Chi-Chi's Journey

Part Two: Hunt for the Dragonballs

Bulma was surprised about Chi-Chi's request. "Why do you want the dragonballs?"

"I want to make a wish. I want to wish that Goku can't find my ki with his Instant Transmission."

"Oh," Bulma understood. "Good idea. Let's stop by my house first and get the dragon radar."

On the way to Capsule Corporation, Bulma discussed with Chi-Chi possible places she could go. When they got to Bulma's house, Bulma searched in her office for the dragon radar and Chi-Chi waited outside.

Bra came down the hall. "Hi, Chi-Chi."

"Hello, Bra. My, you're growing into a pretty girl. Soon your Dad will be fighting off all the boys that will want to date you."

Bra laughed. "Dad said that any guy who wants to date me have to beat him in a fight, but Mom said I can date any guy I want."

Around the corner, the man in question came out from the gravity room and heard Chi-Chi and his daughter talking. 'Kakarot's mate? What is she doing here? She doesn't come out here often.' He shrugged his shoulders and continued down the hall.

"Got it!" Bulma said cheerfully. "Now, let's go hunt for some dragonballs!"

Vegeta stopped walking. 'Hunt for Dragonballs? What's going on?' He watched Bulma and Chi-Chi leave and got in the airplane. He watched them leave and decided to follow them from a distance.

The first five dragonballs were easy to find. The first was in a cave, the second in the woods, another was buried in snow. The fourth was hanging on the edge of a cliff and the fifth was in a shop where Bulma bribed the owner. Neither of them noticed Vegeta following them.

"Looks like we're coming up on the sixth dragonball, Bulma," Chi-Chi said reading the radar. "I think it's right there," she said pointing at the lake.

"Great. Looks like we're going to get wet and I just got my hair fixed," Bulma complained.

"I'll get it," Chi-Chi said. She sat the radar down and took off her shoes.

"I think I have some scuba diving equipment in the back," Bulma said.

Chi-Chi took off her dress and put on the scuba diving suit she found. Bulma hovered the aircraft above the water and opened the side door of the plane. Chi-Chi dived in the water.

As she swam, she looked for the dragonball. She found it beside a sleeping sea creature. Chi-Chi slowly swam to it and gently pulled the two-star ball from the creature. She began to swim to the plane when she heard a noise. She looked back and saw the monster was awakening. Chi-Chi began to swim faster up the shore but the beast caught onto her leg.

Chi-Chi held back a scream and grabbed a blowfish that was swimming by. She shoved the fish into the creature's mouth. Thinking it was in danger, the blowfish swelled to its largest size and spat poison in the creature's mouth. Chi-Chi kicked the sea creature in the chest and it released her. Chi-Chi swam faster to the plane.

The monster spat out the blowfish and though it still had poison in it's system, it went after Chi-Chi again without Chi-Chi noticing it. Vegeta swam in and punched the sea creature in the stomach hard. The sea creature whimpered in pain and gasped for air. It wrapped its arms around his stomach and swam away. Vegeta swam out of sight.

Chi-Chi looked back to see if the monster was coming after her but saw it swimming away in the other direction. Chi-Chi swam to the surface and pulled off the scuba mask.

"Did you get it?" Bulma asked.

Chi-Chi raised the two-star ball. "Yeah. I had to fight a sea monster for it and almost gotten killed. I swear I'm going to get Goku for this."

Bulma laughed and helped Chi-Chi in the plane. Once she was seat, Bulma took off for the seventh dragonball. Vegeta watched them fly away and took off as well.

"This is where the seventh dragonball is?" Chi-Chi asked again.

"Yep. Right in that biker bar," Bulma confirmed.

Bulma and Chi-Chi walked inside the place. It was early afternoon so there weren't many people inside, but the few looked threatening enough. Bulma and Chi-Chi walked to the bar. Bulma looked around and spotted the six-star dragonball on the shelf between some liquor bottles.

"There it is, Chi-Chi."

"What'll you have?" A bartender asked as he approached the two.

"That orange ball with six stars on it," Bulma said.

"Not for sale," the bartender said. "Anything else?"

Bulma smiled flirty at the bartender. "Come on. What'd you need that little ball for?"

"The same can go for you, Grandma," the bartender said.

"Grandma?!" Bulma shrieked. "I am not a grandma!" Bulma was about to say that Chi-Chi was but decided not to. Instead she swung her purse and hit the bartender with it. Chi-Chi jumped over the bar and got the dragonball.

