Hey all, I'm back with another chapter! Sorry for taking so long to post this, I just got off of school and I've been working quite hard since.

Anyway, here's a nice, light chapter for you guys. Full of lots of fluffy fluff! I mean, since my stories are actually quite dark, sometimes I just need to lighten things up, you know? Now, don't worry, there's still plot progression, but don't expect limbs to be thrown all over the place, or something.

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE (SWEARING). IF YOU'RE EASILY OFFENDED BY THIS, PLEASE DON'T READ.

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To LXS: Bro, if I see you in real life, you better prepare for a Super Saiyan hug. Seriously, you've helped me so much, I can't even comprehend how I'd be able to write this story without you. Thank you. :)

Okay, so like, has anyone told you that your theories are flawless? I really agree with what you're saying. Super Saiyan isn't something which's accessed so easily, and it's true that only the strongest can reach the true form. (Well, duh. XD) It would be a disaster if your theory was found out by Planet Vegeta. Imagine! The Saiyans could've easily taken down Frieza and could've destroyed the universe, or everything living in it, I think. Personally, I don't think it'll be that drastic, but you never know. XD

And, I think I'll do a combination of both. While showing Bulma's progression physically is important, I do have to develop the plot with everyone else. The story's going to get pretty complicated from here on, so I'm trying to give some comical and romantic relief every now and then. :)

To Jonathan: Gracias por tu comentario! :D Me temo que no hablan español o cualquier otro idioma así que tengo que usar el traductor de google para responder a usted. Estoy pensando en dejar que alguien traducir la historia correctamente, para que otros puedan leerlo. Esperemos que esto no era demasiado confuso! :)

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~CHAPTER FOUR: BLOOMING STUDENTS AND WATER FIGHTS~

BULMA'S POV

Three steps…two…one more.

My foot runs over the line of the lap, and starts to ache as soon as I stop running. My muscles burn in protest, and my heart is beating uncontrollably. My chest is burning, and my throat's dry enough to become dust.

I finally complete 20 laps of my perilous exercise. 20 down, 30 to go.

…Oh, shoot me.

I sit down next to my bags, and wipe some sweat off of my temples, sighing as I regain the air my body so much needs. I'm too weak for this shit, you know? Granted, this was harder yesterday, and I think I'm getting better at it, but this is seriously starting to hurt. My bones and muscles are already sore from yesterday's endeavor, as it is. I take a small sip of water from my bottle, and rest it down next to me.

Day two of my training, and I'm absolutely set on tackling this workout. Even if I can only do 30 or 40 laps now, I'll make my way up. I'll probably throw up after this, though, so I chose to wear the most uncouth outfit ever. An old blue tang-top, tears and rips showing my skin and stains covering the exterior, and some faded mom-jeans-shorts. Is that what you call them? I mean, it's so out of fashion, even I've forgotten the name. And that's saying something, coming from the world's best fashionita.

Anyway, the point is, I've prepared myself for the worst, and I'm gonna try my best today. And so far, I think I was doing a pretty good job! Despite the whole…you know…running aspect of it.

"Hey Bulma…" Goku stands behind me, tapping his foot actually quite impatiently. He completely disagreed with my idea of trying this exercise again, but knowing his kind nature, he eventually gave into my pleas. Doesn't mean he was the least bit happy with it, but he still agreed in the end. Even though this is, I can already predict his next sentence towards me. "Are you sure you don't want to stop now?" Bingo. "I mean, you've tried hard, and I shouldn't push you too intensely…" He sighs. "Remember what happened yesterday?"

"Yeah, yeah. How could I forget?" I twist my body around to face Goku. Today, he's clothed in, as usual, his signature baggy pants, and a simple blue t-shirt, which has our logo 'Capsule Corp' on it, courtesy of my mother. "Are you sure I have to stop now?"

"I'd advise it." He shrugs his shoulders, and puts on a small smile. "We could also get some other things done, like strengthing your arms and legs, or working on speed." Speed? Just what I've been waiting for!

Okay, act cool, Bulma.

"Fine." I mutter, sounding unwilling, but actually quite happy to be making progress, and raise my hand up, outstretching the pointer finger, directing it at Goku. "But only if we work on my speed today, okay?" I mean, hey, he's gonna tell me to stop, I'm gonna rule the routine. "But don't get your hopes up, okay? I'll be trying this again tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after the day after, and so on, got it?"

He laughs. "Fine, fine, whatever you say!" He raises his hands up to his shoulders, showing me his palms in an effort to express his willingness to listen to my suggestions. Under his breath, I could've sworn he muttered 'But I'll stop you.'

