The next chapter is posted! Enjoy :)
Just as Bulma predicted, Goku and Vegeta have flown back for Lunch a little later that day. Of course, this almost resulted in Christina getting a broken back. When Goku decided to give her a bear hug that pulled the petite woman off of her feet.
"Hey, Chris! Didn't know you'd be here this soon! How've you been!?" Goku asked, as he put her down.
He quickly apologized when he saw her wince. Christina laughed it off slightly. That's when he noticed the large black dog sitting down next to her. Goku patted his large, broad head. Anubis's tail must've been going a mile a minute from the attention. Odds are, he was going to love that there would be even more people over soon.
"Nice to see you too, Goku. Everything is going great. Though, I'm glad that I was able to get time off, take a break, and visit everyone." She replied.
"Is the food ready yet?" Vegeta asked Bulma, ignoring the younger woman.
"Vegeta, can you be anymore rude!? You could at least say Hello to Chrissie first." Bulma snapped, clearly annoyed.
His scowl never left his face as he turned his steely gaze to the small brunette woman.
"Hmph, fine. Hi Chris." He grunted.
Before turning his attention back to his Wife. Apparently, he was still waiting for the food to be brought out. Bulma sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose, before turning around to go back inside for the food. Grumbling under her breath the whole way about him being such a rude jackass. Christina went to follow her back in to help, but the older woman said she got it, and to sit and catch up with the others.
So Christina sat at one of the tables on the balcony with the others. It was still just the four of them out there. Which consisted of Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, and herself. Though she knew there would be more people coming very soon. Bulma said, she invited the usual group over for Lunch. She was pretty excited to see everyone again. Considering the last time she was able to visit, was almost two years ago.
"So you're still dancing then?" Goku asks.
Christina nods as she took a sip of water, "Yep, and still no closer to retiring."
"I can believe it. Bulma says you train just about as much as me and Vegeta do." He replied.
Vegeta just grunts and looks away. She hopes he won't start running his fat mouth again on the matter. Last thing she wants to do; is argue with him again.
"I've seen it on t.v. Don't you're feet hurt a lot afterwards? Especially, since you spend all your time on you're tippy toes?" Trunks asks.
She smiles at his innocent curiosity on the topic.
"At first, yes. But you get use to it after a while." Christina said.
Trunks tilts his head in thought, "But how can you get use to something like that? I stubbed my toes plenty of times and each time hurt worse than the last."
"Well, it's kind of similar with how you train to get stronger. You take blows during training right? They hurt, but they toughen you up, and prepare you for a real fight. Does this help?" She asks, the youngster.
He smiles slightly, "Yeah, it makes a little more sense. When you explain it like that." Trunks pauses for a moment and leans in closer. "Plus, I think I'm getting closer to kicking Dad's butt in our training sessions."
Trunks seemed so proud when he said it. Christina couldn't help but laugh a little at his confident remark. Even Goku couldn't hold back a small chuckle at that. Vegeta just grunts and mumbles a; "You wish."
About ten minutes later, the sliding doors to the large balcony opened, and more people came out. Christina instantly recognized Gohan and Videl. She also noticed the incredibly cute baby in Videl's arms. They weren't alone either. ChiChi and Goten came out right after them. They all made their way over to the table where the rest were. Her dog was one of the first over to greet them.
"Hey everyone!" Gohan says.
They all said; 'Hi' back. Then Christina stood up and approached them.
"Hey guys, long time; no see." She said, to the small family.
Christina gave them a hug. Though she almost lost her footing and fell over when Goten wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Hey, Chris!" He says.
She pats his head, "Wait, this can't be Goten. Last time I was here, I saw a little boy. Now I see young man." She teases.
"Great to see you, Sweetie." ChiChi said, as she leaned in to hug her.
"Great to see you too. Sorry, it's been a very long time since the last visit. Dancing really does take up a lot of your time. I'm hoping I can start squeezing in more time in the future though." Christina replied.
