voice still tiny but it was obvious she was no longer on the verge of tears and apparently she thought that he was Ré.

"Uhm… no not yet…" he whispered.

He jumped around in panic, shook Ré's shoulders as his mind practically begged the boy to open his eyes. But to no avail, the apple must have been harder then Goku thought it was.

"What are you doing?" ChiChi's voice was sounding a little too sad, the excitement it once held a few minutes before had completely vanished.

Goku walked around her, "Ré? How about now?"

"Just a little longer?"

"But… what are you doing?" ChiChi asked, her head turned down.

"Uhm… I don't know…?" he spoke in a whisper.

Her head shot up, "You don't know?!" her voice got louder.

"Wait… Uhm, what did… uhm… you think I was doing?" he cleared his throat the moment he felt his own voice coming back to him, trying to suppress it as he kept on talking in a low whisper.

ChiChi kept silent for a while, "Well… I thought you were going to give me my first kiss?"

Goku raised an eyebrow, "Kiss?" he asked puzzled.

She nodded, "That is the romantic thing to do." She said, not once making an effort to release herself from the bandana's hold.

'Okay, now what is a kiss?' he wondered while peering around her shoulder, Ré was still knocked out.

'Okay, give her a kiss….'

"I am ready…" ChiChi said and stood up on her toes, her lips perched together as she took tiny steps towards him. He was about to back away from her only to stop himself; Ré was this close to her the whole time as well, if he moved away… she would notice something strange was going on.

"Just touch my lips with yours silly." ChiChi said, giggling as a blush crept on her cheeks.

'She wants me to do what?!" his mind shrieked as he felt himself stiffen.

"You don't want to kiss me do you? …. But you promised me a kiss on our first date in one of your letters…" he could see a tear rolling down from underneath the bandana. Goku gulped hard, he was going to ruin everything for the two of them.

Maybe…

"If you didn't want to-" she was cut off when she felt something touch her lips very briefly.

"Ré?"

Goku raised an eyebrow, "What was that?" she asked, her voice still shaking. "That's not a kiss…"

He sighed, was this girl never satisfied?

He moved closer a second time, deciding he would kiss her a little longer then. Besides, that brief contact wasn't that bad…

ChiChi held back her breath as her hands clutched together in front of her chest. Goku moved closer and perched his lips together as he had seen ChiChi do, their lips moving closer and closer until they met in full contact.

Something seemed to stop, Goku was sure… the birds stopped chirping, the wind stopped blowing, and there was not a sound any where. He wanted to stop and look around, wanted to find out what had caused the world to stop… but his hands wanted to do something else. Remove the bandana that covered her eyes… he'd like to see them for some odd reason.

Suddenly ChiChi stopped and moved back, the moment she did this all sounds and movements came back, "What was that?!" she shrieked.

Ré moaned causing Goku to jump up, the boy was finally waking up. ChiChi turned around, Goku quickly turned around to try and find a way out. He ran away from her as fast as he could, stopping behind the same tree he first started out before he decided that he had to take the apples.

His head peeked around the tree as he saw Ré stand up and remove ChiChi's bandana, once he was able to stand strong on his feet. He sighed in relief when he knew Ré did not tell her he had just passed out and actually told her that he had in fact kissed her but a ripe apple fell of the tree and landed on top of his head.

Now he had a head ache.

Goku sighed in relief, leant back against the tree and started his feast up on the apples that were still resting securely in his shirt.

While eating and listening to ChiChi giggle he could not help but to touch his lips and smile a little.

He had actually kissed a girl and by the look of the huge grin on his face, it seemed that he didn't mind kissing a girl at all.


ChiChi stretched her back and yawned slightly, "I think its' time for us to head back to the Ox grounds." She told Ré, who was sitting happily next to her starring over the small lake lying in front of them.

Ré nodded, "Yes, I do believe your father would end up getting worried if we do not show up before dark." ChiChi nodded in her turn and dusted the mud of her pink cape.

"And when we get ba-" a sudden loud bang was heard coming from the distance, causing the ground and the rest of their surroundings to shake underneath their feet. The two young children fell over thanks to the force while the animals of the forest scurried back and about.

Goku jumped up on to his feet, rubbing his eyes apparently just woken up from his nap. 'What was that?' he asked confused and turned around the tree to see if ChiChi and Ré were okay.

"What was that?!" ChiChi shrieked and jumped up, the moment she looked up she could hear a deafening sound belonging to some kind of plane, rushing over the forest and heading straight in to the direction of the village.

"Papa.." ChiChi whispered.

"Wha?" Ré asked, still somewhat shaken from the sudden shock of the Earth.

"I have… Goku!" she screamed and rushed towards the exit of the forest, Ré hot on her track, another explosion in the distance shook her out of her reverie, "Goku! They're attacking the village!" she shrieked and finally Goku jumped right in front of her.

"Where the hell did you come from, how did you find us?!" Ré demanded, but was ignored.

"I'll go and check this out," he said and called out for his Nimbus who arrived with in a few seconds, "Let me go with you!" ChiChi yelled but did not wait for an answer as she jumped up on Nimbus behind Goku.

"Cheech!" Ré yelled, "Stay here Ré, just stay here!" ChiChi screamed back at him as she and Goku rushed into the direction of the village.

A big mush room shaped cloud was forming on top of the village, "Oh no…" ChiChi whispered. Goku narrowed his eyes, "That must be the Red Ribbon army." He said as Nimbus slowed down.

"We have to fight!" ChiChi yelled and Goku nodded, "We will."



To Be Continued…



A/N: Well that was about it! Now don't be shy, let me know what you think! XD