Chapter Two: Them Grandchildren Must Come!
"Where's Daddy?" Goten asked, pulling himself up on the counter.
"He's sleeping," Chi-chi said. "Something about how he didn't get enough sleep…"
"Hi, Daddy!" Goten called. Chi-chi smiled.
"Did you sleep well, Goku?" Chi-chi asked her drowsy husband as he walked into the kitchen. He muttered something indecipherable and sat down at the counter on a barstool. He reached up, took off his halo, and bit into it, relieving the golden doughnut of a chunk. Goten's left eye began to twitch and Chi-chi called:
"Babba(sp?)!" Babba appeared.
"Let me guess, he's eating his halo…" Babba looked at Goku, who was sleeping while eating his halo, thinking it a yummy, golden doughnut. "Alright, just put this one above his head when he's awake."
"Thank you!" Chi-chi thanked him with a smile.
"Don't mention it…" Babba disappeared.
"Well, then, Goten, would you like to hold your father's future halo?" Chi-chi asked, liked it was a privilege.
"Yeah! Yeah!" Goten nodded with excitement. Chi-chi handed the halo to her son and Goten put it above his head. "Look, Mommy! I'm a little angel!"
"That's for sure." Chi-chi agreed, smiling. Goten ran from the room. "Make sure not to lose it!"
"Okay, Mommy!"
*~*~*
"Gohan, Gohan! Look, I'm a little angel!" Goten said. Gohan chuckled.
"Sure are!"
"And he's such a cute little angel, too!" Videl said. Goten blushed and ran over to Vegeta.
"Look, Uncle Vegeta, I have a halo!" Vegeta looked up.
"Really? I was expecting horns, seeing as you children are making this WORSE than a living hell," Vegeta said. "Now if you really are an angel, how come you aren't sprouting-" Vegeta put his hand on his shoulders, pointing them outwards. "Little angel WINGS?" Vegeta started flapping his "wings".
Goten sniffed. "I'm sorry, Mr. Vegeta, I didn't know you were having such a bad time!" Goten ran from the room crying making Bulma and her son jump up.
"Daddy!"
"Vegeta!" Bulma yelled. "You get in there and apologize to that innocent child RIGHT now!"
"No, I refuse."
"THEN I'LL MAKE YOU!!!!!" Trunks and Bulma yelled, their eyes glowing red.
"Going!" Vegeta ran from the room. He knocked on the door. "Hey, brat, open up."
"No!"
"I'm coming in!" Vegeta announced. He walked in to find Goten on his bed. "I came in here to apologize."
"Only because Bulma told you to," Goten crossed his arms and glared at Vegeta. "You don't really mean it."
"I'm very proud of that glare," Vegeta said, smiling a bit. He walked over to the bed and sat down next to Goten. "Look, brat, I didn't mean what I said about those devil horns. You deserve that halo. You really ARE an angel."
"Really…?" Goten asked.
"Really," Vegeta nodded. "You're an angel sent from heaven!"
"Thanks, Uncle Vegeta!" Goten hugged Vegeta and Vegeta hugged him back.
"Oh!" The two hugging looked up to see Goku standing there. "That's so sweet, Vegeta! I think I'm gonna cry! Vegeta is hugging my son!"
"Shut up, Kakarott!" Vegeta yelled and shot a beam at Goku.
*~*~*
"Mommy, it won't come off!" Goten exclaimed. Chi-chi was pulling on the halo, attempting to free it from above Goten's head. "Does this mean I'm dead!?"
"No, you're not!" Chi-chi continued to pull. "Almost there!"
"So that's where it went!" Goku walked over to Goten and pulled the halo from the air with ease. "Sure, Goten, I know it belongs on your head more than mine, but you're not dead, yet. Don't worry, you'll get one when you die!"
"Okay!" Goten ran from the room. Goku and Chi-chi looked at each other, then laughed.
*~*~*
"It' so nice to relax," Videl said, sinking into the hot tub. Eighteen nodded.
"Yeah…" Bulma looked over at the towels on the chair.
"Oh, wait, I forgot to give the boys their towels!" Bulma jumped up, wrapped her towel around her body and opened the door. "Be back in a second!"
Bulma walked across the wooden hall and opened the door to the men's bathroom. She almost had a heart attack from shock. "GOKU, PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!!!!!"
"AH! BULMA!" Goku quickly covered his…body.
"You don't see VEGETA running around butt naked, do you!?" Vegeta suddenly ran by chasing Trunks- BOTH without any clothes. Bulma blinked. "Okay, KIDS I can understand…"
"Hey, Bulma, what are you doing here?" Goten asked. Bulma shook her head, popping back into reality.
"I brought you guys towels," Bulma said. "I would want you running around the HOUSE naked."
"Heheheh… THANKS!" Goku took a towel from her and wrapped it around the lower part of his body. Goku crouched down and started drying Goten off.
"Anyway, I'm going before I see a certain abnormal person," Bulma turned to leave, seeing Yamcha behind her. Bulma screamed, picked up a towel, and threw at him. She ran from the room and Vegeta stopped.
