When he awoke he was greeted with darkness, his sleep disturbed as his aching eyes focused on where he was. To his side he heard light snoring, the shining head of Krillen in the bed next to him…they must have put him to bed last night. The door cracked open and a small, crouched figure stepped into the room. Goku watched with awkward anticipation as his old master sat at the end of his bed. It wasn't the sense of pity, of compassion and of desperate misery that made him look at the old man, but rather the light touch the teacher placed on his pupil's shoulders, the small wavering of understanding and care that glistened in his smile.
"My boy, I'm so sorry! But you know there are plenty more fish in the sea" The old man smiled at him again, beckoning the young warrior to stand and walk with him as they exited the room. "You see Goku, what we did was not only for you…but for the whole planet. Heartbreak hurts I know, it's a feeling one can never accept and that one never wants to feel if it's gone. But Goku you are strong and you understand that things are better this way…I know you wanted her to give in and then all to be a happy ending and Goku, I can promise you that you deserve nothing less than a happy ending but I'm afraid life won't always agree and I'm afraid the time, although fast has come for you to move on without her" There was no reply as Goku, still walking continued to look at the floor. "Come my lad, there's something Kami has asked me to show you"
The pair walked slowly down the corridor, the small clanking of the masters stick was matched with the soft Velcro like sound of Goku's bare feet on the hard, marble floors. In his throne Kami watched Goku enter with desperate pleading eyes, but Goku still said nothing and knowing what awaited him walked over to Kami's small void…the one that would show him any place on Earth, any one on Earth and anything on Earth. Long green fingers pointed to the glowing void, Roshi's face watching the floor as Goku walked over…a pity in his eyes that he found impossible to recognise, a pity Goku knew was for him and the pain inside him.
His voice remained silent as he watched the smoke, the screams echoed through his ears and he felt them crush his soul more, the small thread that held him in sanity was weakening as he watched her crush their homes, destroy their lives. Her eyes narrowed as she attacked them, as she hurt and tortured them….he had made it all worse, he had sought something he alone wanted, a happiness he didn't have to have but wanted and now, now she would never come back to him…she was never his.
No longer could he find the tears to cry, no longer would his heart beat or his lungs breathe. He wasn't alive without her, he was just a body, a flesh with no soul…no soul…it had gone, snapped into the pit of despair, plummeting forever into the darkness of loss and regret…it called to him, a glowing warmth oh so far away now, vanquished by all those he had trusted and cared…but what did they want with him now? Why did they need to show him this?
"Goku the time is now…You're the only one remotely strong enough to stand a chance." Looking at them with an emotionless stare he shook his head in disagreement.
"No" His head remained down on the floor. "I can't"
"Goku my boy there is nothing more you can do…please Goku think of all those people that need you down there, they need a Hero Goku and you're that hero…"
"No…I was a Hero but no more….no more!" Goku walked from the room and was met with small pleading eyes, there were her own tears there, bright eyes glistening and she wrapped her arms around him, pleading him to help them. Her long bright blue hair sprayed around her head and onto his chest as she cried on him.
The wind had a violent chill to its slap, the trees slouched and fallen as he walked around them. The smoke billowed graciously into the air and each new explosion cut into him more, weakening his flesh. His face was lost in depression, his eyes empty and lifeless; his hair spiked less violently into each direction and inside his stomach twisted at its lack of food. He tightened the heavy wristbands on his arms, his usual orange garb fitted loosely to his body. But unusually no logo shone proudly on his back, just empty space. Turning he looked at them, sighing as their sorrowful eyes looked to the floor. Despite the pain he was in…it was them that had commanded him and begged that she, Chichi be destroyed by his own hands.
"Once this is done….I want to be left alone, I want to be alone" Walking forward he ignored their please and apologies but walked faster and faster into the mouth of the towns road. Behind him he could hear the supportive march of Krillen and Yamcha, Tien and Choutzu as they joined him as back up. Goku more than Kami knew how much stronger than him she was, how much more experience she had and he knew that alone, each of them would be doomed to battle. Her slim, beautiful body had taken a dominant stance as she fired more of her blasts, more energy into the once solid stone. Eventually her hands came to her sides and she turned to them.
