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Secret half-way out
" Excuse me, I'm going to go outside for a while."
Chichi turns to see Kaliya leaving out the door. She sets her cup of coffee down on the table.
'Now's my chance.' Chichi gets up from her chair. Rushing over to Kaliya's room, she closes the door behind her and lowers to the floor. She digs under the bed for the hardcover journal book. Flipping through the pages quickly, she comes across a page with blue hand writing. It looked like Kaliya was in a hurry when she wrote it. Chichi read:
Day: 274
I'm so enraged with everyone in this stupid castle! They killed my mother, they locked me up in a room for two days. Two days! Now they're keeping a close eye on me all the time. I don't understand why they're so scared. They have a whole army of soldiers. Even if I decide to rebel, they'll just stop me. Well that's all I have to say today. I better get going before I break this pen and get yelled at.
" She has a lot of patience." Chichi says sarcastically.
She had looked through Kaliya's journal for the last two days. She discovered so much about Kaliya. From the letters she wrote to her mother to the journal entries she'd write everyday since she worked for the king. One thing that still wasn't clear was a page talking about a man named Zyon.
Day: 24
Well to start this off, I met a man who's extremely nice. His name is Zyon. He works for the king, monitoring the technology section. What I found strange about him is that he wants to destroy the king. Why work for someone you hate if you don't have a reason? But nevertheless, he also told me that he could sense my power. His exact words were " You're a very powerful young woman. With power like that you could conquer tons of planets". I, not really sure of what he was taking about just nodded my head and smiled. After that day, he would keep asking me if I wanted to try his latest creation. I didn't accept, so he started to talk to me less. Oh well, they're plenty of others that I could hang around with. I should stop writing. I've already written enough.
" Huh." Chichi sighs, and closes the book. So far all she has learned about Kaliya is that she's from a similar planet as Goku. They know how to use ki blasts, basic fighting skills and a technique called mind manipulator. They can create illusions with their minds that can people go crazy. Also Kaliya wasn't the innocent girl she claimed to be. She actually was a strong-minded girl, top of her class and a dangerous mind manipulator. Chichi had gathered all that information just by reading her journal. Chichi wanted to read a little more just to make sure. She didn't want to lie to her husband again. Moving to the kitchen, she sat back down at the kitchen table.
'I knew that girl wasn't any ordinary person. She's a good actor though. If I didn't read that journal of hers, I'd probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference.' Chichi thought hearing the front door open.
She heard Gohan laughing with Kaliya.
" Mom is it okay if I got to the city with Kaliya? I promise to stay out of trouble." Gohan says, poking his head into the kitchen, followed by Kaliya.
" Can we? I promise I'll keep an eye on Gohan." Kaliya asked.
Chichi stayed silent for a minute, then replied " Go ahead. Just make sure to be back by dinner time."
Gohan's face lit up as he ran over to his mother, giving her a hug. Chichi hugged him back and said " Now get going. You only have four hours left."
" Kay." Gohan said, as he and Kaliya waved goodbye to Chichi and ran out the door.
" I hope I made a good decision." Chichi said, laying her head on the table sighing.
" You're getting stronger Son." Piccolo said lowering to the ground.
" Thanks you've gotten a lot stronger too Piccolo." Goku said, getting up from his fall.
" How has it gone with that girl?"
" Kaliya?"
" Yes."
" It's been good. Why do you ask?"
" I'm not sure why but, I sense something strange about that girl. Like she intending to kill someone." Piccolo said in a low voice.
Goku looks at Piccolo with a surprised look on his face. " Kill? I don't think so. She looks harmless."
" Appearances can be deceiving Son." Piccolo said turning away from him " Keep a close eye on your family. I'll see you tomorrow. Same time."
Flying off, Goku is left confused. Why would Piccolo say something like that about Kaliya? Still puzzled, he heads towards his home.
Over with Gohan and Kaliya-
In the city of GreenVil, they were having an annual celebration of the city. Unknown to the teen and kid, they begin sight-seeing through the busy city. They pass by a bustling big city mall.
" Wow there are a lot of people here today." Gohan says looking at the crowds of people.
" Hello over there!" he hears someone say behind him. Turning around, he sees Bulma waving at them.