"Let's go!" Chi-Chi said grabbing Bulma's arm and started to run for the exit but stopped when she saw a couple of bikers in front of her.

"You're not going anywhere, Lady," the biker sneered. He was taller than her with a gut, a crusty beard, and his breath stunk with alcohol and cigarettes.

Chi-Chi handed Bulma the dragonball and got in a fighting stance. The burly man laughed. "Look at this. This old lady thinks she can beat—OOF!" He grunted as Chi-Chi kicked him in the stomach. She did a karate chop over his back as he fell over clutching his stomach in pain.

The two women decided to make a run for it again but two other bikers got in front of them. "Stay behind me, Bulma," Chi-Chi said. Chi-Chi grabbed a guy as he lunge toward her and threw him over her shoulder onto a table breaking it. She kicked and punched the other guy, knocking him back. "Let's go!" The two quickly made out of the bar and ran for Bulma's plane, not noticing a certain Saiyan watching them.

"A bunch of old ladies not gonna hit me and get away with it!" A biker sneered and the others agreed. They had their pride after. The men got up and started to head out the door after Chi-Chi and Bulma when Vegeta entered.

"The only way you're gonna go after those women is to knock me out," Vegeta told them.

"Out of our way, Shorty!"

The next sounds that were heard were that of pain and grunts as all the bikers fell on the floor unconscious in a matter of seconds. Vegeta stepped out, dusted his hands and took off, following Chi-Chi and Bulma.

"Wow, Chi-Chi. I'm impressed you still got it," Bulma said.

"I'll never forget my Martial Arts. Despite all the trouble fighting has brought my life, there are advantages to it," Chi-Chi explained. "Where should we call the dragon?"

Bulma looked down at the plain grass and trees. There didn't seem to be any homes for miles so this would be a good spot. "Right here," Bulma said and landed.

Vegeta landed as Bulma did and kept himself hidden behind some trees. 'Now we'll see what wishes you're going to make.'

Bulma and Chi-Chi set all seven dragonballs on the ground. Bulma stood over the dragonballs. "Eternal Dragon, by your name I summon you forth! Shenron!"

The skies darkened and the dragonballs glowed yellow. The balls formed into one and shot up in the sky and transformed into a large dragon. Even though Chi-Chi seen the dragon before, it was still amazing as it was seeing it for the first time.

Once it was through forming, Shenron looked down at the two women who summoned him. "You have disturbed me from my slumber! Speak and name your first wish!" his deep voice boomed over the valley.

Chi-Chi just stared in awe at the dragon so Bulma pushed her. "Go, Chi-Chi. You wanted to make a wish."

"Oh!" Chi-Chi realized. "Uh, let's see here. Okay, uh, Shenron, my wish is to have my husband, Goku, not sense me. You see he has this Instant Transmission technique where he can find someone by picking up their ki. I don't want him to find me using that technique. In fact, I don't want anyone to find my me with my ki, except for my sons, Gohan and Goten. Can you do that?"

The dragon sweat dropped at Chi-Chi's longwinded request. "Yes." His eyes glowed red. "It is done. What is your second wish?"

"Second wish?" Chi-Chi blinked and looked at Bulma. "I hadn't thought of that. Do you have anything to wish for?"

Bulma shrugged her shoulders. "How about having a giant fry pan hit Goku on the head to knock some sense in him?"

Chi-Chi laughed at that and gasped, getting an idea. "Oh, I know what to wish for." She looked up at Shenron. "Shenron, can you have a Spirit Bomb drop on my husband, Goku? But not so powerful that it kills him. I want it to make him really itchy for a week and give him diarrhea the week after that!"

Shenron sweat dropped again. "Uh…okay," the dragon said at the strange request. He had many requests—eternal life, bringing someone back from the dead, winning lottery tickets, but dropping a Spirit Bomb on a spouse and wishing he be itchy and have diarrhea for a week? That topped his list for the strangest wish requests. His eyes glowed red to perform the wish.

Elsewhere thousands and thousands of miles away on an island, Goku was busy fighting Uub. The two were in the air flying and fighting each other. The kid was advancing well in his training, but he wasn't nearly ready to defeat his master.

Uub noticed the bomb first as it appeared hovering over Goku. "Master Goku, what is that?!"

Goku turned around and his eyes widen in horror at the Spirit bomb. "A Spirit Bomb! Where did that come from?!" He flew away from Uub and the Spirit Bomb followed Goku. "It's after me! Fine then!" Goku said and powered up to a Super Saiyan. "Kaaaaaa…meeeeee…haaaaaa…meeeeee…haaaaaa!!" he yelled and sent a huge kamehameha wave at the Spirit Bomb. It didn't affect it at all. "What?!" Goku shouted frustrated.

