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"Chi Chi-san, could you pass the lemon?" Bulma asked her best friend.
"Hai," she handed Bulma the sour fruit then continued her work.
The two women decided that if they were going to have enough food for the picnic that would satisfy the Saiya-jins and Huma-jins, they would need to start the food a week early. Gohan and Videl thought they should help, though Gohan really didn't do much, all he did was taste test the food. Gokou wanted to have that job, but needless to say, Chi Chi and Bulma thought that wouldn't be a good idea. Trunks and Goten were watching the t.v. that's in the kitchen because Vegita refused to change from the movie he was enjoying to watch Pokemon.
"Chi Chi-san?", Bulma asked.
The older woman looked up from the salad she was making, "Huh?"
"I think we need to get a new taste tester," she said while pointing to the meat loaf, which was half gone.
Chi Chi turned her head in the direction Bulma pointed, then she looked around for her son.
Gohan, at this point, thought the only course of action was to hide behind Videl. Chi Chi finally set her eyes on Gohan, to his and everyones's suprise, she didn't yell.
"Gohan, please be more considerate next time. Other people are having this too."
"Hai, Kaasan," came his reply. Chi Chi nodded her head then continued chopping a cucumber. Everyone that was there looked at her as if she had grown two heads.
Bulma stared at her in disbelief. The old Chi Chi would have promptly scolded him. Gohan got off waaayyy easier than he had if this had been two weeks ago.
"Onee-chan," little Goten said to get his older brother's attention.
Gohan looked over at the pint-sized Saiya-jin. Goten signaled that he wanted him, so he scurried over to where Trunks and his brother were watching television. How could they watch Pokemon, that's the dumbest show I've ever seen.
Goten tore his eyes away from the t.v. to address the older Saiya-jin, "I want the old Kaasan back."
His brother gave him a frown, "Well I don't. She is a lot nicer than she used to be."
"She's TOO nice. I was used to the mean, grumpy Kaasan. Now it's almost as if she doesn't care if we do something bad. You knew how suprised you were when you got off real easy just now. It's been almost two weeks since she's been getting help, and I'm still not used to her."
"But Goten, she didn't force you to study until your eyes bleed. You have only lived with her nagging for eight years, and only been aware of it for about three or four. Me and Tousan have always known it. Even though it's a little disturbing, try to tolerate it." Gohan pleaded to his younger brother.
Goten would not hear it. They continued arguing their points for a few minutes until...
"Gohan-kun, could you tell me if this is good," Videl called to him while pointing to a stack of burgers. That will keep 'em from arguing.
He completely forgot what he was about to say to Goten and ran over Videl. Gohan took a burger, put in a bun, then inhaled it in record time.
"Hmm, itsshh....gog," he tried to tell her while still chewing on the last bite.
Videl frowned, "It's what?"
Gohan finished to bite then said, "I said that it's good."
Videl and the two older women shook their heads then continued their work.
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Four hours later, Chi Chi, Bulma, Videl and Gohan were deciding the extra people, namely anyone that isn't a Son or Briefs, that should be allowed to come to the picnic/barbecue. Chi Chi had made iced-tea to keep everyone's energy up, mainly hers and Bulma's, but she made iced-tea none the less. (Note: They are in their mid-to-late forties by this time.)
"Videl, of course you and your father may come," an excited Bulma told to the teenager.
The girl nodded then frowned, "But he won't come without Buu."
"It's okay, we can just buy a lot of candy to satisfy him." Chi Chi exclaimed. The two others nodded.
Gohan was quiet until he remembered, "I almost forgot, I asked Piccolo-san to come. He said he would come as long as we have the cleanest water."
Chi Chi smiled, "That's so nice, I already made some Brita water for him."
The other three people in the room blinked. Then they shrugged and continued go over the list of family friends. The four people ended up inviting everyone they knew, except for the last two names of the list, Muten Roshi and Oolong.
Gohan shook his head vigorously. "There is no way he's coming," he said while bring Videl into his arms while she put her head on his shoulder, "the last time he tried to feel up my Beedel-ch...san."
Bulma and Chi Chi's eyebrows raised in suprise, they then looked at each other and smiled.
Chi Chi decided to be the one to comment first, "How sweet, young love."
Gohan quickly let go of Videl then she scooted away from him. They gave a pathetic laugh to the women.
Chi Chi and Bulma looked back over at each other. They both had the look on their faces that said "Please".
Bulma looked back at the two, she regarded Videl. "So how long has this been going on?" You'd have to be an idiot not to notice it. (I normally would have used baka, but idiot sounded better for that one little part)
Videl knew that they couldn't fool Gohan's mother and their friend. Her brow creased while she searched for an answer, "Ummm, since before Buu."
