Chapter 4
"What?" Bulma asked as she shot her last bullet straight into the bull's eye.
Robert held up the phone and mouthed, "One of your mutts."
Bulma gave and exasperated sigh and held her hand out to receive the phone. Then she cleared her throat to make her ditziness be more apparent with her squeaky voice. "Hi Edward."
'God… I sound like Audrey from 'Little Shop of Horrors''. Bulma thought as her violet coated lips twisted in disgust.
"Hi Bulma. I'm going to Chicago to meet my dad, so I won't be around. But you'll be there on Saturday right?"
"Of course darling, I wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Thank you my angel. It means so much to me."
"Same here."
"I love you."
"I love you too, Bye."
"Bye."
Bulma hanged up the phone triumphantly. Then she noticed Robert making gagging sounds.
"Please Robert. That's very immature of you."
Rober folded his arms, "Now what am I suppose to say? Bulma wins an Oscar for best Female lead role!"
"I'm flattered. Is my Porche ready?"
"It's been ready for the last 10 minutes."
"Good." Bulma grabbed the keys from Robert and headed down to the driveway.
Bulma revved the engine, feeling the car purr under hear and she drove off of her Kyoto estate as fast as she could.
~~~
After a half an hour she pulled up to the Son's house, which was practically in the middle of nowhere. Not that it mattered. The house was round and domed shaped. 'How quaint.' She thought. 'It looks even smaller than the cage I was thinking about putting Goku in.'
Then Bulma approached the door, her black trench coat rippled behind her as a soft breeze blew by. She knocked. A woman in her late 20's opened the door, she had her black hair up in a perfect bun. "What do you want?" The woman snapped in her squeaky voice. "I'm here to see Son Goku. I'm the person that saved him."
"Oh… I see. He'll be back in a little bit… Can we talk outside…"
"Of course." Bulma stepped back allowing the small woman to come out.
"So.. you are…"
"Bulma Briefs."
"Of Capsule Corp."
Bulma nodded.
The woman gasped and hesitated. Then she began to hyperventilate a little bit.
Bulma gesticulated a little. " Can I ask you, your name?"
"Uh..Uh… Chi Chi."
Bulma nodded, clasping her hands behind her. "Nice to meet you."
"Do you need anything? A paper bag? A doctor?"
Then Chi chi raised her head and revealed that she was raging mad. "I need you to stay away from my family!"
Bulma stood there unfazed. "Excuse me?"
"Get away from my family! I've heard what you do to people, when they know you they suddenly disappear!"
"I've never heard of this rumor. Are you sure you're feeling okay?"
"I'm fine! I know you killed Yamcha! He was our friend!!!!! How could you?!"
"First of all Chi Chi, 'I' didn't kill Yamcha. And second of all I was at the hospital after I saved your husband. So I couldn't have done anything to Yamcha. You can even call the doctor," Bulma said as she held out her phone.
Chi Chi slapped Bulma's hand away. " I don't need to call some stupid doctor to see the truth. Yamcha told us all about you! You evil woman."
"If I am evil. Why did I save your husband?"
Chi Chi sputtered. "W-Well.. You.. he… you're mixing up the facts. Stop it!"
' Boy this woman has got problems,' Bulma thought as she watched Chi Chi make a fool out of herself. ' I think some one should really remove that stick out of her …"
"Oh hey, I think I see your husband."
Chi Chi turned toward the direction that Bulma pointed at.
Bulma held out her hand and shook Son Goku's hand. "Hello Goku, nice to see you again. Are you feeling better?"
"Yes I am. Thanks for paying for the medical bill."
"Don't worry about it, you're probably still recovering."
Goku blushed guiltily and nodded.
"U-uh.." Goku stuttered. "Do you want to come inside?"
"I'd love to." Bulma nodded suavely.
As Bulma sat down at the worn dinning table she glance around, pretending to admire the house. 'This house looks as hideous inside as it does in the surveillance cameras. And I thought that those cameras were over-exaggerating.'
Bulma smiled and drowned out her wince at the clashing of the gaudy colors that the house was filled with. "This is a very nice house Goku. You're wife have very good interior design skills"
' Actually I think she should never come near another house again,' Bulma thought in disgust. But the twist of her lip was covered as she drank from the coffee she was offered. 'God, the coffee is horrible too. What's wrong with these Neanderthals?'
"Great coffee…but I like mine with a little more milk."
Bulma was handed some more cream and when the Sons weren't watching she dumped as much cream as possible. 'This better drown out the taste.'
In the end Bulma finally drowned the rest of her coffee with much difficulty. She kept her conversation with the sons at a minimum.
As Bulma left she 'accidentally' dropped her purse. "Oh!.."
Both Bulma and Goku reached for the purse at the same time. Bulma's finger came on top of Goku's. Suddenly Goku cried out, startled and withdrew his hand.
"Oh my gosh are you alright?" Bulma asked.
"Oh I think I accidentally found a shard of glass. It must have been when Gohan dropped the glass cup this morning."
"Oh, do you need help with that?"
"No it's okay."
Bulma resigned and nodded. "Alright."
Then she quietly and swiftly left the house.
Goku looked at were the tingling pain had come from on his hand. He looked at the side of his thumb as saw the tiny drop of blood and began to suckle it.
~~~
Meanwhile Bulma grinned as she removed the fake nail from her finger. On the underside of the fake nail, there was a tiny needle. Bulma dropped the fake nail into a tiny vial and drove off to Kyoto airport.
She had another assignment for Dr. Gero.
