AN: WARNING prepare for sappy crap near the end.

Said

Chichi worked up a sweat as she picked up another piece of rubble half her size. She and the rest of her team helped the Namikians in Muri's village salvage what they could, the place was a wreck. Chichi took a glance around checking up to see what everyone was doing. She couldn't see Tien in sight but sensed his ki nearby, Piccolo was helping to remove the debris and Videl helped out her new friends Dende and his brothers put things back in place.

Chichi's cheeks flushed upon seeing Bardock in the middle of the village. He had been speaking with the village elder, Muri along with Prince Emit at his side and Totipo carrying the unconscious Supreme Kai. It was almost intimidating, a meeting of the Leaders.

"If you want to go over there you can." Toma said tossing his chunk of rubble in the pile.

"Not while we're nearly done here." Chichi said while teetering over to toss her chunk in.

Toma smirked, "Procrastinator." He teased.

"Am not!" Chichi argued, "Now just doesn't look like a time, but I'm a little curious though on what they're talking about."

"…These are desperate times Bardock," said Muri, "We would have gladly helped these distant travelers. According to our invaders their world is in ruin while ours was flourishing. They were harvesting our planets recourses nearly destroying its natural balance. That was when one of our children remembered you and sent the distress."

"I'll see to it that who ever did this to Namek is dealt with." Bardock said darkly.

"Please to do not be so hard on them." Muri said compassionately, "Times are tough on everyone."

"Hopefully, Guru is still well after all this."

Muri gave a sad smile, "I am pleased you remembered our Grand Elder. But Guru peacefully passed away long before the invasion."

Bardock's gaze fell to the ground giving a moment of silence. That was until, "Hey guys! It's Bulma, I'll be coming in close so get on while you can. We need to keep looking for those Dragon Balls remember? Over and out!"

Bardock turned his attention to Emit, "It's your choice, are you coming or staying?"

Emit scowled at Bardock, "I will be going with you. I hope you will not be offended that I use you to meet up with Liana again."

"Do what you want." Bardock said indifferent as Bulma brought the frigate in a mile overhead.

"Showoff," Totipo commented, carrying the Supreme Kai on piggy back.

OoO

Bardock hesitated to open the clear capsule in his hand, uncomfortable with uncapping the half with the large needle. Meanwhile, Shin was lying in front of him on the infirmary bed unconscious, still banged up and awaiting treatment. Truthfully, he had only seen Turles do this a few times when introducing a new species to the medical equipment. No one on board was a Medic and they didn't even think before to have a Namekian healer do the job.

Emit had accompanied them to stay at the Supreme Kai's side. Videl came out of concern and curiosity over the newcomer.

"Will he be all right?" Emit asked monotone.

"He will," Bardock assured, once he figured out what to do. Then picked up Shin and placed him in the tank. Bardock sat Shin up and rolled his sleeve back. Then he pealed the film off the capsule using the sterile pad to wipe the injection area inside of the elbow. Bardock thumbed off the cap revealing the large needle.

Bardock hated working with these things, and hesitated.

"Bardock-kun," Videl said from behind, "Is there a problem?"

"Not really, no." Bardock replied then got an idea, "on second thought I could use your help."

"Sure, what do you need me to do?"

"Get in here." Bardock watched her comply and hop into the tank, "take this." He handed her the plastic end of the capsule.

"Okay, now what?" Videl asked and Bardock took her small wrist and made her poke through the Supremes Kai's delicate skin. She watched with some shock at first as Shin's warm blood squirted into the capsule half, then turned to awe.

Bardock pulled her away as he set up the mask to begin the process then led the way to the control station. "I need you to put the needle end into the plug." Bardock tapped just above the control panel. Videl did as told as Bardock closed the tank.

She carefully watched Bardock type away inputting commands to drain the capsule she just plugged in. Bardock watched the new DNA sequence scroll across the screen as it digitized the Supreme Kai's blood. The monitor flashed green getting the new file and Bardock tapped the 'enter' key filling the tank with the green fluid.

"Just how long will this take, Bardock?" Emit asked half concerned and half in awe over the technology.

"I'm not sure. It's never been done for his Species before. It could take a while. Once he's fully healed I'll have to have either Bulma or Turles completely erase his information."

"Of course," said Videl, "Having a copy of a Kai's blood is asking for trouble."

"If anything goes wrong the computer will let us know." Bardock said making his way to the door.

"Where are you going?" Emit asked.

"What the hell do you think? I'm going off to rest!" Bardock said surprising the Prince by speaking so rudely, and disappeared through the doors.

"It is hard to believe that he is a King." Emit was still shocked.

Videl yawned unaffected and sat on the cold floor, "Bardock-kun, just treats everybody equally. This is one of his better days." She said watching Shin in the tank.

