Hey guys, Liz here. Yes, I know, it's been forever since I did any kind of update. I'm sorry! Life has been super hectic, draining, and just all-around depressing. I'm trying to go on vacation soon to see my friend before she moves to a new country entirely while juggling my job and trying to find time to rest and write. However, this has been a long-time coming and relates to the topic of bullying. A lot of this chapter is based on things I dealt with in middle school and how it felt like the adults just cared about keeping peace instead of resolving the issue. It's a serious issue and no one should ever be bullied. Show kindness towards others, guys.

Anyway, with that out of the way, let's pop in on the Son family and see what they're all up to.

Gochi's Sweet Struggle

Age 788

The annual Orange Star Elementary School festival was arriving on the scene of Satan city, attracting a crowd of people to its school grounds. There were games, a Ferris wheel, shows, and food for people of all ages to enjoy all in an effort to raise money for the school. All the students from grades one through six were in attendance and were helping to raise money in different ways. One group of students was putting on a performance of Princess Kaguya while another ran the dunking booth and there were even some of the older kids putting on a mini fighting tournament in those inflatable sumo suits. The biggest thing that was grabbing the attention of many festival goers was the food stands that many students took to running. Most of these students were working with friends or family to provide home-style foods and treats that wowed all who came.

As the morning turned into mid-day, little 7-year old Gochi arrived along with her family to set up the booth that was reserved for her and Michi to show off their treat to festival goers. All the Son siblings from oldest to youngest- Gohan, Chiyo, Chinku, Daichi, Chibiko, Goten, Michi, and Gochi- came onto the festival grounds carrying things that were needed for the booth ranging from the goods wrapped in tin-foil to hand-made signs directing people and even a fancy table-cloth that Chi-Chi had hand-sewn just for the occasion. Upon arrival, Gochi rushed to the front of the group and started instructing everyone on where to set everything up. "Daichi and Goten, the signs need to be nailed in over there and then there, please," She started, pointing to different corners at the ends of the table. "Chinku and Chibi, we need the table cloth perfectly spread out over the table so it covers the table just right, but doesn't hit the ground since we don't want anyone to trip or get it dirty. And Gohan and Chiyo, you two are good at organization, so we need the cupcakes organized based on differences in frosting designs."

Like a well-oiled machine, the adult siblings did as the young girl asked without question knowing that this was more her thing than it was Michi. (Michi had to be dragged here by Goten since he tried sneaking out to Capsule Corp to avoid the stupid festival). In no time flat, the booth was set up and ready to be open for business. The blue and orange table-cloth laid perfectly across the table and had the tin-covered plates sitting perfectly atop it with the two signs nailed just right to show off the message of "Dragon Ball Cupcakes for Sale! Only 100 Zeni!"

"Looks like everything is all set, Gochi," 32-year old Chiyo reported after the work was done.

"It looks pretty good, too," 27-year old Chinku stated upon overlooking the booth.

"At least nothing caught on fire," 23-year old Daichi joked, earning a slap on the back of the head from Chibi.

"Don't go jinxing it, you dork," 22-year old Chibi scowled at her slightly older brother.

"Come on, guys, this is supposed to be fun," Gohan chuckled, trying to defuse the tension before anything started.

"Yeah. This is supposed to be fun," Goten added trying to reach for one of the cupcakes under the tinfoil when no one was looking. He earned a slap on the hand with a rolled-up paper from Gochi. "Oww! Geez, Go! What the heck?"

"Not so fast, Goten," Gochi stated, putting her hands on her hips and trying to imitate her Mother's signature glare. This earned a little laughter from her other siblings at how the youngest tried to be intimating but was far more adorable than anything else. "The cupcakes are for paying customers. You can't just sneak a cupcake like that. The money we raise selling them will help fund the school."

"Come on, Gochi," Chinku chuckled as Goten rubbed his sore hand. "I think we all earn a little bit of payment for helping you and Michi set up the booth, don't you think?"

"Yeah," Daichi chimed in. "We did do this out of the kindness of our hearts. Isn't that what this festival is all about? Kindness and friendship."

"The sign coming in literally said that the purpose of this festival was to take the money earned to pay for funding for the school," Chibi said in a dead-pan manner.

"Now now," Gohan stepped up, trying to control his younger siblings a bit. "Gochi made these cupcakes with Mom all by herself. She gets to decide whether or not we get any or not." To be honest though, he kinda hoped that Gochi would let them all have at least one. They had all tasted her cupcakes before-hand and they were indeed delicious, but what did a second test hurt, right?

"Luckily for you guys, I did make some extras," Gochi stated, going behind the booth and pulling out a container from a bag she had carried in. Inside the container were seven cupcakes all covered with orange and red frosting all resembling the dragon balls. Each one had a different number of stars on them ranging from one to seven and each was designated for a certain Son sibling.