It was Chi Chi's turn to speak, "But why did you keep it a secret?"
Videl answers again, "Because Otousan hasn't exactly been.......emotionally stable lately. We've noticed this even before the incident at your house with Gohan's lemonade. His reaction only made us want to keep it secret even more. We knew that if we told anyone about it then it would somehow make it to him. And before that everyone was too preoccupied with fighting."
Gohan nodded in support for her explanation. He thought to himself, No need to tell them about the incident at the park bench.
Bulma considered Videl's explanation, then told her, "I guess you were right in not telling anyone. Mr. Satan has been a little..."
pause while she searches for the right word,"....."
"Scary," Gohan finished for her.
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"Did you hear that Trunks-kun?" Goten whispered to his best friend from their position behind the door.
He nodded, "Hai, Goten. If only I had my camera on me."
Goten looked up in thought for a moment, then he got it. "I got an idea! Don't you guys have a surveillance system?"
Trunks's eyes widened, "Your right, Goten, all we need is to get the tape for that video camera, then we could show it to everybody at the picnic. Imagine Mr. Satan's reaction when he sees the video."
The two little pranksters went off to accomplish the task of embarrassing Gohan and Videl.
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DIIINNNGGG DOOONNNGGG.
Vegita looked up from the paper he was reading, "WOMAN! The doorbell's ringing." He went back to reading his paper, "Another school shooting in America? What's going on over there.........Hmmmmm... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this guy married a......."
"VEGITA! I'm sitting right next to you. AND, do you think Trunks needs to hear about that stuff." 'Woman' gestured to her son who was watching their small conversation with amusement.
DIIINNNGGG DOOONNNGGG.
Vegita snorted, then thought of something, "How do you know what I was going to say?"
"I read it on the way back over here from the news stand." Bulma explained to him. Then she waited for him to get the door for her. Fat chance.
The Saiya-jin prince shrugged, then looked back up, "Woman? Are you going to get up and answer the door or what?"
Bulma got up shaking her head. She then made her way over to the door. Bulma was suprised by who answered it.
Son Gokou beamed and waved his hand, "Hey, Bulma."
The woman to he was referring to looked at the rest of the people that were behind him. Aside from the traditional Son family, she saw nine different people all with tails swinging here and there. She studied their features one by one until her eyes came upon Radditz. Bulma's brow automatically creased into a frown.
He glared right back at her but his train of thought, which was to strangle 'that loud mouthed weakling', was interrupted by Gokou's cheerful voice.
"Mind if we come a little early?"
Bulma frowned. "A little early, it's only seven..." pause while she checks her watch, "...sixteen. The picnic doesn't start until noon."
Gokou frowned, "I thought it was supposed to be a barbecue." Bulma dismissed his comment and looked at her best friend when she signaled to get her attention.
Chi Chi decided to clarify their purpose for being early to her friend. "When we made food for the picnic a few days ago we forgot about Gokou's relatives."
Bulma's shoulders sunk. "Do they eat as much as Son-kun?", she asked with a tiny shread of hope that they didn't.
Chi Chi shook her head, "No, they still eat a lot. But they are mostly just sloppy."
Yunion, who up to this point has been quiet, growled at the much shorter woman. They talk about us as if we aren't even here.
Bulma gestured with her hand for them to go inside. All obliged except for Chi Chi who stayed to talk with her friend outside the door. They talked about nothing in particular, just the previous days events.
Gokou walked over to the kitchen, with most of his family trailing, to get a spar out of Vegita. As soon as he walked in the doorway he completely forgot about his purpose for being there. The aroma of freshly made omelets was making it's way through the air.
"Hey Vegita, Trunks. Whatcha eatin'?", Gokou asked cheerfully.
Vegita frowned, "What are you doing here this early Kakarotto. And you can tell by horrible smell that that loud-mouthed woman
was TRYING to cook omelets again."
Trunks laughed. Gokou looked clue less but decided to comment.
"Vegita, Bulma's cooking isn't that bad. Ever since she started to take lessons from Chi Chi it got a lot better."
"HA! Obviously, not even your mate could help her. I came to that conclusion last night when she failed miserably at attempting to make rice. RICE! Of all things. Instead of not cooking it enough like she does usually, she made it too soft. It was like I was eating glue for Kami's sake. That woman always seems to be able to completely ruin a meal," Vegita explained.
"You shouldn't say stuff like that in front of Trunks, Vegita." Gokou looked at him with a frown, although he didn't look angry.