" Bulma!" Gohan says running over to his friend. Kaliya stays put, looking at the blue haired woman.
" What'cha doin' out here kid?" Bulma asks, ruffling Gohan's hair.
" Just looking around. My mom actually let me come here. Can you believe it?" Gohan said.
" No I can't even imagine. Your mom must be in a really good mood today." Bulma said, motioning the driver behind her to take her shopping bags to her vehicle.
" Yeah, I guess." Gohan said watching Bulma walk off to her car. She motions Gohan to come closer. He obeys.
" Here's a little gift for you and your girlfriend over there." Bulma says winking, giving him three hundred dollars.
Gohan blushes saying " She's just a friend. And I can't accept this Bulma."
" Nonsense, take it and go to the nearby amusement park. Go have some fun, because I don't think your mother's going to let you out of her sights again after today." Bulma says closing her door. The window slides down as she waves to Gohan. " See ya when the three months are over!" She says as she drives off, leaving Gohan with three hundred dollars in his hands.
" Who was that Gohan?" Kaliya asks, walking up to where Gohan was standing.
" Just a very good friend of ours named Bulma." Gohan says in a shaky voice.
'So that's Bulma. The other possible target.' Kaliya thought. She watches the car disappear out of her sight. She felt Gohan poke her hand. She looked down at the boy.
" Do you want to go to the park? It's useless to convince Bulma to take the money back." Gohan said, his eyes showing nothing but eagerness.
Kaliya smiled at him and said, quietly " Okay but first, I got to get something to drink."
" No problem! We'll just buy something at the nearest food court." Gohan said, hearing his stomach growl. " As a matter of fact, I'm getting a little hungry."
Kaliya brightly smiled at him and said " Let's get going!"
" Okay." Gohan says running over to the park, followed by the teenage girl.
Back at home:
Chichi had finished her daily chores around the house. Her small figure laid on top of the living room couch. Her head rested comfortably on a soft pillow. 'It's nice to have a break for a chance.' She thought to herself, almost drifting to sleep.
" Chichi I'm back!"
Her eyes opened up. Break time was over. Well it was good while it lasted…
Getting up into sitting position, she stretches her aching arms and back out. Rubbing her eyes, she slowly gets up. Moving over to the kitchen, she unexpectedly is lifted off her feet. She fully opened her eyes, seeing Goku smiling at her. He heads towards their room as he closes the door behind him. Setting her gently on the bed, he tells her to go back to sleep. Pulling a blanket over her, she snuggled up against her pillow, feeling a light kiss on her forehead.
" See you in a bit Chi." Was all she heard her husband say before she fell into a deep sleep.
" That was so much fun! Wasn't it Gohan?" Kaliya said cheerfully eating her blue colored cotton candy. Gohan nodded his head, biting into a snow cone covered in blue syrup. The sun was setting as people began leaving. Kaliya and Gohan followed behind the huge crowd. Checking her wrist watch, Kaliya saw that they had only ten minutes left to get home. She poked Gohan's shoulder and said in a frantic voice " Gohan we only have ten minutes to get back home!"
" What! Oh no we have to leave now!" Gohan says as they run off to a hidden place. From there they take off into the air at full speed. Moments later, they arrived at the front door. Opening the door, they tipped toed towards their rooms. The light of the living room flicked on as they froze. Slowly turning their heads, they see a very angry Chichi glaring at them. Both straighten up and gulped.
" Well you two are six minutes late. Explain why." Chichi commanded, crossing her arms over her chest.
" Don't be mad at Kaliya, mom. I'm the one to blame." Gohan said in a hushed tone.
" It's okay Gohan, I was supposed to look after you." Kaliya said patting his head. Gohan looked up at her. His eyes showing nothing more than protest. Kaliya gave him a warm smile and looked back at Chichi. Her face changing into a more serious one.
" Hi you two." A cheerful voice said behind Chichi. Gohan's eyes lit up, seeing his father smiling at them. They both saw Goku put a hand on Chichi's shoulder. " It was just six minutes. Don't yell at them for that." Goku said, defending them.
Both mentally thanking Goku for the save, Chichi let's out a sigh saying " You're off the hook this time. Now go wash up for dinner."
