Chapter 6

::Thoughts:: //Memories// Speaking Mentally

Disclaimers – I don't own DBZ, nor any of the Characters except Tynan, Nikki, Tracy, and Vor. Pieter Stoephoer was given to me by MangyTomCat. Please don't sue me, I have no money. Enjoy! Tynan79.

Chapter 6

As Goku approached his house, he saw ChiChi standing in the doorway, her arms crossed and a very pissed off look on her face. Goku sighed and shifted his hold on Tynan, checking to see if she had regained consciousness. She hadn't. He landed in the front yard, and slowly walked towards his wife.

"Goku, where the hell have you been?" She yelled.

"I went to go help Tynan. Vegeta got a little rough on her." He hoped she would accept that answer. The look on her face said that she didn't.

"Is that so? Then why is it you've been gone for almost 2 hours? Did it take that long to fly out there, and help her?" ChiChi noticed that Tynan was pretty banged up, but didn't care at the moment. Her husband should have minded his own business and finished the things she had asked him to do.

Goku tried to make it past her so he could put Tynan in her room, but ChiChi wouldn't budge.

"Goku, all I asked was for you to do some simple chores around here. It's not like I asked you to save the world. But could you do them? No! I just don't understand why you want to spend all your time fighting and never any time helping me out!" ChiChi glared at him. Finally he got tired of carrying Tynan.

"ChiChi, will you please move so I can get her inside? In case you haven't noticed, she's unconscious thanks to Vegeta. So please just move?" he tried to sound as nice as he could.

ChiChi gave a huff, like it was such a big deal to move out of his way, but eventually did. He set Tynan on the couch and went to get the first aid kit. The entire time ChiChi lectured him on various things, such as his inability to stick with something once it's started.

"So when were you going to get around to finishing the trees? I have 3 holes in my yard, instead of 3 trees. That's very rude of you to do that Goku, one of the kids could come by and fall in one of the holes and hurt themselves."

Finally Goku couldn't take it anymore. Instead of yelling at her like he wanted to, he simply handed her the bandages, and walked outside to finish moving the trees. ChiChi let out another huff, and went to work bandaging up Tynan's cuts.

Goku worked for several more hours outside, trying to work off the anger he felt towards his wife. He really didn't think he had a right to get angry at her, that was just the way she was. But it still pissed him off when she would yell at him like he was a small child. Just because he acted stupid sometimes, didn't mean he really was. He sighed as he surveyed the work he had done. ::Wonder if she'll be happy with this. Probably not, I'm sure tomorrow she'll have a whole new list for me to do, including putting everything back the way it was.:: He made his way back inside. He noticed Tynan was no longer on the couch. ::She must have woken up and went upstairs to her room.:: he thought. ChiChi was in the kitchen, cooking. He went in to let her know that he was done outside.

"Hey ChiChi, I got everything you wanted done outside finished. Is there anything else, or can I go clean up?" he didn't mean to sound rude, but he was still annoyed at her. She spun around and glared at him.

"Don't take that tone of voice with me Goku! It's not like I asked you to move a mountain, a few simple chores won't kill you to complete them!" She turned back around and went back to cooking.

Goku kept silent, deciding it was better to just avoid her for a while. After his shower, he sat down at the table, waiting patiently for something to eat. He was starving! Tynan had declined dinner, saying she wasn't very hungry and if she got hungry later, she could always eat then. ChiChi sat across from her husband, watching as he ate.

"I sure am glad that Tynan isn't down here," she remarked. Goku looked at her with a puzzled look on his face. "You eat like a pig Goku. It embarrasses me whenever we go out together. Why can't you learn to eat a little nicer. Vegeta has manners when he eats. Even Trunks does. But no, you and your two sons eat like there's no tomorrow! I swear, sometimes I feel like feeding you out of a pig trough!" she glared at him as he ate.

Goku sighed and stopped eating. "Is there anything else you find wrong with me?" he asked.