Ignoring that for now, I observe him as he reaches for his bag on the floor, and pulls it up. He opens the front pocket, pulling out a stopwatch, and fiddles with the machine a bit. "First, we're gonna see how fast you are at this moment in time." He walks halfway through the all too familiar path, and draws a line with his foot in the dirt. "This is approximately 100 meters!" He bellows across to me. "The normal sprinting time for a girl would probably be between 15-17 seconds! Anything slower then that is below where you want to be, any thing less is actually quite good!" He looks over my physic, and my legs which have absolutely no muscles on them. "As you haven't worked out much, I expect you to bring in a time of around 17 seconds. That's quite slow, but we'll work from there." He's quite knowledgeable about this stuff, isn't he. I observe his face as his jaw moves, and his arms help in explaining, and wonder if he really is a genius. Maybe he just hasn't been allowed the education that we've all been through. He notices my staring, and tilts his head. "Do I have food on my face, or somethin'?"

"No, no, you're fine!" I yell back, hopefully loud enough, and give him a thumbs up as a visual representation. He smiles brightly like an idiot, and tells me to get ready. I take my position on the line, stretching my strong foot back, and my other foot in front, as I take my semi-crouch position.

"When I put my hand down and say 'go', take off, okay?" I nod. He sticks his hand up in a fist position, the other one out, probably attempting to raise my valor. "Try as hard as you can Bulma!" He jumps in the air, waving his arms like a cheerleader, but as soon as he hits the floor, freezes in his position comically. He ponders something. "…Unless you're gonna throw up, okay?!"

I laugh. "I think this is a bit too little for me to throw up, you know?!" I bellow across.

He smiles, raises his hand up, and the other one fiddles with the stopwatch. "On your mark…" I prepare my body once more. "Set…" I push down on the floor powerfully. "Go!"

Instantaneously, I push off the ground, and bring my foot forward for my first step. Each step hitting the floor pushes off with energy, propelling me forward, my body twisting with all the movements. My hair proceeds to get in the way of my vision, but due to my hands moving back and forth to help my velocity increase, I leave it there for the meanwhile. I continue on, left leg, right left leg, right leg, and when I look up, I find myself almost half way there. Come on Bulma, you can do this. When I peer at Goku, he seems to be watching the way my legs hit the floor, but goes back to the stopwatch. He pulls a not bad face, which told me I'm probably doing okay, nothing too good. My stride length gets longer, as well as my speed, and I look up once, and see the 'finish line' close by.

You know, I had enough of doing okay. If I can't finish the first exercise, then I should at least try to finish this one with flying time's not gonna get faster by itself, so I should try my hardest now. I breathe out heavily, and prepare myself to give it my all in the last dozen of meters. I concentrate on gathering my energy, for a very brief moment, and suddenly without my consent, my body receives a blast of adrenaline and power, something which I've never experienced before. My vision turns a faint shade of blue, for some reason, and I feel the vigor course through my hands, arms, and legs, and every other organ or limb I own. I don't have much time to awe about it, though. My body lighter then a feather, I quickly throw one leg in front of the other, my hair whipping behind me, and my clothes sticking straight to the front of my body and flying backwards. This speed is tremendous! Before I know it, I cross the finish line, running a couple extra meters cause I couldn't stop myself properly.

When I come to a complete halt, I give myself a couple of moments to gather my energy and relax a bit. The burst of energy really took my breath away! I turn back to Goku, to check how I did, but find him staring at me like I'm an alien with three heads who just claimed dominance to all cows, or something. He looks down at the stopwatch with awe, and to the running field with disbelief, then back up to me. Uncomfortable, I bend down, and grab my water bottle, which Goku brought across, and sit down to soothe the slight ache in my muscles. He finally speaks. "What just…? Did that…" He turns to me quickly. "Bulma, do you know what you just did there?!" He rushes up to me causing me to recoil backwards, and kneels by me, putting his hands on my shoulders and smiling widely, all while shaking me vigorously. "Do you know how fast you were going, or what you did at all?!"

"No…!" I try to make out, with my body being flung in all directions. "What did I do? What was my time?!"

