A/N: There's a few things I would like to say before the chapter gets underway. I deeply apologize this took so long. I hadn't planned on having this chapter alone be pushed back a year. I had planned on trying to get it done before I went on vacation last year but school and work were, and are still, my priority and this chapter got put on hold. Some jarring things happened while I was on vacation, I had to go to the hospital three times due to an allergic reaction to something while in Japan. My mother and I had to come home five days after being there. I was very heartbroken, still sort of am. Six years of saving and waiting wasted. Although I am doing better now, I don't know when the next chapter will be out. I've kind of fallen about of being a DBZ fan. I still love it, don't get me wrong, it's my favorite anime. I'm just not as gung-ho about it as I used to be. A little spark came back after the recent movie, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, had been released but other than that, I've gone back to being a casual fan. I plan to finish this story, just don't know when and updates will definitely be few and far between, but not as drastically at a year. I do plan to hopefully, once this is finished, write other DBZ stories and other anime I like.
Thank you to all who are following and commenting on this story, it means a lot to me. I hope you can be patient for the next update, I'm really sorry, I understand if you can't. Enough of this, let's get the chapter underway!
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- My Guardian Angel -
Chapter 7: Learning About Her
Goku awoke to the early, morning sun. It was Saturday. Goku groaned, rolling over on his side. Looking over, he checked the time, "8:00 a.m." Knowing he wouldn't be able to sleep anymore with the sun shining through his bedroom, Goku begrudgingly got out of bed. He stretched his arms and wings, yawning loudly. "Oh yeah" Goku smiled, "I'll get to figure out Chichi's routine." Goku giggled after he was handed the position and found where Chichi resided; Goku hadn't been able to check up on her due to signing up for after-school missions. Itching to get going, Goku quickly got ready for the day.
After showering, getting dressed in his orange gi, Goku started to head down the stairs when he bumped into Raditz. More specifically, Raditz's long, bushy wad of hair, which appeared frizzier than usual. Raditz turned around to see Goku, grinning ear to ear. "Why do you look so happy?" Raditz looked tired, worn out. Along with his frizzy hair, there were gray areas underneath his eyes and his voice sounded scruffy, like their father's natural voice. What happened in the past few days?
"Whoa, what's up with you?"
"Launch has –" Raditz interrupting himself with a yawn, "Launch has been getting into trouble lately. A lot more than usual I might add." He yawned again, "she's been late night drinking and switching personalities so much, and I've been staying up all hours of the night the past few days, keeping her out of trouble."
"Is something wrong with her?"
"There's a long list of things wrong with her, but this is the worst she's been in a while." Raditz shrugged and headed towards the kitchen. Gine greeted both as she cooked breakfast.
"If you're this tired, why aren't you still in bed? It's Saturday after all."
"I'm hungry" Raditz replied whilst pulling out a carton of milk, drinking straight from it.
"That's gross," Gine said disgustedly. Raditz shooed his hand. Taking the milk carton with him, he went to sit down at the kitchen table with Goku following suit.
"So" Raditz started, "why are you so giddy this morning Kakarot?" he asked, taking another swig from the milk carton. "Are you sparring with your friends today?"
"No, I'm going to be observing Chichi's routine today!" Goku chirped.
"Why? You don't need to, you already know of her whereabouts, and the other necessary information is in the file you were given."
"Actually, Chief Vegeta mentioned something about learning her daily routine. I'm guessing that's because Chichi's my first mortal and the previous failures I've had, Chief Vegeta probably wants me to have all my bases down, you know?"
"That makes sense," Gine said, setting down some fried eggs with toast in front of Goku and Raditz. "Just be careful when you do Kakarot, wouldn't want her to see you and risk getting in trouble," she warned in a kind matter, patting Goku's head.
After eating breakfast and watching Raditz almost fall asleep while eating, Goku started making his way towards Fire Mountain. While on the way, he decided to take in the scenery. Exploring earth was one of Goku's favorite pastimes. The earth below was just fascinatingly beautiful. Coming towards a mountain plane, Goku headed closer to it. Technically, angels weren't allowed to roam near the surface of the earth. It's one of the many laws set by the Overseer. However, that didn't stop Goku from journeying close to the ground. He abhorred that law, along with a few others. As long as mortals weren't around, what's wrong with exploring earth near its floor?
