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Under The Skin
Chapter Twenty OneChi-Chi sat with her arms around her stomach. She swore she was going to vomit if the slight hint of burnt toast hit her nostrils again. She sat at the breakfast table with her father, who sat sipping on a cup of coffee, whilst her mother stood frying bacon in a pan.
Chi-Chi smiled to herself as she noticed her parents invisible concern for her health She rose from the kitchen table. "I'm okay by the way. My stomach's just a little unsettled, that's all. Nothing to get wrinkles about! I'm gonna go get ready for school."
"Alright Chik Pea!" Mr King spoke, his head never rising from the newspaper.
Chi-Chi left the kitchen to make her way to her bedroom and let out a frustrated sigh. She put on a pair of black skinny jeans, which still looked baggy on her frail frame. She then put on a white long sleeved shirt, which she wore under a long black button up shirt Goku had given to her during a night she said she was cold.
She packed her bag for the day, and threw up just as she passed the bathroom down the hallway. She said her goodbyes and made her way to school. Chi-Chi met Bulma at their usual corner and walked together to school.
"ITS CHRISTMAS!" Launch cheered, as she entered the room along with Suno and Juu, who rolled her eyes at the girl's antics. It was lunchtime, and Launch found it as an excuse to decorate the room.
"Hey guys, I got the tree for the decorating. You wanna help?" Launch asked Bulma and Chi-Chi who sat on a sofa smiling at the excited girl. They immediately rose from their seats and began to assemble the tree.
"You do know the guys are gonna go mad once they see the room all glittery for Christmas. I especially love Vegeta's face. Its all like 'what is all this crap?'" Bulma giggled, making Chi-Chi smile.
"Aww crap! Is it that time of year again?" Spat an annoyed grunt from the doorway. The girls looked around and saw a disgruntled Goku, a look of disgust on his face. He made his way to a sofa and lay down. "I want none of that crap in my face!"
"I see the ghost of Christmas past, haunts Goku yet again!" Bulma spoke sarcastically, but was silenced with a cushion to her head. "HEY!"
"Yeah, well, you had it coming B!" Chi-Chi laughed, hanging a glittery reindeer on the tree. "You know how sensitive Goku is about his past! How would you like it if someone flaunted your indecent assault?"
"I suppose? But Goku is just fun to tease." Bulma smiled sadly, understanding Chi-Chi completely. "It is our last Christmas altogether, so lets just act how we normally do around the holidays, hmm?"
"What are you guys gonna get from Santa Claus? Or should I say Daddy?" Suno giggled, twisting a raggedy bit of tinsel around her ponytail.
"The hope that I never meet that bitch Mint from the Sanctuary ever again!" Chi-Chi spat, her eyes narrowing as she remembered the girls face.
"Yeah! That girl was a right cow!" Goku hissed from the sofa behind. "Her giggle hurt my ears!"
"I wanna leave school and be the best I can be!" Bulma smiled happily, resting the fairy on top of the tree.
"Aww! We all have such nice Christmas wishes!" Launch cooed. "Hey Goku! What do you want?"
"My two front teeth!" Goku answered sarcastically, snuggling his face into a pillow.
"Now, can anyone tell me how snow is made?" Mr Hocke asked from the front of the science lab. He saw Goku's hand shoot up immediately. "Yes, Mr Resharrow? Even you have the capability to answer this question.
"Santa Claus!" Goku grinned, as everyone burst out laughing, as Mr Hocke shook his head in annoyance.
It was the last hour of school, and Goku, Vegeta, Bulma and Chi-Chi sat in Biology class. Chi-Chi sat at the back with Bulma, whilst twiddling her pen between her fingers. Bulma looked at her friend from the corner of her eye.
"What's up Chi?"
"Nothing!" Chi-Chi sighed, as she rested her head on her fist.
"CHI?" Bulma asked sternly, as her friend looked at her worriedly. "Tell me before I tickle it out of you!"
Chi-Chi sighed, and stared out the window at the first snowfall of winter. It covered all cracks on the ground, making it look absolutely perfect. She wished the snow would also do that for her life. After a few minutes silence, Chi-Chi turned back to her best friend and smiled.
"I'm just having a lil trouble with my parents again. No biggie B!"
"Yeah, and Vegeta calling Goku evil is the perfect description of the boy?" Bulma spoke sarcastically, dropping her pen on her notebook. "Now, what's happened Chi?"
"I just think, that I'm just fading in front of them! They didn't even notice that I was sick this morning. What kind of parent doesn't notice their child is ill?" Chi-Chi pouted.
"Um, Goku's parents?" Bulma suggested.
"I heard that!" Goku spat, but was soon told off by Mr Hocke for being too loud.
"Hmm!" Bulma hummed, glaring at the boy, but soon returned to Chi-Chi. "So, what do you think brought it on?"
"I think it's the Sanctuary's fault! Ever since I came back from there, I feel my control was diminished. I have no rule over them since I started eating again." Chi-Chi whimpered, bowing her head. "I think I need to stop eating again?"