He lets go of me quickly, letting me fall backwards onto the ground, stands up, and pumps his fists. "I knew it…I knew it!" He laughs like a child, and turns away me, laughing in glee. "I knew you had potential!" Once more, heflips around to face me again, and pulls me up. "Bulma, you probably have no idea what just happened…" I nod. "…and you probably have no idea why I'm so happy, right?!" This, I nod vigorously to. "Okay, okay, so listen here." The amount of happiness he's radiating is actually quite cute. "Basically, your time came in at a solid 11.4. Not bad at all for a girl who claims she hasn't run in years, yeah?" I freeze.

"My time, Goku? I think there might be a problem with your stopwatch over there." I scoff. "There's no way I could get a time of 11.4 seconds normally."

"Yes, that's correct!" Goku blurts out.

"...Wha…? Then why…"

"Well, okay, let me explain. Thing is, when you were half way there, you were at a time of 9 seconds. Continuing at that speed, you would've gotten to the finish line at around 18 seconds. To be honest, I didn't expect anything more." He mentions with his hand to my legs, which were as skinny as any kitchen utensil you'd see in a restaurant. "But, halfway through, you concentrated immensely on trying to finish with a good time, I could tell. You concentrated your energy into one point of your body, and let it go to grant you extra power. You finished the 50 meters in around 3 and a half seconds."

I look at him, with disbelief and quite confused. " 3 seconds…? Wait, what do you mean by extra power…?"

"Okay, so, everyone in the world has a ki, or their energy force, basically. People who train and are stronger have a higher ki, and those who're weak have lower ki's." I nod. "Unfortunately, now, you have quite a poor ki." I nod once more. It's to be expected. "But, in that moment, when you were running and passed the halfway point, did you feel a burst of energy?" I bob my head again. "Did you feel the power coursing through you, your fatigue wash away, and felt like you could run a thousand miles if you wanted to?"

"Yeah!" I exclaim.

"And most importantly. Did your vision turn a slight blue?"

"Yes! It did!" I nod excessively.

Goku laughs once more, throwing his head back and pumping his fists. "I knew it!" He throws his head back down to me, obviously trying to keep from laughing. "Okay. What you did was you took your energy, your life force basically, and you were able to magnify it to your true potential, which, by the way, hasn't even been trained yet and is still pretty amazing." I stare at him. "You already have a great control over your power, and I was able to see that in the run!"

"…So you mean…"

"You wanted to finish faster, so you unconsciously boosted up your ki to fulfill that purpose. "

I gape at him, flabbergasted. "So…then, I unlocked my true potential because I needed it?" He nods. "Then, what about the blue tinge?"

"Well, everyone's ki has a certain color. For example, my Kaikoken has the color of red, and when I go Super Saiyan, it turns the color of gold." I'm starting to understand now. "Apparently for you, when you boost up your ki, you gain a light blue color for your energy. Not that it does much to alter the power of it, but hey. Explanations!"

…Whoa…am I actually good at something physically? Besides looking amazing? But still, there's something nagging at the back of my mind."…You know, there's still one bothering me, though. If I was able to do this now, how come I couldn't do it when I tried to finish the 50 laps?" He smiles.

"Sure. Well, when you were doing the 50 laps, you had exhausted yourself quite easily. As I said before, you're deriving your power from your life force, from your energy. If you're tired, there ain't much to grasp for, is there?"

"Oh, okay. I get it."

"And, there might have been more to it. When you were running the laps, your confidence was slowly shrinking. You didn't feel as if you could do it, and therefore your body didn't give you the energy needed for such a transformation." He puts his hands on his hips, and thinks a bit. "As well, the current emotions you had by not finishing the exercise could have impacted what happened now. If you were frustrated and disappointed in yourself for not finishing the laps then, your drive to finish this one with flying colors might have affected your ki." He turns around, and mutters. "Just like Gohan, huh…"

I stand still, letting my mind reel for a bit. This is all sort of hard to grasp. Goku looks at me, as I wipe away some sweat, tilts his head, and turns around, looking for something in the bag. Ignoring that for now, I sit down, and clutch my bag in my hands, pulling out my water bottle and taking sips from it again.

So, basically, what Goku's saying is I have quite a bit of dormant power beneath my weak exterior? I remember him saying I could actually overtake his normal form in speed if I try hard enough. No way could I beat his Super Saiyan form…unless if I could get really good at managing and manipulating my ki, though. And, Goku did say something about energy control as well, how I could have a natural affinity for it. Pretty cool. Maybe I should stop denouncing myself internally, and start believing I could do this. I sip once more from my bottle, and lay is down next to me. Heh, if practically the strongest being in the universe thinks I'm good, then maybe I could improve, even if Goku's probably being nice.

