I know you've all been waiting for this! So get ready cause its gonna be a doozy! Hope you all like it, I think this is my longest chapter by far and I'm so excited for it so please get reading! Happy reading to you all! Xx

Chapter 9 – Tai Vs Chichi

The dust had cleared, and everyone was staring at Chichi! Her hair had changed, her eyes had changed, her uniform had changed, and her energy had changed. And she looked angry!

'What the hell is all this about? What's up with your hair? What's up with your eyes? Answer me!' Tai answered as Chichi continued to stare him down saying nothing as the others looked on in awe. Tai tried to not look so nervous as he stared down his nemesis! Instead he tried to laugh it off

'I have to admit, this is new, Chichi, this is definitely new. But a fool is still a fool, and I've killed plenty in my day. hundreds, literally hundreds.' He was trying to scare her, but her face continued to give the same expression, no word said only stares being glared as Tai tried to humour it

'Awww What's the matter, run out of quips? Cat got your tongue? No more words to fail?' He said backing away in fear trying to get her to speak, he knew she was mad, and he was beginning to fear it

'You think now that you changed your hairstyle and got a new outfit your gonna scare me!?' He shouted as she gave the same look, the others watched as she continued to stare him down.

'Well you don't! You don't scare me Chichi you never did!' He yelled as he went to throw a blast as she simply raised her hand and the blast was destroyed, and she barley did anything! The warriors gasped at the sight and she still said nothing! The dust cleared again as he continued to stare as her energy was bursting from her body and her red hair glistering with it glowed around her.

'Dear Lord above, finally! And here I thought killing your dad was gonna be the downfall for you. I'm confused, though. What was the moment you thought of? Little daddy and daughter time? Teatime with teddy bears?' he teased as chichi looked him dead in the eye.

'The murder of one's wife or partner' She said as he looked confused as she moved so fast, she was suddenly behind him as he turned and gasped at her increased speed

'Wah…?'

'You wanted me to define "Uxoricide".' She said and turned her attention to the Demons on the Cliffside hurting her loved ones, a demon leaps towards her, but she evades it and destroys it with a swift chop of her fire blast

'Oh...' Tai Gulped as the others looked in confusion and amazement

'All right, would anyone care to explain...THE F**K?!' Vegeta yelled looking at the harpy in her new form

'I'm kind of afraid too because I'm pretty sure that would involve giving Yang credit for this.' Piccolo said helping Goten and Trunks up

'The takeaway here is, you're welcome.' Yang said getting to her feet looking up at chichi who is staring at 2 demons surrounding her friends, she stands in front of them as one of the demons picks up Shen as it extends its nails at Shen's neck, before it could do anything Chichi Extends her hand at the demon as it lets out a scared grunt, lets shen go and tried to fly away

'Too little, too late.' Chichi said as she fires a blast at the demon obliterating it, the other demon goes to kill Shen by throwing a blast. Much to its shock, Chichi appears from behind while holding Shen

'Bitch move.' She said as she disappears to lay Shen near the warriors and then reappears and destroys that demon with a kick and is looking down on Tai as she is levitating in the sky. Tai looks up at her and so many thoughts are running through his head.

Tai: 'Suddenlyyyy... Life has a new meaning to meeeeeeee!

There's beauty up above...and things we never take notice of...

You wake up and suddenly... You're in loooooove!'

All of a sudden, Two demons began charging at Chichi, who proceeds to throw punches up in the air and punches both demons before destroying one with a kick, and then looks to the demon standing over Gohan as he was unconscious, and gave the demon a death glare and she sends out a volley of blasts, which hits two demons and appears behind one.

'You forgot your water wings.' She said sinisterly and destroys the demon with an uppercut and then dashes in front of two fleeing demons and destroys both of them with one strike, she then looks at the last remaining demon as it tries to flee she intercepts him in midair and spikes him down to the ground, meeting him before reaching the ground and destroys him with a kick, looks down and stomps on his dismembered arm. Her facial expression remained the same through those small battles as Tai watched in shock! She killed those demons in less than 5 minutes and he was looking worried, but tried to laugh it off, she turned to face him and flew down in front of him as they had a standoff. The others looked down at the two as Goku was shaking! He couldn't believe what he was seeing! His wife's transformation was something to behold! Gohan regained consciousness and looked at his dad in his super saien form and looked down at his mother in her own image and turned to his dad again, knowing he was gonna launch an attack on Tai.

'Dad no! I don't think that's a good idea!'

'I can't stand by and watch her hurt herself! She could…!'

'Dad, this has to be a battle mom fights…... it's become personal' Gohan said as Goku looked at chichi, and he could see a look of vengeance in her eyes. Goku took a step back and powered down and watched from above. He just prayed to Dende that she wouldn't get hurt…or worse. He looked to Tai who was mocking her as she continued to just stare saying nothing.

'Look at you! I'm gonna call you God because you just devastated those demons! And for a second there, I thought that yarn you were spinning was going to turn up short... But here you are! My final challen….' Tai was cut off when Chichi moved at an indescribable speed and punches him HARD in the stomach.

