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Aw…I'm growing up and doing a romance. LOL. Let's see how I do with this chapter…

Give me time to set up the romance; right now we're more on the drama factor….

And I put some things in here that aren't true to the show (you'll see) so don't yell at me. I know what I'm doing.

Anyway, enjoy!

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"Uninspired, and growing tired. Why am I so attracted to drama?"

Chapter 2

   Science. Goku hated science. Sure, his father had once been a scientist, and he was pretty smart himself when he wanted to be, but school science was just so—so incredibly boring. He couldn't take the endless lectures on why you just have to wear those dirty, unsanitary goggles, and what acids will do to you. He knew what acids would do to you. THEY BURN YOU! He even knew it from personal experience! Because of this, they didn't need lectures about it every other second.

   Goku yawned as the teacher walked into the room. He prepared himself for the same boring class. But then again, he did have a nagging feeling at the back of his mind that something strange would happen today.

   "Hello class. Today, I will be giving you partners for the project we talked about yesterday."

   "Project? What project?" Goku asked, sitting back in his chair. He strummed his fingers against the desk as he awaited his answer.

   "We went over it yesterday Goku. Pay attention, or are those two words not in your vocabulary?"

   "Are you taking me to be a fool?" He sat back up.

   "You seem to have proven it in this class."

   "I am no fool. You, my dear teacher, are the fool."

   "I will not be spoken in such a way! Outside, and I will deal with you later."

   Goku stood up, smirked at the teacher and started to make his way out of the room. "Screw you." he muttered.

   The teacher sighed heavily. She always had trouble with him. He seemed bright enough to her, but he never once applied himself. An idea then came to her—who his lab partner in the project would be.

   "Mr. Son, before you go." She said, making him turn around. "I would like to tell you who your lab partner will be."

   Goku smiled ruefully at her, "Krillin, as usual?"

   "No, ChiChi."

   Goku rolled his eyes. Great. Just…excellent. How he would survive this, he didn't know.

   "But Mrs. Shima…" ChiChi whined.

   "No buts! You two are partners."

   ChiChi sunk back in her chair and sighed. How come the past always catches up with you? She thought.

   Goku walked out of the room, and threw his back against the white brick wall. Damn…his life was a mess.

   Fifty long minutes later, the bell rung. After all the students left, Goku was told to enter Mrs. Shima's room. He strolled in, sat in one chair, and pulled up another one for his feet. Mrs. Shima stood up in front of Goku, and looked at him.

   "Well? Are you going to lecture me now?" Goku asked, crossing his arms.

   Mrs. Shima sighed. "What am I going to do with you Goku? You continuously show no effort, and I know you have the ability! You curse at me, and you show me no respect! How long am I suppose to take that? Are you trying to get yourself thrown out or something?"

   Goku smirked, and crossed his arms. "Just give up on me and throw me out. I don't care. It's not like I want to be here"

   "I don't believe in lost causes."

   "Are you done?"

   "Yes"

   "Well then before I leave," Goku kicked the chair away from him, and stood up, "why did you pair me with ChiChi instead of Krillin? You know, we haven't talked in years."

   "Exactly."

   Goku looked at her…then he got it. It struck him like a ton of bricks. It was meant to get them together…to make him better. Damn…he couldn't let his teacher win. "You think you're so slick, putting ChiChi and me together as partners. Well, I'm onto your little plan, and it will never work."

   "People may surprise you sometimes. Give it a chance, maybe you two aren't so different after all."

   "This is a lost cause." Goku shook his head as he made his way to the door.

   "Like I said before, I don't believe in lost causes." Mrs. Shima crossed her arms, and smiled.

   Goku scoffed, "Yeah, whatever."

   "See you tomorrow Goku."

   He said nothing, and left.

~*~

   Goku quickly made his way out of the school. He had to find ChiChi, and find her fast, just to make a few things clear.

   He found her by a car with a group of girls. Taking in a deep breath, he made his way over to her group.

   "Hey ChiChi, can I talk to you for a sec?"

   The girls looked at Goku blankly. A bead of sweat ran down his forehead as they stared at him. He felt really uncomfortable.

   "Um…alone, please?"

   The girls rolled their eyes and started to leave, muttering things like "Loser" and "Freak". Goku ignored them. By this time, he had grown used to it.

   "What is it Goku? I haven't had the best of days today."

   "Well neither have I. Look, neither of us want to be partners in our science class, but it can't be any other way. I say we get this done tomorrow night, and then we won't have to say anything else to each other."

   "Oh Goku, I'm hurt." She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Before Goku could continue talking, she opened her mouth. "Oh, and you know when I talked to you yesterday? It was nothing, I just saw you staring at me."

   Goku scoffed, "Whatever, I don't care. Now, come over to my house tonight to get this done. Do you need directions, or have you actually remembered where I live after all these years?" He said coldly.

   "No, I remember, thank you very much."