"Hey, you're flirting with my wife again, aren't you!?"
*~*~*
"You would NEVER believe what the men are doing in there!" Bulma said as she closed the door. She put her towel down and got back in the hot tub.
"Let me guess," Chi-chi said. "Goku was running around butt naked."
"ALL of them!" Bulma exclaimed. "Even Vegeta!"
"Krillin too?" Eighteen asked. (A/n: I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT KRILLIN UP TIL *NOW*!! _) Bulma nodded.
"Uh huh!"
"Yeah, Goku does it all the time at home…" Chi-chi said.
"But, Chi-chi, I would think you'd like that," Bulma said. Videl, Bulma, and Eighteen laughed as Chi-chi blushed. Marron started laughing and clapping her hands with joy.
*~*~*
"Well, I'm ready to get out!" Chi-chi stated. "I can hear the men running around in the hall."
"Me, too." Bulma and Eighteen stood.
"I think I'm gonna stay in here a while longer," Videl said. "It's really nice in here!"
"Hm…" The three older women left with Marron and Chi-chi walked across the hall, into the men's restroom.
"Uh…MOM!" Gohan, YAmcha, and Piccolo were still in there, talking. "Wh-What are you doing in here!?"
"YOU! NOW!" Chi-chi grabbed her son by the arm and pulled him out of the tub. Gohan grabbed a towel and wrapped around his body.
"Did I do something wrong!?" Gohan asked. "I won't do it again, whatever it was!"
"The grandchildren must come…" Chi-chi pushed Gohan across the hall.
"WHAT!?"
"You heard me, Gohan!" Chi-chi opened the door. "Get. IN THERE!"
"AH! MOM, DON'T DO THIS!!!!" Chi-chi slammed the door and she could hear Videl scream.
"GOHAN, WHAT ARE YOU *DOING*!!!!!!!???"
"AH! VIDEL, I'M SORRY!" Gohan started pounding on the door. "MOM, LET ME OUT!!!!"
Chi-chi was meanwhile hammering boards to the door. "Oh, SURE! Blame everything on your MOTHER!"
"No! Honestly, she's doing this!"
"Gohan, that is the LOWEST thing I have EVER heard!"
"Chi-chi what are you doing?" Goku asked. "Is that Gohan I hear in there…?"
"Goku, the grandchildren are coming!" Chi-chi said with excitement.
"WHAT!? NOT SO SOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!" Goku sat down on the floor. "Chi-chi, how can you do this!!!!!!?"
"It's for the grandchildren, Goku," Chi-chi said, putting her hands on her hips and turning her head from the door. "Let's face it, we're not getting any younger, and it's about time we had some grandkids!"
"But, Chi-chi, Gohan is in *HIGH* SCHOOL!!!!" Goku yelled.
"SHUT UP, GOKU!!!!"
"Um, guys, what's going on?" Krillin asked.
"KRILLIN SAVE MY SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Goku started flood crying.
"Why don't you?" Krillin asked.
"YOU AREN'T MARRIED TO *THAT* WOMAN!!!!!" Goku continued crying, pointing at his grandchild-crazed wife.
"Good point." Krillin said. "Um, right, Chi-chi, will you let Gohan out?"
"NO." Chi-chi stuck her nose in the air.
"Oh, come on, Chi-chi, don't be like that!" Goku whined.
"Hey, Daddy, where's Gohan?" Goten appeared at the scene.
"AH! NO, VIDEL, DON'T THROW THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Something hit the wall, causing the wall to dent outwards. Goten looked at the outstretched wall centimeters away from his nose.
"Ooh-hoo-hoo!"
"GOTEN, IT'S NOT SAFE!!!!!!!!" Goku grabed his youngest son and shielded him from the wall. The wall was hit out again, hitting Goku in the head. Vegeta started laughing as he pointed at Goku.
"KAKAROTT GOT HIT!!!!!" Another dent came out of the wall, hitting Vegeta upside the head. Trunks pointed at his dad.
"Heh. Dad got hit."
"VIDEL, PLEAE STOP!!!!!!!!!!!" Gohan's cries continued on.
"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON IN HERE!?" Eighteen appeared at the end of the hall. "MARRON CAN'T SLEEP- Huh?"
A sweat drop rolled down her forehead as she watched the walls denting in, the men dodging them. "CHI-CHI!!!!!!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chi-chi cried as she was dragged down the hall. "The grandchildren are crying out to me!!!! Can you not hear them???! They are crying: 'Grandma…! Grandma, set us free…! Grandma, don't LEAVE US!!!!!!!!'" Chi-chi yelled as Eighteen dragged her around the corner.
Everybody but Goku laughed nervously as they could hear Chi-chi continue with the grandchildren's supposed "cry."
"UGH!" Goku started pulling the boards off the door. As soon as the last board was removed, the door flew open and Gohan ran into his father.
"AND *STAY* OUT!!!!" Videl yelled.