And, something else which I've been thinking of. Goku's extremely smart. It's actually ridiculous. Yeah, he's kind of oblivious to things he's not used to, but, seriously here, if he was able to learn like we did, he could be smarter then me. Maybe I should take that into consideration as a thank you present for him.

"Bulma! Are you hot?" …Wait…wha…? "Here!" Suddenly from above, a massive amount of water collides with my head, splashing over my whole body, and getting everything around me wet.

"Holy freakin' dragon balls!" I scream, throwing my bag in the air, stand up instinctively, then just freeze from the shock of what happened. I turn around sharply, dripping wet. Goku's floating above me, laughing his ass off at my odd exclamatory phrase. The bag lands soundly besides me, as well as the bucket Goku used to kill my mood. Did I say smart?

Never fucking mind.

"Ahaha…holy freakin'…dragon balls…Bulma?! Haha, even I've never said…haha… such ridiculous things!" He bends over, slapping his thighs, and still chortling loudly.

"Goku, what the hell?! Why did you throw water all over me?!" I exclaim. He's too busy laughing to answer my question. "Goku!"

His knees hits the floor, his hands start pounding it, seemingly never to stop laughing like it's a disease. "Your…haha…sentence…your face! It's too much, oh my god!" He continues. "J-just…give me a…haha…moment…!" He starts up again, stronger then before.

My annoyance building by the second, my eye twitches and I bite my lip in anger. I think of one thing to do, and one thing only.

Revenge.

Hastily, I rush over to my fallen bag, open it, fiddling with the zipper a bit as my fingers were wet and slippery, and pull out a large bottle of water, our spare storage. I open the lid quickly, run over to Goku's hunched form on the ground, who's still laughing, and in one abrupt movement, throw the water all over him.

His shrill, girly shriek grants me the most satisfaction I've had in a long while.

Immediately, he jumps up and glares at me almost adorably. Now, it's my turn to lose it, as I burst out in laughter. "Oh my god, oh my god!" I hunch over and clap my hands like a retarded seal. "You screamed like a girl! You screamed like a girl, Goku! I never thought I would hear something like that coming from you!" I look up, and suddenly, he's out of sight completely. "`Haha…oh no…" I see him briefly flash behind me, and the alarm bells in my mind set off. "Oh shi-"

Goku picks me up so abruptly it leaves me yelping in surprise, quickly flies over to the lake positioned around 10 meters from our original place, and with a chuckle of dark satisfaction, tosses me in it nonchalantly. I scream in disbelief as my body flies through the air, and as soon as my back hits the exterior of the water, a thousand ways to kill Goku in swarms my mind. I break through the surface of the lake, and get swallowed in the brittle water almost immediately. No way. Did he seriously just do that? Did he seriously just do that?! As I open my eyes and prepare to swim out of the freezing water immediately, I look up to see Goku laughing even harder then he was before, very, very stupidly doing it within my grasping range.

Heehee, revenge time, once again.

My air running out, I swim to the bottom of the lake, which was actually quite shallow considering how deep lakes usually are, and push off of the ground powerfully. As I travel through the water with extra velocity, I notice Goku's still unaware about what's going to happen, and I find my smile becoming larger.

I break the surface of the water instantaneously, and catching Goku off-guard, grab his shirt with one hand and his pants with the other. As I'm not strong enough to pull him in, I push off of the side of the lake, twist my body so I'm facing away from him, and literally throw Goku into the water to join me in my waterlogged fate, of course, without giving him enough time to protest.

My giggles don't waste anytime in coming out, as a show of smugness and I clap my hands in glee at still having the upper hand in this mini battle. Goku's head breaks the surface slowly, turned away from me. His hair flattens down a bit, and lets me see that it's actually pretty long, and his shirt now sticks to his crevices perfectly. Not much time is given for me to analyze that, as instantaneously, he turns around to me, quite possibly the most evil smirk I witnessed planted on his face and his eyes slit dangerously.

My heart leaps, my mind utters danger.

"Oh shit." I whisper. "It's not done yet, is it?" He nods. I gulp, and blink. And once more using his speed as an advantage, he's gone. "No! No, no, no! I won't fall for this again!" I flail around, trying to detect where he is. "I absolutely refuse to! I won'tfall for this again!"

"Are you sure?"

I whip around, to meet a huge wave straight in the face which pushes me backwards quite a bit. The slap of the water stings my cheek, as I scoff at his notation. Seriously, now? You're gonna fight me in my best element? Where trickery and smart maneuvers reign at the top?

A water fight he wants?

A water fight he gets.