'OOHWAGH! AAAAAAAAAGGH...!' He groaned hard as she looked up at him

'Careful, Tai. Your demon side's showing.' She said and uppercuts Tai knocking him back. Tai suddenly has a struggle to get back on his feet

'Y-You know, you're not wrong.' He ground as he stumbles on his backside 'Ugh... Hoo Boy. Nothing like a concussion...to really get the blood flowing.' He groaned and gushed up some spit! Chichi looks at him and narrows her look

'Tai. You don't get it. I hate this. The vibrations through my fists on contact. The taste of blood in my mouth. The sound of my heart in my ears. I hate it. But right now. In this moment. The only thing I hate more than it... Is Shing Ling.'

'N-not….me?' He said

'Still deciding on that'

'Ugh. Put that on a Valentine.' He said sarcastically as he powered up to maximum as she began to slowly walk towards him, the others watched from above, suddenly feeling very nervous for Tai, listening to their conversation.

'Because you were right about me. I was a coward. Scared of what would happen if I snapped. Afraid that, if I lost it this time. I'd...never come back. That I'd finally, kill someone. I'm not scared anymore, Tai.' She smirked and stopped walking and looked at him in an intense death glare as Tai gives off a look of fear

'Well, g-glad I could…. 'he was cut off when Chichi kicked him in the face hard knocking him back further 'GAAAAAAAAAAAH!' He yelled

'Because there's no point in being afraid of the inevitable.' She smirked as she walked up to him again as he got back up and looked to her, she was mad! And she wouldn't stop until he was gone! He had to end this

'Oh f*** this.' He yelled and flies up high in the air as chichi slowly looked up, not fazed as to what he was planning to do'

'KAAAA...MEEEE...HAAAA...'

'So, is this more a power move or a cowardly move?' Goku asked

'MEEEEEE...' Tai yelled as he charges up a massive Kamehameha

'Speaking of move, we should probably!' Krillen yelled

'I could've just done this from the beginning! Instead I thought I'd have some fun, throw a one on one battle, but f*** you! I am 100% Done with you and your poor excuse of a team! HAAAAAAAA!' He yells as he fires the Kamehameha wave that races towards Chichi, causing Goku, Gohan, the z warriors and the zodiac warriors look on in terror! Chichi on the other hand just looked at this ball of energy coming towards her as she very quietly voiced her own technique

'Ka...Me...Ha...Me...' she looked up and screamed at the top of her lunges 'HAAAAAAAA!'

Chichi fires her own Kamehameha wave that overpowers Tai's and is now racing towards her former comrade, with the force of the blast pushes the Z-Fighters and the Zodiacs back and sends them all flying!

'AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!' Tai yelled as he looks at the Kamehameha coming towards him and then begins flying into space!

When the dust cleared the Z-Fighters emerge from underneath the sand, coughing up the sand and looking to one another on what just happened

'Anyone else got sand in their….' Krillen got cut off from his question

'YES!' everyone answered annoyed

'Everywhere!' Shang yelled as he helped up Yang who ran over to the Cliffside to look down at the gorge and saw chichi still in the same position as before not affected by what had just happened! Tai and the other hand had fallen to the floor from a high fall and was weak, could barely stand and was coughing up blood and was looking at her with so much fear! No more jokes, no more kidding around, just fear!

'You... you're different. What happened? What the hell are you?' Tai asked in fear as chichi smirked

'Can't you tell, Tai? It's just like Yang said.'

'No, you f**king don't!' He said getting annoyed

'What I was all those years ago. I am reborn! This power you see is all the built-up anger and heartbreak over my years and finally I can let go! Nothing holds me back! I will no longer cower behind those I love! I will fight for them! As I should have! I am what Shing ling Fears! That voice that calls out in her nightmares!' she yells she begins to power up again 'I am Son Chichi! and I am a Zodiac...she was cut off when Tai blasted a power beam to her face and growls as she casually leans forward unarmed and smirking 'Warrior' She finished as he growled and flew up into the sky.

'YOU WON'T DEFEAT US CHICHI! I MADE YOU THE PROMISE OF SENDING TO OBLIVION AND I WILL! AND IF I DON'T, SHE CERATNLY WILL!' He yelled and was about to take off

'You made your promises, now I make mine' She said in low tone, not yelling but enough for him to hear as the others did

'Huh?' He looked back on her as she looked him did in the eye with her eyes black as night but traces of fire could be seen in her pupils

'When all of this is over…... When I have won…. She will be Gone. That I promise'

'Well…. what about me?' He asked not really wanting to know the answer as her held the same expression

'Again…. still not decided. But she has already sealed her fate!' She lowered her head as he smirked

'We'll see' He said and took off. Chichi looked at his departure, she didn't know where he was going, but she will find out soon enough. And she would soon follow, She turned to her comrades who not stood with their eyes in shock and wonder at what they had just witnessed, Chichi flew up to the cliffside and stood before them all, Shang walked towards her and stared

'What took you so long?' He joked as he gave her a quick hug

'I'm sorry, seems it took more than kicks and punches to unlock my power' Chichi sighed

'Mom…. Is that really you?' Goten stood behind his father's leg, as Chichi gave a soft smile and kneeled to his height

'Yeah…Goten it's me, please don't be scared' She said as Goten walked over to her and placed his small hand on her cheek 'I'm still mommy' She smiled as Goten jumped into her arms and hugged