She frowned at him. "What do you mean by that Goku?"

"Well, so far today, you've done nothing but yell at me, all day long. Never mind the fact that I kept Vegeta from killing his daughter. Never mind the fact that I did all the chores on the list you gave me, which I might add would have kept a normal human busy for at least 2 days! But no, I completed them in less than 1 day, and do I get a word of thanks? No! Not even one word of encouragement. Have you even gone out to look at what I did? No! You just sit in here and bitch all damn day long! If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to drive me crazy with your yelling. Then you have the nerve to criticize the way I eat? I can't help it if I'm hungry all the time! Vegeta tells me it's in my blood, that Saiya-jins need more food because of how active we are. And I can't help it if I like to go sparring, again that's in my blood! Bulma doesn't seem to have a problem with the fact that Vegeta spends most of his time training or sparring, yet if I try to take just 1 day to go spar with him, I get bitched out for it! I'm sick and tired of your yelling ChiChi!"

ChiChi's jaw dropped as she stared at her husband. Then she jumped up and put her hands on her hips.

"Then why don't you go live at Capsule Corp.? If you like how Bulma is, then go live over there and let her feed you!" and with that she stormed out of the room. Goku heard the bedroom door slam shut. He sighed as he got up and headed for the back door. He suddenly felt like sparring. He took off and went in search of Vegeta.

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Vegeta sat at the edge of a cliff watching the sun set. Vor was laying at his side, his head resting on Vegeta's lap. Vor was a large black wolf. A loner like Vegeta, he had startled Vegeta while he was wandering the woods. Lost in thought, Vegeta never noticed the growling black wolf until it was almost on top of him. Vegeta kicked it and sent it sprawling. Though it was injured, it had still made another attempt to attack him. Vegeta was impressed with the wolf, and felt slightly guilty about injuring it (though he would deny this till he was blue in the face). He had gone off and brought back a large deer for the wolf to feed on. From that day forward, whenever he would go wandering around the woods behind Capsule Corp., the wolf would follow him. Vegeta eventually nicknamed it Vor and would often spend hours staring off into space with the wolf at his side.

Vegeta shifted slightly. The rib that Tynan had cracked was hurting him. Vor lifted his head and looked at him.

"I'm fine, go back to sleep." Vegeta ruffled the fur behind his ears. Vor laid his head back down. "You know, I still can't believe this. I have a full blooded Saiya-jin daughter. One that I never knew about. Just as I was finally getting used to the way things were, this happens. Now Bulma's pissed at me, Trunks is pissed at me, Kakarot's pissed at me. And my damn rib hurts. Damn, could this day get any worse?"

Vor's head snapped up and he growled. "Of course. Kakarot would show up. Yes, this day can get worse." Vor stood up, the fur on his back bristling.

Goku landed a few feet behind Vegeta and stared at the wolf. "Uh, Vegeta, could you call your attack dog off?"

Vor continued to growl at Goku, until Vegeta put his hand on the back of Vor's neck. The wolf looked at him, his head slightly cocked to one side. Vegeta nodded off towards the wood, and the wolf immediately licked his face, then took off into the woods. Vegeta slowly stood up, and faced Goku.

"So, what are you doing here Kakarot? Come to teach me a lesson? Yell at me for hurting Tynan?" Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest as he stared at Goku.

"Actually, I came to see if you wanted to spar. I'm in a bit of a bad mood, and thought it would be a good way to shake off some of this excess energy. Of course, if you'd rather be alone, I can always go see if Piccolo or Gohan feel like sparring." Goku turned slightly away as if he would leave.

"I'll warn you now Kakarot, I'm in a foul mood myself, I won't go easy on you."

Goku smiled at Vegeta. "What else is new? I promise not to go easy on you either Vegeta. How does that sound?"


Vegeta smirked and got into a fighting stance. "Shut up and spar you idiot."


Goku grinned and lunged at him.