Bardock searched the halls for Toma on the massive frigate. They still had a fight that was interrupted. Plus Bardock still needed to earn that last Dragon Ball.

"So, when are you going to tell him?" Toma asked.

"I will…" Chichi said nervously, "soon enough."

Bardock thought it was weird that Chichi would be talking to Toma. It bothered Bardock that it seemed personal.

"Tell me what?" Bardock asked from behind.

"Bardock!" They said startled.

"For my part, I'm just glad you made it down the hall without getting jumped."

It was easy for Bardock to tell that Toma was hiding something by his lame jokes. Bardock turned to Chichi, she had a cute shade of pink on her cheeks, "Um, well…" She hesitated losing her nerve by every passing second.

Toma saw Totipo at the corner of his eye and headed off to meet up with him, understanding this was a private matter.

Chichi must have stood there a good minute losing her nerve and said the next thing to come to mind. "We need to go pick up Krillen and Yamcha from planet Vegeta."

"Why are they on Vegeta?" Bardock inquired.

Toma ran back, "You and about half the Security force on Vegeta had been poisoned. We were informed the Earthling had the strongest lethal dosage meant to kill you."

Totipo ran up behind Toma stunned with the news, "The Earthling was a victim as well?"

Bardock was silent with guilt, "Come on, lets go pick them up and drop you guys off while we're at it."

"Uh," Toma nervously backed away, "you guys go ahead. I'll stay here."

"What's wrong Toma?" Bardock asked rather impatient, inwardly anxious to check up on Yamcha's condition.

"Uh, I can't go back. At least not just yet…" Toma said as Bardock's staring made him more uncomfortable.

"How come?" Chichi asked curious.

"I've been threatened to not come back until Bardock has at least told me who he will appoint as Successor."

"What was the threat?" Bardock asked

"The usual," Toma smirked, "I wouldn't be fed or be getting any until you tell me who's going to be the Successor. Do you even remember who my mate is?"

"Don't remind me." Bardock slapped his forehead, "Fine, if Celipa wants a Successor she can take the position of being Commander-in-Chief." Bardock smirked.

Toma's jaw dropped, "You've got to be fucking kidding me!"

Totipo snickered, "Ha, you're going to be stuck being a high positioned Bitch, again."

"Not funny!" Toma said raising his ki.

"Language guys," Chichi said wirily.

"You're right," Bardock smirked having his fun, "giving her that much power is asking for trouble. She's all ready head of security. You know the In's and Out's of the job, you take it."

Toma's eye brow perked. "That sounds better, but I'll accept the position after everything we're doing is done." He scribbled something down on the palm of his hand. Then thought for a second about what Bardock said, "Hey!"

Chichi heavily sighed getting impatient herself, "We're wasting time here."

"Come on, Toma." Bardock motioned.

Toma made his way over to Bardock's side and grabbed a shoulder.

An instant later they were back on Vegeta and Toma received a punch to the nose knocking him over.

"What the hell!" Toma cursed, rubbing his sore nose.

"Oops." Yamcha said holding out his punching arm, seeing he hit the wrong guy. Yamcha was wearing a Saiyan uniform with blue spandex, "Sorry about that." Yamcha eased up, "meant to hit him!" Yamcha pointed a gloved hand at Bardock.

"Onni-chan!" Chichi scolded at the fact they still weren't getting along.

"What was this about leaving me behind?" Yamcha asked.

"There was a lot of stuff that needed to be taken care of all at once." Krillen said offering Toma a hand helping him up. "I stayed behind. I was getting bored waiting for you to finally wake up."

"So, you're good to go again?" Bardock asked.

"Gee, you don't even ask if I'm all right." Yamcha folded his arms.

"Your color's back, you knocked over my best friend, and your crappy attitudes the same. It sounds like you're back to normal."

Yamcha huffed, and smirked. "You know, if it weren't for me you probably would be dead."

"You still lost the competition." Bardock smirked.

Chichi put herself between them and gave a small push at their chests, backing them off. "Onni-chan, I'm happy to hear you're doing much better. But it was dumb idea to challenge a Saiyan to an eating competition knowing how much they can consume." Bardock watched amused as Yamcha's smirk washed away, "And Bardock, would it hurt to just give Yamcha one single complement. If it weren't him you would've had that full dosage and probably wouldn't even be standing here!" Yamcha watched the smirk wash away on Bardocks' face. "I know it sounds a bit much but how about you guys shake hands on it?"

"What?!" They said in unison.

"JUST DO IT!" Chichi screeched.

"Fine!" Yamcha said being the first to hold out his hand with an overconfident smirk and narrowed his eyes.

"Fine." Bardock grabbed his hand not chickening out of this challenge and smirked.

Chichi was impressed with the sight until she saw their white knuckles. Chichi rolled her eyes, now they were challenging each others grip.

