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Chapter 7: Discovering

Dull and quiet were the defining words for them at the moment. It had now been about two hours since they left Capsule corporation. Bulma was sitting in the head chair with Trunks in her arms, hoping that this ride would end soon. Vegeta was up against a wall with eyes closed, wishing he had access to a gravity room to train in. Goku was lost in thought, thinking about what he was going to go up against this time. Chichi was with Goten, still wondering what had caused her son to have this strange glow. Her eyes rested on his large adorable ones. She smiled, how her son was this adorably cute, she did not know. Looking up from her son, her eyes glanced over at her husband. It worried her that he was so silent. He normally would be starting conversations with everyone. She saw him rise up from where he was sitting, and headed to where Bulma was sitting at. Bulma quickly looked up at him, with wonder filled eyes.

" You think we'll be arriving sooner? I mean it's felt like we've been here for hours. I'm starting to go crazy in here since you two said no training was allowed in here."

" Psh, you think this is fun for me? Just standing here without anything to do? Ha Kakarot when will you ever think of others." Vegeta blurts out, as he walks over to them.

" Wow, you have no room to talk Vegeta. You sometimes don't give a crap about anybody but yourself." Bulma looks over her right shoulder to see Vegeta looking at her with a shocked look. She smiles at him and sticks her tongue out, playfully.

He ignores the remark he received, and changes the subject by saying " Can't you make this darn thing go any faster? I would imagine us being there already."

Bulma sighs and looks down at Trunks. " I could make the ship go faster, but it will take longer for the battery to recharge. If we get in a dire situation or need to evacuate from that place immediately, we won't be able to. That's why I want to spare as much of it as possible. I don't think I'll have access to some lab where I could work something out."

Both Saiyans sighed as Goku looks down at Trunks. The boy was a little bit bigger from the last time he saw him. He smiled and placed a hand on the little boy's head. The half-saiyan's eyes looked up at him and gave Goku a big smile. His little hands rose up towards him. Bulma giggled as she looks over her left shoulder at her friend.

" I think Trunks wants you to hold him Goku." She says, giving him a small smile.

Goku grins and accepts the offer. " Sure I'll take him from ya. After all, Chichi's got Goten."

He looks back at his wife and nervously smiles. " Sorry if that sounded wrong hon."

Chichi shakes her head and says " When will you ever learn to think before speaking? I feel like you should be sitting next to Gohan when his tutors come over. Maybe you could learn a think or two from them."

" Completely agree Chichi, I feel like Vegeta should be at one of those sessions too. Maybe somebody could ease him up a bit." Bulma joins in as both wives start to laugh.

Vegeta gruff and goes back to where he was first standing. Goku frowns down at Trunks and quietly says " Your mom and Chi can be hard sometimes on us."

As the laughter slowly ceases, Goku sits down on the floor. He sets Trunks down as the little boy looks up at him, making a similar face like his Dad. Goku is taken aback by the huge frown the boy was giving him. Well he had to admit, the boy was good at portraying both of his parent's ways. Goku scratched his head, thinking about something that could change the boy's frown upside down. As he thought, Trunks started to form little fists. He started to slam them on the floor as Goku caught his act. Nobody else really noticed but him. Then a idea came to his mind. I hoped Trunks would like the little game.

" Kay Trunks let's play a game with our hands." The boy nods his head and watches as Goku lifts one of his large hands. " Whatever position my hand goes, you give me a big high five, kay?"

" Up high," Goku starts as Trunks hits his hand.

" Down low." Once again the boy hits Goku's hand, harder than before.

" In the middle ah too slow!" Goku moves his hand away before the boy could hit it.

Trunks little nose scrunches up as he jumps up to his feet. " No fair! You didn't tell me that!"

Bulma and Vegeta look over at them, as Chichi's eyes moved to the two playing also.

" Wow Goku that's pretty impressive that you got a word out of Trunks. He hasn't spoken to anybody since yesterday after he took a cold bath," Bulma says as she narrows her eyes. " Speaks to everyone but his mother. Talk about manners and respect."

Both Goku and Chichi look at Bulma with their mouths wide open. " HE CAN TALK?!"

Bulma rolls her eyes and says " Of course he can talk! He just acts like he can't to keep everybody wrapped around his little finger. Boy knows a lot for his age. Too bad that he learns the bad stuff first instead of the good."

