Two shots whizzed by her, barely missing her head. Being so used to this situation, she wasn't bothered by it, and instead moved to punch her first victim square in the face.
She whirled back around to her next victim, but instead found herself face to face with a gun. The other three were preparing to make their move too. In a quick instant though the gun was removed from her face, and the guys were all knocked unconscious.
Lifting her hand, she wiped the sweat that had built up on her forehead. "I could have handled that." She sourly stated.
Goku jumped back down, landing next to her. "Right, like you handled Dabura." He replied just as coldly.
Chi-Chi's mouth dropped. She automatically opened her mouth to argue back, but caught sight of his injury, and just released whatever she was going to say, into a sigh. This is how things have been between them lately. Very tense.
Even when she went to school as 'Chi-Chi', she wanted to avoid him at all possible cost. Dabura was there first big fight together, and it couldn't have come at a worse time. They were to inexperience as partners to have gone against such a powerful opponent.
She was mostly angry at herself though. Lately she has been feeling powerless against all of these strong opponents that have been after her, and she knew she was taking some of her frustrations out on Goku. It was cause of that Goku had ended up injured in there last fight. Thought at this point, she wasn't sure if she could call it an injury anymore. It was more of a scar now.
Goku wasn't kidding about his body being able to heal itself quickly. Their fight against Dabura was only a few days ago, and Goku was already all healed up. She had seen the spear pierce through his arm, yet the only proof that he had a hole on his arm was his scar.
Although he didn't have any visible injury left on him, it didn't make her feel any less of a shitty person. No matter which way you looked at it, it was completely her fault that Goku got injured. She wanted nothing more than to just tell him sorry and forget about the whole thing, but the opportunity never seem to present itself.
Or maybe she just didn't want to be the one to say sorry first. If she said sorry, it would be like admitting she was wrong about everything. And although it might've been true, it'd be easier to let Dabura stab her on the arm, so that they would be even, rather than to admit she was wrong out loud.
"What do we do with these guys?" Goku asked her, his voice losing some of its edge.
Chi-Chi looked down to see the group of gangsters all on the floor. "We have to take them to the police ourselves." She replied.
Goku pursed his lips, but bent down to pick one guy up anyways. Before he was able to lift him up though a van screeched right outside the alley they were in. Immediately right after, a man with a microphone, and another with a TV camera came out of the van, and headed straight for the two heroes.
"Lady Anonymous! A pleasure as always!" The man with the microphone started. His partner already had his camera pointing at them, as the light attached to it caused them both to squint.
"I see you've recently started hanging out with a new friend lately." He turned his attention completely to Goku. "My name is Jimmy Firecracker." He introduced. "I'm sure you've already seen, but you've been the talk of the town ever since our camera's first caught a glimpse of you. The audience is super curious of you. The ladies especially. I don't suppose we can get some kind of name?"
Goku gulped as the reporter put his microphone right up to his face. "M-My name?" He repeated. He looked to Lady Anonymous for some kind of help. Instead of getting some form of compassion from his partner though he received a mocking smile.
Jimmy shoved his microphone closer to Goku as he tried to backup. He adjusted his glasses as he tried to get an answer out of Goku, "Is it anything related to Lady Anonymous's name? Perhaps something like Mister Anonymous? We have a poll going on."
"N-No." Goku replied as he shook his head. Feeling a little pressured, he blurted out the first thing he could think of, "Saiyaman!"
"Saiyaman?" The reporter and cameraman repeated in confusion.
"Saiyaman?" Chi-Chi questioned, with a raised eyebrow.
Goku numbly nodded, unsure if he had made the right choice for his name. There was no way he could undo it now though. By tomorrow morning, he was sure everyone in the city would already have heard about his superhero name.
Chi-Chi could sense her partners sudden uneasiness, and decided to save him from digging himself even deeper. "If that's all of your questions..." Before he could answer her, she grabbed Goku's shoulder, and jumped up back into the more private rooftops.
She turned back to Goku only to see a look between disbelief and amazement. "You're stronger than you look." He commented.
Chi-Chi raised an eyebrow at him. She was caught between disbelief, and laughing at how much Goku's mood could easily change.
Chi-Chi entered the classroom feeling more refreshed than she has been the past days. Her problems as Lady Anonymous seem to have been piling up more and more, she was glad to finally be taking a break from them. Especially concerning the Goku part of it. When she was Chi-Chi, they had no problems between them, letting her to be able to freely speak to him without having to worry about an argument hanging over them.
After all, they hadn't really spent a lot of time together when she was a normal girl. And its not like it would be as difficult as trying to get along with him when she was a superhero because they didn't have the whole tense atmosphere around them when she was 'Chi-Chi'.