'Mamma! I thought you were gonna die!' He cried as She held him tight

'You can't get rid of me that easily sweetheart' She laughed as he did, she pulled away and kissed his little cheek and stood up

'Chichi, your power has increased immensely in such a short period of time, it's quite remarkable you have been able to harness such power' Roshi said as she bowed

'Yeah, bout time you showed your face to this party' Tyrian joked

'Believe me, it wasn't all down to me'

'Of course it was, we believed you could do it, you just needed to believe in yourself again' Ling su sighed

'Yeah, we never lost faith in you Chi, not now or ever' Su Yao added

'How do you feel kid?' Shen asked as Chichi took a deep breath and felt her energy flow through and around her body, it felt strong, familiar, comfortable

'I feel….. different' She answered

'Good different Or bad different?' Bo asked

'Just… Different'

'Well you look different; you never changed your hair and eye colour before' Ren pointed at her hair as she turned to look at her dark red hair flowing in the wind and clenched and relaxed her fingers and knuckles

'I guess…. It means I'm stronger'

'You must have unlocked your hidden potential, it's the only logical explanation' Shang suggested

'You might be right, this feels different than before, It's like …' Chi was at loss for her words on how she felt

'Almost like a super Sayien, except by your standards a super…. human' Gohan walked up to his mother and faced her 'You've changed mom'

'I'm still me Gohan. I'm sorry about everything, this wasn't supposed to happen like this' She sighed sadly as Gohan brought her in for a hug

'its okay mom. That said you were so cool out there, reminded me of how I was when powered up to cell' Gohan smiled as she did

'I gotta admit Chichi, that look does kinda suits you' Krillen winked

'Yeah, you look…so good' Yamcha gave a funny grin as Tien slapped his head

'You've developed such incredible power that I didn't think couldn't be possible for a human' Tien added

'Humph! Her power may be strong, but she will never surpass a super Sayien' Vegeta had to be the only negative voice

'Dad come on you gotta admit, what she did, was enough to take down Tai' Trunks defended

'Yeah besides, he was more than capable taking you out' Wang smirked

'What was that?!' Vegeta yelled

'Be quiet! Chichi, where Has Tai gone? Is he going back to Shin Ling?' Piccolo asked

'I don't know, but I do know he won't return to the underworld without a body, and when I say a body, I mean mine' Chichi answered as Yang walked up to her

'You're actually back…I can't believe….. I thought he was gonna kill you…' Yang let out some tears as Chichi gave her a small smiled and hugged her

'Never. I would never have gotten this far if you didn't cling onto the hope that I still could, Thank you Yang'

'What are friends for, I knew you had in you!' Yang pulled away from their hug

'But this is far from over. Tai is the Key to getting to Shin Ling and boy do we need to talk' Chichi frowned

'We're right behind You chichi! You just tell us what to do!' Krillen said powering up

'Yeah mom let's get him!' Goten yelled powering up as did trunks, Chichi smiled gratefully and turned her head to look at her sayien husband, he hadn't said a single word to her, she walked over to him as he kept his head down not looking at her

'Aren't you gonna look at me?' She asked as He kept his head down

'Dad?' Gohan asked as Chichi turned to her son

'Its okay Gohan, I got this. Goku Look at me' She said as he lowly did as he was told 'I know you have questions and you know I will be more than happy to answer them for you. I never should have tried to keep this from you but it was the only way to ensure you and the boys wouldn't get hurt. But I'm glad that you are here, because I don't think I would have been able to unlock my hidden potential without somebody threatening the most precious thing I posses. I may not look like me right now but…I'm still me Goku….. I'm still Chichi, Your Chichi' She said softly as Goku looked into his wife's eyes, small flames engulfed in her pupils and her flowing red hair blowing in the wind. Its like he was standing in the presence of a god.

'You….were… amazing' He said softly as she smiled

'Really?'

'I never thought…..I mean… you…' He was lost for words as chichi rolled her eyes and gave him a hug as Goku happily accepted it. It had felt like so long that he held his wife properly in his arms, he could feel her energy flowing strong thorough her body, her body seemed more chisled and her muscles were bigger. For a petite small wife, she was in fine shape in this moment, he let her go as she turned to the others

'So what do we do now?' Bo asked

'Let's follow Tai! Together we can destroy him and bring that traitor down!' Su yao yelled

'NO!' Chichi spoke

'What do you mean no?' Yang asked

'You won't fight Tai, Its still my fight. This battle is between me and Him'

'So that's how its going to be?' Piccolo huffed

'That is how it 'must' be!'

'Why do you have to do it alone?' Ling su asked

'We can help each other now!' Ren added

'Enough blood has been spilled, and I'll be dammed if I let anyone I love get caught in this crossfire' Chichi sighed. That said, she looked down the cliff and saw the lifeless body that was her father, Chichi held back her tears and clenched her fists 'dad…' she whispered

'We're sorry chichi…..' Wang lowered his head

'He was brave…..to the end' Tien said

'He was a mighty Student, one of the best in fact' Roshi sighed

'Hey Guys! Don't be so down! When all of this is over. We can just wish the ox king back with the dragon balls and then he….'