Goku's eye avert from his friend and back at the boy in front of him. " You're one smart kid Trunks! You might be just as smart as Gohan when he was your age!"

" Stop changing topic! Let's do again!" The boy shouts as Goku raises his hands. " How 'bout we check your speed out. Hit my hand as fast as you can."

Trunks responds by delivering his first hit to Goku's left hand and then to the right. They continue as Goku switches the position of his hands from time to time. As he gets quicker, Trunks starts to go quicker but eventually is not able to keep up with Goku. At realizing this, he takes a shot at Goku's face. Goku blocks it, smirking at the kid's intention to take a shot at him.

" No fair! You're too fast for me!" Trunks shouts disappointment enters him as he hears his father shout " None of that Trunks! Not another word from you, understand?"

Trunks shoulders slump as he nods, moving from Goku over to his father. He doesn't dare look up at his father. He can already imagine the speech his father was going to give him about shaming him. As he awaits for his father to say something else, he feels a hand rest on his head. He looks up to see his Dad smirking at him. " You did well son for your age. But I expect more from you when you get older. Is that clear?"

Trunks blue eyes shined at what he heard is father say. He nods as he stands by his Dad's side. He quietly asks " Could you help me?"

" Yes I can, but I will not be as kind as Kakarot."

" Yes sir!" Trunks puts a hand on his head, saluting his Dad.

" Oh Trunks don't do that to your father. He's not that harsh that you have to look at him as a commander or something." Bulma eyes her boys sighing. This was definitely a cute scene between her son and his father. Things like this normally don't transpire back at home. If only she had a camera to capture the wonderful moment. She looks over at Goku, who had a big smile plastered on his face. He looks over at her as she mouths off 'Thank you.' to him. He chuckles and rubs the back of his head mouthing back 'it was nothing'.

Time passed by as each couple talked to each of their spouses. In no time, a voice began saying " About to land."

" Well that was quicker than I expected. You guys must be excited to get down to business huh?" Bulma watches as both full blooded Saiyans walk over to her.

Goku looks at the large screen and sees the land. Memories of what had happen in the past came to him. He narrowed his eyes, as he got a picture in his mind of the person he disliked. The one that was in charge of trying to separate him and his wife. The one who got his friends involved in all that. The one that had a fiery passion to have his selfish desires granted, without caring about the others around him.

Xioren

Vegeta elbows Goku hard on the arm. Goku quickly gets out of his thoughts and looks at Vegeta confused for the hit. Vegeta glares at him and says " I want to get everything done as soon as possible. Maintain your focus on the target and don't hesitate to kill if you must. Mercy isn't for everyone."

" Don't worry about that Vegeta. I have my mindset on finishing all of this fast. I plan not to linger long here."

Chichi gets up from where she was sitting at, and walks over to the others. She stops about a foot away from them and sees the land. How this beautiful land was being ruled over by such a selfish monster before, she did not know. It was mind boggling really. She looks down at her son. A look of determination came across her face. No matter what, she was going to find out who was in charge of doing this to her son. Even if Goku didn't want her to get involved. She felt bad for going against his wishes, but in reality, all of them working together was better.

Just as the ship began to land, Goku turns to look at his wife. They stare at each other for a moment as Goku then says " We're about to land. I don't want you to come with us. Stay with Goten, Bulma and Trunks for the time being. Your safety is what I want. You promise?"

Chichi shrugs her shoulders as she pouts, looking away " I won't promise anything to you. Anything could happen and anyways, we don't know anybody from here beside Xilon."

" Yes, but I'm sure we'll find someone who will take us in. They're good people where ever we go." Goku assures her as she sighs.

" Yeah, we'll see about that." she says as the ship finally lands on solid ground.

" We are free to get outta here guys!" Bulma ecstatically says as the ship's door opens up. She is the first to jump out as the others follow behind.

As they land, they get up and take in their surroundings. The atmosphere in the area was peaceful. Barely any noise, the grass greener than anybody could imagine, the clouds big and puffy and the sky a beautiful shade of blue. Yes everything was extremely quiet and at peace…much to their discomfort.