Her mood grew more cheerful when she spotted Goku talking to Krillin and Vegeta. "Good morning Gok-" She started, but was interrupted when she tripped on someones bag.
Goku easily caught her before she hit the ground. "Whoa, you alright?" He asked as he helped straightened herself out.
Chi-Chi felt a sense of deju-vu. "I'm fine, thanks." She replied. Being reminded of their fight, she felt like her mood had dampened a bit from before. It wasn't enough to keep her from trying again though.
"I was just going to-" She was interrupted again by Goku pulling her arm a bit, moving her closer to him.
"Sorry, you almost ran into someone." He explained. "What were you saying?"
Chi-Chi opened her mouth to try and say something again, but then closed it. A slight frown overcame her features as she realized something. "Nothing important." She replied as she slowly went to her seat.
That was the second time Goku had mirrored his actions from when he was with Lady Anonymous. Except, now he was with her, and there was no kind of danger involved. Was she wrong about Goku? Maybe it wasn't that he viewed her as someone weaker than him, but just as someone who had needed help at the time.
If she really thought about it, Goku wasn't just someone who was babysitting her the whole time while they fought against someone else. He was just someone who had her back when she needed it. Just like she had his. And it was nice that she could have someone to count on.
"Mornin' Chi!" Bulma greeted as she entered the classroom. "Have you heard what everyone has been talking about lately?"
"Well from your earlier words on how I 'live under a rock", it shouldn't be shocking when I say, I haven't." She answered.
"How could you not have heard about this though! Its on every news station, and literally everybody is talking about him." She showed Chi-Chi the screen of her phone which had a picture of her and… Saiyaman. "He finally revealed his name. Saiyaman is a little weird for him though don't you think?"
Chi-Chi noticed Goku's form had gotten a little rigid. He must have been eavesdropping on their conversation. She couldn't help, but let out a small laugh. "Maybe, but it kind of grows on you."
"Is it me, or does this guy look kind of familiar to you?" Krillin asked as he looked over Bulma's shoulder.
Bulma looked back at her screen and focused on the picture. "Not really." She answered.
"Its just another buffoon running around in a silly costume." Vegeta joined in, not bothering to look at the picture.
"Hey!" Goku complained before he could stop himself.
"Vegeta, you know Goku has a crush on Lady Anonymous." Bulma scolded. "Although from the way her and her new partner are, you might have some competition."
"I-I" Goku tried, not sure which claim to deny first.
Chi-Chi, on the other hand, was already too use to this situation to feel any kind of embarrassment from it. She did, however, feel a little bit of sympathy for Goku. It was clear to her now that Goku's admiration for her as Lady Anonymous had gotten mistaken as a crush somewhere along the way.
It was still something weird to her. As strong as Goku is, and all the amazing things he's gone through himself, he was still impressed with Lady Anonymous. She wondered if he would still feel the same if he found out who exactly Lady Anonymous really was.
Suddenly her lighthearted mood turn to something more sour. It had never really crossed her mind what would happened if Goku ever found out the truth. She had been so focused on making sure it never happened, she never even thought about if it ever did happen.
How would Goku take it? Would he be disappointed to find out it was her? Now that they had become closer as friends, Goku treated her a little differently than before, but it wasn't the same as the way he treated her when she was Lady Anonymous. Sure there was similarities, but she felt they were closer when she was Lady Anonymous.
They had some issues to work out with working with each other as partners, but overall they were a lot closer when she was Lady Anonymous. What if he grew distant with her because he found out she was just his friend's friend Chi-Chi? It hurt her to think something like that could happened. As much as she didn't want any secrets between them, she couldn't tell him the truth. It would just make there partnership worse.
"So, what are you guys doing here?" Bulma asked as both Krillin and Vegeta stole an egg-roll from Chi-Chi's lunch.
"Chi-Chi's food called out to us." He said with a laugh until Bulma slapped his head. "Ow- hey! That was the truth. Kind of."
Krillin tipped his head to the side to signal out where Goku was standing with Mai a couple of feet away from them. "She wanted to talk to him alone, so we came over here to give them some privacy."
"Mai? What would she want to talk about with Goku?" Bulma questioned.
"I know right?" Krillin said as he ate his egg roll. "Lucky bastard."
Chi-Chi curiously peeked at them as she ate some of her rice. From what she could see Mai looked like she was worried about something, and Goku had his hand resting on her shoulder like he was reassuring her about it.
She wasn't sure what she felt about Mai. She seemed like a nice person, but she was still stuck on why Mai would tell Goku she was connected with Lady Anonymous somehow. What did she mean by that? Was she lying to Goku for some strange reason? It just didn't make sense.