'No' Chichi stopped Yamcha finishing his sentence as the others looked at her and gasped

'No mama?!' Goten gasped

'Mom why not?!' Gohan asked

'Because he was already dying' Chichi answered her boys

'He… was?' Krillen asked as Chichi nodded

'He had told me before the fight. I didn't want you boys to worry, but that's why he sacrificed himself, a quick death instead of the slow one. I honestly can't blame him, but how he went about it makes me angry! I should have protected him better' Chichi let out some tears As Goku held her hand!

'He knew what he was doing chi, he helped you get to where you are now. You should be proud of him' Goku sighed as chichi nodded

'I can't leave him there' Chichi said and flew down to her father's body, she fell to her knees and rubbed her hand on his cold cheek as the tears fell from her eyes, she felt her power lower down as her hair turned back to ebony and her eyes returned to its midnight shade, filling with tears.

'I'm sorry…This wasn't supposed to happen to you. If I had been sooner….but I guess we'll never know now. You weren't supposed to die like this. Its not fair you had to die like this. You were my everything dad! From the moment I was born you made me a promise that you would never let anything happen to me. And you kept your word! For that, I thank you. You fought bravely. You have kept your honour. I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you... I will not let the our kingdom fall, nor our people suffer. And I will ensure nothing like this will happen to anyone as long as I draw breath! I never thought I'd…. have to see like this, you've been my light in the darkness and the one person I go to when I am in need of comfort and smiles. No one will every replace you papa. And I'm afraid. But that will not stop me! I swear, your death shall not be in vain' Chichi cried through her strong speech and took a necklace off of The ox king's neck, it represents who rules the fire kingdom, it seems befitting she continue the role, she leans down and rubs her hand on his cheek 'Be at peace, Father, I love you.' She cried and kissed his forehead as the others lowered their heads in respect as Goten cried into his brother's arms. Chichi stood up looking down at her father's lifeless body, holding the necklace firmly in her hand 'They will look for his coming from the fire towers...but he will not return.' She sighed, tears slowly flowing down her cheek. Goku jumped down beside her and offered a his hand to her as she took it

'We can't leave home here, we have to take him back to the kingdom. He needs a proper burial' Chichi sighed as Goku nodded

'I can instant transmission us all there?' He suggested as she nodded

Goku had transmissioned everyone back to the fire kingdom. The civilians of the kingdom were informed of their king's death and Chichi took the reins of the responsibility, for now. Chichi had organised a last-minute burial in the gardens of her father's home, everyone had gathered, the subject of the kingdom all held a candle in their hands out of respect. The ox King's body was slowly lowered into the grave as Goten, Gohan, the z warriors and the zodiac warriors threw flowers along with it, Piccolo and Vegeta only lowered their heads in respect, Goten couldn't help but cry into his dad's arms as Gohan tried to hold a brave face but even his tears were visible. Chichi let her tears flow out of eyes as she watched her father's body disappear into the earth, Roshi walked over to the grave and cleared his throat to say his eulogy for his former student.

'May the heavens welcome you and lead you through Yemma's great barriers. May they sing your name with love and fury, so that we may hear it rise from the depths of the earth…. and know that you've taken your rightful place at the table of kings. For a great man has fallen. A warrior. A King. A father. A grandfather. A friend.' Roshi finished as Chichi shut her eyes hard and threw her rose into the grave also. That was is, her father had gone.

…..

After the funeral, chichi Sat outside on her castle steps, looking at the sun go down. This day had been one of the hardest days she had ever had to face. How did she let it come to this?

'I'm sorry, Dad. I'm not the ruler that you wanted me to be. And I'm not the peacekeeper I thought I was. I don't know…' She sighed and lowered her head into her hands

'It is not over' A voice called from behind her

'Master Shifu?' She gasped

'I am sorry for the pain that has been occurred today. I never knew it would come to this. You were strong. I felt it' He sat next to her as she shook here head

'I'm not like him, I will never be like him' Chichi's eyes gew with sadness as she overlooked her father's resting place

'Your father once told me You came early into this world. He said You were such a small thing. So frail, so fragile. Your mother feared you wouldn't make it. But your father... he never doubted. He always said you'd become the strongest of them all. And he was right. You have the heart of a pure blooded being, and that is rare for humans. Only you can bring peace now between our world and the underworld. That is who you are, Chichi.' Shifu said as Chichi looked at him and up in the clouds, no doubt that is where her father now rested

'I was so afraid of becoming like my dad once, all the things he done in the past, but then he changed for the better, and I still was afraid of becoming like him. Mostly because I thought I never could. How do you become someone that great? That brave? That selfless?... I guess you can only try.' She said and looked back at all her friends, her eyes looked upon her Husband and Sons, that is who she was. She was a wife, a mother and a warrior! She rose to her feet and placed her father's necklace around her neck and stood tall 'A ruler protects her own.' She said proudly and walked back to the others

'I'm going!' She said as they all looked up

'Where?' Bo asked

'To fight Tai!'