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About an hour later, Goku and Vegeta were still sparring. They were both at Super Saiya-jin level 1, neither showing any signs of letting up. Then Goku remembered seeing Tynan kick Vegeta twice in the same spot. The same spot that Vegeta now guarded more so than usual. He honed in on that spot, throwing punch after punch, trying to break through Vegeta's defenses. Vegeta was doing a very good job of keeping it blocked though. Finally Goku disappeared, and reappeared behind him. As Vegeta spun to meet him, Goku threw a kick of his own. He hit Vegeta's rib cage, and felt something break. Vegeta yelled, and went Super Saiya-jin level 2. Cursing his own foolishness for allowing Kakarot to catch him off guard, Vegeta redoubled his efforts of protecting the now broken ribs. Goku matched his power level.

The two continued for some time. Occasionally Goku would throw relentless combinations of punches and kicks aimed at the same spot, and occasionally one would make it through. He was feeling restless, and wanted to win. He knew he could, he could win easily, since he was able to go Super Saiya-jin level 3, while Vegeta's top was still level 2. But he wanted to beat Vegeta as an equal, to prove that his skill was better than Vegeta's, not just his power level.

Vegeta was quite sure that he now had 2 broken ribs. That was the least of his problems. He had never seen Kakarot spar so seriously. Not even when they were preparing for the androids had he seemed this intense. It worried Vegeta a little. Vegeta thought that perhaps Kakarot was still angry with him from the earlier incident with Tynan. But it wasn't like him to allow anger to over take him in a simple little sparring match. One of Goku's punches made it through again, and struck his already sore ribs. He growled and charged up a Ki blast. Using that as a distraction, he dropped back, taking a moment to catch his breath. His ribs hurt like hell and he was getting short of breath. ::Damn I'm too old for this shit.:: Suddenly words filtered through to Vegeta. He looked up, his eyes wide.

"Kame Ha Me…"

Vegeta braced himself, gathering energy for a Final Flash attack.

"HAAAAAAAA!!" Goku released the Ki blast aimed straight at Vegeta.

Vegeta responded in kind, "FINAL FLASH!" he screamed, sending his own Ki Blast straight at Goku's. The two blasts hit in mid air. Neither man backed down, each put as much energy as they could into it. In the end, Goku had more. The Kamehameha Wave over took Vegeta's Final Flash and plowed onwards towards him. Fortunately for Vegeta, Goku forced it to the left at the last minute, the blast barely missing Vegeta. Vegeta gasped for breath, the effort he had put into it, causing his ribs to hurt even more. Unfortunately for Vegeta, Goku didn't plan on allowing him much of a rest. He used his Instant Transmition technique to appear behind a startled looking Vegeta, and brought his clasped hands down on Vegeta's neck. Vegeta hit the ground hard. Goku dropped down to the ground at a much slower rate and knelt down next to the Vegeta-shaped crater.

"Hey, 'Geta? You ok? Kami, I didn't mean to hit you that hard."

"Of course I'm fine. I only hit the ground traveling at a high rate of speed and jarred the already broken ribs, probably resulting in a few more breaking. Why wouldn't I be ok?" Vegeta dragged himself out of the hole and sat up to glare at Goku. "What the hell was that all about?"

"Sorry Vegeta, guess I was a little more pissed at ChiChi than I thought I was. You sure you're ok?" he was looking quite worried.

Vegeta nodded. "Yes, I'm fine. Nothing a few days of rest won't cure. Of course, then again, I'm not known for resting am I?" Vegeta stood up, and dusted himself off.

"I'll see you Thursday at the usual time. I'll kick your ass good for this." Vegeta didn't wait for Goku to answer, simply flying off towards Capsule Corp.

Goku sighed and headed off towards his house. If he was lucky, ChiChi would let him in and not yell at him anymore that night. He really wasn't in the mood to be yelled at by anyone.

Author's Notes – That's it for now! Hope you enjoyed it! With any luck, I'll have chapter 7 done soon!