*~*~*
"No!" Chi-chi tossed her head to the side. "The grandchildren! No! My grandchildren!"
"That poor girl…" Bulma said, shaking her head.
"Gohan, I believe you." Videl said.
"What? Oh…" Gohan looked at the ground.
"Gohan, I'm so sorry I threw all of those things at you!" Videl cried.
"No, it's okay," Gohan said. "I can understand!"
"No, really!" Videl said. "I threw all of those things, and I should have believed you when you said it was your mother! I mean, how could YOU ever do something horrible like that?"
"The grandchildren are coming…" Chi-chi said with a twisted smile. Everybody leaned backwards a little. "They are COMING!!!!!!"
Chi-chi opened her eyes when yelling 'coming', so that REALLY got everyone freaked. She laughed evilly. Goku leaned over to Gohan and Videl and whispered: "You two had better watch your backs…"
*~*~*
"CHI-CHI, WHERE IS THE KEY!!!!?" Goku demanded she give him the key, holding out his hand.
"What, you think that *I* trapped Gohan and Videl in there?" Chi-chi asked. "Innocent little old me?"
Chi-chi winked and crossed her legs, kicking the key underneath the refridgerator without anyone noticing. "Mommy, where's Gohan?"
"Your mother trapped him in the cellar with Videl," Krillin said. "She's demanding the grandchildren. Nice of her, huh?"
"Um….no, I think it's kinda mean…" Goten said. "Can I have some orange juice?"
"Sure, hun!" Chi-chi stood, moved her chair, and got out the orange juice.
"Momma, how come you want grandkids so much?" Goten asked.
"Don't ask, it's just her obsession," Goku said.
"Everybody has one," Yamcha said. "Your obsession is orange juice!"
"Oh, okay!" Goten smiled.
"Goten, I'll give you plenty of orange juice so you can grow healthy and strong," Chi-chi said, crouching next to him. "If you promise to give me at least one grandchild. Of either sex!"
"SHE SAID THE WORD!!!!!!" Trunks screamed, plugging his ears and making Bulma laugh.
"Okay, Mommy!"
"CHI-CHI, QUIT POISONING OUR BOY'S MIND WITH YOUR DIRTY TRICKS!!!!!!!" Goku yelled, pointing at his wife.
"Who, me?" Chi-chi asked, pointing at herself.
"But, Daddy, orange juice is GOOD for you!" Goten said, swinging his legs. He stopped. "Unless somebody poisons it…" Goten looked at his mother, his bottom lip trembling. His voice started cracking: "Mommy, you're not poisoning my orange juice, are you?"
"Oh, of course not, honey!" Chi-chi ran her hand through her son's hair. "I would NEVER do that!" Suddenly Chi-chi sprouted fangs. "Unless you decide not to have children!"
"Heheheh… OKAY, Mommy, I'll make sure to give you plenty of grandchildren!" Goten said.
"Oh, you're so sweet!" Chi-chi exclaimed. Her fangs sprouted again as she looked at the ground(where the cellar is). "Unlike your brother!"
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Gohan's helpless cry came from the cellar.
"Okay, Chi-chi! Give me the key, or I'll take it by force!" Goku yelled.
"NEVER!!!!!" Chi-chi screamed. Krillin looked at his wife.
"Eighteen." She nodded.
"Right." Eighteen looked around the room. "Under the fridge."
"Okay!" Goku lifted up the fridge and Goten screamed.
"MY ORANCE JUICE!!!!!!!!!" Goten started jumping up and down. "NO! IT HAS TO BE REFRIDGERATED!!!!!!!!"
"Calm down, Goten!" Goku said. "I'll plug it back in!"
Krillin picked up the keys and Goku plugged the fridge in, then put it down. Chi-chi screamed as Eighteen held her back. Yamcha jumped up. "LET'S GO FREE GOHAN!!!!!"
"Right." Piccolo nodded.
*~*~*
"Oh, thank DENDE you saved us!" Videl said, rubbing her wrist.
"Yeah!" Gohan nodded. "Thanks, guys!"
"No sweat!" Bulma winked.
"Any time for our pal!" Krillin said.
"So, has your mother cracked, Gohan?" Videl asked.
"Um…" Gohan looked at the ground.
"Well, we're all beginning to thing that she's always been a cracked egg…" Goten said.
"Hey, guys, cheer up!" Goku exclaimed. "At least *I* haven't crossed over to the dark side!" The two boys were silent. "I knew it. You both like your mother MORE than me! All because I had to go and DIE off!"
"No, Daddy, I like you just as much as Mommy," Goten said. "But if Mommy goes insane and you have to go back to the Otherworld again, then who will take care of us?"
"The Ox King could take care of you!" Yamcha exclaimed.
"EW!"
"You've got a point…" Yamcha said. Everybody thought for a minute.
"I will!" Gohan declared. "I don't need to be taken care of, so I can just take care of you!"
"Then everything will be okay in the end!" Goten exclaimed, hugging his brother's leg.
"Not for me, it won't…" Goku wiped a tear from his eye and sniffed.
