"Hey... um... what did uh... What did Goku say when dad asked?", ChiChi asked Gipsy.

Gipsy responded, "When your dad asked what?"

ChiChi, "If... if he was in love with Bear?"

"He didn't say." Leaving ChiChi with even more questions.


ChiChi finished up securing Goku's wrists. She watched him in his sleep for a moment, and thought about everything that happened earlier that day. Her enemy Goku, had infiltrated her life. Her father and friend were playing matchmakers for them. ChiChi herself had changed her mind about him after their fight and was even beginning to warm up to him. She decided to spare his life, somehow. But he'd been playing games with her, it made her feel furious.

"You think you're so slick, huh?", asked ChiChi a sleeping Goku. "Well I ain't fallin' for it." And she smacked him in the head, Goku flinched but didn't wake up.

Her stomach grumbled and she made her way across the room. She picked up the backpack with items Gipsy had collected for them, where she assumed she'd find some food. "Let's see here..."

She found a hoi-poi capsule, clicked it open and flung it against the corner of the room as it opened up. A small portable kitchenette appeared out of the smoke. She grabbed another capsule, labelled "food", and clicked it open over the small table sitting in the middle of the room. A small variety of foods popped up, contained in a small portable refrigerator. She glanced through the items and picked up the things she's needed to make chicken soup. Perfect cold weather food, she thought.

She poured some water bottles in a stainless steel pot, peeled some garlic cloves and set everything to low heat. While she waited for the water to come to a boil, she got started on the vegetables.

Goku woke up. "Where are we?", he asked in-between yawns.

She looked at him and scoffed, "You're a terrible assassin, can't even keep track of your own whereabouts."

Goku looked at her confused, "I'm not an assassin. I'm a martial artist."

"You still suck." And she went back to looking at her task at hand.

"Hey, you're away from the battlefield, that means I'm still doing my job", Goku smiled.

"Was that your plan?", She continued to peel vegetables. "To just keep me away from my men, you think the Bellypoke have a shot of victory now that I'm away from the trenches?"

"No, I didn't really have a plan. I don't make plans, I usually just follow my gut." He answered, smiling.

"Hmmph! Well let me tell you something about my men, they will win this with or without me next to 'em. They don't need me to babysit." She looked up and pointed the knife at Goku, "I've trained them well enough to manage everything on their own. Even if i'm not there physically, they're trained to think for themselves." And she got up to check on the pot of water.

"I don't doubt it, you think of everything!", said Goku. "You're.."

"Let me guess?" ChiChi interrupted, "Incredible?"

"Oh my god, how did you know I was going to say that?!" asked Goku, amused.

"Oh jeez, you've only said that about a million times now. You're so obvious! I see right through your little game." Said ChiChi, annoyed.

"Sorry, I didn't realize I said it that many times..." said Goku, a little embarrassed. "Hey are you angry with me?"

"ANGRY AT YOU?!", She scoffed. "I am AT WAR with you, anger is an understatement."

"Oh, right. I guess I thought we were passed that." He looked at his hands, strangely tied up to his neck. "I thought maybe we were friends by now... I guess I was wrong."

"Oh, friends?!", asked ChiChi with sarcasm. "Let's just hold hands and waltz right into the Bellypoke plains and tell everyone we're friends!"

"You're angry at me, I can tell." Goku leaned sideways to try and get a better view of ChiChi's face. "Why are you angry with me? I hope I didn't say anything mean or rude while I was unconscious."

ChiChi paused, "Oh... you are good."

"I'm good? At what?" asked Goku, perplexed.

"You think you're soooo slick... you think you can just say things like that and play your little game on me." She looked at him, and fiercely pointed her knife at him again. "I am not a sucker, I will not fall for your little flirting game!"

"I don't understand." Said Goku, genuinely confused. "Are we playing a game?"

ChiChi, "Are you bein' facetious?!"

Goku, "I'm not Facetious, I'm Goku!", he looked at her, still confused.

ChiChi flung her peeling knife at Goku, "STOP!", he barely dogged it. "PLAYING", she threw a potato at him, he dogged it as well. Then, she took out a ninja-trowing knife from the side of her boot and flung it, full speed at Goku's face. "GAMES!", she missed again only by a hair.

"JEEZ, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!", demanded a paled Goku.

"What's my problem?! What's my problem?! YOU! You're my problem! Playing games, flirting with me! Saying nice things to me. Dangling the carrot in front of me...", exploded ChiChi.

"ChiChi, I would NEVER dangle the carrot. I HATE carrots!", Said Goku earnestly.

"Oh, you hate carrots?", asked ChiChi.

"HATE 'em", said Goku with a smile.

She then grabbed all the carrots from a small basket inside the fridge, grabbed another knife and started frantically chopping them, without breaking eye-contact with Goku.