"Oh Chi, no!" Bulma cried, hugging her friend. "Stop trying to control them. They aren't worth it. If they don't look at you, then who gives a complete fiddly shit? Concentrate on the people who do, okay?"
"But Bulma? Secretly… " Chi-Chi grabbed her notebook and scribbled at the top of the open page.
'I don't want to end up like Goku!'
"Chi? Why would you say such a thing? He seems happy enough to me? Plus Goku's situation is different from yours. Goku gets abused, so I think he's the way he is because of that." Bulma explained, as she saw Chi-Chi nod. "You shouldn't have to be doing wrong things to get their attention!"
"Talk to me!" Vegeta had immediately swung around. He smirked at Bulma, who had swiftly covered the Goku message in her notebook. "I'm bored!"
"What's going on?" Goku had now turned around, looking like a confused puppy. He became even more puzzled, as he watched Bulma rip a page out of her notebook and stuff it in her mouth. "What are you doing Bulma?"
"Mmph, mm mmph mm" Bulma mumbled, chewing on the tough paper.
"It's a new diet!" Chi-Chi smiled, laughing slightly at Bulma's puffy cheeks. "Go spit it out B!"
Bulma rose from her seat and disposed of the saliva-moistened paper at the bin beside Mr Hocke's desk, the teacher giving his student a look of concern.
"New Diet. Didn't work out!" Bulma grinned, returning to her seat. "Nosey bastard!"
"What you women talking about?" Vegeta questioned like an impatient little boy. "Is it Sneezy Mc Switchy? Did she do it with Cyclops?"
"It's not nice to talk about peoples trouser tales!" Goku hissed, resting his chin on the heel of his hand.
"You just don't like talking about it because you haven't did it yet!" Vegeta laughed, looking at Goku smugly.
"Even if I did, I wouldn't be telling you!" Goku smirked, turning around to face the front again.
"WHAT? WHY? You know I…" Vegeta complained, as Goku laughed heartily.
"Vegeta's such a kid when he can't get what he wants! Plus he a perverted tit!" Bulma moaned, watching the boy punch Goku right in the ribs, making him wince in pain. "Yet another bruise for the Monkey Man!"
"Goku has been quite distant lately?" Chi-Chi spoke, as she stared into his back. "I feel he doesn't like me any more?"
"What makes you say that? He still kisses and cuddles you." Bulma smiled, trying to cheer up her friend.
"Yeah, I know. But I feel he senses something I don't? What can it be? What have I done?"
"You're just over thinking Chi!" Bulma sighed. "We need another slumber party. Tomorrow. Your brother has a match in Ginger Town tomorrow, right? So we can have it at your place! It'll help take all your worries away."
"Okay!" Chi-Chi smiled, as Bulma cuddles her friend.
"Why have you become so perverted? I swear that hit on the noggin has made you worse than it has better!" Goku spat, as Vegeta cackled evilly.
"Okay girlies! This is December Slumber Party 2008!" Bulma hollered in her spotty black and white pyjama bottoms and white vest. She had gathered Launch and Eighteen for the slumber party to cheer up Chi-Chi, who was downstairs in the kitchen preparing food. Bulma stood on Chi-Chi's bed waving a Wii remote, unbeknownst that the console wasn't even switched on.
"She does know that the Wii isn't even plugged in?" Eighteen questioned, pulling a loose thread from her sheep printed pyjamas.
"I know! She just gets excited at our slumber parties. You should know that Eighteen!" Launch giggled, pulling a robe over her yellow nightdress, with woolly pink socks on her feet.
"I got the food!" Chi-Chi cheered as she entered the room with a tray of junk food. She stared at Bulma and then laughed. "The party hasn't even started yet and Bulma's excited."
"Turn on the telly! I wanna play Raving Rabbids and dress my bunny like a showgirl!" Bulma ordered, pointing the remote at the television.
"Bulma! You're a genius, but you can't turn on the Wii? What's wrong with you?" Chi-Chi questioned, putting her hands on her hips.
"I'm just lazy! Now get it on woman!" Bulma hissed affectionately. "Madness awaits us all!"
It was past midnight, and the girls were laughing and giggling whilst watching a home shopping channel. Bulma had brought a bottle of tequila to help liven things up after midnight. Eighteen and she were the only ones who were drinking, but it didn't mean Launch and Chi-Chi couldn't get in with the giggle too.
"My Mom got one of those. It didn't work!" Launch told, sipping on a glass of coke through a crazy straw. "But she swears it does, even though I don't see it."
"She's nuts!" Eighteen laughed, falling back on the bed in a fit of giggles. "Ooh wait. What do I hear? Is someone tapping on the front door? Are people going to kill us just like in Hostel?" Eighteen teased as she heard knocking on the front door, causing Launch to whimper.
"THEY'RE GONNA KILL US ALL!" Bulma screamed.
Chi-Chi shook her head, and headed downstairs to the front door. She turned on the front light, and was met with two familiar outlines, waiting outside.
