Growing Closer
Chapter 1: Daddy Gets the News
By: Yuri ^-^v and Kei v^-^v
Hey Yuri here and I just thought of this while talking with Kei. Well actually we got it from Kei's mom who is a very reasonable person and has yet to understand the complexities of Japanese anime. Anyway we were talking about the end of Dragonball how Goku and ChiChi fly off and get married that same day. Kei also mentioned how the two went on an adventure in order to retrieve the Bansho fan…again and to get ChiChi's wedding dress made. That's a LOT for a wedding dress.
Kei: Like you already don't have your style of wedding dress picked out.
Yuri: I did.
Kei: You'd KILL if it wasn't the dress you wanted, ne?
Yuri: -.-
Kei: Enough said.
Yuri: Anyway Kei's mom freaked out about it and then asked if they even dated. Kei proudly stated, 'Yes. They went on a date.' Mind you she practically mentioned the 'a' part but her mom still heard it. So we thought…hey why not write a fic where Ox actually made them spend time together before they got married. Would ChiChi even go for that? Anyway hope you like it. If not…let me know so I don't sit somewhere fretting over this fic and many others. Thank you.
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The tournament was finally over and Son Goku had finally come up the winner in the match after seven years of hard training. It was really unheard of that such a thing would happen. In the past the previous winners were old martial arts masters who spent years and even decades training to be the strongest under the heaven. But in this case, a young boy now a man with exceptional power and strength came up the victor. Son Goku would retain his title for many years considering how in the final match the entire island was practically destroyed by the mysterious and green Ma Junior. Now the young man was not only the strongest fighter on Earth, but he was also giving the option of becoming guardian over the small planet that many of us call home. Instead he passed up such an opportunity to marry. To marry a young woman, who he easily defeated just hours ago in his first match at the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai. ChiChi sat on the yellow cloud with Son Goku as these thoughts and more passed through her mind. It was almost too much to even digest. I mean who throws away ruling the Earth for a woman? ChiChi couldn't help but blush and giggle at her luck. Goku really was the man of her dreams and in less then an hour the two would be man and wife. "ChiChi? ChiChi?" Goku called out waving his hand in front of ChiChi's face trying to get the raven-haired girl's attention.
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry." ChiChi apologized blushing as she covered her cheeks to hide the blush. Goku only sat looking back at her with confused black eyes.
"Anyway, I asked what you been up to besides training…that is?" Goku asked sheepishly. ChiChi was shocked by Goku's question but it only made sense that a person would want to know what another was doing in their absence. For some reason this sort of concern seemed out of character for Goku. He never asked her questions before…but that was before…and time has changed. Shaking her head of the thoughts ChiChi looked up to see a still confused Goku staring at her. "Are you alright, Chi?" Goku asked turning around to face ChiChi. Goku felt a strong…feeling towards ChiChi that he had never experienced before. Well to say that was a lie because he experienced the same thing when he met her before the tournament even started. He was just standing talking to his friends whom he hadn't seen in three years and the next thing he knows a raven-haired girl comes up asks him a question and suddenly he's being yelled at. He was shocked when he learned that Tokumei Kibon and ChiChi were one in the same girl. His ChiChi was a little girl not much taller then him, when he was a boy, with a skimpy pink bikini and a shark fin on her head. But Tokumei Kibon was a young woman with a fiery spirit and…well she had a lot of nice curves. As this lewd thought crept into Goku's mind, the young warrior couldn't help but blush.
"Goku are you alright?" It was now ChiChi's turn to be confused and ask questions.
"Yeah. Just thinking." Goku admitted clearing his throat. "So…uh….well I guess I should go first then, huh?" Goku asked smiling sheepishly as ChiChi raised an inquisitive eyebrow. "Tell ya what I've been up to."
"Oh. Well after you left my home I heard that you trained by running around the world. After you finished you entered into the 24th Tenkaichi Budokai. It seemed as if you were a shoe-in to win after Jackie Chun was defeated but with the appearance of Tienshinhan your chances fell. Thus you lost to him but I heard that it was a really, really close match." Goku sat blinking at ChiChi in disbelief. She had pretty much accounted for three years of his life…that she wasn't even apart of. "And from what I heard at the tournament you went to train with that older green guy. But I'm so happy that you won this year, Goku. You know you had me worried sick about you. I thought you were going to die." At this last part ChiChi's eyes started to water. "I was so scared for you."