"You're here to stop me Goku?" She got no answer and instead laughed as she jumped down, a few metres away from him. "Well I'm afraid my love…I can't let you do that!" Goku sighed and readied himself for a fight and soon she was in front of him, her fist in his hands, her body twisting like before, when fighting had been a game they had played, a game of lovers…even with a clear opening his raised fist could not make contact with her skin, his eyes could not leave hers as she glared at him…..their cries for him to go could not make him move…he couldn't hurt her. He listened to her laugh as her spare fist collided with his chest, his dazed mind only aware of the pain when he found himself being dragged by his arms franticly from the rubble of a fallen building.
"I can't do it! I can't hurt her!" Soon he found Lunch's comforting hands on his face, her eyes angry and determined as he was met with bright blonde hair.
"Goku what are you?" He raised his eyebrows "You're the world's martial arts champion! You're the greatest warrior this planet has ever seen and are you gunna let a girl get the better of you…look out there Goku!" His head turned to watch as Chichi beat his friends down slowly, her aim his very body as she raced forward only to be stopped by their determination to rise "Look at what their doing for this planet, for its people…for you! They need you; you need to look back inside yourself! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get out there, show her what it feels like to be betrayed…because Goku it's you that's the victim here. Not her, you!" Standing Goku walked forward, picking Krillen up and dusting him off with a small, smile as Chichi attacked little Choutzu.
Chichi's face beamed with arrogance, her small fists carved professionally into fists as she crept in his direction. His eyes were narrowed in anger, anger at everyone. No longer did he shine with heroism, his intentions now with the primal voice, hidden deep inside him for as long as he could remember. Neither wanted to hurt her but Lunch, she was right…he was the victim here, it was his heart that hastened to beat happily, it was his cries that shook from his body, it was her fault he was no longer alive, her fault, all her fault. He wanted her to feel his heartbreak; he wanted her to see his despair, his betrayal. Deep inside her, he knew there was a soul, one that cared, one that suffered and wanted freedom. He could see it; he could remember the deadly sorrow and despair she too hid inside herself and he wanted to release it from its inner cage. He wanted to know why, why she did this to him, why she broke his heart. No one is born evil, they are made and he wanted to find her creator, he wanted to destroy this evil and release the soul within her.
"Accept it Goku! You can't beat me, you know that." She laughed and took a step towards him.
"I'm still going to try." Goku watched the small purple clouds that surrounded her hands. Launching himself towards her he took her arms into his hands, listening to the cheers behind him as she smiled at him sweetly. Pulling her round so her hands were locked he gasped at the continuous clouds that billowed from her hands, spreading across the ground, floating into the air in a large area around them. Letting go of her he ran to the edge, gazing at the now tall purple walls that caved him in. Like an orb it had enclosed him from them, just him and her, out of site and out of help. Her laugh echoed through the space to his ears where it erupted loudly.
"We don't have to fight Goku?" A shiver ran up his spine as she enclosed her arms around his waist, stroking his hair and nibbling at his ears as she seductively whispered. " We can be happy again, we can work" She felt his large hands come to her shoulders, gently holding them as he pulled her closer with a sigh, she smiled at first with mischief and then with shock as his still gentle hands pushed her away from him.
"Stop it" She sighed and with swinging hips marched towards him, her left arm delicately wrapping around his waist as she stood behind him, her head on his back. He walked forward, shaking his head and taking a deep breath. "I said stop it"
"Goku…don't play the fool with me. I know you still want me, I know how much you want me" Goku growled and turned away from her as she slipped her jacket off, leaving her left in her small and tight fighting shirt. "You love me"
"I know" He let his head fall in a sigh.
"See…so why resist me? Why resist me when I can give you anything and everything? When I can love you back?" He gasped as her small fingers caressed his chest, her lips inches away from his own before he pulled away again.
"Stop! I don't want this….I don't, I don't" Chichi laughed and in reply Goku looked at her with empty eyes. How could she find this funny…she was tearing him in two, tearing away his flesh.
"You do, don't lie to yourself Goku! You know you want this, don't deny it, why deny it when there is no escape?" She smirked at him.
"Why are you doing this? Why won't you just leave me alone chichi…you've had your fun! You've had your chance…just leave me alone to rot here, I don't want anything anymore. I just want to be alone." She smiled at him still.