"I see you harpy! Let us in!" Vegeta spat through the letterbox, but was thrusted aside by Goku.
"I told him not to call you that. But he said if I want his old self back, we're both gonna have to live with it!"
Chi-Chi unlocked the door, and let the two boys in. She was pushed aside by Vegeta who was desperate to use the bathroom. Goku came in behind, and closed the door behind him. He smiled at Chi-Chi.
"Well, don't you look pretty in my old shirt, hmm?" Chi-Chi was dressed in the shirt she wore to school the day before, except instead of her jeans, she wore a pair of sports shorts.
"You always say that when I wear this?" Chi-Chi smiled in return. "There's food upstairs if you want some."
"What kind of guest would I be if I didn't eat all the food?" Goku laughed, grabbing Chi-Chi's hand and walking her upstairs beside him. They made it to the bedroom, and Goku found Bulma sprawled out on the floor. "Bulma? You do know Vegeta is here, right?"
"He is? Where?" Bulma shot up and went in search of Vegeta. "VEGGIE?"
"PISS OFF WOMAN! I'M BUSY!" Vegeta hissed from the bathroom.
"Vegeta having a lil stomach trouble. He ate something that was for my dad, which was sitting on the bench for him. Little did he know that it had a laxative in it for my dad's bowel trouble. Which brings us to now!" Goku laughed, remembering the scene in his head.
"He's getting gullible again then?" Eighteen questioned, sitting on a beanbag.
"I am not gullible! Kakarot just didn't open his mouth!" Vegeta pouted, entering the room with Bulma clung to his arm. "Get this thing off me?"
"I'm sorry. She just gets a lil lovable when she's drunk." Launch giggled, watching Bulma rub her cheek up and down Vegeta's arm affectionately.
"If she's gonna be like this all night, then I'm leaving!" Vegeta moaned, trying to release his arm from Bulma's grip.
"Aww, don't leave Vegeta? It'll be fun… these are always fun! I scare Launch with stories about pigeons!" Goku laughed, as he tucked into the food.
"Big whoop!" Vegeta hissed sarcastically, finally releasing Bulma's grip on his arm.
"Plus I don't think you'll be wanting to walking the streets without a bathroom nearby anyway, hmm?" Goku laughed, thrusting a rice ball in his mouth.
Vegeta sighed, defeated. He then sat beside Goku and snatched the tray out of his hands, causing Goku to pout in sadness.
"What you guys doing here anyway?" Eighteen asked, rising from her seat to sit beside Bulma, who was looking drunkenly at Vegeta. "You running away again?"
"Nah!" Goku smiled, leaning his back against the bedroom door. "We were bored and thought we would pop in for a little visit… and some food." Goku then blushed. "And Vegeta thought you would be kissing and stuff."
"KAKAROT!" Vegeta yelled annoyed. "You were meant to keep that to yourself!"
"You're perverted Vegeta!" Chi-Chi chortled, putting her hands on her hips. "I swear what Goku said in Biology yesterday was right!"
Everyone laughed, as Vegeta began to huff in the middle of the room. Chi-Chi smiled at Goku who returned it with a seemingly forced grin. Chi-Chi's face turned to one of sadness, as she sat beside Launch, who hugged her instantly.
"This is great Chi!"
"Yeah! It sure is!" Chi-Ch said sadly, hiding the tequila from Bulma.
Suddenly, all the girls were looking at Vegeta, as his posture became alert, and his nose began to twitch. The girls were either laughing at him, or either they were frowning in confusion. They only knew a little about the behaviour of Saiyains.
"What is it Veggie?" Bulma squeaked, edging closer to the Saiyain. "You look just like a cute little bunny wabbit!" Bulma pinched his cheek.
"I'm a Saiyain! I am nothing like a bunny rabbit!" Vegeta hissed, pushing Bulma's hands away from his cheeks.
"What is it then? I don't feel anything?" Goku questioned worriedly.
"I smell a bun." Vegeta answered, looking at Goku from the corner of his eye.
"Heh, heh!" Goku laughed, putting his hand behind his head. "All that for a bun? Geez, you've lost your touch Vegeta!" Goku rose from the ground and walked towards Vegeta. He reached out his hand to him. "Come on! We gotta go do that thing I said that we gotta go do down at that place down by that place beside the thing!"
"What?" Vegeta queried, but was soon dragged out of the room by his arm. Once outside the room he got to his feet and glared at Goku, who was halfway down the hallway. "If you wanted to go so bad then why didn't you say?"
In Chi-Chi's room, all the girls looked at the empty doorway bewildered and confused. What just happened was beyond their knowledge. It was a guy thing.
As Chi-Chi reached her bedroom door, she heard her front door click downstairs. She sighed dejectedly. Something was going on in Goku's head, and she knew it was about… her.
End of Chapter Twenty One.
I know it's past Easter and I'm writing about Christmas, but I'm going through a school year. It's Bulma next I think?
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