*~*~*
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!! IT'S PRACTICALLY SOUND PROOF!" Chi-chi yelled. "THEY'LL NEVER HEAR YOU!!!!!"
"Mom, I'll kill you for this…!" Gohan's threat was faint. Chi-chi began to hum as she sat a chair against the closet door and began to file her nails.
"Those grandchildren will be coming any second now…"
"Hey, Chi-chi, have you seen Gohan?" Piccolo asked.
"Nope, sorry, can't say that I have!" Chi-chi lied. "Why do you ask? You don't think that *I* have him locked up somewhere, do you?"
"No, it's not that…" Yamcha shook his head. "We were going to ask him if he wanted to play Twister…"
Krillin sighed. "I guess we'd better keep looking…"
"Good luck!" Chi-chi called after them, waving. She continued to file her nails once they were out of sight and earshot. She could hear Gohan and Videl behind her, but she was the only one close enough to hear. "SUCKERS!!!"
"Hey, Chi-chi, have you seen Gohan?" This time it was Goku.
"No, I'm sorry to say I haven't," Chi-chi said, shaking her head. "Hopefully, nobody has him locked up in a broom closet somewhere!"
"Oh my gosh, do you really think that somebody would do that???" Goku asked, not suspecting a thing.
"Well, Goku, there ARE some pretty sick people out there…" Chi-chi said, looking down the hall.
"You're right!" Goku said. "I'd better go find him!"
"Good luck, Goku!" Chi-chi went back to filing her nails. "Suckerrrrrr!!!!"
"Hey, Mommy, where's Gohan?" Goten asked.
"Honey, he's in the closet behind me," Chi-chi said, jabbing her thumb at the closet.
"But Daddy told me NOT to let you lock Gohan up," Goten said, putting his hands behind his back and twisting to the left, then the right, and so on.
"But, honey, Gohan WANTED to be locked up!" Chi-chi lied. "He's playing a game!"
"Am not…" Gohan's faint scream only Chi-chi could hear.
"Can I play!!?" Goten asked.
"Um, sweetie, this game has…" Chi-chi scanned her brain for a word. "Requires too much adult content."
"Oh, okay…"
"Now why don't you run along and get some orange juice?" Chi-chi suggested.
"OKAY!" Goten ran off. Chi-chi smiled and went back to filing her nails.
"Mrs. Chi-chi," This time, it was Trunks. "Have you seen Goten? Because he's been looking for Gohan, and now I can't find him…"
"Goten's in the kitchen, dear." Trunks nodded.
"Okay." Trunks paused before leaving.
"Uh-oh……" Chi-chi thought. "Does this child have super hearing power? Did he hear Gohan…?"
"Um, have you seen Gohan?" Trunks asked.
"No, sorry, haven't!" Chi-chi shook her head.
"Okay, thank you!" Trunks flew out of the hall and into the kitchen where Goten was.
"Chi-chi what are you up to?"
"What? Me? Oh, I'm up to nothing, as usual!" Chi-chi said. "Just filing my nails!"
"Yeah, right," Eighteen crossed her arms. "You actually expect me to believe that crap?"
"Yes."
"Bah!" Eighteen shook her hand as if waving Chi-chi's word away. "Anyway! You have Gohan and Videl locked up in that there broom closet don't you!?
"UGH!" Chi-chi stood up in disgust. "How dare you suggest that I would stoop that low JUST to get grandchildren!? You think that I would force my own son against his will to have children!?" Eighteen stared. "Good point."
"Then I suppose I'll leave you alone." Eighteen turned to leave. "And one more thing."
Eighteen disappeared. Chi-chi blinked. "Huh?"
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Chi-chi turned around to see Gohan and Videl on the floor.
"I KNEW it." Eighteen said, glaring at Chi-chi.
"GOHAN, GET OFF OF ME!!!!!!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Gohan jumped up.
"You cheated!" Chi-chi yelled, jumping up and down. "You cheated!!!"
"Chi-chi, the only one cheating is YOU." Eighteen said. "You are trying to con this young couple into fornicating just so you can have grandchildren."
Chi-chi started mumbling something. "I'm sorry Gohan… (more mumbling) I'm sorry (mumbles) Videl…"
Videl sighed. "I forgive you…"
"Well, not ME." Gohan crossed his arms. Videl elbowed him hard in the stomach. "Ugh! I forgive you Mom!"
"I'M SO SORRY, GOHAN!!!!!!" Chi-chi hugged her son, starting to cry.
"Uh, Mom, I said I forgive you." Gohan said.
"Eighteen is right!!!" Chi-chi sobbed. "I'm being so evil to you and your girlfriend!!!"
Eighteen cocked her head. "I never said that…"
Could this POSSIBLY be the end of Chi-chi's obsession to have grandchildren? No way! In the next chapter, Goten loses a tooth and a sacrifice is made! What will happen? How wll everyone react? What CHEERY tune is Goten SINGING??? Find out next time on FHI: A Tooth is Lost and A Sacrifice is Made!