"Well it looks like they're done talking already." Bulma commented as the group turned to see Goku making his way towards them.
"Finally." Krillin said. "C'mon Vegeta maybe we still have time to convince Goku to- uh, go camping with us this weekend."
Chi-Chi couldn't help, but wonder how all three of them managed to hide there secret from her for so long. She was cut off from her thoughts when Bulma grabbed her wrist.
"Right, you guys have fun with that. We need to go, so we'll talk to you guys later." Bulma suddenly said as she dragged a confused Chi-Chi with her.
"Hey guys." Goku greeted as they passed him.
"Hey Goku, bye Goku!" Bulma responded quickly.
Goku looked at Vegeta and Krillin for some kind of explanation, but Krillin just shrugged feeling just out of the loop as he was.
"Where are we going, Bulma?" Chi-Chi asked.
"Isn't it obvious? Geez you're getting as dense as Vegeta and Goku." Bulma offhandedly said. "Hey Mai, mind if we talk to you for a bit!" Bulma shouted as she finally found spotted her target.
"Oh, its you again." Mai acknowledged as they walked up to her. "Sure, I'm not busy."
"I just wanted to thank you for your help with my project." Bulma started off. "And Goku told us what happened, so me and Chi-Chi just wanted to make sure you were okay."
Chi-Chi whipped her head towards her friend. What was she thinking? Why was she lying to Mai? Was she trying to figure out what her and Goku were talking about this way? Chi-Chi held her breath, not sure how this was going to play out.
Mai nodded to Bulma. "I was just so scared that day, and I felt bad for leaving, so I wanted to make sure Goku didn't harbor any ill feelings towards me."
Chi-Chi could see Bulma's eyes lighting up, which probably meant her genius mind had already figured out what they had been talking about with that little of information. She just hope her friend was right in her guess because if Mai figured out they were lying…
"That attack was scary, so I'm sure Goku doesn't blame you. Me and Chi-Chi were also around that day so we know how you felt. Not to mention we were almost in the exact situation as you. Chi-Chi had to leave me to go get help, and luckily Lady Anonymous made it to the scene. It is kind of weird how you disappeared though and Lady Anonymous appeared." Bulma noted.
"I guess." Mai confusingly agreed.
Before Bulma could continue her interrogation, the floor beneath them began to shake. "What the-" Bulma started, but was interrupted by a loud explosion coming from the school building.
Both Bulma and Mai fell down as the vibration from the explosion overcame them. Chi-Chi, meanwhile scanned the school to find out the source of this mess. Her eyes widen as she found a familiar figure.
"Get up now." Chi-Chi shakily ordered the girls.
Bulma was currently rubbing her head because of the bump she got by hitting a nearby bench on her way down. She heard the urgency in Chi-Chi's voice though and focused on her friend instead. "What's wrong?"
Not waiting for their brains to catch up with what she was saying, Chi-Chi pulled both of them up, and began to run towards a different direction. There were students around them already screaming and running away.
She needed to get away from everyone so she could go change, and try to fight the monster after them, but she couldn't just leave Bulma alone again. She learned her lesson the last time. She was going to make sure her friend was somewhere safe first before she ran off to change.
She just hoped it didn't cost her. Luckily she knew Goku was around somewhere. He could take care of the giant menace until she got there.
Dabura watched as all of the weak humans around him were stampeding on each other just to get away. They were all pathetic. He was told to come to this stupid building and cause havoc. Somewhere among these lowly humans was Lady Anonymous.
He wasn't told who she was, but that she was somewhere in this school. Not that he was that interested in fighting her again. He was more interested in the real fighter. Her partner. He couldn't let someone who had injured him as badly as he did, to live.
Dabura sighed as another round of screams reached his sensitive ears. If these pitiful humans were trying to escape why couldn't they just leave already. There was no need for them to scream while running away. Humans were so dramatic.
He let out a growl when the noise increased even more than before. Raising his hand he blasted a random spot to his left. At least that would shut some of them up.
Feeling a little less annoyed, he glanced around the nearly destroyed school trying to find some kind of clue that one of the superhero fools were somewhere around. If they didn't come out soon he wasn't sure if he could keep himself from destroying every human around.
His eyes widen a fraction as he spotted two familiar figures on the ground. He wasn't sure which one would give him the answers, but he was sure with a little bit of pressure, one of them was willing to spill the information out.
As soon as the first blast hit, Goku used the distraction to slip away from Krillin and Vegeta, and change into his clothes. His first instinct was to just go fight Dabura head-on, but he was sure Lady Anonymous would have scolded him for it, and they had enough things to fight about already.
