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"Back On the Home Front"
"HE'S DOING WHAT WHERE?" was Chi-Chi's reaction after being informed of her husband's whereabouts.
"Calm down Chi-Chi he's just doing what he does best saving the world, again" Bulma said trying to calm the irate woman.
"Yes and leaving his family alone again. I can't believe that man" She continued her tirade. "It won't be as long as the other times with the time machine he should he could come back at any time" explained Bulma in a further attempt to quell the other woman's frustration. "If you want you can stay here until he gets back" Bulma offered. "Oh I couldn't do that, I wouldn't want to impose" "Nonsense it'll be fine" she assured her. "Well if you're sure it's okay, I guess it would be good and Goten would enjoy being able to be with Trunks" Bulma nodded at this those boys sure got along as if they were brothers.
Chi-Chi placed her head on her palm and gained a pensive look, "So Goku has gone back to the time when he was that adorable little boy who stole my heart" she said dreamily. Bulma also smiled as she remembered her time with the small boy. "All those great times" Chi-Chi continued to daydream, yeah all three times you talked to him as a kid, Bulma thought to herself. All this talk of the past got Bulma thinking, and she decided to go inside to do some searching. "Excuse me Chi-Chi I've got some work I gotta do" she excused herself and headed inside.
Later in the day Trunks and Goten are flying around the house playing tag, "Come on slowpoke come and get me" Goten teased Trunks. "Oh I'm gonna getcha" "No you're not" "Yes I am" and they continued in that manner. Then with a quick burst of energy Trunks shot into Goten causing them both to fall over and roll into a nearby room.
"Hey you two, be more careful" came Bulma's voice who was in the closet of the room they had entered. "Yeah, sorry about that mom" Trunks apologized. "Uh, what are you doing in there?"he inquired after peering inside to see his mom trying to reach to the top of the closet. "I'm just trying to get this box that's up here, but I can't seem to reach" "I'll get it mom" Trunks said as he flew up and brought it down for her. "Thanks Trunks"
"So what's in the box Bulma?" Goten asked once the box was finally down. "It's just a box filled with mementos of when I was young. I thought that with your dad back in those times it would be nice to look at these" she explained.
She went over to a chair and sat down placing the box down and pulling out some photo albums. She looked at all the photos. One of Goku flying the Nimbus aside from Bulma riding her bike, there were various group shots. The group shots were in chronological order so each time more people were added; it started with Goku, Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong and Puar, and then the next added Master Roshi, Turtle and Launch, and the last included Tien and Chiaotzu. She continued looking at all the pictures as wave after wave of emotion hit her from recalling those times.
She had totally forgotten the two little boys who were also in the room, who were looking over her shoulder also viewing the pictures with quizzical expressions. "So, mom" Trunks finally spoke up causing her to take notice, "Did you really go on a bunch of adventures with Goten's dad?" "Well yeah, it was some of the greatest time of my life and the beginning of a very strange but exciting life" she said with a strange emotion in her voice. "So could you tell us about it?" Goten asked. "Y-you want me to tell you the stories of our dragonball hunts?" she asked and they nodded vigorously in response. "Well I-I guess I could" Bulma decided. "Hey, what are you guys all doing in here?" Gohan asked as he entered the room where they were all sitting around in. "Bulma was just about to tell us about the adventures she had with dad" Goten told his brother excitedly. "Really, can I hear too?" Gohan asked wanting to join, "Sure, but didn't your dad already tell you this stuff?" she asked not understanding why he'd want to join. "Well sort of, but he could never really remember the whole details so he'd only tell me bits and pieces or just the gist." He explained and she nodded her understanding, "I get it, I know how Goku is he's not really one for details he probably just remembers the times he had fun. Now pick up a seat and I'll start"
"Well it all started when I went on a journey to locate the dragonballs so I could make a wish" "what did you wanna wish for mom?" Trunks interrupted his mother. "… Uh, that's not really important right now" Bulma quickly told her son with a blush on her face. "Anyways, then while following my radar into the mountains I found a small monkey boy, well more like I ran over him with my car…" and Bulma went on to regale the three boys with the magical tale of wonder that was their childhood. All the while the three were hanging on every word finding it to be one of the most fascinating stories they've ever heard.
"Then after three years apart we saw each other again at the 23rd Martial Arts Tournament; I didn't even recognize Goku at first, he was wearing a turban had grown so much bigger and more handsome" Bulma said veering off her concentration and just thinking dreamily. "I remember thinking of maybe asking him out" she said out loud more to herself forgetting her audience. This admittance of course came as a surprise to them with them gaining shocked looks. "You mean Goten and I could have been brothers?" Trunks childishly asked. Bulma having heard this suddenly became very embarrassed, " Uh I-I don't think so I mean his mom did beat me to the punch and besides I don't know if I ever would have gone out with him even if Chi-Chi hadn't shown up, he was still that small monkey-tailed boy to me." She quickly tried to explain. "Altough sometimes I do wonder about the road not taken" she says again more to herself, "well I think it's about time for you kids to go to bed" she told them. "Aw come on mom" Trunks whined. "Now young man" she said as she put everything away, with the help of the boys.
Meanwhile in the hall, Vegeta who had been listening in partially decided it was time to leave before he was discovered eavesdropping. As he walked he gained an angered expression came across his face and his fist tightened. Damn that Kakkarot, he began to rant in his head, first he surpasses me in strength, and takes my rightful place as most powerful saiyan, continues to show me up at every turn, and now I learn that had he wanted he could have had my mate, he continued to rage in his head. How much longer must I suffer! The next time I see Kakkarot I shall hit him twice as hard as usual, he decided as he continued on his way to go vent his frustration with some training.