"Oh, ChiChi. I'm alright now, right?" Goku asked as he took a calloused hand and gently wiped some of ChiChi's tears away. ChiChi sniffed away her tears and smiled brightly at her fiancé because he was right. He was perfectly healthy now, thanks to those beans, and that was all that really mattered now. "So? You know a lot about what I've been up to." Goku said nervously. (Y/N: Can ya blame him? He meets a girl he hasn't seen or spoken to for seven years and she already knows about a good amount of his life. Can you say stalker. K/N: I AIN'T STALKIN' NOBODY!! Y/N: Did I say you? K/N: Oops.)
"Right. Well after you left I pretty much carried on with my life. I went to school and trained so that I could be your match…or close to it. But I guess I didn't train hard enough." ChiChi said sadly.
"Hey, don't be so hard on yourself ChiChi." Goku said putting a hand on her shoulder. "You were really good back there. You had me there a couple of times." ChiChi smiled happy that Goku was making her feel better. "You just need to learn to control your anger more. That way you'll be more focused and not so frustrated." Goku said nodding his head.
"Right." ChiChi said dryly not really caring to hear any advice about her fighting style. She still had her pride to keep. "Anyway when I heard that tournament was coming up I trained even harder and decided to come and find you. I mean we both are old enough to get married now." ChiChi said as her eyes got big and she had a far off dreamy look. Goku blinked at her excitement with amusement. Something about her he really liked and yet he couldn't place it.
'Eh…I'll figure it out later.' Goku thought as he looked down and saw Mount Frypan down below them. Pointing it out to ChiChi the couple quickly landed and ChiChi practically flew to her house with Goku behind her.
"PAPA! PAPA!" ChiChi yelled as she ran to the door and knocked the door off its hinges. Goku's eyes practically bulged out of his head at her strength but then he quickly remembered that the last time they saw each other she was batting him around like a fly.
'Glad she can't do that anymore.' Goku thought as he followed ChiChi into her house.
"PAPA GET DOWN HERE NOW!" ChiChi ordered as she stood at the bottom of the stairs while tapping her foot in an agitated manner. Goku opted to lean against a wall with his hands behind his head as ChiChi continued to huff and grumble about her slow moving father. Goku actually found it amusing to see her all worked up over nothing. He liked how her dark eyes were ablaze with a fire that he recalled seeing while they were fighting. The way her lips would press together tightly. He noticed how the muscles in her arms would tense and then relax as she tried to calm herself down. Goku watched as ChiChi even started doing breathing exercises. Goku even raised an eyebrow in interest as he watched ChiChi's chest rise and fall slowly. Tilting his head to side to get a better view a deep voice boomed snatching the two out of their current thoughts. Looking up at the top of the stairs stood a blushing Ox-King.
"Took you long enough." ChiChi huffed as she narrowed her eyes at her father.
"Sorry about that, ChiChi." Ox-King apologized as he made his way down the stairs laughing nervously. Goku watched with mild interest as the giant of a man finally reached the bottom of the stairs and hugged his daughter tightly. "So how did the tournament go?" Ox-King asked nervously. Goku frowned to himself because the Ox-King had obviously not noticed his presence. Then again he was sort of off to the side.
"Great, Papa." ChiChi chirped excitedly as she smiled sweetly. "I made it to the semi-finals."
"That's wonderful, dear." Ox-King bellowed as his eyes brightened.
"Yeah and I met Goku there too. He also won the tournament against a horrible green monster named…Ma Junior but his real name is Pikkoro or something like that." ChiChi said brushing off the name. (K/N: Does anybody remember Pikkoro from the episode where Gohan escaped from the island Piccolo had stranded him on? He was the leader of the renegade orphans. Just a little side note…never mind.)
"Piccolo, ChiChi." Goku spoke up stepping away from the wall and making his presence known.