" Okay…this place doesn't seem like it's under attack or anything. A bit strange isn't it guys?" Bulma looks at the others as she saw them gazing around.

" Yeah, but it also could be that they're trying to make it look that way. Ya know, to make it seem like everything is great here." Goku says, as he looks over at Vegeta.

" Why don't we start this thing and see if we can figure out what's going on."

Vegeta gives him a nodded as both look at their wives. Vegeta gives a wave to Bulma and starts to walk off. Goku walks over to them. He stops and gives Chichi a gentle pat on the back. He then looks at Bulma and Chichi, saying " Take care of yourselves. We'll try to be back as soon as we can."

" Aren't you forgetting something-" Chichi starts to say as the guys run off. She narrows her eyes annoyed.

" They didn't even offer to help us find a place to stay at. Figures, they really wanna get out of here quick." Bulma picks Trunks up and looks over at Chichi.

" Yeah I kinda guessed that on our way here. Well I guess we should ask around for a place in the meantime." Chichi says as they both started heading to a market up-ahead.

As they make it over, a elder woman stops in front of them. Her eyes were a sparkling tan colored as she looked at Goten and Trunks.

" Oh how cute! You all must be new here, cause I've never seen these two adorable faces before."

Both Chichi and Bulma observed the woman in front of them. She might look old, but they could see that she was still full of energy. Then an idea popped in Bulma's head. She raised Trunks up to her face as Trunks placed his hands on the elder's face. The woman looked right into the little boy's cerulean eyes as she let out a happy squeal. Trunks blue eyes widened as he tried backing away from the weird lady.

" He's my little son. We're visitors of these parts. By any chance, do you know of any place that takes care of kids?" Bulma sets Trunks on the green grass as the boy hides behind his mother's leg.

The elder raises a brow and says " Sounds like you don't want to be with your son or let him join you in the sight seeing."

Chichi was about to say something as Bulma shakes her head. Chichi stops and looks away from both.

" It's not that I want someone else to care for him, I just want to help those people out. Uh we're trying to find a job! Yeah that's right." Bulma gives the woman a big fake smile as the woman kept staring at her for a minute. She then nods her head.

" No problem! My daughter actually babysits. She lives very close by. I think she mention to me that she needed a little help. Come follow me."

Chichi stares back and forth at Bulma and the woman. She then whispers into Bulma's ear " I can't believe she took everything you said literally. People from these parts are very trusting."

Bulma shoos Chichi away and says " Whatever,benefits us in the long run. Just let me do all the talking, okay? I know what I'm doing."

As their conversation came to a close, they saw a small cottage home up-ahead. When they arrived at the front door, the elder woman knocked twice as the door opened. A young woman appeared, her dark brown hair sliding to one side as her tan eyes grew.

" Yes mother? Oh I see you have brought more children. Do they need to be taken care of too?"

" Actually Isla, they were wondering if you would let them help you babysit."

" But mother I don't think I'll be able to pay them back. My pay has subsided a bit since last month and-"

Bulma smiles cutting her off " You don't have to pay us with money! We'll help you out and only ask if you could let us stay under your rooftop."

Isla smiles at Bulma and nods her head. " Of course then, It can be a little overwhelming here without any help. So I'll gladly let you stay over."

" Bulma, you better help out and not leave this on us only." Chichi says as Bulma shushes her.

Already trying to give up their chance at having a place to stay at. Sometimes Bulma just wishes she could mute Chichi when she needed her to stay quiet. As Isla started to rearrange a few things with her mother, Bulma began to think about the guys and how things were going for them.


" Where do you think this thing will lead us to?"

" I don't know, you really want to check that place out? Because I surely don't, looks filthy in there."

Goku took a look over the edge of the hole they found. Looked as if I was made out of stone. Vegeta pushes him aside and shouts " I don't have time to waste sight-seeing! Do you think this will lead us somewhere?"

" It looks like the passage I took with Chichi last time. Last I remember, we fell down from the castle into a passage. This could be it, we might as well try it."

" Fine, but if this doesn't take us anywhere, I'm leading the way from now on. You got that, Kakarot?"

Goku chuckles as he says " Yep, all on you if this doesn't go to the castle grou-woah!"