The six adults all took their respective dragon ball cupcake with the remaining two-star cupcake sitting in the container. Michi went to grab it and try it for himself since this was his and Gochi's ball. He wasn't too thrilled about this whole festival thing, but he was addicted to his sister's cupcakes.

They all took bites of the cupcakes and they were in-fact delicious, just like during the taste test of them.

"Just as delicious as before, Gochi," Chiyo complimented after finishing up her three-star cupcake.

"You and Mom really outdid yourselves with these cupcakes," Goten remarked after finishing his seven-star cupcake.

"Thanks," Gochi thanked, a bit of a blush coming to her face at the compliment she received. The young girl had been nervous that her skills were not as good as her mother's and that she would mess everything up with the cupcakes. Hearing praises from her siblings was a nice confidence booster for her. "I hope everyone else likes them too."

"If they don't, then they're crazy," Michi commented after finishing his cupcake. "These things are so frickin delicious!"

After that was all settled, the older siblings left Michi and Gochi to run the booth so they could go catch up with the rest of their family and friends to explore the rest of the festival and to give the two kids some space due to Gochi's insistence on doing so. Once they were out of sight, Gochi unfolded the two chairs that were underneath the table and placed the money jar on top for people to place their zeni in. She then sat on her legs atop one of the chairs and prepared herself for the business that was sure to come to the both. Michi, meanwhile, sat himself on the chair opposite of her sister's and pulled out his handheld game console to play with the pass the time. (This was more Gochi's thing than his, so, yeah). He did help Gochi unwrap the cupcakes though and reveal the many different ones that had been thoroughly prepared.

"Cupcakes! Come try some dragon ball cupcakes!" Gochi announced to the passersby. A few came up to the booth, looked at the goods on sale, and purchased them. They all remarked how tasty they were before placing their payments into the jar.

By the time that it reached lunch, a good quarter of the jar had been filled with zeni and there were still plenty of cupcakes to sell. The good news was that it was a somewhat cloudy day so the sun was not beating down on the goods and making them gross like they would've been on a much warmer day. Things seemed to be going right for once when it came to school and the twins.

"So far so good," Gochi noted as she counted how many cupcakes were left along with all the zeni that had been raised so far. As she finished making note that there were still good bunch left, her stomach let out a loud rumble that slightly shook her seat. "Oh man, I guess I'm hungry."

Michi's stomach soon followed in the rumbling. "Me too," He commented and placed his game down on the table. The young boy got out of his seat and stretched his legs out in order to get more feeling back in his body from sitting down so long. "I think there's someone selling Soba not too far away. I can smell it from here. Want me to go get some for the both of us?"

"Yes please," Gochi agreed, her stomach growling more at the thought of having some Soba for lunch.

"Okay. I'll be back soon." The slightly older twin pulled some money out of his pocket, counted it out, and then left to find the Soba.

After he left, Gochi fixed herself in her seat and looked around for the next customers to bring over to try her treats. She smiled when people looked her way and came over to the booth. They continued to praise her baking skills and it was nice for Gochi to hear. She was still having a bit of a tough time adjusting to school since it was a lot different than homeschool. She had made a few friends here and there, but she was still considered a bit of an outcast. Mina and Michael Tessalawn kept messing with her and Michi a lot but she did her best to try and ignore them. The last thing she wanted to do was get in trouble or hurt someone if she got angry enough.

Just as Gochi turned to look for her brother, a familiar young man came up to the booth and snatched the zeni jar off of the table. The three guys with him then grabbed one end of the table cloth and quickly yanked it, causing the plates of cupcakes to go flying into the air. Thinking quickly, Gochi jumped up and used her quick reflexes to catch all the cupcakes onto the plates with only a few of them slightly messed up or turned over. As she let out a sigh of relief, four cupcakes ended up landing right on her face, covering her in frosting.

The boys laughed as the little girl put the saved cupcakes onto the table and she grabbed some napkins to wipe her face off. She did her best to not start crying because she didn't want them to know that they had gotten to her, but they did. She remembered how Vegeta once said that you shouldn't let your enemies see you cry or they would know that they had won over him. The little girl sniffled a bit but refused to let the boys see her cry.

"Nice look, Mountain Girl," Michael laughed as Gochi cleaned herself off. "And thanks for money. I've been meaning to buy some new shoes."

"That's not yours!" Gochi shouted at Michael, trying to compose herself. "It's for the school! Give it back!"

"And what are you gonna do about it? Hit me? You're already in trouble with the principal, remember?"

Gochi was about to rebuttal but then closed her mouth when the older boy knew how to get her to shut up. She knew he had the advantage over her. Even though she wanted to give him a good punch in the gut, she knew he'd spin it to where he was the victim and she was the aggressor, especially considering the last time she had fought him and his gang of friends.

What Gochi didn't know was that Michi was watching the whole scene going on. He was holding the two boxes of Soba he had gotten from the Soba booth when he saw that his sister was being bullied by these guys once more. He dropped the boxes and stomped over to the guys ready to throw down once more, hoping to land them in the hospital this time around. "Hey jerks!" He growled getting the boys' attention. "You really want to do this here? You really want me to kick your butts again?"