"Where's Daddy?" Goten asked, pulling himself up on the counter.
"He's sleeping," Chi-chi said. "Something about how he didn't get enough sleep…"
"Hi, Daddy!" Goten called. Chi-chi smiled.
"Did you sleep well, Goku?" Chi-chi asked her drowsy husband as he walked into the kitchen. He muttered something indecipherable and sat down at the counter on a barstool. He reached up, took off his halo, and bit into it, relieving the golden doughnut of a chunk. Goten's left eye began to twitch and Chi-chi called:
"Babba(sp?)!" Babba appeared.
"Let me guess, he's eating his halo…" Babba looked at Goku, who was sleeping while eating his halo, thinking it a yummy, golden doughnut. "Alright, just put this one above his head when he's awake."
"Thank you!" Chi-chi thanked him with a smile.
"Don't mention it…" Babba disappeared.
"Well, then, Goten, would you like to hold your father's future halo?" Chi-chi asked, liked it was a privilege.
"Yeah! Yeah!" Goten nodded with excitement. Chi-chi handed the halo to her son and Goten put it above his head. "Look, Mommy! I'm a little angel!"
"That's for sure." Chi-chi agreed, smiling. Goten ran from the room. "Make sure not to lose it!"
"Okay, Mommy!"
*~*~*
"Gohan, Gohan! Look, I'm a little angel!" Goten said. Gohan chuckled.
"Sure are!"
"And he's such a cute little angel, too!" Videl said. Goten blushed and ran over to Vegeta.
"Look, Uncle Vegeta, I have a halo!" Vegeta looked up.
"Really? I was expecting horns, seeing as you children are making this WORSE than a living hell," Vegeta said. "Now if you really are an angel, how come you aren't sprouting-" Vegeta put his hand on his shoulders, pointing them outwards. "Little angel WINGS?" Vegeta started flapping his "wings".
Goten sniffed. "I'm sorry, Mr. Vegeta, I didn't know you were having such a bad time!" Goten ran from the room crying making Bulma and her son jump up.
"Daddy!"
"Vegeta!" Bulma yelled. "You get in there and apologize to that innocent child RIGHT now!"
"No, I refuse."
"THEN I'LL MAKE YOU!!!!!" Trunks and Bulma yelled, their eyes glowing red.
"Going!" Vegeta ran from the room. He knocked on the door. "Hey, brat, open up."
"No!"
"I'm coming in!" Vegeta announced. He walked in to find Goten on his bed. "I came in here to apologize."
"Only because Bulma told you to," Goten crossed his arms and glared at Vegeta. "You don't really mean it."
"I'm very proud of that glare," Vegeta said, smiling a bit. He walked over to the bed and sat down next to Goten. "Look, brat, I didn't mean what I said about those devil horns. You deserve that halo. You really ARE an angel."
"Really…?" Goten asked.
"Really," Vegeta nodded. "You're an angel sent from heaven!"
"Thanks, Uncle Vegeta!" Goten hugged Vegeta and Vegeta hugged him back.
"Oh!" The two hugging looked up to see Goku standing there. "That's so sweet, Vegeta! I think I'm gonna cry! Vegeta is hugging my son!"
"Shut up, Kakarott!" Vegeta yelled and shot a beam at Goku.
*~*~*
"Mommy, it won't come off!" Goten exclaimed. Chi-chi was pulling on the halo, attempting to free it from above Goten's head. "Does this mean I'm dead!?"
"No, you're not!" Chi-chi continued to pull. "Almost there!"
"So that's where it went!" Goku walked over to Goten and pulled the halo from the air with ease. "Sure, Goten, I know it belongs on your head more than mine, but you're not dead, yet. Don't worry, you'll get one when you die!"
"Okay!" Goten ran from the room. Goku and Chi-chi looked at each other, then laughed.
*~*~*
"It' so nice to relax," Videl said, sinking into the hot tub. Eighteen nodded.
"Yeah…" Bulma looked over at the towels on the chair.
"Oh, wait, I forgot to give the boys their towels!" Bulma jumped up, wrapped her towel around her body and opened the door. "Be back in a second!"
Bulma walked across the wooden hall and opened the door to the men's bathroom. She almost had a heart attack from shock. "GOKU, PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!!!!!"
"AH! BULMA!" Goku quickly covered his…body.
"You don't see VEGETA running around butt naked, do you!?" Vegeta suddenly ran by chasing Trunks- BOTH without any clothes. Bulma blinked. "Okay, KIDS I can understand…"
"Hey, Bulma, what are you doing here?" Goten asked. Bulma shook her head, popping back into reality.
"I brought you guys towels," Bulma said. "I would want you running around the HOUSE naked."
"Heheheh… THANKS!" Goku took a towel from her and wrapped it around the lower part of his body. Goku crouched down and started drying Goten off.
"Anyway, I'm going before I see a certain abnormal person," Bulma turned to leave, seeing Yamcha behind her. Bulma screamed, picked up a towel, and threw at him. She ran from the room and Vegeta stopped.
