Goku raised his eyebrows. "Hear what?"

Chichi gave her a warning glare. "Bulma…"

But Bulma looked at Goku anyways,

"Hear about what Chichi did while you were away."

Chichi closed her eyes, breathing in, trying to hone in her rage. This was not how she wanted this conversation to go. She didn't expect Goku to be at Capsule Corp, but then again, Goku was always at Capsule Corp.

He looked at Chichi. "What'd you do, Chichi?"

She looked at Bulma, then at Goku. Here goes nothing.

Chichi crossed her arms. "I came over.. to talk to Bulma."

Goku looked unsure. "Well, that's good… right?" he asked, again looking back and forth between them.

Bulma scoffed. "Yeah, except for when she told me to stay the hell away from you and the boys.."

"What?" he looked at Chichi.

"Goku.." she began

"What exactly happened?" he asked the both of them

"I came by.. I wanted to ask Bulma about you leaving." said Chichi, trying to avoid what really happened.

Imagine what he'll think when he finds out. She thought.

"Chichi, I told you, Bulma had nothing to do with that. The decision was mine."

Did he really just say that? Chichi had enough.

"What do you mean Bulma had nothing to do with this? She had everything to do with this! Don't you realize none of this would have happened if she.." pointing to Bulma, "hadn't told you about that stupid trip in the first place?!" she yelled at Goku.

Bulma cut in. "Here you go again, blaming me for your issues. It's pathetic, honestly," she said, rolling her eyes

She looked at Bulma, with rage in her eyes. "What's pathetic is that you're trying to play the victim and turn Goku against me"

"I am the victim. I'm the one who's always getting blamed, not to mention the one taking hits for it!" Bulma exclaimed

At that, Goku perked up. "Taking hits?"

"Oh yeah, Chichi didn't mention that?"

Now Goku was really confused. Just what the hell happened when he was gone?

He looked at Chichi for an explanation.

"Don't give me that look, Goku. She admitted to purposely sabotaging our marriage, so I slapped her."

"Chichi!" he said, shocked

"I was defending us, Goku. You weren't here! You didn't hear the things she said, how she threw it in my face that you're not home often or how she invites you to things just to get away from me!" she exclaimed in anger.

She was hoping that explanation was enough to show Goku who Bulma really is, but she was sadly mistaken.

It was like everything went in one ear and out the other.

"These are my friends, Chichi! " he said like a parent scolding a child

"And I'm your wife! Does that not mean anything to you?!"

"Of course it does, but that doesn't mean you can go around hitting-"

"She deserved it. And what's even worse is that no matter what she does or says, she can never do wrong in your eyes."

"Chichi, I-" he said, reaching for her. But she stepped away, shaking her head.

"And to think I came here to work things out…" she chuckled cynically "... but now that I think about it, why would I want to even be amicable with a conniving, manipulative hussy like you?" she glared at Bulma.

Bulma was fed up. With constantly being blamed and insulted, she was over it.

"Do you really wanna talk manipulative, Chichi? I mean, why can't you just accept the truth?" she started.

"And what exactly is the "truth", Bulma?"

"C'mon, Bulma. That's enough. Chichi, that goes for you too." Goku piped up, sneaking his way somewhat between them. He knew he had to stop this before both of them said something they were going to regret.

"No, Goku…." she looked him in the eye.

"I wanna hear the truth. What's the truth, Bulma?" she turned towards the blue haired scientist.

Bulma smirked. "That you've been in denial about the real cause of your issues"

Chichi clenched her teeth. "And what might that be?"

"Heh. That you forced Goku into a loveless marriage just to end up holding. him. back, and getting pregnant on the way to secure your hold on him." she fired back, brutal honesty dripping from her tongue

"Bulma!" Goku yelled, shocked at her admission.

But those words struck a cord in Chichi. Immediately, she was blinded by rage. Only seeing red, she plunged for Bulma.

But before she could lay a finger on the woman, Goku caught her thrashing form in his arms. Meanwhile, Vegeta (who had been observing from a distance) came out, pulling Bulma back.

"Let me go! LET ME GO, Goku!" Chichi screamed, struggling in his iron grip. Tears were running down her red face.

"Kakarot, take her elsewhere. And don't come back with her until she learns a shred of decency." Vegeta declared

"Goku, let me go. Let. Me. Go." she threatened

Goku frowned, pinning both of her arms down. "Only if you calm down."

Chichi took a few calming breaths, trying to control her anger. "Okay, I-I'm calm."

"Are you sure?" he asked

"Yes. Now, let me go." But instead of releasing Chichi, he took off into the air, bidding a quick apology to Vegeta.

After taking off into the air, Goku IT'd himself and Chichi to their house back at Mt. Paozu, finding themselves in the living room. When he settled on the ground, Chichi immediately bolted from his arms.

"I can't believe you!" she bit out

"I can't believe you." his voice firm

"ME?!"

"You hit Bulma, Chi. Over some harsh words. You told her to stay away from the boys. From me." Goku's brows fixed in frustration.

"And I meant it." she fired back, crossing her arms. "You weren't there, so you have absolutely no right to try and judge me for hitting your precious Bulma. And the nerve of you to apologize to that arrogant prick Vegeta, as if I were in the wrong!" she yelled.

"You were in the wrong Chichi. You knew what you were doing bringing Goten over, you knew that you'd see Bulma. Especially, when you've made it pretty clear you don't like her." his voice leaking with agitation. He didn't know how much longer he could deal with this.

But Chichi was enraged. Did he really think she would stoop that low as to use their child as a pawn in her and Bulma's little feud?! How dare he!

She uncrossed her arms, her eyes going wide. "You think I only brought Goten over to cause trouble…." she laughed sarcastically, shaking her head slightly. "I mean, do you honestly believe that I would use our son as an opportunity to seek Bulma's attention? If I wanted to see her, I would've just went to her house alone, not use our son as an excuse."

"You should not have come in the first place. You only ended up making things worse."

"I made things-…." she huffed a breath, closing her eyes. "You know what your problem is, Son Goku? You blame and believe the wrong people. You blame me for everything, and you believe Bulma has nothing to do with this." she used her hand, motioning between them."

"Chichi, that's not-"

"What? It's not true? You never defended me. All the crap your friends say about me or even now after I told you what happened, you still didn't defend me." she was on the brink of tears. "That's why I hit her. To defend myself, to defend us, since you can't do it."

"But Chichi, these are my friends." he repeated softly, "You just can't do that."

You just don't understand, do you?

Chichi looked defeated. "I know. And because of that, we can't be together." tears were freely falling from her eyes.

That alerted Goku. "What?! What are you saying, Chichi?"

"I can't be your wife when it's convenient for you. You've made your decision, and obviously, you value your friends more than me. I just can't be with someone who.. can defend the world but not his wife."

Goku pulled Chichi into his arms. "Chichi, stop talking that nonsense. I love you."

She hugged him tighter. "I know, and I will always love you, Son Goku, but.." she took a shaky breath, "this needs to be official."

He let go to look into her eyes. Her red, puffy, beautiful, brown eyes. "Official?"

She looked him in the eyes. "I want a divorce."

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