'What are you crazy?! You don't how he's gonna be after his rest!' Yang yelled

'Yeah he could be stronger now!' Tien said

'Maybe! But I won't know unless I try'

'Let us go with you!' Tyrian suggested

'Yeah we can do this together! Just like how we used to' Ling su added

'I can't let you all do that; this has to be my fight'

'Woman! You are in a state of grief! You will be no position to Fight him! He will crush you!' Vegeta argued

'Let us assist you Chichi, at least we can hold him off to weaken him' Piccolo added

'Yeah! And you can give him the final blow and wipe that smug look of his face!' Yamcha smirked

'I don't want him dead! But I will fight him' Chichi frowned

'Chichi, if you don't kill him, He WILL kill you' Shen said

'I'll take that chance'

'Mom are you crazy?! Tai won't hold back this time!' Gohan yelled

'I know that! And I don't want him to. I want to fight him at his full potential' Chichi frowned

'Suddenly getting Goku flashbacks here….' Krillen laughed nervously

'Chichi think about this' Su Yao pleaded

'Yeah if he wins, we are not gonna have the strength to fight him as well as shing and her army

'Yes you will! You are all a lot stronger then you give yourselves credit for, you are all Shifu's students too!' Chichi sighed

'If we must, we shall fight with honour!' Ren bowed respectfully

'Mom… Do you think we can beat her?' Goten asked as Chichi gave her son a soft smile

'I know you can Goten, and If you're lucky…..You and Trunks can do the fusion technique, could be handy'

'Hey yeah that's true! Gotenks can sure as hell do it!' Trunks cheered

'Yeah!' Goten nodded

'So what's the plan? I mean do you even know where he's hiding?' Wang asked

'No I don't but I know who can help with that' Chichi answered

'Chichi. Are you sure you know what your doing? I can't have you getting hurt' Goku said in a serious tone and chi smiled

'Have a little faith in your wife Goku…. I know what I'm doing' she winked 'Master Roshi?' She called

'Hmm?' He answered

'Any chance you can summon Baba for me?'

…..

Baba had arrived to the kingdom and began to make her crystal ball glow, chichi had asked on the location on where Tai has retreated, she knew he wouldn't go back to the underworld to confront Shin Ling but she had to know where he was now! She had to see him again! It had to stop now!

'I found him!' Baba said as the others turned their heads

'Where?' Shen asked

'He's hiding in a cave somewhere along Jinen Mountain' She answered

'Jinen Mountain?' Su Yao asked

'Isn't that where Tai was a prisoner for 5 years?' Ren asked

'Prisoner?' Yamcha asked

'Yes. Master Shifu, Chichi and I raided the place, freeing the prisoners from the King's guard. A horrible king, tortured Tai day and night' Shang explained

'I can still remember the screams from his nightmares' Yang whimpered

'It almost destroyed him. If had not been for us' Chichi sighed

'Last we heard, the place was left abandoned after the raid. No one has been back there since' Wang added

'In that case…. That's where I'm going' Chichi stood up getting ready to leave

'We'll watch the fight from Baba's ball' Krillen said

'Any sign of danger we're gonna come help mom' Gohan said

'Gohan. Don't worry about me! You stay here and look after your brother' she ordered

'But…..'

'I'll be okay. I spent years worrying about you going off to fight and I can promise you it'll only make it worse' Chichi kissed her boy on the cheek as he nodded

'You are sure what your doing is the right direction?' Piccolo asked leaning on a wall

'No… But I have to try' She answered

'Make sure you don't let your personal feelings get in the way of your fight' Shifu ordered

'Why would they? She'll take him down no prob…..' Tyrian was cut off

'Tai was a friend once! To all of you! Especially to you Chichi' Shifu interrupted as chi sighed heavily as she nodded

'Your right, Tai was my best friend. Like a brother…..'

'Be careful Chichi, I hate to admit it but he has grown strong' Bo said

'Any sign of danger we'll come to you' Ling su promised

'I know you will, But It'll be okay. Keep your eyes on the fight.' Chichi warned them as they nodded

'You can guarantee you can beat him?' Tien asked

'I don't know. But whatever happens, it will not lead to the world being in upper chaos'

'Chichi, just be careful. I know you are stronger, but that boy has more then just strength on his side, he has his pure raw emotions and that can be very dangerous' Roshi explained as she nodded

'I will. Goten!' Chichi called her son

'Yeah mom?' Goten asked

'I need you to look after the people of the kingdom for me? Ask if they need some help, do it for your grandpa' She said softly

'Uh huh! For grandpa!'

'Yeah Goten! I'll help you!' Trunks said as chi smiled

'Thank you Trunks' Chi ruffled his lavender hair as they took off

'Wait for me guys!' Gohan flew after them as Chichi turned to the others

'I figured if they help around the village, it'll distract them. Goten might not like what he sees if I'm fighting Tai' She explained

'You just be careful! It takes more then just fists to win a fight' Baba ordered

'You just make sure you know your strong enough to take down this fool! Otherwise I will be there in a heartbeat' Vegeta huffed

'If that's your way of saying 'good luck' then thank you' She smiled

'Humph!' He huffed as Goku walked up to her and grabbed her hands

'Let me come with you'

'Goku….'