"Hey, you're flirting with my wife again, aren't you!?"
*~*~*
"You would NEVER believe what the men are doing in there!" Bulma said as she closed the door. She put her towel down and got back in the hot tub.
"Let me guess," Chi-chi said. "Goku was running around butt naked."
"ALL of them!" Bulma exclaimed. "Even Vegeta!"
"Krillin too?" Eighteen asked. (A/n: I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT KRILLIN UP TIL *NOW*!! _) Bulma nodded.
"Uh huh!"
"Yeah, Goku does it all the time at home…" Chi-chi said.
"But, Chi-chi, I would think you'd like that," Bulma said. Videl, Bulma, and Eighteen laughed as Chi-chi blushed. Marron started laughing and clapping her hands with joy.
*~*~*
"Well, I'm ready to get out!" Chi-chi stated. "I can hear the men running around in the hall."
"Me, too." Bulma and Eighteen stood.
"I think I'm gonna stay in here a while longer," Videl said. "It's really nice in here!"
"Hm…" The three older women left with Marron and Chi-chi walked across the hall, into the men's restroom.
"Uh…MOM!" Gohan, YAmcha, and Piccolo were still in there, talking. "Wh-What are you doing in here!?"
"YOU! NOW!" Chi-chi grabbed her son by the arm and pulled him out of the tub. Gohan grabbed a towel and wrapped around his body.
"Did I do something wrong!?" Gohan asked. "I won't do it again, whatever it was!"
"The grandchildren must come…" Chi-chi pushed Gohan across the hall.
"WHAT!?"
"You heard me, Gohan!" Chi-chi opened the door. "Get. IN THERE!"
"AH! MOM, DON'T DO THIS!!!!" Chi-chi slammed the door and she could hear Videl scream.
"GOHAN, WHAT ARE YOU *DOING*!!!!!!!???"
"AH! VIDEL, I'M SORRY!" Gohan started pounding on the door. "MOM, LET ME OUT!!!!"
Chi-chi was meanwhile hammering boards to the door. "Oh, SURE! Blame everything on your MOTHER!"
"No! Honestly, she's doing this!"
"Gohan, that is the LOWEST thing I have EVER heard!"
"Chi-chi what are you doing?" Goku asked. "Is that Gohan I hear in there…?"
"Goku, the grandchildren are coming!" Chi-chi said with excitement.
"WHAT!? NOT SO SOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!" Goku sat down on the floor. "Chi-chi, how can you do this!!!!!!?"
"It's for the grandchildren, Goku," Chi-chi said, putting her hands on her hips and turning her head from the door. "Let's face it, we're not getting any younger, and it's about time we had some grandkids!"
"But, Chi-chi, Gohan is in *HIGH* SCHOOL!!!!" Goku yelled.
"SHUT UP, GOKU!!!!"
"Um, guys, what's going on?" Krillin asked.
"KRILLIN SAVE MY SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Goku started flood crying.
"Why don't you?" Krillin asked.
"YOU AREN'T MARRIED TO *THAT* WOMAN!!!!!" Goku continued crying, pointing at his grandchild-crazed wife.
"Good point." Krillin said. "Um, right, Chi-chi, will you let Gohan out?"
"NO." Chi-chi stuck her nose in the air.
"Oh, come on, Chi-chi, don't be like that!" Goku whined.
"Hey, Daddy, where's Gohan?" Goten appeared at the scene.
"AH! NO, VIDEL, DON'T THROW THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Something hit the wall, causing the wall to dent outwards. Goten looked at the outstretched wall centimeters away from his nose.
"Ooh-hoo-hoo!"
"GOTEN, IT'S NOT SAFE!!!!!!!!" Goku grabed his youngest son and shielded him from the wall. The wall was hit out again, hitting Goku in the head. Vegeta started laughing as he pointed at Goku.
"KAKAROTT GOT HIT!!!!!" Another dent came out of the wall, hitting Vegeta upside the head. Trunks pointed at his dad.
"Heh. Dad got hit."
"VIDEL, PLEAE STOP!!!!!!!!!!!" Gohan's cries continued on.
"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON IN HERE!?" Eighteen appeared at the end of the hall. "MARRON CAN'T SLEEP- Huh?"
A sweat drop rolled down her forehead as she watched the walls denting in, the men dodging them. "CHI-CHI!!!!!!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chi-chi cried as she was dragged down the hall. "The grandchildren are crying out to me!!!! Can you not hear them???! They are crying: 'Grandma…! Grandma, set us free…! Grandma, don't LEAVE US!!!!!!!!'" Chi-chi yelled as Eighteen dragged her around the corner.
Everybody but Goku laughed nervously as they could hear Chi-chi continue with the grandchildren's supposed "cry."
"UGH!" Goku started pulling the boards off the door. As soon as the last board was removed, the door flew open and Gohan ran into his father.
"AND *STAY* OUT!!!!" Videl yelled.