Then she turned her attention to the infant in Videl's arms, who was making soft cooing sounds.
"And this beautiful little girl must be Pan." She says.
The baby eyed the newcomer up and down. Before giving her a big smile.
"Yeah, and don't let the cute face fool you. She can be more of a handful than you think." Videl said, with some laughter in her voice.
Goten was having fun with Anubis. The large dog was now down on his side, getting belly rubs from the giggling youth.
Eventually, they moved their conversation to the table with the others. It was only another five minutes later, when Krillin and his family walked in. Piccolo followed another three-minutes later. Now it seemed like almost the whole gang was here. Though she didn't expect a couple more were coming. When Bulma started walking out with the food with some help from her Mom, there was a bright flash of iridescent light that touched down on the balcony.
"Greetings everyone! I hope we're not too late." Came the bubbly voice of Whis.
While Lord Beerus had his nose up in the air, smelling the lovely aroma wafting through the air.
They sat down in a couple seats at one of the nearby tables and waited as the food was served. Whis looked around and spotted someone who wasn't part of the usual crowd.
"Why Hello, Christina. It's lovely to see you again." He says.
Lord Beerus looks over at the young woman and gives her a cursory glance. Though it was enough to make her squirm in her seat slightly. Eventually, he got bored, and turned his attention elsewhere. Mainly back to the platters of food that have just finished coming out. Mr. Briefs was the last to come out and was totting Bulla along, before he sat at one of the tables.
"Hey, Whis. Great to see you two again as well." She replied.
Whis was always rather easy to talk to. Mainly, because of his friendly, and carefree personality. Whereas, Lord Beerus almost always seems to come off rather grouchy.
"I must say, I enjoyed your last performance in Moscow. Bulma had it on t.v. last time we were here. It was quite lovely." He said.
His response somewhat surprised her. She never would've thought them the type to watch such activities like Ballet. Christina thanked them nonetheless.
Lunch turned out to be a very good time. They also had the perfect weather for it. Seeing as they spent majority of their time out on the spacious balcony. They were always a fun group to spend time with though. Even after they finished eating, everyone hung around to talk more, and enjoy the rest of the warm afternoon.
Christina certainly got many good laughs out of some of the hilarious stories that Goku shared with everyone. Most of which had to do with training blunders, both here on Earth and while on Lord Beerus's World. Especially, when he said; he and Vegeta ate all of Lord Beerus's pizza. Causing the angry Destroyer God to chase them all over the place, all while throwing energy attacks at them.
It was a nice start to the vacation. She couldn't wait to see what else will occur while she's there. Christina would also like to visit some of her favorite places while she was there too. Like the park and the trails out by Mt. Paozu. ChiChi also wanted to show her their new house. Good thing she was going to be here for a while, because it seems like there have been many new things that have happened or occurred within the last couple years.
Even more crazy, when she learned Goku and Vegeta; had reach a level no one thought would be possible. It was still hard to believe that they managed to get to what is known as God Level with their training and fighting. Though when your being trained by Divine Beings, then it's definitely a possibility. Christina was still surprised when they told her that they often train for months at a time on Lord Beerus's World. So no wonder they were able to reach such a level.
Things didn't start dwindling down, until later that evening. By then, everyone started leaving little by little. It was surprising how much of the food was gone, and here Christina thought Bulma went a bit overboard. Once the last person left, she started feeling drained from the day's events and not sleeping on the plane last night.
Dinner ended up being much later after everyone was gone. Even then it was a light one, since most of them ate quite a big Lunch. Goku actually wanted to stick around for dinner, but ChiChi dragged him out saying she was going to make something when they got home.
Christina could hardly stay awake by the time it reached 10pm. That's when she finally decided to call it a night. She left her tank top and shorts on and shrugged out of her bra. Lastly, she brushed her teeth and washed her face, before finally crawling under the covers. Anubis followed her in at some point and laid down in the corner on the soft carpet.