'Look I'll keep out of the way but please don't make me sit here and watch I can't stand by and watch him…'

'He won't do anything! And you'll get your chance soon enough to fight. But until then, I need to be the one to do this. Just keep an eye on the boys. And help around the kingdom. I mean you are the Ox king's son in law' Chichi smiled

'I can't see you hurt yourself….' Goku lowered his head as she tilted it back up to look at her

'You worry too much, and I love that. I will come back' She promised and hugged him tight. Goku hated to let her go to a fight he couldn't predict would happen, but he believed she was strong enough. Chichi levitated into the air and looked down on the others

'I'm coming back!' She laughed at their worried faces

'Don't worry about us! Just go!' Yang smiled

'We'll be fine' Goku nodded

'You better be' She winked and took off into the sky. Ready to confront Tai!

Chichi reached the entrance to the mountain and took a deep breath, she had not been back here for years. But she had to do this, she could sense he was there. She approached the entrance and landed. She headed inside the cave and busted open the wooden doors! The place looked untouched and deserted! She looked around and saw the centre hall. She looked around and saw the throne sitting over the stairs, one the ground was a decades old skeleton! She knew that was the king that Tai killed! He was a damaged young boy, she thought she had helped him all those years ago, but she felt she let him down. Like it was her fault.

'I'm sorry Tai' She whispered

'About time you showed up!' A voice called in the shadows, chichi didn't quiver, he expected her to do that. She turned around slowly and faced Tai, he had taken quite a beating from their former fight.

'How long has it been since you were here? 15? 20 years?' he asked

'A long time ago.' She answered

'You have grown stronger chichi, can't help but feel flattered you developed that power just for me' He smirked

'That happened because you forced it!'

'Oh yes your poor daddy was responsible. Tell me, how was the funeral?' He smirked as she clenched her fists

'I didn't come here to Talk Tai'

'Then why are you here?'

'You know why!'

'You have a death wish do you chichi?'

'I'll take my chances' She frowned

'So. That is how it's going to be?' He lowered his head

'That is how it must be.' Chichi got into a fighting stance as Tai Launched his first attack as Chichi dodged but he managed to punch her clean through the walls of the caves! She got back up as he approached her, angry!

'I rotted in misery for twenty years because of your weakness!' He yelled

'Falling in love is not weakness!'

'You knew I could have made you happy! You always knew... But when you said otherwise, I tried to make you understand! You had to launch your attack and leave me hurt! You saw me beaten down! Physically and emotionally! And what did you do? What did you do?! NOTHING!' He yelled

'You were my friend! I had to make you understand! And I regret nothing that happened! I was happy with the choice I made!' She yelled back as he huffed

'I'm gonna enjoy killing you!' He yelled and threw a ki blast her way as she felt her energy rise again!

'AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!' She yelled and powered back up to her zodiac power! Her red hair, fires eyes and flames engulfed in her hands

'You wanna fight? Then let's fight!' She said and threw a punch at him

'Looks like they started' Baba said as the warriors gathered around

'You think she can beat him master Shifu?' Ling su asked

'Yes, I do! In her own way' Shifu answered

'What do you mean by that master?' Ren asked

'She's strong! She'll give him what he deserves' Piccolo said as Goku nodded not looking away from the crystal

'Dad! Has she started fighting yet?' Gohan, Goten and trunks returned from the village and walked up to the crystal

'Mom's fighting!' Goten pointed

'Don't worry Goten! She'll make sure he pays for what he's done!' Trunk assured his friend

'I just hope she knows what she's doing….' Yang sighed as they all looked into the ball and watched

The feuding frenemies lift off and charge at each other in mid-air, zooming sharply toward the rafters as they go. Tai gets the first strike, uncorking a red energy beam that plows through Chichi's block and plasters her against a column. More shots come her way as she pulls loose to return to the fray. Goku watches From Babba's crystal ball as did the others, this would be a fight to remember

….

'Chichi' He yelled as Shifu's hand reaches onto his shoulder

'Have faith in her. She may be your wife, but she was my student long before that. Believe me when I say this fight is only just beginning' Shifu explained as Goku sat back down

'Besides...' Tyrian said walking up to him '…... our girl can handle herself.' He smirked continuing to watch Tai and chi fight in the crystal ball

'Be quiet I am concentrating' Babba huffed continuing to work her magic as everyone gazed in the ball watching the fight.

…..

Chichi dodges a couple of beams and a lunge, going up to the ceiling and coming down where Tai had been. Tai gets annoyed and A strafe enhanced hand beams puts chichi on the run; she retaliates with a couple of high-intensity knuckle balls, but Tai puts up a shield to stop them. Taking down the barrier, He looks up with a gasp, just in time to get hit with an impressive overhand right and crash into the wall. Swooping down as he regains his balance, he had to leap away again as Chichi takes a few shots.

The chase ranges all over the hall-chichi blasting fire balls away, Tai taking his own sweet time to counterattack. This red beam knocks its target back; cut to an adjoining chamber, through whose wall chichi is driven. Once she has skidded to a stop and risen into the air, she unloads a killer barrage at Tai, who has moved to the new hole. Shot after shot streaks towards him, throwing up so much smoke that the entire end of the room is soon hidden in grey clouds and green detonations.

