After Gohan made it back home and explained what happened to his mom she didn't think it was a smart idea, but was she was glad their her son did it for a legit reason. She didn't agree with Bulma's reasoning for sending her oldest kid to go try to get involved into her friend's love life, but at least Gohan didn't have to pay off his student loans now. The demi saiyan also got his mom to explain the situation to Videl and she wasn't mad, just a little confused. Their relationship, much like Krillin and 18's, is still intact.

Gohan was sitting in his room he just got out of the shower, he had to wash off the sweat and sand that accumulated on him over at Kame House. All of a sudden he heard a knock on his door.

"Gohan, honey where is your brother." His mother asked him.

"Oh man, I'm sorry Mom but I left him at Bulma's." He responded.
"That's fine, I'll just have your dad teleport there when he comes home for dinner."

"It's transmission….and is he out training."
"Yes honey, dinner will be ready in an hour."

"Ok thanks Mom."

Chichi went back to check on the food.

"I should probably call Bulma and fill her in on what happened."

Back at Capsule Corp Bulma was cooking dinner with her mom.

"Soooooooooooo will Goten be joining us for dinner hun?" Mrs. Briefs asked her daughter.

"I don't know mom." Bulma Briefs responded. "I'm waiting for Gohan to call me back."

Speak of the devil, Gohan had just decided to call her right at this moment.

"Gotta take this mom!" She spoke up while leaving the room.

"Gohan it's 5:30 now, what happened?" She asked.

"Hi Bulma, and sorry A lot happened. Sorry I forgot about Goten, my dad will be over there soon though." The student said.

"That's fine, but tell me what happened with 18!"

"Ok yea. See the ear piece fell out of my ear when 18 slapped me after I asked her."

"Oh really she slapped you? Sorry Gohan I didn't think she would do that. Guess that makes sense because I couldn't hear you after you said those words, sooo what happened after that?"

"Let's just say there is nothing to worry about, but can you tell 18 why I did it. I don't want her to hate me anymore."
"No problem Gohan, and thank you. Next time I see your mom she'll take me to your school and settle all the payments.

"Oh yea did Krillin stop by over there?"

"Yea he did, which means I gotta call 18 before he gets home. Bye Gohan"

"Bye Bulma."

18 was very upset with Gohan to say the least. She hadn't stopped thinking about what the young saiyan did since he left. She obviously didn't tell Roshi or Marron, but she was definitely going to tell Krillin when he got home from work since it directly involved him. The twin of 17 kept on trying to guess the theories on why he would do that. A dare? Brainwashed? Maybe that one guy who summoned Majin Buu was back from the de-

RING RING RING

Her thoughts were cut short as she looked at her phone.

18 was pleased by who was calling her. It was Bulma, maybe she could tell her something about Gohan. She would hopefully be the one who could offer her some clarity. The phone was on its fourth ring now, she needed to hurry up and answer it.

"Hello?" 18 started the conversation.

"Hey 18, it's Bulma." The woman retorted.

"Yea I know, I saw. I'm glad you called, the weirdest thing just happened to me."
"Yea that's why I called you."
"Oh my Kami! Did Gohan come to your house and try to seduce you too?"

"No, but I know he did it to you…" the second half of the sentence fizzled out.

"Bulma, did he tell you he was going to?"

"...No….I told him to do it."

"Bulma….why would you tell him to do?" She wasn't mad at first, much like with Gohan she was just really shocked. She at least wanted to hear her side of the story.

"Uhhh, well, you see…" Bulma was now starting to understand the problem with the mission she sent Gohan on. While it was a good idea to see if Krillin and 18's marriage was still in a healthy status after their first fight, the scientist in her failed to realise the true implications. Her friends weren't an experiment for her to test on, they were human (A/N: Well human and half human, maybe even more than half human) and she should of had a second thought when it came to their emotions. Yeah in a way it kind of helped them. It showed the people that liked them that their marriage was nowhere near in danger, however it wasn't worth the aftermath.

"...After I saw you and Krillin in that Argument yesterday, I just wanted to know if you guys were still right for each other. So I sent Gohan over to the island to see what you would do if you were presented with the chance to cheat. Since your relationship with Krillin would be at such a delicate stage I thou-"

"So what? Since I was fighting with Krillin you thought I would just sleep with the first guy who asked me to do it with him?"

