"Damn it Vegeta. Do something helpful for once!" Bulma yelled. Just then, she heard something hit the ground outside. She walked out to see Chichi barely conscious and Dmitri knocked out.
"Help me. Check on my pregnancy" Chichi whispered.
"VEGETA!" Bulma screamed. Vegeta ran out of the GR. He could tell that was a horrified scream. He looked at the bloody mess on the grass in front of Bulma.
"Take Chichi to the healing tanks!" She said. Vegeta nodded and picked Chichi up, walking down to Bulma's lab. Bulma shook Dmitri's shoulders.
"Hey wake up" Bulma said. He slowly came around.
"Uh, what happened?" He asked.
"You tell me" Bulma said sternly.
"I think I hit a tree and knocked myself out. Last thing I remember was-" His eyes widened. "Falling with Chichi from the cloud! Is she okay!" He asked.
"Vegeta is putting her in the healing tanks. Now you're coming with me. I want to know what the hell's going on" Bulma said as she pulled him up and took him to the lab. They saw Chichi lying on the floor of the tank as it started to fill.
"Now start explaining. Why is Chichi covered in blood?" Bulma asked.
"It's not hers. We fought a group of men after the Fire Ruby" He said.
"What's a Fire Ruby?" Vegeta asked as he turned to them.
"It's a special stone that was within the Ox King Kingdom. You know, Princess Chichi's birthplace?"
"Why did they want the Fire Ruby and who wanted it?" Bulma asked.
"The Fire Ruby has the power to destroy planets if the holder of it wishes it so. It's what caused the Kingdom to go up in flames all the time as for who wants it, his name is Kane. He came with an army of a few thousand. Princess had the villagers evacuated with my wife and daughter leading them while we went to get the stone" He said.
"Where is it?" Vegeta asked.
"Around her neck" Dmitri said, pointing to it. They followed it. "Please, check on her baby. We didn't know if the Fire Ruby's power would have affected her pregnancy" Bulma looked at Chichi and noticed that since she wasn't wearing her usual baggy kimono, she could properly see the growing belly.
"By the looks of it, she's about 4 months, correct?" Bulma asked as she started typing on the computer.
"Yeah about that, I remember her saying" Dmitri said. Something appeared on the screen and Bulma gasped.
"Oh my god!"
"What is it? Is something wrong with the baby?" Dmitri asked.
"No, the baby is as healthy and strong as it should be. It's Chichi's DNA and her body" Bulma said. She pulled up an image of inside her veins. Her blood cells were flowing in what looked like lava. Her veins weren't the usual red but were orangey yellow, like blowing on a fire and it lights up. She also pulled up an image of Chichi's DNA structure. It also had similar colouring.
"What on earth?" Vegeta asked, shocked.
"It's to do with the stone. She is one with the ruby now. Her body is rebuilding itself to accommodate the power of the Fire Ruby"
"And what's your part in all of this?" Bulma asked.
"Chichi was one of my best friends when we were children. She is like my little sister. I was also one of the Fire Ruby's sage guardians. I'm here to make sure no harm comes to the princess or the ruby" He said.
"Where is your wife and daughter?" Vegeta asked.
"They are leading the entire village to the Central City" He said. "Please Mr. Vegeta, you must train Chichi. We believe more will be coming for the stone. The only way they can get it now is to kill Chichi since she is one with the stone" He said.
"No way in-"
"Vegeta please" Bulma pleaded.
"Why not have Kakarott train her? He's her mate" He said.
"Goku?" Dmitri snarled. "From what I hear, that man is too busy with his damn training to think about Chichi" He spat. Bulma and Vegeta looked at him. "Look, ever since Chi-chan married that man, she hasn't been herself. She didn't have fun or do all the things she liked to do because she was too busy trying to be the perfect housewife. Only when she came to live with me for those few weeks did Chichi let her hair down and have fun, just like when the three of us used to be kids" Dmitri said.
"Three?" Bulma asked.
"Chichi, my wife Yumiko and I were best friends. We were the troublesome trio" He said.
"Harpy used to be a brat?" Vegeta asked.
"Oh yeah, definitely" He said.
"Vegeta, please train Chichi" Bulma said.
"What's in it for me?" Vegeta asked.
"You can rub it in Goku's face that you trained his mate?" Dmitri suggested. They looked at him and Vegeta smirked.
"That would definitely tick him off" Vegeta said, smirking.
"Besides, Chi-chan will be a formidable opponent so you get a good workout at the same time" Dmitri persuade.
"Alright, I'll do it" Vegeta said.