*~*~*
"No!" Chi-chi tossed her head to the side. "The grandchildren! No! My grandchildren!"
"That poor girl…" Bulma said, shaking her head.
"Gohan, I believe you." Videl said.
"What? Oh…" Gohan looked at the ground.
"Gohan, I'm so sorry I threw all of those things at you!" Videl cried.
"No, it's okay," Gohan said. "I can understand!"
"No, really!" Videl said. "I threw all of those things, and I should have believed you when you said it was your mother! I mean, how could YOU ever do something horrible like that?"
"The grandchildren are coming…" Chi-chi said with a twisted smile. Everybody leaned backwards a little. "They are COMING!!!!!!"
Chi-chi opened her eyes when yelling 'coming', so that REALLY got everyone freaked. She laughed evilly. Goku leaned over to Gohan and Videl and whispered: "You two had better watch your backs…"
*~*~*
"CHI-CHI, WHERE IS THE KEY!!!!?" Goku demanded she give him the key, holding out his hand.
"What, you think that *I* trapped Gohan and Videl in there?" Chi-chi asked. "Innocent little old me?"
Chi-chi winked and crossed her legs, kicking the key underneath the refridgerator without anyone noticing. "Mommy, where's Gohan?"
"Your mother trapped him in the cellar with Videl," Krillin said. "She's demanding the grandchildren. Nice of her, huh?"
"Um….no, I think it's kinda mean…" Goten said. "Can I have some orange juice?"
"Sure, hun!" Chi-chi stood, moved her chair, and got out the orange juice.
"Momma, how come you want grandkids so much?" Goten asked.
"Don't ask, it's just her obsession," Goku said.
"Everybody has one," Yamcha said. "Your obsession is orange juice!"
"Oh, okay!" Goten smiled.
"Goten, I'll give you plenty of orange juice so you can grow healthy and strong," Chi-chi said, crouching next to him. "If you promise to give me at least one grandchild. Of either sex!"
"SHE SAID THE WORD!!!!!!" Trunks screamed, plugging his ears and making Bulma laugh.
"Okay, Mommy!"
"CHI-CHI, QUIT POISONING OUR BOY'S MIND WITH YOUR DIRTY TRICKS!!!!!!!" Goku yelled, pointing at his wife.
"Who, me?" Chi-chi asked, pointing at herself.
"But, Daddy, orange juice is GOOD for you!" Goten said, swinging his legs. He stopped. "Unless somebody poisons it…" Goten looked at his mother, his bottom lip trembling. His voice started cracking: "Mommy, you're not poisoning my orange juice, are you?"
"Oh, of course not, honey!" Chi-chi ran her hand through her son's hair. "I would NEVER do that!" Suddenly Chi-chi sprouted fangs. "Unless you decide not to have children!"
"Heheheh… OKAY, Mommy, I'll make sure to give you plenty of grandchildren!" Goten said.
"Oh, you're so sweet!" Chi-chi exclaimed. Her fangs sprouted again as she looked at the ground(where the cellar is). "Unlike your brother!"
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Gohan's helpless cry came from the cellar.
"Okay, Chi-chi! Give me the key, or I'll take it by force!" Goku yelled.
"NEVER!!!!!" Chi-chi screamed. Krillin looked at his wife.
"Eighteen." She nodded.
"Right." Eighteen looked around the room. "Under the fridge."
"Okay!" Goku lifted up the fridge and Goten screamed.
"MY ORANCE JUICE!!!!!!!!!" Goten started jumping up and down. "NO! IT HAS TO BE REFRIDGERATED!!!!!!!!"
"Calm down, Goten!" Goku said. "I'll plug it back in!"
Krillin picked up the keys and Goku plugged the fridge in, then put it down. Chi-chi screamed as Eighteen held her back. Yamcha jumped up. "LET'S GO FREE GOHAN!!!!!"
"Right." Piccolo nodded.
*~*~*
"Oh, thank DENDE you saved us!" Videl said, rubbing her wrist.
"Yeah!" Gohan nodded. "Thanks, guys!"
"No sweat!" Bulma winked.
"Any time for our pal!" Krillin said.
"So, has your mother cracked, Gohan?" Videl asked.
"Um…" Gohan looked at the ground.
"Well, we're all beginning to thing that she's always been a cracked egg…" Goten said.
"Hey, guys, cheer up!" Goku exclaimed. "At least *I* haven't crossed over to the dark side!" The two boys were silent. "I knew it. You both like your mother MORE than me! All because I had to go and DIE off!"
"No, Daddy, I like you just as much as Mommy," Goten said. "But if Mommy goes insane and you have to go back to the Otherworld again, then who will take care of us?"
"The Ox King could take care of you!" Yamcha exclaimed.
"EW!"
"You've got a point…" Yamcha said. Everybody thought for a minute.
"I will!" Gohan declared. "I don't need to be taken care of, so I can just take care of you!"
"Then everything will be okay in the end!" Goten exclaimed, hugging his brother's leg.
"Not for me, it won't…" Goku wiped a tear from his eye and sniffed.