"I bet Grandpa knows about my explorations," he pondered. Goku thoroughly enjoyed traveling close to the ground to see earth's beauty. He loves doing this on while riding Nimbus as well. He always watchful, making sure mortals wouldn't spot him while exploring. He mostly explored forests and mountain ranges, places where humans didn't reside much. Mount Paozu was one of Goku's favorite spots to sightsee. It was an enormous mountainside with a wide forest area. However, Goku's grandfather lived above that place. He's wondered in his grandfather has seen him close to the ground before. Wouldn't put it past Grandpa Gohan. He either knows and hasn't said anything or chooses to remain oblivious. Goku shrugged, "no sense worrying about it now."
Goku came upon the clearing that he saw Chichi and her friend Bulma around a week ago. Still being close to the surface of the earth, Goku noticed someone in that clearing. Quickly, he made a sharp U-turn up into the clouds. "That's would've been bad, didn't mom warn me about this earlier?" Goku shook his head. He happened to hear some giggling coming from the ground. It was Chichi and Bulma. "Convenient."
Chichi was doing some pull-ups, while Bulma assisted in holding her feet down. She was wearing a royal blue cheongsam, with magenta pants and matching shoes. Her hair in a tight, low riding ponytail. She looked amazing.
"Thank for helping me with my training," Chichi grunted as she pulled herself up.
"No problem, I don't have anything going on at the moment anyway."
"Really? I'm surprised you aren't going out with that guy you've been recently engaged with." Chichi too a break to catch her breath for a second. "Did you guys break up?"
"Yeah," Bulma looked off in the distance, "he was boring."
"Bulma!" Chichi sternly shouted, "you really shouldn't break up with someone for that reason only."
"Oh? And how would you know this miss 'I've never had a single boyfriend.'" Bulma retorted, flicking Chichi's forehead.
"You know I'm waiting for the right guy, he'll come soon, I can feel it."
"Yeah, that's what you said when you were, let's see, twelve, what is your definition of soon?" Chichi blew a raspberry. She got up from the ground and extended her hand to Bulma. Bulma grabbed it, pulling herself up while Chichi snickered. "What are you planning?"
"Oh, nothing…"
"I know that face, what –" Bulma ducked as Chichi tried throwing a punch her way. Her heart rate increased from the shock of an unexpected fist. She stumbled back a bit, "the hell are you doing?"
"Come on Bulma!" Chichi tried throwing another punch, "spar with me!" Bulma, by some miracle, was able to catch her punch and push her back a bit.
"Chichi! That scared me, stop!" Her words were falling on deaf ears and Chichi charged after her. Bulma, not knowing what to do, started running around the clearing. Chichi chased her like a bull chasing a matador.
Goku chuckled as he watched all of this unfold. Seems to him like they were good friends. Reminded him of how close he is with Krillin. He watched as Chichi continued to chase Bulma, getting close to throw punches or kicks. None of them landed, which lead Goku to believe she was just trying to scare Bulma, not really taking it too seriously.
"Oh, hell no" Goku heard someone say. He turned his attention to the mystery voice only to see Vegeta flying above him. "You're the last person I wanted to see today, and it's not even noon."
"Good to see you too Vegeta," Goku said in a cheery voice, only irritating Vegeta further. "Why are you here? Are you checking on Bulma?"
"Why else would I be here idiot! She indicated she was in danger" Vegeta huffed.
"But she's not in any kind of danger" Goku pointed out. "Look." Vegeta looked to just see Chichi, still chasing after a screaming Bulma. "Chichi wanted to spar, so she tried to 'punch' Bulma and it scared her." Goku smiled looking at Vegeta. Vegeta's face turned red, averting his gaze. Goku chuckled. "You were that worried for her over something this small."
"Shut your damn mouth!" Vegeta paced a bit, "if you tell anyone, I swear, I'll kill you."
"My lips are sealed." "Good blackmail material though," Goku thought.
"Stop it Chichi!" Both angel's heads turn to see Bulma screaming, putting her hands out in protest. "I'm not your sparring partner!" Goku giggled again, he figured Chichi could get a little pushy, guessing if she wants something, she'll do anything to get it. She seemed determined, something Goku was beginning to admire about her.
"Please Bulma!" Chichi whined, "no one else will spar with me! Everyone else is too afraid too!"
"Well of course they are, you get so hot-tempered when you fight" Bulma muttered, crossing her arms.
"What was that?!" Chichi shouted.