"Don't be a fool! You want happiness, you want fulfilment and to see the light again….well I'm handing it to you…"
"I won't help you Chichi! I'm….They're right…I don't deserve this, I didn't deserve this….you tricked me! You lied to me! You hurt me!" Goku walked forward towards her, her smirk forever enraging him. "You took my heart and you squeezed it dry! You don't care…you never did Why would you? You just used me for what I had! All I've done all my life is help people; all I've ever been is the hero! Then…then you come along and I'm the villain! I'm the murderer! I'm the darkness that people ran from and cried mercy to!" Chichi smiled at him as he pinned her to the edges of the orb. "You killed me Chichi! I'm dead! I'm dead and gone! But by Kami don't think I won't finish this before I'm gone for good!"
"What are you going to do Goku? You won't hurt me! Even I can see it in your eyes; you won't lay a finger on me! You're a fool, a weak fool! This planet is mine….I'm so close and Goku my love…I never could have done it without you!" She laughed as he narrowed his eyes at her. Within the second she found herself pressed to the wall, his hands on her hips and his lips pressed roughly to hers, she gasped at him.
"Everyone is entitled to a goodbye kiss…." Goku smiled and with lighting speed moved to the other side of the orb. Her eyes wide in amazement as he smirked at her.
"What? How!?"
"I wont let you control me…you've lost Chichi. Your father, what would he say if he saw you now...I Don't think he'd be proud Chichi…..400 years and you still can't take over this planet….Its not that hard, come on! I mean for Kami's sake the people here aren't exactly strong…knock out the head and the rest of the bodies dead. And still after all this time…you haven't realised this…your father would be ashamed!"
"What do you know about my father!?"
"I know that he was a great king, I know he was once a loving and kind man who held his family above everything…especially his only child….his little daughter…his only light after the tragic death of his wife…I know he locked his lovely little princess away from the world so she wouldn't be hurt, I know he gave her everything she could want and that she still wasn't happy…she wanted to live…to be free from life's tragedies…to be herself…"
"Shut up!"
"I know that eventually a man came, a wizard…. A powerful wizard and in a great battle…the poor princess was left all alone so in her anger…she struck her own avenging blow!...I don't know what happened after that…I don't want to…not until she met a man, a certain man. But I do know one thing….I know that your father would be disappointed seeing you like this…I know that you don't realise the number of books on your father."
"Books! You think you can know my father through books!! You know nothing Goku! You don't know what its like!"
"I know what its like to loose your only family…I know what its like to live alone…Chichi, you don't have to do this…your father never asked for this…Just stop, its not too late. I'll protect you…I wont let Kami or anyone hurt you. You're the only family I have left now…you're my wife…" Cringing he took the slap she delivered to his face.
"Don't act like you understand me! I've lived alone for 400 years…I've died more than 400 times, I've been born and grown, gotten ill…been to school….I've seen this world change and grow and all this time I've been alone!" She slapped him once more.
"I know Chi…and I'm not saying I understand…just that I've been alone too...okay not for as long but still… I have and all I'm saying is…that you're all I've got left. And for what I've got left you've broken me, you've broken my heart and killed me but Chi…I don't know why I can't stop loving you…."
"Stop messing with my head Goku…I'm not stupid!"
"I'm not messing with your head Chichi! I don't want to help you, I don't want to fight you and I don't want to loose you but you've made me so angry, so miserable!"
"All part of the curse!" Her voice was a low whispering hiss that although small, made his heart twist and clench violently. She threw herself at him and with a great 'ompf' cursed as she hit the walls of her purple prison, Goku appearing with a mischievous smirk at the top of her dome.
"Chichi this is stupid! What do you expect to gain from all this?!...There is no wonder you're alone if you keep killing or scaring off your husbands!" He watched the anger fill up on her face…. " Oh and destroying half the earth…that doesn't help either, if you don't wanna be alone sweetie try not killing everyone….might help you know"
She threw her fists at him violently, his laugh irritating her so much. Each punch she missed, each kick she missed and yet his hands pushed her away constantly….each force of air or energy sent her with force across the dome, sometimes with more force than usual, sometimes with less….but she could still see him holding back…refraining from hurting her. With a final blow she hit the side of the dome and with an angered glare she pushed him to the wall.
"You think I ever loved you Goku! I've never loved anyone! You were just a pawn, a piece in my huge plan. I didn't need anything from you but your strength and your reputation….I never loved you!" She laughed as she watched the hurt fill his face, his heart in one last blow finally decaying into nothingness.