The bomb came towards him and Goku tried to catch it and push it away but it absorbed the Saiyan.

"Master Goku!" Uub shouted and flew to Goku as he saw the Spirit Bomb absorbed him and paused in mid-flight as he saw Goku standing looking at himself wondering what happened. "What happened, Master?"

"I don't know," Goku said and scratched the back of his head as he felt it a bit itchy. "I thought that Spirit Bomb had me. Where did it come from?" He asked as he scratched his left arm and then his right arm. "Only I know how to do it. The guy I learned it from is dead and I was his last student to be taught the Spirit Bomb." He began scratching his chest and back. "Oh, man, I'm so itchy! I can't stop scratching! What was in that bomb? Itching powder?!"

"We have some herbs in my village. It could take care of that itching, Master Goku," Uub said.

Goku smiled as he continued to scratch his itches. "Yeah, thanks."

Back with the dragon, Shenron looked down at Chi-Chi. "Your second wish has been granted! Farewell!" The dragon turned bright and gold again as it returned to its balls. The seven dragonballs floated in sky and dispersed into seven directions.

Bulma laughed and gave Chi-Chi a high five. "Good wish, Chi-Chi! I wish I could be there to see the diarrhea take affect."

"I love him dearly, but he's gonna have to hurt a little bit for leaving me," Chi-Chi said and laughed herself.

Hidden behind the trees, Vegeta smirked. 'Wish I could've seen that Spirit Bomb drop on Kakarot.' He watched as the two women got in the plane and took off. He followed them wondering where they would go next. He saw them stop at a travel agency and became curious. What were they planning. He was trying to figure out how Chi-Chi's first wish fit into a travel agency.

'Is Kakarot's mate going somewhere and she doesn't want him to find her?'

He followed them going into a clothing store and that was it for Vegeta. He had been shopping with Bulma once and that was enough for the Saiyan Prince. He took off for home. There was no need to spy on them now.

****

"Thanks for the clothes, Bulma, but I don't think some of these dresses suit me," Chi-Chi said. The two had spent hours shopping and were now heading for Chi-Chi's home.

"Come on, Chi-Chi. Those dresses looked great on you. You have great legs. Being a fighter has helped your figure. You shouldn't hide it anymore. Flaunt it some. You didn't do it when you were younger, wearing those dresses with the pants to it."

"I'm very comfortable in my clothes. I don't think a lady should show so much skin."

"Well, I think if you have the body, you should show it off. Be proud of your figure. Besides, those dresses we bought are very classy and are great for the islands you're going to," Bulma said. "Chi-Chi?"

"Yeah?"

"Has Goku ever complimented you?"

"You mean besides my cooking?" Chi-Chi joked. "No, not really. Goku doesn't know how to give compliments. It didn't mean he didn't like what I wore."

"Has Goku ever told you he didn't like something? He sometimes hides his true feelings like when Gohan was Saiyaman. He thought it was goofy, but he went along with it because it pleased Gohan," Bulma said.

"Goku is very simple in taste, but I could tell if he didn't like something. What about Vegeta?"

Bulma laughed. "If Vegeta didn't like something, he would say it. Trust me."

Bulma parked the car in front of Goku and Chi-Chi's house. Chi-Chi stepped out and saw Goten landing. "Hi, Mom." He saw the clothes in Chi-Chi and Bulma's hands. "Been shopping?"

"Yeah, I took your Mom out for a new wardrobe," Bulma said handing some bags for Goten to carry inside the house. "She has an announcement to make."

Goten looked at his Mom confused. "Announcement? Like what?"

"I'll tell you when Gohan gets home for work," Chi-Chi and went inside the house with her bags.

"Goten?" Bulma called when Chi-Chi was gone. "I want you to go ahead with what your Mom will tell you tonight. She needs this, especially after what Goku did."

Goten nodded. His Mom wasn't the same after his father left again and whatever his Mom was planning, he hoped it was best for her.

Gohan came over as soon as his mother called him. He found her sitting at the kitchen table with Goten. He sat down across from her. "What is it?"

Chi-Chi decided to be straight with it. There was no sense in beating around the bush about it. "I've decided to go on a vacation."

"Vacation? Where?" Goten asked.

"Iiawah Islands. It's a warm tropical island and Bulma thought it would the best place for me to forget about things here. I've seen the pictures in the brochure. It's a very beautiful island. I'll be gone a month."