Chichi huffs as she lets one last fireball go. Her face then goes slack with shock-and the smoke clears to show Tai, standing in the same spot and with not so much as a scratch on him! Tai begins to laugh manically as Chichi huffs in anger

'Laugh all you want Tai! This fight is far from over!' Chichi yelled

'I count on that! When all of this is over! I will be happy and content' he smirked

'Try it'

'With pleasure' he smirks as they charge at each other; now Tai puts his hands together and unleashes an energy wave. A coat of arms on the back wall disintegrates into splinters under the force of Chichi ramming into it, and she crashes down among the furniture. Not giving her a chance to rest, Tai seizes a pillar and flies toward her as the other zodiac warriors, The z warriors, Shifu and Chichi's family gather around the Baba's crystal to watch.

Chichi dodges the flying divan, gets a stone table thrown at her next, and rushes into the air. Tai meets her with a column in hand, promptly scoring a broken-bat single across the auburn head; the hit packs enough of a wallop to send her plowing through two collums.

…..

'That outta hurt' Shen frowned as Goku stood and watched going crazy with worry as Gohan walked over to time

'Dad, she'll be okay' Gohan assured him as Goku nodded, he was still getting used to the fact that he was the one waiting around for the fight to be over! He could only imagine how Chichi must have felt when it was the other way around! The bond they both shared was strong indeed, Goku turned his attention into the crystal ball again watching as Tai lands to gloat over the collapsed Warrior

….

'Besides, you'll always be the little girl from all those years ago' He smirked

'I am not so little anymore!' She yelled absolutely fed up as She lets go with a monster fire blast and does not miss; Tai ends up flat on his back, then looks up only to find those red boots angling toward her for a spin kick. Chichi's momentum caves in that patch of floor, and she grapples with Tai as both plunge into an arboretum on the level below, they both struggle in each other's aggressive grasp hitting the floor level. Chichi gets Tai pinned but is quickly blasted away with his red-eye special. Righting herself in mid-air, she counters with a fistful of fireballs to send Tai running/flying for cover.

Chichi chases Tai among the thick limbs, eats a face-full of splinters when one is blown away just in front of her, and gets bulldozed to the far wall. Here, Tai has one hand on Chichi's wrist and the other on the opposite shoulder, pinning her back to the stonework, sending shocks into Chichi's body as she yelled out in pain

'This new Life has changed you, Chichi!' Tai Yelled as he swings her back and forth, hard against the wall, and drags her toward the ceiling. Returning to the centre hall, the floor buckles upward and soon fractures as the two fighters crash through it. Chichi is flung down to bounce across the floor, Shifu and the others watched in horror! Chichi had to get back up or she was sure to lose this fight! Chichi groaned in pain and huddled on the floor, the megalomaniac Frenemy floats unhurriedly toward her.

'That's right. Lay down and cower! Its what your good at!' He smirked as chichi lifted her head to look at him

'If you think I will lay here and cower, then you don't know me at all!' She yelled as Tai is the one who has had all he can stand. He fires a supercharged energy beam across the floor, but chichi was quick to dodge however Tai Fired A wide beam from both eyes strikes Chichi dead in the chest, hurling her into the wall, and a fresh bombardment of beams comes her way. Tai unleashed his primal rage at her for all the pain she caused him! Only Triple the size! When the smoke finally clears, He lands to face Chichi, who, despite the ferocity of this full-frontal assault, is still on her feet. Chichi breathes heavily and looks to Tai who showed nothing but rage

'I obviously can't beat you Tai! Your too strong' she admitted

…..

'No!' Yang yelled into the crystal ball as Goku sat there in fear of to what would happen next

'Your right about that. It will give me great pleasure in killing you' He smirked

'But just tell me…...why?' Chichi asked as he narrowed his look

'Why what?'

'Why are you doing this? Is this all because of a stupid childhood crush?'

'It wasn't just a crush! I was…' Tai stopped as Chichi walked slowly to him

'I know you loved me! And I'm sorry that I couldn't return those feelings! But is it really worth killing me over?' Chichi asked

'You have no idea how much pain I have been through to let you go Chichi! I had to watch you prance around with that fool of a husband of yours! All of those years you had no idea I watched over you and watched how weak you became, and all for that idiot you call 'your love!' Sure, you looked happy but I saw how he treated you! Going off to train, dying! Playing with your emotions! Risking your children's lives and then dying again! He was never good for you! And then he came back, you forgave him and continued to play happy families! And that was the final straw! I had to take action! I hated your happiness and love for a man who didn't deserve it! You brought this on yourself! But she has ordered me to kill you! We both know our strengths are equal! My power has increased immensely! And she knows that as do you! I won't lie that I have questioned my actions since releasing her, Even now there is a part of me that doesn't want to kill you! But I must! To relieve myself of the pain you caused me' He said calmly

'Pain I caused you?! No!' she yelled

'No what?'

'You had a choice! You could have just let go of those thoughts and move on with your life, but you decided to stay bitter towards me! And there I thought saving you all those years ago would make you a better person!'

'I was a better person! While I rotted away in this mountain prison, I thought I was nothing and meant nothing! Until you came along and saved my life, I looked at you and thought you were something worth fighting for! But clearly you didn't feel the same way!'