*~*~*
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!! IT'S PRACTICALLY SOUND PROOF!" Chi-chi yelled. "THEY'LL NEVER HEAR YOU!!!!!"
"Mom, I'll kill you for this…!" Gohan's threat was faint. Chi-chi began to hum as she sat a chair against the closet door and began to file her nails.
"Those grandchildren will be coming any second now…"
"Hey, Chi-chi, have you seen Gohan?" Piccolo asked.
"Nope, sorry, can't say that I have!" Chi-chi lied. "Why do you ask? You don't think that *I* have him locked up somewhere, do you?"
"No, it's not that…" Yamcha shook his head. "We were going to ask him if he wanted to play Twister…"
Krillin sighed. "I guess we'd better keep looking…"
"Good luck!" Chi-chi called after them, waving. She continued to file her nails once they were out of sight and earshot. She could hear Gohan and Videl behind her, but she was the only one close enough to hear. "SUCKERS!!!"
"Hey, Chi-chi, have you seen Gohan?" This time it was Goku.
"No, I'm sorry to say I haven't," Chi-chi said, shaking her head. "Hopefully, nobody has him locked up in a broom closet somewhere!"
"Oh my gosh, do you really think that somebody would do that???" Goku asked, not suspecting a thing.
"Well, Goku, there ARE some pretty sick people out there…" Chi-chi said, looking down the hall.
"You're right!" Goku said. "I'd better go find him!"
"Good luck, Goku!" Chi-chi went back to filing her nails. "Suckerrrrrr!!!!"
"Hey, Mommy, where's Gohan?" Goten asked.
"Honey, he's in the closet behind me," Chi-chi said, jabbing her thumb at the closet.
"But Daddy told me NOT to let you lock Gohan up," Goten said, putting his hands behind his back and twisting to the left, then the right, and so on.
"But, honey, Gohan WANTED to be locked up!" Chi-chi lied. "He's playing a game!"
"Am not…" Gohan's faint scream only Chi-chi could hear.
"Can I play!!?" Goten asked.
"Um, sweetie, this game has…" Chi-chi scanned her brain for a word. "Requires too much adult content."
"Oh, okay…"
"Now why don't you run along and get some orange juice?" Chi-chi suggested.
"OKAY!" Goten ran off. Chi-chi smiled and went back to filing her nails.
"Mrs. Chi-chi," This time, it was Trunks. "Have you seen Goten? Because he's been looking for Gohan, and now I can't find him…"
"Goten's in the kitchen, dear." Trunks nodded.
"Okay." Trunks paused before leaving.
"Uh-oh……" Chi-chi thought. "Does this child have super hearing power? Did he hear Gohan…?"
"Um, have you seen Gohan?" Trunks asked.
"No, sorry, haven't!" Chi-chi shook her head.
"Okay, thank you!" Trunks flew out of the hall and into the kitchen where Goten was.
"Chi-chi what are you up to?"
"What? Me? Oh, I'm up to nothing, as usual!" Chi-chi said. "Just filing my nails!"
"Yeah, right," Eighteen crossed her arms. "You actually expect me to believe that crap?"
"Yes."
"Bah!" Eighteen shook her hand as if waving Chi-chi's word away. "Anyway! You have Gohan and Videl locked up in that there broom closet don't you!?
"UGH!" Chi-chi stood up in disgust. "How dare you suggest that I would stoop that low JUST to get grandchildren!? You think that I would force my own son against his will to have children!?" Eighteen stared. "Good point."
"Then I suppose I'll leave you alone." Eighteen turned to leave. "And one more thing."
Eighteen disappeared. Chi-chi blinked. "Huh?"
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Chi-chi turned around to see Gohan and Videl on the floor.
"I KNEW it." Eighteen said, glaring at Chi-chi.
"GOHAN, GET OFF OF ME!!!!!!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Gohan jumped up.
"You cheated!" Chi-chi yelled, jumping up and down. "You cheated!!!"
"Chi-chi, the only one cheating is YOU." Eighteen said. "You are trying to con this young couple into fornicating just so you can have grandchildren."
Chi-chi started mumbling something. "I'm sorry Gohan… (more mumbling) I'm sorry (mumbles) Videl…"
Videl sighed. "I forgive you…"
"Well, not ME." Gohan crossed his arms. Videl elbowed him hard in the stomach. "Ugh! I forgive you Mom!"
"I'M SO SORRY, GOHAN!!!!!!" Chi-chi hugged her son, starting to cry.
"Uh, Mom, I said I forgive you." Gohan said.
"Eighteen is right!!!" Chi-chi sobbed. "I'm being so evil to you and your girlfriend!!!"
Eighteen cocked her head. "I never said that…"
Could this POSSIBLY be the end of Chi-chi's obsession to have grandchildren? No way! In the next chapter, Goten loses a tooth and a sacrifice is made! What will happen? How wll everyone react? What CHEERY tune is Goten SINGING??? Find out next time on FHI: A Tooth is Lost and A Sacrifice is Made!