Chichi goes back to the kitchen as Gohan smiles at his father. Goku smiles back as he too goes into the kitchen. The kids walk to the bathroom to wash their hands. Kaliya waited outside the bathroom as she thought 'It's almost time to make my decision.'
" Okay I'm done. Sit beside me okay?" Gohan says to his older friend. Kaliya puts an arm on Gohan's shoulder saying brightly " Okay, little buddy."
After they finished eating, Kaliya helped clean the dishes. Chichi was surprised at how sparkling clean the dishes were. ' I guess I taught her well.'
Kaliya then says good night to everyone, and heads to her room. She opens the door, seeing nothing but darkness. She closed the door and walked over to her bed. The moon shined brightly against the dark, star filled sky. Kaliya sighed at the warming view. She touched the window glass, running her fingers down it.
'Do I really want to do this?' she asked herself, taking her hand away from the window. " Of course I do, it's for father." she whispers to herself as she laid down on her bed. 'But my target won't be Gohan.' Was the last thing she thought as she closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.
The next day
" I've had it!" She shouted, startling the heck out of Kaliya, who was trying to pull out a weed from the garden. She fell to the ground, staring up at Chichi.
" Kaliya I told you to go train with those guys. Do you not understand?!" Chichi said, turning around to glare at Kaliya.
" But I just wanted to help you…" She began saying, getting cut off by Chichi. " It's okay! I appreciate it but you'd help me even more if you'd just stay way!"
Kaliya looked up at Chichi. Chichi took a deep breath and said " Sorry, just go."
Kaliya got up and said " It's okay. I know now not to help you."
And with that, she walked off towards the forest. Chichi watches her leave, putting a hand on her forehead, sighing. She set down the pail of vegetables she was harvesting and walks off after Kaliya. She was going to apologize for the rude outburst. She didn't want Kaliya to be spreading more rumors about her. Pushing through some large long stalks of grass, Chichi finally catches up to Kaliya. She sees Kaliya standing by a tree talking to someone. Chichi hid in the grass to avoid Kaliya from seeing her. She tried her best to sit still on the ground without making the grass make crunching noises.
" Yes, I understand. I'll probably decide to kill him in three days. It shouldn't be very hard to take the great saiyan down. Oh of course, that Goku is buying my whole act. Poor stupid monkey."
Chichi gasped silently to herself. Just as she thought, Kaliya was nothing but a fraud. A complete fake. 'Sweet, innocent and caring my foot.' Chichi thought. Getting out of the grass she began running back towards her home.
Kaliya narrowed her eyes, looking back. She looks back at her watch saying " I thought I heard something behind me. It was probably an animal. Anyways, that woman seems like a good target to hit. With her out-of-the-way, the saiyan might have an emotional break down. But by the looks of it, he might not. They don't seem to be very close."
" Well if she doesn't work, then find someone who will affect him."
" Of course. I need to get going." Kaliya said, turning the watch off. She suspiciously looked over her shoulder and turned to face forward, walking off to Goku and the others.
Arriving out of breath, Chichi hunched over putting her hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath. After it returned, she grabbed the handle of the pail of vegetables and ran towards her home. Feeling terribly nervous, she opens the front door and closes it. She sets the pail down, as she slid down to the floor. Her head heading as she began to shake. Feeling fear and anger, she clenched her fists and clenched her teeth. Tears slid down her cheeks as she thought ' I knew it! That no good trader is planning on killing Goku! Oh but how am I going to convince him? He'd never believe me!'
Her head lifts up as she thought ' The book! That should convince him!'
Getting up from the floor, Chichi looks at the kitchen clock. It was 5:38 in the afternoon. She had about an hour in a half before getting dinner ready.
" A little nap might help me calm down." Chichi said to herself as she headed over to her room.
She walks in, closing the door behind her. She then walks over to her bed and laid down. Her eyes slowly closed as she fell asleep.
And we stop there! Oh no, we can reel Gohan out of the chosen targets. So that leaves Bulma or Chichi…
Oh man, will Chichi convince Goku about all of this? Or will he still not believe a word Chichi says? We will find out in the next chapter!
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