"We've looked around everywhere, and we still can't find them. This smoke is making it impossible to see anything half of the time, and to top it off, Goku disappeared on us." He overheard a familiar voice say. Goku quickly concealed himself against the wall, not wanting to be found out.
Vegeta ignored Krillin's complaints and focused on trying to find Bulma. Krillin hardly paid attention to Vegeta's mood though and continued speak. "We should be doing something about that guy, Vegeta." Krillin said with a frown. "This isn't a regular criminal, he was using Ki blasts."
Feeling at his limit, Vegeta snapped at Krillin. "We both know what will happen if reveal our true strength to regular people. Now stop wasting time so we can find Bulma already!"
Krillin felt slightly annoyed at Vegeta's sudden outburst, but listened to his demands anyway. Though he couldn't help, but add, "Chi-Chi and Goku are missing too…"
Goku noticed the direction they were heading was towards him. If he didn't do something fast, they'll spot him and…. The solution hit him like a ton of bricks. He was in costume, so even if they did spot him, they wouldn't know it was actually him in it. Maybe he was wrong about this outfit being a bad thing after all…
"You two, stop right there." He demanded with authority. "Me and Lady Anonymous can handle this problem, so get as far away from the school as you can. We'll be sure to find your friend, and make sure she's safe."
There was a clear silence between the boys as they looked at each other. Goku nervously sweated as he waited for their reactions.
"G-Goku?" Krillin shakily said as he pointed at him.
"What? No! Y-You're wrong!" Goku fumbled as his confidence dropped. He cleared his throat and tried again. "Now, like I was saying, it'd be better if you two-"
"Kakarot drop the act, we know it is you behind that silly costume." Vegeta stated.
Goku felt his cheeks gain some heat in embarrassment. This was bad! Krillin and Vegeta make it three people already. Lady Anonymous was going to kill him when she finds out! "How can you guys tell its me?"
"Its kind of obvious Goku. No one can mistake that unique hairstyle for anyone else, but you." Krillin answered. "I can't believe I couldn't tell it was you as soon as Bulma showed me the picture of you earlier. How did this happen?"
Goku heard another explosion hit, reminding him he was still in the middle of his superhero duties. "I'll tell you about it later. For now, lets split up. You guys try to find Bulma and Chi-Chi, I'm going to go take care of Dabura."
They quickly nodded at him before they went in a different direction. Turning, Goku ran towards the source of all this trouble.
Chi-Chi heard ringing as she laid on the ground. Her throat felt dry, and the smoke that infiltrated her lungs caused a coughing fit to spring out of her. Clearing her throat, she dragged herself up as she rubbed her head trying to soothe the slight headache she was feeling.
Looking around, she seen the ground was cracked in some places. It wasn't till she saw a knocked out Mai, did it all come back to her. They had been hit by some huge blast. Panic flooded her, as she stood all the way up, trying to look for her friend. "Bulma! Bulma, are you here!" She yelled out.
An ominous chuckle filled the air as the devil himself stepped into the scene. Chi-Chi watched as he stepped closer and closer to her, and couldn't help, but back up away from him. Before she couldn't get any more steps in though a crack from the floor caused her to fall on her butt.
A soft groan caught her ears causing her to turn and see Mai trying to wake up. Dabura's booming voice quickly placed her attention back on him. "You two are the only ones in this whole school that matches that wench's look, so why don't we get this over with already. Which one of you is Lady Anonymous?"
Chi-Chi stared back up at the giant man, and couldn't help the fear that overtook her. Her whole body was trembling as she stayed frozen in place. "Mm, C-Chi-Chi?" Mai croaked out as she began to wake up.
Chi-Chi glanced at her as she realized how screwed they actually were. Dabura deepened that realization as he spoke again. "If neither of you want to tell me the truth, then I will just drag it out of you."
Before either of the girls realized it, Dabura was already in front of Chi-Chi. His hand immediately latched onto her neck as he held onto her squeezing tightly.
Mai seemed to snap out of the dream state she was in, and fully realized the situation in front of her. "Chi-Chi!" She shouted.
"M-Mai..." Chi-Chi managed to get out as she held onto Dabura's hand. "G-Get out of here..."
Mai opened her mouth automatically, but closed it when the words died in her throat. She looked between Dabura and Chi-Chi not sure what to do. "I c-can't! I won-"
"Now!" Chi-Chi struggled to shout.
Mai flinched at the word. Feeling hesitant, she turned and began to ran to the relief of Chi-Chi, but it was short-lived.