"Well you see 18 I knew Krillin would never leave you beca-"

"Because I'm "pretty" and he's "not"" 18 exaggerated those words. She never considered herself that beautiful and she thought Krillin was quite handsome, in his own way. "You think Krillin married me just because I'm easy on the eyes? And I married him, because what, you think I'm sorry for him or something. That's the last reason we married each other."

Bulma didn't know what to say she was at a loss of words. She truly regretted what she did.

"18 I'm sorry I was just trying to make sure you really loved Krillin, this was your guys' first disagreement. I wanted to make sure you guys were really right for each other."

18 didn't know where to begin on how stupid: she could go on and on how she just basically betrayed her friends, she indirectly insulted both of them, and she no doubt payed Gohan in help her out.

"Bulma, I'm just gonna say this. Krillin loves me, and I love him. The only person we could ever love more is our daughter. What you did was morally wrong."

"Well, hey at least there is nothing to worry about, Gohan told me everything." Bulma sounded defeated.

"I know you got him to do it through money, isn't that right?"
"Yea"

"I just have one more thing to say Bulma"

"What is it?"

18 really just wanted to say fuck you and hang up the phone, but she got a better idea. Something so diabolical she couldn't wait to go through with it.

"Bulma I just thought of something that you said earlier."

"What was that?"

"Can I come see you tomorrow?"

"Uh sure 18, and I'm sorry again. I really am."

"Ok"

And with that 18 hung up the phone.

Krillin was confused why Bulma wanted him to come over to her house. Sure it was nice for Bulma to give him all these things to help him study for the written part of his police academy, but he didn't really need it. It's whatever though. He was just glad to be finally back home. He wasn't done for the day yet: He had to shower, get ready, then it was back out for his date with 18. You could see the excitement on his face.

As soon as he opened the door and walked in the two blondes turned in looked at him.18 was overwhelmed with emotions. She was very glad to see her husband, but wasn't looking forward to telling him what happened to her today. Marron of coarse knew what she wanted to do as soon as her eyes saw her father.

"DADDY!" The child practically yelled.

"Hey sweetie!" The cop trainee said giving her a big kiss on the cheek. A kiss that quickly turned into a raspberry.

The tyke couldn't help but giggle, and 18 couldn't help but smile.

"How was your day firefly?" Krillin asked the little girl.

"It was fun! Mommy and I made sandcastles and I made some all by myself!" She said so fast that it was hard to understand her.

"Marron." 18 finally chimed in. "Go upstairs and get your sandals so we can show daddy how they look."

"Yes Mommy!" Marron said.

"I didn't see a sandcastle out there. I saw some pretty big lumps in the sand was that her castle? Well I guess she tried, I'll have to teach her some pointers." Krillin said a bit smuggly.

"Krillin something interesting happened today." 18 hastily said to her husband.

"What was it?"

"I'll tell you at the restaurant. How was your day?"

"It was pretty good, we started basic training today and I really gotta hold back because…."

Krillin kept on talking but she wasn't listening. When she saw Krillin she starting to think about what she said about him when Gohan came over today. She had never told anyone how much she loved Krillin in that much detail before. Except maybe Krillin himself, although when it came to him she rather would use actions rather than words. Speaking of which, he was still talking and she still wasn't listening. "I think it's time I shut him up." 18 was thinking to herself.

The blonde quickly tackled his lips with hers and put her hands on the side of his head, with her thumbs on his cheeks and their chests touching. She did this from time to time, kiss Krillin out of nowhere, for mainly two reasons. One because she wanted to, the other because she loved what it did to her spouse. His eyes would pop out of his head his heart rate would skyrocket, his face would turn red, and his temperature would even go up. That's why she liked to put her thumbs on his cheeks, just to feel his face heat up. Same with chests touching, these type of kisses usually made his heart beat race and she loved feeling it speed up.

18 finally retracted her face.

18 smiled gleefully at her husband

"I love you."

Krillin hadn't heard say those words with that much passion in a while.

"I love you too honey...I'm gonna go upstairs and take a shower then we can go."

Marron's feet could be heard tapping on the stares. "Daddy Daddy! Come see them now!"

"Did you forget about your daughter?" 18 said with an amused look on her face.

"Sorry." He responded. "I got distracted."

The couple couldn't help but start to laugh.