"Humph, he talks about her cooking more than me," came the reply. Trunks nodded then walked over to his three friends. Vegita noticed something that Goten was carrying. That brat is holding a duffel bag. I wonder what for.
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At twelve o'clock almost everyone that was on the guest list made it except for Tenshinhan and Vegita. No one knew where either of them were. the picnic was fun for all except the Saiya-jins, who were getting annoyed by all the small talk everyone was trying to engage them in.
"So, do you like shopping? I love it.....Junanagou tells me I'm wasting Kuririn's money......Isn't he crazy.........What would I do without stylish clothes.......My husband might rub off on Marron, I can't have that.......", #18 went on and on talking to Produt.
Must she bother me with this mindless dribble. "Yes, excuse me while if I go see if the burgers are ready," she walked off to check one of the many grills she was about to watch over when #18 caught up to her.
Kuririn and Chauzu were talking with Bardock and Cellerryuu about ki techniques. Those two Saiya-jins were the only ones that were interested in their conversation. Radditz joined them after getting annoyed with Gokou's 'idiotic' ramblings. He only wanted to get away from 'Kakarotto'. The rest of the Saiyajins only cared about receiving food.
Bardock listened intently to the description of one of the attacks that Kuririn witnessed Piccolo use. "So how many did he surround him with?"
The short man thought for a moment, "At least a hundred, possibly more."
"What could you possibly know about fighting or ki technique, weakling?", Radditz teased.
Kuririn smirked, Haven't fought in a long time. "Why don't I show you.", that was not a request. He picked up his duffel bag and looked inside it. When he found his gi, they both left for the gravity room.
Piccolo was preparing for a spar with Gohan while drinking a glass of water. He was in shock when Chi Chi came up to him previously and gave him a pitcher of fresh water. He had always thought that Chi Chi hated him. Although he never would say it, he was glad that he could go to the Son house and not have to sneak in to get a spar out of Gohan or Gokou.
Yamcha was trying in vain to talk to Gokou's hungry relatives, so he went to speak to his longtime friend. But Gokou was like his relatives, and only really cared about filling his stomach.
Videl was talking to her father, Buu, (Who was eating one of the many candy bars Bulma had bought him)Puaru, and a hungry Beatsu, about anything that came to mind. They were getting annoyed, so Mr. Satan decided to change the subject.
"I heard that Goten had a picture of Vegita holding his butt. Buu told me it was the funniest thing he's ever seen." All who heard him frowned, except for Buu. (He always frowns, even when he smiles. To get a good idea, look at the picture in my profile page.)
"Papa, (It's obvious who's talking) where did he find it?" She would have asked a similar thing to Buu instead, but he was too engrossed in finishing the numerous amount of candy that was in his hands.
Mr. Satan looked at his best friend, "He said he slipped on it while he was in Goten's hotel room. I asked him why he was in there and he said he wanted candy." The large man shrugged, considering that was all Buu ever thought about.
Videl shrugged as well. She to knew that whenever he said something, it almost always had something to do with candy. She was used to seeing him at their house, and he asked for sweets on a regular basis.
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Got to keep my ki low, don't want to win this right off the bat. "Radditz, how high do you want the gravity to be?", Kuririn asked while he and the other man walked down the small walkway to the C.C. gravity room.
Radditz looked at the pint sized man with a smirk, "As high as your weak ass can take."
Hope you can keep up. They walked into the room. Kuririn went to the controls and set the gravity while Radditz prepared for the sudden change. He turned it up to two hundred times earth's normal gravity. Then he stripped off his clothes and put on his fighting gi.
Radditz was still warming up when Kuririn started his pushups and stretches. They both finished at the same time and walked about thirty feet away from each other.
Radditz slowly started to levitate, a bright red aura surrounding his body. To anyone not used to a fight similar to this, his ear-splitting scream would easily burst their ear drums. He rapidly called upon his ki while also trying to impress to smaller
man. When finished, he ceased levitating and only had a hint of the impressive aura that was once present. He couldn't have gotten as strong as Kakarotto. No one could improve that much from that pathetic fighting power he had last time I met him.
But........
Kuririn smirked. Is that all? Surely he could have gotten at least fifty or so times stronger considering he's been training non-stop in the gravity room for nearly three months. He decided to keep his power just above the Saiya-jin. Just for effect, he powered up just as Radditz did.
(Just so you know, Kuririn is about as strong as Freiza by the end of the Buu saga, so he's easily the stronger of the two. I'm making Radditz only about as strong as Vegita was when he first went to Namek.)
When he was finished, Kuririn proceeded to stare down Radditz in preparation for his attack. He would never make the first move.