'Tai! I couldn't love you like you wanted me to! You were like my brother! I always thought of you as my brother and I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel that way now. But my heart belongs to someone else and I can't and won't change that!' she said as he remained silent for a few seconds

'You could!' Tai said as chi looked up

'What do you mean?' Chichi asked

'We can stop this, if you join with me. I can tell Shing ling we came to realise we need each other! That we're meant for each other! You could join us! You could rule over this world with an iron fist.! No one would dare challenge us! Together we would be insuperable. Just us ruling over this world!' Tai yelled as Chichi lowered her head

'And if I refuse?' She asked

'Well then…I'm gonna have to kill you' Tai said as a silence grew between them

Until….

'Then Kill me' She said as his eyes widened

….

'WHAT?!' Everyone yelled in the crystal ball

'What?' He asked

'You heard me. Kill me! I won't fight you, not anymore! If that is what you need then I will let you kill me' she said standing tall, bravely

'Ugh…. I…Ugh' Tai was lost for words

'What you don't believe me? Here I'll show you! I won't fight you' Chichi said as she powered down and returned to her original form, long ebony hair and her old uniform, she was left defenceless

….

'WHAT IS SHE DOING IS SHE CRAZY!?' Yang Panicked as the others held her Back as Goku powered to his super sayien form as did Gohan and Goten!

'NO! I WON'T LET HIM KILL HER! I GOTTA HELP HER!' Goku yelled as Shifu looked up at him

'Hold your ground a moment Boy! Don't make these assumptions until you see the outcome!' Shifu huffed as Goku gritted his teeth in anger!

'I'm going over there! She might need assistance' Shang suggested

'Shang…..'

'Please master don't stop me!' Shang pleaded as Shifu sighed and nodded

'I'm going with him' Bo said as the two took off to fly to the battle ground as Goku continued to look into the crystal ball

…..

'You want me to kill you?' Tai asked very confused

'No, I don't want you to kill me, but I am letting you' Chichi said

'Is this some kind of trick? Why should I believe what your saying is true?' He asked

'Because enough Is enough! This whole ordeal happened because of me. If I hadn't hurt you, you wouldn't have released Shing ling back into our lives, you wouldn't have that poisoned mind and perhaps my Father would still be alive. And the only thing I did was fall in love! But I can't be sorry for that or change how I feel about Goku. He's my entire life Tai. And You can never be what he is. So that is why you can kill me. Because I will never give you the love you want. My heart will only belong to Goku' She said as Tai's expression softly changed but quickly turned wicked, but chichi noticed the sudden change in his expression. Perhaps….

'Well then I guess killing you is the solution then' Tai smirked

'I guess so' She nodded

'Kneel!' He ordered as Chichi got down on her knees as she kept her head down looking at the ground!

…..

'Chichi! What are you doing!? Get up and fight him!' Yang yelled as Goten began to cry

'No momma! Please don't give up!' Goten yelled with tears flowing down his little face as trunks put an arm around his friend

'Chichi….' Goku looked on in shock! She couldn't die! She can't!'

…..

Tai began to walk slowly towards her as she kept her head down

'This doesn't have to happen Chichi! You can be with me and rule and I don't have to kill you! Just say you will' Tai said as chichi looked up at him

'You can rule the world Tai, Hell you could the rule the entire universe if you wanted to but you can never rule my world. My heart will only belong to the one man I have ever truly loved and his name….is Goku' Chichi smiled as Tai grew angry

'One More Chance! Say you will be with me!' Tai yelled as chichi grew impatient

'Why aren't you taking my answer?! I'm surrendering! Why don't you just Kill me?!' Chichi asked

'Because…I….' Tai could feel his body shaking, his voice cracking and he began to…. cry? Chichi gasped as she saw Tai flow hot tears from his dark eyes

'You don't want to because you still love me!' Chichi gasped

'I don't want to kill you chichi! That's why I need you to say you can be with me!' Tai no longer held a dark tone to his voice. It sounded…. normal. like the way he was before

'Tai I can't change how I feel about Goku. I'm sorry but your only option is to just kill me!' Chichi said as Tai placed a hand on her throat and began to squeeze as chichi gasped for air! Tai lifted her off the ground choking her hard as she felt her face go red running out of oxygen

'Say…You…. choose…me…or…. You…..die!' Tai continued to cry out as chichi shook her head no

'I…. can't…choose…. you!...I'm…...so…. sorry …..' She said between breaths as Tai gave one squeeze as Chichi gasped out! Tai looked at her and knew she would never choose him! He knew that now. And he…...accepted it! Suddenly Tai began to moan in pain! He dropped chichi to the ground who could barely keep her eyes open but watched as Tai held his head in Pain as he felt something release from his body.

'AHHHHHHH!' As Tai screamed out a dark shadow exploded out of his body as If Tai had kicked it out himself! Tai felt a huge power leave his body, but he felt…. free. He collapsed to the ground unconscious as the shadow went to jump into his body again only for Chichi to stand on her feet and conjure a fire bolt

'No more from you!' She frowned weakly and threw it in the shadow's direction, making it disintegrate into dark ashes. Chichi fell to her knees and collapsed on the ground next to Tai. And for the first time in a long time, she sensed no evil in him! He was Finally free.

I bet you didn't see that coming did ya? That was the idea! Well I hope pu enjoyed it because this took me ages to put together, but I got there! Anyways, I'll see you all soon with the next one! Love you loads!

Penelope out ;)