"THERE YOU ARE!" Celipa shouted from behind Toma grabbing everyone's attention. "Well…" she stood there waiting while impatiently tapping her foot.

"Here's what you wanted." Toma said showing her his palm.

Celipa's eyes widened then returned to reality, "I bet he just told you this to shut you up."

"I'll be the next Commander-in-Chief. And you can still keep your position."

"Fine." Celipa turned to the others, "Hey, Chichi! Here's your groups laundry." She tossed over a small handheld case.

Chichi was a little confused at the small box and opened it, "Huh?" She was surprised to see five colorful capsules similar to ones from capsule corp. Chichi closed it figuring Bulma must have shared this technology at some point. "Thank you, I can't wait to get back into my old outfit."

"And now that you're back, King Bardock…" Celipa turned around as she tapped her scouter beginning to read a long list of tasks scrolling down her visor. "First we'll take your report on the kidnapping..."

Bardock cleared his throat under Celipa's Listing. Everybody but Totipo managed to grab on and were gone in an instant.

"… Then we'll…" She paused seeing the others were gone and chewed her cheek annoyed. "Why do I even try?"

Totipo finally noticed he was left behind, "Well onto lunch." He said about leave the infirmary.

"Not so fast!" Celipa grabbed Totipo's ear, "Your going to be the one to deliver that report!" She pulled him along by the ear, "Come on."

OoO

Bardock stood on the Bridge of the frigate, watching the stars on the viewing screen. Bulma had shown him the basics of piloting in case something went wrong while she left to freshen up.

The double doors slid open, "Ah." Bumla stretched entering the Bridge with Chichi and Toma. "Well, your watch is off."

"It took you long enough." Bardock said and Bulma just shrugged his comment, "I trust you took care of everything."

"Sure thing, being at the controls is better than having to watch you guys train all day."

Chichi had been looking up at Bardock almost hypnotized by his profile. Toma discretely unwrapped his tail and pushed Chichi into Bardock to get his attention.

"What is it?" Bardock asked Chichi.

"Um," Chichi stepped back and stood confident pushing her nervousness down, "Could I speak with you for a moment?"

Bulma only shifted her eyes with a smile on her face. It's about time, she thought.

Bardock said nothing following Chichi out to a more private place to talk. She led the way to one of the nature areas on board for relaxation. It seemed like an appropriate enough place with it own pond full of greenery all around. The birds were chirping and squirrels were frolicking around. With a plus side that she couldn't sense anyone else around but them.

"There has been something that I've been meaning to tell you." She said bringing them by the glittering pond and turned to Bardock, "It's something that I've wanted to tell you for a while now."

Chichi was getting a little weak in the knee staring him in the eye. Wishing she had been closer one of the trees to lean on. Bardock had a feeling he knew what this was about, inwardly interested.

"Seems like the more we get know each other I… Well, I like you Bardock." Chichi said feeling like that was a little lame but a good start. "I really like you a lot." Her gaze fell with her check blushing. "I know Saiyans don't openly admit say how they feel, uh, but…"

Bardock silently took a step forward and gently grabbed Chichi's chin to meet his gaze. His eyes were as intense as when they first met. He dipped his head and this time they shared a tender kiss with a light brush of their lips. Bardock probed at Chichi's bottom lip when she finally sighed sinking into a deep passionate kiss.

Chichi slipped her slender arms around Bardock's neck as his strong arms slipped around her waist.

Bardock began to make his way down her neck as her scent became more intoxicating. Chichi moved her head in his path stopping him. Their lips were still close enough to brush against each other as she said, "I'm a bit of an old fashion kind of girl." Chichi admitted, "On Earth and maybe a few other planets… Some people wed before fully giving themselves to each other… developing a deeper and spiritual bond between the two."

"I understand," Bardock finally spoke walking away half in respect and half to calm himself of her scent.

Chichi despaired for moment wondering if what she said just ruined things.

"I admit that I want you near me." Bardock managed to say trying to find the right words hoping not to stumble. "As I've grown to know you more it's become more than physical attraction." Bardock smirked, "And I've heard you say this once before." Bardock turned to Chichi who was smiling after what he said, "Aishtesuru."

Chichi now had glowing smile on her face. She could tell it took a lot of courage for Bardock to say that, even using a more powerful word. Bardock smirked relieved his secret was out.

"Are you all right?" Bardock asked placing a supporting hand on her shoulder.

"I'm more relieved now." Chichi was blushing madly. "I love you, Bardock." She pushed herself against him and embraced Bardock.

Bardock held her with a smile, his heart warming at the tender moment. He didn't even know he was capable of feeling like this over another.

Their gaze met yet again going into another passionate kiss.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"

They separated, "Onni-chan!" Chichi gasped.

"Oh crap." Bardock said putting himself in front of Chichi.

Yamcha stood there fuming, "YOU'RE DEAD!"