"Uh…Goku?" Ox-King asked slowly in disbelief. Goku smiled and bowed deeply as he was taught when greeting someone like the Ox-King. Ox-King couldn't believe his eyes. He had hoped that Goku…well that he wouldn't be so grown up. Goku was very short for his age…and well kind of on the chubby side. But the young man before him was tall, handsome, from a girl's point of view he'd guess, had a nice build. Upon inspecting Goku more he pretty much fit the dream of the perfect man for any girl.
"Uh…nice to see you too." Goku finally spoke up after receiving a look from ChiChi's father that made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Same here." Ox-King said in his normal happy and booming voice.
"That's good, Papa." ChiChi spoke up as she walked over to Goku. Taking his arm she wrapped her arm around his and looked over at her father smugly. "Because we want to get married."
"Right…of course." Ox-King said deathly calm as his eyelids grew heavy and his shoulders slumped down.
"Are you alright, sir?" Goku asked growing worried.
"Fine." Ox-King said as his eyes closed and he suddenly collapsed to the floor.
"PAPA?" ChiChi shouted in shock as she tightened her grip on Goku. Goku would've caught him before he fell but the grip ChiChi had on him practically made it impossible to escape. Goku even winced as he felt ChiChi tighten her grip on his arm.
"Uh…Chi? Let go." Goku groaned out as a tear appeared in his eye. Looking up at Goku and seeing the expression of pain on his face ChiChi quickly released Goku and ran to her father's side.
"What happened?" ChiChi asked in disbelief.
"I guess he's not too happy about your wedding announcement." An old woman walked in stated as she stood looking down at the Ox-King.
"What do you mean? He even told Goku that he could marry me." ChiChi stated feeling her angry rise.
"That was years ago." The old woman said fanning Ox-King with a small fan. "Now that you're grown up he probably doesn't want to let you go…yet."
"When will he be ready?" Goku asked raising an eyebrow not fully understanding how and why such a big man would just…faint.
"Hard to say. You'll just have to ask him when he comes to." The old woman said standing and stretching. ChiChi stood up as well with a hard frown on her face and could only hmph. "Now then help me get him to the couch in the next room?" Hearing this ChiChi's frown disappeared and was replaced a tired and shocked looked. Noting the look on ChiChi's face Goku walked up and easily picked up the Ox-King and tossed the man over a shoulder.
"Wouldn't putting him in his room be better?" Goku asked turning to see a shocked ChiChi and maid. "What?"
"Wow, you're strong." The old woman commented as she quickly walked up to Goku and began squeezing his leg approvingly.
"CUT THAT OUT!" ChiChi shouted blushing as she witnessed the old woman run a wrinkled hand up Goku's leg as far as her little arm would allow. (K/N: That's a woman after my own heart.) Goku was nonetheless freaked out by the old woman's attention to his leg…and especially his thigh. "Goku come with me. We'll take Papa to his room." Nodding his head and throwing a nervous glance at the old woman he followed ChiChi up the stairs that Ox-King had come down earlier and followed her to his room. The two quickly got the Ox-King settled into his bed and left the old man to rest up.
"This has been an interesting day." Goku commented as ChiChi carefully closed her father's door. Letting out a sigh ChiChi nodded her head in agreement. "So now what?" Goku asked looking down at ChiChi.
"Well…how about lunch?" ChiChi asked smiling knowing very well that Goku would never turn down a meal. Shaking his head excitedly the couple walked down the stairs. Once they got to the kitchen Goku's stomach rumbled loudly expressing its hunger. "So what do you want?" ChiChi asked as she headed to the refrigerator and began pulling out meats, fruits, and vegetables. "What?" ChiChi asked as she looked up and saw a confused Goku looking at her.
"You're gonna cook?" Goku asked almost cautiously.
"Yes."
"Oh."
"Why?" ChiChi asked narrowing her eyes at Goku and placing her hands on her hips. Goku swallowed hard as he noticed the look ChiChi was giving him. It wasn't a look that scared him but it did make him feel all nervous…and funny.
"No, no reason." Goku said shaking his head. "I mean…well don't you have someone to cook for you?" ChiChi raised an eyebrow as she looked at Goku.
"What?" ChiChi asked slowly.