Krillin saw the "castle" made of sand and knew it looked bad but had to pretend it was a masterpiece. Shortly after that he went upstairs to clean off while 18 planned out their outfits. She made sure they were casual but not too casual. The restaurant they were going to was formal but not too formal. It was a good compromise. 18 put Marron's dinner in the microwave and told Roshi just to give it to her whenever she gets hungry and they would be back to put her to bed. The martial arts teacher compiled and assured the mom that they would be ok watch something that was harmless or maybe play a board game. Maybe even Turtle would pay a visit. They decided to take the car so their hair wouldn't get messed up, and since it was slower it was an opportunity for more conversation. Krillin popped the capsule they both got in and with that they were gone.

The car ride was pleasant enough 18 just really wanted to get there so she could tell him what happened on the island today.

In a short enough time the duo made it to the restaurant, sat down, and ordered their wine.

"By the way 18, you look so beautiful tonight. Krillin said starting off their date. "Well more beautiful than usual."

18 didn't respond, she didn't need to. Krillin saw the blush and knew what she was thinking. She simply tried to fight off her red face by taking the first sip of her wine.

"So 18, I told you about my day. How was yours?" 18's husbando asked.

18 knew it was time to tackle this topic. She wanted to wait till they were on their date, and here they were. Not time like the present.

"Uh, someone came to visit me today." His wife responded.

"Oh really? Who was it? Bulma, Chichi? Did Goten and Trunks come to see Marron?"

"No….Gohan came over to the island today."

"Did he have to ask me something? He could of just called" Krillin said chomping on a roll that the waiter set on their table.

"No...he came to see me."

"Huh?" Krillin was pretty curious at this point. 18 and Gohan were friends and all but why would Gohan go over to see her in the middle of the day did he go over there just to see 18? "Why exactly?"

"Krillin, I found out a lot about your friends today."

"What do you mean?"

"You know me more than anyone else ever will, you know I don't lie. Right?"

"Yea, I know you don't lie.."

"So believe what I'm about to say."
"What are you trying to tell me honey?"

"What I'm about to tell you is true, I'm not lying or joking. Ok?"

"You're kinda creeping me out 18, but Ok I'll remember that. What did Gohan tell you today?"

"He and Bulma orchestrated a plan for me to cheat on you."

"Wh-what?"

"Bulma paid Gohan to seduce me to see if I would cheat on you. She saw us fighting and wanted to see how fragile our relationship was or test it or some other BS."

"Ar….are you serious 18?"

"What did I just tell you Krillin?"

"I know but that, I mean….why, and what did Gohan say to you exactly?

18 went on about the scenario with Gohan and the following phone call with Bulma. Krillin couldn't believe what he was hearing. He didn't even want to eat the appetizer that was brought to him. These were his friends that stabbed him in the back, more Bulma than Gohan. The saiyan did have some blame in the matter but he knew Bulma had pressured him into doing it.

18 noticed that Krillin looked defeated. His posture was much different for starters. The man usually sat up with a straight spine, usually trying to make himself taller, he now was slumped down into his chair. Instead of looking and admiring his wife, like he always does when he's in the same room with her, he was just staring at his salad and not eating it. Likewise his hands were just just sitting on the table not doing anything. He carried on like this for a majority time while 18 was telling the tale. Even after she finished talking Krillin still kept the defeated appearance.

18 looked at his hands and grasped them with hers. He finally looked up at her.

"Sorry 18 I don't mean to be a party pooper and ruin our date, but damn. That's probably the most I've ever felt betrayed."

"Me too Krillin."

"And by people we called our friends."

"I know honey."

"I never doubted our relationship, but thanks for responded to Gohan like that. "

"Please Krillin, any man who talks to me like that is lucky I don't kill them."
Krillin couldn't help but chuckle at that remark.

Krillin was more upset than his wife but it made sense. He had known Bulma since he was a little kid, and Gohan is his Godchild. 18 had something else to tell him though.

"I'll get over it though, I'm sure they feel terrible anyways." The ex-monk said.

"Oh Krillin, you should know we are getting back at them." The ex-villain retorted.

"Yea, I should of known you already had a plan to get back at them."

"Just cause they are our friends doesn't mean they're safe."

Krillin laughed.

"All right it will probably make us feel better, I'm in."

"Oh, you are? I thought I would have to convince you. Your moral high ground is usually much to high for something as juvenile as revenge." 18 teased.

"True, but that only applies to me, they also messed with you."

The couple both shared another genuine laugh together as their main entree arrived to their table.

"All right, here's how we will get back at them." 18 started to say.

Krillin buckled in, he knew he was in for a ride.