I dunk my head underwater, and peer through the liquid to find Goku's legs paddling, and turning to find my position. Thank god I have a low ki. He might've been able to find me, then. Quickly, I dive down deeper, and pass below his legs to come behind him. With a scream of valor, I rush out of the water, and jump onto Goku's shoulders, my legs wrapping around his throat, and shoving him down into the water. Quickly, I untangle myself, and seeing he's recovered almost immediately, I swim up to him once more, and throw a massive amount of the liquid in his face. He recoils almost immediately, leaving me with no choice but to flee. Unfortunately, he quickly catches my foot with his hand.

"Damnit, no!" I start to kick wildly to free my foot, but Goku won't have any of it. His other hand grasps my leg, and pulling me closer to him, soon wraps around my waist. He lifts me up like I'm a feather, and with but a mere grunt, as I yelp in protest, throws me once more into the water. As soon as I break the surface, I formulate a evil plan. Why not drag him into the water using his own articles? Using the velocity I gained by his toss, I swim down to the bottom of the lake, and take a look at the easiest thing to grab on Goku. Either his shirt or his pants. …Well, why not both?

I swim up to him, with an all too familiar path, and grasp the top of Goku's pants and his shirt quickly, leaving him yelping in surprise, something I could hear even beneath the water. No time to waste, I rapidly pull down his clothing, and bring him down underwater, him resisting all the way, but unable to escape. Do to the crash of his body coming through, down into the interior of the lake, the bubbles block my vision, preventing me from seeing anything. Damn! Where is he?

I feel him swimming around, unable to see around him as well, and I feel something flowing in my hands. The bubbles slowly fade out, giving my slight access to Goku's face, but nothing too major as it was the back of his head. Then, as if by magic, the bubbles fade away, and Goku turns around, giving me a sight in which I would have never imagined I'd see within the last decade.

Goku floats there, in the water.

With no pants or shirt on.

Which means…he's only clad in boxers.

…Kami help me.

I flail in the water, glancing down quickly at the pants and shirt in my hands, and almost involuntarily looking up, taking in sight of this rarity. Goku's massive muscles on his arms flex, contracting freely and flowing gracefully, his abs looking like something you'd see in a magazine, only 200 times better, showing off his 8 pack clearly, and his legs, hairless, oddly, but the muscles on his limbs are large, very, very large, and clearly show how he's so fast. My blush explodes on my face immediately, one of my reasons for crushing on him so easily shown, as Goku peers at my hands, eyes widening when he realizes he's nothing on and I'm holding his attire. I throw the clothes out of my hands instantly, and swim away as rapidly as possible. From in the water, I hear Goku laugh with malevolence.

Oh shit! If he gets near me like this, I'm going to lose it! I break my head out of the water, and form into the freestyle stroke, to help speed up my escape. If he gets to me, oh god. I'll lose two things. The water fight and my current sanity. I continue ahead, and peer up to see the end of the lake around 30 meters away. I'm close! I'll be fine! I could win this, as long as he doesn't do something like…

My hand is grabbed, and jerked backward powerfully, causing me to crash into something hard and built, but warm. Goku reaches his right hand across my body to grab my far wrist in an irresistible grip, and loops his other arm around my waist, proving his dominance in power. What's more, he also wraps his legs around mine, due to the fact he can stand in the water, and I can't, and shoves my rear end against his lower torso.

…that.

I can already predict the red on my cheeks. I can already predict the flush, the blush, the heating of my body, everything. Yup. Just, you know, an extremely attractive and powerful man who's topless and bottomless shoving my body into his in a show of dominance, in a lake, completely and utterly alone. Totally not gonna react like any other girl with a crush, and I'll be perfectly fine with this.

I can't speak. My mouth is garbled by his grip, by his stomach, by his face on my neck, by everything. Why does this always happen to me? Why can't he be all touchy-feely with another person? One who won't die at a mere touch?

He laughs mischievously, like a kid who just stole cookies from a jar. The press of his stomach against my back is too much. I find myself biting my lip in an attempt to stop the scream building up. "I win! Can't do much if I'm holding you, eh?"

I try to respond, but end up sounding like a retard. "Y-yeah, o-okay. You win, G-Goku. You can l-let go now…"

"Sure, sure." His hand leaves my wrist, his arm detaches itself from my waist, his legs unwraps around mine, and he swims to the end of the lake. The warmth gone, I actually miss it. When he gathers his shirt and pants, he looks at them for a while, and mutters. "You know…I never had this much fun with Chi-Chi…I wonder why." My heart swells. "Heehee, we should do this again!"

