AN: Um, well…this is going faster than I thought. Thanks again to all of you who reviewed! Wai! I'm so happy! Um…anyway. Uh, yes, I realize that that last fight was rather…strange. I was a writer's block, though, and that was the only thing that I could think of. Anyway, it was kind of funny/ironic, so it worked for me. And, Kei, I DID think of having it very similar to Goku's fight with the robot/android in muscle tower, but I decided not to. I also thought of adding in 'Eighter' early, (he's the second android that Goku encounters in muscle tower that hates to fight) but decided not to again. Thanks again for all of your comments, praises, and suggestions. Oh, and just to tell you, I don't mind criticism (preferably constructive criticism, though.). On with the fic! (Gah, long author's note this time).

Disclaimer: Me no own Dragonball. Me very poor. Me no want to get sued…please.

Through Thick and Thin

Chapter Six: Piece of Cake

Krillin smirked. 'Ha, this fight should be easy. Pretty Boy doesn't stand a chance.' He looked over to where many teenage girls were screaming at PB [Pretty Boy] for autographs, dates, and whatnot. PB returned their pleas and seductive gazes with a wide smile, baring his straight, white teeth.

'Wow, how long did he have braces for again?'

Shortly, the announcer interrupted Krillin's thoughts and PB's glory moments with his incessant yelling into the microphone.

"KRILLIN AND…uh…HIS OPPONENT! PLEASE REPORT TO THE ARENA! THE FIGHT WILL START AS SOON AS YOU TWO ARRIVE!" The announcer was interrupted by a guy whispering into his ear. "I know! I just like to yell into the microphone. It's the best part of this damn job." The announcer retorted, blushing slightly. He soon continued.

"SINCE KRILLIN AND HIS OPPONENT HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED…LET THE MATCH BEGIN!!" The crowd cheered and the a few girls fainted. PB grinned and bowed dramatically, obviously very full of himself.

Krillin rolled his eyes. 'Sheesh, this guy never stops, does he?' Suddenly, he and his opponent were jerked to reality by the infamous gong. PB blew kisses to the girls as he walked towards Krillin. He narrowed his eyes and said, 'Ready, kid? No one defeats the Champion, Named Best Looking Fighter for four years in a row, and on the cover of Fight! Boy for 3 months, and it would've been four, except this amateur who called HIMSELF 'the Champion of the World', and had a dumb name. Something like Mr. Baton...or Fatten…but yeah! PREPARE TO MEET YOUR MAKER!!" [a/n: Who do you think 'Mr.Baton' is? Guess in your reviews! I'll tell you next time who got it right!]

"Actually, my parents died in a car crash. Sorry, but I won't be able to meet them today. Come back in about 70 years and I'll see if I could arrange it." Krillin smirked. [1]

PB started to get annoyed. ' Who does this guy think he is, anyway?'

Their little argument was interrupted by the announcer sheepishly whispering into his microphone, "Hey, could you guys please start the fight?!? The crowd's getting restless!"

He was quickly answered by Krillin lunging at PB. PB, who seemed to have rather slow reflexes, wasn't able to dodge the attack, and swiftly got punched in the stomach. He bent over and spit out something that looked like gum. PB appeared to be in a lot of agony.

'Geez, this guy's a piece of cake! How'd he manage to get into the second round?' Krillin thought amusedly.  He nearly burst out laughing when PB choked out,

"You're a meanie!! WAH! I want my boo-boo healed, mommy…mommy? MOMMY?" By this time Boo-Boo Boy …er, Pretty Boy was almost crying. A third of his adorers looked disgusted, A third of them flipped their hair and turned up their nose, and the remaining third looked on with pity.

Krillin, who was starting to feel sorry for the guy, kicked him…LIGHTLY across the ring, having PB still on the arena, but almost falling out. Krillin was extremely confused to WHY or HOW the guy had beaten his first opponent. He thought back to the first drawing… oh yeah. He had gone against that guy who kept smiling. That guy was probably a push over. Too bad…he most likely would've actually been harder than PB, except he was just a little too…polite.

Krillin was wondering how he could beat this guy without having it seem TOO embarrassing. 'Hmm…maybe I should just fake getting hurt..NAH.'

Krillin tossed the 'non-embarrasing' idea out the window, and proceeded to walk over to PB. PB whimpered.

"Don't worry," Krillin whispered into his ear once he had grabbed him by the collar. "This won't hurt a bit." Then he prepared to throw PB outside the ring.

He did. Pretty Boy went flying over the announcer's head and out of the arena. "….I think." Krillin added on to his last bit of dialogue.

"KRILLIN HAD JUST BEATEN HIS OPPONENT, FOLKS. APPARENTLY, IT SEEMED THAT HIS OPPONENT WAS NO MATCH FOR KRILLIN. HOPEFULLY, THERE'LL BE MORE ACTION NEXT TIME!!"

"You said it." Krillin muttered under his breath. But no one had heard him, as the announcer's screams of pain drowned out Krillin's complaint. Apparently, PB's fans weren't too happy with that last bit of commentary.

Krillin walked nonchalantly down to where Chi-Chi and Goku were waiting. Whistling, he greeted them.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing, just watching your fight…man, that guy looked like he was a piece of cake. Was he?" Chi-Chi inquired.

"Um…that information is confidential. Just kidding…yeah, he was, but don't tell anyone, especially not the press. For some reason, I feel kinda sorry for him."

"Yeah, after all, he looks like he's got a lot of fans." Goku rolled his eyes, referring to PB's hordes of female admirers.

"You got that right." Krillin nodded. Suddenly, Chi-Chi gave out a tiny cry.

"What is it?!" Goku looked extremely worried.

"Oh, nothing…just a bruise I got from the last fight. Nothing serious, really." Chi-Chi assured Goku [and Krillin].

"Are you sure? Your fight is next, you should really have that checked out." Krillin advised.

"No, really! It's nothing!" Chi-Chi quickly turned and walked away. Goku started to run after her, but Krillin held him back.

"Goku, I think she can handle herself. She'll just get annoyed if you bother her about it. I promise that she'll get it checked by a doctor soon."

"You sure? 'Cause I'm kinda worried.."

Krillin grinned. "I'm sure, man! Now let's go and watch her fight."

"Okay…" Goku was still bothered by Chi-Chi suppressed cry of pain, but followed his friend.

AN: Yeah, I know this chapter was kind of stupid, except for the end. I'm sorry that there hasn't been much romance between Chi-Chi and Goku yet, but just wait. Next chapter will be a lot more dramatic than this one. (Remember in one chapter when I mentioned something about Chi-Chi 'ignoring the pain from a broken or cracked collarbone'? Well…DUN DUN DUN! )

[1] – Why doesn't Krillin have parents? I know that his 'family' is like the guild that he came from, but what happened to his mother and father?

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