"Do you really think I'm just going to let you leave!" Dabura shouted with a laugh. He sent a ki blast towards her, making sure it didn't have enough energy to cause that much damage to her.
Chi-Chi watched in horror as the ki blast hit her straight on causing her to fall on the ground. Watching Mai get hit, snapped Chi-Chi back into reality as she struggled to get out of Dabura's grip. "L-Let me go, you b-bastard." Despite her current predicament leaving her with no energy, she still lifted her arm, aiming for one of his eyes.
She felt Dabura released her, as soon as she hit him, causing her to fall to the ground. Immediately she sucked in air, trying to get her breathing back to normal. Holding her neck, she looked around for Mai. She easily found her laying on the ground. She was hurt, but she was still alive.
"Mai!" She shouted as she stood up to run to her, but before she could even get an inch away, Dabura grabbed her hair pulling it out of her bun. Dabura easily overpowered her and pulled her against him.
"Enough of this!" Dabura roared in anger. "It doesn't matter which one of you is her, I'll just kill the both of you!"
Chi-Chi watched as Dabura materialized a sword bringing it down on her. Before it could touch her though something quickly blocked it.
She opened one eye, and caught a glimpse of something familiar with the colors black and red before someone shot a ki blast from the side of her. A gush of air hit the side of her causing her to keep her eyes shut.
She felt Dabura release her hair as the hit caused him to fly back. With nothing holding her up, she fell forward, but was easily caught by whoever was in front of her. Looking up, she almost felt like collapsing in relief.
"Are you hurt?" Goku, or more accurately Saiyaman, asked her.
Chi-Chi numbly nodded feeling too drained, from the roller coaster of feelings, to say much else. It wasn't till she caught sight of blood coming from Goku's arm, did she become more responsive again. She instinctively grabbed onto him, examining the wound. "You're hurt."
"I'll be fine, I'd be more worried over your friend over there." He pointed out, reminding Chi-Chi of Mai. Before she could leave though Goku walked in front of her, while he stared ahead with a frown, making her think the trouble was barely starting.
"Dabura!" Goku yelled as the uninjured man, revealed himself from the fog of smoke. "You've gone to far with this stunt. You hurt innocent people and got them involved in these senseless fight. You have no right to be doing this!"
Dabura cracked a smile through his stony face. "Ah yes, I've been waiting for this rematch." He said, ignoring Goku's words. "Its a shame I have to take care of some other business before I finish you off once and for all."
Goku's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean other business?"
"Why don't you try asking your partner over there." Dabura's grin widen when he saw Goku's face turn to confusion. "Don't tell me she didn't tell you what school she goes to? See those two girls there? One of these lovely ladies happen to be Lady Anonymous." The look on Goku's face was enough to send Dabura into another round of laughter.
I apologize for uploading this so late. I had so much trouble with this chapter though! I had to rewrite this so many times. Anyways, I didn't mean to leave this at a cliff hanger, but it was getting too long. I pretty much know how the next chapter is going down though so I'll try to get it up earlier than 10 days.
Generala: Haha I know right? Hm, do you mean a physical one? I wonder if that will ever happen in this story..? ;P True lol It felt a little weird writing it. I was kind of confused on how to write Goku for that part lol
Anonymous: Oh, I'm glad you do! I was worried people would have hate that I made him 3 quarter Saiyan in this :T Wow that is such a smart way of looking at it. I think I will take your advice, and add that part in when someone is explaining ki again in the story :DD Haha don't worry, she did! Hope you liked the chapter!
SuperSaiyanKnight: Sorry again about that! Haha I do have some more planned, but I am going to try and keep it less than the ones in F&F, so there is probably only a few more to go! No, I'm not watching it, but I do watch some clips of it. I actually wanted to start watching it because of Black Goku, but decided against it. It doesn't have the same vibe as dbz, but maybe thats just because its only out in japanese right now? Maybe when the dub comes out I'll change my mind. Have you been watching it?
PoeticBliss: Haha thank you! Yeah, that was my plan, but I feel like I kind of resolved it already in this chapter? :/ Maybe I'll do something like this again in future chapters, and try to hold it out longer xD Sorry for the late update! :c Hope you liked the chapter though!
hayabusa girl: Haha yeah I was a little disappointed in it too. Hopefully this chapter was better? o:
LA-HIJA-DE-SON-MILK: Aw, thank you! I'm glad you felt that way about the chapter! Sorry for the late update!
Rinfantasy: Lol neither did Goku or Chi-Chi. Haha true! Hopefully in the upcoming chapters they can improve in that ;D Although I'm sure theres still a few more issues they have to work on first... Hope you liked the chapter! :DD