Now, as I'm able to speak, I look up to Goku and smile. "Yeah! I guess…" I look at him staring at me, still with no shirt or pants on, and turn around hastily. "Now put your pants and shirt on, fool!"

"Oh, yeah! Sorry about that!"

"No, no big deal." I whisper the next part. "It wasn't any consequence of mine, certainty." As he wasn't able to hear the last part, Goku tilts his head in confusion. I shake my head, with a hasty grin. "Nothing, nothing!"

He smiles brightly, zips up his pants and throws the shirt on, much to my…is that disappointment I feel?! …Ugh. Anyway, and mentions that we should start to head back. "What?! Aren't we gonna train more?"

He smirks. "Of course! You're gonna walk back, all the home."

"…Are you crazy? It'll take hours!" I bellow.

He thrusts a hand forward, and I grab it. He propels me out of the water skillfully. "Then you better begin now!"

I groan, and glare at him as I walk over to my materials. "You're going to the afterlife for this."

"Hell, I've already been there! It ain't that bad!"

GOKU'S POV

I'll have you know, it only took Bulma a mere 6 hours and 38 minutes to get home.

By then, our clothes had dried, and the food was already past cold.

It's around 5:30, and the sun is starting to set. We're just on time for the sunset!

Now, Bulma looks at the front of the Capsule Corp. building, and back at me, as I stand a bit behind her. She laughs nervously. "Um…so. Am I gonna have to climb up, or…?"

Oh! "Um, no problem. You've worked hard enough for today." I walk up to her, and grab her hand. "Hold on tight, yeah." She nods, gulping in apprehension, one hand grasping mine, the other clutching the picnic basket. Quickly, I bound off of the ground, and fly up to our eating place, the highest point of the building, and land softly on the floor. Bulma, who took the jump quite well, rests the picnic basket on the floor, and opens it, bringing out her signature strawberry cheesecake. I cheer in delight. "Yes! You actually did it!"

"Did what?" She looks puzzled.

"You made the cake again!" She laughs. She brings out two pieces of cake, and gives both to me. "…Why are you giving me your piece again?"

"Oh, well, you seem to like it a lot, so I made spare. It's fine, I already ate quite a bit on our way here." She giggles. "Plus, you really seem to like strawberries, don't you!"

I tilt my head in awe. "How do you know that?"

She shrugs, and grins. "I've been with you for so long, I was able to pick it up~!" I take a bite of the cake, and nod. As yesterday's cake was good, today's was amazing.

"Seems legitimate, I guess." When I look up, I notice her eying the cake next to the piece I was eating, with suppressed want in her eyes, and obviously thinking I can't see it. I laugh heartily, and she gasps a bit. "Bulma, your eyes give it away."

"Give what away?" Her eyebrows crease inwards, and her virtuous smile replaced by one of hesitation. She knows alright, that she wants the piece. It's almost comical seeing her debate with herself in her mind, as her facial expressions change so rapidly.

I decide to save her from her inner torment. "You want the cake! Well, you like strawberries more then I do, right?"

It's her turn to look at me in awe. "How do you know that?" She tilts her head upwards, and stares a bit at the sky. "It's not like I tell people, you know."

I look up to the sun, which's now halfway swallowed up by the earth, and smile. "Remember, on the first day we met? Where I almost killed you, and you almost killed me?" Her laughter breaks through the silence, and I find myself chuckling along with her. "Well, when I took you inside, you explained how, when you thought about gathering the Dragon balls, you actually considered a life-time of strawberries for your wish."

She stares at me in wonder. "And you still remember that far back?"

"Well, yeah! It's kind of hard for me to forget! I mean, that was the day I made my first…" I reach my hand over knock her head a bit. "…and soon to be best friend. It was actually one of the happiest days of my life!"

She gazes at me, curious. "I see." Then, slowly reaches forward to grab the plate with the other slice of cake on it. As I see her cut the piece, I can't help but look at her face when she takes the first bite, then begins reveling in the fact of "How she's such a good cook". I laugh at her display of never yielding confidence, and lay backwards on the ground, slowly letting my eyes close in a peaceful bliss.

…Only to have water thrown at my face for not paying attention to what my best friend was saying.

So, sorry for the minimal progression, but Goku's understanding his feelings! ...Kinda.

...So, who here wants to get into a water fight with a half-naked Goku? Everyone, or everyone?

Anyway, please read and review! All reviewers are responded to! Love ya all! :D