"I-I mean" Bulma quickly tried to think of something, "n-no one wants to spar with you b-because…of your skill level! That's it! That's why they're afraid too!" Bulma laughed awkwardly. Chichi looked at her irritated, crossing her arms. Bulma, still awkwardly laughing, tried changing the subject. "W-What about sparring with your father huh?" He's a fighter too, right?"
"Yes, but he's not much of one now" Chichi sighed, sitting down. "He won't train me because he's busy all the time, you know, running the village." Bulma nodded her head, taking a seat on the ground. "Besides, he hasn't trained in years, I highly doubt he'd be much use in my training anymore. And I can't get in contact with his former master, but from what I know, he's retired. Plus, Papa said he's kind of a sexual deviant."
"So? He's a perv, if he tried looking up your skirt, you'd pummel him into the ground!" Bulma laughed.
"That's so wrong in so many ways!" Chichi shouted, her face turning red from embarrassment. "Besides, he's really old! That's just gross." Chichi shuddered. She then pinched Burma's arm. "And I heard what you said earlier, I don't get that hot-tempered when I fight!"
"She sure is passionate about fighting" Goku stated, while the girls continued to chat.
"Sounds like a certain idiot I know." Goku frowned.
"She mentioned something about her father, I wonder who he is, I hope I get to see him soon, especially if he was a former martial artist!" Goku stated, not holding his excitement.
"Traitorous scum…" Goku looked over at Vegeta in confusion. His teeth were gritted in anger.
"What?" Vegeta took a quick glance at Goku.
"Nothing" Vegeta stretched, "I've wasted enough time since I'm here, Father has told me you need to give him a report on your mortal's schedule."
"Huh? But guardian angels aren't required to give other schedules to other angels, even the higher-ups."
"Yes," Vegeta started ascending, "but remember Kakarot" a smug grin appeared on his face, "you're special." With that Vegeta was gone like the wind. Special, just another word for stupid. Goku sighed. Looks like Chief Vegeta didn't completely trust him yet. Not that he could blame him for it. He did screw up a lot in the past, but he's been improving greatly. But the past is still ever looming, and with his track record, he didn't see anyone trusting him completely until the next millennium.
"That's going to be a while." He noticed that Chichi and Bulma were on the move. Looks like they were headed back to Chichi's village. "It's a shame she doesn't have anyone to spar with. I know I'd feel bad if I didn't have Yamcha or Krillin to spar with me." Goku thought. "You can improve greatly with a sparring partner and learn new skills." Goku went to remembering Grandpa Gohan helping him learn how to fight, essentially being his mentor. He learned so many techniques from him, most not used by angels in the Academy training. Having someone older to train someone does have its perks.
Chichi and Bulma said their goodbyes as Bulma had something to take care of at her home. Chichi appeared to pull out what seemed to be a cellphone. "11:00 a.m." She made her way into the small village near her house. She then pulled out a piece of paper, with a list of items to purchase. As she walked, people waved and greeted her, some even bowed when she walked by. She would smile and wave back, thanking the people who greeted her. She then proceeded to enter a family-owned market.
"Welcome Princess Chichi," the old man who ran the store said as Chichi entered the shop.
"Sir, you don't have to call me 'princess' you know, I much rather prefer Chichi," Chichi giggled. The "princess" title tended to get on her nerves sometimes.
"Oh, nonsense Princess, how could I not, you're royalty after all," the old man stated with a smile. Chichi sighed; the old man sure was set in his ways. Chichi started getting the supplies she needed. "So, I have to ask how did the date go with my grandson? He hasn't been around, so I haven't had the chance to ask him." Chichi halted in her set, "I bet you had a good time, right?"
"Actually, I didn't have the most enjoyable time with him," Chichi said, starting to get a bit agitated. She really didn't want to remember what happened on that date.
"Oh? What happened?"
"Well if you must know, he made a fool of himself in front of an executive from West City. My father was quite embarrassed by his actions, let alone how I felt. He spilled a drink on the executive, kept interrupting my father when he tried to speak, then proceeded to trip one of the servers with our food and complained to the executive about nonsensical subjects. Must I go on?" Chichi huffed, she was thoroughly angered now.
"Oh, I'm sure my grandson had some nerves being on a date with you princess. It was just a little bit of anxiety."
"I would have to disagree with you on that."