"Well…I mean you are a princess right?" ChiChi nodded her head in agreement. "And well…since you're a princess that means you should have people to do this kind of stuff for you…right?" Goku asked. From his time spent on Kami's Lookout Goku had learned quite a few things about the world. One of them being that people of high status such as Kami and royalty have certain people to take care of small things. Mr. Popo took care of the cooking, the gardening, the laundry, and whatever else was needed to be done. Goku had once asked Mr. Popo why Kami just doesn't do his own laundry, well he had to, and Mr. Popo laughed whole-heartedly and explained to Goku that Kami was much too important to handle such things. Being Goku he nodded his head in agreement and continued doing his chores.
"Well…Goku I could have a cook to do all of this for me…but then I wouldn't know how to cook myself." ChiChi said blushing. This confused Goku even more. "Well I made all the cooks, maids, and butlers leave because I wanted to learn how to look after a household myself."
"Why?" Goku asked picking up an apple and biting into it.
"Well…for you." Admitting this made ChiChi blush an even deeper shade of red.
"For me? Why?" Goku asked even more confused.
"Well because I want to be a good wife for you. And being a good wife means that I cook, clean, and always be there for you." Goku sat eating the apple as he listened to ChiChi.
"You don't have to do any of that, Chi." Goku said finishing off his apple.
"I don't have to but I want to." ChiChi said as she turned around and started to prepare lunch for the two of them. Something in the back of Goku's mind told him not to push the subject anymore for the time being and so the two began talking about anything and everything. After sometime ChiChi had finished lunch and to her surprise Goku finished off everything she had made and everything else in the refrigerator. "Wow, Goku." ChiChi said in shock as the two began cleaning up the kitchen. "I remember you having a big appetite but I never thought it would get even bigger."
"Yeah, well I really don't have to eat everyday but when I do eat I just can't seem to get enough. That was delicious too. It was best thing I've eaten in…well…ever." Goku said drying off a plate and putting it aside.
"Thank you, Goku. I'm glad you liked it." ChiChi said blushing. (K/N: A lot of blushing going on.) The two finished cleaning up the kitchen and soon retreated to the living room where they both sat on the couch and watched a movie. To Goku it wasn't a very exciting movie as it seemed to be about a horse and soon the warrior drifted off to sleep. ChiChi too was tired from her match and from cooking and drifted off not too long after Goku.
Hours later the Ox-King finally came to and found himself in his bed tucked nice and tight. Looking towards his window he realized that it was night outside. "I wonder how I got here?" He asked out loud as he sat up in bed stretching and yawning. Throwing his feet over the side of the bed the giant stepped out of his bed, slipped into his house shoes, and headed towards the door. Opening the door he looked down the hallway cautiously hearing not a sound. "Odd? I thought ChiChi would be back by now." Ox-King commented as he headed down the stairs and to the kitchen. Scratching his back he went to the refrigerator and was shocked to find it bare. "That's odd. The old woman just went grocery shopping this morning and bought enough food to last us for two months." Groaning the Ox-King closed the door and decided to watch a little TV. 'I didn't eat all the food, did I?' The Ox-King asked himself as he headed to the family room. Walking into the room he noticed that the television was on and could hear the light breathing of someone. By the light of the television the Ox-King could make out the silhouette of something big and spiky on the couch. Turning on the light he realized that whatever it was it was moving slightly. Walking around the couch the Ox-King was greeted with sight of his 'Little Princess' sleeping peacefully with her head resting on a boy's shoulder. While the said boy had his head on top of hers. It wasn't the fact that the boy had his head resting on top of ChiChi's; what made it worse was that he had his arms wrapped around ChiChi's waist and a hand had some how found its way to the inside of ChiChi's thigh. Closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths the Ox-King hung his massive head as his breathing quickened and his hands formed two huge fists. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" The Ox-King shouted startling the pair on the couch. Hearing the loud noise both Goku and ChiChi jumped in fright. Goku pulled ChiChi closer to him as his hairs stood on end and ChiChi hugged Goku's figure desperately as she shook. Sensing ChiChi's fear Goku instinctively pulled ChiChi into his lap and rubbed his cheek against her hair in order to sooth her. The Ox-King watched with a mixture of anger, shock, and shame as the young warrior continued to ignore his presence and seemed more focused on his daughter. After ChiChi had stopped shivering Goku let out a deep growl that was cut short when he saw the Ox-King glaring down at him.
