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"Koibito chan," Chichi was grinning as she crawled under the covers with Kakkarot. "G'night, Koibito chan." The boy sat up, startled.
"You can't sleep in here!" He yelled at her. "You're a girl!" Her dark eyes filled with tears and her lower lip stuck out. She knew exactly what she was doing... and how to get what she wanted. He sighed with a frown and his Mother stuck her head in the room, a smile spread on her face.
"Just let her, Kakkarot." She told him. "She's just a little girl, she won't hurt anything... will you Chichi?"
"I'll be good." She promised, smiling brightly, and Kakkarot grumbled while lying back obediently in his bed. His body became tense as she cuddled up to him, her small frame clinging to him as if he were her teddy bear. That's exactly what he was to her... a teddy bear. He frowned. He was never one for affection, but even if he were... this was just ridiculous. "Koibito chan?" She asked, her voice was tired.
"What!" He snapped, then cursed himself for being so hostile.
"Thank you." He could hardly see the smile on her face in the darkness, but it was there. He grumbled again and closed his eyes, hoping for a good rest.
"I'm going to spar." Kakkarot made his escape for the front door, Chichi close behind.
"Wait!" Lelani shouted, and the two froze in their path. "Where do you think you're going, young lady?" She raised a brow at Chichi, who just looked up at Kakkarot while tugging his shirt.
"I promised her I'd take her with me if she helped me with the chores." He admitted, ready for an earful.
"Chores!" Lelani looked at her son angrily. "She's only three!"
"But she's smart." Kakkarot said quickly, hoping to lessen his punishment, "And she's strong enough to carry some wood inside... it didn't hurt her!"
Lelani glared at her youngest son and crossed her arms over her chest. "Go. But she'd better be in one piece when you get back." It was definitely a threat and she watched as her son rushed out the door, Chichi in tow.
"Who's the girl?" Nappa asked, or more like grunted, while looking at the girl standing just behind Kakkarot.
"Koibito chan, are these your friends?" Chichi looked up at him with big eyes.
"Koibito?" Prince Vegeta held back a laugh. "Since when do you have a Koibito... or... since when do you allow anything to follow you around?"
"I don't let anything follow me around that's annoying." Kakkarot explained while Chichi held onto his tail.
"And she isn't annoying?" Asked his cousin Turlus, who looked remarkably similar to him.
"Not any more annoying than you." Kakkarot smirked.
"What's her name?" Vegeta asked, sizing up the girl for strength.
"Chichi." Kakkarot side stepped to hide her from Vegeta. "Sandra is her Mother."
"Oh... that slut." Nappa remarked.
"She'll be living with us for the time being." Kakkarot stated. "I promised she could come if she helped me with chores."
"So you're using her as a slave?" Turlus smirked.
"No, not a slave." Kakkarot glared.
"Koibito chan, I'm hungry." Chichi tugged again at Kakkarot's shirt.
"The girl knows how to read minds." Vegeta smirked. "Let's get out of here."
"If we get separated, you don't move unless it's out of the way of someone... you understand?" Kakkarot looked at Chichi with a very serious expression, and she nodded as his tail wrapped firmly around her small wrist.
"Chichi can always find her Koibito chan." Chichi grinned up at him and he gave her a small smile, his mouth half curving.
"Did I just see a smile on your face?" Vegeta smirked, shoving Kakkarot a bit- but not as much as to hurt Chichi. "I never thought I'd see the day."
"Shut up." Kakkarot growled. The group made it's way to the Palace, and the doors were opened as the guards saw the Prince approaching with his friends.
"Wow." Chichi looked around, eyes wide in amazement. "It's so big... Mama took Chichi once but we didn't go inside... she knew a guard man here."
"Apparently the guards need better taste." Vegeta told her, giving her a cold look that she couldn't understand. He felt degraded having such disgusting guards in his Palace.
"Koibito chan," Chichi looked at Kakkarot. "Is he being mean to Chichi?"
"No, not you." Kakkarot confirmed.
"What's with this Koibito thing, anyway?" Nappa grunted.
Kakkarot shrugged. "She just started calling me that. I hadn't known her five minutes before she pointed at me and said 'Koibito'. Maybe it's a word she picked up from her mother."
"You are Chichi's Koibito chan." She looked up at him, a cute grin on her face.
"She's pretty smart for a kid." Turlus inquired, an eyebrow raised.
"She's just three." Kakkarot told him.
"Since her mother was a baka it's hard to believe she could be a genius of some kind." Vegeta looked at Chichi with a scowl.
"Chichi is no genius... but Chichi is no baka." She smiled sweetly then, her stomach grumbling, "Where is the food?"
"In the dining hall." Vegeta told her. "You had to bring her? How are we supposed to spar with a little girl running around?"
"She'll stay out of the way." Kakkarot glared. They entered the dining hall where a blue haired girl was sitting at the table, eating and reading. Chichi looked at her oddly, staring mostly at her hair.
"Koibito chan." Chichi whispered. "Why does she have blue hair?"
"Because she is an earthling." Kakkarot didn't bother to whisper and at the sound of his voice the girl's head lifted and her eyes locked onto Chichi.
"What a cute little girl!" The earthling squealed and ran over to her, falling on her knees to be face to face. "What's your name?"
"Chichi." Chichi whispered and looked to Vegeta. "Are you Veggie Chan's friend?"
"Veggie Chan?" Turlus began to laugh.
Vegeta shot him a glare. "It's Vegeta, kid."
"No, I'm just here on business. I'm helping the King with a few things while my Father is absent." The girl smiled. "I'm Bulma Briefs."
"...Bulma Briefs." Chichi said to herself. "Ah... BB Chan!"
Bulma giggled. "Here, come sit by me." Chichi nodded and followed the older girl to the end of the dining table, and the boys gathered around claiming their own seats. "I knew there had to be another young lady around for me to talk to... but you aren't very old. You sure speak clearly... how old are you?"
"Three." Chichi smiled proudly. A large plate of food was placed in front of her and she stared at it. After a while of looking, she poked at it and got lost trying to find out where to start.
"Something wrong with the food?" Vegeta asked between bites. The boys were already on their seconds.
"No... Chichi never ate like this before... only on special days." She said quietly. "We ate like this at Koibito chan's house too."
"The whore never fed her?" Turlus grunted with a mouth full of food.
"You shouldn't talk that way in front of her!" Bulma scolded.
"Chichi's heard worse." Chichi took a small bite of food. "Mama and her friends said bad things... Chichi's used to hearing bad things."
"She's been through a lot for her age." Kakkarot said, looking at Chichi instead of eating. "She's an adult in a child's body." The attention was taken away from the meal and to Chichi as the little girl picked at her food, taken few and small bites, but looking at peace either way.
Ahhh! Chapter Two Revised! I've been working on the next chapter of Fall On Your Knees! I've been pretty busy lately though... really stressed out. Just stay with me, please! Thanks for the reviews!