Her biggest regret was she couldn't take his doggy bed with them, but it was way too big for transport. The only thing she could manage were his food and water bowl. Along with one of his toys and his leash. At least she was able to squeeze in a short ride into town to get him some dogfood before lunch. It already seems like he is enjoying his time here as much as her.
Normally it took Christina some time before she fell asleep, but tonight she was out only after a few minutes. A soft, warm breeze filled the room from a couple of open windows. The night was clear with thousands of stars lighting up the dark sky. There couldn't be a more perfect ending to a perfect day.
Though while things seem to be calm on Earth right now; a lot was going on in space. Soon, it may make it's way to Earth.
Somewhere in Space aboard the Main Ship...
"Toshi, what is taking you so long? We need more of the that extract for the machine." A dark blue alien said, to one of his comrades.
The alien; 'Toshi' still appeared to be looking through the chemical bottles on the large table for it. Soon, one of the scientist lost their patience, and went over to see what was taking so long.
"Well? What's taking you?" He asked.
The light orange alien turned around to face the other scientist with a disappointed look.
"We may have a problem, Tak. I can't seem to find anymore of the extract compound we need to make it work. It looks like we may have to ask Lieutenant Kikono to send some men out to collect some more. But it won't be easy. Considering this particular extract is found on only one planet. Our Lord is not going to like it." Toshi explained.
Tak was no more happy with this news. They were so close to finishing. Unfortunately, they didn't have enough of the extract compound they needed to get the machine going. Still, if they want it to work; then they will have to take the risk of acquiring more of it. Because if they fail at obtaining it, than surely Lord Frieza would have their heads.
He sighs, "Fine."
Tak then turns to one of his comrades, "Quill, please contact Lieutenant Kikono, and tell him of the situation."
The purple alien was pretty nervous as he went over to the room's intercom to contact Lord Frieza's second in command. He hesitated for a minute and looks back to his fellow scientists.
"You know, Lord Frieza is going to be angry at this development. We were lucky enough to have the bit of extract we had in storage for the last couple decades. This just made completing the project much more challenging." He says.
"I know, but we don't have a choice. Do it." Tak says.
Quill pressed the button on the intercom.
"Lieutenant Kikono you there? This is Quill from down in the labs." He said.
There was silence for a couple moments, until a voice on the line spoke up.
"Yes, Quill? Is everything still going accordingly with the project?" Kikono asks.
Quill started to sweat slightly from nerves, "Well Sir, it was. But...we ran into some problems."
There was another brief pause; before he answered.
"Problems? What kind of problems?" Kikono asked.
"We seem to have run out of the extract compound we need to make it work. We require more of it." Quill replied.
They spoke for another minute, before the line went out. Kikono clenched his fists at a pathetic attempt to keep himself from shaking. This wasn't good, not good at all. They thought they had enough of the special extract to get the machine up and running. Turns out they were wrong. Now he will have to inform his Lord, that they will have to send some men out to find some more. Which was easier said than done, considering where they would have to go to get it.
Kikono took a deep breath, before stepping through the double doors to the Main Room. The large room was currently empty, except for two occupants that were present. Berryblue was hovering not far from the large seat in the center of the room. She was looking out the large viewing window in front of her. Until Kikono made his presence known.
"My Lord, I don't know how to put this but..." Kikono paused momentarily, because he was nervous.
A pale tail lazily swung back and forth over the left side of the large chair.
"Well, out with it you fool. What seems to be the problem." Came a raspy voice.
"It's the scientists, My Lord. They seem to have run out of the extract compound. Which is vital in making it work and bringing the project to completion." Kikono said.
"Is that all? Surely we can spare some men to go out and get more. Which planet is the extract located on?" He asked.
Kikono was silent for a couple moments and didn't answer fast enough, before they sat up and directed their crimson gaze over at him. The tyrant narrowed his eyes in annoyance at his subordinate.
"Well? Which planet, Kikono?" Frieza snapped.
Kikono swallowed, before answering.
"Earth, My Lord." He said.
Until Next Time ;)