"What the hell was that?" ChiChi whispered as she had calmed down. Turning around she saw her father glaring at the young man whose hold had suddenly weakened.
"ChiChi?" The Ox-King asked through clenched teeth.
"It's about time you woke up, Papa." ChiChi said sternly as she settled into Goku's lap and glared at her father. "Now what's the big idea of yelling like that in the middle of the night?" ChiChi demanded feeling cranky.
"What's the big IDEA of letting THIS boy lay all over you." Ox-King demanded pointing an accusing finger at Goku.
"Lay?" Goku asked confused.
"All over?" ChiChi completed. The two looked at each other and then down at their situation. "The whole reason we're like this is because YOU CAME IN YELLING AND STARTLED US!!" ChiChi shouted jumping up from Goku's lap much to Goku's disappointment and the Ox-King's delight.
"Look ChiChi…just calm down." The Ox-King said sweetly trying to sooth his daughter's rage.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN? HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN YOU'RE GOING AROUND ACCUSING POOR GOKU OF SOMETHING HE HASN'T DONE!!" ChiChi yelled as her father cringed from her in fear. Goku watched with amusement as ChiChi got worked up all over again. Apart of him would've just loved to just sit back and watch her continue to rant and yell at her father but another part of him told him to end the argument now.
"Calm down, ChiChi." Goku said calmly as he quickly grabbed ChiChi's wrist. Turning her head and seeing Goku she quickly calmed down and turned her back to her father.
"Thank you, Goku." ChiChi said smiling sweetly as she reached up wrapping her arms around Goku's neck and giving him a hug. Goku blushed at this action and fought the urge to return the hug back. Pulling back from the hug and looking at Goku's face ChiChi noticed Goku blushing and giggled lightly at him.
"Ahem." Hearing the Ox-King clear his voice ChiChi let go and turned around to face her father. The warmth that Goku had suddenly felt when he was close to ChiChi was now gone and he really regretted not hugging her back.
"Listen Papa." ChiChi said sternly locking eyes with her father. "Goku and I want to get married. Do we or don't we have your blessing?" To Goku and ChiChi's surprise the Ox-King's face grew deathly grim as his lens caught the light from the room and shined brightly preventing them from seeing his eyes.
"You can marry Goku." Ox-King said slowly as ChiChi's eyes lit up. "But not now."
"WHAT?" ChiChi shouted. "WHAT?" ChiChi shouted as she practically lunged herself at her father. Fortunately Goku still had a good hold on her wrist and so she never reached her goal.
"Calm down, ChiChi." Ox-King said trying to remain calm. "Just hear me out." The Ox-King said sitting down in a chair near the couch.
"I don't want to hear anything you have to say." ChiChi practically spat out as tears welled up in her eyes. "I can't believe that you want to keep me and Goku apart. We both love each other." ChiChi said as tears started to roll down her face.
"ChiChi?" Goku whispered as he turned her around so that she was facing him. Seeing the crystalline tears rolling down her face Goku felt that weird feeling again. Only this time it was a stronger desire and he really wanted to beat the Ox-King up for hurting her. Shaking that thought out of his head Goku followed his instincts and gently wiped away her tears. "Don't cry, ChiChi." Goku whispered into her ear. Ox-King narrowed his eyes and took note of this little display of emotion on Goku's part. ChiChi didn't seem to notice but the Ox-King noticed Goku's awkwardness and stiffness when it came to touching ChiChi.
"Thank you, Goku." ChiChi whispered back smiling past her tears.
"Now are you two ready to hear me out?" The Ox-King asked interrupting the tender moment. Looking at the huge man before them both teens nodded their heads and sat down on the couch. Taking a few deep breaths the Ox-King tried to plan ahead what he was going to say to the two. Ox-King could already tell that ChiChi had her mind set on marrying Goku…but Goku's mind could be changed. 'But how?' Suddenly a thought came to him. Smirking to himself he turned his attention to his daughter and her boyfriend. "I just think that the two of you should…date more before you get married." The Ox-King said simply. ChiChi had been sitting in between Goku and her father and was ready with any retort to whatever 'lame' excuse her father would come up with to keep them from marrying. ChiChi wasn't unreasonable though, mind you.