In the matter of seconds, Goku falls right into the hole as he feels something pulling him downward. Vegeta rolls his eyes and jumps into the hole. Both Saiyans feel their bodies grow heavy as they end up crashing down on the stone-made ground. Both get up, rubbing their heads as they see they're surrounded by darkness. Only a few candles that hung from the walls helped them to see a little.

" Got anymore genius ideas Kakarot? Cause this clearly wasn't one!"

" Hey at least we're making a little progress. This could lead us to the inside of the castle." Goku says, stretching his limbs out.

Vegeta began to crack his knuckles and says " I still don't understand why you want us to sneak in. Can't we just obliterate that entire kingdom?"

" No way! Xilon is ruling and I don't want him to be a part of it. He's helped us too much to include him in all this."

" You and your stupid petty talk. Always wants to show mercy to everyone that helps. Hmph, how pathetic."

Goku hits Vegeta in the arm as they start to walk down the damp and cold hall. " You shouldn't even be talking Vegeta! We had mercy on you remember?"

" Oh shut up! Who cares about the past? I care for the present, so no more of that-" Vegeta was cut out by the booming sound of a bird squawking.

They stop in their tracks as they saw a enormous colorful bird. The bird's feathers resembled the colors of the rainbow. It sat in front of their path, blocking them from the other side. Goku's mouth opened wide at the sight as Vegeta had the urge to knock him upside the head.

" What a pretty bird of vibrant colors Vegeta. Have you seen one of those? Cause I sure haven't." Goku says excitedly, as the bird spots them. It dives right at Vegeta licking him. Vegeta enraged turns the color red as he hears Goku laughing.

" I think it really likes you! How about we leave it alone?" just as Goku finishes, Vegeta throws a punch right at the bird. The bird flies back as it covers itself with it's feathers. It then lowers them and lets out a massive roar. The feathers from the bird shoot right at them, the pointy ends catching their attention the most.

Both dodged all the feathers aimed at them. Goku looks over at Vegeta saying " See if you wouldn't have thrown that punch, it might have helped us out!"

" I don't care! Let's end this right now!" Vegeta was about to go for it as Goku says to him to spare the bird. Vegeta listens to him and then both hit it right in the head. The bird falls down backwards as both land near it.

Vegeta huffs and thinks to himself 'I'm becoming too soft like Kakarot and his wannabe friends.'

Goku motions him to come along as both fly over the unconscious bird.


" Well this has been longer than I was expecting. They should have been back by now, right?" Bulma was carrying two babies in each of her arms. Chichi was sitting down in a chair carrying Goten and another baby in each of her arms. Chichi looked up at Bulma and said " Yeah, it's a bit odd that they're not back yet. Wonder if they are doing okay."

As Bulma saw the look of worry gathering up in Chichi's face, she tries to change the subject.

" How about we do a little searching of our own. You know, to pass the time a little faster. Plus we can see exactly what those guys are doing."

Chichi quickly faces Bulma and asks " Seriously? We've been here for almost an hour and you want to head out already?"

" Yeah, I mean we can ask Isla to take care of the boys for a few until we return. Then we'll definitely stay to help her with all the little kids."

" I think this is taking advantage of this poor girl's trust. I don't feel good about it." Chichi says as Bulma rolls her eyes and replies " I mean you want them to come back earlier and you want to figure out what that glow around Goten is too so…"

Chichi sighs in defeat as she then says " Okay fine, but I take no credit of this if we get caught. Understand?"

Bulma grins and sets the babies down as she says " Yup, no let the exploring and discovering begin!"

Chichi also sets the children down in beds as both make their way over to Isla. Isla was busy feeding a child as she looks up. She sees both women her mother introduced to her sort of.

" Yes?" Isla asked as Bulma instantly jumps up at her saying happily " We wanted to ask if we could leave the boys here for a few. We wanted to look around the area for uh…something important, if it isn't too much."

" I uh guess so." Isla starts to say as Bulma quickly makes it to the front door. She waves and says " Thanks! Chichi lets go before Isla regrets it."

Chichi nods as they both head out the door. Isla is left alone with wailing kids with Trunks pulling the end of her hair and Goten crying.

'I sometimes pass my limits.' she thinks to herself, feeling like she was never going to see daylight again.

And that's a wrap for this chap! It might be a little rushed but if I wouldn't have posted this, it might have came out much later in the month.

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