   "Okay, good. I'll see you tomorrow." He turned and left, brushing pass all her friends. "I'm done talking to her. She's all yours." He said to them.

   "Fine, reject." One of the girls said. They burst into laughter as they walked away from him.

   Goku shuddered. Since day one, they had been like that. He didn't know what he did to deserve it, but that particular group had always tried to make his life miserable. Maybe they succeeded, maybe they didn't, Goku didn't really know or care. He figured that they just knew some secret about him that he told ChiChi when they were younger.

   Well, that didn't matter anymore. The damage had been done. He just needed to survive as ChiChi's partner for a few days, and everything would be fine. Just fine…

   Yeah, right.

~*~

   "Hey Kakarott, is that you?" Bardock called through the house.

   "Yeah, it's me." Goku threw his backpack to the side, and continued to the kitchen.

   "We're having company tonight."

   Goku opened the refrigerator. "Who?"

   "Bulma's coming back from college. She's going to visit us tonight. Supposedly, she has a new boyfriend to show off."

   "Nice!" Goku said, smiling. Bulma was another good friend of his. She was always there for him, and always there to root for him, unlike some other person…

   But another boyfriend? Goku was caught off guard with this. She had always been with Yamcha. She seemed to live and breath with Yamcha. This was interesting news, very interesting news.

   "So, she's not with Yamcha anymore?"

   "Guess not. I heard to be careful around this new guy though. Seems like he has a short temper."  

   "Really? Then I guess they're perfect for each other."

   Bardock laughed. "How true that is. I heard he's a stubborn guy too." Goku laughed, and Bardock continued. "Also heard that he's into martial arts."

   Goku's eyes widened. "Nice! I can spar with him!"

   "Oh no you don't. You have school work."

   "But dad…"

   "I said no."

   Goku paused a moment. "Oh yeah, before I forget. ChiChi's coming over tonight."

    Bardock looked at Goku quickly. "I thought you two hated each other now. She hasn't been over here in forever."

   "Dumbass science teacher made us partners."

   "Oh."

   "Yeah."

   There was another pause of silence. This often happened between Goku and Bardock. No matter how well it seemed between them, there was always awkward moments, just for the fact that they hadn't met until Goku was around eleven or twelve. Goku had wished him back from the dead after he had found out about him. How Goku found out this information, Bardock didn't know, but he was happy to be alive again.

   A happy tune rang through the house. Goku ran quickly to the door to answer it. Opening the door, a huge smile broke across his face. There stood one of the most beautiful women he had ever known.

   "Bulma! You're home!" He instantly gave her a warm huge.

   Bulma laughed, taking his embrace. "Nice to see you to Goku. Now, let me in!"

   Goku backed out of his embrace, and let Bulma in. A man followed after her.

   "So Bulma how's college life?"

   "It's great!" Bulma exclaimed. "Especially since I'm graduating this year! I can't wait to get out into the real world!"

   Goku laughed. "That's great. Follow me, dad's in the kitchen."

   Goku quickly led Bulma and the other man into the kitchen. For a second, Bardock flinched. He did not need to turn around to feel who was with Bulma. He knew that ki signature all too well…

   "Baka…" he muttered without turning around

   "Low class…" The man growled back.

   Goku looked from the man to his father. How in the hell did they know each other?

   Bardock turned around and smiled. "Bulma! Welcome home!" He walked over to Bulma, and gave her a huge hug. Bulma smiled and hugged him back. Bardock kissed Bulma lightly on the head—she had always been a daughter to him. He would gladly give up his life before he let anything to her.

   Bulma pulled away, still smiling. "Bardock, Goku, this is my boyfriend. His name is Vege—"

   "I know good and well what his name is." Bardock interrupted. "Make yourself comfortable Prince."

   "I don't need you're hospitality, low class." Vegeta barked at Bardock.

   Bulma looked between the two. Maybe bringing Vegeta wasn't such a good idea after all…he had warned her about it.

   "What is it with you two?" Goku asked innocently. "You have some rivalry or something?"

   "It was his fault that our planet was blown up." Vegeta snorted.

   "My fault? Because I trained hard, listened to Freiza, and completed my missions? He should have been thanking me!"

   "How did you survive anyway? You were in the atmosphere and killed with everyone else, if the story is correct."

   "I didn't survive. I got wished back by my son, Kakarott."

   Vegeta smirked, "Ah, Kakarott. You're that baby that wouldn't shut up. The one with the low power level. Everyone knew you would amount to nothing."

   Goku shook his head. No, he did not just insult him! NO ONE insulted Goku and got away with it. "No." He said, shaking his head. "No one says something like that to me. I heard you like to fight. Well, let's step outside, and see what you got."

   Vegeta smirked. "Fine, we'll see. You lead the way, boy."

   Goku lead Vegeta to the front door. Oh, Vegeta would pay. Yes, Goku would give him a battle he would never forget.

   Goku opened the door, and was surprised to see what he had found.

   "Hi Goku, nice day, isn't it?"

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