AN: Okay, finally the second chapter. Just so all of you readers know, I'm not a very fast author- school, tests, projects, and other stuff like that tends to get in the way a lot. So if you're looking for someone that'll update every other day or something like that, I'm not the one. I try to update once or twice every two weeks. Sometimes things happen and I won't update for a really long time, and sometimes I'll update twice in three days. The point is, I'm a very irregular writer. Just warning you! (By the way, each chapter is/will be at least 1,000 words long, probably not much longer.)

Thanks all you guys for telling me the right ages!! I only have one DB manga, and that's not nearly enough. I pretty much go by the anime. In the anime though, at this time Goku IS 12. Yes, in the manga, he probably is 13 (I'm not sure, but from the info I'm gathering, I'll assume so.). I'll just go by Goku being 13, Chi-Chi being 12,and Krillin being 14. Oh, I forgot to tell you. In this fic, Master Roshi never met Chi-Chi, although Goku did. And Goku's grandfather was NOT killed by Goku, although Goku is still a Saiya-jin. Anyway, read and REVIEW!!! (key word: review!)

Disclaimer: Dragonball isn't mine…none of the DB series are. D**n.

Through Thick and Thin

Chapter One: "Chi-Chi?"

                "…So, how old are you anyway?"

                "Um…12, why?"

                'Darnit…another young one…maybe these glasses are too dark.'

                "Hey, are you okay?"

Master Roshi composed himself. "Yeah."   'Grrrrrr!!!'

                "Hey Master Roshi!!" A grinning Goku ran up to the old man. The young, black-haired girl gasped as the young boy came closer, apparently recognizing him. She suddenly turned and fled, having a half-smile playing on her face. Her jet-black silky hair flounced as she ran, running unusually fast for a 'spectator'.

                Goku stared at the almost gone back of the girl. He didn't catch a glimpse of her face, but he felt like he knew her somehow. Suddenly, he got that strange feeling again. This time, he brushed it off. 'Krillin's right. It's probably nothing!'

                "So Master, do you have any last-minute little tips or tricks to tell us?" Master Roshi seemed a little rushed.

                "Ah, no, I'm afraid I don't Krillin. Ah, why don't you boys run off and practice? I have something I want to take care of…"

                "What is it??" Krillin was being a little too nosy.

                "None of your business!" Roshi was getting a little touchy. After all, he only had about a half an hour to don his costume!

                Krillin got annoyed. "Sure…okay, bye, see you later."

                "BYE MASTER ROSHI!!! See you later!!" Goku finally put in his little cheery input, and ran off to the snack bar. Krillin followed, glancing back every once in a while to look at what Master Roshi was doing. Once the two boys had rounded the corner, Krillin grabbed Goku's collar. Goku, completely taken off guard, promptly fell.

"Krillin! Why'd you do that??" Goku was annoyed. "I'm hungry!"

                "Shut up, Goku! I wanna find out what Master's up to! You can wait for the food."

                "No! I want to eat NOW! The tournament starts in a half an hour!"

                "Goku, I promise I'll get you extra food later if you just shut up and come with me."

Goku hesitated, but agreed. "Fine. But remember your promise!"

"I will, now SHUT UP!" After that little outburst, Krillin dragged Goku to where Master Roshi used to be standing.

"He couldn't have gone very far. It's only been a couple minutes." Krillin and Goku searched the area surrounding them, but to no avail. Master Roshi seemed to have disappeared. As they were walking to the food court for Krillin to get Goku the extra food he promised, Goku heard some rustling in the bushes. The rustling was followed by a few "Darnit"s and "Stupid wig!"s.

'Huh. Wonder what's in there?" Goku stopped. Krillin, who didn't posses the advantage of Saiya-jin hearing, continued, not hearing the strange sounds.

"Hey Krillin!"

"What? Wha-Huh?"

                "Something's weird with this bush! It's talking…" Krillin ran back to where Goku was, staring strangely at the shrub.

                "It's not talking, you idiot. Bushes don't talk. Someone must be behind it."

                "I knew that!" Krillin rolled his eyes. Goku was his best friend, but sometimes his naïve-ness got to him.

                "Whatever…I'm gonna go see what's behind the bush."

                "Me too."

                Krillina and Goku silently crept up to the bush, and slowly began to peer over the top. What they saw shocked them.

                "MASTER?!? What are you doing?!?" Master Roshi was attempting to super-glue a wing to his head. He jerked his head back, and saw his two students staring at him like he was crazy. Which is debatable, since we're talking about Roshi…

                "Hehehe…don't you two ever respect a person's privacy?!?"

                "No…" Krillin said slowly while Goku shook his head vigorously.

                "Figures…"

                "What were you doing, though?!?"

                'Might as well tell them. Even if I didn't, Krillin would put two and two together and figure out that I posed as 'Jackie Chun'…'

                "I was going to enter the competition as Jackie Chun, an alias that I was going to go by. But since you two won't respect other people's privacy," he glared, "I guess I won't."

                "What? But that's not fair! You know you could beat us anytime!"

                "Why not? I can enter. Plus, you two won't learn if you don't get challenged."

                "But the other people will challenge us!" Goku protested.

"Maybe, maybe not. Anyway, I won't enter now. You guys are lucky." Roshi winked.

Suddenly, Goku heard a shout. The others didn't hear, after all, they don't have Saiya-jin hearing. He ran to the source, hoping no one was hurt. In the back of his mind, he thought that the voice sounded familiar. When he arrived at the check-in table, he saw a young girl, about his age, shaking with rage. She was nearly yelling at the sign-in people. Her back hair almost stood on end, her onyx eyes gleaming. Something bugged Goku; he felt like he knew her. Suddenly, the girl fell over, completely taken off guard by the harsh push off a rather large man. When she hit the ground, Goku started: he had gotten that strange feeling again, only this time it was a little burst of energy. Immediately, Goku saw red. He rushed over; just as the burly man crushed his foot upon the girl's shoulder. She cried out in pain, after all, his foot was nearly as big as her arm. Goku jumped, then aimed himself right at the man. His foot connected with the man's head, and he slammed to the ground. The girl got up a little shakily. Goku ran over and helped her up by extending his hand to her. She took it and stood up, her grip so strong Goku winced.

"Thank you." Her head was bent down, her hair covering her eyes. Suddenly, she stumbled. Goku quickly caught her. As she stumbled, her silky hair flew out; her face coming into view. Goku looked at her, shocked at how pretty the girl was. A realization struck him, and he gasped.

                "Chi- Chi?"

AN: Sorry, cliffhanger. It was such a good part to end at though. Anyway, please review, and I'll have the next chapter out soon! (Sooner than this one was, at least…) And please, if any of you guys know any good Dragonball sites with lost of episode summaries, tell me the URL(s)!!!

-kat