"Would you consider giving him a second chance? He's a really nice guy." Chichi tried to keep her composer even though she was seething with anger. "Who knows, if you give him another chance and it goes well, you to could potentially get married –" Chichi cut the old man off, giving him change for the stuff she gathered.
"Keep the change." Chichi marched out of the store. She quickly made her way back home in a huff. Goku noticed she was fully enraged. A side of her he hadn't seen yet. She entered her home, slamming the huge doors shut. "I refuse to go on another date with that guy's grandson after that mishap, acting like an ass, in front of my father no less. And marriage? Why in the world would he even suggest that?!" She angrily stated. What the heck happened in the market that made her mad? Or better yet, what happened on that date?
"I didn't think anyone besides my mother and Vegeta could get angered to quickly," Goku thought.
To try and calm her nerves, Chichi went into her kitchen and started preparing something to eat for lunch. Hearing his stomach growl, Goku opted to go get lunch himself. On his way home, he ran into Raditz who seemed to be heading out for the day.
"Hey, Raditz! I'm surprised you aren't dead asleep" Goku laughed. By the way Raditz looked, he could potentially keel over at any moment. "I thought you were going to rest for today."
"I did for a little bit" Raditz yawned, stretching his arms, "Launch was thrown in jail for the night, I got to make sure she doesn't stir up any trouble. Hopefully, she won't be wearing her bad personality. How has learning your mortal schedule going?"
"Great so far, although she is a bit of a hot-head. I don't think I've seen anyone who could snap easily like that, besides maybe Vegeta."
"Ah, so I'm not the only one with a difficult mortal, thank Kami."
"Just because she a bit hot-tempered, it doesn't mean she's difficult."
"I guess you'll just have to wait and see, I have to get going, see you at dinner."
Goku scarfed some food down. He wanted to get back to observing Chichi as soon as possible. Not very many guardian angels are so gung-ho about observing their mortals. A lot of them stated it was boring, it's much easier to come to the mortal's aid only when in danger. Observing for a long period of time is unnecessary. Maybe it was because Goku had long to be one that he didn't find this boring. He hoped that along down the line it would never become boring. Besides, he and Chichi both had things in common, which made observing very interesting.
Goku made it back to Chichi's home to discover a very sweet aroma coming from an open window. He could smell is from the clouds. It looked through one of the windows. Chichi had just pulled out a chocolate cake. Even though he just ate, his mouth began to water. "She can bake?" He observed as she covered the cake in what appeared to be pink icing. Chichi topped it off with strawberries. It looked absolutely delicious. "Dang I wish I could ask for some" Goku disappointedly stated, muttering "stupid law" a few times.
He watched her until around dinner time. After baking the cake, Chichi went to cleaning her room. He began to wonder what her normal weekday routine was. He knew from her file that she attended school, was in her senior year, but neglected to mention what school she goes too. "Guess that's something I'll have to figure out later." Chichi opened a window, muttering something about it being stuffy in there. From above, Goku could see Chichi sweeping. From what he could see, her room had a hardwood floor, a queen-sized canopy bed near the middle of the room, and a bookshelf next to a cabinet and a vanity at the right end of her room. There was also a small desk and lampshade next to her bed. "Her room looks fairly clean to me, I wonder why she's cleaning it," Goku shrugged, must be a quirk of hers or something.
Later on, Chichi started on her homework, which in turn, caused Goku to groan. He forgot he had some homework himself to finish. He knew his mother would flip knowing he went out instead of doing it. He opted not to mention it to his mother, but she had her ways of figuring out what Goku was hiding.
After finishing her homework, it was near supper and Chichi was in the kitchen, rinsing some chicken. Looks like she was preparing dinner. Goku wondered why Chichi was the one making dinner, royalties usually have maids or butlers right? At least, Vegeta's home did from what Raditz would tell him. Chichi put the food on a plate after finishing, adding some rice on the side, looks like she made curry, from what Goku could smell. She sat down to eat then sighed a bit. She looked over at the empty plate in front of her. Goku noted that it was possibly her fathers. Doesn't look like he would be eating dinner with her tonight.
Goku left after Chichi started washing the dishes. Seeing her eat made him hungry, not to mention that cake earlier. He concluded that this was all he needed to observe for the day. He learned that Chichi could cook, bake, clean, was diligent in her studies and hot-tempered martial artist. He smiled with glee, seems like he was definitely going to have fun being her guardian angel.
At least that's what he hoped.