Yamcha lunged at Bardock when the Saiyan saw a blur come from behind. Before he knew it Yamcha bounced back on the grass and Chichi was now in front Bardock with her hand still out.

"What the?" Yamcha sat up confused and rubbed a stinging red handprint on his cheek. He got to his feet uncertain if it was Chichi that just slapped him.

"Damn you!" Chichi straightened, "I'm not a little girl anymore who always needs your protection!" She yelled. "I'm capable of handling myself and I don't need your approval Yamcha!"

Yamcha felt the shock of her words, and she'd never used his name in a long time sending chills down his spine.

Yamcha got to his feet, "Fine…" he finally said, "But you know this guy has a lot of enemies. So, don't come crying to me if you get in over head on this, Chichi." With that Yamcha left.

"I… I can't believe I just did that!" Chichi covered her mouth with a sniffle.

Bardock was equally shocked seeing a close friendship just end. Bardock gingerly pulled the now sobbing Chichi, silently holding her until she calmed down. He knew words at this point would only make things worse. When she did finally calm Chichi had just fallen asleep on Bardock still with a sniffle.

Bardock gingerly lay Chichi down on the soft grass letting her sleep. As he watched her it felt right to be by her side, but what didn't was this break up between friends. He untied his head band and put in Chichi's hand before going off to find Yamcha.

A few minutes had passed when he found Yamcha in one of the many washrooms. Chichi really did hit him hard, as the hand print was still on his cheek. It still stung as he placed a cold wash rag trying to numb it.

Yamcha caught sight of Bardock in the mirror, "Are you enjoying Chichi now that she's become your whore?" he said bitterly.

Bardock pinned Yamcha against the wall for the offending comment. "You and I both know she's nothing like that!" Bardock growled before letting Yamcha go.

"Then did you come for a fight, too?" Yamcha tensed.

"Amazingly enough, no," Bardock said, this went against everything he went for. "But this isn't about me. Listen, I'm willing to call a truce with you."

"A… truce?" Yamcha looked as if he had just heard the word for the first time. And scoffed, "do you really think that will be enough to protect Chichi?"

"You're right about me having a lot of enemies. But Chichi is also capable of holding her own. Even so I probably won't be able to protect her all the time, that's a naïve way of thinking. I might even be the one to die first."

"You…" Yamcha growled.

"She still needs you Yamcha, regardless…"

Yamcha stared Bardock down, "Are you… in love with her?"

Bardock couldn't bring himself to say it getting a little red in the cheeks, but gave a subtle nod.

Yamcha glared at Bardock, but his anger wasn't directed at the man before him. He did come to call a truce, for Chichi's sake.

Bardock left going back to Chichi before she awoke.

Yamcha turned to the mirror and angrily stared at his reflection. He couldn't hate Bardock, he had proven several times to be a good guy. And Yamcha had been too stubborn to admit it. He punched and shattered the mirror along with his anger.

OoO

Chichi's eyes slowly opened she curled over to her side, still a little exhausted.

"Sleep well?" Bardock asked, sitting in her view, watching the pond.

"Yeah," Chichi said sitting up, getting a little chill from rising off the grass, "I think I needed that. It's been a trying day, a lot happened all at once."

"But you're all right?" Bardock asked concerned.

"Yes, I'm fine for the most part." Chichi held the head band close.

"Good," Bardock smirked and got up, "I'll be back." Bardock left to take a solo walk.

Chichi got to her feet when she heard the crutching of grass behind her. She closed her eyes sensing Yamcha's ki as stood by her side.

"You know… I might've over reacted." Yamcha started scratching the back of his head nervous.

"You think?" Chichi said upset but came as bitter to Yamcha's ears.

"…Okay, I over reacted." He fully admitted, "Everybody keeps saying it but I guess I'm just don't want to believe it. You're a big girl now… no you're a fully grown woman who can make your own decisions." Yamcha sighed at what he just said aloud now making it true. "I might not approve of the guys you date but that's not for me to decide."

"Yamcha are saying…" Chichi turned to Yamcha.

"Chichi, no matter you will always be my Nee-chan. And that being the case I just want you to be happy. But know that if he screws up I get to kick his ass."

Chichi smirked with a giggle, "All right Onni-chan… Yamcha." She hugged him.

Yamcha hugged back just glad to see Chichi happy again. He patted her back after a while and left her so she could wait for Bardock to return.

But Bardock didn't stray too far away watching from the bushes. Toma was one tree behind Bardock. "You really are a big softy."

Bardock glared, Pow! He knocked Toma down for calling him a softy.

AN: I'm just glad all the stuff during these past weeks are finally over. This Chapter as sappy as it was, was just to help me unwind and relax a bit. Plus I've day dreamed this up since Message in a Bottle. By the way it you're not into the sappy crap please go visit your nearest trash can or toilet to spare your computer from getting dirty, thank you.