Radditz growled at the shorter man. What's he smirking about!?! He's not that much stronger than me. He waited a second, then charged with his shoulder full speed at Kuririn.
He's fast, I'll give him that. Just as Radditz was about to hit him Kuririn jumped up about seven feet. He then grabbed Radditz's shoulders, picked him up, and slammed his body to the ground. The little man wasn't finished, he then flew as high as the ceiling would allow. He then shot head first towards the Saiya-jin.
When Radditz was out of his daze from being smashed into the ground, he slowly stood up out of the ruble. Where is that little runt! When I....... Radditz never got to finish the thought.
When Kuririn was preparing to ram him head first, he saw him get up. So instead, from his descent, he hit the taller man with his knee right on the top of his forehead.
Radditz went to the floor once more. This time his body was dragged about twenty feet while digging up the ground. He slowly got up and glared at Kuririn. He's still smirking!?! How dare that midget! His anger reached new heights. Radditz powered up some more while letting out another ear splitting scream.
The short Huma-jin waited for him to finish, then he followed suit. Though, this time he decided to be dead even with the Saiya-jin.
Radditz was impatiently waiting for Kuririn to finish. I didn't know that the other earth fighters could suppress their power as well. I thought only.....nevermind.....I can find out later. When Kuririn finished, Radditz charged at him again.
The Huma-jin waited for Radditz to approach, then he stuck both of his legs out right when Radditz was only a few feet away. The Saiya-jin doubled over. Kuririn then kneed him in the face. That brought the man back up to an almost standing position. The Saiya-jin then stood up to his full height and glared at Kuririn.
Radditz growled while he kicked the man in the face. Kuririn staggered back, then Radditz charged an elbow at him which connected. Then he picked him up and slammed him to the ground in the same fashion he was slammed earlier. The Saiya-jin then grabbed his arm by the elbow joint, and procedded to squeeze.
Kuririn let out an yelp of pain. Then he hit the Saiya-jin with his free elbow and jumped off of him. Then he performed a roundhouse kick to Radditz's head. The taller man then grabbed the Huma-jin by the collar and brought the him into his knee. He let go and prepared to let a ki ball loose on Kuririn's face.
The Huma-jin saw this so he sweeped him before he could finish the task. When Radditz was about to fall on his back, Kuririn let off a huge two handed blast while his body was still contorted on the ground from the sweep.
The Saiya-jin was hurled into the air at an arc for about eighty feet, then dropped to the ground with a thud.
Kuririn wasted no time. He cupped his hands and brought them to his side.
"KAAA.....MEEE". A blue ball was slowly starting to gain in size inside of Kuririn's hands.
His target slowly got up and shook his head to get rid of the daze.
"HAAA....". The energy continued to grow.
Radditz felt his arm cramp up but he tried to ignore it. He could no longer so he rubbed it and looked around for the "runt".
"MEEE....".
Gokou's brother contiued to look around for the shorter man. Though his head was throbbing, he was still eager to continue the spar.
"HAAAAAAAAAA". A large, bright blue beam slowly escaped Kuririn's hands, then picked up in pace.
Radditz heard the shout and darted his head toward the source expecting to see his sparring partner. Instead, all he saw was blue.............
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When the two came out of the gravity room, one of them looked like he had been through a war. Radditz had taken substantial damage and was feeling cranky. Kuririn had only a few bruises and a sprained elbow.
The two sat down at one of the tables where some of the Saiya-jins were eating.
Radditz had to ease on because of his sore body. He asked for a sensu, but it was to the eating Gokou (Who is the only one who has them). Damn you Kakarotto! Is it so hard to look up from your lunch?
He finally gave up on getting his brother's attention. He looked at his food and completly forgot about his pain.
Kuririn looked at Gokou's brother, "You do know that I went easy on you, right?"
Radditz snorted, "Shut up and finish your lunch."
Just to show off, Kuririn powered up easily a few hundred times stronger than Radditz. He was subtle about it, Kuririn didn't want to destroy the surrounding tables. His aura was not present, only the increase in ki flowing through his veins. Though still present, his wounds were forgotten.
All of the earth based fighters, save Mr. Satan, noticed the increase, though they lost interest when they saw Kuririn eating as if nothing happened. All of the Saiya-jins, save Radditz, were too busy eating.
The tall Saiya-jin looked at the shorter Human with shock, then quickly regained his composure and gave him his customary glare.
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I made it larger than I expected to, so this isn't the last part. Also, that was my first fight scene so I hoped you enjoyed it.
The next part is the last, I promise.
Review DAMMIT!