Gohan and Goten sat there taking it in. To be honest, it didn't sound like a bad idea. It sounded like a good one. They both knew their mother hasn't been the same since their father left. Goten never saw his mother like this but Gohan has. She had that depressed looked a lot after Goku died with Cell and learned she was pregnant with Goten. Goten was too young to remember seeing his Mom that way and she always hid things with a smile and he was very naïve then.

"I think it's a great idea, Mom," Gohan said. "There's nothing here for you now, so go to the beach, relax. I think it's a much needed break."

"I agree, Mom. You haven't smiled as much since Dad left. You will call us?" He didn't want to sound depress about it, but he been with his Mom all his life. For ten years he's been with his father and now he was gone again. He didn't want another parent to leave him.

Chi-Chi rose out of her seat and hugged Goten. "Of course I will sweetie. How can I not? I'm gonna miss you two so much, but I have to do this. I need to do this."

"We understand, Mom. So, when are you going?"

"I'm leaving in three days, but I don't want anyone else to know about this other than my Dad, Videl and Pan."

"What if Dad shows up?" Goten asked.

Chi-Chi scoffed. "Not even him if he shows, which I doubt."

"Take as long as you need, Mom," Gohan said.

"I don't think I'll be away longer than a month. I wouldn't be able to stand being away from you guys any longer," Chi-Chi told her son.

Three days later, after saying her goodbyes to Gohan, Goten, Videl, Pan and Bulma at the airport, Chi-Chi boarded her plane to Iiawah. She leaned back and closed her eyes as the plane took off for its destination. 'I wish you were coming with me, Goku, but it's probably best that I take this vacation without you. It's probably the only way I'll ever understand you this time.'

To Be Continued

Part Three: Relaxing and an Admirer.

AN: Iiawah is Hawaii pronounced backwards.

Tenshi-Chan: I think you might have misinterpreted my thoughts on Goku with the previous chapter. I don't think Goku is stupid. I think he is naive and doesn't see that sometimes his actions hurt people even if his decision is for the best and is just. I know why he left and I understand why. What I was writing was a continuation of everyone's reactions by watching the last episode. Bulma was furious with Goku and said he need to realize there is more to life than fighting. Chi-Chi seemed heartbroken and although Gohan wasn't angry just surprised, I think he would be angry with his Dad a little because his Mom was sad and distraught that he left like that and he didn't understand why Goku left again either. I'm glad I'm not the only one in Goku's corner. He's still my favorite. A lot of people want to kill him for what he did. Hee. Hee.

Leigh: You're welcome. I can see why you think Goku is stupid and idiotic, but he's just naïve. No biggie on getting emotional. I think a lot of people were upset with Goku for leaving and needed to read something that may explain why Goku left. The emotions are genuine because you can just place yourself in that situation and feel what's going on. I know I did.

Larania: Yeah, she's gonna do more than got to a hot spring. I don't think she goes to one in my story. She's gonna have fun though.

Maria Cline: Thanks! Did you enjoy her wishes? I did the second one for everyone who were and still are mad at Goku for leaving. I thought it was funny.

LadyRogue007: I think he's just naïve and doesn't see the consequences of his actions. Yeah, any other woman would've left but that's why he's married to Chi-Chi, his true love. Oh, great, I'm getting sappy again.

GD: LOL! When I saw the preview of 'Goku's Next Journey' on Friday, the first thing that went through my mind was 'He's leaving his wife again?!' and I was upset too until I thought about it and saw the reason why he did that and finally seeing the last episode, it supported my theory, though I really felt sorry for Chi-Chi. Well, I hope I didn't get way over my head here and hope I'm able to convince some people to understand his actions. 'A New Adventure' is what you are referring to and thanks.

Lady Athena: Thanks. He has a good reason for leaving, though I feel sorry for ChiChi. Yeah, she does need a break. Anyone would living in that house by themselves.

Catnip: No, she won't be meeting with Goku and won't hit him with a frying pan, but I think that Spirit Bomb makes up for it. Hee. Hee.

VegetaGokuLover: Thanks. I think because ChiChi is so difficult to read she's one of my favorites and she's fun to write about.

Tonifranz: I think after reading why he did it, you may understand. You still may hate Goku, but you'll understand why.

Psycho-Ann: This one included! When I saw the preview for 'Goku's Next Journey', I knew he was going to leave again and even I got mad at him, but then after thinking about it, I understood his actions and I'm not mad anymore.