"What?" Bulma asked as she shot her last bullet straight into the bull's eye.
Robert held up the phone and mouthed, "One of your mutts."
Bulma gave and exasperated sigh and held her hand out to receive the phone. Then she cleared her throat to make her ditziness be more apparent with her squeaky voice. "Hi Edward."
'God… I sound like Audrey from 'Little Shop of Horrors''. Bulma thought as her violet coated lips twisted in disgust.
"Hi Bulma. I'm going to Chicago to meet my dad, so I won't be around. But you'll be there on Saturday right?"
"Of course darling, I wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Thank you my angel. It means so much to me."
"Same here."
"I love you."
"I love you too, Bye."
"Bye."
Bulma hanged up the phone triumphantly. Then she noticed Robert making gagging sounds.
"Please Robert. That's very immature of you."
Rober folded his arms, "Now what am I suppose to say? Bulma wins an Oscar for best Female lead role!"
"I'm flattered. Is my Porche ready?"
"It's been ready for the last 10 minutes."
"Good." Bulma grabbed the keys from Robert and headed down to the driveway.
Bulma revved the engine, feeling the car purr under hear and she drove off of her Kyoto estate as fast as she could.
~~~
After a half an hour she pulled up to the Son's house, which was practically in the middle of nowhere. Not that it mattered. The house was round and domed shaped. 'How quaint.' She thought. 'It looks even smaller than the cage I was thinking about putting Goku in.'
Then Bulma approached the door, her black trench coat rippled behind her as a soft breeze blew by. She knocked. A woman in her late 20's opened the door, she had her black hair up in a perfect bun. "What do you want?" The woman snapped in her squeaky voice. "I'm here to see Son Goku. I'm the person that saved him."
"Oh… I see. He'll be back in a little bit… Can we talk outside…"
"Of course." Bulma stepped back allowing the small woman to come out.
"So.. you are…"
"Bulma Briefs."
"Of Capsule Corp."
Bulma nodded.
The woman gasped and hesitated. Then she began to hyperventilate a little bit.
Bulma gesticulated a little. " Can I ask you, your name?"
"Uh..Uh… Chi Chi."
Bulma nodded, clasping her hands behind her. "Nice to meet you."
"Do you need anything? A paper bag? A doctor?"
Then Chi chi raised her head and revealed that she was raging mad. "I need you to stay away from my family!"
Bulma stood there unfazed. "Excuse me?"
"Get away from my family! I've heard what you do to people, when they know you they suddenly disappear!"
"I've never heard of this rumor. Are you sure you're feeling okay?"
"I'm fine! I know you killed Yamcha! He was our friend!!!!! How could you?!"
"First of all Chi Chi, 'I' didn't kill Yamcha. And second of all I was at the hospital after I saved your husband. So I couldn't have done anything to Yamcha. You can even call the doctor," Bulma said as she held out her phone.
Chi Chi slapped Bulma's hand away. " I don't need to call some stupid doctor to see the truth. Yamcha told us all about you! You evil woman."
"If I am evil. Why did I save your husband?"
Chi Chi sputtered. "W-Well.. You.. he… you're mixing up the facts. Stop it!"
' Boy this woman has got problems,' Bulma thought as she watched Chi Chi make a fool out of herself. ' I think some one should really remove that stick out of her …"
"Oh hey, I think I see your husband."
Chi Chi turned toward the direction that Bulma pointed at.
Bulma held out her hand and shook Son Goku's hand. "Hello Goku, nice to see you again. Are you feeling better?"
"Yes I am. Thanks for paying for the medical bill."
"Don't worry about it, you're probably still recovering."
Goku blushed guiltily and nodded.
"U-uh.." Goku stuttered. "Do you want to come inside?"
"I'd love to." Bulma nodded suavely.
As Bulma sat down at the worn dinning table she glance around, pretending to admire the house. 'This house looks as hideous inside as it does in the surveillance cameras. And I thought that those cameras were over-exaggerating.'
Bulma smiled and drowned out her wince at the clashing of the gaudy colors that the house was filled with. "This is a very nice house Goku. You're wife have very good interior design skills"
' Actually I think she should never come near another house again,' Bulma thought in disgust. But the twist of her lip was covered as she drank from the coffee she was offered. 'God, the coffee is horrible too. What's wrong with these Neanderthals?'
"Great coffee…but I like mine with a little more milk."
Bulma was handed some more cream and when the Sons weren't watching she dumped as much cream as possible. 'This better drown out the taste.'
In the end Bulma finally drowned the rest of her coffee with much difficulty. She kept her conversation with the sons at a minimum.
As Bulma left she 'accidentally' dropped her purse. "Oh!.."
Both Bulma and Goku reached for the purse at the same time. Bulma's finger came on top of Goku's. Suddenly Goku cried out, startled and withdrew his hand.
"Oh my gosh are you alright?" Bulma asked.
"Oh I think I accidentally found a shard of glass. It must have been when Gohan dropped the glass cup this morning."
"Oh, do you need help with that?"
"No it's okay."
Bulma resigned and nodded. "Alright."
Then she quietly and swiftly left the house.
Goku looked at were the tingling pain had come from on his hand. He looked at the side of his thumb as saw the tiny drop of blood and began to suckle it.
~~~
Meanwhile Bulma grinned as she removed the fake nail from her finger. On the underside of the fake nail, there was a tiny needle. Bulma dropped the fake nail into a tiny vial and drove off to Kyoto airport.
She had another assignment for Dr. Gero.