"What?" ChiChi asked slowly.
"Well I mean you two have only seen each other three times in your entire lives. I mean I was wrong to put the idea of marrying Goku into your head at such a young age, ChiChi." ChiChi blinked as her father began to talk sensibly. "I mean it is true that you both are old enough to get married on your own and I'm happy that you came to ask for my blessing. But…don't you both think it'd be better if you got to know each other better before tying yourselves down to one person?" Goku sat listening intently to the whole lecture. He couldn't help but admit to himself before that he would like to get to know ChiChi better before living with her forever as Yamcha had put it. (K/N: Forevah? Forevah, evah? Forevah, evah? SMACK! Y/N: Leave Outkast out of this.) 'Cause forever is a long time but…in that short amount of time he felt closer to her…for some reason. "Now doesn't that make more sense, Goku?" Ox-King asked smiling as he turned his attention to a shocked Goku.
'I wasn't expectin' him to ask me first.' Goku thought as he looked nervously over at ChiChi who was looking back at him intensely. "Uh…well…I guess it makes sense?" Goku said scratching the back of his head. "But…I mean…I really like ChiChi though." Goku admitted as he blushed.
"Really like?" Ox-King asked in a tone that said, 'come now you can do better then that'. "See? You can't just marry someone you really like." Ox-King said directing this statement to both. "You have to truly love one another before you commit to each other for an eternity." The two youths both looked at each with a look that said, 'he's right'. Ox-King noticed this look and smirked proudly underneath his beard.
"Can we have sometime alone to think about this?" ChiChi asked her father. Ox-King nodded his head as he got up and left the two alone to their thoughts.
"I'm too smart." Ox-King stated proudly under his breathe as he walked up the stairs to his room. Both Goku and ChiChi sat in silence as Goku turned the television off.
"So…what do you think?" Goku asked ChiChi. Looking into his eyes ChiChi saw that he had complete and absolute trust in whatever decision she made.
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As so ends the first chapter of 'Getting Closer'. So I pretty much told you what this fic is about but what will Goku and ChiChi's decision be? If they agree how long will the Ox-King hold out before he allow the two be married? What sort of troubles could arise between the innocent and now eye-wandering Goku and the over-protective father, Ox-King? This is a BIG decision that the two are about to make. It could either make them or break them. My original title was the 'Dating Saga' but after I finished this chapter and the more I thought about it. Kei was right. That title did suck.
Kei: TOLD YA!
Yuri: You don't have to yell.
Kei: Whatever. You better get cracking on the next chapter while you still have time.
Yuri: You're right. TO WORK, KEI! *Kei rolls her eyes* So as usual ppls leave your reviews and tell me what you think. Is this a good idea, bad idea, it's already been done and I'm stilling someone else's ideas? If I am then…well…I HAVEN'T READ YOUR FIC…EVER!! So this is MINE! MINE I TELL YOU!! MINE!! *starts hugging Kei and begins choking her*
Kei: Can't…breathe…need….precious…air.
Yuri: Well you ppls know what to do. ^-^v Ja'ne.
Oh and before I forget this is a note to all of the Being A Teenager Sucks fans and to what little fans I do have. Kei neglected to mention this in the last chapter but the contest is off. Apparently since Kei's parents have just built a new house plans of going to Las Vegas are out the window. *Kei and Yuri both start crying*
Kei: IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!! I WAS A SHOE-IN TO GO!!!
Yuri: I'M SO HAPPY! You can go to Michigan with me.
Kei: oO What's in Michigan?
Yuri: *shrugs shoulders* Dunno but that's where Mom's going.
Kei: I'll…pass. I think I can talk them into Florida.
Yuri: -__- You make me sick sometimes. Anyway the contest is but we'd both like to thank everyone for reading our fics and cheering us on. It's not often that we get such an audience for our little arguments.
Kei: Yeah, it's normally someone breaking us up.
Yuri: Yeah, but that's all for now. What a great way to mark my momentous return to fanfiction.net. Ja'ne.