Goku frowned.

ChiChi, "Are you hungry?" she smiled.

Goku, "Yes, very much so." His frown now even more pronounced.

She finished chopping every carrot with perfect precision, still holding her gaze to Goku. She really wanted see his face for her next move. "Great, I'm makin' soup." She smiled as she poured every las piece of chopped carrot into the boiling water.

"Awwe man...", said a disappointed Goku.

ChiChi smiled at him, satisfied.

"That is just mean!", Goku whined.

"Oh? But FLIRTING WITH ME when you have yourself a little girlfriend, that's not mean? What do you call that, Goku?", asked a visibly angry ChiChi.

"I'm not flirting with you? What is flirting?", answered Goku. "And I don't have a girlfriend."

"What about Bear?", answered ChiChi defensively as she cocked her head sideways.

"Bear isn't my girlfriend." Said Goku.

Surprised, ChiChi asked, "Oh? She isn't?" Wow, maybe he wasn't a jerk, she thought. Maybe it's all just a big misunderstanding."

"No, she's my ... bride-to-be, fiancé, whatever you call it." Added Goku, making ChiChi's heart sink.

You son of a... "YOU JERK!", ChiChi shouted, balling her fists, ready to punch him out.

"Woah, woah, woah hold on! Why am I a jerk?!", asked Goku.

ChiChi walked over to him. "You... You... ASSHOLE! You flirt with me when you're gonna marry that girl?! UGHH!", she said furiously.

Goku looked at her, he was really sorry he was making her this upset. "I don't understand. Why are you angry at me? What did I do that's so wrong?"

"You... you.. keep saying all these nice things to me, you keep leading me on..." She was losing coherence.

"I'm not lying to you, if that's why you're angry. I meant every word I said about you." He looked at her, studied her face trying to understand her.

"Why... why are you doing this to me? Why are you leading me on like that?", asked ChiChi. No longer able to contain her feelings to herself.

"What exactly do you think I'm doing?", he moved closer to her, to see her face.

"You. You... keep saying nice things to me... You.. keep being nice to me...", She couldn't say it. After all, he hadn't actually said it himself.

"And that's bad? Why?", He asked.

"Because you have a fiancé..." ChiChi said, trying to be patient.

"It's bad that I like you, isn't it?", he said with disappointment in his face.

She looked at him. He said it, he finally said. "Yes. It's bad."

"I'm sorry. I can't help it. I didn't plan it, if that's what you're thinkin'", he looked down at the floor, heavy with disappointment.

Suddenly it was hard for everyone in the room to breath.

A few moments passed.

"I'm really sorry." Said Goku. "I didn't know I was going to feel this way."

ChiChi's heart skipped a beat, "Feel what way?"

"I don't know. I can't even explain it." answered Goku.

"Well, TRY." insisted ChiChi.

Goku let out a sigh. "Um... It's hard to explain. I've never really felt this way before. I just get really... happy? When I see your face... Your face it's... pleasant to me, in a strange way."

ChiChi looked at him, starting to fully reciprocate the feeling.

"And um... I don't know, I just ... Like how you are... you're fun to be around." He said, trying to explain his feelings for the first time in his life. "I suddenly really care about what you think. I want to impress you." He said bashfully, lowering his gaze even more.

"YOU want to impress ME?", asked ChiChi with disbelief.

"Yes. I care very much what you think of me. I don't know why, I want you to like me." Said Goku, finally looking up.

ChiChi's heart skipped another beat. "But you're... you. You're the world's strongest, the worlds savior. Saying you're impressive is an understatement. Why do you care what I think?"

Goku shook his head, "That, I can't explain." He smiled at her, "I was just really excited because I never really felt these things before. I'm sorry If it's wrong."

ChiChi took a seat next to him. "I... um... I think I understand." She believed him. She believed he wasn't trying to be a jerk, he was just inexperienced.

Goku looked relieved, "You do?!"

"Uh...yeah." She said and gave him a soft smile.

"ChiChi", Goku looked at her with a sparkle in his eyes.

"Yeah?", She responded.

"Can I kiss you?", asked Goku. He REALLY wanted to try it, Bear had kissed him a few times and it was awkward with her, but something told him it would be different with ChiChi.

"Um.. no?", answered ChiChi locking eyes with him, struggling to breathe.

"ChiChi", Said Goku, locking eyes with her.

"Yeah?", She said, still enamored with his gaze.

"I'm gonna kiss you now." And he leaned in.


A/N: Merry Christmas, everyone!

I see there's a few of you that just discovered my story. HELLO & WELCOME! Grab some cookies & tea, take a seat wherever you'd like :)

I won't be responding questions regarding the future of the plot, simply because I don't want to spoil it for you! I will ONLY say this, yes, they will return to the battlefield. Lot's more adventure to come!

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