"Oh look, boys," Michael teased, handing the money jar to one of his friends. "Mountain Boy is here. And to top it off, he doesn't realize he can't touch us."

"You wanna bet?" Michi said, cracking his knuckles and smirking. He was going to enjoy knocking these guys down another peg. "I can't wait to knock that smirk off your face."

"Please. You can't possibly want to risk the fact that you're on school grounds," Michael stated, gesturing around to the booths and people. He truly believed that he had the high ground here. "You're already on the principal's radar, Mountain Boy. One more slip-up and you could get expelled."

"Oh, I'm so scared," Michi mockingly said before clenching his fists. "I could care less about being enrolled here at this dumb school. I'd rather be expelled and punished by Mother- the scariest person in the world- than stand around and let you continue to push people like my sister around!"

Just as Michi prepared to take a swing at Michael, someone from behind grabbed his hand. He looked back to find that it was the principal of all people who stopped him. "Son Michi, I cannot believe this. What have I told you about this kind of behavior, mister?" The principal scolded the boy who just turned away and gritted his teeth. "You've been warned what would happen, Michi. And at the festival no less. You leave me no choice but to expel you from this school."

Michi didn't care. He just pulled his hand out of the principal's grasp and glared him down. How he wanted so badly to tell this guy off for being such a-

"THAT'S NOT RIGHT!" Gochi shouted, causing everyone, including many other people around the festival to look over at the situation. Gochi walked past Michael and went over to the principal, glaring him down and this time pulling off her Mother's glare effectively. This was it for her; no more standing around. She could feel the anger boiling up inside her at the fact that this man was going to expel her brother for trying to help her. "Michi wasn't doing anything wrong! He was defending me because you keep letting these boys continue to bully me and other kids."

The crowd forming around them started to murmur as they soaked in Gochi's words. Many of the parents were flabbergasted at what they heard while the kids were smiling at the fact that Gochi was sticking up for them. "Now Son Gochi this is-" The principal tried to interject to get control of the situation.

"I'm not finished!" Gochi shouted back, causing the principal to be taken aback by her sudden outburst. "I've kept quiet because you said that anymore trouble would mean I'd be suspended or expelled. All you care about is keeping your hands out of the situation because Michael and Mina's parents are big-time millionaires. You say you care about the school, but all you care about is the money they donate to keep this place afloat."

At this point, the older Son siblings had noticed the crowd forming and had come over to see what was going on.

"It's not fair; they can pick on me all they want and make fun of me, call me names, take my things. But the minute I stand up for myself, I'm the bad guy. That's not right! They took my money, tried to ruin my cupcakes I made to help the school, and laughed at me when I tried to stand up for myself, because the system you have here keeps them from facing the consequences of their actions!"

Michi was….startled yet impressed by Gochi's sudden boost of confidence. He never thought that his little sister would have the guts to stand up to the principal like this. It was about time she learned to not let other people push her around.

"So you know what? If you expel Michi, you have to expel me too. Because I don't want to go to school without my brother."

Gochi then turned to her brother and went to his side with her arms crossed over her chest. Michi did the same, standing his ground with his sister. Then, without warning, the kids in the crowd also came over to stand with Michi and Gochi. The parents didn't prompt them or anything; they just decided to come and stand with the Son twins.

Everyone now turned to the principal who was white as a sheet. This was falling apart so fast. He could feel the adults all shaming him for allowing this kind of behavior to occur at the school. Before he could say anything, he received a tap on the shoulder that caused him to turn. Behind him stood the older Son kids who were all glaring him down.

"I'd choose your next words carefully, sir," Chinku stated before pulling out her Satan City police badge. "I'm sure the last thing you want is the police department involved with a scandal like this."

"And my wife is a reporter," Chiyo added. "This would be a real shame for the rest of the public to know, now wouldn't it?"

The Next School Day

All anyone at school was talking about was Gochi's confrontation with the principal. Since then, Michael and his crew got suspended and Mina left Gochi and Michi alone. The principal had an assembly that day to explain how there would be changes in how bullying was handled with in the future and he even apologized for his blindness to the fact that he was letting his students down.

At lunch that day, students young and old went up to Gochi and asked her what happened and how she could confront the principal like that. She was shocked at all the attention this was getting. However, she did tell the students the story over and over again while handing out the rest of the cupcakes that were left over from the festival.

"These are great, Gochi," One girl said. "You should open a bakery when you get older."

A baker, huh? That was something for Gochi to keep in mind.

And scene! That's that. I think this is the first chapter I've done with all the Son siblings in it at once. I hope you guys liked it. Now that I've done the poll winners from that one poll I did way back when, I can work on the other Son siblings and give them their own solo chapters. I might even do ones with a sole focus on Gohan and Goten too. Anyway, thank you guys so much for the support and stay safe out there. Remember to wash your hands.